cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Marketing to Children Through Online Targeted Advertising: Targeting Mechanisms and Legal Aspects
Creators: name: Medjkoune, Tinhinane
name: Goga, Oana
name: Senechal, Juliette
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Social and Information Networks (cs.SI)
subject: Computers and Society (cs.CY)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Many researchers and organizations, such as WHO and UNICEF, have raised awareness of the dangers of advertisements targeted at children. While most existing laws only regulate ads on television that may reach children, lawmakers have been working on extending regulations to online advertising and, for example, forbid (e.g., the DSA) or restrict (e.g., the COPPA) advertising based on profiling to children. At first sight, ad platforms such as Google seem to protect children by not allowing advertisers to target their ads to users who are less than 18 years old. However, this paper shows that other targeting features can be exploited to reach children. For example, on YouTube, advertisers can target their ads to users watching a particular video through placement-based targeting, a form of contextual targeting. Hence, advertisers can target children by placing their ads in children-focused videos. Through a series of ad experiments, we show that placement-based targeting is possible on children-focused videos and enables marketing to children. In addition, our ad experiments show that advertisers can use targeting based on profiling (e.g., interest, location, behavior) in combination with placement-based advertising on children-focused videos. We discuss the lawfulness of these two practices concerning DSA and COPPA. Finally, we investigate to which extent real-world advertisers are employing placement-based targeting to reach children with ads on YouTube. We propose a measurement methodology consisting of building a Chrome extension to capture ads and instrument six browser profiles to watch children-focused videos. Our results show that 7% of ads that appear in the children-focused videos we test use placement-based targeting. Hence, targeting children with ads on YouTube is not only hypothetically possible but also occurs in practice...
title: Facial shape analysis
Creators: name: Vittert, Liberty
Publisher: name: University of Glasgow
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: manifold data, surface analysis, facial shape, 3D imaging, bayesian prediction, curve identification, stereophotogrammetric imaging

description: Stereophotogrammetric imaging systems produce representations of surfaces (two-dimensional manifolds in three-dimensional space) through triangulations of a large number of estimated surface points. Traditional forms of analysis of these surfaces are based on point locations (manually marked anatomical landmarks) as described in Chapter 1. An advanced application of these types of landmarks will be thoroughly examined in Chapter 2 through the concept of Ghost Imaging. The results of this chapter necessitated a reliability study of stereophotogrammetric imaging systems which is discussed in Chapter 3. Given the results of the reliability study, an investigation info new definitions of landmarks and facial shape description is undertaken in Chapter 4. A much richer representation is expressed by the curves which track the ridges and valleys of the dense surface and by the relatively smooth surface patches which lie between these curves. New automatic methods for identifying anatomical curves and the resulting full surface representation, based on shape index, curvature, smoothing techniques, warping, and bending energy, are described. Chapter 5 discussed new and extended tools of analysis that are necessary for this richer representation of facial shape. These methods will be applied in Chapter 6 to different shape objects, including the human face, mussel shells, and computational imaging comparisons. Issues of sexual dimorphism (differences in shapes between males and females), change in shape with age, as well as pre- and post-facial surgical intervention will be explored. These comparisons will be made using new methodological tools developed specifically for the new curve and surface identification method. In particular, the assessment of facial asymmetry and the questions involved in comparing facial shapes in general, at both the individual and the group level, will also be considered. In Chapter 7, Bayesian methods are explored to determine further ways in which to understand and compare human facial features. In summary, this thesis shows a novel method of curve and full facial mesh identification that is used, successfully, in pilot case studies of multiple types of surfaces. It then shows a novel proof of principle for using Bayesian methods to create a fully automatic process in facial shape characterisation. In order to view this thesis in full, please view in Adobe Reader.
Factors Related to Farmer Success in Producing Handmade Cotton Weaving Products in Don Luang Village, Mae Raeng Subdistrict, Pa Sang District, Lamphun Province
Creators: name: Anchaleeporn Jaisit And Juthathip Chalermphol
Publisher: name: Upper northern research administration network
Year: 2018
Subjects: Success, handmade cotton weaving products, Don Luang Village

description: Journal of Community Development and Life Quality, 6, 3, 623-642
Knowledge Management and Action Plan Development for Systematic and Sustainable Flood Management by Community Based of Phu Kha Subdistrict Local Organization Administration, Ban Mi District, Lop Buri Province
Creators: name: Kasak Tekhanmag, Panitsupa Thampramuan
Publisher: name: Upper northern research administration network
Year: 2018
Subjects: Knowledge management, systematic and sustainable flood management by community based

description: Journal of Community Development and Life Quality, 6, 3, 475-496
Management Pattern for Pineapple Farmer Group: A Case Study the Pineapple Cultivation Farmer, Bansadej, Phichai Subdistrict, Lampang Province
Creators: name: Kanokwan Vechgamaand Khongsak Tuisuep
Publisher: name: Upper northern research administration network
Year: 2018
Subjects: Pattern, management, pineapple community,cooperative

