cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Survey documentation for MFT & AI Quant for Qual
Creators: name: Mirowska, Agata
name: Jbid Arsenyan
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences

description: This preregistration contains two files, which are associated with the MFT & AI Quant for Qual project; these files were updated to remove identifying author information after the main registration was submitted, therefore, they could not be linked directly with that preregistration.
title: Universitätsbibliothek Marburg Ms. or. 37: Farhang-i Ǧahāngīrī. [Band 1]
Creators: name: Inǧū, Ǧamāl-ad-Dīn Ḥusain
Publisher: name: Philipps-Universität Marburg
Year: 2023
Subjects: Manuscripts & rare books
Handschriften, seltene Bücher
Lexikographie
Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft

description: Elektronische Reproduktion von: [Handschrift] Universitätsbibliothek Marburg Ms. or. 37: Farhang-i Ǧahāngīrī / Inǧū, Ǧamāl-ad-Dīn Ḥusain. [Band 1]. - 456 Blatt. - Beschreibstoff Papier. - Blattformat 27 x 16 cm. - Erschienen: [Islamische Welt / MENA-Region, 1608-1609] Standort: Universität Marburg, Universitätsbibliothek. - Signatur: Ms. or. 37. - Bemerkungen: Sprache Persisch. Schrift Arabisch. - Bibliographischer Nachweis: https://www.qalamos.net/receive/DE4Book_manuscript_00000046. - Digitalisiert 2023
Guerrini (2022), `Like a N' constructions and genericity
Creators: name: Guerrini, Janek
Publisher: name: University of Amsterdam / Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 20 Language, Communication and Culture

description: Proceedings of the ESSLLI 2022 Student Session `Like a N' constructions and genericity Janek Guerrini In this work, I examine English V + 'like' constructions. I analyze 'is like xe' as 'shares relevant properties with xe', which coheres with main psychological accounts of similarity (Tversky, 1977). I also examine the readings of indefinites embedded by such constructions ('look like a lawyer'). I argue that in the most salient reading of such constructions the indefinite receives a generic interpretation. This explains why they are non-increasing: from the fact that John looks like a British judge it doesn't follow that he looks like a judge. This also predicts, non-trivially and correctly, quasi-conjunctive narrow readings of disjunction: under the most salient reading of 'John looks like a lawyer or judge', John looks like a lawyer and like a judge. This is explained by the fact that the disjunction can go into the restrictor of a generic quantifier.
Ethiopian Field Epidemiology Training Program (EFETP) Compiled Body of Works in Field Epidemiology
Creators: name: Zemelak, Etsehiwot
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2014

description: Introduction: Measles is a highly contagious disease and remains the leading cause of childhood morbidity and mortality in the world. In Ethiopia measles accounts four percent of childhood mortality. On October 2, 2013, a suspected outbreak of measles was reported in Kindo Didaya woreda, SNNP region. We investigated to identify risk factors and to institute prevention and control measures. Methods: A 1:2 unmatched case control study was conducted, with 50 cases and 100 controls. A measles case was defined as illness characterized by fever, rash, and either cough, coryza or conjunctivitis. Controls were individuals who had no clinical signs of measles and were randomly selected from the same communities where cases were identified. Blood samples were collected for laboratory investigation. Result: The mean age for cases was 8.4 (SD +/- 7.4) years while for controls were 8.6 (+/- 6.7) years old. A total of eight deaths with case fatality rate of 1.4% were attributed to this outbreak. All the collected five samples were measles IgM positive. Not being vaccinated (OR=6.62; CI: 2.29-19.10), having contact with suspected or confirmed cases (OR=12.6; CI: 3.52-39.62) and mothers illiteracy (OR=4.75; CI: 1.51-12.38) was associated with contracting measles. Conclusion: There was an outbreak of measles in Kindo Didaya woreda. Being un-vaccinated, having contact with suspected or confirmed case and mother's illiteracy were associated with contracting measles. Vaccination of children's aged six months- 14 years; case management and public health education were instituted as a prevention and control measure. Keywords: Measles outbreak, kindo Didaya, Southern Ethiopia
The Kananook Creek study
Creators: name: Orr, Rodney.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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Sustainable Energy Transition in the Philippines: Balancing Renewables, Land Use, and Biodiversity
Creators: name: Voskanyan Marine
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: CLEWs
Philippines
Renewabl energy

description: The CLEWS (Climate, Land, Energy, and Water Systems) analysis in the Philippines identifies the current energy mix, fossil fuel dependency, renewable energy potential, land use implications, environmental impact, and provides policy recommendations for achieving sustainable energy goals. The Philippines' energy system including sources like coal, geothermal, natural gas, solar, and wind. Coal remains a major contributor to the energy mix.
An Algebraic Approach to Non-Orthogonal General Joint Block Diagonalization
Creators: name: Cai, Yunfeng
name: Liu, Chengyu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 15A21, 15A69, 65F30

