cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
SUSTAINABLE SMART PORT DEVELOPMENT: HOW TO CREATE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE TO THAI PORTS AND DEVELOPING TO BE GREEN AND SMART PORT
Creators: name: Dr. TAWEESAK THEPPITAK
name: KAMOLPUN NOIJAROEN
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Smart, Green, Port, GHG Emission, Maritime, Transport, Shipping.

description: Abstract

Global ports and maritime shipping industry are important carriers for global supply chain networks. While modern seaports have a significant role in supply chain for the competitiveness of each country in terms of smart and green. Ports have been specially challenged during the COVID-19 and post-COVID-19 pandemic. The research reveals that green and smart port is major driven to survive in intense competition in global dynamic changes. The key to improving the sustainability of the shipping industry lies in green and smart port initiatives. Ports worldwide are feeling the heed to become environmentally friendly, whether by transitioning to Net Zero Carbon, reducing emissions, or operating more efficiently and sustainably. This paper explores current status of Thai ports, and future direction of seaport and maritime transport in next decade. It studies role of seaports, especially Thai port to drive economic growth and to create national competitiveness. It also examines what factors influencing to future port development. It studies how port can adapt and survive sustainably in global changes and disruptions. To achieve the objectives, the study collects data in three dimensions, literature review is primarily conducted in issues related with ports’ role in maritime transport and shipping industry, how to become smart port in global changes. What is future direction of smart port development. Secondly, survey method is used to examine issues and relationships between studying variables. Finally, in-depth interview is conducted to obtain more deep information from port user, port provider and port regulator. The population consisted of 90 companies in Thailand. Deploying random stratified sampling, questionnaires are distributed to 110 companies. After a month, there are 90 questionnaires returned with 81.8 per cent response rate.  The result shows that there is a positive relationship between green and smart port strategy and management (X) and port effectiveness and efficiency, and sustainable growth (Y). Developing port to be green and smart port, it increasingly provides port effectiveness and efficiency, and increasing sustainable growth. It also reveals that there is a relationship between green and smart port strategy and management (X) and technological changes and disruptions (Z). It is based on hypothesis that green and smart port strategy and management would be adapted consistent with technological changes and disruptions. Further research is recommended to close the future gap.
ANALYZING THE EFFECTS OF TRADE POLICIES, FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT, AND TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENTS ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
Creators: name: Ahyar Muhammad Diah
name: Yulius Gessong Sampeallo
name: Syachrul
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Trade Policies, Foreign Direct Investment, Technological Advancements, Economic Development, Developing Countries.

description: Abstract

This study investigates the combined effects of trade policies, foreign direct investment (FDI), and technological advancements on economic development in developing countries. Utilizing a qualitative research approach, data was gathered from semi-structured interviews with policymakers, economists, and industry experts, along with an extensive review of relevant literature and policy documents. The findings indicate that trade policies promoting openness can attract FDI, which in turn brings capital, technology, and managerial expertise essential for economic growth. Technological advancements further enhance productivity and innovation, acting as a catalyst for development. However, the study also highlights that the benefits of these factors are contingent upon the presence of supportive policies and robust institutional frameworks. Synergistic interactions between trade policies, FDI, and technological advancements can significantly amplify their positive impact on economic development. The analysis reveals the importance of a comprehensive and coordinated approach to policymaking, emphasizing the need for inclusive and equitable trade policies, an enabling environment for FDI, and substantial investment in technological infrastructure and education. The study concludes with policy recommendations aimed at maximizing the benefits of these factors to foster sustainable and inclusive economic growth in developing countries.
title: Comparative Pollination Efficacies of Bees on Raspberry and the Management of Osmia lignaria for Late Blooming Crops
Creators: name: Andrikopoulos, Corey J.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2018

description: Unlike other rosaceous fruit crops such as apple and cherry, commercial raspberry cultivars are largely self-fertile and can set fruit in the absence of pollinators. However, their floral morphology often prevents complete self-pollaintion. Incomplete pollination yields unmarketable small or crumbly fruits. Insect visitation is therefore essential to maximizing raspberry yield. Honey bees are typically used to pollinate commercial raspberry; however, escalating prices for hive rentals coupled with increasing acreage encourage evaluation of other manageable pollinators. Bumble bees (Bombus spp.) and several mason bees (Osmia spp.) are promising raspberry pollinators. Five bee species were evaluated and compared for their single-visit pollination efficacies on raspberry. From this a pollinator effectiveness index was created and an estimation of the minimum number of visits required to maximize fruit set was calculated. This estimation was then experimentally verified. Finally, in an attempt to synchronize their brief activity period with raspberry bloom, winter management options aimed at delaying the emergence of the mason bee, O. lignaria, were investigated. All five bee species proved excellent pollinators of raspberry. None of the alternative manageable species greatly outperformed honey bees. For this reason honey bees remain the most economical and practical option for open-field raspberry pollination. The adoption of alternative manageable bees could still be justified in other production systems, such as high-tunnel or greenhouse grown raspberry, which hamper honey bees’ ability to forage effectively. The pollinator effectiveness score for honey bees suggested that as few as two visits can achieve maximum fruit set. This estimate was confirmed through experimentation on three different red raspberry cultivars. For two of these cultivars, just one visit yielded drupelet counts similar to openly-pollinated flowers. This information can be used to help refine stocking density estimates for honey bees on raspberry. Wintering bees at 0° or -3° C rather than 4° C effectively delayed emergence of O. lignaria by more than a month without any impact on post-winter performance. These results suggest winter storage at near freezing temperatures is a viable management option for the use of O. lignaria with later-blooming crops.
title: Counseling Competencies in Audiology: Important Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes
Creators: name: Meibos, Alex R.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2018

