cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Introduction to the Special Issue on Sparsity and Regularization Methods
Creators: name: Wellner, Jon
name: Zhang, Tong
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Methodology (stat.ME)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Traditional statistical inference considers relatively small data sets and the corresponding theoretical analysis focuses on the asymptotic behavior of a statistical estimator when the number of samples approaches infinity. However, many data sets encountered in modern applications have dimensionality significantly larger than the number of training data available, and for such problems the classical statistical tools become inadequate. In order to analyze high-dimensional data, new statistical methodology and the corresponding theory have to be developed.
description: Published in at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/12-STS409 the Statistical Science (http://www.imstat.org/sts/) by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (http://www.imstat.org)
On the Josephson effect in a Bose-Einstein condensate subject to a density dependent gauge potential
Creators: name: Edmonds, Matthew
name: Valiente, Manuel
name: Ohberg, Patrik
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the coherent dynamics of a Bose-Einstein condensate in a double well, subject to a density dependent gauge potential. Further, we derive the nonlinear Josephson equations that allow us to understand the many-body system in terms of a classical Hamiltonian that describes the motion of a nonrigid pendulum with an initial angular offset. Finally we analyze the phase-space trajectories of the system, and describe how the self-trapping is affected by the presence of an interacting gauge potential.
description: 6 pages, 2 figures
Two Sides of a Coin: Image of Ethiopia in the US until 1935
Creators: name: Ayele, Shimeles
Publisher: name: Ethiopian  Journal of Social Sciences
Year: 2023

description: This study explores the image of Ethiopia in the US until 1935. It is historical research based on qualitative content analysis. The sources were historical newspapers, books, journal articles, and websites. Based on these sources, the image of Ethiopia was explored in the US in two periods – before and after Adwa. In each of those periods, Ethiopia had two contradictory images which appeared at the same time. In the pre-Adwa period Ethiopia was a redeemer and dignified black nation for African-Americans, but land of black barbarians and savage for the racists. Besides, after Adwa Ethiopia continued as a symbol of freedom for the African-Americans, but it became a Caucasian civilized nation for the racists. Adwa enhanced Ethiopia’s symbol of freedom for the African-Americans. Conversely, Ethiopia was transformed from barbaric Negro to civilized Caucasian in the view of racists.
description: Ethiopian Journal of Social Sciences, Vol 8 No 2 (2022)
Myth and Religion: A Comparative Analysis of the Ideologies of the Mahdist and Maji Maji Anti-Colonial Resistance Movements in Sudan and Tanganyika (1881-1907)
Creators: name: Araya, Asrat
Publisher: name: Ethiopian  Journal of Social Sciences
Year: 2023

description: The second half of the nineteenth century witnessed European massive expansion and colonization of Africa. Based on its nature, African reaction to European colonial expansion can broadly be divided into non-violent and violent armed resistance movements. Mahdist and Maji Maji movements were among the famous African armed responses against colonialism. They were inspired and guided by traditional ideologies of religion and myth. Comparative analysis on the traditional ideologies of African resistance movements is scant. This study aims at comparing the ideological attributes of the Mahdist and Maji Maji anti-colonial resistance movements in Sudan and Tanganyika. Its main purpose is to give insights into the underling features of the ideologies of the two African resistance movements. This work entirely depends on secondary sources. Qualitative approach is employed to collect data. An integrated qualitative data analysis approach (thematic and chronological) and exposition, complimented by narrative and descriptive, mode of historical data synthesis is used in this paper. An investigation of the available sources indicates that Africans had well developed traditional ideologies, mainly mixes of local and regional experiences and beliefs, whereby they efficiently reacted to colonial domination. The ideologies were strong enough to unite and mobilize the Sudanese and Tanganyikan diverse ethnic, tribal, religious, social, and economic disparities. The two movements share common features as manifested in motivations, methods of ideological reconstruction, and mobilization. However, they are quite different in their vision, level of implementation, and end results. The research work is expected to give new insights for further research works aiming at decolonizing European racist literature that depicts the African anti-colonial resistance movements as spontaneous, barbaric, uncivilized, and primitive troubles to European civilized mission towards Africa.
description: Ethiopian Journal of Social Sciences, Vol 8 No 2 (2022)
Contribution of Civil Society Organizations to Women’s Political Participation in Ethiopia: The Case of Amhara Women's Association
Creators: name: Dessie, Mulunesh
name: Demissie, Sewmehon
Publisher: name: Ethiopian  Journal of Social Sciences
Year: 2023

