cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Indexing and Visualization of Climate Change Narratives Using BERT and Causal Extraction
Creators: name: Sakaji, Hiroki
name: Kaneda, Noriyasu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In this study, we propose a methodology to extract, index, and visualize ``climate change narratives'' (stories about the connection between causal and consequential events related to climate change). We use two natural language processing methods, BERT (Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers) and causal extraction, to textually analyze newspaper articles on climate change to extract ``climate change narratives.'' The novelty of the methodology could extract and quantify the causal relationships assumed by the newspaper's writers. Looking at the extracted climate change narratives over time, we find that since 2018, an increasing number of narratives suggest the impact of the development of climate change policy discussion and the implementation of climate change-related policies on corporate behaviors, macroeconomics, and price dynamics. We also observed the recent emergence of narratives focusing on the linkages between climate change-related policies and monetary policy. Furthermore, there is a growing awareness of the negative impacts of natural disasters (e.g., abnormal weather and severe floods) related to climate change on economic activities, and this issue might be perceived as a new challenge for companies and governments. The methodology of this study is expected to be applied to a wide range of fields, as it can analyze causal relationships among various economic topics, including analysis of inflation expectation or monetary policy communication strategy.
Land Use and Its Patterns in the United States
Creators: name: Marschner, F. J.
name: Marschner, F. J.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1959
Subjects: Community/Rural/Urban Development
Crop Production/Industries
Land Economics/Use
Livestock Production/Industries
Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies
Research Methods/ Statistical Methods
Resource /Energy Economics and Policy

description: Report Preface: The purpose of the study reported here was to contribute to a more mature understanding of the patterns of rural land uses in the United States. The underlying physical factors are described, and their influence is explained in relation to major historical and still evolving institutional determinants of agricultural development and land use. The varied and unequal impacts of industrialization and of the continuing technological revolution within agriculture are emphasized. This report also demonstrates a methodology for research in land use that is applicable wherever men are concerned with improving the levels of human life through the development of agriculture. Students of agriculture everywhere, and in particular American students and professional agricultural workers, will find the report helpful in broadening their understanding of agricultural land problems. Students and professional workers in agricultural geography will be interested in the general methodological approach used and also in the graphic analysis and description. A pioneering feature of the report is the use of aerial photographs of 168 local areas with descriptive legends. This part of the report will interest many technical and professional students of agriculture and geography. In the preparation of the report, valuable cooperation was received from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. The concern of this organization with improving the standards of human life through the development and improvement of agriculture in areas where the present level of agricultural production is low led to its interest in research methodology in land utilization in the United States as presented here.
Discovery of Rare Causal Knowledge from Financial Statement Summaries
Creators: name: Sakaji, Hiroki
name: Bennett, Jason
name: Murono, Risa
name: Izumi, Kiyoshi
name: Sakai, Hiroyuki
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: What would happen if temperatures were subdued and result in a cool summer? One can easily imagine that air conditioner, ice cream or beer sales would be suppressed as a result of this. Less obvious is that agricultural shipments might be delayed, or that sound proofing material sales might decrease. The ability to extract such causal knowledge is important, but it is also important to distinguish between cause-effect pairs that are known and those that are likely to be unknown, or rare. Therefore, in this paper, we propose a method for extracting rare causal knowledge from Japanese financial statement summaries produced by companies. Our method consists of three steps. First, it extracts sentences that include causal knowledge from the summaries using a machine learning method based on an extended language ontology. Second, it obtains causal knowledge from the extracted sentences using syntactic patterns. Finally, it extracts the rarest causal knowledge from the knowledge it has obtained.
Impact-of-India-on-China-Pakistan-Relations.html
Creators: name: Samad, Sheryar
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 160607 International Relations
subject: FOS: Political science
subject: 160509 Public Administration

description: Pakistan as an important country in South Asia is geographically adjacent to China. After years of contact and cooperation, healthily bilateral relations have developed rapidly. This is not only related to the historical traditions of the two countries, but also related to their geo strategic interests. However, the development of China Pakistan Relations is still influenced by India, a big country in South Asia. After all, India is the super power in South Asia. In addition, the discord between India and Pakistan has always affected the regional security in South Asia and the strategic cooperation between China and Pakistan. It will have varying degrees of impact in terms of border issues, economic and trade relations and anti terrorism. Therefore, to develop long-term and stable relations between China and Pakistan, we should not only combine the actual situation of China and Pakistan, but also consider the impact factors of India to promote the regional stability in South Asia. It is also important for the development of China Pakistan Relations.
The ‘Stolen Generations' of Mothers and Daughters : Child Apprehension and Enhanced HIV Vulnerabilities for Sex Workers of Aboriginal Ancestry
Creators: name: Duff, Putu
name: Bingham, Brittany
name: Simo, Annick
name: Jury, Delores
name: Reading, Charlotte, 1959-
name: Shannon, K.
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2017

