cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
A coordinate-independent characterization of a black hole shadow
Creators: name: Abdujabbarov, A. A.
name: Rezzolla, L.
name: Ahmedov, B. J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A large international effort is under way to assess the presence of a shadow in the radio emission from the compact source at the centre of our Galaxy, Sagittarius A$^*$ (Sgr A$^*$). If detected, this shadow would provide the first direct evidence of the existence of black holes and that Sgr A$^*$ is a supermassive black hole. In addition, the shape of the shadow could be used to learn about extreme gravity near the event horizon and to determine which theory of gravity better describes the observations. The mathematical description of the shadow has so far used a number of simplifying assumptions that are unlikely to be met by the real observational data. We here provide a general formalism to describe the shadow as an arbitrary polar curve expressed in terms of a Legendre expansion. Our formalism does not presume any knowledge of the properties of the shadow, e.g. the location of its centre, and offers a number of routes to characterize the distortions of the curve with respect to reference circles. These distortions can be implemented in a coordinate independent manner by different teams analysing the same data. We show that the new formalism provides an accurate and robust description of noisy observational data, with smaller error variances when compared to previous approaches for the measurement of the distortion.
description: 12 pages, 8 figures, accepted for publication on MNRAS
Damiano Fermi, Lo sventurato connubio: ricerche sul mito di Koronis, («le Rane» – collana di studi e testi, Studi 67), Bari, Levante Editore, 2018, pp. 404, ill., ISBN 9788879496872.
Creators: name: Braccini, Tommaso
Publisher: name: Sezione di Lettere
Year: 2020

description: Sezione di Lettere, XIV (2019)
Frictional properties of natural fault gouge from a low-angle normal fault, Panamit Valley, California
Creators: name: Marone, C.
name: Numelin, T.J.
name: Kirby, E.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2007

description: We investigate the relationship between frictional strength and clay mineralogy of natural fault gouge from a low-angle normal fault in Panamint Valley, California. Gouge samples were collected from the fault zone at five locations along a north-south transect of the range-bounding fault system, spanning a variety of bedrock lithologies. Samples were powdered and sheared in the double-direct shear configuration at room temperature and humidity. The coefficient of friction, μ, was measured at a range of normal stresses from 5 to 150 MPa for all samples. Our results reinforce the intuitive understanding that natural fault gouge zones are inherently heterogeneous. Samples from a single location exhibit dramatic differences in behavior, yet all three were collected within a meter of the fault core. For most of the samples, friction varies from μ = 0.6 to μ = 0.7, consistent with Byerlee's law. However, samples with greater than 50 wt % total clay content were much weaker (μ = 0.2-0.4). Expandable clay content of the samples ranged from 10 to 40 wt %. Frictional weakness did not correlate with expandable clays. Our results indicate that friction decreases with increasing total clay content, rather than with the abundance of expandable clays. The combination of field relations, analytical results, and friction measurements indicates a positive correlation between clay content, fabric intensity, and localization of strain in the fault core. A mechanism based upon foliations enveloping angular elements to reduce friction is suggested for weakening of fault gouge composed of mixed clay and granular material. We provide broad constraints of 1-5 km on the depth of gouge generation and the depth at which fault weakness initiates. We show that slip on the Panamint Valley fault and similar low-angle normal faults is mechanically feasible in the mid-upper crust it the strength of the fault is limited by weak, clay-rich fault gouge.
Massimo Lazzeri (a cura di), Imerio. Orazioni 44 e 54 Colonna, presentazione di Onofrio Vox, Lecce-Brescia, Pensa Multimedia Editore, 2019, pp. 275. ISBN 9788867606665
Creators: name: Spina, Luigi
Publisher: name: Sezione di Lettere
Year: 2020

description: Sezione di Lettere, XIV (2019)
title: In the Hot Seat: Saving Lives from Extreme Heat in Washington State
Creators: name: Vogel, Jason;
name: Hess, Jeremy
name: Kearl, Zach
name: Naismith, Kelly
name: Bumbaco, Karin
name: Henning, Brian G.
name: Cunningham, Rad
name: Bond, Nick
Publisher: name: University of Washington Climate Impacts Group
Year: 2023

