cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Assessing User Expertise in Spoken Dialog System Interactions
Creators: name: Ribeiro, Eugénio
name: Batista, Fernando
name: Trancoso, Isabel
name: Lopes, José
name: Ribeiro, Ricardo
name: de Matos, David Martins
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: H.1.2; I.2.1; I.2.7

description: Identifying the level of expertise of its users is important for a system since it can lead to a better interaction through adaptation techniques. Furthermore, this information can be used in offline processes of root cause analysis. However, not much effort has been put into automatically identifying the level of expertise of an user, especially in dialog-based interactions. In this paper we present an approach based on a specific set of task related features. Based on the distribution of the features among the two classes - Novice and Expert - we used Random Forests as a classification approach. Furthermore, we used a Support Vector Machine classifier, in order to perform a result comparison. By applying these approaches on data from a real system, Let's Go, we obtained preliminary results that we consider positive, given the difficulty of the task and the lack of competing approaches for comparison.
description: 10 pages
Editorial
Creators: name: Martinelli, Nicola
name: Annese, Mariella
name: Mangialardi, Giovanna
Publisher: name: Urbana
Year: 2024

description: The Volume introduced by this editorial is the first issue of "URBANA. International Journal of Urban Policies and Studies," an open-access peer-reviewed international journal that aims to publish innovative and original papers on the processes and values of socio-spatial complexity of urban policies and practices. URBANA aims to prioritize reflection on the operationalization of public policies for cities and territories; in this perspective, this Volume is peculiarly keen on the role of Italian university institutions and cities, called to deal in various ways with the new challenges of contemporaneity to enable a faster turn toward sustainability and a more potent synergy between the actors involved.


The first Volume takes up and amplifies the issues discussed in December 2022 during the Conference "LE UNIVERSITÀ PER LE CITTÀ E I TERRITORI. Proposte per l’integrazione tra politiche universitarie e politiche urbane" organized in Bari by urban@it, with the sponsorship of the Puglia Region, ADISU Puglia, RUS, and Polytechnic University of Bari, in collaboration with the ArCoD Department of Polytechnic University of Bari.
description: Urbana, Vol. 1 No. 1 (2024): Universities and Cities in Transition. Policies and Projects for a Better Integration
Character displacement in Pleistocene kangaroos
Creators: name: Bell, Hayley
Publisher: name: Macquarie University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Other education not elsewhere classified

description: Palaeontological studies are helpful not only for understanding how communitiesinteracted in the past, but also for testing ecological models in deep time. Macropods have a rich fossil record and there are many living species, making them optimal for palaeoecological studies. Character displacement between closely related coexisting species is a developing ecological topic and testing for it in evolutionary time can enhance our understanding of the processes lying behind it. Using length and width measurements of dentary molars I looked for the presence of displacement in modern and Pleistocene communities of kangaroos using Willams’ V-test. Results indicated that there was little to no character displacement and so the hypothesis that this phenomenon enabled kangaroos to coexist was rejected. The Kruskal-Wallis test showed some significant variation for modern and extinct kangaroos but not enough to support displacement. This conclusion brings forward more questions about kangaroo palaeoecology: how do these species coexist? Was competition not as strong as we thought? Did coexisting Pleistocene kangaroos use resource partitioning like modern species do? Further studies of kangaroo ecology, both in modern communities and Pleistocene, will yield greater insights into how species interact with eachother and how their evolutionary history has been shaped.
Estudio de encuesta sobre la traducción y la interpretación en México 2017
Creators: name: Fundación Italia Morayta
name: Gibrán Mena Aguilar
Publisher: name: OpenCon 2017 LatAm
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Reporte compartido como parte del taller "Generación de Evidencia Sobre Explotación a Personas Indígenas con Datos Abiertos: Caso de Encuesta de Interpretación y Traducción en México" presentado por Gibrán Mena Aguilar el día 13 de octubre en OpenCon LatAm.
La base de datos del estudio también es abierta y se puede encontrar en un repositorio abierto acá http://datamx.io/dataset/eitmx17.
A pulsed, mono-energetic and angular-selective UV photo-electron source for the commissioning of the KATRIN experiment
Creators: name: Behrens, J.
name: Ranitzsch, P. C. -O.
name: Beck, M.
name: Beglarian, A.
name: Erhard, M.
name: Groh, S.
name: Hannen, V.
name: Kraus, M.
name: Ortjohann, H. -W.
name: Rest, O.
name: Schlösser, K.
name: Thümmler, T.
name: Valerius, K.
name: Wierman, K.
name: Wilkerson, J. F.
name: Winzen, D.
name: Zacher, M.
name: Weinheimer, C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The KATRIN experiment aims to determine the neutrino mass scale with a sensitivity of 200 meV/c^2 (90% C.L.) by a precision measurement of the shape of the tritium $β$-spectrum in the endpoint region. The energy analysis of the decay electrons is achieved by a MAC-E filter spectrometer. To determine the transmission properties of the KATRIN main spectrometer, a mono-energetic and angular-selective electron source has been developed. In preparation for the second commissioning phase of the main spectrometer, a measurement phase was carried out at the KATRIN monitor spectrometer where the device was operated in a MAC-E filter setup for testing. The results of these measurements are compared with simulations using the particle-tracking software "Kassiopeia", which was developed in the KATRIN collaboration over recent years.
description: 19 pages, 16 figures, submitted to European Physical Journal C
Strong anisotropic optical conductivity in two dimensional puckered structures: The role of Rashba effect
Creators: name: Saberi-Pouya, S.
name: Vazifehshenas, T.
name: Salavati-fard, T.
name: Farmanbar, M.
name: Peeters, F. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We calculate the optical conductivity of an anisotropic two-dimensional system with Rashba spin-flip excitation within the Kubo formalism. We show that the anisotropic Rashba effect caused by an external field changes significantly the magnitude of the spin splitting. Furthermore, we obtain an analytical expression for the longitudinal optical conductivity associated with inter-band transitions as a function of the frequency for an arbitrary polarization angle. We find that the diagonal components of the optical conductivity tensor are direction-dependent and the spectrum of optical absorption is strongly anisotropic with an absorption window. The height and width of this absorption window are very sensitive to the system anisotropy. While the height of absorption peak increases with increasing effective mass anisotropy ratio, the peak intensity is larger when the light polarization is along the armchair direction. Moreover, the absorption peak width becomes broader as the density of state mass or Rashba interaction is enhanced. These features can be used to determine parameters relevant for spintronics through the optical absorption spectrum.
description: 8 pages, 6 figures
title: Контроль качества сварных соединений
title: Учебное пособие для СПО
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Гончаров А.Н.
name:  Карих В.В.
name:  Лебедев С.В.
name:  Неверов В.В.
name:  Ковган А.Н.
name:  Самсонов К.А.
Publisher: name: Липецкий государственный технический университет, Профобразование
Year: 2020