description: The exact/approximate non-orthogonal general joint block diagonalization ({\sc nogjbd}) problem of a given real matrix set $\mathcal{A}=\{A_i\}_{i=1}^m$ is to find a nonsingular matrix $W\in\mathbb{R}^{n\times n}$ (diagonalizer) such that $W^T A_i W$ for $i=1,2,\dots, m$ are all exactly/approximately block diagonal matrices with the same diagonal block structure and with as many diagonal blocks as possible. In this paper, we show that a solution to the exact/approximate {\sc nogjbd} problem can be obtained by finding the exact/approximate solutions to the system of linear equations $A_iZ=Z^TA_i$ for $i=1,\dots, m$, followed by a block diagonalization of $Z$ via similarity transformation. A necessary and sufficient condition for the equivalence of the solutions to the exact {\sc nogjbd} problem is established. Two numerical methods are proposed to solve the {\sc nogjbd} problem, and numerical examples are presented to show the merits of the proposed methods.
title: Universitätsbibliothek Marburg Ms. or. 37: Farhang-i Ǧahāngīrī. [Band 2]
Creators: name: Inǧū, Ǧamāl-ad-Dīn Ḥusain
Publisher: name: Philipps-Universität Marburg
Year: 2023
Subjects: Lexikographie
Manuscripts & rare books
Handschriften, seltene Bücher
Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft

description: Elektronische Reproduktion von: [Handschrift] Universitätsbibliothek Marburg Ms. or. 37: Farhang-i Ǧahāngīrī / Inǧū, Ǧamāl-ad-Dīn Ḥusain. [Band 2]. - 227 Blatt. - Beschreibstoff Papier. - Blattformat 27 x 16 cm. - Erschienen: [Islamische Welt / MENA-Region, 1608-1609] Standort: Universität Marburg, Universitätsbibliothek. - Signatur: Ms. or. 37. - Bemerkungen: Sprache Persisch. Schrift Arabisch. - Bibliographischer Nachweis: https://www.qalamos.net/receive/DE4Book_manuscript_00000046. - Digitalisiert 2023
Process Evaluation on the Quality of Routine Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) in Dire Dawa City Administration, Eastern Ethiopia
Creators: name: Bililigne, Dagne
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2010

description: Background: Dire Dawa is a city administration and among the smallest administration regions of Ethiopia both in terms of size and number of population. In spite of good opportunity for easy manageability to achieve the immunization coverage target set by FMOH, there has been low immunization coverage compared to other regions of the country for the past five years. Objective: To assess the structural and process quality of routine EPI and their outcome in terms of client satisfaction. Methods: Data collection for this evaluative research was conducted from February 5-26/2010 at 11 public health facilities found in Dire Dawa. Components for quality of immunization care were assessed using Donabedian's model. The study is descriptive cross-sectional health facility based survey. Stratified sampling for selecting the facilities and systematic sampling for the exit interview were used. The stratification considered level of the health facility and place where they did exist. As the interview was conducted for 385 mothers or guardians, simultaneous observation of care provided was being conducted in immunization rooms. On the other hand, record review for assessing immunization coverage and accuracy of reporting; also self-administered questionnaire for EPI coordinators was employed. To judge the quality of components as a whole a weighted scores were given for the variables under structure and process. Result: The result from analysis shows that structural quality was found at better position (out of the maximum 31, mean score=19.7) and clients satisfaction rate also higher (95%). But low quality was found regarding the process of care (mean score is 22.8 out of 45). The full immunization coverage calculated was 61.5% for the previous fiscal year. Conclusion: In spite of better structural quality compared to other regions and higher satisfaction rate, full immunization coverage was low.
Stellar Evidence that the Solar Dynamo may be in Transition
Creators: name: Metcalfe, Travis S.
name: Egeland, Ricky
name: van Saders, Jennifer
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Precise photometry from the Kepler space telescope allows not only the measurement of rotation in solar-type field stars, but also the determination of reliable masses and ages from asteroseismology. These critical data have recently provided the first opportunity to calibrate rotation-age relations for stars older than the Sun. The evolutionary picture that emerges is surprising: beyond middle-age the efficiency of magnetic braking is dramatically reduced, implying a fundamental change in angular momentum loss beyond a critical Rossby number (Ro~2). We compile published chromospheric activity measurements for the sample of Kepler asteroseismic targets that were used to establish the new rotation-age relations. We use these data along with a sample of well characterized solar analogs from the Mount Wilson HK survey to develop a qualitative scenario connecting the evolution of chromospheric activity to a fundamental shift in the character of differential rotation. We conclude that the Sun may be in a transitional evolutionary phase, and that its magnetic cycle might represent a special case of stellar dynamo theory.
description: 7 pages, 2 tables, 2 figures. ApJL accepted, Colloquium available at https://youtu.be/_3MdLAt8i-o
Fusco (2022), Trovo vs. considero: Expressing subjective attitudes in Italian
Creators: name: Fusco, Achille
Publisher: name: University of Amsterdam / Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 20 Language, Communication and Culture