description: In the Hot Seat: Saving Lives from Extreme Heat in Washington State describes the problem of extreme heat and outlines specific, actionable guidance for short-term emergency response and long-term risk reduction. It addresses the following questions: What are the impacts of extreme heat? Are certain individuals and communities at greater risk? How is risk changing in the future? Who is involved in preventing heat-related illnesses and death? What actions can we take to prevent illness and death during extreme heat events? From creating culturally-specific cooling centers, to increasing tree canopy and shade in certain urban areas, to improving protections for workers, the report highlights roles state and local governments, elected officials, community- and faith-based organizations and others can play in reducing the health impacts of heat exposure and saving lives from extreme heat.
Pietro Li Causi (a cura di), Seneca. Epistula ad Lucilium 124, Traduzione e commento cooperativi della VL del Liceo Scientifico “S. Cannizzaro” di Palermo, («La Biblioteca di CC» IX), Palermo, G.B. Palumbo 2019, pp. 77. ISBN 9788868895105
Creators: name: Di Raimo, Luigi
Publisher: name: Sezione di Lettere
Year: 2020

description: Sezione di Lettere, XIV (2019)
Slip rate gradients along the eastern Kunlun fault
Creators: name: Harkins, N.
name: Kirby, E.
name: Fan, C.
name: Wang, E.
name: Burbank, D.
name: Shi, X.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2007

description: Whether strike-slip fault systems in Eurasia accomplish eastward extrusion of Tibetan crust and lithosphere depends largely on the kinematics of deformation at the fault tip. Here we present new slip rate determinations using millennial-scale geomorphic markers from sites along the easternmost segment of the Kunlun fault in north central Tibet. This fault system represents one of the major strike-slip faults within the Indo-Asian collision zone, has been argued to exhibit uniform slip rates along much of its length, and plays a central role in models for eastward extrusion of Tibetan lithosphere. Displaced fluvial terrace risers along tributaries of the Yellow River, coupled with 14C ages of terrace material, provide constraints on slip rates over late Pleistocene to Holocene time. Results indicate that slip rates decrease systematically along the eastern ∼150 km of the fault from > 10 to <2 mm/yr. These data challenge the view that slip along the Kunlun fault remains uniform along the entire length of the fault and instead reveal gradients in displacement similar to those expected at fault tips. Moreover, slip along the fault appears to terminate within the thickened crust of the plateau, and therefore any extrusion of Tibetan lithosphere accomplished by slip along the Kunlun fault must be absorbed by internal deformation of the plateau surrounding the fault tip.
Carnefice o spettatore? L’ingaggio spettatoriale in The Repetition. Histoire(s) du théâtre di Milo Rau
Creators: name: Fuoco, Ester
Publisher: name: Sezione di Lettere
Year: 2020
Subjects: : theatre; docu-fiction; aesthetics; re-enactement; performance

description: Starting from the idea that every single work of art is perceived through not only our senses but also our mind, and that the theatrical event is a privileged occasion during which the cognitive world is connected with the emotional dimension of the individual, creating an interaction between emotional experiences and critical learnings that allows for a development of the emotional intelligence, the aim of this paper is to try to describe the spectatorial engagement, prompted by the contemporary theatrical representation of the Evil. Specifically, taking as basis for the consideration the play The Repetition. Histoire(s) du théâtre, first chapter of the series Histoire(s) du théâtre dedicated to the theatrical essence – the tragedy, in this case – of Milo Rau.
description: Sezione di Lettere, XIV (2019)
Topological Insulator Thin Films Starting from the Amorphous Phase - Bi$_2$Se$_3$ as Example
Creators: name: Barzola-Quiquia, J.
name: Lehmann, T.
name: Stiller, M.
name: Spemann, D.
name: Esquinazi, P.
name: Häussler, P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a new method to obtain topological insulator Bi$_2$Se$_3$ thin films with a centimeter large lateral length. To produce amorphous Bi$_2$Se$_3$ thin films we have used a sequential flash-evaporation method at room temperature. Transmission electron microscopy has been used to verify that the prepared samples are in a pure amorphous state. During annealing the samples transform into the rhombohedral Bi$_2$Se$_3$ crystalline strcuture which was confirmed using X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy. Resistance measurements of the amorphous films show the expected Mott variable range hopping conduction process with a high specific resistance compared to the one obtained in the crystalline phase (metallic behavior). We have measured the magnetoresistance (MR) and the Hall effect (HE) at different temperatures between 2 K and 275 K. At temperatures $T \lesssim 50$ K and fields $B \lesssim 1$ T we observe weak anti-localization in the MR; the Hall measurements confirm the n-type character of the samples. All experimental results of our films are in quantitative agreement with results from samples prepared using more sophisticated methods.
description: 8 pages, 9 figures, to be published in Journal of Applied Physics (2015)
Linear prediction of atmospheric wave-fronts for tomographic Adaptive Optics systems: modelling and robustness assessment
Creators: name: Jackson, Kate
name: Correia, Carlos
name: Lardiere, Olivier
name: Andersen, Dave
name: Bradley, Colin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We use a theoretical frame-work to analytically assess temporal prediction error functions on von-Karman turbulence when a zonal representation of wave-fronts is assumed. Linear prediction models analysed include auto-regressive of order up to three, bilinear interpolation functions and a minimum mean square error predictor. This is an extension of the authors' previously published work (see ref. 2) in which the efficacy of various temporal prediction models was established. Here we examine the tolerance of these algorithms to specific forms of model errors, thus defining the expected change in behaviour of the previous results under less ideal conditions. Results show that +/- 100pc wind-speed error and +/- 50 deg are tolerable before the best linear predictor delivers poorer performance than the no-prediction case.
description: 5 pages, 4 figures
A second order expansion of the separatrix map for trigonometric perturbations of a priori unstable systems
Creators: name: Guardia, M.
name: Kaloshin, V.
name: Zhang, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 70H08, 37H10, 37D45

