cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Δημιουργία και πιλοτική εφαρμογή ερωτηματολογίου σίτισης και στοματικής υγιεινής ασθενών με άνοια μετρίου και τελικού σταδίου
Creators: name: Χαρωνίτη, Χαρίκλεια Επαμεινώνδα
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2023
Subjects: Άνοια
Στοματοπροσωπικές δομές
Διαταραχές σίτισης
Dementia
Oral-facial structures
Eating disorders

description: Η παρούσα εργασία έχει ως στόχο να ερευνήσει και να αξιολογήσει, μέσω ερωτηματολογίου την σίτιση και την στοματική υγιεινή ασθενών με άνοια, μετρίου και τελικού σταδίου, το οποίο απευθύνεται στους περιθάλποντες των ασθενών. Στο πρώτο κεφάλαιο, σύμφωνα με την σχετική βιβλιογραφία, αναλύονται οι τύποι άνοιας καθώς και τα στάδια της άνοιας. Το δεύτερο κεφάλαιο πραγματεύεται τις στοματοπροσωπικές δομές αλλά και τις διαταραχές σίτισης και κατάποσης. Τέλος, στο τρίτο κεφάλαιο αναλύεται η έρευνα που πραγματοποιήθηκε καθώς και τα αποτελέσματά της. Η έρευνα αφορά το περιβάλλον των ασθενών με άνοια και πως οι περιθάλποντες τους καλούνται να ανταπεξέλθουν σε δύσκολες συνθήκες. Η χρησιμοποίηση σωλήνων σίτισης για την παροχή τροφής και ενυδάτωσης στο τέλος της ζωής αποτελεί συνήθως μέρος του σχεδίου φροντίδας για άτομα με άνοια, αν και φαίνεται ότι το όφελος από την τοποθέτηση του σωλήνα σίτισης είναι διφορούμενο.
description: This work aims to investigate and evaluate, through a questionnaire, the feeding and oral hygiene of patients with moderate and end-stage dementia, which is addressed to the patients' caregivers. In the first chapter, according to the relevant literature, the types of dementia as well as the stages of dementia are analyzed. The second chapter deals with the oral-facial structures as well as feeding and depositing disorders. Finally, the third chapter analyzes the research carried out as well as its results. The study concerns the environment of dementia patients and how their caregivers are called upon to cope with difficult conditions. The use of feeding tubes to provide artificial nutrition and hydration at the end of life is repeatedly part of the care plan for people with dementia, although the benefit of feeding tube placement is questionable.
title: A Thermochronometric, Microtextural, and Numerical Modeling Approach to Deciphering the Rock Record of Deformation Processes in the Wasatch and Denali Fault Zones
Creators: name: McDermott, Robert G.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2020

description: Fault zones are the primary features that accommodate movement of Earth’s crust, resulting in the formation of mountain belts and damaging earthquakes. Rocks modified by faulting and brought to Earth’s surface by erosion are archives of the mechanical processes involved in earthquakes and(or) aseismic creep. Thermochronometry is a radioisotopic dating system primarily sensitive to temperature and offers a means to constrain dates and rates of thermal processes. Hematite is common in fault zones, amenable to (U-Th)/He (He) thermochronometry, and exhibits distinct microtextures diagnostic of fault zone mechanics. I apply hematite He thermochronometry and microtextural analyses with a suite of other tools to interrogate the evolution of the Wasatch fault zone (WFZ), UT, USA, and the eastern Denali fault zone (EDFZ), Yukon, Canada over different scales in space and time.
Hematite He dates and microtextures from hematite-coated fault surfaces and veins from the WFZ show fault surfaces accommodated ancient seismicity. Although this seismicity isage, fault surfaces formed within pre-existing hematite that is 100s of Myr older. Microtextures reveal that WFZ earthquakes were facilitated by fluidization of hematite, extreme grain size reduction and rolling between grains, and breakdown of rough fault surfaces. Small fault surfaces in the WFZ are ultimately the product of deformation processes occurring throughout deep geologic time and at different timescales culminating in earthquakes. Low-temperature thermochronometry is also used to constrain erosion related to surface uplift of mountains adjacent to the EDFZ. Results show growth of topography and deformation along the EDFZ occurred in three stages from ~95–75 Ma, ~75–30 Ma, and ~30 Ma–present, primarily as a response to plate boundary processes >200 km away. Hematite He dates from hematite-coated fault surfaces in the EDFZ constrain hematite precipitation at ~8–4 Ma and reveal a record of faulting that contributes to mountain growth. Hematite microtextures in these samples suggest aseismic fault slip. The collective results of this dissertation highlight the spectrum of deformation of Earth’s crust from the mountain- to fault surface-scales and from 100s of Myr to seconds, as well as the different tectonic and mechanical processes responsible for this evolution.
title: Менеджмент
Creators: name: ELS IPR BOOKS
Publisher: name: Саратовский государственный технический университет имени Ю.А. Гагарина, ЭБС АСВ
Year: 2021