description: OBJECTIVES: The number of children in care of the state continues to grow in BC, Canada with a historical legacy of child apprehension among criminalized and marginalized populations, particularly women of Aboriginal ancestry and sex workers. However, there is a paucity of research investigating child apprehension experiences among marginalized mothers. The objective of the current analysis is to examine the prevalence and correlates of child apprehensions among female sex workers in Vancouver, Canada. METHODS: Analyses were drawn from the AESHA (An Evaluation of Sex Workers Health Access, 2010-present), a prospective cohort of street and off-street SWs, through outreach and semi-annual visits to the research office. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression were used to examine correlates of child apprehension. RESULTS: Of a total of 510 SWs, 350 women who had given birth to at least one child were included in the analyses (median age = 37 yrs: IQR: 31-44 yrs). The prevalence of child apprehension among mothers was 38.3%, with 37.4% reporting having been apprehended themselves by child welfare services. In multivariable analysis, servicing clients in outdoor public spaces (versus formal sex work establishments or informal indoor settings) (adjusted odds ratio, (aOR) = 2.73; 95%CI 1.27-5.90), history of injecting drugs (aOR  = 2.53; 95%CI 1.42-4.49), Aboriginal ancestry (aOR = 1.66; 95%CI 1.01-2.74) were associated with increased odds of child apprehension. DISCUSSION/CONCLUSIONS: Child apprehension rates are high, particularly among the most marginalized sex workers, including sex workers who use drugs and sex workers of Aboriginal ancestry. Structural reforms to child protection are urgently needed, that support family-based care address the historical legacy of colonization affecting Aboriginal peoples.
Reliability of the Born-Oppenheimer approximation in noninteger dimensions
Creators: name: Rosa, D. S.
name: Frederico, T.
name: Francisco, R. M.
name: Krein, G.
name: Yamashita, M. T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We address the question of the reliability of the Born-Oppenheimer (BO) approximation for a mass-imbalanced resonant three-body system embedded in noninteger dimensions. We address this question within the problem of a system of currently experimental interest, namely $^7$Li$-^{87}$Rb$_2$. We compare the Efimov scale parameter as well as the wave functions obtained using the BO approximation with those obtained using the Bethe-Peierls boundary condition.
Diasporic media and identity construction in the Turkish community in Australia
Creators: name: Hopkins, Liza
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: I'm going to talk about a project which I'm working on exploring the use of old and new media by the Turkish community in Melbourne. As most of you would know, Australia is a nation of immigrants, and the Turkish migrants who began arriving in Australia in the late 1960s, were the first major wave of Muslim immigrants. The next major Islamic group to arrive were the Lebanese in the later part of the 1970s. Lebanese migrants and their descendants now make up the biggest Muslim ethnic group in Australia.
Adaptic: A Shape Changing Prop with Haptic Retargeting
Creators: name: Gonzalez, J. Felipe
name: McClelland, John C.
name: Teather, Robert J.
name: Figueroa, Pablo
name: Girouard, Audrey
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Human-Computer Interaction (cs.HC)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We present Adaptic, a novel "hybrid" active/passive haptic device that can change shape to act as a proxy for a range of virtual objects in VR. We use Adaptic with haptic retargeting to redirect the user's hand to provide haptic feedback for several virtual objects in arm's reach using only a single prop. To evaluate the effectiveness of Adaptic with haptic retargeting, we conducted a within-subjects experiment employing a docking task to compare Adaptic to non-matching proxy objects (i.e., Styrofoam balls) and matching shape props. In our study, Adaptic sat on a desk in front of the user and changed shapes between grasps, to provide matching tactile feedback for various virtual objects placed in different virtual locations. Results indicate that the illusion was convincing: users felt they were manipulating several virtual objects in different virtual locations with a single Adaptic device. Docking performance (completion time and accuracy) with Adaptic was comparable to props without haptic retargeting.
description: 10 Pages
Mapping Above- and Below-Ground Biomass Components in Subtropical Forests Using Small-Footprint LiDAR
Creators: name: Cao, Lin
name: Coops, Nicholas C.
name: Innes, John L.
name: Dai, Jinsong
name: She, Guanghui
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2019

description: In order to better assess the spatial variability in subtropical forest biomass, the goal of our study was to use small-footprint, discrete-return Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) data to accurately estimate and map above- and below-ground biomass components of subtropical forests. Foliage, branch, trunk, root, above-ground and total biomass of 53 plots (30 × 30 m) were modeled using a range of LiDAR-derived metrics, with individual models built for each of the three dominant forest types using stepwise multi-regression analysis. A regular grid covered the entire study site with cell size 30 × 30 m corresponding to the same size of the plots; it was generated for mapping each biomass component. Overall, results indicate that biomass estimation was more accurate in coniferous forests, compared with the mixed and broadleaved plots. The coefficient of determination (R²) for individual models was significantly enhanced compared with an overall generic, or common, model. Using independent stand-level data from ground inventory, our results indicated that overall the model fit was significant for most of the biomass components, with relationships close to a 1:1 line, thereby indicating no significant bias. This research illustrates the potential for LiDAR as a technology to assess subtropical forest carbon accurately and to provide a better understanding of how forest ecosystems function in this region.
title: Programme de l'ATED Repenser la Méditerranée 2016
Creators: name: LabexMed
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2017