description: It is crucial that Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) connect the government to the public and fill gaps in the policies of governments in a wide range of dimensions. They have been advocating for citizens' rights, including gender equality (GE), through lobbying government institutions and society, exposing government weaknesses, and promoting democratic values. Thus, this study assessed the experience of the Amhara Women’s Association (AWA) and its contribution to enhancing women's political participation and gender equality. The study used a case study design and a qualitative research approach. Data was gathered from primary and secondary sources via key informant interviews and document analysis. The main data, which was largely gathered through interviews, was analysed using thematic analysis. The study included 18 key informants (the chairperson of the Amhara Women's Association, members and experts from BOWCYA, and CSOs). The result of the study shows that AWA seeks to play a vital role in promoting gender equality and democracy in the region. This is done by encouraging and empowering women to be active participants and beneficiaries of the country's leadership and democratization process. Despite this, the organization has faced several challenges such as its lack of independence, budgetary constraints, the overlap of duties and rights and government interference. Furthermore, it is crucial to increase the political commitment to empowering women to be active participants in politics. The goal is to enable CSOs to participate more effectively and efficiently by strengthening and/or establishing independent and autonomous organizations. Accordingly, a review of CSO law in 2019 opens up the political arena.
description: Ethiopian Journal of Social Sciences, Vol 8 No 2 (2022)
title: Exploring Human Perception while Reading Fake and Real News Articles
Creators: name: Abeysinghe, Yasasi
name: Jayawardana, Gavindya
name: Woodson, Autumn
name: Bozkir, Efe
name: Kasneci, Enkelejda
name: Duchowski, Andrew
name: Jayarathna, Sampath
Publisher: name: Old Dominion University Libraries
Year: 2023

description: With the increased spread of misinformation on online platforms and the popularity of AI-generated text, there is a critical need to detect human perception regarding the truthfulness of news. Users’ believability in a news item influences the reading and sharing of that news. Hence, in order to reduce the spread of fake news online, it is important to understand how users' engagement with fake and real news and users' perceived believability impact their behavioral and physiological factors. In this work, we study human eye movements based on the truthfulness of news and their perceived believability. Using the publicly available FakeNewsPerception eye-tracking dataset, we investigate the relationship between the visual scanning behavior, distribution of attention over Areas of Interest (AOIs), and cognitive load with respect to truthfulness and perceived believability of news content using advanced gaze measures, such as Coefficient K, Gaze Transition Entropy, and Low/High Index of Pupillary Activity (LHIPA). Coefficient K is derived from eye movements and acts as a dynamic indicator of fluctuation between ambient/focal visual scanning behavior. The gaze transition entropy is a measure of predictability in Areas of Interest (AOI) transitions and the overall distribution of attention over AOIs. The LHIPA is an eye-tracked measure of pupil diameter oscillation that was introduced as an indicator of cognitive load. We observed the participants exhibit more ambient processing in visual scanning when they are unsure of the truthfulness of news and more focal processing when they do not believe the news is real. We found that the ambient/focal viewing pattern changes over time are similar for all the groups of participants we considered. Further, we observed a similar distribution of attention over AOIs and similar cognitive load among participants regardless of the truthfulness of the news and their believability of the news.
Study the Facts and Truth on the Levels of Conflict Disasters and Victims: In the Case of Amhara and Afar-Ethiopia
Creators: name: Damtew, Alie Wube
name: Ejigu, Asamen Ayalew
Publisher: name: Ethiopian  Journal of Social Sciences
Year: 2023

description: The objective of this study was to investigate the facts and truth about the levels of displaced, damaged, and victims of the current Ethiopian conflict in general and the Amhara and Afar Regions in particular. The investigations mainly used exploratory qualitative methods and a combination of primary and secondary sources of data. Field surveys, figures, photographs, and cause and effect (fish bone-diagram) analysis supplemented the qualitative data. 382 responses were considered for these investigations from the target area. The study shows that many civilians were killed in the current conflicts between TPLF forces and the Ethiopian government in the Amhara and Afar regions of northern Ethiopia. The investigation shows that the TPLF has killed many innocent people, including civilians in the Amhara and Afar regions, and others have been seriously injured. Due to the TPLF-led forces, the elderly, women, youths, and children might be the first victims of the current situation in Amhara and Afar regions, considering their especially vulnerable position. Damaged and pillaged institutions, towns, and other public organizations such as churches, mosques, market places, educational centers, health centers, and manufacturing industries are affecting Amhara and Afar from all walks of life as well. Because of the distraction of various public institutions, government organizations, and public service centers, millions of Amhara and Afar people faced unemployment and social disruption. This study also shows the various causes, results, and outcomes of the current conflicts from scientific viewpoints using the cause and effect diagram. Finally, the conclusion and the recommendations of the study were incorporated into this study.
description: Ethiopian Journal of Social Sciences, Vol 8 No 2 (2022)
Linearly polarized, Q-switched Er-doped fiber laser based on reduced graphene oxide saturable absorber
Creators: name: Sobon, Grzegorz
name: Sotor, Jaroslaw
name: Jagiello, Joanna
name: Kozinski, Rafal
name: Librant, Krzysztof
name: Zdrojek, Mariusz
name: Lipinska, Ludwika
name: Abramski, Krzysztof M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We demonstrate generation of linearly polarized pulses from a passively Q-switched Erbium-doped fiber laser. The cavity was designed using only polarization maintaining (PM) fibers and components, resulting in linearly polarized output beam with degree of polarization (DOP) at the level of 97.6%. Reduced graphene oxide (rGO) was used as a saturable absorber for Q-switched operation. The laser was capable of delivering 1.85us pulses with 125nJ pulse energy at 115kHz repetition rate.
description: submitted to APL
Trends in alcohol-related liver disease mortality in Australia: An age–period–cohort perspective
Creators: name: Livingston, Michael
name: Room, Robin
name: Chikritzhs, T
name: Taylor, N
name: Yuen, WS
name: Dietze, Paul
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 5203
subject: Clinical and health psychology
classificationCode: 4206
subject: Public health

