cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Automating software design for resource assignment problems
Creators: name: Voigt, Kerstin
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 1995

description: In this research, we deal with a specialization of the general software automation problem. We develop a classification-based method called MENDER for the synthesis of patchers" that satisfy resource assignment problems (RAPs). We define RAPs as special subclasses of constraint satisfaction problems (CSPs). A RAP is a problem of establishing a certain type of relationship (e.g., one-to-one, or many-to-one) between a set of consumers" and a set of resources". Solving a RAP involves choosing parameter values such that consumers relate to resources as prescribed. Patchers conduct local search through a space of fully instantiated structures. RAPs tend to be high-arity constraints which constrain global aspects of the target structure. Our own experiments, as well as evidence in the recent literature, have shown that RAPs can be satisfied more efficiently by patching than by methods based on sequential parameter-value instantiation. The classification-based method to design patchers for RAPs has four phases: (1) classification of the problem as a RAP, (2) retrieval of a patcher schema", (3) instantiation of the schema with information derived from the constraint, and (4) optimization of the patcher. Optimization is accomplished through a technique known as polarity analysis (PA). The results of PA can reduce the cost of the patcher's operator selection step by allowing it to focus on promising" operators. Our implementation of MENDER has synthesized patchers for RAPs in the domains of 2D-floorplanning, timetable design, and the n-queens problem. Empirical studies of the run-time performances of these patchers compared to the performances of generators yielded results that favored patching. Our results were predominantly statistically significant.
Adaptation strategies of coastal fishing communities as species shift poleward
Creators: name: McCay, Bonnie
name: Pinsky, Malin L.
name: Young, Talia
name: Fuller, Emma
name: Provost, Mikaela M.
name: Coleman, Kaycee E.
name: St. Martin, Kevin
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2019
Subjects: Communities-at-Sea
Diversification
Fisheries
Portfolio effect
Social-ecological system
Climate Change

description: In this period of environmental change, understanding how resource users respond to such changes is critical for effective resource management and adaptation planning. Extensive work has focused on natural resource responses to environmental changes, but less has examined the re- sponse of resource users to such changes. We used an interdisciplinary approach to analyse changes in resource use among commercial trawl fish- ing communities in the northwest Atlantic, a region that has shown poleward shifts in harvested fish species. We found substantial community- level changes in fishing patterns since 1996: southern trawl fleets of larger vessels with low catch diversity fished up to 400 km further north, while trawl fleets of smaller vessels with low catch diversity shrank or disappeared from the data set over time. In contrast, trawl fleets (of both large and small vessels) with higher catch diversity neither changed fishing location dramatically or nor disappeared as often from the data set. This analysis suggests that catch diversity and high mobility may buffer fishing communities from effects of environmental change. Particularly in times of rapid and uncertain change, constructing diverse portfolios and allowing for fleet mobility may represent effective adaptation strategies.
Development of lean-green integrated target design in construction projects
Creators: name: Mustafa, Hussein Husham
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Integration of lean and green paradigms at the early stage of design can leverage many benefits in the construction industry such as reducing wastes, enhancing resource efficiency, improving whole life performance and increasing satisfaction of stakeholders including end users. This research aims at improving design management practices in construction projects. The practical implication of this research includes: (1) creating efficient design process through integrated target design stages, (2) managing buildings performances for different design options against measurable cost, environmental and energy targets during the design stages; (3) reducing life cycle impacts through setting key performance indicators at the design stage.
STREAM: Sensor Topology Retrieval at Multiple Resolutions
Creators: name: Bhatnagar, Sudeept
name: Nath, Badri
name: Deb, Budhaditya
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2003

description: Large-scale dense sensor networks require mechanisms to extract topology information that can be used for various aspects of sensor network management. Many network properties can be inferred from a relatively low-resolution representation of topology. Different topology resolutions suffice for different management applications to perform at a desired level. In these cases, it is an overkill to retrieve the entire topology of large-scale dense networks particularly because sensor nodes are energy constrained. In this paper, we describe a distributed parameterized algorithm for Sensor Topology Retrieval at Multiple Resolutions (STREAM), which makes a tradeoff between topology details and resources expended. The algorithm retrieves network state at multiple resolutions at proportionate communication cost by adaptive spatial sampling. We also define various classes of topology queries and show how the parameters in the algorithm can be used to support queries specific to sensor networks. We show that the topology determined, albeit at a low resolution, is sufficient to approximate actual network properties.
Open access and collection development in academic libraries: digitization to discovery
Creators: name: Mullen, Laura Bowering
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2011
Subjects: collection development
academic librarians
IFLA
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions
Digitization
Open Access

