cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
jETI: ein serviceorientiertes framework zur high level Ausführung von Remote-Komponenten
Creators: name: Kubczak, Christian
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Dortmund
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Datenmediation
subject: Discovery
subject: jABC
subject: jETI
subject: Mediation
subject: Prozessmediation
subject: Prozesssynthese
subject: REST
subject: Semantic web services
subject: Serviceorientierung
subject: SOA
subject: Synthese
subject: Verteilte Dienste
subject: Verteilte Systeme
subject: 004

description: Mit dem massiven Aufkommen an geschäftlichem Datenaustausch in Zeiten voranschreitender Globalisierung, dem Erfolg des Community getriebenen Web 2.0 und dem expliziten Wandel hin zur serviceorientierten Denkweise insbesondere im Kontext komplexer Geschäftsprozesse wird vor allem deutlich, dass wachsender Bedarf an einer offenen, standardisierten Technologie zur Vernetzung, Ausführung und Bereitstellung von Diensten und Prozessen besteht. Um diesen Bedarf zu decken, bestehende Probleme zu lösen und neue Aspekte der Ausführung vernetzter Dienste zu erkennen soll in dieser Arbeit eine ganzheitliche Experimentierplattform zur serviceorientierten Orchestrierung, insbesondere von verteilt agierenden Komponenten vorgestellt werden. Nutzer sollen dabei in die Lage versetzt werden, Funktionalitäten auf eine möglichst einfache Art und Weise ausprobieren, benutzen und anbieten zu können. Im Kern soll hier der Teilbereich einer integrierten Umgebung beleuchtet werden, welche die Verifikation und Handhabung von standardisierten Remote Service Komponenten als auch die Anbindung heterogener, proprietärer Dienste von Drittanbietern unterstützt. Die vorgelegte Arbeit umfasst dabei vor allem die Konzeption und Realisierung einer ganzheitlichen Service-Integrationsplattform, welche es nicht ausschließlich, aber insbesondere Domänenexperten ermöglichen soll, Funktionalitäten verteilt und effizient anbieten und nutzen zu können, was anhand komplexer und divergenter Fallstudien aus verschiedenen Fachrichtungen belegt wird. Zum Testen und evaluieren komplexer Technologien soll dabei zusätzlich eine integrierte Testumgebung dienen. Aktuelle Technologien des Semantic Web vervollständigen letztendlich das Einsatzgebiet in puncto automatischer Modellierung und Verifikation sowie dynamischer Suche von adäquat dedizierten Diensten.
Proton-skins in momentum space and neutron-skins in coordinate space in heavy nuclei
Creators: name: Cai, Bao-Jun
name: Li, Bao-An
name: Chen, Lie-Wen
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Neutron-skins in coordinate space and proton-skins in momentum space are predicted to coexist in heavy nuclei and their correlation is governed by Liouville's theorem and Heisenberg's uncertainty principle. An analysis of their correlation within a further extended Thomas-Fermi (ETF$^+$) approximation incorporating effects of nucleon short-range correlations reveals generally that protons move faster than neutrons in neutron-skins of heavy nuclei.
description: New results and discussions added. Version to appear in PRC as a Rapid Communication
Supporting Information for 'Crystal structures of “ALternative Isoinformational ENgineered” DNA in B-form'
Creators: name: Shukla, Madhura S.
name: Hoshika, Shuichi
name: Benner, Steven A.
name: Georgiadis, Millie M.
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Structural Biology
subject: 60113 Synthetic Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: The first structural model of duplex DNA reported in 1953 by Watson and Crick presented the double helix in B-form, the form that genomic DNA exists in much of the time. Thus, artificial DNA seeking to mimic the properties of natural DNA should also be able to adopt B-form. Using a host-guest system in which Moloney murine leukaemia virus reverse transcriptase serves as the host and DNA as the guests, we determined high-resolution crystal structures of three complexes including 5′-CTTBPPBBSSZZSAAG, 5′-CTTSSPBZPSZBBAAG and 5′-CTTZZPBSBSZPPAAG with 10 consecutive unnatural nucleobase pairs in B-form within self-complementary 16 bp duplex oligonucleotides. We refer to this ALternative Isoinformational ENgineered (ALIEN) genetic system containing two nucleobase pairs (P:Z, pairing 2-amino-imidazo-[1,2a]-1,3,5-triazin-[8H]-4-one with 6-amino-3-5-nitro-1H-pyridin-2-one, and B:S, 6-amino-4-hydroxy-5-1H-purin-2-one with 3-methyl-6-amino-pyrimidin-2-one) as ALIEN DNA. We characterized both position- and sequence-specific helical, nucleobase pair and dinucleotide step parameters of P:Z and B:S pairs in the context of B-form DNA. We conclude that ALIEN DNA exhibits structural features that vary with sequence. Further, Z can participate in alternate stacking modes within a similar sequence context as captured in two different structures. This finding suggests that ALIEN DNA may have a larger repertoire of B-form structures than natural DNA.This article is part of the theme issue ‘Reactivity and mechanism in chemical and synthetic biology’.
Practices and prospects of public participation in local economic development: the case of three selected Woredas in Yeka sub city, Addis Ababa city administration
Creators: name: Girum, H/giorgis
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2018

