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Engaging Design & Planning Practitioners in the Co-Production of a Data Coupled Video Game Decision Support System
Creators: name: Ge, Qiutong
name: Shao, Xuesi
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2022
Subjects: education
information
sustainability

description: The primary purpose of the project was to evaluate and refine the Land.Info decision support system (DSS). Land.Info is a 3D immersive video game-based DSS that casts users in the role of designer, allowing them to design park infrastructure in virtual city spaces and receive real-time feedback based on their decisions (e.g. cost, amount of rainwater stored, carbon sequestration, etc. Ultimately Land.Info empowers citizens with decision support for the design of open spaces. This project builds on an existing prototype of the Land.Info DSSThat was developed by a previous team. The current prototype requires user testing and further refinement to become an intuitive and fully functioning DSS to aid users. This project was built upon a previous team’s final deliverables. We continued exploring what are the usability issues of the current version of the DSS; the severity of those issues and recommend prioritizing the major issues to bridge the the gap between the current gaming experience with an ideal one. We first evaluated the usability of the current DSS by using the Heuristic Evaluation method. The major issues were Consistency and Standards, Aesthetic and Minimalist Design, and Instruction and Documentation. Informed by the results of the heuristic evaluation, we implemented significant features that were missing from the current version so that the DSS would be more intuitive with improved functionality. The features we added include a smoother player perspective with all the movements. We also implemented 4 tutorials for visualizing important effects: rainstorm; snow, grass, and flower blooming, as well as lighting and shade effects. It is recommended that future work conduct a usability analysis of these new features. *Heuristic Evaluation process and results: examine the game based on Jakob Nielsen’s ten general principles and identify the usability issues *New features implantation on the six tutorials for visualizing: based on the evaluation results, implement essential features into the game that bridge the gap between the current and the ideal tutorial experiences
Many-particle interference beyond many-boson and many-fermion statistics
Creators: name: Tichy, Malte C.
name: Tiersch, Markus
name: Mintert, Florian
name: Buchleitner, Andreas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Identical particles exhibit correlations even in the absence of inter-particle interaction, due to the exchange (anti)symmetry of the many-particle wavefunction. Two fermions obey the Pauli principle and anti-bunch, whereas two bosons favor bunched, doubly occupied states. Here, we show that the collective interference of three or more particles leads to a much more diverse behavior than expected from the boson-fermion dichotomy known from quantum statistical mechanics. The emerging complexity of many-particle interference is tamed by a simple law for the strict suppression of events in the Bell multiport beam splitter. The law shows that counting events are governed by widely species-independent interference, such that bosons and fermions can even exhibit identical interference signatures, while their statistical character remains subordinate. Recent progress in the preparation of tailored many-particle states of bosonic and fermionic atoms promises experimental verification and applications in novel many-particle interferometers.
description: 12 pages, 5 figures
On the Higgsing and UnHiggsing of Fano 3-Folds
Creators: name: Phukon, Prabwal
name: Sarkar, Tapobrata
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the Higgsing and UnHiggsing of M2-brane theories that probe cones over smooth toric Fano 3-folds, via brane tilings. We find many new examples of M2-brane gauge theories not studied previously in the literature, including those that do not correspond to cones over Fano varieties. Our analysis also provides, upon unHiggsing the known Fano varieties, new examples of quiver gauge theories that describe the same toric variety, but with external point multiplicities. As a byproduct of our results, we discuss an example of a CY 4-fold that does not have a tiling description, and study the Higgsing of this theory.
description: 1+37 pages, LateX, 24 eps figures
The Complete One-loop Spin Chain of N =1 SQCD
Creators: name: Liendo, Pedro
name: Rastelli, Leonardo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We evaluate the complete planar one-loop dilation operator of N=1 Super QCD, at the large N Bank-Zaks fixed point near the upper edge of the superconformal window. The spin-chain Hamiltonian turns out to be entirely fixed by the constraints of superconformal symmetry, as in N=4 Super Yang-Mills and in N=2 SuperConformal QCD.
description: 30 pages
Πλάνο μάρκετινγκ καινοτόμου προϊόντος / υπηρεσίας : παραγωγή νέων εξατομικευμένων προϊόντων επιχείρησης στον κλάδο των υφασμάτων
Creators: name: Κυπριάδη, Μαρία
Publisher: name: Πανεπιστήμιο Πειραιώς
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Πλάνο μάρκετινγκ
subject: Εξατομίκευση
subject: Βιομηχανία ένδυσης

description: Ο κλάδος της ένδυσης έχει προσελκύσει το ερευνητικό ενδιαφέρον, ιδιαίτερα μετά την εκδήλωση της πανδημίας, καθώς επηρεάστηκαν σημαντικά οι προτιμήσεις των καταναλωτών κι οι στρατηγικές των επιχειρήσεων. Πλέον, οι σύγχρονες επιχειρήσεις μόδας επιδιώκουν να προωθήσουν νέα προϊόντα ώστε να αυξήσουν το μερίδιο αγοράς, να επεκταθούν σε νέες γραμμές παραγωγής και να προσελκύσουν νέους καταναλωτές, ικανοποιώντας τις ανάγκες τους. Για το λόγο αυτό σκοπός της παρούσας εργασίας είναι η μελέτη μιας επιχείρησης που δραστηριοποιείται στον κλάδο των υφασμάτων κι επιδιώκει να επεκταθεί στην παραγωγή νέων προϊόντων. Εξετάζονται οι παράγοντες του περιβάλλοντος που θα μπορούσαν να επηρεάσουν τη βιωσιμότητα των νέων προϊόντων, χρησιμοποιώντας δευτερογενή δεδομένα. Η εργασία καταλήγει στο συμπέρασμα ότι η βιωσιμότητα των υλικών, η χρήση των σύγχρονων τεχνολογιών κι η πανδημία αποτελούν καθοριστικούς παράγοντες για τις σύγχρονες επιχειρήσεις του κλάδου της ένδυσης και πρέπει να ληφθούν υπόψη κατά το σχεδιασμό του μείγματος marketing των νέων προϊόντων.