description: Programme de l'ATED Repenser la Méditerranée, du 9 au 13 mai 2016
Development of a survey instrument to investigate the primary care factors related to differences in cancer diagnosis between international jurisdictions
Creators: name: Rose, Peter W
name: Hamilton, Willie
name: Aldersey, Kate
name: Barisic, Andriana
name: Dawes, Martin
name: Foot, Catherine
name: Grunfeld, Eva
name: Hart, Nigel
name: Neal, Richard D
name: Pirotta, Marie
name: Sisler, Jeffrey
name: Thulesius, Hans
name: Vedsted, Peter
name: Young, Jane
name: Rubin, Greg
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2015

description: Background: Survival rates following a diagnosis of cancer vary between countries. The International Cancer Benchmarking Partnership (ICBP), a collaboration between six countries with primary care led health services, was set up in 2009 to investigate the causes of these differences. Module 3 of this collaboration hypothesised that an association exists between the readiness of primary care physicians (PCP) to investigate for cancer – the ‘threshold’ risk level at which they investigate or refer to a specialist for consideration of possible cancer – and survival for that cancer (lung, colorectal and ovarian). We describe the development of an international survey instrument to test this hypothesis. Methods The work was led by an academic steering group in England. They agreed that an online survey was the most pragmatic way of identifying differences between the jurisdictions. Research questions were identified through clinical experience and expert knowledge of the relevant literature. A survey comprising a set of direct questions and five clinical scenarios was developed to investigate the hypothesis. The survey content was discussed and refined concurrently and repeatedly with international partners. The survey was validated using an iterative process in England. Following validation the survey was adapted to be relevant to the health systems operating in other jurisdictions and translated into Danish, Norwegian and Swedish, and into Canadian and Australian English. Results This work has produced a survey with face, content and cross cultural validity that will be circulated in all six countries. It could also form a benchmark for similar surveys in countries with similar health care systems. Conclusions The vignettes could also be used as educational resources. This study is likely to impact on healthcare policy and practice in participating countries.
title: Longitudinal Fracture Analysis of an Inhomogeneous Stepped Rod with Two Concentric Cracks in Torsion
Creators: name: Rizov, Victor
name: Altenbach, Holm
Publisher: name: Otto von Guericke University Library, Magdeburg, Germany
Year: 2020

description: Technische Mechanik; 40; 2; 149-159; ISSN 2199-9244
description: Analysis of the longitudinal fracture behaviour of an inhomogeneous stepped rod with two concentric longitudinal cracks is developed. The stepped rod has circular cross-section and exhibits continuous material inhomogeneity in radial direction. The material has non-linear elastic mechanical behaviour. The rod is subjected to torsion. The two cracks present concentric circular cylindrical surfaces. Thus, the fronts of the cracks are circles. The fracture is studied in terms of the strain energy release rate by considering the complementary strain energy stored in the rod. Solutions to the strain energy release rate are derived at different lengths of the two cracks. The balance of the energy is analyzed in order to verify the solutions. It is shown that the solutions can be applied also when the stepped rod is inhomogeneous in both radial and length directions. The solutions are used in order to evaluate the influences of the locations of the two concentric cracks in radial direction
Understanding the Challenges of OpenSCAD Users for 3D Printing
Creators: name: Gonzalez, J. Felipe
name: Pietrzak, Thomas
name: Girouard, Audrey
name: Casiez, Géry
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Human-Computer Interaction (cs.HC)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Direct manipulation has been established as the main interaction paradigm for Computer-Aided Design (CAD) for decades. It provides fast, incremental, and reversible actions that allow for an iterative process on a visual representation of the result. Despite its numerous advantages, some users prefer a programming-based approach where they describe the 3D model they design with a specific programming language, such as OpenSCAD. It allows users to create complex structured geometries and facilitates abstraction. Unfortunately, most current knowledge about CAD practices only focuses on direct manipulation programs. In this study, we interviewed 20 programming-based CAD users to understand their motivations and challenges. Our findings reveal that this programming-oriented population presents difficulties in the design process in tasks such as 3D spatial understanding, validation and code debugging, creation of organic shapes, and code-view navigation.
Worldwide Use of Airphotos in Agriculture
Creators: name: Dill, Henry W.
name: Dill, Henry W.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1967
Subjects: Crop Production/Industries
Land Economics/Use
Livestock Production/Industries
Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies
Resource /Energy Economics and Policy

