cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
To disclose or not to disclose? Factors related to the willingness to disclose information to a COVID-19 tracing app
Creators: name: Jörling, Moritz
name: Eitze, Sarah
name: Schmid, Philipp
name: Betsch, Cornelia
name: Allen, Jennifer
name: Böhm, Robert
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Computational Biology

description: Contact-tracing apps have been identified as a promising technology to curb the spread of COVID-19. To be effective, a sufficient number of individuals need to install the app and disclose information like COVID-19 infection to such an app. Yet, usage data demonstrate that a large number of app users does not disclose COVID-19 infection to the app. Hence, in two studies (overall N = 1522), we investigate factors related to individuals’ willingness to actively disclose information to such an app. In a preregistered online experiment conducted two months before the app launch onto the German market, we find that disclosure willingness increases when the app’s prosocial benefit or a social-life-enabling benefit is emphasized (vs. no benefit emphasized). In a subsequent, quota-representative survey study conducted two months after the app launch onto the German market, we adapted and extended the Technology Acceptance Model 2 (TAM2) to the context of prosocial information sharing in tracing apps. We find that the perceived prosocial benefit of the app, trust in public institutions, and fear of COVID-19 are the relevant predictors. Moreover, we demonstrate that the relation between perceived prosocial benefit and disclosure willingness is moderated by perceived ease of use. Results are discussed with regard to effective implementation and communication strategies for tracing apps, and the general role of prosocial concerns for technology usage to address major societal challenges.
Breaking the mind-forg'd manacles: a study of adolescent transformation
Creators: name: Heywood, Peta
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2023

description: Abstract: This study has adopted the metaphor of 'mind-forged manacles' to explore adolescent transformation within an educational context. It does this by examining the experiences of two groups of people who participated in an intensive, one-off personal development program for adolescents, known as Discovery. The first study involves secondary school students for whom the program was part of the school curriculum. The second study consists of an older group of people who completed the program during their adolescence and outside the formal education system. The third study is a contemplation of transformation derived from my experience as researcher during the course of completing this thesis. In an attempt to reflect the aperspectival worldview from within which the study is created I have drawn on a range of theorists. To integrate their ideas I created three different 'lenses' or ways of viewing the data. The first lens is developed from consciousness theory, the second from process philosophy and complex self-organising systems theory, and the third from individual humanistic psychology.The educational pedagogy is holistic and embraces developmental models of thinking and learning. The study uses participant reflection to argue that a program of intentionally focussed challenges, combined with the support that enables these challenges to be successfully met, can be transformational for many young people. It suggests that the complex postmodern world requires teachers to be aware of their own and their students' consciousness, and demands learning experiences that are deliberately focussed on helping the process of conscionsness transformation rather than only on achieving predetermined outcomes. Transformation is understood as a shift to a different order of consciousness in which it is how one sees rather than what one sees that changes. With each shift towards a new order of consciousness the mind-forged manacles are loosed and individuals accept increasing responsibility for their lives and how they live them. Educational programs can be developed to assist this process.

Originally part of the Australasian Digital Theses (ADT) database.

Submission note: A thesis submitted in total fulfilment for the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy [to the Institute of Education], La Trobe University, Bundoora.
Quantum-fluctuation-driven crossover from a dilute Bose-Einstein condensate to a macro-droplet in a dipolar quantum fluid
Creators: name: Chomaz, L.
name: Baier, S.
name: Petter, D.
name: Mark, M. J.
name: Wächtler, F.
name: Santos, L.
name: Ferlaino, F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In a joint experimental and theoretical effort, we report on the formation of a macro-droplet state in an ultracold bosonic gas of erbium atoms with strong dipolar interactions. By precise tuning of the s-wave scattering length below the so-called dipolar length, we observe a smooth crossover of the ground state from a dilute Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) to a dense macro-droplet state of more than $10^4$ atoms. Based on the study of collective excitations and loss features, we quantitative prove that quantum fluctuations stabilize the ultracold gas far beyond the instability threshold imposed by mean-field interactions. Finally, we perform expansion measurements, showing the evolution of the normal BEC towards a three-dimensional self-bound state and show that the interplay between quantum stabilization and three-body losses gives rise to a minimal expansion velocity at a finite scattering length.
description: 13 pages, 9 figures
Making the grade : a study of the writing in English of non English speaking background students in the final year of schooling
Creators: name: Farrell, Lesley
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

