cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Is the solar spectrum latitude dependent? An investigation with SST/TRIPPEL
Creators: name: Kiselman, Dan
name: Pereira, Tiago
name: Gustafsson, Bengt
name: Asplund, Martin
name: Meléndez, Jorge
name: Langhans, Kai
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Context: In studies of the solar spectrum relative to spectra of solar twin stars, it has been found that the chemical composition of the Sun seems to depart systematically from those of the twins. One possible explanation is that the effect is due to the special aspect angle of the Sun when observed from Earth, as compared with the aspect angles of the twins. Thus, a latitude dependence of the solar spectrum, even with the heliocentric angle constant, could lead to effects of the type observed. Aim: We explore a possible variation in the strength of certain spectral lines, used in the comparisons between the composition of the Sun and the twins, at loci on the solar disk with different latitudes but at constant heliocentric angle. Methods: We use the TRIPPEL spectrograph at the Swedish 1-m Solar Telescope on La Palma to record spectra in five spectral regions in order to compare different locations on the solar disk at a heliocentric angle of 45 deg. Equivalent widths and other parameters are measured for fifteen different lines representing nine atomic species. Results: The relative variations in equivalent widths at the equator and at solar latitude 45 deg are found to be less than 1.5 % for all spectral lines studied. Translated to elemental abundances as they would be measured from a terrestrial and a hypothetical pole-on observer, the difference is estimated to be within 0.005 dex in all cases. Conclusion: It is very unlikely that latitude effects could cause the reported abundance difference between the Sun and the solar twins. The accuracy obtainable in measurements of small differences in spectral line strengths between different solar disk positions is very high.
description: 9 pages, 10 figures, accepted by Astronomy & Astrophysics
Dorothée Goetze, Lena Oetzel (Hg.), Warum Friedenschließen so schwer ist. Frühneuzeitliche Friedensfindung am Beispiel des Westfälischen Friedenskongresses, Münster (Aschendorff) 2019
Creators: name: Michaud, Claude
Publisher: name: Francia-Recensio
Year: 2020

description: Dorothée Goetze, Lena Oetzel (Hg.), Warum Friedenschließen so schwer ist. Frühneuzeitliche Friedensfindung am Beispiel des Westfälischen Friedenskongresses, Münster (Aschendorff) 2019, 457 S. (Schriftenreihe zur Neueren Geschichte, 39 [NF 2]), ISBN 978-3-402-14768-9, EUR 62,00.
description: Francia-Recensio, 2020/4
Smooth Solutions to a Class of Mixed Type Monge-Ampere Equations
Creators: name: Han, Qing
name: Khuri, Marcus
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We prove the existence of C^{\infty} local solutions to a class of mixed type Monge-Ampere equations in the plane. More precisely, the equation changes type to finite order across two smooth curves intersecting transversely at a point. Existence of C^{\infty} global solutions to a corresponding class of linear mixed type equations is also established. These results are motivated by, and may be applied to the problem of prescribed Gaussian curvature for graphs, the isometric embedding problem for 2-dimensional Riemannian manifolds into Euclidean 3-space, and also transonic fluid flow.
description: Calc. Var. Partial Differential Equations, to appear, 42 pages
Márta Fata, Anton Schindling (Hg.), unter Mitarbeit von Markus Gerstmeier, Luther und die Evangelisch-Lutherischen in Ungarn und Siebenbürgen. Augsburgisches Bekenntnis, Bildung, Sprache und Nation vom 16. Jahrhundert bis 1918, Münster (Aschendorff) 2018
Creators: name: Schneider-Böklen, Elisabeth
Publisher: name: Francia-Recensio
Year: 2020

description: Márta Fata, Anton Schindling (Hg.), unter Mitarbeit von Markus Gerstmeier, Luther und die Evangelisch-Lutherischen in Ungarn und Siebenbürgen. Augsburgisches Bekenntnis, Bildung, Sprache und Nation vom 16. Jahrhundert bis 1918, Münster (Aschendorff) 2018, 820 S. (Reformationsgeschichtliche Studien und Texte, 167), ISBN 978-3-402-11599-2, EUR 78,00.
description: Francia-Recensio, 2020/4
Harry T. Dickinson, Pascal Dupuy, Le Temps des cannibales. La Révolution française vue des îles Britanniques, Paris (Vendémiaire) 2019
Creators: name: Pestel, Friedemann
Publisher: name: Francia-Recensio
Year: 2020

