cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: KulturZeitRaum - Das Feuilleton der ZiF
Creators: name: Wormer, Jörg
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt
Year: 2023

description: Daniel Pennac, ein literaturbegeisterter französischer Lehrer und Schriftsteller mit dem unbedingten Willen, auch die Liebe zur Literatur zu vermitteln, hat 1992 ein knapp zweihundert Seiten starkes Buch mit dem Titel Comme un roman (dt. 1994 Wie ein Roman) veröffentlicht. Darin spricht er unter anderem von der Schönheit des Vorlesens und formuliert im gewohnt freien französischen Essay-Stil auf den ersten Blick zum Teil leichtfertig erscheinende zehn Rechte des Lesers – in Anspielung und reizvollem Kontrast etwa zu den zehn Geboten. Dem französischen Freiheitsgedanken zufolge nehmen sich nach Pennac Leser, die keine Schüler mehr sind, alle Rechte im Umgang mit Büchern heraus, und gerade Rechte, die man jungen Menschen, die man ja für die Literatur gewinnen will, verweigert. Schüler unter anderem über diese freiheitlichen Rechte zum Lesen zu bringen, ist das Ziel von Pennac.
A Detectors od GravitationalWaves Based on  Coupled Microwaves Cavities
Creators: name: A.Chincarini
name: G. Gemme
name: R. Parodi
name: P.Bernard
name: E. Picasso
Publisher: name: INFN Open Access Repository
Year: 2002

description: Since 1978 superconducting coupled cavities have been proposed as sensitive detector of gravitational waves. The interaction of the gravitational wave with the cavity walls, and the resulting motion, induces the transition of some electromagnetic energy from an initially excited cavity mode to an empty one. The energy transfer is maximum when the frequency of the wave is equal to the frequency difference of the two cavity modes. In this paper the basic principles of the detector are discussed. The interaction of a gravitational wave with the cavity walls is studied in the proper refrence frame of the detector, and the coupling between two electromagnetic normal modes induced by the wall motion is analyzed in detail. Noise sources are also considered; in particular the noise coming from the brownian motion of the cavity walls is analyzed. In the last section some ideas for the developement of a realistic detector of gravitational waves are discussed; the outline of a possible detector design and its expected sensitivity are also shown.
title: Evaluation of the Home Management House Residency by Former Students
Creators: name: Erekson, Joy Wadley
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1977

description: The usefulness of the home management house residence course at Utah State University as perceived by former students was studied.
The sample consisted of 112 students, residents of the home management house between 1967 and 1975.
The instruments used were: a background questionnaire and a management skill usefulness scale. The statistical tests used were the t test and analysis of variance.
The course was rated as being very useful, both personally and professionally by the graduates.. It was found that the three variables being tested ( professional employment, grade earned from the course and graduate resident advisor) did not make significant differences in the usefulness ratings. The findings also indicated that the course had not become less useful over time.
title: A Comparison by Sex, Age, and Marital Status of the Needs and Educational Goals of Students in a community College
Creators: name: Bracken, Susan Carol
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1978

description: The purpose of this study was to investigate the possible differences in needs and educational goals of community college students based on their sex, age, and marital status, particularly between older women students and other student groups. Information was gathered from the college application forms of all day students enrolled in any class during the fall of 1976 at Southwestern Community College. The total number was 6,854, 51% were men, with a mean age of 27.9; and 49% were women with a mean age of 25.2. Thirty-one percent were married.
The specific questions under study were:
l. Would there be a difference in the stated need sand educational goals of women students compared to those of men students?
2. Would there be a difference in the stated needs and educational goals of older students compared to those of younger students?
3. Would there be a difference in the stated needs and educational goals of married students compared to those of single students?
The major findings of the study included:
1. Career counseling was requested somewhat more frequently by women Students (40. 7%) than men students (36.2%). When controlled f or marital status and age, greater differences were found. For example, 47.1% of single women under 25 requested career counseling compared to 26.1% of older married men.
2 . Transfer counseling was requested more frequently by men students (31.2%) than by women students (24.4%). The most striking difference was between single young men students (36.9%) and married young women (14.7%).
3. Forty-two percent of men students planned to transfer and earn a Bachelor of Arts degree compared to 28% of women students .
4 . Younger and sing l e students set their goals at more demanding and time-consuming courses of study than older or married students . Women were generally over represented in the shorter, less demanding majors.
title: Rezension: Wilton, Antje, Lachen ohne Grenzen. Eine gesprächsanalytische Untersuchung zu Scherzkommunikation in zweisprachigen Interaktionen.
Creators: name: Wowro, Iwona
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt
Year: 2023

