cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Soil and vegetation properties on reclaimed oil sands in Alberta, Canada: a synthetic review
Creators: name: Wu, ShuYao
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2015

description: The oil sands resource in Alberta represents vast economic opportunities but also dramatic environmental threat. Many researches have been conducted on the properties of reclaimed oil sands soils. This paper intends to provide a synthetic review of some conducted researches on the soil physical, chemical and biological properties and vegetation community development in Alberta. This paper chooses a total of 20 researches (from 2003 to 2014) that restricted their study sites in the oil sands extraction regions in Alberta. Five of the researches mainly focused on soil physical properties, five on chemical ones, six on biological ones and another four on vegetation community responses. This paper found that reclaimed soils generally have different properties in all physical, chemical and biological aspects compare to natural soils. Prominent physical and chemical differences exist in organic matter content, soil nitrogen content and nitrogen mineralization rate. These differences also lead to significantly different microbial community structures and organic matter accumulation rate. In addition, mitigating effects of time on soil properties and vegetation communities were observed in this review. In the end, this paper addresses the management implications and future research suggestions based on researches.
H εφαρμογή του μοντέλου "σχεδιασμός πολυεπιπεδων υπηρεσιών" για τη βελτίωση της εμπειρίας εθελοντών αθλητικών γεγονότων
Creators: name: Χατζηζήση, Ελένη Κωνσταντίνου
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2021
Subjects: Εθελοντική εμπειρία
Σχεδιασμός υπηρεσιών
Αθλητικά γεγονότα
Volunteer experience
Service design
Sport events

description: Παρά το γεγονός ότι όλα τα είδη και τα μεγέθη αθλητικών γεγονότων εξαρτώνται για την οργάνωσή και τη εύρυθμη λειτουργία τους από εθελοντές (Cuskelly, Hoye και Auld, 2006), η εμπειρία των εθελοντών έχει διερευνηθεί ελάχιστα σε μελέτες αθλητισμού και διοργάνωσης εκδηλώσεων. Η παρούσα μελέτη πραγματοποιήθηκε στον 8ο Διεθνή Νυχτερινό Ημιμαραθώνιο Θεσσαλονίκης 2019 και είχε σαν σκοπό, πρώτα να κατανοήσει τους βασικούς παράγοντες της εμπειρίας των εθελοντών και έπειτα να επανασχεδιάσει τις υπηρεσίες της διοργάνωσης με στόχο την βελτίωση της συνολικής τους εμπειρίας. Για την καλύτερη κατανόηση της εμπειρίας, πραγματοποιήθηκαν ημι-δομημένες συνεντεύξεις, 12 ατομικές από 10 γυναίκες και 2 άνδρες. Οι συνεντεύξεις αναλύθηκαν με την ποιοτική μέθοδο της θεματικής ανάλυσης. Επίσης, διενεργήθηκε επιτόπια συμμετοχική παρατήρηση. Στην έρευνα έγινε εφαρμογή του μοντέλου “Σχεδιασμός πολυεπίπεδων υπηρεσιών, ΜSD” (Patricio, Fisk, Falcao e Cunha & Constantine, 2011). Συμπέρασμα της έρευνας ήταν αρχικά η δυνατότητα εφαρμογής του μοντέλου MSD σε αθλητικές διοργανώσεις, ώστε να γίνει κατανοητή η εμπειρία των εθελοντών σε όλα τα επίπεδα της διοργάνωσης. Σε δεύτερο επίπεδο πραγματοποιήθηκε α) ο επανασχεδιασμός των παρεχόμενων υπηρεσιών διοργάνωσης και η προσθήκη νέων καινοτόμων υπηρεσιών
description: Although all types and sizes of sporting events depend on volunteers for their organization and operation (Cuskelly, Hoye, & Auld, 2006), volunteer experience has been little explored in sports and event studies. The present study was conducted at the 8th International Night Half Marathon Thessaloniki 2019 and aimed to first understand the key factors of volunteer experience and then to redesign the services of the event in order to improve their overall experience. For a further understanding of the experience, semi-structured interviews were conducted, 12 individuals by 10 women and 2 men. The interviews were analyzed using the qualitative method of thematic analysis. An on-site participatory observation was also conducted. The research applied the model "Design of multilevel services, MSD" (Patricio, Fisk, Falcao e Cunha & Constantine, 2011). The conclusion of the research was initially the possibility of applying the MSD model in sports events, to understand the experience of volunteers at all levels of the event. At the second level, a) the redesign of the provided organizational services and b) the addition of new innovative services
Additional file 1 of Use and perceived added value of patient-reported measurement instruments by physiotherapists treating acute low back pain: a survey study among Dutch physiotherapists
Creators: name: J. Knoop
name: W. Lankveld
name: F. Geerdink
name: R. Soer
name: J. Staal
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 1. Survey
A Qualitative Study to Explore the Help Seeking Views Relating to Depression Among Older Black Caribbean Adults Living in the UK
Creators: name: Bailey, Natalie
Publisher: name: University of East London
Year: 2020
Subjects: Older Adults
Black Caribbean
Help Seeking
Depression

