cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Singlet Scalar Resonances and the Diphoton Excess
Creators: name: McDermott, Samuel D.
name: Meade, Patrick
name: Ramani, Harikrishnan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: ATLAS and CMS recently released the first results of searches for diphoton resonances in 13 TeV data, revealing a modest excess at an invariant mass of approximately 750 GeV. We find that it is generically possible that a singlet scalar resonance is the origin of the excess while avoiding all other constraints. We highlight some of the implications of this model and how compatible it is with certain features of the experimental results. In particular, we find that the very large total width of the excess is difficult to explain with loop-level decays alone, pointing to other interesting bounds and signals if this feature of the data persists. Finally we comment on the robust Z-gamma signature that will always accompany the model we investigate.
Pollen classification using a single particle fluorescence spectroscopy technique
Creators: name: Swanson, Benjamin
name: Freeman, Maxwell
name: Rezgui, Samir
name: Huffman, J. Alex
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: Most methods of classifying airborne pollen are labor-intensive and prohibitively expensive, which limits the scales at which predictions about ambient allergy conditions can be provided. A spectroscopic technique was developed toward inexpensively providing information about important pollen groups. The technique uses a single-particle fluorescence spectrometer to analyze super-micron atmospheric bioparticles, e.g., pollen and fungal spores, collected onto a substrate. Thirty-four pollen species were sampled from plants at the Denver Botanic Gardens over one year. Particle size and fluorescence emission spectra following excitation from each of four optical sources were collected for each of 916 particles as a first application to freshly collected pollen. Subsequently, a random forest (RF) algorithm was used to classify individual particles, with three key observations. First, categorizing pollen samples into broader categories (sampling month, allergenicity level, or plant type) increased the relative classification accuracy (F value) somewhat, compared to the classification to pollen species. Second, excitation wavelengths most important for classification were identified. Third, comparison of fresh and commercially available pollen of the same species suggests that differences introduced by chemical processing can alter spectroscopic properties and could impact classification. The scope of analysis and particle statistics was limited, because sample collection and spectral analysis were each conducted manually. While particle numbers were too low to extrapolate results toward continuous analysis, results suggest that rough separation of fresh pollen samples is possible using only fluorescence and particle size. The comparison of results may thus be useful to others developing spectroscopic techniques to analyze bioparticles. Copyright © 2022 American Association for Aerosol Research
title: Working memory matters: a resource to promote working memory development in primary classrooms
Creators: name: Eager, Rebecca
Publisher: name: Electronic version published by Vancouver Island University
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Short-term memory in children

description: Design-based research was utilized to investigate how working memory skills are developed in early primary classrooms and sought to create a practical resource for educators. Through surveys and literature reviews, information was gathered to determine current practices and knowledge on working memory and identify resources already in use. Credible theories on working memory were investigated and translated into a fictional story and lesson plans intended to provide an easily implemented, relevant and engaging resource. A resource was created for kindergarten and grade one teachers comprised of eight lesson plans, a teacher guide, a story book, and manipulatives. Four teachers piloted the program in their classrooms and shared their feedback to enrich the resource. The final product was found to be engaging and students and teachers enjoyed using it. For more information on the lessons and resource, please contact the author.
A theoretical analysis of mid-mass neutron halos. What changes going from few- to many-body systems regarding neutron halos?
Creators: name: Duguet, T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The present contribution summarizes the content and slightly updates the discussion of a recently proposed theoretical analysis of the halo phenomenon in many-fermion systems. We focus here on applications to potential neutron halos in mid-mass nuclei.
description: 17 pages, 19 figures. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:nucl-th/0702050
title: Creating a website regarding inclusive education to develop inclusion in Canada and China
Creators: name: Wang, Meijiao
Publisher: name: Electronic version published by Vancouver Island University
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Inclusive education

