cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Variations of the solar cycle profile in a solar dynamo with fluctuating dynamo governing parameters
Creators: name: Pipin, V. V.
name: Sokoloff, D. D.
name: Usoskin, I. G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Solar cycles vary in their amplitude and shape. There are several empirical relations between various parameters linking cycle's shape and amplitude, in particular the Waldmeier relations. As solar cycle is believed to be a result of the solar dynamo action, these relations require explanation in the framework of this theory.Here we aim to present a possible explanation of such kind. We relate the cycle-to-cycle variability of solar activity to fluctuations of solar dynamo drivers and primarily to fluctuations in the parameter responsible for recovery of the poloidal magnetic field from the toroidal one. To be specific, we develop such a model in the framework of the mean-field dynamo based on the differential rotation and $α$-effect. We demonstrate that the mean-field dynamo based on a realistic rotation curve and nonlinearity associated with the magnetic helicity balance reproduces both qualitatively and quantitatively the Waldmeier relations observed in sunspot data since 1750 (SIDC data). The model also reproduces more or less successfully other relations between the parameters under discussion, in particular, the link between odd and even cycles (Gnevyshev-Ohl rule). We conclude that the contemporary solar dynamo theory provides a way to explain the cycle-to-cycle variability of solar activity as recorded in sunspots. We discuss the importance of the model for stellar activity cycles which, as known from the data of HK project, demonstrate the cycle-to-cycle variability similar to solar cycles.
description: 12 pages, 9 figures, to appear in A&A
Flussi migratori, religione e diritto nella polis euro-mediterranea
Creators: name: Freni, Fortunato
Publisher: name: Università degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2012
Subjects: Diritto ecclesiastico

description: Contributo sottoposto a valutazione
SOMMARIO: 1. L’incremento dell’immigrazione in Europa nell’attuale contesto politico e religioso - 2. La “Primavera araba” e le tensioni afferenti alla libertà religiosa nei nuovi equilibri geopolitici - 3. Gli odierni fermenti culturali e giuridici nell’Islam mediterraneo - 4. La prospettiva di una laicità inclusiva euro-mediterranea avverso gli esclusivi schemi “mondialatinizzanti” - 5. Il ruolo dell’Europa nel bacino del Mediterraneo - 6. Alcuni strumenti per estendere la libertà di coscienza a tutte le tendenze culturali: a) il dialogo interreligioso - 7. Segue: b) le normative concordate - 8. Il decentramento comunitario e l’esigenza di una duttile (ma anche non discriminatoria) governance europea.
description: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale, 2012: 19 novembre
La religione nell’ordinamento algerino tra previsioni costituzionali e normativa ordinaria in materia di esercizio dei culti diversi dal musulmano
Creators: name: Ivaldi, Maria Cristina
Publisher: name: Università degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2012
Subjects: Diritto ecclesiastico comparato e straniero

description: Contributo sottoposto a valutazione.
SOMMARIO: 1. Rilievi introduttivi – 2. Il trattamento riservato alla religione nelle costituzioni algerine postcoloniali – 3. La disciplina in materia di esercizio dei culti diversi dal musulmano varata nel 2006 – 4. I decreti di esecuzione della normativa de qua – 5. Tendenze evolutive:
description: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale, 2012: 19 novembre
Accesso a internet, libertà religiosa informatica e buon costume
Creators: name: Pedullà, Luca
Publisher: name: Università degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2012
Subjects: Libertà religiosa

description: SOMMARIO: 1. Accesso a internet: nuove libertà e nuovi pericoli – 2. La formazione individuale del sentire religioso, oggi, nel nuovo contesto che potremmo definire di "libertà religiosa informatica" – 3. L'attuale senso della nozione di "buon costume" al vaglio del cyberspace e ipotesi de jure condendo.
description: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale, 2012: 19 novembre
Characterizing asymptotically anti-de Sitter black holes with abundant stable gauge field hair
Creators: name: Shepherd, Ben L.
name: Winstanley, Elizabeth
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In the light of the "no-hair" conjecture, we revisit stable black holes in su(N) Einstein-Yang-Mills theory with a negative cosmological constant. These black holes are endowed with copious amounts of gauge field hair, and we address the question of whether these black holes can be uniquely characterized by their mass and a set of global non-Abelian charges defined far from the black hole. For the su(3) case, we present numerical evidence that stable black hole configurations are fixed by their mass and two non-Abelian charges. For general N, we argue that the mass and N-1 non-Abelian charges are sufficient to characterize large stable black holes, in keeping with the spirit of the "no-hair" conjecture, at least in the limit of very large magnitude cosmological constant and for a subspace containing stable black holes (and possibly some unstable ones as well).
description: 33 pages, 13 figures, minor changes
Pandemic Effects on Campus Network Traffic
Creators: name: Karamollahi, Mehdi
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Computer Networks
subject: Network Traffic Measurement
subject: Workload Characterization
subject: Performance Evaluation
subject: Videoconferencing Applications
subject: Network Security
subject: Future of Works
subject: Zoom Traffic Analysis
subject: COVID-19 Pandemic
subject: Computer Science

