cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
"Gender-Jutsu" : grappling with gender in martial arts contexts
Creators: name: Baillie, Chelan Marie
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: This is a critical, explorative thesis examining how ten female martial artists were attracted, challenged and empowered through their chosen martial arts training. Meanings and benefits of martial arts in the lives of participants were investigated through interviews, and the particular challenges encountered by females acting within largely male dominated sporting / martial arts spheres are situated within contemporary feminist sports theory analyses. Foci include gender constructs, practitioner agency and personal empowerment. Data gathering was conducted by recording and transcribing semi-structured interviews throughout 1996-97, and was inspired by conversations with female participants at martial arts seminars, special camps, training sessions and tournaments. Guiding the interviews were themes of initiation (how these women became involved in martial arts); motivation (the perceived benefits and reasons for years of continual training); and power dynamics (including the specific challenges of being a female in martial arts contexts, and how martial arts aids individual empowerment). Experiences are woven into the larger discourse on women in sports: how bodies are gendered through sports practices. Chapters explore the potential for martial arts as a transformative activity enabling self-knowledge and development both within mainstream male dominated martial arts organizations and alternative women-only or feminist dojos (training clubs). Advantages of both contexts are discussed. Martial arts are transformative sites on contested ideological terrain (Messner 1988: 66), wherein personal empowerment and the partial transcendence of cultural gender constructs are possible.
Minutes of the Annual General Meeting of the Rainbow Ranche Limited, July 14, 1945
Creators: name: Rainbow Ranche
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2017

description: 2 copies of minutes of the annual general meeting of the Rainbow Ranche Limited, dated July 14, 1945; signed by J.E. McAllister, I.L. McAllister, James Goldie and Jessie R. Goldie; other copy signed by R.S Dormer.
DESARROLLO DE ALGORITMOS ESPECÍFICOS, HARDWARE, Y SOFTWARE PARA  PLATAFORMA DE AUDIO PROFESIONAL EVA
Creators: name: Ramos, German
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019

description: Desogn of specific algorithms, hardware and software for the professional audio loudsepaker and DSP matrix series EVA.

Funded development for DAS AUDIO GROSUP S.L.
Modulation spaces associated to tensor products of amalgam spaces
Creators: name: Feichtinger, Hans G.
name: Pilipović, Stevan
name: Prangoski, Bojan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Functional Analysis (math.FA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 46F05 (Primary) 46H25, 46E10, 46F12, 81S30 (Secondary)

description: We identify the modulation spaces associated to tensor products of amalgam spaces having a large class of Banach spaces as their local component. As consequences of the main results, we describe the modulation spaces associated to tensor products of various $L^p$ spaces.
description: 28 pages
Additional file 1 of Invasive meningococcal disease in older adults in North America and Europe: is this the time for action? A review of the literature
Creators: name: Guedes, Sandra
name: Bertrand-Gerentes, Isabelle
name: Evans, Keith
name: Coste, Florence
name: Oster, Philipp
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 1.
Melting at dislocations and grain boundaries: A Phase Field Crystal study
Creators: name: Berry, Joel
name: Elder, K. R.
name: Grant, Martin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Dislocation and grain boundary melting are studied in three dimensions using the Phase Field Crystal method. Isolated dislocations are found to melt radially outward from their core, as the localized excess elastic energy drives a power law divergence in the melt radius. Dislocations within low-to-mid angle grain boundaries melt similarly until an angle-dependent first order wetting transition occurs when neighboring melted regions coalesce. High angle boundaries are treated within a screening approximation, and issues related to ensembles, metastability, and grain size are discussed.
description: 4 pages, 3 figures
Patellar sleeve fracture: an update of literature
Creators: name: Papotto, Giacomo
name: Panvini, Flora Maria Chiara
name: Schütze, Konrad
name: Pankrats, Carlos
name: Costanzo, Francesco
name: Salvo, Giovanni Carlo
name: Ortuso, Rocco
name: Comitini, Saverio
name: Kory, Antonio
name: Longo, Gianfranco
name: Ganci, Marco
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Patellar fracture
subject: Pediatric sleeve fracture
subject: Pediatric traumatology
subject: DDC 610 / Medicine & health

description: Patellar sleeve fractures, though relatively rare, present unique challenges in diagnosis and management. This review aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the current understanding of patellar sleeve fractures, focusing on their epidemiology, clinical presentation, imaging, and management strategies. Epidemiologically, these fractures are uncommon, representing approximately 1% of all fractures in pediatric patients, yet they account for 50% of all patella fractures in this population. They predominantly affect adolescents, with a peak incidence around 12.7 years of age, and are more common in boys, occurring at a ratio of 3 to 5:1. Understanding these demographic patterns is crucial for early recognition and appropriate management. Clinically, patellar sleeve fractures typically present with the sudden onset of severe pain, often associated with explosive activities such as jumping. However, diagnosis can be challenging, particularly in cases with minimal displacement or where alternative muscle groups compensate for the injury. Differential diagnosis is essential, and clinicians should be vigilant for signs such as palpable gaps at the lower pole of the patella and patella alta. Imaging modalities play a vital role in diagnosis, with plain X-rays often revealing no bony damage. Ultrasonography may offer a cost-effective alternative, especially in cases where radiographic findings are inconclusive. Advanced imaging techniques such as MRI can assist in characterizing the extent of the injury and assessing for associated complications. Management strategies encompass a spectrum of approaches, ranging from conservative measures such as immobilization and physical therapy to surgical interventions, including open reduction and internal fixation or arthroscopic surgery. The choice of treatment depends on various factors, including the fracture pattern, displacement, patient age, activity level, and associated injuries. Despite advancements in diagnosis and treatment, the optimal management of patellar sleeve fractures remains a clinical challenge. Further research is warranted to elucidate optimal algorithms for diagnosis and treatment, with the ultimate goal of improving outcomes and reducing the risk of long-term complications associated with this rare but clinically significant knee injury. © In Copyright http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Generalizations of Ceva's Theorem and Applications
Creators: name: Smarandache, Florentin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: General Mathematics (math.GM)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 51K05

