cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Views of children with cerebral palsy and their parents on the effectiveness and acceptability of intensive speech therapy
Creators: name: Pennington, Lindsay
name: Rauch, Rosie
name: Smith, Johanna
name: Brittain, Katie
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: Computational Biology

description: Purpose: To understand children and parents’ views of the effectiveness and acceptability of intensive dysarthria therapy. Materials and Methods: Twenty-two children with cerebral palsy and dysarthria joined a pilot RCT comparing intensive therapy and usual care. Children (n = 11) allocated to dysarthria therapy comprising three 40-minute sessions per week for six weeks and their parents (n = 11) were interviewed two weeks before and six weeks after therapy. Interviews were transcribed verbatim and analysed thematically. Results: Analysis revealed five themes: Motivations, My new voice; The new me; I can do more; Success rooted in therapy design. Children had received little therapy for speech and were keen to improve intelligibility. Overall, therapy was viewed as effective. Participants described changes in children’s speech production, which they associated with increased speech intelligibility. Children were described as more confident following the therapy, to have more successful conversations, with a wider range of partners in more environments, thereby increasing their social participation. The programme was viewed as acceptable, despite its intensity, due to the short term commitment and wider benefits for the child. Parents valued the organised structure and individualisation of the programme and inclusion in the therapy process. Conclusion: Families found the intervention acceptable and effective. A definitive trial of its clinical effectiveness is warranted.Implications for rehabilitationChildren with cerebral palsy who have dysarthria and their parents reported that intensive speech therapy focussing on creating a stronger voice and a steady speech rate increased the clarity of children’s voice and the intelligibility of their speech.Therapy may have additional benefits for children’s self-confidence and social participation.The programme of therapy comprising three sessions per week for six weeks was seen as manageable by families in view of the results achieved. Children with cerebral palsy who have dysarthria and their parents reported that intensive speech therapy focussing on creating a stronger voice and a steady speech rate increased the clarity of children’s voice and the intelligibility of their speech. Therapy may have additional benefits for children’s self-confidence and social participation. The programme of therapy comprising three sessions per week for six weeks was seen as manageable by families in view of the results achieved.
OPTIMIZING PROTEIN PURIFICATION FOR RNA-BINDING RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS
Creators: name: LI, TINGYI
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2021

description: There has been great interest in delivering short interfering RNA (siRNA) and microRNA (miRNA) for therapeutic applications. However, the delivery of small RNAs remains challenging due to its inefficient cellular uptake and instability under physiological conditions. Here, we engineered a  CXCR4-targeting RNA-protein nanoplex that consists of a CXCR4-targeting single-chain variable fragment (scFv) antibody, which is fused to an RNA-binding protamine peptide (RSQSRSRYYRQRQRSRRRRRRS). To obtain a functional RNA-binding protein, the removal of external nucleic acids is essential. This study aims to optimize the purification process of RNA-binding fusion proteins to free up RNA-binding domains and study if protein/siRNA complexes could successfully protect and deliver siRNA to silence cellular genes. After testing out different nucleic-acid removal methods, the high-salt-wash assisted immobilized metal affinity column purification method showed a great reduction of bound nucleic-acid contaminants. The purified fusion proteins showed a successful complexation with siRNAs and could deliver siRNA to the targeted cells.
Anatomical CAD/CAM Post and Core Systems: A Chewing Simulation Study
Creators: name: Hussain, Alabbas
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2021

description: Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the fracture resistance of conventional and CAD/CAM prefabricated non-metal post and core systems. Few studies have looked into the difference between these systems under dynamic loading conditions (chewing simulation). Comparing these systems while simulating the clinical environment may provide a better picture of the performance of these materials.        Materials and Methods: Forty freshly extracted human maxillary premolars were endodontically treated and randomly divided into 4 subgroups (n = 10) according to the material: (Cast metal, Zirconia, Composite fiber post, fiber-reinforced composite resin). The post and core materials were manufactured either conventionally or milled using CAD/CAM technology. All samples were exposed to simultaneous artificial aging using a state-of-the-art chewing simulator and analyzed based on failure of specimens. Data was analyzed using Kaplen-Meier survival analysis and Cox-regression at level of significance (P < 0.05).       Results: Results revealed that both Zirconia and Cast-metal post and cores had significantly higher fracture resistance and survived cyclic dynamic loading for the duration tested. Trinia and fiber posts did not survive the dynamic loading.       Conclusions:  Zirconia and Cast metal post and core systems proved to have superior physical properties, with Zirconia being at the forefront for its superior esthetic qualities.
STUDENT-ATHLETE PERCEPTIONS OF NAME, IMAGE, AND LIKENESS COMPENSATION
Creators: name: Grambeau, Kelsey
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2021