description: Background and Aims: There have been few systematic attempts to examine how alcohol-related mortality has changed in Australia, and no studies that have explored cohort effects in alcohol-related mortality. This study uses more than 50 years of data to measure age, period and cohort trends in alcohol-related liver disease (ALD) mortality. Design, Setting and Cases: This was a retrospective age–period–cohort analysis of total Australian ALD mortality data from 1968 to 2020 in Australia. There was a total of 35 822 deaths—27 208 men (76%) and 8614 women (24%). Measurements: Deaths from ALD were grouped into 5-year age groups and periods (e.g. deaths for 20–24-year-olds between 1968 and 1972 were combined). Findings: ALD mortality peaked in the late 1970s and early 1980s for both men and women. In age–period–cohort models, mortality was highest for cohorts born 1915–30. For example, men born between 1923 and 1927 had a relative risk of 1.58 [95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.52, 1.64] compared with men born between 1948 and 1952. For women, there was an increase in risk for cohorts born in the 1960s [e.g. the 1963–67 cohort had a relative risk (RR) of 1.16 (95% CI = 1.07, 1.25) compared with women born in 1948–52]. For men, there was a broad decline in mortality over time [e.g. in 2020, the RR was 0.87 (95% CI = 0.82, 0.92) compared with the reference year of 2000]. For women, mortality declined until 2000 and has been stable since. Conclusions: Alcohol-related liver disease mortality has declined across the Australian population since the 1970s and 1980s partly due to cohort-specific shifts as the highest-risk birth cohorts age. For women, this decline had stalled by the year 2000, and cohorts of women born during the 1960s were at higher risk than earlier cohorts, suggesting the need for thoughtful interventions as this population enters its highest-risk years for ALD mortality.
Additional file 1 of Adapting a tobacco cessation treatment intervention and implementation strategies to enhance implementation effectiveness and clinical outcomes in the context of HIV care in Vietnam: a case study
Creators: name: Shelley, Donna
name: Alvarez, Gloria Guevara
name: Nguyen, Trang
name: Nguyen, Nam
name: Goldsamt, Lloyd
name: Cleland, Charles
name: Tozan, Yesim
name: Shuter, Jonathan
name: Armstrong-Hough, Mari
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Additional file 1. Patient individual interview guide.
Maximal Information Divergence from Statistical Models defined by Neural Networks
Creators: name: Montufar, Guido
name: Rauh, Johannes
name: Ay, Nihat
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Statistics Theory (math.ST)
subject: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: 62E17, 94A17, 60E05

description: We review recent results about the maximal values of the Kullback-Leibler information divergence from statistical models defined by neural networks, including naive Bayes models, restricted Boltzmann machines, deep belief networks, and various classes of exponential families. We illustrate approaches to compute the maximal divergence from a given model starting from simple sub- or super-models. We give a new result for deep and narrow belief networks with finite-valued units.
description: 8 pages, 1 figure
Un día en la vida de un ayudante de clase
Creators: name: Loto, Patricia A.
name: Saibene, Yanina Bellini
name: Palopoli, Nicolás
name: Corrales, Paola
name: Ación, Laura
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: trabajo colaborativo
enseñanza
formación
docencia

description: Detalles sobre el rol de ayudante en MetaDocencia
Reclaiming Africa’s International Relations Space: Echoes of Kemet
Creators: name: Chirozva, Lucid
Publisher: name: Ethiopian  Journal of Social Sciences
Year: 2022

description: Abstract The repositioning of Africa within the international relations debate is the responsibility of African intellectuals. Regrettably, the continent has been dispossessed of its position as the home of international relations theory. The study assumes that Ancient Egypt (Kemet), which was the cradle of civilization, is, by extension, the motherland of international relations theory. The Westphalian narrative is only suitable for Euro-centric explanations of the development of international relations in Europe and not any other continent. Afro-centricity informed this study because it has the intellectual vigor to bring sanity to the contemporary international relations discourse. Qualitative research methods were employed to gather data through secondary sources like books, magazines, online and print journals and articles. The study found that the traits of international relations concepts in Ancient Egypt clearly demonstrate that modern civilization and international relations practice started in Ancient Egypt. It concluded that the attribution of the evolution of international politics to a Euro-centric narrative is a deprivation of Africa’s rightful position in the discipline.
description: Ethiopian Journal of Social Sciences, Vol 8 No 1 (2022)
It from qubit: how to draw quantum contextuality
Creators: name: Planat, Michel R. P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Wheeler's {\it observer-participancy} and the related {\it it from bit} credo refer to quantum non-locality and contextuality. The mystery of these concepts slightly starts unveiling if one encodes the (in)compatibilities between qubit observables in the relevant finite geometries. The main objective of this treatise is to outline another conceptual step forward by employing Grothendieck's {\it dessins d'enfants} to reveal the topological and (non)algebraic machinery underlying the measurement acts and their information content.
description: FQXi Essay Contest - It from Bit or Bit from It? June 2013
Towards an ultra efficient kinetic scheme Part II: The high order case
Creators: name: Dimarco, Giacomo
name: Loubere, Raphaël
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 65MXX, 76P05

