cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Gaussian Approximation for the Wireless Multi-access Interference Distribution and Its Applications
Creators: name: Inaltekin, Hazer
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: This paper investigates the problem of Gaussian approximation for the wireless multi-access interference distribution in large spatial wireless networks. First, a principled methodology is presented to establish rates of convergence of the multi-access interference distribution to a Gaussian distribution for general bounded and power-law decaying path-loss functions. The model is general enough to also include various random wireless channel dynamics such as fading and shadowing arising from multipath propagation and obstacles existing in the communication environment. It is shown that the wireless multi-access interference distribution converges to the Gaussian distribution with the same mean and variance at a rate $\frac{1}{\sqrtλ}$, where $λ>0$ is a parameter controlling the intensity of the planar (possibly non-stationary) Poisson point process generating node locations. An explicit expression for the scaling coefficient is obtained as a function of fading statistics and the path-loss function. Second, an extensive numerical and simulation study is performed to illustrate the accuracy of the derived Gaussian approximation bounds. A good statistical fit between the interference distribution and its Gaussian approximation is observed for moderate to high values of $λ$. Finally, applications of these approximation results to upper and lower bound the outage capacity and ergodic sum capacity for spatial wireless networks are illustrated. The derived performance bounds on these capacity metrics track the network performance within one nats per second per hertz.
The Photometric Period and Variability of the Cataclysmic Variable V849 Herculis (PG 1633+115)
Creators: name: Ringwald, F. A.
name: Rude, Gerald D.
name: Roveto, Jonathan J.
name: Khamvongsa, Kelly S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report time-resolved photometry of the cataclysmic variable V849 Her, and measure a period of 0.1414 \pm 0.0030 days (3.394 \pm 0.072 hours). We also present photometry taken over several weeks in 2010 and 2011, as well as light curves from 1995 to 2011 by the American Association of Variable Star Observers. The spectra, absolute magnitude derived from infrared magnitudes, and variability all suggest that V849 Her is a nova-like variable. The shallow (0.5-magnitude) low states we observe resemble the erratic low states of the VY Sculptoris stars, although they may recur quasi-periodically over an average cycle of 12.462 \pm 0.074 days.
description: 18 pages, 9 figures, accepted for publication in New Astronomy
An E.M.P. study of sulphur and oxygen radicals in EMP glasses
Creators: name: Marshall, Iain R. H.
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 1976
Subjects: subject: QD 181 S1 M36 1976 Microfiche
subject: Sulphur
subject: Electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy

description: Bibliography: p. 102-105.
Applying generic landscape-scale models of natural pest control to real data: Associations between crops, pests and biocontrol agents make the difference
Creators: name: Bonato, Marta
name: Martin, Emily A.
name: Cord, Anna F.
name: Seppelt, Ralf
name: Beckmann, Michael
name: Strauch, Michael
Publisher: name: Amsterdam [u.a.] : Elsevier
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Agricultural management
subject: Landscape complexity
subject: Natural pest control
subject: Predictive modeling
subject: Dewey Decimal Classification::500 | Naturwissenschaften::570 | Biowissenschaften, Biologie
subject: Dewey Decimal Classification::300 | Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie, Anthropologie::330 | Wirtschaft
subject: Dewey Decimal Classification::600 | Technik::630 | Landwirtschaft, Veterinärmedizin
subject: Dewey Decimal Classification::600 | Technik::690 | Hausbau, Bauhandwerk

description: Managing agricultural land to maximize the supply of natural pest control can help reduce pesticide use. Tools that are able to represent the relationship between landscape structure, field management and natural pest control can help in deciding which management practices should be used and where. However, the reliability and the predictive power of generic models of natural pest control is largely unknown. We applied an existing generic model of natural pest control potential based on landscape structure to nine sites in five European countries and tested the resulting values against field measurements of natural pest control. Subsequently, we added information on local level factors to test the possibility of improving model performance and predictive power. The results showed that there is generally little or no evidence of correlation between modeled and field-measured values of natural pest control. Moreover, we found high variability in the results, depending on the associations of crops, pests and biocontrol agents considered (e.g. Oilseed rape-Pollen beetle-Parasitoids) and on the different case studies. Factors at the local level, such as conservation tillage, had an overall positive effect on natural pest control, and their inclusion in the models typically increased their predictive power. Our results underline the importance of developing predictive models of natural pest control which are tailored towards specific associations between crops, pests and biocontrol agents, consider local level factors and are trained using field measurements. They would serve as important tools within farmers' decision making, ultimately supporting the shift toward a low-pesticide agriculture.
Living at the lakeshore. Early Nubian Complex site associated with a lacustrine environment
Creators: name: Kindermann, Karin
name: Peer, Philip Van
name: Henselowsky, Felix
name: Bubenzer, Olaf
Publisher: name: CRC806-Database
Year: 2016