description: Harry T. Dickinson, Pascal Dupuy, Le Temps des cannibales. La Révolution française vue des îles Britanniques, Paris (Vendémiaire) 2019, 459 p. (Chroniques), ISBN 978-2-36358-337-6, EUR 25,00.
description: Francia-Recensio, 2020/4
The Queen, The Palace and The College: Sagas Untold - History of Maharani Sethu Lakshmi Bayi , Lalindloch Palace and College of Agriculture, Vellayani
Creators: name: Adarsh, S.
name: Chacko, Arun
name: Radhakrishnan A. G
name: Noor Fidha P. K., V.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: History of Maharani Sethu Lakshmi Bayi , Lalindloch Palace and College of Agriculture, Vellayani. In: AHAM. College Magazine 2021-22, College of Agriculture, Vellayani, pp. 18-24.
An Ionization Cone in the Dwarf Starburst Galaxy NGC 5253
Creators: name: Zastrow, Jordan
name: Oey, M. S.
name: Veilleux, Sylvain
name: McDonald, Michael
name: Martin, Crystal L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: There are few observational constraints on how the escape of ionizing photons from starburst galaxies depends on galactic parameters. Here, we report on the first major detection of an ionization cone in NGC 5253, a nearby starburst galaxy. This high-excitation feature is identified by mapping the emission-line ratios in the galaxy using [S III] lambda 9069, [S II] lambda 6716, and H_alpha narrow-band images from the Maryland-Magellan Tunable Filter at Las Campanas Observatory. The ionization cone appears optically thin, which is suggestive of the escape of ionizing photons. The cone morphology is narrow with an estimated solid angle covering just 3% of 4pi steradians, and the young, massive clusters of the nuclear starburst can easily generate the radiation required to ionize the cone. Although less likely, we cannot rule out the possibility of an obscured AGN source. An echelle spectrum along the minor axis shows complex kinematics that are consistent with outflow activity. The narrow morphology of the ionization cone supports the scenario that an orientation bias contributes to the difficulty in detecting Lyman continuum emission from starbursts and Lyman break galaxies.
description: 5 pages, 4 figures, Accepted to ApJ Letters
Dependency in the Possible Future Selves of Young and Middle-Aged Adults: Perceptions and Predictors
Creators: name: Speirs, Calandra
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: Psychology--Clinical
subject: Aging
subject: Dependency
subject: Geropsychology

description: The population of Canada is rapidly aging, and with increasing age, some level of dependency (reliance on others for assistance or care), is common. In the coming decades, more individuals will act as informal caregivers, and relocate to senior housing or long-term care (Smetanin et al., 2009). However, little is known about how individuals and families think about and plan for future dependency. This study aimed to examine the presence of dependency thoughts and plans across multiple domains (e.g., physical, psychological, social, economic, and residential/environmental) in a broad age sample using a mixed-methods design. Another aim was to examine factors (i.e., demographic, psychosocial, experiential) that influence how people conceptualize dependency. Findings suggest that individuals have thoughts and plans regarding dependency across domains, and that those dependency thoughts and plans relate to different factors. Implications for future research and age-related policy will be discussed.
The main European initiatives for sharing data and other research results in support of the scientific community. ELIXIR (Covid-19 data portal), OpenAIRE, RDA
Creators: name: Via, Allegra
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Open Science
Open Data
Covid-19
FAIR data
Open Access

description: Presentation given during the webinar "Covid-19 e condivisione dei dati: perché in Italia si fa troppo poco?" belonging to the event series "Open Science e Covid-19. Collaborare per contrastare la pandemia", on July 21st 2020. Presentation outline: Introduction and programme Rationale ELIXIR, OpenAIRE, RDA ELIXIR support to COVID-19 research European Covid-19 data portal EOSC
Revealing common artifacts due to ferromagnetic inclusions in highly-oriented pyrolytic graphite
Creators: name: Sepioni, M.
name: Nair, R. R.
name: Tsai, I-Ling
name: Geim, A. K.
name: Grigorieva, I. V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report on an extensive investigation to figure out the origin of room-temperature ferromagnetism that is commonly observed by SQUID magnetometry in highly-oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG). Electron backscattering and X-ray microanalysis revealed the presence of micron-size magnetic clusters (predominantly Fe) that are rare and would be difficult to detect without careful search in a scanning electron microscope in the backscattering mode. The clusters pin to crystal boundaries and their quantities match the amplitude of typical ferromagnetic signals. No ferromagnetic response is detected in samples where we could not find such magnetic inclusions. Our experiments show that the frequently reported ferromagnetism in pristine HOPG is most likely to originate from contamination with Fe-rich inclusions introduced presumably during crystal growth.
description: 8 pages, 7 figures
Communicating Social Identity: The Sensory Performance of Cattle Branding
Creators: name: Bird Rondeau, Jennifer Joanne
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Speech Communication
subject: Cultural
subject: Social Identity
subject: Performance Studies
subject: Sensory Knowledge
subject: Group Communication
subject: Cultural Performance
subject: Ritual
subject: Socio-cultural Studies

description: This thesis investigates the practice of cattle branding as a cultural performance, the sensory aspects of which contribute to the creation, maintenance, and communication of the social identity among cattle ranchers. This thesis used methods of sensory ethnography to generate sensory data to reveal how sensory knowledge permeates this cultural performance. The analysis is divided between five components of ritual activities used to study cultural performance: formalism, traditionalism, invariance of actions, rule-governance, and sacral symbolism (C. Bell 1997, 138). The main conclusion drawn from the analysis is that by using sensory ethnography in research on performance and identity new conceptual ground can be gained in communications and sociocultural studies by establishing a renewed focus on how sensory relations are social relations (Howes 2003, 55).
Peter Walter (†), Wolfgang Weiß, Markus Wriedt (Hg.), Ideal und Praxis – Bischöfe und Bischofsamt im Heiligen Römischen Reich 1570–1620, Münster (Aschendorff) 2019
Creators: name: Weis, Monique
Publisher: name: Francia-Recensio
Year: 2020

