cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Locally Embedded Civil Society Organizations and Public Diplomacy: the Advocacy Roles of the “Mothers of Srebrenica” in Promoting a Culture of Remembrance
Creators: name: Hasić, Jasmin
name: Karabegović, Dženeta
name: Turković, Bisera
Publisher: name: Studies of Transition States and Societies
Year: 2021
Subjects: civil society; Bosnia and Herzegovina; foreign policy; public diplomacy; Srebrenica; remembrance

description: Increasingly, non-state actors exercise unofficial forms of influence within international affairs. Analyzing the actions and platforms in which they operate offers a broader perspective on their influence within diplomatic spheres traditionally occupied by state actors. This paper explores the relationship between victim-oriented advocacy roles taken by the NGO ‘Mothers of Srebrenica’ and the resulting formulation of a ‘culture of remembrance’ as an unofficial part of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s cultural and public diplomacy portfolio. We examine the Mothers’ advocacy work in promoting genocide remembrance and fighting genocide denial within the country’s foreign policy agency framework. We scrutinize under which circumstances their advocacy shapes or is formulated in parallel with official state diplomacy. We trace three types of advocacy engagement and discuss the influence in contributing to the country’s cultural and public diplomacy. This analysis contributes to scholarship on the influence of non-state actors in public diplomacy by examining the role of advocacy organizations on local, regional, and global levels and expanding the scholarship about the intersection of non-state actors and cultural and public diplomacy to include states undergoing transition, particularly post-conflict states.
description: Studies of Transition States and Societies, Vol 13, No 1 (2021)
Microwave-mediated heat transport through a quantum dot
Creators: name: Chi, Feng
name: Dubi, Yonatan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The thermoelectric effect in a quantum dot (QD) attached to two leads in the presence of microwave fields is studied by using the Keldysh nonequilibrium Green function technique. When the microwave is applied only on the QD and in the linear-response regime, the main peaks in the thermoelectric figure of merit and the thermopower are found to decrease, with the emergence of a set of photon-induced peaks. Under this condition the microwave field can not generate heat current or electrical bias voltage. Surprisingly, when the microwave field is applied only to one (bright) lead and not to the other (dark) lead or the QD, heat flows mostly from the dark to the bright lead, almost irrespectively to the direction of the thermal gradient. We attribute this effect to microwave-induced opening of additional transport channels below the Fermi energy. The microwave field can change both the magnitude and the sign of the electrical bias voltage induced by the temperature gradient.
description: 5 figure
Legitimate Corruption: Ethics of Bureaucracy and Kinship in Central Asia
Creators: name: Steenberg, Rune
Publisher: name: Studies of Transition States and Societies
Year: 2021
Subjects: corruption; kinship; bureaucracy; Kyrgyzstan; Xinjiang; coloniality

description: The World Bank and Transparency International rank the Central Asian republics as highly corrupt. This is an opinion that is also shared by international media and by NGO personnel and academics working on the ground in these countries. Yet, the kind of practices that are labelled as “corrupt” by these observers seem much too diverse to meaningfully be covered by the same term, such as illicit selling and buying of government contracts at the highest level; tax evasion in the millions; the faster processing of a passport for a relative; and a taxi driver bribing the traffic police. This presents both an analytical and an ethical problem. This article argues that condemning discourses on corruption are often used by the powerful both nationally and internationally to dominate colonised and marginalised groups. Such groups, excluded from or exploited within formal structures, rely on networks and communities for their livelihoods. The upkeep of these social relations comes into conflict with the imperatives of state law and bureaucracy. Anti-corruption thus becomes a weapon of the strong against the weak and aligns with a long history of colonial tradition of domination and vilification of those “yet-to-be-civilised.” Its focus on regions of the Global South such as Central Asia marks a continuation of colonial legacy but also the region's continued marginality in the capitalist world system. This article posits that in order solve these analytical and ethical problems, we must be careful not to conflate a legal state-notion of corruption with a moral one thus accepting as default the perspective of the dominant groups running states and organisations.
description: Studies of Transition States and Societies, Vol 13, No 1 (2021)
Evolution of dopant-induced helium nanoplasmas
Creators: name: Krishnan, S. R.
name: Peltz, Ch.
name: Fechner, L.
name: Sharma, V.
name: Kremer, M.
name: Fischer, B.
name: Camus, N.
name: Pfeifer, T.
name: Jha, J.
name: Krishnamurthy, M.
name: Schroeter, C. -D.
name: Ullrich, J.
name: Stienkemeier, F.
name: Moshammer, R.
name: Fennel, Th.
name: Mudrich, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Atomic and Molecular Clusters (physics.atm-clus)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Two-component nanoplasmas generated by strong-field ionization of doped helium nanodroplets are studied in a pump-probe experiment using few-cycle laser pulses in combination with molecular dynamics simulations. High yields of helium ions and a pronounced, droplet size-dependent resonance structure in the pump-probe transients reveal the evolution of the dopant-induced helium nanoplasma. The pump-probe dynamics is interpreted in terms of strong inner ionization by the pump pulse and resonant heating by the probe pulse which controls the final charge states detected via the frustration of electron-ion recombination.
Eine slawische Schädelbestattung im Burgwall am Kapellenberge bei Landsberg, Kr. Delitzsch
Creators: name: Hülle, Werner
Publisher: name: Jahresschrift für mitteldeutsche Vorgeschichte
Year: 2020

