cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Enhancing Information Retrieval Processes through Novel Natural Language Processing Pipelines
Creators: name: Dunn, Noah
name: Kalenichenko, Nicholas
name: Mora, Raymond
name: Schoenrock, Eve
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Semantic Search
Natural Language Processing
Topic Modeling
Keyword Search
UVA MSDS 2023

description: Organizations may find it difficult to engage with and manage large corpora of their own text. Keyword search with filtering options often serves as the primary method for information retrieval, which provides basic access to large quan- tities of data without any mechanism for extracting the most pertinent information from the retrieved documents. To address these constraints, we propose a novel pipeline that caters to both expert users who have a clear understanding of their search requirements, as well as users who seek to gain knowledge on a specific topic from a set of documents. Our pipeline employs semantic search techniques to comprehend related concepts, syn- onyms, and the context of the documents, allowing users to search for concepts rather than specific keywords. Subsequently, we use natural language processing (NLP) summarization methods, topic modeling, and paragraph-level semantic search on the top k documents to offer users comprehensive insights on their search results and steer them toward the most relevant information. In testing our approach on publicly available government reports, our search pipeline yields contextually relevant search results, provides information on the sub-level topics present in the retrieved documents, and furnishes topic analysis and summaries of each document for easier comprehension.
The constitutive behaviour of high strength concrete under lateral confinement
Creators: name: Candappa., Dishan Paul
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

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Extended dissipaton equation of motion for electronic open quantum systems: Application to the Kondo impurity model
Creators: name: Su, Yu
name: Chen, Zi-Hao
name: Wang, Yao
name: Zheng, Xiao
name: Xu, Rui-Xue
name: Yan, YiJing
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper, we present an extended dissipaton equation of motion for studying the dynamics of electronic impurity systems. Compared with the original theoretical formalism, the quadratic couplings are introduced into the Hamiltonian accounting for the interaction between the impurity and its surrounding environment. By exploiting the quadratic fermionic dissipaton algebra, the proposed extended dissipaton equation of motion offers a powerful tool for studying the dynamical behaviors of electronic impurity systems, particularly in situations where nonequilibrium and strongly correlated effects play significant roles. Numerical demonstrations are carried out to investigate the temperature dependence of the Kondo resonance in the Kondo impurity model.
description: 6 pages, 1 figure
Correction to Lagrangian for Bouncing Cosmologies in $f(Q)$ Gravity
Creators: name: Gadbail, Gaurav N.
name: Kolhatkar, Ameya
name: Mandal, Sanjay
name: Sahoo, P. K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Symmetric teleparallel gravity offers to reformulate the gravitational formalism without the presence of curvature and torsion with the help of non-metricity tensors. Interestingly, Symmetric teleparallel gravity can be formulated equivalently to teleparallel gravity or general relativity for an appropriate setup. In this study, our aim lies in exploring the bouncing cosmologies as an alternative to the initial singularity of the Universe in the background of modified symmetric teleparallel gravity. To explore this, we adopt the reconstruction technique to present the possible reconstructed Lagrangian for various cosmological bouncing solutions in a flat Friedmann-Lemaître-Robertson-Walker spacetime with a perfect fluid matter distribution. We study the reconstructed gravitational Lagrangians, which are capable of reproducing analytical solutions for \textit{symmetric bounce}, \textit{super-bounce}, \textit{oscillatory bounce}, \textit{matter bounce}, and \textit{exponential bouncing} model settings. Further, we examine the dark energy profiles of the models using reconstructed Lagrangians. In addition, we found that an additional term arises in each reconstructed Lagrangian compared to general relativity (GR). That extra term corrected the background GR to present bouncing cosmology in modified gravity. These newly motivated cosmological models may have an effect on gravitational phenomena at other cosmological scales.
description: EPJ C revised version
Effect Of Pharmaceuticals Supply Chain Management And Patient/Client Satisfaction On Community Pharmacies: The Case Of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Creators: name: Abreham, Abiy
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2018

