cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Investigating the Impact of Chess Integration on Graph Theory Learning and Strategic Thinking Skills Among Eleventh-Grade Students in Colombia
Creators: name: de la puente, mario
name: de Oro Aguado, Carlos Mario
name: Marcelo Torres Ortega, Jose
name: Rico Fontalvo, Heidy
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 390107
subject: Humanities and social sciences curriculum and pedagogy (excl. economics, business and management)

description: Over a sexteen-week term, the study dove into how chess could enhance math skills for eleventh graders at three public schools in Cartagena, Colombia. It assumed that chess would sharpen their minds and problem-solving prowess. Seventy-one pupils took part, trying out a chess-centric way of learning. Researchers used multiple statistical approaches such as multivariate regression and cluster analysis - to measure effects on various academic fronts. The analysis encompasses students' chess-play performance, strategic thinking, and problem-solving approaches, employing graph theory to gain a comprehensive understanding. The findings reveal distinct clusters of strategic approaches adopted by students, elucidating intricate relationships and patterns in their gameplay. Additionally, the study examines the correlation between chessbased learning and academic performance over the duration of the intervention. The identified clusters through graph theory shed light on diverse problem-solving strategies, offering insights into the dynamic nature of chess gameplay. The results affirm the research hypothesis, highlighting the significant relationships and patterns revealed through the application of graph theory. By employing various statistical procedures, it contributes to a deeper understanding of the impact of chess-based pedagogy on students' strategic thinking development skills. Furthermore, this research provides valuable insights for educators seeking innovative approaches to enhance mathematical proficiency and strategic thinking in secondary education.
You are what you eat: A social media study of food identity
Creators: name: Sasahara, Kazutoshi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Computers and Society (cs.CY)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Food preferences not only originate from a person's dietary habits, but also reflect personal values and consumer awareness. This study addresses `food identity' or the relationship between food preferences and personal attributes based on the concept of `food left-wing' (e.g., vegetarians) and `food right-wing' (e.g., fast-food lovers) by analyzing social data using information entropy and networks. The results show that food identity extends beyond the domain of food: The food left-wing has a strong interest in socio-environmental issues, while the food right-wing has a higher interest in large-scale shopping malls and politically conservative issues. Furthermore, the social interactions of food left-wing and right-wing factions show segregated structures, indicating different information consumption patterns. These findings suggest that food identity may be applicable as a proxy for personal attributes and offer insights into potential buying patterns.
description: 15 pages, 7 figures, 5 tables. Comput Soc Sc (2019)
Addendum to the Test of CP Violation in Tau Decay
Creators: name: Tsai, Yung Su
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1995
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discuss the test of CP and CPT violation in $τ$ decay without using the polarized electron beam by comparing partial fractions of $τ^-$ and $τ^+$ decay into channels with strong final state interactions. For example, $Γ(τ^-\rarrow π^-+π^0+ν) \ne Γ(τ^+\rarrow π^++π^0+ν)$ signifies violation of CP. The optimum energy to investigatge CP violation in $τ$ decay is discussed. We conclude that this energy is a few MeV below $ψ(2s)$ in order to avoid the charm contribution and over abundance of hadrons at the $ψ(2s)$ peak.
description: 6 page LaTeX file - To obtain a copy, send e-mail to techpub@slac.stanford.edu
Supplementary Information
Creators: name: Shrimandilkar, Sagar
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 340503
subject: Organic chemical synthesis
classificationCode: 340701
subject: Computational chemistry

description: This supplementary information file has 1H-NMR, 13C-NMR, FTIR, HRMS, and 2D-NOESY spectra of all synthesized molecules.
Insights into the cyclooxygenase phylogeny
Creators: name: Kurakin, Georgy
name: Potapova, Nadezhda
Publisher: name: F1000 Research Limited
Year: 2024

description: In our recent paper, we have found a statistical and evolutionary association between lipoxygenases and multicellularity in bacteria. In this work, we explored similar association in cyclooxygenase-like enzymes. We found that plant, fungal, and mammalian COX-like enzymes evolved independently from peroxidase-or catalase-like enzymes, but animal cyclooxygenases are closely related to a large cluster of bacterial enzymes with a proposed oxylipin biosynthetic function. The statistical distribution of the enzymes in this cluster shows higher prevalence in multicellular taxa — Actinobacteria and Cyanobacteria. This supports our hypothesis of evolutionary link between oxylipins and multicellularity.