description: Inclusive education creates more positive learning environment for all students to obtain new knowledge. The author designed a website that include questionnaire survey, educational materials, parental resources, and recruitment information to let more people know about inclusion and compare Canadian inclusive education with Chinese inclusive education. Teacher’s attitude is a critical factor that can affect the implementation of inclusion. This project explored the perceptions of Canadian teachers and Chinese teachers regarding inclusive education and the issues of implementing inclusion in Canada and China respectively. The purpose of this project is to deal with the problems in implementing inclusive education and develop inclusion in both Canada and China.
Long-term filter efficiency of mobile air purifiers in schools
Creators: name: Granzin, Manuel
name: Richter, Sarah
name: Schrod, Jann
name: Schubert, Natalie
name: Curtius, Joachim
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Space Science
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic forced many restrictions upon the public, such as the closing of schools, affecting social development and education of children. Here we tested air purifiers with HEPA filters as a measure to reduce the infection risk via airborne transmission during classes. We evaluated the efficiency and long-term performance of three devices over six month of operation at two schools by monitoring the particle decay from 0.003 to 10 µm. We found that the particle concentration was reduced reliably and spatially homogenously by 85 − 95% throughout the whole observed particle spectrum within ∼20 min for air exchange rates between 4.8 and 6.7 h−1. During the study we did not observe a clear decline in efficiency or performance of the air purifiers. We complemented our particle measurements with model calculations to estimate the virus concentration and inhaled dose of a susceptible person, assuming one infectious person was present. We calculated that the additional use of air purifiers reduced the number of potentially inhaled viruses at the end of the day by a factor of 2.65 relative to the case without air purifiers. Further, school-wide surveys indicated that the disturbance by the noise level of the air purifiers is to be considered and that the acceptance of air purifiers can be improved when the noise level is reduced. Overall, our study suggests that a combination of air purifiers and venting is a well-suited measure to reduce the potential indoor viral-load while still introducing fresh air into the room.
title: Building empathy for students with special educational needs through disability awareness
Creators: name: Dhami, Jinder
Publisher: name: Electronic version published by Vancouver Island University
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Empathy

description: Students with disabilities have come a long way from being considered "handicapped" and being institutionalized, as policies now support full inclusion within neighborhood schools. Inclusion is said to provide greater access to the general curriculum, increase social interactions and create higher expectations for students with Special Educational Needs (SEN). However, inclusion is not without its challenges. As students with SEN transition from one school to another, particularly elementary to high school, the transition can produce new challenges such as bullying and loneliness. This study captured the voice of grade 7 students pre-transition and grade 8 students post-transition to answer the research question: How can the concerns and challenges surrounding student transition contribute to the design of empathy training material for Grade 8 students? A mixed methods Design-Based Research approach was used to design an intervention to promote inclusion and build empathy among neuro-typical grade 8 students towards their peers with Special Educational Needs. The intervention, a Periodic Table of Disabilities, visually presents the disability categories in British Columbia and their prevalence both Provincially and locally. It will be used to promote open communication about special needs, as this may be an important element supporting the successful transition of SEN students from elementary to high school.
title: Preparing pre-service paraprofessionals to respond to young readers: a single-day workshop
Creators: name: Hogeweide, Kaitlyn
Publisher: name: Electronic version published by Vancouver Island University
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Literacy

description: The development of foundational literacy skills in the early years of schooling have been shown to later influence academic success. Therefore, the purpose of this project was to improve the quality of literacy instruction young students receive by focusing on the support they receive from paraprofessionals. This is an important area of instruction to focus on as the number of paraprofessionals in schools is increasing to now include commonly supporting students with literacy. To help prepare pre-service paraprofessionals for this role, this project focused on creating a workshop to help paraprofessionals respond to young students while reading with them. This project considers appropriate skills needed for paraprofessionals by acknowledging the interrelated roles and responsibilities of inclusive education systems today. Through this project pre-service paraprofessionals will be able to further develop their understanding of early literacy and how to support students. Within this workshop, pre-service paraprofessionals will have an opportunity to practice using examples of specific feedback to consistently support the literacy processes and effort young students benefit from receiving while reading.
Mechanisms of soot-aggregate restructuring and compaction
Creators: name: Corbin, Joel C.
name: Modini, Robin L.
name: Gysel-Beer, Martin
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer

description: Soot aggregates form as open, fractal-like structures, but aged atmospheric particles are often observed to be restructured into more-compact shapes due to internal mixing (“coating”). This compaction has a major effect on the radiative properties of the aggregates, and may also influence their aerosol-cloud interactions, toxicity, and deposition in human lungs. Recent laboratory studies have presented conflicting arguments on whether this compaction occurs during condensation or during the evaporation of coatings. In this three-part study, we combine theory and experiments to explain these conflicting results. First, we review the surface-science literature and identify explicit mechanisms for condensation-compaction as well as evaporation-compaction. We also identify a mechanism for avoiding compaction during condensation, based on heterogeneous nucleation theory and the kinetic barriers to capillary formation. Second, we review the soot-restructuring literature and find clear evidence for both condensation- and evaporation-compaction, with condensation-compaction being the norm. Third, we present new experimental results where the capillary forces due to anthracene coatings were “switched on” or “switched off” by using solid or liquid phases during coating addition and removal. Consequently, we demonstrate condensation-compaction, evaporation-compaction, and no compaction, for the same soot source. Overall, our study indicates that soot particles will typically undergo compaction when internal mixing occurs by the condensation of liquid coatings, while compaction may be avoided when internal mixing occurs through coagulation or the gas-to-particle formation of solid or highly viscous coatings.
title: Peer mediated intervention: students working together to improve reading
Creators: name: Bailey, Ashley
Publisher: name: Electronic version published by Vancouver Island University
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Reading

