cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Fast and slow magnetic deflagration fronts in Type I X-ray bursts
Creators: name: Cavecchi, Yuri
name: Levin, Yuri
name: Watts, Anna L.
name: Braithwaite, Jonathan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Type I X-ray bursts are produced by thermonuclear runaways that develop on accreting neutron stars. Once one location ignites, the flame propagates across the surface of the star. Flame propagation is fundamental in order to understand burst properties like rise time and burst oscillations. Previous work quantified the effects of rotation on the front, showing that the flame propagates as a deflagration and that the front strongly resembles a hurricane. However the effect of magnetic fields was not investigated, despite the fact that magnetic fields strong enough to have an effect on the propagating flame are expected to be present on many bursters. In this paper we show how the coupling between fluid layers introduced by an initially vertical magnetic field plays a decisive role in determining the character of the fronts that are responsible for the Type I bursts. In particular, on a star spinning at 450 Hz (typical among the bursters) we test seed magnetic fields of $10^{7} - 10^{10}$ G and find that for the medium fields the magnetic stresses that develop during the burst can speed up the velocity of the burning front, bringing the simulated burst rise time close to the observed values. By contrast, in a magnetic slow rotator like IGR J17480--2446, spinning at 11 Hz, a seed field $\gtrsim 10^9$ G is required to allow localized ignition and the magnetic field plays an integral role in generating the burst oscillations observed during the bursts.
description: Pubblished on MNRAS
Commelina bangii Rusby 1910
Creators: name: Hassemer, Gustavo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Liliopsida
Commelinales
Commelinaceae
Commelina
Commelina bangii

description: Commelina bangii Rusby (1910: 490–491)
 Type (lectotype, designated here):— BOLIVIA. LA PAZ: San Buenaventura: Tumupasa, 1800 ft., 10 December 1901, R. S. Williams 338 (NY barcode 00247424!; isolectotypes K barcode 000363243!, US-1175489 barcode 00091561!). Fig. 1.
 Notes:—The protologue of Commelina bangii provided the following information on the type: ““Tumupasa, 1800 ft., Dec. 10, 1901 ” (No. 338)”. I was able to locate three syntypes for this name: K barcode 000363243, NY barcode 00247424 and US-1175489. All these specimens are in accordance with the morphological information provided in the protologue. All things considered, I designate the specimen at NY (Fig. 1) as lectotype of C. bangii, because of Henry Hurd Rusby’s long association with New York Botanical Garden. This species was described from Bolivia and is known only from the three above-mentioned original specimens, thus warranting urgent taxonomic studies.
description: Published as part of Hassemer, Gustavo, 2018, Typification of five neotropical species of Commelina (Commelinaceae), pp. 15-23 in Phytotaxa 350 (1) on page 15, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.350.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/13707711
What Is Always Wanting
Creators: name: Pless, Mackensie
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2015

description: Table of Contents: I. Her Joy Increasing: Cates Avenue, St. Louis; Palisades Park, Santa Monica; Temple; The Song of Songs I; The New Beatitudes; After the Second Bottle; Dirty Dishes; The Song of Songs VI; Palm Reading; II. Whatever Place You Are Not: Fortuna Major; The Song of Songs VII; Beverley Hills Studio; Soju I; Red Eye, Miami to Seattle; Chess Park, Santa Monica; The Song of Songs V; St. Francis Contemplating; The Hanging Dove; III. A Luminous Poison: Fortuna Minor; The Song of Songs IV; Kumiho; Memento; Dream Escapes; A Vigil; The Song of Songs III; Jawbones for Lullabies; A Lament
Locally algebraic automorphisms of the ${\rm PGL}_2(F)$-tree and ${\mathfrak o}$-torsion representations
Creators: name: Grosse-Klönne, Elmar
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: Representation Theory (math.RT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 22E50, 20G25, 20E42