description: In a recent paper we presented a new ultra efficient numerical method for solving kinetic equations of the Boltzmann type (G. Dimarco, R. Loubere, Towards an ultra efficient kinetic scheme. Part I: basics on the 689 BGK equation, J. Comp. Phys., (2013), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2012.10.058). The key idea, on which the method relies, is to solve the collision part on a grid and then to solve exactly the transport part by following the characteristics backward in time. On the contrary to classical semi-Lagrangian methods one does not need to reconstruct the distribution function at each time step. This allows to tremendously reduce the computational cost and to perform efficient numerical simulations of kinetic equations up to the six dimensional case without parallelization. However, the main drawback of the method developed was the loss of spatial accuracy close to the fluid limit. In the present work, we modify the scheme in such a way that it is able to preserve the high order spatial accuracy for extremely rarefied and fluid regimes. In particular, in the fluid limit, the method automatically degenerates into a high order method for the compressible Euler equations. Numerical examples are presented which validate the method, show the higher accuracy with respect to the previous approach and measure its efficiency with respect to well known schemes (Direct Simulation Monte Carlo, Finite Volume, MUSCL, WENO).
Das Politische im Horrorspiel: Behind the Screens, Podcast E059
Creators: name: (:null)
Publisher: name: Behind the Screens / Benjamin Strobel
Year: 2022
Subjects: B Philosophy (General)
JA Political science (General)
JC Political theory
NX Arts in general
PN Literature (General)

description: Horror genießt gegenüber den vielen anderen Genres einen Vorteil: es aktualisiert sich jedes Jahr durch Halloween. Dieses Jahr wird seine Relevanz durch zahlreiche Ankündigungen noch erhöht: Resident Evil 4, Silent Hill 2, Dead Space und mehr. Was oft als Trash gilt, eignet sich besonders gut zur Verhandlung von Wertvorstellungen – diese Auffassung vertreten jedenfalls Eugen Pfister und Arno Görgen von der Hochschule der Künste in Bern. Doch wie kommt das Politische ins Horrorspiel? Für diese Halloween-Folge haben wir mit den beiden gesprochen.
CV1 in the globular cluster M 22: confirming its nature through X-ray observations and optical spectroscopy
Creators: name: Webb, Natalie
name: Servillat, Mathieu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Context. Observations of cataclysmic variables in globular clusters appear to show a dearth of outbursts compared to those observed in the field. A number of explanations have been proposed, including low mass-transfer rates and/or moderate magnetic fields implying higher mass white dwarfs than the average observed in the field. Alternatively this apparent dearth may be simply a selection bias. Aims. We examine multi-wavelength data of a new cataclysmic variable, CV1, in the globular cluster M 22 to try to constrain its period and magnetic nature, with an aim at understanding whether globular cluster cataclysmic variables are intrinsically different from those observed in the field. Methods. We use the sub-arcsecond resolution of the Chandra ACIS-S to identify the X-ray counterpart to CV1 and analyse the X-ray spectrum to determine the spectral model that best describes this source. We also examine the low resolution optical spectrum for emission lines typical of cataclysmic variables. Cross correlating the Halpha line in each individual spectrum also allows us to search for orbital motion. Results. The X-ray spectrum reveals a source best-fitted with a high-temperature bremsstrahlung model and an X-ray unabsorbed luminosity of 1.8e32 erg/s (0.3-8.0 keV), which are typical of cataclysmic variables. Optical spectra reveal Balmer emission lines, which are indicative of an accretion disc. Potential radial velocity in the Halpha emission line is detected and a period for CV1 is proposed. Conclusions. These observations support the CV identification. The radial velocity measurements suggest that CV1 may have an orbital period of ~7 hours, but further higher resolution optical spectroscopy of CV1 is needed to unequivocally establish the nature of this CV and its orbital period.
description: 6 pages, 5 figures. Accepted to be published in A&A
Empress Eleni: Overturning Falsified Narratives on Her Consort, Ethnicity, and Religious Background
Creators: name: Bayu, Yeshambel Kindie
Publisher: name: Ethiopian  Journal of Social Sciences
Year: 2022

