cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Online therapy : client and counsellor experiences
Creators: name: Khan, Shereen
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2014

description: Online therapies have begun to gain recognition as therapy that is conducted via the internet, using text or audio/visual tools to connect the client and therapist (Hanley, 2012; Murphy & Mitchell, 1998). Unfortunately, research has not kept up with the rate of uptake in online therapy services. The present study investigated the experiences of therapists and clients who had engaged in online therapy during the past 12 months. Two studies were conducted, using narrative and thematic analysis to extrapolate the main themes across participants’ narratives. The first involved six female clients and focused on the ways in which individuals construct their online therapy experience. Themes emerging from Study 1 include: accessibility, convenience, affordability, time to think, reflect and respond, autonomy and control, and the qualities of the counsellors. Study two examined the ways in which four online therapists storied their experiences of engaging in online therapy. Themes from Study 2 that described practitioners’ online therapy experiences included: convenience, therapeutic alliance, online counselling skills, assessing client suitability, reaching diverse clients, assessing client satisfaction, legal and ethical concerns: client identity, privacy and confidentiality, and, personal and professional goals. Findings also suggested that the different mediums of communication (e-mail, instant message, and videoconference) offered unique benefits and challenges. Recommendations for clinical practice, limitations and future directions are discussed.
On the Higher Moments of Particle Multiplicity, Chemical Freeze-Out and QCD Critical Endpoint
Creators: name: Tawfik, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We calculate the first six non-normalized moments of particle multiplicity within the framework of the hadron resonance gas model. In terms of the lower order moments and corresponding correlation functions, general expressions of higher order moments are derived. Thermal evolution of the first four normalized moments and their products (ratios) are studied at different chemical potentials μ, so that it is possible to evaluate them at chemical freeze out curve. It is found that a non-monotonic behavior, reflecting the dynamical fluctuation and strong correlation of particles starts to appear from the normalized third order moment. We introduce novel conditions for describing the chemical freeze out curve. Although the hadron resonance gas model does not contain any information on the criticality related to the chiral dynamics and singularity in some physical observables, we are able find out the location of the QCD critical endpoint at $μ\sim 350 $MeV and temperature $T \sim 162 $MeV.
description: 18 pages, 16 figures with 36 eps graphs
Universal upper bound for the Holevo information induced by a quantum operation
Creators: name: Zhang, Lin
name: Wu, Junde
name: Fei, Shao-Ming
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Let $\cH_A\ot \cH_B$ be a bipartite system and $ρ_{AB}$ a quantum state on $\cH_A\ot \cH_B$, $ρ_A = \Ptr{B}{ρ_{AB}}$, $ρ_B = \Ptr{A}{ρ_{AB}}$. Then each quantum operation $Φ_B$ on the quantum system $\cH_B$ can induce a quantum ensemble $\set{(p_μ,ρ_{A,μ})}$ on quantum system $\cH_A$. In this paper, we show that the Holevo quantity $χ\set{(p_μ,ρ_{A,μ})}$ of the quantum ensemble $\set{(p_μ,ρ_{A,μ})}$ can be upper bounded by both subsystem entropies. By using the result, we answer partly a conjecture of Fannes, de Melo, Roga and Życzkowski.
description: 9 pages, LaTeX, published version
On the use of flexible mixing distributions in WTP space: an induced value choice experiment
Creators: name: Bazzani, Claudia
name: Palma, Marco A.
name: Nayga, Rodolfo M.
name: Bazzani, Claudia
name: Palma, Marco A.
name: Nayga, Rodolfo M.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Demand and Price Analysis
subject: flexible mixing distribution
subject: induced value choice experiment
subject: normal distribution
subject: WTP space

description: In this study, we use data from an induced value choice experiment to compare estimates from mixed logit models in willingness to pay (WTP) space using different parameter distributional assumptions. Specifically, we test differences inWTP estimates when using flexible parameter mixing distributions (i.e. Legendre polynomials, step functions and splines) and conventional parameter distributions (normal and lognormal). Similar WTP estimates are obtained. However, we observe that WTP estimates are statistically different from the induced value when conventional distributions are assumed, but they are not when more flexible distributions are assumed. This suggests that flexible distributions can provide more reliable WTP estimates.
title: Articulation posture influences pitch during singing imagery
Creators: name: Körner, Anita
name: Strack, Fritz
Publisher: name: Universität Kassel
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: singing imagery
subject: pitch
subject: musical imagery
subject: language
subject: embodied cognition
subject: 150
subject: Tonhöhe
subject: Bildersprache
subject: Musik
subject: Kognitionswissenschaft

description: Gefördert im Rahmen des Projekts DEAL
A method for studying initial geometry fluctuations via event plane correlations in heavy ion collisions
Creators: name: Jia, Jiangyong
name: Mohapatra, Soumya
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A method is proposed to measure the relative azimuthal angle distributions involving two or more event planes of different order in heavy ion collisions using a Fourier analysis technique. The analysis procedure is demonstrated for correlations involving two and three event planes (Phi_n, Phi_m and Phi_h). The Fourier coefficients of these distributions are found to coincide with previously proposed correlators, such as cos(6Phi_2-6Phi_3) and cos(Phi_1+2Phi_2-3Phi_3) etc, hence the method provides a natural framework for studying these correlators at the same time. Using a Monte Carlo Glauber model to simulate Au+Au collisions with fluctuating initial geometry, we are able to identify several new two- or three-plane correlators that have sizable magnitudes and should be measured experimentally.
description: 10 pages, 14 figures
Increasing the socio-ecological resilience of agro-ecosystems and livelihoods in mountain drylands from a biocultural perspective - a case study from the Bolivian Andes ; [kumulative Dissertation]
Creators: name: Brandt, Regine
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Online-Publikation
subject: Hochschulschrift
subject: 330
subject: 577

