cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
On Corpuscular Theory of Inflation
Creators: name: Berezhiani, Lasha
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In order to go beyond the mean-field approximation, commonly used in the inflationary computations, an identification of the quantum constituents of the inflationary background is made. In particular, the homogeneous scalar field configuration is represented as a Bose-Einstein condensate of the off-shell inflaton degrees of freedom, with mass significantly screened by the gravitational binding energy. The gravitational counterpart of the classical background is considered to be a degenerate state of the off-shell longitudinal gravitons with the frequency of the order of the Hubble scale. As a result, the origin of the density perturbations in the slow-roll regime is identified as an uncertainty in the position of the constituent inflatons. While in the regime of eternal inflation, the scattering of the constituent gravitons becomes the relevant source of the density perturbations. The gravitational waves, on the other hand, originate from the annihilation of the constituent longitudinal gravitons at all energy scales. This results in the quantum depletion of the classical background. Leading to the upper bound on the number of e-folds, after which the semiclassical description is expected to break down, which is estimated to be of the order of the entropy of the initial Hubble patch.
description: 13 pages; v2: refs added; v3: minor error corrected
Magnitude of Missed Opportunities on Infants Under one year Routine Immunization Services and Associated factors in Wolikte Health Center, Gurage Zone, Southern Regional State, Ethiopia, 2015,
Creators: name: Assefa, Melese
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2015

description: Background: Under five years deaths can be prevented through optimal use of currently existing vaccines. In 2012 nearly one in five infants missed the basic vaccines they need to stay healthy globally, and majority of the children missed in sub Saharan Africa including Ethiopia. Missed opportunities are an obstacle to raise immunization coverage among children and leading high infant morbidity and mortality. Objective: The objective of this study was to determine magnitude and the related factors for missed opportunity of routine immunization of infants under one year age in Wolikite health center Gurage zone, southern regional state, Ethiopia, May 2015 Methodology: The study was health facility based cross sectional design. Exit interview was administered for mothers who had under one infants and who came for any services for their infant at Wolikte health center, Gurage zone from March 27- April 22, 2015 using standard world health organization missed opportunity tool in the context of Ethiopia routine immunization schedule. The sample size was calculated by using single proportion formula with 95% confidence interval and a total of 346 mothers were interviewed. Result:The magnitude of missed opportunity for the study was 49.1% and the major vaccines with high missed opportunity were oral polio vaccine o (37.9), (Bacille Calmette Guerin 35), and measles (31.1) the major reason for immunization for missed vaccines was due to absence of adequate number of children to conduct immunization sessions which was around 81.2% among children who had missed opportunities. Age of children, stock out experience of care takers, knowledge of contact time and purpose of visit to health facility were independently associated factors for children missed opportunity of immunization. Conclusion: The overall magnitude of missed opportunity for the routine immunization is high influencing the success of immunization services. The major vaccines which highly contributed for the prevalence of immunization missed opportunity were measles, and Bacille Calmette Guerin and oral polio vaccine.
Multiple break detection in the correlation structure of financial returns
Creators: name: Galeano, Pedro
name: Wied, Dominik
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Dortmund
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Correlations
subject: CUSUM statistics
subject: Financial returns
subject: Multiple change point detection
subject: Sequential procedure
subject: 310
subject: 330
subject: 620

description: Correlations between asset returns plays an important role in financial analysis. More precisely, accurate estimates of the correlation between financial returns are crucial in portfolio management. In particular, in periods of fi nancial crisis, extreme movements in asset prices are found to be more highly correlated than small movements. It is precisely under these conditions that investors are extremely concerned about changes on correlations. We propose a sequential procedure to detect the number and position of multiple change points in the correlation structure of financial returns. It is shown analytically that the proposed algorithm asymptotically gives the correct number of change points and the change points are consistently estimated. It is also shown by simulation studies and by an empirical application that the algorithm yields reasonable results.
description: Discussion Paper / SFB 823;31/2011
O conceito do diabo na Bíblia e em Gil Vicente por Alberto Pimenta, em Ocidente, N.° 332 (Dezembro de 1965) 231 a 247
Creators: name: Faria, Adão Salgado Vaz De
Publisher: name: Theologica
Year: 1966