description: Journal of Community Development and Life Quality, 6, 3, 605-612
The Development of Measurements to Restrict Sale of Alcohol to Adolescents by Retailers in Vicinity of Educational Institutes in Uttaradit Province
Creators: name: Pongsak Onmoy
Publisher: name: Upper northern research administration network
Year: 2018
Subjects: Adolescents, alcohol retailers, alcohol accessibility, measuresto restrict the sale of alcohol

description: Journal of Community Development and Life Quality, 6, 3, 525-550
Waste Management Using the Philosophy of Sufficiency Economy in Phra Samut Chedi District, Samut Prakan Province
Creators: name: Karika Kunta And Napong Nophake
Publisher: name: Upper northern research administration network
Year: 2018
Subjects: Waste, waste management, Sufficiency EconomyPhilosophy(SEP)

description: Journal of Community Development and Life Quality, 6, 3, 497-524
Report on the inter-comparison results between ground-based and satellite measurements
Creators: name: Valeri, Massimo
name: Castelli, Elisa
name: Pettinari, Paolo
name: Papandrea, Enzo
name: Di Liberto, Luca
name: Marinoni, Angela
name: Decesari, Stefano
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: FRM4DOAS
MAX-DOAS
TROPOMI
MODIS
AOD

description: In this document, we report the main outcomes of the inter-comparison between ground-based and satellite data obtained at San Pietro Capofiume (SPC) in the frame of the project “WPs-2250-2251: DOAS-BO: Towards a new FRM4DOAS-compliant site - Phase 2’’.
A complete SPICE subcircuit-based model library for organic photodiodes
Creators: name: Daami, Anis
name: Vaillant, Jérôme
name: Gwoziecki, Romain
name: Serbutoviez, Christophe
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: Applied Physics (physics.app-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A precise model library based on an equivalent circuit is presented and discussed. The model fully describes the light and bias behaviours of organic photodiodes realized on plastic substrates. The sub circuit modelling consists of a single SPICE LEVEL1 diode, a light power dependent series resistance, a shunt resistance. A combined light-power and voltage-controlled current source is also used to emulate the sensitivity behaviour of the photodiode. Moreover the model also permits designers to follow the technology deviations through the inclusion of worst-case corners. Finally a statistical model is included in order to allow designers run Monte Carlo simulations.
Strategic Plans to Enhance Health, Sanitation and Environmental Potentials of Local Administrative Organizations in Chiang Mai Province Toward ASEAN Community
Creators: name: Chairat Nateeprasittiporn
Publisher: name: Upper northern research administration network
Year: 2018
Subjects: Potential,Local Administrative Organizations, healthsanitation and environment, strategic plan, SWOT analysis

description: Journal of Community Development and Life Quality, 6, 3, 643-664
Understanding the User: An Analysis of User Data from the Small Special Collections Library, 2006-2008
Creators: name: Osorio, Sarah A.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2011
Subjects: Special collections--Case studies
Archives--Use studies

description: Since the 1980s, archivists have begun to understand the need to conduct user studies. However, regular analyses of user data in many repositories remain limited. Archivists need to conduct studies of users more regularly so that archives staff can trace usage patterns and predict patron behaviors. This paper studies user data from one institution that analyzes user types, attendance numbers, and user time spent in the repository. From the data, Small Special Collections Library will be more adequately prepared to help patrons by being able to predict user patterns. Other repositories may also be able to relate to this study, which provides ideas about how to conduct and analyze user data.
Behavioural usage of facebook and Grade Point Average (GPA): A case studyof Phuket Rajabhat University
Creators: name: Pita Jarupunphol
Publisher: name: Nakhon Pathom Rajabhat University
Year: 2561
Subjects: FAD (Facebook Addiction Disorder), SEM (Structural Equation Modelling), TAM (TechnologyAcceptance Model), TPB (Theory of Planned Behaviour), TRA (Theory of Reasoned Action)

description: Journal of Thai Interdisciplinary Research, Vol. 13, N0. 3, 5
Mirage Models Confront the LHC: III. Deflected Mirage Mediation
Creators: name: Everett, Lisa L.
name: Garon, Todd
name: Kaufman, Bryan L.
name: Nelson, Brent D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We complete the study of a class of string-motivated effective supergravity theories in which modulus-induced soft supersymmetry breaking is sufficiently suppressed in the observable sector so as to be competitive with anomaly-mediated supersymmetry breaking. Here we consider deflected mirage mediation (DMM), where contributions from gauge mediation are added to those arising from gravity mediation and anomaly mediation. We update previous work that surveyed the rich parameter space of such theories, in light of data from the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and recent dark matter detection experiments. Constraints arising from LHC superpartner searches at $\sqrt{s} = 8\,{\rm TeV}$ are considered, and discovery prospects at $\sqrt{s} = 14\,{\rm TeV}$ are evaluated. We find that deflected mirage mediation generally allows for SU(3)-charged superpartners of significantly lower mass (given current knowledge of the Higgs mass and neutralino relic density) than was found for the `pure' mirage mediation models of Kachru et al. Consequently, discovery prospects are enhanced for many combinations of matter multiplet modular weights. We examine the experimental challenges that will arise due to the prospect of highly compressed spectra in DMM, and the correlation between accessibility at the LHC and discovery prospects at large-scale liquid xenon dark matter detectors.
Belagerungszustand in Sri Lanka
Creators: name: Rathgeber, Theodor
Publisher: name: Südasien
Year: 2022