description: Three generalizations of the well-known Ceva's Theorem are given in this paper and some applications.
description: 7 pages, 2 geometrical figures
Μελέτη ηλεκτρικών ιδιοτήτων επιφανειών με τη χρήση της τεχνικής Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy
Creators: name: Μπάστας, Νικόλαος Ανδρέα
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2009
Subjects: Μικροσκοπία ατομικών δυνάμεων
Ηλεκτρικές ιδιότητες
Επιφάνειες
Σαρωτική μικροσκοπία διεγέρτη
Atomic force microscopy
Electrical properties
Surfaces
Scanning probe microscopy

description: Η παρούσα εργασία ασχολείται με την τεχνική Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy. Στο κεφάλαιο 1, τίθεται το θεωρητικό υπόβαθρο της τεχνικής, ενώ γίνεται αναφορά σε πρακτικές πλευρές της που είναι κρίσιμες για τη σωστή εκτέλεση των πειραμάτων. Στο κεφάλαιο 2, επικεντρώνουμε στις πιο βασικές παραμέτρους της τεχνικής, ώστε να προσδιορίσουμε τον τρόπο και την έκταση της επίδρασής τους στις ηλεκτρικές και ηλεκτρονικές ιδιότητες των επιφανειών. Στο κεφάλαιο 3, παρουσιάζονται πειραματικές μετρήσεις και τα αποτελέσματα σε επιφάνειες υμενίων PTFE με ενσωματωμένα νανοσωματίδια ZnO σε υψηλές συγκεντρώσεις. Τέλος, στο κεφάλαιο 4, συνοψίζονται όλα τα βασικά συμπεράσματα από τα κεφάλαια 2 και 3 και προτείνονται κατευθύνσεις για μελλοντική έρευνα.
description: The current essay deals with the Kelvin probe Force Microscopy (KPFM) technique. In the first chapter, the basic theoretical background is set together with some practical aspects that are crucial for the proper implementation of the experiments. In chapter 2, we focus on the most relevant parameters for the technique in order to figure out the manner and extent of their effect on the electrical and electronic properties of the surfaces. In chapter 3, the results from KPFM measurements from PTFE thin films with embedded ZnO nanoparticles under high concentration are presented and discussed. Finally, in chapter 4, we sum up all the basic conclusions from chapters 2 and 3 and we draw some guidelines for future research efforts.
Temporal dynamics of acoustic diversity in managed forests
Creators: name: Müller, Sandra
name: Jahn, Olaf
name: Jung, Kirsten
name: Mitesser, Oliver
name: Ammer, Christian
name: Böhm, Stefan
name: Ehbrecht, Martin
name: Farina, Almo
name: Renner, Swen C.
name: Pieretti, Nadia
name: Schall, Peter
name: Tschapka, Marco
name: Wells, Konstans
name: Scherer-Lorenzen, Michael
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Acoustic diversity index
subject: Acoustic diversity
subject: Temporal dynamics
subject: Forest management
subject: Ecoacoustics
subject: Soundscape phenology
subject: Soundscape ecology
subject: DDC 570 / Life sciences

