cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
"Scarce Any Ways or Means":  The Separated Woman in Colonial Maryland 1634-1776
Creators: name: Lubieniecki, Karen
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2008
Subjects: women
divorce
separation
Maryland
colonial
coverture
History, United States (0337)
Women's Studies (0453)
Gender Studies (0733)

description: Most of the research into the lives of women living without a husband in colonial Maryland has focused on their roles as either single women or as widows.  Yet a significant number of women in the pre-revolutionary period found themselves in the in-between world of neither married nor single. Still under the rules of coverture, their marriages broke apart for a variety of reasons, and they lived separate from their husbands.  Complete divorce with the possibility of remarriage were not possible.  Using newspaper advertisements, court cases, wills and proceedings of the legislature, this paper identifies more than 120 separated couples and uses the experiences of a number of them to explore the world of separated woman.  The goal of this research is to raise a number of questions about these often overlooked women, providing some answers, and suggesting areas for further study. What grounds were acceptable for women to separate?  Where they different for men?  What role did colonial Maryland newspaper advertising play as couples separated?  Why didn't Maryland women use newspaper advertisements to justify their actions while men, and women in other states did?  What kind of separation terms were available to women?  What legal standing did these various agreements have, or lack?  How did women support themselves after separating?  How did, issues relating to coverture, the grounds of separation, dower rights, and the disposal of property continue with either the spouse's death or that of the woman?
Does "Fans Economy" Work for Chinese Pop Music Industry?
Creators: name: Wang, Hao
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Social and Information Networks (cs.SI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: China has become one of the largest entertainment markets in the world in recent years. Due to the success of Xiaomi, many Chinese pop music industry entrepreneurs believe "Fans Economy" works in the pop music industry. "Fans Economy" is based on the assumption that pop music consumer market could be segmented based on artists. Each music artist has its own exclusive loyal fans. In this paper, we provide an insightful study of the pop music artists and fans social network. Particularly, we segment the pop music consumer market and pop music artists respectively. Our results show that due to the Matthew Effect and limited diversity of consumer market, "Fans Economy" does not work for the Chinese pop music industry.
Plutonium as an environmental tracer for erosion study
Creators: name: Hoo, Wee Teck
Publisher: name: The Australian National University
Year: 2018

description: Fallout radionuclides, including anthropogenic 137Cs and natural 210Pb and 7Be, have been used for many years as environmental tracers for erosion studies. The use of fallout plutonium (Pu) has not been exploited in the past due to the difficulties of detection using the conventional means of alpha-particle spectrometry. However, recent advances in the technique of accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) allows Pu isotopes to be readily detectable at the femtogram (10-15 g) level with higher sensitivity and shorter analytical times than for 137Cs. These advances allow low-level Pu measurement in environmental samples and thereby facilitate its use as a tracer for detailed catchment-wide erosion assessment. Using the AMS technique of detection, this thesis explores the feasibility and practicality of fallout Pu as a tracer of soil transport and sediment deposition for assessment of erosion. The AMS measurements were carried out using the 14UD Pelletron accelerator operated by the Department of Nuclear Physics at the Australian National University. Using the methodology established in this thesis that includes an improved sample preparation procedure, fallout Pu is applied as an environmental tracer for the assessment of erosion at two case study sites, located within the Australian Capital Territory (Cotter River catchment) and New South Wales (Burra Creek catchment) respectively. The Cotter catchment is a highly disturbed environment that has been influenced by forestry operations and had recently experienced a catastrophic bush fire, whereas the Burra study area is under native vegetation and has been lightly impacted by land use since at least 1950, before the period of fallout from atmospheric nuclear testing. Plutonium inventories and depth profiles were measured at six study sites across the lower Cotter catchment, as well as at an 'undisturbed' reference site. Comparison of the measured inventories at the study sites with the reference inventory shows that, with the exception of one site, there has been minimal soil loss across much of the pine-forested area since the early 1960s. Locally a loss of ~6 cm of topsoil has been identified at the Pago site. The temporal variation of erosional activity in the Cotter catchment has also been explored based on the study of a 1.2 m deep sediment pit that was collected from the upper reaches of the Cotter dam lake. The Pu results together with a compilation of dates derived from Carbon-14 dating, indicates an average sedimentation rates of 1-4 cm/yr and 20 cm/yr over the pre-fire period (1990-2003) and the post-fire period (2003-2006) respectively. At the hillslope study sites in the Burra catchment, the extent of soil erosion ranges from mild to severe. The analysis showed a high erosion rate of 16 t/ha/yr at the vicinity of a steep hillslope, whereas the nearby gentle hillslope terrain is associated with a much lower erosion rate of 0.4 t/ha/yr.
"[A] veil of voodoo": George P. Mahoney, Open Housing, and the Coming of the Southern Strategy
Creators: name: Hardesty, Richard
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2008
Subjects: History, United States (0337)