description: The purpose of this study was to identify counseling competencies considered important for audiologists to possess to provide effective counseling in practice.To achieve this, researchers and clinicians with expertise in audiologic counseling, were recruited to participate in a three-round consensus survey. These experts were asked to generate and rate a list of counseling competency items they believed were important for audiologists to possess. In the final round of the study, final consensus was met on 64 counseling competency items (16 knowledge, 35 skills, and 13 attitudinal items) deemed important for audiologists to possess. The results of this study revealed that current practice guidelines in the field lack the clarity and detail necessary for audiologists to provide effective counseling in practice. Items that met consensus can inform counseling competencies students can acquire during pre-professional training. Future research is proposed to explore what is needed to move these competencies forward into training/practice and to help improve audiologic patient/family outcomes.
Smooth quantum-classical transition in photon subtraction and addition processes
Creators: name: Dodonov, A. V.
name: Mizrahi, S. S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Recently Parigi et al. [Science 317, 1890 (2007)] implemented experimentally the photon subtraction and addition processes from/to a light field in a conditional way, when the required operations were produced successfully only upon the positive outcome of a separate measurement. It was verified that for a low intensity beam (quantum regime) the bosonic annihilation operator does indeed describe a single photon subtraction, while the creation operator describes a photon addition. Nonetheless, the exact formal expressions for these operations do not always reduce to these simple identifications, and in this connection here we deduce the general superoperators for multiple photons subtraction and addition processes and analyze the statistics of the resulting states for classical field states having an arbitrary intensity. We obtain closed analytical expressions and verify that for classical fields with high intensity (classical regime) the operators that describe photon subtraction and addition processes deviate significantly from simply annihilation and creation operators. Complementarily, we analyze in details such a smooth quantum-classical transition as function of beam intensity for both processes.
description: 7 pages, 5 figures. To appear in Phys. Rev. A
THE ROLE OF VIRTUAL TRY-ON TECHNOLOGY IN ONLINE APPAREL SHOPPPING
Creators: name: Dr. P ARCHANA
name: Dr. SUMA S
name: Dr. MEENA DEVI K
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Online retailing, Purchase intention, Partial least squares, Virtual try-on

description: Abstract

Purpose - The research study aims to determine the influence of Virtual try-on technology on customer’s attitude towards shopping online especially with apparels category. The new technology usage in the online platform has brought tremendous changes in the buying behaviour of customer’s shopping for clothing online. The present study concentrates to determine the impact of this new technology on the attitude of customers shopping apparels online. Design/methodology/approach - This study applied a web-based survey approach for data collection from online apparel customers. The survey instrument was developed by adapting previously validated measurement items. The valid data collected were analyzed using PLS with multi-group analyses.  Findings - Virtual try-on technology is increasingly becoming a must-have for fashion retailers as they strive to meet their aims of inclusion and sustainability while improving their bottom line. VTO allows customers to see how products look on their bodies in real time, but it ignores a key function of the fitting room determining whether a garment will fit properly. Manual measuring introduces the risk of human error, resulting in avatars that do not accurately reflect the customers' bodies. Originality/value – This study enhances the understanding of the roles that VTO technology plays in consumers’ online purchase intention by providing an integrative view of its utilitarian value, hedonic value and risk. This study demonstrates the feasibility of applying advanced PLS techniques to investigate online consumer behaviour, particularly in the field of VTO application in online retailing. Implications for online retailers and designers of VTO technology are also derived from the findings.
title: Using Anthropogenic Risks to Inform Salmonid Conservation at the Landscape Scale
Creators: name: Witt, Andrew W.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2018