description: Auf Einladung der Methodisten-Kirche in Sri Lanka hielt sich der Autor zusammen mit Angehörigen der Vereinten Evangelischen Mission und Partnerkirchen aus Namibia sowie den Philippinen Anfang November 2008 für neun Tage in Sri Lanka auf. Seelischer Beistand und Unterstützung in Sachen Menschenrechte waren gefragt in einem Land, das noch vor rund drei Jahrzehnten auf dem Weg einer gelingenden, nachholenden Entwicklung schien und heute im schmutzigen Krieg, in Apartheid und „Demokratur“ zu versinken droht. Der folgende Bericht gibt die Begegnungen mit Menschen verschiedener Volksgruppen – Muslime, Singhalesen, Tamilen – wieder und ist bewusst in subjektiven Eindrücken gehalten.
description: Südasien, Bd. 28/29 Nr. 4/1 2008/2009(2008): Menschenrechte in Südasien
Factors related to initiation of cigarette smoking behavior among secondaryschool student in Nakhon Pathom Province
Creators: name: Wanpen Waelveerakup
Publisher: name: Nakhon Pathom Rajabhat University
Year: 2561
Subjects: cigarette smoking, secondary school, initiation

description: Journal of Thai Interdisciplinary Research, Vol. 13, N0. 3, 16
Melting process of frozen sessile droplets on superhydrophobic surfaces
Creators: name: Cui, Jiawang
name: Wang, Tianyou
name: Che, Zhizhao
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Superhydrophobic surfaces can exhibit icephobicity in many ways due to their large contact angles and small rolling angles. The melting process of frozen droplets on superhydrophobic surfaces is still unclear, hindering the understanding of surface icephobicity. In this experimental study of the melting process of frozen sessile droplets on superhydrophobic surfaces, we find two types of melting morphologies with opposite vortex directions on a single-scale nano-structured (SN) superhydrophobic substrate and a hierarchical-scale micro-nano-structured (HMN) superhydrophobic substrate. Melting pattern visualizations and flow field measurements showwed Marangoni convection and natural convection occuring in the melting sessile droplets. For the HMN superhydrophobic substrate, the internal flow was found to be dominated by Marangoni convection due to the temperature gradient along the surface of the droplet. For the SN superhydrophobic substrate, Marangoni convection was inhibited by the superhydrophobic particles at the surface of the droplet, which were shed from the fragile superhydrophobic substrate during the freezing--melting process, as confirmed by surface characterizations of the substrate and flow measurements of a water pool. These results will help researchers better understand the melting process of frozen droplets and in designing novel icephobic surfaces for numerous applications.
description: 31 pages, 12 figures
Model component analysis of computational-thinking STEM Education inenhancing the ICT literacy skills for the 21st-century undergraduates students
Creators: name: Charinthorn Aumgri
Publisher: name: Nakhon Pathom Rajabhat University
Year: 2561
Subjects: STEM Education's model component analysis, computational thinking, information and communicationtechnology skills

description: Journal of Thai Interdisciplinary Research, Vol. 13, N0. 3, 30
Narrative Metadata Creation and Pinterest: An Exploratory Study
Creators: name: Mundstock, Rachel
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2013
Subjects: Metadata
Social bookmarking
Online social networks