description: This thesis focuses on George P. Mahoney's opposition to open housing and its implications on the 1966 governor's race in Maryland. During the first half of the 1960s, the United States experienced a rights revolution. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 provided substantial legislative advances for African Americans; meanwhile, the United States Supreme Court took the role of social activist in cases like Griswold v. Connecticut. However, urban violence and black militancy helped foster a backlash against the rights revolution. Mahoney capitalized on the growing backlash, using his opposition to open housing to garner the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. While he gained the nomination, Mahoney effectively split the Democratic Party for the general election. Many Maryland Democrats found themselves alienated by Mahoney's stand; so much so, they rushed to support the Republican nominee, Spiro T. Agnew. While Mahoney lost the general election, his position on open housing exemplified the growing polarization within the United States during the 1960s. Furthermore, Mahoney's stand highlighted a growing political rift that existed in the Democratic Party, which provided the basis for Richard M. Nixon's southern strategy.
title: Stop Motion Games Wie handgemachte Puppen und Sets in Computerspielen eingesetzt werden können
Creators: name: Forstmann, Richard
Publisher: name: Filmuniversität Babelsberg Konrad Wolf
Year: 2024

description: Viele Computerspiele nutzen in der Gestaltung entweder 2D-Grafiken oder 3Dgerenderte Umgebungen und Figuren. Es gibt jedoch einige wenige Spiele, die das Aussehen eines Stop-Motion-Films haben. Die Arbeit mit dieser Technik unterscheidet sich von der Arbeit mit digitaler 2D- und 3D-Animation dadurch, dass physische Materialien verwendet werden und echte Puppen, Sets und Licht eingesetzt werden. Welche Arbeitsschritte sind für die Umsetzung eines Stop-Motion-Spiels nötig? Im Rahmen dieser Arbeit wurde ein Spielprototyp erstellt, um diese Frage zu beantworten. Zwei verschiedene Arten, die Figur zu animieren, wurden praktisch umgesetzt. Der erste Ansatz nutzt echte Stop-Motion-Animation. Der zweite Ansatz basiert auf 3D-Scans von Stop-Motion-Figuren. Außerdem spielen die Herangehensweise für die Erstellung von 3D-Hintergründen sowie die Einbettung der Stop-Motion-Animationen in ein 3DSpiel in dieser Arbeit eine Rolle.
Informal caregiving Its association with patients' with ALS and their caregivers' quality of life, with particular interest in the difference between working aged adults and older than working age (>64) adults and those with greater and lesser physical disability
Creators: name: Kimball, Richard M.
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2010
Subjects: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
caregiver burden
formal caregiver
informal caregiver
PALS
quality of life

description: People with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (PALS) usually die within three to five years of onset.  ALS is a terminal neuromuscular disease that affects middle aged adults leaving patients progressively weaker as it destroys motor neurons; eventually those affected lose all voluntary muscle control including muscles to walk, to move their arms, to speak, and to breathe- leading to respiratory distress and death.  ALS leaves people disabled and dependent on caregivers (CGs) for all activities of daily living like eating, dressing and toileting.  This leads to high CG burden and low reported quality of life (QOL) for PALS and their CGs. This exploratory study examined the association between CG burden and QOL for PALS and their CGs. Primary data collection with a sample of 104 PALS and their CGs was completed in a major tertiary care facility.  Extending the existing literature, with is based on smaller samples and largely bivariate analyses, multivariate analyses examined the association between PALs' and CGs' characteristics and QOL.   Further, a path analysis was used to explore the mediating effects of CG burden and hours of formal and informal caregiving.  For PALS, CG burden did not have an association with PALS' QOL.  However, spirituality, mental status, physical functioning and hours of formal caregiving were positively associated with QOL, while hours of informal caregiving were negatively associated with QOL. Among CGs, QOL was associated with CG burden, years caregiving, mental status, SES and primary insurance. The findings of this study suggest that PALS' QOL may be improved by supporting their informal and formal caregivers, increasing spirituality resources, offering sleep aids, improving mental status, supporting PALS who are not married and improving PALS' social support.  Additional research, with a larger sample size, is needed to confirm this study's findings and more fully explore causal pathways.
Multiple Access Outerbounds and the Inseparability of Parallel Interference Channels
Creators: name: Cadambe, Viveck R.
name: Jafar, Syed A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: It is known that the capacity of parallel (multi-carrier) Gaussian point-to-point, multiple access and broadcast channels can be achieved by separate encoding for each subchannel (carrier) subject to a power allocation across carriers. In this paper we show that such a separation does not apply to parallel Gaussian interference channels in general. A counter-example is provided in the form of a 3 user interference channel where separate encoding can only achieve a sum capacity of $\log({SNR})+o(\log({SNR}))$ per carrier while the actual capacity, achieved only by joint-encoding across carriers, is $3/2\log({SNR}))+o(\log({SNR}))$ per carrier. As a byproduct of our analysis, we propose a class of multiple-access-outerbounds on the capacity of the 3 user interference channel.
Technoeconomic Analysis and Stakeholders Engaging (Final Report)
Creators: name: Tsolkas, Dimitris
name: Giannopoulou, Katerina
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Network App
Business Model
Technoeconomics
Stakeholders
5G

