cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Influence of rain water leakage on the hygrothermal performance of exterior insulation systems
Creators: name: Kuenzel, Hartwig
name: Zirkelbach, Daniel
name: Kuenzel, Hartwig
Publisher: name: 8th Symposium on Building Physics in the Nordic Countries
Year: 2008

description: The moisture behaviour of building components is becoming a major durability issue worldwide because it is almost impossible to create perfectly tight building assemblies. Alerted by numerous severe damage cases caused by rain water penetration through stucco clad walls in North-America, the American Society of Heat Refrigeration and Air-conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) has developed a standard on moisture design criteria. This standard will form the basis for hygrothermal performance evaluations by numerical simulation which should ultimately lead to better moisture management in buildings. In this paper the moisture behaviour of walls with leaks in the exterior thermal insulation system is simulated by applying the procedure described in the ASHRAE draft standard 160. In a parametric study the different assembly modifications and outdoor climate conditions in North America and Europe are considered.

While everything works well when there is no rain water leakage, the results show severe problems dealing with leaks in polystyrene insulation systems. Only at warm locations, an increase of the drying potential toward the interior by replacing the vapour barrier by a humidity controlled retarder may solve this problem. However, when the polystyrene insulation is exchanged by high density mineral wool slabs the penetrating rain water rapidly dries out through the exterior insulation and the humidity conditions in the sheathing material serving as substrate will remain below the critical threshold.
Real frontiers of fake planes
Creators: name: Dubouloz, Adrien
name: Mangolte, Frédéric
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: In Dubouloz and Mangolte (Fake real planes: exotic affine algebraic models of $\mathbb{R}^{2}$, arXiv:1507.01574, 2015) we define and partially classify fake real planes, that is, minimal complex surfaces with conjugation whose real locus is diffeomorphic to the euclidean real plane $\mathbb{R}^{2}$. Classification results are given up to biregular isomorphisms and up to birational diffeomorphisms. In this note, we describe in an elementary way numerous examples of fake real planes and we exhibit examples of such planes of every Kodaira dimension $κ\in \{-\infty,0,1,2\}$ which are birationally diffeomorphic to $\mathbb{R}^{2}$.
Evaluation of thermal bridges by means of numerical simulation
Creators: name: Gudum, Charlotte
name: Gudum, Charlotte
Publisher: name: 8th Symposium on Building Physics in the Nordic Countries
Year: 2008

description: Some  themal bridges will always exist, where parts of the building envelopes have reduced insulation thickness. A thermal bridge will cause a local area with lower inside surface temperature, where the condensation of indoor moisture risk to cause local high relative humidity, and further mould growth.

In practice it is significant that the cold bridge is detected in the design phase, before the building is build, so the design can be changed, and the damage avoided.

In order to find out where a thermal bridge will risk causing damage an evaluation method for Danish weather conditions will be introduced in the paper.

The method is based on ISO EN 13788:2001 developed to evaluate critical temperature on the inside surface of buildings. Criteria for acceptable minimum surface temperatures for different indoor climates are introduced. Further the paper gives an example on the evaluation of a thermal bridge calculated by means of numerical simulation.
Distribution of carbon dioxide in a naturally ventilated room with high internal heat load
Creators: name: Steiger, Simone
name: Hellwig, Runa Tabea
name: Junker, Elmar
name: Steiger, Simone
Publisher: name: 8th Symposium on Building Physics in the Nordic Countries
Year: 2008

description: Carbon dioxide is often used as an indicator for the sensoric load from persons. The paper shows the result of measurement of carbon dioxide distribution in a test room with natural ventilation and high occupant density. The results show possible measuring positions for carbon dioxide in classrooms for controlling indoor air quality. The testroom represents one tier of a typically deep classroom with single - sided natural ventilation. The window was opened and closed automatically. Dummies emitting heat and carbon dioxide simulate the pupils. The measurements of carbon dioxide were carried out at various places and heights with a photoacoustic multi-gas monitor.
With the window closed and no carbon dioxide emitted, the concentration of carbon dioxide equals in the room in a few minutes. With an open window and carbon dioxide emitted, the distribution of the gas varies. The highest concentration is below the ceiling, the lowest above the floor. When there is no thermal buoyancy at the dummies, more carbon dioxide emitted from the dummies drops down to the floor because of its higher density. Near the window as well as below the ceiling high fluctuations of carbon dioxide concentration occur. The measured values near the wall are more stable than the values in the middle of the room. The concentrations in the breathing zone show nearly the same values than in the middle of the room. The layered arrangement of carbon dioxide at the wall was not as clear as in the centre. The distribution of carbon dioxide is influenced both from the opening of the window and from the disposal of carbon dioxide. The concentration of carbon dioxide therefore varies within a wide range. Appropriate measuring points for classrooms could be at the wall at breathing height with an adequate distance from the windows. Higher measurement points at the wall, out of the students reach, could also be possible, but may show too high values. Measurement points near the floor and near the windows are inappropriate to estimate indoor air quality.
Smooth and polyhedral approximation in Banach spaces
Creators: name: Bible, Victor
name: Smith, Richard J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Functional Analysis (math.FA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 46B03, 46B20