description: Gebirgige Trockengebiete sind von einer zunehmenden Desertifikation bedroht. Die Wiederherstellung und Diversifizierung von Gehölzbeständen in Agrarökosystemen (Agroforstwirtschaft) sind wichtig, um die sozioökologische Resilienz dieser Regionen zu fördern. Diese Dissertation untersucht aus einer biokulturellen Perspektive native Baum- und Straucharten der bolivianischen Anden und deren Eignung für Agroforstsysteme. Insbesondere wurden die sozioökologischen Wertigkeiten der Arten ermittelt und Methoden getestet, die deren Reproduktion unter Trockenstress verbessern können. Bäume mit hohem Holzanteil werden besonders von der lokalen Bevölkerung geschätzt. Die Ergebnisse deuten auf eine sinkende Wertschätzung nativer Gehölze hin, was vermutlich mit geringer Verfügbarkeit durch Waldzerstörung, mit der Aufforstung wirtschaftlich rentabler exotischer Baumarten und mit dem Verlust traditionellen Wissens durch Abwanderung zusammenhängt. Die Studie zeigt, dass das Verständnis der lokalen Beziehungen von Mensch und Pflanze eine wichtige Voraussetzung für Schutzmaßnahmen von Gehölzen in Agrarökosystemen ist.
description: Mountain drylands face alarming desertification risks. Restoring and diversifying the woodlands in agro-ecosystems (agroforestry) is crucial for enhancing these regions’ socio-ecological resilience. By using a biocultural theoretical perspective, this doctoral thesis analyzes the potential of native woody species from the Bolivian Andes for use in agroforestry by calculating their socio-ecological values and by experimentally testing different methods that could facilitate their propagation under drought conditions. Timber trees are shown to be highly valued by local people. The results also indicate a potential decline of the values attributed to native woody plants. This is likely to be brought about by their decreasing availability due to woodland destructions, to their substitution by commercially profitable exotic trees, and to the loss of traditional plant uses and knowledge, which is accelerated by rural out-migration. This thesis argues that understanding local human-plant relationships and their dynamics is a crucial prerequisite to any practical initiative for the restoration of woodlands in agro-ecosystems.
Towards sustainable rare earth mining : a study of occupational & community health issues
Creators: name: Zhang, Linlin
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2014

description: Rare earth elements (REEs) are a group of actinide minerals that have been widely used in many areas of industry, such as: electronics, petro-chemistry, metallurgy, and defense. They will continue to become a dominant contributor to global economic development. In the wake of REE exploration, mining and processing, concern has grown over potential associated occupational and community health issues and risks. There has traditionally been little specific health and safety guidance associated with REE mining to date. The motivation of this research is to raise an awareness of known REE mining occupational and community health risks. This aims to contribute to a sound foundation for the development of effective occupational and community health and safety management as part of sustainable REE mining. The thesis addresses four objectives: 1) to characterize the geological characteristics, current global production, uses and recycling of REEs, especially for the dominant producer: China; 2) to review the REE life cycle and identify key activities, contaminants, tailings, water management and closure processes that present potential occupational and community health and safety risks; 3) to present the results of a literature review, particularly focused on REE mining and occupational and community health in China that identifies issues and risks; and 4) to review policy and governance strategies adopted by key producing countries, particularly the USA, Canada and China. This work has sought to assemble and analyze prior Chinese REE research and governance literature reviews and translation. The findings relate to REE’s characteristics, toxicity, the routes and mechanism of inducing contaminates into the environment. Major known occupational health issues relate to lung/ liver/ bone/ brain/ blood diseases, skin disorders, and reproductive health issues. Major community health issues relate to indigestion, diarrhea, abdominal distension, anorexia, and low IQ in children. This thesis makes an original contribution in presenting what are considered to be a clearly justified and comprehensive set of occupational and community health indicators. The priority and considerations for future research on occupational and community health and safety management associated with REE mining have also been recommended, particularly for control measures and health impacts assessment.
Estimation of multiple correlated effects on a disease outcome when the data are nested: a hierarchical Bayesian approach
Creators: name: Roli, Giulia
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 2010
Subjects: SECS-S/01 Statistica
MED/01 Statistica medica