description: Theologica, v. 1 n. 1 (1966)
Radio multiwavelength analysis of the compact disk CX Tau: Presence of strong free-free variability or anomalous microwave emission
Creators: name: Curone, Pietro
name: Testi, Leonardo
name: Macias, Enrique
name: Tazzari, Marco
name: Facchini, Stefano
name: Williams, Jonathan P.
name: Clarke, Cathie J.
name: Natta, Antonella
name: Rosotti, Giovanni
name: Toci, Claudia
name: Lodato, Giuseppe
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Protoplanetary disks emit radiation across a broad range of wavelengths, requiring a multiwavelength approach to fully understand their physical mechanisms and how they form planets. Observations at sub-millimeter to centimeter wavelengths can provide insights into the thermal emission from dust, free-free emission from ionized gas, and possible gyro-synchrotron emission from the stellar magnetosphere. This work is focused on CX Tau, a ${\sim}0.4\,M_\odot$ star with an extended gas emission and a compact and apparently structureless dust disk, with an average millimeter flux when compared to Class II sources in Taurus. We present observations from the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) across four bands (between 9.0 mm and 6.0 cm) and combine them with archival data from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), the Submillimeter Array (SMA) and the Plateau de Bure Interferometer (PdBI). This multiwavelength approach allows us to separate the dust continuum from other emissions. After isolating the dust thermal emission, we derived an upper limit of the dust disk extent at 1.3 cm which is consistent with theoretical predictions of a radial drift-dominated disk. Centimeter data show a peculiar behavior: deep observations at 6.0 cm did not detect the source, while at 1.3 cm the flux density is anomalously higher than adjacent bands. Intraband spectral indices suggest a dominant contribution from free-free emission, whereas gyro-synchrotron emission is excluded. To explain these observations, we propose a strong variability among the free-free emission with timescales shorter than a month. Another possible interpretation is the presence of anomalous microwave emission from spinning dust grains.
description: Accepted for publication in A&A; 13 pages, 13 figures, 1 table
Hiritano Highway P.N.G. : direct and indirect impacts of transport improvements
Creators: name: Kennedy, M. B. .
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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Auto-Paízo Games: Towards Understanding the Design of Games that Aim to Unify a Player's Physical Body and the Virtual World
Creators: name: Patibanda, Rakesh
name: Hill, Chris
name: Saini, Aryan
name: Li, Xiang
name: Chen, Yuzheng
name: Matviienko, Andrii
name: Knibbe, Jarrod
name: Hoven, Elise van den
name: Mueller, Florian 'Floyd'
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Human-Computer Interaction (cs.HC)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Most digital bodily games focus on the body as they use movement as input. However, they also draw the player's focus away from the body as the output occurs on visual displays, creating a divide between the physical body and the virtual world. We propose a novel approach - the "Body as a Play Material" - where a player uses their body as both input and output to unify the physical body and the virtual world. To showcase this approach, we designed three games where a player uses one of their hands (input) to play against the other hand (output) by loaning control over its movements to an Electrical Muscle Stimulation (EMS) system. We conducted a thematic analysis on the data obtained from a field study with 12 participants to articulate four player experience themes. We discuss our results about how participants appreciated the engagement with the variety of bodily movements for play and the ambiguity of using their body as a play material. Ultimately, our work aims to unify the physical body and the virtual world.
description: This paper is published at the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play (CHI PLAY) 2023
Resilienzfaktoren in pädagogischen Programmen zur Förderung von emotionalen und sozialen Kompetenzen
Creators: name: Schwitter, Susanne
name: Strittmatter, Judith
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Sonderpädagogik
Schulische Heilpädagogik
Masterarbeit

description: Mit dem Beginn der Resilienzforschung in den 1970er Jahren vollzog sich ein Paradigmenwechsel von einer defizitorientierten Sichtweise hin zu einer ressourcenorientierten Betrachtungsweise. Diesem Paradigmenwechsel lag die Frage zugrunde, weshalb Kinder mit beträchtlichen Entwicklungsrisiken trotz allem zu gesunden Menschen heranwachsen. Statt nur den Risiken Beachtung zu schenken, lag der Fokus der Forschung nun auf Bedingungen, welche eine gesunde Entwicklung ermöglichen. Zunehmend gewannen Resilienz und Resilienzförderung in der Forschung und in der Pädagogik an Bedeutung und sind auch heute in der Schulpraxis aktueller denn ja, wenn es darum geht, Kinder in ihren sozialen und emotionalen Kompetenzen zu stärken. In dieser Arbeit werden die Ursprünge der Resilienzforschung, aktuelle Forschungsergebnisse sowie Ziele und Strategien zur Resilienzförderung dargestellt. Die Autorinnen hinterfragen zudem den in Mode gewordenen Begriff Resilienz kritisch und setzen sich dabei auch mit dem System Schule auseinander. In einer Dokumentanalyse wurden neun ausgewählte pädagogische Programme zur Förderung von emotionalen und sozialen Kompetenzen auf die Frage hin untersucht, welche Resilienzfaktoren auf der Ebene des Kindes sie enthalten und welche sie vernachlässigen. Anhand der Ergebnisse konnten die Programme typologisiert werden und können so für an Resilienzförderung interessierte Lehrpersonen oder Schulen eine Auswahlhilfe darstellen.
Fused Spectatorship: Designing Bodily Experiences Where Spectators Become Players
Creators: name: Patibanda, Rakesh
name: Saini, Aryan
name: Overdevest, Nathalie
name: Montoya, Maria F.
name: Li, Xiang
name: Chen, Yuzheng
name: Nisal, Shreyas
name: Andres, Josh
name: Knibbe, Jarrod
name: Hoven, Elise van den
name: Mueller, Florian 'Floyd'
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Human-Computer Interaction (cs.HC)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Spectating digital games can be exciting. However, due to its vicarious nature, spectators often wish to engage in the gameplay beyond just watching and cheering. To blur the boundaries between spectators and players, we propose a novel approach called "Fused Spectatorship", where spectators watch their hands play games by loaning bodily control to a computational Electrical Muscle Stimulation (EMS) system. To showcase this concept, we designed three games where spectators loan control over both their hands to the EMS system and watch them play these competitive and collaborative games. A study with 12 participants suggested that participants could not distinguish if they were watching their hands play, or if they were playing the games themselves. We used our results to articulate four spectator experience themes and four fused spectator types, the behaviours they elicited and offer one design consideration to support each of these behaviours. We also discuss the ethical design considerations of our approach to help game designers create future fused spectatorship experiences.
description: This paper is going to be published at Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play (CHI PLAY) 2023
Assessment of the Prevalence of Intestinal Parasitic Infections among School Children and their Knowledge and Practice of Hygiene and Sanitation in Primary Second Cycle Schools, Debirebrhan Town
Creators: name: Habteleul, Sisay
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2010

