cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Mainland Chinese International Students and Their Familial Responsibilities in Canada
Creators: name: Chen, Huimin
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2017
Subjects: Mainland Chinese international students
Familial responsibilities
Filial piety
Delayed remittances

description: Chinese society has greatly emphasized filial piety and other related societal norms. This thesis explores how Mainland Chinese international students, especially those who are from one-child households, maintain their familial responsibilities while studying in Canada away from home. The research is framed by the family migration strategy literature and empirically adopts a qualitative approach. Semi-structured face-to-face interviews with Mainland Chinese international students are undertaken. The findings show that as with many other types of migration, student migration, in this case, is a familial decision. To a certain extent, obtaining a foreign degree is the foundation for fulfilling familial responsibilities in the future. In addition, a new concept, delay remittances, is introduced as a way of conceptualizing the concrete meaning of familial responsibility for Mainland Chinese international students. The findings also show that the most significant tension for Mainland Chinese international is related to the uncertainty of how and where they will be able to fulfill their familial obligations to their parents.
First Nation Elders Who Use Wheeled Mobility: An Exploration of Culture and Health
Creators: name: Croxall, Lindsay
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2017
Subjects: Wheeled Mobility
First Nation
Elders
Culture and Health

description: Objective : to explore wheeled mobility use by First Nation Elders who live on reserves in Canada. Purpose: to gain an understanding of the importance of Elder cultural participation, the perceptions of the effects of participation on health, how cultural participation has changed since becoming a wheeled mobility user, the barriers to participation, and thoughts on how participation can be improved. Method: A database search of the literature was conducted in an iterative manner from September 2015-June 2017 to locate research related to wheeled mobility. The population of interest was First Nation Elders who live on reserve in Canada. All types of study designs and methods were considered. An interpretive phenomenological study was also conducted in order learn about the lived experiences of First Nation Elder wheeled mobility users in accessing the cultural elements of their communities. Data were collected using a demographic form and a semi-structured interview. Findings: The author did not find any studies on wheeled mobility use by Elders on reserve, or their impacts on cultural participation during the literature review. Several barriers to cultural participation were brought forward during the phenomenological study which included: lack of access to outdoors; lack of transportation; inaccessible paths of travel; lack of access at the events; and feelings of sigma and burden.
The impact of the off-diagonal cross-shell interaction on $^{14}$C
Creators: name: Yuan, Cenxi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The shell-model investigation is performed to show the impact on the structure of $^{14}$C contributed by the off-diagonal cross-shell interaction, $\langle pp \mid$V$\mid sdsd\rangle$, which represents the mixing between the $0$ and $2\hbarω$ configurations in the $psd$ model space. Observed levels of the positive states in $^{14}$C can be nicely described in $0-4\hbarω$ or a larger model space through the well defined Hamiltonians, YSOX and WBP, with a reduction on the strength of the $\langle pp \mid$V$\mid sdsd\rangle$ interaction in the latter. The observed B(GT) values for $^{14}$C can be generally described by YSOX, while WBP and their modifications on the $\langle pp \mid$V$\mid sdsd\rangle$ interaction fail for some values. Further investigation shows the effect of such interaction on the configuration mixing and occupancy. The present work shows examples on how the off-diagonal cross-shell interaction strongly drives the nuclear structure.
description: will be appear in Chinese Physics C
Interaction of high order solitons with external dispersive waves
Creators: name: Oreshnikov, Ivan
name: Driben, Rodislav
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: Pattern Formation and Solitons (nlin.PS)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We have presented theoretical and numerical studies on interactions of dispersive waves with second order solitons. Disperive wave with considerable intensity resonantly colliding with the second order solitons can lead to acceleration/decceleration of the later with subsequent central frequency shifts, but still well preserve the oscillating structure of the 2-solitons. The 2-soliton creates an effective periodical refractive index profile and thus reflected and transmitted dispersive waves generate new spectral bands with sharp peak structures. When resonant dispersive waves interact with two second order solitons bounding them, multiple scattering with multiple frequency conversion of the radiation occurs. Thus 2-solitons and radiation trapped in between them can produce effective solitonic cavity with "flat" or "concave mirrors" depending on the intensity of the input.
description: 5 pages, 5 figures
Farmers’ Responses to Drivers of Forest Cover Change: The Case of Mae Chaem District, Thailand
Creators: name: Beaulieu, Antoine
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2017
Subjects: Forest transition
Thailand
Forest conservation
Development
Farmer responses
Land reclamation
Livelihood diversification
Agrarian change