description: Содержит основные вопросы менеджмента организации, а также контрольные вопросы к темам, рекомендуемые экзаменационные вопросы, тесты. Предназначено для подготовки студентов всех специальностей и направлений.
Introduction aux impacts environnementaux du numérique (INRAE Café numérique, 2022)
Creators: name: Benaben, David
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q30749549

description: Présentation "Introduction aux impacts environnementaux du numérique" INRAE, DipSO, Café numérique, 28 février 2022
title: Soft-Switched Resonant DC-DC Converter in Underwater DC Power Distribution Network
Creators: name: Saha, Tarak
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2020

description: Power distribution with DC source is advantageous over its AC counterpart in long distance distribution network due to the absence of effects of reactive components. Long distance power distribution with traditional voltage source suffers from drop in voltage over the length of the cable due to its impedance and forces the converters in the network to be over-designed with higher power rating than needed. In underwater power distribution network such as ocean observatory, marine sensors on the sea-bed etc., power conversion modules are situated at a distance far away from the shore, ranging from tens of kilometers to hundreds of kilometers. DC current distribution offers ruggedness against voltage drop over the length of the trunk cable and thus eliminates the need of converter over-design, making it the preferred choice in underwater long distance power distribution network. Moreover, distribution with DC current source improves the overall system reliability with robustness under cable fault scenarios.
Converters used in underwater system require operation with high reliability with little to no maintenance due to their geographical locations. Resonant converters offer quiet and efficient operation with low EMI due to low di/dt and dv/dt owing to sinusoidal current and/or voltage and soft-switching. This makes resonant converters an excellent choice for reliable, long term operation in underwater distribution system. However, designing resonant converters with constant current input imposes certain challenges as compared voltage source input, which are analyzed in this work. Addressing these challenges it is shown how different resonant power conversion topologies can be suitably selected and designed to meet the end goal of regulating its output current or voltage for wide range of loads. Soft switching requirements of these topologies are also investigated with appropriate vi solutions to ensure devices used in these converters switch with low loss and dv/dt. Some of the critical loads in the system demand bidirectional power transfer capability which is also presented in this work with befitting topology. Detailed modeling, analysis, design and experimental results from hardware prototypes are presented for all the converters in the system operating with 250 kHz switching frequency, regulating its output voltage or current from 1 A DC current source, up to a power level of 1 kW.
title: Менеджмент
Creators: name: ELS IPR BOOKS
Publisher: name: Саратовский государственный технический университет имени Ю.А. Гагарина, ЭБС АСВ
Year: 2019

description: В учебном пособии рассматриваются основные понятия и функции современного менеджмента; прослеживается история управленческой мысли; анализируются внутренняя и внешняя среды организации; изложены основные законы и принципы, по которым функционирует фирма; приведены типы организационных структур управления; освещены методы принятия решений; раскрыты основные направления работы с персоналом; приведены направления повышения эффективности управления. Материал представлен в рамках дисциплины «Менеджмент». Предназначено для студентов специальности 38.05.01 «Экономическая безопасность».
Random walk on spheres methods for iterative solution of elasticity problems
Creators: name: Sabelfeld, Karl K.
name: Shalimova, Irina
Publisher: name: Weierstrass Institute
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Random Walk on Spheres Process
subject: Schwarz iterations
subject: Lame equation
subject: elastic plates
subject: 65C05
subject: 76N20

description: Random Walk on Spheres method for solving some 2D and 3D boundary value problems of elasticity theory are developed. The boundary value problems studied include the elastic thin plate problems with simply supported boundary, rigid fixing of the boundary, and general 2D and 3D problems for the Lamé equation. Unbiased estimators for some special classes of domains based on the generalized Mean Value Theorem which relates the solution at an arbitrary point inside the sphere with the integral of the solution over the sphere. We study a variance reduction technique based on the explicit simulation of the first passage of a sphere for the Wiener process starting at an arbitary point inside this sphere. Along with the conventional random walk methods we apply another type of iteration method, the Schwarz iterative procedure whose convergence for the Lamé equation was proved in 1936 by S.L. Sobolev. We construct also different types of iterative procedures which combine the probabilistic and conventional deterministic methods of solutions.
title: Hitting the Trail: An Exploration of an Outdoor Educational Experience at Intermountain West Junior High School
Creators: name: Joy, David N.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2020