description: Background: Poor sanitation in schools can cause parasitic infection among school children that can result in impaired children's growth and development. It also increases student's absenteeism from school and affects student's academic performance. Due to poor sanitation, about 40% of the world's 400 million school age children are infected with intestinal worms. Objectives: To assess the prevalence of intestinal parasitic infection among school children and their knowledge and practice on hygiene and sanitation in Debrebrihan town second cycle schools. Methods: A cross-sectional study on prevalence of intestinal parasite infection and their knowledge and practice among school children were conducted in March 9 to April 5, 2010. A stool sample was taken from school children and examined using formol-ether concentration technique for parasite. The data on socio-demography and hygiene sanitation knowledge and practice variables, and sanitary survey of schools were collected using structured questionnaire and observational check-list respectively. The data were entered and cleaned using Epi-info window version 3.5 and analyzed by SPSS version 11. To assure the data quality, training for data collectors and supervisors was given and supervisors were checking the data consistency and completeness. Result: Of the total 721 study participants, 308 were males and 413 females. According to the findings of this study, 405 of the study participants were knowledgeable on hygiene and sanitation. More than half (56.4%) of the participants had a better hygiene and sanitation practice. The overall prevalence of at least one intestinal parasitic infection was 41.3%. Six species of intestinal parasites were identified. The predominant parasite was A.lubricoides with a prevalence of 12.3% followed by E.histolytica/dispar) and G.lambia. .Double intestinal parasitic infection rate was found to be 1.2 %( only 2 out of 165 Children). vii All the three schools do not meet the minimum required standard to the amount of water supply and latrine seats to students' ratio. Conclusions and Recommendations: According to the findings, nearly more than half of the study participants had knowledge and practice on hygiene and sanitation. Relatively high prevalence of intestinal parasitic infection was seen among school children & schools lack basic sanitary facilities. Therefore, schools should improve basic sanitary facilities, knowledge and practice of students.
Identifying Lyα emitter candidates with Random Forest: learning from galaxies in CANDELS survey
Creators: name: Napolitano, L.
name: Pentericci, L.
name: Calabrò, A.
name: Santini, P.
name: Castellano, M.
name: Cassata, P.
name: Fynbo, J. P. U.
name: Jung, I.
name: Kashino, D.
name: Mascia, S.
name: Mignoli, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The physical processes which make a galaxy a Lyman Alpha Emitter have been extensively studied for the past 25 years. However, the correlations between physical and morphological properties of galaxies and the strength of the Ly$α$ emission line are still highly debated. Therefore, we investigate the correlations between the rest-frame Ly$α$ equivalent width and stellar mass, star formation rate, dust reddening, metallicity, age, half-light semi-major axis, Sérsic index and projected axis ratio in a sample of 1578 galaxies in the redshift range $2 \leq z \leq 7.9$ from the GOODS-S, UDS and COSMOS fields. From the large sample of Ly$α$ emitters (LAEs) in the dataset we find that LAEs are typically common main sequence star forming galaxies which show stellar mass $ \leq 10^9 \text{M}_{\odot}$, star formation rate $ \leq 10^{0.5} \text{M}_{\odot}/\text{yr}$, $E(B-V) \leq 0.2$ and half-light semi-major axis $\leq 1 \text{kpc}$. Building on these findings we develop a new method based on Random Forest (i.e. a Machine Learning classifier) in order to select galaxies which have the highest probability of being Ly$α$ emitters. When applied to a population in the redshift range $z \in [2.5, 4.5]$, our classifier holds a $(80 \pm 2)\%$ accuracy and $(73 \pm 4)\%$ precision. At higher redshifts ($z \in [4.5, 6]$), we obtain a $73\%$ accuracy and a $80\%$ precision. These results highlight it is possible to overcome the current limitations in assembling large samples of LAEs by making informed predictions that can be used for planning future large scale spectroscopic surveys.
description: Accepted for publication in the 4. Extragalactic astronomy section of Astronomy & Astrophysics, 13 pages, 13 figures
Impedanztomografie an plattierten Blechen
Creators: name: Teiner, Martin
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Dortmund
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Messverfahren
subject: Plattieren
subject: Potentialmessung
subject: Wirbelstrom
subject: 620
subject: 670

