cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
The effectiveness of systematic training for effective parenting at Family and Child Treatment of southern Nevada
Creators: name: Thompson, Melody Joyce
Publisher: name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Year: 1997

description: This study evaluated the effectiveness of the Systematic Training for Effective Parenting (STEP) program in its application at Family and Child Treatment (FACT) in Las Vegas, Nevada. There were five STEP sessions offered between July 1996 and February 1997. Twenty-four parents completed the program. At the beginning of each six-week session, volunteers completed a set of pretest questionnaires including the Self-Report Family Inventory (SFI), a set of four problem scenarios, and a demographics profile. After participation, posttests were collected on the SFI, the problem scenarios, and a Client Rating Counseling Outcome (CRCO) scale. Results showed that the STEP program is effective in helping parents increase their knowledge about parenting skills as judged by clinical ratings. However, there was no evidence that those skills affected changes in the family functioning. Findings on the CRCO indicated that parents were generally satisfied with their behavior change, increased self-understanding, and overall improvement.
Electromagnetic transition from the 4$^+$ to 2$^+$ resonance in $^8$Be measured via the radiative capture in $^4$He+$^4$He
Creators: name: Datar, V. M.
name: Chakrabarty, D. R.
name: Kumar, Suresh
name: Nanal, V.
name: Pastore, S.
name: Wiringa, R. B.
name: Behera, S. P.
name: Chatterjee, A.
name: Jenkins, D.
name: Lister, C. J.
name: Mirgule, E. T.
name: Mitra, A.
name: Pillay, R. G.
name: Ramachandran, K.
name: Roberts, O. J.
name: Rout, P. C.
name: Shrivastava, A.
name: Sugathan, P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: An earlier measurement on the 4$^+$ to 2$^+$ radiative transition in $^8$Be provided the first electromagnetic signature of its dumbbell-like shape. However, the large uncertainty in the measured cross section does not allow a stringent test of nuclear structure models. The present paper reports a more elaborate and precise measurement for this transition, via the radiative capture in the $^4$He+$^4$He reaction, improving the accuracy by about a factor of three. The {\it ab initio} calculations of the radiative transition strength with improved three-nucleon forces are also presented. The experimental results are compared with the predictions of the alpha cluster model and {\it ab initio} calculations.
description: 5 pages and 7 figures, Submitted to Physical Review Letters
Symmetric Quantum Calculus
Creators: name: da Cruz, Artur M. C. Brito
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Classical Analysis and ODEs (math.CA)
subject: Optimization and Control (math.OC)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 34N05, 39A12, 39A13, 49K05, 49K15

description: We generalize the Hahn variational calculus by studying problems of the calculus of variations with higher-order derivatives. The symmetric quantum calculus is studied, namely the $α,β$-symmetric, the $q$-symmetric, and the Hahn symmetric quantum calculus. We introduce the symmetric quantum variational calculus and an Euler-Lagrange type equation for the $q$-symmetric and Hahn's symmetric quantum calculus is proved. We define a symmetric derivative on time scales and derive some of its properties. Finally, we introduce and study the diamond integral, which is a refined version of the diamond-$α$ integral on time scales.
description: PhD thesis, Doctoral Programme in Mathematics and Applications (PDMA), University of Aveiro and University of Minho, 2012. Supervisor: Delfim F. M. Torres; co-supervisor: Natalia Martins. Defended and approved 12-Oct-2012 http://hdl.handle.net/10773/10467
On numerical inversion of the moment generating function
Creators: name: Tsang, Andy M
Publisher: name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Year: 1997

description: The main purpose of this thesis is to apply an algorithm for the numerical inversion of the Laplace transform that recovers the probability density function (PDF) of a sum of nonnegative continuous random variables. The Laplace transform is used in many disciplines. For example, in actuarial sciences, a common application is to study the distribution of the sum of nonnegative independent random variables. Because it is a popular method, numerical techniques have been developed to invert the Laplace transform. In the discrete case, by using a moment generating function (MGF) of a sum of independent discrete variables, the distribution can be analytically determined. In the continuous case, if the MGF fails to determine the distribution of a sum of nonnegative continuous independent variables analytically, then the PDF of the sum will be recovered by numerically inverting the Laplace transform.
RCT Evaluation of Apprenti
Creators: name: Roder, Anne
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Policy Design, Analysis, and Evaluation
subject: Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration
subject: apprenticeship
subject: career pathways
subject: occupational skills training
subject: randomized controlled trial
subject: RCT