description: Introduction In production forests, management can have cascading effects on biodiversity and ecosystem services. Acoustic diversity reflects the diversity of vocalizing animals and has also considerable recreational value for human well-being, but the relationship between acoustic diversity and forest management remains largely unexplored Method We recorded acoustic diversity on forest plots along a gradient of silvicultural management intensity (SMI) in three regions of Germany. We explored the diurnal and seasonal temporal dynamics in acoustic diversity index (ADI) from March to July using generalized additive mixed models (GAMMs). We further investigated the interrelation between acoustic diversity and silvicultural management intensity, forest structural diversity, as well as tree diversity, bird species richness and abundance using structural equation modeling (SEM). Results Silvicultural management intensity had significant effects on the temporal dynamics of ADI in May and June from dawn till dusk, but variance explained by SMI was low. We confirmed our hypothesis that ADI was reduced by SMI due to its cascading effects on forest structural diversity and bird species richness and abundance. Discussion Acoustic diversity indices can provide valuable insights into how forest management affects the acoustic activity of soniferous communities. We discuss how this can indicate both changes in species diversity as well as their vocal activity. We further address potential implications for forest management.
Generative Adversarial Stacked Autoencoders
Creators: name: Ruiz-Garcia, Ariel
name: Almakky, Ibrahim
name: Palade, Vasile
name: Hicks, Luke
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) have become predominant in image generation tasks. Their success is attributed to the training regime which employs two models: a generator G and discriminator D that compete in a minimax zero sum game. Nonetheless, GANs are difficult to train due to their sensitivity to hyperparameter and parameter initialisation, which often leads to vanishing gradients, non-convergence, or mode collapse, where the generator is unable to create samples with different variations. In this work, we propose a novel Generative Adversarial Stacked Convolutional Autoencoder(GASCA) model and a generative adversarial gradual greedy layer-wise learning algorithm de-signed to train Adversarial Autoencoders in an efficient and incremental manner. Our training approach produces images with significantly lower reconstruction error than vanilla joint training.
description: arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:2007.09790
Factors beyond Body Mass Index Associated with Cardiometabolic Risk among Children with Severe Obesity
Creators: name: Kostrzeba, Ewa
name: Bik-Multanowski, Mirosław
name: Brandt, Stephanie
name: Małecka-Tendera, Ewa
name: Mazur, Artur
name: Ranke, Michael B.
name: Wabitsch, Martin
name: Wójcik, Małgorzata
name: Zachurzok, Agnieszka
name: Przestalska-Sowa, Anna
name: Petriczko, Elżbieta
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Childhood obesity
subject: Severe obesity
subject: Cardiometabolic risk
subject: DDC 610 / Medicine & health

description: Background : The increasing prevalence of severe obesity among children and adolescents poses a significant challenge for pediatricians and general practitioners. This study aimed to investigate the relationships between biochemical results, anthropometry, blood pressure measurements, and bioimpedance analysis (BIA)-derived parameters to identify potential cardiometabolic complications associated with severe obesity. Methods : This study included 347 children (162 boys, 185 girls) aged 0–19 years, meeting the criteria for severe obesity based on BMI thresholds for different age groups. The patients were recruited in four pediatric endocrinology centers in Poland (Zabrze, Cracow, Rzeszow, Szczecin). Each participant underwent anthropometric measurements, pubertal stage assessment, blood pressure measurement, biochemical and hormonal tests, and BIA. Results : BMI showed significant associations with fat mass percentage (FM%) and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) but not waist-to-hip ratio (WHR). The relationship between BMI and FM% was stronger in girls and prepubertal children. The metabolic syndrome (MetS) Z-score showed a strong positive correlation with BMI in the pubertal children. A negative correlation between HDL and triglycerides was observed only in the boys. The prepubertal children exhibited more significant correlations, despite a smaller sample size and shorter duration of obesity. Conclusions : Considering multiple parameters beyond BMI alone provides a better understanding of cardiometabolic risks associated with severe obesity in children. MetS Z-score was not a reliable indicator of increased cardiometabolic risk in younger children. Early-onset severe obesity was associated with a higher risk of metabolic complications. Early intervention is crucial to mitigate metabolic complications in this population. © In Copyright http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Model-Based Machine Learning for Joint Digital Backpropagation and PMD Compensation
Creators: name: Bütler, Rick M.
name: Häger, Christian
name: Pfister, Henry D.
name: Liga, Gabriele
name: Alvarado, Alex
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Signal Processing (eess.SP)
subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In this paper, we propose a model-based machine-learning approach for dual-polarization systems by parameterizing the split-step Fourier method for the Manakov-PMD equation. The resulting method combines hardware-friendly time-domain nonlinearity mitigation via the recently proposed learned digital backpropagation (LDBP) with distributed compensation of polarization-mode dispersion (PMD). We refer to the resulting approach as LDBP-PMD. We train LDBP-PMD on multiple PMD realizations and show that it converges within 1% of its peak dB performance after 428 training iterations on average, yielding a peak effective signal-to-noise ratio of only 0.30 dB below the PMD-free case. Similar to state-of-the-art lumped PMD compensation algorithms in practical systems, our approach does not assume any knowledge about the particular PMD realization along the link, nor any knowledge about the total accumulated PMD. This is a significant improvement compared to prior work on distributed PMD compensation, where knowledge about the accumulated PMD is typically assumed. We also compare different parameterization choices in terms of performance, complexity, and convergence behavior. Lastly, we demonstrate that the learned models can be successfully retrained after an abrupt change of the PMD realization along the fiber.
description: 10 pages, 11 figures, to appear in the IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology
Semi-analytical model for planetary resonances: application to planets around single and binary stars
Creators: name: Gallardo, Tabaré
name: Beaugé, Cristián
name: Giuppone, Cristian A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In spite of planetary resonances being a common dynamical mechanism acting on planetary systems, no general model exists for describing their properties, particularly for commensurabilities of any order and arbitrary values of the eccentricities and inclinations. The present work presents a semi-analytical model that describes the resonance strength, width, location and stability of fixed points, as well as periods of small-amplitude librations. The model is valid to any two gravitationally interacting massive bodies, and thus applicable to planets around single or binary stars. Using a theoretical framework in Poincaré and Jacobi reference system we develop a semi-analytical method that employs a numerical evaluation of the averaged resonant disturbing function. Validations of the model are presented comparing its predictions with dynamical maps for real and fictitious systems. The model is shown to describe very well many dynamical features of planetary resonances. Notwithstanding the good agreements found in all cases, a small deviation is noted in the location of the resonance centers for circumbinary systems. As a consequence of its application to the HD31527 system we have found that the updated best-fit solution leads to a high-eccentricity stable libration between the middle and outer planets inside the 16/3 mean-motion resonance. This is the first planetary system whose long-term dynamics appears dominated by such a high-order commensurability. In the case of circumbinary planets, the overlap of N/1 mean-motion resonances coincides very well with the size of the global chaotic region close to the binary, as well as its dependence with the mutual inclination.
Quantum versus classical hyperfine-induced dynamics in a quantum dot
Creators: name: Coish, W. A.
name: Yuzbashyan, E. A.
name: Altshuler, B. L.
name: Loss, Daniel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this article we analyze spin dynamics for electrons confined to semiconductor quantum dots due to the contact hyperfine interaction. We compare mean-field (classical) evolution of an electron spin in the presence of a nuclear field with the exact quantum evolution for the special case of uniform hyperfine coupling constants. We find that (in this special case) the zero-magnetic-field dynamics due to the mean-field approximation and quantum evolution are similar. However, in a finite magnetic field, the quantum and classical solutions agree only up to a certain time scale t
description: 6 pages, 1 figure, accepted for publication in the Journal of Applied Physics (ICPS06 conference proceedings); v2: updated references, final published version
Controlled Dephasing of Electrons by Non-Gaussian Shot Noise
Creators: name: Neder, I.
name: Marquardt, F.
name: Heiblum, M.
name: Mahalu, D.
name: Umansky, V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In a 'controlled dephasing' experiment [1-3], an interferometer loses its coherence due to entanglement with a controlled quantum system ('which path' detector). In experiments that were conducted thus far in mesoscopic systems only partial dephasing was achieved. This was due to weak interactions between many detector electrons and the interfering electron, resulting in a Gaussian phase randomizing process [4-10]. Here, we report the opposite extreme: a complete destruction of the interference via strong phase randomization only by a few electrons in the detector. The realization was based on interfering edge channels (in the integer quantum Hall effect regime, filling factor 2) in a Mach-Zehnder electronic interferometer, with an inner edge channel serving as a detector. Unexpectedly, the visibility quenched in a periodic lobe-type form as the detector current increased; namely, it periodically decreased as the detector current, and thus the detector's efficiency, increased. Moreover, the visibility had a V-shape dependence on the partitioning of the detector current, and not the expected dependence on the second moment of the shot noise, T(1-T), with T the partitioning. We ascribe these unexpected features to the strong detector-interferometer coupling, allowing only 1-3 electrons in the detector to fully dephase the interfering electron. Consequently, in this work we explored the non-Gaussian nature of noise [11], namely, the direct effect of the shot noise full counting statistics [12-15].
description: 14 pages, 4 figures
Transcription of a story about a giant bird
Creators: name: Parker, Verdena
name: Spence, Justin
Publisher: name: California Language Archive, University of California, Berkeley
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: hup

