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Development of a Nano-Composite Coating Technology for Improvement of Carbon Steel Pipe to Erosion-Corrosion in Oil Sands Slurry
Creators: name: Yang, Yang
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Materials Science
subject: Mechanical
subject: Composite coating
subject: Erosion-corrosion
subject: Carbon steel pipe
subject: oil sands

description: Erosion-corrosion (E-C) has constituted an essential threat to the integrity of oil sands slurry hydrotransport system. To improve the resistance of carbon steel pipes to E-C in oil sands slurry, a composite coating technology has been developed by electrolytic deposition in this research. Parametric effects on the structure and properties of the coating were investigated in order to fabricate high performance coatings. It is found that the electrodepositing parameters, such as the concentration of SiC nano-particles in bath electrolyte, cathodic current density, current pattern and temperature, affect remarkably the particle deposition which relates directly with the coating performance. Furthermore, the parameters in pulse current electrodeposition also affect the properties and performance of the prepared coatings. Enhancements of the corrosion resistance and micro-hardness of the coating have been obtained at a low duty cycle and high frequency, which result in an increased amount of SiC particles in the coating. The nucleation and early stage growth mechanism of the composite coating on the steel substrate was determined by cyclic voltammetry, chronoamperometry current transient measurements and atomic force microscopy (AFM) characterization. A mixed instantaneous and progressive mechanism is followed during electrodeposition under low cathodic overpotentials. At high overpotentials, it switches to the instantaneous mechanism. An empirical model based on the modified Guglielmi’s model was developed to enable quantification and prediction of the co-depositing rate of SiC particles with Ni-Co coating during pulse electrodeposition. To understand the E-C behavior of pipe steel in oil sands slurry and the performance of the fabricated coating for E-C resistance, parametric effects, including the sand concentration, flow velocity and impact angle, on the E–C behavior of bare and coated steels were studied. It is demonstrated that erosion components are the dominant contributors to E–C in oil sands slurry, while the contribution of corrosion components is slight. The developed Ni-Co-SiC nano-composite coating shows a higher resistance to E-C than the base steel.
Hybrid Mysticism: The Journey to Enlightenment in the Works of Sir Richard Burton and Rudyard Kipling
Creators: name: Rahim, Sheba Aniqua
Publisher: name: Arts
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Literature--English
subject: Hybrid
subject: mysticism
subject: Kipling
subject: Burton
subject: enlightenment

description: This dissertation examines the significance of the themes of hybridity and enlightenment in select works by Sir Richard Burton and Rudyard Kipling. The thesis proposes that a more sustained examination be given to the spiritual and religious elements of Kipling’s and Burton’s works. This thesis establishes the importance of identifying and interpreting the uniquely wrought mystical treatises that are present in the following works by Kipling and Burton: The Jungle Book (1893-95), Kim (1901), Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El Medinah and Meccah (1855-56), Stone Talk (1865), and The Kasidah (1880). The chapters discuss how the authors’ esoteric faith systems—with attention to Burton’s allegiance to Sufism and Kipling’s ties to Freemasonry—inform and give rise to the trope of the hybrid trickster/god in their respective works. For Kipling and Burton, the specific figure of the hybrid hero—as the disruptor of boundaries—is a recurring emblem that serves to interrogate, articulate, and define the elusive concept of “enlightenment.” By tracing the deployment of hybridity in the works of Burton and Kipling, it is argued that there are striking parallels between the two writers’ use of and reliance on the hybrid trickster/god figure to examine the mystical themes of unity, universality, and “oneness.” In striving to define “enlightenment,” both veer away often from Western models of reason and rationalism to weave rich and complex narratives that draw upon Eastern conceptual models depicting syncretism and the worlds of spirit, myth, magic, and lore.
Stochastic Background of Gravitational Waves from Fermions
Creators: name: Enqvist, Kari
name: Figueroa, Daniel G.
name: Meriniemi, Tuukka
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Preheating and other particle production phenomena in the early Universe can give rise to high- energy out-of-equilibrium fermions with an anisotropic stress. We develop a formalism to calculate the spectrum of gravitational waves due to fermions, and apply it to a variety of scenarios after inflation. We pay particular attention to regularization issues. We show that fermion production sources a stochastic background of gravitational waves with a significant amplitude, but we find that typical frequencies of this new background are not within the presently accessible direct detec- tion range. However, small-coupling scenarios might still produce a signal observable by planned detectors, and thus open a new window into the physics of the very early Universe.