description: By analysing satellite images of the area around Sodmein Cave numerous well-preserved surface remnants (terraces) could be documented. Surveys on these old terraces, showing mainly a dark desert pavement, yielded preferentially Pleistocene artefact concentrations. Hence, it became clear that these terraces represent parts of the former Pleistocene surface of the area. During surveying activities on such terraces a new archaeological site – preliminary named as “Sodmein Playa” 14/01 – was discovered around 3 km south-west of Sodmein Cave. On the surface a concentration of Middle Stone Age (MSA) artefacts, which seem to weather out of the sediments was observed. It was immediately clear that it did not occur in association with the gravel terraces but indicate a different geomorphological context. The artefacts did not exhibit the typical desert varnish of the terrace surfaces and they occurred at the surface of a sandy plain, seemingly lacustrine sediments (playa).
Looking beyond values: The legitimacy of social perspectives, opinions and interests in science
Creators: name: Hilligardt, Hannah
Publisher: name: Heidelberg : Springer
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Authority
subject: Iris Marion Young
subject: Social legitimacy
subject: Social value management ideal
subject: Values in science
subject: 100
subject: 500

description: This paper critically assesses the current debates in philosophy of science that focus on the concept of values. In these debates, it is often assumed that all relevant non-epistemic influences on scientific research can be described as values and, consequently, that science carries social legitimacy if the correct values play their proper role in research. I argue that values are not the only relevant non-epistemic influences on research: not unless our definition of values is so broad that it becomes unmanageable. Other factors also affect the authority and social legitimacy of science. I employ political theorist Iris Marion Young’s concepts of social perspectives, opinions and interests to attempt a differentiation of contextual influences relevant to scientific research. While problems arising from these influences may overlap, they often differ in important ways too. As a consequence, I argue that contextual influences cannot be managed jointly but require distinct and complementary strategies.
Round Table Discussion at the Workshop "New Directions in Modern Cosmology"
Creators: name: Nieuwenhuizen, Theo M.
name: Keefe, Peter D.
name: Spicka, Vaclav
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The workshop "New directions in modern cosmology", organized by Theo Nieuwenhuizen, Rudy Schild, Francesco Sylos Labini and Ruth Durrer, was held from September 27 until October 1, 2010, in the Lorentz Center in Leiden, the Netherlands. A transcript of the final round table discussion, chaired by Theo Nieuwenhuizen and Rudy Schild, is presented. The subjects are: 0) spread in data; 1) back reaction; 2) $N$-body simulations; 3) neutrinos as the dark matter; 4) gravitational hydrodynamics, 5) missing baryons and lensing in an inhomogeneous universe, and 6) final points.
description: 14 pages
ASSESSMENT OF VULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE CHANGE AMONG THE DISTRICTS OF HYDERABAD KARNATAKA REGION
Creators: name: SHANABHOGA M B
name: Krishnamurthy Bommaiah
name: Suresha S V
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Climate Science
subject: 40104 Climate Change Processes
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences

description: The effect of change in climate on agriculture may accentuate at regional level creating more vulnerability in food security rather than global level as a whole.Vulnerability assessment is more than measuring potential harm using information about climate influence. It comprises an assessment of the region's or sector's ability to adapt.The assessment of vulnerability will give a comprehensive picture of current and future climate change risks with more stress factors to be anticipated. It will help identifyopportunities arising from climate change, and provide information on how to assess adaptive capacity and cope with uncertainty. The study was carried out in six districts i.e.,Ballari, Koppala, Raichur, Kalaburgi, Yadgiri and Bidar of Hyderabad- Karnataka Region in the year 2018-19 to assess vulnerability status of the districts due to climate change.The secondary data was collected to calculate the Vulnerability index of the districts. Various indicators are selected under three dimensions i.e., exposure, sensitivity and adaptive capacity. It can be visualized from the data presented in the study that Yadagir (0.64) belonged to very high degree of vulnerability to climate change whereas Ballari (0.58) and Bidar (0.50) districts were belong to high and medium level of vulnerability. It is also depicting that Kalburagi (0.45), Koppal (0.19) and Raichur (0.25) belonged to low vulnerability category.
On large bipartite graphs of diameter 3
Creators: name: Feria-Puron, Ramiro
name: Miller, Mirka
name: Pineda-Villavicencio, Guillermo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 05C35, 05C75