description: The expansion and industrialization of humanity has caused many unforeseen consequences to the natural world. Due to the importance of freshwater for people, rivers have been particularly altered to meet human needs, often at the expense of the natural world. Supplying water for farms, industries, and cities has reshaped the natural state of rivers by altering river paths, chemistry, and species compositions. These changes have harmed many species that prospered before widespread human alterations, including the native trout and salmon of western North America. As human populations continue to grow, new threats will surface for rivers, and the trout and salmon that call rivers home. As a result, many scientists have considered how to assess and counter-act threats to trout and salmon. Often, efforts focus around rehabilitating stretches of river, but do not consider large-scale watershed conditions,which may be responsible for chronic stream degradation. Tools have been developed to guide decision making for coordinating conservation efforts that consider the multitude of risks facing trout and salmon. In this thesis I implemented these tools to help managers and decision makers understand how risks affect their conservation efforts. Two examples are provided, with the first considering development and resource extraction risks to Pacific salmon spawning habitat in Alaska. The second example considers climate, development, and competition risks for cutthroat trout, throughout Utah. Results from both examples clarify that managers who consider risks while conducting conservation yield greater results than managers who attempt to avoid risks. The findings here intend to inform future conservation effort for trout and salmon, and also clarify the importance of risk management in conservation.
Keynote: "Die Tatsache, dass ich mich in Dich verliebt habe, ist nun wohl kein Geheimnis mehr (…). LB_00017_0001"
Creators: name: Rapp, Andrea
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Liebesbrief
Archiv
Citizen Science
TU Darmstadt
Digital Humanities

description: Liebesbriefe von Personen des öffentlichen Interesses sind häufig gut dokumentiert und erschlossen, auch in populären und erfolgreichen Anthologien. Liebesbriefe sind jedoch auch ein besonders weit verbreitetes ‚Alltagsphänomen‘, das Menschen aller Geschlechter, sämtlicher Altersstufen, Lebensphasen, Schichten und Milieus betrifft. Obwohl sie also eine einzigartige Quelle für linguistische, historische und soziologische Forschungen darstellen, werden sie überwiegend nur in privaten ‚Familienarchiven‘ bewahrt und sind daher in aller Regel von Verlust bedroht und der Forschung weitgehend unbekannt. Das Koblenz-Darmstädter Liebesbriefarchiv sammelt, erschließt und erforscht Briefspenden gemeinsam mit Bürger*innen und verfolgt damit ein Konzept von shared heritage und shared ownership. Der Digitalisierungsprozess der Liebesbriefbestände mit seinen komplexen rechtlichen und ethischen Implikationen eignet sich hervorragend dazu, die Rolle der FAIR & CARE-Prinzipien für diese Art von Forschungsdaten zu diskutieren und unterschiedliche Möglichkeiten gesellschaftlicher Beteiligung und gesellschaftlichen Impacts auszuloten.

Siehe auch: Website des Projekts "Gruß und Kuss"
Brown dwarfs and very low mass stars in the Praesepe open cluster: a dynamically unevolved mass function?
Creators: name: Boudreault, S.
name: Bailer-Jones, C. A. L.
name: Goldman, B.
name: Henning, T.
name: Caballero, J. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: [Abridged] In this paper, we present the results of a photometric survey to identify low mass and brown dwarf members of the old open cluster Praesepe (age of 590[+150][-120]Myr and distance of 190[+6.0][-5.8]pc) and use this to infer its mass function which we compare with that of other clusters. We have performed an optical (Ic-band) and near-infrared (J and Ks-band) photometric survey of Praesepe with a spatial coverage of 3.1deg^2. With 5sigma detection limits of Ic=23.4 and J=20.0, our survey is sensitive to objects with masses from about 0.6 to 0.05Msol. The mass function of Praesepe rises from 0.6Msol down to 0.1Msol and then turns-over at ~0.1Msol. The rise observed is in agreement with the mass function derived by previous studies, including a survey based on proper motion and photometry. Comparing our mass function with that for another open cluster with a similar age, the Hyades (age ~ 600Myr), we see a significant difference. Possible reasons are that dynamical evaporation has not influenced the Hyades and Praesepe in the same way, or that the clusters did not have the same initial mass function, or that dynamical interactions have modified the evolution of one or both clusters. Although a difference in the binary fractions of the clusters could cause the observed (i.e. system) mass functions to differ, measurements in the literature give no evidence for a significant difference in the binary fractions of the two clusters. Of our cluster candidates, six have masses predicted to be equal to or below the stellar/substellar boundary at 0.072Msol.
description: 11 pages, 11 figures, accepted for publication in A&A. Higher resolution of Figures 2-3-4-5 in A&A published version. Revised version corrected for English
title: Understanding Plant Secondary Metabolites; Above and Below Ground
Creators: name: Clemensen, Andrea K.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2018

