cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
The frequent exacerbator phenotype of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in pulmonary rehabilitation – assessment of clinical outcomes and inflammation
Creators: name: Jenkins, Alex
Publisher: name: University of Lincoln
Year: 2023

description: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients who suffer recurrent exacerbations are a recognised clinical phenotype. Pulmonary rehabilitation is considered a cornerstone treatment in the management of COPD. The aim of this thesis was to investigate how frequent exacerbators respond to pulmonary rehabilitation in terms of clinical outcomes and inflammation. Study 1 suggested that frequent exacerbators were less likely to complete pulmonary rehabilitation (44% vs 69%; p=0.025), but those who completed experienced clinically important improvements in outcomes. Study 2 demonstrated that fibrinogen concentrations were significantly reduced in both frequent and infrequent exacerbators (p=0.033), and total leukocyte (p=0.018) and neutrophil (p=0.018) counts reduced in frequent exacerbators only upon completion of pulmonary rehabilitation. Study 3 suggested a tendency towards an increase in MKP-1 anti-inflammatory gene expression in response to corticosteroid treatment (2hr, p=0.060) in both frequent and infrequent exacerbators upon completion of pulmonary rehabilitation. Study 4 showed that an acute bout of exercise at the beginning of pulmonary rehabilitation induced increases in leukocyte counts (p=0.002) and immature neutrophils (p=0.002) in both groups. No differences in inflammatory responses to acute exercise were observed with an acute bout of exercise at the end of pulmonary rehabilitation in both groups. Study 5 suggested that frequent exacerbators recorded fewer daily steps (d=0.3) and spent less time in light (d=0.8) and moderate-to-vigorous activities (d=0.3). There were no definitive differences in inflammation between frequent and infrequent exacerbators. Overall, this thesis shows that pulmonary rehabilitation should be encouraged in frequent exacerbators as they stand to have significant improvements in clinical outcomes and resolution of inflammation.
Nonperturbative Quantum Field Evolution
Creators: name: Zhao, Xingbo
name: Ilderton, Anton
name: Maris, Pieter
name: Vary, James P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We introduce a nonperturbative, first-principles approach to time-dependent problems in quantum field theory. In this approach, the time-evolution of quantum field configurations is calculated in real time and at the amplitude level. This method is particularly suitable for treating systems interacting with a time-dependent background field. As a test problem, we apply this approach to QED and study electron acceleration and the associated photon emission in a time- and space-dependent electromagnetic background field.
description: 6 pages, 3 figues, proceeding of the Lightcone 2013 conference (Skiathos, Greece, May 20-24, 2013)
Stigma and the Human Rights of people with mental health disorders
Creators: name: Dr. Pillan Stefano
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: young mental health professionals
mental health stigma
YOUNG EAOF GROUP

description: Oral Presentation by dr.Stefano Pillan, during the EAOF 2019: 5th European Conference on Integrated Care and Assertive Outreach "SHAPING THE FUTURE OF COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CARE" September 5-7, 2019, Verona, Italy Symposium, YOUNG EAOF GROUP: "What do young professionals think about human rights? From an overview to a therapeutic experience"
Discussion of "Estimating the historical and future probabilities of large terrorist events" by Aaron Clauset and Ryan Woodard
Creators: name: White, Gentry
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Applications (stat.AP)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Discussion of "Estimating the historical and future probabilities of large terrorist events" by Aaron Clauset and Ryan Woodard [arXiv:1209.0089].
description: Published in at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/13-AOAS614C the Annals of Applied Statistics (http://www.imstat.org/aoas/) by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (http://www.imstat.org)
User's Evaluation of the Predictability of Information Labels in University Library Websites
Publisher: name: Iranian Research Institute for Information Science and Technology (IranDoc)
Year: 2014

description: This study aimed to investigate users' views regarding the understandability and predictability of labels used for representing information items (menus) in the websites of Iranian university central libraries. Library websites of 10 Iranian top-ranked universities were examined by 30 non-library graduate students. Data were collected by using semi-structured interviews and heuristic approach. Results showed that the labels used were not predictable by users in most cases and users had different perceptions about the labels. This problem results in users' doubt in locating related items. Interviews with users confirmed the findings. Some new labels for representing information items were identified by considering users' views and perceptions.
Multiple lattice instabilities resolved by magnetic-field and disorder sensitivities in cubic paramagnetic phase of the orbital-degenerate frustrated spinel MgV$_2$O$_4$
Creators: name: Watanabe, Tadataka
name: Ishikawa, Takashi
name: Hara, Shigeo
name: Islam, A. T. M. Nazmul
name: Wheeler, Elisa M.
name: Lake, Bella
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Ultrasound velocity measurements of the orbital-degenerate frustrated spinel MgV$_2$O$_4$ are performed in the high-purity single crystal which exhibits successive structural and antiferromagnetic phase transitions, and in the disorder-introduced single crystal which exhibits spin-glass-like behavior. The measurements reveal that two-types of unusual temperature dependence of the elastic moduli coexist in the cubic paramagnetic phase, which are resolved by magnetic-field and disorder sensitivities: huge Curie-type softening with decreasing temperature, and concave temperature dependence with a characteristic minimum. These elastic anomalies suggest the coupling of lattice to coexisting orbital fluctuations and orbital-spin-coupled excitations.
description: 5 pages, 3 figures
Theoretical prediction of the importance of the 3B2 state in the dynamics of sulfur dioxide
Creators: name: Lévêque, Camille
name: Taïeb, Richard
name: Köppel, Horst
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 81V55

