cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Effects brought by the HIT2GAP solution in all four pilot sites (results Evaluation) and overall evaluation of the HIT2GAP solution
Creators: name: EDELL-HARPER Amelina
name: MOUAWAD Jessica
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019

description: This deliverable reports on the effect brought by the HIT2GAP solution in all four pilot sites and includes an overall evaluation of the solution. The aim of the report is to provide an in-depth analysis of the results obtained within the project at two levels: tool integration level and running of the tool in the pilots. The document defines the testing methodology to test the proper functioning of the system and the sturdiness of the HIT2GAP platform. It compiles the lessons learnt during the operation of the whole solution in the pilot sites (benefits gotten from the use of the platform and the modules), an assessment of the pilot managers’ feedback, and the identification of the performance improvement capacity of the tool. The document also evaluates how the HIT2GAP solutions reduces the energy gap between the simulated data and the real measured data on each pilot.
What is user engagement? A conceptual framework for defining user engagement with technology
Creators: name: O'Brien, Heather, 1977-
name: Toms, Elaine G.
Publisher: name: Wiley
Year: 2011

description: The purpose of this article is to critically deconstruct the term engagement as it applies to peoples’ experiences with technology. Through an extensive, critical multidisciplinary literature review and exploratory study of users of Web searching, online shopping, Webcasting, and gaming applications, we conceptually and operationally defined engagement. Building on past research, we conducted semistructured interviews with the users of four applications to explore their perception of being engaged with the technology. Results indicate that engagement is a process comprised of four distinct stages: point of engagement, period of sustained engagement, disengagement, and reengagement. Furthermore, the process is characterized by attributes of engagement that pertain to the user, the system, and user-system interaction. We also found evidence of the factors that contribute to nonengagement. Emerging from this research is a definition of engagement— a term not defined consistently in past work—as a quality of user experience characterized by attributes of challenge, positive affect, endurability, aesthetic and sensory appeal, attention, feedback, variety/novelty, interactivity, and perceived user control. This exploratory work provides the foundation for future work to test the conceptual model in various application areas, and to develop methods to measure engaging user experiences.
Indiens Aufstieg zu einem neuen Wirtschaftstiger - Anspruch und Realität
Creators: name: Gosalia, Sushila
Publisher: name: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia
Year: 2021

description: Unter dem Schlagwort Reformer mit einem menschlichen Gesicht setzte sich die 1991 gewählte indische Regierung unter Premierminister Narasimha Rao und Finanzminister Manmohan Singh das hohe Ziel, Indien in den Kreis der Industrienationen zu führen. Seitdem befinden sich Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft Indiens in einem dynamischen Umstrukturierungsprozeß.
description: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia, Nr. 64 (1997): ASIEN (Juli)
Finite element formulations for thin-walled members
Creators: name: Erkmen, R. Emre
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Civil.

description: Conventional solutions for the equations of equilibrium based on the well known Vlasov thin-walled beam theory uncouple the equations by adopting orthogonal coordinate systems. This technique introduces several modeling complications and limitations where eccentric supports or abrupt cross-sectional changes exist (in elements with rectangular holes, coped flanges, or longitudinal stiffened members, etc.). In this study, a general solution of the Vlasov thin-walled beam theory based on a non-orthogonal coordinate system is developed. A finite element formulation, which yields nodal values in exact agreement with those based on the closed form solution of the Vlasov field equations and boundary conditions, is derived. The advantages and modeling capabilities of the formulation are discussed in detail. General expressions for normal and shearing stresses under non-orthogonal coordinate systems are developed. For design purposes, an elastic interaction equation for general open thin-walled section is derived. The shear deformation effect due to warping torsion is included in the torsional analysis of open thin-walled beams of general cross-section. The principle of stationary complementary energy is adopted to formulate the governing field compatibility condition. The variational principle is then extended to formulate a finite element, which captures shear deformation effects and allows the use of a minimal number of elements. For squat beams, shear deformation effects are shown to gain significance. Field equations and boundary conditions are obtained for the buckling analysis of thin-walled members by using the principle of stationary complementary energy. Subsequently a finite element is derived which incorporates shear deformation effects, a feature that is neglected in most available buckling solutions. It is shown that conventional solutions which neglect shear deformation effects can overestimate the predicted buckling load in some cases. The proposed finite element formulation can be used for the problems of column flexural buckling and torsional buckling, as well as beam lateral torsional buckling under linear moment gradients for doubly symmetric, mono-symmetric and channel sections. By adopting a non-orthogonal coordinate system, the solution is able to successfully capture load position effects relative to the shear centre. The efficiency and availability of the formulation is shown through comparisons to results based on shell finite element analysis solutions and other closed form or numerical solutions in the literature.
Sericornis maculatus subsp. inopinatus Mathews
Creators: name: LeCroy, M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Passeriformes
Acanthizidae
Sericornis
Sericornis maculatus
Sericornis maculatus inopinatus mathews