description: In this exploratory research paper, the popular social tagging system site, Pinterest, is examined through the lens of narrative metadata creation. Based on content analysis taken from a selected sample of 'pinboard' names from Pinterest, and set names from Flickr, this research analyzed the types of names given by users. With a specific focus on the use of Hubble Space Telescope images, encompassing ten named items from each site, this paper found that the social network aspect of the Pinterest leads users to express themselves through their choice of 'pinboard' names. In contrast, Flickr users relied on naming conventions that were more descriptive of the image content.
Estimation of market efficiency process within time-varying autoregressive models by extended Kalman filtering approach
Creators: name: Kulikova, Maria
name: Kulikov, Gennady
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Optimization and Control (math.OC)
subject: Computational Finance (q-fin.CP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This paper explores a time-varying version of weak-form market efficiency that is a key component of the so-called Adaptive Market Hypothesis (AMH). One of the most common methodologies used for modeling and estimating a degree of market efficiency lies in an analysis of the serial autocorrelation in observed return series. Under the AMH, a time-varying market efficiency level is modeled by time-varying autoregressive (AR) process and traditionally estimated by the Kalman filter (KF). Being a linear estimator, the KF is hardly capable to track the hidden nonlinear dynamics that is an essential feature of the models under investigation. The contribution of this paper is threefold. We first provide a brief overview of time-varying AR models and estimation methods utilized for testing a weak-form market efficiency in econometrics literature. Secondly, we propose novel accurate estimation approach for recovering the hidden process of evolving market efficiency level by the extended Kalman filter (EKF). Thirdly, our empirical study concerns an examination of the Standard and Poor's 500 Composite stock index and the Dow Jones Industrial Average index. Monthly data covers the period from November 1927 to June 2020, which includes the U.S. Great Depression, the 2008-2009 global financial crisis and the first wave of recent COVID-19 recession. The results reveal that the U.S. market was affected during all these periods, but generally remained weak-form efficient since the mid of 1946 as detected by the estimator.
Continuous-discrete unscented Kalman filtering framework by MATLAB ODE solvers and square-root methods
Creators: name: Kulikova, Maria
name: Kulikov, Gennady
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: Systems and Control (eess.SY)
subject: Optimization and Control (math.OC)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: This paper addresses the problem of designing the {\it continuous-discrete} unscented Kalman filter (UKF) implementation methods. More precisely, the aim is to propose the MATLAB-based UKF algorithms for {\it accurate} and {\it robust} state estimation of stochastic dynamic systems. The accuracy of the {\it continuous-discrete} nonlinear filters heavily depends on how the implementation method manages the discretization error arisen at the filter prediction step. We suggest the elegant and accurate implementation framework for tracking the hidden states by utilizing the MATLAB built-in numerical integration schemes developed for solving ordinary differential equations (ODEs). The accuracy is boosted by the discretization error control involved in all MATLAB ODE solvers. This keeps the discretization error below the tolerance value provided by users, automatically. Meanwhile, the robustness of the UKF filtering methods is examined in terms of the stability to roundoff. In contrast to the pseudo-square-root UKF implementations established in engineering literature, which are based on the one-rank Cholesky updates, we derive the stable square-root methods by utilizing the $J$-orthogonal transformations for calculating the Cholesky square-root factors.
Effect of mashing process conditions on chemical properties of Kam Luem Pua rice malt syrup
Creators: name: Pawena Nalad
Publisher: name: Rangsit University
Year: 2017
Subjects: black waxy rice
Kam rice malt
syrup
mashing process
optimal condition
Oryza sativa L.

description: Rangsit Journal of Arts and Sciences, 7, 2, 113-118
MPEC 2025-C43 : 2025 CD1
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: 2025 CD1

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
An Impact Study of Duplicate Requests on an Interlibrary Loan Department
Creators: name: Webster, Jane L.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2005
Subjects: Copyright--Photocopies
Interlibrary loans--Time and cost studies
Document delivery--Time and cost studies
Contracts for library service--Government libraries

description: This study, undertaken at the Environmental Protection Agency Library in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, documents the requests submitted to the Interlibrary Loan (ILL) department during a thirty-six day period. Requests are analyzed to determine the number of duplicate requests, or requests for the same article submitted by the same patron. Request analysis is by individual patron, patron employment status, method of request delivery, and by the date and day of request submission. To measure the impact of these requests, the work flow of the ILL depart was observed and a cost analysis undertaken to determine a price per article obtained by the ILL department. Copyright compliance is also discussed and copyright fees for duplicate request contribute to the impact analysis.
Matching Readers and Books: A Study of the Readers Advisory Resources Used by Public Librarians in North Carolina
Creators: name: Griffin, Megan A.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2007
Subjects: Reading interests
Public libraries--North Carolina
Public libraries--Reference services
Reader guidance
Reading

description: This paper surveys a sample of public library staff in North Carolina to determine the tools they use most often for readers' services. While many readers' advisory experts in the field have encouraged library staff to take advantage of a number of web-based resources, little research exists to document whether or not library staff are doing so. The resources selected by the respondents were compared against demographic data and data collected regarding respondents' personal reading habits. Results indicate that public library staff in North Carolina rely on readers' advisory databases most often, along with their personal reading and the library catalog.
title: Klassizismus in Trondheim : Ein Beitrag zur norwegischen Holzarchitektur. [2.] Bildband.
Creators: name: Auener, Helmut
Publisher: name: Philipps-Universität Marburg
Year: 1949
Subjects: subject: Norwegen
subject: Trondheim
subject: Architecture
subject: FOS: Civil engineering
subject: Architektur
subject: Klassizismus
subject: Holzbau

description: Elektronische Reproduktion von: Der Klassizismus in Trondheim : Ein Beitr. zur norwegischen Holzarchitektur / Helmut Auener. - 2, Bildbd. - Marburg/Lahn, 1949. - [62] Seiten. - Standort: Universität Marburg, Bibliothek Kunst und Kulturwissenschaften, Kunstgeschichte (038) Signatur: Diss. Auener (R). - Bemerkungen: Dissertation, Philipps-Universität Marburg, 1949. - Digitalisiert 2018
Cephalaria tchihatchewii Boissier 1860
Creators: name: Ranjbar, Massoud
name: Ranjbar, Zahra
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Dipsacales
Caprifoliaceae
Cephalaria
Cephalaria tchihatchewii