description: Peter Walter (†), Wolfgang Weiß, Markus Wriedt (Hg.), Ideal und Praxis – Bischöfe und Bischofsamt im Heiligen Römischen Reich 1570–1620, Münster (Aschendorff) 2019, 375 S., 1 Abb. (Reformationsgeschichtliche Studien und Texte, 174), ISBN 978-3-402-11609-8, EUR 68,00.
description: Francia-Recensio, 2020/4
The Impact of the Office of Superintendent of Schools on the Personal Lives of Superintendents
Creators: name: Parsons, Dennis George
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Education
subject: Leadership
subject: Work-Personal Life Balance
subject: Work Role
subject: K-12 Education
subject: Board-Superintendent Relationship
subject: Impact of work-Life on Personal Life

description: Abstract The purpose of this study was to gain deeper understanding of the work lives of Canadian school superintendents by investigating the impact their work lives have on their personal/family lives. Residing at the apex of the K–12 public education system, superintendents serve a unique role as the chief executive officer and as the chief education officer in the school district. The study used qualitative case-study methodology and involved six participant superintendents in semi-structured interviews, two from each of western, Atlantic and northern Canada who had held the position of superintendent for a period of 5 or more years. The findings of this inquiry revealed work life significantly impacted personal and family life. Participant superintendents provided in-depth personal accounts of how the complex and demanding work lives of superintendents made having family lives outside the role challenging. In this study, the participant superintendents, regardless of location or size of school district, all described an all-consuming work life: rampant with political agendas, conflict, public scrutiny, unreasonable expectations, and one where technology has left superintendents even more exposed to the whims of the disenfranchised. The inquiry also revealed, while superintendents recognized student learning was the important work they needed to do, they were clearly hindered across all selected jurisdictions by troublesome and disruptive elements present in their work role. The pervasiveness and extent of the personal toll taken on superintendents and their families by the work role is revealed in clear and explicit detail by the individual narratives from participant superintendents. The evidence is so compelling it calls into question the current system of elected school board governance and forces consideration of how the system can better support school superintendents.
Incorporating Algebraic Multigrid when Solving Reservoir Simulation Equations
Creators: name: Brown, Geoffrey Lawrence
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Engineering--Petroleum
subject: Reservoir Simulation
subject: Preconditioner
subject: Linear Solver
subject: Constrained Pressure Residual
subject: AMG
subject: Black Oil

description: Adaptive-implicit petroleum reservoir simulations often result in huge, very ill-conditioned linear systems of equations. The convergence of single-level solvers, for these systems tends to deteriorate considerably as these systems become larger. The primary difficulty is the coupled nature of the model equations that exhibit characteristics of both hyperbolic and nearly elliptic systems. Multilevel methods provide a technique to efficiently solve nearly elliptic systems independent of size whereas preconditioned Krylov solvers are more robust for both. Therefore, multi-stage preconditioning methods are commonly used in practice to solve coupled systems. In this thesis a two-stage combinative method, the constrained pressure residual (CPR) method, has been implemented in a commercial black-oil reservoir simulator. A decoupling preconditioner has been developed to approximately decouple and extract the nearly elliptic pressure sub-system. An algebraic multigrid (AMG) method is used to efficiently solve the pressure system followed by an incomplete LU (ILU) technique as a robust second stage solver. The primary objective is to generate systems that are suitable for an efficient AMG solution while simultaneously ensuring a fast overall convergence of the solver. The combinative solver and the dynamic row-sum (DRS) preconditioner have been developed to include several optional variants. A study of these parameters has been performed to determine their importance and select reasonable default values. The accuracy of the new combinative method has been verified. It is generally able to produce small residual vectors with fewer solver iterations. Simulator efficiency has been improved for an assortment of test cases. Several simulations had clock times between 1.5 and 3 times faster with the combinative solver. Parameter choices leading to a small number of fast AMG cycles for the pressure solution at the sacrifice of some accuracy generally led to the best performance.
The extinction law from photometric data: linear regression methods
Creators: name: Ascenso, Joana
name: Lombardi, Marco
name: Lada, Charles J.
name: Alves, João
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Context. The properties of dust grains, in particular their size distribution, are expected to differ from the interstellar medium to the high-density regions within molecular clouds. Since the extinction at near-infrared wavelengths is caused by dust, the extinction law in cores should depart from that found in low-density environments if the dust grains have different properties. Aims. We explore methods to measure the near-infrared extinction law produced by dense material in molecular cloud cores from photometric data. Methods. Using controlled sets of synthetic and semi-synthetic data, we test several methods for linear regression applied to the specific problem of deriving the extinction law from photometric data. We cover the parameter space appropriate to this type of observations. Results. We find that many of the common linear-regression methods produce biased results when applied to the extinction law from photometric colors. We propose and validate a new method, LinES, as the most reliable for this effect. We explore the use of this method to detect whether or not the extinction law of a given reddened population has a break at some value of extinction.
description: 15 pages, 18 figures, accepted to A&A, in press
Christophe Schuwey, Un entrepreneur des lettres au XVIIe siècle. Donneau de Visé, de Molière au »Mercure galant«, Paris (Classiques Garnier) 2020
Creators: name: Bung, Stephanie
Publisher: name: Francia-Recensio
Year: 2020