description: [Sericornis maculatus inopinatus Mathews]
 Sericornis maculatus inopinatus Mathews, 1922e: 28 (Lithgow, NSW).
 Now Sericornis frontalis frontalis (Vigors and Horsfield, 1827). See Mayr, 1986b: 418, and Schodde and Mason, 1999: 165–171.
 In the original description, Mathews based inopinatus on material from Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia, in BMNH. The name is not listed in Warren and Harrison (1971), but a small series of syntypes has since been found in BMNH (R. Schodde, personal commun.). There are no Lithgow specimens in AMNH.
description: Published as part of LeCroy, M., 2008, Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History. Part 7. Passeriformes: Sylviidae, Muscicapidae, Platysteiridae, Maluridae, Acanthizidae, Monarchidae, Rhipiduridae, And Petroicidae, pp. 1-287 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 313 (1) on page 132, DOI: 10.1206/313.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13223808
Trauma und die Folgen
Creators: name: Gänßbauer, Monika
Publisher: name: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia
Year: 2021

description: Wesentlicher Bestandteil des kulturellen Selbstverstandnisses eines Volkes ist sein Umgang mit der Geschichte. Im folgenden wird exemplarisch die Beschäftigung des chinesischen Autors Feng Jicai (geb. 1942 in Tianjin) mit der jüngeren chinesischen Vergangenheit, der Kulturrevolution, thematisiert und nach Motiven, Modi sowie der Sinnhaftigkeit solcher Versuche der Vergangenheitsbewaltigung gefragt.
description: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia, Nr. 64 (1997): ASIEN (Juli)
Rivalen oder Genossen? Die Spielarten des Nationalismus in der VR China
Creators: name: Zhang, Junhua
Publisher: name: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia
Year: 2021

description: Das Thema Nationalismus erweckt wie die Themen Globalisierung und Okologie immer mehr Aufmerksamkeit. Es scheint paradox zu sein, daß sich die Intemationalisierung einerseits in zunehmendem Maße intensiviert und die Welt dadurch immer "kleiner" wird, daß andererseits die Tendenz zum Nationalismus dennoch in manchen Ländem wesentlich stärker geworden ist.
description: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia, Nr. 64 (1997): ASIEN (Juli)
Hongkong und die Demokratie
Creators: name: Becker, Bert
Publisher: name: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia
Year: 2021

description: Hongkong bildet einen Sonderfall der Dekolonisation und Demokratisierung. Weder hat die Hafenstadt den nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg in der südlichen Hemisphare einsetzenden Dekolonisierungsprozeß durchlaufen noch ist sie von der "dritten Welle" des weltweiten Demokratisierungsprozesses am Ende des 20. Jahrhunderts erfaßt worden.
description: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia, Nr. 64 (1997): ASIEN (Juli)
Asienkundliche Lehrveranstaltungen Im Sommersemester 1997
Creators: name: F. Rossi, Vivien
name: Banze, Sonja
Publisher: name: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia
Year: 2021

description: .
description: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia, Nr. 63 (1997): ASIEN (April)
Carbon nanotube yarns: Sensors, actuators and current carriers
Creators: name: Mirfakhrai, Tissaphern
name: Kozlov, Mikhail
name: Fang, Shaoli
name: Zhang, Mei
name: Baughman, Ray H.
name: Madden, John D. W.
Publisher: name: Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE)
Year: 2011

description: Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have attracted extensive attention in the past few years because of their appealing mechanical and electronic properties. Yarns made through spinning multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) have been reported. Here we report the application of these yarns as electrochemical actuators, force sensors and microwires. When extra charge is stored in the yarns, change in length. This actuation is thought to be because of electrostatic as well as quantum chemical effects in the nanotube backbones. We report strains up to 0.7 %. At the same time, the charged yarns can respond to a change in the applied tension by generating a current or a potential difference that is related to the applied tension force. As current carriers, the yarns offer a conductivity of ~300 S/cm, which increases linearly with temperature. We report a current capacity of more than 108 A/m2, which is comparable to those of macroscopic metal wires. However, these nanotube yarns have a density (0.8 g/cm3) that is an order of magnitude lower than metallic wires. The MWNT yarns are mechanically strong with tensile strengths reaching 700 MPa. These properties together make them a candidate material for use in many applications including sensors, actuators and light-weight current carriers Copyright 2008 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers. One print or electronic copy may be made for personal use only. Systematic reproduction and distribution, duplication of any material in this paper for a fee or for commercial purposes, or modification of the content of the paper are prohibited.
Sericornis laevigaster subsp. tweedi Mathews
Creators: name: LeCroy, M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Passeriformes
Acanthizidae
Sericornis
Sericornis laevigaster
Sericornis laevigaster tweedi mathews

