cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Post-processing & interactive visualisation of optimisation results. Deliverable D5.2 of the EU Horizon 2020 project OPTAIN
Creators: name: Wittekind, Cordula
name: Strauch, Michael
name: Witing, Felix
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: NSWRM
CoMOLA
SWAT+
multi-objective optimization
post-processing
pareto pruning
allocation
combination
OPTAIN
H2020
R tool
interactive visualisation
clustering
Pareto solutions
Analytical Hierarchy Process
stakeholder support

description: Deliverable report D5.2 of the EU Horizon 2020 Project OPTAIN (Grant agreement No. 862756)

Summary Multi-objective optimisation is a powerful approach for generating a set of Pareto optimal design alternatives that decision-makers can evaluate in order to select the most-suitable configuration. In practice, however, selecting from a large number of Pareto optimal solutions can be daunting. The objective of this report is to enable researchers and stakeholders to assess the optimisation outputs produced in OPTAINs previous Task 5.2 in a structured manner, to render the results tangible and understandable, and to maximise their use for the subsequent stakeholder consultation.

This report describes the tool ParetoPick-R, including how to run it, its data input requirements and the processes it employs. ParetoPick-R allows (1) to make the complex optimisation outputs understandable through various intuitive visualisation techniques, including for the links between the objective space and the decision space of Natural/Small Water Retention Measures (NSWRM) implementation plans. (2) It implements a methodology for reducing the high number of solutions from the previous optimisation to a manageable number while reducing information loss, and (3) allows to perform an Analytical Hierarchy Process for stakeholders to assign priorities based on pairwise preferences in a structured manner.

This report is useful for researchers and stakeholders from OPTAIN and beyond working with complex optimisation problems who want to analyse their results in a structured and meaningful way and render them actionable.
Writing a Proposal for the Undergraduate Research Scholars Program: A Model for Scholarly Communication in and Beyond the Classroom
Creators: name: Jones, Rebecca
Publisher: name: Innovations in Teaching & Learning Conference Proceedings
Year: 2014
Subjects: research experiences for undergraduates; student writing; critical thinking; creativity; Mason resource

description: Innovations in Teaching & Learning Conference Proceedings, Vol 6 (2014): Signature Learning Experiences
Charting Your Online Course Plan by Following a Systematic Design Framework
Creators: name: Reo, Rick
name: Joseph, Katrina
name: Campbell, Susan
Publisher: name: Innovations in Teaching & Learning Conference Proceedings
Year: 2014
Subjects: online learning; curriculum design; assessment; classroom management; Mason resource; technology-enhanced learning

description: Innovations in Teaching & Learning Conference Proceedings, Vol 6 (2014): Signature Learning Experiences
Huainan hong lie jie : er shi yi juan [volume 01]
淮南鴻烈解 : 二十一卷 [第一冊]
Creators: name: Liu, An, 179 B.C.-122 B.C.
name: 劉安, 179 B.C.-122 B.C.
Publisher: name: [China] : Zhang Weicheng
Year: 2017

Abstract
William John Charles Keigwin's WWII experiences
Creators: name: Project Team, Their Finest Hour
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 430304
subject: British history
classificationCode: 430308
subject: European history (excl. British, classical Greek and Roman)
classificationCode: 430316
subject: International history

description: Stephen's father (William John Charles Keigwin) joined the RAF at the age of nineteen in November 1940. He was assessed and classified as suited to pilot/observer duties, trained on Tiger Moths, and sent to join the RAF Arnold Scheme for further flying training in Albany, Georgia USA. After serving in America and Canada, he returned to the UK where he volunteered as Bomber Command and was deployed as Bomb Aimer. He flew on a significant number of missions over Germany in 1943 and was promoted to Flight Sergeant. He took a short leave at the beginning of 1944 to marry Marjorie Bowen on the 22nd of January in Cardiff. He returned immediately to the RAF, rejoining 166 squadron based at RAF Kirmington in Lincolnshire. He flew on a large number of bombing missions, including the Berlin Raid on 24th March 1944. However, on 30th March 1944, the day after his 23rd birthday, William was shot down during the Nuremberg Raid. He was the sole survivor of the seven men on board, escaping through the hatch and using his parachute to reach the ground. However, he could not escape and was arrested by armed German soldiers. William was missing in action for a few months, until his new wife Marjorie received a telegram from the MoD, advising that he had been found in PoW camp. He was initially imprisoned in Stalag Luft VI, which was located in Lithuania where he was prisoner no. 3289. With the Russians advancing, he was moved around several PoW camps until he was eventually evacuated in early 1945 and forced to join thousands of other prisoners on the Long March through Poland and Germany to liberation. Whilst a PoW, William received letters and photos from home and a photo of his wife Marjorie was posted to Stalag Luft 3. William was released from the RAF on the 17 November 1945, effective on 10 February 1946. Following the war, William was enlisted as a Member of the Caterpillar Club, an informal association of persons who have successfully bailed out of a disabled aircraft. He also received the following medals:
- 1939-1945 star
- Air Crew Europe Star
- Defence Medal
- War Medal 1939-1945
Beyond the I-MMSE relation: derivatives of mutual information in Gaussian channels
Creators: name: Nguyen, Minh-Toan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The I-MMSE formula connects two important quantities in information theory and estimation theory: the mutual information and the minimum mean-squared error (MMSE). It states that in a scalar Gaussian channel, the derivative of the mutual information with respect to the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) is one-half of the MMSE. Although any derivative at a fixed order can be computed in principle, a general formula for all the derivatives is still unknown. In this paper, we derive this general formula for vector Gaussian channels. The obtained result is remarkably similar to the classic cumulant-moment relation in statistical theory.
Designing and Implementing Experiential Learning Through Multimedia-Based Activities and Blogging in Asynchronous Online Courses
Creators: name: Olesova, Larisa
name: Miller, David
Publisher: name: Innovations in Teaching & Learning Conference Proceedings
Year: 2014
Subjects: experiential learning; online learning; technology-enhanced learning; student writing; critical thinking; creativity