description: Report Preface: This bulletin was originally prepared for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration as part of an overall study to appraise potential benefits from obtaining land-use and other agricultural data from earth-orbiting satellites. Its purpose here is to present an overview of the current use of airphotos in a sample of countries selected as being representative. An attempt was made to include countries at varying stages of development from every continent except Antarctica. Some omissions of important applications of airphotos undoubtedly occur since not all applications have been documented. Moreover, with increasing usage in the past few years, particularly in the less developed countries, the available information may not be up to date. Even so, the handbook presents a reasonably accurate picture of current uses of airphotos in agriculture both in the United States and abroad.
description: Summary of the use is presented for the following countries: Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Denmark, East Germany, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Kenya, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Paraguay, Peru, Rumania, South Africa, Spain, Sudan, Thailand, Togo, Turkey, U.A.R. (Egypt), United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela, and Yugoslavia
Introducing Bidirectional Programming in Constructive Solid Geometry-Based CAD
Creators: name: Gonzalez, J. Felipe
name: Kieken, Danny
name: Pietrzak, Thomas
name: Girouard, Audrey
name: Casiez, Géry
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Human-Computer Interaction (cs.HC)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: 3D Computer-Aided Design (CAD) users need to overcome several obstacles to benefit from the flexibility of programmatic interface tools. Besides the barriers of any programming language, users face challenges inherent to 3D spatial interaction. Scripting simple operations, such as moving an element in 3D space, can be significantly more challenging than performing the same task using direct manipulation. We introduce the concept of bidirectional programming for Constructive Solid Geometry (CSG) CAD tools, informed by interviews we performed with programmatic interface users. We describe how users can navigate and edit the 3D model using direct manipulation in the view or code editing while the system ensures consistency between both spaces. We also detail a proof-of-concept implementation using a modified version of OpenSCAD.
Novel rotor fault diagnostic method based on rlmd and ht techniques
Creators: name: Guedidi, Asma
name: Laala, Widad
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Signal Processing (eess.SP)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
subject: 14J60

description: Frequency domain analysis using the Fast Fourier transform (FFT) has been a popular method for diagnosing broken rotor bar (BRB) faults in squirrel-cage induction motors (IM). However, FFT analysis is limited by sampling frequency and time acquisition constraints, making it less effective under time-varying conditions. To overcome these difficulties, a novel BRB fault detection method for non-stationary conditions is proposed. The proposed strategy is based on the recently developed robust local mean decomposition (RLMD) and Hilbert transform (HT) methods. Using these techniques, the BRB characteristic frequency and amplitude component are obtained from only one phase stator current allowing automation of the features detection process. in fact, HT is used to extract the stator current envelope (SCE). Then, the SCE is processed by RLMD for determining the sub signals production functions (PFs). Finally, HT is applied to the most sensible PF to compute its instantaneous frequency and amplitude. The tracking of the BRB fault characteristic can inform us about the condition of the induction motor. The effectiveness of the proposed diagnostic strategy is validated through simulation conducted in the Matlab environment. The simulation results show the capability of this method to track accurately the frequency and amplitude of the 2sf component where f and s represent the fundamental stator current frequency and motor slip respectively
description: 10th International Conference on Computer Science and Information Technology (CSTY 2024), July 20 ~ 21, 2024, Toronto, Canada
Why do we need Open Science?
Creators: name: Giglia, Elena
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Open Science

description: Presentiation at the 16 ESA conference in Porto, August 28, 2024.

Session SP 1 - “Building Open Science Together: Transformative Concepts and Practices”

Open Science is often perceived as the unptenth administrative burden or something imposed by European rules in research programs. Actually Open Science is a powerful tool  to get a research process which is more efficient, as every component is ready to be reused and build upon, and more respondent to societal needs, as built in dialogue and co-creation with society. In this way, Open Science can work as a corrective in the current scholarly communication system which is plagued by retractions and scientific misconduct induced by the hypercompetitive evaluation criteria in place. Open Science is  functional to research integrity as the entire research workflow is transparent, allowing for checks and reproducibility. Sensitive and personal data are taken into account the logic "as open as possible, as closed as necessary" and are enabled by the FAIR principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable). In the end, Open Science can be both boosted by and act as an enabler of the ongoing reform of the research assessment framework under the COARA initiative.
Facilitating the Parametric Definition of Geometric Properties in Programming-Based CAD
Creators: name: Gonzalez, J. Felipe
name: Pietrzak, Thomas
name: Girouard, Audrey
name: Casiez, Géry
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Human-Computer Interaction (cs.HC)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Parametric Computer-aided design (CAD) enables the creation of reusable models by integrating variables into geometric properties, facilitating customization without a complete redesign. However, creating parametric designs in programming-based CAD presents significant challenges. Users define models in a code editor using a programming language, with the application generating a visual representation in a viewport. This process involves complex programming and arithmetic expressions to describe geometric properties, linking various object properties to create parametric designs. Unfortunately, these applications lack assistance, making the process unnecessarily demanding. We propose a solution that allows users to retrieve parametric expressions from the visual representation for reuse in the code, streamlining the design process. We demonstrated this concept through a proof-of-concept implemented in the programming-based CAD application, OpenSCAD, and conducted an experiment with 11 users. Our findings suggest that this solution could significantly reduce design errors, improve interactivity and engagement in the design process, and lower the entry barrier for newcomers by reducing the mathematical skills typically required in programming-based CAD applications
Treatment outcomes from community-based drug resistant tuberculosis treatment programs: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Creators: name: Weiss, Pamela
name: Chen, Wenjia
name: Cook, Victoria J.
name: Johnston, James C.
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2016