description: Early reading development plays an important part in students’ success throughout their learning. Teachers are always expanding their knowledge on how to implement reading strategies and support students with reading difficulties. The purpose of this project was to find a successful way to implement a peer mediated reading program. This project is a workshop that contains ideas gathered through action research with trial and error practices happening in the classroom. Peer reading activities were implemented daily through continuous professional development, collaborating opportunities with the resource teacher also took place as well as ongoing reflections on what demonstrated a positive response and what did not.
Borders in Daily Life and the Press:
Creators: name: Grüner, Frank
name: Ng, Rudolph
Publisher: name: Leipziger Universitätsverlag
Year: 2012

description: Russische und chinesische Zeitungen, die in der multikulturellen Stadt Harbin zwischen 1900 und 1932 erschienen, stehen im Zentrum dieses Beitrags. Eine vergleichende Analyse von russischen und chinesischen Presseorganen soll Aufschluss darüber geben, wie die unterschiedlichen Bevölkerungsgruppen Grenzziehungen zwischen den Kulturen und grenzüberschreitende Phänomene im Alltag der mandschurischen Stadt kommunizierten. Im Mittelpunkt dieser Studie steht die Frage, wie sich Russen und Chinesen in einer kulturellen Kontaktzone wie Harbin gegenseitig wahrnahmen und wie sie in einem von konkurrierenden Herrschaftsansprüchen, Werten und Lebensentwürfen bestimmten Raum Grenzen aller Art konzeptualisierten. Exemplarisch werden solche Prozesse mit Blick auf „Epidemien“, vor allem hinsichtlich der verheerenden Pestepidemie von 1910/11, und „Wirtschaft“ untersucht. Beide Untersuchungsbereiche waren von umfassenden Interaktionen und Verflechtungen beider Bevölkerungsgruppen sowie von Konkurrenzsituationen und Konflikten geprägt. Es zeigt sich, dass es zwar durchaus stereotype Bilder vom anderen gab, dass diese wechselseitigen Wahrnehmungen aber keineswegs statisch waren und in spezifischen Kontexten durchaus unterschiedlich, sogar widersprüchlich ausfielen. Interessant ist daher mit Blick auf bestimmte diskursive Praktiken nicht nur die Frage, was in welcher Weise kommuniziert wurde, sondern auch die Frage danach, welche Bereiche des gemeinsamen Alltags nicht thematisiert wurden. Das multilinguale Pressewesen war Ausdruck der sozioökonomischen und kulturellen Diversität der kosmopolitischen Stadt Harbin. Mehrere Dutzend Zeitungen und Zeitschriften vor allem in russischer, chinesischer, japanischer und englischer Sprache, die in der ersten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts erschienen – in der Zeit von 1917 bis 1932 weitgehend unbehelligt von Zensur –, bilden einen unikalen Quellenbestand für Untersuchungen über kulturelle Identitätsbildungen sowie Eigen- und Fremdwahrnehmungen von Bevölkerungsgruppen in multikulturellen Gesellschaften.
description: Comparativ, Vol 22 No 5 (2012): Borders in Imperial Times. Daily Life and Urban Spaces in Northeast Asia
Infundibulicybe rufa Q. Zhao, K. D. Hyde, J. K. Liu & Y. J. Hao 2016, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Zhao, Qi
name: Hao, Yan-Jia
name: Liu, Jian-Kui
name: Hyde, Kevin D.
name: Cui, Yang-Yang
name: Brooks, Siraprapa
name: Zhao, Yong-Chang
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Fungi
Basidiomycota
Agaricomycetes
Agaricales
Tricholomataceae
Infundibulicybe
Infundibulicybe rufa