description: Audio file VP-220721-03: Transcription of a story about a giant bird that would carry people away, file VP-100607-07, from the beginning of the file to the end of the story at 3:03.
The Four-Loop Planar Amplitude and Cusp Anomalous Dimension in Maximally Supersymmetric Yang-Mills Theory
Creators: name: Bern, Zvi
name: Czakon, Michael
name: Dixon, Lance J.
name: Kosower, David A.
name: Smirnov, Vladimir A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present an expression for the leading-color (planar) four-loop four-point amplitude of N=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory in 4-2 e dimensions, in terms of eight separate integrals. The expression is based on consistency of unitarity cuts and infrared divergences. We expand the integrals around e=0, and obtain analytic expressions for the poles from 1/e^8 through 1/e^4. We give numerical results for the coefficients of the 1/e^3 and 1/e^2 poles. These results all match the known exponentiated structure of the infrared divergences, at four separate kinematic points. The value of the 1/e^2 coefficient allows us to test a conjecture of Eden and Staudacher for the four-loop cusp (soft) anomalous dimension. We find that the conjecture is incorrect, although our numerical results suggest that a simple modification of the expression, flipping the sign of the term containing zeta_3^2, may yield the correct answer. Our numerical value can be used, in a scheme proposed by Kotikov, Lipatov and Velizhanin, to estimate the two constants in the strong-coupling expansion of the cusp anomalous dimension that are known from string theory. The estimate works to 2.6% and 5% accuracy, providing non-trivial evidence in support of the AdS/CFT correspondence. We also use the known constants in the strong-coupling expansion as additional input to provide approximations to the cusp anomalous dimension which should be accurate to under one percent for all values of the coupling. When the evaluations of the integrals are completed through the finite terms, it will be possible to test the iterative, exponentiated structure of the finite terms in the four-loop four-point amplitude, which was uncovered earlier at two and three loops.
description: 72 pages, 15 figures, v2 minor corrections
A two-year cohort study: Online micromodule anti-sexual harassment training improves knowledge, attitudes and practices amongst Hong Kong medical students
Creators: name: W.Y. Tsui
name: Lo, Amy W.S.
name: S.C.  Lee
name: Chan, Sandra S.M.
name: Ng, Simon S.M.
name: Hwang, Isabel S.S.
Publisher: name: F1000 Research Limited
Year: 2024

description: Background

Anti-sexual harassment training that targets medical students is not widely available a medical schools worldwide. There is an urgent need to prioritise such training in curriculum development before patient contact commences.