description: Background: There is increasing evidence that community-based treatment of drug resistant tuberculosis (DRTB) is a feasible and cost-effective alternative to centralized, hospital-based care. Although several large programs have reported favourable outcomes from community-based treatment, to date there has been no systematic assessment of community-based DRTB treatment program outcomes. The objective of this study was to synthesize available evidence on treatment outcomes from community based multi-drug resistant (MDRTB) and extensively drug resistant tuberculosis (XDRTB) treatment programs. Methods: We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of the published literature to examine treatment outcomes from community-based MDRTB and XDRTB treatment programs. Studies reporting outcomes from programs using community-based treatment strategies and reporting outcomes consistent with WHO guidelines were included for analysis. Treatment outcomes, including treatment success, default, failure, and death were pooled for analysis. Meta-regression was performed to examine for associations between treatment outcomes and program or patient factors. Results: Overall 10 studies reporting outcomes on 1288 DRTB patients were included for analysis. Of this population, 65% [95% CI 59-71%] of patients had a successful outcome, 15% [95% CI 12-19%] defaulted, 13% [95% CI 9-18%] died, and 6% [95% CI 3-11%] failed treatment for a total of 35% [95% CI 29-41%] with unsuccessful treatment outcome. Meta-regression failed to identify any factors associated with treatment success, including study year, age of participants, HIV prevalence, XDRTB prevalence, treatment regimen, directly observed therapy (DOT) location or DOT provider. Conclusions: Outcomes of community-based MDRTB and XDRTB treatment outcomes appear similar to overall treatment outcomes published in three systematic reviews on MDRTB therapy. Work is needed to delineate program characteristics associated with improved treatment outcomes.
Three-phase equilibria of hydrates from computer simulation. III. Effect of dispersive interactions in the methane and carbon dioxide hydrates
Creators: name: Algaba, J.
name: Blazquez, S.
name: Míguez, J. M.
name: Conde, M. M.
name: Blas, F. J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this work, the effect of the range of the dispersive interactions in the determination of the three-phase coexistence line of the CO$_2$ and CH$_4$ hydrates has been studied. In particular, the temperature ($T_3$) at which solid hydrate, water, and liquid CO$_2$/gas CH$_4$ coexist has been determined through molecular dynamics simulations using different cut-off values (from 0.9 to 1.6 nm) for the dispersive interactions. The $T_3$ of both hydrates has been determined using the direct coexistence simulation technique. Following this method, the three phases in equilibrium are put together in the same simulation box, the pressure is fixed, and simulations are performed at different temperatures $T$. If the hydrate melts, then $T>T_3$. Contrary, if the hydrate grows, then $T
description: 12 pages, 6 figures
Liquid Scintillators; Technology and Challenges
Creators: name: Diwan, Milind Vaman
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This is a brief review of liquid scintillators, an important technology for detection of ionizing radiation. We will first review the basic mechanisms of light production in most organic liquid scintillators. For most practical detector applications, the scintillators need to be optimized for choices of photosensors and compatibility with optical windows. A summary of important past experimental projects with liquid scintillators is provided. We will complete the review with a list of modern practices, particularly of metal doping, and development of water based hybrid materials that allow simultaneous detection of Cherenkov and scintillation light.
description: 8 pages, 2 figures
title: Chronologie de 1979 à 1999 du sida et des activités de J. Leibowitch
Creators: name: Leibowitch, Jacques
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2020

description: Source: http://www.calames.abes.fr/pub/ms/Calames-201938163255835
description: created: start=1975;end=2018
เครื่องจ่ายยาอัตโนมัติเเละตรวจสอบความถูกต้องด้วยโมเดล YOLOv5
Creators: name: ปิ่นพงษ์ เรืองระวีนุกิจ
Publisher: name: สาขาวิชาคอมพิวเตอร์ศึกษา คณะวิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี มหาวิทยาลัยราชภัฏสุรินทร์
Year: 2024
Subjects: การจ่ายยาอัตโนมัติ
เครื่องจ่ายยาและการตรวจสอบ
โมเดล YOLOv5

