cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Whole brain parcellation via resting-state fMRI data analysis
title: Κατάτμηση εγκεφάλου μέσω ανάλυσης δεδομένων fMRI σε κατάσταση ανάπαυσης
Creators: name: Πουλεα Ευσταθια
Publisher: name: Technical University of Crete
Year: 2023

description: Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is a non-invasive method that provides important information about brain functionality. It is a technique that maps brain activity by detecting changes related to blood flow. The most common form of fMRI measures the signal that reflects changes in blood flow to the brain and is used to understand how the brain works.
Since brain activity is intrinsic, any brain region will exhibit spontaneous fluctuations in the BOLD signal. Thus, even at rest, the BOLD signal reflects systematic fluctuations associated with brain activity. It is widely believed that resting state networks are the cause of these fluctuations. So, there is a common, for many subjects compartmentalization of the brain, based on functionality.
In this thesis, we study a method that computes a common, multi-subject, brain partition, without prior knowledge of the properties of the partition.
First, we present a method which calculates the common spatial subspace through the Generalized Canonical Correlation Analysis (gCCA) method. We then apply this method to real data involving healthy and non-healthy subjects and compare the results.
description: Η λειτουργική μαγνητική τομογραφία (fMRI) είναι μια μη επεμβατική μέθοδος η οποία παρέχει σημαντικές πληροφορίες για τη λειτουργικότητα του εγκεφάλου. Είναι μια τεχνική η οποία χαρτογραφεί την εγκεφαλική δραστηριότητα με την ανίχνευση αλλαγών που σχετίζονται με τη ροή του αίματος. Η πιο συνήθης μορφή fMRI μετρά το σήμα που αντανακλά αλλαγές στη ροή του αίματος στον εγκέφαλο και χρησιμοποιείται για να κατανοήσουμε πώς λειτουργεί ο εγκέφαλος.
Δεδομένου ότι η εγκεφαλική δραστηριότητα είναι εγγενής, οποιαδήποτε περιοχή του εγκεφάλου θα παρουσιάζει αυθόρμητες διακυμάνσεις στο σήμα BOLD. Έτσι, ακόμη και σε κατάσταση ηρεμίας, το σήμα BOLD αντανακλά συστηματικές διακυμάνσεις που συνδέονται με την εγκεφαλική δραστηριότητα. Πιστεύεται ευρέως ότι τα δίκτυα κατάστασης ηρεμίας είναι η αιτία αυτών των διακυμάνσεων. Άρα, υπάρχει μία κοινή, για πολλά υποκείμενα, διαμέριση του εγκεφάλου, με βάση τη λειτουργικότητα.
Μελετούμε μια μέθοδο η οποία υπολογίζει μία κοινή, για πολλά υποκείμενα, διαμέριση του εγκεφάλου, χωρίς προηγούμενη γνώση των ιδιοτήτων της διαμέρισης. Αρχικά, παρουσιάζουμε μία μέθοδο η οποία υπολογίζει τον κοινό χωρικό υπόχωρο (common spatial subspace) μέσω της μεθόδου Generalized Canonical Correlation Analysis (gCCA). Στη συνέχεια, εφαρμόζουμε αυτήν τη μέθοδο σε πραγματικά δεδομένα τα οποία αφορούν σε υγιή και μη υγιή υποκείμενα και συγκρίνουμε τα αποτελέσματα.
SIENNA infographic: Human genomics
Creators: name: Centre for Research Ethics & Bioethics, Uppsala University
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019

description: The applications of human genomics bring many benefits but also raise concerns. Applications of genome analysis in research, healthcare, direct-to-consumer, and forensics come with different benefits and risks, and so do the gene editing technologies deployed in research and healthcare. Find out about the impacts of these technologies and the people affected in this SIENNA infographic, and how the SIENNA project will help address some of these issues by analysing the legal, ethical, social & economic impacts of human genomics, connecting with citizens to understand their concerns via surveys in 11 countries & panels in 5 countries, consulting experts and discussing ethical & human rights issues, and developing ethical codes & protocols.
XASHAKI NO'XAT K-95 NAV NAMUNASIGA SUG'ORISH SONINING TA'SIRI
Creators: name: Mustanov, Sobir
name: Ma'rifjonov, Muhammadqodir
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: No'xat ekini qurg'oqchilikka chidamli dukkakli – don ekini bo'lganligi, sababli, uni lalmi va shartli sug'oriladigan yerlarda ham ekib, undan yuqori hosil olish mumkin.
Spectral Analysis of a Four Mode Cluster State
Creators: name: Midgley, S. L. W.
name: Olsen, M. K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We theoretically evaluate the squeezed joint operators produced in a single optical parametric oscillator which generates quadripartite entangled outputs, as demonstrated experimentally by Pysher et al. \cite{pysher}[Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 030505 (2011)]. Using a linearized fluctuation analysis we calculate the squeezing of the joint quadrature operators below threshold for a range of local oscillator phases and frequencies. These results add to the existing theoretical understanding of this potentially important system.
description: 4 pages, 6 figures
The Nose Hill Park master plan: concept alternatives
Creators: name: Norie, James Henry
Publisher: name: Environmental Design
Year: 1980
Subjects: subject: Parks - Alberta - Calgary - Nose Hill Park
subject: Nose Hill Park (Calgary)
subject: Parks - Planning - Alberta - Calgary
subject: Calgary (Alta.) - Parks - Nose Hill Park