description: The purpose of this study sought to gauge student-athlete opinions on impending Name, Image, and Likeness NCAA legislation. The study asked student-athletes a variety of questions on NIL compensation in addition to gaining qualitative data on their thoughts, concerns, and opinions. Findings point to a general support of NIL compensation among student-athletes along with concerns surrounding, gender equity, non-revenue v. revenue disparity, and maintaining a focus on priorities. A majority of respondents expressed a desire for more understanding or knowledge surrounding the subject. Responses differed significantly among gender, athlete type, and grade level. These and other findings, and their implications for NCAA policy and pending litigation related to student-athlete NIL compensation, are discussed. Recommendations include clarification and focused rules’ education for student-athletes, as well as discussions surrounding possible implications for specific groups of student-athletes.
On the dependence on p of the variational eigenvalues of the p-Laplace operator
Creators: name: Degiovanni, Marco
name: Marzocchi, Marco
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 35P30, 35B35

description: We study the behavior of the variational eigenvalues of the p-Laplace operator, with homogeneous Dirichlet boundary condition, when p is varying. After introducing an auxiliary problem, we characterize the continuity answering, in particular, a question raised in [Lindqvist, 1993].
Dental Dam Usage in Dental Schools
Creators: name: Hamer, Ethan
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2021

description: The first part of this thesis details the results from a cross-sectional survey of dental dam perceptions among dental students, residents, and faculty (n=252) at educational institutions within the United States. The survey questionnaire pertained to aspects of dental dam usage including comfort level, knowledge, and understanding of clinical application. The second part of this study presents a randomized trial on the effectiveness of a supplemental dental dam educational video for dental students (n=44). Students were divided into 2 groups: a Survey Only (S) group that was asked to complete a survey questionnaire, and a Video-Baseline (VB) group that was exposed to a 4-minute dental dam educational video prior to survey completion. After one month, students in the VB group were asked to complete the survey questionnaire an additional time. In conclusion, there is a need for improved dental education and supplemental videos serve as a strong resource for educators.
Protosmia (Nanosmia) montana Muller
Creators: name: Griswold, Terry L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Megachilidae
Protosmia
Protosmia montana