description: 4 pages, 1 figure, submitted to PRL
Morphology of the very inclined debris disk around HD 32297
Creators: name: Boccaletti, Anthony
name: Augereau, Jean-Charles
name: Lagrange, Anne-Marie
name: Milli, Julien
name: Baudoz, Pierre
name: Mawet, Dimitri
name: Mouillet, David
name: Lebreton, Jeremy
name: Maire, Anne-Lise
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Direct imaging of circumstellar disks at high angular resolution is mandatory to provide morphological information that bring constraints on their properties, in particular the spatial distribution of dust. New techniques combining observing strategy and data processing now allow very high contrast imaging with 8-m class ground-based telescopes (10^-4 to 10^-5 at ~1") and complement space telescopes while improving angular resolution at near infrared wavelengths. We carried out a program at the VLT with NACO to image known debris disks with higher angular resolution in the near IR than ever before in order to study morphological properties and ultimately to detect signpost of planets. The observing method makes use of advanced techniques: Adaptive Optics, Coronagraphy and Differential Imaging, a combination designed to directly image exoplanets with the upcoming generation of "planet finders" like GPI (Gemini Planet Imager) and SPHERE (Spectro-Polarimetric High contrast Exoplanet REsearch). Applied to extended objects like circumstellar disks, the method is still successful but produces significant biases in terms of photometry and morphology. We developed a new model-matching procedure to correct for these biases and hence to bring constraints on the morphology of debris disks. From our program, we present new images of the disk around the star HD 32297 obtained in the H (1.6mic) and Ks (2.2mic) bands with an unprecedented angular resolution (~65 mas). The images show an inclined thin disk detected at separations larger than 0.5-0.6". The modeling stage confirms a very high inclination (i=88°) and the presence of an inner cavity inside r_0~110AU. We also found that the spine (line of maximum intensity along the midplane) of the disk is curved and we attributed this feature to a large anisotropic scattering factor (g~0.5, valid for an non-edge on disk). Abridged ...
description: 12 pages, 10 figures, accepted for publication in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Pain Medication Beliefs among Knee and Hip Osteoarthritis Patients
Creators: name: MUHD RIZAL Diana
name: RAJADURAI Jeeshaliniraj
name: LAI Ying Xin
name: HAMDAN Nur Amalina
name: ABDRAHMAN Ismyth
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Osteoarthritis
knee and hip joints
patients' beliefs
pain medications

description: Introduction:
 Osteoarthritis is a chronic and incurable degenerative disease commonly affecting the knee and hip joints. Pain medications as a treatment modality can alleviate osteoarthritis symptoms of pain, swelling, and stiffness. This study aimed to identify knee and hip osteoarthritis patients' beliefs towards pain medications. The association between sociodemographic characteristics and pain medication belief was then assessed. Methodology:
 This cross-sectional study was conducted in Port Dickson Hospital, Negeri Sembilan by using universal sampling method. Data collection forms were utilized to document sociodemographic characteristics of study participants, while belief towards pain medications was assessed through Treatment beliefs in the knee and hip OsteoArthritis (TOA) questionnaire. The results were illustrated using descriptive statistics. Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis test was further applied for inferential analysis. Results:
 Out of 47 study participants, the majority of them were female (61.7%), aged more than or equal to 60 years old (63.8%), had affected knee osteoarthritis (80.9%), had underlying cardiovascular disease (63.8%) and underwent physiotherapy (74.5%). TOA questionnaire showed positive belief median score of 21 (17-21) and negative belief median score of 23 (15-31). There was a significant association between gender and osteoarthritis treatment with positive belief towards pain medication, indicated by female study participants (U = 161.50, p = 0.021) and physiotherapy treatment (U = 78.00, p = 0.001). Conclusion:
 Overall, participants in this study had equal positive and negative beliefs towards pain medications. Female gender and physiotherapy treatment was associated with positive belief towards pain medications. Future studies conducted at a multicenter scale could be explored to gain better insight into osteoarthritis patients' pain medication beliefs. Disclaimer: Abstract text might vary slightly from what is displayed in the e-poster.
description: This poster was submitted to the 14th National Conference for Clinical Research (NCCR) in August 18-20, 2021. https://nccrconference.com.my/
The Thermo-Tectonic and Petroleum System Evolution at Hoodoo Dome, Ellef Ringnes Island, Sverdrup Basin, Canadian High Arctic: Implications for Hydrocarbon Exploration and Regional Geology
Creators: name: Springer, Austin
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Geology
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Thermochronology
subject: Arctic
subject: Hydrocarbon
subject: Modeling
subject: Sverdrup
subject: Salt
subject: Dome

description: This study integrates detrital apatite (U-Th)/He thermochronology with source rock characterization and one dimensional burial and thermal history reconstruction modeling to better understand the thermal, tectonic, and petroleum systems at Hoodoo Dome, an evaporite diapir in the Canada's hydrocarbon bearing Sverdrup Basin. Thermochronology on Lower Cretaceous rocks indicates a time of exhumation and cooling related to Eurekan deformation during the Latest-Cretaceous (80 Ma) until Middle Eocene (41 Ma). Burial history modeling of an exploration well at Hoodoo Dome (Hoodoo Dome H-37) indicates that peak hydrocarbon generation and expulsion beneath Hoodoo Dome occurred during the Aptian and Albian. Combined, these results indicate that the petroleum system below Hoodoo Dome generated and expelled its hydrocarbons prior to major structural trap formation associated with the Eurekan Orogeny. As a result, the warrant to further explore for large hydrocarbon fields associated structural traps related to the Late Cretaceous to Eocene deformation is limited.
