cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
The associations of gene-gene interactions among the 6 variants in 3 genes related to inflammation and endothelial function with carotid stenosis were performed by the GMDR approach
Creators: name: Liu, Lin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: carotid stenosis
genetic polymorphism

description: The associations of gene-gene interactions among the 6 variants in 3 genes related to inflammation and endothelial function with carotid stenosis were performed by the GMDR approach. The best model for carotid stenosis including ITGA2 rs4865756 and HABP2 rs7923349 scored 8/10 for cross-validation consistency and 10/10 for sign testing.
description: Microsoft Excel, Adobe AcrobatFunding provided by: Scientific Research Foundation of Sichuan Provincial Health Department*
Crossref Funder Registry ID:
Award Number: 16ZD046
description: During May 2015 and September 2015, eight communities in Sichuan were randomly selected. We only screened all residents aged ≥40 years who lived in the community for more than 6 months. A structured face-to-face questionnaire was used in the initial screening by interviewers. The eight conventional stroke risk factors were assessed in the CNSSS questionnaire, including hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia, AF, overweight/obesity, smoking, physical inactivity, and family history of stroke. Subjects were classified as the high-risk population for stroke if they experienced at least three of the aforementioned eight stroke-related risk factors or a history of stroke. Exclusion criteria included: (i) severe cardiovascular, liver or renal disease, (ii) blood system disease and coagulation dysfunction, (iii) acute and chronic inflammation, malignant tumors and immune system diseases, (iv) transient ischemic attack only, and (v) individuals declined to participate in the study. Finally, 16,892 valid individual records were enrolled. Among them, 2,893 participants were the high-risk population. However, DNA and carotid ultrasonography information was obtained from 2,377 participants among the 2,893 high-risk population. A total of 2,377 subjects were classified into carotid stenosis and non-carotid stenosis (<15% stenosis) groups on the basis of their vascular imaging. The associations of gene-gene interactions among the 6 variants with carotid stenosis were performed by the GMDR approach.
Garbage Wall
Creators: name: Krieger, Peter
Publisher: name: Terms: CIHA Journal of Art History
Year: 2023

description: This article revises how garbage is used as a material for a contemporary art installation which unfolds a provocative enviro-political potential, and thus determines different modes of engagement. Such a transformation and stimulation which will be explained with a paradigmatic on-site installation of the Mexican artist Abraham Cruzvillegas who conceived and realized the “Garbage Wall” in the stony desert natural reserve within the territory of the National University in Mexico City (Reserva Ecológica del Pedregal de San Ángel, REPSA). Four itemizations of actors and key terms of engagement will be analyzed: first, the artist as the principal actor; second, the support of the university administration; third, the criticism and resistance of some scientists at the REPSA; and fourth, the discursive intermediation of art historians, guided by the contents and methods of environmental aesthetics. The selected case study shows how epistemic routines can be broken by transdisciplinary debates on contemporary eco-art.
description: Terms: CIHA Journal of Art History, Vol. 1: 2021(2023): Terms of Engagement
Taking the Floor
Creators: name: Duchemin-Pelletier, Florence
Publisher: name: Terms: CIHA Journal of Art History
Year: 2023

description: The inherent dynamics and challenges of speaking up vary from one context to another. Depending on both cultural expectations and socio-political history, local voices have sometimes remained unheard on the global stage. Drawing on the example of the Canadian Inuit, this paper considers the strategies undertaken by artists and activists when it comes to “taking the floor.” It first focuses on the genealogies of struggle, both internal and transcultural, before examining the question of multivocalities. Finally, it addresses the role of local epistemes and suggests shifting perspectives so they can be part of a global art history.
description: Terms: CIHA Journal of Art History, Vol. 1: 2021(2023): Terms of Engagement
The oldest fossil species of the genus Henoticus Thomson (Coleoptera: Cryptophagidae) from Eocene Baltic amber
Creators: name: Bukejs, Andris
name: Lyubarsky, Georgy Yu.
name: Alekseev, Vitalii I.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Cancer
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Plant Biology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Based on a single specimen in Eocene Baltic amber, Henoticus groehni sp. nov., the first extinct species of the genus, is described. The new species is studied and illustrated in detail using optical microphotography and X-ray micro-computed tomography. An additional congeneric specimen is discussed but not attributed to the species level. It is shown that exoskeletal depressions on the metaventrite with possible mycangia roles were present in Henoticus already in the Eocene. The possible involvement of the newly described species in dynamic of ecosystems at the early stages of natural pyrogenic succession in Eocene amber forests is hypothesised.
Mechanisms of mechanical and chemical treatments on ink detachment of newsprint
Creators: name: Pan., Jolly
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