description: This thesis was scanned from the print manuscript for digital preservation and is copyright the author.
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Adjustment of Exchange Rate and its Impact on Sri Lanka’s Agriculture under Policy Reforms
Creators: name: Yamaguchi, Mitoshi
name: Sanker, M.S. SriGowri
name: Yamaguchi, Mitoshi
name: Sanker, M.S. SriGowri
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Food Security and Poverty
subject: International Relations/Trade
subject: Agricultural Sector
subject: General equilibrium growth accounting approach
subject: Exchange rate
subject: Domestic food production sector
subject: Policy reform and Sri Lanka’s economy.

description: This paper empirically evaluates the performance of the Sri Lanka’s agricultural sector under policy reforms with respect to the exchange rate implications. Under the policy reforms, the exchange rate reforms made considerable impact on the agriculture exports, input and food imports and economic development. In our analysis which used general equilibrium growth accounting approach, the real contributions of agricultural exports, food imports and fertilizer price reveals that without the exchange rate reform the contributions would have been really detrimental to the agricultural production and economy of Sri Lanka. Therefore, policy reform had a positive effect on Sri Lanka Economy through the exchange rate reform, though it had negative impact on domestic food production sector and related small farmers.
MPEC 2024-Q83 : 2024 QQ1
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: 2024 QQ1

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Systematic study on probable projectile-target combinations for the synthesis of the $^{302}$120 superheavy nucleus
Creators: name: Santhosh, K. P.
name: Safoora, V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Probable projectile-target combinations for the synthesis of superheavy element $^{302}$120 have been studied taking Coulomb and proximity potential as the interaction barrier. The probabilities of compound nucleus formation, PCN for the projectile-target combinations found in the cold reaction valley of $^{302}$120 are estimated. At energies near and above the Coulomb barrier, we have calculated the capture, fusion and evaporation residue cross sections for the reactions of all the probable projectile-target combinations so as to predict the most promising projectile-target combinations for the synthesis of SHE $^{302}$120 in heavy ion fusion reactions. The calculated fusion and evaporation cross section for the more asymmetric (hotter) projectile-target combination is found to be higher than the less asymmetric (colder) combination. It can be seen from the nature of quasi-fission barrier height, mass asymmetry, probability of compound nucleus formation, survival probability and excitation energy, the systems $^{44}$Ar + $^{258}$No, $^{46}$Ar + $^{256}$No, $^{48}$Ca + $^{254}$Fm, $^{50}$Ca + $^{252}$Fm, $^{54}$Ti + $^{248}$Cf, $^{58}$Cr + $^{244}$Cm in the deep region I of cold reaction valley, and the systems $^{62}$Fe + $^{240}$Pu, $^{64}$Fe + $^{238}$Pu, $^{68}$Ni + $^{234}$U, $^{70}$Ni + $^{232}$U, $^{72}$Ni + $^{230}$U, $^{74}$Zn + $^{228}$Th in the other cold valleys are identified as the better projectile-target combinations for the synthesis of $^{302}$120. Our prediction on the synthesis of $^{302}$120 superheavy nuclei using the combinations $^{54}$Cr+$^{248}$Cm, $^{58}$Fe+$^{244}$Pu, $^{64}$Ni+$^{238}$U and $^{50}$Ti+$^{249}$Cf are compared with available experimental data and other theoretical predictions.
description: 46 pages, 27 figures
The academic, psychological and social adjustment of Chinese immigrant girls in Australia
Creators: name: Fan, Cynthia M.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

description: This thesis was scanned from the print manuscript for digital preservation and is copyright the author.
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Leveraging Large Language Models for Sequential Recommendation
Creators: name: Harte, Jesse
name: Zorgdrager, Wouter
name: Louridas, Panos
name: Katsifodimos, Asterios
name: Jannach, Dietmar
name: Fragkoulis, Marios
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Information Retrieval (cs.IR)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Sequential recommendation problems have received increasing attention in research during the past few years, leading to the inception of a large variety of algorithmic approaches. In this work, we explore how large language models (LLMs), which are nowadays introducing disruptive effects in many AI-based applications, can be used to build or improve sequential recommendation approaches. Specifically, we devise and evaluate three approaches to leverage the power of LLMs in different ways. Our results from experiments on two datasets show that initializing the state-of-the-art sequential recommendation model BERT4Rec with embeddings obtained from an LLM improves NDCG by 15-20% compared to the vanilla BERT4Rec model. Furthermore, we find that a simple approach that leverages LLM embeddings for producing recommendations, can provide competitive performance by highlighting semantically related items. We publicly share the code and data of our experiments to ensure reproducibility.
description: 9 pages
Closing the gap between policy and reality: a study of community health services in Chengdu and Panzhihua
Creators: name: Liu, Chaojie
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2023