This slide deck is supplemented with the link to the official recording of the respective conference talk.
Growth and structure of the lexicon of New Guinea pidgin
Creators: name: Mülhäusler, Peter
Publisher: name: The Australian National University
Year: 1976
Subjects: subject: Pidgin English Lexicology

description: This thesis describes the development and present-day manifestation of the lexicon , in particular the derivational lexicon , of New Guinea Pidgin (Tok Pisin ) , a form of Pidgin English spoken in Papua New Guinea. The linguistic description is embedded in and related to a description of the external history of this language and the social context in which it is used in the present . The thesis is divided into seven chapters . Chapter I provides introductory notes on the language and i ts speakers , a discuss ion of data s amp ling techniques and the corpus of data as well as remarks on the organization of the thesis . Chapter II discusses in detail the methodological problems of describing pidgin languages and New Guinea Pidgin . In particular , the problems. in connection with linguistic variation along the temporal , spatial and social axes are examined . In addition , arguments in support of a lexicalist approach to the description of the derivational lexicon of this language are put forward . Chapter III deals with the socio-historical setting of New Guinea Pidgin . The chapter is subdivided into a discussion of the external history , t he history of language policies and attitude s and the external context of present-day variation . On the basis of the social functions and the status of the speakers of New Guinea Pidgin , five stages in the life-cycle and four main social varieties of this language are distinguish ed . Chapter IV discusses the linguistic properties of the lexicon of New Guinea Pidgin in relation to the five main stages of its life cycle , it s social varieties, its regional varieties , and its stylistic levels , pointing out the relationship between these varieties . Chapter V gives an exhaustive treatment of the derivational lexicon of Rural Pidgin , the principal varity of New Guine a Pidgin . The three main derivational processes , multifunctionality , compounding , and reduplication are analysed and illustrated with a large set of examples . Chapter VI deals with the linguistic future of New Guinea Pidgin , in particular with proposals about vocabulary planning . The role of vocabulary planning is seen as providing new lexicalitems in a phase of rapid functional expansion of this language , whilst keeping intact its lexical structures. Chapter VII contains the principal findings and conclusions . It is argued that an understand in g of the nature of New Guinea Pidgin can only be attained once diachronic developments and synchronic variation are related to one another and to the social context in which the language is us ed. An appendix containing the originals of German quotations is attache d.
Language Reform in the Middle East: Turkey, Iran, and Israel
Creators: name: Emek Grosse, Hulya
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 479999
subject: Other language, communication and culture not elsewhere classified
classificationCode: 470406
subject: Historical, comparative and typological linguistics

description: This study examines Turkey's linguistic transformation and its indirect impact on its relationships with neighboring countries, particularly Iran and Israel. By comparing the language reforms undertaken in these three nations, the research provides a broader perspective on identity formation and nation-building in the Middle East.Turkey’s transition from the Ottoman script to the Latin alphabet under Atatürk was a pivotal modernization initiative, representing a deliberate departure from its imperial heritage and a move toward Westernization. This linguistic reform had significant implications, not only within Turkey but also in its interactions with Iran and Israel. Iran, with its rich linguistic heritage incorporating Persian, Arabic, and Turkic elements, embarked on its own modernization efforts, shaping its engagement with Turkey. Concurrently, Israel’s revival of Hebrew mirrored Turkey’s language reform in its pursuit of national identity consolidation.This study explores the strategic objectives behind Turkey’s language reform, assessing both its achievements and the cultural elements that were lost in the process. By conducting a comparative analysis of these reforms, the research offers valuable insights into the broader impact of language policies on national identity, cultural heritage, and international relations.
[Agradeciéndole de antemano su molestia]
[Un compromiso doble, que dialécticamente]
Creators: name: Julio, Cortázar
name: Mercurio, El
name: Cortázar, Julio
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2021
Subjects: El Mercurio
Cuestionario
Compromiso político
Boom latinoamericano

description: Cuestionario dirigido a Cortázar por el periódico El Mercurio (Chile, Santiago), y respuestas a las preguntas por Cortázar.
description: Notas: El cuestionario tapuscrito tiene membrete "El Mercurio", y una anotación manuscrita de Cortázar: "No darle a otro periódico".
description: Source: Num.Ref. : JC-DY-CAR-02.010
description: Source: Localización del archivo: Centre de Recherches Latino-Américaines (CRLA–Archivos, ITEM UMR8132). MSHS - Bât. A5, 1er étage 5 rue Théodore Lefebvre - TSA21103. 86073 Poitiers cedex 9.
description: created: s.f.
Large N Matrix Field Theories
Creators: name: Staudacher, Matthias
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1999
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discuss aspects of recent novel approaches towards understanding the large N limit of matrix field theories with local or global non-abelian symmetry.
description: Talk given at the 32nd International Symposium Ahrenshoop on the Theory of Elementary Particles, Buckow, Germany, 1-5 Sep 1998. 6 pages
The Fore language of Papua New Guinea
Creators: name: Scott, Graham
Publisher: name: The Australian National University
Year: 1977
Subjects: subject: Fore language Grammar