description: This thesis was scanned from the print manuscript for digital preservation and is copyright the author.
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Black holes in Einstein-Gauß-Bonnet-dilaton theory
Creators: name: Blázquez-Salcedo, Jose Luis
name: Cardoso, Vitor
name: Ferrari, Valeria
name: Gualtieri, Leonardo
name: Kanti, Panagiota
name: Khoo, Fech Scen
name: Kleihaus, Burkhard
name: Kunz, Jutta
name: Macedo, Caio F. B.
name: Mojica, Sindy
name: Pani, Paolo
name: Radu, Eugen
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Generalizations of the Schwarzschild and Kerr black holes are discussed in an astrophysically viable generalized theory of gravity, which includes higher curvature corrections in the form of the Gauss-Bonnet term, coupled to a dilaton. The angular momentum of these black holes can slightly exceed the Kerr bound. The location and the orbital frequency of particles in their innermost stable circular orbits can deviate significantly from the respective Kerr values. Study of the quasinormal modes of the static black holes gives strong evidence that they are mode stable against polar and axial perturbations. Future gravitational wave observations should improve the current bound on the Gauss-Bonnet coupling constant, based on observations of the low-mass x-ray binary A 0620-00.
description: 8 pages, 7 figures
Not Yet Here: Reexamining Queerness & Identity in Contemporary Social Movement Work
Creators: name: Steele, Sarah M
Publisher: name: University of Illinois at Chicago
Year: 2023

description: Based on three years of ethnographic and community-engaged research and 38 interviews with trans and queer organizers and activists in Chicago, this dissertation explores the organizing tactics, motivating ideologies and political underpinnings of contemporary queer political work. I show how race is deeply implicated in contemporary trans and queer projects, an intersection that has been underexamined in studies of LGBT social movements. I analyze on-the-ground queer movement activity illuminating similarities and differences from historical queer movement work and identifying a unique contemporary queer of color praxis. Finally, I show how these politics are embodied through activists’ sexual and romantic relationships, making sure to bring desire, pleasure, and joy into our understandings of trans and queer lives. Rather than seeing queer social movements as a relic of the past, the goal of this dissertation is to bring back into conversation queer ideological formations and update our understandings of this distinct contemporary political work.
Negotiation
Creators: name: Mantoan, Diego
Publisher: name: Terms: CIHA Journal of Art History
Year: 2023

description: The term negotiation is investigated in its shift towards positive connotations for Public Art, while much art theory in the second half of the twentieth century was focused on defining the solipsist existence of contemporary art. The long queue of Modernism pressed artists to impose their persona on the artworks, though with Public Art practitioners projecting their work decidedly beyond the art field and negotiation became the essence of strategies engaging with the audience and their context. The term poses a methodological challenge, implying a paradigm shift from Pierre Bourdieu’s idea of a “closed art field” to Howard Becker’s open concept of “cooperating art worlds”, thus addressing the passage from an art history focused on adamantine interpretations to one open to participatory dynamics engaging with environmental and societal issues. The ecologist projects by Gayle Chong Kwan and Sasha Vinci are presented as recent examples.
description: Terms: CIHA Journal of Art History, Vol. 1: 2021(2023): Terms of Engagement
Inscription in Winners Got Scars Too
Creators: name: Cash, Johnny
Publisher: name: University of Victoria Libraries
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Cash, Johnny
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/31281
subject: Holiff, Saul, 1925-2005
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1958130
subject: Biography
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/832149
subject: Inscriptions
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/973837
subject: Autographs
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/822653

description: Inscription from Johnny Cash to Saul Holiff in a copy of Winners Got Scars Too (1970), the first biography of Cash (written by Christopher S. Wren and published by Dial Press). The inscription reads, "To Saul,. Thanks for your help in making things different now. We've come a long way. Lets [sic] go on. John."
Bone microstructure of bony-toothed birds (Odontopterygiformes) from the Eocene of Ikove, Ukraine: preliminary paleobiological implications
Creators: name: Dobrovolsky, Stanislav
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Physiology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Geology
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer

description: Histological structure of long bones from bony-toothed birds (Odontopterygiformes) from Early Lutetian locality Ikove (Ukraine) is examined for the first time. Six limb bones from Pelagornithidae cf. Dasornis sp. and Lutetodontopteryx tethyensis are described. The bones, although usually being fragmented, show good preservation at the microscopic level. Their microstructure (e.g. orientation and diameter of primary osteons) significantly varies, but the basic pattern and, therefore, the way of growth matches that of recent Neognathae (as well as a number of extinct taxa). In young birds, the periosteum quickly deposited well-vascularised primary bone, which at the same time was resorbed from inside, then the animal reached adult size and fast bone growth gave way to much slower deposition of circumferential layers of lamellar or parallel-fibred tissue on the outer and inner bone surfaces. The bones also underwent Haversian remodelling of various extent (from nearly absent to nearly full), generally stronger in larger bones and in the inner compacta. Bone microstructure is consistent with high metabolic rates, expected in Odontopterygiformes, and implies that their growth rates were comparable to those of recent Neognathae.
Wiedemann-Franz-type relation between shot noise and thermal conduction of Majorana surface states in a three-dimensional topological superconductor
Creators: name: Gnezdilov, N. V.
name: Diez, M.
name: Pacholski, M. J.
name: Beenakker, C. W. J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We compare the thermal conductance $G_{\rm thermal}$ (at temperature $T$) and the electrical shot noise power $P_{\rm shot}$ (at bias voltage $V\gg k_{\rm B}T/e$) of Majorana fermions on the two-dimensional surface of a three-dimensional topological superconductor. We present analytical and numerical calculations to demonstrate that, for a local coupling between the superconductor and metal contacts, $G_{\rm thermal}/P_{\rm shot}= {\cal L}T/eV$ (with ${\cal L}$ the Lorenz number). This relation is ensured by the combination of electron-hole and time-reversal symmetries, irrespective of the microscopics of the surface Hamiltonian, and provides for a purely electrical way to detect the charge-neutral Majorana surface states. A surface of aspect ratio $W/L\gg 1$ has the universal shot-noise power $P_{\rm shot}=(W/L)\times (e^2/h)\times (eV/2π)$
description: 11 pages, 9 figures
Function of Microfibril Associated Protein 5 (MFAP5) in Wound Healing
Creators: name: Altakriti, Mohamad
Publisher: name: University of Illinois at Chicago
Year: 2023