description: Cephalaria tchihatchewii Boissier (1860: 220).
 Type:— TURKEY. Erzurum, Armenia, inter fontes Araxis et radices boreales montis Bingoldagh, ca. 2000 m, Tchihatchef 930 (G! [G00330444!], holotype; isotype P! [P2284074!]).
 Distribution and habitat: — Cephalaria tchihatchewii is distributed in Turkey, Armenia and Caucasus. It was reported from W Iran in Flora of Turkey (Matthews 1972) and NW Iran in Flora USSR (Bobrov 1957), but was not found in our collections and also during our field excursions from W and NW Iran. Consequently, this species is excluded from the flora of Iran.
description: Published as part of Ranjbar, Massoud & Ranjbar, Zahra, 2017, A taxonomic revision of Cephalaria subgen. Cephalaria sect. Atrocephalae (Caprifoliaceae) from Iran, pp. 101-138 in Phytotaxa 311 (2) on page 135, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.311.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13700563
A classification of aperiodic order via spectral metrics and Jarník sets
Creators: name: Gröger, Maik
name: Kesseböhmer, Marc
name: Mosbach, Arne
name: Samuel, Tony
name: Steffens, Malte
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 52C23, 68R15, 94A55, 47C15, 11K60, 37C45, 11J70, 46L87

description: Given an $α> 1$ and a $θ$ with unbounded continued fraction entries, we characterise new relations between Sturmian subshifts with slope $θ$ with respect to (i) an $α$-Höder regularity condition of a spectral metric, (ii) level sets defined in terms of the Diophantine properties of $θ$, and (iii) complexity notions which we call $α$-repetitive, $α$-repulsive and $α$-finite; generalisations of the properties known as linearly repetitive, repulsive and power free, respectively. We show that the level sets relate naturally to (exact) Jarn\'ık sets and prove that their Hausdorff dimension is $2/(α+ 1)$.
description: 25 pages, 1 figure
Cyberecruiting for information professionals
Creators: name: Goodwin, Ann B.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2000
Subjects: World Wide Web
Job search
Information science
Content analysis
Job analysis
Job advertisements

description: This study examines job advertisements for information professionals as represented by online advertisements in general job boards (www.monster.com, www.joboptions.com, and www.careermosaic.com) and those in newspaper classified advertisements.  A general overview of the technical and professional skills desired by employers is obtained through a content analysis of job opportunities.  The results of the study indicate that for-profit businesses utilize online forums more often for posting open positions than public institutions or colleges and universities, and that the job market for those with a M.L.S. is both healthy and diverse.  Positions targeted towards M.I.S. graduates are more diffuse, and can more easily be located by using specific skill sets as keywords rather than using the degree itself as a search strategy.  Results also indicate that online advertisements are very similar to those in print newspapers in terms of types of positions advertised, salary ranges, years of experience required, and skills desired.
Predicting the Costs of an Ongoing Image Digitization Process:  Applying Conventional Wisdom at Ingram Book Company
Creators: name: Perry, Jonathan M.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2004
Subjects: Metadata
Digital preservation
Digital libraries

description: After a decade of serious research in the creation and maintenance of digital collections, a cultural heritage organization contemplating a digital preservation project or building a digital library collection is still hard pressed to answer the question "how much will it cost?"  Not being able to predict costs, the institution may spend too much of scarce resources, or, perhaps worse, simply choose to do nothing.  This paper explores how several leading cost models, which seem to vary widely from each other, can in fact be used together to form a framework to better identify and predict costs.    The focus of the paper is on the use of existing costing models, culminating in the development of a costing tool applicable to digitization of images or similar source materials.  The stimulus for the research was a pilot program conducted at Ingram Book Company, during which actual costs of digital imaging and metadata creation were measured and compared to costs predicted by five leading models, primarily the Making of America IV project (MoA4") conducted at the University of Michigan.
Operation of graphene quantum Hall resistance standard in a cryogen-free table-top system
Creators: name: Janssen, T. J. B. M.
name: Rozhko, S.
name: Antonov, I.
name: Tzalenchuk, A.
name: Williams, J. M.
name: Melhem, Z.
name: He, H.
name: Lara-Avila, S.
name: Kubatkin, S.
name: Yakimova, R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We demonstrate quantum Hall resistance measurements with metrological accuracy in a small cryogen-free system operating at a temperature of around 3.8K and magnetic fields below 5T. Operating this system requires little experimental knowledge or laboratory infrastructure, thereby greatly advancing the proliferation of primary quantum standards for precision electrical metrology. This significant advance in technology has come about as a result of the unique properties of epitaxial graphene on SiC.
description: 15 pages, 9 figures
UN-Mission zur Überwachung der Menschenrechte erforderlich
Creators: name: Redaktion, Die
Publisher: name: Südasien
Year: 2022