description: Effective supply chain management practices has become a valuable way of securing competitive advantage through customer satisfaction since competition is no longer between organizations, but among members of supply chains. The demand for medicine supply in Ethiopia has increased dramatically as the number of health facilities, including pharmacies, establishments has grown over the last two decades (WHO, 2016). Therefore, this study aims to outline factors associated with drug supply chain and their effect on the level of patient/client satisfaction in community pharmacies of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The study adopted a case study descriptive design. The targeted population comprises adults as well as Ethiopian of all gender, educational status, socio-economic status and residential areas, who requested pharmacy service in community pharmacies. This research used three dimensions of SCM practice (collaboration, information sharing and logistics design) and tested the effect of SCM practices on customer satisfaction. Representative samples are selected using a formula (Cocharan formula).The data for the study was collected from 385 customers of different community Pharmacies. In addition, a questionnaire also distributed for both Head pharmacists and Dispensers as a supporting data .The relationships proposed in the framework were tested using Pearson correlation, and the causal relations were analyzed using regression analysis. From the result of the analysis it is concluded that there is strong relationship between each SCM practices (Collaboration, Information sharing and Logistics design) and customer satisfaction. Therefore, in order to achieve advancement of pharmaceuticals service in the long-run through enhancing customer satisfaction, it is better for the community pharmacies to give due emphasis to the improvement of those SCM practices
Miscibility, mobility and free volume in polycarbonate/methacrylate polymer blends
Creators: name: Campbell., Jonathan Andrew
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

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A note on the multiplicative gamma process
Creators: name: Durante, Daniele
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Methodology (stat.ME)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Adaptive dimensionality reduction in high-dimensional problems is a key topic in statistics. The multiplicative gamma process takes a relevant step in this direction, but improved studies on its properties are required to ease implementation. This note addresses such aim.
Analysis of Visitors Willingness to Pay for Recreational Use Value of ''Menagesha Suba'' Forest Park: Application of Contingent Valuation Method
Creators: name: Tadesse, Mekdes
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2014

description: Ecosystem service valuation is being developed as a vehicle to integrate ecological understanding and economic considerations to redress the traditional neglect of ecosystem services in policy decisions. One of the benefit that could be generated from ecosystem is recreational service .The Menagesha Suba forest Park, which was found by Emperor Ze'ra Yacob in the 17 th century, located in Oromia regional state 30 KM east of the capital city Addis Ababa, with its natural and cultural values is one of the distinguished potential areas where recreation and tourism activities can be carried out. This study has been undertaken with the objective of determining the recreational and tourism use value of Menagesha Suba Park with using contingent valuation method and examining effective factors affecting users' willingness to pay at the current Condition and for proposed future improvement. The study was aimed at estimating recreational benefits (direct service values) of the park using primary data collected from onsite visitors . A total of 165 usable data were collected from recreationalist using the double bounded dichotomous choice contingency valuation survey using a simple random sampling technique from onsite visitors. After that, the recreational and tourism use values (willingness to pay) for the Park were calculated after doing necessary statistical analysis. According to survey results which conducted in Menagesha Suba Park, the mean willingness to pay recreational use value per visit per person for current situation was estimated to be ETB 46.2 and recreational value after improvement was estimated to be ETB 91.9. The maximum willingness to pay per visit was estimated to be ETB 44.63 per visit for current condition and ETB72.1 for proposed improvement. From the results of the survey ,Initial bide level, income level, being an Ecologist, Quality of the recreational site, age of the respondent and sex of the respondent were found to affect visitors willingness to pay significantly. Furthermore visitors have high willingness to pay for improvement than the current status quo. In conclusion visitors of Menagesha Suba Park are willing to pay higher amount than they are charged currently. The implication is that any policy direction towards the provision of effective recreational service and natural resource conservation should incorporate demand side information. Key words: Tourism, recreation, Menagesha Suba Park, contingent valuation method.
Teaching Classical Chinese at New Zealand Universities: A Languacultural Perspective
Creators: name: Bai, Limin
Publisher: name: Open Access Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 39
subject: Education
classificationCode: 3903
subject: Education systems
classificationCode: 47
subject: Language, communication and culture