description: Proceedings of the ESSLLI 2022 Student Session Trovo vs. considero: Expressing subjective attitudes in Italian Achille Fusco Subjective Attitude Verbs (SAVs), like find and consider, are propositional attitude verbs which only embed subjective clauses (Sæbø 2009), including, crucially, clauses having a predicate of personal taste (PPTs, see Lasersohn 2005) as the main predicate. Since PPTs are often said to require a relativization to some ‘judge’ (Lasersohn 2005, Stephenson 2007a, 2007b), SAVs are conceived as being sensitive to such relativity. Although several formal accounts have been put forward, some fundamental aspects remain controversial. On one hand, some authors have denied that SAV-judgements imply a belief of the matrix subject (Bouchard 2012, Sæbø 2009). On the other hand, the nature of their selectivity is still unclear, given that ordinary gradable adjectives are also acceptable under SAVs: this fact has been accounted for in terms of a semantic ambiguity between purely dimensional and evaluative senses (Kennedy 2013, 2016). In order to address these issues, it is here proposed to frame subjective judgements in contexts of potential doxastic conflict, i.e., situations where a speaker holds a belief that p but, for some reasons, her perceptual experience (temporarily) suggests that ¬p. Results from an experimental study conducted in Italian, testing native speakers’ acceptability intuitions on such constructions, suggest that trovo (‘find’) differs from considero (‘consider’) in that it lacks a doxastic component. Furthermore, the supposed polysemy of gradable adjectives proposed by Kennedy (2013) was not sufficient to explain the results obtained.
title: Universitätsbibliothek Marburg Ms. 425: De successionibus ab intestato
Creators: name: Anonym
Publisher: name: Philipps-Universität Marburg
Year: 2023
Subjects: Manuscripts & rare books
Handschriften, seltene Bücher

description: Elektronische Reproduktion von: [Handschrift] Universitätsbibliothek Marburg Ms. 425: De successionibus ab intestato. - 6 Blätter ; Beschreibstoff: Papier; 38,5 x 27 cm. - Erschienen: [Deutschland], [16. Jahrhundert]. - Standort: Universität Marburg, Universitätsbibliothek. - Signatur: Ms. 425. - Bemerkungen: Frühere Signatur: Mscr. 425. - Provenienz: Bibliotheca Academiae Rinthelii. Ausführliche Beschreibung: Heyne, Sirka: Die mittelalterlichen Handschriften der Universitätsbibliothek Marburg; Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz, 2002; S. 275-276. - Digitalisiert 2023
A parameter-free method to extract the superconductor's $J_c(B,θ)$ field-dependence from in-field current-voltage characteristics of HTS tapes
Creators: name: Zermeño, Víctor M. R.
name: Habelok, Krzysztof
name: Stępień, Mariusz
name: Grilli, Francesco
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The estimation of the critical current ($I_c$) and AC losses of high-temperature superconductor (HTS) devices through modeling and simulation requires the knowledge of the critical current density ($J_c$) of the superconducting material. This $J_c$ is in general not constant and depends both on the magnitude ($B_{loc}$) and the direction ($θ$, relative to the tape) of the local magnetic flux density. In principle, $J_c(B_{loc},θ)$ can be obtained from the experimentally measured critical current $I_c(B_a,θ)$, where $B_a$ is the magnitude of the applied magnetic field. However, for applications where the superconducting materials experience a local field that is close to the self field of an isolated conductor, obtaining $J_c(B_{loc},θ)$ form $I_c(B_a,θ)$ is not a trivial task. It is necessary to solve an inverse problem to correct for the contribution derived from the self field. The methods presented in the literature comprise a series of approaches dealing with different degrees of mathematical regularization, such as the use of brute force or optimization methods to fit the parameters of preconceived non linear formulas. In this contribution, we present a parameter-free method that provides excellent reproduction of experimental data and requires no human interaction or preconception of the $J_c$ dependence with respect to the magnetic field. In particular, it allows going from the experimental data to a ready-to-run $J_c(B_{loc},θ)$ model in a few minutes.
Low density urban fringe residential land development
Creators: name: Hutchison, John Robert.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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Resolving galaxy cluster gas properties at z~1 with XMM-Newton and Chandra
Creators: name: Bartalucci, I.
name: Arnaud, M.
name: Pratt, G. W.
name: Démoclès, J.
name: van der Burg, R. F. J.
name: Mazzotta, P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a pilot X-ray study of the five most massive ($M_{500}>5 \times 10^{14} M_{\odot}$), distant (z~1), galaxy clusters detected via the Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect. We optimally combine XMM-Newton and Chandra X-ray observations by leveraging the throughput of XMM to obtain spatially-resolved spectroscopy, and the spatial resolution of Chandra to probe the bright inner parts and to detect embedded point sources. Capitalising on the excellent agreement in flux-related measurements, we present a new method to derive the density profiles, constrained in the centre by Chandra and in the outskirts by XMM. We show that the Chandra-XMM combination is fundamental for morphological analysis at these redshifts, the Chandra resolution being required to remove point source contamination, and the XMM sensitivity allowing higher significance detection of faint substructures. The sample is dominated by dynamically disturbed objects. We use the combined Chandra-XMM density profiles and spatially-resolved temperature profiles to investigate thermodynamic quantities including entropy and pressure. From comparison of the scaled profiles with the local REXCESS sample, we find no significant departure from standard self-similar evolution, within the dispersion, at any radius, except for the entropy beyond 0.7$R_{500}$. The baryon mass fraction tends towards the cosmic value, with a weaker dependence on mass than observed in the local Universe. We compare with predictions from numerical simulations. The present pilot study demonstrates the utility and feasibility of spatially-resolved analysis of individual objects at high-redshift through the combination of XMM and Chandra observations. Observations of a larger sample will allow a fuller statistical analysis to be undertaken, in particular of the intrinsic scatter in the structural and scaling properties of the cluster population. (abridged)
description: 15 pages, 12 figures; accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics
An interdisciplinary investigation of a polluted creek : Kananook Creek Frankston
Creators: name: .
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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Friðriksdóttir & Einarsson (2022), Bootstrapping Icelandic Knowledge Graph Data
Creators: name: Friðriksdóttir, Steinunn Rut
name: Einarsson, Hafsteinn
Publisher: name: University of Amsterdam / Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Information and Computing Sciences
subject: 20 Language, Communication and Culture