description: Protosmia (Nanosmia) montana Müller
(Figs. 10–13, 19)
 DIAGNOSIS: Males can be distinguished from all other Nanosmia by the combination of dense, plumose pubescence covering the labrum, hypostomal area, and ventral margin of the mandible and S2 not emarginate, without apical fringe, not covered by S 1 in repose. The elbowed gonostylus (Fig. 10) is unique among known Nanosmia, as are the forms of S5 and S6 (Figs. 11, 12). Females can be distinguished by the combination of labial palpus without hooked setae, labrum with apical setal tuft, clypeus with narrow medial impunctate line, and frons quite flat, not distinctly convex below the median ocellus in lateral view.
NEW RECORDS: TURKEY: 4♂♂, Hakkari, Tanin-Tanin Pass, 2500 m, 25 Jun 1985, M. Schwarz [Ansfelden]; 1♂, same data [Logan]; 1♂, Hakkari, Tanin-Tanin Pass 2300–2600 m, 3 Jun 1980, M. Schwarz [Ansfelden]; 1♂, 1♀, Hakkari: Oramar 1700 m, 29 Jun 1985, K. Warncke [Linz]; 3♀, Bitlis, Nemrut Dog, 2300 m, 15 Aug 1991, K. Warncke [Linz]; 1♀, same data [Logan]; 1♀, Aksehir, Konya, 2100 m, 2 Aug 1991, K. Warncke [Linz]; 5♀♀, W Seydisehir-Konya, 1800 m, 4 Aug 1991, K. Warncke [Linz]; 1♀, Ankara, Kavaklidere, 12 Aug 1960, K.M. Guichard, Harvey [London]; 3♂♂, Gürün, Şuğul-Tal, 1400 m, 31 Jul 1986, A.W. Ebmer [Leiden]; 1♂, same data [Logan]; 1♂, S Göksun, Pürin-Pass, S seite, 1550–1650 m, 10 Jul 1990, A.W. Ebmer [Leiden]; 1♂, NE Kahta, Nemrut Dağ, 2100 m, 11 Jul 1990, A.W. Ebmer [Leiden]; 1♀, Bey Daglari, 26 km S Elmali Zedernwald, 1600–1700 m, 4 Jul 1990, A.W. Ebmer [Leiden]. GREECE: 1♂, Phokis, Giona, Lyritsa, 1300–1600 m, 3 Aug 1981, A.W. Ebmer [Leiden]; 1♀, Pindas, Lakmos (Peristeri), oberh. v. Anthochori, 1700–2000 m, 1 Aug 1983, A.W. Ebmer [Leiden]; 1♀, Timfristos, 17 Jul 1976, K.M. Guichard [London]. TAJIKISTAN: Takob, 8 Aug 1976, W.J. Pulawski [Washington].
DISTRIBUTION: Greece, Turkey, and Tajikistan.
 COMMENTS: The diagnosis of P. montana has been expanded to distinguish it from the additional species here described. This species was previously known only from a few mountain ranges in the Pelopones of Greece (Müller, 2012). The distribution of P. montana is here documented eastward into Turkey and Tajikistan.
description: Published as part of Griswold, Terry L., 2013, New Palearctic bee species of Protosmia subgenus Nanosmia (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae), pp. 1-9 in Journal of Melittology 2013 (20) on pages 8-9, DOI: 10.17161/jom.v0i20.4530, http://zenodo.org/record/13737026
(3588) Sybil Margaret Tennant
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
In vitro wear of glass-ionomer containing restorative materials
Creators: name: Valeri, Arthur
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2021

description: This study compared in vitro wear of contemporary glass-ionomer containing dental materials commercially advertised for use in the permanent dentition as load-bearing restorations in a chewing simulator. Resin composite was tested as a control.Four restorative dental materials were used in this study. Ionolux (VOCO America Inc.) is a resin-modified glass ionomer. Activa Bioactive Restorative (Pulpdent) is a bioactive ionic resin with reactive glass filler. Equia Forte HT and Equia Coat (GC America Inc.) is a high viscosity glass-ionomer hybrid system. Filtek Supreme Ultra (3M ESPE) is a visible light-activated resin composite.After an estimated two years of clinical service, there was a statistically significant difference in mean volumetric wear for Activa Bioactive Restorative (P=0.0081, 95% CI: 0.3973, 0.4982) and Equia Forte HT (P<0.001, 95% CI: 1.2495, 1.8493), but no statistically significant difference in mean volumetric wear for Ionolux (P=0.6653) compared to control. Activa Bioactive Restorative wore approximately 60% less than, and Equia Forte HT twice more than Filtek Supreme Ultra on average, respectively. Clinical advantages of Activa Bioactive Restorative remain unknown. The resin-modified glass-ionomer Ionolux should be evaluated for further merit. The glass-ionomer hybrid system Equia Forte HT will likely experience unacceptable in vivo wear.
Battlefield Colombia: Honor and Justice in the Thousand Days' War, 1899-1902
Creators: name: Londono, Marlon William
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2021

description: Honor was the core motivating factor for Colombians who participated in the Thousand Days’ War. It transcended racialized, gendered, and class-based societal boundaries. But these boundaries nevertheless determined how different elements of Colombian society at the turn of the twentieth century perceived honor. They also determined how these elements of Colombian society perceived justice and what constituted a reparation of injured or affronted honor. 	My analysis of honor in Colombian society during the Thousand Days’ War considers the perspectives of the generals, the clergy, and the soldiers. Their writings, publications, and memories reveal how their wartime activities revealed intense anxieties over their reputation and identity in their communities. They also reveal what constituted justice in their minds, and the difficulties inherent in trying to establish a satisfactory framework for the cessation of hostilities.
Big data analytics in manufacturing supply chain management: multiple case studies
Creators: name: Chen, Ya-Hui
Publisher: name: Anglia Ruskin Research Online (ARRO)
Year: 2024