description: Sericornis laevigaster tweedi Mathews
 Sericornis laevigaster tweedi Mathews, 1922e: 16 (Tweed River).
 Now Sericornis frontalis tweedi Mathews, 1922. See Schodde and Mason, 1999: 165–171.
Syntype: AMNH 601504, adult male, collected at Tumbulgum, 28.17S, 153.28E (USBGN, 1957b), Tweed River, New South Wales, Australia, on 2 November 1907, by S.A. White. From the Mathews Collection via the Rothschild Collection.
 COMMENTS: In the original description, Mathews did not designate a type but said that tweedi has a broad black bar across the tail with no white tips. The above specimen is the only Mathews specimen from the Tweed River in AMNH. It is in very poor plumage and the tail is worn. A few feathers look as though there may have been a black bar across the tail, and if it had white tips on the tail, they have worn away. Mellor (1908b: 208), as Secretary of the South Australian Ornithological Association, reported that he and S.A. White had shown skins of birds procured on an excursion in New South Wales, mainly on the Tweed River, in connection with the Seventh Session of the Australian Ornithologists’ Union, held in late October 1907 (Anonymous, 1908: 126); however, no mention was made of which species were collected. Mellor (1908a: 185), however, did list a Sericornis sp. seen on the Tweed River. The initials ‘‘SAW’’ appear on the original label, and AMNH 601504 was almost certainly collected on that excursion. I was unable to find the specimen listed in Mathews’ catalog and do not know when Mathews acquired it, although it was undoubtedly before 1922. Someone has written ‘‘ Type of tweedi?’’ on the reverse of one label. This specimen had not previously been included in the AMNH type collection.
 The South Australian Museum, Adelaide, holds the bulk of the S.A. White Collection. It includes one specimen of Sericornis from Tumbulgum. ‘‘Ours was collected on 8 Nov. and intriguingly whoever wrote the label put 1908 on it. Fortunately they also wrote ‘‘AOU 7th Congress’’ on the label … so we can safely assume that 1908 was a mistake for 1907. The label does not state that it is a type specimen. The tail of our specimen has a very faint dark subterminal band and very slightly paler tips to the feathers (only slightly worn)’’ (P. Horton and B. Blaylock, personal commun.). This specimen is also a syntype.
description: Published as part of LeCroy, M., 2008, Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History. Part 7. Passeriformes: Sylviidae, Muscicapidae, Platysteiridae, Maluridae, Acanthizidae, Monarchidae, Rhipiduridae, And Petroicidae, pp. 1-287 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 313 (1) on page 132, DOI: 10.1206/313.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13223808
Father-daughter interactional patterns associated with adolescent depression: An examination of attachment and communication within the dyad
Creators: name: Demidenko, Natasha
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Psychology, Social.
subject: Psychology, Clinical.

description: The present study was designed to examine the links between father-daughter attachment, paternal acceptance and rejection, emotional availability (EA), adolescents' affective perception of parents, and the quality of father-daughter communication in adolescents with and without depression, taking into consideration paternal general psychopathology and maternal mood disorder. Fifty-one adolescent girls diagnosed with a depressive disorder (CDA) and 65 never-depressed girls (NDA), ages 13 to 19, and their fathers, completed semi-structured diagnostic interviews and measures of parent-adolescent attachment and communication. Mothers completed a diagnostic interview for mood disorders. In the first manuscript, we found that girls in the CDA group were more likely than those in the NDA group to have fathers with psychopathology and mothers with mood disorders. Girls in the CDA group reported more negative attachment with fathers, less perceived warmth, more overall rejection, more negative affect about their fathers, lower EA, and more negative communication than did girls in the NDA group. After controlling for marital status, depressed adolescents' scores of perceived maternal EA and negative affect towards mothers were comparable across the two groups. Fathers from the CDA and NDA groups did not differ in their ratings of warmth and rejection, but did report more negative communication with their adolescents compared to fathers of girls in the NDA group. Adolescents with depressed mothers reported more negative relationships with their fathers than adolescents with nondepressed mothers, indicating an important relationship between maternal depression and the father-adolescent relationship. In manuscript 2, investigation of the combined sample of depressed and nondepressed adolescents revealed that girls' perceptions of paternal EA and undifferentiated rejection predicted girls' depressive symptomatology above and beyond the presence of paternal psychopathology and maternal mood disorder. By adopting a multirater design, including extensive data on fathers and data on mothers, including clinical and nonclinical samples within one study, accounting for Axis I disorders together with depressive symptomatology, and including a balance of intact and single-parent families, this study addressed some of the gaps in the previous research. The findings of this thesis support taking an interpersonal and familial approach to treating depression in adolescents, addressing adolescents' perceptions of their relationships with both fathers and mothers.
Sensor response of polypyrrole trilayer benders as a function of geometry
Creators: name: John, Stephen
name: Alici, Gursel
name: Spinks, Geoffrey
name: Madden, John D. W.
name: Wallace, Gordon G.
Publisher: name: Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE)
Year: 2011

description: Trilayer polypyrrole benders are capable of generating voltages and currents when applied with an external force or displacement, demonstrating potential as mechanical sensors. Previous work has identified the effects of dopant and electrolyte on the sensor output, and a 'deformation induced ion flux' model was proposed. The current work aims to identify the change in sensor response with input amplitude and bender geometry as a function of frequency. The current and charge output from the trilayer benders were found to increase proportionally with input displacement and bender strain for multiple input frequencies, indicating linearity. Sensitivities of the current and charge output have also been calculated in response to strain, and are found to increase as the volume of the conducting polymer is increased. Some guidelines for sensor geometry are then suggested, using the identified sensitivities as a guide. Copyright 2008 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers. One print or electronic copy may be made for personal use only. Systematic reproduction and distribution, duplication of any material in this paper for a fee or for commercial purposes, or modification of the content of the paper are prohibited.
Sericornis parvula subsp. herbertoni Mathews
Creators: name: LeCroy, M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Passeriformes
Acanthizidae
Sericornis
Sericornis parvula
Sericornis parvula herbertoni mathews