description: Utilising languaculture/linguaculture as a conceptual approach, this study seeks common ground in the disciplines of sinology and foreign language education and argues for the inclusion of classical Chinese teaching in the development of curricula for Chinese studies in the New Zealand higher education sector. It firstly reviews the development of Chinese studies at New Zealand universities, with a focus on the Victoria University of Wellington (VUW). Then I discuss classical Chinese teaching from both sinological and linguacultural perspectives and elaborate on why knowledge of classical Chinese affords a crucial tool for Chinese language students to gain new insights into Chinese culture and society. By exploring the classical Chinese course content at VUW and how students relate what they learn from the course to modern studies in various disciplines, this chapter offers further insight into the accessibility of the classical Chinese world and the relevance of such knowledge to the study of modern Chinese language and to subjects in Chinese/China studies.
Advances on mechanical designs for assistive ankle-foot orthoses
Creators: name: Lora-Millan, Julio S.
name: Nabipour, Mahdi
name: van Asseldonk, Edwin H. F.
name: Bayón, Cristina
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Human-Computer Interaction (cs.HC)
subject: Robotics (cs.RO)
subject: Systems and Control (eess.SY)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: Assistive ankle-foot orthoses (AAFOs) are powerful solutions to assist or rehabilitate gait on humans. Existing AAFO technologies include passive, quasi-passive, and active principles to provide assistance to the users, and their mechanical configuration and control depend on the eventual support they aim for within the gait pattern. In this research we analyze the state-of-the-art of AAFO and classify the different approaches into clusters, describing their basis and working principles. Additionally, we reviewed the purpose and experimental validation of the devices, providing the reader with a better view of the technology readiness level. Finally, the reviewed designs, limitations, and future steps in the field are summarized and discussed.
description: Figures appear at the end. Article submitted to Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology (currently under review)
Effects of proton angular momentum alignment on the two-shears-like mechanism in $^{101}$Pd
Creators: name: Zhang, Zhen-Hua
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The recently observed possible antimagnetic rotation band in $^{101}$Pd is investigated by the cranked shell model with pairing correlations treated by a particle-number conserving method, in which the blocking effects are taken into account exactly. The experimental moments of inertia and reduced $B(E2)$ transition probabilities and their variations with the rotational frequency $ω$ are well reproduced. By analyzing the $ω$-dependence of the occupation probability of each cranked Nilsson orbital near the Fermi surface and the contributions of valence orbitals in each major shell to the total angular momentum alignment, the upbending mechanism of $νh_{11/2}$ in $^{101}$Pd is understood clearly. The proton angular momentum alignment and its influence on the two-shears-like mechanism are also discussed.
description: 8 pages, 8 figures, to be appear in Physical Review C. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1303.3346
A Generalized Grand-Reaction Method for Modelling the Exchange of Weak (Polyprotic) Acids between a Solution and a Weak Polyelectrolyte Phase
Creators: name: Beyer, David
name: Holm, Christian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We introduce a Monte-Carlo method that allows for the simulation of a polymeric phase containing a weak polyelectrolyte, which is coupled to a reservoir at a fixed pH, salt concentration and total concentration of a weak polyprotic acid. The method generalizes the established Grand-Reaction Method by Landsgesell et al. [Macromolecules 53, 3007-3020 (2020)] and thus allows for the simulation of polyelectrolyte systems coupled to reservoirs with a more complex chemical composition. In order to set the required input parameters that correspond to a desired reservoir composition, we propose a generalization of the recently published chemical potential tuning algorithm of Miles et al. [Phys. Rev. E 105, 045311 (2022)]. To test the proposed tuning procedure, we perform extensive numerical tests for both ideal and interacting systems. Finally, as a showcase, we apply the method to a simple test system which consists of a weak polybase solution that is coupled to a reservoir containing a small diprotic acid. The complex interplay of the ionization various species, the electrostatic interactions and the partitioning of small ions leads to a non-monotonous, stepwise swelling behaviour of the weak polybase chains.
description: 18 pages, 9 figures
Mode II fracture toughness testing of thermal spray coatings
Creators: name: Callus., Paul James
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