description: Within the EVOLVED-5G project, specifically in Work Package 6 (WP6)/Task 6.3 (T6.3), an analysis was conducted to explore the technoeconomic aspects arising from the introduction of the Network Applications (Network App) ecosystem. Network Apps are defined as third-party software entities that interact with the operating and managing software of an underlying network to deliver advanced services to vertical industries and/or network owners. This interaction is supported by APIs and can refer to the control, data, or management plane. The project's focus revolves around investigating interaction at the control plane, emphasizing network core exposure capabilities and standardized APIs for 5G Non-Public Networks (NPN) scenarios.

The analysis in this deliverable complements the approach presented in Deliverable D6.2, and is divided in two main parts, namely technoeconomic analysis and stakeholder’s engagement.

Regarding the technoeconomic analysis, firstly, updates on the business and economic impact of 5G are provided, considering recent economic figures and state-of-the-art approaches. Then, we complete the remaining actions of the technoeconomic methodology introduced in D6.2. For the first action of the methodology, namely the identification of Business models and Value networks, we created a business model canvas for the EVOLVED-5G service package. It is noted that the EVOLVED-5G service package defines together with the platforms (network and compute infrastructures) and the marketplace, the EVOLVED-5G facility, i.e., a facility that can efficiently support the lifecycle of Network Apps. Regarding the second action, namely business case viability study, we dig into the actual costs needed for the EVOLVED-5G facility by getting input from the platform owners (service package hosts) and by exploring the characteristics of the components of the EVOLVED-5G service package. For the last action, Impact of new technologies on business cases, we study the literature for business cases related to a Software-as-a-Service approach, that fits well to the EVOLVED-5G service package.

Regarding the stakeholder’s engagement, we summarize the various related activities conducted throughout the project's lifecycle. The goal was to delineate the nature, purpose, strategy, materials, and ultimate results of each activity. The engagement activities that took place are organised in two main classes, namely those provided through initiatives from individual project partners and those conducted at project level (including the engagement with 5GPPP, other associations and other projects. Cornerstone to the stakeholder’s engagement (especially for SMEs and Startups) was the EVOLVED-5G Acceleration Program organised at project level and delivered successfully by IEA.
The jet/disk connection in AGN: Chandra and XMM observations of three powerful radio-loud quasars
Creators: name: Sambruna, R. M.
name: Gliozzi, M.
name: Tavecchio, F.
name: Maraschi, L.
name: Foschini, L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The connection between the accretion process that powers AGN and the formation of jets is still poorly understood. Here we tackle this issue using new, deep \chandra and \xmm observations of the cores of three powerful radio loud quasars: 1136--135, 1150+497 (\chandra), and 0723+679 (\xmm), in the redshift range $z$=0.3--0.8. These sources are known from our previous \chandra snapshot survey to have kpc-scale X-ray jets. In 1136--135 and 1150+497, evidence is found for the presence of diffuse thermal X-ray emission around the cores, on scales of 40--50 kpc and with luminosity L$_{0.3-2 keV} \sim 10^{43}$ \lum, suggesting thermal emission from the host galaxy or a galaxy group. The X-ray continua of the cores in the three sources are described by an upward-curved (concave) broken power law, with photon indices $Γ_{soft} \sim 1.8-2.1$ and $Γ_{hard} \sim 1.7$ below and above $\approx 2$ keV, respectively. There is evidence for an unresolved \feka line with EW $\sim$ 70 eV in the three quasars. The Spectral Energy Distributions of the sources can be well described by a mix of jet and disk emission, with the jet dominating the radio and hard X-rays (via synchrotron and external Compton) and the disk dominating the optical/UV through soft X-rays. The ratio of the jet-to-disk powers is $\sim 1$, consistent with those derived for a number of gamma-ray emitting blazars. This indicates that near equality of accretion and jet power may be common in powerful radio-loud AGN.
description: Accepted for publication in ApJ
The Experience of Benzodiazepine Use and Perceived Dependence among Older Women: A Cultural Analysis
Creators: name: Canham, Sarah
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2011
Subjects: aging
benzodiazepines
drug dependence
mental health
older women
qualitative