High energy gamma-ray emission from compact galactic sources in the context of observations with the next generation Cherenkov Telescope Arrays
Creators: name: Bednarek, W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The observational progress in the $γ$-ray astronomy in the last few years has led to the discovery of more than a thousand sources at GeV energies and more than a hundred sources at TeV energies. A few different classes of compact objects in the Galaxy have been established. They show many unexpected features at high energies the physics of which remains mainly unknown. At present it is clear that detailed investigation of these new phenomena can be performed only with the technical equipment which offer an order of magnitude better sensitivity, and a few times better energy, angular and time resolution in the broad energy range staring from a few tens of GeV up to a few hundreds TeV. Such facilities can be realized by the next generation of instruments such as the planned Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA). The aim of this report is to summarize up to date observational results on the compact galactic sources in the GeV-TeV $γ$-ray energy range, discuss their theoretical implications, and indicate which hypothesis considered at present might be verified with the next generation of telescopes. We point out which of the observational features of the $γ$-ray sources are important to investigate with special care with the planned CTA in order to put a new light on physical processes involved. Their knowledge should finally allow us to answer the question on the origin of energetic particles in our Galaxy.
description: 65 pages, 12 figures, Astroparticle Physics, in press, Special Issue "CTA" (small misprints corrected, references up to dated)
Wildlife Management Beyond Wildlife Laws
Creators: name: Kwasniak, Arlene J.
Publisher: name: Canadian Institute of Resources Law
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Canadian wildlife law
subject: Wildlife Management
subject: Resource Management Laws and Wildlife
subject: Environmental Impact Assessment and Wildlife

description: Paper #7 of the Canadian Wildlife Law Project series.
description: This paper discusses a number of tools and approaches from a broad legal context that may relate to protection of wildlife and habitat. It first considers to what extent environmental assessment processes - both provincial and federal - has potential to address wildlife issues. Then the paper looks at how governmental decision making and how it impacts wildlife.
Features of oxygen and its vacancies diffusion in YBa2Cu3O7-δ thin films near to magnetic quantum lines
Creators: name: Ledenyov, Viktor O.
name: Ledenyov, Dimitri O.
name: Ledenyov, Oleg P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The temperature dependence of the real and imaginary parts of magnetic susceptibility of YBa2Cu3O7-δ superconducting thin films were researched at the electron irradiation with the energy of 2{\cdot}10<4> eV in the magnetic field of -2.4{\cdot}10<4> A/m at the temperature T=77 K. It is retrieved that the nonequilibrium distribution of atoms of oxygen, originating at the operation of an electron beam, reduces in the change of a sort of dependence of the complex magnetic susceptibility of YBa2 Cu3O7-δ thin films on the temperature T. The diffusion relaxation of a none equilibrium distribution of oxygen atoms and its vacancies, generated at the application of electron irradiation, results in an appearance of pinning centers with the reduced contents of the oxygen in the normal cores of the Abricosov magnetic vortices. The increase of pinning forces results in the increase of critical current density, having an effect on the magnetic susceptibility of YBa2Cu3O7-δ thin films. The proposed theoretical mechanism on the oxygen and its vacancies diffusion in YBa2Cu3O7-δ superconducting thin films near to the centers of Abricosov magnetic vortices cores at the action of the superconducting electron pair potential gradient explains the observed physical properties.
description: 7 pages, 5 figures, http://vant.kipt.kharkov.ua/ARTICLE/VANT_2006_1/article_2006_1_76.pdf
Μελέτη ψηφιακής καινοτομίας μέσω δημοσιευμένων εργασιών
Creators: name: Βλαμίδου, Βασιλεία Γεωργίου
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2023
Subjects: Ψηφιακή Καινοτομία
Βιβλιομετρική Ανάλυση
Ερευνητικές εργασίες
Digital Innovation
Bibliometric analysis
Research Papers

description: Σκοπός της διατριβής ήταν η διεξαγωγή μιας περιγραφικής μελέτης των κυριότερων περιοδικών, συγγραφέων και θεματολογιών που κυριαρχούν στον κλάδο της ψηφιακής καινοτομίας και να παρέχει θεματικές ενότητες που προκύπτουν από την έρευνα. Για να επιτευχθούν οι στόχοι της μελέτης, αναλύονται άρθρα περιοδικών που έχουν καταχωρηθεί στις βάσεις δεδομένων του Scopus που δημοσιεύονται μεταξύ της περιόδου 1983 και 2019 χρησιμοποιώντας το πακέτο Bibliometrix/Biblioshiny για την γλώσσα στατιστικού προγραμματισμού R. Η βιβλιομετρική ανάλυση που έγινε σε αυτή τη μελέτη συμβάλλει με διάφορους τρόπους. Πρώτον, επισημαίνει τις χώρες, τα ινστιτούτα και τους συγγραφείς που ασχολούνται με μεγάλη συχνότητα και έχουν σημαντικές δημοσιεύσεις στον τομέα της υιοθέτησης ψηφιακών καινοτομιών. Δεύτερον, απαριθμεί τα κορυφαία περιοδικά που ενθαρρύνουν ενεργά και δημοσιεύουν εργασίες που σχετίζονται με αυτόν τον τομέα. Τέλος, η μελέτη προσφέρει πληροφορίες σχετικά με τις τάσεις της έρευνας που λαμβάνουν χώρα στον τομέα της χρήσης και υιοθέτησης ψηφιακών καινοτομίων, κάτι που είναι χρήσιμο για μελετητές που ενδιαφέρονται να συνεισφέρουν σε αυτόν τον τομέα.
