cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Analytical damage quantification method for residential developments subjected to hurricane wind hazards
Creators: name: Grayson, J. Michael
name: Pang, Weichiang
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2015

description: Hurricanes, typhoons, and cyclones (hereafter referred to as “hurricanes”) continue to have a significant impact on residential developments around the world. As more populations continue to migrate into the path of these costly natural hazards, it is becoming increasingly important to develop new methods to quantify damage to residential developments in order to increase the resilience of communities. One way to increase community resilience from a structural engineering standpoint is to limit the damage incurred by a residential development subjected to a hurricane wind event. Previous post-hurricane damage assessments have illustrated the integrity of the building envelope plays a key role in reducing or even eliminating the significant losses typically associated with hurricane wind hazards. In order to assess the post-hurricane state of a residential development, three failure modes common to residential building envelopes are implemented using the axioms of probability to implement an analytical damage quantification method. Results illustrating the implementation of the proposed method will be presented using a probabilistic building envelope failure assessment model applied to a residential development subjected to ten synthetic hurricane events each with a maximum mean wind speed equivalent to a 700-year return period wind speed. Benefits are twofold, as this research provides (1) a useful tool for assessing the state of physical residential developments with information readily available after post-hurricane damage assessments, and (2) the ability to determine the temporal status of a residential development during the recovery process, which is crucial to implement community life-cycle resilience assessments.
title: Qualität im ÖPNV – die Erhöhung und das Erhalten der Frequenz
title: Qualität im ÖPNV - Die Möglichkeiten der Verbesserung und die optimale Gestaltung
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Dzwigon, Wieslaw
Publisher: name: Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Öffentlicher Personennahverkehr
subject: Optimierung
subject: Kostenanalyse
subject: 620

description: Um die entsprechende Qualität der ÖPNV zu erreichen, sollte man das Verhältnis zwischen der Bedienungsqualität und dem Kostenaufwand analysieren. In den Bedingungen der anwachsenden Konkurenz aus der Seite der PKW und anderen Fuhrunternehmern soll man die Handlungen, die grösste Effektivität gewährleisten, aufnehmen. Es gibt viele Möglichkeiten die diese Qualität verbessern können, wie z.B. steigernde Frequenz der Fahrzeuge, Vergrößerung der Geschwindigkeit, Pünktlichkeit und Regelmäßigkeit, Einführung der Niederfußfahrzeuge und vieles mehr. Ich versuche in meinem Referat die Aspekte zu analysieren, die mit der Frequenz verbunden sind, d.h. die Erhöhung der Frequenz und das Erhalten der konstanten Häufigkeit der Linienbusse. Das Referat umfasst die Modelle und die Beispiele. In Verbindung mit den Untersuchungen, die die Bereitschaft der Bezahlung für die Verbesserung der Qualität betreffen, kann man schon Entscheidungen treffen, die unterschiedlichen Standard der Fahrt bestimmen.
description: Internationales Kolloquium über Anwendungen der Informatik und Mathematik in Architektur und Bauwesen : 10. bis 12.06.2003, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, vol. 16, 2003
A guide to develop community resilience performance goals and assessment metrics for decision making
Creators: name: McAllister, Therese P.
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2015

description: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is conducting outreach and research to develop a Community Resilience Planning Guide for Buildings and Infrastructure Systems and quantitative science-based assessment tools and metrics for community resilience. The research focuses on the performance and rapid recovery of the built environment to a functional level for significant hazard events, and the associated technical and social challenges. Major objectives include the development of a community-level methodology based on performance goals, quantitative science-based resilience assessment tools and metrics based on reliability and risk analysis, and guidance and pre-standard documents that can be adopted by communities and code and standard bodies to support rational public policies for mitigating risk to communities. Science-based decision support tools and metrics are needed to help communities evaluate the performance of built systems that support social and economic functions in a community and assess alternative plans and associated risks. The immediate need for community resilience tools for the built environment is being addressed by NIST through a planning methodology and implementation guidance that includes a process for setting community performance goals and evaluating recovery through time to return of functionality. Quantitative science-based assessment tools and metrics for community resilience, based on reliability and risk principles for integrated ‘system of systems’ modeling, are in early stages of development. Researchers are developing quantitative models of individual infrastructure systems, but much remains to be done before an integrated systems model that incorporates uncertainties in data and system condition is available and validated. The addition of community performance goals, multiple hazard levels, and recovery of functionality to the traditional elements of mitigation, performance and damage levels, and losses and consequences provides a more complete risk-informed assessment of community resilience. NIST outreach and research activities that address these issues are summarized, and a simple risk formulation for resilience that incorporates recovery is proposed.
D5.3.1: PRACE Integrated Access Programme Launch
Creators: name: Erbacci, Giovanni
name: Ostasz, Marcin
name: Graham, Paul
name: Sloan, Terence
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Deliverable
HPC
Research infrastructure
Industrial access
SME
SHAPE