description: Christophe Schuwey, Un entrepreneur des lettres au XVIIe siècle. Donneau de Visé, de Molière au »Mercure galant«, Paris (Classiques Garnier) 2020, 552 p., nombr. ill. (Bibliothèque du XVIIe siècle, 36. Série Discours critique, 2), ISBN 978-2-406-09570-5, EUR 58,00.
description: Francia-Recensio, 2020/4
Aurélien Lingereux, Les Impériaux. Administrer et habiter l’Europe de Napoléon, Paris (Fayard) 2019
Creators: name: Ködel, Sven
Publisher: name: Francia-Recensio
Year: 2020

description: Aurélien Lingereux, Les Impériaux. Administrer et habiter l’Europe de Napoléon, Paris (Fayard) 2019, 436 p., 5 tab., 18 ill. (Histoire), ISBN 978-2-213-71029-7, EUR 25,00.
description: Francia-Recensio, 2020/4
Corazón roto: la dimensión psicológica del síndrome takotsubo.
Creators: name: Talamanca Sánchez, Gonzalo
name: Ramos Díaz, Celia
name: González Rodríguez, María Elena
name: Fernández De Henestrosa, Carmen
name: García López, María
name: Soto Mariz, David
name: Alcañiz Rodríguez, Montserrat
name: Delgado Parada, Eduardo
Publisher: name: Psicosomàtica y Psiquiatría
Year: 2021

description: Psicosomàtica y Psiquiatría, Núm. 19 (2021): octubre-noviembre-diciembre
The Legal Duty to Consult and Meaningful Consultation: A Spectrum of Industry Approaches to Aboriginal Consultation in the Athabasca Oilsands
Creators: name: Vredenburg, Vanessa
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Social Structure and Development
subject: Aboriginal consultation
subject: Duty to consult
subject: meaningful consultation
subject: Oilsands
subject: First Nations
subject: sustainable development
subject: social license
subject: resource extraction
subject: engagement

description: This thesis presents an in depth analysis of the factors that influence the way in which resource extraction companies in the Athabasca Oilsands region of northern Alberta conduct Aboriginal consultation. The duty to consult arose historically through constitutional foundations, case law, and now is incorporated into regulatory guidance documents. Although the duty to consult has been documented in many different ways throughout history, there is a current shift in consciousness that there is a need to go beyond compliance with legal and regulatory guidance to move towards gaining ‘social compliance’. A review of current literature relating to Aboriginal community and resource extraction company relationships, sustainable development, and gaining a social license show that by going beyond regulatory compliance towards social compliance, a competitive advantage can be gained. Two models were identified to measure the way in which resource extraction companies conducted Aboriginal consultation: the rules model and the relationship model. The rules model is based on the idea that by following regulatory guidelines, project approval can be gained. The relationship model is based on the idea that by establishing long lasting relationships with Aboriginal groups that these companies could not only reach regulatory guidelines but go beyond towards achieving social compliance. Eighteen Aboriginal consultation practitioners who worked on projects in the Athabasca Oilsands region were interviewed to better understand the way in which their companies approached Aboriginal consultation. The data was analyzed based on the rules and relationship model. Through analysis, it was determined that the way in which these resource extraction companies approached consultation was not as black and white as originally thought, but instead could be placed on a spectrum with the rules model being at one end and the relationship model being at the other end. The research determined that in conclusion, the main factor that drove the way in which Aboriginal consultation was conducted was firstly, managing regulatory risk, and secondly managing social risk. Regulatory risk can be much more easily managed, as it can be quantified, and penalties are well understood. Social risk on the other hand, is not as well understood; however, corporations are increasingly seeing the need to mitigate social risk by establishing long lasting relationships with Aboriginal groups who have some control over social risk.
How to Become a Successful Developer
Creators: name: Ntui, Aniebiet Inyang
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Software Engineering
Software Developer
Software Development
Career

description: For me, being a software developer is one of the best jobs in the world. I love to code and getting paid for it is just awesome. But the weather isn’t always bright, and I’ve struggled so many times in my career that I’m constantly reflecting on my situation and trying to remind myself what I’m capable of. To support you and your careers, I’ve written down seven pieces of advice I found to be very important for my career. Spend time trying each of them and see if they help you in your current situation.
Vitus Huber, Beute und Conquista. Die politische Ökonomie der Eroberung Neuspaniens, Frankfurt a. M. (Campus Verlag) 2018
Creators: name: Vocelka, Karl
Publisher: name: Francia-Recensio
Year: 2020

description: Vitus Huber, Beute und Conquista. Die politische Ökonomie der Eroberung Neuspaniens, Frankfurt a. M. (Campus Verlag) 2018, 432 S., 20 Abb. (Campus Historische Studien, 76), ISBN 978-3-593-50953-2, EUR 39,95.
description: Francia-Recensio, 2020/4
Complexity of the CCUS value chain
Creators: name: Bell, Rebecca
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Economic issues

description: Complexity of the CCUS value chain Economic issues listed: Business models
 Complexity of the CCUS value chain
 Marine and land use planning
 Long-term storage liability
 Interaction with other decarbonisation technologies
Multiuser Usability of Collaborative Virtual Environments
Creators: name: Erfanian, Aida
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Computer Science
subject: Engineering--Electronics and Electrical
subject: Collaborative Virtual Environments
subject: Multiuser Usability
subject: Dynamic Priority Model
subject: Verbal Cues
subject: Vibrotactile Cues