description: วารสารคอมพิวเตอร์และเทคโนโลยีสร้างสรรค์, 2, 2, 45-60
A Deep CNN Model for Ringing Effect Attenuation of Vibroseis Data
Creators: name: Jia, Zhuang
name: Lu, Wenkai
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: Geophysics (physics.geo-ph)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In the field of exploration geophysics, seismic vibrator is one of the widely used seismic sources to acquire seismic data, which is usually named vibroseis. "Ringing effect" is a common problem in vibroseis data processing due to the limited frequency bandwidth of the vibrator, which degrades the performance of first-break picking. In this paper, we proposed a novel deringing model for vibroseis data using deep convolutional neural network (CNN). In this model we use end-to-end training strategy to obtain the deringed data directly, and skip connections to improve model training process and preserve the details of vibroseis data. For real vibroseis deringing task we synthesize training data and corresponding labels from real vibroseis data and utilize them to train the deep CNN model. Experiments are conducted both on synthetic data and real vibroseis data. The experiment results show that deep CNN model can attenuate the ringing effect effectively and expand the bandwidth of vibroseis data. The STA/LTA ratio method for first-break picking also shows improvement on deringed vibroseis data using deep CNN model.
Evaluation of Investment Opportunities: Tools for Decisionmaking in Farming and Other Businesses
Creators: name: Walrath, Arthur J.
name: Walrath, Arthur J.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1977
Subjects: Financial Economics
Research Methods/ Statistical Methods

description: Report Introduction: A manager constantly faces choices among ways to use his capital. Should he invest his limited capital in enlarging his inventory or invest it in more land improvements? Here, he can visualize the possibility of greater percentage returns in the shortrun if he uses his capital for more stock. Or, should he incur the costs of planting trees and fencing an area? Here, he realizes there will be no return for 10 or 20 or more years. The return could even go to others. Or, should he buy additional fertilizer? Here, he can usually visualize increased production the first year and possibly some increase over the next several crop years. Or, he might face the question of when he should sell: today at a given price or 10 years hence for some unknown price? In such problems as well as many others, present values and estimated future values are involved. This handbook presents this complex subject of analysis of present and future values in such a manner as to make it useful for normal business operations. Relatively simple problems are discussed in this report. A thorough understanding of the formulas used to solve these problems is important since they also apply to some of the more complex problems with which business managers might be concerned.
description: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service in Cooperation with College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Pentecostal ethics in light of Stanley Hauerwas’s account of narrative, virtue, and the Church
Creators: name: Parkes, Christopher
Publisher: name: Australian Catholic University
Year: 2022
Subjects: pentecostalism
ethics
Hauerwas
narrative
virtue

description: This thesis explores the ethics of pentecostalism in light of the theological ethics of Stanley Hauerwas. A coherent and consistent approach to pentecostal ethics is difficult to establish, given that the historical roots of the movement are eclectic and there appear to be competing moral priorities and methods of ethical reasoning. This problem is further described with reference to more recent church documents that outline various moral positions and the rationales behind them. Both the history of pentecostal morality and more contemporary ethical reflections demonstrate that pentecostal ethics appears to be in a state of confusion. Nevertheless, a closer look at pentecostal ethics scholarship reveals that it is possible to identify some common emphases that consistently emerge. These characteristics are apparent in both the academic and ecclesial literature and include scriptural authority, holiness, narrative spirituality, church community, and eclectic and creative responses. While pentecostal ethics does not seem to follow a consistent or “mainstream” methodology, there is an intelligibility and self-understanding that arises when pentecostal ethics is considered on its own terms. Given that the characteristics are not obviously systematised, and still indicate an ad hoc approach to morality, Stanley Hauerwas is employed as a dialogue partner, given that pentecostals have historically been open to diverse traditions, and Hauerwas himself is critical of the ethical traditions that pentecostalism appears to reject. Not only do Stanley Hauerwas’s ethics of narrative, virtue, and the church resonate with the characteristics already identified in pentecostal ethics, his systematic approach demonstrates how these characteristics might function together. The conclusion of this thesis is that a pentecostal approach to ethics must attend to five characteristics. These characteristics are Scriptural authority, holiness and virtue, separatist ecclesiology, narrative spirituality, and eclectic and contextual responses. These characteristics are validated in Stanley Hauerwas’s theological ethics. Moreover, his systematic articulation of narrative, virtue, and the church clarifies how these characteristics can coexist and operate together to produce an authentic and intelligible approach to pentecostal ethics.
Empagliflozin inhibits increased Na influx in atrial cardiomyocytes of patients with HFpEF
Creators: name: Trum, Maximilian
name: Riechel, Johannes
name: Schollmeier, Elisa
name: Lebek, Simon
name: Hegner, Philipp
name: Reuthner, Kathrin
name: Heers, Silvia
name: Keller, Karoline
name: Wester, Michael
name: Klatt, Susanne
name: Hamdani, Nazha
name: Provaznik, Zdenek
name: Schmid, Christof
name: Maier, Lars S.
name: Arzt, Michael
name: Wagner, Stefan
Publisher: name: Universität Regensburg
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Heart failure • HFpEF • Sodium • SGLT2i • Empagliflozin • Atrial remodelling
subject: 610 Medizin