description: Empirical forest transition (shift from deforestation to reforestation) literature has historically struggled to establish a single universally-accepted forest transition “theory” due to various knowledge gaps hindering any efforts to do so. One such gap is the fact that very few studies have focused on how and why smallholder farmers respond to commonly accepted forest transition drivers, as well as how these responses impact forest cover and agricultural trends. Also, there remain many parts of the world where forest cover evolution has been insufficiently researched, as is the case of Mae Chaem district (Chiang Mai province, Thailand). Even though there are studies which claim forest loss occurred in the district between the 1990s and mid-2000s, there are few available records of forest cover evolution since then. To address these research needs, this thesis used secondary literature and spatial data, as well as semi-structured interviews and personal observations gathered during fieldwork in Mae Chaem district. It was first determined that forest cover in the district decreased between the 1990s and mid-2010s due to agricultural expansion. However, it appears that forest cover is expected to increase from 2016 to 2021 due to more strictly-enforced conservation measures set in motion by the Mae Chaem Model (a state-sponsored sustainable development model). These findings first suggest that the district might be currently in the early stages of a forest transition, its drivers being shifting forest policies and economic factors. Second, interviewed farmers resisted forest policies to optimize their crop productions before 2016, before beginning to develop more acceptant responses in early 2016 due to pressure from pro-conservation discourses and cognitive shifts regarding the value of protecting forest at the expense of agriculture. Also, farmers adopted ambiguous responses (motivated by their economic rationality) to pressure stemming from various economic factors, both prior and since 2016. With both environmental and socioeconomic issues deriving from these responses, the outputs from this study will hopefully help supplement existing forest transition studies on local populations responses to drivers of forest change. It is also expected to provide up-to-date information on existing and anticipated impacts of recent state development efforts, such as those deriving from the establishment of the Mae Chaem Model.
Usable Math
Creators: name: Gattupalli, Sai
name: Maloy, Robert
name: Edwards, Sharon
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: Early childhood education
Education systems not elsewhere classified
Primary education

description: Usable Math is a free & open interactive website where you'll find learning modules designed to develop mathematical problem solving skills among young learners in grades 3 to 7. Visit UsableMath.org.
On the Tidal Evolution and Tails Formation of Disc Galaxies
Creators: name: Alavi, M.
name: Razmi, H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: General Physics (physics.gen-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper, we want to study the tidal effect of an external perturber upon a disc galaxy based on the generalization of already used Keplerian potential. The generalization of the simple ideal Keplerian potential includes an orbital centripetal term and an overall finite range controlling correction. Considering the generalized form of the interaction potential, the velocity impulse expressions resulting from tidal forces are computed; then, using typical real values already known from modern observational data, the evolution of the disc including tidal tails formation is graphically investigated.
description: 10 pages, 3 figures
Testing competing caldera models using U/Pb geochronology: intrusive history of the Questa caldera, Latir Volcanic Field, New Mexico, USA
Creators: name: Tappa, Michael J.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2009

description: A compelling new model for caldera evolution challenges the standard depiction of large-scale volcanism. Here, I test these competing models by establishing the temporal and chemical relationship between ignimbrite and potential cogenetic plutons related to the Questa caldera, Latir volcanic field, New Mexico. Results from zircon U/Pb geochronology indicate that the majority of intrusive rocks formed after ignimbrite eruption. The Rio Hondo pluton was assembled over a minimum of 500 k.y., and crystallization progressed from the structurally highest levels downward, consistent with top-down incremental assembly of the pluton. Trace-element modeling demonstrates that the plutonic rocks are not the residua of crystal fractionation, and the predicted systematic difference in trace-element chemistries of plutonic and volcanic rocks is not observed. Finally, the data presented here mostly support the new model for caldera evolution and is broadly inconsistent with the standard caldera model.
Metallic nanolines ruled by grain boundaries in graphene: an ab initio study
Creators: name: de Lima, F. D. C.
name: Miwa, R. H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We have performed an ab initio investigation of the energetic stability, and the electronic properties of transition metals (TMs = Mn, Fe, Co, and Ru) adsorbed on graphene upon the presence of grain boundaries (GBs). Our results reveal an energetic preference for the TMs lying along the GB sites (TM/GB). Such an energetic preference has been strengthened by increasing the concentration of the TM adatoms; giving rise to TM nanolines on graphene ruled by GBs. Further diffusion barrier calculations for Fe adatoms support the formation of those TM nanolines. We find that the energy barriers parallel to the GBs are sligthly lower in comparision with those obtained for the defect free graphene; whereas, perpendicularly to the GBs the Fe adatoms face higher energy barriers. Fe and Co (Mn) nanolines are ferromagnetic (ferrimagnetic), in contrast the magnetic state of Ru nanolines is sensitive to the Ru/GB adsorption geometry. The electronic properties of those TM nanolines were characterized through extensive electronic band structure calculations. The formation of metallic nanolines is mediated by a strong hybridization between the TM and the graphene ($π$) orbitals along the GB sites. Due to the net magnetization of the TM nanolines, our band structure results indicate an anisotropic (spin-polarized) electronic current for some TM/GB systems.
Orthogonally Accumulated Projection Methods for Linear System of Equations
Creators: name: Peng, Wujian
name: Zhang, Shuhua
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: A type of iterative orthogonally accumulated projection methods for solving linear system of equations are proposed in this paper. This type of methods are applications of accumulated projection(AP) technique proposed recently by authors. Instead of searching projections in a sequence of subspaces as done in the original AP approach, these methods try to efficiently construct a sequence of orthonormal vectors while the inner-product between the solution to the system and each vector in the sequence can be easily calculated, thus the solution can be retrieved in finite number of iterations in case of exact arithmetic operations. We also discuss the strategies to handle loss-of-orthogonality during the process of constructing orthonormal vectors. Numerical experiments are provided to demonstrate the efficiency of these methods.
Exposure to Urbanization and its Longitudinal Association with Blood and Pulse Pressure in Adult Filipino Women
Creators: name: Vargas, Alberto
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2017