description: Collaborative virtual environments (VEs) require suitable interaction models for resolving conflicts and promoting multiuser usability. An interaction model is a key component of a collaborative VE. Traditional models such as the first-come-first-serve (FCFS) model have a problem of disregarding the vital socio-human need of equality in interaction (i.e., EII). This problem may impair the suitability of a model. Other components of a collaborative VE, including interaction devices and communication cues, may also affect the suitability of a model. Common cues are verbal and vibrotactile cues. Traditional usability studies on collaborative VEs suffer from several shortcomings. First, a set of multiuser usability metrics are not defined to consider socio-human needs and cover all possible usability factors presented by recent international standards. Secondly, suitable models to address these needs have not been sufficiently investigated. Finally, there have been a lack of studies that investigate the role of devices and cues on the suitability of models. To address these shortcomings, this thesis proposes a framework of multiuser usability for assessing collaborative VEs. The proposed framework consolidates socio-human needs and standard factors of usability. Moreover, a dynamic priority (DP) model that considers the vital need of EII is proposed to address the shortcomings of traditional models. The proposed DP model grants interaction opportunities to users based on the recency of their gained accesses. Investigations under the proposed framework indicated that compared to the FCFS model, the DP model yields perceived EII independent of devices and significantly improves the multiuser usability. The DP model also yields perceived EII regardless of cues. However, a combination of verbal and vibrotactile cues significantly promotes the multiuser usability of a VE governed by the DP model. These results imply the suitability of the DP model as well as combined verbal and vibrotactile cues to promote the multiuser usability within VEs.
FLAGCAL:A flagging and calibration package for radio interferometric data
Creators: name: Prasad, Jayanti
name: Chengalur, Jayaram
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We describe a flagging and calibration pipeline intended for making quick look images from GMRT data. The package identifies and flags corrupted visibilities, computes calibration solutions and interpolates these onto the target source. These flagged calibrated visibilities can be directly imaged using any standard imaging package. The pipeline is written in "C" with the most compute intensive algorithms being parallelized using OpenMP.
description: 15 Pages, 6 figures, 2 Tables, Accepted for publication in the Experimental Astronomy Journal
In Situ Chondrocyte Mechanics and Mechanobiology
Creators: name: Madden, Ryan Matthew Jerome
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Cell
subject: Biomedical
subject: Articular cartilage
subject: Chondrocyte
subject: Mechanobiology
subject: Mechanotransduction
subject: Calcium signaling
subject: Large deformation

description: Chondrocyte metabolism is stimulated by mechanical loading and is associated with structuralchanges in the cartilage extracellular matrix (ECM). Calcium signaling is an initial step in the biological response of cells to mechanical loading. The purpose of this work was to measure local ECM and chondrocyte deformations for a range of tissue strains and to relate the measured deformations to chondrocyte calcium signaling in intact cartilage attached to its native bone. We observed that: 1. Chondrocytes are protected from excessive deformation when cartilage is subjected to extreme compressive strains, likely due to the local extra- and pericellular matrices; 2. Chondrocyte calcium signaling is strongly correlated to compressive loading magnitude and the local ECM strains within the tissue; and, 3. Chondrocyte mechanobiology varies topographically within a joint. These results provide new insights into the relationship between compressive mechanical loading, the resulting tissue and cell deformations, and the calcium signaling response of the chondrocytes.
Interaction with other decarbonisation technologies
Creators: name: Bell, Rebecca
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Economic issues

description: Interaction with other decarbonisation technologies Economic issues listed: Business models
 Complexity of the CCUS value chain
 Marine and land use planning
 Long-term storage liability
 Interaction with other decarbonisation technologies
Cornelis H. W. van den Berg, Anton Engelbrecht 1487–1556. Eine Biografie und eine vollständige Edition der Acten des sunderlichen sinodums die oberkeit belangend (1533), Göttingen (V&R) 2020
Creators: name: Lienhard, Marc
Publisher: name: Francia-Recensio
Year: 2020

description: Cornelis H. W. van den Berg, Anton Engelbrecht 1487–1556. Eine Biografie und eine vollständige Edition der Acten des sunderlichen sinodums die oberkeit belangend (1533), Göttingen (V&R) 2020, 219 S. (Refo500 Academic Studies, 71), ISBN 978-3-525-55457-9, EUR 60,00.
description: Francia-Recensio, 2020/4
Michael Falser, Angkor Wat – A Transcultural History of Heritage. Volume 1: Angkor in France. From Plaster Casts to Exhibition Pavilions. Volume 2: Angkor in Cambodia. From Jungle Find to Global Icon, Berlin, Boston, MA (De Gruyter) 2019
Creators: name: Forest, Alain
Publisher: name: Francia-Recensio
Year: 2020