description: This conference paper complements the author's invited presentation at the World Library and Information Congress:77th IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions) Satellite Meeting, "Maximising Collection Development of Electronic and Print Media in the Digital Environment: Opportunities for Collaboration, Strategic Partnerships and Patron Initiated Models, held at the University of the Virgin Islands, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, VI, August 10-11, 2011
Almost-everywhere complexity hierarchies for nondeterministic time
Creators: name: Allender, Eric
name: Beigel, Richard
name: Hertrampf, Ulrich
name: Homer, Steven
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 1993

description: We present an a.e. complexity hierarchy for nondeterministic time, and show that it is essentially the best result of this sort that can be proved using relativizable proof techniques.
title: Freedom of Movement, Social Integration and Naturalization: Testing Reverse Discrimination in the Recent Case Law of the Court of Justice
Creators: name: Montaldo, Stefano
Publisher: name: European Papers (www.europeanpapers.eu)
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: reverse discrimination
subject: purely internal situation
subject: EU citizenship
subject: freedom of movement
subject: derived residence right
subject: family member

description: European Papers - A Journal on Law and Integration, 2018 3(3), 2499-8249
description: European Forum Insight of 22 October 2018
description: I. Brief introductory remarks: citizenship, national sovereignty and naturalization in the EU legal order. - II. The debate on reverse discrimination and freedom of movement. - III. The exercise of the freedom of movement as a sufficient link with EU law. - IV. From U-turners to naturalized citizens: the role of Art. 21, para. 1, TFEU. - V. Concluding remarks: how long does a mover need special protection?
description: The Insight addresses reverse discrimination in the field of free movement and derived residence rights for EU citizens' family members who are third country nationals. It outlines the debate concerning the justification for differential treatment and discusses the role of the EU and the Member States in relation to reverse discrimination. While the Court of Justice has traditionally considered the exercise of the freedom of movement as a sufficient link with EU law, the recent case law shows that the coherence of this approach is under pressure. As the Lounes preliminary ruling shows (judgment of 14 November 2017, case C-165/16, Lounes [GC]), when movers settle in the host State, are fully integrated and eventually naturalize, differential treatments between movers and statics can be hardly justified and urge the Member States to address this phenomenon.
ИННОВАЦИОННЫЕ ПОДХОДЫ К ОБУЧЕНИЮ МОДУЛЯ "МЕТОДИКА ОБУЧЕНИЯ РЕШЕНИЮ ЗАДАЧ" НА НАПРАВЛЕНИИ НАЧАЛЬНОЕ ОБРАЗОВАНИЕ. ПОНЯТИЕ МАТЕМАТИЧЕСКИЕ ЗАДАЧИ И ЕЁ ВИДЫ
Creators: name: Касимова, Муаттар
name: Хамедова, Н.А.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: В статье исследуется многоаспектная роль математических задач в начальной школе, выходящая за рамки формирования вычислительных навыков. Автор раскрывает образовательный потенциал текстовых задач как универсального средства развития логики, аналитического мышления и практико-ориентированных умений. Особый акцент сделан на методике организации учебной деятельности с задачами, включая вариативность форм работы (фронтальную, групповую, индивидуальную) и их адаптацию к конкретным педагогическим задачам. Подчёркивается важность дифференцированного подхода, позволяющего эффективно применять задачи на всех этапах обучения – от введения новых понятий до отработки математических навыков.
Fabrication du tambourin provençal : outils utilisés pour les sculptures
Creators: name: Musée National Des Arts Et Traditions Populaires (Paris)
name: Centre D'ethnologie Française
Publisher: name: École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales; Institut  interdisciplinaire d'anthropologie du contemporain (Paris); Laboratoire d'anthropologie et d'histoire de l'institution de la culture (Paris)
Year: 2024

Abstract
Minimum Comparison Merging of Sets Of Approximately Equal Size
Creators: name: Murphy, Paul E.
name: Paull, Marvin C.
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 1978
Subjects: Merging
Sorting
Comparison
Mini-max
Algorithm

description: The problem of merging ordered sets in the least number of binary comparisons has been solved completely only for a few special cases. When the sets to be merged are of size m and ml (m:5m' ~~m+4) the tape merge algorithm has been shown to be optimum in the worst case. This paper significantly extends these results by showing that the tape merge algorithm is optimum in the worst case whenever one set is no larger than 1.5 times the size of the other. This result is obtained by defining an interesting and amusing two-player game isomorphic to the problem of merging ordered sets and analyzing the optimum strategies for each player. The form of this result should be applicable to the solution of similar sorting and selection problems.
COFACTOR-SBHUB Oslo: Hourly Sub-Metered Energy Use Data from 48 public School Buildings in Oslo, Norway
Creators: name: SINTEF
Publisher: name: SINTEF
Year: 2025
Subjects: Building and construction

This dataset contains hourly sub-metered energy use data from 48 school buildings located in Oslo, owned and managed by Oslobygg KF. The dataset consists of one comma-delimited (.csv) file per building, each containing metadata about the building, time series data containing energy use measurements, and local weather data. The length of the dataset varies by building, covering between 1 and 11 years of raw data. Raw data for each building was downloaded in 2023 from Oslobygg KF’s energy surveillance system, Energinet. Only buildings with sufficiently reliable sub-metered heating data were included. This process included manual selection, quality control, relabeling, and cleaning to ensure consistency and accuracy. The dataset includes buildings with both electric heating (electric boilers and/or heat pumps) and district heating. All buildings have sub-metered heating data, and some also include sub-meters for domestic hot water heating and photovoltaic electricity generation. This dataset can be used for several research and engineering purposes, including benchmarking and validation of building simulations, heating disaggregation, energy use time series classification, forecasting of energy loads and flexibility, grid planning, and other modeling activities.