description: FORE is a non-Austronesian language of the highlands of Papua New Guinea . It has two particularly fascinating aspects : (i) extensive phonological change according to morpheme class; and (ii ) indication of inter-clausal relationships as part of verb morphology . In this description, the basic philosophy is that of the theory of Tagmemics, although peculiarly Tagmemic terminology and formulae have been kept to a minimum . Following a review of previous scholarship given in the first chapter, chapter 2 describes the phonology , and chapter 3 the morphophonemic changes which pervade Fore speech . Later, in chapter 10 , a brief comparative survey places Fore within the larger context of the East-Central family . Morphology and syntax at clause level are given in chapter s 4-6. Chapter 7 then gives the morphology of inter-clausal relations, by which strings of clauses are conjoined to form the inordinately long sentences which are typical of languages such as Fore . The structure of such strings is given in chapter 8 , which is then illustrated by as ample one - sentence discourse in chapter 9. Under lying morpheme forms are given throughout.
On the (A)dS Decoupling Limits of Massive Gravity
Creators: name: de Rham, Claudia
name: Hinterbichler, Kurt
name: Johnson, Laura A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider various decoupling limits of ghost-free massive gravity on (A)dS. The first is a decoupling limit on AdS space where the mass goes to zero while the AdS radius is held fixed. This results in an interacting massive Proca vector theory with a $Λ_2\sim (M_{\rm Pl} m)^{1/2}$ strong coupling scale which is ghost-free by construction and yet can not be put in the form of the generalized Proca theories considered so far. We comment on the existence of a potential duality between this Proca theory and a CFT on the boundary. The second decoupling limit we consider is a new limit on dS, obtained by sending the mass towards the finite partially massless value. We do this by introducing the scalar Stückelberg field which restores the partially massless symmetry. For generic values of the parameters, only a finite number of operators enter the partially massless decoupling limit and take the form of dS Galileons. If the interactions are chosen to be precisely those of the `candidate' non-linear partially massless theory, the resulting strong coupling scale has a higher value and the resulting decoupling limit includes an infinite number of interactions which we give in closed form. These interactions preserve both the linear partially massless symmetry and the dS version of the Galileon shift symmetry.
description: 51 pages, 2 figures. v2 refs added
Japanese Collaboration in the Global Research Landscape
Creators: name: Digital Science
name: Porter, Simon
name: Wastl, Juergen
name: Hook, Daniel
Publisher: name: Digital Science
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Library and Information Studies
subject: FOS: Media and communications