FlooNoC: A 645 Gbps/link 0.15 pJ/B/hop Open-Source NoC with Wide Physical Links and End-to-End AXI4 Parallel Multi-Stream Support
Creators: name: Fischer, Tim
name: Rogenmoser, Michael
name: Benz, Thomas
name: Gürkaynak, Frank K.
name: Benini, Luca
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Hardware Architecture (cs.AR)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The new generation of domain-specific AI accelerators is characterized by rapidly increasing demands for bulk data transfers, as opposed to small, latency-critical cache line transfers typical of traditional cache-coherent systems. In this paper, we address this critical need by introducing the FlooNoC Network-on-Chip (NoC), featuring very wide, fully Advanced eXtensible Interface (AXI4) compliant links designed to meet the massive bandwidth needs at high energy efficiency. At the transport level, non-blocking transactions are supported for latency tolerance. Additionally, a novel end-to-end ordering approach for AXI4, enabled by a multi-stream capable Direct Memory Access (DMA) engine simplifies network interfaces and eliminates inter-stream dependencies. Furthermore, dedicated physical links are instantiated for short, latency-critical messages. A complete end-to-end reference implementation in 12nm FinFET technology demonstrates the physical feasibility and power performance area (PPA) benefits of our approach. Utilizing wide links on high levels of metal, we achieve a bandwidth of 645 Gbps per link and a total aggregate bandwidth of 103 Tbps for an 8x4 mesh of processors cluster tiles, with a total of 288 RISC-V cores. The NoC imposes a minimal area overhead of only 3.5% per compute tile and achieves a leading-edge energy efficiency of 0.15 pJ/B/hop at 0.8 V. Compared to state-of-the-art NoCs, our system offers three times the energy efficiency and more than double the link bandwidth. Furthermore, compared to a traditional AXI4-based multi-layer interconnect, our NoC achieves a 30% reduction in area, corresponding to a 47% increase in GFLOPSDP within the same floorplan.
Electron Accelerations at High Mach Number Shocks: Two-Dimensional Particle-In-Cell Simulations in Various Parameter Regimes
Creators: name: Matsumoto, Yosuke
name: Amano, Takanobu
name: Hoshino, Masahiro
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Electron accelerations at high Mach number collision-less shocks are investigated by means of two-dimensional electromagnetic Particle-in-Cell simulations with various Alfven Mach numbers, ion-to-electron mass ratios, and the upstream electron beta_e (the ratio of the thermal pressure to the magnetic pressure). We found electrons are effectively accelerated at a super-high Mach number shock (MA~30) with a mass ratio of M/m=100 and beta_e=0.5. The electron shock surfing acceleration is an effective mechanism for accelerating the particles toward the relativistic regime even in two dimensions with the large mass ratio. Buneman instability excited at the leading edge of the foot in the super-high Mach number shock results in a coherent electrostatic potential structure. While multi-dimensionality allows the electrons to escape from the trapping region, they can interact with the strong electrostatic field several times. Simulation runs in various parameter regimes indicate that the electron shock surfing acceleration is an effective mechanism for producing relativistic particles in extremely-high Mach number shocks in supernova remnants, provided that the upstream electron temperature is reasonably low.
Neural Light Spheres for Implicit Image Stitching and View Synthesis
Creators: name: Chugunov, Ilya
name: Joshi, Amogh
name: Murthy, Kiran
name: Bleibel, Francois
name: Heide, Felix
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Challenging to capture, and challenging to display on a cellphone screen, the panorama paradoxically remains both a staple and underused feature of modern mobile camera applications. In this work we address both of these challenges with a spherical neural light field model for implicit panoramic image stitching and re-rendering; able to accommodate for depth parallax, view-dependent lighting, and local scene motion and color changes during capture. Fit during test-time to an arbitrary path panoramic video capture -- vertical, horizontal, random-walk -- these neural light spheres jointly estimate the camera path and a high-resolution scene reconstruction to produce novel wide field-of-view projections of the environment. Our single-layer model avoids expensive volumetric sampling, and decomposes the scene into compact view-dependent ray offset and color components, with a total model size of 80 MB per scene, and real-time (50 FPS) rendering at 1080p resolution. We demonstrate improved reconstruction quality over traditional image stitching and radiance field methods, with significantly higher tolerance to scene motion and non-ideal capture settings.