description: For a local field $F$ and an Artinian local coefficient ring $Λ$ with the same positive residue characteristic $p$ we define, for any $e\in{\mathbb N}$, a category ${\mathfrak C}^{(e)}(Λ)$ of ${\rm GL}_2(F)$-equivariant coefficient systems on the Bruhat-Tits tree $X$ of ${\rm PGL}_2(F)$. There is an obvious functor from the category of ${\rm GL}_2(F)$-representations over $Λ$ to ${\mathfrak C}^{(e)}(Λ)$. If $F={\mathbb Q}_p$ then ${\mathfrak C}^{(1)}(Λ)$ is equivalent to the category of smooth ${\rm GL}_2({\mathbb Q}_p)$-representations over $Λ$ generated by their invariants under a pro-$p$-Iwahori subgroup. For general $F$ and $e$ we show that the subcategory of all objects in ${\mathfrak C}^{(e)}(Λ)$ with trivial central character is equivalent to a category of representations of a certain subgroup of ${\rm Aut}(X)$ consisting of "locally algebraic automorphisms of level $e$". For $e=1$ there is a functor from this category to that of modules over the (usual) pro-$p$-Iwahori Hecke algebra; it is a bijection between irreducible objects. Finally, we present a parallel of Colmez' functor $V\mapsto {\bf D}(V)$: to objects in ${\mathfrak C}^{(e)}(Λ)$ (for any $F$) we assign certain étale $(φ,Γ)$-modules over an Iwasawa algebra ${\mathfrak o}[[\widehat{N}^{(1)}_{0,1}]]$ which contains the (usually considered) Iwasawa algebra ${\mathfrak o}[[{N}_{0}]]$. This assignment preserves finite generation.
Vortex Lattice Formation in Spin-Orbit-Coupled Spin-2 Bose-Einstein Condensate Under Rotation
Creators: name: Banger, Paramjeet
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the vortex lattice configuration in a rotating spin orbit-coupled spin-2 Bose-Einstein condensate confined in a quasi-two-dimensional harmonic trap. By considering the interplay between rotation frequency, spin-orbit couplings, and inter atomic interactions, we explore a variety of vortex lattice structures emerging as a ground state solution. Our study focuses on the combined effects of spin-orbit coupling and rotation, analyzed by using the variational method for the single-particle Hamiltonian. We observe that the interplay between rotation and Rashba spin-orbit coupling gives rise to different effective potentials for the bosons. Specifically, at higher rotation frequencies, isotropic spin-orbit coupling leads to an effective toroidal potential, while fully anisotropic spin-orbit coupling results in a symmetric double-well potential. To obtain these findings, we solve the five coupled Gross-Pitaevskii equations for the spin-2 BEC with spin-orbit coupling under rotation. Notably, we find that the antiferromagnetic, cyclic, and ferromagnetic phases exhibit similar behavior at higher rotation.
Contingencies of Self-Worth and Positive Emotions in College Students
Creators: name: Caldera, Carolina
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: Unhealthy contingencies of self-worth, or areas in an individual's life which predicts rises and
falls in self-esteem, such as appearance or academic competence, can lead to unfavorable
outcomes, such as body image issues, financial problems, and low self-esteem and well-being.
This study demonstrates how a simple writing task focused on a healthier contingency of self-worth
such as family support can increase momentary positive emotions. Positive emotions can
combat the negative consequences of an unhealthy contingency of self-worth by broadening an
individual’s momentary thought-action repertoires, and building on an individual's momentary
and personal resources, leading them on an upward spiral of well-being. One hundred and nine
participants were asked to complete a series of questionnaires and then write a short essay
detailing a time when they felt especially supported by their families. They also completed two
mazes as a test of broadened cognition. The results show that the experimental writing task
significantly increased positive emotions in individuals who based their self-worth on healthy as
well as unhealthy contingencies.
Balloon-Borne Submillimeter Polarimetry of the Vela C Molecular Cloud: Systematic Dependence of Polarization Fraction on Column Density and Local Polarization-Angle Dispersion
Creators: name: Fissel, Laura M.
name: Ade, Peter A. R.
name: Angilè, Francesco E.
name: Ashton, Peter
name: Benton, Steven
name: Devlin, Mark J.
name: Dober, Bradley
name: Fukui, Yasuo
name: Galitzki, Nicholas
name: Gandilo, Natalie N.
name: Klein, J. R.
name: Li, Zhi-Yun
name: Korotkov, Andrei L.
name: Martin, Peter G.
name: Matthews, Tristan G.
name: Moncelsi, Lorenzo
name: Nakamura, Fumitaka
name: Netterfield, C. Barth
name: Novak, Giles
name: Pascale, Enzo
name: Poidevin, Frédérick
name: Santos, Fabio P.
name: Savini, Giorgio
name: Scott, Douglas
name: Shariff, Jamil A.
name: Soler, Juan D.
name: Thomas, Nicholas E.
name: Tucker, Carole E.
name: Tucker, Gregory S.
name: Ward-Thompson, Derek
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present results for Vela C obtained during the 2012 flight of the Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope for Polarimetry (BLASTPol). We mapped polarized intensity across almost the entire extent of this giant molecular cloud, in bands centered at 250, 350, and 500 μm. In this initial paper, we show our 500 μm data smoothed to a resolution of 2.5 arcminutes (approximately 0.5 pc). We show that the mean level of the fractional polarization p and most of its spatial variations can be accounted for using an empirical three-parameter power-law fit, p = p_0 N^(-0.4) S^(-0.6), where N is the hydrogen column density and S is the polarization-angle dispersion on 0.5 pc scales. The decrease of p with increasing S is expected because changes in the magnetic field direction within the cloud volume sampled by each measurement will lead to cancellation of polarization signals. The decrease of p with increasing N might be caused by the same effect, if magnetic field disorder increases for high column density sightlines. Alternatively, the intrinsic polarization efficiency of the dust grain population might be lower for material along higher density sightlines. We find no significant correlation between N and S. Comparison of observed submillimeter polarization maps with synthetic polarization maps derived from numerical simulations provides a promising method for testing star formation theories. Realistic simulations should allow for the possibility of variable intrinsic polarization efficiency. The measured levels of correlation among p, N, and S provide points of comparison between observations and simulations.
description: 24 pages, 20 figures, and 2 tables. Accepted for publication in ApJ. Updated from originally submitted version
The International Criminal Court: what kind of participation for the victims?
Creators: name: Laminne De Bex, Manoëlle De
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2014
Subjects: International Criminal Court
victims

