cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
VLT/SINFONI time-resolved spectroscopy of the central, luminous, H-rich WN stars of R136
Creators: name: Schnurr, O.
name: Chene, A. -N.
name: Casoli, J.
name: Moffat, A. F. J.
name: St-Louis, N.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using the Very Large Telescope's Spectrograph for INtegral Field Observation in the Near-Infrared (VLT/SINFONI), we have obtained repeated AO-assisted, NIR spectroscopy of the six central luminous, Wolf-Rayet (WR) stars in the core of the very young (~1 Myr), massive and dense cluster R136, in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). We also de-archived available images that were obtained with the Hubble Space Telescope's Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (HST/STIS), and extracted high-quality, differential photometry of our target stars to check for any variability related to binary motion. Previous studies, relying on spatially unresolved, integrated, optical spectroscopy, had reported that one of these stars was likely to be a 4.377-day binary. Our study set out to identify the culprit and any other short-period system among our targets. However, none displays significant photometric variability, and only one star, BAT99-112 (R136c), located on the outer fringe of R136, displays a marginal variability in its radial velocities; we tentatively report an 8.2-day period. The binary status of BAT99-112 is supported by the fact that it is one of the brightest X-ray sources among all known WR stars in the LMC, consistent with it being a colliding-wind system. Follow-up observations have been proposed to confirm the orbital period of this potentially very massive system.
description: 9 pages, 6 figures; accepted for publication in MNRAS
?Because we gays have been in the news rather a lot over the last year?: the intersections of sexual orientation, race, class and gender in the 2012 U.S. presidential election
Creators: name: Hackl, Andrea M.
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2013

description: The multi-tiered content analysis investigated the newspaper representations of LGBT-individuals prior to the 2012 U.S. presidential elections. Specifically, the study analyzed whether four national newspapers considered the intersections of sexual orientation, race, class, gender and religion in their representation of LGBT- issues. Newspapers analyzed were The New York Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, and the New York Post. Results suggest that the most discussed LGBT-issue in the presidential elections was same-sex marriage. The study also found that the representation of LGBT-individuals was based on gay and lesbian, upper-class identities, with bisexual and transgender individuals absent in the discourse. Moreover, race and religion of LGBT-individuals remained largely unaddressed. If racial and religious communities were discussed, they were likely to be represented as opposing LGBT-rights. Building a bridge between feminist scholarship and communication research, the study aims to contribute to the emerging engagement with the intersectional framework in media studies.
description: (M.S.) -- Towson University, 2013.
Additional file 5 of Sex and nest type influence avian blood parasite prevalence in a high-elevation bird community
Creators: name: Rodriguez, Marina D.
name: Doherty, Paul F.
name: Piaggio, Antoinette J.
name: Huyvaert, Kathryn P.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 60506 Virology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 5: Table S5. Model rankings exploring factors affecting detection probability (p) and prevalence (ψ) of Haemoproteus parasites in Pine Siskins.
Algeria: a case study in incomplete democratization
Creators: name: Gowallis, Allison
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2013

description: Algeria is currently a pseudo-democratic state that attempted democratization in the 1980s, but ultimately failed. This thesis investigates how initial democratization began and ended, and how current political characteristics prevent democracy from consolidating. The government gives precedence to elite economic interests over popular interests, an easy task considering the centralization of oil and gas wealth. Under current president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, the presidency has become the most powerful authority, escaping executive constraints, and the parliament and political parties are weak and unable to represent diverse interests. Algeria fails to meet all of Robert Dahl's criteria of a democracy. Given the history of stagnated democratization, it is not likely that Algerians or the government will take initiative to further democratize any time soon.
description: Chadli's democracy -- The 1990s government -- The Bouteflika years
description: (M.S.) -- Towson University, 2013.
Glucose metabolism in obese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus undergoing Standard vs. Long Limb Roux-en-Y-gastric bypass
Creators: name: Kamocka, Anna
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2019