description: The development of community health services (CHS), characterised in particular by the emergence of general practitioners and the establishment of community health centres, is one of the top priorities on the policy agenda for urban health reform in China. The primary and secondary levels of hospitals are being urged to change functions, shifting from traditional hospital services to CHS. This study aimed to contribute to the development of training strategies for CHS through documenting the policy, administrative and institutional arrangements of the CHS programs, identifying performance problems, and analysing relevant determinants that underpin the practice and performance of CHS. Document analysis, indepth interview and questionnaire survey were adopted as main methodological approaches. The study was undertaken in Chengdu and Panzhihua, which included observation of 14 community health centres, interview with 23 general practitioners and managers, and a random sample survey among 1041 residents. This study revealed that the top priority of the CHS programs was to try to stay alive through competing with other health institutions for consumers who could afford medical charges and to provide clinical services that would generate good revenues. The accessibility to medical care for the community residents had not been improved significantly. Poor response to local population health issues, inefficient use of resources and poor quality of services were amongst the key performance problems. There was little prospect of the CHS institutions achieving sustainable development. There was a widespread agreement among the CHS managers and practitioners that training is an essential strategy in improving the CHS performance. However, when policy, system, and cultural barriers are not properly addressed, training means little. There were evident organisational failings and lack of inter-governmental collaborations and leaderships in developing CHS. The lack of policy coherence with respect to organisational incentives impeded the achievement of the goals of CHS. There was also a lack of consumer participation and support. These findings have implications for both policy development and training arrangements. The development of CHS needs to be considered as a system change rather than in terms of isolated institutional developments. Training arrangements for CHS need to offer competencies for a wide range of organisations and professionals to enable them to improve their daily works and also to contribute to solving some of the system problems. The training programs developed for governmental officials, hospital and CHS managers, general practitioners, community nurses, public health workers, pharmacists and other CHS practitioners need to be aligned with a unified goal and facilitate the development of the supportive environments and inter-organisational collaborations (partnerships).
Theoretical and Experimental Investigation on Structural, Electronic and Magnetic Properties of layered Mn5O8
Creators: name: Kishore, M. R. Ashwin
name: Okamoto, H.
name: Patra, Lokanath
name: Vidya, R.
name: Sjastad, Anja O.
name: Fjellvag, H.
name: Ravindran, P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We have investigated the crystal, electronic, and magnetic structure of Mn5O8 by means of state of-the-art density functional theory calculations and neutron powder diffraction (NPD) measurements. This compound stabilizes in the monoclinic structure with space group C2/m where the Mn ions are in the distorted octahedral and trigonal prismatic coordination with oxygen atoms. The calculated structural parameters based on total energy calculations are found to be in excellent agreement with low temperature NPD measurements when we accounted correct magnetic structure and Coulomb correlation effect into the computation. Bond strength analysis based on crystal orbital Hamiltonian population between constituents indicating strong anisotropy in the bonding behavior which results in layered nature of its crystal structure. Using fully relativistic generalized-gradient approximation with Hubbard U (GGA+U) we found that the magnetic ordering in Mn5O8 is A-type antiferromagnetic and the direction of easy axis is [1 0 0] in agreement with susceptibility and NPD measurements. However, the calculation without the inclusion of HubbardU leads to ferrimagnetic half metal as ground state contradictory to experimental findings, indicating the presence of strong Coulomb correlation effect in this material. The GGA calculations without Coulomb correction effect itself is sufficient to reproduce our experimentally observed magnetic moments in various Mn sites.
New Zealand's size and isolation can stimulate new science
Creators: name: Yock, Philip
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: History and Philosophy of Physics (physics.hist-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: It is conventionally thought that New Zealand's distance from the large, northern hemisphere centres of learning, and our relatively small population and wealth, are detrimental to the contribution we can make to the advancement of scientific knowledge. Here the reverse point of view is argued.
description: 9 pages, 4 figures
Feminists and bureaucracies : the post EEO careers of women managers in Australian government education departments
Creators: name: Ellis, Gail
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