description: We show that norms on certain Banach spaces $X$ can be approximated uniformly, and with arbitrary precision, on bounded subsets of $X$ by $C^{\infty}$ smooth norms and polyhedral norms. In particular, we show that this holds for any equivalent norm on $c_0(Γ)$, where $Γ$ is an arbitrary set. We also give a necessary condition for the existence of a polyhedral norm on a weakly compactly generated Banach space, which extends a well-known result of Fonf.
description: 12 pages
Principles & Practices of Team-Based Learning
Creators: name: McCarter, Beck
Publisher: name: National Teaching Repository
Year: 2022
Subjects: Teacher education and professional development of educators
Curriculum and pedagogy theory and development

description: This booklet is the pre-learning I set for Unit 1 of the Fundamentals of Team-Based Learning CPD programme. It provides an introduction to the framework and key concepts so that participants are ready to explore them in greater depth when they join the session.
Quadratic forms and systems of forms in many variables
Creators: name: Myerson, Simon L. Rydin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 11D45, 11P55, 11D72, 11G35, 14G05

description: Let $F_1,\dotsc,F_R$ be quadratic forms with integer coefficients in $n$ variables. When $n\geq 9R$ and the variety $V(F_1,\dotsc,F_R)$ is a smooth complete intersection, we prove an asymptotic formula for the number of integer points in an expanding box at which these forms simultaneously vanish, which in particular implies the Hasse principle for $V(F_1,\dotsc,F_R)$. Previous work in this direction required $n$ to grow at least quadratically with $R$. We give a similar result for $R$ forms of degree $d$, conditional on an upper bound for the number of solutions to an auxiliary inequality. In principle this result may apply as soon as $n> d2^dR$. In the case that $d\geq 3$, several strategies are available to prove the necessary upper bound for the auxiliary inequality. In a forthcoming paper we use these ideas to apply the circle method to nonsingular systems of forms with real coefficients.
description: 29 pages, in review
Congruences for powers of the partition function
Creators: name: Locus, Madeline
name: Wagner, Ian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Let $p_{-t}(n)$ denote the number of partitions of $n$ into $t$ colors. In analogy with Ramanujan's work on the partition function, Lin recently proved in \cite{Lin} that $p_{-3}(11n+7)\equiv0\pmod{11}$ for every integer $n$. Such congruences, those of the form $p_{-t}(\ell n + a) \equiv 0 \pmod {\ell}$, were previously studied by Kiming and Olsson. If $\ell \geq 5$ is prime and $-t \not \in \{\ell - 1, \ell -3\}$, then such congruences satisfy $24a \equiv -t \pmod {\ell}$. Inspired by Lin's example, we obtain natural infinite families of such congruences. If $\ell\equiv2\pmod{3}$ (resp. $\ell\equiv3\pmod{4}$ and $\ell\equiv11\pmod{12}$) is prime and $r\in\{4,8,14\}$ (resp. $r\in\{6,10\}$ and $r=26$), then for $t=\ell s-r$, where $s\geq0$, we have that \begin{equation*} p_{-t}\left(\ell n+\frac{r(\ell^2-1)}{24}-\ell\Big\lfloor\frac{r(\ell^2-1)}{24\ell}\Big\rfloor\right)\equiv0\pmod{\ell}. \end{equation*} Moreover, we exhibit infinite families where such congruences cannot hold.
Systems of cubic forms in many variables
Creators: name: Myerson, Simon L. Rydin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 11D45, 11D72, 11G35, 14G05

description: We consider a system of $R$ cubic forms in $n$ variables, with integer coefficients, which define a smooth complete intersection in projective space. Provided $n\geq 25R$, we prove an asymptotic formula for the number of integer points in an expanding box at which these forms simultaneously vanish. In particular we can handle systems of forms in $O(R)$ variables, previous work having required that $n \gg R^2$. One conjectures that $n \geq 6R+1$ should be sufficient. We reduce the problem to an upper bound for the number of solutions to a certain auxiliary inequality. To prove this bound we adapt a method of Davenport.
description: 23 pages, submitted
individual influence by nanotechnology on the indoor environment
Creators: name: Nöske, Florian
name: Holm, Andreas
name: Hellwig, Runa
name: Nöske, Florian
Publisher: name: 8th Symposium on Building Physics in the Nordic Countries
Year: 2008