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Letter to Albert H. Scheidt
Creators: name: Preuss, Siegfried
Publisher: name: University of Victoria Libraries
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Physicians
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1062841
subject: Preuss, Siegfried
subject: Cover letters
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/881947
subject: Applications for positions
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/811729

description: One typewritten letter and one handwritten draft. Cover letter written by Preuss to administrator Albert H. Scheidt at the Irving Community Hospital of Irving, Texas. Applying for the positions of Pathologist and Director of Laboratories at this hospital. Outlines relevant experience in this field.
Quantum enhanced non-interferometric quantitative phase imaging
Creators: name: Ortolano, Giuseppe
name: Paniate, Alberto
name: Boucher, Pauline
name: Napoli, Carmine
name: Soman, Sarika
name: Pereira, Silvania F.
name: Berchera, Ivano Ruo
name: Genovese, Marco
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Quantum entanglement and squeezing have significantly improved phase estimation and imaging in interferometric settings beyond the classical limits. However, for a wide class of non-interferometric phase imaging/retrieval methods vastly used in the classical domain e.g., ptychography and diffractive imaging, a demonstration of quantum advantage is still missing. Here, we fill this gap by exploiting entanglement to enhance imaging of a pure phase object in a non-interferometric setting, only measuring the phase effect on the free-propagating field. This method, based on the so-called "transport of intensity equation", is quantitative since it provides the absolute value of the phase without prior knowledge of the object and operates in wide-field mode, so it does not need time-consuming raster scanning. Moreover, it does not require spatial and temporal coherence of the incident light. Besides a general improvement of the image quality at a fixed number of photons irradiated through the object, resulting in better discrimination of small details, we demonstrate a clear reduction of the uncertainty in the quantitative phase estimation. Although we provide an experimental demonstration of a specific scheme in the visible spectrum, this research also paves the way for applications at different wavelengths, e.g., X-ray imaging, where reducing the photon dose is of utmost importance.
description: arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:2109.10095
A computable bound of the essential spectral radius of finite range Metropolis--Hastings kernels
Creators: name: Hervé, Loïc
name: Ledoux, James
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Let $π$ be a positive continuous target density on $\mathbb{R}$. Let $P$ be the Metropolis-Hastings operator on the Lebesgue space $\mathbb{L}^2(π)$ corresponding to a proposal Markov kernel $Q$ on $\mathbb{R}$. When using the quasi-compactness method to estimate the spectral gap of $P$, a mandatory first step is to obtain an accurate bound of the essential spectral radius $r\_{ess}(P)$ of $P$. In this paper a computable bound of $r\_{ess}(P)$ is obtained under the following assumption on the proposal kernel: $Q$ has a bounded continuous density $q(x,y)$ on $\mathbb{R}^2$ satisfying the following finite range assumption : $|u| \textgreater{} s \, \Rightarrow\, q(x,x+u) = 0$ (for some $s\textgreater{}0$). This result is illustrated with Random Walk Metropolis-Hastings kernels.
Prevalence of Mdr-Tb and Treatment Outcome Among Tuberculosis Patients Attending At St. Peter Tb Specialized Hospital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Creators: name: Mequanint, Gashaw
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2014

description: Background-The emergence of drug resistance tuberculosis, particularly MDR-TB has become a major public health problem in a number of countries and an obstacle to the global TB control efforts. Information on treatment outcomes among hospital patients with multi drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) and tuberculosis were scare in Ethiopia. Objective:- The study was carried out the prevalence of MDR-TB an Treatment outcome among tuberculosis patients attending at St. Peter TB specialized Referral Hospital from January 1, 2011to end of December 2013. Method:- The study design was descriptive retrospective cross-sectional study using data collected from medical records, radiological reports, bacteriological reports and consultant reports of MDR TB on 680MDR tuberculosis patients. Data has taken from January 2011 to end of December 2013 .Frequency, median and range were computed for descriptive analysis. Binary and multiple variety analysis were computed for inferential analyze. The ethical approval was obtained from AAU Institutional Review Board (IRB).Patient care records were kept confidential. Result: The median age was 29 years (inter-quartile range 24– 37), with similar sex proportions (53.5% female).The number of MDR TB patient vary with their residence .Most of the patients were from Addis Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia 385 (56;4%) followed by Oromo region 144(21%).. MDR TB prevalence increase from time to time as the study showed that 22.9% in 2011 to 48$ in 1013, There were strong association between the contracting co infection and MDRTB unsuccessful outcome. Conclusion and recommendation: MDR TB prevalence increase from time to time. There were strong association between the contracting co infection and MDRTB unsuccessful treatment outcome. Therefore; use of rapid, sensitive and specific methods for detecting MDR-TB must be recommended to combat the problem of MDR-TB. Keyword- MDR-TB, Resistance TB, Anti- TB Regimen
Enhanced ion dissociation in polyelectrolyte gel materials
Creators: name: Byrne., Nolene
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