description: Die Frage, ob Humor zwischen den Kulturen steht oder aber zum Kulturvergleich verleitet, macht vielen Forschern seit jeher und immer noch zu schaffen. Die Ernsthaftigkeit der Fragestellung ist vielleicht auch ein Grund dafür, warum sich zahlreiche Wissenschaftsdisziplinen intensiv mit dieser Thematik beschäftigen. Angesichts der Internationalisierung wirtschaftlicher, sozialer und vor allem kultureller Bereiche erhebt sich die Frage, ob und inwieweit auf die Ansprüche des Lebens in der Wirklichkeit der kulturellen und sprachlichen Vielfalt vorbereitet und eingegangen werden kann. In Bezug auf Sprache und Kommunikation ist die Untersuchung von Humorerscheinungen im Spiegel von Interkulturalität, Zweisprachigkeit und Interaktion besonders relevant. Die Anfänge der Untersuchungen aller Art zum Thema Humor sind schon in der Antike zu suchen, diejenigen zum Thema Interkulturalität oder interkultureller Kompetenz können mittlerweile ebenfalls auf eine gewisse Tradition zurückblicken, die aber im Wesentlichen nicht hinter das 20. Jahrhundert zurückreicht. Die Verbindung der beiden Themenbereiche, also der Versuch, Humorerscheinungen im Spiegel des interkulturellen Ansatzes zu schildern, scheint daher ein sehr interessantes Anliegen und Forschungsvorhaben zu sein, das für deren weitere Erforschung sicherlich von Belang sein kann und neue Erkenntnisse gewinnen lässt.
title: Rezension: Raupach, Manfred, Strategien im Fremdsprachenunterricht
Creators: name: Nsangou-Njikam, Maryse
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt
Year: 2023

description: Die vorliegende Themenausgabe der Zeitschrift Fremdsprachen Lehren und Lernen versteht sich als Auseinandersetzung mit dem Strategiebegriff im Fremdsprachenunterricht bzw. in der Fremdsprachendidaktik. Der Band besteht aus 4 Teilen: einen thematischen Teil, der dem Thema "Strategien im FSU" gewidmet ist und dem 11 Beiträgen zugeordnet sind; einem nicht-thematischen Teil, der aus einem Artikel besteht, einem Diskussionsteil mit einem Artikel und einem abschließenden Teil, der Rezensionen zu aktuellen Neuerscheinungen versammelt.
Mechanisms of increased susceptibility to human rhinovirus infection in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Creators: name: Finney, Lydia
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2020

description: Rationale Human rhinovirus (HRV) is a common cause of COPD exacerbations. Some patients with COPD experience frequent exacerbations. The biological mechanisms underlying exacerbation frequency are unknown. Interferons are produced by alveolar macrophages and bronchial epithelial cells (BECS), limiting viral replication. The role of interferons in COPD remains controversial. Secondary bacterial infection is also common. Alveolar macrophages clear bacteria from the lung. The effect of HRV on macrophage function is unknown. Hypotheses IFN responses to HRV are impaired in BECS and alveolar macrophages from COPD patients compared to healthy subjects. In patients with frequent exacerbations, IFN responses will be further impaired leading to increased exacerbation frequency. HRV impairs phagocytosis of bacteria in macrophages from COPD subjects increasing risk of secondary bacterial infection. Methods Alveolar macrophages and BECS were obtained by bronchoscopy from COPD patients and healthy controls. Alveolar macrophages and BECS were infected with HRV16 or medium for 24 hours. IFNs and proinflammatory were measured in supernatants by meso-scale discovery (MSD). Macrophages and MDM were exposed to HRV or medium for 24 hours. Phagocytosis of fluorescently labelled bacteria was assessed by fluorimetry. Main Results IFN responses to HRV16 were significantly impaired in alveolar macrophages but not BECS from patients with COPD compared to healthy controls. IFN-β response to HRV16 was significantly reduced in BECS and alveolar macrophages from frequent exacerbators compared to infrequent exacerbators. HRV significantly impaired phagocytosis of bacteria by in MDM and alveolar macrophages in COPD. There was no effect in healthy controls. Conclusions IFN response to HRV was impaired in alveolar macrophages from COPD patients and further impaired in patients with frequent exacerbations. HRV impaired phagocytosis of bacteria in alveolar macrophages in COPD which may lead to an outgrowth of bacteria. These findings suggest an impaired anti-viral response may drive increased risk of frequent exacerbations in COPD.
title: Rezension: Pavlenko, Aneta (ed.), The Bilingual Mental Lexicon. Interdisciplinary Approaches
Creators: name: Kovács, László
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt
Year: 2023

description: In der Zweisprachigkeitsforschung ist die Untersuchung der Organisationsstruktur des bilingualen mentalen Lexikons spätestens seit Weinreich (1953) ein wichtiges Forschungsgebiet. Das mentale Lexikon ist am einfachsten als Wörterbuch im Kopf zu definieren, wobei aber angemerkt werden muss, dass dieser Begriff selbst eine Metapher ist, deren Definition viele Fragen aufwirft (vgl. Jarema & Libben 2007). Im Zusammenhang mit dem bilingualen mentalen Lexikon wird untersucht, wie im zweisprachigen mentalen Lexikon Wörter (bzw. Lemmata und/oder Lexeme) und Konzepte repräsentiert sind (z. B. sprachenunabhängig oder sprachengebunden), wie sie innerhalb einer Sprache bzw. zwischen den zwei (oder gar mehreren) Sprachen des Bilingualen verbunden sind und wie die Sprachen dabei jeweils aktiviert werden.
title: Rezension: FANDRYCH, CHRISTIAN & TALLOWITZ, ULRIKE (2000), Klipp und klar. Übungsgrammatik Grundstufe Deutsch in 99 Schritten
Creators: name: Schütze, Ulf
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt
Year: 2023