This repository consists of:
1) DATASET: hourly sub-metered energy use data from 48 school buildings located in Oslo, owned and managed by Oslobygg KF. One csv file per building.
2) PLOTS: plots of the energy use columns in each building file
3) README: Description of the files in the dataset.

Dataset DOI: 10.60609/czgf-5e46
Data descriptor (pre-print): https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5242813

Citation:
If you use this dataset, please cite:
Synne Krekling Lien, Bjørn Ludvigsen, Harald Taxt Walnum, Aileen Yang, Åse Lekang Sørensen & Kamilla Heimar Andersen. Hourly Sub-Metered Energy Use Data from 48 Public School Buildings in Oslo, Norway. Data in Brief [Submitted to, 01.04.2025]

Acknowledgements:
This data is published with permission from Oslobygg KF, and we greatly acknowledge them for sharing the access to the data. The dataset is provided by the projects “Coincidence factors and peak loads of buildings in the Norwegian low carbon society” (COFACTOR) funded by Research Council of Norway and partners through grant number 326891 in co-operation with the  Smart Building Hub (SBHub) funded by the Research Council of Norway's INFRA programme under grant agreement No. 322573.

Contact:
Synne Krekling Lien, synne.lien@sintef.no
Libraries: Reuniting the Divided States of America
Creators: name: Kranich, Nancy
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Libraries and civic engagement
Strong democracy
Citizen participation
2016 election outcome

description: To fulfill their civic mission in today’s polarized America, libraries must turn outward and actively engage citizens by bringing them together and involving them in democratic discourse. In the digital age, this means moving beyond libraries as book warehouse--breaking through their “edifice complexes” by reimagining their roles from collection-focused to engagement-centered services. Working closely with a diversity of partners, libraries can help rekindle civic engagement, promote greater citizen participation, and foster community problem solving. But listening to communities, curating local information, and convening deliberative conversations necessitates the adoption of new competencies by librarians and citizens alike. As the nation’s great experiment in democracy comes under increasing threat, librarians must shift from a mission that not only informs but also engages their constituents. In this role, libraries will reposition themselves as the cornerstones of strong democracy, bringing people together to make tough choices and bridge divides in their communities.
title: Interdependence and Contestation in European Integration
Creators: name: de Witte, Floris
Publisher: name: European Papers (www.europeanpapers.eu)
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: interdependence
subject: institutional structure of EU
subject: nature of EU law
subject: contestation
subject: conflict
subject: legitimacy of the EU

description: European Papers - A Journal on Law and Integration, 2018 3(2), 475-509
description: I. Introduction. - II. Institutionalising interdependence. - II.1. The institutions of interdependence. - II.2. Interdependence through law? - II.3. 1992-2019: Ever further interdependence? - III. Institutionalising contestation. - III.1. Beyond the regulatory polity. - III.2. Beyond the individual. - III.3. Beyond uniformity. - III.4. Brexit and structural contestation of the EU. - IV. Institutionalising integration. - IV.1. Contestation through law? - IV.2. Contestation of law? - IV.3. Contestation in conditions of interdependence. - V. Conclusion.
description: The past years has seen a dramatic rise in the contestation of the European Union and its policies. This Article seeks to understand this rise as a result of the way in which we "do" integration. This method, which heavily relies on the use of law to prevent the creation of negative externalities among the Member States, has increasingly limited the scope for political self-determination within and between the Member States. The ensuing contestation, it is argued, cannot solely be resolved by re-assessing the role of law in the process of integration, but requires a significant institutional reconfiguration as well.
Development of range-corrected deep learning potentials for fast, accurate quantum mechanical/molecular mechanical simulations of chemical reactions in solution
Creators: name: Zeng, Jinzhe
name: Giese, Timothy J.
name: Ekesan, Şölen
name: York, Darrin M.
Publisher: name: Amer Chemical Soc
Year: 2022
Subjects: Chemistry
Chemistry, Physical
Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Physics