description: The pilot for an integrated access programme for small to medium-size enterprises (SMEs) has been prepared and launched. The pilot, called SHAPE (SME HPC Adoption Programme in Europe) Pilot, provides SMEs with access to high-value expertise to identify computational needs and design high performance computing projects, as well as providing SMEs with direct access to HPC facilities to investigate opportunities.
 The SHAPE Pilot has been designed to refine the test the assumptions of the SHAPE programme proposal as defined in the PRACE-3IP Deliverable D5.2. This Pilot, on its completion, will therefore provide the PRACE AISBL with the final recommendations and guidelines for fully implementing and launching SHAPE as a comprehensive HPC Adoption Programme. The Pilot, managed by PRACE-3IP WP5, will support a limited number of European SMEs (5 to 6). In this Pilot, the processes for marketing and engagement, application submission, application assessment and the execution of the selected Pilot projects have all been defined, approved and put in place. The SHAPE Pilot web page, Application Form and Open Call for Proposals have all been defined, approved and implemented. Information databases on HPC use cases and domain expertise have been defined and their population is ongoing.
Stochastic renewal process models for life cycle cost and utility analysis
Creators: name: Pandey, Mahesh D.
name: Wang, Z. Jane
name: Cheng, T.
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2015

description: The paper presents a systematic formulation of the life cycle cost and utility analysis based on the theory of stochastic renewal processes. The paper derives integral equations for expected cost and net present value, variance and expected utility over a given period. The proposed formulation can be used to optimize the design and rehabilitation activities to improve the life cycle performance of structures that are vulnerable to external hazards, such as earthquakes, winds storms and floods.
Urban mobility and spatial justice: Prospects for non-motorized mobility in Nairobi
Creators: name: Nyamai, Dorcas Nthoki
Publisher: name: TU Dortmund
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Urban change
subject: Planning
subject: Governance
subject: Mobilities
subject: Infrastructure
subject: Housing
subject: 710
subject: Nairobi
subject: Verkehrsplanung
subject: Verkehrspolitik
subject: Soziale Gerechtigkeit
subject: Mobilität
subject: Fußgängerverkehr
subject: Fußgänger

description: This research investigates the relationship between mobility and justice in the context of Nairobi. Deriving from Amartya Sen's notion that justice addresses remediable injustices, the study explores justice as a dynamic concept influenced by diverse cultures, political ideologies, and philosophical paradigms. Spatial planning is taken as a canvas for these philosophical debates, manifesting in the spatial distribution of resources. Justice in relation to mobility is invoked and performed in various ways. This is based on the premise that space not only contains resources that can be distributed but also consists of individuals who are highly mobile within that space, and whose perceptions play a pivotal role in shaping the concept of justice in relation to mobility. Mobility, as a key element, plays a pivotal role in addressing spatial inequalities, as it facilitates access to the resources that are spatially disjointed. The intersection of mobility and justice unfolds in the streets and neighbourhoods, where spatial planning decisions impact infrastructure provision and access to services and opportunities. In Nairobi, a focus on motorized mobility has subtracted from the advancement of the modes of mobility used by the majority especially the most vulnerable, with a discernible outcome of injustices. Planning for motorized mobility has historically been at a higher level of consideration although a much larger percentage of the population travels on foot. The technical engineering design that lacks integration of social aspects of mobility has presented challenges in provision of safe non-motorized infrastructure, enduringly dismissing non-motorized mobility as a valid mode of mobility. Through a four- dimensional framework that includes space, mobility, individual characteristics and time, this research explores how spatial injustices in Nairobi’s mobility landscape unfold and are made manifest. Viewed from this perspective, the organization of space and the prioritization of the mobility needs of the most vulnerable present a notable way in which spatial justice unfolds and is understood.
Bayesian networks for model updating inspection support of marine structures subject to fatigue
Creators: name: Groden, Mark D.
name: Collette, Matthew D.
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2015

description: There is significant uncertainty in the structural health and resulting capabilities of a marine structure during service life. Design-stage marine structural engineering models offer limited information on the as-built structure’s health during its service life. Despite copious amounts of data provided by structural monitoring techniques, synthesizing these different data types to offer support in decision making for inspection remains challenging and underexplored. A Bayesian network data to decision framework fusing through-life inspection data with design-stage fatigue calculations is demonstrated to afford data fusion and inspection extent decision support. Using parametric encoding for a Weibull pressure distribution governing cyclic loading, and a lognormal probabilistic fatigue initiation model, the network represents a large stiffened metallic grillage with fatigue-critical details typical of a marine structure. Updating is performed with inspection observation and maximum strain values. Extension of the Bayesian network to an Influence Diagram with utility and decision nodes offers inspection extent decision support. The ability of the network approach to provide reasonable inspection guidance and forecast of future structural performance is tracked for different evidence sets. Recommendations for adapting the network approach for fatigue life support are drawn based on the systematic study conducted.
title: Automatic generation of coupled cluster algorithms with application to transcorrelated Hamiltonians
Creators: name: Schraivogel, Thomas
Publisher: name: Universität Stuttgart
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: 540