description: Sericornis parvula herbertoni Mathews
 Sericornis parvula herbertoni Mathews, 1912a: 355 (Herberton).
 Now Sericornis frontalis laevigaster Gould, 1847. See Schodde and Mason, 1999: 165–171.
HOLOTYPE: AMNH 601508, adult female, collected at Herberton, 17.23S, 145.23E (Storr, 1984: 183), Queensland, Australia, on 28 November 1910. From the Mathews Collection (no. 9539) via the Rothschild Collection.
 COMMENTS: Mathews cited his catalog number of the holotype in the original description; in addition to the original field label, the Mathews Collection label, and Mathews and Rothschild type labels, it bears a yellow ‘‘Figured’’ label, indicating that it was illustrated in Mathews (1922e: pl. 455, lower right fig., opp. p. 7, text p. 15), where it is confirmed as the type of herbertoni. It was probably collected by A.P. Dodd, who with his father F.P. Dodd (1911) collected mostly insects in the Herberton area in late 1910– early 1911. The holotype is the only Herberton specimen of this form that came to AMNH from the Mathews Collection.
description: Published as part of LeCroy, M., 2008, Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History. Part 7. Passeriformes: Sylviidae, Muscicapidae, Platysteiridae, Maluridae, Acanthizidae, Monarchidae, Rhipiduridae, And Petroicidae, pp. 1-287 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 313 (1) on pages 132-133, DOI: 10.1206/313.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13223808
title: Vorbereitungen zu Pessach in Zeiten von COVID-19
Creators: name: Jütte, Robert
Publisher: name: Institut für die Geschichte der deutschen Juden
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Religion und Identität

description: Die Orthodoxe Rabbinerkonferenz Deutschland (ORD) hat im März 2020 einen Leitfaden veröffentlicht und per E-Mail an ihre Mitglieder versandt. Darin geht es angesichts des bevorstehenden Pessachfestes des Jahres 5780 / 2020 um Empfehlungen für den Einkauf von nicht mit dem besonderen Koscher-Zertifikat für Pessach ausgezeichneten Lebensmitteln aufgrund „der aktuellen Notsituation“.
title: Preparations for Passover during COVID-19
Creators: name: Jütte, Robert
Publisher: name: Institute for the History of the German Jews
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Religion and Identity

description: The Orthodox Rabbinical Conference of Germany (ORD) published a guide in March 2020 and distributed it by e-mail to its members. In view of the forthcoming Passover celebration in the year 5780 / 2020, this guideline is about recommendations for the purchase of food not marked with the special kosher certificate for Passover due to “the current emergency situation.”
Adaptive spatial compounding for improving ultrasound images of the epidural space on human subjects
Creators: name: Tran, Denis
name: Hor, King-Wei
name: Kamani, Allaudin
name: Rohling, Robert N.
name: Lessoway, Vickie
Publisher: name: Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE)
Year: 2011

description: Administering epidural anesthesia can be a difficult procedure, especially for inexperienced physicians. The use of ultrasound imaging can help by showing the location of the key surrounding structures: the ligamentum flavum and the lamina of the vertebrae. The anatomical depiction of the interface between ligamentum flavum and epidural space is currently limited by speckle and anisotropic reflection. Previous work on phantoms showed that adaptive spatial compounding with non-rigid registration can improve the depiction of these features. This paper describes the development of an updated compounding algorithm and results from a clinical study. Average-based compounding may obscure anisotropic reflectors that only appear at certain beam angles, so a new median-based compounding technique is developed. In order to reduce the computational cost of the registration process, a linear prediction algorithm is used to reduce the search space for registration. The algorithms are tested on 20 human subjects. Comparisons are made among the reference image plus combinations of different compounding methods, warping and linear prediction. The gradient of the bone surfaces, the Laplacian of the ligamentum flavum, and the SNR and CNR are used to quantitatively assess the visibility of the features in the processed images. The results show a significant improvement in quality when median-based compounding with warping is used to align the set of beam-steered images and combine them. The improvement of the features makes detection of the epidural space easier. Copyright 2008 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers. One print or electronic copy may be made for personal use only. Systematic reproduction and distribution, duplication of any material in this paper for a fee or for commercial purposes, or modification of the content of the paper are prohibited.
Distributed computing with mobile agents: Solving rendezvous and related problems
Creators: name: Das, Shantanu
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Computer Science.