description: Japan finds itself in a difficult position regarding ongoing funding for research in turbulent financial times but is starting to be much more active on the world stage. The indicators show a positive future for Japan if the leadership of top researchers can cascade down to the broader research population and make Japan much more outward bound in its research collaboration landscape. If this is supported by funders with innovative approaches to funding and incentivising Japan’s increased engagement and visibility on the world research stage then Japan looks forward to a prosperous and important place in the global knowledge economy.
Systematic analysis of agreement between metrics and peer review in the UK REF
Creators: name: Traag, Vincent
name: Waltman, Ludo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Digital Libraries (cs.DL)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: When performing a national research assessment, some countries rely on citation metrics whereas others, such as the UK, primarily use peer review. In the influential Metric Tide report, a low agreement between metrics and peer review in the UK Research Excellence Framework (REF) was found. However, earlier studies observed much higher agreement between metrics and peer review in the REF and argued in favour of using metrics. This shows that there is considerable ambiguity in the discussion on agreement between metrics and peer review. We provide clarity in this discussion by considering four important points: (1) the level of aggregation of the analysis; (2) the use of either a size-dependent or a size-independent perspective; (3) the suitability of different measures of agreement; and (4) the uncertainty in peer review. In the context of the REF, we argue that agreement between metrics and peer review should be assessed at the institutional level rather than at the publication level. Both a size-dependent and a size-independent perspective are relevant in the REF. The interpretation of correlations may be problematic and as an alternative we therefore use measures of agreement that are based on the absolute or relative differences between metrics and peer review. To get an idea of the uncertainty in peer review, we rely on a model to bootstrap peer review outcomes. We conclude that particularly in Physics, Clinical Medicine, and Public Health, metrics agree quite well with peer review and may offer an alternative to peer review.
New onoceranoid xyloside from Lansium parasiticum
Creators: name: Ramadhan, Rico
name: Wisuttaya Worawalai
name: Preecha Phuwapraisirisan
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Pharmacology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: A novel onoceranoid triterpene xyloside named methyl lansioside C (1) together with two known glycosides (2 and 3) were isolated from polar fraction of the fruit peels of Lansium parasiticum. The structure and absolute configuration of the new compound were established using extensive spectroscopic techniques as well as Mosher’s method. The antioxidant activity and α-glucosidase inhibitory effect of the isolated compounds were evaluated. Compounds 1 and 3 displayed moderate radical scavenging activity with SC50 values of 14.5 and 13.7 mM, respectively. However, all isolated compounds exhibited no inhibition against α-glucosidase.
An Analytical Model for Wireless Mesh Networks with Collision-Free TDMA and Finite Queues
Creators: name: Kauer, Florian
name: Turau, Volker
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Networking and Internet Architecture (cs.NI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Wireless mesh networks are a promising technology for connecting sensors and actuators with high flexibility and low investment costs. In industrial applications, however, reliability is essential. Therefore, two time-slotted medium access methods, DSME and TSCH, were added to the IEEE 802.15.4 standard. They allow collision-free communication in multi-hop networks and provide channel hopping for mitigating external interferences. The slot schedule used in these networks is of high importance for the network performance. This paper supports the development of efficient schedules by providing an analytical model for the assessment of such schedules, focused on TSCH. A Markov chain model for the finite queue on every node is introduced that takes the slot distribution into account. The models of all nodes are interconnected to calculate network metrics such as packet delivery ratio, end-to-end delay and throughput. An evaluation compares the model with a simulation of the Orchestra schedule. The model is applied to Orchestra as well as to two simple distributed scheduling algorithms to demonstrate the importance of traffic-awareness for achieving high throughput.
description: 17 pages, 14 figures
Huygens' synchronization experiment revisited: Luck or skill?
Creators: name: Yang, Jiao
name: Wang, Yan
name: Yu, Yizhen
name: Xiao, Jinghua
name: Wang, Xingang
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: 353 years ago, in a letter to the Royal Society of London, Christiaan Huygens described "an odd kind of sympathy" between two pendulums mounted side by side on a wooden beam, which inspired the modern studies of synchronization in coupled nonlinear oscillators. Despite the blooming of synchronization study in a variety of disciplines, the original phenomenon described by Huygens remains a puzzle to researchers. Here, by placing two mechanical metronomes on top of a freely moving plastic board, we revisit the synchronization experiment conducted by Huygens. Experimental results show that by introducing a small mismatch to the natural frequencies of the metronomes, the probability for generating the anti-phase synchronization (APS) state, i.e., the "odd sympathy" described by Huygens, can be clearly increased. By numerical simulations of the system dynamics, we conduct a detailed analysis on the influence of frequency mismatch on APS. It is found that as the frequency mismatch increases from $0$, the attracting basin of APS is gradually enlarged and, in the meantime, the basin of in-phase synchronization (IPS) is reduced. However, as the frequency mismatch exceeds some critical value, both the basins of APS and IPS are suddenly disappeared, resulting in the desynchronization states. The impacts of friction coefficient and synchronization precision on APS are also studied, and it is found that with the increases of the friction coefficient and the precision requirement of APS, the critical frequency mismatch for desynchronization will be decreased. Our study indicates that, instead of luck, Huygens might have introduced, deliberately and elaborately, a small frequency mismatch to the pendulums in his experiment for generating the "odd sympathy".
description: 17pages, 6 figures, submitted to EJP
Classificatory and typological studies in languages of the Western Madang district, New Guinea
Creators: name: Z'Graggen, J. A.
Publisher: name: The Australian National University
Year: 1969
Subjects: subject: New Guinea Languages

description: This thesis is the outcome of a period of research which began in August 1964 when I was transferred as a Missionary of the Society of the Divine Word (S.V.D.) to the Catholic Mission Station at Mugil. My linguistic aim at that time was to gain a basic idea of the nature of the Mugil language and to get an overall picture of the linguistic situation in the area for which I had to care as a missionary. An orientation trip to various parts of the Bogia Subdistrict and the Mlddle Ramu area was made in the second half of 1965. It was then that it became apparent to me how insufficient our linguistic knowledge of the Madang District was. Published material could be adequately understood only in the light of new field studies.
title: Nachruf auf Dr. Carsten Hörich – einen kritischen Migrationsrechtler und besonderen Menschen
Creators: name: Hinterberger, Kevin
name: Hruschka, Constantin
name: Frei, Nula
name: Gordzielik, Teresia
name: Janda, Constanze
name: Klammer, Stephan
name: Trosien, Norbert
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 340

description: JuWissBlog
QSPR modelling for prediction of glass transition temperature of diverse polymers
Creators: name: P.M. Khan
name: K. Roy
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Plant Biology