description: Bei dem Plattierverfahren werden Bleche mit unterschiedlichen physikalischen Eigenschaften zu einem Verbund zusammengebracht, um die anwendungsspezifisch sinnvollsten Charakteristiken miteinander zu vereinen. Zur Sicherung der Qualität des neuen Produkts ist es notwendig Haftungsfehler zwischen den Materialschichten zu detektieren und die Schichtdicken der einzelnen Lagen zu ermitteln. Zu diesem Zweck werden zunächst die etablierten Verfahren zur Schichtdickenbestimmung und der Fehlerprüfung an homogenen Blechen miteinander verglichen und auf Arbeiten an Plattierungen verwiesen. Basierend auf den Erkenntnissen und Erfahrungen an nicht-metallischen Werkstoffkombinationen wird ein eigener Ansatz angestrebt, der darauf beruht die elektromagnetischen Wechselwirkungen der Metalle in den verschiedenen Schichten zu untersuchen, um daraus Rückschlüsse auf die innere Struktur des Werkstoffs zu ziehen. Dazu wird der Werkstoff mit Gleich- bzw. Wechselstrom gespeist und die elektromagnetischen Kenngrößen, wie das elektrische Potential oder das magnetische Feld, an der Oberfläche des Blechs untersucht. An den berechneten Ergebnissen wird herausgestellt, dass die Problemstellung der Fehlerfindung und die der Schichtdickenbestimmung prinzipiell unterschiedliche Ausgangsbedingungen erfordern, damit ein optimales Messergebnis erreicht werden kann. Zu beiden Problemstellungen werden die Möglichkeiten eines Messverfahrens erörtert. So lassen sich Haftungsfehler über ein Potentialmessverfahren ermitteln, das jedoch aufgrund der geringen Messspannungen und der Fehleranfälligkeit Laborbedingungen erforderlich macht. Die Schichtdicken eines plattierten Blechs lassen sich über die Frequenzabhängigkeit des oberflächennahen Magnetfeldes im Sinne eines impedanzspektroskopischen Verfahrens ermitteln. Der errechnete Verlauf des magnetischen Feldes an der Oberfläche wurde durch Messergebnisse an einem Prüfstand verifiziert. Dieser Ansatz stellt damit im Einzelfall ein zusätzliches, zerstörungsfreies Prüfverfahren für den Laboreinsatz dar.
Amtliche Mitteilungen der Technischen Universität Dortmund Nr. 02/2011
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Dortmund
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: 080