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title: Global Security Shifts: The Agendas Made and the Threats Unaddressed
Creators: name: Hammond, Timothy G.
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Human security
subject: Westphalian World Order
subject: National security
subject: Hybrid conflict
subject: Environmental security
subject: Conflict resolution

description: This thesis explores the evolution of the concept of security to unveil the characteristics that describe the current dominant security architecture. In other words, it examines the dominant global perception of security and the methods that are used to ensure that form of security. Next, the security environment (the actors, threats, and dynamics present) is analyzed in order to discover whether or not the dominant security architecture is suitably designed for addressing the world’s contemporary security environment. The discovery is that the dominant security architecture is that which is designed for a world defined by the Westphalian World Order, an imagined world order with origins in medieval Europe which has been critically disintegrating in the 21st century. Overshadowing this global shift is the literature on the security changes present since the end of the Cold War. In place of the traditional understanding of national security, a product of the Westphalian World Order that was further solidified during the bipolar interstate relations of the Cold War era, the United Nations Development Programme held that their concept of human security would redefine security in the 21st century. This thesis critically analyzes several case studies which demonstrate that despite the arguments or desires for the referent object of security to shift from being states to humans, human security is predominantly language further used by states to assert their dominance in the global arena and pursue their own interests amidst substantial and rising challenges to authority and sovereignty in the 21st security environment. Due to the interconnectedness of diverse and borderless security concerns, as well as the unclear distinctions between state and non-state issues, implementation of state-centric security agendas actually threatens the stability and success of the state itself. This research suggests that three main referent objects must equally be taken into consideration in security analysis for the achievement of human survival and prosperity on Earth: humans, their states, and the environment upon which they depend. The Agenda for the Security of Humanity (ASH) is advanced as an analytical tool that demonstrates the interconnectedness of security concerns within these three main pillars in a preemptive manner so that efforts to ensure one form of security do not unsustainably and self-destructively take place at the expense of the other key forms of security.
Bringing History into the Lab: Innovations in Presentation of Experimental Concepts
Creators: name: Ewell, Mary
Publisher: name: Innovations in Teaching & Learning Conference Proceedings
Year: 2014
Subjects: STEM education; critical thinking; interdisciplinary learning; student engagement

description: Students in science laboratories often get theory presented to them in the context of today's test equipment for obvious reasonsâ€”to make learning more accessible. But, using this form of presentation students are not exposed to the progress of scientific development in different eras of our collective history. Therefore at times students cannot fully appreciate the evolution in scientific thought. Without context, students see the theories as a list of facts devoid of the excitement these experiments and subsequent theories initially imbued.

To help students get exposure to this progress I have added two lab sessions in my second semester university physics laboratory that address a physical concept through the lens of history. Students are exposed to sections of original papers from the scientists themselves. They are tasked with deciphering the text and creating equivalent experiments with their laboratory equipment. Realizing that each era has a different scientific understanding students can explore the concepts first through the eyes of the scientists, and then, bring this understanding to the modern day. Thus, students are not only exposed to the science being taught, but the context of scientific discovery to the progress of human understanding.
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#BLM Insurgent Discourse, White Structures of Feeling and the Fate of the 2020 "Racial Awakening"
Creators: name: Le-Khac, Long
name: So, Richard Jean
Publisher: name: Humanities Commons
Year: 2023