description: The paper deals with the analysis of multiple exposures on the occurrence of a disease. We consider observational case-control data in a multilevel setting, with subjects nested in clusters. A hierarchical Bayesian model is proposed to tackle the within-cluster dependence and the correlation among the exposures, simultaneously. To do that, we assign prior distributions on the crucial parameters by exploiting additional information at different levels, as well as reasonable assumptions and previous knowledge. The model is applied to a multi-centric study aiming to investigate the association of dietary exposures with the colon-rectum cancer. Compared with results obtained with conventional regressions, our hierarchical Bayesian
model yields great gains in terms of more consistent and less biased estimates.
Integral representation of martingales motivated by the problem of endogenous completeness in financial economics
Creators: name: Kramkov, Dmitry
name: Predoiu, Silviu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: General Finance (q-fin.GN)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: 60G44, 91B51, 91G99, 35K15, 35K90

description: Let $\mathbb{Q}$ and $\mathbb{P}$ be equivalent probability measures and let $ψ$ be a $J$-dimensional vector of random variables such that $\frac{d\mathbb{Q}}{d\mathbb{P}}$ and $ψ$ are defined in terms of a weak solution $X$ to a $d$-dimensional stochastic differential equation. Motivated by the problem of \emph{endogenous completeness} in financial economics we present conditions which guarantee that every local martingale under $\mathbb{Q}$ is a stochastic integral with respect to the $J$-dimensional martingale $S_t \set \mathbb{E}^{\mathbb{Q}}[ψ|\mathcal{F}_t]$. While the drift $b=b(t,x)$ and the volatility $σ= σ(t,x)$ coefficients for $X$ need to have only minimal regularity properties with respect to $x$, they are assumed to be analytic functions with respect to $t$. We provide a counter-example showing that this $t$-analyticity assumption for $σ$ cannot be removed.
description: A stronger version of the main theorem is obtained. The "financial" part of the previous version is removed
Longevity pattern in Emilia Romagna (Italy) in a dynamic perspective
Creators: name: Roli, Giulia
name: Miglio, Rossella
name: Rettaroli, Rosella
name: Samoggia, Alessandra
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 2010
Subjects: SECS-S/01 Statistica
SECS-S/04 Demografia
SECS-S/05 Statistica sociale

description: In this paper, we investigate the pattern of longevity during the last 15 years in Emilia Romagna, a North-Eastern region of Italy, at a municipality level. We consider a specific index of extreme longevity based on people aged 95 and over in two different periods (1995-1999 and 2005-2009). Spatio-temporal modeling is used to tackle at both periods the random variations in the occurrence of people 95+, due to the increasingly rareness of such events, especially in small areas. This method exploits the spatial proximity and the consequent interaction of the geographical areas to smooth the observations, as well as to control for the effects of a set of regressors. As a result, clusters of areas characterized by high and low indexes of longevity are well identified and the temporal evolution of the phenomenon can be depicted. In a parallel analysis, we consider the past levels of mortality on the same cohort of individuals reaching 95 years and over in the second period and when they were aged 80-89 and 90-99. Within this longitudinal framework, the longevity outcome is modeled by a spatial regression. The area-specific structures of mortality are included as regressors, whose effects represent the causal link between the occurrence of people 95+ and the causes of death in the same cohort.
Interaction effect on topological classification of superconductors in two dimensions
Creators: name: Yao, Hong
name: Ryu, Shinsei
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We introduce a new class of superconductors (SCs) in two spatial dimensions with time reversal symmetry and reflection (i.e., mirror) symmetry. In the absence of interactions, topological classes of these SCs are distinguished by an integer-valued ($\mathbb{Z}$) topological invariant. When interactions are included, we show that the topological classification is modified to $\mathbb{Z}_8$. This clearly demonstrates that interactions can have qualitative effect on topological classifications of gapped states of matter in more than one dimension.
description: 4+epsilon pages,added references, published version in PRB
Impact of agricultural innovation adoption: a meta-analysis
Creators: name: Ogundari, Kolawole
name: Bolarinwa, Olufemi D.
name: Ogundari, Kolawole
name: Bolarinwa, Olufemi D.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies
subject: adoption
subject: agriculture
subject: developing countries
subject: meta-analysis
subject: technology

description: The impacts of adopting agricultural innovation and technology are widely examined. This paper synthesises 154 studies, which yielded a total of 600 estimates of the impact of adopting agricultural innovation and technology on production, social and economic outcomes. Using meta-regression analysis, the empirical results show that the reported impact of adopting agricultural innovation and technology rises significantly over time, notwithstanding a significant publication bias. Whether studies find significant impacts of adopting agricultural innovation and technology depends on the use of experimental research designs, parametric method, endogenous switching regression and region. Our results show a large bias in the literature towards agricultural innovations and technologies that focus on high-yielding varieties and thus, neglect other forms of complementary innovations and technologies.
Posterior Contraction Rates for the Bayesian Approach to Linear Ill-Posed Inverse Problems
Creators: name: Agapiou, Sergios
name: Larsson, Stig
name: Stuart, Andrew M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Statistics Theory (math.ST)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 62G20, 62C10 (Primary) 35R30, 45Q05 (Secondary)

description: We consider a Bayesian nonparametric approach to a family of linear inverse problems in a separable Hilbert space setting with Gaussian noise. We assume Gaussian priors, which are conjugate to the model, and present a method of identifying the posterior using its precision operator. Working with the unbounded precision operator enables us to use partial differential equations (PDE) methodology to obtain rates of contraction of the posterior distribution to a Dirac measure centered on the true solution. Our methods assume a relatively weak relation between the prior covariance, noise covariance and forward operator, allowing for a wide range of applications.
title:  The Reception of Sartre’s Thought and Its Narratives: An Analysis from a Communication Theory Perspective
Creators: name: Betschart  ,  Alfred
Publisher: name: RomaTrE-Press
Year: 2023

description: Sartrean existentialism has evoked very strong feelings, from fascination to hatred, very atypical for a literary and philosophical movement – and this on all continents of the world inhabited by mankind. This essay attempts to examine the determining factors for this process. What were the messages and narratives that could evoke these feelings? What were the channels of communication and what about failed and distorted messages? What roles did repeaters and noise play in this process? How did they change over time, and what does this analysis contribute to a better understanding of the state of Sartre studies today? The basic framework for this investigation is adapted from communication theory.