description: Meanwhile many material surfaceses are developed using nanotechnology. Each workplace is surrounded by such materials: lacquer, plaster, wallpaper, bricking, concrete, derived timber products, plasterboards, foils, insulated glass, plastics, insulations and textiles. Falling back on the characteristics of nanotechnology indoor hygiene, climate and acoustics could be influenced. For example self-cleaning surfaces may prevent lay down of harmful particles, VOCs could be filtered, thermal comfort might be improved, humidity could be buffered and noise levels could be reduced.
The building physics with its parameters temperature, humidity, acoustics, lighting and odours suggest a holistic approach in this field. Thus the  Fraunhofer Institute for building physics is currently preparing a project focussing on the influence by of nanotechnologic materials on individual climatisation based on subjective environmental perception. Within this approach the interaction of the five senses - sight, touch, smell, taste and touch – will be considered.
The final aim of this project is to set up the workplaces boundary parameters in such a way that a saving of energy is achieved. To concentrate resources the environment of the individual is put into the center of this programme, not the whole indoor climate. Consequently a waste of energy is avoided and resources are conserved.
Each individual demands his/her own ambient environmental conditions. Until now the environment is divided in great intervals of comfort. These intervals reflect the majority of people and accepts a number of dissatisfied individuals. With the outlined approach the project might contribute to some  principal questions in the field of indoor environment. Can an integral view of the indoor climate provide information on optimal comfort for a human-being and an efficient working environment. Is a workplace without disturbing or uncomfortable influences achievable, where people can work concentrated and with pleasure?
Principles & Practices of Team-Based Learning.pdf
Creators: name: McCarter, Beck
Publisher: name: National Teaching Repository
Year: 2022
Subjects: Teacher education and professional development of educators
Curriculum and pedagogy theory and development

description: This booklet is the pre-learning I set for Unit 1 of the Fundamentals of Team-Based Learning CPD programme. It provides an introduction to the framework and key concepts so that participants are ready to explore them in greater depth when they join the session.
Lenk: Hotel Alpina
Creators: name: [s.n.]
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1945

description: Enthält: 2 Postkarten
description: Bauherr: Familie Ludi-Brand; Bauvorhaben: Anbau 1) Untergeschoss: Küche mit Nebenräumen und Zentralheizunganlage 2) Erdgeschoss: Aufenthaltsraum für Gäste mit gedecktem Vorplatz, Büro und WC-Anlage 3) 2 Gästezimmer, 2 Privatzimmer, Bad- und WC-Anlage (nicht bewilligt)
description: Archivalienart: Manuskript, Bildmaterial
The Effect of the Rayleigh Number on the Natural Convective Heat and Mass Transfer Coefficient under Atmospheric Pressure Condition
Creators: name: Talev, Goce
name: Thue, Jan Vincent
name: Gustavsen, Arild
name: Næss, Erling
name: Talev, Goce
Publisher: name: 8th Symposium on Building Physics in the Nordic Countries
Year: 2008

description: The study of moisture migration from the surface of building materials and construction elements is of great importance for the characterization of their hygrothermal performance. In particular, transient calculation of moisture migration from the surface requires knowledge of the surface transfer coefficient and the moisture buffering properties of the building materials. In this paper the influence of the natural convection effect on the convective heat and mass transfer coefficient between the warmer air and a horizontal upward facing colder water surface is explored under atmospheric pressure. The air temperature and the water surface temperature in water-filled square cups are obtained by measurements with type T thermocouples connected to a data-logger. As far as we know there is no public literature about estimation of the natural convective mass transfer coefficient as a function of Rayleigh numbers lower than 104, which was the primary motivation source in this work. The effects of different characteristic lengths as well as temperature differences are discussed in the paper.
Fast Simulation of Vehicles with Non-deformable Tracks
Creators: name: Pecka, Martin
name: Zimmermann, Karel
name: Svoboda, Tomáš
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Robotics (cs.RO)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: I.6.3

description: This paper presents a novel technique that allows for both computationally fast and sufficiently plausible simulation of vehicles with non-deformable tracks. The method is based on an effect we have called Contact Surface Motion. A comparison with several other methods for simulation of tracked vehicle dynamics is presented with the aim to evaluate methods that are available off-the-shelf or with minimum effort in general-purpose robotics simulators. The proposed method is implemented as a plugin for the open-source physics-based simulator Gazebo using the Open Dynamics Engine.
description: \c{opyright} 2017 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. Permission from IEEE must be obtained for all other uses, in any current or future media, including reprinting/republishing this material for advertising or promotional purposes, creating new collective works, for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or reuse of any copyrighted component of this work in other works
Experimental Assessment of the Velocity Profile in a Rectangular Wind Tunnel
Creators: name: Talev, Goce
name: Thue, Jan Vincent
name: Gustavsen, Arild
name: Talev, Goce
Publisher: name: 8th Symposium on Building Physics in the Nordic Countries
Year: 2008

description: A new open-loop, low-speed wind tunnel has been designed and constructed at NTNU in order to determine the convective mass transfer coefficient. It has a working section 0.45 m wide, 0.3 m high and 1 m long with a maximum wind speed of 10ms-1 under typical operating conditions. The design was specially constructed by need to provide a uniform air flow without excessive turbulence and to verify its adequate influence of the simulated external boundary layer on the local convective mass transfer coefficient. This paper presents the results of mean velocity measurements in an empty tunnel using a Pitot-static tube, as well as measurements of mean and fluctuating velocities and flow characteristics using a hot-wire anemometer. The measurements of the mean velocity were found to compare well with simulations with the CFD tool Fluent.
A new formula for Chebotarev densities
Creators: name: Dawsey, Madeline Locus
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 11R45, 11R44