description: Background Obesity surgery has been shown to be the most effective and durable treatment for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and obesity. The optimal length of the small bowel limbs in Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass (RYGB), the most commonly performed obesity operation in the UK, is debated and variation in practice exists. In this study, called the LONG LIMB Trial, it was hypothesised that a longer biliopancreatic limb length of 150 cm (‘Long Limb’) is superior to a standard biliopancreatic limb length of 50 cm (‘Standard Limb’) in RYGB for the treatment of T2DM. Methods This was a two-centre double-blinded randomised controlled clinical trial. Fifty participants with T2DM and obesity were randomised in 1:1 ratio to either a Long Limb or a Standard Limb RYGB. Mixed meal tolerance tests were performed to measure postprandial secretion of active GLP-1 (primary outcome) and other gut hormones, insulin, and glucose excursions and hyperinsulinaemic-euglycaemic clamps to measure insulin sensitivity pre-operatively, within 2 weeks after the surgery and at matched 20% total body weight loss (TBWL). Clinical follow up took place at 3, 6 and 12 months after the surgery. Results Within each study group, a significant increase in insulin sensitivity, insulin and active GLP-1 secretion, and reduction in glucose concentrations were observed at 2 weeks post-operatively and 20% TBWL. HbA1c and weight were significantly reduced at all post-operative clinical visits (Standard Limb: HbA1c of 73 ± 17 pre-operatively to 43 ± 10 mmol/mol at one year, p<0.001, with 30 ± 8% TBWL; Long Limb: HbA1c of 76 ± 16 to 41 ± 5 mmol/mol, p<0.001, with 29 ± 8% TBWL), However, no difference between the groups was demonstrated in any of these outcomes nor in the percentage of patients achieving T2DM (Standard Limb 62% vs. Long Limb 77%, p=0.23). Conclusion Elongation of the biliopancreatic limb of the RYGB to 150 cm does not result in superior metabolic or clinical outcomes in terms of glucose excursions, insulin and incretin hormones secretion nor insulin sensitivity, T2DM remission or weight loss within 12 months after surgery.
Additional file 1 of FTO-mediated m6A demethylation of pri-miR-3591 alleviates osteoarthritis progression
Creators: name: Liu, Wengang
name: Jiang, Tao
name: Zheng, Wei
name: Zhang, Jiayuan
name: Li, Anan
name: Lu, Chao
name: Lin, Zhaowei
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 1: Supplementary Figure 1. FTO knockdown aggravated LPS-induced chondrocyte damage in vitro. Supplementary Figure 2. miR-3591-5p overexpression aggravated LPS-induced chondrocytes damage by inhibiting PRKAA2. Supplementary Table 1. The sequences of shRNAs, miR-3591-5p inhibitor/mimics, and their negative control in this study. Supplementary Table 2. Primers used for RT-qPCR and other assays in this study.
Research on Brand internationalization Development Strategy of Multinational Enterprises under the Background of Digitalization
Creators: name: Chen, Yufeng
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Brand internationalization is the only way for enterprises to enter the international market and establish a global brand. In order to gain a competitive advantage in the international market, multinational enterprises need to pay attention to the importance of brand internationalization, especially in the digital age, by adopting effective marketing strategies in different cultures and countries to balance internationalization and localization has become an urgent matter. Therefore, by analyzing the impact of digital technology on brand internationalization, this paper aims to explore the brand positioning, promotion, management and localization strategies of multinational enterprises in the global market, and study the development strategies of brand internationalization of multinational enterprises in the digital era. Combined with typical case analysis, the application and effect of digital tools and platforms in the process of brand internationalization are revealed. The study found that digital technology not only changed the way brand communication and marketing, but also improved the efficiency and precision of brand management. Multinational companies need to find a balance between brand consistency and localization, and use digital technology to enhance the global competitiveness of their brands. This paper expands the research on the international development strategy of multinational brands and provides a reference for the formulation of multinational marketing strategies in the digital age.
ANÁLISE TÉCNICA E JURÍDICA PARA INSTITUIÇÃO DE SUBSÍDIO NO TRANSPORTE COLETIVO
Creators: name: Melo, Thadeu
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 409999
subject: Other engineering not elsewhere classified

description: A pressão da população para reduzir as tarifas de transporte, os impactos da concorrência desleal e os efeitos da pandemia de COVID-19 acentuaram a importância do debate sobre subsídio tarifário. Este trabalho contém uma análise sobre o tema e propostas de novas fontes de custeio do serviço público.
Non-linear vector ANN predictor for Earth rotation parameters forecast
Creators: name: Milkov, D.
name: Karimova, L.
name: Malkin, Z.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Geophysics (physics.geo-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Many approaches are developed for the forecasting of the Earth rotation pa-rameters. In this work, we consider long-term vector prediction scheme realized on the artificial neural network. Learning set is formed on basis of the Taken' algorithm. Our approach allows us to obtain the vector of the parameter values and escape the expo-nential growth of the prediction errors. The versions of the prediction enhancement based on the using for nonlinear corrector are discussed.
description: 11 pp., presented at the Journees 2008: Astrometry, Geodynamics and Astronomical Reference Systems, Dresden, Germany, 22-24 Sep 2008
Signal and system design for wireless information and power transfer: Prototype, experiment and validation
Creators: name: Kim, Junghoon
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2020