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The rich polymorphic behavior of Wigner bilayers
Creators: name: Antlanger, M.
name: Kahl, G.
name: Mazars, M.
name: Samaj, L.
name: Trizac, E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Self-assembly into target structures is an efficient material design strategy. Combining analytical calculations and computational techniques of evolutionary and Monte Carlo types, we report about a remarkable structural variability of Wigner bilayer ground states, when charges are confined between parallel charged plates. Changing the inter-layer separation, or the plate charge asymmetry, a cascade of ordered patterns emerges. At variance with the symmetric case phenomenology, the competition between commensurability features and charge neutralization leads to long range attraction, appearance of macroscopic charges, exotic phases, and non conventional phase transitions with distinct critical indices, offering the possibility of a subtle, but precise and convenient control over patterns.
Topology and Quantum States: the Electron-Monopole system
Creators: name: Fabio, Di Cosmo
name: Giuseppe, Marmo
name: Alessandro, Zampini
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This paper starts by describing the dynamics of the electron-monopole system at both classical and quantum level by a suitable reduction procedure. This suggests, in order to realise the space of states for quantum systems which are classically described on topologically non trivial configuration spaces, to consider Hilbert spaces of exterior differential forms. Among the advantages of this formulation, we present in the case of the group ${\rm SU}(2)$, how it is possible to obtain all unitary irreducible representations on such a Hilbert space, and how it is possible to write scalar Dirac type operators, following an idea by Kähler.
description: 22 pages, Proceedings of the conference Problemi Attuali di Fisica Teorica 2015
Integration of Ocean Literacy into Physics Learning
Creators: name: Santoso, Purwoko Haryadi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Physics Education (physics.ed-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Indonesia will be projected to be maritime axis in the world. Indonesian potential as a maritime country inspires Nawacita vision established by Joko Widodo in his cabinet. This ambitions must be supported by coastal communities. The province of West Sulawesi has a long coastal territory than other provinces in Indonesia. It should be exploited to promote the realization of Nawacita for the better Indonesia in the future. In education sector, 2013 curriculum introduces that teachers must implement scientific approach to their learning. Physics is one of the subjects that is still considered difficult by students. It will be more complex when it is taught by scientific approach. In other hand, physics is one of the most important subjects in preparing high school students for their job in science and technology. Contextual learning could be a solution in delivering physics to students. Without forgetting the 2013 curriculum, physics learning in the context of ocean literacy owned by West Sulawesi can lead students to gain meaningful experience. Based on these considerations, this article will discuss how to integrate ocean literacy into physics learning.
Stochastic Runge-Kutta Software Package for Stochastic Differential Equations
Creators: name: Gevorkyan, M. N.
name: Velieva, T. R.
name: Korolkova, A. V.
name: Kulyabov, D. S.
name: Sevastyanov, L. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: Mathematical Software (cs.MS)
subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: As a result of the application of a technique of multistep processes stochastic models construction the range of models, implemented as a self-consistent differential equations, was obtained. These are partial differential equations (master equation, the Fokker--Planck equation) and stochastic differential equations (Langevin equation). However, analytical methods do not always allow to research these equations adequately. It is proposed to use the combined analytical and numerical approach studying these equations. For this purpose the numerical part is realized within the framework of symbolic computation. It is recommended to apply stochastic Runge--Kutta methods for numerical study of stochastic differential equations in the form of the Langevin. Under this approach, a program complex on the basis of analytical calculations metasystem Sage is developed. For model verification logarithmic walks and Black--Scholes two-dimensional model are used. To illustrate the stochastic "predator--prey" type model is used. The utility of the combined numerical-analytical approach is demonstrated.
description: in English, in Russian. M.N. Gevorkyan, T.R. Velieva, A.V. Korolkova, D.S. Kulyabov, L.A. Sevastyanov, Stochastic Runge-Kutta Software Package for Stochastic Differential Equations, in Dependability Engineering and Complex Systems, Vol. 470, 2016, pp. 169-179
title: Relational employability stages of development
Creators: name: Cook, Elizabeth
Publisher: name: Edith Cowan University
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 5.3
subject: FOS: Educational sciences