description: Examining the use of prescription medications such as benzodiazepines (BZDs) and their abuse potential in older populations is important in light of the current statistics: older adults comprise about 13% of the population, but are prescribed approximately one-third of all medications. Despite some important research in recent years, the understanding of older BZD-using women has been neglected. This dissertation addressed the use of BZDs by women age 65 and older. The specific aims of this dissertation are to 1) qualitatively examine the experience, meaning, and interpretation of BZD use and 2) determine how culture has a role in the differential experience of BZD use in later life in a sample of community-dwelling older women.   Methods  ple of 15 community-dwelling women aged 65 to 92 were recruited. Inclusion criteria included female status, age 65 and above, English-speaking, cognitively-intact, and self-identifying as using a BZD on a regular basis over the previous 3 months at minimum. Ethnographic interviews were conducted in order to complement prior quantitative research done by others and to give older BZD users a voice concerning their experiences of BZD use. Three semi-structured, digitally-recorded life history and drug use interviews each lasting approximately 1-1.5 hours were conducted with each informant.  Results  ses revealed that there are important reasons to critique the current standardized definitions of dependence for older BZD users. Informants for this dissertation research reported on their personal beliefs and experiences regarding their own dependence and their personal meanings of dependence and addiction. There were also a multitude of influences reported by informants to influence their use of BZDs, although reasons for use primarily stemmed from the underlying causes for which these medications were prescribed--sleep and anxiety problems. Other important influences on informants' BZD use included where knowledge about BZDs was obtained and feelings about the effects these medications have on informants' lives. Informants also reported on their experiences of BZD use, experiences of having sleep problems or anxiety, and what BZDs do for informants, among other topics.  Conclusion  dissertation provides a unique look into the medication use worlds of older community-dwelling women and helps to answer previously unaddressed questions about this population. Future research is needed in several areas, including determining how to define BZD dependence in older populations and also how socially isolated older adults and persons burdened by caregiving responsibilities use psychotropic medications as coping tools.
Technikfolgenabschätzung in der Zukunftsgestaltung
Creators: name: Grunwald, Armin
Publisher: name: Ökumenische Rundschau
Year: 2025

description: Ökumenische Rundschau, Bd. 69 Nr. 1 (2020): Ökumenische Rundschau, Band 69, Heft 1
Bishnupriya Manipuri Language Documentation Materials
Creators: name: Rajkumari, Monika
name: Singha, Uttam
name: Sinha, Bimal
name: Sinha, Debasankar
name: Sinha, Sheila
name: Sinha, Subarna
name: Akolkar, Shweta
Publisher: name: California Language Archive, University of California, Berkeley
Year: 2023

description: This collection currently consists of Bishnupriya Manipuri materials collected primarily by Shweta Akolkar (UC Berkeley graduate student) from Fall 2021 to Summer 2022. A few recordings from earlier dates are also included. The consultants who have contributed to this collection are native Bishnupriya Manipuri speakers who have immigrated from Bangladesh or India to the greater New York City area. Many of the recordings in this collection are of elicitation sessions conducted remotely via Zoom (accompanied by typed notes from each session), while others are texts and conversations collected during an in-person visit to NYC.
Collective synchronization induced by epidemic dynamics on complex networks with communities
Creators: name: Yan, Gang
name: Fu, Zhong-Qian
name: Ren, Jie
name: Wang, Wen-Xu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability (physics.data-an)
subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Much recent empirical evidence shows that \textit{community structure} is ubiquitous in the real-world networks. In this Letter, we propose a growth model to create scale-free networks with the tunable strength (noted by $Q$) of community structure and investigate the influence of community strength upon the collective synchronization induced by SIRS epidemiological process. Global and local synchronizability of the system is studied by means of an order parameter and the relevant finite-size scaling analysis is provided. The numerical results show that, a phase transition occurs at $Q_c\simeq0.835$ from global synchronization to desynchronization and the local synchronization is weakened in a range of intermediately large $Q$. Moreover, we study the impact of mean degree $$ upon synchronization on scale-free networks.
description: 5 pages, 4 figures. to appeared in Phys. Rev. E 75 (2007)
Resonant absorption: transformation of compressive motions into vortical motions
Creators: name: Goossens, M.
name: Arregui, I.
name: Soler, R.
name: Van Doorsselaere, T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This paper investigates the changes in spatial properties when magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) waves undergo resonant damping in the Alfvén continuum. The analysis is carried out for a 1D cylindrical pressure-less plasma with a straight magnetic field. The effect of the damping on the spatial wave variables is determined by using complex frequencies that arise as a result of the resonant damping. Compression and vorticity are used to characterise the spatial evolution of the MHD wave. The most striking result is the huge spatial variation in the vorticity component parallel to the magnetic field. Parallel vorticity vanishes in the uniform part of the equilibrium. However, when the MHD wave moves into the non-uniform part, parallel vorticity explodes to values that are orders of magnitude higher than those attained by the transverse components in planes normal to the straight magnetic field. In the non-uniform part of the equilibrium plasma, the MHD wave is controlled by parallel vorticity and resembles an Alfvén wave, with the unfamiliar property that it has pressure variations even in the linear regime.
Alan Kahkonen at Forge, June 1985
Creators: name: Springs Historical Society/Library
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1985
Subjects: Springs
East Hampton
Blacksmithing
Blacksmiths
Forgeries
Forge shops