description: Aims Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) causes substantial morbidity and mortality. Importantly, atrial remodelling
and atrial fibrillation are frequently observed in HFpEF. Sodium–glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) have recently been
shown to improve clinical outcomes in HFpEF, and post-hoc analyses suggest atrial anti-arrhythmic effects. We tested if isolated
human atrial cardiomyocytes from patients with HFpEF exhibit an increased Na influx, which is known to cause atrial arrhythmias,
and if that is responsive to treatment with the SGTL2i empagliflozin.
Methods and
results
Cardiomyocytes were isolated from atrial biopsies of 124 patients (82 with HFpEF) undergoing elective cardiac surgery. Na influx
was measured with the Na-dye Asante Natrium Green–2 AM (ANG-2). Compared to patients without heart failure (NF), Na influx
was doubled in HFpEF patients (NF vs. HFpEF: 0.21 ± 0.02 vs. 0.38 ± 0.04 mmol/L/min (N = 7 vs. 18); P = 0.0078). Moreover, late
INa (measured via whole-cell patch clamp) was significantly increased in HFpEF compared to NF. Western blot and HDAC4 pulldown
assay indicated a significant increase in CaMKII expression, CaMKII autophosphorylation, CaMKII activity, and CaMKIIdependent
NaV1.5 phosphorylation in HFpEF compared to NF, whereas NaV1.5 protein and mRNA abundance remained
unchanged. Consistently, increased Na influx was significantly reduced by treatment not only with the CaMKII inhibitor autocamtide-
2-related inhibitory peptide (AIP), late INa inhibitor tetrodotoxin (TTX) but also with sodium/hydrogen exchanger 1 (NHE1)
inhibitor cariporide. Importantly, empagliflozin abolished both increased Na influx and late INa in HFpEF. Multivariate linear regression
analysis, adjusting for important clinical confounders, revealed HFpEF to be an independent predictor for changes in Na handling
in atrial cardiomyocytes.
Conclusion We show for the first time increased Na influx in human atrial cardiomyocytes from HFpEF patients, partly due to increased late INa
and enhanced NHE1-mediated Na influx. Empagliflozin inhibits Na influx and late INa, which could contribute to anti-arrhythmic
effects in patients with HFpEF.
It is good : Creation, phenomenology, and culture
Creators: name: Benjamins, Jacob
Publisher: name: Australian Catholic University
Year: 2022
Subjects: creation
phenomenology
hermeneutics
theology of culture

description: This dissertation provides a phenomenology of creation’s goodness and clarifies the ongoing relevance of an important theological doctrine. It argues that the appearing of a good creation is not synonymous with a confession of faith nor does it require an overly optimistic disposition. Instead, that which is good about the place in which we find ourselves appears within diverse contexts and circumstances. Particular attention is given to the work of Jean-Yves Lacoste, Claude Romano, Emmanuel Falque, Jean-Luc Marion and Jean-Louis Chrétien. In order to describe the various phenomenological dynamics of this goodness, the study follows along two-interconnected tracks. First, it argues for a “pre-predicative” or “prelinguistic” goodness that is not reducible to a particular confessional stance. This goodness appears quite broadly and remains open to a diverse range of interpretations. Second, it examines what it means to integrate this general play of goodness into a specifically Christian horizon of place that affirms God’s ongoing relation to creation. Alongside critical contributions to French phenomenology and creation theology, this dissertation develops an overlooked theme in continental philosophy of religion and provides theological and philosophical justification to care for creation.
Comparing a Thai Words Segmentation Methods in the LST20 Dataset
Creators: name: Krittapol Damrongkamoltip
Publisher: name: Department of Computer Education, Faculty of Science and Technology, Surindra Rajabhat University
Year: 2024
Subjects: Thai Words
Segmentation Methods
LST20 Dataset

description: Journal of Computer and Creative Technology, 2, 2, 61-70
การทำนายราคาที่ดินด้วยการเรียนรู้ของเครื่องในอำเภอเมืองขอนแก่น
Creators: name: โยษิตา ศรีวุฒิทรัพย์
Publisher: name: สาขาวิชาคอมพิวเตอร์ศึกษา คณะวิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี มหาวิทยาลัยราชภัฏสุรินทร์
Year: 2024
Subjects: ประเมินราคาที่ดิน
การเรียนรู้ของเครื่อง
ปัจจัยสำคัญ