Summary of Work

Bilingual (English/Chinese) online training micro-modules on anti-sexual harassment were written by medical teachers and students and approved by the Equal Opportunities Commission of Hong Kong. All newly admitted students are required to complete these self-paced, interactive, and multimedia micro-modules on Blackboard Learn, which are integrated with audio narration, healthcare-tailored scenarios, and self-check quizzes with feedback.



Students’ knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding anti-sexual harassment and the effectiveness of the micro-modules were evaluated with unpaired t-test analyses of 435 (172 in 2021/22, 263 in 2022/23) pre-survey and 298 (150 in 2021/22, 148 in 2022/23) post-survey responses.



Summary of Results

The most significant improvement in 2021/22 was that students commented less on others’ sex lives (P < 0.00001) and avoided creating sexually hostile environments (P < 0.0005). In 2022/23, they learnt that commenting on someone’s body shape (P < 0.0005) and touching patients inappropriately during physical examination (P < 0.0005) could be considered sexual harassment.



There were statistically significant improvements in students’ knowledge, attitudes and practices overall (14/27 questions in 2021/22, 17/27 questions in 2022/23 with P < 0.5). For example, students’ knowledge of sexual favours (P < 0.001) and physical acts that constitute sexual harassment (P < 0.005) improved in both cohorts.



Evaluation also revealed that 89.9% of the students (268/298) found the micro-modules effective in raising their awareness, and 94.9% (283/298) felt more confident in identifying and handling potential sexual harassment afterwards.



Discussions and Conclusions

Students struggle with situations that may cause conflict between their personal rights and their roles as medical professionals, such as mistakenly believing that they can touch patients during physical examination without it being potentially regarded as sexual harassment. It is of utmost importance to raise medical students’ awareness on the issue with education, so that they can better protect themselves and others.



Take-home message

Medical students’ anti-sexual harassment awareness is effectively raised by online training micro-modules, which should be implemented a medical schools to ensure students’ professionalism and the well-being of all stakeholders.
Photonic heat rectification in a coupled qubits system
Creators: name: Iorio, Andrea
name: Strambini, Elia
name: Haack, Géraldine
name: Campisi, Michele
name: Giazotto, Francesco
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We theoretically investigate a quantum heat diode based on two interacting flux qubits coupled to two heat baths. Rectification of heat currents is achieved by asymmetrically coupling the qubits to the reservoirs modelled as dissipative $RLC$ resonators. We find that the coherent interaction between the qubits can be exploited to enhance the rectification factor, which otherwise would be constrained by the baths temperatures and couplings. Remarkably high values of rectification ratio up to $\mathcal R \sim 3.5$ can be obtained for realistic system parameters, with an enhancement up to $\sim 230\%$ compared to the non-interacting case. The system features the possibility of manipulating both the rectification amplitude and direction, allowing for an enhancement or suppression of the heat flow to a chosen bath. For the regime of parameters in which rectification is maximized, we find a significant increase of the rectification above a critical interaction value which corresponds to the onset of a non vanishing entanglement in the system. Finally, we discuss the dependence of the rectification factor on the bath temperatures and couplings.
description: 6 pages, 3 figures
Pricing high-dimensional Bermudan options with hierarchical tensor formats
Creators: name: Bayer, Christian
name: Eigel, Martin
name: Sallandt, Leon
name: Trunschke, Philipp
Publisher: name: Weierstrass Institute
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Bermudan option
subject: tensor-train
subject: Longstaff--Schwartz algorithm
subject: Wiener chaos expansion
subject: 91G60
subject: 62J02
subject: 15A69