description: This image show Allan Kahkonen at the forge in June 1985. The location of this photograph is likely the Parsons Blacksmith Shop located in Springs where Allan Kahkonen was director and held a five week course on the blacksmith trade.
description: This material was lent to the Long Island Collection by the Springs Historical Society Library for digitization purposes.
Non-intrinsic superconductivity in InN epilayers: role of Indium Oxide
Creators: name: Kadir, Abdul
name: Mukhopadhyay, Sourin
name: Ganguli, Tapas
name: Galande, Charudatta
name: Gokhale, M. R.
name: Arora, B. M.
name: Raychaudhuri, Pratap
name: Bhattacharya, Arnab
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In recent years there have been reports of anomalous electrical resistivity and the presence of superconductivity in semiconducting InN layers. By a careful correlation of the temperature dependence of resistivity and magnetic susceptibility with structural information from highresolution x-ray diffraction measurements we show that superconductivity is not intrinsic to InN and is seen only in samples that show traces of oxygen impurity. We hence believe that InN is not intrinsically a superconducting semiconductor.
description: pdf file with figures
Long-distance entanglement purification for quantum communication
Creators: name: Hu, Xiao-Min
name: Huang, Cen-Xiao
name: Sheng, Yu-Bo
name: Zhou, Lan
name: Liu, Bi-Heng
name: Guo, Yu
name: Zhang, Chao
name: Xing, Wen-Bo
name: Huang, Yun-Feng
name: Li, Chuan-Feng
name: Guo, Guang-Can
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: High-quality long-distance entanglement is essential for both quantum communication and scalable quantum networks. Entanglement purification is to distill high-quality entanglement from low-quality entanglement in a noisy environment and it plays a key role in quantum repeaters. The previous significant entanglement purification experiments require two pairs of low-quality entangled states and were demonstrated in table-top. Here we propose and report a high-efficiency and long-distance entanglement purification using only one pair of hyperentangled states. We also demonstrate its practical application in entanglement-based quantum key distribution (QKD). One pair of polarization spatial-mode hyperentanglement was distributed over 11 km multicore fiber (noisy channel). After purification, the fidelity of polarization entanglement arises from 0.771 to 0.887 and the effective key rate in entanglement-based QKD increases from 0 to 0.332. The values of Clauser-Horne-Shimony-Holt (CHSH) inequality of polarization entanglement arises from 1.829 to 2.128. Moreover, by using one pair of hyperentanglement and deterministic controlled-NOT gate, the total purification efficiency can be estimated as 6.6x10^3 times than the experiment using two pairs of entangled states with spontaneous parametric down-conversion (SPDC) sources. Our results offer the potential to be implemented as part of a full quantum repeater and large scale quantum network.
description: The typos in the title and abstract are modified
Subjective Social Status: Individual and Neighborhood-Level Determinants in Association with Measures of Health and Health Promoting Behaviors
Creators: name: Cross, Israel
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2010
Subjects: Health
Health Behavior
Midlife
Neighborhood
Socioeconomic Status
Subjective Social Status

description: Several studies have established education, income, and occupational status as indicators of social status.  Although these objective markers of social status help situate individuals in social hierarchies, it does not allow the individual to evaluate the relative importance of these three elements of social status with respect to the significance of each marker in the individual's own social context.  In three papers, this dissertation examined relative social status using the MacArthur Scale of Subjective Social Status (SSS). This measure assesses individuals' judgments of their place in their social hierarchy which captures the multidimensional nature of social position. In three papers, this examines the associations of SSS with individual and neighborhood-level characteristics, health, and health promoting behaviors. Data were from the baseline measurement of the Healthy Aging in Neighborhoods of Diversity across the Life Span (HANDLS) study, a multidisciplinary, epidemiologic study following a fixed cohort of community-dwelling Black and White adults over a 20-year period. Although sample sizes vary in each of the papers, final recruitment for the HANDLS study was 3,722 individuals.  The statistical methods used in this research include correlation matrices, ANOVA, logistic regression, and multiple linear regression models.   After adjusting for socioeconomic status (SES) in paper I, Blacks were more likely to place themselves higher on the community SSS scale (R = .069, p
How many images do I need? Understanding how sample size per class affects deep learning model performance metrics for balanced designs in autonomous wildlife monitoring
Creators: name: Shahinfar, Saleh
name: Meek, Paul
name: Falzon, Greg
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Applications (stat.AP)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Deep learning (DL) algorithms are the state of the art in automated classification of wildlife camera trap images. The challenge is that the ecologist cannot know in advance how many images per species they need to collect for model training in order to achieve their desired classification accuracy. In fact there is limited empirical evidence in the context of camera trapping to demonstrate that increasing sample size will lead to improved accuracy. In this study we explore in depth the issues of deep learning model performance for progressively increasing per class (species) sample sizes. We also provide ecologists with an approximation formula to estimate how many images per animal species they need for certain accuracy level a priori. This will help ecologists for optimal allocation of resources, work and efficient study design. In order to investigate the effect of number of training images; seven training sets with 10, 20, 50, 150, 500, 1000 images per class were designed. Six deep learning architectures namely ResNet-18, ResNet-50, ResNet-152, DnsNet-121, DnsNet-161, and DnsNet-201 were trained and tested on a common exclusive testing set of 250 images per class. The whole experiment was repeated on three similar datasets from Australia, Africa and North America and the results were compared. Simple regression equations for use by practitioners to approximate model performance metrics are provided. Generalized additive models (GAM) are shown to be effective in modelling DL performance metrics based on the number of training images per class, tuning scheme and dataset. Key-words: Camera Traps, Deep Learning, Ecological Informatics, Generalised Additive Models, Learning Curves, Predictive Modelling, Wildlife.
Best Practices for Library Linked Open Data (LOD) Publication
Creators: name: Frosterus, Matias
name: Hansson, David
name: Dadvar, Maral
name: Kyriazis, Ilias
name: Zapounidou, Sofia
name: Grant, Friedel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: open data
publishing