description: China’s manufacturing sector plays a crucial role in the global economy and supply chain (SC) network. However, with the emergence of labour shortage, shorter product delivery time and greater changes in market demand, China’s manufacturing sector has weakened its competitive advantage and is facing a new wave of transformational challenges. Therefore, the Chinese manufacturing industry needs to integrate with big data analytics (BDA) technology to meet the need the requirements of intelligent manufacturing and maintain its competitive edge. There is a significant knowledge gap in understanding the impact of BDA adoption on SC performance within China’s manufacturing industry, along with the factors influencing its adoption. To address this gap, this study aims to investigate areas of BDA adoption, explore the causal relationships between BDA adoption and SC performance, and identify key enablers and barriers. This study used mixed methods, incorporating both quantitative and qualitative approaches. Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) was utilised to analyse the empirical data and test hypotheses. Data was collected from the manufacturing sector in China and gathered 304 usable responses. Two case studies were conducted in leading Chinese manufacturing companies. Key findings from this study include: 1) A significant relationship exists between BDA adoption and SC performance within China’s manufacturing industry; 2) Enablers such as coercive, mimetic, and normative pressures positively influence BDA adoption in China’s manufacturing firms;3) Cultural and organisational barriers hinder BDA adoption in these firms. The main conclusion drawn from the study is that the adoption of BDA in China’s manufacturing industry holds significant potential for enhancing competitiveness. By identifying key enablers and barriers, businesses can develop targeted strategies to overcome barriers and leverage BDA effectively. This study contributes by offering strategic insights to Chinese manufacturing firms, enabling them to navigate BDA adoption challenges and enhance their competitive edge. Further research could compare BDA adoption and its impact on Chinese manufacturing SC performance with other countries.
Reducing ceiling effects in the Working Alliance Inventory-Rehabilitation Dutch Version
Creators: name: Paap, Davy
name: Schepers, Melvin
name: Dijkstra, Pieter U.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Purpose: To reduce ceiling effects on domain scores (Task, Goal, and Bond) of the Working Alliance Inventory (WAI)-Rehabilitation Dutch Version by changing response scales and using Visual Analogue Scales (VASs). Methods: Clients, who had at least three treatment sessions prior, randomly received one of the three versions of the WAI-Rehabilitation Dutch Version, using items with a balanced Likert scale, Positive-Packed Likert scale or VAS. Primary outcome was percentage of ceiling effects in total- and domain scores, secondary outcomes were construct validity and internal consistency of the three versions. Results: One hundred and seventy-six clients randomly received a set of questionnaires (one of the three versions of the WAI-Rehabilitation Dutch Version, Session Rating Scale (SRS) and Helping Alliance Questionnaire (HAQ)-II); 152 participants (mean age 51.5 ± 16.3, 106 women) returned the questionnaires. No ceiling effects were present in the total scores of all versions. Significantly fewer ceiling effects were found in the VAS-Version (Goal: 8.0%, Bond: 7.7%) compared to the original (Goal: 18.0%, Bond: 29.8%) and Positive-Packed Version (Goal: 27.1%, Bond: 29.8%). Spearman’s correlations between VAS-Version, SRS and HAQ-II ranged 0.747–0.845. Conclusions: Visual Analogue Scales effectively reduced ceiling effects on domain scores of the WAI-Rehabilitation Dutch Version, while maintaining validity.Implications for RehabilitationVisual Analogue Scales effectively reduced ceiling effects on domain scores of the Working Alliance Inventory-Rehabilitation Dutch Version, while maintaining construct validity.The Working Alliance Inventory version with Visual Analogue Scales can be used in rehabilitation. Visual Analogue Scales effectively reduced ceiling effects on domain scores of the Working Alliance Inventory-Rehabilitation Dutch Version, while maintaining construct validity. The Working Alliance Inventory version with Visual Analogue Scales can be used in rehabilitation.
"Seeing Him from Afar": Embodied Sanctity and John Chrysostom's Use of Optics
Creators: name: Sdao, Michelle Catherine
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2021