description: The aim of the present thesis was to conduct a descriptive study of the main journals, authors and topics that dominate the digital innovation industry and to provide thematic units that emerge from the research. To achieve the objectives of the study, journal articles registered in the Scopus databases published between 1983 and 2019 are analyzed using the Bibliometrix/Biblioshiny package for the statistical programming language R. The bibliometric analysis performed in this study contributes by various ways. First, it highlights the countries, institutes and authors who deal with high frequency and have important publications in the field of adoption of digital innovations. Second, it lists the leading journals that actively encourage and publish work related to this field. Finally, the study offers insights into research trends taking place in the area of digital innovation use and adoption, which is useful for scholars interested in contributing to this area.
NLO vector boson production with light jets
Creators: name: Bern, Z.
name: Diana, G.
name: Dixon, L. J.
name: Cordero, F. Febres
name: Forde, D.
name: Gleisberg, T.
name: Hoeche, S.
name: Ita, H.
name: Kosower, D. A.
name: Maitre, D.
name: Ozeren, K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this contribution we present recent progress in the computation of next-to-leading order (NLO) QCD corrections for the production of an electroweak vector boson in association with jets at hadron colliders. We focus on results obtained using the virtual matrix element library BLACKHAT in conjunction with SHERPA, focusing on results relevant to understanding the background to top production.
description: 4+2 epsilon pages, Submitted for the proceedings of TOP2011 - 4th International Workshop on Top Quark Physics, 25-30th September 2011, Sant Feliu de Guixols, Spain
Flux density measurements of a complete sample of faint blazars
Creators: name: Mantovani, Franco
name: Bondi, Marco
name: Mack, Karl-Heinz
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We performed observations with the Effelsberg 100-m radio telescope to measure flux densities and polarised emission of sources selected from the "Deep X-ray Radio Blazar Survey" (DXRBS) to better define their spectral index behaviour in the radio band, with the aim to construct a homogeneous sample of blazars. Sources were observed at four different frequencies with the Effelsberg 100-m telescope. We complemented these measurements with flux density data at 1.4GHz derived from the NRAO VLA Sky Survey.The spectral indices of a sample of faint blazars were computed making use of almost simultaneous measurements. Sixty-six percent of the sources can be classified as "bona fide" blazars. Seven objects show a clearly inverted spectral index. Seventeen sources previously classified as flat spectrum radio quasars (FSRQs) are actually steep spectrum radio quasars (SSRQs). The flux densities obtained with the Effelsberg 100-m telescope at 5GHz are compared with the flux densities listed in the Green Bank GB6 survey and in the Parkes-MIT-NRAO PMN catalogue. About 43% of the sources in our sample exhibit flux density variations on temporal scales of 19 or 22 years. We confirm that 75 out of 103 sources of the DXRBS are indeed FSRQs. Twenty-seven sources show a spectral index steeper than -0.5 and should be classified as SSRQs. Polarised emission was detected for 36 sources at 4.85GHz. The median value of the percentage of polarised emission is (5.8+-0.9$)%. Five sources show rotation measure (RM) values >200 rad m^-2.
description: Accepted for publication in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Issues in determining alpha_s from hadronic tau decay and electroproduction data
Creators: name: Boito, D.
name: Cata, O.
name: Golterman, M.
name: Jamin, M.
name: Maltman, K.
name: Osborne, J.
name: Peris, S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discuss some key issues associated with duality-violating and non-perturbative OPE contributions to the theoretical representations of light quark current-current two-point functions and relevant to precision determinations of alpha_s from hadronic tau decay and electroproduction cross-section data. We demonstrate that analyses with an explicit representation of duality-violating effects are required to bring theoretical errors in such extractions under control, motivating the accompanying paper in these proceedings, which presents the results of such an analysis.
description: 5 pages, 4 figures. Prepared for the Proceedings of the International Workshop on e+e- collisions from Phi to Psi (PHIPSI11), Sep. 19-22, 2011, BINP, Novosibirsk, Russia
Linking Emissions Trading Schemes: Analysis and Recommendations for EU-Australia and Quebec-California Linkages
Creators: name: Vaiciulis, Rolandas
Publisher: name: Canadian Institute of Resources Law
Year: 2015
Subjects: Linking Emissions Trading Schemes
EU-Australia and Quebec-California Linkages

description: Since the introduction of international emissions trading by the Kyoto Protocol, the emissions trading mechanism used to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions appears to regain attention at both, the national and the regional levels. Currently, the European Union (EU), Australia, Japan, some United States (US) states and Canadian provinces, New Zealand, South Korea and China, have already established or are currently developing their emissions trading schemes (ETSs). Considerations for establishing further ETSs are also in progress in Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Ukraine and Turkey. This paper aims at examining the following question: Will the EU-Australia and Quebec-California be able to achieve an effective linkage with each other? In addressing this question, this paper will first discuss design elements that were identified in the literature review as crucial for the linking of different ETSs, and then consider how each design feature is addressed by the potential linking partners, identifying potential incompatibilities, if any, and outlining what adjustments, if any, might be made to facilitate effective linkages between them.