description: The glass transition temperature is a vital property of polymers with a direct impact on their stability. In the present study, we built quantitative structure–property relationship models for the prediction of the glass transition temperatures of polymers using a data set of 206 diverse polymers. Various 2D molecular descriptors were computed from the single repeating units of polymers. We derived five models from different combinations of six descriptors in each case by employing the double cross-validation technique followed by partial least squares regression. The selected models were subsequently validated by methods such as cross-validation, external validation using test set compounds, the Y-randomization (Y-scrambling) test and an applicability domain study of the developed models. All of the models have statistically significant metric values such as r2 ranging from 0.713–0.759, Q2 ranging from 0.662-0.724 and ranging 0.702–0.805. Finally, a comparison was made with recently published models, though the previous models were based on a much smaller data set with limited diversity. We also used a true external set to demonstrate the performance of our developed models, which may be used for the prediction and design of novel polymers prior to their synthesis.
A new cycloartane triterpene bisdesmoside from the rhizomes of Actaea vaginata
Creators: name: Zhang, Minli
name: Yang, Qinwen
name: Zhang, Xiaofeng
name: Wu, Haifeng
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biochemistry
Pharmacology
Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Information Systems not elsewhere classified

description: A new cycloartane triterpene bisdesmoside, soulieoside T (1), and one known compound, oleanolic acid (2), were isolated from the ethanolic extract of the rhizomes of Actaea vaginata. Their structures were elucidated by spectroscopic methods and by comparison with data reported in the literature. Compound 1 was evaluated for cytotoxic activities against three human cancer cell lines.
Літописний Гюргев у Х-ХІІІ століттях
Creators: name: Орлов, Руслан
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 430101
subject: Archaeological science

description: Орлов, Р. С. 2011. Літописний Гюргев у Х—ХІІІ століттях. «Білоцерківці»: вісник благодійного фонду Костянтина Єфименка, 2 (2), 30 липня, с. 3
Clockworking FIMPs
Creators: name: Goudelis, Andreas
name: Mohan, Kirtimaan A
name: Sengupta, Dipan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study freeze-in dark matter production in models that rely on the Clockwork mechanism to suppress the dark matter couplings to the visible sector. We construct viable scalar and fermionic dark matter models within this Clockwork FIMP scenario, with several subtleties that need to be taken into account revealed in the model-building process. We also provide analytic, semi-analytic and numerical results for the diagonalization of Clockwork-type mass matrices and briefly discuss the LHC phenomenology of the corresponding scenarios.
description: 27 pages, 3 figures. Some typos in the appendices corrected. Accepted for JHEP
The Gluon Propagator without lattice Gribov copies
Creators: name: Alexandrou, C.
name: de Forcrand, Ph.
name: Follana, E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the gluon propagator in quenched lattice QCD using the Laplacian gauge which is free of lattice Gribov copies. We compare our results with those obtained in the Landau gauge on the lattice, as well as with various approximate solutions of the Dyson Schwinger equations. We find a finite value $\sim (445 \rm{MeV})^{-2}$ for the renormalized zero-momentum propagator (taking our renormalization point at 1.943 GeV), and a pole mass $\sim 640 \pm 140$ MeV.
description: Discussion of the renormalized gluon propagator and of the Laplacian gauge fixing procedure extended. Version to appear in Phys. Rev. D. 15 pages, 8 figures
Locality of the Strange Sea in the Nucleon
Creators: name: Ji, Xiangdong
name: Tang, Jian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1995
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We introduce the concept of ``locality" for the strange sea in the nucleon, which measures proximity of the strange and anti-strange quarks in the momentum and coordinate spaces. The CCFR data for the strange and anti-strange distributions imply a ``local" strange sea in the momentum space, which is unexpected in QCD and is at variance with the simple meson-cloud model where the strangeness is generated from the virtual transition of the nucleon to a hyperon plus a kaon. We present a simple model to interpret the CCFR data and to correlate momentum and coordinate space locality, yielding an upper bound of 0.005 fm$^2$ on the strange radius. We also discuss significances of locality for other charge-conjugation-odd observables.
description: 9 pages in REVTeX (more accurate data), with 4 PostScript figs
Population Level Burden and Inequities in Maternal Health in Zambia
Creators: name: Kalindi, Audrey
Publisher: name: The Australian National University
Year: 2024

description: Inequities in access to and utilisation of maternal and child health services pose significant challenges to overall health improvement. Despite the preventable nature of most maternal and child deaths, these challenges persist - leading to poor maternal and child health outcomes. Compared to several high-income countries that have successfully attained their Sustainable Development Goal targets, sub-Saharan Africa and Zambia, in particular, have experienced slower progress. Maternal health care utilisation has been shown to be a cost-effective measure in managing maternal health. However, research on the continuum of maternal health care utilisation and outcomes, especially within the Zambian context, remains limited. In a patriarchal country like Zambia, understanding the influence of gender, household and socioeconomic factors is crucial for addressing these inequities and improving maternal and child health outcomes. This study focuses on highlighting the population-level burden of morbidity among reproductive-age women and investigating the underlying socioeconomic and household factors driving inequities in continuum of maternal health care utilisation. By analysing data from the latest Zambia Demographic and Health Survey and conducting in-depth participant interviews, a contextual approach was employed to examine selected reproductive-age morbidity and maternal health care utilisation outcomes. The study reveals a high burden of reproductive-age morbidity among women, with inequities playing a significant role. Persistent maternal health disparities are influenced by gender and household socioeconomic factors, resulting in varying outcomes. Gender inequities affect the continuum of maternal health care utilisation, while household composition and structure have diverse effects, and should not be conflated when analysing maternal health care utilisation. To achieve Zambia Vision 2030 and Sustainable Development Goal 3, policy interventions should prioritise addressing these inequities and implementing equity-enhancing measures, thus working towards improved maternal and child health outcomes in Zambia.
Genotypic and phenotypic diversity differences of presumptive commensal and avian pathogenic E. coli
Creators: name: F. Al-Kandari
name: M. J. Woodward
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 60506 Virology