L'esistenzialismo sartriano ha suscitato sentimenti molto forti, dal fascino all'odio, molto atipici per un movimento letterario e filosofico - e questo in tutti i continenti del mondo. Questo saggio cerca di esaminare i fattori determinanti di questo processo. Quali erano i messaggi e le narrazioni che potevano evocare questi sentimenti? Quali erano i canali di comunicazione e quali i messaggi falliti e distorti? Come è cambiato questo nel tempo e quale contributo può dare quest'analisi a una migliore comprensione dello stato degli studi su Sartre oggi? Il quadro di base di questa indagine è adattato dalla teoria della comunicazione.
description: Studi Sartriani – XVII/2023 – L’essere e il nulla. L’esistenzialismo di Sartre 80 anni dopo
title: Entwicklung einer Webanwendung zur Visualisierung und Nachbearbeitung von Ergebnisdaten aus Vorhersagen Neuronaler Netze für den Anwendungsfall Bronchokonstriktion
Creators: name: Tappermann, Chiara
Publisher: name: Hochschule Hannover
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 004 Informatik
subject: 610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Das Ziel dieser Bachelorarbeit war die Entwicklung einer voll funktionstüchtigen Webanwendung, die für den Anwendungsfall „Bronchokonstriktion“ Werkzeuge für die Darstellung und die händische Nachbearbeitung von Bilddaten und Vorhersagen aus Neuronalen Netzen bereitstellt. Dadurch können die Test- und Trainingsdatensätze für problematische Fälle erweitert werden. Konkret wurde die Anwendung durch die Verwendung von standardisierten und individuell auf das Problem zugeschnittenen Software-Engineering-Methoden sowie unter Beachtung allgemeiner Usability-Prinzipien entwickelt und evaluiert. Diese Bachelorarbeit fand in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Fraunhofer ITEM und der Forschungsgruppe „Bioinformatik“ statt.
How women organize social networks different from men
Creators: name: Szell, Michael
name: Thurner, Stefan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: Social and Information Networks (cs.SI)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Superpositions of social networks, such as communication, friendship, or trade networks, are called multiplex networks, forming the structural backbone of human societies. Novel datasets now allow quantification and exploration of multiplex networks. Here we study gender-specific differences of a multiplex network from a complete behavioral dataset of an online-game society of about 300,000 players. On the individual level females perform better economically and are less risk-taking than males. Males reciprocate friendship requests from females faster than vice versa and hesitate to reciprocate hostile actions of females. On the network level females have more communication partners, who are less connected than partners of males. We find a strong homophily effect for females and higher clustering coefficients of females in trade and attack networks. Cooperative links between males are under-represented, reflecting competition for resources among males. These results confirm quantitatively that females and males manage their social networks in substantially different ways.
description: 8 pages, 3 figures
Chemie und Folgeprodukte von 1-Desoxy-D-erythro-hexo-2,3-diulose
Creators: name: Voigt, Michael
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Maillard-Reaktion
subject: Hexosen
subject: Glucose
subject: Fragmentierung
subject: Online-Publikation
subject: Hochschulschrift
subject: 664.5
subject: 547

description: In der vorliegenden Arbeit wurde die Chemie von 1-Desoxy-D-erythro-hexo-2,3-diulose (1-DG), dem zentralen Intermediat der Maillard-Reaktion, in wässrigen Modellsystemen in Anwesenheit von L-Alanin untersucht. Als stabile Folgeprodukte von 1-DG wurden verschiedene Carbonsäuren wie z. B. Essigsäure identifiziert. Zusätzlich wurden reaktive Fragmentierungsprodukte wie α-Dicarbonylverbindungen, Hydroxycarbonylverbindungen und Aldehyde verifiziert. Danben wurden auch Folgeprodukte mit intaktem Kohlenstoffskelett nachgewiesen. Quantitative Betrachtungen erlaubten Rückschlüsse auf die zugrunde liegenden Reaktionsmechanismen und bestätigten, dass die hydrolytische β-Dicarbonylspaltung der isomeren 1-Desoxy-2,4-diulose eine entscheidende Rolle beim Abbau von 1-DG spielt. Daneben laufen weitere Reaktionen wie Oxidation, Enolisierung und Dehydratisierung ab. Es konnte auch nachgewiesen werden, dass es bei der Reaktion von 1-DG mit Lysin zur Bildung von Nε-Acetyl-L-Lysin kommt, einer stabilen Modifizierung der Lysinseitenkette.
null Modulation des postoperativen Schmerzlevels durch anästhesiologische Regionalverfahren in einem traumatologisch-orthopädischen Patientengut
Creators: name: Leubert, Niklas Daniel
Publisher: name: Universität Rostock
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 610 Medical sciences Medicine