description: В учебном пособии приведены параметры и методики оценки качества сварных и паяных соединений. Наиболее подробно рассмотрены дефекты, которые могут возникнуть в сварочном производстве. Подготовлено в соответствии с требованиями Федерального государственного образовательного стандарта среднего профессионального образования. Предназначено для изучения дисциплины «Контроль качества сварных соединений» по профессиям 15.01.05 «Сварщик (ручной и частично механизированной сварки (наплавки))», 15.01.04 «Наладчик сварочного и газоплазморезательного оборудования» и дисциплины «Дефектация сварных швов и контроль качества сварных соединений» по специальности 22.02.06 «Сварочное производство».
Coupling-Enhanced Broadband Mid-Infrared Light Absorption in Graphene Plasmonic Nanostructures
Creators: name: Deng, Bingchen
name: Guo, Qiushi
name: Li, Cheng
name: Wang, Haozhe
name: Ling, Xi
name: Farmer, Damon B.
name: Han, Shu-jen
name: Kong, Jing
name: Xia, Fengnian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Plasmons in graphene nanostructures show great promise for mid-infrared applications ranging from a few to tens of microns. However, mid-infrared plasmonic resonances in graphene nanostructures are usually weak and narrow-banded, limiting their potential in light manipulation and detection. Here we investigate the coupling among graphene plasmonic nanostructures and further show that by engineering the coupling, enhancement of light-graphene interaction strength and broadening of spectral width can be achieved simultaneously. Leveraging the concept of coupling, we demonstrate a hybrid 2-layer graphene nanoribbon array which shows 5 to 7% extinction within the entire 8 to 14 μm (~700 to 1250 cm-1) wavelength range, covering one of the important atmosphere "infrared transmission windows". Such coupled hybrid graphene plasmonic nanostructures may find applications in infrared sensing and free-space communications.
description: ACS Nano, 2016
title: ADCO, Septième cartulaire de Saint-Étienne de Dijon (1661-1665), Cart. 29 (G 134), 996 folios, f. 0696
Creators: name: de la Côte d'Or, Archives départementales
name: Petot, Frédéric
name: Archives Départementales De La Côte-D'Or
name: Petot, Frédérique
name: Projet CBMA
name: CG21/F.PETOT/2012
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: cartulaire
subject: Corpus Burgundiae Medii Aevi
subject: Chartes de la Bourgogne du Moyen Âge
subject: LaMOP
subject: Laboratoire de Médiévistique Occidentale de Paris