description: An efficient compression technique based on hierarchical tensors for popular option pricing methods is presented. It is shown that the ``curse of dimensionality" can be alleviated for the computation of Bermudan option prices with the Monte Carlo least-squares approach as well as the dual martingale method, both using high-dimensional tensorized polynomial expansions. This discretization allows for a simple and computationally cheap evaluation of conditional expectations. Complexity estimates are provided as well as a description of the optimization procedures in the tensor train format. Numerical experiments illustrate the favourable accuracy of the proposed methods. The dynamical programming method yields results comparable to recent Neural Network based methods.
Computation Bits Maximization in a Backscatter Assisted Wirelessly Powered MEC Network
Creators: name: Shi, Liqin
name: Ye, Yinghui
name: Chu, Xiaoli
name: Lu, Guangyue
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: Signal Processing (eess.SP)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: In this paper, we introduce a backscatter assisted wirelessly powered mobile edge computing (MEC) network, where each edge user (EU) can offload task bits to the MEC server via hybrid harvest-then-transmit (HTT) and backscatter communications. In particular, considering a practical non-linear energy harvesting (EH) model and a partial offloading scheme at each EU, we propose a scheme to maximize the weighted sum computation bits of all the EUs by jointly optimizing the backscatter reflection coefficient and time, active transmission power and time, local computing frequency and execution time of each EU. By introducing a series of auxiliary variables and using the properties of the non-linear EH model, we transform the original non-convex problem into a convex one and derive closedform expressions for parts of the optimal solutions. Simulation results demonstrate the advantage of the proposed scheme over benchmark schemes in terms of weighted sum computation bits.
description: This paper has been accepted by IEEE Communications Letters
Dynamic propensity in a kinetically constrained lattice gas
Creators: name: Hedges, Lester O.
name: Garrahan, Juan P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We apply the concept of dynamic propensity to a simple kinetically constrained model of glass formers, the two-vacancy assisted triangular lattice gas, or (2)-TLG. We find that the propensity field, defined in our case as the local root-mean square displacement averaged over the ensemble of trajectories with identical initial configurations, is a good measure of dynamical heterogeneity. This suggests a configurational origin for spatial fluctuations of the dynamics, but just as in the case of atomistic systems, we find that propensity is not correlated to any simple structural property. We show instead that certain extended clusters of particles connected to vacancies correlate well with propensity, indicating that these are the fundamental excitations of the (2)-TLG. We also discuss time-correlations and the correlation between configurations within the propensity ensemble.
description: 11 pages, 12 figures
Protocol for a systematic scoping and mapping review to identify the evidence available to support action to reduce socioeconomic inequalities in health
Creators: name: Jones, Lisa
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 111799 Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Protocol for a systematic scoping and mapping review that aims to provide an overview of what is known from equity-focused umbrella reviews and systematic reviews about which public health interventions, programmes and policies show evidence of reducing socioeconomic inequalities in health.
Search for Matter-Dependent Atmospheric Neutrino Oscillations in Super-Kamiokande
Creators: name: Kamiokande Collaboration
name: Abe, K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider muon neutrino to tau neutrino oscillations in the context of the Mass Varying Neutrino (MaVaN) model, where the neutrino mass can vary depending on the electron density along the flight path of the neutrino. Our analysis assumes a mechanism with dependence only upon the electron density, hence ordinary matter density, of the medium through which the neutrino travels. Fully-contained, partially-contained and upward-going muon atmospheric neutrino data from the Super--Kamiokande detector, taken from the entire SK--I period of 1489 live days, are compared to MaVaN model predictions. We find that, for the case of 2-flavor oscillations, and for the specific models tested, oscillation independent of electron density is favored over density dependence. Assuming maximal mixing, the best-fit case and the density-independent case do not differ significantly.
description: 6 pages, 1 figure
Misfit layer compounds: a platform for heavily-doped two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides
Creators: name: Leriche, Raphaël T.
name: Palacio-Morales, Alexandra
name: Campetella, Marco
name: Tresca, Cesare
name: Sasaki, Shunsuke
name: Brun, Christophe
name: Debontridder, François
name: David, Pascal
name: Arfaoui, Imad
name: Šofranko, Ondrej
name: Samuely, Tomas
name: Kremer, Geoffroy
name: Monney, Claude
name: Jaouen, Thomas
name: Cario, Laurent
name: Calandra, Matteo
name: Cren, Tristan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) display a rich variety of instabilities such as spin and charge orders, Ising superconductivity and topological properties. Their physical properties can be controlled by doping in electric double-layer field-effect transistors (FET). However, for the case of single layer NbSe$_2$, FET doping is limited to $\approx 1\times 10^{14}$ cm$^{-2}$, while a somewhat larger charge injection can be obtained via deposition of K atoms. Here, by performing ARPES, STM, quasiparticle interference measurements, and first principles calculations we show that a misfit compound formed by sandwiching NbSe$_2$ and LaSe layers behaves as a NbSe$_2$ single layer with a rigid doping of $0.55-0.6$ electrons per Nb atom or $\approx 6\times 10^{14}$ cm$^{-2}$. Due to this huge doping, the $3\times3$ charge density wave is replaced by a $2\times2$ order with very short coherence length. As a tremendous number of different misfit compounds can be obtained by sandwiching TMDs layers with rock salt or other layers, our work paves the way to the exploration of heavily doped 2D TMDs over an unprecedented wide range of doping.
Scalar Field Dark Matter: head-on interaction between two structures
Creators: name: Bernal, Argelia
name: Guzman, F. Siddhartha
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this manuscript we track the evolution of a system consisting of two self-gravitating virialized objects made of a scalar field in the newtonian limit. The Schrödinger-Poisson system contains a potential with self-interaction of the Gross-Pitaevskii type for Bose Condensates. Our results indicate that solitonic behavior is allowed in the scalar field dark matter model when the total energy of the system is positive, that is, the two blobs pass through each other as should happen for solitons; on the other hand, there is a true collision of the two blobs when the total energy is negative.
description: 8 revtex pages, 11 eps figures. v2 matches the published version. v2=v1+ref+minor_changes
Η πρόσβαση στα δημόσια έγγραφα και η προστασία των προσωπικών δεδομένων
Creators: name: Παπαστάμκου, Αριστούλα Ιωάννη
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2009
Subjects: Δημόσια έγγραφα
Πρόσβαση
Προσωπικά δεδομένα
Σύγκρουση
Διαφάνεια
Public documents
Access
Personal data
Conflict
Trasparency