description: Ziel dieser Arbeit war es, den aktuellen Stand der postoperativen Schmerztherapie nach definierten traumatologisch-orthopädischen Extremitäteneingriffen an der Klinik für Unfall,- Hand und Wiederherstellungschirurgie zu charakterisieren. Es sollte die Schmerzintensität über die ersten 3 postoperativen Tage anhand eines Fragebogens ermittelt werden und mögliche Unterschiede zwischen dreier im Vorfeld der Studie gebildeter Gruppen untersucht werden. Außerdem sollten unterschiedliche anästhesiologische Regionalverfahren miteinander vergleichen werden.
Zur Konzeption und Messung des impliziten Gerechtigkeitsmotivs
Creators: name: Umlauft, Sören
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Online-Publikation
subject: Hochschulschrift
subject: 158

description: Hintergrund der vorliegenden Arbeit ist die Unterscheidung eines impliziten und eines selbst-attribuierten Gerechtigkeitsmotivs (Dalbert, 2001). Sie gliedert sich in zwei Hauptteile, einen theoretischen Teil (1) und einen empirischen Teil (2). Teil 1 beschäftigt sich mit Motivtheorien und der Unterscheidung impliziter und selbst-attribuierter Motive. Es wird eine Bestandsaufnahme und kritische Betrachtung der wichtigsten, theoretischen Ansätze vorgenommen. Außerdem wird die Gerechtigkeitsmotivtheorie vorgestellt und die Annahme eines impliziten und eines selbst-attribuierten Gerechtigkeitsmotivs vor diesem Hintergrund diskutiert. Teil 2 beschäftigt sich mit der Messung des impliziten Gerechtigkeitsmotivs und zwar mithilfe des Impliziten Gerechtigkeitsmotivmaßes (IGMM), welches auf der Erfassung interindividueller Unterschiede bei der Erkennung gerechtigkeitsthematischer Wörter, also einer visuellen Worterkennungsaufgabe, beruht und mithilfe des Projektiven Gerechtigkeitsmotivmaßes (PGMM), welches sich an projektive Verfahren der Motivmessung anlehnt.
title:  Sartre et le Structuralisme: un enjeu philosophique
Creators: name: da Silva Estanqueiro Rocha  ,  Acílio
Publisher: name: RomaTrE-Press
Year: 2023

description: This study intends to examine the points of intersection between Sartre’s key texts and those of the main proponents of structuralism. To this end, we examine the opposition between ‘dialectical reason’ and ‘analytical reason’, the praxis-structures interaction, the ‘subject’ seen as a project or de-centring, differences in starting points on linguistic presuppositions, taking as a guiding thread the notions of subject, praxis and meaning, on the one hand, language, structure and unconscious, on the other.

Questo studio intende esaminare i punti di intersezione tra i testi chiave di Sartre e quelli dei principali esponenti dello strutturalismo. A tal fine, si esamina l'opposizione tra "ragione dialettica" e "ragione analitica", l'interazione prassi-struttura, il "soggetto" visto come progetto o de-centramento, le differenze nei punti di partenza sui presupposti linguistici, prendendo come filo conduttore le nozioni di soggetto, prassi e significato, da un lato, linguaggio, struttura e inconscio, dall'altro.
description: Studi Sartriani – XVII/2023 – L’essere e il nulla. L’esistenzialismo di Sartre 80 anni dopo
On Certain Subshifts and their Associated Monoids
Creators: name: Hamachi, Toshihiro
name: Krieger, Wolfgang
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 37B10

description: Within a subclass of monoids (with zero) a structural characterization is given of those that are associated to topologically transitive subshifts with Property (A).
description: 11 pages
title:  Storia di una “frequentazione”: il concetto di “relazione” in Gabriel Marcel e Jean-Paul Sartre
Creators: name: Ghelardini  , Matilde
Publisher: name: RomaTrE-Press
Year: 2023

description: Is it possible to establish a line of research that brings Gabriel Marcel and Jean-Paul Sartre closer together? With this article, we will positively support this idea, by distancing ourselves from the overly rigid interpretations that exclusively focus on antinomic elements sliding into a reductionist and nowadays “canonical” presentation of the relationship between these philosophers. Beyond the undeniable and, fortunately, unmediated differences between the two philosophers, this article aims to investigate their positions regarding the concept of “relationship”. In doing so, we will highlight how Gabriel Marcel’s “coesse” and Jean-Paul Sartre’s “being-for-others” have numerous points of contact thatplace both philosophers, beyond their personal positions in the religious sphere, within the common ground of “existentialism”.