description: Second semester University: Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest.
description: This thesis discusses the victim participation scheme at the ICC. But it aims first at setting the global context in which it occurs and starts by reviewing the functions of international criminal justice. It determines that the central objective of ICJ is to vindicate the rule of law in societies affected by mass atrocities. It is necessary that the ICC complies itself with rule of law principles in order to fulfil this function. Victim participation will assist the Court in its mission by securing the Court’s s legitimacy and acceptance of the outcome of the trials among the affected populations. Bearing in mind this function, the analysis of the Court’s jurisprudence is conducted in order to determine whether the participatory regime is satisfactory. Two challenging areas are tackled. On one hand, it appears that the current participatory regime infringes several defence rights. Several fundamental principles of the rule of law are not respected. On the other, the current scheme is inadequate to meet victims’ expectations. These shortcomings originate mainly from the vagueness of the regulatory framework and an overtly victim-friendly attitude of the Court, which fails to prioritize the different interests at stake. These issues jeopardize the ICC’s capacity to reach its primary goal. Consequently, it is highly advisable to rethink the participatory regime.
Price Volatility in Renewable Energy Certificate Markets: Implementing Rate Standards
Creators: name: Harris, Robert
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: This paper offers a policy solution to reduce price volatility in markets for renewable energy
certificates (RECs), which have been historically characterized by severe fluctuations. This
volatility has resulted from a vertical demand curve for RECs. I propose replacing the current
regulatory structure with an emissions rate standard that would connect RECs to carbon dioxide
emissions. This paper demonstrates that a rate standard will create a downward-sloping demand
curve for certificates by giving generators the option to abate pollution or buy certificates. A
downward-sloping demand curve is key to limiting price volatility over time. I build a
theoretical model for certificate demand based on my constructed rate standard constraint and
use a stochastic certificate generation model from Coulon et al. (2015) to model the price of
certificates over time. This paper then demonstrates, using a dynamic programming algorithm
based on Coulon et al. (2015), that an emissions rate standard would reduce REC price volatility.
Commelina hispida Ruiz & Pavon 1798
Creators: name: Hassemer, Gustavo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Liliopsida
Commelinales
Commelinaceae
Commelina
Commelina hispida

description: Commelina hispida Ruiz & Pavón (1798: 43)
 Type (lectotype, designated here):— PERU. AREQUIPA: Camaná: s.d., H. Ruiz L. & J. A. Pavón J. 12/50 (MA-810458!; isolectotypes MA-810459!, MA-810460!). Fig. 2.
 Notes:—The protologue of Commelina hispida provided the following information on the type: “ HABITAT in Camanae Provinciae collibus Atiquipa, vulgo Lomas de Atiquipa, ubi Joannes Tafalla descripsit et delineavit”. I was able to locate three syntypes: MA-810458, MA-810459 and MA-810460. Furthermore, an illustration plate (tab. 73[a] in Ruiz & Pavón s.d.) was cited in the protologue and is therefore also original material. The three syntypes and the original illustration are in accordance with the morphological information provided in the protologue. All things considered, I designate the specimen MA-810458 (Fig. 2) as lectotype of C. hispida, because it is the best specimen among the available original material. This species was described from Peru, and to this date its distribution and conservation status are not clear, thus warranting urgent taxonomic studies.
description: Published as part of Hassemer, Gustavo, 2018, Typification of five neotropical species of Commelina (Commelinaceae), pp. 15-23 in Phytotaxa 350 (1) on page 17, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.350.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/13707711
Unfair pre-trial detention and corruption in the criminal justice system. The case of Cameroon
Creators: name: Gaffuri Riva, Michela
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2015
Subjects: corruption
Cameroon
criminal justice
detention
fair trial