description: Bibliography: p. 150-154.
description: "Nose Hill" is the name given to an elevated plain located in north Calgary, Alberta. This document, representing the first stage of a master planning study, presents three alternative concepts for a recommended 2740 acre (1109 hectare) park on Nose Hill. The park environment is described as a grassland plateau defined by five major coulees supporting grassland, aspen grove and shrub vegetation. About 200 plant species, 70 bird species and 15 mammal species have been identified on the hill. Nose Hill is proposed for designation as a "natural environment" park in order to preserve its natural and visual qualities and to provide for compatible recreational activities. Of the five park zones used to distinguish management strategies, a "natural environment" zone is assigned to the majority of the park in all concepts. Each of the three concepts emphasizes different objectives by means of a unique combination of recreation facility/activity options . Concept 1 proposes minor development but includes a visitor/interpretive centre, amphitheatre, and arboretum. Concept 2 offers a wide range of recreation opportunity by including a visitor centre, recreational lake, tennis courts, lawnbowling green, horseshoe pitch, sportsfields, overnight campgrounds, chip and putt golf course, hang-gliding area, and downhill skiing area. Concept 3 proposes a moderate level of development and features a visitor/interpretive centre, amphitheatre, equestrian centre and cross-country course, hang-gliding area, and downhill skiing area. Development cost estimates are $7.4 million for Concept 1, $17.7 mill ion for Concept 2, and $10 . 8 million for Concept 3.
Multiple dynamical time-scales in networks with hierarchically nested modular organization
Creators: name: Sinha, Sitabhra
name: Poria, Swarup
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: Social and Information Networks (cs.SI)
subject: Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Many natural and engineered complex networks have intricate mesoscopic organization, e.g., the clustering of the constituent nodes into several communities or modules. Often, such modularity is manifested at several different hierarchical levels, where the clusters defined at one level appear as elementary entities at the next higher level. Using a simple model of a hierarchical modular network, we show that such a topological structure gives rise to characteristic time-scale separation between dynamics occurring at different levels of the hierarchy. This generalizes our earlier result for simple modular networks, where fast intra-modular and slow inter-modular processes were clearly distinguished. Investigating the process of synchronization of oscillators in a hierarchical modular network, we show the existence of as many distinct time-scales as there are hierarchical levels in the system. This suggests a possible functional role of such mesoscopic organization principle in natural systems, viz., in the dynamical separation of events occurring at different spatial scales.
description: 10 pages, 4 figures
title: Virtual Axle Detector Based on Analysis of Bridge Acceleration Measurements by Fully Convolutional Network
Creators: name: Lorenzen, Steven Robert
name: Riedel, Henrik
name: Rupp, Maximilian Michael
name: Schmeiser, Leon
name: Berthold, Hagen
name: Firus, Andrei
name: Schneider, Jens
Publisher: name: MDPI
Year: 2022

description: In the practical application of the Bridge Weigh-In-Motion (BWIM) methods, the position of the wheels or axles during the passage of a vehicle is a prerequisite in most cases. To avoid the use of conventional axle detectors and bridge type-specific methods, we propose a novel method for axle detection using accelerometers placed arbitrarily on a bridge. In order to develop a model that is as simple and comprehensible as possible, the axle detection task is implemented as a binary classification problem instead of a regression problem. The model is implemented as a Fully Convolutional Network to process signals in the form of Continuous Wavelet Transforms. This allows passages of any length to be processed in a single step with maximum efficiency while utilising multiple scales in a single evaluation. This allows our method to use acceleration signals from any location on the bridge structure and act as Virtual Axle Detectors (VADs) without being limited to specific structural types of bridges. To test the proposed method, we analysed 3787 train passages recorded on a steel trough railway bridge of a long-distance traffic line. Results of the measurement data show that our model detects 95% of the axles, which means that 128,599 out of 134,800 previously unseen axles were correctly detected. In total, 90% of the axles were detected with a maximum spatial error of 20 cm, at a maximum velocity of vmax=56.3m/s. The analysis shows that our developed model can use accelerometers as VADs even under real operating conditions.
Relationship between primary group contacts and the use of the mass media among Nigerians in Calgary
Creators: name: Nwankwo, Doris Ijeoma
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 1981
Subjects: subject: FC 3697.9 N5 N82 1983
subject: Mass media and minorities - Alberta - Calgary
subject: Nigerians in Calgary
subject: Ethnicity
subject: Socialization

description: Bibliography: p. 121-130.
Demands and wellbeing in university students: A study of undergraduates at a post-92 UK university
Creators: name: Woolridge, Bradley
Publisher: name: Cardiff Metropolitan University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Social psychology