description: A new line of research on system and signals design for Wireless Information and Power Transfer (WIPT) has recently emerged. Various system architectures and signal design strategies are proposed based on various different modelling of the energy receivers. To a great extent, the study of those strategies and architectures has so far been limited to theoretical performance analysis. In this thesis, we study the real over-the-air performance of the system architectures and signal strategies for WIPT. To that end, we have designed, prototyped and experimented an innovative WIPT system combined with Wireless Power Transfer (WPT) via RF and Wireless Information Transfer (WIT) based on Software-Defined Radio (SDR) that can operate in open-loop and closed-loop (with channel acquisition at the transmitter) modes. The prototype consists of important building blocks, namely the energy transmitter (ET), information transmitter and receiver (IT/R), channel estimator (CE), Feedback Transmitter and Receiver (FT/R), and the energy harvester(EH). First, WPT signal strategies designed based on different energy receiver models were evaluated in a real wireless environment using a prototype. The experiments have been conducted in a variety of deployments, including frequency flat and frequency selective channels, under static and mobility conditions. Experiments highlight that a channel-adaptive WPT signal strategy based on non-linear diode model outperforms other strategies. Second, feedback architectures for acquiring channel state information (CSI) are considered and present each architecture’s strength and the possibility of improvement using experimental results. Third, SWIPT signals strategies are evaluated in both aspects of energy harvesting and information throughput and investigated to minimise the tradeoff between WPT and WIT performance. Two different SWIPT receiver architectures, namely time-switching and power-splitting, are used and examined its performance. Last but not least, a new modulation for SWIPT with EH and information decoder (ID) integrated receiver architecture is proposed based on the observations from the real-world experiments. Overall, the proposed signal strategies for WPT and WIPT is evaluated by analytical models, simulations, and experiment in the real-world setup and the results are compared between different strategies. The experiments also confirm the crucial and beneficial role played by the energy harvester nonlinearity, frequency diversity, and spatial diversity and represent the gains from different aspects can be cumulative. Observations acquired in practical and realistic experiments accelerate a motivation to design a novel signal strategy and give an insight into how the signal design factors are played a role.
title: Die Rolle der Fachwertschätzung für Freude, Langeweile und Angst im Fach Französisch. Eine mehrebenenanalytische Längsschnittstudie über die Sekundarstufe I unter Verwendung von Piecewise Growth Modellen
Creators: name: Beermann, Christian
name: Cronjäger, Hanna
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt
Year: 2023

description: Die Wertschätzung, die Schülerinnen und Schüler einem Fach entgegenbringen, wurde vielfach als relevanter Prädiktor für das Erleben von Unterrichtsemotionen identifiziert. In dieser Studie wurde anhand einer längsschnittlichen Stichprobe über die Sekundarstufe I (N=548) und mit Hilfe von mehrebenenanalytischen Wachstumskurvenmodellen der Einfluss der Fachwertschätzung auf die Entstehung und Entwicklungsverläufe der Unterrichtsemotionen Freude, Angst und Langeweile untersucht. Dabei zeigte sich, dass eine hohe Fachwertschätzung zu mehr Freude und weniger Langeweile beiträgt. Auf das Erleben von Angst war der Einfluss dagegen nur gering. Pädagogische und forschungsmethodische Implikationen der Studie werden diskutiert.
title: Rezension: Cichon, Peter & Cichon, Ludmilla (Hrsg.), Didaktik für eine gelebte Mehrsprachigkeit
Creators: name: Zellerhoff, Rita
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt
Year: 2023

description: Eine bewusste Entscheidung für das Leben in Mehrsprachigkeit spiegelt dieses Buch, das in vielen Facetten Beispiele eines lebendigen Miteinanders von zwei und mehr Sprachen aufzeigt. Die Beiträge, die aus einer Kooperation der Universitäten Wien und Bratislava entstanden sind, zeigen ein weites Spektrum. Dabei geht es nicht allein um die intentionale Unterrichtung, sondern auch um die Aneignung der Sprachen im lebensweltlichen Kontext.
Intrinsic Response of Graphene Vapor Sensors
Creators: name: Dan, Yaping
name: Lu, Ye
name: Kybert, Nicholas J.
name: Johnson, A. T. Charlie
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Graphene is a purely two-dimensional material that has extremely favorable chemical sensor properties. It is known, however, that conventional nanolithographic processing typically leaves a resist residue on the graphene surface, whose impact on the sensor characteristics of the system has not yet been determined. Here we show that the contamination layer both degrades the electronic properties of the graphene and masks graphene s intrinsic sensor responses. The contamination layer chemically dopes the graphene, enhances carrier scattering, and acts as an absorbent layer that concentrates analyte molecules at the graphene surface, thereby enhancing the sensor response. We demonstrate a cleaning process that verifiably removes the contamination on the device structure and allows the intrinsic chemical responses of graphene to be measured.
description: 9 pages and 2 figures
Hardware for arbitrary-precision iterative numerical algorithms
Creators: name: Li, He
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2020