description: Η σχέση μεταξύ διαφάνειας, υπό την ειδικότερη μορφή της πρόσβασης στα δημόσια έγγραφα και της προστασίας των προσωπικών δεδομένων θέτει ουσιαστικά ένα ζήτημα που έχει απασχολήσει επανειλημμένα τη νομική επιστήμη στο παρελθόν . Παρόλα αυτά δε μπορεί να αμφισβητηθεί ότι η προβληματική των δύο αυτών εννόμων αγαθών τίθεται σήμερα σε νέες διαστάσεις υπό το φως των σύγχρονων νομικών (ιδιαίτερα μετά τη ρητή συνταγματική κατοχύρωση καθώς και τη θέσπιση λεπτομερειακών διατάξεων σε επίπεδο κοινής νομοθεσίας) όσο και των τεχνολογικών εξελίξεων. Στο πλαίσιο της παρούσας μελέτης εξετάζεται η σχέση των δύο δικαιωμάτων, με σκοπό να καταδειχθεί αν τελικά είναι εκ διαμέτρου αντίθετα και ασυμβίβαστα μεταξύ τους ή παραπληρωματικά και τελούμενα σε σχέση συμπλήρωσης; Απαντήσεις λοιπόν δίνονται στα βασικά ζητήματα που αναφύονται στο πλαίσιο της παρούσας θεματικής, με αναφορά σε συγκεκριμένα νομολογιακά παραδείγματα της αρχής προστασίας δεδομένων προσωπικού χαρακτήρα , ενώ γίνεται μνεία και στο κοινοτικό δίκαιο ούτως ώστε να καταφανούν τα σημεία σύγκρουσης μεταξύ των δύο δικαιωμάτων , οι αντινομίες , οι ανασφάλειες δικαίου, προκειμένου να καταλήξουμε στους ενδεδειγμένους τρόπους επίλυσης της σύγκρουσης των δύο δικαιωμάτων. H παρούσα μελέτη καταλήγει υποστηρίζοντας ότι το κάθε εξεταζόμενο δικαίωμα τελεί συμπληρωματική λειτουργία σε σχέση με το άλλο. Η ενδεδειγμένη λύση συνίσταται στην εξέταση κάθε διαφορετικού ζητήματος χωριστά με σκοπό να καταδειχθεί σε ποιου δικαιώματος την προστασία πρέπει να δοθεί προτεραιότητα.
description: Τhe relation between transparency, under the special form of access in the public documents and the protection of personal data places substantially a question that has repeatedly occupied the legal science in the past. Nevertheless it can’t be disputed that this issue is placed today in new dimensions under the light of modern law (particularly after the constitutional revision as well as the establishment of detailed provisions in Greek legislation) as much as the technological developments. The purpose of present study is to examine the relation between two rights, in order to answer if finally they are completely different and incompatible to each other or maybe there exists a supplementary function between them. Answers therefore are given with report in Greek legislation in combination with communal law, while special mention is made to concrete jurisprudential examples of the Greek Data Protection Supervisor with the purpose of emphasizing the points of conflict between the two rights, the insecurities and also the ways to solve them. this report concludes by proving that each examined right completes the function of the other. The indicated solution is to examine every different case separately in order to find out which of these rights’ protection has to be given priority.
Second management recommendation invitations submitted to case studies
Creators: name: Viðarsson, Jónas R.
name: Friðriksdóttir, Ragnhildur
name: Ragnarsson, Sigurður Ö.
name: Olsen, Karin
name: Mikkelsen, Nina
name: Aschan, Michaela
name: Martín, Sonia Doblado
name: Rodriguez, Alexandre
name: Vidal, Duarte F.
name: Pérez, Rosa Chapela
name: Ballesteros, Marta
name: Galvão, Juliana
name: Grønnevet, Lidvard
name: Staby, Arved
name: Fonseca, Benvindo
name: Brahim, Khallahi
name: Kane, Elimane
name: Diallo, Mamadou
name: Thiam, Ndiaga
name: Thiaw, Modou
name: Roucou, Yannick
name: Lucas, Vincent
name: Erzini, Karim
name: Stobberup, Kim
name: Ojea, Gonzalo
name: Teijeira, Francisco
name: Elkalay, Khalid
name: Karima, Khalil
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Fisheries management
Sustainable fisheries partnership agreement (SFPA)
Common Fisheries Policy (CFP)
Horizon 2020
Mauritania
Senegal
EU fleet
Cape Verde
Seychelles