description: Transition into and through university can be a demanding and problematic experience that directly impacts student’s wellbeing (Hughes and Spanner, 2019). Underpinned by a stress-based theoretical framework (DRIVE model; Mark and Smith, 2008), adopting a sequential mixed methods approach, this thesis investigated how demands affect students’ wellbeing across the first two years of their Undergraduate Degree (UD). Four empirical studies were complete. Study one used quantitative methods to examine how demands, resources and individual indifferences impacted student’s wellbeing following their transition into University. Study two built on this via a qualitative exploration of student’s transitional experiences. Main findings across these two studies were that social demands had the greatest impact on students’ wellbeing during their transition to University. Following this sequential approach, the research moved onto a more longitudinal design to capture how demands/wellbeing change over time. Study three adopted a repeated measures design that involved students undertaking a self-report survey on four occasions across the first two years of their UD. The main findings revealed students’ wellbeing significantly decreased between year one and two and the demands experienced differed significantly between years. The final study qualitatively explored the key findings across studies one, two and three through an interpretative phenomenological approach. Here, findings indicated the positive/negative impact social demands had on students and how their perception/individual differences affected their wellbeing. Holistically, the results of the thesis suggested social demands were the most impactful on student’s wellbeing and several individual difference factors impacted the stress-wellbeing relationship (e.g., perceived stress, psychological balance). The findings also demonstrated how demands changed across the student lifecycle and that support should differ for students throughout their journey. Conceptually, the main implications from the research showed the stress-wellbeing relationship is complex and must consider: the most impactful demands students face; and, how individual differences affect wellbeing. Practically, the findings provided insight into which demands are significant at different timepoints during the first two years of an UD. Therefore, the findings/contributions of this thesis have the potential to enhance how Universities support students during their transition to University and between years.
Steven's Case Study: Fostering quality research use mindsets through social media
Creators: name: Gleeson, Jo
name: Cutler, Blake
name: Hall, Genevieve
name: Rickinson, Mark
name: Walsh, Lucas
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2023
Subjects: Professional education and training
Teacher education and professional development of educators
Educational administration, management and leadership

description: This practitioner case study explores Steven’s mindset towards research and how he aimed to foster this mindset in others.
 Steven’s case study was developed by the Monash Q Project (2019-2023) and published as part of the resources for the Quality Use of Research Evidence (QURE) Assessment Tool – a confidential online questionnaire enabling educators and education system leaders, as individuals or as a group, to reflect upon and assess their use of research in their practice.
Basic mathematical conjectures of natural numbers
Creators: name: Cristoni, Greta
name: Cristoni, Simone
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Natural Number Conjectures

description: The article describes five new conjectures, relating to relationships connecting the natural numbers 1 to 9 and the number 0. The conjectures are expressed in mathematical language and in the form of formulas.
The effects of chlorine on the benthic communities of the Sheep River, Alberta
Creators: name: Osborne, Lewis L.
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 1981
Subjects: subject: QH 545 S49 O8 1981 Fiche
subject: Water - Pollution - Alberta - Sheep River
subject: Chlorine - Environmental aspects - Alberta - Sheep River
subject: Benthos - Alberta - Sheep River - Effect of water pollution on

description: Bibliography: p. 465-496.
A child's world: the design of a day care centre for the University of Calgary
Creators: name: Palmer, Marilyn G.
Publisher: name: Environmental Design
Year: 1981
Subjects: subject: NA 4510 D38 P34 1986
subject: Architecture and children - Alberta - Calgary
subject: Architecture - Alberta - Calgary - Designs and plans
subject: Day care centers - Alberta - Calgary

description: Bibliography: p. xxxiv.
description: The objective of the Ma ster's Degree Project is to demonstrate proficiency in design through the schematic design of a Day Care Centre for sixty children for the University of Calgary. The design of the Centre is based on a Facility Programme (Appendix I), developed in part from the Recommendations for Child Care Centres by Gary T. Moore, et al, of the University of Wisconsin and in part from the spec1f1c requirements of the University of Calgary Day Care Centre administration. The design is developed to the schematic level and is described graphically by a site plan, a floor plan, two sections, four elevations, an exterior perspective, three interior perspectives and a typical wall section. The text accompanying the drawings describes the intent of the design under the headings of function, form and context. Concepts such as 'Age-Related Places', 'Home Clusters', 'Play Precincts', 'Open Circulation', and 'Modified Open Plan' have contributed to the functional organization of the building. The form is generated primarily by a hexagonal geometry, an intimate indoor-outdoor connection and concepts related to zoning and image. The proposal also responds to contextual issues such as topography, existing vegetation, orientation, adjacent land use, services and access.
Acute-phase alpha 2-macroglobulin in the rat: purification, radioimmunoassay and fetal-maternal distribution
Creators: name: Panrucker, Diane E.
Publisher: name: Medicine
Year: 1981
Subjects: subject: QP 552 G55 P54 1983 Fiche
subject: Alpha globulin - Sythesis
subject: Rats
subject: Proteins - Synthesis