È possibile stabilire una linea di ricerca che avvicini Gabriel Marcel e Jean-Paul Sartre? Con questo articolo sosterremo positivamente questa idea, prendendo le distanze dalle interpretazioni troppo rigide che si concentrano esclusivamente sugli elementi antinomici scivolando in una presentazione riduzionista e "canonica" del rapporto tra questi filosofi. Al di là delle innegabili e, fortunatamente, non mediate differenze tra i due filosofi, questo articolo si propone di indagare le loro posizioni riguardo al concetto di "relazione". Nel farlo, metteremo in evidenza come la "coesse" di Gabriel Marcel e l'"essere-per-gli-altri" di Jean-Paul Sartre abbiano numerosi punti di contatto, che pongono, al di là delle differenze, entrambi i filosofi nel terreno comune dell’esistenzialismo.
description: Studi Sartriani – XVII/2023 – L’essere e il nulla. L’esistenzialismo di Sartre 80 anni dopo
The impact of nurse initiated pain protocol : in emergency department
Creators: name: Ashly, Gisha
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2014

description: Even though pain is a common symptom in the emergency departments inadequate analgesic and suboptimal management of pain is not very uncommon. Pain is one of the factors influencing the triage acuity level. Prompt pain management with a thorough pain assessment is necessary for meeting patient care needs. Therefore, a Nurse Initiated Pain Protocol is one of the strategies to manage pain in a timely manner and achieve patient satisfaction. With the guidance from other research studies from Australia, Sweden and United States using Nurse Initiated Pain Protocol in the ED and Latimer et al’s (2010) KUPC model, this study was performed to capture the pain management practices of ED nurses with a Nurse Decision Support Tool. The Nurse Decision Support Tool was introduced in one of the emergency departments in the Lower Mainland. The 300 charts were randomly selected and data collected with the data collection sheet. Statistical Program for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 1.0 was used to analyse the data. Mean, median and standard deviation were used to interpret the data. Unfortunately, there were no significant differences between before and after the initiation of the Nurse decision Support Tool in the ED. However, the study provided preliminary findings in the pain management practices in emergency department by the nurses.
Almost every Interval Translation Map of three intervals is finite type
Creators: name: Volk, Denis
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 37C05, 37C20, 37C70, 37D20, 37D45 (Primary)

description: Interval translation maps (ITMs) are a non-invertible generalization of interval exchange transformations (IETs). The dynamics of finite type ITMs is similar to IETs, while infinite type ITMs are known to exhibit new interesting effects. In this paper, we prove the finiteness conjecture for the ITMs of three intervals. Namely, the subset of ITMs of finite type contains an open, dense, and full Lebesgue measure subset of the space of ITMs of three intervals. For this, we show that any ITM of three intervals can be reduced either to a rotation or to a double rotation.
description: 6 pages, 7 figures. To appear in Discrete Contin. Dyn. Syst
Smoothness of equivariant derived categories
Creators: name: Lunts, Valery A.
name: Schnürer, Olaf M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: K-Theory and Homology (math.KT)
subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: Representation Theory (math.RT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We introduce the notion of (homological) G-smoothness for a complex G-variety X, where G is a connected affine algebraic group. This is based on the notion of smoothness for dg algebras and uses a suitable enhancement of the G-equivariant derived category of X. If there are only finitely many G-orbits and all stabilizers are connected, we show that X is G-smooth if and only if all orbits O satisfy H^*(O; R)=R. On the way we prove several results concerning smoothness of dg categories over a graded commutative dg ring.
description: 64 pages, Remark 4.7 improved
Farm machinery use, off-farm employment and farm performance in China
Creators: name: Ma, Wanglin
name: Renwick, Alan
name: Grafton, Quentin
name: Ma, Wanglin
name: Renwick, Alan
name: Grafton, Quentin
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Farm Management
subject: China
subject: farm performance
subject: machinery use
subject: maize farmers
subject: off-farm employment

description: We analyse the joint impacts of farm machinery use and off-farm employment on maize yields and agrochemical expenses from a household survey of 493 farmers in China. Our findings are obtained from an innovative two-stage econometric procedure that combines a bivariate ordered probit model with an endogeneity-corrected ordinary least square regression model. The results show that farmers are jointly making decisions to use farm machines and to work off the farm and that these two household activities affect maize yields and agrochemical expenses in different ways. We show that farm machinery use significantly increases both maize yields and agrochemical expenses, while off-farm employment significantly decreases agrochemical expenses. Our findings highlight the importance of additional machinery use in increasing farm production; the need to account for possible endogeneity in estimation; and the statistical significance of key household characteristics (gender, education, and household size) on overall farm production.
Developmentally regulated proteolysis of cytoplasmic polyA polymerase GLD-2
Creators: name: Oyewale, Tosin
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 570