description: Linked Open Data (LOD) is becoming an increasingly popular way of publishing data for others to use. The principle behind it is very simple. Firstly, there are different types of information and concepts, as well as the relationships between them. In this context, we will refer to these three components as ‘things’. When you publish data we, 1) use identifiers for all these ‘things’, 2) make the identifiers functional so they can be used to access these ‘things’. And, 3) provide useful metadata about the ‘things’ when you access them through their identifiers. As the term ‘linked’ implies, the ‘things’ from multiple resources can be linked to each otherresulting in an interconnected web of information which can be easily machine-processable. When the result is published for external and free use (using an open license), the result is LOD1 . This document looks at publishing LOD from a library perspective and argues why it should be employed and how. We will not delve into technical details nor their respective technical tools. Instead, we will present various aspects of the topic, introduce different options available, and lay out a foundation for possible exploration at a later stage. As such, the body of this document presents the six steps of LOD publication and explains each one of these steps in depth. Thereafter, suggested readings are provided to help you delve deeper into the subject, if needed.
Detecting Dichroism in Angle Resolved Photoemission
Creators: name: Varma, C. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Recently, the time-reversal violation predicted for the pseudogap phase of the cuprates, which was observed by dichroism experiments using Angle-Resolved Photoemission has also been observed by polarized neutron diffraction. Earlier derivation of dichroism in angle resolved photoemission due to time-reversal violation relied on existence of mirror planes in the crystal. Here the theory of the effect is generalized to the case that mirror plane symmetry is weakly violated due to perturbing potentials such as a superstructure.
description: Addenda to Simon and Varma, Phys. Rev. Lett. vol. 89, 247003-1 (2002) and A. Kaminski, et al., Nature, vol. 416, 610 (2002)
РОЛЬ ИНТЕРАКТИВНЫХ МЕТОДОВ ПРЕПОДАВАНИЯ РУССКОГО ЯЗЫКА ДЕТЯМ С ОСОБЫМИ ПОТРЕБНОСТЯМИ
Creators: name: Ходжаханова, Мунира
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Использование интерактивных методов в преподавании русского языка детям с особыми потребностями существенно улучшает качество обучения и способствует их более глубокой вовлеченности в образовательный процесс. Такие методы позволяют адаптировать обучение к индивидуальным особенностям детей, развивают коммуникативные навыки и повышают мотивацию к учебе.
DEVELOPMENT AND CHARACTERIZATION OF NOVEL NANOMATERIALS USING GQUADRUPLEX DNA BUILDING BLOCKS
Creators: name: Mendez, Miguel Angel
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2010
Subjects: G-quadruplex
nanofabrication
nanofibers
nanomaterials
self-assembly
Synapsable DNA