description: Second semester University: New University of Lisbon.
description: The massive over-use of pre-trial detention around the world and its excessively prolonged duration represent an alarming but still overlooked human rights abuse undermining the right to presumption of innocence, the right to liberty and security and the right to a fair trial, fostering further violations. The need for addressing such a practice should include a specific attention to corruption and poor rates of integrity within the institutional sectors playing a relevant role in the pre-trial stage, namely the law enforcement agencies and the judiciary. This thesis starts from the hypothesis that a particularly close relationship is likely to arise between unfair pre-trial detention and corruption in the criminal justice system. It attempts to explore the commonly underestimated nexus between the two and its implications. In order to do so, it makes use of the case-study of Cameroon, where both the issues under examination seem to be substantial. Based on the need for more effectively addressing unfair pre-trial detention, the last chapter will propose some potential modalities of intervention aimed at countering such practice by taking into account also its vulnerability to corruption.
Nuclear saturation in lowest-order Brueckner theory with two- and three-nucleon forces in view of chiral effective field theory
Creators: name: Kohno, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The nuclear saturation mechanism is discussed in terms of two-nucleon and three-nucleon interactions in chiral effective field theory (Ch-EFT), using the framework of lowest-order Brueckner theory. After the Coester band, which is observed in calculating saturation points with various nucleon-nucleon (NN) forces, is revisited using modern NN potentials and their low-momentum equivalent interactions, detailed account of the saturation curve of the Ch-EFT interaction is presented. The three-nucleon force (3NF) is treated by reducing it to an effective two-body interaction by folding the third nucleon degrees of freedom. Uncertainties due to the choice of the 3NF low-energy constants $c_D$ and $c_E$ are discussed. The reduction of the cutoff-energy dependence of the NN potential is explained by demonstrating the effect of the 3NF in the $^1$S$_0$ and $^3$S$_1$ states.
description: 14 pages, 11 figures
The EU and the full-face veil: an obscure relation : full-face veil in the European Union as seen from the human rights perspective
Creators: name: Mentone, Beata
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2017
Subjects: European Union
human rights
Muslim women
freedom of religion
freedom of expression
Islam
hijab
clothing and dress
veils

description: Second semester University: Ca' Foscari University of Venice
description: This paper presents the approach of the European Union and the Council of Europe towards full-face veil as inferred from legal documents, judgements of the European Court of Human Rights and the European Court of Justice as well as EU-funded academic studies on this topic. It is argued this approach is very much inconsistent and often follows incoherent lines of argumentation, which is mainly due to incomprehensive data on fully veiled women in Europe as well as the lack of precise definition of “European values”. The paper analyses the phenomenon of full-face veiling not only from the perspective of freedom of religion but also takes into account other, often competing human rights, such as the freedom of expression, right to health or rights of the child. Since both the EU and the Council of Europe perceive veil as a “religious symbol” a discussion of its symbolic meaning in Islam is also included in the paper, exploring multiple cultural and social aspects of this piece of garment which are often omitted in national or EU debates on this subject.
Muslim women and the hijab in Britain: contexts and choices.
Creators: name: Mackay, Kathryn
Publisher: name: University of Derby
Year: 2013
Subjects: hijab
Britain
Islam
feminism

description: This thesis concerns the contexts and choices associated with the wearing of the hijab in Britain, beginning with the impact of events such as 9/11. For many in the West, the hijab has become perceived as a symbol of Islam and as a result hijab wearing women who were living in Britain were identified as being connected with those who had carried out the 9/11 attacks in the United States. There was evidence from this research that there was an increase in first time hijab wearing, particularly in those between the ages of 25-39, however, 9/11 had not been directly responsible for this increase, but the higher profile of Islam due to the attacks had encouraged the women to find out about the religion for themselves and the rulings that related to them. Sales of the hijab have increased along with a more defined Islamic fashion consciousness and a desire by the women to wear what they regard as Islamic dress. This feminist standpoint research, although carried out by a white, non-Muslim from a middle-class background gave the women the opportunity to talk about their lives and explain the wearing or non-wearing of the hijab. A number of related themes were identified: Religion/religious community; Education; Family and friends; Clothing industry/fashion; and 9/11, although the thread that ran through all of these themes was the notion of choice. The women described wearing or not wearing hijab as their choice, although some had more influence from others. When choice theory was examined in relation to the wearing or non-wearing of the hijab it could be seen that although rational choice theory, lifestyle choices, family, habitus and individualization could tell us something about why the women made the choices they did, it was the interplay between individualization and tradition that gave the most accurate explanation as to why these women were making their choices. These theories did not tell the whole story however, and the conclusion discusses a reinterpretation of the Islamic teachings occurring in Britain with the women interpreting the Qur’an and the religious texts for themselves before arriving at their own conclusions as to what they should be wearing. This reinterpretation is driving the changes in behaviour for many Muslim women in Britain.
Assessing the Reactive Oxidant Potential of Isoprene-Derived Epoxides and Secondary Organic Aerosol
Creators: name: Kramer, Amanda Josephine
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2015