description: Jahresschrift für mitteldeutsche Vorgeschichte, Bd. 19 (1931): Jahresschrift für die Vorgeschichte der sächsisch-thüringischen Länder
Beiträge zur Besiedlungsgeschichte Mitteldeutschlands im letzten Jahrhundert v. Chr.
Creators: name: Engelhardt, Ewald
Publisher: name: Jahresschrift für mitteldeutsche Vorgeschichte
Year: 2020

description: Jahresschrift für mitteldeutsche Vorgeschichte, Bd. 20 (1932): Jahresschrift für die Vorgeschichte der sächsisch-thüringischen Länder
Disparity in Regional Development and its effect on Political Culture Trends: Evidence from Iran
Creators: name: Namaki, Azad
name: Fazeli, Mohammad
name: Ahmadi, Yaghoub
Publisher: name: Studies of Transition States and Societies
Year: 2021
Subjects: Democratic Values; Iranian Development plans; Heterogeneous Political Culture; Small World; Kurds

description: Seeking to determine the factors driving political cultures onto distinct trajectories, researchers have considered development one of the main causes for emerging new values, which configure political culture trends along with cultural heritage as a conservative force. We argue that if the theories are correct, then they should function not only at the national level but also at other levels. We found that disparate human development levels in Iranian provinces, as a result of the concentration of resources and wealth in some regions, are contributing to the diverse levels of emerging democratic values and attitudes across the country and among provinces, which in turn has driven the country to a cultural heterogeneity in terms of these new values. Furthermore, the inconsistent case of Kurds indicates that there is still room for the cultural heritages of small worlds to impose their forces on national political culture structure.
description: Studies of Transition States and Societies, Vol 13, No 1 (2021)
Ein spätmerowingischer Friedhof hei Sömmerda, Kr. Weißensee
Creators: name: Grimm, Paul
Publisher: name: Jahresschrift für mitteldeutsche Vorgeschichte
Year: 2020

description: Jahresschrift für mitteldeutsche Vorgeschichte, Bd. 20 (1932): Jahresschrift für die Vorgeschichte der sächsisch-thüringischen Länder
Die ältesten Trensenknebel aus Mitteldeutschland
Creators: name: Schulz, Walther
Publisher: name: Jahresschrift für mitteldeutsche Vorgeschichte
Year: 2020

description: Jahresschrift für mitteldeutsche Vorgeschichte, Bd. 20 (1932): Jahresschrift für die Vorgeschichte der sächsisch-thüringischen Länder
Dürer-Colloquium in Nürnberg. Bericht über die Referate und Aussprachen des vom Germanischen Nationalmuseum und vom Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte am 27. und 28. Januar 1972 in Nürnberg veranstalteten Colloquiums zu Problemen der Kunst Dürers zwischen 1490 und 1500
Creators: name: Janeck, Axel
Publisher: name: Kunstchronik. Monatsschrift für Kunstwissenschaft, Museumswesen und Denkmalpflege
Year: 2020

description: Kunstchronik. Monatsschrift für Kunstwissenschaft, Museumswesen und Denkmalpflege, Bd. 25 Nr. 7 (1972): Kunstchronik. Monatsschrift für Kunstwissenschaft, Museumswesen und Denkmalpflege
Superemitters in Hybrid Photonic Systems: A Simple Lumping Rule for the Local Density of Optical States and its Break-Down at the Unitary Limit
Creators: name: Frimmer, Martin
name: Koenderink, A. Femius
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We theoretically investigate how the enhancement of the radiative decay rate of a spontaneous emitter provided by coupling to an optical antenna is modified when this "superemitter" is introduced into a complex photonic environment that provides an enhanced local density of optical states (LDOS) itself, such as a microcavity. We show that photonic environments with increased LDOS further boost the performance of antennas that scatter weakly, i.e. that are far from the unitary limit, for which a simple multiplicative LDOS lumping rule holds. In contrast, enhancements provided by antennas close to the unitary limit, i.e. antennas close to the limit of maximally possible scattering strength, are strongly reduced by an enhanced LDOS of the environment. Thus, we identify multiple scattering in hybrid photonic systems as a powerful mechanism for LDOS engineering.
Mitteilung des Verbandes Deutscher Kunsthistoriker e. V.
Creators: name: Redaktion, Die
Publisher: name: Kunstchronik. Monatsschrift für Kunstwissenschaft, Museumswesen und Denkmalpflege
Year: 2020