description: Infundibulicybe rufa Q. Zhao, K.D. Hyde, J.K. Liu & Y.J. Hao, sp. nov. Fig. 2
 Index Fungorum number: IF 551687, Facesoffungi number: FoF 01345.
 Etymology:— rufa (Lat.) indicates reddish brown pileus and stipe of this species.
 Pileus plane at first, becoming umbilicate or slightly infundibuliform when mature, 3–6 cm high, 3–6 cm broad, margin incurved at first, wavy to undulate when mature; reddish brown (7C8–7E8) when fresh, dark brownish (7E7) when dried, occasionally hygrophanous; context thin, white. Lamellae decurrent, moderately crowded, pale (2A2), cream (4A3) to pastel yellow (2A4–3A4), up to 2.5 mm broad, sometimes forked or intervenose, edges even, concolorous. Stipe 4–7 × 0.5–1 cm, cylindrical, longitudinally striate, surface concolorous with the pileus surface, internal stuffed with white medulla, the base often with white tomentum adhering to leaves or woody debris; context thin, elastic, usually hygrophanous in the stipe. Odor and flavor fungoid. Spore print white.
 Basidia 27–36 × 5–7.5 μm, clavate, usually four-spored, sterigmata 3–4 μm long, basal septum often clamped. Basidiospores [100/4/4] (6–) 6.5–9 × 4–5 (–5.5) μm, Q = (1.2–)1.4–2, Q = 1.64 ± 0.17, elliptical in face view, lacrymoid in side view, smooth, hyaline, thin-walled, non-amyloid. Pileipellis slightly ixohymeniderm, composed of more or less radially arranged filamentous 2–10 μm wide hyphae, cylindrical to subclavate, clamp connections common, with encrusting pigment. Hymenophoral trama subregular, hyaline, elongate to cylindrical, clamp connections common. Cystidia and marginal cells absent.
 Habitat and distribution:—Scattered or gregarious in forests dominated by Picea retroflexa Mast. and P. purpurea Mast. Only known from high altitude localities in southwestern China.
 Typification:— CHINA. Sichuan Prov.: Jiuzhaigou County, alt. 3200 m, 20 June 2014, Qi Zhao 2061 (HKAS 87741, holotype!).
 Additional specimens examined:— CHINA. Sichuan Prov.: Jiuzhaigou County, 22 June 2014, Q. Zhao2047 (HKAS 87727, paratype!); Ibid., 23 June 2014, Q. Zhao T24394 (HKAS 87760!), Y. J. Hao 1120 (HKAS 82911!), Q. Cai 1030 (HKAS 83492!).
description: Published as part of Zhao, Qi, Hao, Yan-Jia, Liu, Jian-Kui, Hyde, Kevin D., Cui, Yang-Yang, Brooks, Siraprapa & Zhao, Yong-Chang, 2016, Infundibulicybe rufa sp. nov. (Tricholomataceae), a reddish brown species from southwestern China, pp. 134-140 in Phytotaxa 266 (2) on page 136, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.266.2.7, http://zenodo.org/record/13660412
Calabi-Yau structures on categories of matrix factorizations
Creators: name: Shklyarov, Dmytro
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We write out explicit proper Calabi-Yau structures, i. e. non-degenerate cyclic cocycles on the differential graded categories of matrix factorizations of regular functions with isolated critical points. The formulas involve the Kapustin-Li trace and its "higher corrections".
Pollen Classification Using a Single Particle Fluorescence Spectroscopy Technique
Creators: name: Swanson, Benjamin
name: Freeman, Maxwell
name: Rezgui, Samir
name: Huffman, J. Alex
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: Most methods of classifying airborne pollen are labor-intensive and prohibitively expensive, which limits the scales at which predictions about ambient allergy conditions can be provided. A spectroscopic technique was developed towards inexpensively providing information about important pollen groups. The technique uses a single-particle fluorescence spectrometer to analyze super-micron atmospheric bioparticles e.g., pollen and fungal spores, collected onto a substrate. Thirty-four pollen species were sampled from plants at the Denver Botanic Gardens over one year. Particle size and fluorescence emission spectra following excitation from each of four optical sources were collected for each of 916 particles as a first application to freshly collected pollen. Subsequently, a random forest (RF) algorithm was used to classify individual particles, with three key observations. First, categorizing pollen samples into broader categories (sampling month, allergenicity level, or plant type) increased the relative classification accuracy (F value) somewhat, compared to the classification to pollen species. Second, excitation wavelengths most important for classification were identified. Third, comparison of fresh and commercially available pollen of the same species suggests that differences introduced by chemical processing can alter spectroscopic properties and could impact classification. The scope of analysis and particle statistics were limited, because sample collection and spectral analysis were each conducted manually. While particle numbers were too low to extrapolate results toward continuous analysis, results suggest that rough separation of fresh pollen samples is possible using only fluorescence and particle size. The comparison of results may thus be useful to others developing spectroscopic techniques to analyze bioparticles.
Complete band gaps including non-local effects occur only in the relaxed micromorphic model
Creators: name: Madeo, Angela
name: Neff, Patrizio
name: d'Agostino, Marco Valerio
name: Barbagallo, Gabriele
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 74A10, 74A30, 74A35, 74A60, 74E15, 74M25, 74Q15