description: Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) is an ensemble of particles suspended in air that are at least 2.5
microns or smaller in diameter and are known to contribute to adverse health effects, such as
asthma and cardiopulmonary disease. PM2.5 can be directly emitted into the atmosphere by
anthropogenic sources, such as motor vehicles, power plants, and factories. Biogenic sources
also can contribute to the formation of PM2.5, especially isoprene (2-methyl-1,3-butadiene), a
volatile organic compound (VOC) of interest in this study. Secondary organic aerosol (SOA) is a
major component of PM2.5 and can be produced from the atmospheric oxidation of biogenic
VOCs in the presence of anthropogenic pollutants such nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxide.
However, whether biogenic SOA contributes to adverse health effects remains unclear. The
objective of this study was to assess the reactive oxidant potential of isoprene-derived epoxides
and SOA. The dithiothreitol (DTT) assay was used to characterize the reactive oxygen species
(ROS) generation potential of individual isoprene-derived epoxides and their hydrolysis
products, including isoprene epoxydiols (IEPOX), methacrylic acid epoxide (MAE), 2-
methyltetrols (2-MT), and 2-methylglyceric acid (2-MG), and of SOA produced from
photooxidation and reactive uptake experiments with isoprene, methacrolein (MACR), IEPOX,
and MAE as precursors. It was found that 2-MG, MAE and MACR-derived SOA possess a
higher oxidant generation potential compared to the 2-MT, IEPOX and isoprene-derived SOA
system. Compared to prior studies with diesel exhaust PM, MAE and MACR-derived SOA show
the same or higher ROS generation potential, and thus, highlights the need for more studies to
further characterize SOA toxicity from this source.
Indoor Localization for an Autonomous Model Car: A Marker-Based Multi-Sensor Fusion Framework
Creators: name: Li, Xibo
name: Patel, Shruti
name: Stronzek-Pfeifer, David
name: Büskens, Christof
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Robotics (cs.RO)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Global navigation satellite systems readily provide accurate position information when localizing a robot outdoors. However, an analogous standard solution does not exist yet for mobile robots operating indoors. This paper presents an integrated framework for indoor localization and experimental validation of an autonomous driving system based on an advanced driver-assistance system (ADAS) model car. The global pose of the model car is obtained by fusing information from fiducial markers, inertial sensors and wheel odometry. In order to achieve robust localization, we investigate and compare two extensions to the Extended Kalman Filter; first with adaptive noise tuning and second with Chi-squared test for measurement outlier detection. An efficient and low-cost ground truth measurement method using a single LiDAR sensor is also proposed to validate the results. The performance of the localization algorithms is tested on a complete autonomous driving system with trajectory planning and model predictive control.
Fractality in Persistence Decay and Domain Growth during Ferromagnetic Ordering: Dependence upon initial correlation
Creators: name: Chakraborty, Saikat
name: Das, Subir K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Dynamics of ordering in Ising model, following quench to zero temperature, have been studied via Glauber spin-flip Monte Carlo simulations in space dimensions $d=2$ and $3$. One of the primary objectives has been to understand phenomena associated with the persistent spins, viz., time decay in the number of unaffected spins, growth of the corresponding pattern and its fractal dimensionality, for varying correlation length in the initial configurations, prepared at different temperatures, at and above the critical value. It is observed that the fractal dimensionality and the exponent describing the power-law decay of persistence probability are strongly dependent upon the relative values of nonequilibrium domain size and the initial equilibrium correlation length. Via appropriate scaling analyses, these quantities have been estimated for quenches from infinite and critical temperatures. The above mentioned dependence is observed to be less pronounced in higher dimension. In addition to these findings for the local persistence, we present results for the global persistence as well. Further, important observations on the standard domain growth problem are reported. For the latter, a controversy in $d=3$, related to the value of the exponent for the power-law growth of the average domain size with time, has been resolved.
description: 10 pages, 16 figures
From war crimes to organized crime: evolving international jurisdiction for human rights violations and the new Kosovo Court
Creators: name: Cachey, Diana Annette
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2017
Subjects: human rights violations
Kosovo
international criminal law