Σεραφείμ Μυτιληναίος Προηγούμενος της Μέγιστης Λαύρας. Βίος και Έργο
Creators: name: Καραγκούνης, Χαρίλαος Κωνσταντίνου
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2023
Subjects: Άγιο Όρος
Σεραφείμ Μυτιληναίος
Πολυέλεος
Mount Athos
Seraphim of Mytilene
Polieleos

description: Ο Σεραφείμ, ιερομόναχος Λαυριώτης, χρονολογείται στο α΄ τέταρτο προς τα τέλη του ΙΗ αι . Διετέλεσε ηγούμενος και προηγούμενος της Ιεράς Μονής Μεγίστης Λαύρας του Αγίου Όρους, καταγόμενος από την Μυτιλήνη. Γνωρίζεται ως αντιγραφέας , καλλιγράφος, μελουργός, ψάλτης και δάσκαλος της Ψαλτικής Τέχνης. Ο Σεραφείμ μαθήτευσε κοντά στον άλλο Λαυριώτη μουσικό, Γεράσιμο ιερομόναχο. Υπήρξε δάσκαλος για πολλούς αγιορείτες μοναχούς, στους οποίους συγκαταλέγεται ο Θεόδουλος μοναχός Αγιορείτης ο Αινίτης. Διακρίθηκε σε σπουδαίο καλλιγράφο χειρόγραφων καλαίσθητων κωδίκων που διασώζονται στα αγιορείτικα μοναστήρια Μεγίστης Λαύρας, Ιβήρων, Ξενοφώντος, Βατοπαιδίου, στην Καλύβη Αγίου Ευσταθίου και στην συλλογή Σίμωνος Καρά . Ο Σεραφείμ μελοποίησε πολυελέους , ειρμούς, ιδιόμελα , Όσοι εις Χριστόν, Χερουβικά και Κοινωνικά.
description: Seraphim, a monk of Agia Laura's Monastery , is dated back to the first quarter of 18th century . He was an abbot and pre abbot of Megisti Laura's of Holly Mountain Monastery. He came from Mytilini. He was known as a copyrighter, calligrapher, composer, chanter and teacher of Byzantine music. Seraphim was also a student of another musician of Laura, Gerasimos Monk. He had been a teacher of many monks such as Theodoulos. He was distinguished as a great calligrapher of extra ornamented codix that are saved in monasteries of Holy Mountain. Seraphim has composed many Troparia.
An Efficient Analytical Solution to Thwart DDoS Attacks in Public Domain
Creators: name: Gupta, B. B.
name: Joshi, R. C.
name: Misra, Manoj
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Cryptography and Security (cs.CR)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In this paper, an analytical model for DDoS attacks detection is proposed, in which propagation of abrupt traffic changes inside public domain is monitored to detect a wide range of DDoS attacks. Although, various statistical measures can be used to construct profile of the traffic normally seen in the network to identify anomalies whenever traffic goes out of profile, we have selected volume and flow measure. Consideration of varying tolerance factors make proposed detection system scalable to the varying network conditions and attack loads in real time. NS-2 network simulator on Linux platform is used as simulation testbed. Simulation results show that our proposed solution gives a drastic improvement in terms of detection rate and false positive rate. However, the mammoth volume generated by DDoS attacks pose the biggest challenge in terms of memory and computational overheads as far as monitoring and analysis of traffic at single point connecting victim is concerned. To address this problem, a distributed cooperative technique is proposed that distributes memory and computational overheads to all edge routers for detecting a wide range of DDoS attacks at early stage.
description: arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1203.2400
Worm algorithms for the 3-state Potts model with magnetic field and chemical potential
Creators: name: Delgado, Ydalia
name: Evertz, Hans Gerd
name: Gattringer, Christof
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discuss worm algorithms for the 3-state Potts model with external field and chemical potential. The complex phase problem of this system can be overcome by using a flux representation where the new degrees of freedom are dimer and monomer variables. Working with this representation we discuss two different generalizations of the conventional Prokof'ev-Svistunov algorithm suitable for Monte Carlo simulations of the model at arbitrary chemical potential and evaluate their performance.