description: Während der initialen Phase der transkriptionellen Repression in der Embryogenese hängt die Entwicklung der embryonalen Keimzellen hauptsächlich von maternalen RNA-regulatorischen Proteinen und mRNAs ab. Wird die transkriptionelle Aktivität durch das zygotische Genom übernommen, müssen diese maternalen Faktoren in den Keimzellen letztendlich terminiert werden. Diese Arbeit zeigt, dass in C. elegans das Proteasom die Proteinmenge der zytoplasmatischen Poly(A)-Polymerase GLD-2 in primordialen Keimzellen (PGCs) reguliert. Ebenso wurde GRIF-1, als eine in PGCs exprimierte TRIM32-verwandte Ubiquitin-Ligase zum Abbau von GLD-2 identifiziert. Dabei ist es bedeutend, dass nach einer Funktionsstörung von grif-1, Tiere mit einem „mortal“ Keimzellenphänotyp entstehen. Weiterhin wurde ein Nanos-abhängiger Regulationsweg aufgedeckt, welcher redundant mit GRIF-1 funktioniert und einen Abbau von maternalen Transkripten in PGCs befördert sowie das postembryonale Überleben von Keimzellen gewährleistet.
description: During an initial phase of transcriptional repression, embryonic germ cell development primarily depends on maternally donated RNA-regulatory proteins and their mRNA targets. However, to put the zygotic genome in charge, these maternal germline-intrinsic factors must be eventually terminated. This work found that the proteasome regulates the turnover of GLD-2 cytoPAP in PGCs of C. elegans. Moreover, it identified GRIF-1, a TRIM32-related ubiquitin ligase as a GLD-2 turnover factor in PGCs. Importantly, upon compromising grif-1’s functions by RNAi or CRISPR-induced loss-of-function mutations, these embryos produced animals with a mortal germline phenotype. Furthermore, this work revealed a Nanos-based pathway which acts redundantly with GRIF-1 to ensure turnover of maternal transcripts in PGCs and postembryonic germ cell survival. Together, the collected data describe molecular mechanisms via which protein turnover of GLD-2 cytoPAP promotes maternal-to-zygotic transition in PGCs.
Powerful and large regional authorities are needed to preserve green open space for urban agglomerations
Creators: name: Aalbers, Carmen
name: Pauleit, Stephan
Publisher: name: TU Delft
Year: 2013
Subjects: governance, green open space, urban fringe, urban region, policy evaluation, policy regime, spatial concept, multifunctional development, international comparison

description: Identification and assessment of strategies for the conservation and multifunctional development of green open space in the urban fringe of European urban regions is a challenge to both the academic and the real life world. Comparisons of strategies and their wider policy contexts are often complicated by the numerous differences in policy regimes at different levels. To understand what we can learn from them we first have to know how we can learn from them: how to compare between different strategies under different policy regimes between countries and assess their effectiveness? Within the EU funded research project PLUREL – Peri-urban land use relationships – ‘Strategies and sustainability assessment tools for urban rural linkages’, we developed a methodology for international comparison of regional strategies that considers the policy context at supra-regional level. This methodology helped to explain the reported impacts of strategies. For this we further elaborated the theoretical concept of policy arrangements and policy dimensions by van Tatenhove et al. (2000) and Arts et al. (2006).Strategies and policy contexts referred to are from Montpellier Agglomeration, a formal coalition of now 31 ltinicipalities, Leipzig-Halle region, a functional urban region (FUR) with governance coalitions around green open space preservation strategies, and Hangzhou in China, a very large city with hierarchical formal government.Results showed how the means of influence from different government levels can complement and reinforce each other and raise the effectiveness of the strategies. A combination of hierarchical government with a horizontal coalition between local authorities covering the full FUR can be very effective for managing the land use developments in the urban fringe, even when private business, CSOs or other NGOs are not included in the coalition. We recommend a comprehensive plan at the level of the FUR for managing the land use development of the urban fringe and its green areas as binding guidance to lower level zoning plans. Supra-regional authorities do not have to possess the land resources, but setting the Rules of the Game is a powerful means of influence to coerce local municipalities to preserve green open space in the urban fringe.
description: SPOOL, SPOOL 01/2013: landscape metropolis
title:  Un dialogue de sourds? La lecture lukácsienne de l’existentialisme sartrien
Creators: name: Roza  , Stephanie
Publisher: name: RomaTrE-Press
Year: 2023

description: This article reviews in detail the arguments developed in Existentialism or Marxism? against the theses developed by Sartre in the mid-1940s. It shows that Lukács not only repeats dogmatic commonplaces about existentialism, but also produces an original, if excessively polemical, Marxist interpretation. The article sets out to explain both the reasons for this aggressiveness in the context of 1948, and the real stakes of the critique of existentialism in the framework of the Hungarian thinker’s own philosophy. By elucidating the deeper meaning of Sartre’s criticisms, it also draws attention to certain often unnoticed similarities between the two philosophers’ approaches.

Questo articolo esamina in dettaglio le argomentazioni sviluppate in Esistenzialismo o marxismo? contro le tesi sviluppate da Sartre a metà degli anni Quaranta. Mostra che Lukács non si limita a ripetere i luoghi comuni dogmatici sull'esistenzialismo, ma produce anche un'originale, pur se eccessivamente polemica, tesi marxista. L'articolo si propone di spiegare sia le ragioni di questa aggressività nel contesto del 1948, sia la reale posta in gioco della critica dell'esistenzialismo nel quadro della filosofia del pensatore ungherese. Illustrando il significato più profondo delle critiche di Sartre, si richiama anche l'attenzione su alcune somiglianze, spesso inosservate, tra gli approcci dei due filosofi.
description: Studi Sartriani – XVII/2023 – L’essere e il nulla. L’esistenzialismo di Sartre 80 anni dopo
The flow properties of bitumen in the presence of carbon dioxide
Creators: name: Behzadfar, Ehsan
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2014