description: In this paper we study a so-called separatrix map introduced by Zaslaskii-Filonenko [ZF68] and studied by Treschev and Piftankin [Tre98, Tre02, Pif06, PT07]. We derive a second order expansion of this map for trigonometric perturbations. In [CK15, GK15], and [KZZ15], applying the results of the present paper, we describe a class of nearly integrable deterministic systems with stochastic diffusive behavior.
Laude e paraliturgie a Gubbio e nel contado. Nuove ipotesi sul laudario Eugubino
Creators: name: Nerbano, Mara
Publisher: name: Sezione di Lettere
Year: 2020
Subjects: Confraternite; Costacciaro; disciplinati; lauda; laudario Eugubino

description: The so-called Laudario Eugubino (MS. Landau Finaly 39) has been attributed to date to the brotherhood of Santa Maria del Mercato in Gubbio. This paper aims to demonstrate that, instead, it belonged to the brotherhood of Santa Maria Vergine in Costacciaro, a small burg of the Eugubian contado on the ancient Via Flaminia. This conclusion derives from the analysis of three Laude dedicated to Blessed Tommaso da Costacciaro (ca. 1262-1337), as well as from the discovery that some names listed on one of the last sheets of the codex are found in notarial records as residents of Costacciaro.
description: Sezione di Lettere, XIV (2019)
SMBH growth parameters in the early Universe of Millennium and Millennium-II simulations
Creators: name: Smole, Majda
name: Micic, Miroslav
name: Martinovic, Nemanja
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We make black hole (BH) merger trees from Millennium and Millennium-II simulations to find under what conditions 10^9Msun SMBH can form by redshift z=7. In order to exploit both: large box size in the Millennium simulation; and large mass resolution in the Millennium-II simulation, we develop a method to combine these two simulations together, and use the Millennium-II merger trees to predict the BH seeds to be used in the Millennium merger trees. We run multiple semi-analytical simulations where SMBHs grow through mergers and episodes of gas accretion triggered by major mergers. As a constraint, we use observed BH mass function at redshift z=6. We find that in the light of the recent observations of moderate super-Eddington accretion, low-mass seeds (100Msun) could be the progenitors of high-redshift SMBHs (z~7), as long as the accretion during the accretion episodes is moderately super-Eddington, where f_Edd=3.7 is the effective Eddington ratio averaged over 50 Myr.
description: 11 pages, 5 figures, MNRAS, published
Synthesizing Modular Invariants for Synchronous Code
Creators: name: Garoche, Pierre-Loic
name: Gurfinkel, Arie
name: Kahsai, Temesghen
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Logic in Computer Science (cs.LO)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In this paper, we explore different techniques to synthesize modular invariants for synchronous code encoded as Horn clauses. Modular invariants are a set of formulas that characterizes the validity of predicates. They are very useful for different aspects of analysis, synthesis, testing and program transformation. We describe two techniques to generate modular invariants for code written in the synchronous dataflow language Lustre. The first technique directly encodes the synchronous code in a modular fashion. While in the second technique, we synthesize modular invariants starting from a monolithic invariant. Both techniques, take advantage of analysis techniques based on property-directed reachability. We also describe a technique to minimize the synthesized invariants.
description: In Proceedings HCVS 2014, arXiv:1412.0825
Lattice dynamics of α-cristobalite and the Boson peak in silica glass
Creators: name: Wehinger, Björn
name: Bosak, Alexeï
name: Refson, Keith
name: Mirone, Alessandro
name: Chumakov, Aleksandr
name: Krisch, Michael
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The lattice dynamics of the silica polymorph α-cristobalite has been investigated by a combination of diffuse and inelastic x-ray scattering and ab initio lattice dynamics calculations. Phonon dispersion relations and vibrational density of states are reported and the phonon eigenvectors analysed by a detailed comparison of scattering intensities. The experimentally validated calculation is used to identify the vibration contributing most to the first peak in the density of vibrational states. The comparison of its displacement pattern to the silica polymorphs α-quartz and coesite and to vitreous silica reveals a distinct similarity and allows for decisive conclusions on the vibrations causing the so-called Boson peak in silica glass.
Evidence for transverse momentum and pseudorapidity dependent event plane fluctuations in PbPb and pPb collisions
Creators: name: CMS Collaboration
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A systematic study of the factorization of long-range azimuthal two-particle correlations into a product of single-particle anisotropies is presented as a function of pt and eta of both particles, and as a function of the particle multiplicity in PbPb and pPb collisions. The data were taken with the CMS detector for PbPb collisions at sqrt(s[NN]) = 2.76 TeV and pPb collisions at sqrt(s[NN]) = 5.02 TeV, covering a very wide range of multiplicity. Factorization is observed to be broken as a function of both particle pt and eta. When measured with particles of different pt, the magnitude of the factorization breakdown for the second Fourier harmonic reaches 20% for very central PbPb collisions but decreases rapidly as the multiplicity decreases. The data are consistent with viscous hydrodynamic predictions, which suggest that the effect of factorization breaking is mainly sensitive to the initial-state conditions rather than to the transport properties (e.g., shear viscosity) of the medium. The factorization breakdown is also computed with particles of different eta. The effect is found to be weakest for mid-central PbPb events but becomes larger for more central or peripheral PbPb collisions, and also for very high-multiplicity pPb collisions. The eta-dependent factorization data provide new insights to the longitudinal evolution of the medium formed in heavy ion collisions.
description: Replaced with published version. Added journal reference and DOI
(500892) Edward Trotman
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
Theatrum orbis miraculum. G.B. Aleotti tra teorie e prassi teatrali
Creators: name: Lipani, Domenico Giuseppe
Publisher: name: Sezione di Lettere
Year: 2020