description: In this thesis we study mobile agent systems consisting of a network of nodes and a set of autonomous agents travelling through the network. The mobile agents can traverse the edges (channels) of the network to move from one node to another and they can communicate with each other using public whiteboards available at each node of the network. We focus on the Rendezvous problem which is the central problem in such systems. The objective of the Rendezvous problem is to gather all the agents at a single node of the network. A procedure for Rendezvous is useful while performing many collaborative task by distributed agents---for instance, the agents may need to gather together for planning and coordinating their next operation. The problem of Rendezvous is in fact, related to several other problems in this setting, such as leader election, network exploration, distributed spanning-tree construction and graph-labelling or enumeration. Compared to most existing solutions, we study the Rendezvous problem in a weaker (and computationally difficult) model where both the agents and the network nodes are anonymous, and the network is asynchronous. Our focus in this thesis is not only determining when the problem is solvable in this setting but also designing efficient algorithms for the solvable cases. The main measure of efficiency in our algorithms is the number of moves (edge traversals) made by the agents in total. A secondary goal is to minimize the memory required for the whiteboard at each node of the network. We present solutions for the Rendezvous problem, both in the whiteboard model and the more restrictive token-model. We also consider situations where some network components may fail or the tokens used by the agents may disappear. We present fault-tolerant algorithms for these cases. We also show how to simulate any distributed computation in mobile agent systems when some of agents crash unexpectedly. Our results show that any problem that can be solved in message-passing systems can be solved in mobile agent systems while tolerating any number of crash faults, short of a total system collapse.
UMUMIY OʻRTA TA'LIM MAKTABLARIDA WEB TEXNOLOGIYALARINI OʻQITISH METODIKASINI RIVOJLANTIRISH
Creators: name: Sulaymonova, Dildora
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: maqolada informatika darslarida zamonaviy ta’lim yondashuvlari, darsga qo‘yilgan talablar, o‘qituvchining kompetentligi, o’qituvchining kasbiy shakllanish jarayoni innovatsion faoliyat tuzilmasini modellashtirish, umumiy oʻrta ta'lim maktablarida web texnologiyalarini oʻqitish metodikasini rivojlantirish, informatika fani o’qituvchilarini innovatsion faoliyatga tayyorlashning dolzarbligi va bunga erishish bosqichlari haqida so‘z boradi.
Report on the approach about knowledge transfer for building design tools
Creators: name: COSTOLA, Daniel
name: CLARKE, Joe
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019

description: This report summarises the potential benefits delivered to large estate facility managers by the performance assessment modules (PAMs) developed within the EC HIT2Gap project. During the project, PAMs were integrated with a new data platform, BEMServer, for use to reduce the performance gap between intent and actualisation in relation to energy use, occupant well-being and systems control in commercial buildings. Specifically, this report describes the deployed PAMs, which cover a range of operational issues, and their refinements as required over the course of the project in response to trial applications to real buildings. The report also summarises the overall lessons learned as a contribution to future PAM development and application by facility managers (FM) wishing to employ such tools to address the operational issues that contribute to the performance gap.
Automated SQUID tuning procedure for kilo-pixel arrays of TES bolometers on the Atacama Cosmology Telescope.
Creators: name: Amiri, Mandana
name: Burger, Bryce
name: Halpern, Mark
name: Hasselfield, Matthew
name: Knotek, Stan
Publisher: name: Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE)
Year: 2011

description: The Atacama Cosmology Telescope observes the Cosmic Microwave Background with arcminute resolutionfrom the Atacama desert in Chile. For the first observing season one array of 32 x 32 Transition EdgeSensor (TES) bolometers was installed in the primary ACT receiver, the Millimeter Bolometer Array Camera(MBAC). In the next season, three independent arrays working at 145, 220 and 280 GHz will be installed inMBAC. The three bolometer arrays are each coupled to a time-domain multiplexer developed at the NationalInstitute of Standard and Technology, Boulder, which comprises three stages of superconducting quantuminterference devices (SQUIDs). The arrays and multiplexers are read-out and controlled by the Multi ChannelElectronics (MCE) developed at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver.A number of experiments plan to use the MCE as read-out electronics and thus the procedure for tuning the three stage SQUID system is of general interest. Here we describe the automated array tuning procedures andalgorithms we have developed. During array tuning, the SQUIDs are biased near their critical currents. SQUIDfeedback currents and lock points are selected to maximize linearity, dynamic range, and gain of the SQUIDresponse curves. Our automatic array characterization optimizes the tuning of all three stages of SQUIDs byselecting over 1100 parameters per array during the first observing season and over 2100 parameters during thesecond observing season. We discuss the timing, performance, and reliability of this array tuning procedureas well as planned and recently implemented improvements. Copyright 2008 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers. One print or electronic copy may be made for personal use only. Systematic reproduction and distribution, duplication of any material in this paper for a fee or for commercial purposes, or modification of the content of the paper are prohibited.
THE VIRTUOUS PATH: SHAPING THE FUTURE THROUGH MORALITY IN ONLINE HIGHER EDUCATION
Creators: name: Anne, Williams Michael
name: Grasshill, Lena
name: Lean, Richie
Publisher: name: Zap journal
Year: 2024
Subjects: Learning experiences
Instructional design
online education
Pedagogical shifts Societal needs