description: Many algorithms feature an iterative loop that converges to the result of interest. The numerical operations in such algorithms are generally implemented using finite-precision arithmetic, either fixed- or floating-point, most of which operate least-significant digit first. This results in a fundamental problem: if, after some time, the result has not converged, is this because we have not run the algorithm for enough iterations or because the arithmetic in some iterations was insufficiently precise? There is no easy way to answer this question, so users will often over-budget precision in the hope that the answer will always be to run for a few more iterations. I propose a fundamentally new approach: with the appropriate arithmetic able to generate results from most-significant digit first, this work shows that fixed compute-area hardware can be used to calculate an arbitrary number of algorithmic iterations to arbitrary precision, with both precision and approximant index increasing in lockstep. Consequently, datapaths constructed following my principles demonstrate efficiency over their traditional arithmetic equivalents where the latter's precisions are either under- or over-budgeted for the computation of a result to a particular accuracy. Further efficiency gains are realisable by inferring the superfluous digits within iterative calculations. Use of forward error analysis allows us to infer insignificant least-significant digits for stationary iterative methods. Their lack of computation is guaranteed not to affect the ability to reach a solution of any accuracy. Exploitation of most-significant digit-first arithmetic additionally enables us to declare certain digits to be identical at runtime for any iterative methods. Specific to stationary iterative methods, digit stability is inferred by combining the knowledge of identical digits shared between successive approximants with matrix conditioning. Both allow the skipping of MSD calculation. Versus arbitrary-precision iterative solvers without the optimisations I detail herein, up-to 470x performance speedups and 22x memory savings are achieved for the evaluated benchmarks.
Additional file 6 of Sex and nest type influence avian blood parasite prevalence in a high-elevation bird community
Creators: name: Rodriguez, Marina D.
name: Doherty, Paul F.
name: Piaggio, Antoinette J.
name: Huyvaert, Kathryn P.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 60506 Virology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 6: Table S6. Model rankings exploring factors affecting detection probability (p) and prevalence (ψ) of Haemoproteus parasites in Red-breasted Nuthatches.
title: Rezension: Bredella, Lothar, Das Verstehen des Anderen. Kulturwissenschaftliche und literaturdidaktische Studien
Creators: name: Cerri, Chiara
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt
Year: 2023

description: In der fremdsprachlichen Literaturdidaktik stellt die Ansicht, dass literarische Texte ideale Schlüssel zum interkulturellen Lernen sind, eine allgemein akzeptierte Auffassung dar. Literatur inszeniert nämlich perspektivgebundene und ästhetisch geformte Wirklichkeitserfahrungen. Die Sensibilisierung für eine solche, auch kulturell bedingte Perspektivgebundenheit – z.B. durch interpretatorische oder kreativ-produktive und handlungsorientierte Aufgaben – dürfte bei Fremdsprachenlernenden Verstehensprozesse des Fremden erleichtern.
Additional file 1 of A nationwide survey exploring physicians’ and pharmacists’ knowledge, awareness and perceptions regarding generic medicines in China
Creators: name: Qu, Jinghan
name: Zuo, Wei
name: Took, Roxane L.
name: Schafermeyer, Kenneth W.
name: Lukas, Stephanie
name: Wang, Shaohong
name: Du, Liping
name: Liu, Xin
name: Gao, Yang
name: Li, Jiantao
name: Pan, Hui
name: Du, Xiaoli
name: Mei, Dan
name: Zhang, Bo
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mental Health
subject: Plant Biology

description: Additional file 1: Table S1. Demographic characteristics of participated physicians and pharmacists in the pilot study. Table S2. Data of the pilot study.
Spin-Hall effect and spin-Coulomb drag in doped semiconductors
Creators: name: Hankiewicz, E. M.
name: Vignale, G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this review, we describe in detail two important spin-transport phenomena: the extrinsic spin-Hall effect (coming from spin-orbit interactions between electrons and impurities) and the spin-Coulomb drag. The interplay of these two phenomena is analyzed. In particular, we discuss the influence of scattering between electrons with opposite spins on the spin current and the spin accumulation produced by the spin-Hall effect. Future challenges and open questions are briefly discussed.
description: Topical review
Promoter architecture and gene expression dynamics in embryonic development
Creators: name: Vučenović, Dunja
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2019