description: Abstract Empress Eleni, also known as Romna, was the consort of Emperor Ba’eda Maryam and she was renowned among the court dignitaries of Ba’eda Maryam and his successors. Eleni was an eminent politician and a devout Christian. A lot has been said and written about the political career and religious devotion of Empress Eleni. Regrettably, however, Empress Eleni’s belongingness, religious background and consort remain controversial. Nearly all the published books and articles on medieval Ethiopian history introduced Empress Eleni by her mistaken identity and this was generally accepted as an ultimate truth, at least, for the last sixty years. This article attempted to examine the chronicle of Emperor Zar’a Yaeqob and his son Emperor Ba’eda Maryam and other contemporary sources intensively and offers the real identity of Empress Eleni in connection with her belongingness, consort and religious background.
description: Ethiopian Journal of Social Sciences, Vol 8 No 1 (2022)
The Nile and Eritrea: The Nexus between Two Major Conflict Issues of Northeast Africa, 1941–1991
Creators: name: Bekele, Teferi Mekonnen
Publisher: name: Ethiopian  Journal of Social Sciences
Year: 2022

description: Abstract This article attempts to analyze the nexus between the history of the hydropolitics of the Nile and the Eritrean question, the later armed struggle to secede from Ethiopia across time from 1941 to 1991. It advocates that the Nile issue and the Eritrean question were so intertwined that they needed to be considered to understand together conflicts in the Horn of Africa. The article elucidates the various ways in which the downstream states, mainly Egypt and the Sudan, employed to hamper Ethiopia’s water-development programs these fanned the flame of the Eritrean question, which had the potential to develop into an armed struggle. It also argues that the two downstream states’ moral and material support for the Eritrean secessionists was a direct outcome of the hydropolitics of the Nile. On the other hand, the political strife and wars that Egypt and Sudan helped to instigate inside the Ethiopian Empire, through their support of the Eritrean insurgents, induced Ethiopia to divert its scarce resources into security and defense. Such resources could have been better used to harness the waters of the Nile for development.
description: Ethiopian Journal of Social Sciences, Vol 8 No 1 (2022)
Efforts and Challenges of Integrating Peripheral Ethnic Groups into Ethiopia 1902-1974: The Case of Nuer/Naath
Creators: name: Yalew, Shimels Ayele
Publisher: name: Ethiopian  Journal of Social Sciences
Year: 2022

description: Abstract Ethiopia is home to diverse ethnic and religious groups. Some of these groups live in the peripheries of the country. The Nuer in Gambella are among the ethnic groups who live in the periphery. However, integrating the Nuer with the rest of the Ethiopian society has not been studied in depth. Therefore, this study aimed to reconstruct the history of efforts and challenges of integrating the Nuer. It is historical research based on qualitative analysis of primary and secondary sources. The Nuer were integrated with other ethnic groups of Ethiopia through a gradual process. Trade preluded imperial agents as a means of interaction for the Nuer. The arrival of government functionaries, the demarcation of boundaries, the introduction of modern institutions and Christianity integrated the Nuer with the rest of the Ethiopian society. However, the integration endeavors lost momentum because of many reasons. Inhospitable climate, classless political tradition, language barrier, and early nominal administration posed problems in the integration process of the Nuer.
description: Ethiopian Journal of Social Sciences, Vol 8 No 1 (2022)
Constraints on the Brans-Dicke gravity theory with the Planck data
Creators: name: Li, Yi-Chao
name: Wu, Feng-Quan
name: Chen, Xuelei
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Based on the new cosmic CMB temperature data from the Planck satellite, the 9 year polarization data from the WMAP, the BAO distance ratio data from the SDSS and 6dF surveys, we place a new constraint on the Brans-Dicke theory. We adopt a parametrization $ζ=\ln(1+1/ω})$, where the general relativity (GR) limit corresponds to $ζ= 0$. We find no evidence of deviation from general relativity. At 95% probability, $-0.00246 < ζ< 0.00567$, correspondingly, the region $-407.0 < ω<175.87$ is excluded. If we restrict ourselves to the $ζ>0$ (i.e. $ω>0$) case, then the 95% probability interval is $ζ<0.00549$, corresponding to $ω> 181.65$. We can also translate this result to a constraint on the variation of gravitational constant, and find the variation rate today as $\dot{G}=-1.42^{+2.48}_{-2.27} \times 10^{-13} $yr$^{-1} $ ($1σ$ error bar), the integrated change since the epoch of recombination is $δG/G = 0.0104^{+0.0186}_{-0.0067} $ ($1σ$ error bar). These limits on the variation of gravitational constant are comparable with the precision of solar system experiments.
description: 7 pages, 5 figures, 2 tables
Additional file 1 of Household food insecurity and its association with overweight and obesity in children aged 2 to 14 years
Creators: name: Ortiz-Marrón, Honorato
name: Ortiz-Pinto, Maira Alejandra
name: Urtasun Lanza, María
name: Cabañas Pujadas, Gloria
name: Valero Del Pino, Virginia
name: Belmonte Cortés, Susana
name: Gómez Gascón, Tomás
name: Ordobás Gavín, María
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Supplementary Material 1
Equations D3 and spectral elliptic curves
Creators: name: Golyshev, Vasily
name: Vlasenko, Masha
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We study modular determinantal differential equations of orders 2 and 3. We show that the expansion of the analytic solution of a non-degenerate modular equation of type D3 over the rational numbers with respect to the natural parameter coincides, under certain assumptions, with the q-expansion of the newform of its spectral elliptic curve and therefore possesses a multiplicativity property. We compute the complete list of D3 equations with this multiplicativity property and relate it to Zagier's list of non-degenerate modular D2 equations.
title: Like a squirrel, but bigger: applying human dimensions research to a European bison reintroduction project in the Netherlands
Creators: name: Edwards, Conor
Publisher: name: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Year: 2023