description: The paper focuses on some strategies of composition in Aleotti’s theatre by analysing ideological context and working practices. The examples drawn from “Nozze Pio-Farnese” in 1587 and Aleotti’s tournaments in 1610 and 1612 outline a stage language that shaped the Farnese theatre.
description: Sezione di Lettere, Supplemento XIV (2019)
Examining Motivational Dynamics in EFL Classrooms: The Case of Indonesian Undergraduate Students
Creators: name: CAHYA, PURNAMA
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 470401
subject: Applied linguistics and educational linguistics

description: This thesis examines the dynamics of in-class motivation within the context of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) tertiary education in Indonesia. It aims to uncover the stable patterns of students' in-class motivation, which emerge from the complex interplay of various internal and external motivational factors. These factors encompass students' general motivation levels, motivational narratives and class-related factors.
Learning about Spatial and Temporal Proximity using Tree-Based Methods
Creators: name: Levin, Ines
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Applications (stat.AP)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Learning about the relationship between distance to landmarks and events and phenomena of interest is a multi-faceted problem, as it may require taking into account multiple dimensions, including: spatial position of landmarks, timing of events taking place over time, and attributes of occurrences and locations. Here I show that tree-based methods are well suited for the study of these questions as they allow exploring the relationship between proximity metrics and outcomes of interest in a non-parametric and data-driven manner. I illustrate the usefulness of tree-based methods vis-à-vis conventional regression methods by examining the association between: (i) distance to border crossings along the US-Mexico border and support for immigration reform, and (ii) distance to mass shootings and support for gun control.
(500894) William Fiennes Wickham
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
Prime note sulla scoperta di un sito archeologico di età romana nel territorio argentano
Creators: name: Guarnieri, Chiara
Publisher: name: Sezione di Lettere
Year: 2020

description: This short article makes known for the first time the discovery made in 2019 of a Roman building in the northern part of Argenta which had never given back structures of that period. Its long frequentation (II B.C. - VII A.D.) and position raise questions regarding the function of the building.
description: Sezione di Lettere, Supplemento XIV (2019)
Quando Argenta era un castello
Creators: name: Bolognesi, Benedetta
Publisher: name: Sezione di Lettere
Year: 2020