description: Working with Twitter data, this paper offers new findings on the #BlackLivesMatter movement and "racial awakening" of summer 2020. Framing methods to address this important moment, this paper contends that cultural studies and critical race studies can be enriched through an engagement with new computational approaches. We analyze how white and racial minority voices talked about race and track their fraught contestation for leadership of racial discourse over the summer of 2020. We uncover a surprising story of white colorblindness even in the midst of a "racial awakening," a story that questions claims that the Trump presidency and the summer of 2020 ushered in a new era of US racial consciousness. And we show how a Black and minority discourse with transformative potential surged and receded. For cultural studies, our data and analysis revise Raymond Williams's influential model of cultural evolution by introducing a new concept: the insurgent, a long-building minority cultural strain that surges to contest the dominant culture in a moment of crisis. For critical race studies, our findings revise prominent theorizations of colorblindness, racial ideology, and hegemony. By revealing the messy and unconscious feelings characterizing colorblindness, our data contest theorizations of colorblindness as an ideology and counter the focus on articulate beliefs in theories of racial hegemony. Ultimately, this paper shows that bringing data methods focused on moments of cultural contestation and mass communication into dialogue with field-specific theory and qualitative analyses can expand our models of how race, discourse, and culture operate.
A Strategy to Enhance Student Learning in Biostatistics
Creators: name: Chavers, Kevin
name: Waqar, Mariam
Publisher: name: Innovations in Teaching & Learning Conference Proceedings
Year: 2014
Subjects: STEM education; learning assistants; peer teaching; student engagement; critical thinking; reflective practice; self-regulated learning

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Calculus I in the ALT Classroom: The First Week Sets the Tone for the Term
Creators: name: Sachs, Bob
Publisher: name: Innovations in Teaching & Learning Conference Proceedings
Year: 2014
Subjects: student writing; student engagement; STEM education; active learning classrooms; learning spaces

description: Innovations in Teaching & Learning Conference Proceedings, Vol 6 (2014): Signature Learning Experiences
Bayesian neural networks via MCMC: a Python-based tutorial
Creators: name: Chandra, Rohitash
name: Simmons, Joshua
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Computation (stat.CO)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Bayesian inference provides a methodology for parameter estimation and uncertainty quantification in machine learning and deep learning methods. Variational inference and Markov Chain Monte-Carlo (MCMC) sampling methods are used to implement Bayesian inference. In the past three decades, MCMC sampling methods have faced some challenges in being adapted to larger models (such as in deep learning) and big data problems. Advanced proposal distributions that incorporate gradients, such as a Langevin proposal distribution, provide a means to address some of the limitations of MCMC sampling for Bayesian neural networks. Furthermore, MCMC methods have typically been constrained to statisticians and currently not well-known among deep learning researchers. We present a tutorial for MCMC methods that covers simple Bayesian linear and logistic models, and Bayesian neural networks. The aim of this tutorial is to bridge the gap between theory and implementation via coding, given a general sparsity of libraries and tutorials to this end. This tutorial provides code in Python with data and instructions that enable their use and extension. We provide results for some benchmark problems showing the strengths and weaknesses of implementing the respective Bayesian models via MCMC. We highlight the challenges in sampling multi-modal posterior distributions for the case of Bayesian neural networks and the need for further improvement of convergence diagnosis methods.
description: IEEE Access (2024)
SAM Struggles in Concealed Scenes -- Empirical Study on Segment Anything
Creators: name: Ji, Ge-Peng
name: Fan, Deng-Ping
name: Xu, Peng
name: Cheng, Ming-Ming
name: Zhou, Bowen
name: Van Gool, Luc
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Segmenting anything is a ground-breaking step toward artificial general intelligence, and the Segment Anything Model (SAM) greatly fosters the foundation models for computer vision. We could not be more excited to probe the performance traits of SAM. In particular, exploring situations in which SAM does not perform well is interesting. In this report, we choose three concealed scenes, i.e., camouflaged animals, industrial defects, and medical lesions, to evaluate SAM under unprompted settings. Our main observation is that SAM looks unskilled in concealed scenes.
description: Accepted by SCIENCE CHINA Information Sciences, 2023
Collaborating All the Way to the Top
Creators: name: Rangwala, Huzefa
Publisher: name: Innovations in Teaching & Learning Conference Proceedings
Year: 2014
Subjects: STEM education; critical thinking; scholarship of teaching and learning

description: The classes I teach have a predictive modeling component. As a student, havingÂ
participated in blind protein structure prediction competitions (CASP,Â
http://predictioncenter.org) and data mining competitions like KDD Cup, I haveÂ
implemented this form of competitions in my bioinformatics and data mining classes. This semester I extended this idea to a different class (Parallel Computing).Â

Specifically, as part of an assignment (or final project) students have to train a predictiveÂ
models to distinguish a specific class of proteins called "solenoids" using the availableÂ
protein sequence information. As part of this competition, the truth-values are hiddenÂ
from the students and they have to make a prediction (guess) and submit their results toÂ
the instructor. The instructor then evaluates the results using the truth-values andÂ
provides a ranking of the class students based on the predictive performance. TheÂ
concepts introduced in class allow the students to build base line predictive models, butÂ
to improve performance, students have to research, think critically and come up withÂ
innovative solutions.Â

In my past two implementations of this project, I have used an in-house evaluation scriptÂ
and requested participants to send me solutions via a simple web server. Both times, theÂ
assignment was run for a 4-week period. I have also used technologies like Kaggle to setup this competition.Â

In the future, I would like to implement the competition for the duration of theÂ
semester. Students would be taught a concept, and they would implement the sameÂ
towards improving their predictive models and engineer better solutions as new,Â
advanced concepts are taught.