description: In this paper we substantiate the claim implicitly made in previous works that the relaxed micromorphic model is the only linear, isotropic, reversibly elastic, nonlocal generalized continuum model able to describe complete band-gaps on a phenomenological level. To this end, we recapitulate the response of the standard Mindlin-Eringen micromorphic model with the full micro-distortion gradient of P, the relaxed micromorphic model depending only on the Curl P of the micro-distortion P, and a variant of the standard micromorphic model in which the curvature depends only on the divergence Div P of the micro distortion. The Div-model has size-effects but the dispersion analysis for plane waves shows the incapability of that model to even produce a partial band gap. Combining the curvature to depend quadratically on Div P and Curl P shows that such a model is similar to the standard Mindlin-Eringen model which can eventually show only a partial band gap.
Mechanisms governing the cell-specific expression of the human tissue-type plasminogen activator gene
Creators: name: Sakkas., Magdalini
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

description: This thesis was scanned from the print manuscript for digital preservation and is copyright the author.
 Researchers can access this thesis by asking their local university, institution or public library to
 make a request on their behalf. Monash staff and postgraduate students can use the link in the References field.
Flash-X, a multiphysics simulation software instrument
Creators: name: Dubey, Anshu
name: Weide, Klaus
name: O'Neal, Jared
name: Dhruv, Akash
name: Couch, Sean
name: Harris, J. Austin
name: Klosterman, Tom
name: Jain, Rajeev
name: Rudi, Johann
name: Messer, Bronson
name: Pajkos, Michael
name: Carlson, Jared
name: Chu, Ran
name: Wahib, Mohamed
name: Chawdhary, Saurabh
name: Ricker, Paul M.
name: Lee, Dongwook
name: Antypas, Katie
name: Riley, Katherine M.
name: Daley, Christopher
name: Ganapathy, Murali
name: Timmes, Francis X.
name: Townsley, Dean M.
name: Vanella, Marcos
name: Bachan, John
name: Rich, Paul
name: Kumar, Shravan
name: Endeve, Eirik
name: Hix, W. Raphael
name: Mezzacappa, Anthony
name: Papatheodore, Thomas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: Mathematical Software (cs.MS)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Flash-X is a highly composable multiphysics software system that can be used to simulate physical phenomena in several scientific domains. It derives some of its solvers from FLASH, which was first released in 2000. Flash-X has a new framework that relies on abstractions and asynchronous communications for performance portability across a range of increasingly heterogeneous hardware platforms. Flash-X is meant primarily for solving Eulerian formulations of applications with compressible and/or incompressible reactive flows. It also has a built-in, versatile Lagrangian framework that can be used in many different ways, including implementing tracers, particle-in-cell simulations, and immersed boundary methods.
description: 16 pages, 5 Figures, published open access in SoftwareX
title: The impact of video self-modeling on reading performance among struggling readers: a meta-analysis
Creators: name: Hertz, Alyssa
Publisher: name: Electronic version published by Vancouver Island University
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Reading

description: Students with specific learning disorder in reading may require intervention to improve reading performance and prevent a number of undesirable outcomes such as lower income, higher rates of high school dropout, and reduced working hours. Video self-modeling (VSM) is one such reading intervention. It involves videotaping a child reading and then editing out his or her errors, before having the child view him/herself reading “effortlessly.” VSM is based on Vygotsky’s theory of the zone of proximal development and Bandura’s work on self-efficacy and peer modeling. Early work on the effectiveness of VSM as a reading intervention has shown promise; however, a meta-analysis is needed to synthesize the current literature and to determine which variables contribute to an effective implementation of VSM. This meta-analysis performed an extensive literature review and found 29 data points from eleven papers that met the selection criteria. These data points were analyzed to determine the effectiveness of VSM as an intervention for improving the reading performance of struggling readers. Moderators used in this study were: grade of participant, number of sessions, and whether VSM was applied alone or in conjunction with other interventions. Analysis showed that VSM was an effective reading intervention that resulted in improved reading performance by 0.99 standard deviations. VSM was found to be most effective when implemented with students at earlier grades, and when the number of sessions was greatest. In addition, VSM was most effective when applied in conjunction with other interventions. Overall, this meta-analysis shows that VSM is a promising reading intervention for students with, or at risk for, specific learning disorder in reading, and should be considered by teachers looking for an effective reading intervention.
Long-term filter efficiency of mobile air purifiers in schools
Creators: name: Granzin, Manuel
name: Richter, Sarah
name: Schrod, Jann
name: Schubert, Natalie
name: Curtius, Joachim
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Space Science
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic forced many restrictions upon the public, such as the closing of schools, affecting social development and education of children. Here we tested air purifiers with HEPA filters as a measure to reduce the infection risk via airborne transmission during classes. We evaluated the efficiency and long-term performance of three devices over six month of operation at two schools by monitoring the particle decay from 0.003 to 10 µm. We found that the particle concentration was reduced reliably and spatially homogenously by 85 − 95% throughout the whole observed particle spectrum within ∼20 min for air exchange rates between 4.8 and 6.7 h−1. During the study we did not observe a clear decline in efficiency or performance of the air purifiers. We complemented our particle measurements with model calculations to estimate the virus concentration and inhaled dose of a susceptible person, assuming one infectious person was present. We calculated that the additional use of air purifiers reduced the number of potentially inhaled viruses at the end of the day by a factor of 2.65 relative to the case without air purifiers. Further, school-wide surveys indicated that the disturbance by the noise level of the air purifiers is to be considered and that the acceptance of air purifiers can be improved when the noise level is reduced. Overall, our study suggests that a combination of air purifiers and venting is a well-suited measure to reduce the potential indoor viral-load while still introducing fresh air into the room.
Playing Guest and Host on the Manchurian Stage:
Creators: name: Chiasson, Blaine
Publisher: name: Leipziger Universitätsverlag
Year: 2012