description: Michael Falser, Angkor Wat – A Transcultural History of Heritage. Volume 1: Angkor in France. From Plaster Casts to Exhibition Pavilions. Volume 2: Angkor in Cambodia. From Jungle Find to Global Icon, Berlin, Boston, MA (De Gruyter) 2019, XII–508; VII–642 p., num. col. and b/w ill., ISBN 978-3-11-033572-9, EUR 172,95.
description: Francia-Recensio, 2020/4
Functional Lagrange formalism for time-non-local Lagrangians
Creators: name: Ferialdi, Luca
name: Bassi, Angelo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We develop a time-non-local (TNL) formalism based on variational calculus, which allows for the analysis of TNL Lagrangians. We derive the generalized Euler-Lagrange equations starting from the Hamilton's principle and, by defining a generalized momentum, we introduce the corresponding Hamiltonian formalism. We apply the formalism to second order TNL Lagrangians and we show that it reproduces standard results in the time-local limit. An example will show how the formalism works, and will provide an interesting insight on the non-standard features of TNL equations.
description: 13 pages, 2 figures
Soledad y consumo de tóxicos. La tormenta perfecta en plena pandemia.
Creators: name: Ibarra-Pertusa, Lucía
name: Irigoyen-Otiñano, María
name: Torterolo, Giovanni
name: Sánchez-Cazalilla, Marta
name: Arenas-Pijoan, Laura
name: Adrados-Pérez, Marina
name: Buil-Reiné, Esther
name: Nicolaou-Subires, Eugénia
name: Albert-Porcar, Carla
name: Llorca-Bofí, Vicent
Publisher: name: Psicosomàtica y Psiquiatría
Year: 2021

description: Psicosomàtica y Psiquiatría, Núm. 19 (2021): octubre-noviembre-diciembre
Development of an Optical System for High Precision Multi-Axis Force Measurements
Creators: name: Sandwell, Allen
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Engineering--Electronics and Electrical
subject: Engineering--Mechanical
subject: Dynamometer
subject: Laser
subject: Photodetector
subject: Flexure

description: Accurate and precise force measurements are critical in machining operations for maximizing production, detecting tool failure, and monitoring. Currently, the most accurate force sensors are piezoelectric sensors. The accuracy of these sensors is very high, yet they are expensive, are limited in their measurement bandwidth and are only suited for dynamic measurements. To overcome the challenges of existing sensors an alternative incorporates optical components to measure very small displacements. The sensor uses photo detector technologies which can measure positional changes from a laser on the order of nanometres. To improve sensitivity a mechanical amplification system based on levers is introduced, along with algorithms to extract the effects of multiple sources and a single detector. To extract more accurate information, an analysis of the photodiode and laser beam characteristics is performed. For implementation, a prototype sensor is fabricated. The sensor is benchmarked against a commercial dynamometer to characterize performance.
Grischa Vercamer, Hochmittelalterliche Herrschaftspraxis im Spiegel der Geschichtsschreibung. Vorstellungen von »guter« und »schlechter« Herrschaft in England, Polen und dem Reich im 12./13. Jahrhundert, Wiesbaden (Harrassowitz Verlag) 2020
Creators: name: Huffman, Joseph P.
Publisher: name: Francia-Recensio
Year: 2020

description: Grischa Vercamer, Hochmittelalterliche Herrschaftspraxis im Spiegel der Geschichtsschreibung. Vorstellungen von »guter« und »schlechter« Herrschaft in England, Polen und dem Reich im 12./13. Jahrhundert, Wiesbaden (Harrassowitz Verlag) 2020, XII–792 S., 6 Diagr., 17 Tab. (Deutsches Historisches Institut Warschau. Quellen und Studien, 37), ISBN 978-3-447-11354-0, EUR 98,00.
description: Francia-Recensio, 2020/4
Valoración del contexto. Dolor y soledad. A propósito de un caso.
Creators: name: Serrano Ferrer, Ana
name: Vaquero Puyuelo, David
name: Yarnoz Goñi, Nora
name: Goñi Navarro, Ana
name: Luna Tolosa, Ma. Elena
name: Ansodi Arrieta, Marta
name: Rolando Urbizu, Raquel
Publisher: name: Psicosomàtica y Psiquiatría
Year: 2021

description: Psicosomàtica y Psiquiatría, Núm. 19 (2021): octubre-noviembre-diciembre
Ad van Els, A Man and His Manuscripts. The Notebooks of Ademar of Chabannes (989–1034), Turnhout (Brepols) 2020
Creators: name: Bourgain, Pascale
Publisher: name: Francia-Recensio
Year: 2020

description: Ad van Els, A Man and His Manuscripts. The Notebooks of Ademar of Chabannes (989–1034), Turnhout (Brepols) 2020, 338 p., 154 col. ill. (Bibliologia, 56), ISBN 978-2-503-58779-0, EUR 90,00.
description: Francia-Recensio, 2020/4
Relación entre consumo de substancias, trastornos de conducta alimentaria y cirugía bariátrica: a propósito de un caso.
Creators: name: Sánchez-Amaro, Teresa
name: Sánchez-Moncunill, Gemma
name: Navarrete-Camps, Rosa
Publisher: name: Psicosomàtica y Psiquiatría
Year: 2021

description: Psicosomàtica y Psiquiatría, Núm. 19 (2021): octubre-noviembre-diciembre
The Cognitive, Behavioural, and Neural Effects of Environmental Complexity During Navigation
Creators: name: Slone, Edward
Publisher: name: Arts
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Architecture
subject: FOS: Civil engineering
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Psychology--Behavioral
subject: Psychology--Cognitive