description: Proceedings of the ESSLLI 2022 Student Session Bootstrapping Icelandic Knowledge Graph Data Steinunn Rut Friðriksdóttir & Hafsteinn Einarsson A knowledge graph is a semantic network of named entities, e.g. people, objects and organizations, that can be used to uniquely identify mentions in text. In order to create such a graph, it is crucial to possess plenty of specifically annotated data that includes not only the entities themselves but the relations that hold between them. Traditionally, such data has only been available for high-resource languages. In this paper, we present our approach to bootstrap training data using machine translation and open relation extraction methods. We hypothesize that by automatically translating our data to English, we can perform relation extraction using SOTA language models before translating the entities back to the source language, significantly reducing startup costs when developing such models for a given language. Our results show that this approach has promise for lower-resource languages such as Icelandic. However, it is currently limited due to the quality of translation and open relation extraction models.
Assessment of Optimal Breastfeeding among Working and Stay-at-Home Mothers in Bahir Dar Town Amhara Regional State, North West of Ethiopia
Creators: name: Tamir, Gezahegn
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2010

description: Background: Optimal breastfeeding practice is essential for the healthy growth and development of children during their early life. It improves the nutritional status and reduces the chances of contracting infection. Studies have shown that globally 70.0% of infants are sub-optimally breastfed, which is major contributor to infant mortality. Objectives: This study is aimed at assessing and comparing mother's knowledge, practices and determinants on optimal breastfeeding among working and stay-at-home mother's having children 0-23 months of age. Methods: A cross-sectional community based study was conducted on 825 mothers aged 17-49 years having children 0-23 months of age residing in Bahir Dar town Amhara Region April, 2010. Modified EPI cluster sampling technique was applied to select households. Experienced interviewers and qualified supervisors were employed and a pre-tested questionnaire was utilized for this purpose. Four FGDs among mothers (segregated by working status) complemented the quantitative survey Results: Three hundred seventy one (92.2%) working and two hundred seventy six (65.4%) stay-at-home mothers had satisfactory knowledge on breastfeeding practice, [AOR: 3.36, (1.94, 5.81)]. Mothers with formal education, those attended ANC follow up and gave birth at health institution were more likely to have satisfactory knowledge on breastfeeding practices [OR: 2.25, 95%CI :( 1.14, 4.43), (OR: 6.14, 95%CI: (3.18, 11.85) and (OR: 1.85, 95%CI :( 1.05, 3.26)] respectively compared to their counterparts. The prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding practice was 34%, 95%CI:(31%-37%) for working and 71.3%, 95%CI : (68.2%-74.4%) for stay-at-home mothers and the working status of the mother was significantly associated with exclusive breastfeeding practice, that those mothers who were working were less likely to practice exclusive breastfeeding than those who were stay-at-home[AdjusteOR:0.30,95%CI:(0.20,0.46)]. the median duration of EBF for working children was 4 months and 6 months for stay-at-home . Conclusions and Recommendations: Overall the study indicates that the maternal knowledge on breastfeeding practice was satisfactory. However, there is inadequacy of optimal breastfeeding practice especially exclusive breastfeeding for the first six month of life among working compared to stay-at-home mother. This would increase the risk of infant morbidity and mortality. VII Approximately three in four working and one in three stay at home initiated complementary feeding at appropriate time. The findings indicate that both groups of mothers don't have optimal child feeding practices, although the forms of suboptimal behavior are different. Therefore, the government, health workers and community members should work on strengthening the optimal breastfeeding practice by encouraging, supporting mother's to breastfed their children optimally.
Amido & Buchczyk (2022), Whether-exclamatives
Creators: name: Amido, Sara
name: Buchczyk, Sebastian
Publisher: name: University of Amsterdam / Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Information and Computing Sciences
subject: 20 Language, Communication and Culture