description: Plants naturally produce primary and secondary metabolites. Primary metabolites are directly involved with plant growth and metabolic function. Plant secondary metabolites (PSM) were once thought of as metabolic waste products, and more recently viewed as toxins to herbivores. However, ongoing research shows that PSM are beneficial to herbivores at low doses, and PSM aid plants by attracting pollinators, recovering from injury, protecting from ultraviolet radiation, increasing drought tolerance, and aid in defense against pathogens, diseases, and herbivores. Plant secondary metabolites also influence soil nutrient cycling, and can increase the sustainability of agroecosystems. Endophyte-infected tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea Schreb.) , which contains ergovaline, and reed canarygrass (Phalaris arundinacea L.), containing gramine, were studied along with the legumes alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) which contains saponins, and tannin-containing sainfoin (Onobrychis viciifolia Scop.) and birdsfoot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus L.). This dissertation researches (i) how planting configuration (monocultures vs. two-way mixtures) influences PSM and total N in plants, (ii) how cattle grazing forages containing PSM affects soil quality, nutrient cycling, and PSM, and (iii) how cattle manure from different diets, containing different PSM, influences soil nutrient cycling.
UTILIZATION OF NANO-SILICA AND NANO-ALUMINA FOR ENHANCING MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF SUSTAINABLE CONCRETE
Creators: name: CHIRAG R. ODEDRA
name: Dr. TULESH N. PATEL
name: Dr. VIMALKUMAR N. PATEL
name: PRASHANT K. BHUVA
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Nanoparticles, Sustainable Construction Materials, Nano Concrete, Mechanical Strength Enhancement.

description: Abstract

Concrete is the most widely used construction material globally due to its affordability and durability. However, its brittle nature and susceptibility to cracking limits applications requiring high tensile/flexural strength. Incorporating nanoparticles like nano-silica (nS) and nano-alumina (nA) can enhance concrete’s mechanical properties through filler and pozzolanic effects. This study investigated how nS and nA additions at 0-4% cement replacement levels affected key properties - compressive strength, split-tensile strength, flexural strength and elastic modulus - in M30 grade concrete. Results showed 4% nS + 1% nA dosage gave optimal improvements of 36%, 25%, 22% and 21% in compressive strength, split tensile strength, flexural strength and elastic modulus respectively. Increases were due to refined microstructure and interfacial transition zones. While excessive nano addition decreased strengths, overall nS and nA enhanced properties and offer sustainability benefits through extended structure service life. More studies on optimizing nano-dosages are recommended.
The effect of the W gene on immune responses in mice
Creators: name: McNay, Margaret Lynne
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: Previous reports that lymphocytes from W/W[sup v] mice migrate more slowly than do lymphocytes from normal mice, and that spleens from W/W[sup v] mice produce fewer plaque-forming cells in response to immunization with sheep red blood cells (SRBC) than do normal mice, suggested that other immune responses in these mice might also be affected. The following experiments have revealed that graft rejection is faster and more vigourous among W/W[sup v] mice than among +/+, normal mice: 1) strongly antigenic, H-2 incompatible, skin allografts examined histologically at the eighth day after transplantation to W/W[sup v] hosts exhibit higher graft rejection scores than do identical skin allografts transplanted to +/+ hosts; 2) weakly antigenic skin allografts bearing the H-Y antigen, when transplanted to female +/+ and W/W[sup v] hosts, are rejected more quickly by W/W[sup v] hosts than by +/+ hosts; 3) the uptake of tritiated thymidine by cells in the peripheral blood of mice bearing skin allografts indicates a greater proportion of activated cells in the circulation of W/W[sup v] mice than of +/+ mice. Confirmation has also been obtained that some antibody responses among W/W[sup v] mice are depressed. In response to immunization with SRBC, W/W[sup v] mice produce about 1/4 the number of plaque-forming cells as do +/+ mice. W/+ and W[sup v ]/+ mice produce intermediate numbers of plaque- forming cells. Titers of SRBC agglutinins produced by W/W[sup v] mice in a secondary response are significantly lower than titers produced by +/+ mice. The uptake of tritiated thymidine by spleen cells stimulated with the B-cell mitogen LPS indicates that W/W[sup v] cells are deficient: in their response to this mitogen. Treatment with the T-cell mitogen Concanavalin-A, however, results in marginally greater thymidine uptake by W/W[sup v] spleen cells than by +/+ cells. These results suggest that T-cell responses generally may be somewhat enhanced and B-cell responses depressed in mice of W/W[sup v] genotype. The altered reactivity of lymphocytes from W/W[sup v] mice can be accounted for by postulating an alteration in the surface characteristics of these cells. The hypothesis that the W locus controls a cell surface characteristic is the only hypothesis yet formulated which is able to account for all the better-known pleiotropic effects of the W mutation (anemia, sterility, and a lack of pigmentation) as well as for its immunological effects. This hypothesis and its implications are discussed in detail in the text.
The second moment of $GL(4) \times GL(2)$ $L$-functions at special points
Creators: name: Chandee, Vorrapan
name: Li, Xiannan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: In this paper, we obtain upper bounds for the second moment of $L(u_j \times ϕ, \frac{1}{2} + it_j)$, where $ϕ$ is a Hecke Maass form for $SL(4, \mathbb Z)$, and $u_j$ is taken from an orthonormal basis of Hecke-Maass forms on $SL(2, \mathbb{Z})$ with eigenvalue $1/4 + t_j^2$. The bounds are consistent with the Lindelöf hypothesis. Previously these types of upper bounds are available for only $GL(n) \times GL(2)$, where $n \leq 3.$
description: 35 pages
title: Impact of Basal Diet on Obesity Phenotype of Recipient Mice Following Fecal Microbiome Transfer from Obese or Lean Human Donors
Creators: name: Rodriguez Jimenez, Daphne Michelle
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2018