description: Outdoor educational experiences are one of the ways that young people learn about and experience the benefits that are found in the outdoors. However, despite the benefits that outdoor educational experiences have to offer, many young people do not participate for one reason or another. These reasons are often rooted in issues of social injustice. This study adds to about how outdoor educational experiences effect the perceptions of and attitudes toward the outdoors and learning in the outdoors, as well as what may be keeping so many people from participating in these experiences. One junior high school in the intermountain west has been taking a group of eighth-grade students on a week-long camping trip for more than 50 years. There is a need to better understand how this trip effects the participants perceptions and attitudes towards the outdoors and learning in the outdoors, as well as why so many students at the school are not going on the trip. My study was conducted in two parts. In the first part, I examined how one year’s trip (the Southern Utah Parks Trip) effected eight participating student’s perceptions of the outdoors, as well as their perceptions and attitudes toward OEEss. This was done through several methods of data collection, and that data was then carefully analyzed for themes in the data. In the second part of this study, I drew on my own experiences as a student participating in a camping trip at the same school in eighth-grade, as well as a teacher and trip leader several years later, through an autobiographical account, with the intent of better understanding the above-mentioned affects, as well as the barriers and constraints some students at the school run into that block their participation in this trip. This data was also analyzed in the same method. The result of this study was the emergence of several themes that ultimately led to two theories that addressed the research questions of this study. Those theories were:1. that the Southern Utah Parks Trip, and other outdoor educational experiences have a positive impact on each participant's attitude toward and perception of the outdoors and learning in the outdoors, helping to cause a connection to and a deeper understanding of nature, and 2. that there are several things keeping most of the students at Intermountain West Junior High School from participating the Southern Utah Parks Trip, and likely keeping other students at other schools from participating in outdoor educational experiences.
title: Assessment of Compost on Dryland Wheat Yield and Quality, Soil Fertility and Water Availability in Utah
Creators: name: Adeleke, Kareem A.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2020

description: In 2014-2016 Kareem Adeleke undertook a graduate project under the supervision of Utah State University (USU) Plants, Soils and Climate professors, Drs. Jennifer Reeve, Astrid Jacobson, and Earl Creech. Organic wheat producers face numerous challenges, such as low soil moisture, soil erosion, and low soil fertility. Organic wheat growers generally do not apply fertilizer due to inability to recoup the costs in the short-term. Compost enhances long-term improvement in soil quality, soil fertility and increase yield in low input environments. Understanding of compost carryover effects in dryland wheat systems is necessary for increased yield that will allow adequate supply of nutrients for several years after the initial application. A previous study on a Utah calcareous soil showed evidence of soil benefits twenty-two years after a single application of compost at 50 Mg ha-1 dry weight. A new experiment was started at the Blue Creek farm in 2011 to test the reproducibility of these findings on a less marginal soil type. Compost was applied at 0, 12, 25, and 50 Mg ha-1 plus a conventional fertilizer control. Wheat yield was significantly increased three years after application at the 50 Mg ha-1 compost rate only. Conventional fertilizer increased grain protein. Mineralizable soil carbon, microbial biomass and phosphatase enzyme activity increased significantly at all compost rates, while available soil phosphorus increased at the 25 and 50 Mg ha-1 rates and total soil nitrogen at the 50 Mg ha-1 rate. A lack of yield response to conventional fertilizer suggests improved soil health and or soil moisture was responsible for improved yields at the high compost rate.
Facing the Challenges of Aircraft Icing
Creators: name: Deiler, Christoph
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Aviation
Airplane
Aircraft
Flight
Icing
Performance
Dynamics
Safety
Envelope
Stall
Pilot
Control
Accident
Supercooled Large Water Droplets
SLD
Regulations
Handling Qualities
Detection
Operation
Anti-Icing
De-Icing
aerolectures
aerolectures2022