description: We consider the bipartite version of the {\it degree/diameter problem}, namely, given natural numbers $d\ge2$ and $D\ge2$, find the maximum number $\N^b(d,D)$ of vertices in a bipartite graph of maximum degree $d$ and diameter $D$. In this context, the bipartite Moore bound $\M^b(d,D)$ represents a general upper bound for $\N^b(d,D)$. Bipartite graphs of order $\M^b(d,D)$ are very rare, and determining $\N^b(d,D)$ still remains an open problem for most $(d,D)$ pairs. This paper is a follow-up to our earlier paper \cite{FPV12}, where a study on bipartite $(d,D,-4)$-graphs (that is, bipartite graphs of order $\M^b(d,D)-4$) was carried out. Here we first present some structural properties of bipartite $(d,3,-4)$-graphs, and later prove there are no bipartite $(7,3,-4)$-graphs. This result implies that the known bipartite $(7,3,-6)$-graph is optimal, and therefore $\N^b(7,3)=80$. Our approach also bears a proof of the uniqueness of the known bipartite $(5,3,-4)$-graph, and the non-existence of bipartite $(6,3,-4)$-graphs. In addition, we discover three new largest known bipartite (and also vertex-transitive) graphs of degree 11, diameter 3 and order 190, result which improves by 4 vertices the previous lower bound for $\N^b(11,3)$.
Continuous production of cis-1, 4 polyisoprene
Creators: name: Whitfield, Geoffrey St. Quentin
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 1971
Subjects: subject: TP 156 P6 W46 1970 Microfilm
subject: Polymers and polymerization
subject: Chemical reactors
subject: Polyisoprene

description: Bibliography: p. B1-7 .
title: Satzung für die Durchführung der Studienplatzvergabe in zulassungsbeschränkten Studiengängen der Universität Paderborn : vom 26. April 2016
Creators: name: Universität Paderborn
Publisher: name: UB-PAD - Paderborn University Library
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Sozialwissenschaften
subject: Bildung und Erziehung
subject: Hochschulbildung

description: Amtliche Mitteilungen / Universität Paderborn
Timelike surfaces with zero mean curvature in Minkowski 4-space
Creators: name: Ganchev, Georgi
name: Milousheva, Velichka
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 53A10, 53A07

description: On any timelike surface with zero mean curvature in the four-dimensional Minkowski space we introduce special geometric (canonical) parameters and prove that the Gauss curvature and the normal curvature of the surface satisfy a system of two natural partial differential equations. Conversely, any two solutions to this system determine a unique (up to a motion) timelike surface with zero mean curvature so that the given parameters are canonical. We find all timelike surfaces with zero mean curvature in the class of rotational surfaces of Moore type. These examples give rise to a one-parameter family of solutions to the system of natural partial differential equations describing timelike surfaces with zero mean curvature.
description: 15 pages
The indian voice : centering women in the gendered politics of indigenous nationalism in BC, 1969-1984
Creators: name: Barkaskas, Patricia Miranda
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: “The Indian Voice – Centering Women in the Gendered Politics of Indigenous Nationalism in BC, 1969-1984” reveals how tensions about gender represented in The Indian Voice newspaper centre on two interrelated sets of issues. First, gender is framed as the main issue at the heart of divergent views of “community” within the larger Indigenous political project in the period. The Voice depicted the BC Indian Homemakers Association, and its members, as rooted in and entitled to speak on behalf of communities. This orientation contrasts with its presentation of male-dominated groups. It regularly portrayed male leaders as neglectful and largely indifferent to local concerns. The second gendered issue to emerge in The Indian Voice in these years is the relationship between Indian Status and Indigenous citizenship. In particular, it situates women’s access to Indigenous identity under the Indian Act at the centre of the gender issues it highlights. The Voice identified the leadership of BCIHA as champions of women’s issues in the province, particularly on this front. They claimed to speak for women (and children) excluded from “Indianness” by the Indian Act and challenged those who accepted its definitions. This paper explores how BC’s Native women used The Indian Voice in three parts. The first section of this paper provides an overview of the relevant scholarship on decolonial feminist approaches and Aboriginal perspectives on feminist analysis as it applies to Native women’s activism. It describes the relevance of feminist perspectives that are fundamental to the analytical framework of this project. The second section introduces the BCIHA and situates the organization in the larger context of the Aboriginal rights movement in BC. Finally, the gendered tensions emerging in the Voice at the intersections of community and citizenship are explored.
Ammonia and other parent molecules in comet 10P/Tempel 2 from Herschel/HIFI and ground-based radio observations
Creators: name: Biver, N.
name: Crovisier, J.
name: Bockelée-Morvan, D.
name: Szutowicz, S.
name: Lis, D. C.
name: Hartogh, P.
name: de Val-Borro, M.
name: Moreno, R.
name: Boissier, J.
name: Kidger, M.
name: Küppers, M.
name: Paubert, G.
name: Russo, N. Dello
name: Vervack, R.
name: Weaver, H.
name: team, HssO
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Jupiter-family comet 10P/Tempel 2 was observed during its 2010 return with the Herschel Space Observatory. We present here the observation of the (J, K) = (1, 0)-(0, 0) transition of ammonia at 572 GHz in this comet with the Heterodyne Instrument for the Far Infrared (HIFI) of Herschel. We also report on radio observations of other molecules (HCN, CH3OH, H2S and CS) obtained during the 1999 return of the comet with the CSO telescope and the JCMT, and during its 2010 return with the IRAM 30-m telescope. Molecular abundances relative to water are 0.09%, 1.8%, 0.4%, and 0.08% for HCN, CH3OH, H2S, and CS, respectively. An abundance of 0.5% for NH3 is obtained, which is similar to the values measured in other comets. The hyperfine structure of the ammonia line is resolved for the first time in an astronomical source. Strong anisotropy in the outgassing is present in all observations from 1999 to 2010 and is modelled to derive the production rates.
description: 6 pages and 8 figures. Accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics
ROLE EVALUATION: THE ACUTE CARE NURSE PRACTITIONER LEADING MULTI-DISCIPLINARY ROUNDS
Creators: name: Evans, Lisa Marie
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014