description: Bibliography: p. 174-192.
Sensory Referral for Rehabilitation? Scoping review of the literature, exploratory within-person randomized mixed-methods experiment with healthy subjects and feasibility study in chronic stroke
Creators: name: Hagenberg, Annegret
Publisher: name: University of Leicester
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Clinical observation of touch, watched in a mirror at midline (sensory referral, SR) restoring sensory function 12 years post stroke is the basis of this thesis.A scoping review of the multi-disciplinary literature identified studies in health and disease on 486 participants. SR response rates varied between 0 and 100%, and were highest in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome or when rubber hands were stimulated in preference to participant’s own. Though procedures differed between studies, SR response was regarded as a phenomenon, even as a predictor of maladaptive neuroplasticity, but rarely as a tool to improve sensory perception.To understand who responds, how and when, and whether there are unwanted effects, a mixed methods study was conducted, mirror-stimulation of 47 healthy participants between 20 and 83 years-old on their hands and feet, and rubber replacements. Eight cycles were randomised by order of testing. Voice recordings showed quality and development of SR. Response rate was 76.6% on at least two occasions, mean intensity 5.19 on the numeric rating scale (NRS), and significantly more often in extraverts who were open to experience. However, some responded with elicited numbness (a negative response), raising the question whether the brain defaults towards normal in disease. As SR developed over time and through dwelling on responding locations, the subsequent stroke feasibility trial provided scope for increasing stimulation time.Chronic stroke patients recruited from England and Germany reflected a similar SR response rate (5 of 6 experienced SR), with sensory perception even improving in the non-responder. However, whether an engagement with the illusion is sufficient, and whether improvement is higher compared to a control group, requires further study.Presence of a SR response through visual illusion offers new approaches in rehabilitation and demonstrates potential therapeutic access to the sensory system.
0125 Between Memory and Oblivion of the Shoah. The Problem of Aesthetic Neutralization of the Past in Saul Friedländer's Historical Thinking
Creators: name: Sawicki, Maciej
name: Kolenda, Karolina
Publisher: name: RIHA Journal
Year: 2015

description: In his writings, Saul Friedländer described the problem of individual memory of the Shoah as one of the main limits of discourse. The critical point of his reflection on memory can be found in the issue of social redemptive thinking, which constituted a defence reaction against catastrophe. This phenomenon was particularly distinct in the public form of memory, which, on the one hand, demanded simplicity and clear interpretation, since its role was to neutralise incoherence, eliminate the pain, and raise hope among the contemporaries; on the other hand, the deep individual memory of the survivors – which knows no rules – did not accept the forms of public memory, even though it could defy them. According to Friedländer, the expansion of public memory and the decline of individual memory suggest that "the memory of the Shoah will probably not escape complete ritualization."1He also argued that art cannot oppose the process of coming to terms with the horror, because it needs to express the individual memory of the past in certain empty forms. What became equally problematic was the fact that the categories of art after the Holocaust have been taken over by cultural industry and politics, which instrumentally used the issue of memory for other purposes. Referring to Friedländer's reflections on the present impasse related to the neutralising mechanisms of memory, I shall consider the issue of the limits and possibilities of creating an aesthetic link between the past and the present.
description: RIHA Journal, 2015: Special Issue "Contemporary Art and Memory" (Part II)
Minimum Distance Spectral Radius of Graphs with Given Edge Connectivity
Creators: name: Li, Xiao-Xin
name: Fan, Yi-Zheng
name: Wang, Yi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 05C50, 15A18

description: In this paper we determine the unique graph with minimum distance spectral radius among all connected graphs of fixed order and given edge connectivity.
Toric bases for 6D F-theory models
Creators: name: Morrison, David R.
name: Taylor, Washington
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We find all smooth toric bases that support elliptically fibered Calabi-Yau threefolds, using the intersection structure of the irreducible effective divisors on the base. These bases can be used for F-theory constructions of six-dimensional quantum supergravity theories. There are 61,539 distinct possible toric bases. The associated 6D supergravity theories have a number of tensor multiplets ranging from 0 to 193. For each base an explicit Weierstrass parameterization can be determined in terms of the toric data. The toric counting of parameters matches with the gravitational anomaly constraint on massless fields. For bases associated with theories having a large number of tensor multiplets, there is a large non-Higgsable gauge group containing multiple irreducible gauge group factors, particularly those having algebras e_8, f_4 and (g_2 + su(2)) with minimal (non-Higgsable) matter.
description: 39 pages, 13 figures, one appendix; ancillary data file contains list of 61,539 bases; v2: minor correction
Holographic realization of large-Nc orbifold equivalence with non-zero chemical potential
Creators: name: Hanada, Masanori
name: Hoyos, Carlos
name: Karch, Andreas
name: Yaffe, Laurence G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Recently, it has been suggested that large-Nc orbifold equivalences may be applicable to certain theories with chemical potentials, including QCD, in certain portions of their phase diagram. When valid, such an equivalence offers the possibility of relating large-Nc QCD at non-zero baryon chemical potential, a theory with a complex fermion determinant, to a related theory whose fermion determinant is real and positive. In this paper, we provide a test of this large Nc equivalence using a holographic realization of a supersymmetric theory with baryon chemical potential and a related theory with isospin chemical potential. We show that the two strongly-coupled, large-Nc theories are equivalent in a large region of the phase diagram.
description: 22 pages, 3 figures
A Science Gateway for an Agent-Based Infection Model Using REPAST
Creators: name: Adedeji Fabiyi(1)
name: Taylor, Simon J.E.
name: Anagnostou, Anastasia
name: Torrisi, Mario
name: Barbera, Roberto
Publisher: name: Sci-GaIA Open Access Repository
Year: 2016