description: Urbanization may adversely affect blood (BP) and pulse pressures (PP) as individuals migrate or as their surroundings urbanize. We determined how urbanicity (UI) is associated with BP and PP in adult women of the Cebu Longitudinal Health and Nutrition Survey (CLHNS) from 1998-2012. We identified participants (N=2107) as movers and non-movers. The former moved between communities between survey years (1998, 2002, 2005, and 2012). We estimated mixed-effects longitudinal regression models of the change in UI-change in SBP, DBP, and PP relationships. Movers’ UI increased more than non-movers’ throughout follow-up. Change in UI effected change in SBP, DBP, and PP differently according to previous UI. Moving effected change in SBP, DBP, but not PP, differently according to previous UI. Predicted BP and PP was highest among previous rural dwellers who underwent UI increases and the oldest participants, respectively. Special attention should be paid to young and migrating populations.
Oscillation frequencies for 35 \Kepler solar-type planet-hosting stars using Bayesian techniques and machine learning
Creators: name: Davies, G. R.
name: Aguirre, V. Silva
name: Bedding, T. R.
name: Handberg, R.
name: Lund, M. N.
name: Chaplin, W. J.
name: Huber, D.
name: White, T. R.
name: Benomar, O.
name: Hekker, S.
name: Basu, S.
name: Campante, T. L.
name: Christensen-Dalsgaard, J.
name: Elsworth, Y.
name: Karoff, C.
name: Kjeldsen, H.
name: Lundkvist, M. S.
name: Metcalfe, T. S.
name: Stello, D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: \Kepler has revolutionised our understanding of both exoplanets and their host stars. Asteroseismology is a valuable tool in the characterisation of stars and \Kepler is an excellent observing facility to perform asteroseismology. Here we select a sample of 35 \Kepler solar-type stars which host transiting exoplanets (or planet candidates) with detected solar-like oscillations. Using available \Kepler short cadence data up to Quarter 16 we create power spectra optimised for asteroseismology of solar-type stars. We identify modes of oscillation and estimate mode frequencies by ``peak bagging'' using a Bayesian MCMC framework. In addition, we expand the methodology of quality assurance using a Bayesian unsupervised machine learning approach. We report the measured frequencies of the modes of oscillation for all 35 stars and frequency ratios commonly used in detailed asteroseismic modelling. Due to the high correlations associated with frequency ratios we report the covariance matrix of all frequencies measured and frequency ratios calculated. These frequencies, frequency ratios, and covariance matrices can be used to obtain tight constraint on the fundamental parameters of these planet-hosting stars.
description: 83 pages, 103 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS
Rothamsted Experimental Station Report for 1979 Part 2
Creators: name: Rothamsted Experimental Station
Publisher: name: Lawes Agricultural Trust
Year: 1980
Subjects: subject: crop yield
subject: meteorological observations
subject: fertilizer application
subject: wheat
subject: soil
subject: crop rotation
subject: agricultural research
subject: agronomy
subject: barley
subject: fallowing
subject: farmyard manure
subject: nitrogen fertilizers
subject: rothamsted research
subject: rothamsted classical experiments
subject: broadbalk long-term experiment
subject: park grass long-term experiment
subject: rothamsted long-term experiments
subject: hoosfield alternate wheat and fallow long-term experiment
subject: exhaustion land long-term experiment
subject: broadbalk wilderness experiment
subject: geescroft wilderness experiments
subject: agdell long-term experiment
subject: barnfield long-term experiment
subject: Garden clover long-term experiment
subject: woburn experimental farm
subject: Stackyard experimental field
subject: saxmundham experimental station
subject: phosphorous
subject: potassium
subject: soil cultivation