description: We have used automatic code generation techniques to derive and implement full transcorrelated coupled and distinguishable cluster methods for accelerated basis set convergence and wave function compactification, leading to increased accuracy with manageable cost. The methods were benchmarked on thermochemical properties and two integral approximations based on normal ordering have been explored. The integral approximations have been shown to reduce the cost of the calculations without significant sacrifices in accuracy. They have paved the way for the very versatile transcorrelated method via exclusion of explicit three-body components (xTC). It has been demonstrated that the distinguishable cluster approximation improves the accuracy of transcorrelated coupled cluster methods. The transcorrelated coupled and distinguishable cluster methods with single and double excitations have been shown to outperform their F12 counterparts and approach the accuracy of CCSD(T)-F12. A two determinant distinguishable cluster method, alongside the traditional version, has been implemented in a new Julia package for electronic structure methods, called ElemCo.jl. The methods have been benchmarked on singlet and triplet excited states of closed-shell molecules and singlet-triplet gaps of diradicals using state-specific orbitals in the delta coupled cluster framework. The distinguishable cluster approximation improved the accuracy of the two determinant coupled cluster method considerably and the two determinant distinguishable cluster method has been shown to provide comparable and sometimes better accuracy than the equation-of-motion coupled cluster methods.
D4.1: Continuity Plan for the PRACE Advanced Training Centres
Creators: name: Henty, David
name: Wong, Simon
name: Louhivuori, Martti
name: Rabenseifner, Rolf
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Deliverable
HPC
Research infrastructure
PATC
Training

description: The aim of this deliverable, D4.1: Continuity Plan for the PRACE Advanced Training Centres, is to present various options for continuing the operation of the PATCs beyond the end of the PRACE-3IP project. Continuity is considered in terms of sustaining the demand for and supply of HPC training material, as well as in financial terms. We review the operation of the current six PATCs from March 2012 to March 2013 and conclude that, overall, they have been very successful: a total of 4462 participant-days have been delivered with an average overall feedback rating of 8.5/10. The management and operational structure of the PATCs is also working well, with advice being taken from an external panel of experts. An analysis of the full costs of delivering training also shows that this is being delivered in a very cost-effective way for PRACE, with substantial in-kind contributions supplied by the PATC partners. However, the statistics also show that a great majority of course attendees are based in institutions in the same country as the PATC itself. We consider the future of HPC training in the EU and conclude that demand is likely to continue to increase and that there many opportunities for the PATCs to meet this demand. It would also be desirable for the PATCs to increase their collaboration and coordination with other training projects and organisations. Addressing these needs would be helped by greater flexibility in planning and financing the PATC activities, for example to enable PATCs to do more training in non-PATC countries or to better respond to changing requirements. Other training-related activities within PRACE such as the successful seasonal and international schools, and the Summer of HPC, should also be continued if possible as they are complementary to the PATC activities and address the issues of trainee mobility. We identify a range of eight options ranging from delivering a complete service with the best impact, down to a baseline level which maintains basic operations but is not sustainable in the long term. We estimate the total annual funding (both staff and non-staff) required for each option, which ranges from 89 PMs and 484 Keuro, to 57 PMs and 171 Keuro. Charging attendees at the maximum affordable level could potentially reduce the non-staff costs, for example by 135 Keuro in the baseline case, but this would undoubtedly reduce the number of attendees. We hope that these scenarios will be valuable input to the PRACE association regarding the on-going strategy discussion for PRACE 2.0.
Acerca de la categoría sociedades humanas complejas
Creators: name: Lizeth Ortiz, Melina
Publisher: name: unknown
Year: 2023

description: El concepto de sociedad humana destaca su interdependencia con la naturaleza, la emergencia de propiedades inteligentes y la interacción cultural. Enfatiza la naturaleza impredecible de la historia, procesos de retroalimentación no lineales y autoorganización social. Desde la perspectiva de complejidad, la sociedad actúa como un sistema vivo en dinámicos caóticos con lógica no lineal. Se destaca la adaptabilidad social a diferentes escalas y contextos.
A data fusion probabilistic model for hurricane-induced outages in electric power grids
Creators: name: Mensah, Akwasi F.
name: Dueñas-Osorio, Leonardo
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2015

description: Prediction of outages in electric power systems before a hurricane can be enhanced by exploiting data not typically used for such purposes, including system contingencies during normal operation. This data-based enhancement is necessary to inform disaster planning and preparedness, as well as to speed up the restoration of the system while capturing local trends. This paper presents a framework that integrates hurricane-induced outage predictions based on component fragilities, physics of power flows, and network responses, along with increasingly available spatio-temporal information of daily outages, so as to better assess outage risks in the electric system. The study adapts Linearly Constrained Least Squares (LCLS) by making space the dependent variable instead of time (as traditionally used), and then determine an optimal linear fusion of the predicted outages with information from the daily outage trackers for enhanced outage distribution assessment. Using the electric power system as an illustrative example, the study shows how data fusion improves the prediction accuracy by including daily outage information, which implicitly contains the spatial structure of the network as well as the current physical state of its components and interactions, including ageing, fatigue and recent hardening or embedding of smart grid technologies. The fusion-based framework predicts an overall outage of 84% in the county under Hurricane Ike winds, which strongly agrees with the reported outage of 86% by the utility provider in the aftermath of the event as opposed to overall outage of 90% predicted without data fusion.
title: Analyse von Terminplänen
Creators: name: Garisch, Mathias
name: Kutzner, Eva
name: Oehler, Vanessa
name: Patzer, Nicole
name: Schmeing, Carolin
Publisher: name: Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Analyse
subject: Planung
subject: Abhängigkeit
subject: Bau
subject: 620