description: We give a new formula for the Chebotarev densities of Frobenius elements in Galois groups. This formula is given in terms of smallest prime factors $p_{\mathrm{min}}(n)$ of integers $n\geq2$. More precisely, let $C$ be a conjugacy class of the Galois group of some finite Galois extension $K$ of $\mathbb{Q}$. Then we prove that $$-\lim_{X\rightarrow\infty}\sum_{\substack{2\leq n\leq X\\[1pt]\left[\frac{K/\mathbb{Q}}{p_{\mathrm{min}}(n)}\right]=C}}\frac{μ(n)}{n}=\frac{\#C}{\#G}.$$ This theorem is a generalization of a result of Alladi from 1977 that asserts that largest prime divisors $p_{\mathrm{max}}(n)$ are equidistributed in arithmetic progressions modulo an integer $k$, which occurs when $K$ is a cyclotomic field $\mathbb{Q}(ζ_k)$.
How Probable is it to Discard an Ace of Hearts?
Creators: name: Bakhshi, Rena
name: Fokkink, Wan
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: combinatorics
card shuffle
binomial coefficient
Gosper algorithm

description: This paper describes a non-trivial counting problem in the context of dealing of cards. We show that the question related to this problem can be answered in three different ways, allowing us to discover interesting binomial identities. The first and the third answers are exact solutions of the counting problem, constituting a combinatorial proof of their equality. The second answer has been derived by extensive numerical experiments. We prove its equality to the third answer (and transitively, the first one) algebraically by applying the well-known Gosper algorithm.
An Analysis of the Difference between Measured and Predicted Energy Savings when Houses are Insulated
Creators: name: Sanders, Chris
name: Phillipson, Mark
name: Sanders, Chris
Publisher: name: 8th Symposium on Building Physics in the Nordic Countries
Year: 2008

description: When houses are retrofitted with cavity wall and loft insulation, the actual energy savings derived from measurements of before and after fuel consumptions are commonly found to be considerably less than expected from the model predictions. This discrepancy, termed a ‘reduction factor’ is caused in part by changed internal temperatures, a ‘comfort factor’, with the remainder due to other causes such as insulation performance, occupancy and ventilation.

This study reviewed 13 papers relating to the relationship between the predicted and the actual energy saving that occurs when houses are insulated. These papers can be divided into a) ‘strategic’ studies using simplified data from large groups of dwellings, b) detailed analyses of specific monitoring exercises with information from smaller groups of dwellings, and c) specific studies of individual measures including cavity wall insulation, loft insulation and ventilation.

It was possible to quantify either a reduction factor or a comfort factor from five of the reports. These figures suggest that the best estimate for the reduction factor was 50% of the theoretical expected energy savings, with the comfort factor contributing 15% to this.

Various issues were identified as relevant to the difference between the predicted and measured energy saving; these include:
• The performance of thermal insulation;
• Ventilation, which is a significant energy burden and is largely under occupant control, is difficult to represent in theoretical models.
• Separation of energy use for hot water, cooking, lighting and other appliances from space heating consumption.
• The correction of energy use for different outside temperatures before and after insulation
• The use of appropriate energy models to model specific houses.
Where to use vacuum insulation … and where not!
Creators: name: Schild, Kai
name: Willems, Wolfgang M.
name: Schild, Kai
Publisher: name: 8th Symposium on Building Physics in the Nordic Countries
Year: 2008

description: The classical - film covered - vacuum insulation panel (VIP) has made it’s way from the research state to an accepted building material that is used in different fields of application. Some manufacturers of VIP have even mastered the testing procedures necessary for getting a national technical approval from the german Deutsches Institut für Bautechnik (DIBt). Other types of vacuum insulation are subject of an ongoing research process but not available on the market by now.

Due to economical aspects, in general the use of vacuum insulation is limited to applications where the reduced heat loss and/or the financial consequences of creating slim building structures equalize the higher material prices.

But accompanying the growing market relevance some application fields and building products have occurred, where the use of vacuum insulation misses the self-chosen aims. Unconsidered thermal bridges, high conductive coverings, misinterpreted calculation standards and an obsessive endeavour to use innovative solutions whether it is useful or not, result in underestimated heat losses or costs for construction and maintenance.
By using examples, this paper shows some cases that should set the alarm bells ringing - in other words: Where to use vacuum insulation … and where not.
Alkaline decomposition of alkali sensitive flooring materials - effect of concrete surface structure
Creators: name: Plesser, Thale Sofie Wester
name: Blom, Peter
name: Plesser, Thale Sofie Wester
Publisher: name: 8th Symposium on Building Physics in the Nordic Countries
Year: 2008