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Study of Decoupled Cosmological Solutions in $f(\mathbb{R},\mathbb{T})$ Theory
Creators: name: Naseer, Tayyab
name: Sharif, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper, we consider a non-static spherical geometry and formulate its extension for the case of anisotropic matter configuration through minimal gravitational decoupling in $f(\mathbb{R},\mathbb{T})$ theory. We apply a particular transformation only on the radial metric function that divides the modified field equations into two distinct sectors corresponding to their parent (original and additional) sources. The unknowns in the first (isotropic) set are reduced by taking the Friedmann-Lemaitre-Robertson-Walker cosmic model. We then obtain the isotropic solution by employing a linear equation of state and power-law form of the scale factor. The other set involves the decoupling function and components of an extra source, therefore we adopt a density-like constraint to close it. Finally, we analyze the role of this modified gravity and the decoupling parameter on three different eras of the cosmos by graphically observing the developed extended solution. It is concluded that the resulting solutions fulfill all the physical requirements only for the matter and radiation-dominated eras.
description: 25 pages, 9 figures
Letter to E. O. Rushing
Creators: name: Preuss, Siegfried
Publisher: name: University of Victoria Libraries
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Employment references
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/909381
subject: Preuss, Siegfried
subject: Physicians
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1062841
subject: Cover letters
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/881947
subject: Applications for positions
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/811729

description: Cover letter written by Preuss to administrator E. O. Rushing, M. D., at the Gaston Episcopal Hospital in Dallas, Texas. Applying for the position of Pathologist at this hospital. Outlines relevant experience in this field and lists a number of references.
Shrinkers with curvature pinching conditions are compact
Creators: name: Wu, Guoqiang
name: Wu, Jia-Yong
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: In this paper, we give various curvature pinching conditions such that shrinkers are compact. On one hand, we prove that shrinkers with positive Ricci curvature are compact when they have bounded curvature and certain curvature pinching conditions. On the other hand, we prove that shrinkers with certain asymptotically nonnegative sectional curvature are compact. As applications, some related classifications of shrinkers are provided.
description: Reference [14] and some comments added
Neurophysiological anaesthesia & consciousness depth (A&CD) monitoring correlates, systems design and validation
Creators: name: Burton., David
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

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Predicting developmental and reproductive toxicity using artificial intelligence and high-throughput screening data
Creators: name: Ciallella, Heather L.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2022

description: Under current regulatory guidelines for identifying hazards, new and existing chemicals must undergo expensive, time-consuming, and ethically questionable animal testing to evaluate their developmental and reproductive toxicity (DART) potential. The in vitro assay data generated by high-throughput screening programs has emerged as promising alternatives to animal testing. This dissertation presents new methods for predicting DART-related endpoints. Estrogenic chemicals and pathways have well-studied DART effects, providing a strong foundation for developing novel computational models. First, over 7500 chemicals tested in the EPA’s Toxicity Forecaster (ToxCast) initiative were used to develop 276 machine and deep learning models to predict nuclear estrogen receptor (ERα/ERβ) activity (AUC=0.56-0.86). Next, this study’s workflow was made automatic and freely available for public users with limited programming knowledge to develop models for other in vitro assays. Then, a knowledge-based deep neural network (k-DNN) approach was designed to accurately identify estrogen mimetics by virtually simulating the genomic ERα/ERβ pathway (AUC=0.864-0.927). Finally, a comprehensive prenatal developmental toxicity database (n=1244 chemicals) was compiled. Relevant PubChem and ToxCast assay data were grouped based on their chemical-mechanistic relationships, revealing two large clusters with high predictivity for new prenatal developmental toxicants (PPV=72.4% and 77.3%). The three methods presented here are potentially universal strategies for leveraging publicly available data to predict chemical hazards.
Resource management and control in the broadband integrated services digital network
Creators: name: Burgin., John Leonard
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