description: Das Bachelorprojekt „Analyse von Terminplänen“ beschäftigt sich mit der Analyse der Abhängigkeiten zwischen den unterschiedlichen Vorgängen des Bauablaufs. Die Problematik in der Terminplanerstellung liegt darin, dass ein Terminplan nicht alle Hintergrundinformationen abbildet und es daher zu Projektverzögerungen und Absprachefehlern kommen kann. Dieses Bachelorprojekt macht Gebrauch von bereits aufbereiteten Informationen zur genannten Problematik in Form eines vorangegangen Bachelorprojekts und eines Masterprojekts, sowie einer Umfrage des Instituts für Bauwirtschaft der Universität Kassel. In diesem Projekt werden 50 neue und 100 bereits existierende Terminpläne von diversen Unternehmen aus ganz Deutschland analysiert und ausgewertet. Die Analyse der Terminpläne basiert auf geführten Experteninterviews. Das Interview berücksichtigt Faktoren wie zum Beispiel Darstellungsformen, Detaillierungsgrade, Abhängigkeiten, Vorgangsdauern oder Planungsgrundlagen. Durch die Befragung von möglichst vielen Firmen konnte festgestellt werden, dass jeder Terminplanentwickler eine Vorgehensweise entwickelt, nach welcher er arbeitet. Außerdem ist in den Gesprächen deutlich geworden, dass das Theorie- Praxis-Gefälle sehr groß ist. Das heißt, dass theoretische Modelle aus der Ausbildung an beispielsweise Hochschulen, in der Praxis heutzutage wenig angewandt werden. Nach der Analyse der Terminpläne und Auswertung der Interviews, werden die Daten in eine vom vorangehenden Masterprojekt erstellte Excel-Tabelle eingepflegt. Die vorhandenen Informationen werden dann anhand verschiedenster Diagramme verglichen und ausgewertet.
Supplementary document for Nanowire-in-Bowl-shaped Piezoelectric Cavity Structure for SERS Directional Detection of Nanoplastics less than 50 nm - 6228293.pdf
Creators: name: Lv, Enze
name: Wang, Junkun
name: Li, Jing
name: Zhao, Xiaofei
name: Jing, Yu
name: xu, shicai
name: Li, Zhen
name: man, yuan
name: xue, Mei
name: Xu, JiHua
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplementary Material
Rare event simulation : a point process interpretation with application in probability and quantile estimation
Creators: name: Walter, Clément
name: Defaux, Gilles
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2015

description: This paper addresses the issue of estimating extreme probability and quantile on the output of complex computer codes. We introduce a new approach to solve this problem in term of a random walk in the output space, leading to two main results: (1) the number of samples required to get a realisation of a random variable in a given domain of probability measure p is drastically reduced, following a Poisson law with parameter log1/p; and (2) we get parallel algorithms for estimating probabilities and quantiles and especially the optimal parallel Multilevel Splitting algorithm where there is indeed no subset to define anymore.
Is art ideology? Prehistoric art,, shamanism, cave paintings & music from 30 to 40,000 years ago, “Spirituality is a natural human predisposition. It is more primal than institutional religion..." - K Adams, B Hyde = TRUE -  flutes from 35,000 years ago d
Creators: name: Peck Jr, Charles
Publisher: name: Humanities Commons
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Music
subject: Prehistoric peoples
subject: Art, Prehistoric
subject: Prehistoric animals in art
subject: Art, Philippine
subject: Filipino American artists
subject: Ideology and literature
subject: Mannheim, Karl, 1893-1947
subject: Philosophy
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: Spirituality

description: Karen Armstrong, In her book, The Case For God, opens with the discussion of the 300 plus caves in Southern France and Northern Spain which have amazingly artistic ‘prehistoric’ cave paintings of prehistoric animals many of whom are now extinct, some dating to 30,000 years ago. “In all there are about six hundred frescoes and fifteen hundred engravings in the Lascaux labyrinth. There is a powerful bellowing black stag, a leaping cow, and a procession of horses moving in the opposite direction. At the entrance to another long passage known as the Nave, a frieze of elegant deer has been painted above a rocky ledge so they appear to be swimming.” (p3-4) She emphasizes that back then, the “Paleolithic artists” worked by the “light of small flickering lamps, perched precariously on scaffolding that has left holes in the surface of the wall.” (p.4)  Armstrong highlights a painting that appears to be a painting of a shaman which is very deep in a cave at Lascaux called the Crypt, and which “depicts a large bison that has been eviscerated by a spear thrust through its hindquarters. Lying in front of the wounded beast is a man, drawn with arms outstretched, phallus erect, and wearing what seems to be a bird mask; his staff, which lies on the ground nearby, is also topped by a bird’s head.” (p. 5)
Is art ideology? Prehistoric art,, shamanism, cave paintings & music from 30 to 40,000 years ago, "Spirituality is a natural human predisposition. It is more primal than institutional religion..." - K Adams, B Hyde = TRUE - flutes from 35,000 years ago d
Creators: name: Peck Jr, Charles
Publisher: name: unknown
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Mannheim, Karl, 1893-1947
subject: Ideology and literature
subject: Music
subject: Art, Prehistoric
subject: Prehistoric peoples
subject: Spirituality
subject: Prehistoric animals in art
subject: Philosophy
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: Art, Philippine
subject: Filipino American artists