description: Icing can have hazardous effects on airplane performance characteristics. It can also be a limiting factor for the safe flight envelope. Icing-induced change of the aircraft’s dynamic behavior and potential premature stall raise the need for pilot situational awareness and an adaptation of any aircraft control strategy. During the last decades, various accidents worldwide have shown the severity of icing related degradations as well as pilots’ difficulties to cope with changes in aircraft behavior. One major cause for these accidents was that with rising air traffic, aircraft were increasingly operated in certain icing conditions containing supercooled large water droplets (SLD) against which current aircraft were not protected. The presentation gives an introduction to the phenomenon of aircraft icing and highlights the peculiarities related to SLD in aviation, also with regards to the regulations. Changes of aircraft characteristics, flight dynamics and handling qualities are discussed. Countermeasures and detection technologies are key to safe aircraft operation in these hazardous conditions. An overview of anti-ice and de-icing systems as well as detailed information on recent research activities on robust and reliable ice detection is given.
description: Hamburg Aerospace Lecture Series --- Collection of Presentations --- http://www.AeroLectures.de
title: Rumen Fermentation Responses to Purified Palmitic, Stearic, or Oleic Fatty Acids and the Impact of a Palmitic Acid-Enriched Supplement on Animal Performance
Creators: name: Sears, Austin Paul
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2020

description: Our research examined the responses of palmitic, stearic and oleic fatty acids on neutral detergent fiber (NDF) digestibility and rumen fermentation and the impact of a palmitic acid-enriched supplement on animal performance. In the first research chapter, we evaluated the effect of purified palmitic, stearic, and oleic fatty acids on NDF digestibility and rumen fermentation. Palmitic acid increased NDF digestibility and total production of volatile fatty acids (VFA) compared with oleic acid. Bacterial fatty acid composition was altered by palmitic acid, increasing anteiso-C15:0, C18:2n6 and C18:3n3 fatty acids compared with oleic acid. Compared with control, total protein expression in chemiluminescence units (C.U.) of the fatty acid synthase and acetyl CoA carboxylase enzyme was decreased by the combination of palmitic, stearic, and oleic fatty acids. No treatment effect was observed for ammonia and cellulase activity. In conclusion, palmitic acid compared with oleic acid can be utilized in ruminant diets to improve NDF digestibility and total VFA production, providing more energy and nutrients for the host animal. Furthermore, palmitic, stearic and oleic acid decreased total protein expression of the fatty acid synthase and acetyl CoA carboxylase enzyme compared with control indicating that palmitic, stearic and oleic acid can be utilized by the bacteria and inhibit the ACC and FAS enzymes in the fatty acid synthesis pathway.
In the second research chapter, we determined the impact of a palmitic acide-nriched supplement on production responses and nitrogen metabolism of Jersey and Holstein cows. Compared with control, palmitic acid increased milk fat yield, NDF and dry matter digestibility and tended to increase 3.5% fat-corrected milk and energycorrected milk. Compared with Holstein cows, Jersey cows had greater intake as percentage of body weight and tended to have greater milk fat yield, but had lower milk production, and milk lactose yield. There was a breed effect on body weight change as Holstein cows gained 0.385 kg/d during the experiment while Jersey cows gained 0.145 kg/d. Jersey cows had lower nitrogen intake, blood urea nitrogen, urine total nitrogen and urine total nitrogen as a percent of nitrogen intake. Feeding a palmitic acid-enriched supplement increased milk fat yield as well as dry matter and fiber digestibility in both Holstein and Jersey cows. Palmitic acid did not have any major effects on nitrogen metabolism. Overall, our results indicate that palmitic acid can improve fiber digestion, rumen fermentation, and animal performance.
title: Comparison of Public Mental Health Stigma in Youth
Creators: name: Clarke, Desiree A.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2020

description: The present study looked at mental health stigma in youth. Mental health stigma is devaluing, disgracing and disfavoring individuals with mental illness. Participants aged 11-14 completed a measure to rate their stigmatizing beliefs toward peers with either ADHD, depression, or asthma. Their ratings were compared for significance between genders and for the three different conditions: ADHD, depression, and asthma. Significant differences were found between the stigma ratings for asthma, depression and ADHD. ADHD had significantly higher stigma ratings than asthma, and depression had significantly higher stigma ratings than ADHD (on some, but not all, areas rated) and had consistently higher ratings than asthma. Only one factor showed a significant effect for gender, and on all other factors there were no significant difference in stigma ratings between male and female respondents. It is hoped that the current study will aid in the general understanding of mental health stigma among youth, as well as lead to additional research on mental health stigma.
title: Exact Generalized Voronoi Diagram Computation using a Sweepline Algorithm
Creators: name: Marsden, Daniel
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2020