description: The study dealt with practices and prospects of public participation in local economic development a case of three selected woredas in yeka sub city, Addis Ababa city administration. The objective of the study is to assess the participation of community"s in local economic development and the outcome. The issues observed to achieve the objective were areas of community participation, institutionalization of participatory practices, substantive coordination of the actors and outcomes of these processes and activities in the selected Woredas of yeka Sub-city. Mixed approach (both Qualitative and Quantitative approach) is used. Semi-structured questionnaire is prepared. In-depth interview, focus group discussion and observation tools were developed and employed to elicit important information from the community and triangulate with secondary and questionnaire data. In general the observations of data results from various sources, the development activities are not sustainable in the sense also that the process didn"t create sizeable employment to the local community. The participatory local economic development work has not been linked to small and micro enterprises. Therefore, the study concluded with the recommendation that the participatory local economic development work should maintain link between the community, the SMEs and other actors in order to engage in sustainable processes and activities of local economic development in the Sub City selected for this study.
The effects of literature : an examination of the theory that a work of literature may have directly beneficial or harmful effects upon the reader and of the part played by this theory in English literary criticism
Creators: name: Bear, Andrew.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2023

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title:  L’analisi del ruolo delle donne del Mediterraneo nei processi culturali, sociali e religiosi negli studi di Chiara Carmelina Canta
Creators: name: Carbone  ,  Chiara
Publisher: name: Roma TrE-Press
Year: 2023

description: Nel lavoro scientifico di Chiara Carmelina Canta il contributo che la sociologa siciliana offre all’analisi della relazione tra il ruolo delle donne e la pluralità culturale e religiosa nel Mediterraneo è ricco e esaustivo; due argomenti principali declinati nelle forme del dialogo interreligioso e del multiculturalismo contemporaneo. Già nel suo lavoro Sfondare la notte. Religiosità, modernità e cultura nel pellegrinaggio notturno alla Madonna del Divino Amore (2004), un’attenzione al ruolo delle donne pellegrine era presente nell’analisi del culto della Madonna e della rete costruita dal protagonismo delle donne, nell’organizzazione del pellegrinaggio al santuario del Divino Amore a Roma. La sociologa si concentra sull’intersezione tra il ruolo delle donne e il loro rapporto con i processi culturali nel Mediterraneo e la produzione della conoscenza, soprattutto nei testi: Le pietre scartate. Indagine sulle teologhe in Italia (2014), Voci di donne dal Mediterraneo (2017) e Il Femminino Mediterraneo(2019) . In queste analisi è doveroso soffermarsi sugli aspetti teorici connessi al rapporto tra l’immigrazione femminile, le comunità religiose e le culture del mare.

In the scientific work of Chiara Carmelina Canta, the contribution that the Sicilian sociologist offers to the analysis of the relationship between the role of women and cultural andand religious plurality in the Mediterranean is rich and exhaustive; two main topics declined in the forms of interreligious dialogue interreligious dialogue and contemporary multiculturalism. Already in her work Breaking through the night. Religiosity, modernity and culture in the nocturnal pilgrimage to the Madonna del Divino Amore (2004), attention to the role of women pilgrims was present in the analysis of the cult of the Madonna and the network built by the protagonism of women in the organisation of the pilgrimage to the sanctuary of Divino Amore in Rome. The sociologist focuses on the intersection between the role of women and their relationship with cultural processes in the Mediterranean and the production of knowledge, especially in texts: Discarded Stones. Survey of women theologians in Italy (2014), Voices of Women from the Mediterranean (2017) and The Mediterranean Feminine(2019) . In these analyses it is necessary to dwell on the theoretical aspects related to the relationship between female immigration, religious communities and cultures of the sea.
description: Una sociologia aperta al cambiamento. I percorsi di studio e di ricerca di Carmelina Chiara Canta
Electromagnetic cascade masquerade: a way to mimic $γ$--axion-like particle mixing effects in blazar spectra
Creators: name: Dzhatdoev, T. A.
name: Khalikov, E. V.
name: Kircheva, A. P.
name: Lyukshin, A. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Context. Most of the studies on extragalactic γ-ray propagation performed up to now only accounted for primary gamma-ray absorption and adiabatic losses ("absorption-only model"). However, there is growing evidence that this model is oversimplified and must be modified in some way. In particular, it was found that the intensity extrapolated from the optically-thin energy range of some blazar spectra is insufficient to explain the optically-thick part of these spectra. This effect was interpreted as an indication for γ-axion-like particle (ALP) oscillation. On the other hand, there are many hints that a secondary component from electromagnetic cascades initiated by primary γ-rays or nuclei may be observed in the spectra of some blazars. Aims. We study the impact of electromagnetic cascades from primary γ-rays or protons on the physical interpretation of blazar spectra obtained with imaging Cherenkov telescopes. Methods. We use the publicly-available code ELMAG to compute observable spectra of electromagnetic cascades from primary γ-rays. For the case of primary proton, we develop a simple, fast and reasonably accurate hybrid method to calculate the observable spectrum. We perform the fitting of the observed spectral energy distributions (SEDs) with various physical models: the absorption-only model, the "electromagnetic cascade model" (for the case of primary γ-rays), and several versions of the hadronic cascade model (for the case of primary proton). We distinguish the following species of hadronic cascade models: 1) "basic hadronic model", where it is assumed that the proton beam travels undisturbed by extragalactic magnetic field and that all observable γ-rays are produced by primary protons through photohadronic processes with subsequent development of electromagnetic cascades /abridged
description: Accepted by A&A. 25 pages, 31 figures. Corrected fig. 5, fig. 7; new explanations for fig. 6--7; several typos fixed wrt v. 1
Concordance generation on the CDC 3200
Creators: name: Silva, G. M. T.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2023