description: The role of the nurse practitioner is unique to the healthcare industry. With advanced knowledge and training, the utilization of the nurse practitioner has been incorporated into multiple settings nationwide. However, there is still growing concern that the role of the nurse practitioner is not clearly understood. Through a better understanding of the specific components and functions of the nurse practitioner role, in relation to patient outcomes, new and innovative uses for the nurse practitioner role can be employed. As more nurse practitioners assume an increasing role in the provision of care to patients within the acute care setting, the role of the acute care nurse practitioner has emerged as an innovative tactic to improve health care delivery systems. New opportunities have arisen for the incorporation of the acute care nurse practitioner into different healthcare delivery models: One such model is multi-disciplinary rounding. A new innovation for the structure of multi-disciplinary rounding is the incorporation of the acute care nurse practitioner as the lead for this collaborative care practice model. To better understand the impact on patient outcomes and quality of care measures, a thorough understanding of the specific role components and functions of the acute care nurse practitioner is necessary. This project evaluates the role of the acute care nurse practitioner as the lead for multi-disciplinary rounds within an intensive care step-down unit.
title: Ordnung der zentralen wissenschaftlichen Einrichtung Software Innovation Lab (Si-Lab) an der Universität Paderborn : vom 29. April 2016
Creators: name: Universität Paderborn
Publisher: name: UB-PAD - Paderborn University Library
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Sozialwissenschaften
subject: Bildung und Erziehung
subject: Hochschulbildung

description: Amtliche Mitteilungen / Universität Paderborn
Spectroscopy of a Reissner-Nordström black hole via an action variable
Creators: name: Zeng, Xiao-Xiong
name: Liu, Wen-Biao
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: With the help of the Bohr--Sommerfeld quantization rule, the area spectrum of a charged, spherically symmetric spacetime is obtained by studying an adiabatic invariant action variable. The period of the Einstein-Maxwell system, which is related to the surface gravity of a given spacetime, is determined by the Kruskal--like coordinates. It is shown that the area spectrum of the Reissner-Nordström black hole is evenly spaced and the spacing is the same as that of a Schwarzschild black hole, which indicates that the area spectrum of a black hole is independent of its parameters. In contrast to the quasi-normal mode analysis, we do not impose the small charge limit as the general area gap $8π$ is obtained.
description: 6 pages, 0 figures
A novel idea : the role of the Temporary Committee on Climate Change in the European Parliament and the European Union
Creators: name: Stockman, Christian
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: This thesis focuses on the European Parliament’s Temporary Committee on Climate Change and its function as a political actor in the context of European governance. It illuminates the role of the Committee as a policy-shaping instrument vis-à-vis standing parliamentary committees and elaborates on the significance of its actorness within the EU. The CLIM Committee’s unique horizontal mandate, ability to cut across typical institutional boundaries and considerable influence allowed it to achieve its political objectives. A discussion about CLIM’s creation is presented in the context of institutional spillover, as a dominant aspect of the neo-functional theoretical framework of European integration. An examination of the organization and structure of EP’s committee system as well as the EP’s position in the EU provides a foundation for analysis and evaluation of its accomplishments. The dialogue surrounding the publication of CLIM’s groundbreaking final report also helps to shed light on how the Committee greatly influenced climate change policy in the EU. In addition, CLIM’s innovative structure and operation fostered cooperation between committees that was previously unheard of. This resulted in a new paradigm for information gathering and the addressing of multidisciplinary issues such as climate change that can only be tackled on a supranational plane.
Orientation Of It Towards Human Being  - The Paradigm (2016)
Creators: name: Plochberger
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Information Sciences, Informationscientific Axioms, Information as term, Orientation of IT as paradigm, Theory of Systems, Relation, Relationship, Attachment, Attention, Regard, Vigilance, Alertness, Awareness, Readiness.

description: At the beginning of our Age of Information, the 21th century, the influence of IT (Information Technology) got so important that all parts of human live and society where involved. Especially Media Industry started a great hype which is not finished till now. Mobile Media have got a really up to date part of especially young society.

On the level of serious science it has been up to date to use the word Information in all reports and publishing papers. A lot of semantics have been used and some scientists (Prof. FLEISSNER, Prof HOFKIRCHNER, Prof. CAPURRO and the author) tried to abstract this word to a constant scientific term. So for first time the author tried a worldwide unifying definition of the terms Information and Data. It’s importance is documented by the topic “Information Scientific Axioms”.