description: Tissue injury leads to extensive extracellular matrix (ECM) changes throughout the wound healing process. MFAP5 is a 25 kD serine and threonine rich small microfibril-associated protein, involved in the regulation of major ECM pathways and microfibril function. Interestingly, the role MFAP5 plays in the wound healing process is currently unknown. This study was undertaken to identify the genes that are most differentially expressed between skin and oral mucosa as related to wound healing and fibrosis. Previously available human gene array data from scar-forming skin wounds and minimally scarring oral wounds was utilized to investigate the differential expression of genes that are closely related to wound healing and fibrosis in these alternate healing phenotypes. This analysis led to the identification of MFAP5 as a factor that was highly expressed in skin but not oral mucosal wounds, and thus a candidate profibrotic mediator in healing wounds. To directly examine the role of MFAP5 in wound healing, a murine model of full-thickness excisional skin wounds was employed, and the effect of MFAP5 neutralization on healing was assessed. Mice were randomly assigned to three wound treatment groups: phosphate-buffered saline (PBS), immunoglobulin G (IgG), and anti-MFAP5 antibodies. Histologic wound samples were stained with Masson’s Trichrome and Picrosirius stains, and AxioVision software was used to quantify collagen deposition and the ratio of mature/immature collagen, respectively. Data was analyzed by 2-way ANOVA and multiple t-test. It was found that in humans, MFAP5 expression was significantly higher in skin versus oral wounds at baseline and throughout the course of wound healing. Furthermore, in the murine model, antibody neutralization of MFAP5 in vivo led to decreased collagen deposition with lower mature collagen and significantly higher immature collagen when compared to the control groups. These results suggest that MFAP5 promotes collagen deposition during wound healing in skin in vivo. Therefore, the production of MFAP5 may have significant implications for scar formation in skin and other fibrotic conditions.
Counter-Archive
Creators: name: Schweizer, Yvonne
Publisher: name: Terms: CIHA Journal of Art History
Year: 2023

description: This paper discusses theories and artistic practices that challenge classical notions of the archive. Since the early 1980s, postcolonial scholars alerted us to the fact that gaps and omissions form the problematic basis of any archive. Thus, counter-perspectives to hegemonic discourse, as well as new archives, have been established. Although alternative narratives came to the fore, the resulting multiplication of the archive followed more or less the same paths as before: Policies of restricted access led to a hierarchy of visibility. Currently, artists, filmmakers, and activists demand a far more radical archival policy. These models, which I group under the term “counter-archives”, propose accessibility (a) as part of the Global North’s commitment to decolonizing its institutions and (b) as part of a “Citizen Science” agenda that unbalances hierarchies between experts and laypeople.
description: Terms: CIHA Journal of Art History, Vol. 1: 2021(2023): Terms of Engagement
Problems and Progress in Covariant High Spin Description
Creators: name: Kirchbach, Mariana
name: Guzman, Victor Miguel Banda
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A universal description of particles with spins j greater or equal one , transforming in (j,0)+(0,j), is developed by means of representation specific second order differential wave equations without auxiliary conditions and in covariant bases such as Lorentz tensors for bosons, Lorentz-tensors with Dirac spinor components for fermions, or, within the basis of the more fundamental Weyl-Van-der-Waerden sl(2,C) spinor-tensors. At the root of the method, which is free from the pathologies suffered by the traditional approaches, are projectors constructed from the Casimir invariants of the spin-Lorentz group, and the group of translations in the Minkowski space time.
description: Invited Contribution to the Joint proceedings of the 30 Annual Meeting of the Division of Particles and Fields of the Mexican Physical Society and the XV Mexican Workshop on Particles and Fields
Community Archaeology in Sudan: Discovering Mograt Island together
Creators: name: Tully, Gemma
Publisher: name: Der Antike Sudan. Mitteilungen der Sudanarchäologischen Gesellschaft zu Berlin e. V.
Year: 2022

description: Der Antike Sudan. Mitteilungen der Sudanarchäologischen Gesellschaft zu Berlin e. V., Bd. 26 (2015): Der Antike Sudan
Empirical evidence for the production of speech : using wavelets and kurtosis
Creators: name: Orr., Michael Christopher
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