description: In the ever-evolving landscape of education, understanding how individuals learn and the principles guiding instructional design is essential for success. This paper delves into the intricacies of learning experiences, acknowledging the need for educators to align these experiences with learners' and societal requirements. Amidst the technological advancements and the tumultuous impact of COVID-19, it becomes increasingly challenging to discern the most effective methods for creating learning experiences that cater to our collective future. Learning experiences encompass a wide spectrum of interactions, courses, and programs that facilitate learning, reflecting the dynamic interplay between pedagogical approaches and technological advancements. As an online college educator with an open-minded approach to technology, this reflective essay aims to explore the boundless possibilities within education while critically evaluating our current stance. This exploration calls for a synthesis of effective instructional design, a nuanced understanding of learners' needs, and a vision for societal progress. By embracing flexibility and adaptability, we can navigate the complex educational landscape and chart a course towards educational experiences that empower learners and benefit society as a whole.
Nora Sausmikat: Nichtstaatliche Frauenforschung in der VR China. Eine Diskussion der Frauenwissenschaft Li Xiaojiangs
Creators: name: Motsch, Monika
Publisher: name: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia
Year: 2021

description: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia, Nr. 63 (1997): ASIEN (April)
Balloon-borne Large-Aperture Submillimeter Telescope for polarization: BLAST-pol.
Creators: name: Marsden, Gaelen
name: Chapin, Edward
name: Halpern, Mark
name: Scott, Douglas
Publisher: name: Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE)
Year: 2011

description: The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (BLAST) is a sub-orbital experiment designed to study the process of star formation in local galaxies (including the Milky Way) and in galaxies at cosmological distances. Using a 2m Cassegrain telescope, BLAST images the sky onto a focal plane, which consists of 270 bolometric detectors split between three arrays, observing simultaneously in 30% wide bands, centered at 250, 350, and 500 μm. The diffraction-limited optical system provides a resolution of 30" at 250 μm. The pointing system enables raster-like scans with a positional accuracy of ~30", reconstructed to better than 5" rms in postflight analysis. BLAST had two successful flights, from the Arctic in 2005, and from Antarctica in 2006, which provided the first high-resolution and large-area (~0.8−200 deg2) submillimeter surveys at these wavelengths. As a pathfinder for the SPIRE instrument on Herschel, BLAST shares with the ESA satellite similar focal plane technology and scientific motivation. A third flight in 2009 will see the instrument modified to be polarization-sensitive (BLAST-pol). With its unprecedented mapping speed and resolution, BLAST-pol will provide insights into Galactic star-forming nurseries, and give the necessary link between the larger, coarse resolution surveys and the narrow, resolved observations of star-forming structures from space and ground based instruments being commissioned in the next 5 years. Copyright 2008 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers. One print or electronic copy may be made for personal use only. Systematic reproduction and distribution, duplication of any material in this paper for a fee or for commercial purposes, or modification of the content of the paper are prohibited
Sericornis beccarii subsp. dubius Mayr 1937
Creators: name: LeCroy, M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Passeriformes
Acanthizidae
Sericornis
Sericornis beccarii
Sericornis beccarii dubius mayr

description: Sericornis beccarii dubius Mayr
 Sericornis beccarii dubius Mayr, 1937: 9 (‘‘ Cape York’’, N. Queensland).
 Now Sericornis magnirostra dubius Mayr, 1937. See Schodde and Mason, 1999: 173–175.
HOLOTYPE: AMNH 450834, adult male, collected at the Chester River, Cape York, northern Queensland, Australia, on 9 July 1898, by Alfred S. Meek (no. 1905). From the Rothschild Collection.
COMMENTS: Mayr cited the AMNH number of the holotype in the original description. His type series comprised two males and one female. The two paratypes are AMNH 601539, male, and AMNH 601540, female.
 Meek’s exact collecting locality on Cape York was not certainly known until Parker (1966) fixed the locality as the Chester River (13.42S, 143.33E). In del Hoyo et al. (2007: 584–585), the subspecies dubia is included in the species S. beccarii.
description: Published as part of LeCroy, M., 2008, Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History. Part 7. Passeriformes: Sylviidae, Muscicapidae, Platysteiridae, Maluridae, Acanthizidae, Monarchidae, Rhipiduridae, And Petroicidae, pp. 1-287 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 313 (1) on page 133, DOI: 10.1206/313.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13223808
Design issues in the next generation wavelength division multiplexed optical network
Creators: name: Surendrakumar, Richard Pramod
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Electronics and Electrical.