description: Die hier anzuzeigende Übungsgrammatik Klipp und klar, die mittlerweile in der 3. Auflage vorliegt, führt den Lerner in einem Selbststudium Schritt für Schritt durch die deutsche Sprache. Im Gegensatz zur Struktur der meisten Grammatiken, die aus den Blöcken ‚Das Verb‘, ‚Das Substantiv‘, ‚Der Satz‘ bestehen, verfolgt Klipp und Klar einen linearen Ansatz, der auf den Kontext einer Sprechsituation abgestimmt ist. So beginnt die Grammatik mit Ja/Nein Fragen, geht zu Personalpronomen und Verben im Präsens über und schließt daran ein Kapitel über die „Postion von Verben und Substantiven in Sätzen“ an. Diese Progression ist natürlich und verbindet grammatische Elemente in ihrer Funktion miteinander. Somit kann der Lerner die verschiedenen Sprachelemente, die er in der Alltagssprache findet, nachvollziehen und durch den Verbindungscharakter der „99 Schritte“ in eigene Sprache umsetzen. Auf diese Weise ist Klipp und Klar im Gegensatz zu vielen anderen Grammatiken konsistent. Zum Beispiel werden in vielen Lehrwerken von Anfang an Adjektive benutzt (‚Peter ist klein‘), die in der begleitenden Grammatik zunächst nicht erklärt werden. Klipp und Klar macht dies anders. In Schritt 5 wird bereits der einfache Gebrauch von Adjektiven mit ‚sein‘ erklärt, die Deklination von Adjektiven, die dem Lerner häufig Schwierigkeiten bereitet, folgt später in den Schritten 86 bis 88. Diese sinnvolle Abfolge erleichtert es dem Lerner, mit Adjektiven umzugehen.
Bulk Spin-Hall Effect
Creators: name: Anderson, Brandon
name: Stanescu, Tudor D.
name: Galitski, Victor
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We show that a two-dimensional spin-orbit-coupled system in the presence of a charge/spin-density wave with a wave-vector perpendicular to an applied electric field supports bulk manifestations of the direct/inverse spin-Hall effect. We develop a theory of this phenomenon in the framework of the spin diffusion equation formalism and show that, due to the inhomogeneity created by a spin-grating, an anomalous bulk charge-density wave is induced away from sample boundaries. The optimal conditions for the observation of the effect are determined. The main experimental manifestation of the bulk spin-Hall effect, the induced charge/spin-density-wave, is characterized by a pi/2-phase shift relative to the initial non-homogeneous spin/charge-polarization profile and has a non-monotonic time-varying amplitude.
description: 4 pages, 4 figures
title: Credit Cards: Average Monthly Unpaid Balance as Related to Certain Socio-Economic Factors
Creators: name: Cooper, Marsha Gaye Maughan
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1978

description: The purpose of this study was to determine the degree of relationship between selected socio-economic factors and the average monthly unpaid credit card balance subject to a finance charge. The socio-economic factors chosen were: 1) family and per capita income; 2) education of husband; 3) education of wife; 4) gainful employment of wife; 5) amount of savings; and 6) number of children.
The sample consisted of 80 couples, married in the year 1971, currently residing in the Logan, Utah, area.
A questionnaire was used to measure the six variables. The statistical tests used were the chi square and the gamma analysis.
It was found that the six variables tested had no significant relationship upon the amount of the average monthly unpaid credit card balance.
title: Rezension: CENOZ, JASONE; HUFEISEN, BRITTA & JESSNER, ULRIKE (eds.) (2001), Looking beyond Second Language Acquisition. Studies in Tri- and Multilingualism
Creators: name: Grau, Maike
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt
Year: 2023

description: Sollte der einsprachige Mensch jemals der Regelfall gewesen sein, so ist er es im beginnenden 21. Jahrhundert mit Sicherheit nicht mehr. Sei es nun durch die zunehmende Internationalisierung der Wirtschaft oder die weltweiten Migrations- und Flüchtlingsbewegungen, immer mehr Kinder wachsen in mehr als einer Sprache und Kultur auf, immer mehr Erwachsene leben und arbeiten in mehrsprachigen Kontexten.
title: Religious and Geographic Correlates of Breast Feeding
Creators: name: Sellers, Joan Boyington
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1977