description: 1. The objective of the experiment was to characterise the genotypic and phenotypic differences between presumptive commensal E. coli and avian pathogenic E. coli (APEC) of poultry. 2. DNA was extracted from 65 confirmed APEC E. coli from chicken, 100 presumptive commensal E. coli from healthy turkey and 35 from healthy chicken. Enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus PCR (ERIC-PCR) and virulence factors genotyping was performed to characterise genetic features. 3. Carbon source utilisation and antimicrobial susceptibility tests were performed to characterise phenotypic features of isolates. 4. The genetic divergence between E. coli strains tested by ERIC-PCR profiles and virulence-associated genes showed a clear genetic separation between E. coli APEC and turkey E. coli strains. 5. The carbon utilisation profile of turkey isolates was different from chicken and APEC strains; whereas antimicrobial susceptibility was highest for turkey isolates (53%), and lowest for APEC strains (33.8%). 6. The study showed a significant negative correlation between utilisation of arabitol and adonitol with different virulence determinants tested, which suggests that the ability to utilise some uncommon carbon sources may be used to discriminate between presumptive commensal E. coli and APEC.
Brane Actions and String Dualities
Creators: name: Eyras, Eduardo
name: Lozano, Yolanda
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: An effective action for the M9-brane is proposed. We study its relation with other branes via dualities. Among these, we find actions for branes which are not suggested by the central charges of the Type II superalgebras.
description: 11 pages, LaTeX, 1 figure; To be published in the proceedings of the TMR-meeting "Quantum Aspects of Gauge Theories, Supersymmetry and Unification", Corfu, Greece, September 1998
(m,n)-String-Like Dp-Brane Bound States
Creators: name: Lu, J. X.
name: Roy, Shibaji
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1999
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: An (m, n)-string bound state (with m, n relatively prime integers) in type IIB string theory can be interpreted from the D-string worldsheet point of view as n D-strings carrying m units of quantized electric flux or quantized electric field. We argue, from the D-brane worldvolume point of view, that similar Dp-brane bound states should also exist for $2 \le p \le 8$ in both type IIA (when $p$ is even) and type IIB (when $p$ is odd) string theories. As in $p = 1$ case, these bound states can each be interpreted as $n$ Dp-branes carrying m units of quantized constant electric field. In particular, they all preserve one half of the spacetime supersymmetries.
description: 16 pages, Revtex, typos corrected and references added
Probing Hierarchical Clustering by Scale-Scale Correlations of Wavelet Coefficients
Creators: name: Pando, J.
name: Lipa, P.
name: Greiner, M.
name: Fang, L. Z.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1997
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: It is of fundamental importance to determine if and how hierarchical clustering is involved in large-scale structure formation of the universe. Hierarchical evolution is characterized by rules which specify how dark matter halos are formed by the merging of halos at smaller scales. We show that scale-scale correlations of the matter density field are direct and sensitive measures to quantify this merging tree. Such correlations are most conveniently determined from discrete wavelet transforms. Analyzing two samples of Ly-alpha forests of QSO's absorption spectra, we find significant scale-scale correlations whose dependence is typical for a branching process. Therefore, models which predict a "history" independent evolution are ruled out and the halos hosting the Ly-alpha clouds must have gone through a "history" dependent merging process during their formation.
description: 10 pages, 1 ps figure included. Uses AAS Latex macros. Accpeted in the Astrophysical Journal
The Work-Energy Relation for Particles on Geodesics in the pp-Wave Spacetimes
Creators: name: Maluf, J. W.
name: da Rocha-Neto, J. F.
name: Ulhoa, S. C.
name: Carneiro, F. L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A non-linear gravitational wave imparts gravitational acceleration to all particles that are hit by the wave. We evaluate this acceleration for particles in the pp-wave space-times, and integrate it numerically along the geodesic trajectories of the particles during the passage of a burst of gravitational wave. The time dependence of the wave is given by a Gaussian, so that the particles are free before and after the passage of the wave. The gravitational acceleration is understood from the point of view of a flat space-time, which is the initial and final gravitational field configuration. The integral of the acceleration along the geodesics is the analogue of the Newtonian concept of work per unit mass. Surprisingly, it yields almost exactly the variation of the non-relativistic kinetic energy per unit mass of the free particle. Therefore, the work-energy relation $ΔK = ΔW$ of classical Newtonian physics also holds for a particle on geodesics in the pp-wave space-times, in a very good approximation, and explains why the final kinetic energy of the particle may be smaller or larger than the initial kinetic energy.
description: 25 pages, 7 figures, published in the JCAP
Scratching Beneath the Surface: Applied Epidemiology of Vaccine Preventable Diseases in Victoria
Creators: name: Marsland, Madeleine
Publisher: name: The Australian National University
Year: 2024