description: While, the sulfur dioxide molecule has been extensively studied over the last decades, its photoexcitation dynamics is still unclear, due to its complexity, combining conical intersections and spin-orbit coupling between a manifold of states. We present for the first time a comprehensive ab initio study of the intersystem crossing of the molecule in the low energy domain, based on a wave-packet propagation on the manifold of the lowest singlet and triplet states. Furthermore, spin-orbit couplings are evaluated on a geometry-dependent grid, and diabatized along with the different conical intersections. Our results show for the first time the primordial role of the triplet $^3$B$_2$ state which has not been discussed before, giving new insights into the dynamics of the intersystem crossing in $SO_2$.
description: 14 pages, 4 figures
The Effect of Organizational Citizenship Behaviors on the Success of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Information Systems
Publisher: name: Iranian Research Institute for Information Science and Technology (IranDoc)
Year: 2014

description: An enterprise resource planning (ERP) system is an integrated business software system that enables a company to manage the efficient and effective use of resources (materials, human resources, finance, etc.) by providing total, integrated solution for the organization´s information-processing. Organizational citizenship behaviors (OCB), as one of the new concepts in organizational behavior management that emphasize the extra-role of the behaviors of managers and employees, have a crucial role on organizational performance. This study focuses on the impacts of this kind of behaviors on ERP system success. A questionnaire was developed and distributed among the users in several companies that implemented this system. Random cluster sampling was used and 244 questionnaires were collected. Findings show that there is a positive relationship between three dimensions of OCB on ERP system success, but the indirect impact of helping behaviors as one of the dimensions of OCB on ERP system success through computer anxiety was not accepted.
Achieving realistic interface kinetics in phase field models with a diffusional contrast
Creators: name: Boussinot, G.
name: Brener, Efim A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Phase field models are powerful tools to tackle free boundary problems. For phase transformations involving diffusion, the evolution of the non conserved phase field is coupled to the evolution of the conserved diffusion field. Introducing the kinetic cross coupling between these two fields [E. A. Brener, G. Boussinot, Phys. Rev. E {\bf 86}, 060601(R) (2012)], we solve the long-standing problem of a realistic description of interface kinetics when a diffusional contrast between the phases is taken into account. Using the case of the solidification of a pure substance, we show how to eliminate the temperature jump at the interface and to recover full equilibrium boundary conditions. We confirm our results by numerical simulations.
Machine Indexer for Persian Resources: An Integrated Model for the Iranian Research Institute for Information Science and Technology
Publisher: name: Iranian Research Institute for Information Science and Technology (IranDoc)
Year: 2014

description: Machine indexer is referred to as a kind of indexing system in which keywords are extracted from the title or body of a text and organized in the index entries using computer algorithm. Althogh there is an increasing need for applying computer in indexing machine indexer has not been developed for Persian language yet. Therefore in this paper the results of investigating and identifying of theoretical and practical aspects of such system in the Iranian Research Institute for Information Science and Technology are presented. To do so, firstly the relationship between indexing and information retrieval, theoretical debates and the machine indexing revolution, the practical and procedural viewpoints of machine indexing, successful projects in different countries and for different languages, and the requirements of machine indexer for Persian language are discussed. Then the elements of a machine indexer for Persian language are defined and its conceptual model and also the relationships between the elements, the details of subsystems, and the indexer logical system are designed. Finally, the requirments of developing the system for the Iranian Research Institute for Information Science and Technology are discussed and the state of the art of the implemented projects and existing experiences in this regard are defined.
What’s ‘OK’ and ‘not OK’?: An exploration of the meaning(s) of young women’s attitudes towards and experiences of a healthy intimate relationship
Creators: name: Author, Unknown
Publisher: name: University of Lincoln
Year: 2023