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Production of light nuclei in the thermal and coalescence models
Creators: name: Mrowczynski, Stanislaw
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The thermal model properly describes the production yields of light nuclei in relativistic heavy-ion collisions even so the loosely bound sizable nuclei cannot exist in the dense and hot hadron gas at a chemical freeze-out. Within the coalescence model, light nuclei are formed at the latest stage of nuclear collisions - a kinetic freeze-out - due to final state interactions. After discussing the models, we derive simple analytic formulas and, using model parameters directly inferred from experimental data, we show that the thermal and coalescence model predictions are quantitatively close to each other. A possibility to falsify one of the two models is suggested.
description: 6 pages, comments added, critical experimental test suggested
Programa desenvolvimento de pessoas para o ecossistema de Ciência Aberta: integrando ações de capacitação e desenvolvimento de competências
Creators: name: Jorge, Vanessa Arruda
name: Martins, Maria de Fátima Moreira
name: Kaufman, Carla Xavier dos Santos
name: Ferreira, Luiz Antonio de Assis
name: Rodrigues, Isabel Lourenço
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: Apresentação realizada na sessão "Pecha Kucha I" da 14ª Conferência Lusófona de Ciência Aberta, Natal Brasil, de 18 a 21 de setembro de 2023.
Application for Appointment to the Medical Staff
Creators: name: Casa View General Hospital (Mesquite, Tex.)
Publisher: name: University of Victoria Libraries
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Physicians
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1062841
subject: Hospitals
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/961166
subject: Preuss, Siegfried
subject: Applications for positions
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/811729

description: Application form for appointment to the medical staff at Casa View General Hospital in Mesquite, Texas. Only the fields for "Hospital" and "City and State" have been filled out.
Fibre reinforced glulam beams
Creators: name: Bui., Quang D.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

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Mathematical Analysis of Autonomous and Nonautonomous Hepatitis B Virus Transmission Models
Creators: name: Alsammani, Abdallah
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: This study presents an improved mathematical model for Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) transmission dynamics by investigating autonomous and nonautonomous cases. The novel model incorporates the effects of medical treatment, allowing for a more comprehensive understanding of HBV transmission and potential control measures. Our analysis involves verifying unique solutions' existence, ensuring solutions' positivity over time, and conducting a stability analysis at the equilibrium points. Both local and global stability are discussed; for local stability, we use the Jacobian matrix and the basic reproduction number, $R_0$. For global stability, we construct a Lyapunov function and derive necessary and sufficient conditions for stability in our models, establishing a connection between these conditions and $R_0$. Numerical simulations substantiate our analytical findings, offering valuable insights into HBV transmission dynamics and the effectiveness of different interventions. This study advances our understanding of Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) transmission dynamics by presenting an enhanced mathematical model that considers both autonomous and nonautonomous cases.
The Effect of Sustainable Coffee Certification Schemes on the Benefits of Coffee Certification: The Case of Certified Commercial Coffee Farms in Southwestern Ethiopia
Creators: name: Regassa, Habtamu
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2017

description: The aim of this study is to assess if in practice the certification schemes could deliver benefits on the three acknowledged sustainability pillars-economic, social, and environmental- at the level of certified commercial coffee farms in southwestern Ethiopia. Primary source of data was employed to generate the data of interest. Data was collected using structured questionnaires from 135 respondents who were selected by purposive sampling from seven certified commercial coffee farms by considering their familiarity with certification and the seven certified farms were selected by simple random sampling from 16 certified commercial coffee farms operating in southwestern Ethiopia. The questionnaire data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, correlations, and Chi-Square analysis. Results show the various coffee certification programmes could deliver benefits over the three pillars of sustainability- economic, social and environmental –to the certified commercial coffee farms. The study further finds the practice of farming system, working and living conditions and environmental protection have significant effect on the three acknowledged pillars of sustainability. But no significant effect is recorded for the marketing dimension of certification. The study also finds that multiple certification is more beneficial than single certification but the relative high costs associated with them may hinder the broader adoption of the schemes by the coffee farms. The study indicates the number of certified commercial farms in Ethiopia are very few in number regardless of the rapid growth and necessity of certification globally. In general, certified commercial coffee farms can be benefited from certification schemes. The study recommends successful engagement with the certification programmes and effective adherence to standards of various certification schemes by the certified commercial coffee farms will enhance the benefits from certification at higher level. The study further recommends the need for harmonization of the various certification schemes or alignment of their standards globally in order to reduce costs and time to implement the multiple certification and the need to have national certification policy and local accreditation bodies to facilitate and support the smooth joining and easy access of certification in the country. The study also indicates areas for further research including analyzing reasons for other commercial coffee farms for not joining the programmes and the net benefits achieved from individual certification scheme by comparing certified against noncertified commercial farms. Key Words: coffee, certification benefits, sustainability, economic, social, environment, southwestern Ethiopia
Tissue Classification Using RNA Splice Junctions with Distribution Analysis and Machine Learning Models
Creators: name: DeCanio, Dominick
name: Kim, Minah
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: RNA-seq
tissue classification
splice junctions
distribution analysis
support vector machines
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description: The human body generates more proteins than it has genes that code for proteins. The diversity of proteins stems from the alternative ways in which RNA can be spliced and reassembled. Each alternative version of RNA produces a different protein, providing a way for our bodies to produce a wide range of proteins with a single gene. Some alternative RNA transcripts, however, have splicing errors and produce faulty proteins involved in genetic diseases. Understanding splicing patterns and profiles has wide implications for our understanding of healthy and diseased tissue states. Currently little is known regarding the splicing profiles of healthy tissue which vary across individuals and within individuals by tissue type. Therefore, this project explored the use of RNA splicing data from the first chromosome to predict the tissue type of non-cancerous samples using distribution analysis and supervised learning methods. The Kolmogorov-Smirnov test was used to classify the samples based on empirical cumulative distribution functions and was not able to reliably distinguish between tissue types. However using Support Vector Models (SVM) we had high classification accu- racy, even when using different splice junction representations. Overall, the findings suggest the utility of using splice junction data in biological classification and sets the foundation for future work of mapping splicing patterns with phenotype.
A high accuracy, high refresh rate, real time matched filter sonar ring
Creators: name: Browne., Damien
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