description: Economic Mobility Corporation (Mobility) is conducting a randomized controlled trial evaluation of Apprenti, which helps workers from nontraditional backgrounds access and complete registered technology apprenticeships in order to create new pathways to mid-level technology careers. Apprenti works with employers to develop apprenticeship opportunities and recruits and supports workers throughout the apprenticeship, which includes three to five months of occupational skills training ending in an industry-recognized credential, followed by a year of on-the-job training with the employer. The study’s primary outcome is earnings in the third year after random assignment. The study will also assess program impacts on secondary outcomes regarding employment, postsecondary credential attainment, and other indicators of financial well-being.
Manipulation of the graphene surface potential by ion irradiation
Creators: name: Ochedowski, O.
name: Bussmann, B. Kleine
name: d'Etat, B. Ban
name: Lebius, H.
name: Schleberger, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We show that the work function of exfoliated single layer graphene can be modified by irradiation with swift (E_{kin}=92 MeV) heavy ions under glancing angles of incidence. Upon ion impact individual surface tracks are created in graphene on SiC. Due to the very localized energy deposition characteristic for ions in this energy range, the surface area which is structurally altered is limited to ~ 0.01 mum^2 per track. Kelvin probe force microscopy reveals that those surface tracks consist of electronically modified material and that a few tracks suffice to shift the surface potential of the whole single layer flake by ~ 400 meV. Thus, the irradiation turns the initially n-doped graphene into p-doped graphene with a hole density of 8.5 x 10^{12} holes/cm^2. This doping effect persists even after heating the irradiated samples to 500°C. Therefore, this charge transfer is not due to adsorbates but must instead be attributed to implanted atoms. The method presented here opens up a new way to efficiently manipulate the charge carrier concentration of graphene.
description: 6 pages, 4 figures
Sparse FGLM algorithms
Creators: name: Faugère, Jean-Charles
name: Mou, Chenqi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Symbolic Computation (cs.SC)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Given a zero-dimensional ideal I in K[x1,...,xn] of degree D, the transformation of the ordering of its Groebner basis from DRL to LEX is a key step in polynomial system solving and turns out to be the bottleneck of the whole solving process. Thus it is of crucial importance to design efficient algorithms to perform the change of ordering. The main contributions of this paper are several efficient methods for the change of ordering which take advantage of the sparsity of multiplication matrices in the classical FGLM algorithm. Combing all these methods, we propose a deterministic top-level algorithm that automatically detects which method to use depending on the input. As a by-product, we have a fast implementation that is able to handle ideals of degree over 40000. Such an implementation outperforms the Magma and Singular ones, as shown by our experiments. First for the shape position case, two methods are designed based on the Wiedemann algorithm: the first is probabilistic and its complexity to complete the change of ordering is O(D(N1+nlog(D))), where N1 is the number of nonzero entries of a multiplication matrix; the other is deterministic and computes the LEX Groebner basis of the radical of I via Chinese Remainder Theorem. Then for the general case, the designed method is characterized by the Berlekamp-Massey-Sakata algorithm from Coding Theory to handle the multi-dimensional linearly recurring relations. Complexity analyses of all proposed methods are also provided. Furthermore, for generic polynomial systems, we present an explicit formula for the estimation of the sparsity of one main multiplication matrix, and prove its construction is free. With the asymptotic analysis of such sparsity, we are able to show for generic systems the complexity above becomes $O(\sqrt{6/n π} D^{2+(n-1)/n}})$.
description: 40 pages
Bound on Noncommutative Standard Model with Hybrid Gauge Transformation via Lepton Flavor Conserving $Z$ Decay
Creators: name: Wang, Weijian
name: Huang, Jia-Hui
name: Sheng, Zheng-Mao
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The $Z\rightarrow e^{+}e^{-}$ decay is studied basing on the noncommutative standard model (NCSM) with the hybrid gauge transformation. It is shown that if the latter is not included, the noncommutative correction to the amplitude of the $Z\rightarrow e^{+}e^{-}$ appears only as a phase factor, so that there is no new physical effect on the decay width. However, when the hybrid gauge transformation is included, the noncommutative effect appears in the two-body decay process. The discrepancy between the experimental branch ratio and the standard model prediction allows us to set the bound on the noncommutative parameters.
description: 9 pages, 3 figures
Height distributions in competitive one-dimensional Kardar-Parisi-Zhang systems
Creators: name: Oliveira, Tiago J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the competitive RSOS-BD model focusing on the validity of the Kardar-Parisi-Zhang (KPZ) ansatz h(t) = v t + (Γt)^β χand the universality of the height distributions (HDs) near the point where the model has Edwards-Wilkinson (EW) scaling. Using numerical simulations for long times, we show that the system is asymptotically KPZ, as expected, for values of the probability of the RSOS component very close to p = p_c \approx 0.83. Namely, the growth exponents converge to β_{KPZ} = 1/3 and the HDs converge to the GOE Tracy-Widom distribution, however, the convergence seems to be faster in the last ones. While the EW-KPZ crossover appears in the roughness scaling in a broad range of probabilities p around p_c, a Gaussian-GOE crossover is not observed in the HDs into the same interval, possibly being restricted to values of p very close to p_c. These results improve recent ones reported by de Assis et al. [Phys. Rev. E 86, 051607 (2012)], where, based on smaller simulations, the KPZ scaling was argued to breakdown in broad range of p around p_c.
description: 4 pages, 2 figures
Lattice Coding for the Two-way Two-relay Channel
Creators: name: Song, Yiwei
name: Devroye, Natasha
name: Shao, Huai-Rong
name: Ngo, Chiu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Lattice coding techniques may be used to derive achievable rate regions which outperform known independent, identically distributed (i.i.d.) random codes in multi-source relay networks and in particular the two-way relay channel. Gains stem from the ability to decode the sum of codewords (or messages) using lattice codes at higher rates than possible with i.i.d. random codes. Here we develop a novel lattice coding scheme for the Two-way Two-relay Channel: 1 2 3 4, where Node 1 and 4 simultaneously communicate with each other through two relay nodes 2 and 3. Each node only communicates with its neighboring nodes. The key technical contribution is the lattice-based achievability strategy, where each relay is able to remove the noise while decoding the sum of several signals in a Block Markov strategy and then re-encode the signal into another lattice codeword using the so-called "Re-distribution Transform". This allows nodes further down the line to again decode sums of lattice codewords. This transform is central to improving the achievable rates, and ensures that the messages traveling in each of the two directions fully utilize the relay's power, even under asymmetric channel conditions. All decoders are lattice decoders and only a single nested lattice codebook pair is needed. The symmetric rate achieved by the proposed lattice coding scheme is within 0.5 log 3 bit/Hz/s of the symmetric rate capacity.
description: submitted to IEEE Transactions on Information Theory on December 3, 2012
DRAFT Change Log and CoreTrustSeal Requirements 2023-2025
Creators: name: CoreTrustSeal Standards And Certification Board
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Certification
CoreTrustSeal
Trustworthy Digital Repository