description: We develop a new deep potential-range correction (DPRc) machine learning potential for combined quantum mechanical/molecular mechanical (QM/MM) simulations of chemical reactions in the condensed phase. The new range correction enables short-ranged QM/MM interactions to be tuned for higher accuracy, and the correction smoothly vanishes within a specified cutoff. We further develop an active learning procedure for robust neural network training. We test the DPRc model and training procedure against a series of six nonenzymatic phosphoryl transfer reactions in solution that are important in mechanistic studies of RNA- cleaving enzymes. Specifically, we apply DPRc corrections to a base QM model and test its ability to reproduce free-energy profiles generated from a target QM model. We perform these comparisons using the MNDO/d and DFTB2 semiempirical models because they differ in the way they treat orbital orthogonalization and electrostatics and produce free-energy profiles which differ significantly from each other, thereby providing us a rigorous stress test for the DPRc model and training procedure. The comparisons show that accurate reproduction of the free-energy profiles requires correction of the QM/MM interactions out to 6 angstrom. We further find that the model's initial training benefits from generating data from temperature replica exchange simulations and including high-temperature configurations into the fitting procedure, so the resulting models are trained to properly avoid high-energy regions. A single DPRc model was trained to reproduce four different reactions and yielded good agreement with the free-energy profiles made from the target QM/MM simulations. The DPRc model was further demonstrated to be transferable to 2D free-energy surfaces and 1D free-energy profiles that were not explicitly considered in the training. Examination of the computational performance of the DPRc model showed that it was fairly slow when run on CPUs but was sped up almost 100-fold when using NVIDIA V100 GPUs, resulting in almost negligible overhead. The new DPRc model and training procedure provide a potentially powerful new tool for the creation of next-generation QM/MM potentials for a wide spectrum of free-energy applications ranging from drug discovery to enzyme design.
Pyramid broadcasting for video on demand service
Creators: name: Viswanathan, Subramaniyam R.
name: Imieliński, Tomasz
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 1995

description: The proposed scheme of pyramid broadcasting is a new way of rendering Video On Demand service at metropolitan scale. In pyramid broadcasting, the most frequently requested movies are multiplexed on the broadcast network, resulting in radical improvement of access time and efficient bandwidth utilization. We provide analytical and experimental evaluations of pyramid broadcasting based on its implementation on ethernet LAN, illustrating its advantages.
D7.2 Integration of NGS and clinical data
Creators: name: Giacomini, Patrizio
name: Nadal, Ernest
name: Trapani, Valentina
name: Codony Servat, Carles
name: Frigè, Gianmaria
name: Mosteiro Lamas, Miguel
name: Bogdanović, Visnja
name: Bullinger, Lars
name: Blau, Olga
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: NGS
subject: Liquid Biopsy
subject: eCRF
subject: data sharing
subject: lung cancer
subject: breast cancer
subject: colorectal cancer
subject: hematological maglignancy
subject: CAN.HEAL
subject: EU4Health
subject: cancer genomics
subject: personalized medicine
subject: public health genomics

description: D24 is the first in a series of three closely related deliverables planned for CAN.HEAL WP7, which will be released in rapid succession. WP7 established four clinical pilots focused on non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), colorectal cancer (CRC), luminal A type breast cancer (LumA), and hematological malignancies (HM). This approach aims to maximize the capture not only of individual cancer risk, but also familial predisposition or precursor states of overt hematological malignancies. Our work introduces two key novelties: (1) the use of six different biotechnological platforms (and their combined application to test germline DNA, tumor DNA and circulating tumor DNA); (2) an innovative data generation and sharing plan designed to identify unmet needs in EU healthcare. This deliverable reports the successful collection of all clinical and next-generation sequencing (NGS) data, along with preliminary analyses. Key achievements include: (1) a shared electronic case report form (eCRF) and data collection scheme encompassing both clinical and NGS data; (2) Harmonized patient recruitment criteria; (3) Consensus NGS/digital PCR (dPCR) testing platforms; (4) Expanded testing options; (5) Shared evaluation metrics; (6) Open access to expertise within the large CAN.HEAL expert network; (7) A developing dataset of integrated clinical and molecular data; (8) Opportunities for policy implementation across EU Member States (MS). Integrating clinical and NGS data within the collaborative CAN.HEAL framework has yielded valuable lessons in several areas: (a) Harmonization of ethical approval and informed consent procedures; (b) Streamlines data collection and sharing; (c) More efficient resource utilization (avoiding duplication of efforts); (d) A broader range of profiling options for all EU citizens (reducing disparities and promoting equity); and (e) Improved diagnostic and theranostic counseling.
Risk Factors for Non-Contact Lower-Limb Injury: A Retrospective Survey in Pediatric-Age Athletes
Creators: name: Guan, Yanfei
name: Bredin, Shannon S. D.
name: Taunton, Jack E.
name: Jiang, Qinxian
name: Wu, Nana
name: Li, Yongfeng
name: Warburton, Darren E. R.
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2021