description: Project site: https://light.princeton.edu/publication/neuls/
The Cosmological Impact of Intrinsic Alignment Model Choice for Cosmic Shear
Creators: name: Kirk, Donnacha
name: Rassat, Anais
name: Host, Ole
name: Bridle, Sarah
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider the effect of galaxy intrinsic alignments (IAs) on dark energy constraints from weak gravitational lensing. We summarise the latest version of the linear alignment model of IAs, following the brief note of Hirata & Seljak (2010) and further interpretation in Laszlo et al. (2011). We show the cosmological bias on the dark energy equation of state parameters w0 and wa that would occur if IAs were ignored. We find that w0 and wa are both catastrophically biased, by an absolute value of just greater than unity under the Fisher matrix approximation. This contrasts with a bias several times larger for the earlier IA implementation. Therefore there is no doubt that IAs must be taken into account for future Stage III experiments and beyond. We use a flexible grid of IA and galaxy bias parameters as used in previous work, and investigate what would happen if the universe used the latest IA model, but we assumed the earlier version. We find that despite the large difference between the two IA models, the grid flexibility is sufficient to remove cosmological bias and recover the correct dark energy equation of state. In an appendix, we compare observed shear power spectra to those from a popular previous implementation and explain the differences.
description: 12 pages, 5 figures
Cultivating Change : using the GeoWeb to map the Local Food System in the North Okanagan of British Columbia
Creators: name: Tudge, Pamela Honor
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: Grassroots advocacy organizations seek novel ways to bring their message to the masses. The Geospatial Web (GeoWeb) is changing the way maps can contribute to communication strategies for advocacy efforts. In the North Okanagan of British Columbia the local food movement is a case for advocacy. I employ an Action Research process to the evaluate ways that organizations advocating for building a local food movement use the GeoWeb for social change efforts: I examine how a community organization, Food Action Society of the North Okanagan negotiates and utilizes the GeoWeb to address localized food security concerns and to strengthen the local food movement. To evaluate the GeoWeb as an advocacy tool, a Web Portal called Okanagan Food Portal was developed as a platform to host diverse information such as maps, directories and videos about local food in the region. Methods to evaluate the project include participatory observation, focus groups, questionnaire and semi-structured interviews. Results examine three areas, the politics of hyper-local media, perspectives of local food advocates and the feedback from the public demonstrations. The results reveal that the while GeoWeb offers new opportunities for counter-mapping and Public Participatory Geographic Information System (GIS) approaches, many advocates in smaller communities still cannot effectively utilize the mapping tools. The limited ability of smaller volunteer organizations to independently access these technologies reduces the ability for effective participation on the GeoWeb and therefore its applicability for advocacy in the community. In addressing the question of how the GeoWeb influences social change efforts in the North Okanagan local food movement, this thesis seeks to contribute to the wider discussion regarding how the GeoWeb may address longstanding issues of unequal power and access in mapmaking.
Graphene on Au-coated SiOx substrate: Its core-level photoelectron micro-spectroscopy study
Creators: name: Chen, Jhih-Wei
name: Wang, Chiang-Lun
name: Shiu, Hung Wei
name: Lin, Chi-Yuan
name: Chang, Chen-Shiung
name: Chien, Forest Shih-Sen
name: Chen, Chia-Hao
name: Chen, Yi-Chun
name: Wu, Chung-Lin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The core-level electronic structures of the exfoliated graphene sheets on a Au-coated SiOx substrate have been studied by synchrotron radiation photoelectron spectroscopy (SR-PES) on a micron-scale. The graphene was firstly demonstrated its visibility on the Au-coated SiOx substrate by micro-optical characterization, and then conducted into SR-PES study. Because of the elimination of charging effect, precise C 1s core-level characterization clearly shows graphitic and contaminated carbon states of graphene. Different levels of Au-coating-induced p-type doping on single- and double-layer graphene sheets were also examined in the C 1s core-level shift. The Au-coated SiOx substrate can be treated as a simple but high-throughput platform for in situ studying graphene under further hybridization by PES.
e-DIPLOMA - Deliverable 6.2 Report on the SWOT
Creators: name: Trayanova, Tanya
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: SWOT Analysis
e-learning
Virtual Reality
Artificial Inteligence
Augmented Reality
Policy Recommendations
e-learning ecosystem

description: The current document is the Deliverable 6.2 "Report on the SWOT" of the e-DIPLOMA project. 
As part of the work package 6, this report on the SWOT analysis is produced. The goal of this document is to analyze the SWOT: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats of the existing policies in the Digital Education field. To achieve this objective, the "Deliverable 6.1 Report of current policy situation and policy recommendation", which provides an overview of the e-learning ecosystem in each country involved in the e-DIPLOMA project, was highly beneficial. This report will provide a more detailed analysis than the D6.1. 
The present report identifies the weakest points and address potential risks related to digital education that may arise from the SWOT analysis and is concentrated on several key areas.