description: Septième cartulaire de Saint-Étienne de Dijon (1661-1665), Archives départementales de la Côte-d'Or, Cart. 29 (G 134), 996 folios, f. 0696, Numérisation en mode image.
description: Relation: http://www.cbma-project.eu/
description: Bibliographic citation: Septième cartulaire de Saint-Étienne de Dijon (1661-1665), Archives départementales de la Côte-d'Or, Cart. 29 (G 134), 996 folios, f. 0696, in Projet CBMA - Corpus Burgundiae Medii Aevi [Ressource en ligne], https://manuscrits.cbma-project.eu/
description: Provenance: abbaye Saint-Étienne de Dijon
description: Provenance: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q15945019
Two-Loop Four-Gluon Amplitudes with the Numerical Unitarity Method
Creators: name: Abreu, S.
name: Cordero, F. Febres
name: Ita, H.
name: Jaquier, M.
name: Page, B.
name: Zeng, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present the first numerical computation of two-loop amplitudes based on the unitarity method. As a proof of principle, we compute the four-gluon process. We discuss the new method, analyze its numerical properties and apply it to reconstruct the analytic form of the amplitudes. The numerical method is universal, and can be automated to provide multi-scale two-loop computations for phenomenologically relevant signatures at hadron colliders.
description: 6 pages, 3 figures, Mathematica files for reconstructed analytic formulae
High-Performance All-Optical Modulator Based on Graphene-hBN Heterostructures
Creators: name: Alaloul, Mohammed
name: Khurgin, Jacob B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: Applied Physics (physics.app-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: J.2

description: Graphene has emerged as an ultrafast photonic material for on-chip all-optical modulation. However, its atomic thickness limits its interaction with guided optical modes, which results in a high switching energy per bit or low modulation efficiencies. Nonetheless, it is possible to enhance the interaction of guided light with graphene by nanophotonic means. Herein, we present a practical design of an all-optical modulator that is based on graphene and hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) heterostructures that are hybrid integrated into silicon slot waveguides. Using this device, a high extinction ratio (ER) of 7.3 dB, an ultralow insertion loss (IL) of <0.6 dB, and energy-efficient switching (<0.33 pJ/bit) are attainable for a 20μm long modulator with double layer graphene. In addition, the device performs ultrafast switching with a recovery time of <600 fs, and could potentially be employed as a high-performance all-optical modulator with an ultra-high bandwidth in the hundreds of GHz. Moreover, the modulation efficiency of the device is further enhanced by stacking additional layers of graphene-hBN heterostructures, while theoretically maintaining an ultrafast response. The proposed device exhibits highly promising performance metrics, which are expected to serve the needs of next-generation photonic computing systems.
description: Accepted for publication in the IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics
Urban Sustainability Agendas for Universities
Creators: name: Lombardi, Patrizia
Publisher: name: Urbana
Year: 2024

description: Energy transition, climate adaptation (including green infrastructure), sustainable land use and nature-based solutions, urban mobility, culture and heritage and safety in public spaces, air quality, urban poverty, housing, circular economy, digital transition, inclusion of migrants and refugees, jobs and skills in the local economy, innovative and responsible public procurement are priority themes of the European Urban Agenda. The Urban Agenda can be seen as a virtuous example of multi-level governance, allowing cities to tackle today's challenges directly on the ground and to propose joint actions for better regulation, financing and knowledge exchange. Success in achieving the Urban Agenda is highly dependent on the action and collaboration of all actors in the territorial, institutional and socio-economic system.
description: Urbana, Vol. 1 No. 1 (2024): Universities and Cities in Transition. Policies and Projects for a Better Integration
Activating spin-forbidden transitions in molecules by the highly localized plasmonic field
Creators: name: Duan, Sai
name: Rinkevicius, Zilvinas
name: Luo, Yi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Optical spectroscopy has been the primary tool to study the electronic structure of molecules. However the strict spin selection rule has severely limited its ability to access states of different spin multiplicities. Here we propose a new strategy to activate spin-forbidden transitions in molecules by introducing spatially highly inhomogeneous plasmonic field. The giant enhancement of the magnetic field strength resulted from the curl of the inhomogeneous vector potential makes the transition between states of different spin multiplicities naturally feasible. The dramatic effect of the inhomogeneity of the plasmonic field on the spin and symmetry selection rules is well illustrated by first principles calculations of C60. Remarkably, the intensity of singlet-triplet transitions can even be stronger than that of singlet-singlet transitions when the plasmon spatial distribution is comparable with the molecular size. This approach offers a powerful means to completely map out all excited states of molecules and to actively control their photochemical processes. The same concept can also be applied to study nano and biological systems.
description: 19 pages, 4 figures
Effect of Cold Pretreatment, Anthers Orientation, Spikelet Position and Donor Tiller on the Callusing Response in Barley Anther In vitro Culture
Creators: name: Y, El Goumi
name: Fakiri M
name: Benbachir M
name: Essayagh S
name: Lamsaouri O
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 60503 Microbial Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: The anthers in vitro culture is a useful technique for plant improvement as to create new varieties. However, the success of this technique is limited by several factors. This study was carried out to identify factors as the influence of spikelet position in the spike, position of donor tiller on plate tillering and anther orientation onto the medium as well as cold pretreatment and the genotype that affect the callusing induction in anthers in vitro culture of three cultivars of Moroccan barley (Arig 8, Asni and Tamelalt). Among genotypes, the callusing response was significantly higher in Asni (21.42%). The callusing response was significantly decreased when spikes stemmed from tillers far from the main tiller on the same tillering plate. However, anthers coming from the spikelets of the middle part of the spike showed the highest callusing response (29.85%) compared with the basal (14.83%) and the upper (6.72%) parts. It was also shown that anther cold pretreatment at 4°C for 14 days had a beneficial effect only on the callusing response but it decreased the regeneration of green plants, due to the interaction between cold pretreatment and genotypes to which spring barley is recalcitrant and more predisposed to albinism, especially six-row type (Arig 8). Moreover, anther orientation onto the surface medium had a marked effect on callusing response, anthers placed in upper orientation developed more calli (60.22%) than those in flat position (18.99%). Our findings suggest that the studied factors control the callusing response. Especially, the Anthers orientation that must be taken into account during androgenesis through anthers in vitro culture.
The Role of Urban Cultural and Youth Policies
Creators: name: Volpe, Giuliano
Publisher: name: Urbana
Year: 2024