description: Second semester University: University of Zagreb
description: The measures and efforts the international community has implemented to prosecute, punish and prevent egregious human rights violations indicate a committed desire to evolve criminal jurisdiction to close impunity gaps against perpetrators of these crimes. This thesis analyzes the development of international criminal law and the objectives of a right-based approach to prosecution, particularly in post-conflict transitions. From the beginning, International Criminal jurisdiction has been an evolving process and gaps continued to exist between the International Criminal Court, the hydrid and ad hoc tribunals. Kosovo’s newly created court (KRSJI) for prosecution of grave human rights violations is the natural progeny of this evolution to address these gaps. Kosovo exemplifies the strengths and weaknesses of a hybrid system where multiethnic historical complexity compounds a transitional environment that has allowed perpetrators to not only profit but to flourish and escape accountability and further evolution of criminal jurisdiction is needed to completely close the gaps. The hope is that the KRSJI can manifest its own legacy as a standard-setting mechanism for future prosecutions of gross human rights violations and organized crime.
The Onset and Time Course of Priming in Spanish-English Bilinguals
Creators: name: Jadi, Jihane
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2017

description: The ability to use more than one language and the impact it may have on the brain
has raised questions about how monolinguals and multilinguals differ from each other.
Patterns of priming provide a way to assess the similarity of representations for language
in the minds of monolingual and multilingual individuals and to determine the overlap of
the lexicons for different languages in the minds of multilingual individuals. Researchers
who have used priming to understand the connectivity of two languages in the bilingual
lexicon have found that repetition priming is equivalent to cognate priming. Cognates are
words that are identical semantically and similar phonologically and orthographically.
The focus of this study is to determine the basis of repetition and cognate priming with
the goals of determining if the two types of priming really have the same magnitude in
addition to understanding how cognate pairs are processed and represented in the
bilingual brain in comparison to repetition pairs. This research will contribute to
understanding the structuring of the lexicons of a bilinguals’ two languages.
4πβ (LS)-γ (HPGe) Digital Coincidence System Based on Synchronous High-Speed Multichannel Data Acquisition
Creators: name: Chen, Jifeng
name: Song, Kezhu
name: Liang, Juncheng
name: Liu, Jiacheng
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A dedicated 4πβ (LS)-γ (HPGe)digital coincidence system has been developed in this work, which includes five acquisition channels. Three analog-to-digital converter (ADC) acquisition channels with an acquisition resolution of 8 bits and acquisition rate of 1GSPS (sample per second) are utilized to collect the signals from three Photo multiplier tubes (PMTs) which are adopted to detect β decay, and two acquisition channels with an acquisition resolution of 16 bits and acquisition rate of 50MSPS are utilized to collect the signals from high-purity germanium (HPGe) which are adopted to detect γ decay. In order to increase the accuracy of the coincidence system, all the five acquisition channels are synchronous within 500ps. The data collected by the five acquisition channels will be transmitted to the host PC through PCI bus and saved as a file. Off-line software is applied for the 4πβ (LS)-γ (HPGe) coincidence and data analysis as needed in practical application. With all the above preconditions, the flexibility of the system is increased, and the structure and application of the system are simplified. According to the test, the highest coincidence rate of the system is 20K per second, which is sufficient for most applications. This paper mainly introduces the design of the hardware, the synchronization method and the test result of this system.
description: 6 pages, 8 figures, it has been submitted to Chinese Physics C
The EU-Turkey deal, a solution that can work : a legal analysis on the flaws of the EU-Turkey deal and its viability under international and European law
Creators: name: Fernández Casanova, Andrés
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2016
Subjects: asylum
European Union
Turkey
asylum seekers
Greece
collective expulsion
foreign policy
migrations
refugees

description: Second semester University: Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest.
description: The EU-Turkey Statement of the 18 March means the confirmation of the change of direction of the EU migration and asylum policy. The so-called EU-Turkey deal –more criticised than praised – casts serious doubts on its compatibility with international standards. This dissertation will try to identify the legal flaws of the deal and the challenges with its implementation. For this purpose, it will focus on three different aspects: the consideration of Turkey as a ‘safe’ country; the interpretation of the European Court of Human Rights of ‘collective expulsions’; and the capacity of Greece to pursue the implementation of the Statement. Despite the challenges, the EU-Turkey deal goes in the good direction: It helps to retain the confidence in that a European solution is possible, notwithstanding the new nationalistic realities that seem to take over in the EU. If the Union is able to overcome the legal and material obstacles of the agreement with Turkey, despite of being far from becoming a new global system of refugee responsibility sharing, it can be a solution that works for the EU, and a silver lining for the future of international refugee protection.
Commelina quitensis Bentham 1846
Creators: name: Hassemer, Gustavo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Liliopsida
Commelinales
Commelinaceae
Commelina
Commelina quitensis