description: Promotionsordnung der Fakultät Erziehungswissenschaft und Soziologie der Technischen Universität Dortmund vom 8. Februar 2011
description: Amtliche Mitteilungen der Technischen Universität Dortmund ; 2, 2011
MUSE integral-field spectroscopy towards the Frontier Fields cluster Abell S1063: II. Properties of low luminosity Lyman alpha emitters at z>3
Creators: name: Karman, W.
name: Caputi, K. I.
name: Caminha, G. B.
name: Gronke, M.
name: Grillo, C.
name: Balestra, I.
name: Rosati, P.
name: Vanzella, E.
name: Coe, D.
name: Dijkstra, M.
name: Koekemoer, A. M.
name: McLeod, D.
name: Mercurio, A.
name: Nonino, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In spite of their conjectured importance for the Epoch of Reionization, the properties of low-mass galaxies are currently still under large debate. In this article, we study the stellar and gaseous properties of faint, low-mass galaxies at z>3. We observed the Frontier Fields cluster Abell S1063 with MUSE over a 2 arcmin^2 field, and combined integral-field spectroscopy with gravitational lensing to perform a blind search for intrinsically faint Lya emitters (LAEs). We determined in total the redshift of 172 galaxies of which 14 are lensed LAEs at z=3-6.1. We increased the number of spectroscopically-confirmed multiple-image families from 6 to 17 and updated our gravitational-lensing model accordingly. The lensing-corrected Lya luminosities are with L(Lya) <= 10^41.5 erg/s among the lowest for spectroscopically confirmed LAEs at any redshift. We used expanding gaseous shell models to fit the Lya line profile, and find low column densities and expansion velocities. This is to our knowledge the first time that gaseous properties of such faint galaxies at z>=3 are reported. We performed SED modelling to broadband photometry from the U-band through the infrared to determine the stellar properties of these LAEs. The stellar masses are very low (10^{6-8} Msun), and are accompanied by very young ages of 1-100 Myr. The very high specific star formation rates (~100 Gyr^-1) are characteristic of starburst galaxies. The UV-continuum slopes beta are low in our sample, with beta
description: 46 pages, incl. 29 pages appendix, 17 figures, 4 tables, accepted for publication in A&A, abstract abridged
Stellar angular momentum of disk galaxies at z = 0.7 in the MAGIC survey I. Impact of the environment
Creators: name: Mercier, W.
name: Epinat, B.
name: Contini, T.
name: Krajnović, D.
name: Ciesla, L.
name: Lemaux, B. C.
name: Abril-Melgarejo, V.
name: Boogaard, L.
name: Pelliccia, D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Aims: At intermediate redshift, galaxy groups/clusters are thought to impact galaxies (e.g. their angular momentum). We investigate whether the environment has an impact on the galaxies' angular momentum and identify underlying driving physical mechanisms. Methods: We derive robust estimates of the stellar angular momentum using Hubble Space Telescope (HST) images combined with spatially resolved ionised gas kinematics from the Multi-Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) for a sample of ~200 galaxies in groups and in the field at z~0.7 drawn from the MAGIC survey. Using various environmental tracers, we study the position of the galaxies in the the angular momentum-stellar mass (Fall) relation as a function of environment. Results: We measure a 0.12 dex (2sigma significant) depletion of angular momentum for low-mass galaxies (M* < 10^10 Msun) in groups with respect to the field. Massive galaxies located in dense environments have less angular momentum than expected from the low-mass Fall relation but, without a comparable field sample, we cannot infer whether this effect is mass- or environmentally-driven. Furthermore, massive galaxies are found in the centre of the structures and have low systemic velocities. The observed depletion of angular momentum at low mass does not appear linked with the strength of the over-density around the galaxies but it is strongly correlated with the galaxies' systemic velocity normalised by the dispersion of their host group and with their ionised gas velocity dispersion. Conclusions: Group galaxies seem depleted in angular momentum, especially at low mass. Our results suggest that this depletion might be induced by physical mechanisms that scale with the systemic velocity of the galaxies (e.g. stripping or merging) and that such mechanism might be responsible for enhancing the velocity dispersion of the gas as galaxies lose angular momentum.
description: 23 pages, including 5 appendices, 14 figures, accepted version before language correction
Why Pregnant Women Delay to Attend Prenatal Care? Cross Sectional Study on Timing of First Antenatal Care Booking at Public Health Institutions in Addis Ababa
Creators: name: Tariku, Alemayehu
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2008

description: Background: The purpose of antenatal care is to improve pregnancy outcome for both the mother and the fetus. Antenatal care is more beneficial in preventing adverse pregnancy outcomes when it is sought early in the pregnancy and continued through to delivery. However, existing evidence from developing countries including Ethiopia indicate that few women seek ANC at early stage of their pregnancy. Objective: The objective of this study is to assess timing of fist antenatal care booking and factors that influence the timing. Method: A cross sectional study design was used to collect data from 630 pregnant women who were attending antenatal care service at 10 government health centers in Addis Ababa from March 1 to 30, 2008. Result: The proportion of respondents who made their first antenatal care within the recommended time [before or at 12 weeks of gestation] was found to be 40.2%. The timing of antenatal care booking ranges from 1st month to 9th months of gestation. The mean timing was 4 months [SD 1.8]. Multivariate analysis revealed that respondents with parity zero, who said their pregnancy was planned and who received advice on advantage of early booking were more likely to book timely compared to others [OR= 1.860, 95% CI: 1.005, 3.441], [OR=1.918, 95% CI:1.105,3.328] and [OR=10.236, 95%CI: 4.580, 22.875] respectively. Past service utilization did not seen as predictors for timely booking. Conclusions: Majority of pregnant mothers do not practice early booking of antenatal care provided that the service is accessible. In order to improve the situation, implementation of focused antenatal care, clear guidelines for the service, and the need for training service providers are important.
title: Parenteral fluid therapy studies in the dog
Creators: name: Clark, Alexander McKechnie
Publisher: name: University of Glasgow
Year: 1978
Subjects: subject: Veterinary science