The Unusual Temporal and Spectral Evolution of the Type IIn Supernova 2011ht
Creators: name: Roming, P. W. A.
name: Pritchard, T. A.
name: Prieto, J. L.
name: Kochanek, C. S.
name: Fryer, C. L.
name: Davidson, K.
name: Humphreys, R. M.
name: Bayless, A. J.
name: Beacom, J. F.
name: Brown, P. J.
name: Holland, S. T.
name: Immler, S.
name: Kuin, N. P. M.
name: Oates, S. R.
name: Pogge, R. W.
name: Pojmanski, G.
name: Stoll, R.
name: Shappee, B. J.
name: Stanek, K. Z.
name: Szczygiel, D. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present very early UV to optical photometric and spectroscopic observations of the peculiar Type IIn supernova (SN) 2011ht in UGC 5460. The UV observations of the rise to peak are only the second ever recorded for a Type IIn SN and are by far the most complete. The SN, first classified as a SN impostor, slowly rose to a peak of M_V \sim -17 in \sim55 days. In contrast to the \sim2 magnitude increase in the v-band light curve from the first observation until peak, the UV flux increased by >7 magnitudes. The optical spectra are dominated by strong, Balmer emission with narrow peaks (FWHM\sim600 km/s), very broad asymmetric wings (FWHM\sim4200 km/s), and blue shifted absorption (\sim300 km/s) superposed on a strong blue continuum. The UV spectra are dominated by FeII, MgII, SiII, and SiIII absorption lines broadened by \sim1500 km/s. Merged X-ray observations reveal a L_(0.2-10)=(1.0+/-0.2)x10^(39) erg/s. Some properties of SN 2011ht are similar to SN impostors, while others are comparable to Type IIn SNe. Early spectra showed features typical of luminous blue variables at maximum and during giant eruptions. However, the broad emission profiles coupled with the strong UV flux have not been observed in previous SN impostors. The absolute magnitude and energetics (~2.5x10^(49) ergs in the first 112 days) are reminiscent of normal Type IIn SN, but the spectra are of a dense wind. We suggest that the mechanism for creating this unusual profile could be a shock interacting with a shell of material that was ejected a year before the discovery of the SN.
description: 41 pages, 16 figures, 5 tables, submitted to the Astrophysical Journal
Nuclear Level Density of ${}^{161}$Dy in the Shell Model Monte Carlo Method
Creators: name: Özen, Cem
name: Alhassid, Yoram
name: Nakada, Hitoshi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We extend the shell-model Monte Carlo applications to the rare-earth region to include the odd-even nucleus ${}^{161}$Dy. The projection on an odd number of particles leads to a sign problem at low temperatures making it impractical to extract the ground-state energy in direct calculations. We use level counting data at low energies and neutron resonance data to extract the shell model ground-state energy to good precision. We then calculate the level density of ${}^{161}$Dy and find it in very good agreement with the level density extracted from experimental data.
description: 4 pages, 2 figures, Proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Compound Nuclear Reactions and Related Topics (CNR*11)
What we talk about  when we talk about  research quality. A discussion on open science and responsible research assessment
Creators: name: Di Donato, Francesca
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: Reforming research assessment has been part of international political agendas for some years; but, it is since the COVID-19 pandemic that rethinking evaluation mechanisms has become a central and unavoidable problem, and it is only since 2020-21 that concrete actions in this sense have been initiated by policy makers and research funders in a coordinated approach.
Starting from the assumption that the current assessment system exclusively values publications (in particular journal articles), and the perceived prestige of the publishers, often inducing researchers to game the mechanism, these common actions recognize the need for new principles and criteria for evaluating the quality of research.
The available indicators and the substantially quantitative criteria in use up to now have in fact been found to be unsuitable for enhancing and encouraging the various research practices which are instead necessary to guarantee their quality; furthermore, the current evaluation system does not support or facilitate the integrity of the research and the timely dissemination of the results, producing a negative impact on the quality and efficiency of the research itself.
The Agreement on reforming research assessment and the Coalition that promotes it (CoARA) are based on these foundations, on whose principles this lesson will focus, in particular trying to reflect on what the quality of research is and what is meant by qualitative assessment (as opposed to quantitative assessment), a problem that is closely linked to the very purpose of science, as we aim to show.
Fronto-striatal Network Dysfunction in Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Creators: name: McLeod, Kevin
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Mental Health
subject: Radiology
subject: Psychology--Clinical
subject: Developmental Coordination Disorder
subject: Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
subject: Resting-State fMRI
subject: functional connectivity
subject: Motor Network
subject: Brain Asymmetry
subject: Developmental Brain Dysfunction

description: Developmental coordination disorder (DCD) and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are common neurodevelopmental disorders that significantly impact a child’s physical and mental health. Importantly, DCD and ADHD frequently co-occur. Behavioral, genetic and neuroimaging research have identified commonalities between children with these disorders. This thesis used resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) to determine the functional connections of the motor network of children with DCD, ADHD, and combined DCD and ADHD, in comparison to healthy children. In the first study, common and distinct alterations in the functional connections with the left motor cortex were identified in children with these disorders, including regions involved in sensorimotor processing and motor control. In the second study, differences in the hemispherical asymmetry of functional connections within the motor networks were also identified. These findings suggest that common brain functional networks are involved in DCD and ADHD, and that rs-fMRI is a valuable tool for furthering our understanding of the neurological underpinnings of these disorders.
