cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Revising Integrative Motivation: L2 Motivation Research and Learner Context
Creators: name: Gardner, Amanda
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2010
Subjects: Motivation in education
Second language acquisition--Research
English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers
Education

description: “Why am I learning this language? How is my language learning affected by my attitudes and my context?” For the average second language (L2) learner, these questions are probably not often considered in such an explicit fashion. For L2 educators and L2 motivation researchers, however, these student-centered questions are urgent and ever-present. From my own experience, teaching English to speakers of other languages across different contexts has presented vastly differing pictures of L2 learner motivation. What is it that makes teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) to first-generation Hispanic immigrant students so different from teaching English as a Foreign Language (EFL) to sub-Saharan African students? From an anecdotal standpoint, the answer appears to lie in the understanding of motivation within context: which students have it, why they have it, and how to inspire the same, if possible, in other learners. Thus, as “numerous studies have provided statistical evidence that indicates motivation is a predictor of language-learning success,” L2 motivation research seems well worth examining in greater detail for both language researchers and language teachers alike (Gass & Selinker, 2009, p. 426).
Mathematics discovered, invented, and inherited
Creators: name: Borovik, Alexandre
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: History and Overview (math.HO)
subject: Group Theory (math.GR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 01A60

description: The classical platonist/formalist dilemma in philosophy of mathematics can be expressed in lay terms as a deceptively naive question: is new mathematics discovered or invented? Using an example from my own mathematical life, I argue that there is also a third way: new mathematics can also be inherited -- and in the process briefly discuss a remarkable paper by W. Burnside of 1900.
description: Version 2: A few references have been added http://www.borovik.net/selecta/
Comparison of BMI and HbA1c changes before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in type 1 diabetes: a longitudinal population-based study
Creators: name: Auzanneau, Marie
name: Kieninger, Dorothee M.
name: Laubner, Katharina
name: Renner, Christian
name: Mirza, Joaquina
name: Däublin, Gerhard
name: Praedicow, Kirsten
name: Haberland, Holger
name: Steigleder-Schweiger, Claudia
name: Gohlke, Bettina
name: Galler, Angela
name: Holl, Reinhard W.
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: COVID-19
subject: Lockdown
subject: BMI
subject: HbA1c
subject: Type 1 diabetes
subject: DDC 610 / Medicine & health

description: Abstract Purpose To compare the changes in body weight and glycemic control before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in people with type 1 diabetes (T1D). Methods In 47,065 individuals with T1D from the German Diabetes Prospective Follow-up Registry (DPV), we compared the adjusted mean changes in BMI-Z-scores and HbA1c as well as the distribution of individual changes between four periods from March 2018 to February 2022, by sex and age group (4- < 11, 11- < 16, 16–50 years). Results At population level, the only significant pandemic effects were a slight increase in BMI Z-score in prepubertal children (girls: + 0.03 in the first COVID year vs. before, P < 0.01; boys: + 0.04, P < 0.01) as well as a stabilization of HbA1c in all subgroups or even improvement in women (− 0.08%, P < 0.01). At individual level, however, heterogeneity increased significantly (p < 0.01), especially in children. More prepubertal children gained weight (girls: 45% vs. 35% before COVID; boys: 39% vs. 33%). More pubertal girls lost weight (30% vs. 21%) and fewer gained weight (43% vs. 54%). More children had a decreasing HbA1c (prepubertal group: 29% vs. 22%; pubertal girls: 33% vs. 28%; pubertal boys: 32% vs. 25%) and fewer had increasing values. More women had stable HbA1c and fewer had increasing values (30% vs. 37%). In men, no significant changes were observed. Conclusion This real-world analysis shows no detrimental consequences of the two first COVID years on weight and HbA1c in T1D on average, but reveals, beyond the mean trends, a greater variability at the individual level.
Marketing Library Services in Academic Libraries
Creators: name: Thangiah, Raja
name: S, Baalachandran
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 461008
subject: Organisation of information and knowledge resources

description: The library professionals are plays a very big role and marketing the library services for increasing the customer usage in academic libraries. This paper is to discuss the marketing library services in academic libraries.
Biotransformation of anthelmintics in nematodes in relation to drug resistance
Creators: name: Vosála, Ondřej
name: Kratký, Josef
name: Matoušková, Petra
name: Rychlá, Nikola
name: Štěrbová, Karolína
name: Raisová Stuchlíková, Lucie
name: Vokřál, Ivan
name: Skálová, Lenka
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: Journal Pre-proof