description: Karen Armstrong, In her book, The Case For God, opens with the discussion of the 300 plus caves in Southern France and Northern Spain which have amazingly artistic 'prehistoric' cave paintings of prehistoric animals many of whom are now extinct, some dating to 30,000 years ago. "In all there are about six hundred frescoes and fifteen hundred engravings in the Lascaux labyrinth. There is a powerful bellowing black stag, a leaping cow, and a procession of horses moving in the opposite direction. At the entrance to another long passage known as the Nave, a frieze of elegant deer has been painted above a rocky ledge so they appear to be swimming." (p3-4) She emphasizes that back then, the "Paleolithic artists" worked by the "light of small flickering lamps, perched precariously on scaffolding that has left holes in the surface of the wall." (p.4)
Armstrong highlights a painting that appears to be a painting of a shaman which is very deep in a cave at Lascaux called the Crypt, and which "depicts a large bison that has been eviscerated by a spear thrust through its hindquarters. Lying in front of the wounded beast is a man, drawn with arms outstretched, phallus erect, and wearing what seems to be a bird mask; his staff, which lies on the ground nearby, is also topped by a bird's head." (p. 5)
A Theory of Four Needs That [Adequately] Explains Religion: The Need for Meaning, The Need for Belonging, The Need for Ideology, and the Spiritual Drive - a NEW concept in psychology
Creators: name: Peck Jr, Charles
Publisher: name: unknown
Year: 2008

description: My argument is that religious beliefs are primarily created and generated by four very basic and fundamental "Needs" or "Drives." From a rather practical and pragmatic approach, in general, religions could be said to involve meaning or purpose, others and relationships, as well as structures and principles for both meaning, relationships, and group coherence and integrity. A general understanding of religious beliefs would seem relevant and significant in understanding spirituality and spiritual processes - which are separate from some of the processes involved in group-related ideological processes which too often dominate spiritual-religious beliefs with overt aggressive tendencies - yet still associated.
1.	Need for Meaning: "The meaning of life is to give life a meaning!" – is a quintessential illustration the of the iconic psychoanalyst, Viktor Frankl's, theory of the human mind! (p. 22 Will) Frankl's primary principle is that human beings have a Will to Meaning!"
2.	 The Need to Belong is deeply rooted in human consciousness. As the prominent social psychologist, Roy Baumeister, observed that "It is apparent that people have a deeply rooted need to have contact with other people." (p.14 Meanings) Baumeister and Leary forcefully argue: "We [Baumeister and Leary] suggest that belongingness can be almost as compelling a need as food and that human culture is significantly conditioned by the pressure to provide belongingness." (p 498 need)
A Theory of Four Needs That [Adequately] Explains Religion: The Need for Meaning, The Need for Belonging, The Need for Ideology, and the Spiritual Drive - a NEW concept in psychology
Creators: name: Peck Jr, Charles
Publisher: name: Humanities Commons
Year: 2008

description: My argument is that religious beliefs are primarily created and generated by four very basic and fundamental “Needs” or “Drives.” From a rather practical and pragmatic approach, in general, religions could be said to involve meaning or purpose, others and relationships, as well as structures and principles for both meaning, relationships, and group coherence and integrity. A general understanding of religious beliefs would seem relevant and significant in understanding spirituality and spiritual processes - which are separate from some of the processes involved in group-related ideological processes which too often dominate spiritual-religious beliefs with overt aggressive tendencies - yet still associated. 1.	Need for Meaning: “The meaning of life is to give life a meaning!” – is a quintessential illustration the of the iconic psychoanalyst, Viktor Frankl’s, theory of the human mind! (p. 22 Will) Frankl’s primary principle is that human beings have a Will to Meaning!” 2.	 The Need to Belong is deeply rooted in human consciousness. As the prominent social psychologist, Roy Baumeister, observed that “It is apparent that people have a deeply rooted need to have contact with other people.” (p.14 Meanings) Baumeister and Leary forcefully argue: “We [Baumeister and Leary] suggest that belongingness can be almost as compelling a need as food and that human culture is significantly conditioned by the pressure to provide belongingness.” (p 498 need)
Supplementary document for Highly-time-resolved FMCW LiDAR with synchronously-nonlinearity-corrected acquisition for dynamic locomotion - 6229089.pdf
Creators: name: Sun, Caiming
name: chen, Zhen
name: Ye, Shusheng
name: Lin, Jing
name: Shi, Wu
name: Li, Binghui
name: Teng, Fei
name: Li, Xuejin
name: Zhang, Aidong
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Photonics, Optoelectronics and Optical Communications