description: When resilient flooring is glued directly to a concrete surface there is a possibility that water based, acrylate flooring adhesives will undergo alkaline decomposition. Alkaline decomposition of alkali sensitive flooring adhesives is usually associated with high relative humidity in the concrete. There are some indications however, based on damages observed in the field, that the finishing technique used on the concrete floor and the method by which the flooring is bonded to the substrate may create an environment that increases the risk of alkaline decomposition. This study uses a 24 factorial design to investigate the influence of troweling technique (steel troweling vs. rotary power troweling), bonding technique (wet vs. dry bonding), relative humidity in the concrete and concrete water-cement ratio on the aggressiveness of concrete towards materials that are sensitive to alkaline moisture. This paper will present the experimental setup and preliminary results.
Biconservative submanifolds in $\mathbb{S}^{n}\times \mathbb{R}$ and $\mathbb{H}^{n}\times \mathbb{R}$
Creators: name: Manfio, Fernando
name: Turgay, Nurettin Cenk
name: Upadhyay, Abhitosh
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: In this paper, we study biconservative submanifolds in $\mathbb{S}^{n}\times \mathbb{R}$ and $\mathbb{H}^{n}\times \mathbb{R}$ with parallel mean curvature vector field and co-dimension 2. We obtain some necessary and sufficient conditions for such submanifolds to be conservative. In particular, we obtain a complete classification of 3-dimensional biconservative submanifolds in $\mathbb{S}^{4}\times \mathbb{R}$ and $\mathbb{H}^{4}\times \mathbb{R}$ with nonzero parallel mean curvature vector field. We also get some results for biharmonic submanifolds in $\mathbb{S}^{n}\times \mathbb{R}$ and $\mathbb{H}^{n}\times \mathbb{R}$.
description: 17 pages
Energy-efficient windows - for how long?
Creators: name: Olsson-Jonsson, Agneta
name: Olsson-Jonsson, Agneta
Publisher: name: 8th Symposium on Building Physics in the Nordic Countries
Year: 2008

description: The purpose of this project has been to investigate the durability and lifetime of energy-efficient windows - to see how they age and whether their U-value changes with time, and also analyse problems with this type of windows.

The thermal insulating properties of energy-efficient windows are mainly determined by the U-value of the glazed area. Therefore, the project has primarily included what’s happening to the glass part of the windows.

In a number of buildings, energy-efficient windows have been inspected concerning function, condition and durability. The age of the studied windows differ between two and thirteen years. The glass part of the windows has been studied concerning number and location of low-emissions coatings. Gas concentration has been measured in those windows that contain a two-glazed sealed unit. The occupants of the buildings have also been interviewed. Calculations have been carried out in order to study how the U-value changes with numbers of low-emission coatings, their locations, gas filling and type of spacer in the sealed glazing unit. Calculations have also been carried out concerning frequency of condensation on the outside of the windows.

The inspections show that most of the windows are in good condition. However, there are some failures in gas concentration and low-emission coatings. The measured gas filling is generally in the range of 75-92 %, which is far too low for most of the inspected windows. In two buildings, the low-emission coating was mounted on the wrong side of the glass. Values of gas filling for over 300 newly manufactured sealed glazing units are available at SP. These data shows that the average gas concentration has been 86 %. In 15 % of the units gas concentration was lower than 85 %. More than 2% of the units had no gas at all.

If energy-efficient windows have good quality when they are new, the durability also seems to be good. A deterioration of the quality, for example too low gas filling or coatings mounted on the wrong side of the glass, deteriorates the U-value which leads to increased energy use. It is important for the U-value of the window how long the gas stays in the sealed glazing unit. From the work described in the literature, and from measurements made at SP, it is evident that, on the whole, gas-filled units are generally gastight, with little gas leakage. The condensation on the outside of energy-efficient windows is sometimes regarded as a problem. Usually, it can be accepted if its efficient cause is known, i.e. that the window is well insulated. No one of the interviewed persons regarded it as a problem.

Key words: Energy-efficient windows, sealed glazing units, gas filling, low emission layers, U-value, durability.
Potencial inmunomodulador de la planta Morinda citrifolia (noni): un protocolo de revisión de alcance
Creators: name: Medina Trujillo, Geraldinne
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Morinda citrifolia o ‘noni’, es una planta a la que se le atribuyen una variedad de efectos positivos para la salud humana. Existen evidencias de que tales efectos se deben a su capacidad moduladora sobre el sistema inmune. Aunque el interés en sus propiedades se ha aumentado en los últimos años, el alcance del conocimiento científico alrededor de estas aún es limitado y no se ha sistematizado adecuadamente. Este protocolo y su resultante revisión de alcance tiene como objetivo resumir la evidencia científica acerca de las propiedades inmunomoduladoras de la planta Morinda citrifolia en humanos.
Establishing correspondence between the reformulation of quantum mechanics without a potential function and the conventional formulation
Creators: name: Alhaidari, A. D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Within the recent reformulation of quantum mechanics where a potential function is not required, we show how to reconstruct the potential so that a correspondence with the standard formulation could be established. However, severe restriction is placed by the correspondence on the kinematics of such problems.
description: 27 pages, 9 figures
Quantitative model of moisture redistribution in dual layer concrete slabs with regards to hysteresis
Creators: name: Åhs, Magnus
name: Åhs, Magnus
Publisher: name: 8th Symposium on Building Physics in the Nordic Countries
Year: 2008

description: Moisture in a drying concrete slab redistributes subsequent to installing semi-permeable flooring, hence increasing the surface humidity beneath it. Such a humidity increase may be substantial in terms of relative humidity, RH, even though the redistributed moisture content appears insignificant. This comparably large increase originates from the hysteresis, moisture history dependence, exhibited by sorption isotherms for cement based materials. In contrast to retracing the desorption isotherm pursued when drying, the material moisture content traces a scanning curve, when adjacent humidity increases. Scanning curves have a lower moisture content change in relation to RH change, moisture capacity, compared with the desorption isotherm.