description: Background: Risk factors for non-contact lower-limb injury in pediatric-age athletes and the effects of lateral dominance in sport (laterally vs. non-laterally dominant sports) on injury have not been investigated. Purpose: To identify risk factors for non-contact lower-limb injury in pediatric-age athletes. Methods: Parents and/or legal guardians of 2269 athletes aged between 6–17 years were recruited. Each participant completed an online questionnaire that contained 10 questions about the athlete’s training and non-contact lower-limb injury in the preceding 12 months. Results: The multivariate logistic regression model determined that lateral dominance in sport (adjusted OR (laterally vs. non-laterally dominant sports), 1.38; 95% CI, 1.10–1.75; p = 0.006), leg preference (adjusted OR (right vs. left-leg preference), 0.71; 95% CI, 0.53–0.95; p = 0.023), increased age (adjusted OR, 1.21; 95% CI, 1.16–1.26; p = 0.000), training intensity (adjusted OR, 1.77; 95% CI, 1.43–2.19; p = 0.000), and training frequency (adjusted OR, 1.36; 95% CI, 1.25–1.48; p = 0.000) were significantly associated with non-contact lower-limb injury in pediatric-age athletes. Length of training (p = 0.396) and sex (p = 0.310) were not associated with a non-contact lower-limb injury. Conclusions: Specializing in laterally dominant sports, left-leg preference, increase in age, training intensity, and training frequency indicated an increased risk of non-contact lower-limb injury in pediatric-age athletes. Future research should take into account exposure time and previous injury.
Data of de novo assembly and functional annotation of the leaf transcriptome of Impatiens balsamina
Creators: name: Foong, Lian Chee
name: Ho, Anthony Siong Hock
name: Yeo, Brandon Pei Hui
name: Lim, Yang Mooi
name: Tam, Sheh May
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Impatiens balsamina is both an ornamental and pharmacologically important plant widely distributed in many Asian countries. The leaf of the plant contains many secondary metabolites possessing anti-microbial, anti-tumour and anti-cancer properties. Though there are many phytochemical studies done on the different natural extracts for this plant, not much of genetic information is currently available. This is the first transcriptome of I. balsamina leaf using paired-end Illumina HiSeq sequencing which generated 10.79 GB of raw data. Information of pre-processing (reads filtering), de novo assembly and functional annotation are presented. This data is accessible via NCBI BioProject (PRJNA505711).
A unified framework for exceptions in workflow/process models -- an approach based on persistent objects
Creators: name: Borgida, Alex
name: Murata, Takahiro
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 1998

description: The need for exibility in workows and the problem of unanticipated exceptions are well recognized, and in fact a number of solutions have already been proposed in areas such as computer-supported collaborative work and software process modeling. On the other hand, workow systems frequently maintain forms and other information in databases, and there is also strong evidence for the need to consider exceptions to the constraints imposed by the schema on the data in databases. This paper presents a framework for treating both kinds of exceptions uniformly by applying ideas from programming language exception handling (but where the responsible agents of workows are allowed to handle exceptions on-line) to a situation where most aspects of workows have been rei ed as persistent ob jects in special classes and with special attributes. As a result, only a small number of new constructs need to be introduced, and power is achieved through orthogonality. Unlike most previous work, the framework pays particular attention to the consequences of permitting deviations from the norm to persist, in part by de ning exceptions as violations of constraints and then developing a taxonomy of constraints. Also as a departure from prior e orts, the paper takes the view that the evolution of the schema (workow or data) is a di erent problem from that of individual exceptions, but that a limited form of incremental evolution { providing exception handlers ahead of time { is a useful abstraction mechanism to help organize the details of complex workows.
Applying LLM-Powered Virtual Humans to Child Interviews in Child-Centered Design
Creators: name: Li, Linshi
name: Cai, Hanlin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Human-Computer Interaction (cs.HC)
subject: Computers and Society (cs.CY)
subject: Multimedia (cs.MM)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In child-centered design, directly engaging children is crucial for deeply understanding their experiences. However, current research often prioritizes adult perspectives, as interviewing children involves unique challenges such as environmental sensitivities and the need for trust-building. AI-powered virtual humans (VHs) offer a promising approach to facilitate engaging and multimodal interactions with children. This study establishes key design guidelines for LLM-powered virtual humans tailored to child interviews, standardizing multimodal elements including color schemes, voice characteristics, facial features, expressions, head movements, and gestures. Using ChatGPT-based prompt engineering, we developed three distinct Human-AI workflows (LLM-Auto, LLM-Interview, and LLM-Analyze) and conducted a user study involving 15 children aged 6 to 12. The results indicated that the LLM-Analyze workflow outperformed the others by eliciting longer responses, achieving higher user experience ratings, and promoting more effective child engagement.
description: This paper has been accepted as a Work-in-Progress (WiP) paper in the 24th annual ACM Interaction Design and Children (IDC) Conference
title: Law and Foreign Policy Before the Court: Some Hidden Perils of Rosneft
Creators: name: Lonardo, Luigi
Publisher: name: European Papers (www.europeanpapers.eu)
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Common Foreign and Security Policy
subject: Rosneft
subject: restrictive measures
subject: integration
subject: jurisdiction
subject: preliminary ruling