description: This thesis focuses on John Chrysostom’s discursive use of ancient medico-philosophical theories of optics in his homilies on the saints. In his homilies on Saints Meletius, Babylas, Julian, Drosis, Ignatius, and the Maccabean Martyrs, inter alia, Chrysostom uses technical optical terminology and concepts to describe the psycho-somatic benefits of the saints’ relics upon those who merely look at them. By drawing on cultural assumptions about how bodies and visual perception function, Chrysostom attempts to convince his listeners that going to the shrines and viewing the relics will bring them physical and emotional benefits. Using the optical theories of Plato, Aristotle, Epicurus, and Galen, Chrysostom describes the material transfer of the relics’ power through the visual process, which was more material and less mind-body dualistic than modern theories of vision. Chrysostom describes the bodies of the saints as containers of undiminishing power, which is transferred across space to strike the eyes of viewers, enter their minds, and form impressions on their souls, much as optic theorists described the physiological process by which the colors and qualities of visible objects acted upon the bodies of those who looked at them. These material interactions result in demonstrable emotional, bodily, and behavioral alterations that render a person more visibly Christian within their religious landscape. Thus, Chrysostom uses optics to construct the embodied sanctity of people, places, and communities in the midst of Antiochene and Constantinopolitan religious competition. Rather than making the power of the saints’ relics a matter of belief, Chrysostom appeals to sensory perception as a vehicle for religious experience, thus assuring his audience that they can know with their bodies the power of God as it works through the relics.
(3583) George Merritt
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
What is the optimal chair stand test protocol for older adults? A systematic review
Creators: name: Mehmet, Hanife
name: Yang, Angela W. H.
name: Robinson, Stephen R.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Purpose: To determine the chair stand test protocol that is most suitable for older adults in clinical settings by reviewing the currently available methods. Methods: Five electronic English databases were searched and details of methods used on individuals aged ≥65 years in the included studies were compared, including the instrument used to record time, units of measurement, chair characteristics (seat height, armrests), footwear, permission to use upper extremities and walking aids, pace of performance, total number of chair stands, timing points, total number of recorded and practice tests. Results: A total of 23 eligible studies were identified. The type of instrument to record performance time, characteristics of the chair and footwear were not frequently mentioned. A majority of studies did not permit the use of the upper extremities or walking aids during assessment. The performance of five chair stands at a fast pace recorded in seconds was most common, with the majority of studies recording the initial and end time point in a seated position. The total number of performed tests and practice tests was not specified in a majority of studies. Conclusion: A feasible and safe protocol for the chair stand test is proposed for assessment of older adults.Implications for RehabilitationThe chair stand test may provide valuable information on declines in mobility in older adults.The use of the chair stand test within clinical settings of older adults may provide a measure to identify frail individuals and to determine their level of frailty.Using the proposed protocol for the chair stand test may allow for the comparability of results. The chair stand test may provide valuable information on declines in mobility in older adults. The use of the chair stand test within clinical settings of older adults may provide a measure to identify frail individuals and to determine their level of frailty. Using the proposed protocol for the chair stand test may allow for the comparability of results.
Detailed Shape and Evolutionary Behavior of the X-ray Luminosity Function of Active Galactic Nuclei
Creators: name: Miyaji, T.
name: Hasinger, G.
name: Salvato, M.
name: Brusa, M.
name: Cappelluti, N.
name: Civano, F.
name: Puccetti, S.
name: Elvis, M.
name: Brunner, H.
name: Fotopoulou, S.
name: Ueda, Y.
name: Griffiths, R. E.
name: Koekemoer, A. M.
name: Akiyama, M.
name: Comastri, A.
name: Gilli, R.
name: Lanzuisi, G.
name: Merloni, A.
name: Vignali, C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We construct the rest-frame 2--10 keV intrinsic X-ray luminosity function of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGNs) from a combination of X-ray surveys from the all-sky Swift BAT survey to the Chandra Deep Field-South. We use ~3200 AGNs in our analysis, which covers six orders of magnitude in flux. The inclusion of the XMM and Chandra COSMOS data has allowed us to investigate the detailed behavior of the XLF and evolution. In deriving our XLF, we take into account realistic AGN spectrum templates, absorption corrections, and probability density distributions in photometric redshift. We present an analytical expression for the overall behavior of the XLF in terms of the luminosity-dependent density evolution, smoothed two power-law expressions in 11 redshift shells, three-segment power-law expression of the number density evolution in four luminosity classes, and binned XLF. We observe a sudden flattening of the low luminosity end slope of the XLF slope at z>~0.6. Detailed structures of the AGN downsizing have been also revealed, where the number density curves have two clear breaks at all luminosity classes above log LX>43. The two break structure is suggestive of two-phase AGN evolution, consisting of major merger triggering and secular processes.
description: 39 Pages, 9 figures. ApJ in press
A Versatile Steel Skin: The Representations and Roles of Armor in Late Fourteenth-Century Texts and Images
Creators: name: Williamson, Robert Carlton
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2021