In second part – based on it – Clues for generally evidence of Information are written down. They are a set of informationscientific terms - excerpted out of real nature and society. The way of Information between Object and Subject or involving Human Being in big and complex machine systems (aeroplanes, ships and industrial productions) made it necessary to think additionally about the general usage of Information. As a useful result many relationships to other sciences are possible. They bring the benefit to be unifying and scientifically worldwide structuring.

As next research object general forms of actual Information are investigated.

As final result for future the author asks: „How can we make Information – in all forms – more positive and precious for Human Being? “. This is a new, scientific topic for the future of IT and human society.
Nursing in a prison context: A focused mapping review and synthesis of international nursing literature
Creators: name: BRIGHT, ANN-MARIE
name: Higgins, Agnes
name: GREALISH, ANNMARIE
Publisher: name: University of Limerick
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Health sciences
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Aim: To provide a snapshot of the extent to which nursing and the prison context features in non-specialist/generic nursing journals. Design: Focused mapping review and synthesis. Methods: Relevant articles were examined for the extent to which they featured nursing and the prison context. A descriptive and contextual analysis of the data was carried out to provide a topography and synthesis of the key trends identified. Data Sources: Articles meeting criteria for nursing and the prison context in relevant non-specialized, generic nursing journals (n= 7) from January 2018 to December 2022. Results: Four thousand, nine hundred and twelve (n= 4912) articles were published during the review period of which (n= 14) met inclusion criteria. The key trends identified are presented under three headings: taking an advocacy approach for better health and well-being, examining self-determination and autonomy in prison populations and nursing in the prison context. Conclusion: Nursing and the prison context features in non-specialized and generic nursing journals but sparsely and infrequently. There is a need for greater visibility of nursing and the prison context in nursing journals to help reduce stigma and marginalization of those working and those detained in prison. Implication for the Profession and/or Patient Care: Nurses working in prison environments often manage extremely complex care needs. It is necessary to feature all nursing care environments in nursing journals so as to increase visibility and to act as a source of education for all. Impact (What Problem Did the Study Address? Main Findings? Where/Whom Will the Research Have Impact on): The findings of this review will have impact on all nurses engaged in practice and research as it highlights the extent to which nursing in a prison context is featured in non-specialized nursing journals and also speaks to the challenges faced by those working and detained in prison. Patient or Public Contribution: No patient or public contribution. This was a review of existing literature
Probing Quantum Capacitance in a 3D Topological Insulator
Creators: name: Kozlov, D. A.
name: Bauer, Dominik
name: Ziegler, Johannes
name: Fischer, Ralf
name: Savchenko, M. L.
name: Kvon, Z. D.
name: Mikhailov, N. N.
name: Dvoretsky, S. A.
name: Weiss, Dieter
Publisher: name: Universität Regensburg
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: DENSITY-OF-STATES; HGTE;
subject: 530 Physik

description: We measure the quantum capacitance and probe thus directly the electronic density of states of the high mobility, Dirac type two-dimensional electron system, which forms on the surface of strained HgTe. Here we show that observed magnetocapacitance oscillations probe-in contrast to magnetotransport-primarily the top surface. Capacitance measurements constitute thus a powerful tool to probe only one topological surface and to reconstruct its Landau level spectrum for different positions of the Fermi energy.
DEVELOPMENT OF A VULNERABILITY INDEX TO ASSESS VULNERABILITY STATUS OF THE FARMERS AND DISTRICT DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE
Creators: name: SHANABHOGA M B
name: Krishnamurthy Bommaiah
name: Vinaykumar R
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 40104 Climate Change Processes
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Climate Science

description: Climate change poses a major threat which is characterized by scanty and uncertain rainfall, infertile soils, poor infrastructure, extreme poverty and rapid population growth. These conditions present serious environmental, economicand social impacts on the agricultural community. In recent years, adaptation to climate change has become a majorconcern to farmers, researchers and policy makers alike. To enhance policy towards tackling the challenges that climatechange poses to farmers, it is important to have knowledge on their vulnerability status to climate change and factorsaffecting it. An attempt has been made to develop a vulnerability index to assess the vulnerability status of the farmers and districts to climate change in Hyderabad Karnataka region. Based on the review of literature and discussion with experts, three dimensions of vulnerability due to climate change were identified. The relevancy rating was obtained from 60 judges in the concerned area. Based on the relevancy percentage the indicators with relevancy coefficient of 0.80 and above were considered for inclusion in the vulnerability index. To compute the scale values for each of the identified dimensions, their relative importance in the vulnerability was worked out by adopting normalized ranking method recommended by Guilford (1954).
Control of a ternary distillation column
Creators: name: Wenkoff, Michael Peter
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 1973
Subjects: subject: TP 156 D5 W45 1973 Microfiche
subject: Distillation
subject: Chemical process control
subject: Chemical engineering - Electronic data processing
subject: Automatic control