description: This thesis describes the projects and experiences I completed to fulfil the requirements of the Australian National University Master of Philosophy in Applied Epidemiology program. I completed my field placement between February 2022 and December 2023. My placement focussed on vaccine preventable diseases and I was jointly placed in the Communicable Diseases Epidemiology and Surveillance unit and the Immunisation unit at the Victorian Department of Health. My projects consisted of a descriptive epidemiological analysis of ten years of herpes zoster surveillance data to investigate the impact of the National Shingles Vaccination Program; a serosurvey examining risk factors for Japanese encephalitis virus following an outbreak in an immunologically naive population; an evaluation of the Australian Rotavirus Surveillance Program in Victoria; the investigation and response to a series of imported measles cases in Victoria following the COVID-19 pandemic; and, the investigation of a vaccine cold chain breach in a Victorian health facility. The findings of these projects supported public health action by informing vaccination policy, improving surveillance systems, and providing a greater understanding of infectious diseases within Victoria. This thesis also presents additional competencies I completed including literature reviews, conference presentations, peer-reviewed publications and articles submitted to peer-reviewed journals, and my experiences teaching epidemiology. Finally, I describe some of the additional public health activities and experiences I had during my field placement in the program.
Partizipativ und mit Wahlpflichtverfahren. Wie eine Schulleitung wirksam die Unterrichtsentwicklung steuert
Creators: name: Pirani, Kathrin
name: Kalt, Susanne
Publisher: name: Friedrich
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Peer-Feedback
subject: Gymnasium
subject: Unterrichtsentwicklung
subject: 370 - Erziehung, Schul- und Bildungswesen

description: An einem Zürcher Gymnasium fördert die Schulleitung die Unterrichtsentwicklung, indem sie Lehrkräfte aus einem Instrumentenkatalog wählen und über Erfolge berichten lässt. Peer-to-Peer-Unterstützung und Feedback stärken die praxisnahe und kollegiale Zusammenarbeit und erhöhen die Unterrichtsqualität.
Candidates for anti-de Sitter Horizons
Creators: name: Ray, Koushik
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1999
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We find, from the toric description of the moduli space of D3-branes on non-compact six-dimensional singularities $\C^3/\Z_3$ and $\C^3/\Z_5$ in the blown-down limit, the four-dimensional bases on which these singular spaces are complex cones, and prove the existence of Kähler-Einstein metrics on these four-dimensional bases. This shows, in particular, that one can use the horizons obtained from these base spaces by a U(1)-foliation as compact parts of the target space for Type-IIB string theory with $\ads{5}$ in the context of the AdS-CFT correspondence.
description: 16 pages, LATEX2e. Uses times, eepic, amsmath and amssymb
Additional file 1 of Predictive model of the first failure pattern in patients receiving definitive chemoradiotherapy for inoperable locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer (LA-NSCLC)
Creators: name: Zhu, Xueru
name: Hou, Runping
name: Li, Xiaoyang
name: Jiang, Chang
name: Xia, Wuyan
name: Fu, Xiaolong
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Ecology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer

description: Additional file 1: Table S1. Model coefficients and hyperparameters of the prediction model with 5-fold nested cross-validation.
Gauge invariant Z_2 vortex vacuum textures and the SU(2) gluon condensate
Creators: name: Langfeld, K.
name: Ilgenfritz, E. -M.
name: Reinhardt, H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: For SU(2) lattice gauge theory, a new SO(3) cooling procedure is proposed which removes the SU(2)/Z(2) coset fields from the lattice configurations and reveals a Z(2) vortex vacuum texture different from the P-vortex content obtained in the maximal center gauge. Cooling can be restricted in a renormalization group invariant way by a parameter controlling the remaining SO(3) action density. A gauge invariant Z(2) vortex vacuum emerges asymptotically if cooling is not restricted. This ``vortex texture'' does not support the string tension or a finite part of it. The SU(2) action density associated with the new Z(2) vortex texture has a smooth extrapolation to the continuum limit. We propose an interpretation as a mass dimension four condensate related to the gluon condensate featuring in the operator product expansion.
description: 26 pages, 8 figures, completely revised version
title: Nukleare Abrüstung und die Grenzen des Völkerrechts
Creators: name: Bajram, Shpetim
name: Dürr, Jakob
name: Masche, Cora
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 341