description: First and foremost, we would like to thank the CoreTrustSeal community for their continued support. Their input into this review of the CTS requirements has been an invaluable tool during this process. The CTS Board has taken three years of experience reviewing applications under the existing guidelines and input from the community to help shape their wishes into these new revisions. Suggested changes to the requirements listed in the community survey were overwhelmingly supported by the survey participants with 78% agreeing with proposed changes on average across the survey. The suggested changes combined with your feedback were shaped into the current final draft version of the new requirements. As a community we understand that continual review of our policy’s, processes and procedures is required to ensure we are good stewards of the digital objects we are assigned to protect. With that in mind, we remind you that this is an ongoing process and even as we finish the final minor edits to this version of the requirements, we are always gathering information for the next round of changes. The CoreTrustSeal Standards and Certification Board
Time-dependent loss of derivatives for hyperbolic operators with non regular coefficients
Creators: name: Colombini, Ferruccio
name: Del Santo, Daniele
name: Fanelli, Francesco
name: Métivier, Guy
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: In this paper we will study the Cauchy problem for strictly hyperbolic operators with low regularity coefficients in any space dimension $N\geq1$. We will suppose the coefficients to be log-Zygmund continuous in time and log-Lipschitz continuous in space. Paradifferential calculus with parameters will be the main tool to get energy estimates in Sobolev spaces and these estimates will present a time-dependent loss of derivatives.
description: to appear in Comm. Partial Differential Equations (2013)
Numerical investigation of the three-dimensional pressure distribution in Taylor Couette flow
Creators: name: Rona, Aldo
name: Adebayo, David S.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 90101 Aerodynamics (excl. Hypersonic Aerodynamics)
subject: FOS: Mechanical engineering
subject: 91504 Fluidisation and Fluid Mechanics
subject: FOS: Other engineering and technologies
subject: 10299 Applied Mathematics not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 91501 Computational Fluid Dynamics

description: An investigation is conducted on the flow in a moderately wide gap between an inner rotating shaft and an outer coaxial fixed tube, with stationary end-walls, by three dimensional Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) Computational Fluid Dynamics, using the realizable k-epsilon model. This approach provides three-dimensional spatial distributions of static and of dynamic pressure that are not directly measurable in experiment by conventional non-intrusive optics-based techniques. The non-uniform pressure main features on the axial and meridional planes appear to be driven by the radial momentum equilibrium of the flow, which is characterized by axisymmetric Taylor vortices over the Taylor number range 2.35 x 106 to 6.47 x 106. Regularly spaced static and dynamic pressure maxima on the stationary cylinder wall follow the axial stacking of the Taylor vortices and line up with the vortex induced radial outflow documented in previous work. This new detailed understanding has potential for application to the design of a vertical turbine pump head. Aligning the location where the gauge static pressure maximum occurs with the central axis of the delivery pipe could improve the head delivery, the pump mechanical efficiency, the system operation, and control costs.
Natural light as religious symbol in selected European and American religious buildings
Creators: name: Venable, Mary Theresa
Publisher: name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Year: 1997