description: This report contains the 2nd management recommendation (MR) invitations submitted to the case studies in the FarFish project i.e. the high-seas fisheries in SW-Atlantic and SE-Atlantic, and the SFPA fisheries in Cape Verde, Senegal, Mauritania and Seychelles. The purpose of these MR invitations is to offer selected operators (resource users) the opportunity to develop MRs following the “second draft general guidelines for making MRs” presented in FarFish deliverable 3.5. The approach presented in the guidelines are based on principles of results-based management (RBM), where the responsibility for fisheries management is partly transferred to the resource users, provided that they meet with necessary requirements set forth by the authorities and provide documentation confirming implementation and achievement of specified management objectives. The advantages of such an approach include facilitation of more bottom-up style of management where the actual resource users and other stakeholders are involved. This approach is likely to increase the sense of ownership, by the resource users, in the management. Other advantages are for example increased transparency, as well as reduced costs and increased coverage of monitoring, control and surveillance. The MR invitations follow up on a pre-invitation dialogues where the basics of the approach have been introduced. The MR invitations include a short description of what is to be the focus of the MRs, identification of the main actors and their roles and responsibilities in the process, details on the current status of the fishery and finally the identification of so-called Outcome Targets (OTs) that are performance goals that the MRs are to meet.
METAFORIK BIRLIKLARNING TARJIMA JARAYONIDA YUZ BERADIGAN MUAMMO VA YECHIMLAR
Creators: name: Muminov, Sidikjon
name: Nishonboyeva, Mahfuza
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Ushbu maqolada kundalik hayotimizda eng ko’p qo’llaniluvchi ko’chim turlarida biri bo’lmish metafora hamda uni o’rganish, qo’llash va tarjima jarayonida duch kelinadigan muammolar o’rganiladi va ularga yechim berishga bag’ishlanadi. Muammolar tahlil jarayonida ingliz va o’zbek tillaridan umumiy misol hamda ko’p uchratiladigan muammolar tahlil qilinadi.
Ο χώρος του Τσίρελσον:
Creators: name: Μυργιώτης, Απόστολος Παναγιώτη
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2009
Subjects: Χώρος ακολουθιών
Αυτοπαθής
Συζυγής
Απειροδιάστατος
Εικασία
Συναρτησιακή ανάλυση
Χώρος Banach
Banach space
Sequence space
Infinite dimension space
Reflexive space
Conjecture
Functional analysis

description: Ο χώρος του Tsirelson είναι ένας χώρος ακολουθιών, απειροδιάστατος, Banach και αυτοπαθής. Στην εργασία αποδεικνύονται οι παραπάνω ιδιότητες καθώς και το ότι οι χώροι (Co, || ||∞) και (lp, || ||p),∀p∈[1, +∞) δεν εμφυτεύονται ισομορφικά σ' αυτόν. Η τελευταία ιδιότητα τον καθιστά αξιόλογο, επειδή με την κατασκευή του απαντήθηκε αρνητικά μια εικασία στο χώρο της Συναρτησιακής Ανάλυσης : "Κάθε απειροδιάστατος αυτοπαθής χώρος Banach περιέχει ισομορφικά τον Co ή κάποιον lp, p∈[1, +∞).
description: The Tsirelson space consists of sequences, has infinite dimwnsions, is Banach and reflexive. Also, is proved that (Co, || ||∞) and (lp, || ||p), ∀p∈[1, +∞) are not contained isomorphically in Tsirelson space. The last property makes Tsirelson space important because answers negatively in a conjecture in area of Functional Analysis: "Every infinite-dimension and reflexive Banach space contains isomorphically (Co, || ||∞) or (lp, || ||p), for p∈[1, +∞)
Facing the LISA Data Analysis Challenge
Creators: name: Rubbo, Louis J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: By being the first observatory to survey the source rich low frequency region of the gravitational wave spectrum, the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) will revolutionize our understanding of the Cosmos. For the first time we will be able to detect the gravitational radiation from millions of galactic binaries, the coalescence of two massive black holes, and the inspirals of compact objects into massive black holes. The signals from multiple sources in each class, and possibly others as well, will be simultaneously present in the data. To achieve the enormous scientific return possible with LISA, sophisticated data analysis techniques must be developed which can mine the complex data in an effort to isolate and characterize individual signals. This proceedings paper very briefly summarizes the challenges associated with analyzing the LISA data, the current state of affairs, and the necessary next steps to move forward in addressing the imminent challenges.
description: 4 pages, no figures, Proceedings paper for the TeV Particle Astrophysics II conference held Aug 28-31 at the Univ. of Wisconsin
Photoproduction off the nucleon revisited: Evidence for a narrow N(1688) resonance?
Creators: name: Kuznetsov, V.
name: Polyakov, M. V.
name: Boiko, T.
name: Jang, J.
name: Kim, A.
name: Kim, W.
name: Ni, A.
name: Yang, G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Revised analysis of $Σ$ beam asymmetry for the $η$ photoproduction on the free proton reveals a structure at $W\sim 1.69$ GeV. Fit of the experimental data based on the E429 solution of the SAID partial wave analysis suggests a narrow ($Γ\leq 25$ MeV) resonance. Possible candidates are $P_{11}, P_{13}$, or $D_{13}$ resonances. The result is considered in conjunction with the recent evidence for a bump-like structure at $W\sim 1.67 - 1.68$ GeV in the quasi-free $η$ photoproduction on the neutron.
description: Contribution to the Workshop on the Physics of the Excited Nucleons NSTAR2007, Bonn, Germany, Sept. 5 - 8 2007. To be published in Eur.Phys.J.A