description: Voronoi Diagrams can provide useful spatial information. Little work has been done on computing exact Voronoi Diagrams when the sites are more complex than a point. We introduce a technique that measures the exact Generalized Voronoi Diagram from points, line segments and, connected lines including lines that connect to form simple polygons. Our technique is an extension of Fortune’s method. Our approach treats connected lines (or polygons) as a single site.
title: Методы и алгоритмы интеллектуализации мониторинга технологических систем на основе автоматизированных станочных модулей интегрированного производства. В 3 частях. Ч.3. Гибридная интеллектуальная система. Информационная интеграция на уровне АСУТП
Creators: name: ELS IPR BOOKS
Publisher: name: Саратовский государственный технический университет имени Ю.А. Гагарина, ЭБС АСВ
Year: 2019

description: В монографии рассматриваются вопросы разработки и применения гибридной интеллектуальной системы для идентификации дефектов шлифованных дорожек качения колец подшипников на основе применения теории распознавания образов с использованием вейвлет-преобразований сигналов вихретокового датчика и нейронных сетей, а также приводятся результаты использования интеллектуальных технологий при интеграции «технологического уровня» единого информационного пространства предприятия на уровне АСУТП при создании системы мониторинга технологического процесса изготовления высокоточных деталей.\nМатериалы монографии представляют интерес для специалистов, занимающихся вопросами интеллектуализации мониторинга технологических систем на основе автоматизированных станочных модулей и её связи с качеством изготовления деталей точного машиностроения, а также аспирантов и студентов при изучении соответствующих учебных курсов.
Struktureller Rassismus in der Schweiz: Ursachen, Folgen und Möglichkeiten zur Bekämpfung
Creators: name: Alder, Markus
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022

description: Diese Arbeit untersucht die Formen und Auswirkungen des strukturellen Rassismus in der Schweiz und welche Massnahmen in der Sozialen Arbeit ergriffen werden könnten, um ihn zu bekämpfen. Zuerst wird in dieser Bachelorarbeit beleuchtet, wie durch die Kolonialzeit die Konstrukte des Anderen, Nicht-Europäers und des Normalen Europäers entstanden sind. Um die wirtschaftlichen und gesellschaftlichen Verstrickungen der Schweiz in der Kolonialzeit aufzuzeigen, bedient sich der Autor der Postkolonialen Stu- die. Dabei wird aufgezeigt, wie Schweizer Wissenschaftler, die Völkerschauen, der Warenrassismus, die Kinderbücher usw. beteiligt waren koloniale Stereotypen zu erzeugen, die bis heute wirkmächtig sind. So definierte sich die Schweiz als Teil der Moderne und grenzte sich bewusst von den angeblich unzivilisierten, unterentwickelten Bewohner in Afrika ab. Der Kolonialismus hat bis heute weitgehende Folgen für die Schweiz und für die ganze Welt. Es entstand ein Machtverhältnis, das die Weisse Bevölkerung mit Privilegien ausstattete und Nicht-Weisse benachteiligte und mit alltäglichem Rassismus konfrontierte. Struktureller Rassismus zeigt sich in der Politik, Polizei, Justiz, in Gesetzen, im Alltag und auch in den Institutionen der Sozialen Arbeit. Die Arbeit soll einen kleinen Einblick ermöglichen, wie der strukturelle Rassismus in den verschiedenen Bereichen wirkt und ermöglicht wird. Am Schluss der Arbeit werden die kritischen Punkte aufgegriffen und es wird versucht, eine Agende auszuarbeiten, wie die Soziale Arbeit politisch dem strukturellen Rassismus entgegenwirken kann.
description: + Code Diss LU: hslusa basa + Fussnote: Bachelor-Arbeit, Hochschule Luzern – Soziale Arbeit, Studienrichtung Sozialarbeit, 2022 + NL-Code: NLLUHSA202209
title: Racial and Ethnic Differences in Adverse Childhood Experiences and Health Outcomes in Adulthood
Creators: name: Mack, Sallie
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2020