description: Commelina quitensis Bentham (1846b: 258–259)
 Type (lectotype, designated here):— ECUADOR. PICHINCHA: Puente de Guapulo prope Quito, alt. 8000 ft., s.d., K. T. Hartweg 1439 (K barcode 000531988!; isolectotype K barcode 000531987!). Fig. 4.
 Notes:—The protologue of Commelina quitensis provided the following information on the locus classicus: “Ad pontem Guapulo, juxta Quito”. I was able to locate two specimens at K (barcodes 000531987 and 000531988) that are original material for this name, both of which are in accordance with the morphological information provided in the protologue. All things considered, I designate the specimen K barcode 000531988 (Fig. 4) as lectotype of C. quitensis, because this specimen is indicated as having belonged to the Bentham herbarium. This species was described from Ecuador, and to this date its distribution and conservation status are not clear, thus warranting urgent taxonomic studies.
description: Published as part of Hassemer, Gustavo, 2018, Typification of five neotropical species of Commelina (Commelinaceae), pp. 15-23 in Phytotaxa 350 (1) on page 17, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.350.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/13707711
GEAR: A GPU-Centric Experience Replay System for Large Reinforcement Learning Models
Creators: name: Wang, Hanjing
name: Sit, Man-Kit
name: He, Congjie
name: Wen, Ying
name: Zhang, Weinan
name: Wang, Jun
name: Yang, Yaodong
name: Mai, Luo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing (cs.DC)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: This paper introduces a distributed, GPU-centric experience replay system, GEAR, designed to perform scalable reinforcement learning (RL) with large sequence models (such as transformers). With such models, existing systems such as Reverb face considerable bottlenecks in memory, computation, and communication. GEAR, however, optimizes memory efficiency by enabling the memory resources on GPU servers (including host memory and device memory) to manage trajectory data. Furthermore, it facilitates decentralized GPU devices to expedite various trajectory selection strategies, circumventing computational bottlenecks. GEAR is equipped with GPU kernels capable of collecting trajectories using zero-copy access to host memory, along with remote-directed-memory access over InfiniBand, improving communication efficiency. Cluster experiments have shown that GEAR can achieve performance levels up to 6x greater than Reverb when training state-of-the-art large RL models. GEAR is open-sourced at https://github.com/bigrl-team/gear.
A cry for help : the role of state and non state actors in human rights in Karamoja Uganda
Creators: name: Mbabazi, Kezia
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2015
Subjects: human rights violations
indigenous peoples
minority groups
Uganda

description: Second semester University: Ca' Foscari University of Venice.
description: The people of Karamoja have gone through a lot of human rights violation in the past, present, therefore this is an in depth analysis on their culture, and underlying causes of their violations. They are also of indigenous origin however Uganda is not a signatory to the United Nations Declaration on the rights of Indigenous peoples. Therefore they are treated like an ethnic minority group on many occasions, without the special benefits awarded to indigenous populations that are recognised all over the world. In addition to this there is an illustration on the need for diversity management in Africa, with special comparisons from Europe. The research is of a descriptive analysis utilising both quantitative and qualitative analysis, with a legal perspective that describes the underlying cause of these human rights issues, and the effect of the actors involved. Besides this some philosophy is adapted when defining important concepts of human rights for instance the views of Hayek, Nozick, Berlin, and Sen were referred to in this text. Lastly this research aims to help point out state, non state actors‟ obligations and their weaknesses. These shortcomings are assessed with recommendations to tackle ongoing third world issues in human rights enforcement mechanisms.
The World Whole: An Environmental History of Japanese Space Power
Creators: name: Conley, Maximilian
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2019

description: This thesis explores the history of Japan's interactions with outer space, largely in the 20th century. It argues for a conception of "Earth-space" wherein the porous boundary between the atmosphere and outer space is a site of rich interactions between society, nature, and technology. Using the topics of Tokyo's urban heat island, satellite meteorology and remote sensing, and Japanese spaceflight in the 1990s, this thesis argues that history must become posthuman, as solar energy, concrete, physical maps, satellites, frogs, and robots play as important a role as humans in the development of the events and changes explored. This theses therefore owes much to the new materialist theory that has been written in the last decade. Ultimately, this thesis argues for a relational conception of agency wherein historical change emerges as a byproduct of the contingent and active relationships that hold between individual people, forces, and objects. Arguing from a deeply interdisciplinary perspective situated between history, philosophy, the applied physical sciences, cognitive science, critical theory, and sociology among others, this thesis finds itself primarily within environmental historiography. In imagining "the world whole," this thesis seeks to synthesize and create a picture of the historical world that is appropriate to the climate regime and blurred metaphysical boundaries that characterize the 21st century.
Compensating human dignity: “just satisfaction” and integral reparation approaches : a comparative analysis between the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights and the Inter-American Court Human Rights
Creators: name: Ayala Zamora, Bárbara María
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2019
Subjects: reparations
regional human rights protection systems
comparative law
Inter-American Court of Human Rights
European Court of Human Rights
human rights violations
victims
dignity