description: The Relational employability stages of development aim to enhance individuals’ employability in a relational world. These stages – Recognition, Networks, Translation and Review – provide a pathway for individuals to cultivate relational awareness, engagement, promotion and reflection in the context of careers. When integrated with the Relational employability teaching-learning framework (Cook, 2023), these stages of development engage individuals in critical self-reflection, evaluation and career planning to advance their relational career development. This integrated approach empowers individuals to thrive and make meaningful contributions, extending employability beyond skills and outcomes to embrace meaningful connections and contributions with others (including more-than-human others). Applicable at any developmental stage, these stages foster progression from recognition to review, allowing individuals to cycle through them repeatedly and achieve higher levels of thought and action with each iteration. The Relational employability stages of development serve as a valuable tool for individuals to navigate and strengthen their relational employability, promoting holistic development and meaningful engagement throughout their careers.
Critical phenomena of regular black holes in anti-de Sitter space-time
Creators: name: Fan, Zhong-Ying
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In General Relativity coupled to a non-linear electromagnetic field, together with a negative cosmological constant, we obtain the general static spherical symmetric black hole solution with magnetic charges, which is asymptotic to anti-de Sitter (AdS) space-times. In particular, for a degenerate case the solution becomes a Hayward-AdS black hole, which is regular everywhere in the full space-time. The existence of such a regular black hole solution preserves the weak energy condition while the strong energy condition is violated. We then derive the first law and the Smarr formula of the black hole solution. We further discuss its thermodynamic properties and study the critical phenomena in the extended phase space where the cosmological constant is treated as a thermodynamic variable as well as the parameter associated with the non-linear electrodynamics. We obtain many interesting results such as: the Maxwell's equal area law in the $P-V$ (or $S-T$) diagram is violated and consequently the critical point $(T_*\,,P_*)$ of the first order small-large black hole transition does not coincide with the inflection point ($T_c\,,P_c$) of the isotherms; the Clapeyron equation describing the coexistence curve of the Van der Waals (vdW) fluid is no longer valid; the heat capacity at constant pressure is finite at the critical point; the various exponents near the critical point are also different from those of the vdW fluid.
description: 27pages,12figures and one table;minor corrections, references added
Staff-student interaction at tertiary level : a study of staff-student cognitive style similarity and student achievement at tertiary level
Creators: name: Docking, Russell Alan
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

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Phases of dense matter with holographic instantons
Creators: name: Preis, Florian
name: Schmitt, Andreas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discuss nuclear matter and the transition to quark matter in the decompactified limit of the Sakai-Sugimoto model. Nuclear matter is included through instantons on the flavor branes of the model. Our approximation is based on the flat-space solution, but we allow for a dynamical instanton width and deformation and compute the energetically preferred number of instanton layers in the bulk as a function of the baryon chemical potential. We determine the regions in parameter space where the binding energy of nuclear matter is like in QCD, and compute the phase diagram in the plane of temperature and chemical potential.
description: 9 pages, contribution to the proceedings of "XIIth Quark Confinement and the Hadron Spectrum" in Thessaloniki, Greece, Aug 28 - Sep 4, 2016
Thermodynamic equilibrium in relativity: four-temperature, Killing vectors and Lie derivatives
Creators: name: Becattini, F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The main concepts of general relativistic thermodynamics and general relativistic statistical mechanics are reviewed. The main building block of the proper relativistic extension of the classical thermodynamics laws is the four-temperature vector β, which plays a major role in the quantum framework and defines a very convenient hydrodynamic frame. The general relativistic thermodynamic equilibrium condition demands βto be a Killing vector field. We show that a remarkable consequence is that all Lie derivatives of all physical observables along the four-temperature flow must then vanish.
description: 13 pages
title: Digital mammography and breast tomosynthesis: a comparison of the diagnostic performance in 150 women
Creators: name: Kamal, Rasha
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Breast
subject: Mammography
subject: Computer Applications-3D
subject: Cancer