description: Proceedings of the ESSLLI 2022 Student Session Whether-exclamatives Sara Amido & Sebastian Buchczyk We propose a new category of exclamatives, whether-exclamatives, based on data from European Portuguese and Standard German. We argue that these seem to function as answers to polar questions only because they are coordinated structures in which the first conjunct is an (optionally) elided assertion that answers the preceding question.
Coast protection on the Werribee Shire coastline
Creators: name: Valentine, N.R.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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Search for low-mass WIMPs in a 0.6 kg day exposure of the DAMIC experiment at SNOLAB
Creators: name: Aguilar-Arevalo, A.
name: Amidei, D.
name: Bertou, X.
name: Butner, M.
name: Cancelo, G.
name: Vázquez, A. Castañeda
name: Vergara, B. A. Cervantes
name: Chavarria, A. E.
name: Chavez, C. R.
name: Neto, J. R. T. de Mello
name: D'Olivo, J. C.
name: Estrada, J.
name: Moroni, G. Fernandez
name: Gaïor, R.
name: Guandincerri, Y.
name: Torres, K. P. Hernández
name: Izraelevitch, F.
name: Kavner, A.
name: Kilminster, B.
name: Lawson, I.
name: Letessier-Selvon, A.
name: Liao, J.
name: Molina, J.
name: Peña, J. R.
name: Privitera, P.
name: Ramanathan, K.
name: Sarkis, Y.
name: Schwarz, T.
name: Sengul, C.
name: Settimo, M.
name: Haro, M. Sofo
name: Thomas, R.
name: Tiffenberg, J.
name: Tiouchichine, E.
name: Machado, D. Torres
name: Trillaud, F.
name: You, X.
name: Zhou, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present results of a dark matter search performed with a 0.6 kg day exposure of the DAMIC experiment at the SNOLAB underground laboratory. We measure the energy spectrum of ionization events in the bulk silicon of charge-coupled devices down to a signal of 60 eV electron equivalent. The data are consistent with radiogenic backgrounds, and constraints on the spin-independent WIMP-nucleon elastic-scattering cross section are accordingly placed. A region of parameter space relevant to the potential signal from the CDMS-II Si experiment is excluded using the same target for the first time. This result obtained with a limited exposure demonstrates the potential to explore the low-mass WIMP region (<10 GeV/$c^{2}$) of the upcoming DAMIC100, a 100 g detector currently being installed in SNOLAB.
description: 11 pages, 11 figures
Cost Analysis of Abortion in Addis Ababa Public Hospitals
Creators: name: Negash, Selamawit
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2000