description: The first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic hit North America in March 2020, disrupting personal and professional lives, and leading to work-from-home mandates in many jurisdictions. The lockdown measures started at the University of Calgary on March 13, 2020, and the university switched to fully remote learning and working. Although the lockdown measures evolved over the following months, the pandemic significantly affected how people used the campus network in both the short term and the longer term. In this dissertation, we use three years (i.e., 2019, 2020, and 2021) of empirical network traffic measurement data from the University of Calgary’s campus network to study the effects of the pandemic on our post-secondary education environment. The highlights from overall changes on our campus include: changes to inbound and outbound traffic volumes; reduced traffic asymmetry; significant growth in videoconferencing traffic; structural changes in workday traffic patterns; and more global distribution of campus network users. The research in this dissertation takes an applied approach, focusing on the performance implications of these pandemic-related traffic changes as viewed through the lens of a campus edge network. We first study videoconferencing applications and remote access services used during the lockdown. We study their traffic volumes, directionality, and diurnal patterns and characterize them as observed from our campus edge network. Next, we investigate the increase in inbound scanning activities on our campus network during the lockdown. We characterize this traffic, identify the legitimate and suspicious actors involved, and discuss three specific examples of security-related incidents observed on our campus network. The methodology used in these case studies could be used for similar studies. We also study our campus community and analyze the pandemic effects on different sub-communities. Our findings show that the network usage patterns are highly correlated with the physical presence requirements on campus. Moreover, many asymmetries in connection counts and traffic byte volumes are evident, as the pandemic led to many shifts in application usage. Lastly, we select Zoom as the most prevalent videoconferencing application adopted by our campus community and further analyze its network traffic. We investigate connection-level and packet-level Zoom traffic, identify its structure, and identify the root cause of performance problems with Zoom sessions on our campus network. To mitigate these problems, we propose multiple solutions and evaluate them quantitatively using workload modelling and simulation.
A Comprehensive Academic Integrity (CAI) Framework: An Overview
Creators: name: Eaton, Sarah Elaine
Publisher: name: Werklund School of Education
Year: 2023

description: In this brief overview, I introduce the Comprehensive Academic Integrity (CAI) framework. The CAI framework includes eight (8) overlapping and intertwined elements: (1) everyday ethics, (2) institutional ethics, (3) ethical leadership, (4) professional and collegial ethics; (5) instructional ethics, (6) student academic conduct, (7) research integrity and ethics, and (8) publication ethics. The central argument of this framework is that academic integrity must encompass, but extend beyond, notions of student conduct, and should be considered a foundation of all aspects of education. Keywords: academic integrity, student conduct, student affairs, research ethics, research integrity, publication ethics, instructional ethics, pedagogy, everyday ethics, experiential learning, definition, ethical decision-making, morals, values, virtues, leadership, equity, diversity, inclusion, accessibility, justice, decolonization, Indigenization
In tema di responsabilità professionale dell’avvocato rotale
Creators: name: Serra, Beatrice
Publisher: name: Università degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2012
Subjects: Matrimonio

description: Contributo sottoposto a valutazione
SOMMARIO: 1. Rilievo della pronuncia in esame - 2. La vicenda che ha condotto all’appello - 3. L’attività dell’avvocato rotale quale prestazione d’opera intellettuale - 4. L’esistenza di un’apposita normativa canonica quale indice dell’appartenenza della materia alla sfera di competenza esclusiva della Chiesa. Rilievi critici - 5. La peculiare natura dell’attività processuale dell’avvocato rotale quale elemento che esclude un sindacato del giudice statale. Rilievi critici - 6. (segue) Elementi funzionali all’esercizio della giurisdizione statale: il contenuto dell’incarico, la ragionevole probabilità, l’obbligo di informazione - 7. Considerazioni conclusive.
description: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale, 2012: 19 novembre
Topological tameness of Margulis spacetimes
Creators: name: Choi, Suhyoung
name: Goldman, William
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Geometric Topology (math.GT)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 57M50 (Primary) 53C15, 53C50, 53A20 (Secondary)