description: Supplement 1
D3.3 First Annual Dissemination and Outreach Report
Creators: name: Peters, Martin
name: Hogan, Emma
name: McDonnell, Nicola
name: Gerber, Audrey
name: Stojiljkovic, Danica
name: Leiponen, Tiina
name: Erotokritou, Stelios
name: Staub, Cornelia
name: Krieger, Michael
name: Prangov, Georgi
name: Kos, Leon
name: Henty, David
name: Bethune, Iain
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Deliverable
HPC
Research infrastructure
Dissemination
Outreach

description: This deliverable entitled the First Annual Dissemination and Outreach Report outlines the work carried out by the PRACE-3IP project from 1 July 2012 to 30 June 2013. As there is a temporal overlap with the PRACE-2IP project a considerable effort has been made to ensure only PRACE-3IP work is reported and in doing so may not reflect the full picture of the work carried out by the dissemination and outreach teams within PRACE during the reporting period.
 WP3 is split into two tasks: Dissemination and Outreach. Both have produced plans, Dissemination plan (D3.1) and Outreach plan (D3.2), on M3 and M6 respectively. Following the delivery of the respective plans the two tasks have made significant progress to deliver the work as outlined in the original description of work.
 The dissemination task highlights include: PRACE Web presence, posters, and brochures were updated with PRACE-3IP project details. Transition report developed to accelerate the work requested to transfer the dissemination tasks from the PRACE Implementation Projects to the PRACE AISBL. Developing a PRACE social media plan. This included a full analysis of the current social networks and target audience. Publishing five articles in national print media using local languages to present HPC and in doing so extends the dissemination reach of PRACE to the general public. Planned usage of the PRACE contact database to send out an email based newsletter to all contacts (> 5000 contacts). Advertising of PRACE activities has also started within PRACE-3IP including the promotion of the Summer of HPC programme on Facebook and the PRACE training offering in the highly visible magazine Scientific Computing World. Outreach team highlights include: The PRACE Summer of HPC programme was designed and the implementation is currently on-going where 24 students have been placed in 10 HPC centres across Europe. Two PRACE Campus Schools and two PRACE HPC Class Days were held to reach out to school going students and the general public.
Encuesta: Nivel de conocimiento de la población urbana sobre los alimentos agroecológicos
Creators: name: Chilcañan, Melanie
Publisher: name: Humanities Commons
Year: 2023

description: El objetivo del estudio fue diseñar, validar y determinar la confiabilidad de un instrumento para evaluar el nivel de conocimiento de la población urbana sobre alimentos agroecológicos. La validez y confiabilidad del instrumento fueron altas, por lo que puede ser utilizado en la población urbana.
Encuesta: Nivel de conocimiento de la población urbana sobre los alimentos agroecológicos
Creators: name: Chilcañan, Melanie
Publisher: name: unknown
Year: 2023

description: El objetivo del estudio fue diseñar, validar y determinar la confiabilidad de un instrumento para evaluar el nivel de conocimiento de la población urbana sobre alimentos agroecológicos. La validez y confiabilidad del instrumento fueron altas, por lo que puede ser utilizado en la población urbana.
Hierachical modeling of systems with similar components
Creators: name: Memarzadeh, Milad
name: Pozzi, Matteo
name: Kolter, J. Zico
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2015

description: Identifying optimal management policies for systems made up by similar components is a challenging task, due to dependence in the components’ behavior. In this setting, observations collected on one component are also relevant for learning the behavior of others. Probabilistic graphical models allow for consistent inference using all available data, taking dependence among components into account, while optimizing system operation. In this paper we propose a framework for management of systems made by similar components based on hierarchical Bayesian modeling, called Multiple Uncertain Partially Observable Markov Decision Processes (MU-POMDP), that overcomes some limitations of a previously proposed approaches. We describe a detailed numerical algorithm to learn the system parameters within this framework and we investigate its performance with an example of management of a wind farm (i.e., the system) made up by turbines of the same type (i.e., the components).
ENCUESTA: NIVEL DE CONOCIMIENTO DE LA POBLACIÓN URBANA SOBRE LOS ALIMENTOS AGROECOLÓGICOS
Creators: name: Gabriel Lalangui, Cristian
Publisher: name: Humanities Commons
Year: 2023

description: INFORME SOBRE EL ARTICULO ENCUESTA: NIVEL DE CONOCIMIENTO DE LA POBLACIÓN URBANA SOBRE LOS ALIMENTOS AGROECOLÓGICOS
Probabilistic analysis of soil-structure interaction
Creators: name: Mirzaie, Fariborz
name: Mahsuli, Mojtaba
name: Ghannad, M. Ali
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2015