description: Genes indispensable for proper embryonic development show intricate patterns of expression throughout the time, space and magnitude of their activity. This diversity is enabled by elaborate regulatory mechanisms that guide their expression. They also possess a distinct type of core promoters that enable the integration of all regulatory inputs. However, it is still not clear how is coordination of regulation achieved. The first step towards understanding this process is to characterise dynamics of expression, and core promoter features that process the regulation. In this thesis, I explored the diversity of spatio-temporal gene expression during zebrafish development. I defined a novel measure of anatomical specificity that defines how precisely an anatomical structure is defined in the Anatomical Ontology system. Using anatomical specificity measure, I quantified gene expression dynamics from mRNA in situ hybridisation data. Gene expression divergence from in situs was used to predict expression levels from RNA-seq expression data. This analysis allowed me to propose a measure of gene expression complexity which showed that genes with the highest complexity score are developmental genes, whereas genes with low complexity score are involved in housekeeping functions. Next, I developed a method that reports significantly enriched core promoter elements in a group of genes. Using this method, I compared differences in core promoter composition in active genes expressed in different developmental periods. In addition, this method found groups of genes with a specific core promoter structure that are specified for a biological process. Finally, I used scRNA-seq data from zebrafish development to identify patterns of gene co-expression across different cell clusters. Co-expression suggests that a gene pair possesses a common regulatory programme. I show that genes with the most divergent co-expression patterns across development are developmental genes and that housekeeping genes have least diverse co-expression patterns. I went further to create co-expression networks which allowed me to analyse co-expression patterns into more details.
Non-Markovian theory for the waiting time distributions of single electron transfers
Creators: name: Welack, Sven
name: Yan, YiJing
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We derive a non-Markovian theory for waiting time distributions of consecutive single electron transfer events. The presented microscopic Pauli rate equation formalism couples the open electrodes to the many-body system, allowing to take finite bias and temperature into consideration. Numerical results reveal transient oscillations of distinct system frequencies due to memory in the waiting time distributions. Memory effects can be approximated by an expansion in non-Markovian corrections. This method is employed to calculate memory landscapes displaying preservation of memory over multiple consecutive electron transfers.
description: 8 pages, 3 figures
Additional file 7 of Sex and nest type influence avian blood parasite prevalence in a high-elevation bird community
Creators: name: Rodriguez, Marina D.
name: Doherty, Paul F.
name: Piaggio, Antoinette J.
name: Huyvaert, Kathryn P.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 60506 Virology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 7: Table S7. Model rankings exploring factors affecting detection probability (p) and prevalence (ψ) of Haemoproteus parasites in Ruby-crowned Kinglets.
title: Rezension: Baumann, Beate; Hoffmann, Sabine & Nied Curcio, Martina (Hrsg.), Qualitative Forschung in Deutsch als Fremdsprache
Creators: name: Vorndran, Björn
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt
Year: 2023

description: Qualitative Forschung ist ein heterogenes Feld und hat nicht zuletzt durch vielfältige Einsatzmöglichkeiten in den letzten Jahren in soziologischen, psychologischen oder pädagogischen Untersuchungen einen zunehmenden Einfluss als Methode und Paradigma gewonnen. Auch im Bereich der Fremdsprachenerwerbsforschung etablieren sich Untersuchungen, welche die subjektiven Sichtweisen der Probanden als Grundlage für die Analyse nutzen, um so neue Perspektiven auf Probleme der Unterrichtspraxis aufzuzeigen.
Simulation of nuclear observables in inertial confinement fusion experiments
Creators: name: Crilly, Aidan
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2020

description: The neutrons and gamma rays created in nuclear reactions provide a way to measure conditions in Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) experiments. Interpretation of nuclear measurements requires detailed theoretical models and numerical simulations. This thesis presents a computational study of the nuclear observables based on radiation hydrodynamics simulations of ICF experiments. Current measurement techniques are replicated to highlight their strengths and shortcomings. Novel analyses are developed to measure conditions in experiments which are currently unmeasured. Novel features of the scattered and high energy neutron spectrum are investigated. The neutron backscatter edge spectral shape is shown to be determined by the scattering rate weighted ion velocity distribution. A spectrum model is developed, tested and shown to infer currently unmeasured values for fluid velocity and temperature in the dense DT fuel. For magnetised spherical implosions, secondary DT neutrons exhibit yield increases and spectral anisotropy. The alpha knock-on component of the tertiary neutron spectrum shows sensitivity to hotspot transparency. Images of the DT primary and scattered neutrons are calculated for several radiation hydrodynamics simulations. The primary neutron image shape analysis is shown to be robust against differential attenuation effects. The use of multiple energy gates to measure areal density within different angular ranges is demonstrated. Activation diagnostics are shown to have finite angular resolution due to the extended nature of the hotspot. The time history of fusion gamma rays is found to be correlated to the rate of mechanical work performed on the hotspot. The length of peak delays between fusion and carbon gamma rays indicate the degree of burn truncation. Images of carbon gamma rays can be used to measure large scale asymmetries in the remaining ablator. Combining and expanding on nuclear measurements allows a more complete picture of hydrodynamic conditions. This will aid in understanding and improving ICF experiments.
Emerging national identity in pre?revolutionary America
Creators: name: Johnson, Anneliese
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2013

description: The development of American national identity has traditionally been associated with the Revolutionary period. However, previous research fails to incorporate theories of individual identity with ideas about nationalism. This project utilizes a multi-disciplinary approach to examine the impact of individual identity formation on emerging national identity. Dramatic social shifts occurred in mid-eighteenth century colonial America, including domestic population growth, immigration, and economic development. These changes forced colonists to explore new possibilities when constructing their individual identity. The shift away from autonomous communities towards interdependence and diversity in mid-eighteenth century America laid the foundation for American national identity to emerge. Pressures created from these social changes weakened association with English identity, and highlighted perceptions of otherness between the English and the colonists, priming the population for a moment of national consciousness. Primary sources are also examined to provide evidence of an emerging unique American national identity in mid-eighteenth century colonial America.
description: The relationship between national and individual identity -- A case study of the impact of demographic and economic changes on American national identity -- Primary research in support of American national identity
description: (M.S.) -- Towson University, 2013.
Automatic processing of intrusive thoughts
Creators: name: Jarosiewicz, Sara R.
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2013