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Religion in Javanese economic development : a case study
Creators: name: Castles, Lance.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2023

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Corporate Social Responsibility and the Role of Policy making bodies in Ethiopia: Voluntary Versus Mandatory Preference of Law
Creators: name: Minilik, Solomon
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2018

description: This dynamic natureof CSR has a significant impact on how the roles of the public sector in particular and other stakeholders in general, need to align in order to fully realize the benefits of CSR, both to the society and towards these entities themselves. Recent literature and legislature dose also show, at least internationally, the concept CSR being incorporated both in relevant regulations and policy agendas regarding national and international development. However, the role of the public sector as the driver of the agenda for CSR has still persistent and the areas where the contemporary social responsibility agenda has itself given rise to new kinds of policy instrument, or new roles for government. This dominant role is needed especially in countries such as Ethiopia, where public support is essential for the development of the concept of CSR. Being one of the least developed countries internationally, the concept of CSR is at the initial stages in Ethiopia, specifically the application of CSR responsibility has not evolved from the confines of philanthropy to an issue encompassing social and economic implications. Hence, the research has formulated its question based on issues like what the policy making organ should do with regards formulation and overall understanding of CSR and what preference of laws should exist. This questions have assisted in gaining a firsthand insight about understanding CSR in Ethiopian context by the stakeholders. For this purpose, qualitative data was collected from both primary (interview and discussions) and secondary sources by employing purposive and area sampling method to later analyze the data using deductive reasoning. The method helped the researcher in categorizing respondents based on conceptual typologies. Hence, the findings showed that first, there is still a gap on by the policy making public sector organ on to what extent its role should be and second, there is a lack of consensus on what CSR constitutes and preference of CSR laws as mandatory or voluntary. However, even if many argue in favor of voluntarism and agreed that CSR initiatives by nature should be governed by soft laws, they have also agreed that policy making organ needs to pay an active role in developing regulations, guiding principles, minimum standards and impact measurement instrumentsso as to promote CSR initiatives meaningfully and to prevent free-rider and 'irresponsible' behavior which can have an adverse impact on social and environmental well-being.
Le thème de l'étranger dans l'oeuvre d'Eugène Ionesco
Creators: name: Howarth, B. L.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2023

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A novel hybrid method of β-turn identification in protein using binary logistic regression and neural network
Creators: name: Abdolmaleki, Parviz
name: Asghari, Mehdi Poursheikhali
name: Hayatshahi, Sayyed Hamed Sadat
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Dortmund
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: binary logistic regression
subject: neural networks
subject: secondary structure prediction
subject: sequence parameters
subject: β-turns
subject: 610

description: From both the structural and functional points of view, β-turns play important biological roles in proteins. In the present study, a novel two-stage hybrid procedure has been developed to identify β-turns in proteins. Binary logistic regression was initially used for the first time to select significant sequence parameters in identification of β-turns due to a re-substitution test procedure. Sequence parameters were consisted of 80 amino acid positional occurrences and 20 amino acid percentages in sequence. Among these parameters, the most significant ones which were selected by binary logistic regression model, were percentages of Gly, Ser and the occurrence of Asn in position i+2, respectively, in sequence. These significant parameters have the highest effect on the constitution of a β-turn sequence. A neural network model was then constructed and fed by the parameters selected by binary logistic regression to build a hybrid predictor. The networks have been trained and tested on a non-homologous dataset of 565 protein chains. With applying a nine fold cross-validation test on the dataset, the network reached an overall accuracy (Qtotal) of 74, which is comparable with results of the other β-turn prediction methods. In conclusion, this study proves that the parameter selection ability of binary logistic regression together with the prediction capability of neural networks lead to the development of more precise models for identifying β-turns in proteins.
description: EXCLI Journal ; Vol. 11, 2012
title: Διερεύνηση των επιπτώσεων της πανδημίας covid 19 στην αστική κινητικότητα και στον αστικό σχεδιασμό (περιοχή μελέτης: η πόλη της Λαμίας)
title: Investigating the effects of the pandemic Covid 19 on urban mobility and urban planning (case study: the city of Lamia)
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Ακρίβου, Ελένη
Publisher: name: Πανεπιστήμιο Δυτικής Αττικής
Year: 2022
Subjects: Αστικός σχεδιασμός
Πανδημία
Covid-19
Συστήματα μεταφορών πόλεων
Επιπτώσεις
Λαμία
Σχέδιο Βιώσιμης Αστικής Κινητικότητας