description: This study investigates the use of light, in the form of daylight, as a symbolic element, in selected European and American religious buildings. It first examines the symbolic meaning of light in various religions, the psychological and physiological influences of light on humans, and the historical tradition of light in religious buildings, with its correlation to the religious practices conducted in those buildings. Various strategies for employing daylight are then surveyed. This paper then presents case studies of notable religious buildings which put into practice the techniques previously identified, evaluating the resulting symbolic expression of daylight in view of the religious tradition and intent. Finally, the conclusions gained from the case studies and the prior research are reviewed and integrated into design conclusions and recommendations. An applied design project incorporating the principles established in the study is included as an appendix.
Transformation optics for cavity array metamaterials
Creators: name: Quach, James Q.
name: Su, Chun-Hsu
name: Greentree, Andrew D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Cavity array metamaterials (CAMs), composed of optical microcavities in a lattice coupled via tight-binding interactions, represent a novel architecture for engineering metamaterials. Since the size of the CAMs' constituent elements are commensurate with the operating wavelength of the device, it cannot directly utilise classical transformation optics in the same way as traditional metamaterials. By directly transforming the internal geometry of the system, and locally tuning the permittivity between cavities, we provide an alternative framework suitable for tight-binding implementations of metamaterials. We develop a CAM-based cloak as the case study.
description: 7 pages, 4 figures
Realistic and naturalistic elements in Emilia Pardo Bazán's novels
Creators: name: Dannelley, Henry
Publisher: name: The University of Texas at Austin
Year: 1932
Subjects: subject: Emilia Pardo Bazán
subject: Pardo Bazán
subject: Pardo Bazán criticism
subject: Pardo Bazán interpretation
subject: Naturalism
subject: Realism
subject: French influences
subject: Naturalism in Pardo Bazán
subject: Realism in Pardo Bazán
subject: Pardo Bazán, Emilia, condesa de, 1852-1921--Criticism and interpretation
subject: Pardo Bazán, Emilia, condesa de, 1852-1921
subject: Naturalism in literature--French influences
subject: Realism in literature

description: Many conservative Spaniards were shocked when Dona Emilia Pardo Bazán prefaced her second novel, Un viaje de novios, with a discussion in which she praised some of the methods and tenets of the French naturalistic school; some were so prejudiced against the movement in question that they never really understood that Pardo Bazán accepted only a part of the naturalistic doctrine. Indeed, she condemned certain features of the school in unequivocal terms, and her modified naturalism is little more than broadly-conceived realism. I have attempted to indicate in the following pages the extent of this French influence, and to distinguish between the realistic and naturalistic elements in Pardo Bazán's novels. In addition, I have endeavored to outline the development of her literary creed, which involves the gradual abandonment of naturalistic traits and a movement toward realism and a more varied manner
Aviation and Environment – Global Strategies for Future Air Transport
Creators: name: Rötger, Thomas
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: aviation
climate
CO2
certification
goal
offset
SAF
fuel
aircraft
battery
environment
noise
air
quality
dismantling
recycling
IATA
ICAO
aerolectures
aerolectures2017

description: Climate impact is a major challenge for tomorrow’s air transport. Aviation has been the first global industry sector committing to ambitious climate goals, and in 2016, the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) agreed on a CO2 certification standard for aircraft and a global market-based measure to offset emissions. These goals and measures have led to an impressive number of innovation projects such as battery-driven aircraft and a broad variety of sustainable jet fuels. On the other hand, the classical environmental issues of noise and local air quality have not lost importance, and new topics such as aircraft dismantling and recycling are emerging.
description: Hamburg Aerospace Lecture Series --- Collection of Presentations --- http://www.AeroLectures.de
An Active Host-Based Intrusion Detection System for ARP-Related Attacks and its Verification
Creators: name: Barbhuiya, Ferdous A
name: Biswas, Santosh
name: Nandi, Sukumar
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Networking and Internet Architecture (cs.NI)
subject: Cryptography and Security (cs.CR)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Spoofing with falsified IP-MAC pair is the first step in most of the LAN based-attacks. Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) is stateless, which is the main cause that makes spoofing possible. Several network level and host level mechanisms have been proposed to detect and mitigate ARP spoofing but each of them has their own drawback. In this paper we propose a Host-based Intrusion Detection system for LAN attacks, which works without any extra constraint like static IP-MAC, modifying ARP etc. The proposed scheme is verified under all possible attack scenarios. The scheme is successfully validated in a test bed with various attack scenarios and the results show the effectiveness of the proposed technique.
description: International Journal of Network Security & Its Applications (IJNSA), Vol.3, No.3, May 2011
La concezione relativistica della devianza e della criminalità. Un racconto di Italo Calvino
Creators: name: Simonelli, Maria Ausilia
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 2023
Subjects: IUS/20 Filosofia del diritto