description: Am 2. Januar 1924 wurden im Harbiner Klub der Ostchinesischen Eisenbahn im Beisein von Vertretern der verschiedenen Bevölkerungsgruppen zwei Operetten aufgeführt. Der Sohn des Mandarin von Cesar Cui und Die Geisha von Sidney Jones waren beide leichte Stücke mit orientalischer Thematik, von denen die Organisatoren hofften, dass sie das multikulturelle Milieu Harbins widerspiegeln würden. Stattdessen verließen die chinesischen Verwaltungsbeamten die Aufführung unter Protest, weil sie die Stücke als Beleidigung Chinas auffassten, während die meisten Russen die Aufregung nicht nachvollziehen konnten. In der folgenden Woche wurde Harbin von Demonstrationen paralysiert, auf denen die protestierenden Menschen eine öffentliche Entschuldigung und den Rücktritt des russischen Leiters der Eisenbahn forderten. Die unterschiedlichen Reaktionen auf die Demonstrationen spiegeln die Spaltung zwischen den jetzt unter chinesischer Kontrolle lebenden Russen und den in ihrer Rolle als Machthaber noch unsicheren Chinesen wider. Aufbauend auf meiner Monographie Administering the Colonizer: Manchuria’s Russians under Chinese Rule, 1919–1929 argumentiere ich, dass das alltägliche Leben in der ehemaligen Eisenbahnzone durch Spannungen zwischen diesen beiden Bevölkerungsgruppen geprägt war. Nach 97 sahen sich die Russen gezwungen, ihre Position in der Mandschurei neu zu verhandeln. Aber obwohl sie nun chinesischer Kontrolle unterstellt waren, behielten die Russen Schlüsselpostionen in Wirtschaft und Verwaltung. Die chinesische Verwaltungselite des Distrikts war bestrebt, die ehemalige russische Kolonialverwaltung zu erhalten und zu verbessern. Sie reagierte empfindlich auf Vorwürfe, sie sei zu unorganisiert, um über eine europäische Gemeinschaft zu herrschen. Umso mehr zeigte sie sich entschlossen, die Region als modern und progressiv zu präsentieren. In diesem Beitrag werden die Opern-Demonstrationen mit den Debatten um den Beitrag der einzelnen Bevölkerungsgruppen zur Entwicklung der Region verglichen, die innerhalb der Harbiner Gesellschaft zur Erforschung der Mandschurei geführt wurden. Insgesamt soll gezeigt werden, dass die erhitzte post-koloniale Atmosphäre in der ehemaligen Eisenbahnzone vor allem zu Auseinandersetzungen darüber führte, wie sich jede Gemeinschaft selbst repräsentierte und wie sie von anderen dargestellt wurde.
description: Comparativ, Vol 22 No 5 (2012): Borders in Imperial Times. Daily Life and Urban Spaces in Northeast Asia
Evaluation of low-cost aerosol and gas sensors for real-time measurements of electronic cigarette exposure
Creators: name: Sousan, Sinan
name: Streuber, Dillon
name: Park, Yoo Min
name: Coombs, Vivien
name: Pender, Jack
name: Soule, Eric
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Indoor electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use exposes bystanders to airborne PM2.5 (particulate matter 2.5 µm and smaller) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs). To understand potential risks for bystanders, measuring real-time e-cigarette exposure is important. However, no study evaluates the performance of low-cost sensors for real-time measurements of indoor e-cigarette aerosol concentrations. Thirty-two low-cost GeoAir2 monitors were used to detect e-cigarette-generated PM2.5 and VOCs inside a controlled laboratory exposure chamber. The GeoAir2 was compared to an OPC-N3 low-cost monitor and the MiniWRAS and MiniRae reference instruments. Three e-cigarette devices (JUUL, NJOY Daily, and VOOPOO DRAG 2) were used to generate emissions using a diaphragm pump programmed to puff based on e-cigarette-user puffing behaviors. The GeoAir2 PM2.5 concentrations were similar to the raw MiniWRAS PM2.5 concentrations for different e-cigarettes. For the JUUL, PM2.5 measurements were close or on the 1-1 line, for the NJOY Daily measurements were on the 1-1 line for concentrations lower than 200 µg/m3, and PM2.5 measurements were overestimated for the VOOPOO DRAG 2 (mean correlation ≥ 0.97). The OPC-N3 significantly underestimated concentrations compared to the raw and filter-corrected MiniWRAS concentrations (mean correlation ≥ 0.98). The GeoAir2 VOC concentrations compared to the MiniRAE were on the 1-1 line for the VOOPOO DRAG 2, overestimated for the JUUL and NJOY Daily (mean correlation ≥ 0.98). These results show that GeoAir2 is an effective tool for examining e-cigarette use in indoor settings, such as homes, vehicles, workplaces, vape shops, or other locations, to better understand bystander exposures to e-cigarette aerosols. Copyright © 2022 American Association for Aerosol Research
Late-time quantum backreaction of a very light nonminimally coupled scalar
Creators: name: Glavan, Dražen
name: Prokopec, Tomislav
name: Takahashi, Tomo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the backreaction of the quantum fluctuations of a very light ($m \!\lesssim\! H_{\text{today}}$) nonminimally coupled spectator scalar field on the expansion dynamics of the Universe. The one-loop expectation value of the energy momentum tensor of these fluctuations, as a measure of the backreaction, is computed throughout the expansion history from the early inflationary universe until the onset of recent acceleration today. We show that, when the nonminimal coupling $ξ$ to Ricci curvature is negative ($ξ_c \!=\! 1/6$ corresponding to conformal coupling), the quantum backreaction grows exponentially during inflation, such that it can grow large enough rather quickly (within a few hundred e-foldings) to survive until late time and constitute a contribution of the cosmological constant type of the right magnitude to appreciably alter the expansion dynamics. The unique feature of this model is in that, under rather generic assumptions, inflation provides natural explanation for the initial conditions needed to explain the late-time accelerated expansion of the Universe, making it a particularly attractive model of dark energy.
description: 66 pages, 6 figures
Rheology primer for nanoparticle scientists
Creators: name: Gentile, Luigi
name: Amin, Samiul
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Mechanical properties are intrinsically related to the structures and dynamics of systems. The main tools to investigate mechanical properties are rheology and microrheology. Those techniques can focus on the macroscopic and microscopic mechanical properties of any kind of colloidal system and/or nanostructures. Several kinds of experiments can be conducted to study the mechanical properties of colloidal systems; however, their interpretation might not be always straightforward. Here, our purpose is to provide a simple guide for beginners on most common rheological experiments.
A Review of Knowledge Graph Completion
Creators: name: Zamini, Mohamad
name: Reza, Hassan
name: Rabiei, Minou
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Information extraction methods proved to be effective at triple extraction from structured or unstructured data. The organization of such triples in the form of (head entity, relation, tail entity) is called the construction of Knowledge Graphs (KGs). Most of the current knowledge graphs are incomplete. In order to use KGs in downstream tasks, it is desirable to predict missing links in KGs. Different approaches have been recently proposed for representation learning of KGs by embedding both entities and relations into a low-dimensional vector space aiming to predict unknown triples based on previously visited triples. According to how the triples will be treated independently or dependently, we divided the task of knowledge graph completion into conventional and graph neural network representation learning and we discuss them in more detail. In conventional approaches, each triple will be processed independently and in GNN-based approaches, triples also consider their local neighborhood. View Full-Text
A comparison between muscle spindle receptors and dorsal spinocerebellar tract cells
Creators: name: Rymer., W. Z.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