ABSTRACT

In all organisms, the biotransformation of xenobiotics to less toxic and more hydrophilic compounds represents an effective defense strategy. In pathogens, the biotransformation of drugs (used for their elimination from the host) may provide undesirable protective effects that could potentially compromise the drug’s efficacy. Accordingly, increased drug deactivation via accelerated biotransformation is now considered as one of the mechanisms of drug resistance. The present study summarizes the current knowledge regarding the biotransformation of anthelmintics, specifically drugs used to treat mainly nematodes, a group of parasites that are a significant health concern for humans and animals. The main biotransformation enzymes are introduced and their roles in anthelmintics metabolism in nematodes are discussed with a particular focus on their potential participation in drug resistance. Similarly, the inducibility of biotransformation enzymes with sublethal doses of anthelmintics is presented in view of its potential contribution to drug resistance development. In the conclusion, the main tasks awaiting scientists in this area are outlined.
title: Unverdientes Todesurtheil zum Kropficht- und Bucklichtlachen; [ca. 1790]
title: nebst einer Moralrede des Witzliwutzli Hackstock, vulgo Lausfresserbueben mit der Kumpfnase aus Schlampampen
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: (:Unav)
Publisher: name: Universitätsbibliothek der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Year: 2012

description: In Fraktur. - Erscheinungsjahr geschätzt. - Vermutl. Erscheinungsort: München
Mesenchymal stem cell derived exosome promotes the viability ofameloblast-like cells
Creators: name: mortezagholi, bardia
name: Dadgar, Esmaeel
name: Saeidi, Sadaf
name: Rajaei Behbahani, Leila
name: Firouzi, Alireza
name: Rezayee Mehr, Omolbanin
name: Movahed, Emad
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 320606
subject: Regenerative medicine (incl. stem cells)

description: Objective(s): To assess the effects of the exosome produced by mesenchymalstem cells (MSCs) on ameloblast-like cells' capacity to proliferate.Methods: The exosomes were isolated from the human BM-MSCs andcharacterized by TEM images and western blotting. Then ALC cells were exposedwith the increasing concentration of the exosome within 12, 24, 48 and 72hours of treatment. Then, the cell viability was assessed by MTT assay. Also, theexpression levels of the cyclin A, cyclin B, PI3K/AKT and FOXO3 were measuredby real-time PCR upon cell exposure with 40 ng/ml exosome within 24-72 hoursof treatment.Results: BM-MSCs-exosome could to promote the viability of ALC cells, inparticular, at higher concentrations. Also, therapy resulted in an increased levelof cyclin A/B, PI3K, AKT and FOXO3 in treated cell, more evidently within 72 hoursof treatment.Conclusions: We showed that MSCs-derived exosome as natural nanoparticlescould improve the viability of ameloblast-like cells by promoting cell cycle arrestand activating P3K/AKT pathway.
Cataclysmic Variables from The Sloan Digital Sky Survey. I. The First Results
Creators: name: Szkody, Paula
name: Anderson, Scott F.
name: Agüeros, Marcel Andre
name: Covarrubias, Ricardo
name: Bentz, Misty
name: Hawley, Suzanne
name: Margon, Bruce
name: Voges, Wolfgang
name: Henden, Arne
name: Knapp, Gillian R.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2002
Subjects: Astrophysics
Cataclysmic variable stars
Cataclysmic variable stars--Spectra
Astronomy

description: The commissioning year of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) has demonstrated that many cataclysmic variables (CVs) have been missed in previous surveys with brighter limits. We report the identification of 22 CVs, of which 19 are new discoveries and three are known systems (SW UMa, BH Lyn, and OU Vir). A compendium of positions, colors, and characteristics of these systems obtained from the SDSS photometry and spectroscopy is presented, along with data obtained during follow-up studies with the Apache Point Observatory and Manastash Ridge Observatory telescopes. We have determined orbital periods for three of the new systems, two show dwarf nova outbursts, and the third is a likely magnetic system with eclipses of its region of line emission. Based on these results, we expect the completed survey to locate at least 400 new CVs. Most of these will be faint systems with low accretion rates that will provide new constraints on binary evolution models.
Effects of Output and Note-Taking on Noticing and Interlanguage Development
Creators: name: Kang, Eun Young
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2010
Subjects: Interlanguage (Language learning)
Note-taking
Second language acquisition--Research
Education
English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers

description: Recent literature in second language acquisition (SLA) suggests that opportunities for output production contribute to target like acquisition. In the course of second language (L2) production, learners are prompted to notice the gaps and/or holes in their knowledge, and thus give extra attention to such discrepancies in subsequent input (Swain, 1995). Given that whether these gaps and/or holes are indeed noticed by the learners is crucial for successful intake, researchers have resorted to approaches such as note-taking and think-aloud as measures of noticing. This study investigates the role of written output in helping learners notice linguistic forms provided in subsequent input. In particular, it examines note-taking as a way to facilitate noticing. Twenty-three advanced English as a Second Language (ESL) learners were randomly assigned to two groups ─ a note-taking group and a non-note-taking group ─ and were asked to complete a three-stage writing task: (i) to give a written description to a picture, (ii) to compare the description to a model text, and (iii) to rewrite the description. This was immediately followed by a retrospective questionnaire designed to shed light on the “noticing process.” The results suggest that written output has a positive effect on learners‟ ability to notice linguistic forms that they have previously found problematic in subsequent input, and that note-taking apparently helps learners better use the linguistic forms included in subsequent input in their own rewriting.
New bounds of degree-based topological indices for some classes of $c$-cyclic graphs
Creators: name: Bianchi, Monica
name: Cornaro, Alessandra
name: Palacios, José Luis
name: Torriero, Anna
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: Optimization and Control (math.OC)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Making use of a majorization technique for a suitable class of graphs, we derive upper and lower bounds for some topological indices depending on the degree sequence over all vertices, namely the first general Zagreb index and the first multiplicative Zagreb index. Specifically, after characterizing $c-$cyclic graphs $(0\leq c\leq 6)$ as those whose degree sequence belongs to particular subsets of $\mathbb{R}^{n}$, we identify the maximal and minimal vectors of these subsets with respect to the majorization order. This technique allows us to determine lower and upper bounds of the above indices recovering those existing in the literature as well obtaining new ones.
British Columbia Legislative Assembly sessional clipping book (1966-04)
Creators: name: :Unav
Publisher: name: University of Victoria Libraries
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Politics and government
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1919741
subject: British Columbia. Legislative Assembly
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/600765
subject: Law
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/993678
subject: FOS: Law