Ações Inclusivas, Redes e Gestão de Conhecimentos em Administração Pública Municipal
Creators: name: Emmendoerfer, Magnus Luiz
name: Messias, Denise Bocorny
name: Schommer, Paula Chies
name: Passador, Claudia Souza
name: Mendes, Italo Oliveira
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Local Government
Public Management
Public Sector

description: Este Painel temático foi desenhado para o XLV Encontro da ANPAD - Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Administração, sob o tema DESIGUALDADE & DIVERSIDADE: PENSANDO ORGANIZAÇÕES E SOCIEDADES INCLUSIVAS, programado para o dia 4 de outubro de 2021 as 16h15-18h00 - Sala 1, no âmbito da Divisão Acadêmica em Administração Pública. O painel acima foi inspirado no painel sobre GESTÃO MUNICIPAL E CONHECIMENTOS: PARCERIAS, PRÁTICAS E APRENDIZAGENS, apresentado durante o IV ENEPCP - Encontro Nacional da Associação Nacional de Ensino, Pesquisa e Extensão do Campo de Públicas (ANEPECP), em agosto/setembro de 2021. Este painel esta disponivel em: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rEqDLsTvco
A Pilot Assessment of Feasibility of a Psychosocial Intervention for Advancing Cancer Patients and Partners: An Extension Project
Creators: name: Wozniak, Julianna
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Health Sciences
subject: Psychosocial Oncology
subject: intervention
subject: End of Life Care
subject: Cancer patients
subject: Caregivers

description: This extension pilot project assessed several characteristics of The Tapestry Retreat Program, a psychosocial intervention for patients with advanced cancer. The primary objective was to assess the feasibility of a novel recruitment strategy for palliative cancer patients and their caregivers to the program over an 18-month span (2007-2008). Due to recruitment challenges and participant attrition, the study was unable to recruit the required number of subjects needed to meet the sample size requirements within the study’s allotted time frame. Our study faced many of the same methodological difficulties that other interventional studies in the area of psychosocial cancer care face. Utilizing the resources that are now available, sharing our findings, and altering the design, delivery and implementation of the study may pave the road for success in the future, and ultimately aid in improving the quality of life of cancer patients and their care givers.
Kinetic description of rotating Tokamak plasmas with anisotropic temperatures in the collisionless regime
Creators: name: Cremaschini, Claudio
name: Tessarotto, Massimo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A largely unsolved theoretical issue in controlled fusion research is the consistent \textit{kinetic} treatment of slowly-time varying plasma states occurring in collisionless and magnetized axisymmetric plasmas. The phenomenology may include finite pressure anisotropies as well as strong toroidal and poloidal differential rotation, characteristic of Tokamak plasmas. Despite the fact that physical phenomena occurring in fusion plasmas depend fundamentally on the microscopic particle phase-space dynamics, their consistent kinetic treatment remains still essentially unchalleged to date. The goal of this paper is to address the problem within the framework of Vlasov-Maxwell description. The gyrokinetic treatment of charged particles dynamics is adopted for the construction of asymptotic solutions for the quasi-stationary species kinetic distribution functions. These are expressed in terms of the particle exact and adiabatic invariants. The theory relies on a perturbative approach, which permits to construct asymptotic analytical solutions of the Vlasov-Maxwell system. In this way, both diamagnetic and energy corrections are included consistently into the theory. In particular, by imposing suitable kinetic constraints, the existence of generalized bi-Maxwellian asymptotic kinetic equilibria is pointed out. The theory applies for toroidal rotation velocity of the order of the ion thermal speed. These solutions satisfy identically also the constraints imposed by the Maxwell equations, i.e. quasi-neutrality and Ampere's law. As a result, it is shown that, in the presence of non-uniform fluid and EM fields, these kinetic equilibria can sustain simultaneously toroidal differential rotation, quasi-stationary finite poloidal flows and temperature anisotropy.
description: Accepted for publication in Physics of Plasmas
Degenerate noncommutativity
Creators: name: Grosse, Harald
name: Wohlgenannt, Michael
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 81R60, 81T15

description: We study a renormalizable four dimensional model with two deformed quantized space directions. A one-loop renormalization is performed explicitly. The Euclidean model is connected to the Minkowski version via an analytic continuation. At a special value of the parameters a nontrivial fixed point of the renormalization group occurs.