description: This thesis was scanned from the print manuscript for digital preservation and is copyright the author.
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Evaluation of Low-cost Aerosol and Gas Sensors for Real-time Measurements of Electronic Cigarette Exposure
Creators: name: Sousan, Sinan
name: Streuber, Dillon
name: Park, Yoo Min
name: Coombs, Vivien
name: Pender, Jack
name: Soule, Eric
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Indoor electronic cigarette (e-cigarettes) use exposes bystanders to airborne PM2.5 (particulate matter 2.5 µm and smaller) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs). To understand potential risks for bystanders, measuring real-time e-cigarette exposure is important. However, no study evaluates the performance of low-cost sensors for real-time measurements of indoor e-cigarette aerosol concentrations. Thirty-two low-cost GeoAir2 monitors were used to detect e-cigarette-generated PM2.5 and VOCs inside a controlled laboratory exposure chamber. The GeoAir2 was compared to an OPC-N3 low-cost monitor and the MiniWRAS and MiniRae reference instruments. Three e-cigarette devices (JUUL, NJOY Daily, and VOOPOO DRAG 2) were used to generate emissions using a diaphragm pump programmed to puff based on e-cigarette-user puffing behaviors. The GeoAir2 PM2.5 concentrations were similar to the raw MiniWRAS PM2.5 concentrations for different e-cigarettes. For the JUUL, PM2.5 measurements were close or on the 1-1 line, for the NJOY Daily measurements were on the 1-1 line for concentrations lower than 200 µg/m3, and PM2.5 measurements were overestimated for the VOOPOO DRAG 2 (mean correlation ≥ 0.97). The OPC-N3 significantly underestimated concentrations compared to the raw and filter-corrected MiniWRAS concentrations (mean correlation ≥ 0.98). The GeoAir2 VOC concentrations compared to the MiniRAE were on the 1-1 line for the VOOPOO DRAG 2, overestimated for the JUUL and NJOY Daily (mean correlation ≥ 0.98). These results show that GeoAir2 is an effective tool for examining e-cigarette use in indoor settings, such as homes, vehicles, workplaces, vape shops, or other locations, to better understand bystander exposures to e-cigarette aerosols.
title: Shifting primary teachers’ practice to include dance/creative movement strategies
Creators: name: Reid, Melanie Anne
Publisher: name: Electronic version published by Vancouver Island University
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Dance