description: Intrusive thoughts are distinct cognitive events that are unwanted and distressing. They are commonly experienced by clinical and nonclinical populations. Through self-report methods, it seems that intrusive thoughts are automatically activated. However, there is no known method that implicitly measures this assumption. The present study adapted an implicit measure of automatic processing to evaluate intrusive thoughts. Seventy-two participants listened to a recording in which they imagined receiving a consensual or nonconsensual kiss from a man described as physically clean or dirty (resulting in four mental contamination induction conditions: consensual clean, consensual dirty, nonconsensual clean or nonconsensual dirty). Then, they completed a primed lexical decision task, which measured automatic processing via prime-target pairs that varied in relatedness and expectancy. Due to the intrusive thoughts elicited from the mental contamination, it was hypothesized that participants would respond faster to related unexpected prime-target pairs compared to the unrelated expected pairs. However, this was not observed. Explanations for the results are discussed.
description: (M.A.) -- Towson University, 2013.
Carbon and corms: Assessing the threats to Gurrumuru floodplain, northern Australia
Creators: name: Jones, Oscar
Publisher: name: Macquarie University
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 410404
subject: Environmental management

description: Northern Australian coastal floodplains are threatened by saltwater intrusion (SWI) and introduced pig (Sus scrofa) and water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis). In response, emerging carbon and biodiversity offset markets have been suggested to finance ungulate culling. However, few studies have
quantified the potential carbon storage and biodiversity benefits of removing ungulates, especially when SWI occurs. Through collaboration with the Yolngu Yirralka Rangers and Gurrumuru Homeland wänga watangu (Traditional Owners), this project assessed the interacting effects of SWI and feral ungulates on: (1) Aboveground carbon (AGC) stocks in a supratidal Melaleuca forest, and (2) culturally important bush food räkay (Eleocharis dulcis), between ungulate exclusion and non-exclusion plots. Field research revealed SWI was the greatest threat to AGC, whilst ungulate exclusion significantly increased understorey biomass. After five years of ungulate exclusion, räkay corm abundance increased on average by 2.4 times. These results suggest that potential market solutions for removing ungulates should account for projected future impacts of SWI on AGC, and greater benefit could occur if biodiversity and cultural values were considered. Furthermore, as most northern coastal floodplains are on Indigenous owned and managed lands, it is imperative that potential solutions are inclusive of local priorities to maximise program engagement, outcomes and sustainability.
Possible Single Resonant Production of the Fourth Generation Charged Leptons at $γe$ Colliders
Creators: name: Ciftci, R.
name: Ciftci, A. K.
name: Sultansoy, S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Single resonant productions of the fourth standard model generation charged lepton via anomalous interactions at gamma e colliders based on future linear e^+ e^- colliders with 500 GeV and 1 TeV center of mass energies are studied. Signatures of $γe\to \ell_4\to eγ$ and $γe\to \ell_4\to eZ$ anomalous processes followed by the hadronic and leptonic decay of the Z boson and corresponding standard model backgrounds are discussed in details. The lowest necessary luminosities to observe these processes and the achievable values of the anomalous coupling strengths are determined.
description: 9 pages, 6 figures, 4 tables
title: Rezension: Ahrenholz, Bernt (Hrsg.), Fachunterricht und Deutsch als Zweitsprache
Creators: name: Schroeter-Brauss, Sabina
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt
Year: 2023

description: Jeder Fachunterricht ist auch Sprachunterricht. Diese Erkenntnis ist weder überraschend noch neu, doch beginnt sie sich offenbar erst seit kurzem wirklich durchzusetzen – dank der Kinder und Jugendlichen mit Zuwanderungsgeschichte, die uns besonders dringlich vor Augen führen, dass die Inhalte aller Fächer sprachlich vermittelt werden. Wenn Kinder und Jugendliche mit Deutsch als Zweitsprache in der Regelschule lernen, bedeutet das, dass sie die Unterrichtsinhalte in einer Sprache verarbeiten (sollen), die sie zugleich noch lernen. Dass sie dies oft nicht erfolgreich tun können, haben verschiedene Studien gezeigt.
title: Creations and Redemptions in Fixed-Income Exchange-Traded Funds: A Shift from Bonds to Cash
Creators: name: Arora, Rohan
name: Betermier, Sébastien
name: Ouellet Leblanc, Guillaume
name: Palumbo, Adriano
name: Shotlander, Ryan
Publisher: name: Bank of Canada
Year: 2019

description: The creation and redemption activity of fixed-income exchange-traded funds listed in the United States has shifted. Funds of established issuers have traditionally exchanged their shares for baskets of bonds. In contrast, young funds managed by new issuers tend to create and redeem their shares almost exclusively in cash. Cash transactions imply that new funds are taking on exposure to liquidity risk. This has implications for financial stability.