description: Αντικείμενο της διπλωματικής εργασίας είναι εξέταση των επιπτώσεων της Πανδημίας SARS-COV2 στον αστικό σχεδιασμό και τα συστήματα μεταφορών των πόλεων, με πρακτική εφαρμογή στο Δήμο Λαμιέων του νομού Φθιώτιδας. Αρχικά, με στόχο την προσέγγιση των μακροπρόθεσμων συνεπειών της πανδημίας, οι οποίες δε μπορούν να προβλεφθούν πλήρως στις σημερινές συνθήκες, καταγράφηκαν από τη διεθνή βιβλιογραφία οι επιπτώσεις της πανδημίας όπως αποτυπώνονται μέχρι στιγμής στα αστικά κέντρα, και οι οποίες προκύπτουν είτε από επίσημες καταγραφές και μετρήσεις μεταβλητών όπως η κυκλοφορία, η ποιότητα αέρα, η χρήση ΜΜΜ, τα ποσοστά τηλεργασίας, είτε από την καταγραφή των απόψεων των κατοίκων των πόλεων μέσω ερωτηματολογίων. Στη συνέχεια, παρουσιάστηκε η υφιστάμενη κατάσταση του Δήμου Λαμιέων, που περιλαμβάνει δημογραφικά, οικονομικά, κοινωνικά, γεωμορφολογικά χαρακτηριστικά, καθώς και τον υπάρχοντα πολεοδομικό σχεδιασμό της πόλης, και τα συστήματα μεταφορών. Επιπρόσθετα, έγινε αναλυτική περιγραφή στα μέτρα και στους στόχους του Σχεδίου Βιώσιμης Αστικής Κινητικότητας (ΣΒΑΚ) που συντάχθηκε το 2019 για το Δήμο Λαμιέων. Με στόχο να αποτυπωθούν οι μεταβολές στις συνήθειες των μετακινούμενων, που προέκυψαν από τις ιδιαίτερες συνθήκες που δημιούργησε η πανδημία, και η αξιολόγηση των εγκαταστάσεων και υποδομών του δήμου σε σχέση με τις υφιστάμενες ανάγκες, αλλά και αυτές που γεννήθηκαν στις νέες συνθήκες συντάχθηκε ένα κατάλληλα διαμορφωμένο ερωτηματολόγιο. Επιπλέον, στα πλαίσια της έρευνας που πραγματοποιήθηκε μέσω ερωτηματολογίου αξιολογήθηκαν κάποια μέτρα του ΣΒΑΚ (2019) από τους κατοίκους της Λαμίας, με στόχο την αποτελεσματικότερη υλοποίησή του, πραγματοποιώντας ενισχυτικές προτάσεις για την επίτευξη του στόχου της βιώσιμης αστικής κινητικότητας στο δήμο. Τέλος, για τη διερεύνηση της γνώμη των ερωτηθέντων σχετικά με τις κυκλοφοριακές ρυθμίσεις που πραγματοποιήθηκαν τον Αύγουστο του 2020 στην πλατεία Ελευθερίας και στην οδό Καραγιαννοπούλου, καθώς και των σχεδίων που έχουν προταθεί από το ΣΒΑΚ Δήμου Λαμιέων αναπτύχθηκαν 4 μοντέλα με τη μέθοδο της δυαδικής λογιστικής παλινδρόμησης. Με βάση την επιλεγείσα μεθοδολογία που εφαρμόστηκε στα στοιχεία που συλλέχθηκαν, πραγματοποιήθηκε μία σειρά δοκιμών ώστε να προκύψουν τα περισσότερο ενδιαφέροντα αποτελέσματα και συμπεράσματα. Τα αποτελέσματα της έρευνας έδειξαν ότι η αποδοχή των κυκλοφοριακών ρυθμίσεων εξαρτάται από ένα πλήθος παραγόντων. Η διερεύνηση της αποδοχής αλλά και των παραγόντων που την επηρεάζουν αποτελεί κρίσιμο σημείο, καθώς η αποδοχή ή μη ορισμένων κυκλοφοριακών μέτρων που δοκιμάστηκαν από τους κατοίκους μπορούν να δώσουν ορισμένες κατευθύνσεις στον αστικό και συγκοινωνιακό σχεδιασμό.
Lewis Arundel, or The railroad of life, no. 01
Creators: name: Smedley, Frank E. (Frank Edward), 1818-1864
Publisher: name: University of Victoria Libraries
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Conduct of life
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/874563
subject: Social conflict
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1122378
subject: Railroad travel
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1088689