I am also developing a model that allows students to achieve these projects in a collaborative fashion by enabling resources like Wikis and other tools. As such, this session will be an introduction to the tools used and how they could be adapted to general purpose classes
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Universal Design: Strategies and Examples to Assist Educators in the Classroom
Creators: name: Jorgenson, Linn
name: Singleton, Korey
name: Mitchell, Deborah
Publisher: name: Innovations in Teaching & Learning Conference Proceedings
Year: 2014
Subjects: accessibility; persistance; retention; online learning; technology-enhanced learning; classroom management

description: "College can be challenging for all students, and the challenges for students with visible and invisible disabilities are even greater. According to Taylor & Colvin in About Campus, the number of students with disabilities attending institutions of higher education has increased by 20% from 2003 to 2009 (2013).Â Â
Technology can be used to transform course materials from inaccessible to accessible. Universal design (UD) was coined by architect Ronald Mace to design products and environments to be usable by all people, to the greatest extent possible (Vance, 2014). Universal instructional design (UID), a term used on college campuses, will potentially make it easier for students and faculty with different learning styles, students with disabilities, and international students to access course material and participate more fully in the classroom (Adams, 2013).Â
The unspoken way an institution of higher education communicates with any underserved population is by offering a welcoming environment. Teaching and learning opportunities through universal design is an exciting new avenue through which more students will be able to participate and be successful as they pursue a agree in higher education.Â
References

Adams, M. (Eds.). (2013) Readings for diversity and social justice (3rd ed.). New York,Â
NY: Routledge, 98.
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Taylor, C.M. & Colvin K.L. (2013). Universal design: A tool to help college students withÂ Â
Asperger's syndrome engage on campus. About Campus, 18(3), 9-15.Â
doi:10.1002/abc.21118

Vance, L.V. (Eds.). (2014). Beyond the Americans with disabilities act. Washington, DC:Â
37-8.
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The Mason Water Forum
Creators: name: Houser, Paul
name: LaCivita, Lisa
name: Lemasters, Bernadette
Publisher: name: Innovations in Teaching & Learning Conference Proceedings
Year: 2014
Subjects: STEM education; interdisciplinary; service learning; experiential learning; research experiences for undergraduates

description: The Mason Water Forum (MWF) is an interdisciplinary effort formed to foster communication, collaboration, research and education on the science and policy of water related issues. Our goal is to increase communication and collaboration between GMU undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, staff, researchers, 4-VA Alliance Universities, K-12 schools, agencies, other institutions of higher learning and the public. The initiative began with a meeting of students and faculty during the fall 2013 semester. Ideas were proposed for activities and actions. It was decided that a monthly seminar could help showcase GMU water related research and a listserve could help share water related events and opportunities.
Three members of the MWF applied for a 4-VA Innovation Grant. This grant funded two graduate students and one undergraduate student to help establish the Mason Water Forum. Seminars, a listserve, Water Awareness Month activities and a Mason Water Forum webpage have been undertaken by these students. Planning is underway for a fall semester Water Research Symposium, summer field trips, and outreach to undergraduates and to 4-VA partner institutions. This poster will feature activities to date and future plans. The presenters welcome ideas and input for the MWF's support of participants' research and educational goals.
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Supplementary document for ChromaCorrect: Prescription Correction in Virtual Reality Headsets through Perceptual Guidance - 6252273.pdf
Creators: name: Guzel, Ahmet
name: Beyazian, Jeanne
name: Chakravarthula, Praneeth
name: Akşit, Kaan
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplementary Documentation
Teaching Research Data Management
Creators: name: Mann, Wendy
Publisher: name: Innovations in Teaching & Learning Conference Proceedings
Year: 2014
Subjects: graduate students; online learning; technology-enhanced learning; Mason resource; research experiences for undergraduates; student writing