description: Though our understanding of the problem of gender-based violence (GBV) has grown over the years, there has been limited focus given to the voices of young women. Our understanding of young women’s perceptions about their role, identity and the nature of abusive behaviour within their own intimate relationships, including the implications for their well-being, is limited. Using a symbolic interactionist approach, this research explored young women’s understandings of what it means to have a healthy relationship, and the negotiations of their identity and behaviour within their intimate relationships.A regional study completed across seven secondary schools in North Wales, included a focus on an attitudinal survey (n=220) to explore young women's perceptions on gender norms and un/healthy intimate relationships, with a particular focus on their gendered attitudes. A series of semi-structured interviews were completed in order to gather in-depth information from 25 young women aged 15-18 years old, on their experiences of intimate relationships, focused on the progression of these relationships and the patterns of abuse experienced as part of these relationships. This included an exploration of the use of social media, including the gendered patterns of online and offline abuse, the nature of coercive behaviour and the psychological harm inflicted by such abuse, including the impact of everyday forms of harassment and sexual bullying in schools and beyond.A thematic analysis identified two key points: firstly, the impact of gendered expectations on young women’s abilities to navigate the ‘uncharted territory’ of young intimate relationships. Secondly, within a perceived ‘post-feminist’ society, young women continue to face challenges when negotiating their feminine identity, in particular sexual ‘double standards’. Despite their ability to express attitudes supportive of gender equality, they demonstrated limited space in which to operationalise this understanding within their own intimate relationships.The findings have relevance for policy and practice, and contribute to an emerging field of literature exploring the nature of young intimate relationships focused on the manner in which young women negotiate the conflicts inherent in contemporary constructions of gender. The findings suggest the importance of a comprehensive educational approach focused on promoting gender equality and healthy relationships across communities.
Identify the Authors of Electronic Messages Through the Analysis of the Type and Style Based on Machine Learning Technique
Publisher: name: Iranian Research Institute for Information Science and Technology (IranDoc)
Year: 2014

description: Identifying the author of an electroni message is one of the main problems in text classification and natural language processing. The aim of this article is to determine the authors of 50 cyber messages (by 50 potential customers, according to Amazon 's website), by a machine learning methods. To evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed method, the decision was carefully tested and the results were compared with the performance of machine learning methods. Also, when extracting various features of authors' writing style for evaluation by machine, we tried to maximize the features required to identify a writer. Therefore, nearly 10,000 different features were extracted from different entries in four categories: lexical features, syntactic features, special features and structural features. In this study, the average accuracy of the proposed method reached to 98. 78.
On Collatz' Words, Sequences and Trees
Creators: name: Lang, Wolfdieter
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 11D04

description: Motivated by a recent work of Trümper we consider the general Collatz word (up-down pattern) and the sequences following this pattern. The recurrences for the first and last sequence entries are given, obtained from repeated application of the general solution of a binary linear inhomogeneous Diophantine equation. These recurrences are then solved. The Collatz tree is also discussed.
description: 13 pages, 1 figure
What do young professionals think about human rights? From an overview to a therapeutic experience
Creators: name: Dr. Vorst Stephan
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: young mental health professionals
mental health stigma

description: Oral Presentation by dr.Stephan Vorst during the EAOF 2019: 5th European Conference on Integrated Care and Assertive Outreach "SHAPING THE FUTURE OF COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CARE" September 5-7, 2019, Verona, Italy Symposium, YOUNG EAOF GROUP: "What do young professionals think about human rights? From an overview to a therapeutic experience"
Mapping and Valuation Iran MARC (Machine Readable Cataloging) Data Elements with FRBR Entities and User Tasks
Publisher: name: Iranian Research Institute for Information Science and Technology (IranDoc)
Year: 2014

description: This study aimed to map IRAN MARC (extracted from RASA, the National Library of Iran’s Software) fields and data elements for FRBR entities and user tasks on one side and also exploring the users' view on assessing the value related to user tasks. A Mixed-method was used for the study. The IRANMARC fields (0XX – 9XX) and data elements were mapped on the FRBR entities and the 4 user tasks (Find, Identify, Select, Obtain) based on similar studies conducted by the Library of Congress on the MARC 21, IFLA report and evaluation of users in research. According to the findings of the study, the first rank of Mapping IRAN MARC (on RASA) fields and data elements on FRBR user tasks with 49.17 percent belonged to the “Identifying” and the last with 18.42 percent to the “Finding” tasks. According to results, maximum compatibility with existing data elements in IRANMARC belonged to the first group and the lowest compatibility with the third group of entities of FRBR model. In total 44.74 percent of the IRANMARC data elements mapped on the first group of FRBR, 9.95 percent matched with the second group and 3.15 with the third group. It also results in MARC data elements valuation which supports user tasks of 1st group entities had high value, 434 (27.83%) in the "identifying", 425 data Element (27.28%) in the "Obtain", 147 data elements (9.44%) in the "Selecting", 95 data elements (6.10 percent) in the "Finding" Respectively. The results show partially consistency with the valuation based on this research report.
Flow of Scientific Publications in Iran during 2007 to 2011, Based on Triple Helix of University, Industry and Government
Publisher: name: Iranian Research Institute for Information Science and Technology (IranDoc)
Year: 2014