description: Scanned PDF of Rothamsted Experimental Station Report for 1979 Part 2
description: ROTHAMSTED EXPERIMENTAL STATION Report for 1979 Part 2..............................................1
CONTENTS............................................................................................3
THE SOILS OF WOBURN EXPERIMENT FARM III. STACKYARD.................................................5
CHANGES IN ORGANIC PHOSPHORUS CONTENTS OF SOIL FROM LONG-CONTINUED EXPERIMENTS AT ROTHAMSTED AND SAXMUNDHAM..41
RESULTS FROM THE ROTHAMSTED REFERENCE EXPERIMENT II. YIELDS of the crops AND RECOVERIES OF N, P and K FROM MANURES AND SOIL, 1971-75..63
PERSISTENCE OF NODULE BACTERIA IN SOIL UNDER LONG-TERM CEREAL CULTIVATION...........................77
ROTHAMSTED AND WOBURN WEATHER: 1970-79..............................................................91
USE OF FERTILISERS IN ENGLAND AND WALES, 1979.......................................................105
ROTHAMSTED INSECT SURVEY ELEVENTH ANNUAL SUMMARY....................................................111
CONVERSION FACTORS / TABLES.........................................................................139
Maps of Rothamsted, Woburn and Saxmundham Farms.....................................................141
Rothamsted Experimental Station Report for 1980 Part 2
Creators: name: Rothamsted Experimental Station
Publisher: name: Lawes Agricultural Trust
Year: 1981
Subjects: subject: crop yield
subject: meteorological observations
subject: fertilizer application
subject: wheat
subject: soil
subject: crop rotation
subject: agricultural research
subject: agronomy
subject: barley
subject: fallowing
subject: farmyard manure
subject: nitrogen fertilizers
subject: rothamsted research
subject: rothamsted classical experiments
subject: broadbalk long-term experiment
subject: park grass long-term experiment
subject: rothamsted long-term experiments
subject: hoosfield alternate wheat and fallow long-term experiment
subject: exhaustion land long-term experiment
subject: broadbalk wilderness experiment
subject: geescroft wilderness experiments
subject: agdell long-term experiment
subject: barnfield long-term experiment
subject: Garden clover long-term experiment
subject: soil pH
subject: nitrogen
subject: potassium
subject: aphids
subject: migratory pests
subject: population dynamics
subject: phenology
subject: pest surveys

description: Scanned PDF of Rothamsted Experimental Station Report for 1980 Part 2
description: ROTHAMSTED EXPERIMENTAL STATION REPORT FOR 1980 Part 2 - COVER PAGE................................1
CONTENTS............................................................................................3
THE SOILS OF ROTHAMSTED FARM. THE CARBON AND NITROGEN OF THE SOILS AND THE EFFECT OF CHANGES IN CROP ROTATION AND MANURING ON SOIL PH, P, K and Mg..5
AGRICULTURAL BENEFITS OF THE ROTHAMSTED APHID BULLETIN..............................................21
SYNOPTIC MONITORING FOR MIGRANT INSECT PESTS IN GREAT BRITAIN AND WESTERN EUROPE. I ESTABLISHING EXPECTED VALUES FOR SPECIES CONTENT, POPULATION STABILITY AND PHENOLOGY OF APHIDS AND MOTHS..41
SYNOPTIC MONITORING FOR MIGRANT INSECT PESTS IN GREAT BRITAIN AND WESTERN EUROPE II. THE SPECIES OF ALATE APHIDS SAMPLED AT 12.2 M BY ROTHAMSTED INSECT SURVEY SUCTION TRAP AT TASTRUP, DENMARK, BETWEEN 1971 AND 1976..105
USE OF FERTILISERS IN ENGLAND AND WALES, 1980.......................................................115
ROTHAMSTED INSECT SURVEY TWELFTH ANNUAL SUMMARY.....................................................123
CONVERSION FACTORS / TABLES.........................................................................153
MAP OF ROTHAMSTED FARM..............................................................................155
Probing the Casimir force with optical tweezers
Creators: name: Ether, D. S.
name: Pires, L. B.
name: Umrath, S.
name: Martinez, D.
name: Ayala, Y.
name: Pontes, B.
name: Araújo, G. R. de S.
name: Frases, S.
name: Ingold, G. -L.
name: Rosa, F. S. S.
name: Viana, N. B.
name: Nussenzveig, H. M.
name: Neto, P. A. Maia
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We propose to use optical tweezers to probe the Casimir interaction between microspheres inside a liquid medium for geometric aspect ratios far beyond the validity of the widely employed proximity force approximation. This setup has the potential for revealing unprecedented features associated to the non-trivial role of the spherical curvatures. For a proof of concept, we measure femtonewton double layer forces between polystyrene microspheres at distances above $400$ nm by employing very soft optical tweezers, with stiffness of the order of fractions of a fN/nm. As a future application, we propose to tune the Casimir interaction between a metallic and a polystyrene microsphere in saline solution from attraction to repulsion by varying the salt concentration. With those materials, the screened Casimir interaction may have a larger magnitude than the unscreened one. This line of investigation has the potential for bringing together different fields including classical and quantum optics, statistical physics and colloid science, while paving the way for novel quantitative applications of optical tweezers in cell and molecular biology.
description: 7 pages, 5 figures
Characteristics of Preferentially Attached Network Grown from Small World
Creators: name: Lee, Seungyoung
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: Social and Information Networks (cs.SI)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We introduce a model for a preferentially attached network which has grown from a small world network. Here, the average path length and the clustering coefficient are estimated, and the topological properties of modeled networks are compared as the initial conditions are changed. As a result, it is shown that the topological properties of the initial network remain even after the network growth. However, the vulnerability of each to preferentially attached nodes being added is not the same. It is found that the average path length rapidly decreases as the ratio of preferentially attached nodes increases and that the characteristics of the initial network can be easily disappeared. On the other hand, the clustering coefficient of the initial network slowly decreases with the ratio of preferentially attached nodes and its clustering characteristic remains much longer.
description: 13 pages, 6 figures, submitted for the journal publication
Reaction rate in an evanescent random walkers system
Creators: name: Ré, Miguel A.
name: Bustos, Natalia C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability (physics.data-an)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Diffusion mediated reaction models are particularly ubiquitous in the description of physical, chemical or biological processes. The random walk schema is a useful tool for formulating these models. Recently, evanescent random walk models have received attention in order to include finite lifetime processes. For instance, activated chemical reactions, such as laser photolysis, exhibit a different asymptotic limit when compared with immortal walker models. A diffusion limited reaction model based on a one dimensional continuous time random walk on a lattice with evanescent walkers is presented here. The absorption probability density and the reaction rate are analytically calculated in the Laplace domain. A finite absorption rate is considered, a model usually referred to as imperfect trapping. Short and long time behaviors are analyzed.
description: 6 pages, 3 figures
Plan Documentation for the New Open Space in the Housing Ensemble
Creators: name: Theunissen, Karin
name: Kaal, Sebastiaan
Publisher: name: DASH | Delft Architectural Studies on Housing
Year: 2018