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: The aim of our research was to compare the diagnostic performance of digital mammography with breast tomosynthesis by evaluating their image quality and estimating their sensitivity values taking in consideration the Breast Imaging Reporting and...
Habitat use by white-browed babblers Pomatostomus Superciliosus in box-ironbark forest in south-east Australia
Creators: name: Taylor, Sarah G.
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2023

description: Submission note: A thesis submitted in total fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy to the Department of Environmental Management and Ecology, School of Life Sciences Faculty of Science, Technology and Engineering, La Trobe University, Bundoora.
Noncommutative gravity and the relevance of the $θ$-constant deformation
Creators: name: Ciric, Marija Dimitrijevic
name: Nikolic, Biljana
name: Radovanovic, Voja
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this Letter we construct the noncommutative (NC) gravity model on the $θ$-constant NC space-time. We start from the NC $SO(2,3)_\star$ gauge theory and use the enveloping algebra approach and the Seiberg-Witten map to construct the effective NC gravity action. The action and the equations of motion are expanded up to second order in the deformation parameter. The equations of motion show that the noncommutativity plays a role of a source for the curvature and/or torsion. Finally, we calculate the NC corrections to the Minkowski space-time and we show that in the presence of noncommutativity Minkowski space-time becomes curved, but remains torsion-free. The breaking of diffeomorphism invariance is understood in terms of the preferred coordinate system. We show that the coordinates we are using are the Fermi normal coordinates. This suggests that the natural coordinate system in which one should study NC gravity is given by the Fermi normal coordinates.
description: 5 pages
Knowing God : an epistemological critique of Hans Küng's paradigm theology and its implications for Christian education
Creators: name: von Dietze, Erich Constantin
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

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Engineering dissipation with phononic spectral hole burning
Creators: name: Behunin, R. O.
name: Kharel, P.
name: Renninger, W. H.
name: Rakich, P. T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Optomechanics, nano-electromechanics, and integrated photonics have brought about a renaissance in phononic device physics and technology. Central to this advance are devices and materials that support ultra long-lived photonic and phononic excitations, providing access to novel regimes of classical and quantum dynamics based on tailorable photon-phonon coupling. Silica-based devices have been at the forefront of such innovations for their ability to support optical excitations persisting for nearly 1 billion cycles, and for their low optical nonlinearity. Remarkably, acoustic phonon modes can persist for a comparable number of cycles in crystalline solids at cryogenic temperatures, permitting radical enhancement of photon-phonon coupling. However, it has not been possible to achieve similar phononic coherence times in silica, as silica becomes acoustically opaque at low temperatures. In this paper, we demonstrate that intrinsic forms of phonon dissipation are greatly reduced (by > 90%) using nonlinear saturation with continuous driving fields of disparate frequencies. We demonstrate steady-state phononic spectral hole burning for the first time, and show that this technique for controlling dissipation in glass produces a wide-band transparency window. These studies were carried out in a micro-scale fiber waveguide where the acoustic intensities necessary to manipulate phonon dissipation can be achieved with optically generated phonon fields of modest (nW) powers. We developed a simple model that explains both dissipative and dispersive changes produced by phononic saturation. In showing how the dissipative and dispersive properties of glasses can be manipulated using external fields, we open the door to dynamical phononic switching and the use of glasses as low loss phononic media which may enable new forms of controllable laser dynamics, information processing, and precision metrology.
description: 16 pages, 11 figures
Occlusion-Model Guided Anti-Occlusion Depth Estimation in Light Field
Creators: name: Zhu, Hao
name: Wang, Qing
name: Yu, Jingyi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: I.5.4

description: Occlusion is one of the most challenging problems in depth estimation. Previous work has modeled the single-occluder occlusion in light field and get good results, however it is still difficult to obtain accurate depth for multi-occluder occlusion. In this paper, we explore the multi-occluder occlusion model in light field, and derive the occluder-consistency between the spatial and angular space which is used as a guidance to select the un-occluded views for each candidate occlusion point. Then an anti-occlusion energy function is built to regularize depth map. The experimental results on public light field datasets have demonstrated the advantages of the proposed algorithm compared with other state-of-the-art light field depth estimation algorithms, especially in multi-occluder areas.
description: 19 pages, 13 figures, pdflatex
Electro-oxidation of tannery wastewater to achieve zero discharge – a step towards sustainability
Creators: name: Sundaramoorthy, Sundarapandiyan
name: Singh, Narendra
name: Taube, Christon Ringle
name: Katiyar, Rajesh
name: Muralidharan, Vimudha
name: Palanivel, Saravanan
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
classificationCode: 59999
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
classificationCode: 39999
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Developmental Biology