description: The aim of this study is to investigate the flow of scientific production in Iran during 2007 to 2011. The triple helix model was used to assess the relationship between universities, industries and the government on scientific production process. Iranian scientific products in the three ISI citation databases of Science Citation Index (SCI), Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) and Art and Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI) during the abovementioned period was collected as the research population and the authors addresses were reviewed carefully to be used in TH model. ISI.exe and SPSS software were used for this purpose. The Triple Helix collaboration of University, Industry and Government was measured by mutual information (transmission T) derived from the Shannon’s formulas. The T-value here represented the uncertainty when the probability distributions were combined. Findings indicated that the number of papers written by Iranian authors increased steadily from 8796 in 2007 to 19876 in 2011. Among the three sectors, university researchers had the most participation Researchers from the industry sector had the lowest participation. Two-dimensional and three-dimensional collaborations were calculated too. The results showed that University-Government collaboration was much higher than the University-Industry or Industry-Government collaborations indicating that the gap between Industry and the two other sectors in Iran was significantly big. Government–University interactions had a better condition. This can be explained due to the supports that research organizations receive from the government. Unfortunately the T value is not high for the three dimensional collaboration of University, Industry and Government researchers. But by adding the foreign collaboration as the forth factor into the study, the results change a little and the collaborations between different sectors and foreign researchers increase in comparison with internal collaborations. It is clear that an ideal point in relations to different sectors of Triple Helix of university, industry and government is not possible overnight but requires a long- term strategic planning.
Cognitive Immobilisation in Dyslexic Higher Education Students: Exploring Possible Triggers, Links with Aspects of Memory and Fluctuating Emotional Status, Informing Effective Coping Strategies
Creators: name: Author, Unknown
Publisher: name: University of Lincoln
Year: 2023

description: The purpose of this small-scale, mixed methods study was to explore the temporary ‘freezing up’ of cognitive processing capacity experienced by dyslexic HE students in one UK University. The term, cognitive immobilisation (CI), is used in this work to define this phenomenon which occurs when dyslexic HE students have become so stressed in relation to their studies that they temporarily lose their ability to process and respond to incoming stimuli, reducing them to a mental state where they are briefly unable to think, act or even speak. The main aims of the inquiry were firstly, to discover the extent of the occurrence and possible triggers of CI in dyslexic HE students; secondly, to explore the relationship between this occurrence, individual variations in processing capacity relating to working memory/long term memory interactions and ipsative measurements of fluctuating emotional status; and thirdly, to investigate the efficacy of possible coping strategies, including those which have been employed successfully to manage similar phenomena in disciplines outside education.Qualitative and quantitative data were collected from an initial online survey of dyslexic HE students (n=40); semi-structured interviews with Specialist Dyslexia Support Tutors (n=6) and assessments with 13 participants who took part in a yearlong study. Over the course of the study regular semi-structured interviews/monitoring meetings and diarised accounts of incidences of CI and self-reported assessments of emotional status took place with the students. Initial assessments were carried out with the participants using all nine indexes of TOMAL-2 to discover detailed profiles of their memory systems. The participants were assessed with The Self Image Profile for Adults (SIP Adult); The Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) and The Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS) in order to provide baseline measurements of self-esteem/self-image; level of anxiety and level of hopelessness respectively. Participants were then required to self-report using these assessment tools during the latter two academic terms and record incidences of CI.Analysis of the findings suggested dyslexic HE students are likely to experience CI more frequently than their non-dyslexic peers. Findings suggested that the participants who reported the highest frequencies of CI also had predominantly below average/well below average scores for all nine of the TOMAL-2 indexes and were more likely to miss assignment submissions than those participants who took study breaks or did not complete their course. However, study breaks/non-completion of courses was associated with levels of hopelessness which increased above co-occurring levels of anxiety, suggesting further research in this area may be advantageous. It was generally observed that fluctuations in self-image were mirrored by those of self-esteem.
A Scientometric and Social Network Analysis
Publisher: name: Iranian Research Institute for Information Science and Technology (IranDoc)
Year: 2014