description: This is an institution based cross-sectional study conducted in four public hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, with the objective of analyzing the cost of treating patients with abortion complications and provision of safe abortion services. The data on unsafe cases were collected for three months and patients with abortion complications who attended these hospitals during the study period were interviewed (n=401). Four hundred twenty four medical records were reviewed and observation was done in ten percent of the cases (n=42) and administrative records were reviewed, to obtain data on direct, indirect and opportunity cost in treating abortions complications. The cost in provision of safe abortion service was estimated and the average unit cost ranges from 40.97 to 65.32 birr while the actual average unit cost in treating a patient with abortion complication was 131.7 birr with out including the patient side cost. Moreover the sensitivity analysis showed that the cost of treating complication of abortion could rise up to 323.23 birr. Thus, the health care system is spending a lot of resources for treating complications of abortion, which could be possible to prevent it through provision of safe abortion services. The average patient side cost which includes medical, non-medical and opportunity cost was found to be 535.5 birr. If the existing law were liberalized to allow provision of early and safe abortion services with feasible promotion of family planning, in addition to cost reduction 8 in the health system and individual patients, it could save life and minimize suffering of a lot of women who undergo unsafe abortion.
The alpine vegetation of Mt. Stirling : an ecological modelling approach
Creators: name: Shortus, Louise.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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Incident-energy-dependent spectral weight of resonant inelastic x-ray scattering in doped cuprates
Creators: name: Tsutsui, Kenji
name: Tohyama, Takami
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We theoretically investigate the incident-photon energy omega_i dependence of resonant inelastic x-ray scattering (RIXS) tuned for the Cu L edge in cuprate superconductors by using the exact diagonalization technique for a single-band Hubbard model. Depending on the value of core-hole Coulomb interaction in the intermediate state, RIXS for non-spin-flip channel shows either a omega_i-dependent fluorescencelike or omega_i-independent Raman-like behavior for hole doping. An analysis of x-ray absorption suggests that the core-hole Coulomb interaction is larger than on-site Coulomb interaction in the Hubbard model, resulting in a fluorescencelike behavior in RIXS consistent with recent RIXS experiments. A shift on the high-energy side of the center of spectral distribution is also predicted for electron-doped systems though spectral weight is small. Main structures in spin-flip channel exhibit a Raman-like behavior as expected, accompanied with a fluorescencelike behavior with small intensity.
description: 8 pages, 6 figures
Non-perturbative scalar potential inspired by type IIA strings on rigid CY
Creators: name: Alexandrov, Sergei
name: Ketov, Sergei V.
name: Wakimoto, Yuki
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Motivated by a class of flux compactifications of type IIA strings on rigid Calabi-Yau manifolds, preserving N=2 local supersymmetry in four dimensions, we derive a non-perturbative potential of all scalar fields from the exact D-instanton corrected metric on the hypermultiplet moduli space. Applying this potential to moduli stabilization, we find a discrete set of exact vacua for axions. At these critical points, the stability problem is decoupled into two subspaces spanned by the axions and the other fields (dilaton and Kahler moduli), respectively. Whereas the stability of the axions is easily achieved, numerical analysis shows instabilities in the second subspace.
description: 38 pages; some changes in presentation
The distribution of mutagenic activity in Port Phillip Bay
Creators: name: Helman, Zena.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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Ade, Michelini & Vigiani (2022), Proportionality in Liquid Democracy and Representative Democracy
Creators: name: Ade, Leyla
name: Michelini, Matteo
name: Vigiani, Pietro
Publisher: name: University of Amsterdam / Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Social Science
subject: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Information and Computing Sciences

description: In this paper, we compare liquid democracy to representative democracy with respect to a proportionality principle, according to which agents with higher stakes should have more voting weight. We provide a formal model of voting systems that models agents' uncertainty towards a voting issue as influenced by stakes in the issue. We formalise the delegation process in representative democracy and liquid democracy and prove that only the latter satisfies the proportionality principle.
Assessment of Sleep Duration and Overweight/Obesity among High School Adolescents in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Creators: name: Dereje, Dessalegn
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2016

description: Background: Worldwide, at least 2.8 million people die each year due to overweight and obesity, and an estimated 35.8 million (2.3%) of global Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) are caused by overweight and obesity. Many studies in Ethiopia showed that overweight and obesity is caused due to increased intake of energy-dense food, physical inactivity, changing modes of transportation and increasing urbanization. However, there is no published article showing that short sleep duration is an independent risk factor to cause overweight and obesity for adolescents in the country. Objective of the study: To measure the magnitude of overweight/obesity and its association with short sleep duration among high school adolescents' in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Methods: School based cross-sectional study was conducted with a sample size of 405. Data was collected by self-administered questionnaire, entered and cleaned using EPI INFO version 7, and was exported to SPSS version 20 for analysis. Body mass index (BMI) was computed using weight and height (Kg/m2). Descriptive statistics using frequencies, proportion and table were used to present the study results. Binary logistic regression analysis was employed to see association between short sleep duration and overweight/obesity. To evaluate the association between short sleep duration and overweight/obesity, both crude odds ratio and adjusted odds ratio with 95% confidence interval were computed. Results: The combined prevalence of adolescents' overweight and obesity was 18.2%, the specific prevalence for overweight and obesity were 14.4% and 3.8%, respectively. Adolescents with short sleep duration (<8 hours/day) were significantly at risk for being overweight/obese as compared to adolescents with normal sleep duration (8-10 hours/day) [AOR = 3.7 (95% CI: 1.9- 7.0)]. Conclusions and recommendations: The findings of this study showed that higher prevalence rates of overweight and obesity were observed among adolescents in the study area. Short sleep duration was strongly associated with overweight/obesity during adolescence. Hence, results of this study suggest that adolescents should receive educational intervention on adequate duration of sleep at night to reduce the risk of being overweight or obese.
Multiconfiguration calculations of electronic isotope shift factors in Al I
Creators: name: Filippin, Livio
name: Beerwerth, Randolf
name: Ekman, Jörgen
name: Fritzsche, Stephan
name: Godefroid, Michel
name: Jönsson, Per
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The present work reports results from systematic multiconfiguration Dirac-Hartree-Fock calculations of electronic isotope shift factors for a set of transitions between low-lying states in neutral aluminium. These electronic quantities together with observed isotope shifts between different pairs of isotopes provide the changes in mean-square charge radii of the atomic nuclei. Two computational approaches are adopted for the estimation of the mass- and field shift factors. Within these approaches, different models for electron correlation are explored in a systematic way to determine a reliable computational strategy and estimate theoretical error bars of the isotope shift factors.
description: 10 pages, 1 figure, accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. A. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1604.07594
Code for data management and analysis - Betablockers and breast cancer prognosis
Creators: name: , Botteri
name: , Löfling
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Beta-blocker, breast cancer, prognosis