description: We show that Margulis spacetimes without parabolic holonomy are topologically tame. A Margulis spacetime is the quotient of the $3$-dimensional Minkowski space by a free proper isometric action of the free group of rank $\geq 2$. We will use our particular point of view that the Margulis spacetime is a manifold-with-boundary with an $\mathbb{R} P^3$-structure in an essential way. The basic tools are a bordification by a closed $\mathbb{R} P^2$-manifold with free holonomy group, and the work of Goldman, Labourie, and Margulis on geodesics in the Margulis spacetimes and $3$-manifold topology.
description: 51 pages, 6 figures. Corrected a few typos (The 6th version of "The topological and geometrical finiteness of complete flat Lorentzian 3-manifolds with free fundamental groups" arXiv:1204.5308v1 [math.GT])
A tradeoff in simultaneous quantum-limited phase and loss estimation in interferometry
Creators: name: Crowley, Philip J. D.
name: Datta, Animesh
name: Barbieri, Marco
name: Walmsley, Ian A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Interferometry with quantum light is known to provide enhanced precision for estimating a single phase. However, depending on the parameters involved, the quantum limit for the simultaneous estimation of multiple parameters may not attainable, leading to trade-offs in the attainable precisions. Here we study the simultaneous estimation of two parameters related to optical interferometry: phase and loss, using a fixed number of photons. We derive a trade-off in the estimation of these two parameters which shows that, in contrast to single-parameter estimation, it is impossible to design a strategy saturating the quantum Cramer-Rao bound for loss and phase estimation in a single setup simultaneously. We design optimal quantum states with a fixed number of photons achieving the best possible simultaneous precisions. Our results reveal general features about concurrently estimating Hamiltonian and dissipative parameters, and has implications for sophisticated sensing scenarios such as quantum imaging.
description: 9 pages, 6 figures
Blackfoot Art and the Ongoing Survivance of Blackfoot Communities in Covid-19
Creators: name: Tabor, Shannon Michelle
Publisher: name: Arts
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Art
subject: Blackfoot
subject: Blackfoot Warrior Spirit
subject: Circle of Survivance
subject: Community-Based Research
subject: Concept Map
subject: Covid-19
subject: Counselling Psychology
subject: Culturally Rooted Intervention
subject: Decolonization
subject: Hierarchy of Needs
subject: Indigenous
subject: Pandemic
subject: Reconciliation
subject: Resurgence
subject: Resilience
subject: Resistance
subject: Story
subject: Storywork
subject: Strength-Based
subject: Survivance
subject: Wellness
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: In this dissertation I, Shannon Tabor, offer an introduction to myself that provides a context for understanding my research and writing as a non-Indigenous counselling psychology doctoral student and psychologist. I outline the underpinnings and foundational concepts that guide my research engagement with Blackfoot communities. I discuss my community-based work and describe its foundations in relational accountability. I share the methodological process of how I collaborated with a Blackfoot Advisory Council in exploring the question: “How have Blackfoot artists' engagement in art contributed to the ongoing survivance of Blackfoot communities during the Covid-19 pandemic?” Specifically, I outline the methods applied for recruiting, protocol, knowledge gathering, meaning making, and ensuring quality that emphasize a value for the knowledge offered by both story and inward knowing. Finally, I share the results of my meaning making process in three visual concept maps and conclude this dissertation with a discussion. The first map outlines factors of survivance and associated threats of Covid-19: (1) meeting basic needs vs. need insecurity; (2) connection vs. isolation; (3) finding purpose vs. losing purpose; (4) being present vs. grief and fear; and (5) awareness of spirit, culture, and self vs. disconnection from culture. The second map then outlines the specific ways that art contributes to each factor of survivance. The third map places the personal strengths of Blackfoot people and artists, also referred to as the Blackfoot Warrior Spirit (strength, courage, perseverance, adaptability, confidence, love, caretaking, and compassion) at the core of Blackfoot survivance. I discuss the findings from the meaning making process in relation to existing research and literature and share reflections on how this might apply in the field of counselling psychology and make recommendations accordingly. I further consider the strengths and limitations of my dissertation research and present considerations for future research.
Alcune note sulla Chiesa Greco-Cattolica Romena
Creators: name: Codevilla, Giovanni
Publisher: name: Università degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2012
Subjects: Confessioni religiose