description: The composition of the gut microbiome can be affected by environmental factors, such as diet. The Western dietary pattern is associated with microbiome dysbiosis and adverse health outcomes, including obesity and metabolic disorders. The objective of this study was to examine the effect of gut microbiota from lean or obese human donors on metabolism and weight gain in recipient mice fed one of three basal diets: 1) the standard AIN93G diet, which promotes rodent health; 2) the total Western diet (TWD), which mimics the American dietary pattern and promotes inflammation-associated colorectal carcinogenesis; and 3) a 45% high fat diet-induced obesity (DIO) diet, which promotes excessive weight gain and symptoms of metabolic syndrome. We hypothesized that fecal microbiome transfer (FMT)from obese human donors would lead to an obese phenotype with symptoms of metabolic syndrome in recipient mice, and that consumption of TWD or DIO diets would further exacerbate the metabolic syndrome phenotype. The experiment design consisted of two main factors: body type of the human donor (obese or lean) and experimental diet (AIN, DIO or TWD), which was fed to mice for 22 weeks. Prior to FMT, the resident gut microbiome in mice was depleted using an established broad spectrum antibiotic/antifugal oral dosing regimen. Interestingly, human donor body type did not significantly affect final body weight or body composition in recipient
Two-Dimensional Stellar Evolution Code Including Arbitrary Magnetic Fields. II. Precision Improvement and Inclusion of Turbulence and Rotation
Creators: name: Li, Linghuai
name: Sofia, Sabatino
name: Ventura, Paolo
name: Penza, Valentina
name: Bi, Shaolan
name: Basu, Sarbani
name: Demarque, Pierre
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In the second paper of this series we pursue two objectives. First, in order to make the code more sensitive to small effects, we remove many approximations made in Paper I. Second, we include turbulence and rotation in the two-dimensional framework. The stellar equilibrium is described by means of a set of five differential equations, with the introduction of a new dependent variable, namely the perturbation to the radial gravity, that is found when the non-radial effects are considered in the solution of the Poisson equation; following the scheme of the first paper, we write the equations in such a way that the two-dimensional effects can be easily disentangled. The key concept introduced in this series is the equipotential surface. We use the underlying cause-effect relation to develop a recurrence relation to calculate the equipotential surface functions for uniform rotation, differential rotation, rotation-like toroidal magnetic fields and turbulence. We also develop a more precise code to numerically solve the two-dimensional stellar structure and evolution equations based on the equipotential surface calculations. We have shown that with this formulation we can achieve the precision required by observations by appropriately selecting the convergence criterion. Several examples are presented to show that the method works well. Since we are interested in modeling the effects of a dynamo-type field on the detailed envelope structure and global properties of the Sun, the code has been optimized for short timescales phenomena (down to 1 yr). The time dependence of the code has so far been tested exclusively to address such problems.
description: 56 pages, 8 figures, submitted to ApJS
Once more on extra quark-lepton generations and precision measurements
Creators: name: Novikov, V. A.
name: Rozanov, A. N.
name: Vysotsky, M. I.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Precision measurements of $Z$-boson parameters and $W$-boson and $t$-quark masses put strong constraints on non $SU(2)\times U(1)$ singlet New Physics. We demonstrate that one extra generation passes electroweak constraints even when all new particle masses are well above their direct mass bounds.
description: Dedicated to L.B. Okun's 80th birthday
Strangeness production in hadronic models and recombination models
Creators: name: Gräf, Gunnar
name: Santini, Elvira
name: Petersen, Hannah
name: Steinheimer, Jan
name: Mitrovski, Michael
name: Bleicher, Marcus
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present recent results on the production, spectra and elliptic flow of strange particles in dynamic simulations employing hadronic degrees of freedom and from recombination models. The main focus will be on the Ultra-relativistic Molecular Dynamics (UrQMD) Boltzmann approach to relativistic heavy ion collisions and a hybrid approach with intermediate hydrodynamic evolution based on UrQMD (available for download as UrQMD v3.3). Compared to the standard binary collision approach, an enhancement of the strange particle particle yields is found in the hybrid approach due to the assumption of local equilibration. The production origins of the Phi-meson in the hybrid approach are studied in further detail. We also present results on the transverse momentum spectra of baryon to meson ratios of strange particles. Due to the approximate energy independent scaling of this ratio as a function of p_T we argue, that a maximum in these spectra may not be a unique sign for quark coalescence but can be understood in terms of flow and fragmentation.
description: SQM 2009 Proceedings
title: GPS Denied Localization Using Ultra-Wideband Radios
Creators: name: Vanfleet, Joshua P.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2018