description: Chapter one the train starts and the reader is introduced to three first class passengers. It proceeds to the Life and Times of Lewis Arundel. Illustrated by Charles Dicken's usual illustrator Hablot Knight Browne (also known as "Phiz").
FAST-PT II: an algorithm to calculate convolution integrals of general tensor quantities in cosmological perturbation theory
Creators: name: Fang, Xiao
name: Blazek, Jonathan A.
name: McEwen, Joseph E.
name: Hirata, Christopher M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Cosmological perturbation theory is a powerful tool to predict the statistics of large-scale structure in the weakly non-linear regime, but even at 1-loop order it results in computationally expensive mode-coupling integrals. Here we present a fast algorithm for computing 1-loop power spectra of quantities that depend on the observer's orientation, thereby generalizing the FAST-PT framework (McEwen et al., 2016) that was originally developed for scalars such as the matter density. This algorithm works for an arbitrary input power spectrum and substantially reduces the time required for numerical evaluation. We apply the algorithm to four examples: intrinsic alignments of galaxies in the tidal torque model; the Ostriker-Vishniac effect; the secondary CMB polarization due to baryon flows; and the 1-loop matter power spectrum in redshift space. Code implementing this algorithm and these applications is publicly available at https://github.com/JoeMcEwen/FAST-PT .
description: 32 pages, 5 figures, 4 tables. Minor changes. Published in JCAP. Code available at https://github.com/JoeMcEwen/FAST-PT
INFORMATION NEEDS, PERCEPTIONS AND PURSUIT OF LAW STUDENTS IN THE DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT: A CASE STUDY OF DAMODARAM SANJIVAYYA NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY, VISAKHAPATNAM
Creators: name: JAMPANI, RAJESH
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 390303
subject: Higher education
classificationCode: 390306
subject: Secondary education
classificationCode: 390307
subject: Teacher education and professional development of educators

description: Libraries play a very important role in supporting legal education and legal research. The past decade has brought about a sea of change in the relationship between library and user. Information technology enabled new products and services, and the availability of online information resources has changed the provision of services in legal academic institutions. In this context, library professionals working in a legal academic library are required to have a sound knowledge of the information needs, perceptions, and information-seeking behavior of legal academicians and users to ensure solid collection development, provide effective library services, and to satisfy the needs of library users. Librarians are professionally committed to updating a core, qualitative, and need-based collection for the optimum utilization of the resources for the greater satisfaction of the user community. The purpose of this study is to ascertain the Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University Library users’ (DSNLUL) information needs and seeking behavior to provide library resources and services in a better way.
Boundary stabilization of one-dimensional cross-diffusion systems in a moving domain: linearized system
Creators: name: Cauvin-Vila, Jean
name: Ehrlacher, Virginie
name: Hayat, Amaury
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We study the boundary stabilization of one-dimensional cross-diffusion systems in a moving domain. We show first exponential stabilization and then finite-time stabilization in arbitrary small-time of the linearized system around uniform equilibria, provided the system has an entropic structure with a symmetric mobility matrix. One example of such systems are the equations describing a Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) process. This stabilization is achieved with respect to both the volume fractions and the thickness of the domain. The feedback control is derived using the backstepping technique, adapted to the context of a time-dependent domain. In particular, the norm of the backward backstepping transform is carefully estimated with respect to time.
description: 37 pages, no figure
Bernard Mandeville's vision of man
Creators: name: Wong, Constant T. S.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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Effects of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) on Marketing Performance (Case study In selected Four Star Hotels In Addis Ababa)
Creators: name: Ayalew, Esubalew
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2018