description: Kunstchronik. Monatsschrift für Kunstwissenschaft, Museumswesen und Denkmalpflege, Bd. 27 Nr. 12 (1974): Kunstchronik. Monatsschrift für Kunstwissenschaft, Museumswesen und Denkmalpflege
Das kulturelle Gedächtnis in Verflechtung mit der Einbildungskraft in Goethes Wilhelm Meisters Wanderjahre
Creators: name: Yalin, Feng
Publisher: name: Literaturstraße. Chinesisch-deutsche Zeitschrift für Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft
Year: 2020

description: Literaturstraße. Chinesisch-deutsche Zeitschrift für Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft, Bd. 18 Nr. 2 (2017)
Lithuanian Working-class Parenting Styles: Normalising Concerted Cultivation
Creators: name: Tereškinas, Artūras
Publisher: name: Studies of Transition States and Societies
Year: 2021
Subjects: childrearing; parenting values; concerted cultivation; the accomplishment of natural growth; class; Lithuania

description: Social scientists distinguish different cultural approaches to childrearing, related to the social class positions of the families. The middle-class childrearing style is often described as ‘concerted cultivation’, and the ‘accomplishment of natural growth’ defines practices prevalent among working-class and poor families. The repertoire of concerted cultivation that manifests middle-class privilege often involves hectic schedules of adult-organised activities and treats children as projects to be developed. The accomplishment of natural growth is based on a more open-ended schedule of children not strictly controlled by adults. Both concerted cultivation and the accomplishment of natural growth are underresearched in the Lithuanian and Eastern European context, where social stratification of family life experienced substantial changes in the last three decades. Based on 23 biographical interviews with Lithuanian working-class parents, the article analyses their different childrearing styles and parenting values. By examining how they organise and structure their children’s everyday life, I demonstrate that most working-class parents are committed to concerted cultivation based on tight everyday schedules and regimented activities. I argue that Lithuanian parents tend to activate middle-class parenting values by practicing concerted cultivation that functions as their attempt to fit the neoliberal norms of achievement, competitiveness and instrumentalism, and the ideology of intensive or ‘good’ parenting.
description: Studies of Transition States and Societies, Vol 13, No 2 (2021)
Bydgoski Stary Rynek w planach niemieckich okupantów
Creators: name: Wysocka, Agnieszka
Publisher: name: Quart
Year: 2020

description: Includes a summary in English
description: Quart, Bd. 55 Nr. 1 (2020): Quart. The Quarterly of the Institute of Art History at the University of Wrocław
Dust reference frame in quantum cosmology
Creators: name: Husain, Viqar
name: Pawlowski, Tomasz
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We give a formulation of quantum cosmology with a pressureless dust and arbitrary additional matter fields. The system has the property that its Hamiltonian constraint is linear in the dust momentum. This feature provides a natural time gauge, leading to a physical hamiltonian that is not a square root. Quantization leads to Schr{ö}dinger equation for which unitary evolution is directly linked to geodesic completeness. Our approach simplifies the analysis of both Wheeler-deWitt and loop quantum cosmology (LQC) models, and significantly broadens the applicability of the latter. This is demonstrated for arbitrary scalar field potential and cosmological constant in LQC.
description: 8 pages, iopart style + BibTex
Ideological and Cultural Practices in The Soviet Housing Space: The Case of Allocation and Obtaining of Apartments in Yerevan
Creators: name: Vermishyan, Harutyun
Publisher: name: Studies of Transition States and Societies
Year: 2021
Subjects: soviet housing; ideology; cultural practices; narrative semiotics; communism; capitalism

description: The purpose of this paper is to reveal the ideological and cultural practices underpinning the formation of the housing space in Soviet Yerevan. While exploring the case of Yerevan, this paper provides insight on the processes of allocating and obtaining an apartment in the Soviet period and reveals contradictions of ideological and cultural practices in this context. Qualitative research has been conducted analysing the narratives of personal and group experiences. Through a narrative approach, this paper studies the relationship between the physical and social spaces. In particular, the method of narrative semiotics was implemented. This approach served the purpose of building a narrative model of the processes of allocating and obtaining in the Soviet housing space. In sum, 20 narrative interviews were conducted with Yerevan dwellers. This paper shows that in the context of the Soviet city of Yerevan, there was a distortion of macro-interventions and informal mechanisms for the formation of the Soviet space were institutionalised in the continuum of communism and capitalism. This led to the evolvement of inclusive ideologies on a cognitive level and to the circulation of positioning ideologies on a pragmatic level.
description: Studies of Transition States and Societies, Vol 13, No 2 (2021)
Eikones. Studien zum griechischen und römischen Bildnis
Creators: name: Meischner, Jutta
Publisher: name: Bonner Jahrbücher
Year: 2020