description: Bibliography: p. 179-189.
Machine Learning that Matters
Creators: name: Wagstaff, Kiri
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Much of current machine learning (ML) research has lost its connection to problems of import to the larger world of science and society. From this perspective, there exist glaring limitations in the data sets we investigate, the metrics we employ for evaluation, and the degree to which results are communicated back to their originating domains. What changes are needed to how we conduct research to increase the impact that ML has? We present six Impact Challenges to explicitly focus the field?s energy and attention, and we discuss existing obstacles that must be addressed. We aim to inspire ongoing discussion and focus on ML that matters.
description: ICML2012
Butyl acetate system
Creators: name: Arrison, Norman LeRoy
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 1972
Subjects: subject: TP 248 B85 A76 1972 Microfilm
subject: Butyl acetate
subject: Electrical engineering - Electronic data processing
subject: Esterification
subject: Vapor-liquid equilibrium

description: Bibliography: p. 6.07-6.10 .
The Effect of Cacao Bean Extract on the Number of Osteoblasts on Orthodontic Tooth Movement
Creators: name: Hernawati, Sri
name: Sutjiati, Rina
name: Sulistiyani
name: Martin, Millenieo
name: Fadiyah, Syafika Nuring
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: Orthodontics and dentofacial orthopaedics

description: The teeth that are given orthodontic forces, generally occur relapses. It is caused by resorption on the pressure side higher than the apposition on tension side. Cacao bean extract can increase bone apposition on bone remodeling through osteoblast proliferation. This study aimed to determine the effect of extract cacao beans on the number of osteoblasts on orthodontic tooth movement. This research uses an experimental laboratory posttest-only control group design. The extract comes from unfermented bulk cacao varieties. A strength of 10gf was measured using a tension gauge to move the upper molars in a mesial direction. 36 Wistar rats were decapitated after 7 days and 14 days of treatment. Immunohistochemical staining to show the expression of TGF-β, TNF-α, OPG, and RANKL by counting the number of expressed osteoblasts on tension side. Compared with the positive control group, osteoblasts that are expressed by TGF-β, TNF-α, OPG, and RANKL were significantly (p<0.05) higher in the treatment group. The application of cacao bean extract of bulk variety on days 7 and 14 could significantly increase osteoblasts that are expressed by TGF-β, TNF-α, OPG, and RANKL in the treatment group than the positive control group on the alveolar bone.
Constraints on the origin of the ultra-high energy cosmic-rays using cosmic diffuse neutrino flux limits: An analytical approach
Creators: name: Yoshida, Shigeru
name: Ishihara, Aya
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Astrophysical neutrinos are expected to be produced in the interactions of ultra-high energy cosmic-rays with surrounding photons. The fluxes of the astrophysical neutrinos are highly dependent on the characteristics of the cosmic-ray sources, such as their cosmological distributions. We study possible constraints on the properties of cosmic-ray sources in a model-independent way using experimentally obtained diffuse neutrino flux above 100 PeV. The semi-analytic formula is derived to estimate the cosmogenic neutrino fluxes as functions of source evolution parameter and source extension in redshift. The obtained formula converts the upper-limits on the neutrino fluxes into the constraints on the cosmic-ray sources. It is found that the recently obtained upper-limit on the cosmogenic neutrinos by IceCube constrains the scenarios with strongly evolving ultra-high energy cosmic-ray sources, and the future limits from an 1 km^3 scale detector are able to further constrain the ultra-high energy cosmic-rays sources with evolutions comparable to the cosmic star formation rate.
description: 9 pages, 3 figures and 1 table. Accepted by Phys. Rev. D
Analysis of Gamma Rays and Cosmic Muons with a Single Detector
Creators: name: Bachri, Abdel G.
name: Grant, Perry C.
name: Goldschmidt, Azriel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report on the construction and upgrade of a Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Cosmic Muons Detector. We modify the electronics and mechanics to achieve a highly efficient gamma-ray and cosmic-ray detector. Each detector module uses a one-inch-thick scintillator, attached to a photomultiplier tube (PMT) and mounted on a solid aluminum frame. The detector uses scintillation to transform passing radiation into detectable photons that are guided toward a photocathode surface of the PMT, triggering the release of photoelectrons that are then amplified to yield measurable electronic signals. The modules were connected to an electronics section that compared the signals from the two PMTs and logically determined if they were coincidence events. A data-collection device was added for faster and prolonged count rates. A cobalt-60, which produced two gamma rays and a beta particle has been used as a calibration source. To investigate the isotropic behavior of radiation, two detection modules were adjusted to different angles of rotation with respect to each other, and the coincidence counts were measured. The coincidence counts from the modules set at various angles were consistent throughout the angular spectrum, and only lead shielding visibly reduced the number of counts from the radioactive source. The inverse-square-law behavior of radiation has also been considered. The results were such that the number of counts decreased as a function of increasing distance from the source. Furthermore, positioning the detector to point toward the sky in different orientations, we measured cosmic ray muon flux as the angle from the vertical was decreased. In doing so, we scanned different patches of the atmosphere. For the optimum operation during the detection phase, we plateaued both PMTs to single out their best operating gain voltage while eliminating false background noise signals.
Building MultiView Analyst Profile From Multidimensional Query Logs: From Consensual to Conflicting Preferences
Creators: name: Ahmed, Eya Ben
name: Nabli, Ahlem
name: Gargouri, Faïez
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Databases (cs.DB)
subject: Information Retrieval (cs.IR)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In order to provide suitable results to the analyst needs, user preferences summarization is widely used in several domains. In this paper, we introduce a new approach for user profile construction from OLAP query logs. The key idea is to learn the user's preferences by drawing the evidence from OLAP logs. In fact, the analyst preferences are clustered into three main pools : (i) consensual or non conflicting preferences referring to same preferences for all analysts; (ii) semi-conflicting preferences corresponding to similar preferences for some analysts; (iii) conflicting preferences related to disjoint preferences for all analysts. To build generic and global model accurately describing the analyst, we enrich the obtained characteristics through including several views, namely the personal view, the professional view and the behavioral view. After that, the multiview profile extracted from multidimensional database can be annotated.
description: 8 pages
W. Somerset Maugham: theory and practice
Creators: name: Markin, Allan
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 1974
Subjects: subject: PR 6025 A86 Z76 1974 Microfiche
subject: Maugham, William Somerset, 1874-1965 - Criticism and interpretation