description: Code for data management and analysis of Italian and Norwegian data assessing the association between peri-diagnostic use of beta-blockers and breast cancer prognosis.
On the set of uniquely decodable codes with a given sequence of code word lengths
Creators: name: Woryna, Adam
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: For every natural number $n\geq 2$ and every finite sequence $L$ of natural numbers, we consider the set $UD_n(L)$ of all uniquely decodable codes over an $n$-letter alphabet with the sequence $L$ as the sequence of code word lengths, as well as its subsets $PR_n(L)$ and $FD_n(L)$ consisting of, respectively, the prefix codes and the codes with finite delay. We derive the estimation for the quotient $|UD_n(L)|/|PR_n(L)|$, which allows to characterize those sequences $L$ for which the equality $PR_n(L)=UD_n(L)$ holds. We also characterize those sequences $L$ for which the equality $FD_n(L)=UD_n(L)$ holds.
Multiple-use management planning for urban wetlands : a case study of Seaford Swamp
Creators: name: Schleiger, P. .
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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Distribution, density and habitat association of the Cook Strait click beetle (Amychus granulatus Coleoptera: Elateridae) on Te Pākeka/Maud Island, New Zealand
Creators: name: Anderson, Mark
name: Hartley, Stephen
name: Wittmer, Heiko U.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: The Cook Strait click beetle (Amychus granulatus) is found only in five offshore island refugia in New Zealand. We estimated their elevational distribution, population density, and habitat associations within sampling plots on Te Pākeka/Maud Island using mark-recapture methods. We marked and recaptured individual beetles during seven nightly surveys in November 2020 and recorded a range of environmental variables to better understand their habitat associations. Our surveys confirmed the presence of beetles across the island's elevational range, but population densities appeared highest at lower elevations. Based on recaptures, we estimated a mean density of 892 beetles/ha (95% CI: 556–1620) in one large, low-elevation plot and 575 beetles/ha (95% CI: 230–1960) across the remaining plots. Temperature may have affected nightly beetle activity, and hence also capture probability. Habitat assessments suggest the abundance of mahoe (Melicytus ramiflorus), and daytime refugia in tree cavities or rocky areas positively affected beetle counts. Our results provide the first robust population estimates for this endemic species. The apparent patchy distribution pattern we observed and its possible link to environmental variables have the potential to inform on conservation management including future translocations of Cook Strait click beetles to predator-free locations where suitable habitat exists.
Ethiopian Field Epidemiology Training Program (EFETP) Complied Body of Work in Field Epidemiology
Creators: name: Aydid, Kayse
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2016