description: GPS denied environments cause each unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) in an autonomous convoy to lose positional accuracy which can lead to inoperability, or even damage. In order for autonomous convoy systems to fill the needs of any particular field, a well-performing system must be designed such that a convoy can operate in any environment. Ultra-wideband (UWB) radios are a proposed solution to GPS denied localization.The main objective of this research is to use UWB radios to localize a leader vehicle within a convoy situation while in a GPS denied environment.
On homogeneous and symmetric CR manifolds
Creators: name: Altomani, Andrea
name: Medori, Costantino
name: Nacinovich, Mauro
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: Complex Variables (math.CV)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 32V05 (Primary) 14M15, 17B20, 57T20 (Secondary)

description: We consider canonical fibrations and algebraic geometric structures on homogeneous CR manifolds, in connection with the notion of CR algebra. We give applications to the classifications of left invariant CR structures on semisimple Lie groups and of CR-symmetric structures on complete flag varieties.
description: 33 pages
MNet-Sim: A Multi-layered Semantic Similarity Network to Evaluate Sentence Similarity
Creators: name: Jeyaraj, Manuela Nayantara
name: Kasthurirathna, Dharshana
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Similarity is a comparative-subjective measure that varies with the domain within which it is considered. In several NLP applications such as document classification, pattern recognition, chatbot question-answering, sentiment analysis, etc., identifying an accurate similarity score for sentence pairs has become a crucial area of research. In the existing models that assess similarity, the limitation of effectively computing this similarity based on contextual comparisons, the localization due to the centering theory, and the lack of non-semantic textual comparisons have proven to be drawbacks. Hence, this paper presents a multi-layered semantic similarity network model built upon multiple similarity measures that render an overall sentence similarity score based on the principles of Network Science, neighboring weighted relational edges, and a proposed extended node similarity computation formula. The proposed multi-layered network model was evaluated and tested against established state-of-the-art models and is shown to have demonstrated better performance scores in assessing sentence similarity.
EXPLAINING STATE BEHAVIOUR DURING CYBER DISPUTES
Creators: name: FASANI, ALESSANDRO
Publisher: name: Universit� degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2018