description: This paper examines the role of world countries in Library and Information Science (LIS) research for a 50 year period (1963-2012) using scientometrics and Social Network Analysis (SNA) approaches. A total of 58757 papers published in 83 journals indexed in the Web of Science’s Information Science and Library Science subject category were covered in this study. The overall structure and evolution of the collaboration network of countries were investigated using macro-level SNA metrics such as density, connectedness, clustering coefficient, mean distance, diameter, components and clusters of the network. Additionally, scientometric indicators such as the number of publications, number of citations and self-citations, citations per paper, number of highly cited papers, percentage of citedness, activity index and relative quality index as well as four micro-level SNA metrics, namely degree, betweenness, closeness and number of immediate vertices were adopted to analyze the function of countries in the network. Findings show that the 58757 papers sampled was contributed by 151 unique countries (vertices) connected together through 11535 links (co-authorships). The collaboration network of countries seems to exhibit “scale-free” and “small world” network properties and the famous notion of “six degrees of separation” is valid in this network. The co-authorship network of countries consists of 15 components, the largest of which contains 137 vertices, yielded a ratio of 90% of the whole network. Clustering analysis shows that this network comprises 39 clusters.Amongst them, the eleventh and ninth clusters which contain US and UK, have the highest density. The function of the top 50 countries in LIS research was also studied using various scientometric and SNA matrices
Psychotherapeutic aspects in assertive outreach within an integrated care model
Creators: name: Dr. Ruppelt Friederike
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: young mental health professionals
mental health stigma
stigma
YOUNG EAOF GROUP

description: Oral Presentation by dr.Friederike Ruppelt during the EAOF 2019: 5th European Conference on Integrated Care and Assertive Outreach "SHAPING THE FUTURE OF COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CARE" September 5-7, 2019, Verona, Italy Symposium, YOUNG EAOF GROUP: "What do young professionals think about human rights? From an overview to a therapeutic experience"
Charge doping induced phase transitions in hydrogenated and fluorinated graphene
Creators: name: Wehling, Tim
name: Grundkötter-Stock, Bernhard
name: Aradi, Bálint
name: Niehaus, Thomas
name: Frauenheim, Thomas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We show that charge doping can induce transitions between three distinct adsorbate phases in hydrogenated and fluorinated graphene. By combining ab initio, approximate density functional theory and tight binding calculations we identify a transition from islands of C$_8$H$_2$ and C$_8$F$_2$ to random adsorbate distributions around a doping level of $\pm 0.05$ e/C-atom. Furthermore, in situations with random adsorbate coverage, charge doping is shown to trigger an ordering transition where the sublattice symmetry is spontaneously broken when the doping level exceeds the adsorbate concentration. Rehybridization and lattice distortion energies make graphene which is covalently functionalized from one side only most susceptible to these two kinds of phase transitions. The energy gains associated with the clustering and ordering transitions exceed room temperature thermal energies.
description: 17 pages, 7 figures
Knowledge and Information Science: The nature and its functions
Publisher: name: Iranian Research Institute for Information Science and Technology (IranDoc)
Year: 2013

description: Changing field name from “Library and Information Science” to “Knowledge and Information Science” has been based on a background of theoretical and practical developments that have led to the name change. Moreover, this issue has signified new features that new title for them would imply. The aim of this article is explaining these fundamental issues. It is the authors attempt using deductive approach to explain the nature and aspects of Knowledge-oriented of the field (Compared with information-oriented aspects) in the new condition. The first part of the article deals with the concepts of knowledge and knowledge Science, and explains differences and similarities of Knowledge Science with epistemology, as well as knowledge management. The second part deals with the reason of combining notions of “information” and “knowledge” in new name of the field, and the final section is describing the expected Outcomes for the discipline and profession (affected by name change). The authors' view is that these cases could be the consequences changing the field name: Solving dualism arising from dual of "information versus knowledge" in the field, expanding the conceptual and practical scope of discipline due to the nature of knowledge which is more than information complicated and abstract, and finally, Strengthening the human-oriented and social dimension of the discipline and profession.
Status of information resource organization in Iranian digital libraries
Publisher: name: Iranian Research Institute for Information Science and Technology (IranDoc)
Year: 2013

description: This research aimed to determine the status of information resource organization in Iranian digital libraries. The research method was analytical survey. Researcher-made questionnaire was used to collect data in order to study the status of research population about information resources organization. In fact, 38 Iranian digital libraries were made research population of this research. Findings showed that studied digital library applications have many capabilities to organize information resources. Some of these capabilities are relation between bibliographic records and related records in documentation format, Using Z39.50 in client side, allows entering group of resources, and so on. Moreover, digital libraries have a lot of chaos in organizing information resources. For instance, digital libraries just fill title, author, subject, publisher, year of publication, author (added entity) in more than 70 percent for Farsi book database. This status is not demonstrated for other databases in digital libraries.
Discrete tomography: Magic numbers for $N$-fold symmetry
Creators: name: Huck, Christian
name: Moll, Markus
name: Nilsson, Johan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Metric Geometry (math.MG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 52C23 (Primary) 11R04, 11R06, 11R18, 12F10, 52A10, 52C05, 82D99 (Secondary)