description: The paper focuses on the walls of Argenta from the 12th till 18th century, showing how the evolution of the city’s walls is a means of retracing the history of the city.
description: Sezione di Lettere, Supplemento XIV (2019)
Quantum theory of light scattering in a one-dimensional channel: Interaction effect on photon statistics and entanglement entropy
Creators: name: Pletyukhov, Mikhail
name: Gritsev, Vladimir
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We provide a complete and exact quantum description of coherent light scattering in a one-dimensional multi-mode transmission line coupled to a two-level emitter. Using recently developed scattering approach we discuss transmission properties, power spectrum, the full counting statistics and the entanglement entropy of transmitted and reflected states of light. Our approach takes into account spatial parameters of an incident coherent pulse as well as waiting and counting times of a detector. We describe time evolution of the power spectrum as well as observe deviations from the Poissonian statistics for reflected and transmitted fields. In particular, the statistics of reflected photons can change from sub-Poissonian to super-Poissonian for increasing values of the detuning, while the statistics of transmitted photons is strictly super-Poissonian in all parametric regimes. We study the entanglement entropy of some spatial part of the scattered pulse and observe that it obeys the area laws and that it is bounded by the maximal entropy of the effective four-level system.
description: 22 pages, 6 figures; discussion extended, references added
Open Data Citation Corpus – Project Motivation
Creators: name: Ferguson, Christine
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Open Global Data Citation Corpus
data citation
webinar
Wellcome Trust

description: Wellcome Trust and the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Partners with DataCite to Build the Open Global Data Citation Corpus

 Aggregated references to data across outputs will help the community monitor impact, inform future funding, and improve the dissemination of research. DataCite is pleased to announce that The Wellcome Trust has awarded funds to build the Open Global Data Citation Corpus to dramatically transform the data citation landscape. The corpus will store asserted data citations from a diverse set of sources and can be used by any community stakeholder. In her presentation, Christine Ferguson explains the motivation of the Wellcome Trust to fund the Open Global Data Citation Corpus. A recording of the presentation can be found at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRTZXaJuxT8&t=142s
Horn Clauses for Communicating Timed Systems
Creators: name: Hojjat, Hossein
name: Rümmer, Philipp
name: Subotic, Pavle
name: Yi, Wang
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Logic in Computer Science (cs.LO)
subject: Software Engineering (cs.SE)
subject: Systems and Control (eess.SY)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
subject: D.2.4

description: Languages based on the theory of timed automata are a well established approach for modelling and analysing real-time systems, with many applications both in industrial and academic context. Model checking for timed automata has been studied extensively during the last two decades; however, even now industrial-grade model checkers are available only for few timed automata dialects (in particular Uppaal timed automata), exhibit limited scalability for systems with large discrete state space, or cannot handle parametrised systems. We explore the use of Horn constraints and off-the-shelf model checkers for analysis of networks of timed automata. The resulting analysis method is fully symbolic and applicable to systems with large or infinite discrete state space, and can be extended to include various language features, for instance Uppaal-style communication/broadcast channels and BIP-style interactions, and systems with infinite parallelism. Experiments demonstrate the feasibility of the method.
description: In Proceedings HCVS 2014, arXiv:1412.0825
title: The foundations of rights in the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child : A historical and philosophical account
Creators: name: Kaime, Thoko
Publisher: name: University of Bayreuth
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Human rights
subject: Children's rights
subject: Universalism
subject: Cultural relativism
subject: 340

description: This article examines the cultural-based critiques of the international human rights paradigm generally and children's rights in particular, with specific reference to Africa. In this regard, the paper attempts to identify gaps in the analyses of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child. Towards that end, the paper proceeds in three parts. In the first section, it situates the discussion within the general framework of children's rights at international law. In the next section, it turns to an examination of the culture-based critiques of the idea of universal rights. Finally, in the fourth and fifth sections, it analyses the documents and literature that focus on the rights and welfare of the child. In the concluding section, the author raises several important questions regarding the propriety of this special category of human rights in the African context.
Strain transfer and partitioning between the Panamint Valley, Searles Valley, and Ash Hill fault zones, California
Creators: name: Walker, J.D.
name: Andrew, J.E.
name: Kirby, E.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2005

description: We report new geologic and geomorphic observations that bear on the interpretation of connectivity and strain transfer among the Panamint Valley, Searles Valley, and Ash Hill fault zones, southern Walker Lane belt of California. Although these faults partition strain regionally onto dominantly normal and strike-slip structures, strain transfer occurs in a complex way not typical of linked strike-slip and extensional faults. The Searles Valley fault (W-directed normal fault) transfers slip onto the Panamint Valley zone, which changes from dominantly NNW-trending dextral strike-slip to more normal motion where they join. The Ash Hill fault (mostly right-lateral strike slip) transfers strain into the northern continuation of the Searles Valley zone, via a complex array of hanging-wall normal and strike-slip faults. These complex interactions, based on the age of structurally offset markers, appear to be stable over~105 years.
(500889) Charles Thomas Wickham
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
Distribution of active rock uplift along the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau: Inferences from bedrock channel longitudinal profiles
Creators: name: Whipple, K.X.
name: Kirby, E.
name: Tang, W.
name: Chen, Z.
Publisher: name: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Year: 2003