description: The plan documentation for the new open space in the housing ensemble comprises a set of recent projects and some historical reference points. The documentation sets out to facilitate a comparative analysis of the various projects. For this purpose the projects have all been newly drawn and photographed, using both documentation supplied by the architecture offices involved and archival material. The characteristic features and the internal cohesion of the new open space within these developments have been the guiding principle here. The drawing technique is based on the method used in the Atlas of the Dutch Urban Block. The emphasis within this documentation lies on the form and the meaning of the open space within the housing block or ensemble. The principal plan depicts the ground-floor level, showing the interiors of the ground-floor dwellings as well as the design of the new open space. The focus is on the relationship between the dwellings and their place within the development and the relationship between the block structure and the dwelling typology. Both the architectural coherence and the wider context have been mapped. The morphological unity of the projects has been sketched within the wider urban structure to show the relationship with the city.
description: DASH | Delft Architectural Studies on Housing, No. 01 (2009): New Open Space in Housing Ensembles
A second quantized approach to the Rabi problem
Creators: name: Baldiotti, M. C.
name: Molina, C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In the present work the Rabi Problem, involving the response of a spin 1/2 particle subjected to a magnetic field, is considered in a second quantized approach. In this concrete physical scenario, we show that the second quantization procedure can be applied directly in a non-covariant theory. The proposed development explicits not only the relation between the full quantum treatment of the problem and the semiclassical Rabi model, but also the connection of these approaches with the Jaynes-Cummings model. The consistency of the method is checked in the semiclassical limit. The treatment is then extended to the matter component of the Rabi problem so that the Schrödinger equation is directly quantized. Considering the spinorial field, the appearance of a negative energy sector implies a specific identification between Schrödinger's and Maxwell's theories. The generalized theory is consistent, strictly quantum and non-relativistic.
description: 10 pages
Criminal Justice Reform In the United States, the United Kingdom and Ireland Pre-Trial Detention and Post-Conviction Access to Legal Representation
Creators: name: Lopez, Paulina
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: There is a serious problem in the US, UK, and Ireland with both lengthy pre-trial detention, which is often used to persuade guilty pleas, and access to legal aid while incarcerated, which is a barrier for justice in cases with new and or untested exonerating evidence. Societal pressures contribute to a legislative and law-enforcement culture that values convictions over justice, and results in systemic corruption. While this is partially a political culture problem, it can certainly be ameliorated with targeted legislation. The hypothesis is that differences in these countries’ laws contribute to lengthy pre-trial detention and limit inmates’ access to legal aid. This research compares the relative situations of the three countries using quantitative data, considers literature regarding the effect of caseload pressure on these outcomes, compares the relevant legislation and implementation thereof, and draws out conclusions and recommendations, all with the aim of suggesting potential improvements.
RESULTS FROM THE WOBURN REFERENCE EXPERIMENT, III. YIELDS OF THE CROPS AND RECOVERIES OF N, P, K, AND Mg FROM MANURES AND SOIL, 1975-79, Rothamsted Experimental Station Report for 1981 Part 2
Creators: name: F. V. WIDDOWSON, A. PENNY
Publisher: name: Lawes Agricultural Trust
Year: 1982
Subjects: subject: rothamsted research
subject: crop yield
subject: woburn experimental farm