description: Rezension zu: Eikones. Studien zum griechischen und römischen Bildnis. Festschrift Hans Jucker. Antike Kunst Beiheft 12. Francke-Verlag, Bern 1980. 211 Seiten, 68 Tafeln.
description: Bonner Jahrbücher, Bd. 182.1982: Bonner Jahrbücher
Cosmological Entanglement
Creators: name: Moradi, Shahpoor
name: Rasouli, Mosleh
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the connection between the entanglement generated by expanding universe and the cosmological parameters. We show that the faster the universe expands and the larger the total volume results the higher degree of entanglement.
description: 6 pages, 4 figures
Mobile Students from Kazakhstan: Migration for Education or Education for Emigration?
Creators: name: Nassimova, Gulnar
name: Buzurtanova, Marem
name: Smagulov, Kadyrzhan
name: Kartashov, Kirill
Publisher: name: Studies of Transition States and Societies
Year: 2021
Subjects: educational migration; migratory trajectory; mobile students; education for emigrational purposes; migration for educational purposes

description: The article discusses the results of an empirical sociological study on the migratory trajectories of mobile students from Kazakhstan. The study included a series of in-depth interviews and a survey aimed at establishing why they decided to study abroad, how they chose the country to study, and what they were planning to do upon graduation. The ‘push-pull plus’ model was applied to bridge economic and sociological aspects of educational migration from Kazakhstan and to overcome structure-agency dichotomy. Profiles of mobile students across three types of migratory trajectories were developed: Immediate Returnees migrating for educational purposes, i.e. maximisation of utility; Deferred Returnees, whose rational choice is combined with desire and aspiration; and Definite Non-returnees, for whom education is a means of emigration prompted by deprivation due to the situation in the home country, which creates predisposing and proximate drivers.
description: Studies of Transition States and Societies, Vol 13, No 2 (2021)
The Potential of Digitalisation and Social Dialogue in Ensuring Post-Pandemic Labour Market Sustainability: Priorities for Ukraine
Creators: name: Novikova, Olga
name: Pankova, Oksana
name: Chaliuk, Yuliia
name: Kasperovich, Oleksandr
Publisher: name: Studies of Transition States and Societies
Year: 2021
Subjects: digitalisation; social dialogue; labour market sustainability; employment; platform economy; socially responsible partnership; Ukraine; COVID-19 pandemic; post-pandemic recovery

description: The article substantiates promising areas of resource mobilisation to counter the negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic оn the labour market, namely, through the involvement of the potential of digital, information and communication technologies and the introduction of innovative mechanisms into the system of social dialogue in the labour field at the national level. The conceptual basis of the research is the four-pillar policy framework for tackling the socio-economic impact of the COVID-19 crisis, developed by the International Labour Organization as a basic tool to address the risks and threats of the COVID-19 pandemic for global and national labour markets. This framework was used as a cross-cutting analytical scheme to analyse Ukrainian realities and further to structure the potential of digitalisation and social dialogue for overcoming the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Ukrainian labour market and for further post-pandemic recovery. Based on the modern platform approach, the authors propose a social innovation – a 3-element model of socially responsible partnership (SRP Platform), which allows significantly updating (or even rebooting) the system of communication and interaction between the social dialogue participants in Ukraine using the potential of modern network, information and communication technologies. Implementating such a model will contribute to the renewal of the social dialogue system in Ukraine and, thus, further effective counteraction against the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, ensuring the sustainable functioning of the Ukrainian labour market, and to the formation of an effective anti-pandemic state policy. Both the conceptual basis and general mechanism for implementing the SRP platform are (to a large extent) universal and can be adapted to renew social dialogue systems not only in Ukraine but also in other post-Soviet countries with a tripartite system.
description: Studies of Transition States and Societies, Vol 13, No 2 (2021)
Indogermanisch und Keltisch. Kolloquium der Indogermanischen Gesellschaft am 16. und 17. Februar 1976 in Bonn
Creators: name: Untermann, Jürgen
Publisher: name: Bonner Jahrbücher
Year: 2020

description: Rezension zu: Indogermanisch und Keltisch. Kolloquium der Indogermanischen Gesellschaft am 16. und 17. Februar 1976 in Bonn. Vorträge, unter Mitwirkung von Rolf Ködderitzsch herausgegeben von Karl Horst Schmidt. Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, Wiesbaden 1977. 246 Seiten
description: Bonner Jahrbücher, Bd. 181.1981: Bonner Jahrbücher
The Paradox of Institutional Trust and Entrepreneurship in Transitional Countries
Creators: name: Fan, Lida
name: Habibov, Nazim N.
name: Lyu, Yunhong
name: Auchynnikava, Alena
name: Luo, Rong
Publisher: name: Studies of Transition States and Societies
Year: 2021
Subjects: institutional trust; entrepreneurship; transitional countries; Eastern Europe