description: To effectively control the transmission of infections, a thorough understanding of the determinants, and patterns, of the spread of such infection is paramount. Scientists have used simulation techniques to develop computer models, ranging from deterministic to stochastic models, in order to determine the resultant networks between individuals. Once a simulation has been developed, there may be challenges in how a community of practice can access the simulation and how it can be run quickly. Using distributed computing resources to run these models can help, potentially, in allowing authorised scientists to access the simulation and to increase computational power. However, the deployment and use of these resources can be extremely complex and could be quite a daunting experience, which could, in turn, prevent non-ICT experts from adopting the technology. In view of this, this paper will focus on developing a simple but intuitive user interface, known as Science Gateway (SG), for running and analysing simulation experiments for an infection model on different distributed computing infrastructures. Our demonstration infection-model has been implemented using the Recursive Porous Agent Simulation Toolkit (REPAST) Simphony. The aim of the simulation is to show how agent-based simulation can study the behaviour of infections, with an annual outbreak, by using appropriate input data with respect to illustrating how SGs can be used in this context, particularly in Euro- African collaborations. There are different SG frameworks for building and customizing SG instances, for specific scientific domain, but, in this work, the Catania Science Gateway Framework (CSGF) approach has been adopted. We will show how a SG can be used to allow multiple users, across the world, to access an agent-based simulation running on the distributed computing resources of an e- Infrastructure.
title: Direct Resolution of the Interactions of a Hydrocarbon Gas with Adsorbed Surfactant Monolayers at the Water/Air Interface Using Neutron Reflectometry
Creators: name: Campbell, Richard A.
name: Kairaliyeva, Talmira
name: Santer, Svetlana
name: Schneck, Emanuel
name: Miller, Reinhard
Publisher: name: MDPI
Year: 2022

description: We have directly resolved in the present work the interfacial composition during and after the interactions of a saturated atmosphere of oil vapor with soluble surfactant solutions at a planar water/air interface for the first time. Experiments were conducted on interactions of hexane vapor with solutions of alkyltrimethylammonium bromides and sodium dodecyl sulfate to observe the balance between cooperativity and competition of the components at the interface. In all cases, hexane adsorption was strongly enhanced by the presence of the surfactant, even at bulk surfactant concentrations four orders of magnitude below the critical micelle concentration. Cooperativity of the surfactant adsorption was observed only for sodium dodecyl sulfate at intermediate bulk concentrations, yet for all four systems, competition set in at higher concentrations, as hexane adsorption reduced the surfactant surface excess. The data fully supported the complete removal of hexane from the interface following venting of the system to remove the saturated atmosphere of oil vapor. These results help to identify future experiments that would elaborate and could explain the cooperativity of surfactant adsorption, such as on cationic surfactants with short alkyl chains and a broader series of anionic surfactants. This work holds relevance for oil recovery applications with foam, where there is a gas phase saturated with oil vapor.
A solid phase immunoassay for anti-glomerular basement membrane and anti-alveolar basement membrane antibodies
Creators: name: Papaioannou, Dia F. Nicolaidou
Publisher: name: Medicine
Year: 1981
Subjects: subject: RC 918 G55 P34 1983
subject: Glomerulonephritis
subject: Kidneys - Diseases

description: Bibliography: p. 101-106.
Pseudo Goldstone Bosons Phenomenology in Minimal Walking Technicolor
Creators: name: Hapola, Tuomas
name: Mescia, Federico
name: Nardecchia, Marco
name: Sannino, Francesco
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We construct the non-linear realized Lagrangian for the Goldstone Bosons associated to the breaking pattern of SU(4) to SO(4). This pattern is expected to occur in any Technicolor extension of the standard model featuring two Dirac fermions transforming according to real representations of the underlying gauge group. We concentrate on the Minimal Walking Technicolor quantum number assignments with respect to the standard model symmetries. We demonstrate that for, any choice of the quantum numbers, consistent with gauge and Witten anomalies the spectrum of the pseudo Goldstone Bosons contains electrically doubly charged states which can be discovered at the Large Hadron Collider.
description: 25 pages, 5 figures
Synthesis and structures of tungsten-thiolato complexes
Creators: name: Patel, Vikram D., 1952-
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 1981
Subjects: subject: QD 181 W1 P36
subject: Ligands
subject: Tungsten
subject: Sulphur
subject: Metal ions
subject: Complex compounds

description: Bibliography: p. 206-218.
Amer Lake: an Aphebian fold and thrust complex
Creators: name: Patterson, Judith Gay
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 1981
Subjects: subject: QE 196 K4 P36 1981
subject: Geology - Northwest Territories - Amer Lake area
subject: Folds (Geology)

description: Bibliography: p. 98-106.
description: Maps and cross sections have been digitized. CD has been added to thesis and images attached to description.
description: "Geological Cross Section Parallel to the D2 Fold Axis" is missing from thesis.
Is mathematics invading human cells? Impressions from a collaboration with diabetes doctors
Creators: name: Booss-Bavnbek, Bernhelm
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: History and Overview (math.HO)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: Other Quantitative Biology (q-bio.OT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 92Cxx