description: We consider the problem of distinguishing convex subsets of $n$-cyclotomic model sets $\varLambda$ by (discrete parallel) X-rays in prescribed $\varLambda$-directions. In this context, a `magic number' $m_{\varLambda}$ has the property that any two convex subsets of $\varLambda$ can be distinguished by their X-rays in any set of $m_{\varLambda}$ prescribed $\varLambda$-directions. Recent calculations suggest that (with one exception in the case $n=4$) the least possible magic number for $n$-cyclotomic model sets might just be $N+1$, where $N=\operatorname{lcm}(n,2)$.
description: 5 pages, 2 figures; new computer calculations based on the results of arXiv:1101.4149 and arXiv:1211.6318; presented at ICQ 12 (Cracow, Poland)
Haptic Feedback in Virtual Reality: An Investigation Into The Next Step of First Person Perspective Presence
Creators: name: Chapman, Alex
Publisher: name: University of Lincoln
Year: 2023
Subjects: I100 - Computer science

description: Video games are becoming progressively sophisticated with new interestingmechanics and increasingly realistic graphics. Game technologies manufacturersare constantly striving to find innovative ways of providing additional layers ofinteractivity, and engagement with the player. In video games haptic feedbackhas traditionally been delivered by motors and pulleys through interfaces suchas steering wheels and joysticks, or via a simple vibration mechanism in thecontrollers. However, while the growing popularity of commercial virtual realitytechnologies has provided video game developers with a new modality to introducegreater levels of immersion and presence into games, haptic technology in gaminghas kept to its traditional roots.In this thesis we investigate the impact that haptic feedback has on player presencewithin virtual reality environments. We introduce a non-intrusive haptic interfacethat can be used alongside consumer grade virtual reality technology. This thesiswill demonstrate the implementation and technical considerations made duringthe construction of this device. We then demonstrate the systems effectivenessthrough a user study evaluating users reactions towards the system when comparedwith traditional vibration-based haptics and with the absence of any feedback, ina virtual reality game environment.The results from this study show a positive impact on player presence when usingthe non-intrusive haptic device, with broken down presence scores suggesting thedevice was successful in delivering a satisfying haptic experience. Results alsoindicate an improvement in the way participants perceive their own performancewhen using the device, with presence scores suggesting this is due to participantsbeing able to fully place themselves in the experience.
The Italian community-based mental health care since deinstitutionalization the Verona experience
Creators: name: Dr. Martinelli Alessandra
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: young mental health professionals
YOUNG EAOF GROUP
mental health community care

description: Oral Presentation by dr. Alessandra Martinelli during the EAOF 2019: 5th European Conference on Integrated Care and Assertive Outreach "SHAPING THE FUTURE OF COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CARE" September 5-7, 2019, Verona, Italy Symposium, YOUNG EAOF GROUP: Shaping mental health community care for the future across Europe
Theoretical Particle Limiting Velocity From The Bicubic Equation: Neutrino Example
Creators: name: Soln, Josip
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: General Physics (physics.gen-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: F.2.2; I.2.7
subject: 08

description: There has been a lot of interest in measuring the velocities of massive elementary particles, particularly the neutrinos. Some neutrino experi- ments at first observed superluminal neutrinos, thus violating the velocity of light c as a limiting velocity. But, after eliminating some mistakes, such as, for the OPERA experiments plugging the cable correctly and calibrat- ing the clock correctly, the measured neutrino velocity complied with c. Pursuing the theoretical side of particle limiting velocities, here directly from the special relativistic kinematics, in which all physical quantities are in the overall mathematical consistency with each other, one treats formally the velocity of light c as yet to be deduced particle limiting ve- locity, and derives the bicubic equation for the particle limiting velocity in the arbitrary reference frame.
Transaction Handling in COM, EJB and .NET
Creators: name: Parmeza, Ditmar
name: Fifo, Miraldi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Software Engineering (cs.SE)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The technology evolution has shown a very impressive performance in the last years by introducing several technologies that are based on the concept of component. As time passes, new versions of Component- Based technologies are released in order to improve services provided by previous ones. One important issue that regards these technologies is transactional activity. Transactions are important because they consist in sending different small amounts of information collected properly in a single combined unit which makes the process simpler, less expensive and also improves the reliability of the whole system, reducing its chances to go through possible failures. Different Component-Based technologies offer different ways of handling transactions. In this paper, we will review and discuss how transactions are handled in three of them: COM, EJB and .NET. It can be expected that .NET offers more efficient mechanisms due to the fact of being released later than the other two technologies. Nevertheless, COM and EJB are still present in the market and their services are still widely used. Comparing transaction handling in these technologies will be helpful to analyze the advantages and disadvantages of each of them. This comparison and evaluation will be seen in two main perspectives: performance and security.
description: 17 pages, 8 figures, published at IJSEA Journal Vol. 5, No. 2, March 2014
Neutrophil count prediction in childhood cancer patients receiving 6-mercaptopurine chemotherapy treatment
Creators: name: Author, Unknown
Publisher: name: University of Lincoln
Year: 2023