description: This research aimed to assess the extent to which four star hotels applied CRM practices across four dimensions (Key customer focus, Knowledge Management, CRM Organization & Technology based CRM) and it's Impact on marketing performance. Both quantitative and qualitative research approach were implemented. Selected 3 four star hotels were selected by using simple random sampling out of the total of 21 four star hotels in Addis Ababa. Data were collected through a five points Likert scales of close ended questionnaire and in addition open ended questionnaire were distributed in person to 228 respondents in which they were selected purposively. Out of these respondents, a total of 208(92%) respondents completed and returned the questionnaire. The data was coded and analyzed using SPSS V-20statistical tools such as descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation analysis, and multiple regression analysis. Correlation analysis revealed the relationship between CRM and market performance while multiple regression analysis revealed the influence of CRM dimensions on marketing performance. The findings of the study revealed that those independents variables; key customer focus, knowledge management, CRM organization and technology based CRM have positive and a significant relationship with a dependent variable; marketing performance
Dial One for Scam: A Large-Scale Analysis of Technical Support Scams
Creators: name: Miramirkhani, Najmeh
name: Starov, Oleksii
name: Nikiforakis, Nick
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Cryptography and Security (cs.CR)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In technical support scams, cybercriminals attempt to convince users that their machines are infected with malware and are in need of their technical support. In this process, the victims are asked to provide scammers with remote access to their machines, who will then "diagnose the problem", before offering their support services which typically cost hundreds of dollars. Despite their conceptual simplicity, technical support scams are responsible for yearly losses of tens of millions of dollars from everyday users of the web. In this paper, we report on the first systematic study of technical support scams and the call centers hidden behind them. We identify malvertising as a major culprit for exposing users to technical support scams and use it to build an automated system capable of discovering, on a weekly basis, hundreds of phone numbers and domains operated by scammers. By allowing our system to run for more than 8 months we collect a large corpus of technical support scams and use it to provide insights on their prevalence, the abused infrastructure, the illicit profits, and the current evasion attempts of scammers. Finally, by setting up a controlled, IRB-approved, experiment where we interact with 60 different scammers, we experience first-hand their social engineering tactics, while collecting detailed statistics of the entire process. We explain how our findings can be used by law-enforcing agencies and propose technical and educational countermeasures for helping users avoid being victimized by technical support scams.
description: This paper was published in NDSS 2017
The effect of hydroalcoholic extract of Stachys lavandulifolia Vahl on pregnant mice
Creators: name: Asgari, Azam
name: Jafarzadeh, Lobat
name: Rafieian-Kopaei, Mahmoud
name: Samani, Roya Ansari
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Dortmund
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: abortifacient agents
subject: medicinal plants
subject: pregnant mice
subject: Stachys lavandulifolia
subject: 610

description: Objectives: Stachys lavandulifolia is commonly used for many health problems including anxiety. A couple of reports indicate that this plant might have an abortifacient effect on pregnant women. Here we examined this effect on pregnant mice. Materials and methods: Incremental doses of 0, 50, 100, 150 and 200 mg/kg of the extracts or normal saline (control group) were injected intraperitoneally to the pregnant mice between 7th to 12th days of pregnancy. On day 16, uterine tubes were resected and absorbed fetuses were counted. Results: Our study showed that the different average of absorbed fetuses between treated and control groups is significant (P < 0.05). S. lavandulifolia changes the activity level of hypothalamus-pituitary gland-gonad axis due to flavonoid compounds. Also, S. lavandulifolia decreases progesterone concentration resulting in a significant difference between treated and control groups (P < 0.05) and gives rise to failure in fetus survival and consequently, abortion. The length and weight of fetuses decreased in treated groups and there was a significant difference between treated and control groups (P < 0.05). Conclusion: Owing to the possible abortive effect of Stachys lavandulifolia, it is highly recommended to use it cautiously during pregnancy.
description: EXCLI Journal ; Vol. 11, 2012
S1PR FAMILY FUNCTIONS
Creators: name: Gros, Beatriz
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Inflammatory bowel disease
subject: Autoimmune diseases
subject: Inflammatory diseases
subject: ozanimod
subject: etrasimod