description: How does the University contribute to the growth of cultural life and of quality of life in the cities in which it is located? How does it promote the cultural inclusion of those strata of the population increasingly excluded from cultural life? How does it promote the development of cultural and creative enterprise? 


Culture represents one of the main keys to reading the relationship between universities and cities: it is the engine of participation, confrontation, and growth in urban communities, especially in the southern regions, where, according to the April 2022 Fair and Sustainable Welfare data, there is a particularly sharp decline in cultural consumption, well below the European average. This is a worrying picture that threatens to undermine the understanding of society's complex problems and the democratic frameworks.
description: Urbana, Vol. 1 No. 1 (2024): Universities and Cities in Transition. Policies and Projects for a Better Integration
Recent results on the meson and baryon spectrum from lattice QCD
Creators: name: Mohler, Daniel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Recent lattice results on the meson and baryon spectrum with a focus on the determination of hadronic resonance masses and widths using a combined basis of single-hadron and hadron-hadron interpolating fields are reviewed. These mostly exploratory calculations differ from traditional lattice QCD spectrum calculations for states stable under QCD, where calculations with a full uncertainty estimate are already routinely performed. Progress and challenges in these calculations are highlighted.
description: 13 pages, 18 figures. Contribution to the proceedings of XIIth Quark Confinement and the Hadron Spectrum (CONF12), Thessaloniki, Greece, 2016
Heavy metals concentration in the bivalves Anadara tuberculosa and A. similis from estuary Huaylá, El Oro province, Ecuador.
Creators: name: Tobar, Johnny
name: Ramírez-Muñoz, Mery
name: Ivis Fermín
name: Senior, William
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 40502 Chemical Oceanography
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 50206 Environmental Monitoring

description: Se determinó la concentración de metales pesados ​​en los moluscos bivalvos Anadara similis y A. tuberculosa . Las muestras se recolectaron a 2 km de la desembocadura del Estero Huaylá, provincia de El Oro, Ecuador, en noviembre de 2013. En el laboratorio, se determinó la longitud y el peso de los especímenes, estableciendo dos rangos de tamaño para A. similis y 4 para A .tuberculosa . La carne se extrajo de las cáscaras, se lavó y secó en un horno a 60 ° C durante 72 h, y posteriormente se digirió con una mezcla de HNO 3 y HClO 4 en una proporción de 3: 1. La concentración de cuatro metales:plomo, arsénico, mercurio y cadmio, se determinaron mediante espectrofotometría de absorción atómica. Los valores promedio obtenidos en A. similis (mg / kg) fueron: Pb (8,51 ± 0,34); Como (1.42 ± 0.06); Hg (618,7 ± 355,32); Cd (1,21 \ pm 0,23); y para A.  tuberculosa : Pb (7.52 ± 0.46); Como (1.55 ± 0.14); Hg (364,38 ± 91,39) y Cd (1,68 ± 0,28). Las concentraciones registradas de Pb, As, Cd y Hg en ambas especies de moluscos superan los límites internacionales máximos permisibles para el consumo humano. Los tamaños más pequeños (3-4 cm) de A. tuberculosa tienen la capacidad de bioacumular una mayor cantidad de Pb, Cd y Hg; mientras que los tamaños más pequeños (4-5 cm) de A. similis mostraron la mayor concentración de Pb.
A Comment on "Analysis of Video Image Sequences Using Point and Line Correspondences"
Creators: name: Kłopotek, Mieczysław A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In this paper we would like to deny the results of Wang et al. raising two fundamental claims: * A line does not contribute anything to recognition of motion parameters from two images * Four traceable points are not sufficient to recover motion parameters from two perspective To be constructive, however, we show that four traceable points are sufficient to recover motion parameters from two frames under orthogonal projection and that five points are sufficient to simplify the solution of the two-frame problem under orthogonal projection to solving a linear equation system.
A Deconvolution Technique to Correct Deep Images of Galaxies from Instrumental Scattered Light
Creators: name: Karabal, Emin
name: Duc, Pierre-Alain
name: Kuntschner, Harald
name: Chanial, Pierre
name: Cuillandre, Jean-Charles
name: Gwyn, Stephen
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Deep imaging of the diffuse light emitted by the stellar fine structures and outer halos around galaxies is now often used to probe their past mass assembly. Because the extended halos survive longer than the relatively fragile tidal features, they trace more ancient mergers. We use images reaching surface brightness limits as low as 28.5-29 mag.arcsec-2 (g-band) to obtain light and color profiles up to 5-10 effective radii of a sample of nearby early-type galaxies. They were acquired with MegaCam as part of the CFHT MATLAS large programme. These profiles may be compared to those produced by simulations of galaxy formation and evolution, once corrected for instrumental effects. Indeed they can be heavily contaminated by the scattered light caused by internal reflections within the instrument. In particular, the nucleus of galaxies generates artificial flux in the outer halo, which has to be precisely subtracted. We present a deconvolution technique to remove the artificial halos that makes use of very large kernels. The technique based on PyOperators is more time efficient than the model-convolution methods also used for that purpose. This is especially the case for galaxies with complex structures that are hard to model. Having a good knowledge of the Point Spread Function (PSF), including its outer wings, is critical for the method. A database of MegaCam PSF models corresponding to different seeing conditions and bands was generated directly from the deep images. It is shown that the difference in the PSFs in different bands causes artificial changes in the color profiles, in particular a reddening of the outskirts of galaxies having a bright nucleus. The method is validated with a set of simulated images and applied to three representative test cases: NGC 3599, NGC 3489, and NGC 4274, and exhibiting for two of them a prominent ghost halo. The method successfully removes it.
description: 10 pages, 11 figures, accepted for publication in A&A
On the Spinor Representation
Creators: name: da Silva, J. M. Hoff
name: Villalobos, C. H. Coronado
name: Rogerio, R. J. Bueno
name: da Rocha, Roldão
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A systematic study of the spinor representation by means of the fermionic physical space is accomplished and implemented. The spinor representation space is shown to be constrained by the Fierz-Pauli-Kofink identities among the spinor bilinear covariants. A robust geometric and topological structure can be manifested from the spinor space, wherein, for instance, the first and second homotopy groups play prominent roles on the underlying physical properties, associated to the fermionic fields.
description: 16 pages
Optimal asset allocation for pension funds in the Republic of Korea (ROK ): risk-adjusted analysis
Creators: name: Kim, Soo Heon
Publisher: name: Macquarie University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Other education not elsewhere classified