description: The subject of this thesis has been an investigation of body fluid imbalances arising from spontaneous disease that occur in the dog. The range of diseases that can give rise to body fluid balance disturbance is extensive and examples are intestinal foreign body, pyometritis and hypovolaemic circulatory failure. A detailed study of the benefits of both central venous pressure and peripheral venous pressure measurements gave an indication that these had little if any value in clinical studies in the dog. One parameter that proved to be valuable was the monitoring of the output of urine, since it was found that once adequate replacement infusion had been administered, the urinary output returned to normal. An experimental study of the effects of different rates of fluid infusion on vital functions such as urine output, venous pressures and respiratory gas exchange was conducted and the effects of overinfusion were observed in the dog. This study indicates the rate and volume of fluid infusion that may be employed in the dog and reports on the value of the use of urine output as a practical method of monitoring the adequacy of infusion and prevention of overinfusion. A preliminary survey of the use made by general practitioners of parenteral fluid therapy revealed that although most claimed to practise such treatment, few cases were treated. A large series of clinical cases were investigated to determine their fluid and electrolyte status and to institute care and therapy. The results have been quantified where possible and a considerable/ considerable improvement in both survival rate and in the rate of recovery of cases was observed. The methods of fluid administration in the dog were closely studied and successful designs of equipment selected and recommended for routine use, A list of fluids for infusion was also discussed. This study was intentionally clinical since it was designed to promote the use of parenteral fluid therapy in general veterinary practice.
The nutritional knowledge of Melbourne high school students
Creators: name: Crawford, M. A. .
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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On a Geometric Approach to the Estimation of Interpolation Projectors
Creators: name: Nevskii, Mikhail
name: Ukhalov, Alexey
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Metric Geometry (math.MG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 41A05, 52B55, 52C07

description: Suppose $Ω$ is a closed bounded subset of ${\mathbb R}^n,$ $S$ is an $n$-dimensional non-degenerate simplex, $ξ(Ω;S):=\min \left\{σ\geq 1: \, Ω\subset σS\right\}$. Here $σS$ is the result of homothety of $S$ with respect to the center of gravity with coefficient $σ$. Let $d\geq n+1,$ $φ_1(x),\ldots,φ_d(x)$ be linearly independent monomials in $n$ variables, $φ_1(x)\equiv 1,$ $φ_2(x)=x_1,\ \ldots, \ φ_{n+1}(x)=x_n.$ Put $Π:={\rm lin}(φ_1,\ldots,φ_d).$ The interpolation projector $P: C(Ω)\to Π$ with a set of nodes $x^{(1)},\ldots, x^{(d)}$ $ \in Ω$ is defined by equalities $Pf\left(x^{(j)}\right)=f\left(x^{(j)}\right).$ Denote by $\|P\|_Ω$ the norm of $P$ as an operator from $C(Ω)$ to $C(Ω)$. Consider the mapping $T:{\mathbb R}^n\to {\mathbb R}^{d-1}$ of the form $T(x):=(φ_2(x),\ldots,φ_d(x)). $ We have the following inequalities: $ \frac{1}{2}\left(1+\frac{1}{d-1}\right)\left(\|P\|_Ω-1\right)+1$ $ \leq ξ(T(Ω);S)\leq \frac{d}{2}\left(\|P\|_Ω-1\right)+1. $ Here $S$ is the $(d-1)$-dimensional simplex with vertices $T\left(x^{(j)}\right).$ We discuss this and other relations for polynomial interpolation of functions continuous on a segment. The results of numerical analysis are presented.
description: 13 pages, 2 figures
Integrativer Mathematikunterricht Zwischen individuellem und gemeinsamem Lernen - eine aktuelle Herausforderung der Praxis
Creators: name: Schmid, Sandra
name: Weder, Nadine
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Sonderpädagogik
Schulische Heilpädagogik
Masterarbeit

description: Der integrative Mathematikunterricht steht im dialektischen Spannungsverhältnis zwischen individuellem und gemeinsamem Lernen. Die vorliegende Fallstudie geht der Frage nach, wie die gelungene praktische Umsetzung von Charakteristika einer integrativen Unterrichtsgestaltung aussieht. Dabei liegt der Fokus auf Lernenden mit individuellen Lernzielen in der Primarschule sowie auf dem Fachbereich Mathematik. Experteninterviews in drei ausgewählten Fällen, ausgewertet mittels qualitativer Inhaltsanalyse, zeigen, dass die Arbeit mit niveaudifferenzierten Plänen in der Praxis dominiert. Als wesentliche Faktoren einer Unterrichtsgestaltung, welche die Balance zwischen Individuellem und Gemeinsamen hält, treten hervor: das Zusammenfassen zentraler Inhalte in Themenkomplexe, welche ein gemeinsames Thema in den Mittelpunkt stellen, die natürliche Differenzierung sowie der Einbezug von Handlung.
VLSI design concepts for iterative algorithms
Creators: name: Sun, Chi-Chia
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Dortmund
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: CORDIC algorithm
subject: FPGA
subject: H.264
subject: Iterative algorithm
subject: Jacobi method
subject: MPEG-4
subject: NoC
subject: Parallel computing
subject: QDCT
subject: SMVM
subject: VLSI
subject: 620