description: This thesis was scanned from the print manuscript for digital preservation and is copyright the author.
 Researchers can access this thesis by asking their local university, institution or public library to
 make a request on their behalf. Monash staff and postgraduate students can use the link in the References field.
Applying a Socio-Ecological Justice Framework for Researching Ecosystem Services in Segregated Chicago
Creators: name: Marshall, Kellen A
Publisher: name: University of Illinois at Chicago
Year: 2023

description: Chicago is global city faced with solving the legacy of environmental harms while adapting to climate change. Urban agriculture has several social, economic and environmental benefits but the system’s ability to be a nature-based solution for the complex inequities experienced by African Americans in segregated Chicago is less understood. I applied a mixed methods approach (i.e., survey tool, spatial analysis, stable isotope analysis and biological indicators) to investigate the risks and resources of Chicago’s urban agricultural industry using a justice lens. As this work is highly interdisciplinary, I begin by presenting a socio-ecological justice model to demonstrate the utility of applying a justice lens. I follow up with presenting the benefits of relevant research and guiding Earth Stewardship Principles for practicing action ecology. I used a mixed methods approach (i.e., survey tool, spatial analysis, stable isotope analysis and biological indicators) to investigate the state of Chicago’s urban agricultural industry risks and resources considering climate change using the socio ecological justice model. I assessed the state of urban agricultural research and found that despite there being several ecological studies on Chicago food systems much of the work has lacked a justice lens. Furthermore, I identified intentional avoidance of low-income study sites indicating a need for more inclusive experimental design. The Growing in Chicago Survey found growers rely on learning from the internet how to grow food as well as season extension and water contamination prevention practices are less used. Spatial data for gardens was highly unreliable resulting in my using city owned vacant lots to explore distribution of traffic emissions risks and accessibility to garden resources. I found that 70% of city vacant lots are within 200 m of a major street and exposure to traffic emissions. Radishes (Raphnus sativus) were used as biological indicators of ground level O3 and found carbon isotopic values indicative of environmental stress in both a controlled garden experiment and analysis of store-bought radishes. Findings suggest greater needs of understanding air pollution risks on crop yield and quality across the city. Finally, I summarize urban agriculture ordinances that govern community and commercial food production in Chicago.
Manifesto
Creators: name: Schneemann, Peter J.
Publisher: name: Terms: CIHA Journal of Art History
Year: 2023

description: How do artists call for engagement and political relevance with regard to the “ecological imperative”? This contribution focuses on the revival of the Manifesto in contemporary art. This revival formalized an intertextual rhetoric of exclamation and polemic in service to a new ethical stand: a relational worldview. I argue that discourse analysis can identify a shift in format that ultimate touches upon the academic discourse as well.
description: Terms: CIHA Journal of Art History, Vol. 1: 2021(2023): Terms of Engagement
A family of well-behaved Karmarkar spacetime describing interior of relativistic stars
Creators: name: Singh, Ksh. Newton
name: Pant, Neeraj
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: General Physics (physics.gen-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 83C05, 83C15, 83C20

description: We are presenting a family of new exact solutions for relativistic anisotropic stellar objects by considering four dimensional spacetime embedded in five dimensional Pseudo Euclidean space known as Class I solutions. These solutions are well-behaved in all respects, satisfy all energy conditions and the resulting compactness parameter is also within Buchdahl limit. The well-behaved nature of the solutions for a particular star solely depends on index n. We have discussed the solutions in detail for the neutron star XTE J1739-285 (M = 1.51M$\odot$, R = 10.9 km). For this particular star, the solution is well behaved in all respects for $8 \le n \le 20$. However, the solutions with n < 8 possess increasing trend of sound speed and the solutions belong to n > 20 disobey causality condition. Further, the well-behaved nature of the solutions for PSR J0348+0432 (2.01M$\odot$, 11 km), EXO 1785-248 (1.3M$\odot$, 8.85 km) and Her X-1 (0.85M$\odot$, 8.1 km) are specified by the index n with limits $24 \le n \le 54$, $1.5 \le n \le 4$ and $0.8 \le n \le 2.7$ respectively.
description: 8 pages, 17 figires, 1 table
Early Makuria Research Project
Creators: name: Then-Obłuska, Joanna
Publisher: name: Der Antike Sudan. Mitteilungen der Sudanarchäologischen Gesellschaft zu Berlin e. V.
Year: 2022

description: Der Antike Sudan. Mitteilungen der Sudanarchäologischen Gesellschaft zu Berlin e. V., Bd. 27 (2016): Der Antike Sudan
Wahrnehmung von Crowding
Creators: name: Schmücker, Dirk
name: Reif, Julian
name: Bergler, Marina
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Crowding, perception, tourism, visitor management