description: This paper studies the effect of soil-structure interaction on the seismic performance of structures taking into account the prevailing uncertainties. The motivation for this study stems from the significant uncertainty in the earthquake ground motion and in the properties of the soil and the nonlinear behavior of the structure. The soil-structure system is modeled by the sub-structure method. The uncertainty in the properties of the system is described by random variables that are input to this model. Monte Carlo sampling is employed to compute the probability distribution of responses that describe the seismic performance of the structure, such as the ductility demand. In each sample, a randomly generated soil-structure system is subjected to a randomly selected and scaled ground motion. The selection of the ground motion follows an “adaptive” procedure. An extensive parametric study is conducted to cover a wide range of systems. The results reveal the probability that soil-structure interaction increases the ductility demand on a structure designed according to fixed-base provisions of seismic design codes. For instance, certain structures designed as fixed-base but built on soil may experience higher levels of ductility demand. Furthermore, it is found that practicing the soil-structure interaction provisions of modern seismic codes increases the likelihood of significantly high outcomes of the ductility demand.
Ensayo Encuesta Nivel de conocimiento de la población urbana sobre los alimentos agroecológicos
Creators: name: Andrés Guagrilla, Alejandro
Publisher: name: Humanities Commons
Year: 2023

description: El artículo "Encuesta Nivel de conocimiento de la población urbana sobre los alimentos agroecológicos" es un estudio que busca evaluar el nivel de conocimiento de la población urbana sobre los alimentos agroecológicos. Este tema es de gran importancia en la actualidad, ya que cada vez son más las personas que buscan consumir alimentos saludables y sostenibles, y es fundamental que la población tenga acceso a información clara y precisa sobre la procedencia de los alimentos que consumen.
Ensayo Encuesta Nivel de conocimiento de la población urbana sobre los alimentos agroecológicos
Creators: name: Andrés Guagrilla, Alejandro
Publisher: name: unknown
Year: 2023

description: El artículo "Encuesta Nivel de conocimiento de la población urbana sobre los alimentos agroecológicos" es un estudio que busca evaluar el nivel de conocimiento de la población urbana sobre los alimentos agroecológicos. Este tema es de gran importancia en la actualidad, ya que cada vez son más las personas que buscan consumir alimentos saludables y sostenibles, y es fundamental que la población tenga acceso a información clara y precisa sobre la procedencia de los alimentos que consumen.
The Ongoing Ebola Virus Disease Outbreaks in The Democratic Republic Of The Congo:  A Real Threat to Global Public Health.
Creators: name: Lufulwabo, Aime
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Ebola
EVD
Bioterrorism
Ebola Virus threat to global health
EVD in the Congo

description: ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVES:

To highlight the ongoing Ebola Virus Disease outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as a real threat to global public health due to a lack of effective vaccines, treatment, and as a bioterrorism agent.

METHODS:

A focused literature search was done to find good publications, articles, and news reports that addressed a specific topic related to the Ebola virus disease in the Congo, Sub-Saharan Africa, and lessons learned from the EVD outbreaks and biosecurity and biodefense. On October 28, 2022, articles were discovered using Google Scholar ,PubMed abd google search engine.

RESULTS:

Based on the articles found, we identified some key facts regarding EVD outbreaks in DR Congo and their consequences on the rest of the world. There have been  many Ebola virus disease outbreaks since its discovery in DRC or ex-Zaire back in 1976, and so far, 14 outbreaks have been identified, causing a very high case-fatality rate ranging from 25% to 90%.

Many challenges to managing these outbreaks include poor health system infrastructures, general insecurity, ongoing war, violence, community resistance, poverty, the current COVID pandemic, and distrust of public health authorities.

Currently, there is no effective treatment or vaccine to eradicate EVD. These outbreaks pose a potential risk for biosecurity and bioterrorism, making vaccine development a priority for many nations worldwide.

CONCLUSION:

 

These findings create opportunities for future prevention and control, such as integrating a community-based, one-health approach, investing in biosecurity and biodefense research, and developing novel diagnostic tools, drugs, and safe vaccines. Lastly, public health intervention for consolidated policy guidelines.

 

Keywords: Ebola virus, EVD in DR Congo, EVD-Bioterrorism, Ebola virus threat to global public health
Supplementary document for Multidimensional Quad Focal High Resolution Metalens Design Using Hybrid Spin Decoupling - 6229409.pdf
Creators: name: RIND, Yousaf Murtaza
name: Mahmood, Nasir
name: MEHMOOD, MUHAMMAD QASIM
name: Tauqeer, Tauseef
name: Zubair, Muhammad
name: Massoud, Yehia
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplemental Document
Time-dependent reliability assessment for corroding pipelines based on imperfect inspection data
Creators: name: Zhang, Shenwei
name: Kariyawasam, Shahani
name: Zhou, Wenxing
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2015