description: Rationale: Worldwide, literature has documented a rise in number among the older adult population, and a high prevalence of depression within this group. In the UK, rates of mental health problems within Black and minority groups are thought to be higher than in the white population. Mental health service providers need to understand the experiences and beliefs that underlie help seeking behaviour in order to deliver effective, culturally appropriate and accessible services; however, literature suggests these beliefs have rarely been explored within older adults from ethnic minority groups. Aims: Research specifically on help seeking among Black Caribbean people is limited. Therefore, this study will explore the personal experiences, meanings, and contexts that underlie help seeking in relation to self-defined depression among the UK’s older Black Caribbean adults, both now and when younger. In addition, the study aims to explore some of the barriers experienced by participants, if any when considering seeking help from mental health services for depression. Method: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 8 UK Black Caribbean participants, aged between 65-79 years. Transcripts were analysed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis principles. Findings: Three master themes emerged from analysis: 1) “If you don’t know, you don’t seek help” 2) “….I was depressed…I knew I was depressed” and 3) “You have to decide”: Attitudes to help seeking and mental health service use. A description of these Master themes and ten related subordinate themes are discussed. Conclusion: The findings revealed how participants past personal experiences of coping with depression including migratory histories, cultural and religious views and personal relationships influenced help seeking views and preferred coping methods for depression. In addition, several issues were discovered to influence decision-making on whether to seek help or not from mental health services for depression. Findings from this study could be considered to inform the delivery of mental health services and be transferred into policy.
ИНВЕСТИЦИОН МУҲИТ ВА ИҚТИСОДИЙ ЎСИШ: ШАРОИТЛАР ВА ИМКОНИЯТЛАР ТАҲЛИЛИ
Creators: name: Турдиев, Абдулло
name: Ибрагимов, Салоҳиддин
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Мазкур мақолада инвестицион муҳит ва унинг иқтисодий ўсишга таъсири ўрганилади. Ҳозирги глобал шароитларда инвестиция киритишнинг иқтисодий ривожланишга таъсири муҳим аҳамият касб этади. Мақолада турли мамлакатлар мисолида инвестицион муҳитни яхшилаш стратегиялари таҳлил қилинади, шунингдек, инвестицион муҳитни такомиллаштиришга қаратилган асосий йўналишлар ва имкониятлар кўриб чиқилади. Статистик маълумотлар жадвалларда келтирилган ва иқтисодий ўсиш билан инвестициялар ўртасидаги ўзаро боғлиқлик таҳлил қилинган.
A PLanning-Secision Model for Surplus Commodity Removal Programs: Application to Fiscal 1973 Purchases
Creators: name: Kite, R.C.
name: Haidacher, R.C.
name: Kite, R.C.
name: Haidacher, R.C.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1974
Subjects: subject: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies
subject: Decision model
subject: Food, Model
subject: Policies
subject: Programs
subject: Purchases
subject: Simulation

description: A deterministic simulation system is used to develop alternative commodity purchase plans for a surplus commodity removal program and to show their differential impacts in terms of costs, tradeoffs, and benefits. The operation of the model is illustrated by an analysis based on purchases in fiscal 1973.
IMPROVEMENTS IN EFFICIENC MEASURES DERIVED FROM FARM TAX RECORDS
Creators: name: Miller, Bill R.
name: Carman, Clifford M.
name: Miller, Bill R.
name: Carman, Clifford M.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1974
Subjects: subject: Productivity Analysis
subject: input aggregation
subject: price
subject: technical and economic efficiency
subject: dairy farm records

description: Two levels of input aggregation are compared as a means of introducing rigorous efficiency measures into traditional farm. business analysis of dairies in farm record systems. Using a technique developed by M. J. Farrell, economic efficiency is partitioned into technical and price efficiency. A seven-variable aggregation of commonly observed dairy inputs appeared to provide reliable management direction for reorganizing input use.
Two-qubit quantum probes for the temperature of an Ohmic environment
Creators: name: Gebbia, Francesca
name: Benedetti, Claudia
name: Benatti, Fabio
name: Floreanini, Roberto
name: Bina, Matteo
name: Paris, Matteo G. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We address a particular instance where open quantum systems may be used as quantum probes for an emergent property of a complex system, as the temperature of a thermal bath. The inherent fragility of the quantum probes against decoherence is the key feature making the overall scheme very sensitive. The specific setting examined here is that of quantum thermometry, which aims to exploits decoherence as resource to estimate the temperature of a sample. We focus on temperature estimation for a bosonic bath at equilibrium in the Ohmic regime (ranging from sub-Ohmic to super- Ohmic), by using pairs of qubits in different initial states and interacting with different environments, consisting either of a single thermal bath, or of two independent ones at the same temperature. Our scheme involves pure dephasing of the probes, thus avoiding energy exchange with the sample and the consequent perturbation of temperature itself. We discuss the interplay between correlations among the probes and correlations within the bath, and show that entanglement improves thermometry at short times whereas, if the interaction time is not constrained, coherence rather than entanglement, is the key resource in quantum thermometry.
description: 8 pages, 6 figures
Heat hunting in freezer: Direct measurement of quasiparticle diffusion in superconducting nanowire
Creators: name: Zgirski, Maciej
name: Foltyn, Marek
name: Savin, Alexander
name: Naumov, Andrii
name: Norowski, Konrad
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Propagation and relaxation of nonequilibrium quasiparticles in superconductors are of key importance for functioning of numerous nanoscale devices, enabling operation of some of them, and limiting the performance of the others. The quasiparticles heated above lattice temperature may relax locally via phonon or photon emission channels, or diffuse over appreciable distances in a nanostructure altering the functionality of their remote components. Tracing quasiparticles experimentally in real-time domain has remained the challenging task owing to their rapid dynamics. With electronic nanothermometry, based on probing of the temperature-dependent switching current of a superconducting nanobridge, we monitor heat pulse carried by a flux of nonequilibrium quasiparticles as it passes by our detector with a noise-equivalent temperature of $10\,$mK /$ \sqrt N$, where $N$ is the number of pulses probing the bridge (typically $N=10000$), and temporal resolution of a single nanosecond. The measurement provides the picture of quasiparticle diffusion in a superconducting aluminum strip and direct determination of the diffusion constant $D$ equal to $100$ cm$^2$/s with no energy dependence visible.
A PRoduction Function Approach to Measuring Productivity Growth
Creators: name: Lu, Yao-Chi
name: Lu, Yao-Chi
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1974
Subjects: Production Economics