description: This thesis is a contribution to the study of late medieval English and French martial aristocratic culture. It uses transitional plate armor – a hybrid assemblage of iron, steel, leather, and cotton – and its representation as a point of analytical entry to understand what forms martial masculinity might assume in the late medieval world, and consequently how the knight’s equipment augmented his identity. In texts and images, armor appears as a conspicuous emblem of martial acumen; the knight’s equipment became a vessel through which the warrior might assert specific qualities of his individual and corporate identity. Though the lens of semiotics, a look at armor in narrative – complemented by visual examples – reveals its myriad roles in the process of identity-making. This paper proposes that armor operates, in text and image, in four major functions to index the knight’s nobility, his capacity for transformation, his violent prowess, and his homosocial aptitude.
Desenvolvimento profissional a partir de uma comunidade de aprendizagem: contributos de um questionário
Creators: name: Gomes, Susana
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022

description: O estudo que se apresenta é um recorte de uma investigação de doutoramento em desenvolvimento, agregada a dois projetos de investigação mais amplos, que tem como objetivo compreender a aprendizagem e desenvolvimento profissional de professores do ensino básico, secundário e superior.
“THESE ATROCIOUS PRACTICES”: CONFINEMENT, ABOLITION, AND SUBJECTHOOD IN SIERRA LEONE AND SENEGAL, 1830-32
Creators: name: Thuney, Kaela Elise
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2021

description: This work focuses on the case of a single French slave-trading ship intercepted by the British Navy in the early 1830s off the coast of Sierra Leone, utilizing this case study to examine the broader themes of abolition, emancipation, labor, and identity in the context of early nineteenth-century West Africa and the Atlantic world. It argues that systems of forced labor that evolved out of the processes of emancipation and abolition including apprenticeships, prison labor, and the régime des engagés played critical roles in augmenting the power of the early colonial state in West Africa. This thesis also engages in debates about which groups would be included within the hierarchies of colonial empires in the early nineteenth century, how they would be controlled by evolving colonial structures, and the role that abolition played in the formation and maintenance of colonial rationales and logics of order and control.
(3587) Patricia Russel Parsons
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
Constantin and Iyer's representation formula for the Navier--Stokes equations on manifolds
Creators: name: Fang, Shizan
name: Luo, Dejun
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: The purpose of this paper is to establish a probabilistic representation formula for the Navier--Stokes equations on compact Riemannian manifolds. Such a formula has been provided by Constantin and Iyer in the flat case of $\mathbb R^n$ or of $\mathbb T^n$. On a Riemannian manifold, however, there are several different choices of Laplacian operators acting on vector fields. In this paper, we shall use the de Rham--Hodge Laplacian operator which seems more relevant to the probabilistic setting, and adopt Elworthy--Le Jan--Li's idea to decompose it as a sum of the square of Lie derivatives.
description: 26 pages. We add Section 4 discussing the Killing vector fields on Riemannian symmetric spaces which satisfy the conditions in Section 3
Fuhui Chen_Thesis Response_The functional roles of Rac1b in mammary gland development and breast tumourigenesis
Creators: name: Chen, Fuhui
Publisher: name: University of Manchester
Year: 2023
Subjects: Cell development, proliferation and death

description: These response pdf files are for my examiners for my PhD viva. During my PhD, I invetigated the functional roles of Rac1b in both mammary gland development and tumourigensis. It is demonstrated that Rac1b is dispensible for mammry gland development. Also, loss of Rac1b function increases chemosensitivity of primary breast tumour cells. Notably, this study elucidated that Rac1b might be a marker for a subpopulation of cancer stem cells through using a novel mouse model, generated by CRISPR method in my study.
Isolate record for VAFB-ISO-452
Creators: name: Holloway, Corinne
Year: 1900
Subjects: subject: Santa Barbara (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/3486/santa-barbara-county
subject: Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/85469/vandenberg-air-force-base-vafb
subject: Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/85584/vandenberg-space-force-base-vsfb
subject: California (State / Territory)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/1484/california-state-territory
subject: Reconnaissance / Survey
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/7/reconnaissance-survey