description: The relationship between institutional trust and entrepreneurship is not straightforward but is intertwined with social context. This study explores this relationship by estimating the relationship between entrepreneurship and institutional trust together with a set of individual social demographics and the country of residence in 27 transitional countries in Eastern Europe and countries of the former Soviet Union using the data of the 2016 Life in Transition Survey (LiTS). The analytical framework in this study is that individuals make their decisions in choosing the type of employment by weighing the level of institutional trust in their communities, a set of democratic factors and social indicators. The results of our 2SLS estimations indicate a consistent negative association between institutional trust and entrepreneurship for all the sub-datasets. However, this cannot be interpreted as evidence for the negative effect of institutional trust on entrepreneurship. Given our analytical framework, this counter common-sense phenomenon would be interpreted as when the institutional trust was high, individuals would rather choose to have a paid job instead of running their own business in these transitional countries. This study provides evidence of how far these countries have gone on the path of transition three decades after the transition.
description: Studies of Transition States and Societies, Vol 13, No 2 (2021)
Schroedinger models for solutions of the Bethe-Salpeter equation in Minkowski space
Creators: name: Hall, Richard L.
name: Lucha, Wolfgang
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: By application of the 'geometric spectral inversion' technique, which we have recently generalized to accommodate also singular interaction potentials, we construct from spectral data emerging from the solution of the Minkowski-space formulation of the homogeneous Bethe-Salpeter equation describing bound states of two spinless particles a Schroedinger approach to such states in terms of nonrelativistic potential models. This spectrally equivalent modeling of bound states yields their qualitative features (masses, form factors, etc.) without having to deal with the more involved Bethe-Salpeter formalism.
description: 16 pages, 11 figures
Konrad Spindler, Magdalenenberg VI
Creators: name: Joachim, Hans-Eckart
Publisher: name: Bonner Jahrbücher
Year: 2020

description: Rezension zu: Konrad Spindler, Magdalenenberg VI. Unter Mitarbeit von Fritz Schweingruber und mit Beiträgen von Otto Rochna und Walter Fritz. Neckar-Verlag, Villingen-Schwenningen 1980. 215 Seiten, 40 Abbildungen, 50 Tafeln, 18 Beilagen
description: Bonner Jahrbücher, Bd. 181.1981: Bonner Jahrbücher
Felipe Arias Vilas, Patrick Le Roux und Alain Tranoy, Inscriptions romaines de la province de Lugo
Creators: name: Clauss, Manfred
Publisher: name: Bonner Jahrbücher
Year: 2020

description: Rezension zu: Felipe Arias Vilas, Patrick Le Roux und Alain Tranoy, Inscriptions romaines de la province de Lugo. Publications du Centre Pierre Paris 3. Diffusion E. de Boccard, Paris 1979. VI und 158 Seiten, 3 Textabbildungen, 33 Tafeln
description: Bonner Jahrbücher, Bd. 181.1981: Bonner Jahrbücher
Ellen Schwinzer, Schwebende Gruppen in der pompejanischen Wandmalerei
Creators: name: Lauter-Bufe, Heide
Publisher: name: Bonner Jahrbücher
Year: 2020

description: Rezension zu: Ellen Schwinzer, Schwebende Gruppen in der pompejanischen Wandmalerei. Beiträge zur Archäologie 11. Konrad Triltsch Verlag, Würzburg 1979. 196 Seiten, 16 Tafeln
description: Bonner Jahrbücher, Bd. 181.1981: Bonner Jahrbücher
Correlated X-ray/Ultraviolet/Optical variability in the very low mass AGN NGC 4395
Creators: name: Cameron, D. T.
name: Hardy, I. Mc
name: Dwelly, T.
name: Breedt, E.
name: Uttley, P.
name: Lira, P.
name: Arevalo, P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report the results of a one year Swift X-ray/UV/optical programme monitoring the dwarf Seyfert nucleus in NGC 4395 in 2008-2009. The UV/optical flux from the nucleus was found to vary dramatically over the monitoring period, with a similar pattern of variation in each of the observed UV/optical bands (spanning 1900 - 5500 Å). In particular, the luminosity of NGC 4395 in the 1900 Å band changed by more than a factor of eight over the monitoring period. The fractional variability was smaller in the UV/optical bands than that seen in the X-rays, with the X-ray/optical ratio increasing with increasing flux. Pseudo-instantaneous flux measurements in the X-ray and each UV/optical band were well correlated, with cross correlation coefficients of >0.7, significant at 99.9 per cent confidence. Archival Swift observations from 2006 sample the intra-day X-ray/optical variability on NGC 4395. These archival data show a very strong correlation between the X-ray and b bands, with a cross-correlation coefficient of 0.84 (significant at >99 per cent confidence). The peak in the cross correlation function is marginally resolved and asymmetric, suggesting that X-rays lead the b band, but by 1 hour. In response to recent (August 2011) very high X-ray flux levels from NGC4395 we triggered Swift ToO observations, which sample the intra-hour X-ray/UV variability. These observations indicate, albeit with large uncertainties, a lag of the 1900 Å band behind the X-ray flux of ~400 s. The tight correlation between the X-ray and UV/optical lightcurves, together with the constraints we place on lag time-scale are consistent with the UV/optical variability of NGC 4395 being primarily due to reprocessing of X-ray photons by the accretion disc.
description: 11 pages, 9 figures, 3 tables. Accepted for publication in MNRAS
Herwig Wolfram, Geschichte der Goten. Von den Anfängen bis zur Mitte des 6. Jahrhunderts
Creators: name: Wirth, Gerhard
Publisher: name: Bonner Jahrbücher
Year: 2020