description: In January 2014, Mason Libraries along with four other libraries in Virginia used 4-VA telepresence technology to teach a two-day boot camp to graduate students on research data management. Our workshop generated greater than expected interest from graduate students here at Mason. One lesson learned is that there appears to be a gap in the curriculum across all participating schools regarding the teaching of data management skills to budding researchers. This session will be an overview of the learning outcomes from the Data Management Boot Camp, how the University Libraries' Data Services carries out research data management training, and discussion of future plans for helping researchers organize and manage their data.
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title: Tuning the size of skyrmion by strain at the Co/Pt₃ interfaces
Creators: name: Jiang, Lingzi
name: Huang, Can
name: Zhu, Yan
name: Pan, Yanfei
name: Fan, Jiyu
name: Zhang, Kaicheng
name: Ma, Chunlan
name: Shi, Daning
name: Zhang, Hongbin
Publisher: name: Elsevier
Year: 2022

description: Based on density functional theory calculations, we elucidated the tunability of the atomic structures and magnetic interactions of Co/Pt₃ interface (one layer of hcp(0001) Co and three layers of fcc(111) Pt) and thus the skyrmion sizes using strain. The dispersion relations of the spin spiral in the opposite directions, E(q) and E(-q), were evaluated based on generalized Bloch equations. Effective exchange coupling (EC) and Dzyaloshinsky-Moriya interaction (DMI) parameters between different neighbors Ji and di at different lattice constants were derived by fitting the resulting spin spiral dispersion E(q) to EC model with DMI and E(q)- E(-q) formula, respectively. We observed an increase in DMI and a significant decrease in EC with an increase in strain. Hence, the size of Ne´ el-type skyrmions determined by the ratio of EC/DMI can be controlled by applying strain, leading to an effective approach to tailor the formation of skyrmion lattices by inducing slight structural modifications on the magnetic thin films.
title: Francisella novicida Infection Modulates the miRNA Content in Exosomes Released from Murine Macrophages
Creators: name: Mackie, Ryan
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Francisella
subject: Micro RNA
subject: Exosomes
subject: Macrophages

description: Macrophages are the first line of innate defense for many diseases. Intercellular communication between infected macrophages and uninfected bystander cells of the host may be mediated via exosomes, small (50-100 nm) vesicles released from a variety of mammalian cell types shown to play a role in cell-cell communication and priming of the immune system. The contents of these extracellular vesicles include microRNA (miRNA) species that may represent a new mode of systemic signal transmission between either proximal or distal cells. We hypothesized that intracellular pathogens such as Francisella may affect the amount and type of RNA species that are predominantly packaged into exosomes compared to naïve, uninfected cells. We purified and characterized exosomes from F. novicida infected and uninfected J774A.1 murine macrophage cells. We analyzed the miRNA content of exosomes from infected cells by RNA sequencing and found differential miRNA expression contained therein. We demonstrate here that two murine miRNAs, miR-155-5p and miR-146a-5p, are up-regulated in infected cells and in the exosomes released from these cells. We also demonstrate that delivery of exogenous miR-155-5p to naïve J774A.1 cells can alter their responsiveness to F. novicida infection and alter the cellular level of miR-146a-5p. Thus, exosomes from Francisella infected cells could deliver miRNAs to naïve bystander cells and alter their susceptibility to pathogen infection, and thus potentially modulate the host response to infection.
title: Global population growth, technology, and Malthusian constraints: a quantitative growth theoretic perspective
Creators: name: Lanz, Bruno
name: Dietz, Simon
name: Swanson, Timothy M
Publisher: name: Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/007ygn379
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2014

description: CIES Research Paper ; no. 25
Advancing the Mentorship of Academic-Year Governor's School (AYGS) Student Research Across VA: Teacher Professional Development for the 19 VA AYGS at Front Royal
Creators: name: Seshaiyer, Padmanabhan
name: Schwebach, Reid
name: Dalfrey, Karen
name: Aguirre, Alonso
Publisher: name: Innovations in Teaching & Learning Conference Proceedings
Year: 2014
Subjects: STEM education; scholarship of teaching and learning; rentention; persistance

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Epitaxial ferroelectric hafnia stabilized by symmetry constraints
Creators: name: Zhu, Tianyuan
name: Deng, Shiqing
name: Liu, Shi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Ferroelectric memories experienced a revival in the last decade due to the discovery of ferroelectricity in HfO$_2$-based nanometer-thick thin films. These films exhibit exceptional silicon compatibility, overcoming the scaling and integration obstacles that impeded perovskite ferroelectrics' use in high-density integrated circuits. The exact phase responsible for ferroelectricity in hafnia films remains debated with no single factor identified that could stabilize the ferroelectric phase thermodynamically. Here, supported by density functional theory (DFT) high-throughput (HT) calculations that screen a broad range of epitaxial conditions, we demonstrate conclusively that specific epitaxial conditions achievable with common substrates such as yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) and SrTiO$_3$ can favor the polar Pca2$_1$ phase thermodynamically over other polar phases such as R3m and Pmn2$_1$ and nonpolar P2$_1$/c phase. The substrate's symmetry constraint-induced shear strain is crucial for the preference of Pca2$_1$. The strain-stability phase diagrams resolve experiment-theory discrepancies and can guide the improvement of ferroelectric properties of epitaxial hafnia thin films.
STEM Boot Camp: Improving Access by Engaging Incoming STEM Majors
Creators: name: Seshaiyer, Padmanabhan
name: Davis, Claudette
Publisher: name: Innovations in Teaching & Learning Conference Proceedings
Year: 2014
Subjects: STEM education; persistance; retention; scholarship of teaching and learning; student engagement