description: These Sessional Clippings books cover the period 1891 to 1972, and include newspaper accounts written by various legislative reporters who covered debates occurring in the British Columbia Legislative Assembly. Transcripts of debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard) were not published in B.C. until 1970; hence these "Sessional Clipping Books" augment the "Journals", the record of daily proceedings of the Legislative Assembly. Selected clippings from various newspapers including the Vancouver Sun, the Vancouver Province, the Colonist, and the Times newspapers, relating to the newspaper reports concerning activities of the Legislature. The original sessional clippings books comprise 351 ledger size print volumes, held at the Legislative Library in Victoria BC. The print volumes were microfilmed onto 26 reels in 1977 under a Tri University Libraries (TRIUL) project by Precision Micrographic Services (Vancouver, B.C.), with the permission of the Legislative Library, Victoria, British Columbia. This digital collection was created by scanning the 26 microfilm reels.
title: Controlled Codelivery of miR-26a and antagomiR-133a with Osteoconductive Scaffolds to Promote Healing of Large Bone Defects
Creators: name: Ferreira, Cole J.
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2022

description: Often caused by trauma or tumor removal, large bone defects frequently result in delayed or non-union. The current gold standard for treatment is autograft. However, due to limitations, such as the size and location of the defect, these cannot always be utilized. A common alternative to autograft is the use of BMP-2 with a collagen scaffold, however, this treatment is limited by numerous side effects. In recent years, genetic materials such as microRNAs (miRNAs) have offered possible alternative therapies. MiRNAs are small non-coding RNA molecules that generally range from 20-24 nucleotides, serve as repressors of gene expression, and are involved in a wide range of biological activities. Their functions can be inhibited or upregulated by delivering antagomiRs or miRNA mimics, respectively. Two miRNAs involved in bone regeneration are of particular interest in this study, miR-26a and miR-133a. Previous studies demonstrated miR-26a is involved in osteoblastic differentiation and miR-133 is a negative regulator of Runx2, the key transcription factor of osteogenesis. Therefore, we hypothesized the delivery of miR-26a and antagomiR-133a will increase bone formation in critical-sized bone defects. The research outlined in this thesis investigates the healing efficacy of these genetic cargos delivered by novel peptide nanoparticles, RALA, soak loaded into a collagen-hydroxyapatite scaffold. vi To test this hypothesis, scaffolds soak-loaded with RALA/microRNA were implanted into calvarial defects in Wistar Rats. The defects were then left to heal for 8 weeks and were longitudinally monitored using micro-computed tomography (μCT). At 8 weeks, rats were euthanized and calvaria tissue was harvested for histological analysis. The μCT data demonstrates that the scaffolds with microRNAs show promise as a novel therapy for bone defects. The histological analysis showed the treatments promote healing by normal bone formation activity. While there was no statistical difference (p ≥ 0.11276) between groups for the healing variables, this is believed to be due to the small sample size and low power (60%). All of the miRNA treatment groups had samples with considerably higher healing responses than the gene-free group. In conclusion, the findings of this study support the use of this cell-free implant system as a potential novel clinical therapy, as an alternative to bone grafting, for treating large bone defects.
Beer, Butter and Burial
Creators: name: Perry, Gareth
Publisher: name: Archaeology Data Service
Year: 2025

description: Medieval Ceramics: Journal of the Medieval Ceramics Research Group, 32, 9-21
description: Study of use-alteration patterns on early Anglo-Saxon cremation urns from Cleatham, North Lincolnshire attempts a reconstruction of the pre-burial biography of each vessel.
An X-Ray Image of the Composite Supernova Remnant SNR G16.7+0.1
Creators: name: Helfand, David J.
name: Agüeros, Marcel Andre
name: Gotthelf, E. V.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2003
Subjects: Astrophysics
X-ray spectroscopy
X-ray astronomy
Supernova remnants
Astronomy