description: Die Asiatische Menschenrechtskommission unterstützt vehement den Ruf nach einer UN-Mission zur Überwachung der Menschenrechte mit dem Ziel, die stark beschädigte Fähigkeit der srilankischen Polizei zur Ermittlung von Straftaten wiederherzustellen.
description: Südasien, Bd. 28/29 Nr. 4/1 2008/2009(2008): Menschenrechte in Südasien
Localization of Chaotic Resonance States due to a Partial Transport Barrier
Creators: name: Körber, Martin J.
name: Bäcker, Arnd
name: Ketzmerick, Roland
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Chaotic eigenstates of quantum systems are known to localize on either side of a classical partial transport barrier if the flux connecting the two sides is quantum mechanically not resolved due to Heisenberg's uncertainty. Surprisingly, in open systems with escape chaotic resonance states can localize even if the flux is quantum mechanically resolved. We explain this using the concept of conditionally invariant measures from classical dynamical systems by introducing a new quantum mechanically relevant class of such fractal measures. We numerically find quantum-to-classical correspondence for localization transitions depending on the openness of the system and on the decay rate of resonance states.
description: 5+1 pages, 4 figures
Cultures of Information Policy and Practice: The Ethnoinformatic Research Potential of America's Utopian Experiments
Creators: name: Bourne, Brandy L.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2004
Subjects: Utopian Societies
Icaria
Moravian Church
Rugby, Tennessee
Libraries--History
Shakers

description: The presumption of this research is that information organization and policy is not only utilitarian but is also in service of particular goals and worldviews. Just as the ways in which societies organize themselves into buildings, communities and towns reflect their particular needs and values, so too does their organization of records and texts, their selective provision of information resources, and their choices of what to preserve, how, and for how long. America's rich history of experimental, microcosmic utopian communities provides a unique opportunity to examine the role of information in their attempts at social reorganization. Short vignettes of the cultural histories of information in New Harmony, Icaria, Brook Farm, Ruskin, Shaker, Harmony, Rugby, and Moravian communities are examined to offer some insight into the ethnographic research potential of information in America's utopian societies.
Evaluation of pretreatment with curcumin, vitamin C, or their combination on cadmium-induced toxicity on rat kidney, stomach and small intestine
Creators: name: Naovarat Tarasub
Publisher: name: Rangsit University
Year: 2017
Subjects: cadmium (Cd)
Cd-induced toxicity
curcumin
kidney
rats
small intestine
stomach
vitamin C

description: Rangsit Journal of Arts and Sciences, 7, 2, 119-130
Bericht der Asiatischen Menschenrechtskommission
Creators: name: Redaktion, Die
name: Krüskemper, Elena
Publisher: name: Südasien
Year: 2022

description: Sri Lanka: Die Gründung einer Todesschwadron gegen Rechtsanwälte, die für die Menschenrechte eintreten, muss dringlich untersucht werden Dokumentation.
description: Südasien, Bd. 28/29 Nr. 4/1 2008/2009(2008): Menschenrechte in Südasien
Variable stars in one open cluster within the Kepler/K2-Campaign-5 field: M 67 (NGC 2682)
Creators: name: Nardiello, D.
name: Libralato, M.
name: Bedin, L. R.
name: Piotto, G.
name: Ochner, P.
name: Cunial, A.
name: Borsato, L.
name: Granata, V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper we continue the release of high-level data products from the multiyear photometric survey collected at the 67/92 cm Schmidt Telescope in Asiago. The primary goal of the survey is to discover and to characterise variable objects and exoplanetary transits in four fields containing five nearby open clusters spanning a broad range of ages. This second paper releases a photometric catalogue, in five photometric bands, of the Solar-age, Solar-metallicity open cluster M 67 (NGC 2682). Proper motions are derived comparing the positions observed in 2013 at the Asiago's Schmidt Telescope with those extracted from WFI@2.2m MPG/ESO images in 2000. We also analyse the variable sources within M 67. We detected 68 variables, 43 of which are new detection. Variable periods and proper-motion memberships of a large majority of sources in our catalogue are improved with respect to previous releases. The entire catalogue will be available in electronic format. Besides the general interest on an improved catalogue, this work will be particularly useful because of: (1) the imminent release of Kepler/K2 Campaign-5 data of this cluster, for which our catalogue will provide an excellent, high spatial resolution input list, and (2) characterisation of the M 67 stars which are targets of intense HARPS and HARPS-N radial-velocity surveys for planet search.
description: 8 pages, 6 figures (2 at low resolution), 2 tables. Accepted for publication in MNRAS on October 17, 2015. Electronic materials available at the url http://groups.dfa.unipd.it/ESPG/M67.html , and later on the Journal and at the CDS
Menschenrechte in Sri Lanka im Spiegel des neuen UPR Verfahrens
Creators: name: Voß, Norman H.
Publisher: name: Südasien
Year: 2022