description: 16 pages
Low-dimensional clustering detects incipient dominant influenza strain clusters
Creators: name: He, Jiankui
name: Deem, Michael W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Populations and Evolution (q-bio.PE)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Influenza has been circulating in the human population and has caused three pandemics in the last century (1918 H1N1, 1957 H2N2, 1968 H3N2). The 2009 A(H1N1) was classified by the World Health Organization (WHO) as the fourth pandemic. Influenza has a high evolution rate, which makes vaccine design challenging. We here consider an approach for early detection of new dominant strains. By clustering the 2009 A(H1N1) sequence data, we found two main clusters. We then define a metric to detect the emergence of dominant strains. We show on historical H3N2 data that this method is able to identify a cluster around an incipient dominant strain before it becomes dominant. For example, for H3N2 as of March 30, 2009, the method detects the cluster for the new A/British Columbia/RV1222/2009 strain. This strain detection tool would appear to be useful for annual influenza vaccine selection.
description: 50 pages, 6 figures, 1 table, supplement
Character and Age of Buchan Metamorphism, NE Scotland
Creators: name: Goldsmith, Shantal
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Geochemistry
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Geology
subject: Mineralogy
subject: Buchan
subject: Scotland
subject: Metamorphism
subject: Monazite
subject: Petrography
subject: Cowhythe

description: The primary goal of this study is to describe and characterize the anomalous Buchan Coast metamorphic sequence in NE Scotland in relation to the classic Buchan-type sequence (Crd-And-Sil-Kfs) exemplified by the Ythan River metamorphic sequence. The Buchan Coast sequence is comprised of the mineral sequence staurolite – cordierite – andalusite – sillimanite – K-feldspar. Studies have established the peak of metamorphism in the Grampian Orogeny to be ~ 470 Ma but there is contention about the timing of origin of the Cowhythe Gneiss, found in the Buchan Coast sequence. Monazite U/Pb chemical dating was performed to determine the age of metamorphism in the Buchan Coast and the Ythan River sequences as well as the age of the Cowhythe Gneiss. The dating indicated an average age of 424±20 Ma for the two metamorphic sequences, with an average age of 474±14 Ma for the Cowhythe Gneiss.
Analysis of Unused Medicines and Cost among Patients in Tanglin Health Clinic, Malaysia
Creators: name: YAP Ai Ching
name: MOHEMMAD RIZAL Mohemmad Redzuan
name: SEGERAN Sugendiren
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Unused medicines
Primary healthcare
Cost
Medication wastage

description: Introduction:
 Unused medicines among patients have been a critical problem in the Malaysia's healthcare system, contributing to drug wastage, increased national financial burden and decreased treatment cost-effectiveness. This descriptive, cross-sectional study at Tanglin Health Clinic aims to identify the unused medicines, its cost, contributing factors and patients' medication adherence.
 Methodology:
 Unused/remaining medications brought by patients to pharmacy prior medications refill were listed and the cost was calculated in Phase 1, using cost price from Lembah Pantai District Health Office, Kuala Lumpur. During Phase 2, questionnaires were distributed to assess adherence and to identify factors contributing to having many remaining medications. Study was conducted from October 2020 to May 2021. Data collected were analyzed using SPSS v22. Results:
 A total of 72520 tablets/capsules and 397 insulin vials were found unused by patients, accounting for a total cost of RM8926.91, with an average cost of RM21.25 per patient. The top 3 quantities of unused medicines were Metformin, Perindopril and Simvastatin. The top 3 highest costs of unused medicines were Metformin, Insulin Insulatard and Insulin Actrapid. 57.8% of patients with many unused medications were incompliant to medications. Common reasons of incompliance were: not taking medicines when "started feeling better" and "taking supplements/traditional/herbal medicines concurrently". Main reason of being compliant but having many unused medications was "pharmacy has supplied extra quantity of medicines".

 Conclusion:
 A vast quantity of unused medicines among patients exists, which markedly increase the national financial burden. Measures shall be taken to avoid medication wastage. Disclaimer: Abstract text might vary slightly from what is displayed in the e-poster.