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Huainan hong lie jie : er shi yi juan [volume 03]
淮南鴻烈解 : 二十一卷 [第三冊]
Creators: name: Liu, An, 179 B.C.-122 B.C.
name: 劉安, 179 B.C.-122 B.C.
Publisher: name: [China] : Zhang Weicheng
Year: 2017

Abstract
Consonant and dissonant sonic ecologies: navigating affective atmospheres on Bourbon Street, New Orleans
Creators: name: Larsen, Gretchen
name: Patterson, Maurice
Publisher: name: University of Limerick
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 350803
subject: Tourism management

description: In this paper we interrogate how the resonances of a localized sonic ecology call forth a multiplicity of contingent emotions that might be used to negotiate spaces of the modern city. We listen, there-fore, for how sound impacts bodies in space, how it mediates the connections between people and place through affect and emotion, and how it reveals things that are not available to the other senses. We argue that while all sonic ecologies are resonant, some are consonant and experienced as being in the right place, whereas others are dissonant and result in a feeling of being out of place. We draw upon interdisciplinary work in urban geography, sound studies and interpretive consumer research to explicate issues involved in engaging emotionally with the sonic ecology of place. In our specific case, the place of interest is Bourbon Street in the Vieux Carré, New Orleans; a place steeped in music and sound, often depicted as exciting and unique, but sometimes with an undercurrent of danger.
Constraints, Symmetry Transformations and Conserved Charges for Massless Abelian 3-Form Theory
Creators: name: Chauhan, B.
name: Rao, A. K.
name: Malik, R. P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We demonstrate the existence of the first-class constraints on the massless Abelian 3-form theory which generate the classical gauge symmetry transformations for this theory in any arbitrary D-dimension of spacetime. We write down the explicit expression for the generator in terms of these first-class constraints. Using the celebrated Noether theorem, corresponding to the gauge symmetry transformations, we derive the Noether conserved current and conserved charge. The latter is connected with the first-class constraints of the theory in a subtle manner as we demonstrate clearly in our present investigation. We comment on the first-class constraints within the framework of Becchi-Rouet-Stora-Tyutin (BRST) formalism where the conserved (anti-)BRST charges are the generalizations of the above generator for the classical gauge symmetry transformation. The standard Noether conserved (anti-)BRST charges are found to be non-nilpotent. We derive the nilpotent versions of the (anti-)BRST charges. One of the interesting observations of our present endeavor is the result that only the nilpotent versions of the conserved (anti-)BRST charges lead to the annihilation of the physical states by the operator form of the first-class constraints at the quantum level which is consistent with the Dirac quantization condition for the systems that are endowed with any kind of constraints. We comment on the existence of the Curci-Ferrari (CF) type restrictions from different theoretical angles, too.
description: LaTeX file, 28 pages, journal reference given. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:2207.11738
The Shoah in the Sephardic World
Creators: name: Rodrigues Balbuena, Monique
Publisher: name: unknown
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Ladino literature
subject: Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945)
subject: Translations
subject: Symbolism
subject: Linguistics
subject: FOS: Languages and literature
subject: Poetry
subject: Sephardim

description: Abstract of panel organized by the Sephardic Studies Discussion Group for the 2024 MLA Annual Convention.
Reading, Writing, and Research for Undergraduates: Introducing Scholarly Inquiry by Writing a Grant Proposal
Creators: name: Cavazos Chen, Ann
Publisher: name: Innovations in Teaching & Learning Conference Proceedings
Year: 2014
Subjects: inquiry-based learning; research experiences for undergraduates; student writing

description: George Mason University is committed to developing students as scholars. This course project strives to introduce scholarly inquiry to undergraduates with a real-world, hands-on assignment. Working through an actual RFP, students practice a wide variety of skills related to research and scholarship. This project can be taught in English composition courses, community health courses, nursing courses, and health promotion courses.