description: Einer der Gründe für die Etablierung von digitalen Besuchermanagementsystemen kann die Vermeidung von Überfüllung und Gedränge sein. Zur Identifizierung von „Überfüllung“, „Gedränge“, Crowdedness“ oder „Crowding“ können objektive Daten (Zählungen) oder subjektive Einschätzungen von Besuchenden, Einwohnerinnen und Einwohnern oder Unternehmen herangezogen werden. In dieser Analyse geht es um die subjektive Wahrnehmung von Crowding durch Besuchende in ausgewählten deutschen Destinationen im Sommer 2022.
description: Co-funded by Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz, nukleare Sicherheit und Verbraucherschutz (DE), FKZ 67KI21005
Stratigraphy and Absolute Chronology of Jebel Moya: A note on Michael Brass’ recent interpretation
Creators: name: Sakamoto, Tsubasa
Publisher: name: Der Antike Sudan. Mitteilungen der Sudanarchäologischen Gesellschaft zu Berlin e. V.
Year: 2022

description: Der Antike Sudan. Mitteilungen der Sudanarchäologischen Gesellschaft zu Berlin e. V., Bd. 27 (2016): Der Antike Sudan
Pion transition form factor through Dyson-Schwinger equations
Creators: name: Raya, Khépani
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In the framework of Dyson-Schwinger equations (DSE), we compute the $γ^*γ\toπ^0$ transition form factor, $G(Q^2)$. For the first time, in a continuum approach to quantun chromodynamics (QCD), it was possible to compute $G(Q^2)$ on the whole domain of space-like momenta. Our result agrees with CELLO, CLEO and Belle collaborations and, with the well-known asymptotic QCD limit, $2f_π$. Our analysis unifies this prediction with that of the pion's valence-quark parton distribution amplitude (PDA) and elastic electromagnetic form factor.
description: To be published in Journal of Physics Conference Series (IOP). Joint Proceedings of the XV Mexican Workshop on Particles and Fields & the XXX Annual Meeting of the Division of Particles and Fields of the Mexican Physical Society
Soba and the Meroitic Southern Frontier
Creators: name: Sakamoto, Tsubasa
Publisher: name: Der Antike Sudan. Mitteilungen der Sudanarchäologischen Gesellschaft zu Berlin e. V.
Year: 2022

description: Der Antike Sudan. Mitteilungen der Sudanarchäologischen Gesellschaft zu Berlin e. V., Bd. 27 (2016): Der Antike Sudan
Monologhi per clarinetto Op. 11
Creators: name: Casadei, Diego
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Clarinet music

description: Collections of pieces for clarinet written by me in the last 25 years. Page numbers are reset every piece, because I just merged the PDF files into a single collection. The level of difficulty is ranging from very easy to terribly tricky :-)
The Effects of Repeated Sprint vs Short Interval Training on Hamstring Muscle Architecture and Physical Fitness in Rugby League Players itled
Creators: name: Thurlow, Fraser
Publisher: name: OSF Registries
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine and Health Sciences

description: The aim of our investigation was to quantify and compare the effects of repeated-sprint training (RST) vs short-bout high-intensity interval training (HIIT) on hamstring muscle architecture and physical fitness in rugby league players.
Gods in Boots
Creators: name: Vinogradov, Alexey K.
Publisher: name: Der Antike Sudan. Mitteilungen der Sudanarchäologischen Gesellschaft zu Berlin e. V.
Year: 2022

description: Der Antike Sudan. Mitteilungen der Sudanarchäologischen Gesellschaft zu Berlin e. V., Bd. 27 (2016): Der Antike Sudan
Black hole kicks as new gravitational wave observables
Creators: name: Gerosa, Davide
name: Moore, Christopher J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Generic black hole binaries radiate gravitational waves anisotropically, imparting a recoil, or kick, velocity to the merger remnant. If a component of the kick along the line of sight is present, gravitational waves emitted during the final orbits and merger will be gradually Doppler shifted as the kick builds up. We develop a simple prescription to capture this effect in existing waveform models, showing that future gravitational wave experiments will be able to perform direct measurements, not only of the black hole kick velocity, but also of its accumulation profile. In particular, the eLISA space mission will measure supermassive black hole kick velocities as low as ~500 km/s, which are expected to be a common outcome of black hole binary coalescence following galaxy mergers. Black hole kicks thus constitute a promising new observable in the growing field of gravitational wave astronomy.
description: 6 pages, 3 figures. Accepted for publication in Physical Review Letters
Patient Self Reported Perceptions of Periodontal Disease
Creators: name: Pierce, Jordan M
Publisher: name: University of Illinois at Chicago
Year: 2023