description: SOMMARIO: 1. L’unione con Roma degli ortodossi della Transilvania – 2. La Chiesa cattolica di rito greco nel Regno di Romania - 3. Le direttive sovietiche sulla soppressione della Chiesa cattolica di rito greco - 4. Il ruolo dell’Ortodossia romena nella soppressione della Chiesa greco-cattolica - 5. L’arresto dei vescovi greco-cattolici - 6. Il decreto sulla liquidazione della Chiesa Greco-Cattolica Romena - 7. La fine del regime comunista e il riconoscimento della Chiesa Greco-Cattolica Romena - 8. Il problema della restituzione dei beni ecclesiastici. L’evoluzione della normativa - 9. La giurisprudenza in materia - 10. La resistenza dell’Ortodossia romena - 11. La situazione attuale.
description: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale, 2012: 26 novembre
Path Integral for non-relativistic Generalized Uncertainty Principle corrected Hamiltonian
Creators: name: das, Sudipta
name: Pramanik, Souvik
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Generalized Uncertainty Principle (GUP) has brought the idea of existence of minimum measurable length in Quantum physics. Depending on this GUP, non-relativistic Hamiltonian at the Planck scale is modified. In this article, we construct the kernel for this GUP corrected Hamiltonian for free particle by applying the Hamiltonian path integral approach and check the validity conditions for this kernel thoroughly. Interestingly, the probabilistic interpretation of this kernel induces a momentum upper bound in the theory which is comparable with GUP induced maximum momentum uncertainty.
description: 11 pages, no figures, some new result added, accepted to be published in Physical Review D
Burn Mass Casualty Incident Planning in Alberta: A Case Study
Creators: name: Fuchko, Danielle Holly
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Burn
subject: Disaster
subject: Nursing
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: There is a lack of burn mass casualty incident (BMCI) preparedness across Canada. Alberta has three important elements which make it ready to be the first province with a BMCI response plan: a singular health authority to plan for, two burn centres, and updated health technology. A focused exploration of the current policies, protocols, and practices that address the provincial response to a BMCI was conducted. In this case study, data were gathered from documents outlining the health system response to a mass casualty incident and health care professionals directly involved in the response. Interviews were conducted online, recorded, and transcribed. Qualitative description was used to code common themes across documents and transcripts. Fifteen documents and nine participant interviews were included in this study. Only three documents included burn-specific considerations. Overall, the current policies, protocols, and practices in place were limited to all-hazards mass casualty incident planning and did not address the specialized needs of burn patients. Some major deficiencies identified included lack of a formalized burn-specific plan at each of the two burn centres, a lack of provincial-level recognition of the unique challenges associated with a BMCI, and the lack of an established Canadian burn disaster network. Suggestions to address the space, staffing, and supplies necessary to care for BMCI patients were proposed. For best patient outcomes the provincial health authority needs to support BMCI response planning efforts to better address this unique hazard prior to an incident occurring.
Preparation and characterization of lignin nanofibre-based materials obtained by electrostatic spinning
Creators: name: Dallmeyer, James Ian
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2013

description: Electrostatic spinning was investigated as a means to generate nanofibre-based materials from lignin. Kraft, organosolv, lignosulfonate, and pyrolytic lignins were found to be prone to electrospray, resulting in the formation of droplets instead of fibres upon electrical charging of their solutions in most cases. It was observed that the addition of a small amount of poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) to the spinning solution was an effective strategy to promote the formation of uniform fibres. Studies on the shear and elongational rheology of the spinning solutions were conducted to understand the mechanism underlying the improved process stability that resulted from the addition of PEO to lignin solutions. It was found that the shear rheology was changed to a small extent upon addition of PEO to the spinning solution, while studies using capillary breakup extensional rheometry revealed that PEO addition induced non-Newtonian, strain hardening behaviour to lignin solutions, which was undetectable in shear rheology studies. The concentration of lignin in solution, concentration of PEO, and molecular weight of PEO were shown to influence the elongational fluid properties, which displayed a strong correlation with the fibre diameter. Once the rheology of the spinning solution was characterized, attention was focused on oxidative thermostabilization and carbonization of electrospun nonwoven fabrics. It was found that incorporating different amounts of Kraft lignin fractions in electrospun fibres allowed the preparation of interesting material morphologies depending on the thermal softening characteristics of Kraft lignin fractions. Two interesting types of materials were prepared by controlling the composition of lignin fabrics and processing parameters. The first was a novel stimuli-responsive film material with a reversible ability to change shape in response to moisture. The second type was an interconnected carbon nanofibre network which displayed interesting mechanical, surface, and electrical properties. The structure and properties of Kraft lignin fractions were investigated by thermo-rheological analysis, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, gel permeation chromatography, and light scattering to understand the role of lignin structure in determining the properties of thermostabilized and carbonized lignin fabrics. The electrospun fabrics were also characterized by atomic force microscopy, microtensile testing, nitrogen adsorption, X-ray diffraction, and Raman spectroscopy.
Rabi oscillations in spasers during the nonradiative plasmon excitation
Creators: name: Andrianov, E. S.
name: Pukhov, A. A.
name: Dorofeenko, A. V.
name: Vinogradov, A. P.
name: Lisyansky, A. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In the approach to the stationary regime, a spaser exhibits complicated and highly nonlinear dynamics with anharmonic oscillations.1 We demonstrate that these oscillations are due to Rabi oscillations of the quantum dot in the field of the nanoparticle. We show that the oscillations may or may not arise dependent on the initial conditions.
Multimodal convolutional neural network–based algorithm for real-time detection and differentiation of malignant and inflammatory biliary strictures in cholangioscopy: a proof-of-concept study (with video)
Creators: name: Ziegler, Joceline
name: Dobsch, Philipp
name: Rozema, Marten
name: Zuber-Jerger, Ina
name: Weigand, Kilian
name: Reuther, Stefan
name: Müller, Martina
name: Kandulski, Arne
Publisher: name: Universität Regensburg
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: 610 Medizin