The American College Health Foundation makes annual awards of $2500 for proposals that foster healthy behaviors on college campuses. The proposals must follow specific guidelines and incorporate objectives from the Healthy Campus 2020 Program.Â

Over approximately six weeks, students use the actual award proposal guidelines to:
• Â Identify the most important factors framing the proposal guidelines
• Identify a student objective from the Healthy Campus 2020 Program
• Â Research the health issue related to the Healthy Campus 2020 Student Objective
• Â Write an individual literature review about the student health objective
• Â Write a tentative proposal that addresses the student health objective
• Â Present individual proposals to the class
• Â Select some of the proposals for further development
• Â Work in groups to submit a full proposal that follows the award guidelines
• Â Work in groups to evaluate the proposals using the actual award guidelines
• Â Select some of the proposals for funding and provide written evaluations of the proposals
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The Shoah in the Sephardic World
Creators: HC User
Publisher: name: Humanities Commons
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Sephardim
subject: Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945)
subject: Poetry
subject: Translations
subject: Symbolism
subject: Ladino literature
subject: Linguistics
subject: FOS: Languages and literature

description: Abstract of panel organized by the Sephardic Studies Discussion Group for the 2024 MLA Annual Convention.
Uncoordinated Interference Avoidance Between Terrestrial and Non-Terrestrial Communications
Creators: name: Mismar, Faris B.
name: Kaya, Aliye Ozge
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Networking and Internet Architecture (cs.NI)
subject: Signal Processing (eess.SP)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: This paper proposes an algorithm that uses geospatial analytics and the muting of physical resources in next-generation base stations (BSs) to avoid interference between cellular (or terrestrial) and satellite communication (non-terrestrial) systems. The information exchange between satellite and terrestrial stations is minimal, but a hybrid edge cloud node with access to estimated satellite trajectories can enable these BSs to take proactive steps to avoid interference. To validate the superiority of our proposed algorithm over a conventional method, we show the performance of the algorithm using two measures: number of concurrent uses of Doppler corrected radio frequency resources and the sum-rate capacity of the BSs. Our algorithm not only provides significant sum-rate capacity gains in both directions enabling better use of the spectrum, but also runs in polynomial time, making it suitable for real-time interference avoidance.
description: 6 pages, 6 figures, submitted to IEEE International Conference on Communications 2024
Exploring Visioning as a Tool for Instruction
Creators: name: Parsons, Seth
name: Merz, Sydney
name: Nuland, Leila
Publisher: name: Innovations in Teaching & Learning Conference Proceedings
Year: 2014
Subjects: scholarship of teaching and learning; reflective teaching practice; self-regulated learning; student reflection

description: This poster presentation highlights three complementary research studies that examined preservice and inservice teachers' visions for teaching. The studies applied Duffy's (2002) definition for teacher vision: "a personal stance on teaching that rises from deep within the inner teacher and fuels independent thinking" (p. 334). Accordingly, we have our students write vision statements articulating what they are passionate about as future and current educators. The theory is that this vision will allow them to persevere in the difficult and low-status profession of teaching (Duffy 2002). We have found that teachers' visions influence their teaching decisions. However, teachers' biases and classroom contexts can serve as obstacles to implementing research-based instructional practices. Whether teaching in a specific content area or working with culturally and linguistically diverse students, visioning provides educators with the opportunity to reflect and further acknowledge their students through an introspective approach of why one teaches. The results from the studies not only further our understanding of future and current PK-12 teachers, but also provide a reflective stance for those teaching in the academy to consider.
description: Innovations in Teaching & Learning Conference Proceedings, Vol 6 (2014): Signature Learning Experiences
Thermal neutrino self-energy beyond the contact approximation
Creators: name: Erdas, Andrea
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using the Schwinger proper time method I calculate exactly the bubble diagram contribution to the thermal neutrino self-energy, obtaining exact results that cannot be achieved using the contact approximation. These results allow me to obtain the dispersion relation for neutrino in a medium under several different conditions.
description: 9 pages
Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis: Magnetic Resonance Imaging findings of brain.
Creators: name: RADADIYA, KRUSHNADAS
Publisher: name: EURORAD
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Neuroradiology brain
subject: MR
subject: Education
subject: Congenital

description: Clinical History Image Findings Discussion Find Diagnosis Differential Diagnosis
description: male, 8 years
description: Clinical History: An 8 year old boy presented with a history of convulsions, visual difficulties for the last year, and delayed milestones. He was a known case of neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis and was referred for follow up brain magnetic resonance imaging. Final Diagnosis: Late infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis
Supplementary document for Photonic metrology consisting of passive and active optical clocks and a fully stabilized microcomb - 6252480.pdf
Creators: name: Yu, Deshui
name: Vollmer, Frank
name: Del Haye, Pascal
name: Zhang, Shou-Gang
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplementary Material
Video Recording Made Easy: Applications for Gateway Library's OneButton Studio
Creators: name: Byrd, Jason
name: Stafford, Todd
name: Gildersleeve, Royce
name: Ferrance, Christal
name: Kiblinger, Kara
Publisher: name: Innovations in Teaching & Learning Conference Proceedings
Year: 2014
Subjects: online learning; technology-enhanced learning; curriculum design; Mason resource