description: Le mécanisme de création et de rachat de fonds négociés en bourse à revenu fixe cotés aux États-Unis a évolué. Les parts des fonds de fournisseurs établis s’échangent habituellement contre des paniers d’obligations. En revanche, les parts des fonds récents gérés par de nouveaux fournisseurs ont tendance à être créées et rachetées presque exclusivement au comptant. Les nouveaux fonds sont ainsi exposés à un risque de liquidité, ce qui a une incidence sur la stabilité financière.
Additional file 1 of Distinct clinical and prognostic implication of IDH1/2 mutation and other most frequent mutations in large duct and small duct subtypes of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma
Creators: name: Ma, Bingqi
name: Meng, Huijuan
name: Tian, Ye
name: Wang, Yingying
name: Song, Tianqiang
name: Zhang, Ti
name: Wu, Qiang
name: Cui, Yunlong
name: Li, Huikai
name: Zhang, Wei
name: Li, Qiang
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Virology

description: Additional file 1.
title: Rezension: Neues aus dem Forschungsfeld Deutsch als Zweitsprache. Sammelrezension
Creators: name: Altmayer, Claus
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt
Year: 2023

description: Im ersten Teil dieser Sammelrezension (vgl. http://zif.spz.tu-darmstadt.de/jg-15-2/beitrag/Altmayer_ Sammelrezension1.pdf) wurde bereits auf die Reihe von Workshops zum Thema 'Kinder mit Migrationshintergrund' hingewiesen, die zwischen 2005 und 2007 an der TU Berlin stattfanden. Alle drei Workshops sind in Sammelbänden dokumentiert, die vom Initiator und Organisator der Workshops Bernt Ahrenholz beim Freiburger Fillibach-Verlag herausgegeben wurden. Es sei an dieser Stelle auch einmal dem Verleger Jürgen Welke für das Engagement gedankt, mit dem er sich seit vielen Jahren für den Bereich Deutsch als Zweitsprache einsetzt und Bücher zum Thema auf den Markt bringt, die nicht nur sorgfältig und schön gemacht sind, sondern vor allem den Diskurs zu dieser so enorm wichtigen Fragestellung in Wissenschaft und Praxis inspirieren und vorantreiben. Der zweite Band der WorkshopReihe wurde an dieser Stelle ja bereits ausführlich gewürdigt, konzentrieren wir uns daher jetzt auf Band 3: Ahrenholz, Bernt (Hrsg.) (2009), Empirische Befunde zu DaZ-Erwerb und Sprachförderung. Beiträge aus dem 3. ‚Workshop Kinder mit Migrationshintergrund‘. Freiburg/Br.: Fillibach. ISBN 978-3-931240-48-6. 337 Seiten, 23,00 Euro.
Relations among measures of the slow cortical response (SCR) and Absolute Magnitude Estimation (AME) loudness judgments in young normal-hearing adults
Creators: name: Janowitz, Hillary Rose
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2013

description: The goal of the current study was to determine the relation, if any, between behavioral loudness judgments, using the Absolute Magnitude Estimation (AME) protocol, and the response properties of the slow cortical response (SCR) to 2000-Hz tone-burst stimuli. A secondary goal of the study was to determine the relation, if any, between the subjects? loudness judgments and the annoyance ratings that accompanied these loudness judgments. Eleven normal-hearing young adults participated in the study. Subjects provided an AME loudness judgment rating as well as an annoyance rating to a train of seven 2000-Hz tonal stimuli that were presented from 10 to 80 dB nHL, in 10 dB increments. Following the loudness judgment ratings, slow cortical responses were recorded for each subject at each stimulus intensity. The acoustic stimuli for the slow cortical response recordings consisted of the same 2000-Hz tone bursts. After the slow cortical response was recorded at each stimulus intensity, each subject was asked to provide judgments of both the loudness and annoyance of these 2000-Hz tonal stimuli at that stimulus intensity. The peak-to-peak amplitude values of waves P1-N1 and N1-P2, as well as the absolute latency values of waves P1, N1, and P2, were measured to explore the possible relations, if any, of these response measurements with the behavioral growth of loudness for these tonal stimuli. Each response property of the slow cortical response was plotted in a scatter plot as a function of stimulus intensity. Linear regression analyses were fitted to each response data set separately and Spearman's rank correlation values were calculated. The peak-to-peak amplitude values of wave N1-P2 have the strongest correlation to the growth of loudness as a function of stimulus intensity in comparison to the response latencies of the various peaks. Future studies should continue to look into the slow cortical response as a possible objective measure to characterize loudness growth in difficult to test populations.
description: (Au. D.) -- Towson University, 2014.
Relation between slow cortical response measures and categorical loudness judgments assessed by the Contour Test of Loudness in normal-hearing adults
Creators: name: Lecator, Shekinah M.
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2013