description: 23 pages, 8 figures
title: Συστήματα διαχείρισης αποθεμάτων σε αλυσίδες super market
title: Inventory management systems in supermarket chains
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Σβαπ, Ζωή-Κλαούντια
Publisher: name: Πανεπιστήμιο Πειραιώς
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Συστήματα διαχείρισης αποθεμάτων
subject: Σούπερ μάρκετ
subject: Super market
subject: Supermarket
subject: Αποθέματα
subject: Inventory Management Systems
subject: Logistics
subject: Στρατηγική διανομής
subject: Στρατηγικές συνεργασίας

description: Η παρούσα διπλωματική εργασία εκπονήθηκε στα πλαίσια του Προγράμματος Μεταπτυχιακών Σπουδών στη Βιομηχανική Διοίκηση και Τεχνολογία, με ειδίκευση «Διοίκηση Logistics», του Πανεπιστημίου Πειραιώς. Οι θεωρητικές γνώσεις που αποκτήθηκαν κατά τη διάρκεια των σπουδών, αποτέλεσαν το έναυσμα για μια πιο πρακτική προσέγγιση και εφαρμογή της διαχείρισης αποθεμάτων σε συγκεκριμένο κλάδο. Επιλέχθηκε ο κλάδος των Σούπερ Μάρκετ λόγω της ιδιαίτερης πολυπλοκότητας που παρουσιάζει η εφοδιαστική τους αλυσίδα. Το μεγάλο κωδικολόγιο, σε συνδυασμό με τη διαφορετική μεταχείριση που απαιτούν τα προϊόντα που εμπορεύεται μια αλυσίδα σούπερ μάρκετ κίνησαν το ενδιαφέρον για περαιτέρω έρευνα. Επιπλέον, την τελευταία πενταετία οι όροι «Εφοδιαστική Αλυσίδα» και «Logistics» βρέθηκαν δυναμικά στο προσκήνιο, καθώς φαινόμενα όπως η πανδημία Covid-19, αλλά και η ενεργειακή κρίση λόγω του πολέμου Ρωσίας-Ουκρανίας έφεραν στην επιφάνεια τη σημασία της εφοδιαστικής αλυσίδας και τις σοβαρές επιπτώσεις που μπορεί να επιφέρει η διαταραχή της. Για να διασφαλιστεί η διαθεσιμότητα των προϊόντων στα ράφια χρειάστηκε ιδιαίτερη προσοχή στη διαχείριση των αποθεμάτων και οι επιχειρήσεις που είχαν προνοήσει να δημιουργήσουν γερές βάσεις στην εφοδιαστική τους αλυσίδα και αντιδρούσαν εγκαίρως στις διακυμάνσεις της ζήτησης, κατάφεραν όχι μόνο να βγουν αλώβητες από τις επανειλημμένες κρίσεις, αλλά μάλιστα να κυριαρχήσουν έναντι των ανταγωνιστών τους. Μάλιστα ο κλάδος των σούπερ μάρκετ ήταν από τους λίγους που κατά την περίοδο της υγειονομικής κρίσης κατάφεραν να αυξήσουν την κερδοφορία τους λόγω της αλλαγής των καταναλωτικών συνηθειών. Σκοπός της παρούσας διπλωματικής εργασίας αποτελεί η παρουσίαση των ιδιαιτεροτήτων που παρουσιάζονται στις εφοδιαστικές αλυσίδες των σούπερ μάρκετ, καθώς και οι μέθοδοι διαχείρισης της μεγάλης ποικιλίας εμπορευμάτων. Τέλος διερευνάται η εγχώρια αγορά των σούπερ μάρκετ και οι στρατηγικές συνεργασίας που εφαρμόζουν οι κυρίαρχες επιχειρήσεις του κλάδου, προκειμένου να αυξήσουν την αποτελεσματικότητα της εφοδιαστικής τους αλυσίδας και το επίπεδο της κερδοφορίας τους.
The Nuclear Fuel Waste Act and Canada’s Plan for the Long-Term Management of its Nuclear Fuel Waste
Creators: name: Sladic, Ramona
Publisher: name: Canadian Institute of Resources Law
Year: 2015
Subjects: Management of Canada's Nuclear Fuel Waste
Nuclear Fuel Waste Act

description: In 2002, the Government of Canada passed the Nuclear Fuel Waste Act (NFWA) which came into force on November 15 of the same year. The purpose of the NFWA is to “provide a framework to enable the Governor-in-Council to make, from the proposals of the waste management organization, a decision on the management of nuclear fuel waste that is based on a comprehensive, integrated and economically sound approach for Canada.” This paper will address Canada’s plan for the long-term management of its nuclear fuel waste. In addition to exploring the plan itself, the specific issues for analysis and discussion include a review of the key provisions of the NFWA, which serve as the legislative underpinnings for the development of Canada’s plan; a discussion of the waste management organization created pursuant to the NFWA; identification of the substantive progress that has been made in satisfying the intentions of the NFWA; a review of the legal challenges that have been brought forward involving the NFWA, the waste management organization, and the plan to date; and a hypothetical challenge that could be made to Canada’s plan.
Τα ιδιόμελα της εορτής του Αγίου Γεωργίου κατά μελοποίηση Πέτρου Φιλανθίδου. Ερμηνεία και εκτέλεση
Creators: name: Καρακάσης, Γεώργιος Αστέριου
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2023
Subjects: Πέτρος Φιλανθίδης
Τροπική ανάλυση
Ρυθμική ανάλυση
Petros Philanthidis
Mode analysis
Rythmical analysis

description: Η δίτομη «Αθωνιάς» είναι Δοξαστάριο-Εορτολόγιο και περιέχει πρωτότυπες μελοποιήσεις που εν μέρει άπτονται του αργού στιχηραρίου. Το έργο του Πέτρου Φιλανθίδη «Αθωνιάς» χρησιμοποιείται κυρίως στο Άγιο Όρος, ειδικότερα σε αγρυπνίες και πανηγύρεις. Σε πολλές περιπτώσεις αντικαθιστά τα μέλη του Ιακώβου Πρωτοψάλτου, τα οποία είναι εκτενέστερα. Περιέχουν πρωτότυπες μελωδικές θέσεις, που αποτελούν ένδειξη της μελοποιητικής ικανότητος του Π. Φιλανθίδου. Οι μελωδίες της «Αθωνιάδος» είναι ρυθμικές, χωρίς παρουσία περιττών ρυθμικών σχημάτων (5σημων, 7σημων, 9σημων). Στην παρούσα εργασία παρουσιάζονται και αναλύονται τα ιδιόμελα της εορτής του Αγίου Γεωργίου. Στα ιδιόμελα πραγματοποιείται τεχνική ανάλυση (δομική και μετρική ανάλυση, διαίρεση του ύμνου σε κώλα με φιλολογικά και μουσικολογικά κριτήρια), και συντακτική ανάλυση (εντόπιση του κορυφώματος και του σημείου βάθους του μαθήματος). Τέλος, πραγματοποιείται τροπική ανάλυση (Ήχος: βάση, σύστημα, απήχημα, δεσπόζοντες φθόγγοι, μελωδικά διαστήματα. Μεταβολές: κατά γένος, κατ' ήχον, κατά σύστημα, κατά μελοποιία. Μελωδικές έλξεις: μας ενδιαφέρουν οι υποστηρικτικές των συστημάτων. Κατάλήξεις: ατελείς, εντελείς, τελικές).