description: The purpose of this study was to collect information on patient knowledge of periodontal disease, satisfaction related to treatment provided, and to assess the quality of life (QoL) of patients diagnosed with periodontal disease. The information collected would assist dental professionals to better understand patient’s knowledge gaps of periodontal disease related to its etiology and treatment potentially leading to solutions to overcome them. A paper-based survey was developed, and patients of record at the University of Oklahoma, College of Dentistry diagnosed with periodontal disease in varying stages of treatment were asked to complete 33 multiple-choice questions related to their knowledge of periodontal disease, satisfaction in the treatment received and QoL following their diagnosis of periodontal disease. Data analysis was completed at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC), College of Dentistry. A total of 190 surveys were collected among the dental student clinic, graduate periodontics resident clinic, and dental hygiene clinics. 48.4% and 51.6% of surveys were completed by males and females respectively. Results found 19.61% of participants were unaware of their diagnosis of periodontitis and 13.73% were unaware of being treated for gum disease. Out of 62.11% of the patients who reported having received “deep cleanings” 45% reported having “gum disease,” 48% reported being treated for gum disease and 42% reported being diagnosed with gum disease and receiving treatment. Patients diagnosed with “gum disease worried more about their teeth compared to healthy patients (84.3% vs 58.90%). Lastly, patients diagnosed with “gum disease” were more knowledgeable relating to its etiology, risk factors and treatment compared to those who reported not having had “gum disease. Within the limitations of our study, results indicate a lack of understanding among patients related to their periodontal diagnosis and treatment. In order to motivate and improve the oral and overall health outcomes of our patients, it is imperative that dental students, hygiene students and residents receive additional training in patient communication. In addition, oral and written health communication could potentially provide additional benefit
Dynamics of gravitating hadron matter in Bianchi-IX cosmological model
Creators: name: Pavluchenko, Sergey A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We perform an analysis of the Einstein-Skyrme cosmological model in Bianchi-IX background. We analytically describe asymptotic regimes and semi-analytically -- generic regimes. It appears that depending on the product of Newtonian constant $κ$ with Skyrme coupling $K$, in absence of the cosmological term there are three regimes possible -- recollapse with $\kK < 2$ and two power-law regimes -- $\propto t^{1/2}$ for $\kK=2$ and $\propto t$ for $\kK > 2$. In presence of the positive cosmological term, power-law regimes turn to exponential (de Sitter) ones while recollapse regime turn to exponential if the value for $Λ$-term is sufficiently large, otherwise the regime remains recollapse. Negative cosmological term leads to the recollapse regardless of $\kK$. All nonsingular regimes have the squashing coefficient $a(t) \to 1$ at late times, which is associated with restoring symmetry dynamics. Also all nonsingular regimes appear to be linearly stable -- exponential solutions always while power-law for an open region of initial conditions.
description: 14 pages, 4 figures, Phys Rev D accepted version
Structural optimisation via static-kinematic optimality criteria
Creators: name: Guan., Ong Tiong
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

description: This thesis was scanned from the print manuscript for digital preservation and is copyright the author.
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Skarabäen in Gala Abu Ahmed
Creators: name: Lahitte, Miriam
Publisher: name: Der Antike Sudan. Mitteilungen der Sudanarchäologischen Gesellschaft zu Berlin e. V.
Year: 2022

description: Der Antike Sudan. Mitteilungen der Sudanarchäologischen Gesellschaft zu Berlin e. V., Bd. 27 (2016): Der Antike Sudan
Integrated bio-electrochemical model for a micro photosynthetic power cell
Creators: name: Tanneru, Hemanth Kumar
name: P, Resmi Suresh M.
name: Ramanan, Aravind Vyas
name: M, Shahparnia.
name: Packirisamy, Muthukumaran
name: Pillay, Pragasen
name: Williamson, Sheldon
name: Juneau, Philippe
name: Rengaswamy, Raghunathan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: A simple first-principles mathematical model is developed to predict the performance of a micro photosynthetic power cell ($μ$PSC), an electrochemical device which generates electricity by harnessing electrons from photosynthesis in the presence of light. A lumped parameter approach is used to develop a model in which the electrochemical kinetic rate constants and diffusion effects are lumped into a single characteristic rate constant $K$. A non-parametric estimation of $K$ for the $μ$PSC is performed by minimizing the sum square errors (SSE) between the experimental and model predicted current and voltages. The developed model is validated by comparing the model predicted $v-i$ characteristics with experimental data not used in the parameter estimation. Sensitivity analysis of the design parameters and the operational parameters reveal interesting insights for performance enhancement. Analysis of the model also suggests that there are two different operating regimes that are observed in this $μ$PSC. This modeling approach can be used in other designs of $μ$PSCs for performance enhancement studies.
description: 9 pages,11 figures, sunbmitted to JMEMS
Abu Erteila 2015: a preliminary report of the eighth excavation season
Creators: name: Fantusati, Eugenio
name: Baldi, Marco
Publisher: name: Der Antike Sudan. Mitteilungen der Sudanarchäologischen Gesellschaft zu Berlin e. V.
Year: 2022

description: Der Antike Sudan. Mitteilungen der Sudanarchäologischen Gesellschaft zu Berlin e. V., Bd. 27 (2016): Der Antike Sudan
On the symplectic covariance and interferences of time-frequency distributions
Creators: name: Cordero, Elena
name: de Gosson, Maurice
name: Doerfler, Monika
name: Nicola, Fabio
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Functional Analysis (math.FA)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the covariance property of quadratic time-frequency distributions with respect to the action of the extended symplectic group. We show how covariance is related, and in fact in competition, with the possibility of damping the interferences which arise due to the quadratic nature of the distributions. We also show that the well known fully covariance property of the Wigner distribution in fact characterizes it (up to a constant factor) among the quadratic distributions $L^{2}(\mathbb{R}^{n})\rightarrow C_{0}({ \mathbb{R}^{2n}})$. A similar characterization for the closely related Weyl transform is given as well. The results are illustrated by several numerical experiments for the Wigner and Born-Jordan distributions of the sum of four Gaussian functions in the so-called "diamond configuration".
description: 19 pages, 2 figures
Negative Space: Methods of Exclusion and the Shaping of a Southern Myth
Creators: name: Morgan, Emily Autumn
Publisher: name: University of Illinois at Chicago
Year: 2023