description: Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) have been linked to many negative physical and mental health disorders in adulthood. Many individuals in the United States have ACEs, and rates are higher among people of color. Less is known about how to prevent these physical and mental health disorders and symptoms for individuals with ACEs. Five different factors may help in intervening on the negative effects of ACEs. These include: mental wellness, healthy relationships, physical activity, sleep and nutrition (Burke Harris, 2018). This study investigated how these factors influence health in adulthood for individuals with ACEs. The current researcher used data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health and looked at how the aforementioned factors worked for five different racial and ethnic groups. Results from this study showed that individuals with ACEs had worse scores related to mental wellness, healthy relationships, sleep, physical activity, and nutrition. Additionally, many of these factors were also related to physical and mental health. Some of these relationships differed among racial/ethnic groups. These results may indicate that these factors could be useful for intervening with individuals with ACEs to prevent negative health outcomes and that some factors may be more important or useful for some racial/ethnic groups.
Case Study — World records as measures of senescence or randomness
Creators: name: Eaton, Carrie
name: Bergstrom, Carl
name: West, Jevin
Publisher: name: QUBES Educational Resources
Year: 2020

description: This is a project meant to accompany the Case Study that Carl Bergstrom, which uses R to explore whether declining track and field world record performance could be an artifact of sample size (less athletes competing in each age category).
title: Hydraulic Analysis of Coupling a Labyrinth Weir with a Steep Stepped Chute
Creators: name: Jorgensen, Tucker J.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2020

description: There are many considerations involved in the design of a dam structure. A few of these include minimizing upstream flooding (and risk of embankment overtopping), economical construction, and downstream erosion. Addressing these concerns has, in part, led to a recent increase in the use of more efficient and economical hydraulic. Complex hydraulic structures such as labyrinth weirs and stepped chutes require extensive study to establish design methods. Combining two complex structures can result in dramatic changes in flow characteristics. This is particularly true in the case of combining a labyrinth weir with a stepped chute. Flow from the labyrinth weir deviates significantly from the relatively uniform flow assumed in current design methods. A potential issue with this deviation is an underprediction in the flow depth experienced on the stepped chute. This study was undertaken with the hope of understanding the flow conditions experienced by coupling a labyrinth weir with a stepped chute. A labyrinth weir was installed upstream of a relatively steep stepped chute. Preliminary testing found that the flow depths experienced on the stepped chute were significantly greater than expected, even at low flows. To help decrease the maximum flow depth on the stepped chute, sloping ramped floors were installed into the downstream cycle of the labyrinth weir. It was observed that increasing the ramp heights (p) resulted in both a reduction in the weir efficiency and the stepped chute flow depth by ~13-15% depending on p.
title: Habitat, Diet, and Foraging Ecology of Willow Flycatcher in Sierra Nevada Meadows
Creators: name: Dietrich, Scott E.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2020

description: The last stronghold of the California Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii) population, which exists in the Sierra Nevada, continues to decline, necessitating a clearer understanding of how meadows provide habitat for the species. To gain this understanding, we assessed vegetation type, saturation levels, and invertebrate species at 51 different sites within four meadows located in the Little Truckee River drainage. 17 of these sites were occupied by nesting Willow Flycatcher during the time of the study, 17 sites had been occupied by nesting Willow Flycatcher in annual surveys between 1997 and 2010 but are no longer used, and 17 sites had never been used by nesting Willow Flycatcher. We found that occupied sites were generally far wetter than unused sites. Total saturation varied from 88% to 100% and total inundation varied from 20% to 52%. Sedge vegetation coverage was also much higher in occupied sites than unused sites and varied from 62% to 90%. Abandoned sites were found to not be suitable for breeding Willow Flycatcher because they were either too dry (low food abundance) or they were too wet (decreased shrub quality). Food items desired by Willow Flycatcher were found to be higher in abundance within wetter occupied sites compared to drier unused sites. In addition to evaluating vegetation coverage, saturation levels, and invertebrates, we examined Willow Flycatcher diet, foraging behavior, and food/habitat relationships by using video footage of nestlings being fed and field observations. Over 75% of the Willow Flycatcher diet was represented by Lepidoptera (moth caterpillar), Raphidioptera (snakefly), Ephemeroptera (mayfly), Odonata (dragonfly and damselfly), and Hemiptera (leafhopper). Aquatic invertebrate food items composed 42% of the diet and aquatic habitat features such as stream channels and oxbow ponds were found to be important. Overall, gleaning and hawking foraging methods were used relatively equally, 49% and 51% of the time, respectively. Foraging often took place outside of territory boundaries and some food items, such as Raphidioptera, were caught outside of meadow boundaries. Diets and foraging behavior also varied throughout the day with some food items, such as Ephemeroptera and Lepidoptera, being targeted only during certain times of the day.
INTEGER_D4.2 EU-wide INTEGER innovative community constituted
Creators: name: SHINE 2Europe
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: This deliverable provides detailed information on the establishment of the EU-wide INTEGER innovative community, including the strategies and criteria for participation. It will also highlight the engagement of the ‘col·labers’ or ‘col·laboratory managers’ as catalysts for change within these integrated innovation ecosystems and underscore the importance of community feedback and its integration into project development.
title: Nodulation and Growth of Shepherdia × utahensis ‘Torrey’
Creators: name: Chen, Ji-Jhong
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2020