description: Rezension zu: Herwig Wolfram, Geschichte der Goten. Von den Anfängen bis zur Mitte des 6. Jahrhunderts. Entwurf einer historischen Ethnographie. Verlag C. H. Beck, München 1979, 486 Seiten, 8 Karten, 2 Stammtafeln
description: Bonner Jahrbücher, Bd. 181.1981: Bonner Jahrbücher
Legacy of Migration: the Muslim community in Bangkok
Creators: name: Thongsawang, Sirima
Publisher: name: Studies of Transition States and Societies
Year: 2022
Subjects: migration; Muslim; Bangkok; community; transformation

description: Although Thai Buddhism is the dominant religion in Bangkok, the capital contains ethnic and religious diversity. In particular, there is a large community of Muslims. This paper examines the Muslim community in Bangkok, focusing on the Minburi district. Most Thai Muslims in this district are Pattani descent migrating to Minburi since 1786 (B.E. 2329) and represent the common cultural practices Thailand's southernmost provinces sharing with Malaysia. It is estimated that there are 600,000 Muslims in Bangkok living mostly in the east of Bangkok. This district contains 13 mosques, while there are six Buddhist temples and one Catholic Church. The complex social, cultural, and political structures of Bangkok are rooted in the complexities of different religions and the migration phenomena. The international migration of Muslims to the Minburi district was motivated by various factors, while the contemporary sense of mobility has been shaped by existing networks. To explore the causes of migration and its legacy, this paper poses two research questions: 1) how have members of the Muslim community in the Minburi district settled through the migration process? 2) how do the Muslims in the Minburi district sustain and negotiate their identities through activities and changes within the community? To answer these questions, semi-structured interviews were conducted and secondary data analysis was performed. The paper argues that as a result of past migration and today’s mobility, Muslims in Minburi have constructed identities and interpersonal networks within their community. Islamic identities and faiths remain salient in the district despite other dominant norms in Bangkok as a whole. This paper contributes to our understanding of the migration phenomenon and the process by which identities are negotiated and communities transformed.
description: Studies of Transition States and Societies, Vol 14, No 1 (2022)
Simplicial gauge theory on spacetime
Creators: name: Halvorsen, Tore Gunnar
name: Sørensen, Torquil Macdonald
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 2010: 35Q40, 65M50, 74S05, 81T13, 81T25

description: We define a discrete gauge-invariant Yang-Mills-Higgs action on spacetime simplicial meshes. The formulation is a generalization of classical lattice gauge theory, and we prove consistency of the action in the sense of approximation theory. In addition, we perform numerical tests of convergence towards exact continuum results for several choices of gauge fields in pure gauge theory.
description: 18 pages, 2 figures
Qualität beruflicher Standards
Creators: name: Klaffke, Henning
Publisher: name: epubli.de
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Qualifikationsanforderungen
subject: Qualitätsverfahren
subject: berufliche Standards
subject: Berufswissenschaft
classificationCode: 620
subject: Ingenieurwissenschaften