description: The foundations of accessible knowledge are formulated around constructed absences through a calculated procedure of exclusion. This project proposes a theory of exclusion as a means from which to view the processes of art history, asking the field to critically engage with the gaps in visual narratives. One possible method of theorizing these absences is the consideration of the historical frameworks of exclusion, the effects of exclusion, and the communal acts of disruption against these practices. This project exemplifies this process through the recognition of Black queer southern exclusion by engaging with the Black lesbian magazine Women in the Life, which ran from 1993-2003 out of Washington D.C. I argue that this particular intersectional exclusion upholds the national enforcement of an invisible labor force. By incorporating Barthes’ conceptualization of myth, southern art history is viewed as a tool of identification, wherein controlled depictions formulate radicalized and gendered labor roles in the region. These roles shape national identity and place the burden of labor predominantly upon southern Black women. This results in socio-economic oppression amongst Black southern queer women, leading to independent creative acts within the community. Women in the Life is explored as an act of community placemaking through the reconceptualization of both public and private space. These acts do not attempt to serve White heteropatriarchal audiences or colonial institutions, but instead directly reflect the needs of their respective communities. The field of art history is encouraged to critically engage with such enactments, not necessarily to bring them into the hierarchal cannon, but as a vanguard of disruption against institutional violence. Understandings of labor and identification are disrupted through an outright dismissal of oppressive space, wherein Black queer women are able to formulate new conceptualizations of space within the American South.
title: Επιδόσεις ESG και χρηματοοικονομική αξιολόγηση εταιρειών του Χρηματιστηρίου Αξιών Αθηνών

title: ESG performance and financial analysis of firms listed in the Athens Stock Exchange
Creators: name: Γιανναδακης Μαριος
Publisher: name: Technical University of Crete
Year: 2023

description: Το τελευταίο διάστημα, οι σημαντικές παγκόσμιες αλλαγές που έχουν επιφέρει η κλιματική αλλαγή, η υγειονομική κρίση, η άνοδος της τεχνολογίας καθώς και οι γεωπολιτικές αναταραχές, καλούν τις εταιρείες να μετασχηματίζονται και να συμμετέχουν στη βελτίωση των συνθηκών της κοινωνίας, μέσω του πλαισίου των καθημερινών τους δραστηριοτήτων. Οι εταιρείες, αποτελώντας μέρος του κοινωνικού και οικονομικού ιστού, συνδυάζουν το κοινωνικό όφελος με το επιχειρηματικό κέρδος, υιοθετώντας νέες μορφές διακυβέρνησης βασισμένες στο περιβάλλον, την κοινωνία και την επιχειρηματική ηθική. Το τρίπτυχο περιβάλλον, κοινωνία και εταιρική διακυβέρνηση (ESG), αποτελεί σημαντικό στοιχείο χρηματοοικονομικής σταθερότητας και βιωσιμότητας. Τα κριτήρια ESG, παρέχουν σημαντικές πληροφορίες οι οποίες λαμβάνονται υπόψη στις χρηματοοικονομικές αποφάσεις επιχειρήσεων και οργανισμών.
Η παρούσα μεταπτυχιακή εργασία, εξετάζει τα ζητήματα που καλούνται τα ESG κριτήρια να απαντήσουν, δηλαδή, ποιοι παράγοντες δομούν το πλαίσιο του ESG, καθώς και με ποιους τρόπους θα μπορεί μια εταιρεία ή ένας φορέας υπεύθυνος διαχείρισης επενδυτικών κεφαλαίων, να τα υιοθετήσει.
Τέλος, η βασική μελέτη της παρούσας εργασίας είναι η χρηματοοικονομική αξιολόγηση και η μελέτη επίδοσης των κριτηρίων ESG σε εταιρείες του Χρηματιστηρίου Αξιών Αθηνών, δίνοντας σημαντικά συμπεράσματα που θα λειτουργήσουν συμπληρωματικά στην ήδη υπάρχουσα βιβλιογραφία πάνω στη μελέτη των ESG κριτηρίων.
description: Nowadays, the significant global changes caused by climate change, the health crisis, the rise of technology and the turbulence between populations, have called for companies the need to transform themselves and participate in improving the conditions of society through their daily activities. Firms, being part of the social and economic fabric, are combining social benefits along with business profit, by adopting new forms of governance based on their Environment, Society and Ethics.
The criteria, Environment, Society and Governance or internationally referred to as, ESG, are important elements of financial stability and sustainability. ESG criteria, are important information that is taken into account in investment decisions, actions and lending decisions, as well as insurance in the medium and long time period.
This paper, examines questions that ESG criteria are called upon to answer, such as which are the factors who structure the Environment, Society and Governance criteria, as well as the ways in which a firm or an entity responsible for managing investment funds can adopt them. Last but not least, the main study of this master thesis is the financial analysis and a performance study of ESG criteria of firms listed in the Athens Stock Exchange, providing important conclusions that will serve as a complement to the existing literature on the study of ESG criteria.
Letter from Saul Holiff to Barbara Robinson, 11 July 1963
Creators: name: Holiff, Saul, 1925-2005
Publisher: name: University of Victoria Libraries
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Holiff, Barbara
subject: Holiff, Saul, 1925-2005
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1958130
subject: Death
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/888613
subject: Interpersonal relations
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/977397
subject: Cash, Johnny
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/31281
subject: Music trade--Management
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1030650