description: Shepherdia ×utahensis ‘Torrey’ (Elaeagnaceae) is a hybrid of two native actinorhizal plants in the Intermountain West, S. argentea (silver buffaloberry) and S. rotundifolia (roundleaf buffaloberry). Due to actinorhizal symbiosis, atmospheric nitrogen (N2) can be converted to ammonium, a bioavailable form. Actinorhizal plants have great value in sustainable nursery production and urban landscape use. However, nitrogen fertilizer negatively affects the nodulation of actinorhizal plants. As a newly developed hybrid, both the symbiont identity and nodule formation of S. ×utahensis ‘Torrey’ remain largely unknown. Therefore, experiments were conducted to investigate the nodule formation of S. ×utahensis ‘Torrey’ inoculated with field soils from the Greenville Research Farm at Utah State University, North Logan, UT, or Mohave County, AZ. Further, S. ×utahensis ‘Torrey’ inoculated with field soils from the Greenville Research Farm were topdressed with controlled-released fertilizer (CRF) at eight application rates or irrigated with nutrient solutions at two nitrogen levels to study the impacts of nitrogen levels on nodule formation of S. ×utahensis ‘Torrey’. Nodules from S. ×utahensis ‘Torrey’ were used to identify the symbiont using nifH sequence and phylogenetic analysis. The results of our study showed that plants in a low organic substrate (e.g., perlite) and irrigated with a nutrient solution at pH 7.5 developed nodules 7 weeks earlier than in a commercial substrate (e.g., Metro-Mix® 820) irrigated with a nutrient solution at pH 6.5. Nodulated plants need less nitrogenous fertilizer to maintain plant growth and quality compared with uninoculated plants. However, S. ×utahensis ‘Torrey’ plants had fewer nodules when the nitrogen level of the fertilizer increased, and nodulation was completely inhibited when applying 2.9 g·L-1 CRF or 2 mM ammonium nitrate to plants. Phylogenetic analysis suggested that the symbiont of S. ×utahensis ‘Torrey’ could also induce nodules on plants in the Elaeagnaceae and Rhamnaceae to fix atmospheric nitrogen. According to the results in this research, to induce nodules earlier, S. ×utahensis ‘Torrey’ plants should be grown in a substrate with low organic-matter content and irrigated with a nitrogen-free nutrient solution at a relatively high pH when they are inoculated with Frankia-contained soil. Fertilizer lower than the manufacturer’s recommended rate may be applied to S. ×utahensis ‘Torrey’ plants, if inoculated with field soils, to promote nodule formation for nitrogen fixation and reduce nitrogen runoff.
Supplementary material;Code from Insights into drivers of mobility and cultural dynamics of African hunter–gatherers over the past 120 000 years
Creators: name: Zonker, Johannes
name: Padilla-Iglesias, Cecilia
name: Djurdjevac Conrad, Nataša
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 310901
subject: Animal behaviour
classificationCode: 460207
subject: Modelling and simulation
classificationCode: 499999
subject: Other mathematical sciences not elsewhere classified

description: This file contains additional information about our model;Matlab code for our model
title: Laboratory Scale Anaerobic Reactors for Bioenergy from Wastes: Materials, Mathematical Models, and Stoichiometry
Creators: name: Pererva, Yehor
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2020