description: This study focused mainly upon regional and religious variables influencing a mother's decision for a particular infant feeding practice. The problem of this study was to investigate the breast feeding and maternal attitudes of Mormon and non-Mormon mothers who were raised within the Mountain States region and compare them to the attitudes of Mormon and non-Mormon women who are not residents of this region.
No significant differences were found between the resident and non- resident women in their practice of bottle or breast feeding, nor was any significant difference found between the number of Mormon and non-Mormon women who breast fed their children. What was discovered however, was an amazingly large percentage of women that had selected to breast feed their babies.
Mothers who breast fed were more inclined to mention a closeness between mother and baby as their main reason for the method that they selected . They also believed that it was more convenient, economical , and better for the baby.
Physical problems that make breast feeding difficult, if not impossible, were most often mentioned by mothers who selected to bottle feed their children. Bottle feeding was also listed as more convenient and allowed more mobility.
Scores obtained from the Infant Feeding Scale, which was developed to measure a mother 1s religious and traditional attitudes in regards to infant feeding, indicated that the Mormon group scored significantly higher on both the religious and traditional parts. The nonresidents in general also scored higher indicating a more conservative traditional response by this group, but it was the Mormon-non-resident group that presented the greater contribution to the over all significance that was found on this scale.
Other social and personal variables such as social class, age, family size and educational status were also considered in this study , but no significant difference was found, perhaps because the population in this study was an accumulation of mothers who possessed those variables that tend to positively influence breast feeding.
title: Maternal Reactions to Children with Visible and Non-Visible Handicaps
Creators: name: Olsen, Doral R.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1977

description: The purpose of this study was to investigate the reactions of mothers to their handicapped child to determine if there is an association between visible and non-visible handicaps, and the mother's reaction to the handicapped child.
A null hypothesis was employed which asserted that the mother's reaction to the handicapped child would not be related to the visible nature of the handicap. It was further hypothesized that the variables of mother's age at the birth of the handicapped child, education, and rigidity, child's birth order and the husband's occupation would be unrelated to the mother's reaction to her child.
The population consisted of 18 mothers of deaf children and 17 mothers of children with visible physical handicaps. The data were collected by use of a questionnaire administered to the mothers in their homes.
Using a chi-square analysis the findings reject the null hypothesis and show that mothers of children with a visible handicap are more accepting of their children than are mothers of children with non-visible handicaps. Of the other variables only the husband's occupation showed a statistically significant relationship to the mother's acceptance of her handicapped child.
Kernel methods for monitoring processes with multiple operating modes
Creators: name: Tan, Ruomu
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2020

description: Systems for monitoring processes with multiple operating modes should be able to distinguish between changes in operating modes and developing faults. Process operators will make decisions regarding production and maintenance according to the information about faults, such as the occurrence of faults and the locations of faults, so that the process can run safely and efficiently. Whilst the development and application of kernel methods can improve the performance of monitoring systems, inappropriate usage of these methods can diminish the effectiveness of the methods. In this thesis the industrial considerations of operators are summarized and these considerations are incorporated into the development of kernel methods for process monitoring. The research in the thesis shows that kernel methods need to be designed and implemented properly for monitoring processes with multiple operating modes. The research in the thesis also aims to develop kernel methods that can generate useful results when applied to monitoring of processes with multiple operating modes. The thesis reports the following research outcomes: • A benchmark multimodal dataset from a pilot-scale experiment rig; • An investigation of the tuning of kernel methods and a tuning strategy for the radial basis function kernel; • A new kernel that can improve the monitoring performance when applied to multimodal data; • An on-line monitoring framework which can account for new operating modes in the process; • A way to define the contributions of process variables to a fault detection, in order to support fault diagnosis. The thesis delivers novel kernel methods for monitoring processes with multiple operating modes and gives guidelines for proper implementation of these methods. These outcomes extend the field of process monitoring. The research outcomes are relevant for industrial application because the practical considerations of end-users are incorporated in the development of the kernel methods. The thesis also contributes to the theory of process monitoring by proposing novel kernel methods for fault detection and diagnosis. The results in the thesis demonstrate that the new development of kernel methods can improve monitoring performance when applied to processes with multiple operating modes. Moreover, the monitoring results achieved by the new kernel methods can be interpreted and used by process operators.
Recollisions and correlated double ionization with circularly polarized light
Creators: name: Mauger, Francois
name: Chandre, Cristel
name: Uzer, Turgay
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: It is generally believed that the recollision mechanism of atomic nonsequential double ionization is suppressed in circularly polarized laser fields because the returning electron is unlikely to encounter the core. On the contrary, we find that recollision can and does significantly enhance double ionization, even to the extent of forming a "knee", the signature of the nonsequential process. Using a classical model, we explain two apparently contradictory experiments, the absence of a knee for helium and its presence for magnesium.
title: Rezension: BRAMMERTS, HELMUT & KLEPPIN, KARIN (Hrsg.) (2001), Selbstgesteuertes Sprachenlernen im Tandem. Ein Handbuch
Creators: name: Kranz, Dieter
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt
Year: 2023

description: Alle Bemühungen, alle Methoden, bessere und nachhaltigere Ergebnisse beim Fremdsprachenlernen zu erzielen, verdienen unsere ungeteilte Aufmerksamkeit. Vor diesem Hintergrund unternimmt die neue Reihe Forum Sprachlehrforschung den dankenswerten Versuch, Arbeitsergebnisse aus allen Bereichen der Sprachlehr- und -lernforschung sowie der sie berührenden Nachbardisziplinen vorzustellen, um nötige Anregungen für Fachleute zu bieten. „Das vorliegende Handbuch richtet sich an Lehrer, Lernberater und andere, die selbstgesteuertes Lernen im Tandem betreuen oder organisieren wollen“ (S. 1).
title: The Relationship Between Marcia's Ego Identity Status Paradigm and Erikson's Psychosocial Theory
Creators: name: Anderson, Lawrence
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1993