description: Sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) modulators are a class of therapeutic agents that play a crucial role in regulating the immune system and maintaining vascular homeostasis. These modulators specifically target S1P receptors, which are involved in various biological processes, including lymphocyte trafficking, vascular development, and neuroinflammation. By binding to these receptors, S1P modulators can modulate immune cell behavior, reduce inflammation, and protect against tissue damage in various diseases such as multiple sclerosis, inflammatory bowel disease, and psoriasis. Understanding the mechanisms and functions of S1P modulators is essential for developing targeted therapies and improving patient outcomes in autoimmune and inflammatory disorders.
Umgang mit Unsicherheiten und Vagheiten bei der Georeferenzierung von Geo-Locations in der Archäologie und in den Geowissenschaften
Creators: name: Thiery, Florian
name: Baars, Stefanie
name: Schenk, Fiona
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: Archäologische Forschung muss bei der Datenmodellierung mit Zweifeln wie Vagheiten, Unsicherheit und Mehrdeutigkeiten umgehen. Dies ist insbesondere bei der Georeferenzierung der Fall (Unold/Bruhn 2019; Schmidt/Thiery 2022). Um FAIRe, reproduzierbare und verständliche Daten für die Nachnutzung zu schaffen und gleichzeitig die Datenqualität archäologischer Daten zu gewährleisten, müssen Zweifel und Unsicherheiten offengelegt werden (Thiery/Mees 2022; Thiery et al. 2021a). Dies ist auch für die Daten-FAIRifizierung von Daten wichtig, welche in NFDI behandelt wird (Thiery et al. 2021b). Insbesondere die Aspekte Vagheit und Unsicherheit müssen für die Arbeit mit Geodaten modelliert werden (Unold et al. 2019; Unold/Bruhn 2019; Dubois/Prade 2001). Für die Verknüpfung von Daten und die FAIRifizierung ist jedoch die von Berners-Lee (2006) vorgeschlagene graphbasierte Modellierung als Linked Open Data (LOD) die Methode der Wahl. In diesem Beitrag wird anhand von drei data-driven, interdisziplinären Use-Cases der Umgang mit und die Modellierung von vagen und unsicheren Georeferenzen (Fundstellen) in einer Ontologie, in einer Wikibase-Instanz und in Wikidata auf Basis von Literatur als Linked Open Data aus den Bereichen Archäologie und Geowissenschaften vorgestellt.
Stochastic Averaging for Constrained Optimization with Application to Online Resource Allocation
Creators: name: Chen, Tianyi
name: Mokhtari, Aryan
name: Wang, Xin
name: Ribeiro, Alejandro
name: Giannakis, Georgios B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Optimization and Control (math.OC)
subject: Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing (cs.DC)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Existing approaches to resource allocation for nowadays stochastic networks are challenged to meet fast convergence and tolerable delay requirements. The present paper leverages online learning advances to facilitate stochastic resource allocation tasks. By recognizing the central role of Lagrange multipliers, the underlying constrained optimization problem is formulated as a machine learning task involving both training and operational modes, with the goal of learning the sought multipliers in a fast and efficient manner. To this end, an order-optimal offline learning approach is developed first for batch training, and it is then generalized to the online setting with a procedure termed learn-and-adapt. The novel resource allocation protocol permeates benefits of stochastic approximation and statistical learning to obtain low-complexity online updates with learning errors close to the statistical accuracy limits, while still preserving adaptation performance, which in the stochastic network optimization context guarantees queue stability. Analysis and simulated tests demonstrate that the proposed data-driven approach improves the delay and convergence performance of existing resource allocation schemes.
Amtliche Mitteilungen der Universität Dortmund Nr. 09/86
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: Universität Dortmund
Year: 1986
Subjects: subject: 080

description: Vorläufige Diplomprüfungsordnung der Abteilung Bauwesen
description: Vorläufige Diplomprüfungsordnung für den Studiengang Informatik
description: Amtliche Mitteilungen der Universität Dortmund ; 9, 1986
Differential geometry of moduli spaces of quiver bundles
Creators: name: Biswas, Indranil
name: Schumacher, Georg
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Complex Variables (math.CV)
subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 14J60, 32G13, 32L10

description: Let P be a parabolic subgroup of a simple affine algebraic group G defined over C and X a compact connected Kähler manifold. L. Álvarez-Cónsul and O. García-Prada associated to these a quiver Q and representations of Q into holomorphic vector bundles on X. Our aim here is to investigate the differential geometric properties of the moduli spaces representations of Q into vector bundles on X. In particular, we construct a Hermitian form on these moduli spaces. A fiber integral formula is proved for this Hermitian form; this fiber integral formula implies that the Hermitian form is Kähler. We compute the curvature of this Kähler form. Under an assumption which says that X is a complex projective manifold, this Kähler form is realized as the curvature of a certain determinant line bundle equipped with a Quillen metric.
description: arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:math/0112160 by other authors. 1.Introduction, 2. Quiver bundles - Notation and fundamental properties (Summary of known results), 3. Deformation theory, 4. Fiber integral formula and K\"ahler property, 5. Determinant bundle and Quillen metric, 6. Curvature of the $L^2$ metric. To appear in Journal of Geometry and Physics
Critical Properties of the Many-Body Localization Transition
Creators: name: Khemani, Vedika
name: Lim, S. P.
name: Sheng, D. N.
name: Huse, David A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The transition from a many-body localized phase to a thermalizing one is a dynamical quantum phase transition which lies outside the framework of equilibrium statistical mechanics. We provide a detailed study of the critical properties of this transition at finite sizes in one dimension. We find that the entanglement entropy of small subsystems looks strongly subthermal in the quantum critical regime, which indicates that it varies discontinuously across the transition as the system-size is taken to infinity, even though many other aspects of the transition look continuous. We also study the variance of the half-chain entanglement entropy which shows a peak near the transition, and find substantial variation in the entropy across eigenstates of the same sample. Further, the sample-to-sample variations in this quantity are strongly growing, and larger than the intra-sample variations. We posit that these results are consistent with a picture in which the transition to the thermal phase is driven by an eigenstate-dependent sparse resonant "backbone" of long-range entanglement, which just barely gains enough strength to thermalize the system on the thermal side of the transition as the system size is taken to infinity. This discontinuity in a global quantity --- the presence of a fully functional bath --- in turn implies a discontinuity even for local properties. We discuss how this picture compares with existing renormalization group treatments of the transition.
description: v2 - published version, discussions clarified in various places
Nicht leicht auf leichten Standorten
Creators: name: Recknagel, Jürgen
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021