description: Resource fragmentation is one of the major problems affecting bandwidth provisioning in WDM networks. This causes longer lightpaths experience a higher blocking probability compared to shorter lightpaths. In this thesis we present a novel mechanism to mitigate this problem. We develop a Traffic Classification and Load Balancing (TCLB) algorithm that uses a cost function that incorporates waveband information in conjunction with criticality levels on a link to spread out the traffic homogenously throughout the network and mitigate the fairness problem. In addition, we show that using the TCLB algorithm with proper choice of criticality levels a lower net blocking probability can be achieved as compared to algorithms using only traffic classification. We develop intelligent dynamic routing algorithms to route the signals considering the signal quality constraint (measured in terms of the Bit Error Rate (BER)) which is used as a measure of signal quality when routing a particular connection. By studying the network performance and signal quality we develop intelligent impairment aware algorithms to use the regenerators in an efficient manner and hence reduce the number of calls being blocked due to high BER, effectively reducing the net calls that are blocked due to poor signal quality. We also present dimensioning of the optical Cross-connect and develop policies to share the available resources (transceivers) and reduce cost at the node. To achieve optimal usage of transponders at nodes, we present three novel switching mechanisms to achieve steerability at Optical Cross-connect sites. By achieving steerability, the traffic that needs to be added/dropped at a node can be routed to any of the available transponders, thus improving the utilization of deployed transponders. We present nodal architectures that maximize system performance and deployment flexibility, while minimizing cost of sub-systems and components (like Wavelength Selective Switches, amplifiers etc.) which make up these nodes. In addition, the port dimensioning of such steerable architectures are analyzed and optimal port allocation based on the cost and loss compensation are calculated. Also the concept of Optical Reach for an optical network is explored and strategies to achieve the same are presented. We evaluate the network cost as a function of the WDM systems reach and traffic volume (wavelength fill level). The impact of various technologies on the optimal reach is discussed and novel network architectures are presented. Finally the impact of these strategies on the normalized cost of the system is studied as a function of traffic volume.
Sericornis minimus subsp. yorki Mathews
Creators: name: LeCroy, M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Passeriformes
Acanthizidae
Sericornis
Sericornis minimus
Sericornis minimus yorki mathews

description: Sericornis minimus yorki Mathews
 Sericornis minimus yorki Mathews, 1922e: 19 (Piara Scrubs, Cape York, North Queensland).
 Now Sericornis magnirostra minimus Gould, 1875. See Mayr, 1986b: 419, and Schodde and Mason, 1999: 173–175.
HOLOTYPE: AMNH 601533, adult male, collected in Piara Scrub, 10.44S, 142.34E (USBGN, 1957b), Cape York, Queensland, Australia, on 22 March 1913, by Robin Kemp (no. 2662). From the Mathews Collection (no. 17220) via the Rothschild Collection.
 COMMENTS: Mathews (1922e: 19) described this form as follows: ‘‘ The bird figured and described differs from Gould’s type in having the back olive and not brown, and may be called Sericornis minimus yorki subsp. nov. ’’ AMNH 601533 bears a yellow ‘‘ Figured’ ’ label; this refers to the illustration in Mathews (1922e: pl. 455, top fig. (labeled S. frontalis), opp. p. 7, text pp. 17, 19). On p. 17, at the end of the description of the adult male, Mathews stated: ‘‘Figured. Collected at Piara Scrubs, Cape York, North Queensland, on the 22nd of March, 1913’’. The agreement of the data on AMNH 601533 with that cited in the description of the figured male identifies this specimen as Mathews’ holotype. It did not have Mathews or Rothschild type labels and had not previously been included with the AMNH types. AMNH 601532, a second specimen not mentioned by Mathews, was collected by Kemp at ‘‘ Paira’ ’ Scrubs on 19 February 1913 (Mathews no. 17703) and is a paratype.
 Piara (sometimes spelled Paira) was the home on Muddy Bay of Bert Vidgen, where many early collectors on Cape York stayed. In del Hoyo et al. (2007: 584–585), the subspecies minimus is included in the species S. beccarii.
description: Published as part of LeCroy, M., 2008, Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History. Part 7. Passeriformes: Sylviidae, Muscicapidae, Platysteiridae, Maluridae, Acanthizidae, Monarchidae, Rhipiduridae, And Petroicidae, pp. 1-287 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 313 (1) on page 133, DOI: 10.1206/313.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13223808
Automatic setup of SCUBA-2 detector arrays.
Creators: name: Amiri, Mandana
name: Burger, Bryce
name: Halpern, Mark
Publisher: name: Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE)
Year: 2011

description: The detector arrays for the SCUBA-2 instrument consist of TES bolometers with superconducting amplifier andmultiplexing circuits based on Superconducting Quantum Interference Devices (SQUIDs). The SCUBA-2 TES arraysand their multiplexed SQUID readouts need to be set-up carefully to achieve correct performance. Algorithms have beendeveloped and implemented based on the first available commissioning grade detector, enabling the array to be set upand optimized automatically. Copyright 2008 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers. One print or electronic copy may be made for personal use only. Systematic reproduction and distribution, duplication of any material in this paper for a fee or for commercial purposes, or modification of the content of the paper are prohibited.
Effects of the mechanical performance and alignment of the Atacama Cosmology Telescope on the sensitivity of microwave observations.
Creators: name: Burger, Bryce
name: Hasselfield, Matthew
name: Halpern, Mark
name: Amiri, Mandana
Publisher: name: Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE)
Year: 2011