description: Scanned PDF of RESULTS FROM THE WOBURN REFERENCE EXPERIMENT, III. YIELDS OF THE CROPS AND RECOVERIES OF N, P, K, AND Mg FROM MANURES AND SOIL, 1975-79, part of Rothamsted Experimental Station Report for 1981 Part 2
Lifting non-ordinary cohomology classes for SL(3)
Creators: name: Williams, Chris
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 11F75 (primary), 11F85 (secondary)

description: In this paper, we present a generalisation of a theorem of David and Rob Pollack. In 'A construction of rigid analytic cohomology classes for congruence subgroups of SL(3,Z)', they give a very general argument for lifting ordinary eigenclasses (with respect to a suitable operator) in the group cohomology of certain arithmetic groups. With slightly tighter conditions, we prove the same result for non-ordinary classes. Pollack and Pollack apply their results to the case of p-ordinary classes in the group cohomology of congruence subgroups for SL3, constructing explicit overconvergent classes in this setting. As an application of our results, we give an extension of their results to the case of non-critical slope classes in the same setting.
description: 21 pages, 1 figure. Minor corrections. To appear in Publicacions Matem\`atiques
The identification of needs and development of best practice guidance for the psychological support of frontline healthcare workers during and after COVID-19: A protocol for the FLoWS project.
Creators: name: Hanlon, Michelle
name: O'Connor, Laura
name: Flynn, Jack
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: Recent estimates suggest that up to 34% of frontline workers in healthcare (hereafter referred to as FLWs) at the forefront of the COVID-19 pandemic response are reporting elevated symptoms of psychological distress due to resource constraints, ineffective treatments, and concerns about self-contamination. However, little systematic research has been carried out to assess the mental health needs of FLWs in Europe, or the extent of psychological suffering in FLWs within different European countries of varying outbreak severity. Accordingly, this project will employ a mixed-methods approach over three work packages to develop best-practice guidelines for alleviating psychological distress in FLWs during the different phases of the pandemic. Work package 1 will identify the point and long-term prevalence of psychological distress symptoms in a sample of Irish and Italian FLWs, and the predictors of these symptoms. Work package 2 will perform a qualitative needs assessment on a sample of Irish and Italian FLWs to identify sources of stress and resilience, barriers to psychological care, and optimal strategies for alleviating psychological distress in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic. Work package 3 will synthesise the findings from the preceding work packages to draft best practice guidelines, which will be co-created by a multidisciplinary panel of experts using the Delphi method. The guidelines will provide clinicians with a framework for alleviating psychological distress in FLWs, with particular relevance to the COVID-19 pandemic, but may also have relevance for future pandemics and other public health emergencies.
Perestroika Pirouettes and Glasnost Glissés: The Kirov and the Bolshoi Ballet, 1977-1991
Creators: name: Buxton, Jennifer L.
Publisher: name: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Year: 2013

description: This paper examines the developments of the Soviet art form of classical ballet during the twilight years of the Soviet Union. Throughout the Soviet era, art and politics were closely intertwined; the country's ballet institutions served the government abroad, as cultural ambassadors, and at home, as educational representatives. As Gorbachev's political and economic reforms progressed, state funded institutions sought to adapt to the ever-changing environment. Through an investigation of the activities of the two preeminent ballet theaters in the county, the Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow and the Kirov Ballet in Leningrad, this project explores how two cultural institutions navigated the dynamic landscape of perestroika and challenges the trope of Brezhnevite stagnation.Through the utilization of memoirs, periodicals, and secondary sources, my study illustrates how ballet artists in Moscow and Leningrad responded to the changes occurring outside of the theater during this time and complicates our perception of the otherwise improvisational nature of the Soviet Union's last years.
Space-Time Isogeometric Analysis of Parabolic Evolution Equations
Creators: name: Langer, Ulrich
name: Moore, Stephen E.
name: Neumüller, Martin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We present and analyze a new stable space-time Isogeometric Analysis (IgA) method for the numerical solution of parabolic evolution equations in fixed and moving spatial computational domains. The discrete bilinear form is elliptic on the IgA space with respect to a discrete energy norm. This property together with a corresponding boundedness property, consistency and approximation results for the IgA spaces yields an a priori discretization error estimate with respect to the discrete norm. The theoretical results are confirmed by several numerical experiments with low- and high-order IgA spaces.
Automatic problem size sensitive task partitioning on heterogeneous parallel systems
Creators: name: Grasso, Ivan
name: Kofler, Klaus
name: Cosenza, Biagio
name: Fahringer, Thomas
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Berlin
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: 004 Datenverarbeitung; Informatik
subject: code analysis
subject: compilers
subject: gpu
subject: heterogeneous computing
subject: machine learning
subject: runtime system
subject: task partitioning