description: Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia (ALL) is a common form of blood cancer, usually affectingchildren under 15 years of age. Chemotherapy treatment for ALL is delivered in three phasesviz. induction (to achieve initial remission), intensification (to kill the majority of abnormalcells), and finally, maintenance. The maintenance phase involves oral administration of thechemotherapy drug 6-Mercaptopurine (6-MP) in varying doses to destroy any remainingabnormal cells and prevent reoccurrence. A key side effect of the treatment is a reduction inneutrophil counts that can result in a condition known as neutropenia, i.e. reduced immunesystem. This carries a risk of secondary infection and has been linked to 60% of ALL fatalities.Current practice aims to control neutrophil counts by varying 6-MP dosages on a weekly basisbased on blood counts. However, its success is varied.This thesis proposes a number of intelligent prediction methods to more accurately predictingneutrophil counts one week ahead using blood count data and corresponding 6-MP dosingregimens. Firstly, a well-known and robust neural network (Nonlinear AutoregressiveExogenous) is applied to blood count data to provide an initial assessment of the feasibility ofsuch an approach. A comparative analysis of a series of more complex algorithms is thenconsidered for more advanced, in-depth analysis viz. Multi-Layer Perceptron (MLP) andSupport Vector Machines (SVM). Both methods are shown to have a prediction accuracy ofaround 60% on the first sample period, with the MLP also having a prediction accuracy of morethan 60% in the second sample period in seven out of ten blood data points (there was 10 timeseries blood data predictions). However, in comparison the accuracy of SVM is relatively low.Finally, an incremental learning-based approach is proposed to increase the accuracy of thesystem and provide a realistic framework for real-time implementation. The accuracy is shownto improve considerably as more data is added, and the predicted neutrophils data is shown tofollow the trend of the actual neutrophil counts.
Nonequilibrium thermal entanglement for simple qubit systems
Creators: name: Sinayskiy, I.
name: Pumulo, N.
name: Petruccione, F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The dynamics of simple qubit systems in a chain configuration coupled at both ends to separate bosonic baths at different temperatures is studied. An exact analytical solution of the master equation in the Born-Markov approximation for the reduced density matrix of the qubit system is constructed. The unique non-equilibrium stationary state for the long time behavior of the reduced density matrix in obtained. Dynamical and steady state properties of the concurrence between the first and the last spin are studied.
description: Proceedings of Quantum optics V conference, Cozumel, Mexico (2010)
Changes and future visions in treatment models in Germany – the Hamburg perspective
Creators: name: Dr.  Rohenkohl Anja Christine
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: young mental health professionals
mental health community care
YOUNG EAOF GROUP

description: Oral Presentation by dr. Anja Christine Rohenkol during the EAOF 2019: 5th European Conference on Integrated Care and Assertive Outreach "SHAPING THE FUTURE OF COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CARE" September 5-7, 2019, Verona, Italy Symposium, YOUNG EAOF GROUP: Shaping mental health community care for the future across Europe
A Proposed Model for Examining the Organizational Readiness Assessment of Information Systems Development: A case study of a public university
Publisher: name: Iranian Research Institute for Information Science and Technology (IranDoc)
Year: 2013