description: Background and Aims
Deep learning algorithms gained attention for detection (computer-aided detection [CADe]) of biliary tract cancer in digital single-operator cholangioscopy (dSOC). We developed a multimodal convolutional neural network (CNN) for detection (CADe), characterization and discriminating (computer-aided diagnosis [CADx]) between malignant, inflammatory, and normal biliary tissue in raw dSOC videos. In addition, clinical metadata were included in the CNN algorithm to overcome limitations of image-only models.
Methods
Based on dSOC videos and images of 111 patients (total of 15,158 still frames), a real-time CNN-based algorithm for CADe and CADx was developed and validated. We established an image-only model and metadata injection approach. In addition, frame-wise and case-based predictions on complete dSOC video sequences were validated. Model embeddings were visualized, and class activation maps highlighted relevant image regions.
Results
The concatenation-based CADx approach achieved a per-frame area under the receiver-operating characteristic curve of .871, sensitivity of .809 (95% CI, .784-.832), specificity of .773 (95% CI, .761-.785), positive predictive value of .450 (95% CI, .423-.467), and negative predictive value of .946 (95% CI, .940-.954) with respect to malignancy on 5715 test frames from complete videos of 20 patients. For case-based diagnosis using average prediction scores, 6 of 8 malignant cases and all 12 benign cases were identified correctly.
Conclusions
Our algorithm distinguishes malignant and inflammatory bile duct lesions in dSOC videos, indicating the potential of CNN-based diagnostic support systems for both CADe and CADx. The integration of non-image data can improve CNN-based support systems, targeting current challenges in the assessment of biliary strictures.
La legge n. 126 del 2012 relativa ai rapporti tra Italia e Sacra Arcidiocesi Ortodossa d'Italia e Malta
Creators: name: Parlato, Vittorio
Publisher: name: Università degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2012
Subjects: Concordati e intese

description: SOMMARIO: 1. Istituzione della Sacra Arcidiocesi Ortodossa d’ Italia e Malta – 2. La laicità italiana - 3. L’intesa del 2007 e la legge di approvazione n. 126 del 30 luglio 2012 – 4. I contenuti, rilevanza del diritto canonico ortodosso – 5. I diritti individuali di libertà religiosa - 6. I diritti collettivi di libertà religiosa - 7. Il potere di certificazione attribuito all’Arcidiocesi - 8. Il riconoscimento degli enti ortodossi - 9. Le attività culturali e scolastiche – 10. Gli aiuti economici - 11. La collaborazione tra le due istituzioni: A. tutela del patrimonio artistico; B. rilevanza dei matrimoni celebrati con rito cristiano ortodosso; C. ulteriori fattispecie – 12. I controlli statali
description: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale, 2012: 26 novembre
L’inopportunità di provvedimenti mirati e per singoli temi in prospettiva di riforma dei limiti della legislazione vigente in materia di libertà religiose
Creators: name: Tozzi, Valerio
Publisher: name: Università degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2012
Subjects: Diritto ecclesiastico

description: SOMMARIO: 1. L'approvazione parziale delle intese già sottoscritte con i precedenti Governi e la proposta politica di Alessandro Albisetti – 2. Le perplessità sulla proposta di una legge di settore – 3. Specifica assenza di giustificazioni giuridiche al mantenimento di regimi differenziati dei matrimoni religiosi – 4. Necessità di perseguire un metodo generale e unitario di disciplina dei fenomeni religiosi da applicare a ogni settore – 5. La impraticabilità di una politica legislativa costituzionalmente adeguata e le sue cause.
description: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale, 2012: 26 novembre
A Poro-Elastic Model for Porous Granular Materials
Creators: name: Mo, Zhuang
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 401701
subject: Acoustics and noise control (excl. architectural acoustics)

description: Low frequency noise has been a challenge to noise control strategies for a long time due to its relatively long wavelength compared with practical thicknesses of acoustical treatments. A series of studies have drawn increasing attention to the acoustical behavior of porous granular materials such as activated carbon due to their good performance at low frequency. To better characterize this type of material, a 1-dimensional poro-elastic model is introduced in this work, which accounts for both the inner particle structure and the elasticity of the granule stack, allowing a better match of resonance features between the model prediction and measurement results. This model was then extended to a 2-dimensional finite difference (2DFD) approach under an axisymmetric assumption, with the depth-dependent stiffness of the granule stack considered. The shape of the computational domain of this 2DFD approach is close to the realistic geometry of the cylindrical standing wave tube, and it provides flexibility in assigning different types of boundary conditions at the circumferential wall of the container. The model is validated by comparing the simulation output and measurements of the acoustic response of porous granular materials in a cylindrical standing wave tube with rigid backing. The comparison demonstrates that the proposed 2DFD model is able to closely match the test results even down to detailed features, thus providing a means of accurate acoustic characterization of granular materials. The application scenarios of porous granular materials are also discussed in this work. A hybrid model based on the classical Johnson-Champoux-Allard (JCA) model and the rigid model describing the multi-level porosity within the granules is proposed to predict the performance of composite materials made of non-woven fiber matrices and porous granular materials. The performance of other practical applications such as that of a sound absorber consisting of a membrane and a cavity partially filled with the porous granular material is also discussed. These applications are shown to be promising strategies of addressing the low frequency noise problems.
Identità storica del papato e crisi del regime di cristianità tra i patti lateranensi e il postconcilio. Forme e strategie di esercizio del ”potere spirituale” nel declino dell’occidente.
Creators: name: Zanchini Di Castiglionchio, Francesco
Publisher: name: Università degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2012
Subjects: Santa Sede e Città del Vaticano