description: A variety of factors combine to determine the outcome of a navigational scenario. Age, sex, and strategy preference, for example, have quantitative and qualitative influences on how an individual is able to find their way in the environment. However, the structure of the environment itself also plays a critical role. Some environments are easier to understand and navigate than others, but it is not always clear why this is the case. The complexity of the environment appears to be an important determinant of navigational success, bur it is notoriously difficult to define and systematically assess its behavioural consequences. In a series of studies, I provide evidence showing that the complexity of the environment not only affects behaviour and cognition, but also activity in several brain regions that are important for navigation. Chapter 2 describes a behavioural study in which participants performed a navigation task in one simple and one complex virtual environment. Navigation in the complex environment was slower and more error prone, and maps drawn of the complex environment were less accurate, suggesting that complexity makes it difficult to form an accurate cognitive map. Chapter 3 describes an experiment in which participants performed the same task while their brain activity was being assessed using functional magnetic resonance imaging. Navigation in the simple environment was associated with increased brain activity in a number of regions, including the precuneus, retrosplenial cortex, hippocampus, and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex. Chapter 4 describes a series of functional connectivity analyses that characterized how the different regions of the brain identified in Chapter 3 altered their dynamic functional properties measured during the task and at rest. Together, these studies suggest that complexity exerts a powerful influence over cognition, behaviour, and brain activity during navigation.
Pierre Monnet, Charles IV. Un empereur en Europe, Paris (Fayard) 2020
Creators: name: Müller, Heribert
Publisher: name: Francia-Recensio
Year: 2020

description: Pierre Monnet, Charles IV. Un empereur en Europe, Paris (Fayard) 2020, 398 p., 8 fig., ISBN 978-2-213-69923-3, EUR 24,00.
description: Francia-Recensio, 2020/4
Lo inexplicable del síntoma.
Creators: name: García López, María
name: Talamanca Sánchez, Gonzalo
name: Soto Mariz, David
name: Alonso Sánchez, Miguel
name: Delgado Parada, Eduardo
Publisher: name: Psicosomàtica y Psiquiatría
Year: 2021

description: Psicosomàtica y Psiquiatría, Núm. 19 (2021): octubre-noviembre-diciembre
Psicopatología y perfil de personalidad en parejas femeninas de hombres con conducta sexual compulsiva. Estudio piloto.
Creators: name: Pufulete, Elena M.
name: Palazón, Alba
name: Farré Martí, J.M.
name: Lasheras Pérez, Gracia
Publisher: name: Psicosomàtica y Psiquiatría
Year: 2021

description: Psicosomàtica y Psiquiatría, Núm. 19 (2021): octubre-noviembre-diciembre
A De Bruijn-Erdos theorem for chordal graphs
Creators: name: Beaudou, Laurent
name: Bondy, Adrian
name: Chen, Xiaomin
name: Chiniforooshan, Ehsan
name: Chudnovsky, Maria
name: Chvatal, Vasek
name: Fraiman, Nicolas
name: Zwols, Yori
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 05C99, 05D99, 51G99

description: A special case of a combinatorial theorem of De Bruijn and Erdos asserts that every noncollinear set of n points in the plane determines at least n distinct lines. Chen and Chvatal suggested a possible generalization of this assertion in metric spaces with appropriately defined lines. We prove this generalization in all metric spaces induced by connected chordal graphs.
Julio Escalona Monge, Orri Vésteinsson, Stuart Brookes (ed.), Polity and Neighbourhood in Early Medieval Europe, Turnhout (Brepols) 2019
Creators: name: Stüber, Till
Publisher: name: Francia-Recensio
Year: 2020

description: Julio Escalona Monge, Orri Vésteinsson, Stuart Brookes (ed.), Polity and Neighbourhood in Early Medieval Europe, Turnhout (Brepols) 2019, 425 p., 26 fig., 39 maps, 6 tabl. (The Medieval Countryside, 21), ISBN 978-2-503-58168-2, EUR 110,00.
description: Francia-Recensio, 2020/4
Philippe Cordez, Evelin Winter, Die Krone der Hildegard von Bingen, Riggisberg (Abegg-Stiftung) 2019
Creators: name: Schlotheuber, Eva
Publisher: name: Francia-Recensio
Year: 2020

description: Philippe Cordez, Evelin Winter, Die Krone der Hildegard von Bingen, Riggisberg (Abegg-Stiftung) 2019, 135 S., 34 farb. Abb. (Monographien der Abegg-Stiftung, 21), ISBN 978-3-905014-70-9, CHF 25,00.
description: Francia-Recensio, 2020/4
Software Development Myths
Creators: name: Ntui, Aniebiet Inyang
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Software Development

description: Myths have accompanied man since ancient times and still exist in our high-tech world. So despite the fact software development is a fairly formal science, this does not prevent the existence of many myths and misconceptions in this industry. In this article, we will discuss just some of them.
Arnaud Baudin, Valérie Toureille (dir.), Troyes 1420. Un roi pour deux couronnes, Gand (snoeck) 2020
Creators: name: Oberste, Jörg
Publisher: name: Francia-Recensio
Year: 2020