description: Berufliche Standards sind wesentliche Elemente eines Berufsbildungssystems. Die Standards definieren den Beruf, beschreiben die Qualifikationsanforderungen des Arbeitsmarktes und legen die zu erzielenden Ergebnisse von Bildungs- und Trainingsmaßnahmen fest. In dieser Arbeit wird ein Qualitätsverfahren theoriegeleitet entwickelt, um die im beruflichen Standard definierten Qualifikationsanforderungen mit dem aktuellen Qualifikationsbedarf des Arbeitsmarkts qualitativ und quantitativ zu überprüfen. Das Qualitätsverfahren wurde an 8 verschiedenen Berufen iterativ entwickelt und bildet eine Erweiterung an bestehende Entwicklungsverfahren für berufliche Standards.
description: Occupational standards are essential elements of a vocational and education training system. The standards define the shape of the occupation, describes the skill requirements of the labor market and the results to be achieved by education and training measures. In this thesis, a quality procedure is developed to check the professional qualification requirements defined in the standard qualitatively and quantitatively with the current skills needs of the labor market. The quality procedure was developed on eight different occupations and had to be seen as an extension to existing development processes for occupational standards.
Spatial effects on species persistence and implications for biodiversity
Creators: name: Bertuzzo, Enrico
name: Suweis, Samir
name: Mari, Lorenzo
name: Maritan, Amos
name: Rodriguez-Iturbe, Ignacio
name: Rinaldo, Andrea
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Populations and Evolution (q-bio.PE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Natural ecosystems are characterized by striking diversity of form and functions and yet exhibit deep symmetries emerging across scales of space, time and organizational complexity. Species-area relationships and species-abundance distributions are examples of emerging patterns irrespective of the details of the underlying ecosystem functions. Here we present empirical and theoretical evidence for a new macroecological pattern related to the distributions of local species persistence times, defined as the timespans between local colonizations and extinctions in a given geographic region. Empirical distributions pertaining to two different taxa, breeding birds and herbaceous plants, analyzed in a new framework that accounts for the finiteness of the observational period, exhibit power-law scaling limited by a cut-off determined by the rate of emergence of new species. In spite of the differences between taxa and spatial scales of analysis, the scaling exponents are statistically indistinguishable from each other and significantly different from those predicted by existing models. We theoretically investigate how the scaling features depend on the structure of the spatial interaction network and show that the empirical scaling exponents are reproduced once a two-dimensional isotropic texture is used, regardless of the details of the ecological interactions. The framework developed here also allows to link the cut-off timescale with the spatial scale of analysis, and the persistence-time distribution to the species-area relationship. We conclude that the inherent coherence obtained between spatial and temporal macroecological patterns points at a seemingly general feature of the dynamical evolution of ecosystems.
description: 5 pages, 5 figures. Supplementary materials avaliable on http://www.pnas.org/content/108/11/4346
Low Frequency Sound Propagation in Lipid Membranes
Creators: name: Mosgaard, Lars D.
name: Jackson, Andrew D.
name: Heimburg, Thomas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In the recent years we have shown that cylindrical biological membranes such as nerve axons under physiological conditions are able to support stable electromechanical pulses called solitons. These pulses share many similarities with the nervous impulse, e.g., the propagation velocity as well as the measured reversible heat production and changes in thickness and length that cannot be explained with traditional nerve models. A necessary condition for solitary pulse propagation is the simultaneous existence of nonlinearity and dispersion, i.e., the dependence of the speed of sound on density and frequency. A prerequisite for the nonlinearity is the presence of a chain melting transition close to physiological temperatures. The transition causes a density dependence of the elastic constants which can easily be determined by experiment. The frequency dependence is more difficult to determine. The typical time scale of a nerve pulse is 1 ms, corresponding to a characteristic frequency in the range up to one kHz. Dispersion in the sub-kHz regime is difficult to measure due to the very long wave lengths involved. In this contribution we address theoretically the dispersion of the speed of sound in lipid membranes and relate it to experimentally accessible relaxation times by using linear response theory. This ultimately leads to an extension of the differential equation for soliton propagation.
description: 22 pages, 5 figures
MPEC 2023-H44 : 2023 HM
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: 2023 HM

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Reforms of Social Insurance Governance in a Quasi-Bismarckian Welfare State: How Estonia Moved from Tripartism to Direct State Management
Creators: name: Toots, Anu
Publisher: name: Studies of Transition States and Societies
Year: 2022
Subjects: Bismarckian welfare regime, social insurance, social policy reforms, etatisation, Estonia

description: Continental welfare regimes in Western Europe have in last decades gone through a set of paradigmatic reforms that significantly altered the initial Bismarckian principles of social insurance and welfare governance. Existing research overwhelmingly concludes that social partners have rendered up their power to the governments that inter alia facilitated expansion of non-contributory social security instruments. This article asks to what extent this reform trajectory can be found in quasi-Bismarkian welfare states, which already initially lacked solid social dialogue and favoured market-oriented approach to the social security. Tracing the process of main social policy governance reforms in Estonia 2009-2019 we test the assumption that fiscal prudence is in quasi-Bismarkian regimes important similarly to the typical Bismarckian countries, yet – it is achieved by using different means. The main empirical finding is that the governments in Estonia acted much more autocratically and used social insurance funds to execute various priorities of government programs. Differently from full Bismarckian regimes, insurance contributions were neither lowered nor complemented by tax instruments. We discuss these findings in the light of the institutional theory and welfare state change in times of increasing EU pressure.
description: Studies of Transition States and Societies, Vol 14, No 1 (2022)
SPACE ELEVATORS: REVOLUTION IN SPACE EXPLORATIONS
Creators: name: KUMAR, SAANVI S
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Space elevator, Tether, Carbon nanotubes, Materials science, Launch costs, Access to space, Orbital mechanics, Astronauts, Payloads, Geostationary orbit, Climber, Counterweight, Space exploration, Innovation, Engineering, Future technology

description: Space elevators have long been a topic of interest in the field of space exploration, as they have the potential to revolutionize the way we access space. This research paper provides a comprehensive review of the current state of knowledge on space elevators, including their history, design, and potential applications. The paper first discusses the basic principles of space elevators, including the physics of tension and the materials science required to construct them. It then explores the various proposed designs for space elevators, including those that use carbon nanotubes and those that use other materials such as graphene. The paper also considers the potential benefits of space elevators, including reduced launch costs and increased access to space for scientific research and exploration. Finally, the paper discusses the challenges associated with constructing space elevators, including technical and financial barriers, and considers possible solutions to these challenges. Overall, this paper provides a comprehensive overview of the current state of research on space elevators, highlighting both the potential benefits and challenges associated with this exciting and innovative technology..
MEPs Political Communication Online: A Case Study of MEPs Elected in Lithuania
Creators: name: Unikaitė-Jakuntavičienė, Ingrida
name: Rakutienė, Sima
Publisher: name: Studies of Transition States and Societies
Year: 2022
Subjects: Political communication, European Parliament, MEPs, Social media, Facebook