description: We have observed the Galactic supernova remnant G16.7+0.1 for 13 ks using the EPIC cameras on board the XMM-Newton X-Ray Observatory, producing the first X-ray image of the remnant. This composite radio remnant has a core radio flux density of only 100 mJy, making it one of the faintest radio synchrotron nebulae yet detected, although the core-to-shell flux ratio at 6 cm is typical of the growing class of composite remnants. Our image is seriously contaminated by bright arcs produced by singly reflected X-rays from the X-ray binary GX 17+2, which lies just outside the field of view, providing an interesting data analysis challenge. Nonetheless, the remnant's synchrotron core is clearly detected. We report on the spectrum and intensity of the core emission as well as on our search for emission from the thermal shell and describe the constraints these observations provide on the remnant's distance, age, and central pulsar properties.
title: Cursus Metaphysicus Methodicus; 1702
title: Per Tabellas, Varias Quaestiones atque Regulas Dispositus & Emendatior Nunc quartâ vice redditus
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Rudrauf, Kilian
Publisher: name: Universitätsbibliothek der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Year: 2012

description: Vorlageform des Erscheinungsvermerks: Giessae-Hassorum, Typis & Impensis Henningi Mülleri, Anno MDCCII
Beer Jugs, Wine Bottles and Coffee Pots - Changing Ceramic Use in Post-Medieval Edinburgh
Creators: name: Franklin, Julie
Publisher: name: Archaeology Data Service
Year: 2025

description: Medieval Ceramics: Journal of the Medieval Ceramics Research Group, 32, 22-34
description: Studies pit groups in Edinburgh between 1640 and 1750. Also two 16th-century maiolica tiles
Note on a duality of topological branes
Creators: name: Kimura, Taro
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We show a duality of branes in the topological B-model by inserting two kinds of the non-compact branes simultaneously. We explicitly derive the integral formula for the matrix model partition function describing this situation, which correspondingly includes both of the characteristic polynomial and the external source. We show that these two descriptions are dual to each other through the Fourier transformation, and the brane partition function satisfies integrable equations in one and two dimensions.
description: 1+18 pages, 2 figures; title changed, references added; minor corrections
L2 Learner-Made Formulaic Expressions and Constructions
Creators: name: Hall, Timothy
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2010
Subjects: Applied linguistics--Research
English language--Temporal constructions
Second language acquisition--Research
Education
English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers

description: The emergence of lexico-grammatical productivity has been a central issue in the field of Second Language Acquisition (SLA). Ellis (2002) proposed that formulaic chunks of language are one resource for the learner to develop such productivity. This exploratory study sought to determine whether formulaic language chunks were observed in the oral production of three adult beginner learners of English as a Second Language (ESL) over a nine-week period in a community language program. It also attempted to determine whether there was a developmental relationship between formulae and productive forms called constructions. Tasks used to elicit the data included picture description tasks and semi-structured interviews. Results showed that formulae were minimally present in the learner output and that constructions and formulae of similar structure coexisted, but that a developmental relationship between formulae and constructions was not clearly evident. The discussion proposes the existence of a pre-formulaic stage account for the data, and submits that the relationship between formulae and productive constructions requires more intensive study.
title: Detection of Benzoyl Peroxide in Flour Using Raman Spectroscopy
Creators: name: Ho, Yu
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2022

description: Benzoyl peroxide (BPO) is a common bleaching agent used in wheat flour. Due to its ability to damage existing nutrients in food and potential adverse effect to health, BPO have been strictly banned as a food additive in several countries and regions, such as China and Europe. However, the United States specifies that BPO is generally recognized as safe (GRAS). So, the WHO/FAO created a Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) to regulate the international BPO usage standard. According to the CAC, it is restricted at 75 mg/kg or parts per million (ppm). BPO is very unstable and easily converts to benzoic acid (BA), which places the analytical challenge for accurate BPO quantification. The objective of this study is to develop a reliable method for BPO quantification in flour. Raman spectroscopy was first explored to detect BPO and BA on an aluminum foil slide. The result showed BPO and BA produced distinct Raman peaks that can be discriminated against. However, the sensitivity was not satisfactory to reach the regulation limit. To improve sensitivity, surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) was applied using silver nanoparticles as the substrate. Although the signals did enhance significantly using SERS, the characteristic peaks of BPO disappeared as BPO converted to BA during the sample preparation. We then went back to Raman spectroscopy but focused on optimizing the sample preparation to enhance the signal intensity. Using a hydrophobic surface (i.e., parafilm) which can hold the droplet and minimize the spread, the Raman signal was enhanced significantly after repeating multiple droplets on the same surface. A standard curve was created for BPO from 25 ppm to 250 ppm and for BA from 250 ppm to 1000 ppm, respectively. To detect BPO in wheat flour, we applied a more advanced Raman imaging instrument and focused on the analysis of Raman maps instead of spectra for the analysis of effect flour matrix to BPO extraction and detection. We firstly tried an in situ method, which scanned the pellet of flour spiked with different amounts of BPO without extraction. However, we could not detect BPO at 0.1% or lower in flour samples. We then tried an extraction method using acetonitrile as the solvent, which showed a lower detection limit compared to the in situ method. However, this extraction method yielded inconsistent results for BPO that is under 0.05% in flour. The extraction method developed was further improved with an evaporating step and a C18 solid phase extraction (SPE) spin column. This improved the extraction efficacy and provided a roughly 60% recovery percentage for detecting BPO in wheat flour without decomposing into BA. In conclusion, we developed a simple sample preparation protocol coupled with Raman spectroscopy to quantify BPO in flour without converting to BA, which would meet the regulation requirement. This method also shortened the experiment time including both sample preparation and detection time compared to current methods.
title: Private Digital Cryptoassests as Investment? Bitcoin Ownership and Use in Canada, 2016-2021
Creators: name: Balutel, Daniela
name: Engert, Walter
name: Henry, Chris
name: Huynh, Kim
name: Voia, Marcel C.
Publisher: name: Bank of Canada
Year: 2022