description: This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-452. The artifact is a flake.
Calvinist Cologne: The Presbyterial-Synodal Network and the Struggle for Toleration, 1566-1600
Creators: name: Callihan, Glenn Allen
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2021

description: This paper argues that the synodal network, courtesy of Dutch refugees fleeing Spanish persecution in the late 1560s, gave the German-speaking Reformed congregation in Cologne the tools they required to plant deep roots in a Catholic city. Through mutual aid and solidarity, these roots enabled the congregation to survive its infancy and emerge in a strong position by the outbreak of the Cologne War in 1583. After the war, as a result of the synodal network, the Reformed congregation in Cologne managed to secure a form of ‘implicit toleration’ from the city magistracy. This toleration was characterized neither by magistrates turning a blind eye to their activities, nor by sharing of religious spaces, but rather it came as a consequence of the difficulty the magistracy had in excising the congregation from the city.
Isolate record for VAFB-ISO-460
Creators: name: Holloway, Corinne
Year: 1983
Subjects: subject: Santa Barbara (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/3486/santa-barbara-county
subject: Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB)
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Isolate record for VAFB-ISO-463
Creators: name: Holloway, Corinne
Year: 1983
Subjects: subject: Santa Barbara (County)
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subject: Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB)
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subject: Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB)
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subject: California (State / Territory)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/1484/california-state-territory
subject: Reconnaissance / Survey
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description: This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-463. The artifact is a utilized scraper.
(3580) Harold Armstrong
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
(3582) Samuel Joy
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
Low-energy Scattering of $(D^{*}\bar{D}^{*})^\pm$ System and the Resonance-like Structure $Z_c(4025)$
Creators: name: Chen, Ying
name: Gong, Ming
name: Lei, Yu-Hong
name: Li, Ning
name: Liang, Jian
name: Liu, Chuan
name: Liu, Jin-Long
name: Liu, Yong-Fu
name: Liu, Yu-Bin
name: Liu, Zhaofeng
name: Ma, Jian-Ping
name: Wang, Zhan-Lin
name: Zhang, Jian-Bo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper, low-energy scattering of the $(D^{*}\bar{D}^{*})^\pm$ meson system is studied within Lüscher's finite-size formalism using $N_{f}=2$ twisted mass gauge field configurations. With three different pion mass values, the $s$-wave threshold scattering parameters, namely the scattering length $a_0$ and the effective range $r_0$, are extracted in $J^P=1^+$ channel. Our results indicate that, in this particular channel, the interaction between the two vector charmed mesons is weakly repulsive in nature hence do not support the possibility of a shallow bound state for the two mesons, at least for the pion mass values being studied. This study provides some useful information on the nature of the newly discovered resonance-like structure $Z_c(4025)$ observed in various experiments.
description: 11 pages, 6 figures. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1403.1318
Supplementary document for Method for determination of luminance of two-photon vision stimuli - 7127145.pdf
Creators: name: Kaczkos, Oliwia
name: Zielinska, Agnieszka
name: Pniewski, Jacek
name: Wojtkowski, Maciej
name: Komar, Katarzyna
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2024
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: supplemental document
FORMASAM/ISIMIP future forest management scenarios
Creators: name: Reyer, Christopher P.O.
name: Schelhaas, Mart-Jan
name: Mäkelä, Annikki
name: Peltoniemi, Mikko
name: Gutsch, Martin
name: Mahnken, Mats
name: Loustau, Denis
name: Martel, Simon
name: Merganič, Jan
name: Merganičová, Katarína
name: Meesenburg, Henning
name: Rötzer, Thomas
name: Heym, Michael
name: Collalti, Alessio
name: D'Andrea, Ettore
name: Matteucci, Giorgio
name: Ibrom, Andreas
name: Kvist Johannsen, Vivian
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: Future forest management scenarios for forest simulation models for 9 forest sites of the regional forest sector in ISIMIP2b
description: These forest management scenarios were prepared in the FORMASAM project. EFI Network Fund "Forest Management Scenarios for Adaptation and Mitigation" (FORMASAM) Intersectoral Impact Model Intercomparison Project (ISIMIP)