description: Bibliography: p. 206-211.
description: Few contemporary authors have been so honestly articulate about their work and as variously treated by criticism as Somerset Maugham. This thesis proposes to concentrate upon his significant novels and attempt to bring into sharper focus the relationship between his personal and critical writing and these works; examining connections between his theory of fiction and its practice. Chapter One, "Somerset Maugham and the Novel: The Traditional Base," considers Maugham's theory of fiction and places him generally in the wider context of twentieth century English literature through the establishment of how he differs from the experimental thrust of the "moderns" in his adherence to traditional norms in writing and in life. In Chapter Two, "Liza of Lambeth: The Essential Somerset Maugham," we attempt to ascertain the qualities already apparent in his first novel which would form his later "stock-in-trade"--to find, in fact, the essential man. The most intensely personal expression of Maugham's outlook on life is contained in Of Human Bondage. Chapter Three sets out to examine the cathartic effects of this novel upon the author, the freeing of his spirit from oppressive memories of the past into a fully evolved philosophy of life which permitted him to face the world with equanimity and a new "cosmopolitanism" that helped produce his major successes as a stylist of fiction. Chapter Four , "The Moon and Sixpence: From Bondage to the "I ,'" establishes the relationship of the Maugham "I " to the purgative outcome of Of Human Bondage, and proceeds to demonstrate how the first person singular (as Maugham used it) controls his narrative delivery in the examination of a favorite thematic omnibus--the artist, his art, his society, and his genius. Maugham's finest stylistic achievement is Cakes and lli,, where narration through the "I" allows him to display his best talents as a novelist. Chapter Five endeavors to show why this book is indeed the magnum opus in a ll of his twenty novels. Finally, Chapter Six, "The Razor's Edge: Maugham in Decline ," discusses the aging novelist's last serious attempt to wrestle with the enigma of existence, a subject far too great for his ebbing powers as a narrative craftsman to record in what could be called a completely successful manner. As well, some aspects of Maugham's ultimate view of life a reexamined . In all, it is my opinion that as a novelist, Somerset Maugham has been paradoxically either over-praised or undervalued. The wider task of this thesis, then, is to demonstrate his weaknesses and strengths as a writer of prose fiction, through which relationship his true place in the history of English literature can be suggested.
Copernicus Core Services Interface Update (CURE Deliverable D2.3)
Creators: name: Opletal, Michal
name: Jupova, Katerina
name: Soukup, Tomas
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022

description: This document presents a technical description of the CURE Copernicus Core Services Interface (CCSI) and its implementation. The aim of this development activity is to provide a unified interface to streamline search and locate Copernicus Services products and other resources as requested by CURE cross-cutting applications. This will help automate the data input process into CURE applications and the CURE System, which will significantly enhance their replication potential for the future.
Interface states in two-dimensional electron systems with spin-orbital interaction
Creators: name: Sukhanov, Aleksei A.
name: Sablikov, Vladimir A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Interface states at a boundary between regions with different spin-orbit interactions (SOIs) in two-dimensional (2D) electron systems are investigated within the one-band effective mass method with generalized boundary conditions for envelope functions. We have found that the interface states unexpectedly exist even if the effective interface potential equals zero. Depending on the system parameters, the energy of these states can lie in either or both forbidden and conduction bands of bulk states. The interface states have chiral spin texture similar to that of the edge states in 2D topological insulators. However, their energy spectrum is more sensitive to the interfacial potential, the largest effect being produced by the spin-dependent component of the interfacial potential. We have also studied the size quantization of the interface states in a strip of 2D electron gas with SOI and found an unusual (non-monotonic) dependence of the quantization energy on the strip width.
description: 16 pages, 6 figures. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1011.3688
Marx and Veblen on qualitative economic change
Creators: name: Marriott, William D.
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 1976
Subjects: subject: HB 97.5 M3572 1976 Microfiche
subject: Social change
subject: Marxian economics
subject: Veblen, Thorstein, 1857-1929
subject: Economics - History
subject: Comparative economics