description: This report studies the dynamics of Bitcoin awareness and ownership from 2016 to 2021,
using the Bank of Canada’s Bitcoin Omnibus Surveys (BTCOS). In 2021, Canadians’ awareness
of Bitcoin remained stable at about 90%, while ownership increased to 13% from the 5%
observed in 2018-2020. Canadian Bitcoin owners in 2021 were more likely to be male, aged
18 to 34 years old, with a university degree or high income. They largely see Bitcoin as an
investment. A new question added to the 2021 BTCOS helps us understand the influx of
investors to the Bitcoin market. Responses to this question show that roughly half of current
Bitcoin owners invested during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020-2021). These recent owners
differ in several ways from long-term owners. Finally, we document the broader economic
context of the increase in Bitcoin ownership: widespread increases in savings and wealth by
Canadian households during the pandemic, coupled with financial technology (fintech)
companies providing accessible and user-friendly platforms for buying Bitcoin.
description: Le présent rapport examine l’évolution de la connaissance du bitcoin et de la détention de
cette cryptomonnaie entre 2016 et 2021, et s’appuie sur les résultats des enquêtes-omnibus
sur le bitcoin menées par la Banque du Canada. En 2021, la proportion de la population
canadienne ayant entendu parlé du bitcoin est restée stable, soit à environ 90 %, tandis que la
proportion détenant des bitcoins est passée à 13 %, par rapport à 5 % en 2018-2020. Les
Canadiens qui possédaient des bitcoins en 2021 étaient surtout des hommes âgés de 18 à 34
ans ayant un diplôme universitaire ou un revenu élevé, et considérant le bitcoin comme un
investissement. Par ailleurs, l’ajout d’une question à l’enquête-omnibus de 2021 nous aide à
mieux comprendre l’affluence d’investisseurs sur le marché du bitcoin. Les réponses à cette
question montrent qu’environ la moitié des détenteurs actuels le sont devenus durant la
pandémie de COVID-19 (2020-2021). Nous constatons quelques différences entre ces
nouveaux détenteurs et ceux de longue date. Enfin, nous présentons le contexte économique
plus vaste dans lequel la détention de bitcoins a augmenté : la hausse généralisée de
l’épargne et de la richesse des ménages canadiens durant la pandémie, combinée à
l’introduction, par des sociétés de technologies financières, de plateformes accessibles et
conviviales pour l’achat de bitcoins.
Mach cones in viscous heavy-ion collisions
Creators: name: Bouras, I.
name: Betz, B.
name: Xu, Z.
name: Greiner, C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The formation of Mach cones is studied in a full $(3+1)$-dimensional setup of ultrarelativistic heavy-ion collisions, considering a transverse and longitudinal expanding medium at Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collider energies. For smooth initial conditions and central collisions the jet-medium interaction is investigated using high-energy jets and various values of the ratio of shear viscosity over entropy density, $η/s$. For small viscosities, the formation of Mach cones is proven, whereas for larger viscosities the characteristic structures smear out and vanish eventually. The formation of a double-peak structure both in a single- and in a multiple-jet event is discussed.
description: 10 pages, 9 figures, as published in PRC
British Columbia Legislative Assembly sessional clipping book (1967-01)
Creators: name: :Unav
Publisher: name: University of Victoria Libraries
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Politics and government
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1919741
subject: British Columbia. Legislative Assembly
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/600765
subject: Law
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/993678
subject: FOS: Law

description: These Sessional Clippings books cover the period 1891 to 1972, and include newspaper accounts written by various legislative reporters who covered debates occurring in the British Columbia Legislative Assembly. Transcripts of debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard) were not published in B.C. until 1970; hence these "Sessional Clipping Books" augment the "Journals", the record of daily proceedings of the Legislative Assembly. Selected clippings from various newspapers including the Vancouver Sun, the Vancouver Province, the Colonist, and the Times newspapers, relating to the newspaper reports concerning activities of the Legislature. The original sessional clippings books comprise 351 ledger size print volumes, held at the Legislative Library in Victoria BC. The print volumes were microfilmed onto 26 reels in 1977 under a Tri University Libraries (TRIUL) project by Precision Micrographic Services (Vancouver, B.C.), with the permission of the Legislative Library, Victoria, British Columbia. This digital collection was created by scanning the 26 microfilm reels.
title: Assessment of the Economic and Ecosystem Service Contributions of USDA Forest Service Landowner Assistance Programs in the Conterminous United States
Creators: name: Dias, Jacqueline S.
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2022