description: The findings of several prior studies indicate high failure rate of Information systems implementation projects in different organizations. These studies also point to the fact that many of these failures are as a result of organizational issues as well as not paying attention to current situation of the organization in early stages of Information system development, rather than technical issues. In other words, successful implementation of an information system is directly depending on current situation of the organization. Considering high needed investment for implementing an information system project, it seems to be necessary to assess its current organizational readiness level. In this study, on the basis of a comprehensive reviewing various relevant models of readiness assessment for information systems development has been attempted to present a model about the existing realities and internal circumstances in public sector organizations and institutions emphasizing on universities and higher education institutions. Based on proposed model, to assess organizational readiness, six major dimensions (Strategic, Structural, Resources, Cultural, Managerial, and Legal) were identified from the literature which was divided into 47 sub-dimensions and 142 indicators. The identified indicators can be used to assess organizational readiness in order to facilitate a purposeful and appropriate information system development and consequently to prevent the waste of organizational resources. The proposed model also was used in a public university as a case with the aim of determination of organizational readiness level, and finally several action plans were suggested based on the obtained research results.
Modelling the alumina abundance of oxygen-rich evolved stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud
Creators: name: Jones, O. C.
name: Kemper, F.
name: Srinivasan, S.
name: McDonald, I.
name: Sloan, G. C.
name: Zijlstra, A. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In order to determine the composition of the dust in the circumstellar envelopes of oxygen-rich asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars we have computed a grid of modust radiative-transfer models for a range of dust compositions, mass-loss rates, dust shell inner radii and stellar parameters. We compare the resulting colours with the observed oxygen-rich AGB stars from the SAGE-Spec Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) sample, finding good overall agreement for stars with a mid-infrared excess. We use these models to fit a sample of 37 O-rich AGB stars in the LMC with optically thin circumstellar envelopes, for which 5$-$35-$μ$m Spitzer infrared spectrograph (IRS) spectra and broadband photometry from the optical to the mid-infrared are available. From the modelling, we find mass-loss rates in the range $\sim 8\times10^{-8}$ to $5\times10^{-6}$ M$_{\odot}\ \mathrm{yr}^{-1}$, and we show that a grain mixture consisting primarily of amorphous silicates, with contributions from amorphous alumina and metallic iron provides a good fit to the observed spectra. Furthermore, we show from dust models that the AKARI [11]$-$[15] versus [3.2]$-$[7] colour-colour diagram, is able to determine the fractional abundance of alumina in O-rich AGB stars.
description: 22 pages, 17 figures, accepted MNRAS
Mental Health Care in The Netherlands – changes and visions
Creators: name: Dr. De Haan  Saskia
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: young mental health professionals
mental health community care
YOUNG EAOF GROUP

description: Oral Presentation by dr. Saskia De Haan, Anja Christine Rohenkol, Alessandra Martinelli during the EAOF 2019: 5th European Conference on Integrated Care and Assertive Outreach "SHAPING THE FUTURE OF COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CARE" September 5-7, 2019, Verona, Italy Symposium, YOUNG EAOF GROUP: Shaping mental health community care for the future across Europe
Investigation of Factors influencing the success of strategic information systems planning (the case of public sector organizations of Bushehr city )
Publisher: name: Iranian Research Institute for Information Science and Technology (IranDoc)
Year: 2013

description: Strategic information systems planning (SISP) is an\nimportant issue for managers. The fundamental question in this field\nis that the success of strategic information systems planning is\naffected by what factors. This study was planned to evaluate the\nfactors affecting the success of strategic information systems planning\nat government agencies at Bushehr city. In this study, the role of\nenvironmental uncertainty and the process of strategic information\nsystems planning on the success of such systems was studied. The\ndata variables were collected through a questionnaire and a\nconceptual model was tested using Structural Equation Modeling.\nBased on responses from 66 public sector organizations in Bushehr\ncity, our findings show that the impact of SISP process on the success\nof strategic information systems planning has been directly\nconfirmed, but the direct impact of environmental uncertainty on the\nsuccess of strategic information systems planning was not confirmed.\nThe indirect relationship between these two variables is approved\nthrough influencing SISP process
Discussion of "Estimating the historical and future probabilities of large terrorist events" by Aaron Clauset and Ryan Woodard
Creators: name: Gill, Jeff
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Applications (stat.AP)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Discussion of "Estimating the historical and future probabilities of large terrorist events" by Aaron Clauset and Ryan Woodard [arXiv:1209.0089].
description: Published in at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/13-AOAS614D the Annals of Applied Statistics (http://www.imstat.org/aoas/) by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (http://www.imstat.org)
Relationship Model of Information Flow and Organizational Communication Satisfaction Dimensions: (SEM)
Publisher: name: Iranian Research Institute for Information Science and Technology (IranDoc)
Year: 2013

description: The objective of this paper is to study a relationship\nmodel between information flow and organizational communication\nsatisfaction dimension. To do so, questionnaires which their validity\nand reliability had been confirmed, were completed by respondents.\nThen the relationship model between mentioned constructs was tested\nby Lisrel 8.8 Software and a structural equation model. Findings show\nthat the suggested model fits well. All paths in the suggested model\nwere significant, so all of the research hypotheses about the positive\neffect of information flow on communication climate (p<0.01,\n=0.98), information flow on organizational perspective (p<0.01,\n=0.82) and information flow on media quality (p<0.01, =1.00) were\nsupported. Therefore, the findings guide the managers to smooth\ninformation flow to utilize organizational communication satisfaction\nconsequences.