description: Sri Lanka hat es seit Jahren versäumt, den Bitten um Kooperation mit verschiedenen Menschenrechtsmechanismen der Vereinten Nationen (UN) nachzukommen. Dem Menschenrechtsausschuss des internationalen Pakts für bürgerliche und politische Rechte etwa ist der Inselstaat seit über einem Jahr eine Berichterstattung schuldig. Bei anderen Mechanismen steht das Land noch viele weitere Jahre in der Kreide. Doch der Reformversuch, der die VN Menschenrechtskommission in den UN Menschenrechtsrat hat wandeln lassen, hat einiges hervorgebracht.
description: Südasien, Bd. 28/29 Nr. 4/1 2008/2009(2008): Menschenrechte in Südasien
Automated Monitoring of Online News Streams: Topic Detection and Tracking Considerations
Creators: name: Polinski, Patrick
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Information retrieval
subject: Information retrieval extraction Really Simple Syndicate
subject: Information retrieval filtering
subject: Linguistics
subject: FOS: Languages and literature

description: This paper describes the term frequency patterns found in online news summaries  published over a seven-week period. The patterns are analyzed qualitatively and  quantitatively to facilitate the refinement of algorithms used for the automatic detection  and tracking of important topics appearing in streams of text. It is shown that a term's  importance cannot be measured in raw frequency counts or significant increases in  volume alone. The impact of these findings on existing algorithms is discussed, and new  approaches for automated story detection and presentation are considered.
Molecular dynamics simulations of the affinity of chitin and chitosan for collagen: the effect of pH and the presence of sodium and calcium cations
Creators: name: Przybylek, Maciej
name: Beldowski, Piotr
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Chitosan and chitin are promising biopolymers used in many areas including biomedical applications, such as tissue engineering and viscosupplementation. Chitosan shares similar properties with hyaluronan, a natural component of synovial fluid, making it a good candidate for joint disease treatment. The structural and energetic consequences of intermolecular interactions are crucial for understanding the biolubrication phenomenon and other important biomedical features. However, the properties of biopolymers, including their complexation abilities, are influenced by the nature of the aqueous medium with which they interact. In this study, we employed molecular dynamics simulations to describe the effect of pH and the presence of sodium and calcium cations on the stability of molecular complexes formed by collagen type II with chitin and chitosan oligosaccharides. Based on Gibbs free energy of binding, all considered complexes are thermodynamically stable over the entire pH range. The affinity between chitosan oligosaccharide and collagen is highly influenced by pH, while oligomeric chitin shows no pH-dependent effect on the stability of molecular assemblies with collagen. On the other hand, the presence of sodium and calcium cations has a negligible effect on the affinity of chitin and chitosan for collagen.
Improving absolute gravity estimates by the $L_p$-norm approximation of the ballistic trajectory
Creators: name: Nagornyi, V. D.
name: Svitlov, S.
name: Araya, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: Geophysics (physics.geo-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Iteratively Re-weighted Least Squares (IRLS) were used to simulate the $L_p$-norm approximation of the ballistic trajectory in absolute gravimeters. Two iterations of the IRLS delivered sufficient accuracy of the approximation without a significant bias. The simulations were performed on different samplings and perturbations of the trajectory. For the platykurtic distributions of the perturbations, the $L_p$-approximation with $3
Self-Supervised Neuron Segmentation with Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning
Creators: name: Chen, Yinda
name: Huang, Wei
name: Zhou, Shenglong
name: Chen, Qi
name: Xiong, Zhiwei
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The performance of existing supervised neuron segmentation methods is highly dependent on the number of accurate annotations, especially when applied to large scale electron microscopy (EM) data. By extracting semantic information from unlabeled data, self-supervised methods can improve the performance of downstream tasks, among which the mask image model (MIM) has been widely used due to its simplicity and effectiveness in recovering original information from masked images. However, due to the high degree of structural locality in EM images, as well as the existence of considerable noise, many voxels contain little discriminative information, making MIM pretraining inefficient on the neuron segmentation task. To overcome this challenge, we propose a decision-based MIM that utilizes reinforcement learning (RL) to automatically search for optimal image masking ratio and masking strategy. Due to the vast exploration space, using single-agent RL for voxel prediction is impractical. Therefore, we treat each input patch as an agent with a shared behavior policy, allowing for multi-agent collaboration. Furthermore, this multi-agent model can capture dependencies between voxels, which is beneficial for the downstream segmentation task. Experiments conducted on representative EM datasets demonstrate that our approach has a significant advantage over alternative self-supervised methods on the task of neuron segmentation. Code is available at \url{https://github.com/ydchen0806/dbMiM}.
description: IJCAI 23 main track paper
Vergangenheitsbewältigung ist tabu
Creators: name: Bärthlein, Thomas
Publisher: name: Südasien
Year: 2022