description: Current models of long-term river incision into bedrock suggest that the local rate of differential rock uplift should exert a primary control on the gradient of channel longitudinal profiles. However, discrimination of this effect from the influence of variations in substrate erodibility, sediment flux, precipitation, and transient changes in profile shape has proved difficult in practice. Here we investigate the controls on the spatial distribution of bedrock channel gradients adjacent to the Sichuan Basin in an effort to assess the degree and nature of active deformation along this margin of the Tibetan Plateau. Analysis of river longitudinal profiles utilizing a channel steepness index (a measure of profile gradient normalized for drainage area) reveals a zone of anomalously steep channels adjacent to the topographic front of the plateau margin. Channel profiles are systematically less steep in their headwater reaches on the plateau and in their lower reaches east of the plateau margin. Comparison of steepness indices to mapped lithologic variations reveals that lithology has only a limited influence on channel gradient in this field area. We observe no systematic relationship between steepness indices and upstream drainage area; channels of all size are steeper near the plateau margin. We argue that these systematic changes are not readily explained as a consequence of increased sediment flux or of orographic precipitation. We are led to conclude that steep channel profiles along the topographic front of the plateau reflect active differential rock uplift between this region and the foreland.
6th ENES HPC workshop in Hamburg (D6.3)
Creators: name: Biercamp, Joachim
name: Spickermann, Dela
name: Ziemen, Florian
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: ESiWACE2

description: The 6th ENES HPC workshop for climate and weather was hosted as a virtual event by DKRZ during the week from May 25th to May 29th, 2020. The series of ENES HPC workshops is being organised by the “ENES HPC-Task Force” with workshops taking place roughly every two years. Based on previous ENES HPC workshops in Lecce (2011 & 2018), Toulouse (2013 & 2016) and Hamburg (2014), this year’s event had originally been planned as an on-site event for about 100 participants.
 Finally, the (now virtual) workshop brought together over 180 scientists from the fields of earth system modelling, informing them about the latest developments in high performance computing (HPC) and fostering a mutual exchange, also involving HPC experts. Talks were structured in four sessions focusing on:
 “Very high-resolution modelling”, “Performance portability”, “Machine learning for parameterisation schemes” and “Challenges in exascale data processing and visualisation”.
description: ESiWACE has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under Grant Agreement No 823988
Die Muttahida Maj Iis-e Amal - Ursachen des Wahlerfolgs der Islamisten bei den pakistanischen Wahlen im Oktober 2002
Creators: name: Von Schwerin, Ulrich
Publisher: name: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia
Year: 2022

description: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia, Nr. 97 (2005): ASIEN (Oktober)
Late Cenozoic evolution of the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau: Inferences from 40Ar/39Ar and (U-th)/He thermochronology
Creators: name: Tang, W.
name: Chen, Z.
name: Reiners, P.W.
name: Hodges, K.V.
name: Kirby, E.
name: Farley, K.A.
name: Krol, M.A.
name: Whipple, K.X.
Publisher: name: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Year: 2002