description: วารสารคอมพิวเตอร์และเทคโนโลยีสร้างสรรค์, 2, 2, 71-86
Embodied Cognition: una reflexión sobre la actividad del cuerpo en el habla
Creators: name: Villada Díaz, Erika Alejandra
name: Montero Daza, Alexandra Katerin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Embodied Cognition
Cognición
Gestos

description: El presente documento se desprende del proyecto Gesto y Cognición el cual tiene como propósito estudiar el lugar del gesto en la cognición humana (Valderrama Cárdenas et al., 2020). Durante la investigación realizada se contó con un gran número de participantes de los cuales se tuvieron en cuenta los vídeos más interesantes y que dieran mayor uso a los gestos representativos con el fin de lograr una buena argumentación y complementarla con nuestra lectura base del documento ¿Cómo influyen los gestos en el pensamiento y el habla? La hipótesis del gesto para la conceptualización (Kita et al., 2017).
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การพัฒนาผลสัมฤทธิ์ทางการเรียนคณิตศาสตร์ ความสามารถในการแก้ปัญหาทางคณิตศาสตร์ และความรับผิดชอบโดยใช้การจัดการเรียนรู้แบบสืบเสาะหาความรู้ของนักเรียนชั้นมัธยมศึกษาปีที่ 1
Creators: name: ชญานิศ เมืองดู่
Publisher: name: สาขาวิชาคอมพิวเตอร์ศึกษา คณะวิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี มหาวิทยาลัยราชภัฏสุรินทร์
Year: 2024
Subjects: ผลสัมฤทธิ์ทางการเรียนคณิตศาสตร์
ความสามารถในการแก้ปัญหาทางคณิตศาสตร์
ความรับผิดชอบ
การจัดการเรียนรู้แบบสืบเสาะหาความรู้

description: วารสารคอมพิวเตอร์และเทคโนโลยีสร้างสรรค์, 2, 2, 87-98
Pharmacies as providers of expanded health services for people who inject drugs: a review of laws, policies, and barriers in six countries
Creators: name: Hammett, Theodore M
name: Phan, Son
name: Gaggin, Julia
name: Case, Patricia
name: Zaller, Nicholas
name: Lutnick, Alexandra
name: Kral, Alex H
name: Fedorova, Ekaterina V
name: Heimer, Robert
name: Small, Will
name: Pollini, Robin
name: Beletsky, Leo
name: Latkin, Carl
name: Des Jarlais, Don C
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2016

description: Background: People who inject drugs (PWID) are underserved by health providers but pharmacies may be their most accessible care settings. Methods: Studies in the U.S., Russia, Vietnam, China, Canada and Mexico employed a three-level (macro-, meso-, and micro-) model to assess feasibility of expanded pharmacy services for PWID. Studies employed qualitative and quantitative interviews, review of legal and policy documents, and information on the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of key stakeholders. Results: Studies produced a mixed assessment of feasibility. Provision of information and referrals by pharmacies is permissible in all study sites and sale and safe disposal of needles/syringes by pharmacies is legal in almost all sites, although needle/syringe sales face challenges related to attitudes and practices of pharmacists, police, and other actors. Pharmacy provision of HIV testing, hepatitis vaccination, opioid substitution treatment, provision of naloxone for drug overdose, and abscess treatment, face more serious legal and policy barriers. Discussion: Challenges to expanded services for drug users in pharmacies exist at all three levels, especially the macro-level characterized by legal barriers and persistent stigmatization of PWID. Where deficiencies in laws, policies, and community attitudes block implementation, stakeholders should advocate for needed legal and policy changes and work to address community stigma and resistance. Laws and policies are only as good as their implementation, so attention is also needed to meso- and micro- levels. Policies, attitudes, and practices of police departments and pharmacy chains as well as knowledge, attitudes, and practices of individual PWID, individual pharmacies, and police officers should support rather than undermine positive laws and expanded services. Despite the challenges, pharmacies remain potentially important venues for delivering health services to PWID.
การพัฒนานิทรรศการเทิดพระเกียรติในรูปแบบเมตาเวิร์ส โครงการพระราชดำริฝนหลวง
Creators: name: บุณฑฤก สีหาบุตโต
Publisher: name: สาขาวิชาคอมพิวเตอร์ศึกษา คณะวิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี มหาวิทยาลัยราชภัฏสุรินทร์
Year: 2024
Subjects: นิทรรศการเทิดพระเกียรติ
รูปแบบเมตาเวิร์ส
โครงการพระราชดำริฝนหลวง

description: วารสารคอมพิวเตอร์และเทคโนโลยีสร้างสรรค์, 2, 2, 99-108