description: The objectives of this paper are (1) to measure changes in productivity in U.S. agriculture from 1939 to 1972, (2) to compare this measured productivity with the USDA productivity, and (3) to test the responsiveness of the measured productivity to changes in the value of the elasticity of factor substitution.
Additional file 8 of Entomopathogenic nematode-associated microbiota: from monoxenic paradigm to pathobiome
Creators: name: Ogier, Jean-Claude
name: PagÃ¨S, Sylvie
name: Frayssinet, Marie
name: Gaudriault, Sophie
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 8. Heatmap showing the microbiota composition of Steinernema carpocapsae strains. Each column represents a replicate (strain or batch). The 30 most abundant OTUs across the samples at the species affiliation level (a and c) and at the genus affiliation level (b and d) for the the 435 bp rpoB region (A and B) and the V3V4 region of the 16S gene (c and d) are listed on the left. The percentage of relative abundance is indicated by the gradient of blue hues.
On the Existence of Block-Diagonal Solutions to Lyapunov and $\mathcal{H}_{\infty}$ Riccati Inequalities
Creators: name: Sootla, Aivar
name: Zheng, Yang
name: Papachristodoulou, Antonis
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Optimization and Control (math.OC)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: In this paper, we describe sufficient conditions when block-diagonal solutions to Lyapunov and $\mathcal{H}_{\infty}$ Riccati inequalities exist. In order to derive our results, we define a new type of comparison systems, which are positive and are computed using the state-space matrices of the original (possibly nonpositive) systems. Computing the comparison system involves only the calculation of $\mathcal{H}_{\infty}$ norms of its subsystems. We show that the stability of this comparison system implies the existence of block-diagonal solutions to Lyapunov and Riccati inequalities. Furthermore, our proof is constructive and the overall framework allows the computation of block-diagonal solutions to these matrix inequalities with linear algebra and linear programming. Numerical examples illustrate our theoretical results.
description: This is an extended technical report. The main results have been accepted for publication as a technical note in the IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
A New Type of Conformal Dynamics
Creators: name: Stichel, P. C.
name: Zakrzewski, W. J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider the Lagrangian particle model introduced in [hep-th/9612017] for zero mass but nonvanishing second central charge of the planar Galilei group. Extended by a magnetic vortex or a Coulomb potential the model exibits conformal symmetry. In the former case we observe an additional SO(2,1) hidden symmetry. By either a canonical transformation with constraints or by freezing scale and special conformal transformations at $t=0$ we reduce the six-dimensional phase-space to the physically required four dimensions. Then we discuss bound states (bounded solutions) in quantum dynamics (classical mechanics). We show that the Schrödinger equation for the pure vortex case may be transformed into the Morse potential problem thus providing us with an explanation of the hidden SO(2,1) symmetry.
description: 24 pages
PUBLIC POLICY DEMANDS AND STATISTICAL MEASURES OF AGRICULTURE
Creators: name: Mayer, Leo V.
name: Ahalt, J. Dawson
name: Mayer, Leo V.
name: Ahalt, J. Dawson
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1974
Subjects: Demand and Price Analysis

description: The focus of this paper is toward examining one particular part of the demand side of that market--public policymakers-- and their, particular needs for information.
An Exploration of the Perspectives of Neuropsychologists Working With Clients From Ethnically, Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds
Creators: name: Baber, Zenab
Publisher: name: University of East London
Year: 2020
Subjects: Culture
Neuropsychology
Language
Ethnicity