description: The "Athonias" is a Doxastario-Eortologio which contains original compositions that are partly related to the “argo stixeiraario”. The work of Petros Filanthids "Athonias" is mainly used on Mount Athos, especially in vigils and festivals. In many cases it replaces the members of Iakovos Protopsaltos, which are more extensive. They contain original melodic positions, which are an indication of P. Filanthidis' compositional ability. The melodies of "Athonias" are rhythmic, without the presence of unnecessary rhythmic patterns (5 metre, 7 metre, 9 met metre ).In this paper, the special events of the feast of Saint George are presented and analyzed. In the idiomela, a technical analysis is carried out (structural and metrical analysis, division of the hymn into sections with philological and musicological criteria), and syntactic analysis (identification of the high and the deep point of the lesson). Finally, a modal analysis is carried out (Echos: base, system, apeichima, dominant tones, melodic intervals. Variations: by genre, by echos, by system, by composition. Melodic attractions: we are interested in the supporting systems. Endings: imperfect, perfect, final).
Acoustic spin pumping: Direct generation of spin currents from sound waves in Pt/Y3Fe5O12 hybrid structures
Creators: name: Uchida, K.
name: Adachi, H.
name: An, T.
name: Nakayama, H.
name: Toda, M.
name: Hillebrands, B.
name: Maekawa, S.
name: Saitoh, E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using a Pt/Y3Fe5O12 (YIG) hybrid structure attached to a piezoelectric actuator, we demonstrate the generation of spin currents from sound waves. This "acoustic spin pumping" (ASP) is caused by the sound wave generated by the piezoelectric actuator, which then modulates the distribution function of magnons in the YIG layer and results in a pure-spin-current injection into the Pt layer across the Pt/YIG interface. In the Pt layer, this injected spin current is converted into an electric voltage due to the inverse spin-Hall effect (ISHE). The ISHE voltage induced by the ASP is detected by measuring voltage in the Pt layer at the piezoelectric resonance frequency of the actuator coupled with the Pt/YIG system. The frequency-dependent measurements enable us to separate the ASP-induced signals from extrinsic heating effects. Our model calculation based on the linear response theory provides us with a qualitative and quantitative understanding of the ASP in the Pt/YIG system.
description: 8 pages, 6 figures
The Fred Study : stories of life satisfaction and wellness from post-transition transgender men
Creators: name: Greatheart, Marcus Skidley
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: The Fred Study is a Vancouver-based narrative study exploring life satisfaction, mental health and wellness as described by eight transgender men. Focus groups and follow-up individual interviews were conducted and guided in part using a strengths-based model commonly used in social work practice. Participants in this study discussed how peers and service providers alike perpetuate a dominant “negative transition story” which suggests all transgender men struggle with long-term substance abuse issues, depression, suicide, and life-long gender dysphoria, and will endure endless healthcare waitlists for hormones or surgical interventions ensuring they conform to normative gender standards and behave as heterosexual after transition. Despite these perceived challenges participants described having a positive transition experience while demonstrating resilience and self-efficacy in negotiating the healthcare system to access the care they desired. Coping strategies and impacts on mental health and substance abuse are discussed here, as well as implications for social work practice and ongoing research with this population. An assessment tool is described that mental health providers can use to assist trans clients uncover potential transgender-related stress or trauma.
A Critical Exploration of the South Saskatchewan Regional Plan in Alberta
Creators: name: Jaremko, Sara L.
Publisher: name: Canadian Institute of Resources Law
Year: 2016
Subjects: South Saskatchewan Regional Plan
2008 Land-use Framework
Alberta Land and Stewardship Act
Lower Athabasca Regional Plan

description: The Government of Alberta has in recent years been implementing comprehensive land use planning through policy and legislation. This paper will be a critical exploration of the South Saskatchewan Regional Plan (SSRP) under the Alberta Land and Stewardship Act. It will first bring the SSRP into a practical view by describing the South Saskatchewan region, discussing the relevant history of integrated landscape planning, provide an overview of the policy framework, and review the legal nature of the SSRP itself, including its structure and binding nature and interaction with other regulatory management. It will then discuss the SSRP’s status: its effective date being at September 1, 2014, amendments made to the final SSRP, and describe matters remaining to be completed for implementation. It will then discuss the effect the SSRP has had thus far. It will finally provide critical evaluation revisiting the controversy associated with land use planning in general, outlining the plan’s praise and criticism, in light of cumulative effects and other management objectives, refer to previous evaluation criteria, and provide analysis.