description: This paper presents a methodology to evaluate the time-dependent system reliability of pressurized pipelines containing multiple active metal-loss corrosion defects and subjected to at least one inline inspection (ILI). The methodology incorporates an inverse Gaussian process-based corrosion growth model, and separates three distinctive failure modes, namely small leak, large leak and rupture. The hierarchical Bayesian method and Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) simulation are employed to evaluate the model parameters based on data obtained from high-resolution inline inspections. An example involving an in-service gas pipeline is used to validate the developed corrosion growth model and illustrate the proposed methodology for the system reliability analysis. The impact of the growth model on the reliability of pipelines is investigated through the comparative analysis in the example. The proposed methodology will facilitate the application of reliability-based pipeline corrosion management programs.
Encuesta Nivel de conocimiento de la población urbana sobre los alimentos agroecológicos
Creators: name: Cuyachamin, Kevin
Publisher: name: unknown
Year: 2023

description: el conocimiento sobre alimentos agroecológicos en entornos urbanos. La agroecología emerge como un camino hacia la sostenibilidad, y la conciencia en la población urbana es crucial para la coexistencia armoniosa entre la humanidad y la naturaleza. Este estudio no solo ofrece un análisis descriptivo sino también una llamada a la acción para promover cambios en la percepción y elección de alimentos, contribuyendo así a un futuro más sostenible.
Encuesta Nivel de conocimiento de la población urbana  sobre los alimentos agroecológicos
Creators: name: Cuyachamin, Kevin
Publisher: name: Humanities Commons
Year: 2023

description: el conocimiento sobre alimentos agroecológicos en entornos urbanos. La agroecología emerge como un camino hacia la sostenibilidad, y la conciencia en la población urbana es crucial para la coexistencia armoniosa entre la humanidad y la naturaleza. Este estudio no solo ofrece un análisis descriptivo sino también una llamada a la acción para promover cambios en la percepción y elección de alimentos, contribuyendo así a un futuro más sostenible.
Encuesta: Nivel de conocimiento de la población urbana sobre los alimentos agroecológicos
Creators: name: Saltos, Daniel
Publisher: name: unknown
Year: 2023

description: The consumption of food has an impact on the environment; hence, it is crucial to explore the level of knowledge the urban population possesses regarding the origin of the foods they consume. Objective: To design, validate, and determine the reliability of an instrument to assess the level of knowledge among the urban population regarding agroecological foods. Materials and methods: The study was conducted at the Central University of Ecuador in Quito, Ecuador, during the period 2020-2021. The research type was exploratory-descriptive, with a non-experimental design and stratified non-probabilistic sampling. The instrument's content was evaluated using the Delphi method with the participation of seventeen experts. Two pilot tests were administered to 370 and 1323 participants, respectively. Internal consistency and homogeneity index were determined using Cronbach's alpha. The construct's dimensionality was established using the Cronbach-Mesbah curve. Construct validity was assessed through a factorial analysis. Results: Content validity revealed a convergence value of over 75% among experts. In the validation of internal consistency, the Cronbach's alpha coefficient was 0.9, and the homogeneity index was greater than 0.2. In the study of construct dimensionality, the Cronbach-Mesbah curve indicated that unidimensionality was fulfilled throughout the instrument. In construct validity through factorial analysis, the Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin measure was 0.753. Bartlett's sphericity was 0.000, and the factor extraction test was greater than 77%. Conclusions: The instrument demonstrated high validity and reliability, both in its content evaluated by experts and in its internal consistency, dimensionality, and construct validity assessed through statistical methods. The instrument is reliable and can be applied to the urban population.
Encuesta: Nivel de conocimiento de la población urbana sobre  los alimentos agroecológicos
Creators: name: Saltos, Daniel
Publisher: name: Humanities Commons
Year: 2023

description: The consumption of food has an impact on the environment; hence, it is crucial to explore the level of knowledge the urban population possesses regarding the origin of the foods they consume. Objective: To design, validate, and determine the reliability of an instrument to assess the level of knowledge among the urban population regarding agroecological foods. Materials and methods: The study was conducted at the Central University of Ecuador in Quito, Ecuador, during the period 2020-2021. The research type was exploratory-descriptive, with a non-experimental design and stratified non-probabilistic sampling. The instrument's content was evaluated using the Delphi method with the participation of seventeen experts. Two pilot tests were administered to 370 and 1323 participants, respectively. Internal consistency and homogeneity index were determined using Cronbach's alpha. The construct's dimensionality was established using the Cronbach-Mesbah curve. Construct validity was assessed through a factorial analysis. Results: Content validity revealed a convergence value of over 75% among experts. In the validation of internal consistency, the Cronbach's alpha coefficient was 0.9, and the homogeneity index was greater than 0.2. In the study of construct dimensionality, the Cronbach-Mesbah curve indicated that unidimensionality was fulfilled throughout the instrument. In construct validity through factorial analysis, the Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin measure was 0.753. Bartlett's sphericity was 0.000, and the factor extraction test was greater than 77%. Conclusions: The instrument demonstrated high validity and reliability, both in its content evaluated by experts and in its internal consistency, dimensionality, and construct validity assessed through statistical methods. The instrument is reliable and can be applied to the urban population.