description: High topography in central Asia is perhaps the most fundamental expression of the Cenozoic Indo-Asian collision, yet an understanding of the timing and rates of development of the Tibetan Plateau remains elusive. Here we investigate the Cenozoic thermal histories of rocks along the eastern margin of the plateau adjacent to the Sichuan Basin in an effort to determine when the steep topographic escarpment that characterizes this margin developed. Temperature-time paths inferred from 40Ar/39Ar thermochronology of biotite, multiple diffusion domain modeling of alkali feldspar40Ar release spectra, and (U-Th)/He thermochronology of zircon and apatite imply that rocks at the present-day topographic front of the plateau underwent slow cooling (<1°C/m.y.) from Jurassic times until the late Miocene or early Pliocene. The regional extent and consistency of thermal histories during this time period suggest the presence of a stable thermal structure and imply that regional denudation rates were low (<0.1 mm/yr for nominal continental geotherms). Beginning in the late Miocene or early Pliocene, these samples experienced a pronounced cooling event (>30°-50°C/m.y.) coincident with exhumation from inferred depths of ~8-10 km, at denudation rates of 1-2 mm/yr. Samples from the interior of the plateau continued to cool relatively slowly during the same time period (~3°C/m.y.), suggesting limited exhumation (1-2 km). However, these samples record a slight increase in cooling rate (from <1 to ~3°C/m.y.) at some time during the middle Tertiary; the tectonic significance of this change remains uncertain. Regardless, late Cenozoic denudation in this region appears to have been markedly heterogeneous, with the highest rates of exhumation focused at the topographic front of the plateau margin. We infer that the onset of rapid cooling at the plateau margin reflects the erosional response to the development of regionally significant topographic gradients between the plateau and the stable Sichuan Basin and thus marks the onset of deformation related to the development of the Tibetan Plateau in this region. The present margin of the plateau adjacent to and north of the Sichuan Basin is apparently no older than the late Miocene or early Pliocene (~5-12 Ma).
On the sensitivity of Apophis' 2029 Earth approach to small asteroid impacts
Creators: name: Wiegert, Paul
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Apophis' current trajectory takes it safely past our planet at a distance of several Earth radii on 2029 April 13. Here the possibility is considered that Apophis could collide with a small asteroid, like the ones that frequently and unpredictably strike Earth, and the resulting perturbation of its trajectory. The probability of an impact that could significantly displace Apophis relative to its keyholes is found to be less than 1 in $10^6$, requiring a delta-v greater than 0.3 mm/s, while for an impact that could significantly displace Apophis compared to its miss distance in 2029 it is less than 1 in $10^9$, requiring a delta-v greater than 5 cm/s. These probabilities are below the usual thresholds considered by asteroid impact warning systems.
 Apophis is in the daytime sky and unobservable from mid-2021 to 2027. It will be challenging to determine from single night observations in 2027 if Apophis has moved on the target plane enough to enter a dangerous keyhole, as the deviation from the nominal ephemeris might be only a few tenths of an arcsecond. An impending Earth impact would, however, be signalled clearly in most cases by deviations of tens of arcseconds of Apophis from its nominal ephemeris in 2027. Thus most of the impact risk could be retired by a single observation of Apophis in 2027, though a minority of cases present some ambiguity and are discussed in more detail. Charts of the on-sky position of Apophis under different scenarios are presented for quick assessment by observers.
description: Accepted by the Planetary Science Journal, 13 pages, 9 figures
Lista incluidos-Pharmacologic treatment of neuroleptic-induced akathisia. A systematic review
Creators: name: Aguilar Núñez, Joselin Dayana
name: Iza Casa, Cristian Sebastian
name: Pachala Cañas, Daniel Alberto
name: Robles Collahuazo, Santiago Rafael
name: Ponce Quijije, Lorelyn Melissa
name: Pilacuán Arévalo, Odalys Nayelly
name: Trujillo Medina, Shareen Scarleth
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 320221
subject: Psychiatry (incl. psychotherapy)

description: Neuroleptic-induced akathisia is a side effect of such medication antidepressants (especially selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors), antipsychotics, and some antiepileptics (such as the gabapentin), which affects the frontal cortex of the brain and the limbic system, leading to complications in the patient's reasoning and emotional state, limiting their ability to make timely decisions. This occurs because the patient experiences psychomotor restlessness, which compels them to perform unusual or erratic movements.The main treatment for neuroleptic-induced akathisia involves inhibiting it through a direct effect on the central nervous system, which can alleviate the signs and symptoms. Beta-blockers and anticholinergic drugs are some suitable medications for treating akathisia.The action of these medications may control the exaggerated movements exhibited by the patient.
Opinions on intelligence: An Arab perspective
Creators: name: Elmenfi, Fadil
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: Social psychology