description: Cutting edge technologies require advanced materials that meet the challenge of integrating more functions into smaller and smaller sized devices. The current target is creation of devices and circuits with molecular level dimensions. Biocompatible materials that directly assemble into ordered and multifunctional structures are not readily available. Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) has emerged as a material that may fill this void. This dissertation describes basic research exploring how guanine quadruplex DNA sequences self-assemble, bind ligands, and can be formulated into novel structures of suitable size for nanodevices. Guanine quadruplex DNA (G-quadruplex) forms from four strands of DNA held together by Hoogsteen hydrogen bonding. G-quadruplexes share some properties with canonical Watson-Crick double-stranded DNA including directed self-assembly of larger structures through control of sequence. G-quadruplexes also definitely possess intriguing new properties and can create new patterns not possible with duplex DNA. We were the first to observe and systematically exploit the intrinsic fluorescence of Gquadruplexes to elucidate structural changes and monitor ligand binding. The thermal and environmental stability of G-quadruplexes were investigated along with binding of several metallocomplexes to probe the possibility of using G-quadruplexes to organize metallocomplexes in larger self-assembled structures. In addition to working with small G-quadruplexes, we attempted to assemble G-quadruplex units into bigger structures through several methods. These experiments demonstrated a synergistic effect of cations and sequence on the stability of supramolecular structures. These investigations have led to creation of a hybrid structure containing both duplex and G-quadruplex DNA regions. This new building block elegantly permits control of the sequence and the direction that the DNA strands assemble. In summary, the findings from this research contribute significantly to the emerging field of self-assembled DNA-based materials as well as to the field of nanomaterials at large.
The best of both worlds: Combining LOFAR and Apertif to derive resolved radio spectral index images
Creators: name: Morganti, R.
name: Oosterloo, T. A.
name: Brienza, M.
name: Jurlin, N.
name: Prandoni, I.
name: Orru', E.
name: Shabala, S. S.
name: Adams, E. A. K.
name: Adebahr, B.
name: Best, P. N.
name: Coolen, A. H. W. M.
name: Damstra, S.
name: de Blok, W. J. G.
name: de Gasperin, F.
name: Denes, H.
name: Hardcastle, M.
name: Hess, K. M.
name: Hut, B.
name: Kondapally, R.
name: Kutkin, A. M.
name: Loose, G. M.
name: Lucero, D. M.
name: Maan, Y.
name: Maccagni, F. M.
name: Mingo, B.
name: Moss, V. A.
name: Mostert, R. I. J.
name: Norden, M. J.
name: Oostrum, L. C.
name: Rottgering, H. J. A.
name: Ruiter, M.
name: Shimwell, T. W.
name: Schulz, R.
name: Vermaas, N. J.
name: Vohl, D.
name: van der Hulst, J. M.
name: van Diepen, G. M.
name: van Leeuwen, J.
name: Ziemke, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Supermassive black holes at the centres of galaxies can cycle through periods of activity and quiescence. Characterising the duty cycle of active galactic nuclei is crucial for understanding the impact of the energy they release on the host galaxy. For radio AGN, this can be done by identifying dying (remnant) and restarted radio galaxies from their radio spectral properties. Using the combination of images at 1400 MHz produced by Apertif, the new phased-array feed receiver installed on the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope, and images at 150 MHz provided by LOFAR, we have derived resolved spectral index images (at a resolution of ~15 arcsec) for all the sources within ~6 deg^2 area of the Lockman Hole region. We were able to select 15 extended radio sources with emission (partly or entirely) characterised by extremely steep spectral indices (steeper than 1.2). These objects represent radio sources in the remnant or the restarted phases of their life cycle. Our findings suggest this cycle to be relatively fast. They also show a variety of properties relevant for modelling the evolution of radio galaxies. For example, the restarted activity can occur while the remnant structure from a previous phase of activity is still visible. This provides constraints on the duration of the 'off' (dying) phase. In extended remnants with ultra-steep spectra at low frequencies, the activity likely stopped a few hundred megayears ago, and they correspond to the older tail of the age distribution of radio galaxies, in agreement with simulations of radio source evolution. We find remnant radio sources with a variety of structures (from double-lobed to amorphous), suggesting different types of progenitors. The present work sets the stage for exploiting low-frequency spectral index studies of extended sources by taking advantage of the large areas common to the LOFAR and the Apertif surveys.
description: Accepted for publication in A&A. This paper is part of the 1st data release of the LoTSS Deep Fields. 17 pages, 10 figures
Racial Disparities in Nursing Home Quality of Care A Multilevel Analysis Using 2004 National Nursing Home Survey Data
Creators: name: Kang, Yu
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2009
Subjects: Nursing Home
Quality of Care
Racial Disparity