description: Zehn lange Jahre dauerte der Bürgerkrieg in Nepal: Von 1996 bis 2006 kämpften die königliche Armee und die maoistischen Rebellen nicht nur gegeneinander, sondern begingen auch zahllose Menschenrechtsverletzungen an Zivilisten. Seitdem hat sich einiges getan: Die ehemaligen Rebellen sind an die Regierung gewählt worden, der König hat seinen Thron verloren und eine neue Verfassung wird geschrieben. Nur von den Gräueln der Bürgerkriegszeit redet niemand. Fast niemand – der Menschenrechts-Anwalt Jitman Basnet gehört zu den Ausnahmen. Er wurde während des Kriegs sowohl von den Maoisten wie von der Armee gefangen gehalten. Über seine Erfahrungen mit der Armee schrieb er ein Buch.
description: Südasien, Bd. 28/29 Nr. 4/1 2008/2009(2008): Menschenrechte in Südasien
The Shape of M Dwarf Flares in Kepler Light Curves
Creators: name: Davenport, James R. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Ultra-precise light curves from Kepler provide the best opportunity to determine rates and statistical properties of stellar flares. From 11 months of data on the active M4 dwarf, GJ 1243, we have built the largest catalog of flares for a single star: over 6100 events. Combining 885 of our most pristine flares, we generated an empirical white-light flare template. This high-fidelity template shows a rapid initial rise, and two distinct exponential cooling phases. This template is useful in constraining flare energies and for improved flare detection in many surveys. Complex, multi-peaked events are more common for higher energy flares in this sample. Using our flare template we characterize the structure of complex events. In this contributed talk, I presented results from our boutique study of GJ 1243, and described an expanded investigation of the structure of complex flares and their connection to solar events.
description: 6 pages, 6 figures, to appear in the Proceedings of "Solar and Stellar Flares and their Effects on Planets Proceedings", IAU Symposium No. 320, 2015. Flare sample is available online http://github.com/jradavenport/GJ1243-Flares
Von der absoluten Monarchie zur Republik
Creators: name: Rokaya, K. B.
Publisher: name: Südasien
Year: 2022

description: Nepal hat in den letzten Jahren eine konfliktreiche Phase sozialer und politischer Transformation durchlaufen, deren Ende noch nicht absehbar ist. Der nepalische Christ und Menschenrechtler K.B. Rokaya markiert in seinem Beitrag einige historische Meilensteine und damit den Kontext, in den der Kampf für die Verwirklichung der Menschenrechte eingebettet ist.
description: Südasien, Bd. 28/29 Nr. 4/1 2008/2009(2008): Menschenrechte in Südasien
An Analysis of Query Types for Prescription Drug Information
Creators: name: Martin, Adam J.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2010
Subjects: Internet searching
Health--Internet resources
Drugs
Medicine--Internet resources

description: Much is known about the extent to which people use the Internet to search for prescription drug information as well as the usefulness of printed drug information.  Little is known about the types of drug information that are queried.  This study uses query data from the most relied on search engine to determine the types of drug information that the U.S. population seeks online.  It finds that searches for prescription drug information most often fall under the types General or Synonym, Drug Substitute or Comparison, and Adverse Effects, and that few queries fall under the types Mechanism of Action, Administration, and Fertility, Pregnancy, or Lactation.  This study also provides evidence to support the conclusion that the U.S. population searches for prescription drug information in the context of information about other drugs and that usefulness criteria for online drug information should take this into account.
Light Stops in a minimal U(1)x extension of the MSSM
Creators: name: Capdevilla, R. M.
name: Delgado, A.
name: Martin, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In order to reproduce the measured mass of the Higgs boson mh = 125GeV in the minimal supersymmetric standard model, one usually has to rely on heavy stops, increasing the fine tuning of the electroweak scale. By introducing a new gauge sector, the Higgs mass gets a tree-level contribution via a non-decoupling D-term, and mh = 125 GeV can be obtained with lighter stops. In this paper, we study the values of the stops masses needed to achieve the correct Higgs mass in a setup where the gauge group is extended by a single U(1)x interaction. We derive the experimental limits on the mass of the Z' gauge boson in this setup, then discuss how the stops masses vary as a function of the free parameters introduced by the new sector. We find that the correct Higgs mass can be reproduced with stops in a region between 700 - 800 GeV and a Z' resonance close to the 2.5 TeV bound from the run-I of the LHC, or in a higher region 800 - 900 GeV if the Z' resonance is heavier (3.1 TeV). This region of parameter space will be quickly accessible at run-II of the LHC, and we discuss the impact of the projected run-II bounds on the U(1)x parameter space. We also discuss the phenomenology of the Higgs-like particles introduced to break U(1)x and conclude their effects are too small to be detected at current colliders.
description: 8 pages, 4 figures
Gebrochene Versprechen
Creators: name: Döhne, Thomas
Publisher: name: Südasien
Year: 2022

description: Seit den Wahlen zur verfassungsgebenden Versammlung am 10. April 2008 ist die internationale Medienaufmerksamkeit für Nepal wieder abgeebbt. Die Monarchie ist beendet, der Ex-König hat den Palast geräumt. Am 28. Mai 2008 wurde Nepal zur Republik erklärt. Aus dem ehemaligen Guerillachef Prachanda („Furchterregender“) ist inzwischen der respektable Ministerpräsident Pushpa Kamal Dahal geworden. Eine Koalitionsregierung unter Führung der maoistischen Kommunistischen Partei Nepal (CPN-M) ist im Amt. So weit, so gut!
description: Südasien, Bd. 28/29 Nr. 4/1 2008/2009(2008): Menschenrechte in Südasien