description: While Erikson's psychosocial theory continues to dominate theoretical explanations of adolescent identity development. Marcia's ego identity status paradigm has become the primary basis to empirically measure such notions. Though Marcia's paradigm has its roots in psychosocial theory. questions have surfaced regarding the communality of Marcia's and Erikson's notions on identity. Issues of scope. connectedness. definition. terminology. and measurement have marked a potential divergence among the two approaches-views which until recently seemed almost unified. This study addressed the relationship between Erikson's psychosocial theory and Marcia's ego identity status paradigm. By administering identity and psychosocial stage-specific measures to a sample of college-age adolescents. an assessment of the empirical relationship between the two theories has been established.
A general pattern was found that the highest levels of psychosocial trust. autonomy. initiative. and industry were reported by the achieved respondents, followed by the foreclosed, moratorium, and diffused respondents, respectively. Discriminant analysis also identified specific psychosocial differences between statuses. The achieved respondents reported higher levels of trust. autonomy, initiative. and industry than moratoriums: significantly higher levels of autonomy and industry than the foreclosed: and significantly higher levels of trust and initiative. and significantly lower levels of guilt when compared to diffused respondents. Moratoriums reported significantly higher levels of emotional autonomy and significantly lower levels of trust and initiative than foreclosed respondents. Moratoriums did report significantly higher initiative and lower guilt than the diffused. Foreclosed respondents reported significantly higher initiative and lower autonomy than diffused persons. These results provide significant-albeit initial----quantitative evidence that Marcia's ego identity status paradigm corresponds both specifically and broadly to Erikson's theory of identity development.
Different Kinds of Protein Folding Identified with a Coarse-Grained Heteropolymer Model
Creators: name: Schnabel, Stefan
name: Bachmann, Michael
name: Janke, Wolfhard
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Applying multicanonical simulations we investigated folding properties of off-lattice heteropolymers employing a mesoscopic hydrophobic-polar model. We study for various sequences folding channels in the free-energy landscape by comparing the equilibrium conformations with the folded state in terms of an angular overlap parameter. Although all investigated heteropolymer sequences contain the same content of hydrophobic and polar monomers, our analysis of the folding channels reveals a variety of characteristic folding behaviors known from realistic peptides.
description: 3 pages, 2 figures
Topological Dark Matter in the Little Higgs Models
Creators: name: Joseph, Anosh
name: Rajeev, S. G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We show that certain little Higgs models with symmetry breaking SU(N) -> SO(N) for N >= 4 admit topologically stable solitons that may contribute to cosmological dark matter. We have constructed a spherically symmetric soliton and estimated its mass in the case of SU(5) -> SO(5). Its lower bound is found to be around 10.3 TeV. Whether this particle is a fermion or a boson depends on the value of an integer-valued parameter of the underlying theory, analogous to the number of colors of QCD. In either case, the particle is neutral. If it is a fermion, it is a Majorana particle, which could take part in a seesaw mechanism for neutrino masses.
description: 4 pages, 1 figure; minor numerical error fixed
title: Transition into Parenthood and the Effects of Childbirth Education
Creators: name: Haycock, Margaret B.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1975

description: Attitudes of primiparous women toward childbirth were studied longitudinally as they varied with the intervention of childbirth education classes before delivery; and as they varied with the experience of labor and deli very and having a baby in the home after delivery. An anxiety scale was used measuring anxiety toward labor, delivery, the parenthood role, and stress on the marriage relationship. Measurement on the anxiety scale was taken prior to childbirth education when primiparous mothers ranged from 4 months to 7-l/2 months gestation. Measurement II on the anxiety scale was taken after childbirth education, one month prior to delivery. Measurement III on the anxiety scale was taken one month following delivery . The sample consisted of primiparous women selected from two Childbirth Education Classes at the Logan L. D. S. Hospital, Logan, Utah, in September and October of 1974. The following numbers of women responded on each of the three questionnaires:
Measurement I - 77
Measurement II - 69
Measurement III - 66
Total Matched sample including all three measurements - 56.
H was found that anxiety toward delivery increased significantly alter childbirth education and as time for delivery drew nearer, while anxiety toward labor decreased slightly but not significantly. One month following delivery, however, anxiety decreased toward both labor and delivery, as was expected, but anxiety toward delivery decreased to a lower level than did anxiety toward labor. H appears that these primiparous women experience more anxiety toward delivery prior to the experience, but after experiencing labor and delivery, some feel more anxious about labor than about delivery. No difference was found between any of the three measures on anxiety toward the role of parent. The participation of husbands in labor and delivery was viewed by over 90 percent of these primiparous mothers as a positive factor, on all three measurements. Earlier in pregnancy, power to childbirth education on Measurement 1, a strong positive correlation was found between physical symptoms of pregnancy and overall anxiety level. However, this relationship seemed to disappear after childbirth education, one month prior to delivery on Measurement II. An analysis of variance showed significant variation in the anxiety or stress of the childbearing cycle on the marriage relationship with the highest stress being just prior to delivery.
title: Autonomes Lernen im interkulturellen Fremdsprachenunterricht. Kriterien für die Auswahl von Lerninhalten und Lernaufgaben
Creators: name: Sercu, Lies
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt
Year: 2023