description: European Papers - A Journal on Law and Integration, 2018 3(2), 547-561
description: I. Introduction. - II. Background to the dispute and the questions referred. - III. Jurisdiction: The criticism. - IV. The Court and preliminary rulings. - IV.1. Law. - IV.2. Politics. - V. Conclusion.
description: The landmark decision of the Court of Justice in Rosneft (judgment of 28 March 2017, case C-72/15) has been mostly praised by academic commentators for opening the doors of preliminary rulings in the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP), and for upholding the rule of law in that area. While this Article mostly welcomes the momentous pro-integrationist implications of the mechanism of preliminary ruling through the immediacy of dialogue between Member States' and EU Courts, it also criticises the decision in Rosneft. In particular, it argues that the Court's reasoning to establish jurisdiction over a restrictive measure perpetuates a line of case law that hides risks, both for the judicial protection of individuals, and for the institutional balance and the separation of powers. By such critique, this Article partially departs from mainstream scholarship, which sees in Rosneft a positive development for the respect for the rule of law in CFSP. While that progress is entirely commendable, this Article elaborates upon and criticises other potential consequences of the Court's decision on what constitutes a reviewable act pursuant to Art. 275 TFEU.
Toward predicting tensile strength of pharmaceutical tablets by ultrasound measurement in continuous manufacturing
Creators: name: Razavi, Sonia M.
name: Callegari, Gerardo
name: Drazer, German
name: Cuitino, Alberto M.
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Tensile strength
Young's modulus
Ultrasound
Mechanical Properties

description: An ultrasound measurement system was employed as a non-destructive method to evaluate its reliability in predicting the tensile strength of tablets and investigate the benefits of incorporating it in a continuous line, manufacturing solid dosage forms. Tablets containing lactose, acetaminophen, and magnesium stearate were manufactured continuously and in batches. The effect of two processing parameters, compaction force and level of shear strain were examined. Young's modulus and tensile strength of tablets were obtained by ultrasound and diametrical mechanical testing, respectively. It was found that as the blend was exposed to increasing levels of shear strain, the speed of sound in the tablets decreased and the tablets became both softer and mechanically weaker. Moreover, the results indicate that two separate tablet material properties (e.g., relative density and Young's modulus) are necessary in order to predict tensile strength. A strategy for hardness prediction is proposed that uses the existing models for Young's modulus and tensile strength of porous materials. Ultrasound testing was found to be very sensitive in differentiating tablets with similar formulation but produced under different processing conditions (e.g., different level of shear strain), thus, providing a fast, and non-destructive method for hardness prediction that could be incorporated to a continuous manufacturing process.
title: The Accountability of the European Stability Mechanism and the European Monetary Fund: Who Should Answer for Conditionality Measures?
Creators: name: Pennesi, Francesco
Publisher: name: European Papers (www.europeanpapers.eu)
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: European Stability Mechanism
subject: European Monetary Fund
subject: financial assistance
subject: conditionality
subject: Eurogroup
subject: accountability

description: European Papers - A Journal on Law and Integration, 2018 3(2), 511-545
description: I. Introduction. - II. We are one, but we are not the same. The Mallis case and the accountability of the Eurogroup and the Board of Governors. - II.1. The Cypriot bail-out. - II.2. The Mallis case. - II.3. The political and legal accountability of the Eurogroup. - III. The man the authorities came to blame? The institutional liability of the Commission in the Ledra case. - III.1. The legality of European institutions acting outside the Treaties. - III.2. The action for damages: The right path to ensure the liability of the ESM? - III.3. Does the Ledra case (indirectly) improve the judicial accountability of ESM conditionality? - IV. Are the times really a-changing? The possible transformation of the ESM into the European Monetary Fund. - IV.1. The Commission's Proposal. - IV.2. The legal accountability of the EMF. - IV.3. The political accountability of the EMF. - V. Final remarks.
description: This Article analyses the judicial and political accountability of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) in light of the seminal Mallis and Ledra cases (respectively, Court of Justice: judgment of 20 September 2016, case C-105/15 P, Mallis and Malli v Commission and ECB [GC]; judgment of 20 September 2016, case C-8/15 P, Ledra Advertising v. Commission and ECB [GC]). It seeks to determine to what extent the intergovernmental nature of the ESM has shielded its activity from the accountability mechanisms established within EU law. It then assesses whether the Proposal, recently issued by the Commission, to transform the ESM into an EU body, the European Monetary Fund (EMF), would improve the accountability of this body. It is argued that embedding conditionality policies in the European constitutional legal order constitutes a necessary, but not a sufficient step. To achieve this objective, it is necessary to couple a close judicial scrutiny by the Court of Justice with an equally substantial democratic oversight by the European Parliament.
COFACTOR-SBHUB Oslo: Version 1
Creators: name: SINTEF
Publisher: name: SINTEF
Year: 2025
Subjects: Building and construction