description: In this paper we propose a novel approach which automatizes task partitioning in heterogeneous systems. Our framework is based on the Insieme Compiler and Runtime infrastructure. The compiler translates a single-device OpenCL program into a multi-device OpenCL program. The runtime system then performs dynamic task partitioning based on an offline-generated prediction model. In order to derive the prediction model, we use a machine learning approach that incorporates static program features as well as dynamic, input sensitive features. Our approach has been evaluated over a suite of 23 programs and achieves performance improvements compared to an execution of the benchmarks on a single CPU and a single GPU only.
Augmenting Bag-of-Words: Data-Driven Discovery of Temporal and Structural Information for Activity Recognition
Creators: name: Bettadapura, Vinay
name: Schindler, Grant
name: Plotz, Thomaz
name: Essa, Irfan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We present data-driven techniques to augment Bag of Words (BoW) models, which allow for more robust modeling and recognition of complex long-term activities, especially when the structure and topology of the activities are not known a priori. Our approach specifically addresses the limitations of standard BoW approaches, which fail to represent the underlying temporal and causal information that is inherent in activity streams. In addition, we also propose the use of randomly sampled regular expressions to discover and encode patterns in activities. We demonstrate the effectiveness of our approach in experimental evaluations where we successfully recognize activities and detect anomalies in four complex datasets.
description: 8 pages
Estimation of safe cover thickness to steel reinforcement in coastal structures addressing several tidal stations
Creators: name: Padala, Suresh Kumar
name: Bishnoi, Shashank
name: Bhattacharjee, Bishwajit
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 20199 Astronomical and Space Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences

description: Corrosion of steel in reinforced and prestressed concrete members exposed to a marine tidal zone is a serious durability problem. This study presents a methodology for rationally estimating the safe cover thickness for steel in concrete structures exposed to the tidal zone. The proposed methodology was implemented for the case of six Indian coastal stations using 100-year-long simulations of chloride transport in concrete. Real-time meteorological and tidal height data were used for simulating the model boundary conditions. Using simulated results of chloride threshold depths (CTDs), safe cover thickness to steel was assessed. Estimated safe cover thicknesses to steel across coastal stations differed significantly (25–30 mm), indicating a need for corrosion vulnerability zonation of coastlines. Conventionally used tide models were improved by superimposing with an annual component of astronomical tides, which expanded the range of wet-dry regimes simulated by the tide models. The study also compared the chloride ingress predictions from the modified tide models with those from real tides. The superimposed tide model was found to be a better approximation of real tides than the diurnal tide model. The modified tide models very well simulated chloride ingress around the critical sections in the tidal zone.
title: HCN4 pacemaker channels as potential therapeutic targets based on their novel structural properties
Creators: name: Sharifzadeh, Atiyehsadat
Publisher: name: UNSPECIFIED
Year: 2023

description: Over the past few years, single particle cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM) has made impressive impacts on the research field of structural biology of large eukaryotic membrane proteins. These are, indeed, challenging proteins for structural biology as they have a low yield of expression and thus purification. Their low purification yield originates from the fact that they require an expression in complex cell systems, such as mammalian cell lines. These systems provide them with the suitable physiological environment for their proper maturation but limit their over-expression. This makes them generally not suitable for classical methods of structural biology such as X-ray and NMR. But in the advent of improved cryo-EM methods it turned out that even a small amount of pure protein may often be sufficient for structural studies with this new technology. In this context, the present PhD thesis is focused on setting the procedure for the expression and for the subsequent purification of a large eukaryotic protein in mammalian HEK293F. The purified protein of interest, the Hyperpolarization activated and Cyclic Nucleotide regulated (HCN4) pacemaker channel, was eventually used to obtain high resolution structures of the channel in the open and closed state by cryo-EM. This allowed to unravel the structural determinants of key phenomena of HCN channel function such as gating/ion permeation, and the HCN4 specific cyclic nucleotide-dependent modulation. Furthermore, the protocol of HCN4 purification that I have set here has also opened in combination with the structural information the possibility of performing biochemical studies with the full-length protein. This led to the identification and characterization of drugs, which can modulate HCN function in an isoform specific manner. Here I show the successful use of purified HCN4 to detect and quantify ligand binding with molecules whose interaction with the channel protein was so far impossible with classical biochemistry. The most important outcome of this work is the use of purified HCN4 as a bait in a yeast displayed nanobody library. This screening endeavour resulted in the discovery of new nanobodies, which can modulate with high affinity HCN channel function in an isoform specific manner. This may eventually lead to the first HCN4 specific drug for targeting cardiac arrhythmias related to the malfunction of this pacemaker channel.
Cigarette pack size and consumption: a randomised crossover trial
Creators: name: Lee, Ilse
name: Marteau, Theresa
name: Blackwell, Anna
name: Hobson, Alice
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences

description: This registration is to capture a minor update to the 'non-adherence' section of the data analysis plan (v13).
MAKING WOMEN MEN: WHAT FEMALE SUPERINTENDENT STORIES TELL US ABOUT THE GENDER GAP IN THE NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENCY
Creators: name: Ashburn, Elena
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2018

description: In the early nineteenth century, the sexual division of labor in education established women as teachers and men as leaders. With the Common Schools movement and as Taylorism was applied to the process of schooling, the position of superintendent was firmly established by the late 1800s. As women gained suffrage, they launched successful campaigns for elected superintendencies, and in 1930, women held nearly 11% of all superintendencies. In response, powerful men superintendents led successful attacks on the female leadership, halting women’s advancement into the superintendency with lasting effects over the following decades. These attacks still resonate today: even though women hold the vast majority of teacher and principal positions, women represent only 22.5% of all superintendents, and men are 20 times more likely to advance to the superintendency than women. While much has been written about the psychological factors, limited opportunities, and societal expectations that hinder women’s advancement into the superintendency, we need women’s stories to fully understand the inequity. In this study, the researcher explored the underrepresentation of women in the superintendency by engaging in elite interviewing with 14 current female North Carolina superintendents. Using narrative analysis, the researcher examined the narrative strategy each of the 14 women superintendents employs to make meaning of her experiences in the gendered role of superintendent. Motifs across the stories were then identified to understand what women’s stories illustrate about the barriers women face in securing superintendencies. The researcher found that unequal expectations for women’s quality of work, discriminatory working conditions, unachievable work-life balance, and inequitable pay gender the superintendency role such that it remains intentionally designed for men and consequently excludes women. Even when women defy statistics and enter the superintendency, they are forced to change their identities to become men. Instead of forcing women to become men, the researcher posits a restructuring of the superintendency role through a feminist framework to ensure a more socially just educational landscape for women.
Stärkung der elterlichen Präsenz
Creators: name: Moser, Nina
Publisher: name: Berner Fachhochschule - Soziale Arbeit
Year: 2021
Subjects: Elternarbeit
Jugendhilfe

description: In eine Beobachtungsstation werden Jugendliche platziert, die persönliche, soziale, schulische und/oder familiäre Schwierigkeiten haben. Im Rahmen dieses stationären Aufenthalts werden Ursachen der Schwierigkeiten abgeklärt und bearbeitet. Ziel ist es, die Jugendlichen mit persönlichen und schulischen oder beruflichen Perspektiven aus dem stationären Rahmen zu entlassen. Die Abklärungen sowie die Erarbeitung von möglichen Lösungsschritten sollen unter Einbezug der Eltern stattfinden, da die Jugendlichen mit den Eltern ein System bilden, welches sich gegenseitig beeinflusst und bedingt. Langfristig tragfähige Veränderungen können nicht "von aussen" befohlen werden, sondern müssen aus dem System heraus erfolgen. Zu solchen Veränderungen sind die Eltern platzierter Jugendlicher oft nicht in der Lage, da sie sich in einer Situation elterlicher Hilflosigkeit befinden. Die Elternarbeit will gemeinsam mit ihnen Ursachen und Muster klären und neue Strategien entwickeln, wie sie aus dieser Hilflosigkeit heraus wieder in ihre Rolle als Eltern finden können. In der vorliegenden Arbeit werden diejenigen Kriterien untersucht, die für die Arbeit mit Eltern förderlich sind und zu einem unterstützenden Einbezug in die Abklärung beitragen. Unter Berücksichtigung der systemischen Grundhaltung wird dargelegt, wie die Stärkung der elterlichen Präsenz in der individuellen Elternarbeit gelingen kann und welches Potential das Konzept einer Elterngruppe hat. Es handelt sich um eine Theoriearbeit, in der die aktuellen Erkenntnisse aus der Fachliteratur einbezogen und mit Fallvignetten aus der Praxis ergänzt werden. Die Auseinandersetzung soll deutlich machen, dass für einen gelingenden Einbezug der Eltern eines platzierten Kindes eine tragfähige Beratungsbeziehung notwendig ist. Methodisches Vorgehen alleine reicht nicht, um den komplexen Anforderungen im Rahmen des Zwangskontexts, der persönlichen Gefühlswelt und den Bedürfnissen der Eltern gerecht zu werden. Damit Eltern dafür gewonnen werden können, in den Prozess zur Wiedererlangung der elterlichen Präsenz einzusteigen, ist auf Grundlage der systemischen Grundhaltung eine sorgfältige, zugewandte und interessierte Rahmung der Situation notwendig. Diese beraterische Haltung ermöglicht es, gemeinsam mit den Eltern über Vorstellungen von Anforderungen an die elterliche Rolle sowie mögliche Veränderungen zur Beruhigung der familiären Situation zu reflektieren. Ein gelingender Einbezug der Eltern von platzierten Jugendlichen ist nicht nur im spezifischen Rahmen einer Beobachtungsstation angezeigt, sondern bei allen Formen von Platzierungen ausserhalb des Elternhauses.