description: The author describes some of his experiences as a mathematician cooperating with diabetes specialists.
description: 12 pages, 2 figures, 1 computer program. To be published in "The Mathematical Intelligencer"
title: The FKBP51 Inhibitor SAFit2 Restores the Pain-Relieving C16 Dihydroceramide after Nerve Injury
Creators: name: Wedel, Saskia
name: Hahnefeld, Lisa
name: Alnouri, Mohamad Wessam
name: Offermanns, Stefan
name: Hausch, Felix
name: Geisslinger, Gerd
name: Sisignano, Marco
Publisher: name: MDPI
Year: 2022

description: Neuropathic pain is a pathological pain state with a broad symptom scope that affects patients after nerve injuries, but it can also arise after infections or exposure to toxic substances. Current treatment possibilities are still limited because of the low efficacy and severe adverse effects of available therapeutics, highlighting an emerging need for novel analgesics and for a detailed understanding of the pathophysiological alterations in the onset and maintenance of neuropathic pain. Here, we show that the novel and highly specific FKBP51 inhibitor SAFit2 restores lipid signaling and metabolism in nervous tissue after nerve injury. More specifically, we identify that SAFit2 restores the levels of the C16 dihydroceramide, which significantly reduces the sensitization of the pain-mediating TRPV1 channel and subsequently the secretion of the pro-inflammatory neuropeptide CGRP in primary sensory neurons. Furthermore, we show that the C16 dihydroceramide is capable of reducing acute thermal hypersensitivity in a capsaicin mouse model. In conclusion, we report for the first time the C16 dihydroceramide as a novel and crucial lipid mediator in the context of neuropathic pain as it has analgesic properties, contributing to the pain-relieving properties of SAFit2.
Quantitative methodologies to investigate public preference for landscape scenes in the Upper Kananaskis Lakes region, Alberta
Creators: name: Pearce, Stephen Robert
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 1981
Subjects: subject: GF 91 C32 P42 1983
subject: Landscape assessment - Alberta - Kananaskis Lakes
subject: Landscape assessment - Public opinion

description: Bibliography: p. 181-194.
Creation of particle-hole superposition states in graphene at multiphoton resonant excitation by laser radiation
Creators: name: Avetissian, H. K.
name: Avetissian, A. K.
name: Mkrtchian, G. F.
name: Sedrakian, Kh. V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Nonlinear dynamics of establishment of electron-hole coherent superpositions states in graphene by multiphoton resonant excitation of interband transitions in laser fields is considered. The single-particle time dependent density matrix for such a quantized system is calculated in the multiphoton resonant approximation. The dependence of Rabi oscillations of Fermi-Dirac sea in graphene on the time, momentum, and photon number at multiphoton laser-excitation is analyzed.
description: 9 pages, 10 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. B
Concerns and criteria for siting hazardous waste facilities
Creators: name: Lowry Johnston, D. Jean
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 1986
Subjects: subject: TD 811.5 J63 1987
subject: Hazardous waste sites - Environmental aspects
subject: Hazardous waste sites - Hygienic aspects
subject: Health risk assessment

description: Bibliography: p. 111-120.
Distribution function approach to redshift space distortions, Part III: halos and galaxies
Creators: name: Okumura, Teppei
name: Seljak, Uros
name: Desjacques, Vincent
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: It was recently shown that the power spectrum in redshift space can be written as a sum of cross-power spectra between number weighted velocity moments. We investigate the properties of these power spectra for simulated galaxies and dark matter halos and compare them to the dark matter power spectra, generalizing the concept of the bias. Because all of the quantities are number weighted this approach is well defined even for sparse systems such as massive halos, in contrasts to the previous approaches to RSD where velocity correlations have been explored. We find that the number density weighting leads to a strong scale dependence of the bias terms for momentum density auto-correlation and cross-correlation with density. This trend becomes more significant for the more biased halos and leads to an enhancement of RSD power relative to the linear theory. Fingers-of-god effects, which in this formalism come from the correlations of the higher order moments beyond the momentum density, lead to smoothing of the power spectrum and can reduce this enhancement of power, but are relatively small for halos with no small-scale velocity dispersion. In comparison, for a more realistic galaxy sample with satellites the velocity dispersion generated by satellite motions inside the halos leads to a larger power suppression on small scales, but this depends on the satellite fraction. We investigate several statistics such as the two-dimensional power spectrum, its multipole moments, its powers of mu^2, and configuration space statistics. Overall we find that the nonlinear effects in realistic galaxy samples such as luminous red galaxies affect the redshift space clustering on very large scales: for example, the quadrupole moment is affected by 10% for k<0.1h/mpc, which means that these effects need to be understood if we want to extract cosmological information from the redshift space distortions.
description: 28 pages, 12 figures
The impact of rising fuel costs on airline operations and regulation in the United States and Canada
Creators: name: Persaud, Atul C. J.
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 1980
Subjects: subject: HE 9803 A4 P45 1980 Fiche
subject: Airplanes - Cost of operation
subject: Airplanes - United States
subject: Airplanes - Canada
subject: Airplanes - Fuel consumption
subject: Airplanes - Fuel