This is version 1 of the dataset "Hourly Sub-Metered Energy Use Data from 48 public School Buildings in Oslo, Norway"

Files description:
1) Dataset_buildings_csv_files.zip: A zip containing 48 csv files, one per building with building meta data and time series data. The time series data contain hourly sub-metered energy use data from 48 school buildings located in Oslo, owned and managed by Oslobygg KF.
2) Plots.zip: ZIP containing 48 .png files with plots of the energy use columns in each building in the csv files
3) README.txt: Description of dataset, csv-files and abbriviations

About dataset:
This dataset contains hourly sub-metered energy use data from 48 school buildings located in Oslo, owned and managed by Oslobygg KF. The dataset consists of one comma-delimited (.csv) file per building, each containing metadata about the building, time series data containing energy use measurements, and local weather data. The length of the dataset varies by building, covering between 1 and 11 years of raw data. Raw data for each building was downloaded in 2023 from Oslobygg KF’s energy surveillance system, Energinet. Only buildings with sufficiently reliable sub-metered heating data were included. This process included manual selection, quality control, relabeling, and cleaning to ensure consistency and accuracy. The dataset includes buildings with both electric heating (electric boilers and/or heat pumps) and district heating. All buildings have sub-metered heating data, and some also include sub-meters for domestic hot water heating and photovoltaic electricity generation. This dataset can be used for several research and engineering purposes, including benchmarking and validation of building simulations, heating disaggregation, energy use time series classification, forecasting of energy loads and flexibility, grid planning, and other modeling activities.

Data descriptor (pre-print): https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5242813

Citation:
If you use this dataset, please cite:
Synne Krekling Lien, Bjørn Ludvigsen, Harald Taxt Walnum, Aileen Yang, Åse Lekang Sørensen & Kamilla Heimar Andersen. Hourly Sub-Metered Energy Use Data from 48 Public School Buildings in Oslo, Norway. Data in Brief [Submitted to, 01.04.2025]

Acknowledgements:
This data is published with permission from Oslobygg KF, and we greatly acknowledge them for sharing the access to the data. The dataset is provided by the projects “Coincidence factors and peak loads of buildings in the Norwegian low carbon society” (COFACTOR) funded by Research Council of Norway and partners through grant number 326891 and  from the and  Smart Building Hub (SBHub) funded by the Research Council of Norway's INFRA programme under grant agreement No. 322573.

Contact:
Synne Krekling Lien, synne.lien@sintef.no
Evaluation of the Tauc Method for Optical Absorption Edge Determination: ZnO Thin Films as a Model System
Creators: name: Viezbicke, Brian D.
name: Patel, Shane
name: Davis, Benjamin E.
name: Birnie, Dunbar
Publisher: name: Wiley-VCH
Year: 2016
Subjects: Band gaps
Near-edge absorptivity ratio
Optical absorption
Light absorption
Polycrystalline semiconductors
Polycrystals
Tauc plots
Zinc oxide thin films
ZnO
Thin Films

description: One of the most frequently used methods for characterizing thin films is UV-Vis absorption. The near-edge region can be fitted to a simple expression in which the intercept gives the band-gap and the fitting exponent identifies the electronic transition as direct or indirect. (See Tauc et al., Physica Status Solidi, 1966; these are often called “Tauc” plots.) While the technique is powerful and simple, the accuracy of the fitted band-gap result is seldom stated or known. We tackle this question by refitting a large number of Tauc plots from the literature and look for trends. Nominally pure zinc oxide (ZnO) was chosen as a material with limited intrinsic deviation from stoichiometry and which has been widely studied. Our examination of the band gap values and their distribution leads to a discussion of some experimental factors that can bias the data and lead to either smaller or larger apparent values than would be expected. Finally, an easily evaluated figure-of-merit is defined that may help guide more accurate Tauc fitting. For samples with relatively sharper Tauc plot shapes, the population yields Eg (ZnO) as 3.276 +/- 0.033 eV, in good agreement with data for single crystalline material.
title: Europe and "Crisis": Part I - Introduction
Creators: name: Niglia, Luigi
Publisher: name: European Papers (www.europeanpapers.eu)
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: crisis
subject: law
subject: governance
subject: migration
subject: memoranda
subject: populism