description: {"references": ["Reyer et al. 2020, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-1295-2020", "Wu, J., Larsen, K. S., van der Linden, L., Beier, C., Pilegaard, K., and Ibrom, A.: Synthesis on the carbon budget and cycling in a Danish, temperate deciduous forest, Agr. For. Meteorol., 181, 94\u2013107, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2013.07.012, 2013", "De Lary, R.: Massif des Landes de Gascogne, II \u2013 ETAT DES CONNAISSANCES Tech. Bordeaux: CRPF Aquitaine, 2015"]}
(3584) Henry Martin
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
Enhancement of Frequency Estimation by Spatially Correlated Environments
Creators: name: Yousefjani, R.
name: Salimi, S.
name: Khorashad, A. S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In metrological tasks, employing entanglement can quantitatively improve the precision of parameter estimation. However, susceptibility of the entanglement to decoherence fades this capability in the realistic metrology and limits ultimate quantum improvement. One of the most destructive decoherence-type noise is uncorrelated Markovian noise which commutes with the parameter-encoding Hamiltonian and is modelled as a semigroup dynamics, for which the quantum improvement is constrained to a constant factor. It has been shown [Phys. Rev. Lett. \textbf{109}, 233601 (2012)] that when the noisy time evolution is governed by a local and non-semigroup dynamics (e.g., induced by an uncorrelated non-Markovian dephasing), emerging the Zeno regime at short times can result in the Zeno scaling in the precision. Here, by considering the impact of the correlated noise in metrology, we show that spatially correlated environments which lead to a nonlocal and non-semigroup dynamics can improve the precision of a noisy frequency measurement beyond the Zeno scaling. In particular, it is demonstrated that one can find decoherence-free subspaces and subsequently achieve the Heisenberg precision scaling for an approximated dynamics induced by spatially correlated environments.
description: 7 pages, 3 figures
(Semi)continuity of the entropy of Sinai probability measures for partially hyperbolic diffeomorphisms
Creators: name: Carvalho, M.
name: Varandas, P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We establish sufficient conditions for the upper semicontinuity and the continuity of the entropy of Sinai probability measures invariant by partially hyperbolic diffeomorphisms and discuss their application in several examples.
description: 16 pages
Supplementary document for Method for determination of luminance of two-photon vision stimuli - 7038703.pdf
Creators: name: Kaczkos, Oliwia
name: Zielinska, Agnieszka
name: Pniewski, Jacek
name: Wojtkowski, Maciej
name: Komar, Katarzyna
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2024
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: supplemental doocument
Isolate record for VAFB-ISO-468
Creators: name: Holloway, Corinne
Year: 1983
Subjects: subject: Santa Barbara (County)
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subject: Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB)
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subject: Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB)
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subject: California (State / Territory)
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subject: Shell
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subject: Reconnaissance / Survey
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The Road From Classical to Quantum Codes: A Hashing Bound Approaching Design Procedure
Creators: name: Babar, Zunaira
name: Botsinis, Panagiotis
name: Alanis, Dimitrios
name: Ng, Soon Xin
name: Hanzo, Lajos
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Powerful Quantum Error Correction Codes (QECCs) are required for stabilizing and protecting fragile qubits against the undesirable effects of quantum decoherence. Similar to classical codes, hashing bound approaching QECCs may be designed by exploiting a concatenated code structure, which invokes iterative decoding. Therefore, in this paper we provide an extensive step-by-step tutorial for designing EXtrinsic Information Transfer (EXIT) chart aided concatenated quantum codes based on the underlying quantum-to-classical isomorphism. These design lessons are then exemplified in the context of our proposed Quantum Irregular Convolutional Code (QIRCC), which constitutes the outer component of a concatenated quantum code. The proposed QIRCC can be dynamically adapted to match any given inner code using EXIT charts, hence achieving a performance close to the hashing bound. It is demonstrated that our QIRCC-based optimized design is capable of operating within 0.4 dB of the noise limit.
(3581) Richard Hobhouse
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
(3576) Lawrence Redfern
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.