description: Objectives To establish the relation, if any, between the response properties of the slow cortical response (SCR) (i.e., the amplitudes of waves P1-N1 and N1-P2 and the latencies of waves P1, N1 and P2) recorded to a 2000-Hz tonal stimulus and loudness judgments for this same stimulus. Loudness was assessed using the Contour Test of Loudness (Cox et al., 1997). This study also investigated the relation, if any, between annoyance judgments of the 2000-Hz tonal stimuli and the stimulus intensity. Annoyance was assessed using a 6-point scale adapted from Hiramatsu et al. (1988). Design Loudness and annoyance measures were taken from 11 adults with normal hearing (aged 23-26 years). For each subject, the median stimulus intensity obtained from their loudness judgments for the 2000-Hz tonal stimuli for each loudness category determined the stimulus intensity used to record slow cortical responses for that participant. After the SCR recording was completed at each stimulus intensity, each subject was asked to judge the loudness and annoyance of the tonal stimuli at that intensity using the same scales described above. These judgments are referred to as the post loudness and annoyance judgments. Results As expected, as loudness and annoyance categories increased, the mean intensity increased. This pattern was relatively linear for the loudness judgments, with a 10-12 dB increase in stimulus intensity for each loudness category. In contrast, there was a 10-25 dB increase in stimulus intensity for each increase in annoyance category. Listeners assigned a considerable range of stimulus intensities to each loudness category (25-30 dB) for the Comfortable, but Slightly Soft through Loud, but O.K. categories. The range of stimulus intensities for each annoyance category was even larger (i.e., 40-55 dB) for the Very Pleasant through Tolerable categories. The variability in the data, reflected in the standard deviation values, was relatively consistent across categories for both loudness and annoyance. The results of the linear regression analyses revealed that behavioral loudness and annoyance judgments were highly correlated with stimulus intensity. As expected, SCR peak-to-peak amplitudes of waves P1-N1 and N1-P2 increased and the latencies of waves P1, N1 and P2 decreased as loudness category increased. Results of linear regression analyses revealed a stronger correlation of SCR amplitudes with the judgments of loudness (r=0.338-0.54) versus the SCR latencies ( r=0.074-0.221). Conclusion The current study provides encouraging results, suggesting that the response properties of the SCR may hold promise for estimating the subjective growth of loudness for tonal stimuli.
description: (Au. D.) -- Towson University, 2013.
title: Digitales Zitieren und Belegen – zur Diskussion notwendiger und entbehrlicher Angaben
Creators: name: Mitschian, Haymo
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt
Year: 2023

description: Die sich an gedruckten Medien entwickelten Standards zum Zitieren und Belegen in wissenschaftlichen Arbeiten müssen den neuen Möglichkeiten, die das Internet bietet, angepasst werden. Der Neuheit des Publikationskanals entsprechend existiert eine Reihe offener Frage zu Art und Form notwendiger Angaben, die einer Klärung bedürfen. Im Artikel werden einige dieser Fragen angesprochen und es werden Vorschläge hergeleitet, die den gegenwärtigen Stand der Entwicklung berücksichtigen.
Additional file 2 of Prognostic assessment capability of a five-gene signature in pancreatic cancer: a machine learning based-study
Creators: name: Zhang, Xuanfeng
name: Yang, Lulu
name: Zhang, Dong
name: Wang, Xiaochuan
name: Bu, Xuefeng
name: Zhang, Xinhui
name: Cui, Long
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer

description: Additional file 2.
Parenting styles and practices as predictors of adjustment and drinking motives during the first year of college
Creators: name: Huber, Kristina L.
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2013

description: For many students, the transition from high school to college is accompanied by a considerable amount of stress. Past research has examined factors that make this transition more or less stressful, and one area of focus has been the parent-child relationship. This study examined how parenting styles and practices predict a student's ability to adjust to college. First year college students (N=182) completed questionnaires that assessed parenting styles, parenting practices, adjustment to college, and drinking problems. Authoritative parenting predicted better adjustment and fewer alcohol problems. Homework involvement predicted better overall adjustment. Parenting practices were shown to play a mediating role between authoritative parenting and adjustment in some cases, and authoritative parenting moderated the relationship between parenting practices and drinking problems. Overall, these findings suggest that parenting continues to play an important role in students? lives during college, and further research is needed to better understand these interactions.
description: (M.A.) -- Towson University, 2013.
title: Raquel Aguilar. Pinturas 2013
title: Serie pictórica sobre los pinos de Godella
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Aguilar Alonso, Raquel
name: Concejalía de Cultura del Ayuntamiento de Rocafort
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013

description: Catálogo de la exposición "Raquel Aguilar. Pinturas 2013." Casa de la Cultura de Rocafort. Del 7 al 28 de noviembre de 2013.

La presente publicación recoge un conjunto de las obras expuetas en la Casa de la Cultura de Rocafort, fruto del estudio formal de los pinos característicos de la localidad donde ha crecido y vive la autora. Aglutina una serie pictórica de obras al óleo de gran formato sobre lienzo y otras más pequeñas al pastel sobre cartulina. También una serie de bocetos ejecutados con lápiz compuesto junto a una breve introducción de la misma pintora sobre las sensaciones plásticas mientras desarrollaba la serie.

La exposición junto a su catálogo fueron subvencionadas por el Ayuntmaiento de Rocafort, en concreto, por la Concejalía de Cultura y Fiestas.