description: The ethnic minority population of the UK is growing rapidly. Research has shown that factors such as, culture, language and ethnicity can influence cognitive functioning and performance on neuropsychological tests. Most neuropsychological assessment measures have been standardised on individuals from Euro-American, English-speaking backgrounds and have therefore little relevance to people from diverse backgrounds. This can place neuropsychologists in a difficult dilemma, who are required to conduct an adequate assessment and interpretation of a client’s cognitive function but are presented with unique challenges when working with diverse populations. Little is known about the neuropsychological assessment and practices involving ethnic minority groups in the U.K. Thus, the current study aimed to explore the experiences and practices of clinicians working in cross-cultural and cross- linguistic neuropsychology. A cross-sectional research design was utilised, and a sample of professionals working in neuropsychology were recruited from various forums through purposive sampling. The study sample was representative of clinical neuropsychologists in the U.K based on the BPS Division of Neuropsychology (DoN) membership. Respondents (N= 78) completed a self-report questionnaire consisting of open (quantitative) and closed-ended (qualitative) questions via an online survey platform. Frequencies were reported for quantitative data whereas qualitative data were subjected to two waves of analysis. Content analysis was firstly used to tabulate and summarize open-ended responses. Recurring themes from this data were then abstracted using thematic analysis. Several themes emerged from the data including: a lack of training, challenges of working across culture, awareness of culture, neuropsychological tests and norms, clinical interview and interpreters. Overall, the quantitative data supported findings from the qualitative data. The findings were analysed in order to draw overall conclusions relating to neuropsychologists’ assessment practices, challenges faced by them and the wider profession and recommendations for improving cross-cultural and cross-linguistic neuropsychology. It is hoped that the results from this study stimulate research in the area of culture and language in neuropsychological practice as well as improve cultural competence at an individual and organisational level.
Permanents in linear optical networks
Creators: name: Scheel, Stefan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We develop an abstract look at linear optical networks from the viewpoint of combinatorics and permanents. In particular we show that calculation of matrix elements of unitarily transformed photonic multi-mode states is intimately linked to the computation of permanents. An implication of this remarkable fact is that all calculations that are based on evaluating matrix elements are generically computationally hard. Moreover, quantum mechanics provides simpler derivations of certain matrix analysis results which we exemplify by showing that the permanent of any unitary matrix takes its values across the unit disk in the complex plane.
description: 6 pages, typeset using RevTeX
Additional file 9 of Entomopathogenic nematode-associated microbiota: from monoxenic paradigm to pathobiome
Creators: name: Ogier, Jean-Claude
name: PagÃ¨S, Sylvie
name: Frayssinet, Marie
name: Gaudriault, Sophie
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 9. Heatmap showing the microbiota composition of the S. carpocapsae GRAB strain freshly isolated (November 2017) from the soil of an apple orchard in Gard, France. Each column represents a technical replicate. The 30 most abundant OTUs across the samples at the species affiliation level for the 435 bp rpoB region or the V3V4 region of the 16S gene are listed on the left. The percentage of relative abundance is indicated by the gradient of blue hues.
Electron power absorption in low pressure capacitively coupled electronegative oxygen radio frequency plasmas
Creators: name: Vass, Máté
name: Wilczek, Sebastian
name: Lafleur, Trevor
name: Brinkmann, Ralf Peter
name: Donkó, Zoltán
name: Schulze, Julian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A thorough understanding of the energy transfer mechanism from the electric field to electrons is of utmost importance for optimization and control of different plasma sources and processes. This mechanism, called electron power absorption, involves complex electron dynamics in electronegative capacitively coupled plasmas (CCPs) at low pressures, that are still not fully understood. Therefore, we present a spatio-temporally resolved analysis of electron power absorption in low pressure oxygen CCPs based on the momentum balance equation derived from the Boltzmann equation. Data are obtained from 1d3v Particle-In-Cell / Monte Carlo Collision simulations. In contrast to conventional theoretical models, which predict 'stochastic/collisionless heating' to be important at low pressure, we observe the dominance of Ohmic power absorption. In addition, there is an attenuation of ambipolar power absorption at low pressures due to the strong electronegativity, and the presence of electropositive edge regions in the discharge, which cause a high degree of temporal symmetry of the electron temperature within the RF period.
IMPACT OF RAIL ABANDONMENT ON AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AND ASSOCIATED GRAIN MARKETING AND FERTILIZER SUPPLY FIRMS
Creators: name: Bunker, A.R.
name: Hill, L.D.
name: Bunker, A.R.
name: Hill, L.D.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1974
Subjects: Public Economics

description: A detailed analysis of two rail line abandonments in a rural corn belt region. The study describes the impact that the abandonments have had on the operations of grain elevators, feed distributors and fertilizer distributors. Firms losing rail service are compared with nearby firms which have not lost rail service.
Optical manipulation of intrinsic localized vibrational energy in cantilever arrays
Creators: name: Sato, M.
name: Hubbard, B. E.
name: Sievers, A. J.
name: Ilic, B.
name: Craighead, H. G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Pattern Formation and Solitons (nlin.PS)
subject: Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Optically-induced real-time impurity modes are used to shepherd intrinsic localized vibrational modes (discrete breathers) along micromechanical arrays via either attractive or replulsive interactions. Adding an electrode to the cantilever array provides control of the sign of lattice anharmonicity, hence allowing both hard and soft nonlinearities to be studied. A number of dynamical effects are demonstrated and explained, including the optical tweezing of localized vibrational energy in a nonlinear lattice.
description: 11 pages, 4 figures to be published in Europhysics Letters
Gracilidris pombero Wild and Cuezzo
Creators: name: Wild, A. L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Formicidae
Gracilidris
Gracilidris pombero