description: [The relativistic conception of deviance and criminality. A story by Italo Calvino] In her paper, the Author takes a cue from a youthful story by Italo Calvino to illustrate the relativistic nature of the concepts of deviance and criminality: that is, there are no acts and behaviors considered deviant or criminal at all times and in all societies. Retracing classical and modern literature, the Author links the elaboration of these concepts to a social construction of them, in the sense that the societies themselves define what is deviant and what is not.
High Distance Heegaard Splittings via Dehn Twists
Creators: name: Yoshizawa, Michael
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Geometric Topology (math.GT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 57M25

description: In 2001, J. Hempel proved the existence of Heegaard splittings of arbitrarily high distance by using a high power of a pseudo-Anosov map as the gluing map between two handlebodies. We show that lower bounds on distance can also be obtained when using a high power of a suitably chosen Dehn twist. In certain cases, we can then determine the exact distance of the resulting splitting. These results can be seen as a natural extension of work by A. Casson and C. Gordon in 1987 regarding strongly irreducible Heegaard splittings.
description: 26 pages, 13 figures
title: Bärenfänger, Rolf/Brüggler, Marion (Hrsg.): Ihlow. Archäologische, historische und naturwissenschaftliche Forschungen zu einem ehemaligen Zisterzienserkloster in Ostfriesland (Beiträge zur Archäologie in Niedersachsen 16). Rahden: Leidorf 2012
Creators: name: Untermann, Matthias
Publisher: name: University Library Heidelberg
Year: 2015

description: Rezension zu: Bärenfänger, Rolf/Brüggler, Marion (Hrsg.): Ihlow. Archäologische,
historische und naturwissenschaftliche Forschungen zu einem ehemaligen Zisterzienserkloster in Ostfriesland (Beiträge zur Archäologie in Niedersachsen 16). Rahden: Leidorf 2012. 384 Seiten. ISBN 978-3-89646-936-6
Trasfigurazione storica ed esemplarità utopica ne L’Ile des Pingouins (1908) di Anatole France
Creators: name: Pedrazza Gorlero, Ceciclia
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 2023
Subjects: IUS/19 Storia del diritto medievale e moderno
IUS/20 Filosofia del diritto

description: [Historical transfiguration and utopian exemplarity in L’Ile des Pingouins (1908) by Anatole France] L’Ile des Pingouins is a singular diachronic utopia, created by the syncretic genius of Anatole France. A portrait of human nature, the novel illustrates the many adventures of the inhabitants of Pingouinie, from the medieval origins to the present day. Mistaken for men, and by mistake baptised by an almost blind monk, the penguins are transformed into men by divine decision to make up for the fatal error and to return the placid birds to the order of Creation. But once endowed with a soul and transformed into men, the penguins become aware of good and evil. The penguin society thus becomes a mirror of the vices and virtues of human society at all times: a compelling and irreverent portrait of a ‘never-ending story’.
Isotropic inelastic and superelastic collisional rates in a multiterm atom
Creators: name: Belluzzi, L.
name: Degl'Innocenti, E. Landi
name: Bueno, J. Trujillo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The spectral line polarization of the radiation emerging from a magnetized astrophysical plasma depends on the state of the atoms within the medium, whose determination requires considering the interactions between the atoms and the magnetic field, between the atoms and photons (radiative transitions), and between the atoms and other material particles (collisional transitions). In applications within the framework of the multiterm model atom (which accounts for quantum interference between magnetic sublevels pertaining either to the same J-level or to different J-levels within the same term) collisional processes are generally neglected when solving the master equation for the atomic density matrix. This is partly due to the lack of experimental data and/or of approximate theoretical expressions for calculating the collisional transfer and relaxation rates (in particular the rates for interference between sublevels pertaining to different J-levels, and the depolarizing rates due to elastic collisions). In this paper we formally define and investigate the transfer and relaxation rates due to isotropic inelastic and superelastic collisions that enter the statistical equilibrium equations of a multiterm atom. Under the hypothesis that the atom-collider interaction can be described by a dipolar operator, we provide expressions that relate the collisional rates for interference between different J-levels to the usual collisional rates for J-level populations. Finally, we apply the general equations to the case of a two-term atom with unpolarized lower term, illustrating the impact of inelastic and superelastic collisions on scattering polarization through radiative transfer calculations in a slab of stellar atmospheric plasma anisotropically illuminated by the photospheric radiation field.
description: Accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Il processo. La storia. La memoria. Note su «La sentenza» di Giacomo Manzoni (1960)
Creators: name: Serpico, Francesco
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 2023
Subjects: IUS/19 Storia del diritto medievale e moderno
IUS/20 Filosofia del diritto