description: A collaborative action research approach was used in this study to investigate the research questions: What strategies used in professional development build confidence and competence in primary teachers to integrate dance in their teaching practice? How can collaboration build knowledge, skills and comfort to support primary teachers to incorporate more creative movement in their planning and teaching? After collating and analyzing the data gathered, the results of this study and participant feedback indicated that collaborative action research through professional learning workshops helped to build teachers’ confidence and competence in shifting their practice to include creative movement. This study has demonstrated that when teachers are provided with quality professional development, they can make a positive difference to their pedagogy and enrich their curriculum offerings to students. The findings of this collaborative action research study may be transferable to other contexts, particularly for primary teachers wishing to implement creative dance movement strategies to support learning competencies in dance curricula, and to attend to learning needs of students who are less socially, verbally, or literately able. Further research into how to foster creative dance movement strategies in primary classrooms would continue to value and extend the findings of this study.
title: A growth mindset resource for adolescents with a learning disability
Creators: name: Basi, Kuldeep K.
Publisher: name: Electronic version published by Vancouver Island University
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Learning disabilities

description: The purpose of this project is to create a resource for students to understand mindset perspectives and how to move from a fixed mindset to a growth mindset in a secondary classroom. The focus is on activities and self-reflections to assist students to move forward in their thinking. Students will come to understand how they have persevered in the past and how to use mindset strategies in the future to overcome challenges that they face. Students with learning disabilities often have difficulty self-advocating for their needs and feel as though their past performance dictates their future performance (fixed mindset). Research-based evidence suggests that all students, particularly those with a learning disability, may benefit from growth mindset interventions to work through academic challenges as well as social and emotional struggles. Studies have shown that the implementation of growth mindset strategies has increased motivation, self-efficacy and academic achievement through a variety of approaches used in the classroom. Much of the literature focuses on how teachers are to incorporate growth mindset strategies, primarily with elementary students in the classroom. These studies are the basis in the creation of the growth mindset activity guide, as the methods used are beneficial for all students, regardless of their age and how the strategies are incorporated at the high school level.The purpose of this project is to create a resource for students to understand mindset perspectives and how to move from a fixed mindset to a growth mindset in a secondary classroom. The focus is on activities and self-reflections to assist students to move forward in their thinking. Students will come to understand how they have persevered in the past and how to use mindset strategies in the future to overcome challenges that they face. Students with learning disabilities often have difficulty self-advocating for their needs and feel as though their past performance dictates their future performance (fixed mindset). Research-based evidence suggests that all students, particularly those with a learning disability, may benefit from growth mindset interventions to work through academic challenges as well as social and emotional struggles. Studies have shown that the implementation of growth mindset strategies has increased motivation, self-efficacy and academic achievement through a variety of approaches used in the classroom. Much of the literature focuses on how teachers are to incorporate growth mindset strategies, primarily with elementary students in the classroom. These studies are the basis in the creation of the growth mindset activity guide, as the methods used are beneficial for all students, regardless of their age and how the strategies are incorporated at the high school level.