description: pombero Wild and Cuezzo 2006.
Pte. Hayes (ALWC, BMNH, CASC, IFML, LACM, MCZC, MHNG MZSP, UCDC, USNM). Literature records: Pte. Hayes (Wild and Cuezzo 2006).
description: Published as part of Wild, A. L., 2007, A catalogue of the ants of Paraguay (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., pp. 1-55 in Zootaxa 1622 on page 24
Finite Coherence Length of Thermal Noise in Percolating Systems
Creators: name: Bardhan, K. K.
name: Mukherjee, C. D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Noise has been measured in two types of coductor-insulator mixtures as a function of bias and composition. It was marked by a huge increase in magnitude as the resistance increased only slightly due to Joule heating. The noise (resistance) current scale $I_s$($I_r$) for nonlinearity were found to scale with the linear resistance $R_o$ as $I_s(I_r) \sim {{R_o}^ {-x_s(x_r)}}$ where the exponent $x_s$ is equal to 0.80 and 0.68 in carbon-wax and carbon-polyethylene respectively and $x_r \approx 0.5$. It is shown that the large increase of noise in nonohmic regime as well as the differences between the noise and resistance exponents are due to the finite-sized inequilibrium thermal fluctuations whose coherence length is same as the correlation length of the underlying percolating systems. A expression for $x_s$ is derived.
Additional file 7 of Entomopathogenic nematode-associated microbiota: from monoxenic paradigm to pathobiome
Creators: name: Ogier, Jean-Claude
name: PagÃ¨S, Sylvie
name: Frayssinet, Marie
name: Gaudriault, Sophie
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Ecology
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 7. Principal coordinates analysis (PCoA) based on Bray-Curtis distances for IJ microbiota obtained by metabarcoding with the V3V4 region of the 16S rRNA gene. Each point represents an individual sample replicate. The different strains, multiplication batches and origins of S. carpocapsae are indicated by colours and symbols. The proportion of the variance explained by each axis is shown. A. Comparison of six S. carpocapsae strains. The six samples are significantly different (Permanova, Df=5, R2=0.75, p-value=10-4). B. Comparison of four multiplication batches of S. carpocapsae SK27. The four samples are significantly different (Permanova, Df=3, R2=0.73, p-value=10-4). C. Comparison of two laboratory origins of S. carpocapsae DD136 and S. carpocapsae All (Permanova: DD136 versus All, Df=1, R2=0.09, p-value=10-4; DGIMI versus USDA, Df=1, R2=0.28, p-value=10-4).
QUANTIFYING THE UNQUANTIFIABLE: BENEFITS FROM ABATEMENT OF AESTHETIC ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE
Creators: name: Randall, Alan
name: Randall, Alan
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1974
Subjects: Environmental Economics and Policy

description: It is the purpose of this paper to present a theoretical framework for benefit-cost analysis of the provision of such a good, to consider and evaluate a number of alternative benefit valuation techniques which have been proposed and used by environmental economists, and to briefly summarize a case study using bidding game techniques.
IKKINCHI JAHON URUSHI YILLARIDA O'ZBEKISTONLIKLARNING FRONT ORTIDAGI MEHNAT JASORATLARI XUSUSIDA
Creators: name: Tolipov Fayzull
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: Annotatsiya: maqolada ikkinchi jahon urushi yillarida o‘zbekistonliklarning front ortidagi mehnat jasoratlari, urushga qo‘shgan munosib hissalari, ommaviy safarbarlikni tashkil etishdagi qaxramonliklari bayon qilingan. Unda respublika aholisining dushman tomonidan bosib olingan hududlarga va ozod etilgan tumanlarga ko‘rsatgan qardoshlik yordamlari va Mudofaa fondiga topshirgan pul mablag‘lari va qimmatbaho buyumlari va evakuatsiya qilingan xalqlarga ko‘rsatgan insonparvarlik yordamlari bayon qilingan.
The effects that gamification has on employee’s motivation, engagement and loyalty levels
Creators: name: Μπουζάκης, Ανδρέας Αχχιλεύς
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2021
Subjects: Παιχνιδοποίηση
Δέσμευση
Υπάλληλοι
Gamification
Motivation
Loyalty

description: The use of gamification in the workplace in the past decade has resulted in great effects towards the attitude and motivation of employees. It is well-established that game elements can produce higher motivation and increase loyalty in many organisations. This thesis aims to identify the effects that gamification strategies have on motivation, engagement, and loyalty levels of employees, while comparing these effects among age and sex groups. In this context, gamification, is defined as the application of game-style elements and mechanics in non-game environments. To test the hypothesis examined in this study, an online survey was distributed to people that currently work for companies that use gamification elements in their workplace. Responses were later collected and analysed with the use of SPSS module. The results identify that gamification has great effects towards both motivation and engagement as well as to loyalty. These results suggest that companies should focus on using gamification strategies on younger employees, as they are more likely to respond to game-style elements. On this basis, the concept of gamification should be also taking in consideration when hiring or training new employees.
description: Η χρήση της «παιχνιδοποίησης» (Gamification) στον εργασιακό χώρο κατά την τελευταία δεκαετία έχει φέρει ως αποτέλεσμα σημαντικές επιδράσεις στη συμπεριφορά, αλλά και τα κίνητρα των εργαζομένων. Είναι ευρέως γνωστό ότι τα στοιχεία του παιχνιδιού μπορούν να κινητοποιήσουν περισσότερο τους ανθρώπους και να αυξήσουν την εμπιστοσύνη ανάμεσα στους συναδέλφους σε πολλούς οργανισμούς. Η διατριβή αυτή στοχεύει στον εντοπισμό των συνεπειών που έχουν οι στρατηγικές της «παιχνιδοποίησης» στα κίνητρα, την ενασχόληση και τα επίπεδα αφοσίωσης των εργαζομένων, ενώ παράλληλα τα αποτελέσματα αυτά συγκρίνονται μεταξύ ηλικιών και φύλων. Έτσι, η «παιχνιδοποίηση» ορίζεται ως η ενσωμάτωση μηχανισμών παιχνιδιού σε ένα περιβάλλον μη παιχνιδιού. Για να δοκιμαστεί η υπόθεση που εξετάστηκε στην παραπάνω μελέτη, διανεμήθηκε διαδικτυακά μια έρευνα, σε μορφή ερωτηματολογίου, σε άτομα που εργάζονται επί του παρόντος σε εταιρείες που χρησιμοποιούν στοιχεία gamification στον επαγγελματικό τους χώρο. Οι απαντήσεις, στη συνέχεια, συλλέχθηκαν και αναλύθηκαν με τη χρήση του λογισμικού SPSS. Τα αποτελέσματα προσδιόρισαν ότι η συγκεκριμένη τακτική έχει σημαντικές επιδράσεις τόσο στο κίνητρο, όσο και στην συνεχή ενασχόληση και στην αφοσίωση των υπαλλήλων. Τα αποτελέσματα αυτά υποδηλώνουν ότι οι εταιρείες θα ήταν θεμιτό να επικεντρωθούν στη χρήση στρατηγικών «παιχνιδοποίησης» σε νεότερους υπαλλήλους, καθώς είναι πιο πιθανό να ανταποκριθούν σε εργασίες που θυμίζουν τη φιλοσοφία του παιχνιδιού. Εν κατακλείδι, είναι σημαντικό να ληφθεί υπόψη η έννοια της «παιχνιδοποίησης» κατά την πρόσληψη ή την εκπαίδευση νέων υπαλλήλων για ένα επιβεβαιωμένο καλύτερο μέλλον μιας εταιρείας.
Η Αστυνομική προανάκριση του εξαρτημένου
Creators: name: Ευσταθιάδου Παναγιώτα, Δημητρίου
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2021
Subjects: Αστυνομικοί
Αστυνομική προανάκριση
Εξαρτημένοι
Police officers
Police preliminary
Addicts (drug addicts)