description: Bibliography: p. 156-162.
Kairosidae
Creators: name: Lowry, J. K.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Amphipoda
Kairosidae

description: Kairosidae fam. nov.   Type genus. Kairos gen. nov. Krapp-Schickel & Müller.
 Diagnostic description. Body laterally compressed. Eyes well developed, round. Antennae 1–2 calceoli absent. Antenna 1 longer than antenna 2; peduncular article 1 subequal to article 2; article 2 longer than article 3; article 3 shorter than article 1; peduncular articles 1–2 not geniculate. Antenna 2 peduncular article 1 not enlarged. Mandible molar triturative; palp symmetrical. Maxilla 1 basal endite apically setose; palps symmetrical. Maxilla 2 basal endite without oblique setal row. Labium inner lobes present. Coxal gills number and sequence [not known], not stalked; sternal gills absent; sternal blisters absent; oostegites fringing setae simple. Gnathopod 1 subchelate; smaller (or weaker) than gnathopod 2; propodus palm without robust setae along palmar margin. Gnathopod 2 subchelate; similar in males and females (not sexually dimorphic); carpus slightly produced along posterior margin of propodus. Pereopods 3–4 not sexually dimorphic. Pereopod 4 without posteroventral lobe. Pereopod 5 coxa with small anteroventral lobe. Pleonites 1– 3 without dorsal carinae. Urosomites 1–2 coalesced, 3 free; without slender or robust dorsal setae. Urosomite 1 without large distoventral robust seta. Urosomite 2 without dorsal setae. Uropod 1 without basofacial robust setae. Uropod 3 biramous, without plumose setae; endopod minute. Telson deeply cleft; dorsal or lateral robust setae absent; apical robust setae absent.
 Remarks. Kairosids are similar to the endemic Mediterranean carangoliopsids. However, carangoliopsids are subcylindrical amphipods with very small, discontiguous coxae, with gnathopod 2 dissimilar in form between males and females, with the carpus of gnathopod 1 shorter than the propodus, with well developed dactyli on the pereopods, with a relatively short merus on pereopod 3 and 4, with non-coalesced urosomites, with styliform rami on uropods 1 and with a basofacial robust seta on the peduncle of uropod 1.
 Habitat. Marine, epigean.
 Included genera. Kairos gen. nov. Krapp-Schickel & Müller.
 Distribution. Society Islands.
description: Published as part of Lowry, J. K., 2013, Validation of certain family, generic and species names in Krapp-Schickel & Müller, 2011 and Lowry & Myers, 2013, pp. 399-400 in Zootaxa 3731 (3) on page 399, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3731.3.11, http://zenodo.org/record/218925
Measurable centres in convolution semigroups
Creators: name: Pachl, Jan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Functional Analysis (math.FA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 43A10

description: In a convolution semigroup over a locally compact group, measurability of the translation by a fixed element implies continuity. In other words, the measurable centre coincides with the topological centre.
description: 8 pages
Dozhdevyye chervi – arkhitektory plodorodnykh pochv
Creators: name: Pfiffner, Lukas
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: pochva
biologiya pochvy
plodorodiye pochvy
chervi
obrabotka pochvy

description: V rukovodstve obobshcheny znaniya o dozhdevykh chervyakh. V nem dayetsya obzor biologii, ekologii i mnogochislennykh uslug dozhdevykh chervey dlya sel'skogo khozyaystva, a takzhe rekomendatsii po prodvizheniyu etikh neobychnykh organizmov v sel'skokhozyaystvennykh pochvakh.
A Multimodal Biometric System Using Linear Discriminant Analysis For Improved Performance
Creators: name: Khan, Aamir
name: Farhan, Muhammad
name: Khurshid, Aasim
name: Akram, Adeel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Essentially a biometric system is a pattern recognition system which recognizes a user by determining the authenticity of a specific anatomical or behavioral characteristic possessed by the user. With the ever increasing integration of computers and Internet into daily life style, it has become necessary to protect sensitive and personal data. This paper proposes a multimodal biometric system which incorporates more than one biometric trait to attain higher security and to handle failure to enroll situations for some users. This paper is aimed at investigating a multimodal biometric identity system using Linear Discriminant Analysis as backbone to both facial and speech recognition and implementing such system in real-time using SignalWAVE.
The relationship between depressive dispositions and responses to stressful life events in college students
Creators: name: Pettem, M. Odette Leblanc
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 1981
Subjects: subject: RC 537 P46 1981 Fiche
subject: Depression, Mental
subject: Stress (Psychology)
subject: Women college students - Psychology

description: Bibliography: p. 129-153.
title: Die (Re-)Produktion sozialer  Ungleichheit in der Schule
title: Ein Thema für die Lehrkräfteausbildung
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Rutter, Sabrina
name: Weitkämper, Florian
Publisher: name: Bertelsmann Stiftung
Year: 2022
Subjects: Lehrkräfte
Ausbildung
Ungleichheit
Benachteiligung
Bildungsungleichheit