description: Forests provide immense goods and services to both local and regional communities. The USDA Forest Service’s, State and Private Forestry program administer multiple landowner assistance programs aimed at helping private forest owners while supporting the continued supply of ecosystem services (e.g., timber harvesting, recreation, carbon sequestration and storage). The two landowner assistance programs assessed in this study are the Forest Legacy Program (FLP) and the Forest Stewardship Program (FSP). A majority of the nation’s forests are privately owned, many of which are facing deleterious impacts like wildfires, invasive species, development pressures, and other adverse effects from climate change. The goal of this project is to (1) quantify the economic contributions emanating from lands participating in FLP and FSP in the conterminous US and (2) quantify and value the carbon sequestration on lands participating in FLP and FSP in New England. IMPLAN is an input-output modeling system, used in Chapter 1, that estimates how money flows through a regional economy. The results from the IMPLAN analysis suggest that FLP lands in the conterminous US contribute an estimated 4,560 jobs and $306.8 million in value-added from timber harvesting and recreation. Further, FSP lands contribute an estimated 27,700 jobs and $1.8 billion in value added from timber harvesting and recreation. Using Forest Inventory and Analysis carbon sequestration data and the social cost of carbon, the results of chapter 2 suggest that, in New England, FLP lands sequester 147,000 metric tons of CO2, or $7.5 million in aboveground CO2, per year. FSP lands in New England are estimated to sequester 82,000 metric tons of CO2, or $4.1 million in CO2, per year. Quantifying and estimating the economic and ecosystem service contributions emanating from lands participating in FLP and FSP provide a framework for understanding the total benefits associated with these programs (e.g., supporting rural economies, impacting climate change and the global carbon network, etc.).
Tests of the Monte Carlo Simulation of the Photon-Tagger Focal-Plane Electronics at the MAX IV Laboratory
Creators: name: Preston, M. F.
name: Myers, L. S.
name: Annand, J. R. M.
name: Fissum, K. G.
name: Hansen, K.
name: Isaksson, L.
name: Jebali, R.
name: Lundin, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Rate-dependent effects in the electronics used to instrument the tagger focal plane at the MAX IV Laboratory were recently investigated using the novel approach of Monte Carlo simulation to allow for normalization of high-rate experimental data acquired with single-hit time-to-digital converters (TDCs). The instrumentation of the tagger focal plane has now been expanded to include multi-hit TDCs. The agreement between results obtained from data taken using single-hit and multi-hit TDCs demonstrate a thorough understanding of the behavior of the detector system.
description: 10 pages, 8 figures, to be submitted to Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A
Midlands Purple and Cistercian Wares in the West Midlands in the 15th-16th Centuries
Creators: name: Wright, Susan M
name: Hurst, J Derek
Publisher: name: Archaeology Data Service
Year: 2025

description: Medieval Ceramics: Journal of the Medieval Ceramics Research Group, 32, 55-64
description: Pilot study of the fabrics of Midland Purple and Cistercian wares in the West Midlands
A Radio Search for Pulsar Companions to Sloan Digital Sky Survey Low-Mass White Dwarfs
Creators: name: Agüeros, Marcel Andre
name: Camilo, Fernando
name: Silvestri, Nicole M.
name: Kleinman, S. J.
name: Anderson, Scott F.
name: Liebert, James W.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2009
Subjects: Astrophysics
White dwarf stars
Low mass stars
Pulsars
Astronomy

description: We have conducted a search for pulsar companions to 15 low-mass white dwarfs (LMWDs; M <0.4 M ☉) at 820 MHz with the NRAO Green Bank Telescope (GBT). These LMWDs were spectroscopically identified in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), and do not show the photometric excess or spectroscopic signature associated with a companion in their discovery data. However, LMWDs are believed to evolve in binary systems and to have either a more massive white dwarf (WD) or a neutron star (NS) as a companion. Indeed, evolutionary models of low-mass X-ray binaries, the precursors of millisecond pulsars (MSPs), produce significant numbers of LMWDs, suggesting that the SDSS LMWDs may have NS companions. No convincing pulsar signal is detected in our data. This is consistent with the findings of van Leeuwen et al., who conducted a GBT search for radio pulsations at 340 MHz from unseen companions to eight SDSS WDs (five are still considered LMWDs; the three others are now classified as "ordinary" WDs). We discuss the constraints our nondetections place on the probability P MSP that the companion to a given LMWD is a radio pulsar in the context of the luminosity and acceleration limits of our search; we find that P_MSP < 10⁺⁴ ₋₂%.
Sulfur annealing effect for superconductivity in iron chalcogenide compounds
Creators: name: Deguchi, K.
name: Yamashita, A.
name: Yamaki, T.
name: Hara, H.
name: Demura, S.
name: Denholme, S. J.
name: Fujioka, M.
name: Okazaki, H.
name: Takeya, H.
name: Yamaguchi, T.
name: Takano, Y.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discovered a novel annealing method for Fe-chalcogenide superconductors. It was found that sulfur annealing deintercalated excess Fe via formation of FeS2. Due to its specifics, sulfur annealing is applicable when preparing Fe-chalcogenide-based wires or cables.
description: 13 pages, 8 figures
Vulpes rueppelli
Creators: name: Honacki, James H.
name: Kinman, Kenneth E.
name: Koeppl, James W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1982
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Carnivora
Canidae
Vulpes
Vulpes rueppelli