description: This poster was submitted to the 14th National Conference for Clinical Research (NCCR) in August 18-20, 2021. https://nccrconference.com.my/
Using Repositories Workshop
Creators: name: Karoune, Emma
name: Lancelotti, Carla
name: Bates, Jennifer
name: Dabengwa, Abraham
name: Dunseth, Zachary
name: García-Granero, Juan José
name: Ge, Yong
name: Kerfant, Celine
name: Madella, Marco
name: Musaubach, Maria Gabriela
name: Ruiz-Pérez, Javier
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Open Resarch
Phytoliths

description: This is the second workshop on Using Repositories in a series of workshop about Open Research Skills. This workshop covers: Introduction to repositories Types of repositories How to choose the “right” repository What are licences Types of outputs that can be published Demonstration Showing how to create an account with a repository Reserve a DOI Archiving files Data and metadata Connect with other programs Exercise Upload files in a repository List of training workshops in Open Research Skills: 24th February 2023 - Open access publishing 24th March 2023 - Using repositories 21st April 2023 - GitHub basics 28th April 2023 - GitHub collaborative workflows 26th May 2023 - Standard vocabularies and ontologies 30th June 2023 - FAIR data Project overview: Our project aims to upskill participants in open research skills to increase the quality and reusability of phytolith research and related disciplines such as archaeology, palaeosciences and plant sciences. We will run six hands-on training workshops on open access publishing and research outputs, using repositories, ontologies and standard vocabularies, implementation of FAIR Guidelines for phytolith research, and two workshops on Github basic and advanced skills. The materials from all workshops will be archived as self-study courses on our website (https://open-phytoliths.netlify.app/). We will also provide translation during workshops and training materials into multiple languages. Keywords Open Access Reproducible Research Training Repositories
 Grants: EU - Esoc-Life
XHIP-II: Clusters and associations
Creators: name: Francis, Charles
name: Anderson, Erik
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Context. In the absence of complete kinematic data it has not previously been possible to furnish accurate lists of member stars for all moving groups. There has been an unresolved dispute concerning the apparent inconsistency of the Hipparcos parallax distance to the Pleiades. Aims. To find improved candidate lists for clusters and associations represented among Hipparcos stars, to establish distances, and to cast light on the Pleiades distance anomaly. Methods. We use a six dimensional fitting procedure to identify candidates, and plot CMDs for 20 of the nearest groups. We calculate the mean parallax distance for all groups. Results. We identify lists of candidates and calculated parallax distances for 42 clusters and 45 associations represented within the Hipparcos catalogue. We find agreement between parallax distance and photometric distances for the most important clusters. For single stars in the Pleiades we find mean parallax distance 125.6 \pm 4.2 pc and photometric distance 132 \pm 3 pc calibrated to nearby groups of similar in age and composition. This gives no reason to doubt either the Hipparcos database or stellar evolutionary theory.
description: Accepted for publication in Astronomy Letters, 10 pages, 2 figs
Harmonically Induced Shape Morphing of Bistable Buckled Beam with Static Bias
Creators: name: Hasan, Md Nahid
name: Paul, Sharat
name: Greenwood, Taylor E.
name: Parker, Robert G.
name: Kong, Yong Lin
name: Wang, Pai
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the effect of a constant static bias force on the dynamically induced shape morphing of a pre-buckled bistable beam, focusing on the beam's ability to change its vibration to be near different stable states under harmonic excitation. Our study explores four categories of oscillatory motions: switching, reverting, vacillating, and intra-well in the parameter space. We aim to achieve transitions between stable states of the pre-buckled bistable beam with minimal excitation amplitude. Our findings demonstrate the synergistic effects between dynamic excitation and static bias force, showing a broadening of the non-fractal region for switching behavior (i.e., switching from the first stable state to the second stable state) in the parameter space. This study advances the understanding of the dynamics of key structural components for multi-stable mechanical metamaterials, offering new possibilities for novel designs in adaptive applications.
In vitro toxicity and uptake of magnetic nanorods
Creators: name: Safi, M.
name: Clowez, S.
name: Galimard, A.
name: Berret, J. -F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper we investigate the internalization and cytotoxicity of nanostructured materials having the form of elongated rods, with diameter of 200 nm and lengths 1 - 10 μm. The rods were made from the controlled aggregation of sub-10 nm iron oxide nanoparticles. Recently, we have shown that the nanorods inherited the superparamagnetic property of the particles. These rods can actually be moved by the application of an external magnetic field. Here we evaluate the in vitro toxicity of the magnetic nanorods by using MTT assays on NIH/3T3 mouse fibroblasts. The toxicity assays revealed that the nanorods are biocompatible, as exposed cells remained 100% viable relative to controls over a period of a few days. Optical microscopy allow to visualize the rods inside the cells and to determine their number per cell. Roughly 1/3 of the total incubated rods were uptaken by the fibroblasts.
description: 8 pages, 5 figures
Observation of a Snap-Through Instability in Graphene
Creators: name: Scharfenberg, Scott
name: Mansukhani, Nikhita
name: Chialvo, Cesar
name: Weaver, Richard L.
name: Mason, Nadya
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We examine the competition between adhesive and bending energies for few-layered graphene samples placed on rigid, microscale-corrugated substrates. Using atomic force microscopy, we show that the graphene undergoes a sharp "snap-through" transition as a function of layer thickness, where the material transitions between conforming to the substrate and lying flat on top of the substrate. By utilizing the critical snap-through thickness in an elasticity model for the FLG's bending, we extract a value for graphene-surface adhesion energy that is larger than expected for van der Waals forces.
description: 8 pages, 3 figures