description: SOMMARIO: 1. Preambolo - 2. La questione (e il travaglio) del potere temporale dei papi – 3. L’ordinamento vaticano creato nel ’29 dai Patti del Laterano – 4. I rapporti della Santa Sede con Berlino prima dell’aggressione alla Polonia – 5. La cautela politica di Pio XII durante la seconda guerra mondiale - 6. L’invasione tedesca, la guerra civile, la nuova Italia - 7. Giovanni XXIII, un innovatore libero ed eccentrico - 8. Paolo VI, un legislatore costituente - 9. Dai trenta giorni di papa Luciani ai trent’anni di papa Wojtila - 10. L’accentramento autoreferenziale del tardo postconcilio. Una via senza uscita?
description: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale, 2012: 26 novembre
Variable Gamma-ray Emission Induced by Ultra-High Energy Neutral Beams: Application to 4C +21.35
Creators: name: Dermer, Charles D.
name: Murase, Kohta
name: Takami, Hajime
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The flat spectrum radio quasar (FSRQ) 4C +21.35 (PKS 1222+216) displays prominent nuclear infrared emission from ~1200 K dust. A 70 -- 400 GeV flare with ~10 min variations during half an hour of observations was found by the MAGIC telescopes, and GeV variability was observed on sub-day timescales with the Large Area Telescope on Fermi. We examine 4C +21.35, assuming that it is a source of ultra-high energy cosmic rays (UHECRs). UHECR proton acceleration in the inner jet powers a neutral beam of neutrinos, neutrons and gamma rays from photopion production. The radiative efficiency and production spectra of neutrals formed through photohadronic processes with isotropic external target photons of the broad line region and torus are calculated. Secondary radiations made by this process have a beaming factor ~δ^5, where δis the Doppler factor. The pair-production optical depth for gamma rays and the photopion efficiency for UHECR neutrons as they pass through external isotropic radiation fields are calculated. If target photons come from the broad line region and dust torus, large Doppler factors, δ>~100 are required to produce rapidly variable secondary radiation with isotropic luminosity >~1e47 erg/s at the pc scale. The γ-ray spectra from leptonic secondaries are calculated from cascades initiated by the UHECR neutron beam at the pc-scale region and fit to the flaring spectrum of 4C +21.35. Detection of >~100 TeV neutrinos from 4C +21.35 or other VHE blazars with IceCube or KM3NeT would confirm this scenario.
description: 21 pages, 13 figures; replaced 4 figures to show neutron and neutrino production from combined infrared and broad-line region radiation fields; added references and improvements; ApJ, in press
title: Réglementation et régulation : exemple de l’Agence Ivoirienne de régulation de la mutualité sociale en Côte d’Ivoire
Creators: name: Ayité, J.-V.
Publisher: name: Médecine Tropicale et Santé Internationale - magazine
Year: 2021

description: L’Agence ivoirienne de régulation de la mutualité sociale (AIRMS) est l’organe administratif de la mutualité sociale en Côte d’Ivoire. Elle a pour mission d’instruire les demandes d’agrément des mutuelles sociales et de leurs structures faîtières, des les immatriculer et de les contrôler. Dans la pratique, l’AIRMS s’est positionnée comme un véritable partenaire du mouvement mutualiste ivoirien. Privilégiant une approche par la sensibilisation, l’agence a encouragé les mutuelles à se mettre aux normes édictées par le règlement communautaire de la mutualité sociale de la zone UEMOA afin de devenir des acteurs crédibles dans le paysage du financement de la santé en Côte d’Ivoire. Par ailleurs, la Directrice Générale de l’Agence, Mme Koné Collette, est à l’avant-garde du plaidoyer pour l’évolution de la participation des femmes dans la gouvernance des structures mutualistes. Elle porte avec le Programme d’appui aux Stratégies sociales (PASS) un ambitieux programme dans ce sens : le Réseau International des Femmes Solidaires (RIFES).
description: Médecine Tropicale et Santé Internationale - magazine, No 1 (2021): MTSI-Magazine
Additional file 2 of Comparative study on epidemiological and etiological characteristics of patients with acute diarrhea with febrile or non-febrile symptoms in China
Creators: name: Wang, Tao
name: Wang, Gang
name: Shan, Chun-Xi
name: Sun, Yan-Qun
name: Ren, Xiang
name: Yu, Lin-Jie
name: Wang, Yi-Fei
name: Lin, Sheng-Hong
name: Zhang, Xiao-Ai
name: Li, Hao
name: Zhang, Cui-Hong
name: Geng, Meng-Jie
name: Yang, Wei-Zhong
name: Wang, Li-Ping
name: Liu, Wei
name: Fang, Li-Qun
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Virology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 2. Supplementary methods.
Perché non possiamo non dirci tracciati: analisi ecclesiasticistica della pubblicità comportamentale on-line
Creators: name: Morelli, Dario
Publisher: name: Università degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2012