description: Neben dem Erwerb kommunikativer Kompetenz in einer fremden Sprache wird seit vielen Jahren der Erwerb einer offenen und toleranten Haltung den Ländern und Völkern gegenüber, deren Sprache man lernt, als ein natürliches und integriertes Lernziel des Fremdsprachenunterrichts (FSU) betrachtet. Die natürliche Integration dieser beiden Lernziele hat bis jetzt nicht zu einem Instrument für die Planung von Kursen, die die integrierte Entwicklung sprachlicher und kultureller Kompetenz anzielen, geführt. Dieser Beitrag nimmt sich vor, einen zusammenhängenden Kriterienkatalog, den man bei der Entwicklung von interkulturellen Fremdsprachenkursen benutzen kann, zu diskutieren. Zudem berücksichtigt er die Perspektive des autonomen Lernens, die auch im Interkulturellen Fremdsprachenunterricht nicht länger außer Betracht gelassen werden kann. Zunächst werden die wichtigsten Schlüsselbegriffe, die mit der interkulturellen Ausrichtung jeglichen Fremdsprachenunterrichts zusammenhängen, angesprochen, und wird das Lernziel 'interkulturelle kommunikative Kompetenz' analysiert. Danach wird der Frage nachgegangen, welche Kriterien für die Auswahl von kulturellen Inhalten und Lernaufgaben zur Verfügung stehen und wie der interkulturelle kommunikative Lernprozess sich stufen lässt. Der Beitrag distanziert sich vom traditionellen Kulturkundeunterricht und erklärt, warum die bisherige lehrergesteuerte Sprach- und Kulturpädagogik durch eine lerner(mit)gesteuerte, auf den Erwerb interkultureller kommunikativer Kompetenz abzielende Vorgehensweise zu ersetzen sei.
title: Women's Marital Adjustment in Relation to the Number of Children Ever Born
Creators: name: Merrill, Junius K.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2003

description: Parenthood is a common experience, in the sense that it is almost universal among married couples, but it is a unique experience in the sense that there are great individual variations in its meaning and its impact upon the life of each parent.
In spite of the many variations in reactions and responses to parenthood, a stereotype reaction seems to prevail . The stereotyped conception of behavior following the conception of a child is for the wife to be filled with some inner joy which causes her to behave mysteriously for a time until she reveals the unsuspected truth to her naive husband. He, when informed of this totally unsuspected event, is expected to respond with surprise and exaggerated concern for his wife's health and well-being. Later, when the baby is born, each is expected to respond with pride, joy, pleasure, and to behave in ways indicating that the arrival of their child has indeed brought the ultimate fulfillment into their personal lives.
Cosmic Strings and Superstrings
Creators: name: Copeland, Edmund J.
name: Kibble, T. W. B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Cosmic strings are predicted by many field-theory models, and may have been formed at a symmetry-breaking transition early in the history of the universe, such as that associated with grand unification. They could have important cosmological effects. Scenarios suggested by fundamental string theory or M-theory, in particular the popular idea of brane inflation, also strongly suggest the appearance of similar structures. Here we review the reasons for postulating the existence of cosmic strings or superstrings, the various possible ways in which they might be detected observationally, and the special features that might discriminate between ordinary cosmic strings and superstrings.
description: Minor errors corrected and some references added, 34 pages, 6 figures
CHIRAL SYMMETRY AND PION POLARIZABILITIES
Creators: name: D. BABUSCI
name: S. BELLUCCI
name: G. GIORDANO
name: G. MATONE
name: A. M. SANDORFI
name: M. A. MOINESTER
Publisher: name: INFN Open Access Repository
Year: 1991

description: We use chiral perturbation theory including 1-loop contributions to derive formulae needed to deduce pion polarizabilities from γπ->γπ and γγ->ππ data. We deduce for the first time values for the π^+- and π^0 polarizabilities from ππ production data, and compare these new results to chiral symmetry predictions.
Search for invisible decays of the Higgs boson at √ s = 13 TeV
Creators: name: Milosevic, Vukasin
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2020

description: A search for invisibly decaying Higgs bosons using proton-proton collision data collected by the CMS experiment at √ s = 13 TeV is presented. For the first time, this search is performed using the complete dataset collected during the Run 2 phase of operation, corresponding to total integrated luminosity of 137.1 fb−1 . In 2017 and 2018, to supplement the traditional trigger strategy based on the presence of missing transverse energy, a new dedicated trigger based on the Vector Boson Fusion jet topology was introduced. Its motivation, implementation and subsequent usage is described in detail. This addition further enhanced the sensitivity to the Vector Boson Fusion production mechanism by allowing for a new analysis category focused around previously inaccessible phase space. A combination with the study focusing on the 2016 data is performed. No deviations from the Standard Model have been observed and the final result is reported in the form of a 95 % Confidence Level upper limit on the Br(H→inv). The overall result of the measurement using the 2017 and 2018 data yields an observed (expected) Br(H→inv) < 15 % (13 %), while the full Run 2 limit stands at Br(H→inv) < 15 % (12 %). When interpreted in terms of dark matter searches, this result can be used to provide 90% Confidence Level upper limits on the spin-independent dark matternucleon scattering cross section. Lastly, a study of projected sensitivity of this study for the conditions provided by the future upgrades of the CMS experiment is also presented. The projected limit for the total integrated luminosity of 3000 fb−1 is placed, from the perspective of the CMS experiment, at Br(H→inv) < 3.8 %, while a combined result from the ATLAS and CMS experiments is expected to yield Br(H→inv) < 2.5 %.
TOWARDS AN INTEGRABLE N=3 SUPER KdV EQUATION
Creators: name: S. BELLUCCI
name: E. IVANOV
name: S. KRIVONOS
Publisher: name: INFN Open Access Repository
Year: 1992