description: [Trial. History. Memory. Notes on La sentenza by Giacomo Manzoni (1960)] Traditionally categorized as one of the first examples of musical theatre of the avant-garde post-Weber era in Italy, La sentenza by Giacomo Manzoni (1960) represents a characteristic demonstration of the path taken by the Milan composer to explore the thematic traditions of law and justice systems through research and experimental music. The interpretation taken from Foucault’s material - the idea of heterotopia seen as “another space” that suspends, neutralizes or inverts the relationship that it depicts - endeavouring to analyze some aspects of the opera’s musical dramaturgy by aiming to highlight the complex plot that connects the plurality of individual narratives to the “monopolistic truth” of the law and its foundation. The backdrop of La sentenza expressed the common need of an entire generation to leave behind the horrors of the Second World War and attribute an equal meaning to the anxiety of political renewal and democratic participation which began with the new constitutional order.
Popular and Scholarly Primordialism: The Politics of Ukrainian History during Russia's 2022 Invasion of Ukraine
Creators: name: Maxwell, Alexander
Publisher: name: Open Access Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington
Year: 2022
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Abstract While nationalism theorists have mostly rejected primordialism, politicians and the wider public typically have a primordialist and essentialist understanding of national history. On the eve of Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine, Vladimir Putin invoked several primordialist tropes so as to justify military action, which is unsurprising in a politician. Yet Western scholars criticizing Putin's historical narratives in newspaper editorials or in scholarly talks posted to YouTube only rarely suggest modernist or social constructivist historical narratives. Several posit counter-primordialisms instead. Primordialism, then, enjoys more support than is widely realized, even among scholars who ought to be familiar with its problems. Meanwhile modernist theorists of nationalism, however popular among nationalism theorists, require more vigorous promotion in academic circles.
La montagna e il diritto. Una lettura dell’archetipo tra scaturigine e conseguimento
Creators: name: Palavera, Rosa
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 2023
Subjects: IUS/17 Diritto penale
IUS/20 Filosofia del diritto

description: [The Mountain and the Law. A reading of the archetype between source and achievement] Starting from the archetypal dimensions of the mountain and the law, the paper aims at a cursory review of the thematic areas of intersection, identifying five possible pathways. The mountain landscape, overcoming liquid law. The mountain border, overcoming horizontal law. The mountain experience, overcoming symmetrical law. The mountain identity, overcoming instantaneous law. The mountain narrative, overcoming cost-effective law. A path is traced to a complementary vision of justice: based on silence, hope, needs, patience and exertion. In conclusion, looking at the many declinations of the mountain view on the law, the archetype is recognized as a fruitful research method, and a collector of inspirations for the jurist. A way, above all, to mutual recognition in the common humanity: shared achievement, but also a source of possibilities.
2011-W_Wood-Squigonometry
Creators: name: Wood, W
Publisher: name: QUBES Educational Resources
Year: 2023

description: The differential equations used to define a unit circle, namely x’(t) = - y(t), y’(t) = (t), x(0) = 1, y(0) = 0 are generalized to produce interesting functions which satisfy trig like identities.
Computation and Universality: Class IV versus Class III Cellular Automata
Creators: name: Martinez, Genaro J.
name: Seck-Tuoh-Mora, Juan C.
name: Zenil, Hector
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Cellular Automata and Lattice Gases (nlin.CG)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This paper examines the claim that cellular automata (CA) belonging to Class III (in Wolfram's classification) are capable of (Turing universal) computation. We explore some chaotic CA (believed to belong to Class III) reported over the course of the CA history, that may be candidates for universal computation, hence spurring the discussion on Turing universality on both Wolfram's classes III and IV.
description: arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1208.2456
Dissipative Effects on the Superfluid to Insulator Transition in Mixed-dimensional Optical Lattices
Creators: name: Malatsetxebarria, E.
name: Cai, Zi
name: Schollwoeck, U.
name: Cazalilla, M. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the superfluid to Mott insulator transition of a mixture of heavy bosons and light fermions loaded in an optical lattice. We focus on the effect of the light fermions on the dynamics of the heavy bosons. It is shown that, when the lattice potential is sufficiently deep to confine the bosons to one dimension but allowing the fermions to freely move in three dimensions (i.e. a mixed-dimensionality lattice), the fermions act as an ohmic bath for bosons leading to screening and dissipation effects on the bosons. Using a perturbative renormalization-group analysis, it is shown that the fermion-induced dissipative effects have no appreciable impact on the transition from the superfluid to the Mott-insulator state at integer filling. On the other hand, dissipative effects are found to be very important in the half-filled case near the critical point. In this case, in the presence of a finite incommensurability that destabilizes the Mott phase, the bosons can still be localized by virtue of dissipative effects.
description: 10 pages, 8 figures
A comparison of roasting pit complexes in southern Nevada
Creators: name: Vonsleichter, Connie Langford
Publisher: name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Year: 1997