description: Vulpes rueppelli (Schinz, 1825). Cuvier's Thierreich, 4: 508. TYPE LOCALITY: Sudan, Dongola. DISTRIBUTION: Arid areas of N. Africa from Morocco to Somalia; Egypt; Sinai; Arabia; Iran; parts of Pakistan and Afghanistan. COMMENT: Placed in genus Canis, subgenus Vulpes by Van Gelder, 1978:8. ISIS NUMBER: 5301412001015008001.
description: Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Carnivora, pp. 244-289 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 249, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7352980
description: {"references": ["Van Gelder, R. G. 1978. A review of canid classification. American Museum Novitates, 2646: 1 - 10."]}
A Large, Uniform Sample of X-Ray-emitting AGNs: Selection Approach and an Initial Catalog from the ROSAT All-Sky and Sloan Digital Sky Surveys
Creators: name: Anderson, Scott F.
name: Voges, Wolfgang
name: Margon, Bruce
name: Trümper, Joachim
name: Agüeros, Marcel Andre
name: Boller, Thomas
name: Collinge, Matthre J.
name: Homer, L.
name: Stinson, Gregory
name: Strauss, Michael
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2003
Subjects: Astrophysics
Galactic nuclei
Active galactic nuclei
X-ray spectroscopy
X-ray astronomy
Astronomy

description: Many open questions in X-ray astronomy are limited by the relatively small number of objects in uniform optically identified and observed samples, especially when rare subclasses are considered or when subsets are isolated to search for evolution or correlations between wavebands. We describe the initial results of a new program aimed to ultimately yield ~10⁴ fully characterized X-ray source identifications—a sample about an order of magnitude larger than earlier efforts. The technique is detailed and employs X-ray data from the ROSAT All-Sky Survey (RASS) and optical imaging and spectroscopic follow-up from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS); these two surveys prove to be serendipitously very well matched in sensitivity. As part of the SDSS software pipelines, optical objects in the SDSS photometric catalogs are automatically positionally cross-correlated with RASS X-ray sources. Then priorities for follow-on SDSS optical spectra of candidate counterparts are automatically assigned using an algorithm based on the known ratios of f_x/f_opt for various classes of X-ray emitters at typical RASS fluxes of ~10⁻¹³ ergs cm⁻² s⁻¹. SDSS photometric parameters for optical morphology, magnitude, and colors, plus FIRST radio information, serve as proxies for object class. Initial application of this approach to RASS/SDSS data from 1400 deg² of sky provides a catalog of more than 1200 spectroscopically confirmed quasars and other AGNs that are probable RASS identifications. Most of these are new identifications, and only a few percent of the AGN counterparts are likely to be random superpositions. The magnitude and redshift ranges of the counterparts are very broad, extending over 15 < m < 21 and 0.03 < z < 3.6, respectively. Although most identifications are quasars and Seyfert 1 galaxies, a variety of other AGN subclasses are also sampled. Substantial numbers of rare AGN types are found, including more than 130 narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies and 45 BL Lac candidates. These early results already provide a very sizable set of source identifications, demonstrate the utility of the sample in multiwaveband investigations, and show the capability of the joint RASS/SDSS approach to efficiently proceed toward the largest homogeneously selected/observed sample of X-ray–emitting quasars and other kinds of AGNs.
title: Application of the New IEC International Design Standard for Offshore Wind Turbines to a Reference Site in the Massachusetts Offshore Wind Energy Area
Creators: name: Roach, Samuel C
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2022