description: European Papers - A Journal on Law and Integration, 2018 3(2), 601-604
description: The Articles that form part of this Special Section propose four readings of "crisis" across various problem areas in European Union law and governance (financial and debt, migration, nationalism and populism) towards possible ways of crisis resolution. As guest editor of this Special Section (in two parts), I read the invited Special Section Articles through the following argument that I sketch in this introductory essay - no institutional resolution of the crisis problématique will be possible nor credible until certain deep issues regarding the role of law in crisis, as identified and discussed in this Special Section, are seriously and openly addressed.
Heideggerian phenomenology and the electrophysiological correlates of consciousness
Creators: name: Tyler, Kaelasha Cameron David
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Heideggerian phenomenology is used to inform a theoretical position regarding consciousness and its relationship to domains traditionally considered to be outside of consciousness, such as ‘the world’ or ‘matter’. This theoretical position is tested through four studies investigating the relationship between the neurobiological representations of conscious and non-conscious processes in the brain. It is suggested that such research contributes to a richer philosophical basis for the neurosciences and provides a novel avenue to explore the ways in which the brain is involved in the process of conscious perception.
title: Gender differences in socioeconomic status
title: evidence from the 2012 Viet Nam household living standard survey
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Rodgers, Yana van der Meulen
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2015
Subjects: VHLSS
women
gender gap
health
Vietnam

description: This report identifies dimensions of inequality in opportunities and outcomes related to social development in Viet Nam, with an eye to connecting these results to concrete policy recommendations that may be adopted to ensure a win-win outcome: gender equality to a greater degree, the mobilization of human resources, and improvements in societal well-being. The analysis uses data from Viet Nam’s 2012 Household Living Standards Survey (VHLSS) to explore how men and women in Viet Nam differ in educational attainment, labor market status, and health status. The VHLSS, begun in 2002 and conducted every two years by Viet Nam’s General Statistics Office, is nationally representative and has data on a range of individual and household characteristics including income, ethnicity, region of residence, household structure, education, and income earned from different activities. In some cases, results from 2012 are compared with those from 2004-2010 to gain a perspective of how inequality has changed over time.
Desulfoluna spp. form a cosmopolitan group of anaerobic dehalogenating bacteria widely distributed in marine sponges
Creators: name: Hentschel, Ute
name: McCarthy, Peter J.
name: Kerkhof, Lee J.
name: Häggblom, Max M.
name: Horna-Gray, Isabel
name: Lopez, Nora A.
name: Ahn, Youngbeom
name: Saks, Brandon
name: Girer, Nathaniel
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2023
Subjects: sponge
dehalogenation
debromination
anaerobic
microbe-host interactions

description: One sentence summary: Desulfoluna spp. is a cosmopolitan dehalogenating bacterial group distributed in organohalide-containing sponges across different geographic locations.
description: Host-specific microbial communities thrive within sponge tissues and this association between sponge and associated microbiota may be driven by the organohalogen chemistry of the sponge animal. Several sponge species produce diverse organobromine secondary metabolites (e.g. brominated phenolics, indoles, and pyrroles) that may function as a chemical defense against microbial fouling, infection or predation. In this study, anaerobic cultures prepared from marine sponges were amended with 2,6-dibromophenol as the electron acceptor and short chain organic acids as electron donors. We observed reductive dehalogenation from diverse sponge species collected at disparate temperate and tropical waters suggesting that biogenic organohalides appear to enrich for populations of dehalogenating microorganisms in the sponge animal. Further enrichment by successive transfers with 2,6-dibromophenol as the sole electron acceptor demonstrated the presence of dehalogenating bacteria in over 20 sponge species collected from temperate and tropical ecoregions in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and the Mediterranean Sea. The enriched dehalogenating strains were closely related to Desulfoluna spongiiphila and Desulfoluna butyratoxydans, suggesting a cosmopolitan association between Desulfoluna spp. and various marine sponges. In vivo reductive dehalogenation in intact sponges was also demonstrated. Organobromide-rich sponges may thus provide a specialized habitat for organohalide-respiring microbes and D. spongiiphila and/or its close relatives are responsible for reductive dehalogenation in geographically widely distributed sponge species.
Supplementary Material from Impacts of a delayed and slow-paced vaccination on cases and deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic: a modelling study
Creators: name: Barbosa Libotte, Gustavo
name: dos Anjos, Lucas
name: Célia Cerqueira de Almeida, Regina
name: Mara Cardoso Malta, Sandra
name: de Andrade Medronho, Roberto
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 10202 Biological Mathematics
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: In Brazil, vaccination has always been cutting across party political and ideological lines, which have delayed its start and brought the whole process into disrepute. Such divergences put the immunization of the population in the background and create additional hurdles beyond the pandemic, mistrust and scepticism over vaccines. We conduct a mathematical modelling study to analyse the impacts of late vaccination and with slowly increasing coverage, as well as how harmful it would be if part of the population refused to get vaccinated or missed the second dose. We analyse data from confirmed cases, deaths and vaccination in the state of Rio de Janeiro in the period between 10 March 2020 and 27 October 2021. We estimate that if the start of vaccination had been 30 days earlier, combined with efforts to drive vaccination rates up, about 31 657 deaths could have been averted. In addition, the slow pace of vaccination and the low demand for the second dose could cause a resurgence of cases as early as 2022. Even when reaching the expected vaccination coverage for the first dose, it is still challenging to increase adherence to the second dose and maintain a high vaccination rate to avoid new outbreaks.