description: Circuit design becomes more and more complicated, especially when the Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) manufacturing technology node keeps shrinking down to nanoscale level. New challenges come up such as an increasing gap between the design productivity and the Moore’s Law. Leakage power becomes a major factor of the power consumption and traditional shared bus transmission is the critical bottleneck in the billion transistors Multi-Processor System–on–Chip (MPSoC) designs. These issues lead us to discuss the impact on the design of iterative algorithms. This thesis presents several strategies that satisfy various design con- straints, which can be used to explore superior solutions for the circuit design of iterative algorithms. Four selected examples of iterative al- gorithms are elaborated in this respect: hardware implementation of COordinate Rotation DIgital Computer (CORDIC) processor for sig- nal processing, configurable DCT and integer transformations based CORDIC algorithm for image/video compression, parallel Jacobi Eigen- value Decomposition (EVD) method with arbitrary iterations for com- munication, and acceleration of parallel Sparse Matrix–Vector Multipli- cation (SMVM) operations based Network–on–Chip (NoC) for solving systems of linear equations. These four applications of iterative meth- ods have been chosen since they cover a wide area of current signal processing tasks. Each method has its own unique design criteria when it comes to the direct implementation on the circuit level. Therefore, a balanced solution between various design tradeoffs is elaborated for each method. These tradeoffs are between throughput and power consumption, com- putational complexity and transformation accuracy, the number of in- ner/outer iterations and energy consumption, data structure and net- work topology. It is shown that all of these algorithms can be imple- mented on FPGA devices or as ASICs efficiently.
Methylmercury in the Raspberry creek ecosystem
Creators: name: Raper, William G. C.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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Study of WIMP annihilations into a pair of on-shell scalar mediators
Creators: name: Jia, Lian-Bao
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this article, we focus on a new scalar $ϕ$ mediated scalar/vectorial WIMPs (weakly interacting massive particles) with $ϕ$'s mass slightly below the WIMP mass. To explain the Galactic center 1 - 3 GeV gamma-ray excess, here we consider the case that a WIMP pair predominantly annihilates into an on-shell $ϕϕ$ pair with $ϕ$ mainly decaying to $τ\barτ$. The masses of WIMPs are in a range about 14 - 22 GeV, and the annihilations of WIMPs are phase space suppressed today. In this annihilation scheme, the couplings of the $ϕ$ - standard model (SM) particles are almost arbitrary small, and the WIMP-nucleus spin-independent scattering can be tolerant by the present dark matter (DM) direct detections. A scalar mediator-Higgs field mixing is introduced, which is small and available. The lower limit on the couplings of the $ϕ$-SM particles set by the thermal equilibrium in the early universe is derived, and this constraint is above the neutrino background for scalar DM in direct detections. The WIMPs may be detectable at the upgraded DM direct detection experiment in the next few years, and the exotic decay $h \rightarrow ϕϕ$, the production of $ϕ$ may be observable at future high-luminosity $e^+ e^-$ collider.
description: 19 pages, 7 figures, version accepted by journal
Optical spectropolarimetry of large C-complex asteroids: polarimetric evidence for heterogeneous surface compositions
Creators: name: Kwon, Yuna G.
name: Bagnulo, Stefano
name: Cellino, Alberto
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This study presents the first optical spectropolarimetric study of large C-complex asteroids. A total of 64 C-complex asteroids of different subclasses are analyzed using archival polarimetric and reflectance data to refine the link between polarimetric parameters and surface properties of the asteroids. We find a consistent difference in the polarization spectra between asteroids containing phyllosilicates and those without, which correlates with the overall morphology of the reflectance spectrum. They exhibit broad similarities in polarization-phase curves; nonetheless, we observe a gradual enhancement of the negative polarization branch in the ascending order of F-B-T-Ch types, along with an increase in reflectance curvature around 500 nm. Our observations suggest at least for large C-complex asteroids a common mechanism underlies the diversity in optical properties. The observed trends would be explained by the surface composition of the asteroids, particularly optical heterogeneity caused by carbon's varying levels of optical influence, primarily regulated by aqueous alteration of the surfaces.
description: Accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Waterborne industrial chemical mutagens in Corio Bay
Creators: name: Tong, S. C.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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Scaling theory of the Anderson transition in random graphs: ergodicity and universality
Creators: name: García-Mata, Ignacio
name: Giraud, Olivier
name: Georgeot, Bertrand
name: Martin, John
name: Dubertrand, Rémy
name: Lemarié, Gabriel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We study the Anderson transition on a generic model of random graphs with a tunable branching parameter $1
description: 5+5 pages, 4+4 figures
Notice nécrologique sur Georges de Tribolet
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: Zentralbibliothek Zürich
Year: 1873
Subjects: subject: 550 Geowissenschaften, Geologie
subject: 920 Biografien, Genealogie, Insignien
subject: Nachruf
subject: Tribolet, Georges de
subject: Neuenburg (Schweiz)