description: Managing wildlife and natural resources is no longer an insular issue of managing the natural sciences and processes involved. With an increasingly human dominated landscape, managers must now consider the social element of all management decisions. Incorporating the Human Dimensions of Wildlife Management (HDWM) is more commonplace in management decisions in North America but is still a relatively emerging concept for European decision-makers. The more human-dominated a landscape, the more intertwined social sciences become to natural resource decision-making. Incorporating HDWM to natural resource and wildlife management decisions can increase public participation in the planning and decision-making process. This thesis studies a European bison reintroduction in The Netherlands, the most human-dominated landscape in western Europe, through a human dimension lens. HDWM is an important element for reintroduction projects as this information can help managers gain public trust and ownership towards them. Recreational users of the reintroduction area were surveyed to determine base knowledge levels, perceptions, attitudes, and values towards European bison and ecosystem services provided by their presence on the landscape. Through the information gathered, this study determined that recreational users were generally supportive of bison on the landscape and understood there was some value in the species being present. However, it also shows knowledge gaps towards European bison themselves and the ecosystem services they provide.
Diminishing Role of the Youth and Civil Society Organizations in the Process of PeaceBuilding in Central Equatoria State and beyond
Creators: name: Wani, Chaplain Kenyi
Publisher: name: Ethiopian  Journal of Social Sciences
Year: 2022

description: Abstract The youth and civil society organizations have important roles to play in the process of peacebuilding, but they have not been fully engaged in South Sudan. Their role in the nine functions to help prevent reoccurrence of conflict was neglected. This study investigated the reason why such negligence occurred. The youth became vulnerable to recruitment to fight for politicians to gain recognition for position in the national government, making conflicts sources of employment. Civil society organizations, which should have been responsible for the signing of legitimate contracts with the national government and the business sector, and as an intermediary between the government and the society, were weak to negotiate effective social contracts. Stratified purposive interviews were conducted in Juba and Kajokeji counties, including two focus group discussions. Workshops were attended to fill in information gaps from the other states. Primary data was gathered through in-depth interviews with key informants: civil society organizations, national and international non-governmental organizations, government officials, and former fighters. Secondary sources were gathered from the University of Juba. The data was analyzed using the process of ethnography and discourse analysis, interpretation and observation. The findings of the study show that the national government adopted a centralized system of administration, and youth and civil society organizations did not play an effective role in preventing the reoccurrence of conflicts. Practices of good governance became difficult to establish a democratic state, leading to neglect of the role of the youth and civil society organizations in the process of peace-building, Inclusivity, good policies and appropriate conditions for further research would be needed.
description: Ethiopian Journal of Social Sciences, Vol 8 No 1 (2022)
title: 1 Einleitung
Creators: name: Hahnekamp, Maria
name: Brüggemann, Thomas
name: Linke, Jana
name: Martin, Romina
Publisher: name: University Library Heidelberg
Year: 2015

description: This report reflects on mobility as current and historical phenomenon in human societies.
The paper is based on four years of research in a working group on mobility within the Collaborative
Research Centre (Sonderforschungsbereich) which focused on interdependencies between nomadic and sedentary people. The authors provide various perspectives on the specification of mobility phenomena and the constitution of knowledge systems based on the diverse disciplines involved, such as archeology, ancient history, ethnography, social geography and ecological-system science. The challenge was to find a common ground discussing
mobility where social and natural scientists exchanged and built upon their empirical and theoretical knowledge. The rich data base of case studies provided a starting point for a constructive dialogue. The report allows insights into the recent state of the art and questions of mobility research. On a wider level it illustrates how interdisciplinary projects
can work effectively on such an intersecting topic. The report finalizes with disciplinary outlooks on synergies gained from this work.
title: 4 Mobilität erfassen: Auswertung der Umfrage 2011
Creators: name: Linke, Janka
Publisher: name: University Library Heidelberg
Year: 2015