description: Pilot-scale electro-oxidation equipment with a functional capacity of 0.2 m3/hr, with titanium electrodes coated with TiO2/RuO2/IrO2 as both anodes and cathodes, was designed. It was installed on the premises of a commercial tannery. The waste streams from all the unit processes were combined. The composite wastewater, after conventional pre-treatment was subjected to electro-oxidation. The treated wastewater was reused four times with intermittent electro-oxidation treatment, after each reuse. EO could bring about a significant reduction in pollution load. Reduction in BOD, COD, TKN and TSS was 92%, 87.5%, 96.2% and 94.6% respectively. Generation of oOCl radicals, during electro-oxidation, were ascertained with DMPO-spin trapping techniques using Electron Spin Resonance (ESR) spectroscopy. The characteristics of the treated wastewater indicated that the wastewater was fit for reuse. No significant change in the quality of the water after each reuse was observed. The physical properties of the leathers obtained following the reuse processes were akin to those of the control leathers, which was indicative that the reuse did not cause adverse quality deviations. This technique could provide the plausibility for minizine the discharge of wastewater to near-zero level.
Factors affecting in vitro propagation of Dracaena sanderiana Sander ex Mast. cultivars. I. Sterilization, explant browning, and shoot proliferation
Creators: name: Kakuei, F.
name: Salehi, H.
Publisher: name: Advances in Horticultural Science
Year: 2015

description: Dracaena sanderiana Sander ex Mast. (lucky bomboo) is an ornamental plant belonging to the family Agavaceae. The factors affecting sterilization, explant browning, and shoot proliferation of two cultivars Green and Variegated of D. sanderiana were studied. Micropropagation of D. sanderiana is very important because of the limitations in its conventional propagation by classical vegetative propagation methods which give rise to several bacterial, fungal, viral and mycoplasma diseases. The in vitro condition can overcome these problems. Half-strength Murashige and Skoog’s (MS) media supplemented with different concentrations of 6- benzyl-amino-purine (BA mg l-1) and naphthalene acetic acid (NAA) (0.25 and 0.5 mg l-1) were used for shoot proliferation and plant regeneration studies. The effect of explant positioning on the culture media, whether horizontal or vertical, was also assessed on proliferation and growth of shoots produced. Explants of the ‘Green’ cultivar, cultured horizontally on media, were successful in yielding proliferated shoots. The highest mean value (4.8) was recorded on the medium supplemented with 2 mg l-1 BA and 0.25 mg l-1 NAA. Explants of the ‘Variegated’ cultivar, cultured horizontally on media, were also successful in yielding proliferated shoots. The highest mean value (3.66) was recorded on the medium supplemented with 2 mg l-1 BA and 0.25 mg l-1 NAA.
description: Advances in Horticultural Science, Vol 29 No 4 (2015)
A prospective evaluation of education and treatment programs for drink-drivers
Creators: name: Didsbury, Gavin
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

description: This thesis was scanned from the print manuscript for digital preservation and is copyright the author.
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Networks, Uncertainty, Applications
and a Crusade for Optimality
Creators: name: Alvarez Miranda, Eduardo Andre <1986>
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 2014
Subjects: MAT/09 Ricerca operativa

description: In this thesis we address a collection of Network Design problems which are strongly motivated by applications from Telecommunications, Logistics and Bioinformatics. In most cases we justify the need of taking into account uncertainty in some of the problem parameters, and different Robust optimization models are used to hedge against it. Mixed integer linear programming formulations along with sophisticated algorithmic frameworks are designed, implemented and rigorously assessed for the majority of the studied problems. 
The obtained results yield the following observations: (i) relevant real problems can be effectively represented as (discrete) optimization problems within the framework of network design; (ii) uncertainty can be appropriately incorporated into the decision process if a suitable robust optimization model is considered; (iii) optimal, or nearly optimal, solutions can be obtained for large instances if a tailored algorithm, that exploits the structure of the problem, is designed; (iv) a systematic and rigorous experimental analysis allows to understand both, the characteristics of the obtained (robust) solutions and the behavior of the proposed algorithm.
Moment Representations of Exceptional $X_1$ Orthogonal Polynomials
Creators: name: Liaw, Constanze
name: Kelly, Jessica Stewart
name: Osborn, John
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Classical Analysis and ODEs (math.CA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We obtain representations of $X_1$ exceptional orthogonal polynomials through determinants of matrices that have certain adjusted moments as entries. We start out directly from the Darboux transformation, allowing for a universal perspective, rather than dependent upon the particular system (Jacobi or Type of Laguerre polynomials). We include a recursion formula for the adjusted moments and provide the initial adjusted moments for each system. Throughout we relate to the various examples of $X_1$ exceptional orthogonal polynomials. We especially focus on and provide complete proofs for the Jacobi and the Type III Laguerre case, as they are less prevalent in literature. Lastly, we include a preliminary discussion explaining that the higher co-dimension setting becomes more involved. The number of possibilities and choices is exemplified, but only starts, with the lack of a canonical flag.
description: 24 pages
Highly efficient visible light-induced photocatalytic oxidation of arsenite with nanosized WO3 particles in the presence of Cu2+ and CuO
Creators: name: Samad, Abdus
name: Furukawa, Mai
name: Tateishi, Ikki
name: Katsumata, Hideyuki
name: Kaneco, Satoshi
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
classificationCode: 59999
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
classificationCode: 39999
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences

description: Although WO3 appears to be one of the extensively studied photocatalysts, the low response of pure WO3 in aqueous solution under visible light limits its application remarkably. In this work, the enhancement of the efficiency of WO3 for the visible light-driven photocatalytic oxidation of arsenite was explored using Cu2+ ion and CuO as a co-catalyst. While the addition of Cu2+ was found effective for the suppression of dissolution of WO3, the efficiency of CuO appeared to be slightly lower. Significant improvement of the efficiency for the photocatalytic oxidation of As(III) with WO3 was noted when Cu2+ ions and CuO were added. The optimized conditions were WO3 in the presence of 10 mg L−1 Cu2+ ion and 1 wt% CuO coupled with WO3, respectively. The As(III) concentration of 10 mg L−1 could be lowered to less than 0.1 mg L−1 by the photocatalytic treatment. Acidic pH favours the oxidation of arsenite in the presence of Cu2+ whereas basic pH is suitable with CuO. Characterization techniques such as TEM, XPS, XRD and UV–DRS were used to characterize photocatalysts. The reactive species scavenger tests revealed that the photo-induced holes (h+) play a key role in the photocatalytic oxidation process while the effect of •OH is negligible. It was found that As(III) oxidation rate was remarkably suppressed in the nitrogen atmosphere. A mechanism for enhanced photocatalytic oxidation has been proposed based on the results of the reactive species scavenger tests. This research may contribute to the large-scale As(III) oxidation treatment in the groundwater.
Understanding acceptance of software metrics - A developer perspective
Creators: name: Umarji, Medha
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2009
Subjects: Case study
Developer psychology
Metrics acceptance
Organizational improvement
Software metrics programs
Technology acceptance

description: Software metrics are measures of software products and processes. Metrics are widely used by software organizations to help manage projects, improve product quality and increase efficiency of the software development process. However, metrics programs tend to have a high failure rate in organizations, and developer pushback is one of the sources of problems. Metrics are not welcomed by developers for a variety of reasons including the fear that metrics will be used to monitor performance, distrust of the metrics process and a lack of belief that metrics will be useful. This research study had two objectives - to identify factors affecting acceptance of software metrics in organizations, and to evaluate the usefulness of our approach in explaining acceptance of a metrics program in an organizational context. To address these objectives, we created a diagnostic survey tool called the Metrics Acceptance Model (MAM) that gathers opinions and attitudes about the metrics program directly from developers. The survey, and underlying framework, is based on problem areas identified in metrics research and technology acceptance literature.  To evaluate the association of these factors with developer motivation to participate in metrics programs, we applied our survey to two different samples of metrics practitioners, revising the survey and the model in between. We learned that two factors: metrics usefulness and attitude towards metrics were significantly related to the motivation to collect metrics data. Further, we conducted a case study to evaluate the usefulness of the MAM survey tool. We used a mixed-methods approach in which we conducted interviews and surveys of project managers and developers involved in a metrics implementation. Our results show that the MAM was able to provide useful insights to project managers about developers' lack of confidence in metrics and lack of control over the metrics process. We also found that the MAM can be an effective diagnostic tool both at an organizational and project level to identify potential impediments in metrics programs. Our research highlights the importance of the developer perspective in a software metrics initiative with emphasis on issues such as fear of adverse consequences, managerial influence, and perceived capability of contributing to metrics. To our knowledge, a systematic analysis of such factors has not yet been addressed.