A qualitative and quantitative model of moisture redistribution in a dual layer concrete slab with regards to RH distribution and scanning curves are presented. The model is validated by determining the RH distribution in a number of screeded concrete slabs, before flooring and after a certain time of redistribution. Sorption isotherms and scanning curves for four cement based materials are shown.
Title: ByggaF - A Method for Moisture Safety in the Building Process
Creators: name: Mjörnell, Kristina
name: Arfvidsson, Jesper
name: Mjörnell, Kristina
Publisher: name: 8th Symposium on Building Physics in the Nordic Countries
Year: 2008

description: Many buildings, both new and old ones suffer from moisture related problems, with negative consequences on health, costs for rebuilding and lost confidence in the building trade. These problems could have been avoided if moisture issues are focused on and dealt with throughout the building process. Therefore, a method for moisture safety in the building process has been developed. The purpose of the method is to help all actors to work with moisture safety activities and to document these in a structured way. The method includes a number of tools and aids for developers to make requirements regarding moisture safety early on in the project and to follow up and document the measures made by different participants. There are also tools for architects and design engineers such as lists of references to literature, check lists and design examples for to use for dry building design. For contractors a number of routines for moisture control during construction have been developed. The method has been applied in a number of building projects, both for production of dwellings as well as for commercial buildings. Based on experience from these projects the method and the tools have been evaluated and revised. This method is ready to be used by all actors in the building process. The Swedish name for the method is ByggaF. A description of the method and the tools are available at www.fuktcentrum.se. There are also plans to make this method into a Swedish standard.
Nonlinear geometric analysis on Finsler manifolds
Creators: name: Ohta, Shin-ichi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: Metric Geometry (math.MG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: This is a survey article on recent progress of comparison geometry and geometric analysis on Finsler manifolds of weighted Ricci curvature bounded below. Our purpose is two-fold: Give a concise and geometric review on the birth of weighted Ricci curvature and its applications; Explain recent results from a nonlinear analogue of the $Γ$-calculus based on the Bochner inequality. In the latter we discuss some gradient estimates, functional inequalities, and isoperimetric inequalities.
description: 37 pages (no change from v1); Corrigendum is available at http://www4.math.sci.osaka-u.ac.jp/~sohta/ ; See also my book "Comparison Finsler geometry" https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-80650-7. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1602.00390
Training for Moisture Specialists
Creators: name: Mjörnell, Kristina
name: Nilsson, Lars-Olof
name: Harderup, Lars-Erik
name: Mjörnell, Kristina
name: Nilsson, Lars-Olof
Publisher: name: 8th Symposium on Building Physics in the Nordic Countries
Year: 2008

description: Fuktcentrum, an interest group of researchers working in the field of moisture in Sweden, offers training for moisture specialists. The purpose of the training is to meet the needs of society through the new building regulations BBR 2007, requesting a more thorough way of working with moisture safety issues in the building process. The training is meant for people working actively in the building process. The training is arranged as five two-day pass focusing on different subjects: Moisture theory, moisture critical structures and components, moisture safety in the building process, moisture rounds, moisture calculations, moisture safety design and moisture measurements and control. After each training occasion, a task corresponding to 3 days work is given as home work. To be able to hold the course at a high educational level, the previous knowledge of the candidate is tested through a diagnostic test before start of the training. Finally, the knowledge will be tested through a written exam. The training was first offered during the autumn 2007, altering between LTH Lund University and SP Swedish Technical Research Institute. At this point about 30 persons has been following the training and will hopefully be holding a diploma in the end of the year.