description: Η παρούσα μεταπτυχιακή εργασία αναφέρεται στην αστυνομική προανάκριση του εξαρτημένου υπόπτου-κατηγορουμένου και αποτελείται από δύο σκέλη, το δικονομικό και αυτό των σχέσεων ανάμεσα στους εξαρτημένους και τους αστυνομικούς. Στο δικονομικό κομμάτι γίνεται λόγος για τις Συνταγματικές αρχές που πρέπει να ακολουθεί η αστυνομία , την αντιμετώπιση που πρέπει να έχει ο εξαρτημένος από τους αστυνομικούς στην προανάκριση καθώς επίσης και τα δικαιώματα του εξαρτημένου στην αστυνομική προανάκριση που προβλέπονται στον Ν. 4139/2013 (α. 31 παρ. α και β) αλλά και τα δικαιώματα του που προβλέπονται στον Κώδικα Ποινικής Δικονομίας και στην ΕΣΔΑ. Επισημαίνεται η απόλυτη απαγόρευση των βασανιστηρίων, οι αναληθείς ομολογίες που μπορεί να προκύψουν όταν ο κρατούμενος βρίσκεται υπό την επήρεια ναρκωτικών ουσιών ή συνδρόμου στέρησης καθώς επίσης και τα ειδικά θέματα που μπορεί να προκύψουν κατά την κράτηση/ανάκριση του εξαρτημένου που βρίσκεται υπό την επήρεια ουσιών ή συνδρόμου στέρησης . Όσο αφορά το δεύτερο σκέλος της διπλωματικής εργασίας, πραγματεύεται το πρόβλημα της σχέσης εξαρτημένων και αστυνομικών και προτείνει λύσεις οι οποίες μπορούν να δώσουν λύση στο πρόβλημα της καχυποψίας και της αρνητικής προκατάληψης που τρέφουν οι αστυνομικοί απέναντι στους εξαρτημένους και αντίστροφα.
description: This postgraduate work refers to the police forefront of the suspected-accused and consists of two strands, the procedural and the relations between the drug-dependent and police officers. The procedural part refers to the constitutional principles to be followed by the police, dealing with the police officers must have on the preliminary instance as well as the rights of the police preliminary institution laid down in Law 4139/2013 (a. 31 (a) and (b) and its rights provided for in the Code of Criminal Procedure and the ECHR. It is highline the absolute ban of torture, the untrue bonds that may arise when the prisoner is under the influence of drugs or deprivation syndrome as well as the specific issues that may arise when booking/interrogating the dependent on the influence of substances or Deprivation Syndrome. As far as the second part of diploma thesis is concerned, the problem of the relationship of drug dependent and the police officers and propose solutions that can solve the problem of suspicion and the negative prejudice that the police officers are borne towards the drug dependent and vice versa.
description: Σε συνεργασία με το Πανεπιστήμιο Λευκωσίας (Κύπρος)
Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis in rats as preclinical model for Multiple Sclerosis
Creators: name: Γεωργαντά, Ζωή Ιωάννη
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2021
Subjects: Πειραματική Αυτοάνοση Εγκεφαλομυελίτιδα
Πολλαπλή Σκλήρυνση
Επίμυες
Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis
Multiple Sclerosis
Rats