description: This thesis examines various asset allocation schemes for retirement pension funds in the Republic of Korea (ROK), particularly constrained and risk-adjusted asset allocation schemes and so-called ‘target risk’ and ‘target return’ schemes. This thesis shows that different asset allocation techniques have a significant impact on the optimal weights of different asset classes such as growth and defensive assets for optimal pension portfolios. The thesis also demonstrates that the proposed optimal asset allocation typically deviates significantly from the actual allocation of the ROK’s pension funds. The thesis also examines the performance of different asset allocation schemes in the presence of skewness and excess kurtosis for returns as well as non-linear dependence across different asset classes. Thus, this thesis considers the entire distribution of the returns that enables us to conduct a risk-adjusted performance analysis. Finally, the author relates the results to recent regulatory changes in the ROK with regards to the asset allocation for pension funds.
The City/University Link beyond Proximity: a Learning Experience between Climate Adaptation Strategies and Civic Activism
Creators: name: Marini, Stefania
name: Pica, Klarissa
name: Tedesco, Carla
Publisher: name: Urbana
Year: 2024

description: In recent years, in Italy, the increasing role of Universities’ third mission fostered public engagement activities carried out by universities in the field of urban planning and policy. This followed a broad scientific debate on university/city relationships. Within this framework, this contribution focuses on the role that the university plays as an urban actor in (multi)local activation processes in the field of bottom-up urban regeneration and climate change adaptation. It draws on the Academy initiative experience, developed within the CLIM-ACT! program promoted in Verona by a network of actors including Iuav University of Venice. This project aimed at building knowledge at the intersection between environmental sustainability and civic activism.
description: Urbana, Vol. 1 No. 1 (2024): Universities and Cities in Transition. Policies and Projects for a Better Integration
Charge-vibration interaction effects in normal-superconductor quantum dots
Creators: name: Stadler, Pascal
name: Belzig, Wolfgang
name: Rastelli, Gianluca
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the quantum transport and the nonequilibrium vibrational states of a quantum dot embedded between a normal and a superconducting lead with the charge on the quantum dot linearly coupled to a harmonic oscillator of frequency $ω$. To the leading order in the charge-vibration interaction, we calculate the current and the nonequilibrium phonon occupation by the Keldsyh Green's function technique. We analyze the inelastic, vibration-assisted tunneling processes in the regime $ω
What is Svabhāva; inherent nature? – Ācārya Dr. Sthaneshwar Timalsina
Creators: name: Timalsina, Staneshwar
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Tantric philosophy
anava upaya
yantra
amnaya
Shiva
Shaiva
vimarsha-foundation
consciousness
mahadeva
Vasugupta
Sarvamnaya
tripura
Durga
Kaula
Abhinavagupta
Shiva Sutra
Kula
saivadvaita
vedanta
Mahakali
Tantra
Chandi
Kali
advaita vedanta
Bhairava
shambhava
timalsina
Spanda
Kashmir Shaivism
krama
Saundaryalahari
Tripura Rahasya
Tripurasundari
Camunda
agama
Devi Mahatmya
sarvamnaya
Guhyakālī
shakti
tantraloka
Divine Mother
sarvamnaya-oral-tradition-archive
trika
sthaneshwar timalsina
Īśāna
Mālinīvijayottaratantra
shakta upāya
Kubjika
Sadāśiva