Responsible for the training are:
Lars-Olof Nilsson, LTH
Kristina Mjörnell, SP
Lars-Erik Harderup, LTH
Cubical and cosimplicial descent
Creators: name: Dundas, Bjørn I.
name: Rognes, John
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Algebraic Topology (math.AT)
subject: K-Theory and Homology (math.KT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 55P43, 19D55

description: We prove that algebraic K-theory, topological Hochschild homology and topological cyclic homology satisfy cubical and cosimplicial descent at connective structured ring spectra along 1-connected maps of such ring spectra.
Notizbuch 85: Formentwicklung
Creators: name: Wölfflin, Heinrich
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1941

description: Heinrich Wölfflin
description: Öffentliche Bibliothek der Universität Basel
description: Deutsch
description: Verzeichnung=Description=Inventaire Mai 2019 HAN-Katalogisierungsregeln hof
description: Beilagen im vorderen Buchdeckel (a), nach Bl. 17 (b), 18 (c), 28 (d), 40 (e) und 53 (f). Beilagen separiert 2018.
Moisture damages in rendered, un-drained, well insulated stud walls
Creators: name: Mjörnell, Kristina
name: Samuelson, Ingemar
name: Jansson, Anders
name: Samuelson, Ingemar
Publisher: name: 8th Symposium on Building Physics in the Nordic Countries
Year: 2008

description: During the last few decades well insulated, rendered, unventilated and un-drained stud walls have been very popular in Sweden. Unfortunately this structure has shown to be sensitive
to moisture. The problem is that moisture enters the structure for example in joints, un-tight connections to windows and doors and at fixing studs and wet the materials inside the stud wall and cause mould growth, which is known from experience from surveys of more that hundred buildings. The damages are never visible on the surfaces of the wall but are hidden within the wall.
The only way to detect these damages is to measure the moisture conditions inside the wall. A national survey is carried through this year in order to determine the extent of this problem and the connection to local climates, point of the compass, frequency and direction of driving rain, design of connections, type of plaster (thin or thick) and insulation material (mineral wool or cellular plastic) etc. At the same time, a number of mock-ups of rendered stud walls with existing and new design will be tested in the laboratory. Additionally, theoretical calculations of heat and moisture conditions in these walls will be estimated. Finally, a principal guideline for measures in existing walls, measures in damages walls and suggests on alternative solutions in new walls will be drawn up.

Ingemar Samuelson, SP
Kristina Mjörnell, SP
Anders Jansson, SP
Effective Bounds for the Andrews spt-function
Creators: name: Dawsey, Madeline Locus
name: Masri, Riad
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 11P82, 11P99

description: In this paper, we establish an asymptotic formula with an effective bound on the error term for the Andrews smallest parts function $\mathrm{spt}(n)$. We use this formula to prove recent conjectures of Chen concerning inequalities which involve the partition function $p(n)$ and $\mathrm{spt}(n)$. Further, we strengthen one of the conjectures, and prove that for every $ε>0$ there is an effectively computable constant $N(ε) > 0$ such that for all $n\geq N(ε)$, we have \begin{equation*} \frac{\sqrt{6}}π\sqrt{n}\,p(n)<\mathrm{spt}(n)<\left(\frac{\sqrt{6}}π+ε\right) \sqrt{n}\,p(n). \end{equation*} Due to the conditional convergence of the Rademacher-type formula for $\mathrm{spt}(n)$, we must employ methods which are completely different from those used by Lehmer to give effective error bounds for $p(n)$. Instead, our approach relies on the fact that $p(n)$ and $\mathrm{spt}(n)$ can be expressed as traces of singular moduli.
description: Changed the title. Added more details and simplified some arguments in Section 3
The King’s House on the Schachen – Indoor Climate Analysis of a Cultural Heritage Building
Creators: name: Kilian, Ralf
name: Holm, Andreas
name: Kilian, Ralf
Publisher: name: 8th Symposium on Building Physics in the Nordic Countries
Year: 2008