description: Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis (EAE) is the most well-studied animal model for Multiple Sclerosis (MS). EAE is a T-cell mediated situation, characterized by its complex histopathological features. The purpose of this review is to evaluate EAE in rats as a preclinical model for MS. Two literature researches were conducted. In the first research were included all EAE studies that used rats and the outcome measures of the interventions under study were evaluated. Seventy-five records were considered suitable for inclusion. In these studies, Behavioral Testing, Clinical Scoring, Molecular, Imaging and Immunological and/or Histological techniques were used for evaluation. In the second research, were included studies that tested DMDs. Twenty-one studies were included. EAE is a versatile disease and its complexity demands careful manipulations. A great deal of DMDs have been tried in EAE and some need further investigation.
description: Η Πειραματική Αυτοάνοση Εγκεφαλομυελίτιδα (ΠΑΕ) αποτελεί το περισσότερο μελετημένο πειραματικό μοντέλο για την μελέτη της Πολλαπλής Σκλήρυνσης. Χαρακτηρίζεται ως ασθένεια διαμεσολαβούμενη από Τ-λεμφοκύτταρα με πολύπλοκα ιστοπαθολογικά χαρακτηριστικά. Ο σκοπός αυτής της μελέτης είναι η αξιολόγηση της ΠΑΕ ως προκλινικό μοντέλο για την Πολλαπλή Σκλήρυνση. Γι’ αυτό το σκοπό διεξήχθηκαν δύο συστηματικές ανασκοπήσεις τις βιβλιογραφίας. Στην πρώτη, συμπεριλήφθηκαν όλες οι μελέτες που χρησιμοποιούσαν την ΠΑΕ σε επίμυες και αξιολογήθηκαν τα μέτρα αποτελέσματος της παρέμβασης. Εβδομήντα πέντε μελέτες πληρούσαν τα κρτήρια ώστε να συμπεριληφθούν στην ανασκόπηση. Σε αυτές χρησιμοποιήθηκαν Συμπεριφορικές Μελέτες, Κλινική Αξιολόγηση, Μοριακές, Απεικονιστικές και Ανοσολογικές ή/και Ιστοπαθολογικές τεχνικές. Στην δεύτερη αναζήτηση, συμπεριλήφθηκαν οι μελέτες που αξιολόγησαν μια Ανοσοτροποποιητική Θεραπεία. Είκοσι μια μελέτες συμπεριλήφθηκαν. Η ΠΑΕ είναι ένα ένα ευέλικτο μοντέλο και η πολυπλοκότητα του απαιτεί προσεκτικούς χειρισμούς. Μεγάλος αριθμός Ανοσοτροποποιητικών Θεραπειών μελετήθηκαν εκ των οποίων, κάποιες μπορούν να αποτελέσουν αντικέιμενο περαιτέρω έρευνας.
Understanding Human Rights in Forensic Psychiatric Services: Staff Perceptions of Human Rights Issues in an Inpatient Forensic Psychiatric Service
Creators: name: Rands, Lucy
Publisher: name: University of East London
Year: 2020
Subjects: Forensic
Mental health
Human rights

description: Human rights apply universally to all human beings, however human rights violations have been well-documented in forensic services. Forensic inpatient psychiatric services (FIPS) in the UK occupy a unique position as a healthcare service with obligations to the criminal justice system. This presents challenges in providing patient-centred and human rights-supportive care due to environmental, ethical and legal constraints. In order to understand these challenges and the position of human rights in FIPS, staff were interviewed to explore their understandings of human rights and human rights issues in FIPS. A critical realist epistemological stance was taken and a qualitative research design employed. Eleven FIPS staff were individually interviewed and a thematic analysis was conducted, yielding four key themes: Theme 1: “I Don’t Know an Awful Lot About Them”: Broad Concepts of Human Rights Theme 2: “It Always, Always Comes Back to Risk”: Human Rights in FIPS Theme 3: “Do We Know We’re Violating? Maybe Not”: Human Rights Issues Theme 4: “I Think I-, I’m…Confused”: Tools and Resources in FIPS In seeking to understand staff’s perspectives of human rights in FIPS, this study found that human rights were not widely considered in practice. Practice was predominantly focused around risk and the key legislation considered was the Mental Health Act 1983 (MHA). Both of these factors were seen to justify legally infringing upon human rights, although several practices, lawful under the MHA, were raised as human rights issues, such as restraint and forced medication. Several factors were identified as obstacles to human rights-supportive practice, such as risk management requirements, service culture, and individual practice. However, participants highlighted a need for human rights principles to be integrated into FIPS to improve practice and patient outcomes.
Einstein-Cartan theory as a theory of defects in space-time
Creators: name: Ruggiero, Matteo Luca
name: Tartaglia, Angelo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Einstein-Cartan theory of gravitation and the classical theory of defects in an elastic medium are presented and compared. The former is an extension of general relativity and refers to four-dimensional space-time, while we introduce the latter as a description of the equilibrium state of a three-dimensional continuum. Despite these important differences, an analogy is built on their common geometrical foundations, and it is shown that a space-time with curvature and torsion can be considered as a state of a four-dimensional continuum containing defects. This formal analogy is useful for illustrating the geometrical concept of torsion by applying it to concrete physical problems. Moreover, the presentation of these theories using a common geometrical basis allows a deeper understanding of their foundations.
description: 18 pages, 7 EPS figures, RevTeX4, to appear in the American Journal of Physics, revised version with typos corrected
Paratrechina docilis Forel
Creators: name: Wild, A. L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Formicidae
Paratrechina
Paratrechina docilis