description: Starting with a most general N = 3 superfield extension of KdV equation and requiring the existence of both a higher order conservation law for it and a proper reduction to N = 2 super KdV equation we deduce a new N = 3 super KdV equation which is a unique candidate for being integrable. Upon reduction to the N = 2 case it yields the recently discussed 'would-be' integrable version of N = 2 super KdV equation. It can be interpreted as a Hamiltonian flow of some contraction of the direct sum of two N = 3 superconformal algebras.
title: Information Sources Used by Homeowners in the Purchase of Major Appliances
Creators: name: Bartholomew, Lynette
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1975

description: Information sources used by homeowners in their purchase of major appliances were compared with the home-owner's occupation, education, and income.
The sample consisted of 60 Logan City homeowners who had purchased a major appliance within the past 5 years. The respondents completed a questionnaire consisting of: 1) personal background information and 2) questions concerning their major appliance purchases.
By testing with the adjusted chi square test, if was found that of the 3 consumer variables: education, income, and occupation, education was relatively significant (.175), and occupation was very significant (.074) in determining the type of information sources a homeowner used.
A Modular Design for Glass Spark Counters
Creators: name: G. Bencivenni
name: G. Felici
name: E. Iacuessa
name: M. D'Incecco
name: C. Gustavino
Publisher: name: INFN Open Access Repository
Year: 1993

description: In this paper a fully redesigned Glass Spark Counter is described. The detector exhibits noiseless operation and a time resolution less than 1 ns. The performance makes this detector a good candidate for large area cosmic ray experiments. The simple assembling procedure allows large sensitive area at low cost.
Photon-Photon Scattering to Two Loops in ChPT
Creators: name: S. Bellucci
Publisher: name: INFN Open Access Repository
Year: 1994

description: We analyze the Chiral Perturbation Theory predictions for γγ->π^0π^0 to two loops. The amplitude to this order depends on three new counterterms which can be estimated using resonance excange. The low-energy cross section is in good agreement with the present data and with calculations based on dispersion relations. We predict the Compton cross section and the neutral pion polarizabilities to the two-loop order. The unitarization of the one-loop cross section is also discussed.
Performance of the New Plastic Scintillator NE110A for the CLAS Large Angle Calorimeter
Creators: name: P. Rossi
name: E. Polli
name: M. Albicocco
name: H. Avakian
name: N. Bianchi
name: G. P. Capitani
name: A. Deppman
name: E. De Sanctis
name: V. Giourdjian
name: P. Levi Sandri
name: S. Mansanta
name: M. Mirazita
name: V. Muccifora
name: A. R. Reolon
name: M. Taiuti
name: A. Rottura
name: M. Anghinolfi
name: M. Battaglieri
name: P. Corvisiero
name: E. Golovach
name: A.Longhi
name: V. I. Mokeev
name: M. Olcese
name: G. Ricco
name: M.Ripani
name: M.Sanzone
name: V. Sapunenko
name: R. Morandotti
Publisher: name: INFN Open Access Repository
Year: 1996

description: The performance of the new NE110A plastic scintillator has been measured in connection with the construction of the AIACE large angle electromagnetic calorimeter for the CLASS detector at CEBAF. Measurements concerning 2128 scintillator bars 15mm thick, roughly 10cm wide and up to 450cm length are reported. The results show an attenuation length of the order of 400cm, a light output of ≥40 photoelectrons/MeV and a uniformity >98%.
Fingerprint of Different Spin-Orbit Terms for Spin Transport in HgTe Quantum Wells
Creators: name: Rothe, D. G.
name: Reinthaler, R. W.
name: Liu, C. -X.
name: Molenkamp, L. W.
name: Zhang, S. -C.
name: Hankiewicz, E. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using $\vec{k}$$\cdot$$\vec{p}$ theory, we derive an effective four band model describing the physics of the typical two-dimensional topological insulator (HgTe/CdTe quantum well) in the presence of out-of-plane in z-direction inversion breaking and in-plane confining potentials. We find that up to third order in perturbation theory, only the inversion breaking potential generates new elements to the four band Hamiltonian that are off-diagonal in spin space. When this new effective Hamiltonian is folded into an effective two band model for the conduction (electron) or valence (heavy hole) bands, two competing terms appear: (1) a Rashba spin-orbit interaction originating from inversion breaking potential in z-direction and (2) an in-plane Pauli term as a consequence of the in-plane confining potential. Spin transport in the conduction band is further analysed within the Landauer-Büttiker formalism. We find that for asymmetrically doped HgTe quantum wells, the behaviour of the spin-Hall conductance is dominated by the Rashba term.
description: 23 pages, 4 figures, submitted to special NJP issue "Focus on topological insulators"
The HARP TOF-WALL Performance and Time Calibration
Creators: name: F. Bobisut
name: A. De Min
name: D. Gibin
name: A. Guglielmi
name: M. Laveder
name: A. Menegolli
name: M. Mezzetto
name: E. Pagan
Publisher: name: INFN Open Access Repository
Year: 2002