description: Roasting pits in southern Nevada are commonly thought to have functioned to process agave. This assumption is based on the presence of agave quids, the proximity of roasting pits to agave stands, and on ethnographic accounts of agave roasting. Soil samples from two roasting pit complexes confirm this contention, and suggest a secondary use of the features to singe spines off cacti. These conclusions are supported by research on Arizona Strip and Hohokam roasting pits.
Optimised prefactored compact schemes for linear wave propagation phenomena
Creators: name: Rona, Aldo
name: Spisso, Ivan
name: Hall, Edward
name: Bernardini, Francesco P.
name: Pirozzoli, Sergio
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 10301 Numerical Analysis
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 10299 Applied Mathematics not elsewhere classified
subject: 80202 Applied Discrete Mathematics
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: A family of space- and time-optimised prefactored compact schemes are developed that minimise the computational cost for given levels of numerical error in wave propagation phenomena, with special reference to aerodynamic sound. This work extends the approach of Pirozzoli [1] to the MacCormack type prefactored compact high-order schemes developed by Hixon [2], in which their shorter Padé stencil from the pre- factorisation leads to a simpler enforcement of numerical boundary conditions. An explicit low-storage multi-step Runge–Kutta integration advances the states in time. Theoretical predictions for spatial and temporal error bounds are derived for the cost-optimised schemes and compared against benchmark schemes of current use in computational aeroacoustic applications in terms of computational cost for a given relative numerical error value. One- and two-dimensional test cases are presented to examine the effective- ness of the cost-optimised schemes for practical flow computations. An effectiveness up to about 50% higher than the standard schemes is verified for the linear one-dimensional advection solver, which is a popular baseline solver kernel for computational physics problems. A substantial error reduction for a given cost is also obtained in the more complex case of a two-dimensional acoustic pulse propagation, provided the optimised schemes are made to operate close to their nominal design points.
Tuple Value Based Multiplicative Data Perturbation Approach To Preserve Privacy In Data Stream Mining
Creators: name: Chhinkaniwala, Hitesh
name: Garg, Sanjay
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Databases (cs.DB)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Huge volume of data from domain specific applications such as medical, financial, library, telephone, shopping records and individual are regularly generated. Sharing of these data is proved to be beneficial for data mining application. On one hand such data is an important asset to business decision making by analyzing it. On the other hand data privacy concerns may prevent data owners from sharing information for data analysis. In order to share data while preserving privacy, data owner must come up with a solution which achieves the dual goal of privacy preservation as well as an accuracy of data mining task - clustering and classification. An efficient and effective approach has been proposed that aims to protect privacy of sensitive information and obtaining data clustering with minimum information loss.
description: International Journal of Data Mining & Knowledge Management Process (IJDKP) 9 pages
Chemical Potential Jump during Evaporation of a Quantum Bose Gas
Creators: name: Bedrikova, E. A.
name: Latyshev, A. V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 82 B 40, 80 A 20, 80 A 99

description: The dependence of the chemical potential jump coefficient on the evaporation coefficient is analyzed for the case in which the evaporating component is a Bose gas. The concentration of the evaporating component is assumed to be much lower than the concentration of the carrier gas. The expression for the chemical potential jump is derived from the analytic solution of the problem for the case in which the collision frequency of molecules of the evaporating component is constant.
description: 22 pages, 5 figures
title: Empowering Faculty Using Distance Learning Mentoring Programs
Creators: name: Luongo, Nicole
name: O'Brien, Sara T.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2019

description: This article discusses the value of developing mentoring programs for the empowerment of distance learning faculty. The paper describes various ways mentoring relationships enhance the development and teaching of distance learning courses. Distance learning faculty mentoring programs consist of a process where a more experienced faculty member assists a newer faculty member in developing a distance learning course. By creating and supporting distance learning faculty mentoring programs, higher education institutions can provide an efficient and valuable way for new distance learning faculty to gain empowerment as well as the skills and knowledge they need to teach online. This article asserts that mentoring programs for faculty interested in teaching online may help transform universities from archaic institutions reliant on paper and pencil into living entities that meet the needs of the modern learner.
Exact dynamics of quantum correlations of two qubits coupled to bosonic baths
Creators: name: Wang, Chen
name: Chen, Qing-Hu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The counter rotating-wave term (CRT) effects from the system-bath coherence on the dynamics of quantum correlation of two qubits in two independent baths and a common bath are systematically investigated. The hierarchy approach is extended to solve the relevant spin boson models with the Lorentzian spectrum, the exact dynamics for the quantum entanglement and quantum discord (QD) are evaluated, and the comparisons with previous ones under the rotating-wave approximation are performed. For the two independent baths, beyond the weak system-bath coupling, the CRT essentially changes the evolution of both entanglement and QD. With the increase of the coupling, the revival of the entanglement is suppressed dramatically and finally disappears, and the QD becomes smaller monotonically. For the common bath, the entanglement is also suppressed by the CRT, but the QD shows quite different behaviors, if initiated from the correlated Bell states. In the non-Markovian regime, the QD is almost not influenced by the CRT and generally finite in the long time evolution at any coupling, while in the Markovian regime, it is significantly enhanced with the strong coupling.
description: 11 pages, 6 figures
title: About This Issue
Creators: name:  ,
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2019