description: This dissertation has the objective of answering two main research questions that tackle directly when and how states employ cyber weapons and engage in cyber disputes, namely: ?Is there a particular context within which cyber disputes take place?? and ?What are the elements that influence the mechanisms of retaliation, and possible escalation, during cyber disputes??. The when aims at researching the main condition that causes states to employ cyber weapons against each other. It starts from the hypothesis that cyber disputes are more likely to begin and end within contexts of political, military, diplomatic tension between states as an alternative mean to signal power and force posture without recurring to physical measures, intended as political accusations, economic sanctions and military interventions. The how concerns the characteristics of the behaviour or states in cyber space, and how self-restraining mechanisms and symmetry - or the lack thereof - between dyads of states involved in cyber disputes influences how states engage against each other. This research presents two main original findings. The first finding is that, indeed, a condition of political tension or hostility, stemming from conflictual strategies and postures, between states - namely, the independent variable - is a condition common to all the analysed cases, namely dyads of states exchanging hostile CNOs, which represents the dependent variable. Counterfactually, there are no recorded cases in literature of allied countries engaging in cyber disputes. The second finding is that there is a causal mechanism between the states that confront each other in cyber space and the cyber weapon employed in such disputes. Retaliation between dyads of states constitutes the dependent variable of this research, and indeed it was shown clearly by this research how it is influenced by the two independent variables taken into consideration. In situations of asymmetry the most powerful state, both as an attacker as a responder to a previous attack, will show enough power to acquire a position of escalation dominance. Against this position the counterpart will be very likely to retaliate but in a less powerful way, de-escalating the intensity of the conflict, or surrender to the attack and avoid retaliating. In a situation of symmetry, the dynamics of attack are expected to follow a tit-for-tat movement, without increasing the intensity of the conflict. This, supposedly, to avoid an escalation into the physical realm that would easily create an impasse or a prolonged crisis, given the equality in power. Due to the fact that states employ cyber weapons in an internationally unregulated environment, and the sophistication as well the number of states employing these new weapons is increasing, this dissertation will also provide policy suggestion to propose a modification of International Law in order to better address the issue under a normative point of view, for the sake of international security and stability.
Magnetotransport in ferromagnetic Fe$_2$Ge semimetallic thin films
Creators: name: Forbes, Andrew W.
name: Bhattarai, Niraj
name: Gassen, Christopher
name: Saqat, Raghad S. H.
name: Pegg, Ian L.
name: Philip, John
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Thin films of the ferromagnet Fe$_2$Ge were grown via molecular beam epitaxy, and their electrical and magneto-transport properties measured for the first time. X-ray diffraction and vibrating sample magnetometry measurements confirmed the crystalline ferromagnetic Fe$_2$Ge phase. The observed high temperature maximum in the longitudinal resistivity, as well as the observed suppression of electron-magnon scattering at low temperatures, point to the presence of strong spin polarization in this material. Measurements of the Hall resistivity, $ρ_{xy}$, show contributions from both the ordinary Hall effect and anomalous Hall effect, $ρ_{xy}^{AH}$, from which we determined the charge carrier concentration and mobility. Measurements also show a small negative magnetoresistance in both the longitudinal and transverse geometries. Fe$_2$Ge holds promise as a useful spintronic material, especially for its semiconductor compatibility.
description: 7 pages, 10 figures
Quantum logic as superbraids of entangled qubit world lines
Creators: name: Yepez, Jeffrey
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Presented is a topological representation of quantum logic that views entangled qubit spacetime histories (or qubit world lines) as a generalized braid, referred to as a superbraid. The crossing of world lines is purely quantum in nature, most conveniently expressed analytically with ladder-operator-based quantum gates. At a crossing, independent world lines can become entangled. Complicated superbraids are systematically reduced by recursively applying novel quantum skein relations. If the superbraid is closed (e.g. representing quantum circuits with closed-loop feedback, quantum lattice gas algorithms, loop or vacuum diagrams in quantum field theory), then one can decompose the resulting superlink into an entangled superposition of classical links. In turn, for each member link, one can compute a link invariant, e.g. the Jones polynomial. Thus, a superlink possesses a unique link invariant expressed as an entangled superposition of classical link invariants.
description: 4 pages
Thermal Diffusion and Quench Propagation in YBCO Pancake Coils Wound with ZnO-and Mylar Insulations
Creators: name: Sumption, M. D.
name: Majoros, M.
name: Susner, M.
name: Lyons, D.
name: Peng, X.
name: Clark, C. F.
name: Lawless, W. N.
name: Collings, E. W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The thermal diffusion properties of several different kinds of YBCO insulations and the quench properties of pancake coils made using these insulations were studied. Insulations investigated include Nomex, Kapton, and Mylar, as well as insulations based on ZnO, Zn2GeO4, and ZnO-Cu. Initially, short stacks of YBCO conductors with interlayer insulation, epoxy, and a central heater strip were made and later measured for thermal conductivity in liquid nitrogen. Subsequently, three different pancake coils were made. The first two were smaller, each using one meter total of YBCO tape present as four turns around a G-10 former. One of these smaller coils used Mylar insulation co-wound with the YBCO tape, the other used YBCO tape onto which ZnO based insulation had been deposited. One larger coil was made which used 12 total meters of ZnO-insulated tape and had 45 turns. The results for all short sample and coil thermal conductivities were ~1-3 Wm-1K-1. Finally, quench propagation velocity measurements were performed on the coils (77 K, self field) by applying a DC current and then using a heater pulse to initiate a quench. Normal zone propagation velocity (NZP) values were obtained for the coils both in the radial direction and in the azimuthal direction. Radial NZP values (0.05-0.7 mm/s) were two orders of magnitude lower than axial values (~14-17 mm/s). Nevertheless, the quenches were generally seen to propagate radially within the coils, in the sense that any given layer in the coil is driven normal by the layer underneath it.
description: 58 pages, 5 tables, 16 figs
The radial BAO scale and Cosmic Shear, a new observable for Inhomogeneous Cosmologies
Creators: name: Garcia-Bellido, Juan
name: Haugboelle, Troels
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: As an alternative explanation of the dimming of distant supernovae it has recently been advocated that we live in a special place in the Universe near the centre of a large spherical void described by a Lemaitre-Tolman-Bondi (LTB) metric. In this scenario, the Universe is no longer homogeneous and isotropic, and the apparent late time acceleration is actually a consequence of spatial gradients. We propose in this paper a new observable, the normalized cosmic shear, written in terms of directly observable quantities, and calculable in arbitrary inhomogeneous cosmologies. This will allow future surveys to determine whether we live in a homogeneous universe or not. In this paper we also update our previous observational constraints from geometrical measures of the background cosmology. We include the Union Supernovae data set of 307 Type Ia supernovae, the CMB acoustic scale and the first measurement of the radial baryon acoustic oscillation scale. Even though the new data sets are significantly more constraining, LTB models -- albeit with slightly larger voids -- are still in excellent agreement with observations, at chi^2/d.o.f. = 307.7/(310-4)=1.005. Together with the paper we also publish the updated easyLTB code used for calculating the models and for comparing them to the observations.
description: 18 pages, 8 figures, the code can be downloaded at http://www.phys.au.dk/~haugboel/software.shtml
title: Ultraviolet Diffraction Assisted Image Correlation (UV-DAIC) for Single-Camera 3D Strain Measurement at Extreme Temperatures
Creators: name: Nickerson, Ethan K.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2018