description: This thesis summarizes the simulation and analysis performed for the MassCEC project described herein. The intent was to perform a “dry run” of the new IEC offshore wind turbine design standard, IEC 61400-3-1 and to illustrate the use of that standard in the Massachusetts Offshore Wind Energy Area. IEC 61400-3-1 is a design standard used to ensure wind turbine structural performance over the design life of the machine. Each installed wind turbine must be certified by a Certified Verification Agent using this standard before installation. The certification process typically uses a structural dynamics model to predict a turbine’s structural response in the presence of a range of operational conditions and meteorological oceanographic conditions, which are codified into Design Load Cases. The area in question is located approximately 24 km of south of Martha’s Vineyard with an assumed water depth of 40 m. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s FAST software (V8.12) was used to perform simulations of a large subset of the DLCs. Wind data files were generated using NREL’s TurbSim and IECWind.
This thesis discusses the instructions of the standard, preparation for simulation of Design Load Cases, and analysis of results. Results from simulations show the application of the standard in detail as applied to a reference turbine. Limitations and ambiguities of the standard in the simulation of control failure cases are analyzed. The application of the standard to hurricane loading is also analyzed alongside an example case for a Category 5 hurricane. The standard is found to be fundamentally reasonable in application to a reference turbine in the Massachusetts Offshore Wind Energy Area.
Effect of growth oxygen pressure on anisotropic-strain-induced phase separation in epitaxial La$_{0.67}$Ca$_{0.33}$MnO$_{3}$/NdGaO$_{3}$(001) films
Creators: name: Zhi, Bowen
name: Gao, Guanyin
name: Huang, Zhen
name: Wang, Lingfei
name: Tan, Xuelian
name: Chen, Pingfan
name: Wu, Wenbin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The effect of deposition oxygen pressure (P$_{O}$) on phase separation (PS) induced in epitaxial La$_{0.67}$Ca$_{0.33}$MnO$_{3}$/NdGaO$_{3}$(001) films was investigated. Fully oxygenated films grown at high P$_{O}$ are anisotropically strained. They exhibit PS over a wide temperature range, because of the large orthorhombicity of NdGaO$_{3}$ substrates. The paramagnetic insulator-to-ferromagnetic metal (FM) and FM-to-antiferromagnetic insulator (AFI) transitions gradually shift to lower temperatures with decreasing PO. The AFI state is initially weakened (P$_{O}$ >= 30 Pa), but then becomes more robust against the magnetic field (P$_{O}$ < 30 Pa). The out-of-plane film lattice parameter increases with decreasing P$_{O}$. For films grown at P$_{O}$>= 30 Pa, the slight oxygen deficiency may enlarge the lattice unit cell, reduce the anisotropic strain and suppress the AFI state. Films deposited at P$_{O}$ < 30 Pa instead experience an average compressive strain. The enhanced compressive strain and structural defects in the films may lead to the robust AFI state. These results aid our understanding of PS in manganite films.
description: 17 pages,5 figures
title: Historische Nachricht von der Kirche zu St. Johannis, in der Vorstadt zu Kemnitz; 1725
title: Nebst angehengter Specification der merckwürdigsten Ehren-Gedächtnisse und Grabschrifften, So daselbst in der Kirche und auf dem Gottes-Acker zufinden
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Hermann, Gottlieb
Publisher: name: Universitätsbibliothek der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Year: 2012

description: Vorlageform des Erscheinungsvermerks: Kemnitz, Gedruckt bey Conrad Stößeln, 1725. - In Fraktur
Vulpes velox
Creators: name: Honacki, James H.
name: Kinman, Kenneth E.
name: Koeppl, James W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1982
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Carnivora
Canidae
Vulpes
Vulpes velox

description: Vulpes velox (Say, 1823). In Long, Account of an Exped. from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mtns., 1:487. REVIEWED BY: H. J. Egoscue (HJE). TYPE LOCALITY: U.S.A., Colorado, South Platte River. DISTRIBUTION: Central North America from C. Alberta (Canada) to N. W. Texas and E. New Mexico (U.S.A.). COMMENT: Placed in subgenus Canis, subgenus Vulpes by Van Gelder, 1978:1- 10. Distinct from macrotis; see Thornton and Creel, 1975, Texas J. Sci., 26: 127- 136; Rohwer and Kilgore, 1973, Syst. Zool., 22: 157; but also see Hall, 1981:940. Clutton-Brock, et al., 1976, 29(3):117-199, combined velox and macrotis for analysis only. Reviewed by Egoscue, 1979, Mamm. Species, 122:1-5. PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix I and U.S. ESA - Endangered as V. v. hebes subspecies only. ISIS NUMBER: 5301412001015009001.
description: Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Carnivora, pp. 244-289 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on pages 249-250, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7352980
description: {"references": ["Van Gelder, R. G. 1978. A review of canid classification. American Museum Novitates, 2646: 1 - 10.", "Thornton, W. A., and G. C. Creel. 1975. The taxonomic status of kit foxes. Texas Journal of Science, 26: 127 - 136.", "Rohwer, S. A., and D. L. Kilgore. 1973. Interbreeding in the arid-land foxes, Vulpes velox and V. macrotis. Systematic Zoology, 22: 157 - 165.", "Hall, E. R. 1981. The mammals of North America. Second ed. John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1: 1 - 600 + 90, 2: 601 - 1181 + 90.", "Egoscue, H. J. 1979. Vulpes velox. Mammalian Species, 122: 1 - 5."]}
On element orders in covers of finite simple groups of Lie type
Creators: name: Grechkoseeva, M. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Group Theory (math.GR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 20D06, 20D60

description: By a proper cover of a finite group G we mean an extension of a nontrivial finite group by G. Our purpose is to show that a proper cover of a finite simple group L of Lie type always contains an element whose order differs from the element orders of L provided that the Lie rank of L is sufficiently large.
description: A new numeration of theorems and lemmas
title: Carlos Agostinho da Costa
Creators: name: Barata, João de Almeida
Publisher: name: CHAM, Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa
Year: 2024

description: Entrada biográfica sobre Carlos Agostinho da Costa, na plataforma eViterbo
description: Barata, João de Almeira. 2024. Carlos Agostinho da Costa in eViterbo. CHAM, Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa. eISBN: 978-989-8492-77-7