description: The Atacama Cosmology Telescope is a six meter, off-axis Gregorian telescope for measuring the cosmic microwave background at arcminute resolutions. The Millimeter Bolometer Array Camera (MBAC) is its current science instrument. Erected in the Atacama Desert of Chile in early 2007, it saw first light with the MBAC on 22 October 2007. In this paper we review its performance after one month of observing, focusing in particular on issues surrounding the alignment of the optical system that impact the sensitivity of the experiment. We discuss the telescope motion, pointing, and susceptibility to thermal distortions. We describe the mirror alignment procedure, which has yielded surface deviations of 31 μm rms on the primary and 10 μm rms on the secondary. Observations of planets show that the optical performance is consistent with the telescope design parameters. Preliminary analysis measures a solid angle of about 215 nanosteradians with a full width at half maximum of 1.44 arcminutes at 145 GHz. Copyright 2008 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers. One print or electronic copy may be made for personal use only. Systematic reproduction and distribution, duplication of any material in this paper for a fee or for commercial purposes, or modification of the content of the paper are prohibited
Guide d’identification des principales espèces marines pêchées à La Réunion - Espèces ciblées, accessoires et accidentelles
Creators: name: Evano, Hugues
Publisher: name: Ifremer
Year: 2021

description: Ce guide présente les principales espèces capturées par les pêcheurs réunionnais. Il comprend les espèces ciblées, accessoires mais également accidentelles. Il a vocation à améliorer l’identification de ces espèces par les différents « producteurs de données », qu’il s’agisse des scientifiques, des représentants des administrations, ou des pêcheurs eux-mêmes. Il rappelle également les codes FAO propres à chaque espèce afin que les données saisies utilisent les bons référentiels internationaux.
Ahn Byungkok: Umweltzerstörung und Umweltpolitik in Südkorea. Wirtschaftswachstum und seine Folgewirkungen
Creators: name: Leisch, Harald
Publisher: name: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia
Year: 2021

description: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia, Nr. 63 (1997): ASIEN (April)
CLOVER Experiment
Creators: name: Halpern, Mark
Publisher: name: Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE)
Year: 2011

description: ClOVER is a multi-frequency experiment optimised to measurethe Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) polarization, inparticular the B-mode component. ClOVER comprises two instruments observing respectively at 97 GHz and 150/225 GHz.The focal plane of both instruments consists of an array ofcorrugated feed-horns coupled to TES detectors cooled at 100mK. The primary science goal of ClOVER is to be sensitive togravitational waves down to r ~ 0.03 (at 3σ)in two years of operations. Copyright 2008 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers. One print or electronic copy may be made for personal use only. Systematic reproduction and distribution, duplication of any material in this paper for a fee or for commercial purposes, or modification of the content of the paper are prohibited.
title: Lebensdauerabschätzung hybrid gefügter Multi-Material Feinblechverbindungen
Creators: name: Presse, Jan
Publisher: name: UNSPECIFIED
Year: 2020

description: Aufgrund zunehmend schärferer gesetzlicher Grenzwerte bezüglich Emissionen ist die Automobilindustrie gezwungen neue Lösungen zur Gewichtsreduktion zu finden. Eine Möglichkeit der Gewichtseinsparung stellt dabei der Einsatz unterschiedlicher Werkstoffe in der Karosserieentwicklung dar. Neue Fügetechniken, wie Halbhohlstanznieten (SPR), bieten – im Gegensatz zum konventionellen Schweißen – die Möglichkeit, verschiedene Materialien miteinander zu verbinden. Um das Leichtbaupotential komplett ausschöpfen zu können, ist es allerdings wichtig Fügeverbindungen in der simulationsgestützten Karosserieentwicklung korrekt darzustellen und zu modellieren. Da es sich sowohl bei Schweißpunkten als auch Halbhohlstanzniete um punktförmige Fügeverbindungen handelt, liegt es nahe bereits etablierte Methoden zur Lebensdauerabschätzung von Schweißpunkten für SPRs zu adaptieren. Deshalb wird die numerische Bewertung der Nietverbindungen an einem Strukturspannungsansatz entwickelt. Dabei gilt ein besonderes Augenmerk der Herausforderung das Verhalten verschiedenartiger Materialien in der Stanznietverbindung abzubilden, wofür hier Material-Wöhlerlinien eingesetzt werden. Mit den Wöhlerlinien und einer angepassten Spannungsberechnung ergibt sich eine große Abschätzungsgüte der Lebensdauer. Für die Bewertung der geklebten Verbindungen wird ebenfalls ein spannungsbasiertes Konzept verwendet. Die versagenskritische Spannung wird dabei aus FE-Modellen an zusätzlich modellierten Schalenelemente am Klebeschichtrand ausgelesen. Eine Regression durch die berechneten Spannungswerte über die jeweiligen Schwingspielzahlen bildet eine Referenz-Wöhlerlinie mit geringer Streuung. Die entwickelten Methoden werden an bauteilähnlichen Napfproben validiert und bewertet. Zusätzlich wird an hybrid gefügten Proben gezeigt, dass sich deren Lebensdauer mit rechnerisch ermittelten Beiträgen der geklebten und stanzgenieteten Verbindung abschätzen lassen.