description: The issue of cultural differences in how the concept of intelligence is understood has long been debated. But do such differences really exist and, if so, to what extent do they exist and between which cultures are they the most pronounced? To better understand this, we translated a survey from Warne and Burton (2020) on beliefs about intelligence into Arabic, distributed it among psychology and non-psychology students and lecturers at universities within the Arab world, and compared our results with those from the US given by Warne and Burton, and with the current state of research. The survey consisted of 83 items about theories regarding the meaning and testing of intelligence. From our sample of up to 327 Arabic-speaking participants, we found that replies are overall similar to those from the US (r = .59; Nitems = 63), while both samples showed hardly any congruence with the current state of research. Agreements between the Arab and US-sample are mostly to be found on questions in which abilities are seen as important components of intelligence, while Arabs question the predictive validity of IQ test scores for life success much more than do their Western counterparts. Based on our results, we conclude that there is little evidence for the existence of cultural bias in points of view about intelligence research and that the concept of cultural non-transferability – or “cultural bias” – must be examined more critically.
Numerical Simulation of Hot Accretion Flows (III): Revisiting wind properties using trajectory approach
Creators: name: Yuan, Feng
name: Gan, Zhaoming
name: Narayan, Ramesh
name: Sadowski, Aleksander
name: Bu, Defu
name: Bai, Xue-Ning
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Previous MHD simulations have shown that wind must exist in black hole hot accretion flows. In this paper, we continue our study by investigating the detailed properties of wind, such as mass flux and poloidal speed, and the mechanism of wind production. For this aim, we make use of a three dimensional GRMHD simulation of hot accretion flows around a Schwarzschild black hole. The simulation is designed so that the magnetic flux is not accumulated significantly around the black hole. To distinguish real wind from turbulent outflows, we track the trajectories of the virtual Largrangian particles from simulation data. We find two types of real outflows, i.e., a quasi-relativistic jet close to the axis and a sub-relativistic wind subtending a much larger solid angle. Most of the wind originates from the surface layer of the accretion flow. The poloidal wind speed almost remains constant once they are produced, but the flux-weighted wind speed roughly follows $v_{\rm p, wind}(r)\approx 0.25 v_k(r)$. The mass flux of jet is much lower but the speed is much higher, $v_{\rm p,jet}\sim (0.3-0.4) c$. Consequently, both the energy and momentum fluxes of the wind are much larger than those of the jet. We find that the wind is produced and accelerated primarily by the combination of centrifugal force and magnetic pressure gradient, while the jet is mainly accelerated by magnetic pressure gradient. Finally, we find that the wind production efficiency $ε_{\rm wind}\equiv\dot{E}_{\rm wind}/\dot{M}_{\rm BH}c^2\sim 1/1000$, in good agreement with the value required from large-scale galaxy simulations with AGN feedback.
description: 13 pages, 13 figures; submitted to ApJ
regionale Gesicht der Nation: Kleine Parteien und Koalitionspolitik in der Indischen Union seit 1998
Creators: name: Pehl, Malte
Publisher: name: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia
Year: 2022

description: The Indian political system has seen a regionalization of party representation with a concomitant increase in the attention given to and use of regional discourse and issues - even in national elections and national politics. In the past, smaller regional parties acquired the role of both kingmaker and 'king slayer' on some notable occasions. However, while the increasing visibility of regional political forces and the growing number of politicians in the national parliament who belong to regional par­ ties are undeniable facts, this article finds surprisingly little evidence that regional parties are systematically getting more than their proportional share of offices and influence over Union politics. The prominence that regional parties received in the wake of the United Front governments in the second half of the 1990s, when region­ ally based coalitions ruled at the centre at the pleasure of the Congress Party, has somewhat overstated their impending dominance as the key to power in New Delhi. On the contrary, in the matter of sharing out much sought-after ministerial posts in the national government, the largest parliamentary parties have been able to outper­ form their smaller parties in all three Lok Sabha periods since 1998.
description: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia, Nr. 97 (2005): ASIEN (Oktober)
Building Secure and Trustworthy Stream Analytics Systems Using Trusted Execution Environment
Creators: name: Bagher, Kassem
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 460407
subject: System and network security
classificationCode: 460403
subject: Data security and protection
classificationCode: 460601
subject: Cloud computing

description: This thesis enhances secure, efficient data analytics on hybrid cloud-edge platforms using Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs), particularly Intel SGX. It addresses security and latency in IoT-driven analytics by integrating TEEs with cryptographic protocols. The research comprises three studies: firstly, minimizing latency and improving security by processing data at the edge; secondly, creating a secure framework within SGX for efficient stream processing; and thirdly, mitigating side-channel attacks to enhance system performance.
Getting Political: Die politische Mobilisierung der Indian American Community
Creators: name: Pierre, Gottschlich
Publisher: name: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia
Year: 2022

description: Over the last decade the Indian Diaspora in the United States of America has de­veloped into an increasingly important actor in U.S. politics. The Indian American community has been able to transfer its economic and social success into political power. This article deals with the transition from a largely apolitical ethnic population primarily interested in economic well-being into a considerable and competitive politi­ cal force. This development can be explained by the incremental utilization of four main resources by the Indian American community: influence through voting power and public opinion, influence through information, influence through money and campaign finance, and, finally, influence through Indian American candidates. The Indian Diaspora in the United States has made incredible progress in all four of these spheres of political power. Arguably, its most notable success was the election of Piyush 'Bobby' Jindal, a second-generation Indian American, to Congress in 2004. But despite all the good results the Indian American community has already achieved, this well-educated and highly affluent group of citizens has much greater potential; if the Indian Diaspora in the U.S. can continue to raise political awareness and to utilize its resources, it might turn out to be an increasingly influential factor in American politics. This could have important implications for domestic issues as well as for the relationship between India and the United States.
description: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia, Nr. 97 (2005): ASIEN (Oktober)