Schroedinger operators with (αδ'+βδ)-like potentials: norm resolvent convergence and solvable models
Creators: name: Golovaty, Yuriy
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Spectral Theory (math.SP)
subject: Classical Analysis and ODEs (math.CA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 34L40, 34B09 (Primary) 81Q10 (Secondary)

description: For real functions Φand Ψthat are integrable and compactly supported, we prove the norm resolvent convergence, as ε goes to 0, of a family S(ε) of one-dimensional Schroedinger operators on the line of the form S(ε)= -D^2 + αε^{-2} Φ(x/ε) + βε^{-1} Ψ(x/ε). The limit results are shape-dependent: without reference to the convergence of potentials in the sense of distributions the limit operator S(0) exists and strongly depends on the pair (Φ,Ψ). We show that it is impossible to assign just one self-adjoint operator to the pseudo-Hamiltonian -D^2 + αδ'(x) + βδ(x), which is a symbolic notation only for a wide variety of quantum systems with quite different properties.
description: 15 pages, 2 figures; minor changes and text improvements
Phase segregation and transport in a two species multi-lane system
Creators: name: Muhuri, Sudipto
name: Pagonabarraga, Ignacio
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a two channel driven lattice gas model with oppositely directed species moving on two parallel lanes with lane switching processes. We study correlated lane switching mechanism for particles so that switching may occur with finite probability only when oppositely directed species meet on the same channel. The system is analyzed for closed ring with conserved total particle number. For asymmetric particle exchange between the lanes, the system exhibits unique polarization phenomenon with segregation of oppositely directed species between the two lanes. The polarization phenomenon can be understood as a consequence of existence of an absorbing steady state. For symmetric exchange rate of particles between the lanes, the system remains unpolarized, with equal particle density on both the lanes in the thermodynamic limit of large system size. We study the system using a combination of a Mean Field(MF) analysis and Monte Carlo simulations. The nature of phase segregation that we see for this system, is distinct from driven particle systems which are in contact with particle reservoir. The features observed for this minimal model will have ramifications for biofilament based intracellular transport, wherein cellular cargo, e.g; organelles and vesicles are transported by oppositely directed particles on multiple filament tracks.
description: 12 pages, 7 figures
Group SInging in the Oral Tradition as Source of Spiritual Opening: An Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis
Creators: name: Boyd, Melanie
Publisher: name: Inter-Disciplinary Press
Year: 2012
Subjects: No Wrong Notes
singing
spirituality
group singing
oral tradition
women
IPA
interpretive phenomenological analysis

description: Group singing for many individuals is a compelling activity accompanied often by physical, emotional, social, intellectual and/or spiritual benefits. However, most studies demonstrating these benefits are based on singing groups that employ all, or a combination of, written lyrics, musical notation, ‘set’ parts, and performance. Another study shows that some people don’t like singing, or sing only alone, owing to self-consciousness, self-judgment and/or perceived judgment by others. Because of such findings, and based on my own experience with group singing, I founded and facilitate No Wrong Notes (NWN). No Wrong Notes is non-auditioned, non-performing group singing for people of all levels of experience. Singing is a cappella. Songs are secular – chosen for meaning, sound and ease of learning. All songs are shared orally, with no use of written words or music. Emphasis is on enjoyment and freeing the voice in a supportive, nonjudgmental atmosphere. In 2007, I began a workplace NWN group for women. Numerous participants have expressed perceived benefits from singing with the group. This paper is an interpretive phenomenological analysis of the experience of one participant, Evelyn MacKenzie (name changed), from the perspective of her spiritual self.
WMAP 7 Constraints on Oscillations in the Primordial Power Spectrum
Creators: name: Meerburg, P. Daniel
name: Wijers, Ralph
name: van der Schaar, Jan Pieter
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We use the WMAP 7 data to place constraints on oscillations supplementing an almost scale-invariant primordial power spectrum. Such oscillations are predicted by a variety of models, some of which amount to assuming there is some non-trivial choice of the vacuum state at the onset of inflation. In this paper we will explore data-driven constraints on two distinct models of initial state modifications. In both models the frequency, phase and amplitude are degrees of freedom of the theory for which the theoretical bounds are rather weak: both the amplitude and frequency have allowed values ranging over several orders of magnitude. This requires many computationally expensive evaluations of the model CMB spectra and their goodness-of-fit, even in a Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC), normally the most efficient fitting method for such a problem. To search more efficiently we first run a densely spaced grid, with only 3 varying parameters; the frequency, the amplitude and the baryon density. We obtain the optimal frequency and run an MCMC at the best fit frequency, randomly varying all other relevant parameters. To reduce the computational time of each power spectrum computation, we adjust both comoving momentum integration and spline interpolation (in l) as a function of frequency and amplitude of the primordial power spectrum. Applying this to the WMAP 7 data allows us to improve existing constraints on the presence of oscillations. We confirm earlier findings that certain frequencies can improve the fitting over a model without oscillations. For those frequencies we compute the posterior probability, allowing us to put some constraints on the primordial parameter space of both models.
description: 14 pages, 13 figures
Ligand-based transport resonances of single-molecule magnet spin filters: Suppression of the Coulomb blockade and determination of the orientation of the magnetic easy axis
Creators: name: Renani, Fatemeh Rostamzadeh
name: Kirczenow, George
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate single molecule magnet transistors (SMMTs) with ligands that support transport resonances. We find the lowest unoccupied molecular orbitals of Mn12-benzoate SMMs (with and without thiol or methyl-sulfide termination) to be on ligands, the highest occupied molecular orbitals being on the Mn12 magnetic core. We predict gate controlled switching between Coulomb blockade and coherent resonant tunneling in SMMTs based on such SMMs, strong spin filtering by the SMM in both transport regimes, and that if such switching is observed then the magnetic easy axis of the SMM is parallel to the direction of the current through the SMM.
description: 5 pages, 3 figures
Library-Faculty Relations -- Gaps and Bridges: Connecting within our Communities
Creators: name: Boyd, Melanie
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: library
subject: librarian
subject: faculty
subject: library-faculty relations
subject: librarian-faculty relations

description: This talk was presented to the Association of College and Research Libraries (Western New York/Ontario Chapter) Conference in May 2007.
description: Librarians must be proactive in personally connecting with faculty members as colleagues and collaborators - rather than as "service providers" - especially as technology increasingly separates faculty from the physical library.