description: The present dissertation discusses the flow behaviour of bitumens in the presence of CO₂. Firstly, the viscoelastic behaviour of bitumen is studied and an appropriate constitutive equation is identified to describe its rheological behavior. The K-BKZ constitutive equation has been shown to represent accurately the rheological properties of bitumen. Analysis of experimental results revealed that either the Papanastasiou or the Marucci form of the damping function can be used in the K-BKZ constitutive equation. Moreover, the damping function was found to be independent of temperature (0°C-50°C). Secondly, the effects of temperature, pressure, dissolved carbon dioxide and shear rate on the rheological response of bitumen are investigated by using the reduced variable method at the temperature range of –10°C to 180°C and pressures up to 15 MPa. The double–log model is found to be the most accurate equation in describing the effect of temperature on the viscosity of bitumen over a wide range of temperature while the Barus model with the temperature–dependent parameter is found to be the most appropriate correlation to represent the effect of pressure. The Fujita–Kishimato equation, resulting from the free volume concept modelling, is employed to account for the effect of dissolved CO₂ on the viscosity of the bitumen–CO₂ mixture. The results show that the viscosity is influenced by the temperature and saturation pressure. Thirdly, the combined pressure-decay technique with rheometry is developed to measure the diffusivity of CO₂ in bitumen at the temperatures of 30˚C, 50˚C, 70˚C, 90˚C and 110˚C and saturation pressures of 2, 4 and 10 MPa. The impact of temperature on the diffusivity of CO₂-bitumen systems can be described by the Arrhenius equation. The diffusivity increases with pressure at gaseous CO₂ state. The increase is more dominant at lower temperatures while the diffusivity increase is 53% at 30˚C compared to 25% at 70˚C. It is shown that changing the state of CO₂ impacts the diffusivity values of in bitumen while the diffusivity is higher for the liquid CO₂ compared to supercritical CO₂.
Superdiffusive and Subdiffusive Exceptional Times in the Dynamical Discrete Web
Creators: name: Jenkins, Dan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: The dynamical discrete web is a system of one-dimensional coalescing random walks that evolves in an extra dynamical time parameter. At any deterministic dynamical time, the paths behave as coalescing simple symmetric random walks. This paper studies the existence of (random) exceptional dynamical times at which the paths violate certain almost sure properties of random walks. It was shown in 2009 by Fontes, Newman, Ravishankar and Schertzer that there exist exceptional times at which the path starting from the origin violates the law of the iterated logarithm. Their results gave exceptional times at which the path is slightly subdiffusive in one direction. This paper extends this to obtain times at which the path is slightly superdiffusive in one direction and times at which the path is slightly subdiffusive in both directions. We also obtain upper and lower bounds for the Hausdorff dimensions of the sets of two-sided subdiffusive exceptional times, and a lower bound for the Hausdorff dimension of set of superdiffusive exceptional times.
description: Accepted for publication in Stoch. Proc. Applic
Studentische Compliance mit Anti-Corona-Maßnahmen
Creators: name: Haggenmüller, Clara
name: Krieger, Pauline
Publisher: name: Universität Regensburg
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: COVID-19, Compliance, Maßnahmen, Abstandsregelungen, Kontaktbeschränkungen, Maskenpflicht, Selbstschutz, Fremdschutz, Verhaltensänderung, Studierendenbefragung
subject: 150 Psychologie
subject: 310 Statistik
subject: 340 Recht

description: Die vorliegende Studie untersucht die Compliance bayerischer Student:innen in Bezug auf die Maßnahmen zur Eindämmung der COVID-19-Pandemie. In zwei online durchgeführten Erhebungen wurden Daten zur (Nicht-)Einhaltung der jeweils geltenden Maßnahmen und den zugrunde liegenden Gründen erhoben. An der ersten Erhebung zwischen dem 9. Dezember 2020 und dem 15. Dezember 2020 nahmen insgesamt 351 Personen (67,8% weiblich, 31,9% männlich, 0,3% divers, MAlter = 22,48, SDAlter = 3,39) teil. Auf die Folgebefragung zwischen dem 22. Januar und dem 14. Februar 2021 antworteten 239 der Personen, die auch an der ersten Erhebung teilgenommen hatten (72,0% weiblich, 27,6% männlich, 0,4% divers, MAlter = 22,77, SDAlter = 3,11). Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass Berührungspunkte mit dem Virus (eigene Angehörigkeit zur Risikogruppe, Angehörigkeit von Familienmitgliedern/Freund:innen zur Risikogruppe, schwere Erkrankung im Umfeld) keinen Einfluss auf die Compliance mit den Maßnahmen haben. Die Compliance ist hauptsächlich durch den Schutz des persönlichen Umfelds motiviert. Ebenso spielt der Schutz der Allgemeinheit eine Rolle, wohingegen der Selbstschutz nachrangig ist. Im Frühjahr 2020 hielten sich die Befragten strenger an die damals geltenden Regelungen als im Dezember 2020. Zwischen der Compliance im Dezember 2020 und Anfang des Jahres 2021 zeigen sich bezogen auf die Abstandsregelungen und Kontaktbeschränkungen, nicht aber hinsichtlich der Maskenpflicht, Unterschiede dahingehend, dass erstere Maßnahmen zum zweiten Erhebungszeitpunkt tendenziell strenger befolgt wurden.