description: Lehrkräfte stehen täglich vor der Herausforderung, dass alle Kinder und Jugendlichen trotz unterschiedlichster Voraussetzungen fachliche und überfachliche Kompetenzen in Schulen entwickeln. Vor allem die soziale Herkunft hat dabei erheblichen Einfluss auf die Bildungschancen. Habitussensible Beziehungsarbeit kann dazu beitragen, dass Lehr- und Fachkräfte besonders zu sozial benachteiligten Schüler:innen vertrauensvolle und ungleichheitssensible Beziehungen aufbauen können, so dass diese ihre Potenziale entfalten und erfolgreich lernen können. Prof. Dr. Sabrina Rutter und Dr. Florian Weitkämper vertiefen in dieser Expertise einen Lösungsansatz zu habitussensibler Beziehungsarbeit speziell für die Lehrkräfteausbildung: Sie stellen ein Lehr-Lern-Konzept vor, wie Habitussensibilität dort in Praxismodulen integriert werden kann.
Derivatives and Credit Contagion in Interconnected Networks
Creators: name: Heise, Sebastian
name: Kuehn, Reimer
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Risk Management (q-fin.RM)
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: The importance of adequately modeling credit risk has once again been highlighted in the recent financial crisis. Defaults tend to cluster around times of economic stress due to poor macro-economic conditions, {\em but also} by directly triggering each other through contagion. Although credit default swaps have radically altered the dynamics of contagion for more than a decade, models quantifying their impact on systemic risk are still missing. Here, we examine contagion through credit default swaps in a stylized economic network of corporates and financial institutions. We analyse such a system using a stochastic setting, which allows us to exploit limit theorems to exactly solve the contagion dynamics for the entire system. Our analysis shows that, by creating additional contagion channels, CDS can actually lead to greater instability of the entire network in times of economic stress. This is particularly pronounced when CDS are used by banks to expand their loan books (arguing that CDS would offload the additional risks from their balance sheets). Thus, even with complete hedging through CDS, a significant loan book expansion can lead to considerably enhanced probabilities for the occurrence of very large losses and very high default rates in the system. Our approach adds a new dimension to research on credit contagion, and could feed into a rational underpinning of an improved regulatory framework for credit derivatives.
description: 26 pages, 7 multi-part figures
The role in the Virtual Astronomical Observatory in the era of massive data sets
Creators: name: Berriman, G. Bruce
name: Hanisch, Robert J.
name: Lazio, T. Joseph W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Virtual Observatory (VO) is realizing global electronic integration of astronomy data. One of the long-term goals of the U.S. VO project, the Virtual Astronomical Observatory (VAO), is development of services and protocols that respond to the growing size and complexity of astronomy data sets. This paper describes how VAO staff are active in such development efforts, especially in innovative strategies and techniques that recognize the limited operating budgets likely available to astronomers even as demand increases. The project has a program of professional outreach whereby new services and protocols are evaluated.
description: 10 pages, 3 figures. SPIE Conference 8448: Observatory Operations: Strategies, Processes, and Systems IV
UNKNOWN PROPERTIES OF MEDICINAL PLANTS IN UZBEKISTAN
Creators: name: Shomirzayeva, Nargizabonu
name: Kubayev, A.E.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: Medicinal plants have been an integral part of traditional healthcare systems across the globe, with their healing properties harnessed for centuries. In Uzbekistan, a country with a rich botanical diversity, the traditional use of medicinal plants has been deeply ingrained in the culture. This scientific article explores the lesser-known and understudied properties of medicinal plants in Uzbekistan, shedding light on their potential therapeutic applications. Through a systematic review of existing literature and exploration of traditional knowledge, this article aims to contribute to the growing field of ethnobotany and highlight the importance of preserving and further investigating the medicinal flora of Uzbekistan.
title: An Agent-Based Model of Radiation-Induced Lung Fibrosis
Creators: name: Cogno, Nicolò
name: Bauer, Roman
name: Durante, Marco
Publisher: name: MDPI
Year: 2022

description: Early- and late-phase radiation-induced lung injuries, namely pneumonitis and lung fibrosis (RILF), severely constrain the maximum dose and irradiated volume in thoracic radiotherapy. As the most radiosensitive targets, epithelial cells respond to radiation either by undergoing apoptosis or switching to a senescent phenotype that triggers the immune system and damages surrounding healthy cells. Unresolved inflammation stimulates mesenchymal cells’ proliferation and extracellular matrix (ECM) secretion, which irreversibly stiffens the alveolar walls and leads to respiratory failure. Although a thorough understanding is lacking, RILF and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis share multiple pathways and would mutually benefit from further insights into disease progression. Furthermore, current normal tissue complication probability (NTCP) models rely on clinical experience to set tolerance doses for organs at risk and leave aside mechanistic interpretations of the undergoing processes. To these aims, we implemented a 3D agent-based model (ABM) of an alveolar duct that simulates cell dynamics and substance diffusion following radiation injury. Emphasis was placed on cell repopulation, senescent clearance, and intra/inter-alveolar bystander senescence while tracking ECM deposition. Our ABM successfully replicates early and late fibrotic response patterns reported in the literature along with the ECM sigmoidal dose-response curve. Moreover, surrogate measures of RILF severity via a custom indicator show qualitative agreement with published fibrosis indices. Finally, our ABM provides a fully mechanistic alveolar survival curve highlighting the need to include bystander damage in lung NTCP models.