description: Digital Image Correlation (DIC) is a technique which uses images taken before and after deformation to determine displacement and strain data over the surface of the sample. In order to obtain this data for both in-plane as well as out-of-plane direction, multiple views of the sample are required. Typically, this is accomplished using multiple cameras, but it is possible to use diffraction gratings to bend the light coming from the specimen in order to allow a single camera to capture multiple views. This technique is referred to as Diffraction Assisted Image Correlation (DAIC) and has been previously demonstrated at room temperature. This work expands this method for use at high temperatures by incorporating the use of ultraviolet (UV) lights for illumination and filtering out the light in the visible spectrum. This increases the temperature at which useful images can be captured by reducing the glow that specimens produce at elevated temperatures. When not filtered out, this glow saturates the camera sensor making DIC impossible. This new technique is referred to as Ultraviolet Diffraction Assisted Image Correlation (UV-DAIC).
title: Humans as Sensors: The Influence of Extreme Heat Vulnerability Factors on Risk Perceptions Across the Contiguous United States
Creators: name: Schoessow, Forrest Scott
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2018

description: Extreme heat events are the deadliest natural hazard in the United States and will continue to get worse in the coming years due to the effects of climate change. As a result, more people will experience deadly heat conditions. This highlights the need for decision-makers to develop better strategies for preventing future losses. How badly individuals are affected by extreme heat depends on many circumstances, such as how high temperatures actually are, weather conditions, and location. For example, a dry 90 °F day in Phoenix is probably more tolerable than a humid 90 °F day in New Orleans for most individuals. However, some groups of people are more likely to be harmed by extreme heat than others, such as the elderly and those who work outdoors. This may seem straightforward, but uncovering less obvious clues that help explain how and why some groups are affected differently by extreme heat can be difficult, since much of the impact of extreme heat depends on people’s judgements of the risk and their personal decisions. These human factors are typically not very easy to measure because different hazards affect different people indifferent ways at different times in different places. This study uses a large survey of the U.S. population and statistical methods to explore how weather, time, space, and personal experience with heat affect different people’s judgment of risk. Whether different groups understand their high or low risk status has important implications for decision-makers responsible for crafting plans to reduce extreme heat risk in their local community.
title: Zur Erinnerung an Ernst Bachmann, Dr. med. et Dr. med. h.c. (1879-1955)
title: Ernst Bachmann 1879-1955
titleType: AlternativeTitle
title: Abschiedsworte gesprochen anlässlich der Gedenkfeier im Krematorium in Zürich, Mittwoch, den 10. August 1955
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Frick, Max
name: Löffler, Wilhelm
name: Wernli-Hässig, Albert
name: Frick-Pestalozzi, Adolf
Publisher: name: Steno-Verlag
Year: 1955
Subjects: subject: 610 Medizin und Gesundheit
subject: 920 Biografien, Genealogie, Insignien
subject: Nachruf
subject: Bachmann, Ernst
subject: Winterthur
subject: Zürich

description: Inhalt: Abdankungsansprache von Pfarrer Max Frick, Grossmünster ; Ansprache von Professor Dr. med. Wilhelm Löffler ; Ansprache von Dr. med. A. Wernli-Hässig, Präsident der Zürcher kantonalen Liga gegen die Tuberkulose ; Ansprache von Dr. rer. pol. Adolf Frick-Pestalozzi
title: The Modern Mathematics Classroom: A Collection of Virtual Manipulatives for Teachers and Students
Creators: name: Stowell, David
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2001

description: An important assumption in the implementation of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) Standards 2000 is that the mathematics classroom is a place where students are actively involved in the learning process. One way to foster such a learning environment is by using manipulatives. By their nature, manipulatives make the learning of mathematics a discovery-based activity. As computer use increases in the classroom, virtual manipulatives will become more important as instructional tools. Virtual manipulatives offer advantages over their traditional versions. Most important is their dynamic nature. Their dynamic capabilities provide two main benefits. First, the number of potential problems for students to explore is increased dramatically. Students can use this capability to explore an idea from many viewpoints using different problems. Second, problem states are updated instantly and results are displayed. That is, the user can see immediately the effect of changes in problem parameters. Both of these benefits promote student engagement in the learning of mathematics. This thesis consists of a collection of such virtual manipulatives, in the form of Java applets, along with a description of their use.