description: Visit Vimarsha Foundation's website for more teachings, including FREE online courses offered by Śaivācārya Prof. Sthaneshwar Timalsina:
https://www.vimarshafoundation.org/courses

Join our Community on Facebook to discuss these topics and stay connected:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/vimarshafoundation/

This is an excerpt from: An introductory discussion on Tantra – Ācārya dr. Sthaneshwar Timalsina
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQYAplMPBhY&t=3410s

Original YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1slYnL7f48

This presentation is part of the Sarvāmnāya Oral Tradition Archive.
Vimarsha Foundation. (2025). The Sarvāmnāya Oral Tradition Archive [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15188107
The precautionary principle and genetically modified organisms: a bone of contention between European institutions and member states
Creators: name: Guida, Alessandra
Publisher: name: Macquarie University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Other education not elsewhere classified

description: This dissertation examines how the Precautionary Principle, as an internationally recognised concept enshrined in a range of legal instruments, has been applied to provide a mechanism for protection of the environment and health in response to the introduction of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) in Europe. It examines how the European Court of Justice substantively handled the risk assessment phase across three seminal cases between 2003 and 2011 in which Member States had failed in their attempt to trigger the Precautionary Principle in order to uphold a ban or suspension of the cultivation or sale of products derived from GMOs in their territory. The analysis of these judgements suggests that the Court has applied a narrow approach to the evidence provided by national governments during the risk assessment stage, and has thereby limited the potential for precautionary measures by Member States to be upheld by the Court. This outcome reflects a ‘weak’ application of the Precautionary Principle by the Court in contrast with the ‘strong’ interpretation implied by the European legal and policy framework and objections of Member States.
Multiscale Simulation of Surface Nanostructure Effect on Bubble Nucleation
Creators: name: Mao, Yijin
name: Zhang, Bo
name: Chen, Chung-Lung
name: Zhang, Yuwen
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Effects of nanostructured defects of copper solid surface on the bubble growth in liquid argon have been investigated through a hybrid atomistic-continuum method. The same solid surfaces with five different nanostructures, namely, wedge defect, deep rectangular defect (R-I), shallow rectangular defect (R-II), small rectangular defect (R-III) and no defect, have been modeled at molecular level. The liquid argon is placed on top of the hot solid copper with superheat of 30 K after equilibration is achieved with CFD-MD coupled simulation. Phase change of argon on five nanostructures has been observed and analyzed accordingly. The results showed that the solid surface with wedge defect tends to induce a nano-bubble relatively more easily than the others, and the larger the size of the defect is the easier the bubble generate.
Influenza and risk of later celiac disease: a cohort study of 2.6 million people
Creators: name: Kårhus, Line Lund
name: Gunnes, Nina
name: Størdal, Ketil
name: Bakken, Inger Johanne
name: Tapia, German
name: Stene, Lars C.
name: Håberg, Siri E.
name: Mårild, Karl
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Cancer
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Objectives: Influenza has been linked to autoimmune conditions, but its relationship to subsequent celiac disease (CD) is unknown. Our primary aim was to determine the risk of CD after influenza. A secondary analysis examined the risk of CD following pandemic influenza vaccination. Methods: This nationwide register-based cohort study included 2,637,746 Norwegians (born between 1967–2013) followed during 2006–2014 with information on influenza diagnosed in primary or non-primary care, pandemic vaccination (Pandemrix), and subsequent CD. Cox regression yielded hazard ratios adjusted (HR) for socio-demographic characteristics and earlier healthcare use. Results: During 13,011,323 person-years of follow-up 7321 individuals were diagnosed with CD (56/100,000 person-years). There were 351,666 individuals diagnosed with influenza, including 82,980 during the 2009–2010 pandemic, and 969,968 individuals were vaccinated. Compared with participants without influenza, who had a CD incidence of 55/100,000 person-years, those diagnosed with seasonal and pandemic influenza had a rate of 68 and 78, per 100,000 person-years, respectively. The HR for CD was 1.29 (95%CI, 1.21–1.38) after seasonal influenza and 1.29 (95%CI, 1.15–1.44) after pandemic influenza; HRs remained significantly increased one year after exposure, when restricted to laboratory-confirmed influenza, and after multivariate adjustments. The reverse association, i.e., risk of influenza after CD, was not significant (HR 1.05; 95%CI, 0.98–1.12). The HR for CD after pandemic vaccination was 1.08 (95%CI, 1.03–1.14). Conclusion: A positive association with influenza diagnosis is consistent with the hypothesis that infections may play a role in CD development. We could neither confirm a causal association with pandemic vaccination, nor refute entirely a small excess risk.
Regenerating Fragile Territories through the University. The Case of the New University Campus in Scampia, Naples
Creators: name: Laino, Giovanni
Publisher: name: Urbana
Year: 2024