description: The procedure to calibrate in time the scintillation counters of the HARP TOF-WALL using cosmic muons is described in detail. The analysis of the collected cosmic events was also used to evaluate the performance of the detectors in terms of efficiency and time resolution. All scintillation counters resulted to be fully efficient. The procedure allowed to precisely align in time the signals of all counters so that an overall intrinsic time resolution of 9 160 ps could be achieved
A benign, low Z electron capture agent for negative ion TPCs
Creators: name: Martoff, C. J.
name: Dion, M. P.
name: Hosack, M.
name: Barton, D.
name: Black, J. K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We have identified nitromethane (CH$_3$NO$_2$) as an effective electron capture agent for negative ion TPCs (NITPCs). We present drift velocity and longitudinal diffusion measurements for negative ion gas mixtures using nitromethane as the capture agent. Not only is nitromethane substantially more benign than the only other identified capture agent, CS$_2$, but its low atomic number will enable the use of the NITPC as a photoelectric X{}-ray polarimeter in the 1{}-10 keV band.
title: Die aktuelle Lage und Zukunftperspektive des Deutschen als Fremdsprache in der Türkei
Creators: name: Çakir, Mustafa
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt
Year: 2023

description: Ein zunehmender Bedarf, sich in bestimmten Lebens- und Berufssituationen in einer Fremdsprache verständlich zu machen, besteht auch in der Türkei. Das Kennenlernen fremder Lebens- und Sinnesart und des sich daraus ergebenden Kulturvergleichs -- all das eben, was wir unter "Landeskunde" subsumieren -- stellt ebenso wie die Möglichkeit, das eigene Idiom auf dem Weg über ein fremdes besser kennenzulernen, einen Gewinn an sich dar. Trotzdem machen nicht nur Fremdsprachenlehrer, sondern auch Industrie und Wirtschaft die Erfahrung, dass die Vorteile, die die Kenntnis einer weiteren fremden Sprache -- neben dem selbstverständlich gewordenen Englisch -- für die berufliche Zukunftsperspektive junger Menschen darstellt, von vielen Eltern unterschätzt, von vielen Schülern der Notenarithmetik zuliebe kurzsichtig aufgegeben werden. Bedarf für eine weitere fremde Sprache braucht also in diesem Zusammenhang nicht geweckt zu werden; es gilt, ihn bewusst zu machen, nenne man dies Werbung oder anders (vgl. Sturm, 1987: 22). Ziel dieses Artikels soll es sein, unter diesen Ausgangsbedingungen die aktuelle Lage des Deutschen als Fremdsprache in der Türkei darzustellen.
title: Fathers, Mothers, Marriages, and Children: Toward a Contextual Model of Positive Paternal Influence
Creators: name: Rodriguez, Ariel
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2000

description: This research explored positive paternal involvement in the lives of children within the broader familial context of marital dynamics and positive maternal involvement. The National Survey of Families and Households (NSFH) was used to obtain a longitudinal subsample of 582 first-married couples, as well as the wide range of variables necessary to explore this broader context of paternal influence. Three research questions guided the study: (I) What is the unique contribution of positive paternal involvement-with respect to positive maternal involvement and marital quality- in child ren's development? (2) How does the influence of positive paternal involvement interact with the influence of positive maternal involvement and marital quality to influence children 's development? (3) To what degree do fathers indirectly influence their children via the marital relationship and the mother-child relationship?
Analysis demonstrated little evidence of fathers ' unique contribution to children 's aggressive/anti social behavior, school problems, and other outcomes. Similarly, analysis demonstrated no indirect effects for paternal involvement across the 4-5 years span between Wave I and Wave 2 of the NSFH. Specifically, fathers' involvement did not indirectly affect children 's outcomes via either the marital relationship or maternal involvement. However, limitations relating to internal reliability rendered findings questionable.
Analysis also demonstrated a limited pattern of interaction effects between paternal involvement measures and marital and maternal variables. Specifically, Wave 2 paternal positive activities demonstrated meaningful interactions with maternal positive activities, marital happiness, and marital conflict, with respect to their influence on children's aggressive/anti social behavior interaction between paternal positive activities and marital variables indicated that paternal involvement is capable of interacting with other aspects of family context in ways which have both positive and negative consequences for children.
Future research efforts addressing these questions should assess parental involvement in greater depth and breath, incorporating a framework capable of addressing both parental warmth and control. Similarly, future research should consider methods capable of addressing multicolinearity resulting from parallel paternal and maternal variables. Finally, future research should explore the various ways in which paternal involvement interacts with other sources of influence within families to impact the lives of children.