description: Second semester University: Université de Montpellier
description: Reparations are intimately related to the effectiveness of the Regional Human Rights Protection System. For the adequate protection of human dignity, it is crucial that every system provides the right to reparation within its conventions. In response to the lack of an integral system for reparation, the United Nations created the “Basic Principles and Guidelines on the Right to a Remedy and Reparation for Victims of Gross Violations of International Human Rights Law and Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law” as a standard guide to the international human rights law on reparations. However, the jurisprudence’s practices and developments in the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and the European Court of Human Rights, have made notable differences in recognition of the right to reparations. The Inter-American System has opted to establish and grant an integral reparation, providing a broader catalogue of measures and remedies that states must adopt in specific cases for proper redress. While the European System has differed substantially, and the right to reparation has been based on the principle of subsidiarity, limiting its action, letting the states decide the means and the form in which they will compensate the victim. Nevertheless, the essential objective of reparation is to restore human dignity, which is recognized as the guiding principle of human rights by international law and the regional systems. Therefore, a theoretical and practical comparison between both systems is made to visualize the most effective way to protect and human dignity.
The Fate of the Couple in Modern Cinema
Creators: name: Caskie, Dylan
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2018

description: In the post-World War II film movement often termed Modern Cinema, experimentation with time, narrative, and medium specificity begun to play a more central role in filmmaking. The romantic couple, a narrative and aesthetic centerpiece of classical Hollywood cinema, continues to appear in Modern Cinema, but in a somewhat transformed fashion. Because of new relationships between time, cinema, and narrative, the romantic couples of Modern Cinema often break up and drift apart. The narrative of the romantic couple is incorporated into the language of experimentation and continues to play a major role in the expression of new relationships in the work of more contemporary filmmakers like Wong Kar-Wai and Richard Linklater. The couple serves as a metonymic representation of narrative structure in general and is thus useful as a locus of cinematic experimentation.
Correlations between bulk parameters in relativistic and nonrelativistic hadronic mean-field models
Creators: name: Santos, B. M.
name: Dutra, M.
name: Lourenço, O.
name: Delfino, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this work, we study the arising of correlations among some isoscalar ($K_o$, $Q_o$, and $I_o$) and isovector ($J$, $L_o$, $K_{sym}^o$, $Q_{sym}^o$, and $I_{sym}^o$) bulk parameters in nonrelativistic and relativistic hadronic mean-field models. For the former, we investigate correlations in Skyrme and Gogny parametrizations, as well as in the nonrelativistic (NR) limit of relativistic point-coupling models. We provide analytical correlations among bulk parameters for the NR limit, discussing the conditions in which they are linear ones. Based on a recent study [B. M. Santos et al., Phys. Rev. C 90, 035203 (2014)], we also show that some correlations presented in the NR limit are reproduced for relativistic models presenting cubic and quartic self-interactions in the scalar field $σ$, mostly studied in this work in the context of the relativistic framework. We also discuss how the crossing points, observed in the density dependence of some bulk parameters, can be seen as a signature of linear correlations between the specific bulk quantity presenting the crossing, and its immediately next order parameter.
description: 18 pages, 28 figures
College Expansion in China and Its Effect on Economic Outcomes
Creators: name: Yao, Junyan
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2015

description: This study explores the determinants and consequences of higher education
expansion in China from 1985 to 2012. We use the panel data of cities with detailed
statistics on college construction. We find that college expansion is more likely to occur in
larger cities with larger population, larger GDP per capita, and higher share of service
industry. College construction is found to be unevenly spread across regions of China, with
more colleges being built in Eastern Region and urban cores of prefectures. The primary
results suggest the positive effect of college expansion on regional earnings and GDP per
capita.
The EU and the Palestinian minority in Israel
Creators: name: Cardarelli, Cristina
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2015
Subjects: minority groups
Palestinians
Israel
European Union
human rights
minority rights

description: Second semester University: Birzeit University, Palestine
description: The EU is a major actor on the global scene. In foreign policy, it has a predisposition to act normatively, by exporting norms and making states comply with them. However, this is not always the case as the EU-Israeli relations demonstrate. In particular, an analysis of the EU approach towards the Palestinian minority in Israel will question the true potential of EU normative power to bring about concrete change – and discover the genuine human rights concerns that drive EU external actions. Despite the fact that the EU has not been totally insensitive towards the minority, no consistent polices have been developed so far. This is mostly due to two reasons: the existence of weak legal framework on minority rights and the close interconnection between the status of the minority and the Jewish character of Israel. Because of that, EU actions have been mostly driven by cost-benefit calculations, rather than norms. However, a reconceptualization of the minority is needed. On one hand, a deeper engagement with it will close the gap between EU declarations and actions. On the other hand, by implementing the status of the minority there is possibility to re-discuss the Jewish character of Israel from within.