description: Bibliography: p. 149-151.
Dynamisch adaptive Mikroarchitekturen mit optimierten Speicherstrukturen und variablen Befehlssätzen
Creators: name: Harbaum, Tanja
Publisher: name: Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
Year: 2019

description: Die Anforderungen, die an Mikroarchitekturen gestellt werden, steigen stetig, ein Großteil der technologischen Innovationen der letzten Jahrzehnte ist erst durch den Fortschritt der Halbleiterindustrie und den damit verbundenen Performanzsteigerungen integrierter Schaltkreise möglich geworden. Eine weitere Performanzsteigerung integrierter Schaltkreise ist durch das Erreichen von physikalischen Grenzen nicht mehr selbstverständlich. Es müssen neue Architekturen entworfen werden, um an diesem Punkt auch weiterhin die steigenden Anforderungen erfüllen zu können. Im Rahmen dieser Arbeit wurden flexible Mikroarchitekturen entworfen und evaluiert, die applikationsspezifisch verschiedene Parameter der Architektur optimieren. Die entworfenen Mikroarchitekturen erfüllen die gestellten Anforderungen durch eine neuartige und effiziente Nutzung der vorhandenen Ressourcen. Es wurde eine inhalts-adaptive Speicherstruktur entworfen, welche für eine effiziente Verarbeitung von im Voraus analysierten Daten ausgelegt ist. Das entworfene Konzept bleibt durch die automatische Generierung flexibel einsetzbar und ist adaptierbar. Das System zeigt zudem das Potential auf, welches in einer Verschiebung der Komplexität des Anwendungsfalls zur Laufzeit auf Analysen im Vorfeld liegt. Ein weiterer Ansatz ist das Konzept einer transparenten und dynamischen Hardwarebeschleunigung eines adaptiven Prozessors. Für die Realisierung wurde ein Automatismus entworfen und dem Prozessor zur Verfügung gestellt, mit der dieser eigenständig zur Laufzeit rechenintensive Kernel detektieren und beschleunigen kann. Auf diese Weise verbindet der adaptive Prozessor nicht nur die Generalität eines Allzweck-Prozessor mit der Flexibilität eines rekonfigurierbaren Systems, sondern ist zusätzlich in der Lage unabhängig vom Softwareentwickler oder Compiler Anwendungen zur Laufzeit zu beschleunigen. Dies führt zu einer eigenständigen Anpassungsfähigkeit des Prozessors an die Anwendung und ermöglicht somit eine Performanzsteigerung eines Kernels, welcher während der Entwicklungsphase des Prozessors nicht berücksichtigt worden ist. Zusammenfassend kann gezeigt werden, dass mit relativ geringem Entwicklungsaufwand leistungsstarke und flexible Mikroarchitekturen entworfen und realisiert werden können, wenn ein Hauptaugenmerk auf die effiziente Nutzung der vorhandenen Ressourcen gelegt wird.
General Broken Lines as advanced track fitting method
Creators: name: Kleinwort, Claus
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In HEP experiments the description of the trajectory of a charged particle is obtained from a fit to measurements in tracking detectors. The parametrization of the trajectory has to account for bending in the magnetic field, energy loss and multiple scattering in the detector material. General broken lines implement a track model with proper description of multiple scattering leading to linear equations with a special structure of the corresponding matrix allowing for a fast solution with the computing time depending linearly on the number of measurements. The calculation of the full covariance matrix along the trajectory enables the application to track based alignment and calibration of large detectors with global methods.
description: 1 figure
Piecewise techniques for computer aided power system analysis
Creators: name: Jain, Mahendra K. (Mahendra Kumar), 1938-
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 1974
Subjects: subject: TK 3001 J33 1974 Microfiche
subject: Electric power systems
subject: Electric power distribution - Electronic data processing
subject: Electric networks

description: Bibliography: p. 123-129.
Literaturübersicht über die Faktoren, die den kognitiven und emotionalen Zustand beim Radfahren beeinflussen
Creators: name: Klosterkamp, Marie
name: Francke, Angela
Publisher: name: Universität Kassel
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 380
subject: Konferenz
subject: Kognitiver Prozess
subject: Radfahren

description: Posterbeitrag / Konferenz: 8. Nationaler Radverkehrskongress, Frankfurt, Deutschland