description: Contributo sottoposto a valutazione
SOMMARIO. 1. Introduzione – 2. Cos’è la pubblicità comportamentale – 3. Perché e come la normativa sulla protezione dei dati personali si applica alla pubblicità comportamentale – 4. Le informazioni idonee a rivelare le convinzioni religiose e filosofiche degli interessati nella normativa sulla protezione dei dati personali – 5. La pubblicità comportamentale che usa dati personali idonei a rivelare convinzioni religiose e filosofiche degli interessati e quella che usa dati personali comuni – 6. La pubblicità comportamentale sensibile (a contenuto di proselitismo e a contenuto commerciale) – 7. La pubblicità comportamentale comune (a contenuto di proselitismo e a contenuto commerciale)
ABSTRACT:

Il contributo si propone di evidenziare, anche alla luce della normativa italiana ed europea in materia di protezione dei dati personali, come le potenzialità comunicative e persuasive della c.d. pubblicità comportamentale on-line, se sfruttate per propagandare fedi o convinzioni di carattere religioso, possano consentire un formidabile balzo in avanti sul piano dell’esercizio effettivo delle libertà religiose garantite dall’art. 19 Cost., ma al tempo stesso rischino di innescare drammatici contrasti con la tutela d’interessi quali la riservatezza, la dignità umana e la stessa libertà religiosa dei cittadini/consumatori destinatari del messaggio.
Partendo da una definizione di pubblicità comportamentale on-line che tenga conto sia delle pratiche di mercato più diffuse che delle analisi di derivazione europea ad oggi disponibili, e dopo aver esaminato le ragioni per cui tale forma di comunicazione è soggetta alla normativa in tema di privacy e quali siano in concreto le principali norme applicabili in Italia, anche in una prospettiva de jure condendo, si passerà alla disamina del diritto applicabile alla tutela dei dati personali idonei a rivelare le convinzioni religiose e filosofiche per approdare, infine, ad alcune proposte sulle specifiche soluzioni normative applicabili alle varie possibili forme di interazione tra la pubblicità comportamentale on-line e il fattore religioso inteso in senso lato.
description: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale, 2012: 3 dicembre
Jurisdictional Immunities of the State and Exequatur of Foreign Judgments: a private International Law Evaluation of the Recent ICJ Judgment in Germany v. Italy
Creators: name: Boschiero, Nerina
Publisher: name: Università degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2012
Subjects: Varie

description: The article, accepted by the Director, is forthcoming in N. Boschiero, T. Scovazzi, C. Ragni, C. Pitea (eds), International Courts and the Development of International Law, Essays In Honour of Tullio Treves, T.M.C. ASSER PRESS, The Hague, The Netherlands, 2013.
SUMMARY: - 1. Introduction - 1.1. Historical and factual background of the ICJ’s decision in relation to proceedings involving Greek nationals - 2. The arguments of the Court on the private international law issue of jurisdictional immunity in exequatur proceedings - 2.1. Evaluation of the Court’s reasoning: its correctness and weakness in the light of the preliminary unconvincing solution given in respect to the violation of Germany’s jurisdictional immunity in proceedings brought before the Italian courts by Italian claimants - 2.2. The external private international law context of the ICJ’s judgment: the ECJ’s Lechouritou judgment - 2.3. The problematic role of secondary European legislation (in the field of judicial cooperation in civil matters) on human rights claims against a State - 3. The negative impact of the ICJ’s decision on the role of the national/international public order exception; critical assessment of the formalistic “procedure/substance” distinction with regard to criminal and civil proceedings - 3.1 The consequences for the fundamental individual right to have access to justice and the right to an effective remedy - 4. Conclusion.
description: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale, 2012: 10 dicembre
Study of mass transfer and continuous chemical purification in two-dimentional electro-fluid-dynamic devices
Creators: name: Liu, Chang
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2014