description: Sonderdruck aus: Bulletin de la Société des sciences naturelles de Neuchâtel,1873
Assessment of Awareness about the Exsistance of Youth Centers and their Reproductive Health Service among Youth of Addis Ababa
Creators: name: Woubishet, Azeb
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2015

description: BACKGROUND: Youth in the developing world often lack information about reproductive health and the natural process of puberty this lack of knowledge, cultural and peer influence predisposes them to unplanned sexual relation and exposes them with adverse consequences. Youth centers fill this gap by providing information, counseling and reproductive health services towards protecting them this can be done by using recreational services as a gate for providing the service. OBJECTIVE: assessment of awareness about exsistane of youth centers and their reproductive health services among youth aged 15-24 in Addis Ababa city. METHOD: A community-based cross-sectional quantitative study was employed among 845 youth aged 15 to 24 years from selected 5 sub-cities of Addis Ababa out of ten subcities from Feb, 2014 to march 2015, employing a multi-stage sampling procedure. Observation of reproductive health clinic was conducted in the selected five youth centers. The study participants were interviewed using interviewer administered pretested questionnaire. Data were entered and cleaned using SPSS version 21 package. Descriptive, Bivariate and multivariate analysis was employed to analyze the data. RESULT: Among 845 youth who participated in this study, 630 (74.6%) have heard about youth centers and reproductive health services, of them who heard 475(75.3%) accessed youth center. Among those who accessed to youth center 340 (71.5%) of them used available reproductive health service. In the bivariate and multivariate analysis female were less likely to have awareness about exsistance of youth center and reproductive health service than male [AOR of 0.68 (95%CI= 0.48,0.86)],those currently not attending school less likely [AOR of 0.38(95%CI= 0.27,0.53)], age group 20-24 were more likely AOR of 1.08 (95%CI= 0.96,1.29)] and those attending religious places infrequently [AOR of 1.57 (95%CI = 1.05-2.35)] more likely to have awareness of the youth center and reproductive health services. CONCLUSION: In general from all participants of the study majority of youth were having information about existence of youth center and its reproductive health service, but users of reproductive health service is found to be low when compared to the general participant of study,.thus, much more intensified effort is required to increase promotion of the reproductive health service of youth center to attract young people, respond to their needs and retain for continuing care to take role in the prevention of youth from reproductive health related problems
Some aspects of the potential for educational use of the Yarra Valley Metropolitan Park by schools
Creators: name: Willsher, Roger.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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Landscape management of coastal crown land at Inverloch in South Gippsland
Creators: name: O'May, James.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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Alcohol use and associated factors during pregnancy at Kolfe Keraniyo sub city in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2017
Creators: name: Fekade, Maereg
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2018

description: Background: The use of alcohol is increasing from time to time in all segments of demographics and has become one of the rising major public health and socioeconomic problems worldwide. Alcohol use during pregnancy is associated with significant risks to the unborn child and can contribute to prenatal complications. In Ethiopia, there is expansion of alcohol use and have reached to women in their fertile age that include pregnant woman. Objectives: The main objective of this study was to assess the magnitude and associated factors of alcohol use during pregnancy in Kolfe sub city. Methods: Institutional based cross sectional study was conducted from April to June, 2017 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. A total of 380 pregnant women were selected by using systematic random sampling and included in the study. Data was collected using questionnaire. The collected data was coded and entered in the computer using Epi Data version 3.1 and the data was analyzed using SPSS for window version 20. Descriptive statistics such as frequency, proportions, means, medians and standard deviations were calculated. A binary logistic regression model was used to identify associated factors for alcohol use among pregnant women. The results were described using adjusted odds ratio with 95% confidence interval and statistical significant was considered at p value < 0.05. Results: This study revealed that the overall prevalence of alcohol use among pregnant women was found to be 39.8%. The factors like not having formal education[AOR 95% CI=8.47(2.42, 29.62), having primary education [AOR 95% CI= 4.26(1.23, 14.74), being housewife[AOR 95% CI= 4.18(2.13,8.22), unplanned pregnancy [AOR 95% CI=2.47(1.33, 4.60), having history of abortion[AOR 95% CI=3.33(1.33, 6.05)], not having awareness on the effect of alcohol on the fetus[AOR 95% CI=4.66(2.53,8.61)], and not having family social support [AOR 95% CI= 2(1.14,3.53) were found to be significantly associated with alcohol use among pregnant women. Conclusions and Recommendations: the study found high level of alcohol use by pregnant women at Kolfe sub city. Not having education, having primary education, being housewife, unplanned pregnancy, having history of abortion, not having awareness on the effect of alcohol on the fetus, and not having family social support are found to be predictors of alcohol use. Factors associated with alcohol use during pregnancy are essential to reduce alcohol use and its health effect.