description: The King’s House on the Schachen is an impressive example of late 19th century royal interior design from the times of King Ludwig II of Bavaria. The building is a wooden construction in Swiss Chalet Style with a standard interior in the lower floor and an eccentric oriental palace room on the entire upper floor. Situated in the Bavarian Alps on the Schachen Mountain opposite the Zugspitze at around 1800 m it faces a very rough mountain climate with cold winters, hot summers and extreme and fast weather changes. Nevertheless the state of preservation of the interior and the works of arts inside the Chalet is extraordinary good.
The paper will focus on the statistical analysis the indoor environment in regard to the state of preservation as well as on the relation to outdoor climate, use during summer and effects of the interior and the building envelope. For the simulation of the hygrothermal behaviour the software tool WUFI Plus will be used.
Curvature sensing by vision and touch
Creators: name: Dresp-Langley, Birgitta
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Neurons and Cognition (q-bio.NC)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Brain representations of curvature may be formed on the basis of either vision or touch. Experimental and theoretical work by the author and her colleagues has shown that the processing underlying such representations directly depends on specific two-dimensional geometric properties of the curved object, and on the symmetry of curvature. Virtual representations of curves with mirror symmetry were displayed in 2D on a computer screen to sighted observers for visual scaling. For tactile (haptic) scaling, the physical counterparts of these curves were placed in the two hands of sighted observers, who were blindfolded during the sensing experiment, and of congenitally blind observers, who never had any visual experience. All results clearly show that curvature, whether haptically or visually sensed, is statistically linked to the same curve properties. Sensation is expressed psychophysically as a power function of any symmetrical curve's aspect ratio, a scale invariant geometric property of physical objects. The results of the author's work support biologically motivated models of sensory integration for curvature processing. They also promote the idea of a universal power law for adaptive brain control and balancing of motor responses to environmental stimuli across sensory modalities.
Tobacco and ADHD: A Role of MAO-Inhibition in Nicotine Dependence and Alleviation of ADHD Symptoms
Creators: name: Taylor, MR
name: Carrasco, Kelly
name: Carrasco, Andres
name: Basu, A
Publisher: name: Open Access Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 110999 Neurosciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a relatively commonly occurring neurodevelopmental disorder affecting approximately 5% of children and young people. The neurobiological mechanisms of ADHD are proposed to particularly center around increased dopamine receptor availability related to associated symptoms of reduced attention regulation and impulsivity. ADHD is also persistent across the lifespan and associated with a raft of impulsive and health-risk behaviors including substance abuse and smoking. Research highlighting the potentially significant levels of monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitory properties in tobacco smoke and e-cigarettes may provide a mechanism for increased tobacco smoke dependence among those with ADHD, in addition to the role of nicotine. Aim: This scoping review aimed to establish evidence for the above neurobiological pathway between smoking and ADHD symptom-alleviation or “self-medication” with the inclusion of the mechanism of MAO-inhibitors indirect increasing dopamine in the brain. Methodology: Scoping review methodologies were employed in this review selected to synthesize multiple sources of empirical research to identify current gaps in the knowledge base and identify key characteristics of research data related to a phenomenon. Databases searched included OVID MEDLINE(R), Embase, Cochrane, PsycINFO and SCOPUS limited to 2000 onward and empirically validated, peer-reviewed research. Findings: There is support for the role of MAO-inhibition on greater reinforcement of smoking for individuals with ADHD through a greater impact on dopaminergic availability than nicotine; potentially moderating ADHD symptoms. Conclusion: Greater support for a “self-medication” model of ADHD and smoking includes not only nicotine but also MAO-inhibitors as dopamine agonists contained in cigarettes and e-cigarettes.
One-sample aggregate data meta-analysis of medians
Creators: name: McGrath, Sean
name: Zhao, XiaoFei
name: Qin, Zhi Zhen
name: Steele, Russell
name: Benedetti, Andrea
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Methodology (stat.ME)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: An aggregate data meta-analysis is a statistical method that pools the summary statistics of several selected studies to estimate the outcome of interest. When considering a continuous outcome, typically each study must report the same measure of the outcome variable and its spread (e.g., the sample mean and its standard error). However, some studies may instead report the median along with various measures of spread. Recently, the task of incorporating medians in meta-analysis has been achieved by estimating the sample mean and its standard error from each study that reports a median in order to meta-analyze the means. In this paper, we propose two alternative approaches to meta-analyze data that instead rely on medians. We systematically compare these approaches via simulation study to each other and to methods that transform the study-specific medians and spread into sample means and their standard errors. We demonstrate that the proposed median-based approaches perform better than the transformation-based approaches, especially when applied to skewed data and data with high inter-study variance. In addition, when meta-analyzing data that consists of medians, we show that the median-based approaches perform considerably better than or comparably to the best-case scenario for a transformation approach: conducting a meta-analysis using the actual sample mean and standard error of the mean of each study. Finally, we illustrate these approaches in a meta-analysis of patient delay in tuberculosis diagnosis.
Fabrication and properties of L-arginine-doped PCL electrospun composite scaffolds
Creators: name: Goreninskii, S. I.
name: Bolbasov, E. N.
name: Sudarev, E. A.
name: Stankevich, K. S.
name: Anissimov, Y. G.
name: Golovkin, A. S.
name: Mishanin, A. I.
name: Viknianshchuk, A. N.
name: Filimonov, V. D.
name: Tverdokhlebov, S. I.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Applied Physics (physics.app-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The article describes fabrication and properties of composite fibrous scaffolds obtained by electrospinning of the solution of poly(ε-caprolactone) and arginine in common solvent. The influence of arginine content on structure, mechanical, surface and biological properties of the scaffolds was investigated. It was found that with an increase of arginine concentration diameter of the scaffold fibers was reduced, which was accompanied by an increase of scaffold strength and Young modulus. It was demonstrated that porosity and water contact angle of the scaffold are independent from arginine content. The best cell adhesion and viability was shown on scaffolds with arginine concentration from 0.5 to 1 % wt.
Study on durability estimation of crawl space based on the damage function of wood rotting
Creators: name: IWAMAE, Atsushi
name: IWAMAE, Atsushi
Publisher: name: 8th Symposium on Building Physics in the Nordic Countries
Year: 2008

description: This study has three parts. The one is for the making model of wood rotting. This is based on the experiences of laboratory tests and observations for wood rotting process. We set huge number of wood pieces with various water contents. Then we wait the starts of rotting, measuring the weight and water content of the pieces every 2 weeks. In the second part of our study, we make numerical model to represent the rotting process with various conditions. The model which we made is based on the growth of fungi hypha in the wood. As the third part, we calculated the humidity variation in the crawl space of dwelling houses in Japan. According to this and the damage function of wood rotting as mentioned above, we estimate the durability of the crawl space.