description: Part 4 presents results of the 2011 survey conducted among the subprojects of the Collaborative Research Centre. The responses were originally supposed to deliver crucial input for the working group's further approach towards 'mobility'. However, admitting the limited significance of the survey results, the working group started to draw on the ultimate strength of the entire Research Centre: the great number of individual case studies on mobile (nomadic) communities. Hence, part 4.1 deals with a historical case study on the temporal migration of the actually sedentary Germanic tribes (375-568) during their encroachment into the Roman Empire. The author Thomas Brüggemann points to the multiple causes of Germanic mobility and describes how the Germanic peoples adapted to the mobile way of life by employing specific nomadic techniques and practices. In contrast, the empirical case study (4.2) on the caterpillar fungus economy in eastern Tibetan areas (Qinghai Province, China) by Janka Linke seeks to combine the concepts of 'social' and 'spatial' mobility by linking specific notions of markets and resources. The contrasting case studies allow insights into the different methodological and conceptual approaches of empirical and historical research respectively.
Additional file 1 of A quantitative metric of pioneer activity reveals that HNF4A has stronger in vivo pioneer activity than FOXA1
Creators: name: Hansen, Jeffrey L.
name: Cohen, Barak A.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Physiology
subject: Pharmacology
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: Cancer
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 1: Fig. S1. Reproducibility of binding signal. RPKM signal from each replicate of CUT&Tag data across each TF across each dox induction concentration. Pearson’s R correlation displayed on each graph. Fig. S2. Common saturation behavior binding pattern. 16 examples from different genomic sites showing saturating binding signal as dox induction increases. Signal is first read normalized (RPKM) and then normalized to the signal at the highest concentration. These sites were sampled from FOXA1 accessible binding sites, but are common across accessible and inaccessible HNF4A binding sites as well. Fig. S3. Sample of replicate fit binding curves. RPKM binding signal and fitted lines for each CUT&Tag replicate at 16 representative genomic loci. Fig. S4. Replicate dox50 distributions. Dox50 distributions extracted from fitted lines from each CUT&Tag replicate for each TF for each accessibility state. Fig. S5. Dox50 distributions without filtering out early saturation peaks. Dox50 distributions from all of the FOXA1 accessible binding sites (n = 10,118), FOXA1 inaccessible binding sites (n = 17,644), HNF4A accessible binding sites (n = 16,137), and HNF4A inaccessible binding sites (n = 16,507), without filtering out those peaks where binding signal peaked prior to the 5ug/ml dox sample. Fig. S6. Effect of DNA methylation on dox50 distributions. The average CpG methylation (% methylated reads at CpG) per sequence versus the sequence’s dox50 at FOXA1 accessible (R = 0.217) (A), FOXA1 inaccessible (R = -0.107) (C), HNF4A accessible (R = -0.002) (E), or HNF4A inaccessible (R = -0.126). (G) sites. The dox50 distributions at FOXA1 accessible (B), FOXA1 inaccessible (D), HNF4A accessible (F), or HNF4A inaccessible (H) sites binned by whether the site’s CpGs were <33% methylation, between 33% and 66% methylated, or >66% methylated. Fig. S7. Common “anti-cooperative” binding pattern. 16 examples from different genomic sites showing a pattern of increasing and then decreasing binding signal as dox induction increases. Signal is first read normalized (RPKM) and then normalized to the signal at the highest concentration. These sites were sampled from FOXA1 accessible binding sites.
Herdsmen’s/Farmers’ Conflicts and Sustainable National Development in Nigeria
Creators: name: Atobatele, Abolaji Jamiu
name: Moliki, Ahmed Olawale
Publisher: name: Ethiopian  Journal of Social Sciences
Year: 2022

description: AbstractThere have been age-long rifts between farmers and pastoralists though their relationship isboth symbiotic and competitive in nature; hence this has often times led to crises whichheightened tensions and religious intolerance. Consequently, many villages have been desertedwhich has affected the socio-economic activities as well as students’ enrolment in schools. It isagainst this backdrop that the study examines the extent to which farmers’/herdsmen’s clashesaffect sustainable development in Nigeria. To collect data, interviews were conducted in someselected states in Nigeria where the scourge of terrorism was felt greatly. The sample size for theinterview was 20 where the interviewees were purposively selected based on their experience inthe subject matter and questions were asked through focus group discussion. The study foundthat government insensitivity to the plight of both farmers and herders is responsible for thecrises which have negative impact on sustainable development. The study therefore recommendsthat conflict management mechanisms should be instituted, and also sanctions should beimposed to forestall future conflicts.
description: Ethiopian Journal of Social Sciences, Vol 8 No 1 (2022)
Lattice QCD with 12 Quark Flavors: A Careful Scrutiny
Creators: name: Jin, Xiao-Yong
name: Mawhinney, Robert D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: With a substantial amount of simulations, we have explored the system across a wide range of lattice scales. We have located a lattice artifact, first order bulk transition, have studied its properties, and found that the flavor-singlet scalar meson mass vanishes at the critical endpoint. We will discuss the lattice phase diagrams and the continuum limits for both a spontaneous chiral symmetry breaking phase and an infrared conformal phase, and compare results with other groups.
description: 7 pages, 7 figures; Contribution to SCGT12 "KMI-GCOE Workshop on Strong Coupling Gauge Theories in the LHC Perspective", 4-7 Dec. 2012, Nagoya University
Determinants of Modern Contraceptive Use among Women of Reproductive Age Living in Rural Areas in Awi Zone, Ethiopia
Creators: name: Kebede, Fentaye Alemayehu
name: Minale, Amare Sewnet
Publisher: name: Ethiopian  Journal of Social Sciences
Year: 2022