description: In the great transformation that is affecting the production, reproduction and socialisation of knowledge, the university is inevitably involved in an epochal transition because of its social function and a strong pressure to corporatise. Nevertheless, some universities have not only tried to open their doors to the local community but are also implementing intervention strategies on the ground to contribute to the institution's social potential and to offer new forms of research and teaching. Using third mission activities to enhance the institution’s reputation and attract funding, in recent years, many universities have developed strategic plans and initiatives that reflect a real opening up to the territories. This paper focuses on the case of Naples, and in particular the Federico II University, which has received much praise for building a new campus in the suburbs, the results of which have yet to be evaluated.
description: Urbana, Vol. 1 No. 1 (2024): Universities and Cities in Transition. Policies and Projects for a Better Integration
A hierarchical mathematical model of the earthquake shelter location-allocation problem solved using an interleaved MPSO–GA
Creators: name: Zhao, Xiujuan
name: Coates, Graham
name: Xu, Wei
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Neuroscience
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: Earthquake disaster management involves determining locations in which to construct shelters and how to allocate the affected population to them. A multi-objective, hierarchical mathematical model, allied with an interleaved modified particle swarm optimization algorithm and genetic algorithm (MPSO–GA), have been developed to solve the earthquake shelter location-allocation problem. From a set of candidate shelter locations, the model first determines which of these should act as emergency shelters and then which should be used as long-term shelters, while simultaneously optimizing the allocation of a population to them. Damage caused to evacuation routes is considered in addition to the number of evacuees and shelter capacity. In terms of the model’s emergency and long-term shelter stages, the objectives are to minimize (i) total weighted evacuation time, and (ii) total shelter area used. An interleaved MPSO–GA applied to the model yielded better results than achieved using MPSO or GA in isolation. For a case study with an earthquake affecting the area of Jinzhan within Beijing’s Chaoyang district in China, results generated present government with a range of solution options. Thus, based on government preferences, choices can be made regarding the locations in which to construct shelters and how to allocate the population to them.
Mean-Reverting Portfolio Design with Budget Constraint
Creators: name: Zhao, Ziping
name: Palomar, Daniel P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Portfolio Management (q-fin.PM)
subject: Computational Finance (q-fin.CP)
subject: Mathematical Finance (q-fin.MF)
subject: Statistical Finance (q-fin.ST)
subject: Trading and Market Microstructure (q-fin.TR)
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This paper considers the mean-reverting portfolio design problem arising from statistical arbitrage in the financial markets. We first propose a general problem formulation aimed at finding a portfolio of underlying component assets by optimizing a mean-reversion criterion characterizing the mean-reversion strength, taking into consideration the variance of the portfolio and an investment budget constraint. Then several specific problems are considered based on the general formulation, and efficient algorithms are proposed. Numerical results on both synthetic and market data show that our proposed mean-reverting portfolio design methods can generate consistent profits and outperform the traditional design methods and the benchmark methods in the literature.
description: Paper submitted to IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing. Part of this work will appear in the Proceedings of the 50th annual Asilomar conference on signals, systems, and computers, Nov. 6-9, 2016, CA, USA
Universities and Local Communities: Research, Training and Networking in the Field of Legality and Mafias, for the Right to Informed Knowledge
Creators: name: Zaccaria, Anna Maria
name: D'Alfonso, Stefano
Publisher: name: Urbana
Year: 2024

description: This paper focuses on the commitment of Italian universities to training on legality and research on mafias. This commitment aims to guarantee students the right to informed knowledge, based on research and scientific reflection, of mafia phenomena. This is particularly important given that public opinion and the media often offer a distorted representation of organized crime phenomena, sometimes even dangerously downplaying their severity. The data underlying our reflections come from a Review of University Teaching and Research, which was created by the Interdisciplinary Laboratory of Research on Mafia and Corruption (LIRMAC) at the University Federico II. This review is a valuable resource that highlights the presence of a dedicated training offer, consisting of experts and research groups active within each university or across universities, which serve as expert channels of access to scientific knowledge of Mafia phenomena.
description: Urbana, Vol. 1 No. 1 (2024): Universities and Cities in Transition. Policies and Projects for a Better Integration
The magnet effect of price limits on the Shanghai Stock Exchange and the impact of the Shanghai - Hong Kong connect
Creators: name: Curran, Edward
Publisher: name: Macquarie University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Other education not elsewhere classified