description: Der Anbau von Sojabohnen spielt auf leichten Standorten nicht die große Rolle. Trotzdem gibt es Betriebe, die auf diese Eiweißpflanze setzen. Die diesjährige Sojalehrfahrt besuchte Sojaanbau-Betriebe in Nordostdeutschland. Auch wenn die Anbaufläche für Sojabohnen in Nordostdeutschland mit rund 1.000 ha in Brandenburg und gut 200 ha in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern noch recht überschaubar ist, ging die Lehrfahrt des deutschen Sojaförderrings in diesem September in diese Grenzregion des Sojaanbaus. Ein Grund dafür waren die bereits seit rund zehn Jahren laufenden Forschungsarbeiten zu Sojabohnen am Julius-Kühn-Institut in Groß Lüsewitz bei Rostock sowie am Leibnitz-Zentrum für Agrarlandschaftsforschung (ZALF) in Müncheberg.
Behaviourism in political science : a critique of behaviouristic methodology in contemporary political science.
Creators: name: Allen, Edward N.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

description: This thesis was scanned from the print manuscript for digital preservation and is copyright the author.
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Regularity of aperiodic minimal subshifts
Creators: name: Dreher, Fabian
name: Kesseböhmer, Marc
name: Mosbach, Arne
name: Samuel, Tony
name: Steffens, Malte
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 52C23, 68R15, 94A55

description: At the turn of this century Durand, and Lagarias and Pleasants established that key features of minimal subshifts (and their higher-dimensional analogues) to be studied are linearly repetitive, repulsive and power free. Since then, generalisations and extensions of these features, namely $α$-repetitive, $α$-repulsive and $α$-finite ($α\geq 1$), have been introduced and studied. We establish the equivalence of $α$-repulsive and $α$-finite for general subshifts over finite alphabets. Further, we studied a family of aperiodic minimal subshifts stemming from Grigorchuk's infinite $2$-group $G$. In particular, we show that these subshifts provide examples that demonstrate $α$-repulsive (and hence $α$-finite) is not equivalent to $α$-repetitive, for $α> 1$. We also give necessary and sufficient conditions for these subshifts to be $α$-repetitive, and $α$-repulsive (and hence $α$-finite). Moreover, we obtain an explicit formula for their complexity functions from which we deduce that they are uniquely ergodic.
description: 15 pages
Optimization of Speed and Network Deployment for Reliable V2I Communication in the Presence of Handoffs and Interference
Creators: name: Shoaib, Haider
name: Tabassum, Hina
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Networking and Internet Architecture (cs.NI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) communication is becoming indispensable for successful roll-out of connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs). While increasing the CAVs' speed improves the average CAV traffic flow, it increases communication handoffs (HOs) thus reducing wireless data rates. Furthermore, unplanned density of active base-stations (BSs) may result in severe interference which negatively impacts CAV data rate. In this letter, we first characterize macroscopic traffic flow by considering log-normal distribution of the spacing between CAVs. We then derive novel closed-form expressions for the exact HO-aware rate outage probability and ergodic capacity in a large-scale network with interference. Then, we formulate a traffic flow maximization problem to optimize the speed of CAVs and deployment density of BSs with HO-aware rate constraints and collision avoidance constraints. Our numerical results validate the closed-form analytical expressions, extract useful insights about the optimal speed and BS density, and highlight the key trade-offs between the HO-aware data rates and CAV traffic flow.
Effectiveness in Appraising Employees' Performance the Case Study of the Ethiopian Radio and Television Agency
Creators: name: Hailemichael, Teferi
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2008

description: Performance is thus about the way the task is accomplished and the results achieved (outputs). The way inputs (resources) are utilized and the extent to which outputs (results) are achieved at institutional level designates organizational performance, which therefore, is best explained in what and how an employee in the structure is expected to get tasks geared and accomplished towards the organizational goals. The pattern a task is accomplished and the results achieved thereby flows through and within different interacting and interrelated sets of activities that constitute a system i.e. performance system. The contemporary period of increasing global competition has put more focus on effectiveness that the systems and processes in the organization be applied in the right way to the right thing: Performance management is of performance improvement process linked to performance appraisal. In effective organizations, goals are agreed and work is planned routinely, progress is measured and feedback is communicated. And this study draws on effectiveness in appraising the performance of employees for a continuous improvement of organizational performance in the Ethiopian Radio and Television Agency (ERTA). It focuses on how effective is performance appraisal in improving the performance of employees in ERTA and in achieving strategic and operational goals. The methods of participant observation and Likert-type questionnaires are the preferred methods to collect data from primary sources, and the required data regarding factors that contribute to effectiveness of the performance appraisal system are obtained. Accordingly, that indicates that the system in the agency is ineffectively implemented