description: The Fall 2018 issue of the Journal on Empowering Teaching Excellence focuses on the development of teaching and learning communities. Topics include peer feedback, cultural responsiveness, bringing research into the classroom, and training faculty through mentorship and online certification programs. The issue finishes off with a review of the design and development of an online Master's of Public Health degree.
title: Educators, Question Your Level of Cultural Responsiveness
Creators: name: Jenkins, China M
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2019

description: Institutions of higher education are becoming increasingly diverse, while faculty of these institutions generally lack the diversity of the student population they teach. This imbalance necessitates educators implement culturally responsive teaching within their classrooms. The intent of this article is to guide educators in determining whether they practice and implement culturally responsive teaching within their classrooms. To make this examination, I present questions that educators should ask themselves to determine their level of cultural responsiveness. In response, educators should look to investigate their level of cultural competency, analyze social constructions that reflects growth in cultural responsiveness, and verify their transformation as a culturally responsive educator.
A Comparison and Unification of Ellipsoidal Statistical and Shakhov BGK Models
Creators: name: Chen, Songze
name: Xu, Kun
name: Cai, Qingdong
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Ellipsoidal Statistical model (ES-model) and the Shakhov model (S-model) are constructed for the correction of Prandtl number of the original BGK model through the modification of stress and heat flux. Even though in the continuum flow regime, both models can give the same Navier-Stokes equations with correct Prandtl number, their modification of the collision term may have different dynamic effect in the non-equilibrium transition flow regimes. With the introduction of one free parameter, a generalized kinetic model with the combination of the ES-model and S-model can be developed, and this new model can get the correct Navier-Stokes equations in the continuum flow regime as well, but with abundant dynamic effect through the adjustment of the new degree of freedom. In order to validate the generalized model, a numerical method based on the unified gas kinetic scheme (UGKS) has been developed for the new model. The physical performance of the new model with the variation of the free parameter has been tested, where the ES-model and S-model become the limiting cases. In transition flow regime, many physical problems, i.e., the shock structure and micro-flows, have been studied using the generalized model. With a careful choice of the free parameter, good results can be achieved for most test cases. The overall conclusion is that the S-model predicts more accurate numerical solutions in most tough test cases presented in this paper than the ES-model, while ES-model performs better in the cases when the flow is mostly driven by heat, such as a channel flow with large boundary temperature variations at high Knudsen number. The numerical study demonstrates the necessity of developing such a generalized model. With the inclusion of one more freedom, in the transition regime the new kinetic model may provide more accurate solution than the ES and Shakhov models.
Supplementary document for Millimeter-scale ultrathin suspended metasurface integrated high finesse optomechanical cavity - 6031768.pdf
Creators: name: Jipeng, Xu
name: Liu, Ken
name: Sang, You
name: Tan, Zhongqi
name: Guo, Chucai
name: Hong, Zhu
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 30303 Optical Properties of Materials
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences

description: supplemental 1_document
Supplementary document for Design and analysis of recurrent neural networks for ultrafast optical pulses nonlinear propagation - 6082316.pdf
Creators: name: Martins, Gustavo
name: Silva, Luis
name: Segatto, Marcelo
name: Rocha, Helder
name: Castellani, Carlos Schmidt
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2022
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplemental Document
title: The Relative Influence of Instructor Training on Student Perceptions of Online Courses and Instruction
Creators: name: Bowne, Mary
name: Wuellner, Melissa
name: Madsen, Lisa
name: Meendering, Jessica R
name: Howard, John
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2019

description: Online learning opportunities have greatly increased in past years. Various studies have examined online courses and instructor practices but have not examined students’ perceptions of their online courses and online instructors who were offered a voluntary online certification program. Students who took online courses at a Midwestern university completed a survey related to their perceptions of their individual online course and instructor. Results showed that instructors who were certified received higher, positive ratings than instructors who were not certified. The certification program utilizes a “faculty as student’ model, where faculty take courses from a student learner perspective, to provide experiential learning about the pedagogy needed for successful online learning and effective teaching.