description: This paper examines the use of Facebook and other online communication channels by Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) elected in Lithuania for the 9th legislative term. Its major goal is to explore the most popular channels of communication online with voters used by MEPs elected in Lithuania for providing the information about their activities at the European Parliament as well as the strategies of communication used by MEPs and interaction of Facebook online audiences. To achieve the goal interviews with MEPs, Facebook profiles and websites of MEPs were analysed as well as public opinion poll results were discussed. Differences and similarities in social media usage of MEPs were found. All the MEPs have their Facebook profiles but not all of them have websites. Messages on the EP activities comprise usually just less than a half of Facebook posts Majority choose a video message format to present information on the EP activities. Dominating topics are related to the issues each MEPs is interested in. The analysis has discovered incongruence of the MEPs opinion and Lithuanian citizens opinion regarding the information on EP matters availability: MEPs think that the issue is not a lack of information instead a lack of interest in EP matters; Citizens report that they have not enough information. Though MEPs provide information using a variety of communication tools, it seems that information does not reaches the constituents and majority of MEPs should think about the new forms how to attract attention of citizens and be more visible.
description: Studies of Transition States and Societies, Vol 14, No 1 (2022)
Internet and Social Media Use by Young People for Information about (Inter)National News and Politics in Russia and Kazakhstan
Creators: name: Sairambay, Yerkebulan
Publisher: name: Studies of Transition States and Societies
Year: 2022
Subjects: internet, social media, news, politics, young people, Russia, Kazakhstan

description: In this research note, I examine whether research conducted among young internet and social media users in Russia and Kazakhstan is representative of generalisable conclusions, particularly in relation to political participation studies. At present there is no reliable information on this topic in these societies. I commissioned four questions per country using omnibus surveys conducted in the 2020 autumn intake of the voting-age (18+) population using funding from the ‘Bolashaq’ programme. Based on the findings I procured through the omnibus surveys conducted by national public opinion poll companies (Levada Center and Central Asian Barometer) in Russia and Kazakhstan, my analysis shows that (1) more than 99% of all young people aged 18–29 use the internet and social media; and (2) nearly three out of four young people use social media for information about national and international news and politics. However, despite these high indicators, the frequency of the usage of social media for news and politics varies considerably in both countries. The paper with its up-to-date data as of 2021 fills a gap in Russian and Kazakhstani research, providing scholars with data to conduct further research about internet, social media, and politics among new media users. In addition, it provides a comparative analysis of the frequency of internet and social media use by young people for information about (inter)national news and politics in Russia and Kazakhstan.
description: Studies of Transition States and Societies, Vol 14, No 1 (2022)
The EU’s Impact on Identity Formation in East-Central Europe between 2004 and 2013: Perceptions of the Nation and Europe in Political Parties of the Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovakia
Creators: name: Ferrero-Turrión, Ruth
Publisher: name: Studies of Transition States and Societies
Year: 2022

description: Studies of Transition States and Societies, Vol 14, No 1 (2022)
Stability of superlubric sliding on graphite
Creators: name: de Wijn, Astrid S.
name: Fusco, Claudio
name: Fasolino, Annalisa
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Recent AFM experiments have shown that the low-friction sliding of incommensurate graphite flakes on graphite can be destroyed by torque-induced rotations. Here we theoretically investigate the stability of superlubric sliding against rotations of the flake. We find that the occurrence of superlubric motion critically depends on the physical parameters and on the experimental conditions: particular scan lines, thermal fluctuations and high loading forces can destroy the stability of superlubric orbits. We find that the optimal conditions to achieve superlubric sliding are given by large flakes, low temperature, and low loads, as well as scanning velocities higher than those used in AFM experiments.
description: 11 pages, 15 figures
EXTRA TERRESTRIAL MINING: TOMORROW'S ENERGY SOURCE
Creators: name: KUMAR, SAANVI S
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Space mining, Asteroid mining, Lunar mining, Mars minin,g Resource utilization, In-situ resource utilization (ISRU), Space exploration, Sustainability, Rare earth elements, Metals, Helium-3, Energy resources, Robotic mining, Human exploration.

description: This research paper provides a comprehensive review of the current state of knowledge on extra-terrestrial mining, including the history, technology, and potential applications. The paper first discusses the historical background and the reasons for the interest in extra-terrestrial mining, including the scarcity of certain resources on Earth and the potential for colonization and space exploration. It then explores the various proposed mining technologies and techniques for extracting resources from different celestial bodies, including the Moon, asteroids, and Mars. The paper also considers the potential benefits of extra-terrestrial mining, including the potential to reduce the costs and environmental impact of mining on Earth, as well as the potential for scientific discovery and space exploration. Finally, the paper discusses the challenges associated with extra-terrestrial mining, including technical, legal, and ethical considerations, and considers possible solutions to these challenges. Overall, this paper provides a comprehensive overview of the current state of research on extra-terrestrial mining, highlighting both the potential benefits and challenges associated with this exciting and innovative technology.