description: Learn how easy video recording can be with the new OneButton Studio, located in Gateway Library. Presenters will share how this studio drastically reduces the amount of knowledge necessary to make professional video recordings and discuss applications in courses, including flipping the classroom, adding media literacy components to course objectives, and incorporating video recordings into assignments.
description: Innovations in Teaching & Learning Conference Proceedings, Vol 6 (2014): Signature Learning Experiences
Huang Ming ming chen ji : [san shi juan] [volume 04]
皇明名臣記 : [三十卷] [第四冊]
Creators: name: Zheng, Xiao, 1499-1566
name: 鄭曉, 1499-1566
Publisher: name: [China] : Zheng Xincai
Year: 2017

description: Wood-block printing, on double leaves, East Asian binding.
Edition: [Ke ben]
Universal Design for Learning in Higher Education
Creators: name: Jorgenson, Linn
name: Singleton, Korey
name: Bennett, Jane
Publisher: name: Innovations in Teaching & Learning Conference Proceedings
Year: 2013
Subjects: accessibility; technology-enhanced learning; online learning

description: This presentation is designed to introduce a Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
framework to participants and then explore the use of UD within student affairs
and higher education. We will start with an overview of the three principles of UDL,
which is a set of principles for curriculum development that give all individuals
equal opportunities to learn. UDL provides a plan for creating instructional goals,
methods, materials, and assessments that work for everyoneâ€”inot a single, one-size-fits-all solution, but rather flexible approaches that can be customized and adjusted for individual needs. We will discuss some of the trends we are seeing here at Mason, including diverse learners and accommodations on how to structure a course.
description: Innovations in Teaching & Learning Conference Proceedings, Vol 5 (2013): Transformational Learning Campuswide: Insights to Enhance Student Engagement
Learnability with Time-Sharing Computational Resource Concerns
Creators: name: Zhou, Zhi-Hua
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Conventional theoretical machine learning studies generally assume explicitly or implicitly that there are enough or even infinitely supplied computational resources. In real practice, however, computational resources are usually limited, and the performance of machine learning depends not only on how many data have been received, but also on how many data can be handled subject to computational resources available. Note that most current ``intelligent supercomputing'' facilities work like exclusive operating systems, where a fixed amount of resources are allocated to a machine learning task without adaptive scheduling strategies considering important factors such as the learning performance demands and learning process status. In this article, we introduce the notion of machine learning throughput, define Computational Resource Efficient Learning (CoRE-Learning), and present a theoretical framework that takes into account the influence of computational resources in learning theory. This framework can be naturally applied to stream learning where the incoming data streams can be potentially endless with overwhelming size and it is impractical to assume that all received data can be handled in time. It may also provide a theoretical perspective for the design of intelligent supercomputing operating systems.
Huang Ming ming chen ji : [san shi juan] [volume 02]
皇明名臣記 : [三十卷] [第二冊]
Creators: name: Zheng, Xiao, 1499-1566
name: 鄭曉, 1499-1566
Publisher: name: [China] : Zheng Xincai
Year: 2017

description: Wood-block printing, on double leaves, East Asian binding.
Edition: [Ke ben]
Creating Engaging Learning Experiences Using Multimedia Resources
Creators: name: Adams, Tina
name: Byrd, Jason
Publisher: name: Innovations in Teaching & Learning Conference Proceedings
Year: 2013
Subjects: technology-enhanced learning; online learning; Mason resource; assessment; student reflection; peer assessment

description: Innovations in Teaching & Learning Conference Proceedings, Vol 5 (2013): Transformational Learning Campuswide: Insights to Enhance Student Engagement
A CSI Dataset for Wireless Human Sensing on 80 MHz Wi-Fi Channels
Creators: name: Meneghello, Francesca
name: Fabbro, Nicolò Dal
name: Garlisi, Domenico
name: Tinnirello, Ilenia
name: Rossi, Michele
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Signal Processing (eess.SP)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Networking and Internet Architecture (cs.NI)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In the last years, several machine learning-based techniques have been proposed to monitor human movements from Wi-Fi channel readings. However, the development of domain-adaptive algorithms that robustly work across different environments is still an open problem, whose solution requires large datasets characterized by strong domain diversity, in terms of environments, persons and Wi-Fi hardware. To date, the few public datasets available are mostly obsolete - as obtained via Wi-Fi devices operating on 20 or 40 MHz bands - and contain little or no domain diversity, thus dramatically limiting the advancements in the design of sensing algorithms. The present contribution aims to fill this gap by providing a dataset of IEEE 802.11ac channel measurements over an 80 MHz bandwidth channel featuring notable domain diversity, through measurement campaigns that involved thirteen subjects across different environments, days, and with different hardware. Novel experimental data is provided by blocking the direct path between the transmitter and the monitor, and collecting measurements in a semi-anechoic chamber (no multi-path fading). Overall, the dataset - available on IEEE DataPort [1] - contains more than thirteen hours of channel state information readings (23.6 GB), allowing researchers to test activity/identity recognition and people counting algorithms.