description: docilis Forel 1908b.
Canindeyú (ALWC, LACM). NEW STATUS.
description: Published as part of Wild, A. L., 2007, A catalogue of the ants of Paraguay (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., pp. 1-55 in Zootaxa 1622 on page 29
On Data-Processing and Majorization Inequalities for $f$-Divergences with Applications
Creators: name: Sason, Igal
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: This paper is focused on derivations of data-processing and majorization inequalities for $f$-divergences, and their applications in information theory and statistics. For the accessibility of the material, the main results are first introduced without proofs, followed by exemplifications of the theorems with further related analytical results, interpretations, and information-theoretic applications. One application refers to the performance analysis of list decoding with either fixed or variable list sizes; some earlier bounds on the list decoding error probability are reproduced in a unified way, and new bounds are obtained and exemplified numerically. Another application is related to a study of the quality of approximating a probability mass function, induced by the leaves of a Tunstall tree, by an equiprobable distribution. The compression rates of finite-length Tunstall codes are further analyzed for asserting their closeness to the Shannon entropy of a memoryless and stationary discrete source. Almost all the analysis is relegated to the appendices, which form a major part of this manuscript.
description: This paper is published in the Entropy journal, vol. 21, no. 10, paper 1022, pages 1-80, October 21, 2019 (https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/21/10/1022)
Changing Perspectives on Assessment in Early Childhood Education: The Power of Pedagogical Narration
Creators: name: Strelaeff, Ellen
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2015

description: This graduating project investigates using the practice of pedagogical narration as a holistic tool for assessment with young children. Pedagogical narration is a practice through which children's learning processes are made visible when educator’s observe, document, and interpret children’s daily experiences and then share these interpretations in a narrative format with the children, their parents, colleagues, and community. While traditional child assessment practices, typically influenced by developmental psychology, rely on using checklists and classifying children into predetermined categories, pedagogical narration makes children's multiple ways of learning open for interpretation and dialogue. A review of the literature supports pedagogical narration as a holistic assessment tool as it is a strength-based approach to assessment that situates the child as a competent contributor to knowledge construction. It focuses on children’s search for meaning and the co-construction of new meaning with the educator and significant others in the child’s community. Based on the review of the literature, I identify four principles that can guide educators as they engage in the process of holistic assessment with pedagogical narration: holding an image of the child as competent, initiating a collaborative process between educators, children, parents, and community to elicit multiple perspectives about the documentation, embarking on a collective search for meaning making/interpretation into, and transparency about the educator’s pedagogy.
A simplified test of universality in Lattice QCD
Creators: name: Adams, David H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A simplified test of universality in Lattice QCD is performed by analytically evaluating the continuous Euclidean time limits of various lattice fermion determinants, both with and without a Wilson term to lift the fermion doubling on the Euclidean time axis, and comparing them with each other and with the zeta-regularised fermion determinant in the continuous time--lattice space setting. The determinant relations expected from universality considerations are found to be violated by a certain gauge field-dependent factor, i.e. we uncover a "universality anomaly". The physical significance, or lack thereof, of this factor is a delicate question which remains to be settled.
description: 6 pages. v2: Revised to include a further result on the zeta-regularised fermion determinant in the continuous time--lattice space setting which impacts on the conclusions; typos corrected; acknowledgement and reference added; to appear in Phys.Rev.Lett
Leading-particle suppression in high energy nucleus-nucleus collisions
Creators: name: Dainese, A.
name: Loizides, C.
name: Paic, G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Parton energy loss effects in heavy-ion collisions are studied with the Monte Carlo program PQM (Parton Quenching Model) constructed using the BDMPS quenching weights and a realistic collision geometry. The merit of the approach is that it contains only one free parameter that is tuned to the high-pt nuclear modification factor measured in central Au-Au collisions at sqrt{s_NN} = 200 GeV. Once tuned, the model is coherently applied to all the high-pt observables at 200 GeV: the centrality evolution of the nuclear modification factor, the suppression of the away-side jet-like correlations, and the azimuthal anisotropies for these observables. Predictions for the leading-particle suppression at nucleon-nucleon centre-of-mass energies of 62.4 and 5500 GeV are calculated. The limits of the eikonal approximation in the BDMPS approach, when applied to finite-energy partons, are discussed.
description: 28 pages, 14 figures, final version, accepted by Eur. Phys. J. C
Solitary phase waves in a chain of autonomous oscillators
Creators: name: Rosenau, Philip
name: Pikovsky, Arkady
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Pattern Formation and Solitons (nlin.PS)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In the present paper we study phase waves of self-sustained oscillators with a nearest neighbor dispersive coupling on an infinite lattice. To analyze the underlying dynamics we approximate the lattice with a quasi-continuum, QC. The resulting partial differential model is then further reduced to the Gardner equation which predicts many properties of the underlying solitary structures. Using an iterative procedure on the original lattice equations we determine the shapes of solitary waves, kinks, and the flat-like solitons, that we refer to as flatons. Direct numerical experiments reveal that the interaction of solitons and flatons on the lattice is notably clean. All in all we find that both the QC and the Gardner equation predict remarkably well the discrete patterns and their dynamics.
A ESCALA DA PAISAGEM DOS ANFÍBIOS NA MATA ATLÂNTICA ESTACIONAL SEMIDECIDUAL:ESTÃO EFETIVAMENTE PROTEGIDOS NA ESCALA DA LEI BRASILEIRA ATUAL?
Creators: name: Motta-Tavares, Tatiana
name: Rocha, Carlos Frederico Duarte
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 310302
subject: Community ecology (excl. invasive species ecology)

description: Relatório científico de bolsa de Pós-Doutorado Júnior (PDJ)A presente pesquisa permitiu ampliar o conhecimento a cerca dos efeitos da perda da biodiversidade dos anfíbios perante o constante processo de perda do habitat florestal na região Norte do Paraná.