description: Arnaud Baudin, Valérie Toureille (dir.), Troyes 1420. Un roi pour deux couronnes, Gand (snoeck) 2020, 408 p., 500 ill., ISBN 978-94-6161-5985, EUR 30,00.
description: Francia-Recensio, 2020/4
Simon Mee, Central Bank Independence and the Legacy of the German Past, Cambridge (Cambridge University Press) 2019
Creators: name: Marx, Christian
Publisher: name: Francia-Recensio
Year: 2020

description: Simon Mee, Central Bank Independence and the Legacy of the German Past, Cambridge (Cambridge University Press) 2019, 368 p., 13 b/w ill., 3 tabl., ISBN 978-1-10875-960-1 (E-Book), GBP 75,00.
description: Francia-Recensio, 2020/4
Frederike Schotters, Frankreich und das Ende des Kalten Krieges. Gefühlsstrategien der équipe Mitterrand 1981–1990, Berlin, Boston (De Gruyter Oldenbourg) 2019
Creators: name: Blomann, Yvonne
Publisher: name: Francia-Recensio
Year: 2020

description: Frederike Schotters, Frankreich und das Ende des Kalten Krieges. Gefühlsstrategien der équipe Mitterrand 1981–1990, Berlin, Boston (De Gruyter Oldenbourg) 2019, XII–462 S. (Studien zur Internationalen Geschichte, 44), ISBN 978-3-11-059741-7 (PDF), EUR 59,95.
description: Francia-Recensio, 2020/4
Variables Predictoras del Cumplimiento de Medidas Preventivas ante la COVID-19
Creators: name: Campos Aguilar, Ana
name: Farré-Sender, Borja
name: Gomà-I-Freixanet, Montserrat
Publisher: name: Psicosomàtica y Psiquiatría
Year: 2021

description: Psicosomàtica y Psiquiatría, Núm. 19 (2021): octubre-noviembre-diciembre
Optically Selected Compact Stellar Regions and Tidal Dwarf Galaxies in (Ultra)-Luminous Infrared Galaxies
Creators: name: Miralles-Caballero, Daniel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This thesis work is devoted to the analysis of compact star forming regions (knots) in a representative sample of 32 (U)LIRGs. The project is based mainly on optical high angular resolution images taken with the ACS and WFPC2 cameras on board the HST telescope, data from a high spatial resolution simulation of a major galaxy encounter, and with the combination of optical integral field spectroscopy (IFS) taken with the INTEGRAL (WHT) and VIMOS (VLT) instruments. A few thousand knots -a factor of more than one order of magnitude higher than in previous studies- are identified and their photometric properties are characterized as a function of the infrared luminosity of the system and of the interaction phase. These properties are compared with those of compact objects identified in simulations of galaxy encounters. Finally, and with the additional use of IFS data, we search for suitable candidates to tidal dwarf galaxies, setting up constraints on the formation of these objects for the (U)LIRG class. Knots in (U)LIRGs are likely to contain sub-strucutre. Evidence is found that in ULIRGs they are intrinsically more luminous than in less luminous interacting systems due to size-of-sample effects. Furthermore, their sizes and masses are similar to stellar complexes or clumps detected in galaxies at z > 1, unlike local stellar complexes. The star formation in (U)LIRGs is charaterized by a luminosity function with a slope consistent with α= 2, independent of the luminosity of the system. However, it may flatten slightly due to, as simulations suggest, higher knot formation rates at early phases of the interaction. Candidates to tidal dwarf galaxies are identified in the sample. With a production rate of 0.1 candidates per (U)LIRG system, only a few fraction (< 10%) of the general dwarf satellite population could be of tidal origin.
The Potential of Mobile Technology for Enhancing Youth’s Physical Activity: An Exploratory Case Study
Creators: name: Heavin, Edie Ray
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Education
subject: Education--Health
subject: Education--Physical
subject: Education--Secondary
subject: Education--Technology
subject: mobile learning
subject: Physical Education
subject: Educational Technology

description: This exploratory case study investigated the potential for a mobile learning approach to influence youth’s involvement in physical activity. The focus of the study was to understand how youth use mobile devices in conjunction with physical activity in informal situations. In addition, it was hoped that the research would generate an initial understanding of how mobile devices might be used in the formal classroom. Twelve Grade 10 Physical Education students and their teacher took part in the study. The students were introduced to mobile applications designed to provide instruction, motivation, and tracking of physical activity and were encouraged to use these applications in their health and wellness pursuits outside of the physical education class. The data collected included survey information regarding students’ technology use, fitness activities in and out of school, and levels of satisfaction with physical activity opportunities in both formal and informal environments. The data collection process also included document review, classroom observation, focus groups, and student and teacher interviews. Analysis of this data found that these students have access and familiarity with mobile devices. However, despite the fact the devices are used in many other aspects of students’ daily lives, using the devices to achieve fitness goals was not common amongst these students. Nonetheless, the student participants believe in the possibility and indicated a strong interest in exploring how mobile devices could positively influence their physical activity. The observational data and focus group interviews indicated that these particular students’ preference for participatory forms of media and suggested a need for increased feedback and differentiated instruction in the physical education classroom. Mobile learning has the potential to address these issues. However, the data suggested that if students are to use mobile learning applications successfully, there must direct instruction in their use.