Prevalence of dental caries in children with congenital heart disease
Creators: name: Koerdt, Steffen
name: Hartz, Julia
name: Hollatz, Stefan
name: Heiland, Max
name: Neckel, Norbert
name: Ewert, Peter
name: Oberhoffer, Renate
name: Deppe, Herbert
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Infective endocarditis
subject: congenital heart disease
subject: pediatrics
subject: oral health
subject: dmft
subject: caries
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Background: Congenital heart defects (CHD) affect about 8 out of 1000 births worldwide. Most of the patients reach adulthood and are exposed to an increased risk of endocarditis. Since bacteria already enter the bloodstream during everyday activities, oral hygiene is given special importance in the prevention of endocarditis. Methods: In this study 81 boys (55.1%) and 66 (44.9%) girls with CHD received a dental exam and additionally an assessment using the DIAGNOdent (R) pen. This study group consisting of patients with CHD was matched with a healthy epidemiological control group in Germany. Results: Eighty-one boys (55.1%) and 66 (44.9%) girls were examined. The mean age was 11 & PLUSMN; 4 years. 38.8% showed at least one untreated carious lesions. 37.4% had a dmft/DMFT & GE;2 and thus represented a group with an increased caries risk. The dmft value was 2.12 & PLUSMN; 1.25 in the age group 3-6 year olds. In the group of the 7-12 year old patients the DMFT/dmft was 2.06 & PLUSMN; 2.27, whereas DMFT in 13-17 year olds was at 2.12 & PLUSMN; 1.58. However, children and adolescents with CHD had a higher DMF index than healthy children in the same age group. Conclusions: The present study reveals that more than one third of those examined have a dental condition in need of rehabilitation. In future, close interdisciplinary cooperation between pediatric cardiologists and dentists should ensure regular dental check-ups.
Dynamic and Auto Responsive Solution for Distributed Denial-of-Service Attacks Detection in ISP Network
Creators: name: Gupta, B. B.
name: Joshi, R. C.
name: Misra, Manoj
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Cryptography and Security (cs.CR)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Denial of service (DoS) attacks and more particularly the distributed ones (DDoS) are one of the latest threat and pose a grave danger to users, organizations and infrastructures of the Internet. Several schemes have been proposed on how to detect some of these attacks, but they suffer from a range of problems, some of them being impractical and others not being effective against these attacks. This paper reports the design principles and evaluation results of our proposed framework that autonomously detects and accurately characterizes a wide range of flooding DDoS attacks in ISP network. Attacks are detected by the constant monitoring of propagation of abrupt traffic changes inside ISP network. For this, a newly designed flow-volume based approach (FVBA) is used to construct profile of the traffic normally seen in the network, and identify anomalies whenever traffic goes out of profile. Consideration of varying tolerance factors make proposed detection system scalable to the varying network conditions and attack loads in real time. Six-sigma method is used to identify threshold values accurately for malicious flows characterization. FVBA has been extensively evaluated in a controlled test-bed environment. Detection thresholds and efficiency is justified using receiver operating characteristics (ROC) curve. For validation, KDD 99, a publicly available benchmark dataset is used. The results show that our proposed system gives a drastic improvement in terms of detection and false alarm rate.
description: arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1203.2400
Longing for Wilderness: The Human and the Other - Vis à Vis - in the Poetry and Poetics of Don McKay
Creators: name: Boyd, Melanie
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 2008
Subjects: Don Mckay
Poetry
poetics

description: Canadian poet, Don McKay, describes wilderness as “the placeless place beyond the mind’s appropriation.” Though ever elusive, a poet must seek this wilderness through “poetic attention” – “a sort of readiness, a species of longing which is without desire to possess.” Essentially, poetic attention is a longing for wilderness; it is also an act of humility and gratitude – however inept – offered to “the other” (i.e. that which is not human), irrespective of reciprocity or even the potential for it. Authentic humanity depends upon this act, no matter how futile it may be. McKay’s own intense longing for wilderness is embodied in his self-adopted role as “nature poet”, and the way in which he chooses to write as one (for example, through the prolific use of thoughtful anthropomorphizing, a gesture that shakes up imposed human order and appropriation). Through a close reading and analysis of two of McKay’s books, Another Gravity and Vis à Vis, Field Notes on Poetry and Wilderness (complementary volumes of poetry and poetics respectively), this paper reveals how, for McKay, the journey to a poem is an attempt at a personal journey to the other. As well, it demonstrates how McKay’s poetry offers the reader an experiential conduit to the philosophical contemplations found in his poetics, all of which he clearly hopes will have some ameliorating effect on how we (humans) regard, treat and relate to the other – be it tin cup, tiger, toothpick, or tree.