description: This paper tests for the existence of the magnet effect linked to price limits imposed in China’s equity markets and how a market liberalization event affects trading in securities that are bound by price limits vis-à-vis those that are not. The magnet effect of price limits theorises that, instead of stabilising markets, price limits act as a magnet and their existence causes trading to accelerate towards the limits, increasing the likelihood of the limit being reached. This study provides evidence of the magnet effect in China and that the effect increases in magnitude following the opening of China’s capital markets via the Shanghai-Hong Kong Connect (SHHK Connect). The increased magnitude of the magnet effect of price limits is due to the new inflow of capital from global markets via Hong Kong, as stronger results are found for those firms that experience the largest increase in capital inflow vis-à-vis those that do not.
Donaldson's $Q$-operators for symplectic manifolds
Creators: name: Lu, Wen
name: Ma, Xiaonan
name: Marinescu, George
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We prove an estimate for Donaldson's $Q$-operator on a prequantized compact symplectic manifold. This estimate is an ingredient in the recent result of Keller and Lejmi about a symplectic generalization of Donaldson's lower bound for the $L^2$-norm of the Hermitian scalar curvature.
description: 10 pages. To appear in Sci. China Math., 2017, Vol. 60
title: ADCO, Boursier de Cîteaux : comptes (1489-1493) (11 H 1166), f. 00180
Creators: name: de la Côte-d'Or, Archives départementales
name: Petot, Frédéric
name: Archives Départementales De La Côte-D'Or
name: Petot, Frédérique
name: Projet CBMA
name: CBMA/CG21/F.PETOT/2019
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: LaMOP
subject: Laboratoire de Médiévistique Occidentale de Paris
subject: comptes
subject: Corpus Burgundiae Medii Aevi
subject: Chartes de la Bourgogne du Moyen Âge

description: Boursier de Cîteaux : comptes (1489-1493), Archives départementales de la Côte-d'Or, (11 H 1166). Numérisation en mode image.
description: Relation: http://www.cbma-project.eu/
description: Bibliographic citation: Boursier de Cîteaux : comptes (1489-1493), Archives départementales de la Côte-d'Or, (11 H 1166), f. 00180, in Projet CBMA - Corpus Burgundiae Medii Aevi \[Ressource en ligne\], https:// manuscrits.cbma-project.eu/
description: Provenance: https://www.geonames.org/3024876
description: Provenance: http://www.idref.fr/030974844/id
description: Provenance: https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12228351v
description: Provenance: abbaye de Cîteaux
description: Provenance: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q843261
KORXONANI RIVOJLANTIRISH BO'YICHA MAHSULOT ISHLAB CHIQARISH STRATEGIYASINI AMALGA OSHIRISH
Creators: name: Begenova, Dilaram
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Hozirgi raqobat kurashida yengib chiqish uchun avvalo korxona o’z rivojlanish yo’lini tanlashi va shunga mos marketing strategiyasini ishlab chiqishi zaruriy holga aylanmoqda. Korxona o’zining strategiyasi orqali bozorda o’z o’rnini mustahkamlashi, iste’molchilarga tez va aniq yo’nalishlar orqali ta’sir etadi.
Influenza and risk of later celiac disease: a cohort study of 2.6 million people
Creators: name: Kårhus, Line Lund
name: Gunnes, Nina
name: Størdal, Ketil
name: Bakken, Inger Johanne
name: Tapia, German
name: Stene, Lars C.
name: Håberg, Siri E.
name: Mårild, Karl
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Cancer
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Objectives: Influenza has been linked to autoimmune conditions, but its relationship to subsequent celiac disease (CD) is unknown. Our primary aim was to determine the risk of CD after influenza. A secondary analysis examined the risk of CD following pandemic influenza vaccination. Methods: This nationwide register-based cohort study included 2,637,746 Norwegians (born between 1967–2013) followed during 2006–2014 with information on influenza diagnosed in primary or non-primary care, pandemic vaccination (Pandemrix), and subsequent CD. Cox regression yielded hazard ratios adjusted (HR) for socio-demographic characteristics and earlier healthcare use. Results: During 13,011,323 person-years of follow-up 7321 individuals were diagnosed with CD (56/100,000 person-years). There were 351,666 individuals diagnosed with influenza, including 82,980 during the 2009–2010 pandemic, and 969,968 individuals were vaccinated. Compared with participants without influenza, who had a CD incidence of 55/100,000 person-years, those diagnosed with seasonal and pandemic influenza had a rate of 68 and 78, per 100,000 person-years, respectively. The HR for CD was 1.29 (95%CI, 1.21–1.38) after seasonal influenza and 1.29 (95%CI, 1.15–1.44) after pandemic influenza; HRs remained significantly increased one year after exposure, when restricted to laboratory-confirmed influenza, and after multivariate adjustments. The reverse association, i.e., risk of influenza after CD, was not significant (HR 1.05; 95%CI, 0.98–1.12). The HR for CD after pandemic vaccination was 1.08 (95%CI, 1.03–1.14). Conclusion: A positive association with influenza diagnosis is consistent with the hypothesis that infections may play a role in CD development. We could neither confirm a causal association with pandemic vaccination, nor refute entirely a small excess risk.