description: Letter from Saul Holiff to Barbara Robinson (his future wife) telling her that Johnny Cash has fired him as manager but wants him to keep booking shows. Writes that he is upset by the suddenness of Cash's decision and believes Cash has never trusted him. Mentions trying to overcome loneliness and self-pity and acknowledges that Barbara is right in saying he is "preoccupied with death."
How Do Users Like Their Tangibles? — An Exploration of Interaction Techniques for Data Transfer with Everyday Objects
Creators: name: Emmert, Martina
name: Schönwerth, Nicole
name: Schmid, Andreas
name: Alešik, Anton
name: Wimmer, Raphael
Publisher: name: Universität Regensburg
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Interaction Techniques, Tangible User Interface, Data Transfer, Cross-Device Interaction
subject: 004 Informatik

description: People interact with a multitude of personal digital devices and infrastructural hardware every day. Oftentimes, they need to transfer data from one device to another. In many cases this process is still surprisingly cumbersome, requiring additional, non-intuitive steps, such as authentication, device pairing, or network setup. Tangible User Interfaces (TUIs) allow for quick and intuitive physical interaction with digital data. Therefore, they offer a promising design space towards more natural interaction techniques for cross-device data transfer. In a workshop and an elicitation study, we investigated different form factors and interaction techniques using six everyday objects in three different situations. We found that designing effective tangibles requires consideration of various factors which strongly depend on the target group and intended use case.
The influence of aluminium and nitrogen on the microstructures and properties of single pass submerged arc welds
Creators: name: Oldland., Richard Brian
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

description: This thesis was scanned from the print manuscript for digital preservation and is copyright the author.
 Researchers can access this thesis by asking their local university, institution or public library to
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W.A.D.I. heute: Rezente Siedlungen im Wadi Abu Dom
Creators: name: Eigner, Dieter
Publisher: name: Der Antike Sudan. Mitteilungen der Sudanarchäologischen Gesellschaft zu Berlin e. V.
Year: 2022

description: Der Antike Sudan. Mitteilungen der Sudanarchäologischen Gesellschaft zu Berlin e. V., Bd. 27 (2016): Der Antike Sudan
Assesment of Maerua Subcordata Root As Biosorbent for The Removal of Cr (Vi) Ions From Tannery Waste Water
Creators: name: Berecha, Mesfin
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2015

description: Chromium containing wastes are generated by industries such as leather tannery, electroplating, paint and pigment manufacturing. The form of Cr (VI) is responsible for human carcinogen as well as water and soil pollution. The main objective of the present study was to evaluate the possibility of using Maerua Subcordata as a Biosorbent for the removal of Cr (VI) from tannery waste water and aqueous solution. The study was conducted in Addis Ababa university Environmental science laboratory center and Ethiopian leather industry development institute laboratory center, from January to May, 2015. Maerua Subcordata was collected from South Omo Zone DasenechWoreda and cut in to small pieces, dried in the sunlight and grind to produce the powder, treated with H3PO4 (45%w/w). Physical characterization such as moisture content and bulk density of activated Maerua Subcordata was done and it was found low moisture content which indicates high quality of the biosorbent.The Biosorption of Cr (VI) from aqueous solution and real tannery waste water by activated Maerua Subcordata was studied. The biosorbent was characterized by FTIR spectroscopy and characterization of the Maerua Subcordata suggested the possible contribution of carboxyl and hydroxyl groups in Cr (VI) Biosorption. The Biosorption efficiency of the Maerua Subcordata was dependent on the pH of the Cr (VI) solution, with pH 3 being optimal. The removal rate of Cr (VI) ions increased with increase in contact time and remained constant after an equilibrium time of 60 min. The removal of Cr (VI) ions increased with increase in biosorbent concentration with the optimal biosorbent dosage at 125 mg/L. Both Langmuir and Freundlich model were followed by adsorption of Cr(VI) on activated MaeruaSubcordata. But Langmuir model best describes the adsorption data with coefficient of determination (r2) value 0.993.The maximum adsorption capacity obtained from Langmuir model is 4.54mg/g.The RL value obtained from Langmuir model shows the adsorption is favorable. When applying the biosorbent to real waste water 86.5% removal efficiency was obtained. The reduction in efficiency might be due to the presence of interfering ions which compete with Cr (VI) ion for Biosorption. Therefore, the study revealed that the activated Maerua Subcordata could be used as an excellent biosorbent for the removal of Cr (VI) chromium from Tannery wastewater and aqueous solution. Key words: Hexavalent chromium, Activated Maerua Subcordata, Biosorption