description: Abstract The use of modern contraceptives contributes to reducing population growth, saving mothers’ lives, preventing unwanted pregnancy, and unsafe abortions. The objective of the study is to assess factors affecting the use of modern contraceptives among married women of reproductive age. The study applied mixed research design. The sample population of the study is composed of 157 married women in the reproductive age living in three randomly selected rural kebeles. Data was collected through survey questionnaire, focus group discussion, in-depth and key-informant interviews, and the data was analyzed both by using descriptive and inferential techniques. The result has shown that the rate of women who were using modern contraceptive have decreased by 0.37 odds ratio for the age group 35-39 than age for group 40-44. The use of modern contraceptive methods by illiterate women has increased by a factor of 2.002 when compared to those who have elementary education. Hence, attention should be given to women education, improving economic status of women, raising community awareness of modern contraceptive methods facilitating peer and spousal discussion for the better use of modern contraceptive methods.
description: Ethiopian Journal of Social Sciences, Vol 8 No 1 (2022)
Protection of Civil Rights in a Federal State of Ethiopia during the State of Emergency Declared due to COVID-19
Creators: name: Liyew, Estifanos Balew
name: Moges, Seifu
Publisher: name: Ethiopian  Journal of Social Sciences
Year: 2021

description: The study assesses the enforcement and protection of civil rights in the enforcement process of the state of emergency law enacted to counter and control the spread of COVID-19 in the Afar Region, Ethiopia. To investigate the problem, the research employs a qualitative approach with a non-probability sampling techniques. In addition to the primary data collected through fielded interview and focus group discussion, secondary data was collected from journal articles, books, proclamations, human rights instruments, and reports. The findings of this research revealed that in the state of emergency declared to control the COVID-19 outbreak, civil rights infringement was observed due to lack of awareness, negligence, and resistance to observing the state of emergency law on the part of the people and due to systemic pitfalls, shortage of skilled manpower and commitment by the law enforcement agencies in their attempt to implement the state of emergency law.
description: Ethiopian Journal of Social Sciences, Vol 7 No 2 (2021)
Materiality-critique-transformation: challenging the political in feminist new materialisms
Creators: name: Allhutter, Doris
name: Bargetz, Brigitte
name: Meißner, Hanna
name: Thiele, Kathrin
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Berlin
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 300 Sozialwissenschaften
subject: feminism
subject: materialisms
subject: materiality-critique-transformation

description: Dieser Beitrag ist mit Zustimmung des Rechteinhabers aufgrund einer (DFG geförderten) Allianz- bzw. Nationallizenz frei zugänglich.
description: This publication is with permission of the rights owner freely accessible due to an Alliance licence and a national licence (funded by the DFG, German Research Foundation) respectively.
Challenges and Coping Strategies of Female Detectives in Bahir Dar City Administration, Amhara Region, Ethiopia
Creators: name: Demissie, Sewmehon
name: Tassew, Tigist
Publisher: name: Ethiopian  Journal of Social Sciences
Year: 2021

description: Crime investigation is an applied science which includes the study of evidence, used to recognize, detect, and verify the guilt of illicit activities. Males are the main actors of crime investigation in Ethiopia though few female police officers are involved in this job. Therefore, the objective of this study was to identify the challenges that female detectives face during their careers and the coping mechanisms they used to overcome problems in the study site through exploring their lived experiences. To achieve these objectives, a qualitative approach with phenomenological research design was employed. Primary data were collected from eight purposively selected participants using in-depth interviews and were analyzed thematically. The findings of the research indicated that the motivation for women to join the police force were found to be peer pressure, influence of family members, interest of helping others and marital relationship. Even though female officers enjoyed opportunities like psychological satisfaction, being role models for family members, and enhancing social acceptance; the findings of this study indicated that female detectives face tremendous and serious challenges throughout their careers. Some of these challenges include administrative problems, low scale salary, lack of conducive work environment, family responsibility, attitudinal challenges, discrimination, and harassment. To overcome these challenges, female officers use the following coping mechanisms. These include confronting the administration, appealing to concerned bodies, and finding family support. In conclusion, the working condition for female detectives in the study area was dominated by challenging work environment that was both extensive and multifaceted in nature. Therefore, all concerned bodies should properly address the existing complex problems of female detectives through empowering their capacity and participation.
description: Ethiopian Journal of Social Sciences, Vol 7 No 2 (2021)