description: Purpose  Disparities in health care among racial and ethnic minorities are salient concerns for public policy.  A significant number of older adults use a nursing home at some point; quality concerns associated with nursing homes are long standing.  Previous studies regarding health disparities in racial or ethnic minorities are largely about the characteristics of nursing home facilities that are more frequently used, varied attitudes regarding nursing home services, and racial minorities' payment source that is associated with poorer quality of care.  When measuring the quality of nursing home services, prior studies often focused on single physical conditions, such as pressure ulcers or dementia rather than a systematic report of all activities of daily living limitations or physical symptoms.  The overall goal of this dissertation is to examine whether there are racial disparities in nursing home quality, using several quality of care measures. Data  This study utilized two major components (i.e. the current resident survey and the facility data) from the 2004 National Nursing Home Survey from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Methods  Descriptive and multivariate methods were used to model factors associated with racial disparities in nursing home quality of care.  A Nonlinear Mixed Model (Multilevel Model) was utilized to examine both facility and individual level characteristics and their influence on nursing home quality of care. Results Black residents were observed to have 0.680 odds of being restrained as did White residents after controlling for other effects; however, this did not achieve statistical significance (p=.054).  Individuals in facilities with a lower share of Black residents (<=10.06 percent) were as likely to be restrained as individuals in facilities with no Black residents.  Residents in facilities with a higher percentage of Black residents (>10.06 percent) had nearly twice the odds of being restrained (OR 1.98, p
Stabilization of linear carbon structures in a solid Ag nanoparticle assembly
Creators: name: Casari, C. S.
name: Russo, V.
name: Bassi, A. Li
name: Bottani, C. E.
name: Cataldo, F.
name: Lucotti, A.
name: Tommasini, M.
name: Del Zoppo, M.
name: Castiglioni, C.
name: Zerbi, G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Linear sp carbon nanostructures are gathering interest for the physical properties of one-dimensional (1D) systems. At present, the main obstacle to the synthesis and study of these systems is their instability. Here we present a simple method to obtain a solid system where linear sp chains (i.e. polyynes) in a silver nanoparticle assembly display a long term stability at ambient conditions. The presence and the behavior of linear carbon is investigated by Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) exploiting the plasmon resonance of the silver nanoparticles assembly. This model system opens the possibility to investigate an intriguing form of carbon nanostructures.
Modeling Heterogeneous Statistical Patterns in High-dimensional Data by Adversarial Distributions: An Unsupervised Generative Framework
Creators: name: Zhang, Han
name: Zheng, Wenhao
name: Chen, Charley
name: Gao, Kevin
name: Hu, Yao
name: Huang, Ling
name: Xu, Wei
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Since the label collecting is prohibitive and time-consuming, unsupervised methods are preferred in applications such as fraud detection. Meanwhile, such applications usually require modeling the intrinsic clusters in high-dimensional data, which usually displays heterogeneous statistical patterns as the patterns of different clusters may appear in different dimensions. Existing methods propose to model the data clusters on selected dimensions, yet globally omitting any dimension may damage the pattern of certain clusters. To address the above issues, we propose a novel unsupervised generative framework called FIRD, which utilizes adversarial distributions to fit and disentangle the heterogeneous statistical patterns. When applying to discrete spaces, FIRD effectively distinguishes the synchronized fraudsters from normal users. Besides, FIRD also provides superior performance on anomaly detection datasets compared with SOTA anomaly detection methods (over 5% average AUC improvement). The significant experiment results on various datasets verify that the proposed method can better model the heterogeneous statistical patterns in high-dimensional data and benefit downstream applications.
Letter from Colin C. MacRae to the Rainbow Ranche Limited, December 6, 1909
Creators: name: MacRae, Colin C.
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2017

description: Letter from Colin C. MacRae, manager of the Royal Bank in Vernon, B.C., to the Rainbow Ranche, dated December 6, 1909, regarding notice that J.E. McAllister has deposited $400.00 into the Ranche's account.
title: At the edge of the seat – Skull base chondrosarcoma
Creators: name: Varrior, Ajith
Publisher: name: EURORAD
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Neuroradiology
subject: CNS
subject: Neuroradiology brain
subject: CT
subject: MR
subject: Clinical Case

description: Clinical History: A 21-year-old girl presented with complaints of headache since five months, which progressed significantly over a few days. She also developed diplopia over the past two days. 

description: 21 years, female
Enhancing Student Engagement and Learning Outcomes: Integration of Project Work in the Educational System
Creators: name: Shakhabayeva, Dinara
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 390304
subject: Primary education
classificationCode: 390306
subject: Secondary education
classificationCode: 390305
subject: Professional education and training

description: The research project titled "Enhancing Student Engagement and Learning Outcomes: Integration of Project Work in the Educational System" aims to investigate and demonstrate the positive impact of incorporating project-based learning methodologies within the educational system. The study focuses on several key aspects:Pedagogical Innovation: The research explores the integration of project work as an innovative pedagogical approach to move beyond traditional teaching methods and foster a more dynamic and interactive learning environment.Student-Centric Learning: The project aims to emphasize the importance of student-centric learning experiences by allowing students to take an active role in their education. It seeks to investigate how project-based learning can promote a sense of ownership and responsibility among students.Holistic Skill Development: The study assesses the holistic development of students by examining how project work contributes to the enhancement of critical thinking, problem-solving, teamwork, communication, and creativity skills—essential attributes for success in both academic and real-world scenarios.Technology-Enhanced Learning:The project delves into the role of technology in project-based learning, exploring how digital tools and platforms can be leveraged to enrich the learning experience, making it more interactive and aligned with the demands of the modern era.Inclusivity and Diversity: The research investigates how project-based learning can be adapted to accommodate diverse learning styles, fostering inclusivity within educational settings and tailoring projects to suit varied abilities and cultural backgrounds.Long-Term Impact: The study assesses the lasting impact of project-based learning on students' academic achievements and their preparedness for future career pursuits. It examines whether the benefits of this pedagogical approach endure over time.