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Boson-mediated quantum spin simulators in transverse fields: XY model and spin-boson entanglement
Creators: name: Wall, Michael L.
name: Safavi-Naini, Arghavan
name: Rey, Ana Maria
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The coupling of spins to long-wavelength bosonic modes is a prominent means to engineer long-range spin-spin interactions, and has been realized in a variety of platforms, such as atoms in optical cavities and trapped ions. To date, much of the experimental focus has been on the realization of long-range Ising models, but generalizations to other spin models are highly desirable. In this work, we explore a previously unappreciated connection between the realization of an XY model by off-resonant driving of single sideband of boson excitation (i.e.~a single-beam Mølmer-Sørensen scheme) and a boson-mediated Ising simulator in the presence of a transverse field. In particular, we show that these two schemes have the same effective Hamiltonian in suitably defined rotating frames, and analyze the emergent effective XY spin model through truncated Magnus series and numerical simulations. In addition to XY spin-spin interactions that can be non-perturbatively renormalized from the naive Ising spin-spin coupling constants, we find an effective transverse field that is dependent on the thermal energy of the bosons, as well as other spin-boson couplings that cause spin-boson entanglement not to vanish at any time. In the case of a boson-mediated Ising simulator with transverse field, we discuss the crossover from transverse-field Ising-like to XY-like spin behavior as a function of field strength.
description: 14 pages+5 pages of appendices. 9 figures
Studies on the leaching of nickel and nickel oxides
Creators: name: Bhuntumkomol., Kesara
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

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Silicon CMOS architecture for a spin-based quantum computer
Creators: name: Veldhorst, M.
name: Eenink, H. G. J.
name: Yang, C. H.
name: Dzurak, A. S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Recent advances in quantum error correction (QEC) codes for fault-tolerant quantum computing \cite{Terhal2015} and physical realizations of high-fidelity qubits in a broad range of platforms \cite{Kok2007, Brown2011, Barends2014, Waldherr2014, Dolde2014, Muhonen2014, Veldhorst2014} give promise for the construction of a quantum computer based on millions of interacting qubits. However, the classical-quantum interface remains a nascent field of exploration. Here, we propose an architecture for a silicon-based quantum computer processor based entirely on complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) technology, which is the basis for all modern processor chips. We show how a transistor-based control circuit together with charge-storage electrodes can be used to operate a dense and scalable two-dimensional qubit system. The qubits are defined by the spin states of a single electron confined in a quantum dot, coupled via exchange interactions, controlled using a microwave cavity, and measured via gate-based dispersive readout \cite{Colless2013}. This system, based entirely on available technology and existing components, is compatible with general surface code quantum error correction \cite{Terhal2015}, enabling large-scale universal quantum computation.
Continual Learning on Dynamic Graphs via Parameter Isolation
Creators: name: Zhang, Peiyan
name: Yan, Yuchen
name: Li, Chaozhuo
name: Wang, Senzhang
name: Xie, Xing
name: Song, Guojie
name: Kim, Sunghun
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Information Retrieval (cs.IR)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: H.3.3