description: JuWissBlog
Investigating the Role of Nucleic Acid Sensing in the Pathogenesis of Chronic Viral Infection-Induced Chronic Kidney Disease and Autoimmunity
Creators: name: Kho, Christabel Celia
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Bonn
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: chronic infection
subject: kidney
subject: TLR
subject: autoimmunity
subject: HIV
subject: CKD
subject: ddc:500
subject: ddc:570
subject: ddc:610

description: Patients with chronic HIV infections, are at increased risk of developing comorbidities, with chronic kidney disease (CKD) such as immune complex glomerulonephritis (ICGN) being particularly common. Diagnosis of ICGN typically involves kidney biopsies, revealing significant deposition of immunoglobulins (Igs) and complements in the kidney glomeruli. The molecular mechanisms underlying HIV-associated CKD remain poorly understood, partly due to the lack of appropriate animal models.
 Our clinical study identified increased levels of autoantibodies and circulating free DNA in the HIV patients with CKD compared to those without CKD, along with a strong IFN-I response. These pathological features can be reproduced in a mouse model of neoLCMV infection. In this model, neonates of C57BL6/J mice infected with WE-LCMV develop persistent infection and displayed strong deposition of Igs and complements in the kidney glomeruli, similar to what is observed in CKD positive HIV patients. This makes the neoLCMV mouse model a valuable tool to study RNA-viral infection-associated CKD.
 Moreover, neoLCMV infection seems to drive the immune response towards an extrafollicular (ExFO) pathway of B cell activation. In the absence of TLR7, CKD in neoLCMV-infected mice is alleviated, accompanied with decreased autoantibodies production and a reduction in CXCR3+MHCIIhi ExFO plasma cells and ICOShiCXCR4+ ExFO T helper cells (ExFO-Th).
 Disease amelioration was also obtained by specifically deleting TLR7 signaling in B cells using TLR7flxCD19cre/WT mice. These mice exhibited reduced B cell differentiation and altered ExFO-Th to Treg ratios, suggesting a novel intrinsic role of TLR7 in the B and T cell activation beyond its function as an RNA sensor. Our data also showed, that IL-10 and IL-6 production, which are strongly expressed in neoLCMV mice developing CKD, were significantly reduced in the absence of TLR7 signaling in B cells. Overall, these findings highlight the crucial role of TLR7 signaling in the CKD pathogenesis during chronic RNA viral infections and suggest that targeting TLR7 could be a potential strategy for treating of preventing HIV-associated CKD.
A Note on Tail Triviality for Determinantal Point Processes
Creators: name: Lyons, Russell
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 60K99, 60G55

description: We give a very short proof that determinantal point processes have a trivial tail $σ$-field. This conjecture of the author has been proved by Osada and Osada as well as by Bufetov, Qiu, and Shamov. The former set of authors relied on the earlier result of the present author that the conjecture held in the discrete case, as does the present short proof.
description: 3 pages
Examples of Embedded Defects (in Particle Physics and Condensed Matter)
Creators: name: Lepora, Nathan F.
name: Davis, Anne-Christine
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1995
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a series of examples designed to clarify the formalism of the companion paper `Embedded Vortices'. After summarising this formalism in a prescriptive sense, we run through several examples: firstly, deriving the embedded defect spectrum for Weinberg-Salam theory, then discussing several examples designed to illustrate facets of the formalism. We then calculate the embedded defect spectrum for three physical Grand Unified Theories and conclude with a discussion of vortices formed in the superfluid $^3$He-A phase transition.
description: final corrections. latex file
title: Neue Aktualität der Staatsferne des Rundfunks?: Das „Deutschland-Fernsehen“ und die Onlinekanäle der Regierung
Creators: name: Müller, Lukas
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 340

description: Im maßstabsetzenden „ersten Rundfunkurteil“ hat das Bundesverfassungsgericht der damaligen Bundesregierung 1961 die Errichtung eines „Deutschland-Fernsehens“ verboten. Ein Fernsehsender darf sich nicht in der Hand des Staates befinden, sondern muss in sich plural organisiert sein – der Grundstein der Rundfunkordnung der Bundesrepublik bis heute. Diese Entscheidung hat nun dank Jan Böhmermann ungeahnte Aktualität gewonnen, der in seiner Sendung fragt, wie es mit den engen Bindungen des Rundfunks zusammenpasst, dass die Regierung auf ihren Onlinekanälen unkontrolliert Sendungen verbreitet, die jedenfalls stark an das erinnern, was gemeinhin als Rundfunk verstanden wird.
description: JuWissBlog