description: The development of separation science is one of the most important contributions in analytical chemistry, and current separation systems can analyze less than femtomoles of analyte. However, the need for such ultrasensitive technology is partly driven by the difficulties in obtaining appreciable quantities of pure substances. Therefore, a platform enabling the purification of chemicals in a preparative fashion from complex mixtures is required. In this thesis, a new continuous chemical purification platform is introduced, based on the interactions of analyte with multiple types of driving forces in a twodimensional electro-fluid-dynamic (2-D EFD) system, in which both electric field and hydrodynamic pressure are simultaneously utilized in 2-D microfluidic channel networks. Mass conservation is the guiding principle for analyte distribution in channel intersections. However, in EFD devices, the mass distribution is more complex. In order to understand the analytes’ transportation behaviour in multiple force fields, we studied the mass transfer in EFD devices, and discovered the effective volumetric flow rate conservation principle. It can be used to predict the analyte concentration in a channel, and provides a theoretical basis for investigating the mass distribution in EFD devices. Y-shaped microfluidic devices have been extensively used for mixing components. With the strategically applied electric potential and hydrodynamic pressure, such spontaneous mixing process can be reversed in the same device. A continuous solution stream containing a mixture of two analytes can be separated into two channels, each containing a pure compound. By increasing the geometry complexity, more complex samples can be processed. Amultiple-branched device is introduced for continuously purifying multiple analytes. Each component in the introduced mixture can be directed to enter its specific collection channel, without any contamination. In the study of sample injection methods, the hydrodynamic injection is superior to the electrokinetic injection in the purification process by providing faster sample processing and being more resistant to the fluctuating electroosmotic flow. In addition, the buffer depletion problem can be fully resolved. The stringent control and ease of operation of this technique could lead to a new generation of purification devices to serve the needs of academic research and commercial activities.
Electron tomography at 2.4 Å resolution
Creators: name: Scott, M. C.
name: Chen, Chien-Chun
name: Mecklenburg, Matthew
name: Zhu, Chun
name: Xu, Rui
name: Ercius, Peter
name: Dahmen, Ulrich
name: Regan, B. C.
name: Miao, Jianwei
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) is a powerful imaging tool that has found broad application in materials science, nanoscience and biology(1-3). With the introduction of aberration-corrected electron lenses, both the spatial resolution and image quality in TEM have been significantly improved(4,5) and resolution below 0.5 Å has been demonstrated(6). To reveal the 3D structure of thin samples, electron tomography is the method of choice(7-11), with resolutions of ~1 nm^3 currently achievable(10,11). Recently, discrete tomography has been used to generate a 3D atomic reconstruction of a silver nanoparticle 2-3 nm in diameter(12), but this statistical method assumes prior knowledge of the particle's lattice structure and requires that the atoms fit rigidly on that lattice. Here we report the experimental demonstration of a general electron tomography method that achieves atomic scale resolution without initial assumptions about the sample structure. By combining a novel projection alignment and tomographic reconstruction method with scanning transmission electron microscopy, we have determined the 3D structure of a ~10 nm gold nanoparticle at 2.4 Å resolution. While we cannot definitively locate all of the atoms inside the nanoparticle, individual atoms are observed in some regions of the particle and several grains are identified at three dimensions. The 3D surface morphology and internal lattice structure revealed are consistent with a distorted icosahedral multiply-twinned particle. We anticipate that this general method can be applied not only to determine the 3D structure of nanomaterials at atomic scale resolution(13-15), but also to improve the spatial resolution and image quality in other tomography fields(7,9,16-20).
description: 27 pages, 17 figures
Incidental Learning of Chinese Idioms through Academic Listening
Creators: name: Kang, Shuo
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: incidental idiom learning
subject: academic listening
subject: idiom retention
subject: mental representations
subject: listening strategies
subject: Linguistics
subject: FOS: Languages and literature
subject: Education--Bilingual and Multicultural
subject: Education

description: The present study adopted a pre-test/post-test between-groups design to examine whether Chinese as a foreign language learners could incidentally acquire and retain unfamiliar idioms through listening to a lecture on medical science. Moreover, it investigated the effect of different types of idioms on the incidental learning gains. It also employed a retrospective interview to explore the cognitive processes involved in idiom learning and the listening strategies used for idiom interpretation. Finally, it investigated the relationship between lecture comprehension and idiom learning. 159 medical students participated in the study. Six weeks after the pre-test that measured their prior knowledge of 18 target idioms, students in the experimental group one (n = 53) listened to a lecture where 18 target idioms were embedded; the experimental group two (n = 53) listened to 18 short paragraphs extracted from the same lecture, with each paragraph including one target idiom; the control group (n = 53) did not receive any input. Then, all participants wrote a post-test to show their learning outcomes. Five participants in each group were interviewed to determine what listening strategies were used for idiom comprehension. Twelve weeks after the post-test, all participants wrote a delayed post-test to measure their retention of target idioms. The results demonstrated that 1) the mean score of the post-test in the experimental group one was significantly higher than that of other groups, indicating the positive effect of lecture on idiom learning; 2) The mean score of the delayed post-test in the experimental group one was significantly higher than other groups, suggesting that academic listening could facilitate idiom retention; 3) Chinese idioms having translation equivalents in English were the easiest to learn, followed by Chinese idioms with some and no components in common with English counterparts. This indicates that cross-language similarity between Chinese and English has a significant effect on incidental idiom learning; 4) Proficient listeners could use their metacognitive knowledge to monitor the listening process and direct the deployment of various cognitive strategies; 5) There was a strong and positive relationship between lecture comprehension and incidental idiom learning. The results have important practical and theoretical implications.