description: Introduction:-Ethiopian Somali Regional Health Bureau was notified by Godey Hospital about an outbreak of unknown acute febrile illness in Godey Town of Shebelle Zone. The illness was characterised by acute onset of high grade fever, chills, headache, and muscle pain. Local health office could not identify the causative agent. Regional health Bureau had sent team to investigate and respond the outbreak and respond. The investigation was conducted to verify the outbreak, identify the etiologic agent, risk factors and recommend control and prevention measures. Method:-Unmatched case control study supported by descriptive study was used. The investigation carried out from May 20 to July 5, 2015. Line listing all cases was done. We interviewed 34 cases and compared with 68 controls using structured questionnaire. Cases were from hospital and controls were patients admitted in hospital with other medical problem. Eleven serum blood specimens collected and sent to EPHI for investigation of viral infection. Data were entered and analyzed using EPI-Info 7 version 3.2.2. Bi-variate analysis and multi variate analyses were done. Result:-From May 05 to July 25, 2015 a total of 168 AFI cases with no death were reported in health facilities of Godey Town. The crude attack rate was 22.4 per 10,000. The attack rate in male (24/10,000) was higher than female (20/10,000). Age group 15-44 were highly affected (34.4/10, 000) followed by >45(23.4/10000). Out of 11 serums specimen sent to EPHI, 7 (63%) positive for dengue fever IgM by ELIZA. Many larvae were observed in many of the households visited in Kebeles 01 and 02. In multivariate analyse being sprayed their home were (AOR=0.3; 95%CI: 0.17(0.04-0.6) and using of mosquito repellent (AOR=0.15; 95%CI: (0.05-0.6) shown protective significant association while presence of sick person at home ((AOR=7.3; 95%CI: (2.9-40) shown and Presence of stagnant water around living area (AOR=3.9; 95% (1.03-14) shown negative association towards the occurrence of Dengue Fever. Conclusion:-Based on laboratory results, cases fulfil definition standard case definition and the vector identified in the assessed households, the causative agent of the outbreak was Dengue Fever Virus. To interrupt the transmission we recommend house hold spray, using mosquito repellent, strengthen social mobilization and dissemination of Dengue fever Key messages.Key word: Dengue fever: Godey Town
Jupiter internal structure: the effect of different equations of state
Creators: name: Miguel, Yamila
name: Guillot, Tristan
name: Fayon, Lucile
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Heavy elements, even though its smaller constituent, are crucial to understand Jupiter formation history. Interior models are used to determine the amount of heavy elements in Jupiter interior, nevertheless this range is still subject to degeneracies due to uncertainties in the equations of state. Prior to Juno mission data arrival, we present Jupiter optimized calculations exploring the effect of different model parameters in the determination of Jupiter's core and heavy element's mass. We perform comparisons between equations of state published recently. The interior model of Jupiter is calculated from the equations of hydrostatic equilibrium, mass and energy conservation, and energy transport. The mass of the core and heavy elements is adjusted to match Jupiter's observational constrains radius and gravitational moments. We show that the determination of Jupiter interior structure is tied to the estimation of its gravitational moments and the accuracy of equations of state of hydrogen, helium and heavy elements. The location of the region where Helium rain occurs as well as its timescale are important to determine the distribution of heavy elements and helium in the interior of Jupiter. We show that differences find when modeling Jupiter's interior with recent EOS are more likely due to differences in the internal energy and entropy calculation. The consequent changes in the thermal profile lead to different estimations of the mass of the core and heavy elements, explaining differences in recently published Jupiter interior models. Our results help clarify differences find in Jupiter interior models and will help the interpretation of upcoming Juno data.
description: Accepted for publication in A&A
The biology of a reach of the Latrobe River including an appraisal of relevant aspects of the SEPP for these waters
Creators: name: Hyland, Patricia Anne.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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Treatment Outcomes and Its associated factors among Children with Severe Acute Malnutrition at Therapeutic Feeding Units of Regional Hospitals of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Creators: name: W/Kidan, Hiwot
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2018

description: Background: Nearly 17 million children are affected by severe acute malnutrition worldwide. Ethiopia is one of the countries with highest under five child mortality rate, with malnutrition underlying to 28% of all children deaths. Overall, 10 percent of children in Ethiopia are wasted, and 3 percent are severely wasted (below -3 SD). This study provides an insight regarding the overall management SAM & help to improve the management of severe acute malnutrition in the hospitals. Objective: This study aimed to assess treatment outcomes and factors associated with recovery among children with severe acute malnutrition at the therapeutic feeding unit of regional hospitals of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted using retrospective data at Yekatit 12 and Zewditu memorial hospital therapeutic feeding unit. About 544 children aged less than 59 months old who have been admitted since January 1, 2013 up to December 31, 2017 for management of severe acute malnutrition were used. One population proportion sample size determination formula was used. Factors associated with treatment outcome were assessed using binary logistic regression. Descriptive statistics was used to show distribution of variables. Results: Among 544 admitted children to therapeutic feeding unit included in the study 77.4% were cured, 13.2% were dead, 4.6% transferred out and 4.8% were defaulted. The odd of recovery was decreased by 59% among orphan children with severe acute malnutrition. Longer duration of hospital stay and attachment of follow-up chart to the individual folder was also positive indicator of recovery but children with HIV, Tuberculosis, dehydration and stunting were less likely to recover. In addition, being unvaccinated and not exposed to sunlight were significant factors that influence recovery of the children admitted in TFU. Conclusion: The recovery of SAM in the hospitals was in the acceptable range. On the other hand their death rates were beyond the international acceptable range. Tuberculosis and HIV /AIDS co morbidities were statistically significant factors that hinder recovery rate of malnourished children.