description: Many real-world graph learning tasks require handling dynamic graphs where new nodes and edges emerge. Dynamic graph learning methods commonly suffer from the catastrophic forgetting problem, where knowledge learned for previous graphs is overwritten by updates for new graphs. To alleviate the problem, continual graph learning methods are proposed. However, existing continual graph learning methods aim to learn new patterns and maintain old ones with the same set of parameters of fixed size, and thus face a fundamental tradeoff between both goals. In this paper, we propose Parameter Isolation GNN (PI-GNN) for continual learning on dynamic graphs that circumvents the tradeoff via parameter isolation and expansion. Our motivation lies in that different parameters contribute to learning different graph patterns. Based on the idea, we expand model parameters to continually learn emerging graph patterns. Meanwhile, to effectively preserve knowledge for unaffected patterns, we find parameters that correspond to them via optimization and freeze them to prevent them from being rewritten. Experiments on eight real-world datasets corroborate the effectiveness of PI-GNN compared to state-of-the-art baselines.
Rom-Com
Creators: name: De La Pena, Taylor
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2022

description: Casey and her long-term boyfriend, Dylan, analyzed the intellectual merits of everything, including their relationship. When Dylan dies unexpectedly, Casey distracts herself with something Dylan would have hated—romantic comedies. Following a disastrous date, Casey decides to create a romantic comedy of her own; she challenges herself to thwart dating norms with unsuspecting men and write about her experiences. But in typical rom-com fashion, Casey’s challenges do not go according to plan. Instead, they force her to reckon with her grief, reconsider her opinions about love, and maybe even open herself up to falling for someone new.
Blank Letterhead
Creators: name: Dr. Preuss Pathology Laboratory
Publisher: name: University of Victoria Libraries
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Letterheads
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/996765
subject: Preuss, Siegfried

description: A piece of blank letterhead paper belonging to the Dr. Preuss Pathology Laboratory in Dallas, Texas. No date available.
Determinants of Commercial Banks' Cost Efficiency in Ethiopia: A Stochastic Frontier Analysis
Creators: name: Beletew, Emishaw
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2016

description: The study analyzes the determinants of Ethiopian commercial banks' cost efficiency using unbalanced sample of 12 commercial banks over the period 2000-2013 by employing a translog stochastic cost frontier approach. In order to examine bank specific factors which influence in (efficiency), a single stage maximum likelihood estimation procedure is applied to a stochastic cost frontier function. The findings show that bank specific factors of return on assets (ROA), return on equity (ROE) and intermediation ratio have a significant positive impact on cost efficiency of Ethiopian commercial banks. The result also shows that there is a positive insignificant relationship between bank size and cost efficiency. On the other hand, the capital adequacy ratio (CAR), with positive and significant coefficient, shows a positive relationship between this variable and total cost, which contributes to lower the banking efficiency. Thus, banks can improve their cost efficiency by way of improving their ROA, ROE, the method of advances. In addition they have to increase the share of capital by boosting banking investment Operation.
Alkali activated slag concrete : chemistry, microstructure and durability
Creators: name: Bakharev., Tatiana
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

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Higgs pair productions in the CP-violating two-Higgs-doublet model
Creators: name: Bian, Ligong
name: Chen, Ning
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this work, we study the SM-like Higgs pair productions in the framework of the general CP-violating two-Higgs-doublet model. Several constraints are imposed to the model sequentially, including the SM-like Higgs boson signal fits, the precise measurements of the electric dipole moments, the perturbative unitarity and stability bounds to the Higgs potential, and the most recent LHC searches for the heavy Higgs bosons. We show how are the CP-violating mixing angles related to the Higgs cubic self couplings in this setup. Afterwards, we estimate the cross sections of the future LHC/SppC searches for the Higgs pair productions, as well as other possible decay modes for the heavy Higgs bosons.
description: JHEP style, 29 pages, 9 figures, matches the published version