description: Anaerobic processes are being explored for the production of bioenergy in the form of biomethane and biohydrogen in a "waste-to-value" approach that considers wastes as a resource. Laboratory scale Biomethane potential (BMP) tests and Up-Flow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket (UASB) reactors can be used to indicate the potential recovery of bioenergy from industry wastes. The goals of this research were to: (1) conduct a critical review of models for determining biomethane potential, (2) develop a theoretical relationship for stoichiometry for biomethane and biohydrogen from wastes, and (3) develop key design aspects for geometry and infrastructure, including gas-liquid-solid separation in laboratory UASB reactors. This research resulted in the development of a unified Process Flow Diagram, applicable for a variety of industry-relevant wastewaters. Also, in the process of achieving this goal the novel design of Gas-Liquid-Solid (GLS) separator for laboratory-scale UASB reactor was invented and manufactured utilizing the Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) as an application of Additive Manufacturing. This dissertation can be used as a reference guideline for future investigators who start studying anaerobic digestion of industrial and municipal wastewater samples.
title: When Ice Isn’t Slippery
Creators: name: Alexander, Alyssa Witbeck
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2020

description: This thesis is the start of what I envision to be a full-length memoir that addresses themes of perfectionism and sacrifice. I begin with an introductory chapter, then move into three chapters that highlight different elements of my life that are affected by these themes. I begin exploring childhood, passion for figure skating, perfectionism, Mormonism, and my first romantic relationship. The next chapter shows ways in which this commitment to perfectionism and sacrifice results in a severe eating disorder, and the ways in which that affects me, my family, and my relationship with figure skating. The final chapter chronologically covers an abusive marriage. This last chapter concludes with my divorce and returning to the ice, which symbolizes coming home and embracing the imperfect.
title: Механика жидкости и газа. В 2 частях. Ч.1
Creators: name: ELS IPR BOOKS
Publisher: name: Саратовский государственный технический университет имени Ю.А. Гагарина, ЭБС АСВ
Year: 2019

description: Предлагаемое пособие повторяет ранее изложенные в отдельных частях основные разделы гидравлики напорных и безнапорных потоков; отличие состоит в учете замечаний и предложений, высказанных преподавателями и студентами и дополнительного материала, включенного в основной текст. Дополнительно в текст помещены задачи, их общее число с решениями превышает 120. Материал пособия, прежде всего, адресован студентам, магистрантам и аспирантам строительных и энергетических специальностей, может быть также полезен всем тем, кому необходимы знания по гидравлике и гидромеханике.
Enhancement of picture quality on ultra-low brightness by optimizing the electrical potential required for OLED charging in the AMOLED displays
Creators: name: Na, Se Hwan
name: Min, Won Kyung
name: Kim, Do Hyung
name: Hwang, Han Wook
name: Ha, Yong Min
name: Kim, Hyun Jae
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Science Policy

description: The principal causes of the poor picture quality on active matrix organic light-emitting diode (AMOLED) displays, operating under extremely low brightness and gray-scale conditions, were analyzed and verified by measuring and modelling of the electrical simulations. Through the analysis, it was found that the deteriorated picture quality was induced by a delayed saturation voltage, which means the electric potential difference between the initial voltage applied to the anode of the OLED (Vinit) and the OLED saturated voltage (Vsat) for emission. This is because the deviations of pico-ampere-level currents and delayed OLED charging prior to light emission increased the saturation voltage when there were low driving currents. Thus, we optimized the voltage by increasing Vinit from −4.5 to −2.7 V, effectively eliminating image deterioration by reducing the OLED charging delay. Thus, the proposed approach opens up advancements of obtaining superior picture quality with ultra-low luminance, even in the dark illuminance environments. We discuss how OLED picture quality may be enhanced under low brightness, including the driving methods, design considerations, and processes involved.
Ο θεσμός των μαρτύρων δημοσίου συμφέροντος (whistleblowing) και η συμβολή του στην καταπολέμηση της διαφθοράς
Creators: name: Δαλιάνη, Θεοδώρα Γεωργίου
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2023
Subjects: Μάρτυρας Δημοσίου Συμφέροντος
Whistleblower
Διαφθορά
Public Interest Witness
Corruption

description: Στην παρούσα διπλωματική εργασία επιχειρήθηκε σε πρώτο στάδιο μία ευρύτερη προσέγγιση του φαινομένου της διαφθοράς και των εκφάνσεων με τις οποίες αυτή εμφανίζεται τόσο στον δημόσιο όσο και στον ιδιωτικό τομέα. Στη συνέχεια, σκιαγραφήθηκε ο θεσμός των μαρτύρων δημοσίου συμφέροντος μέσω μίας ιστορικής αναδρομής, έγινε μία εννοιολογική προσέγγιση αυτού και παρατέθηκε το νομικό πλαίσιο προστασίας του whistleblowerαπό αντίποινα και πράξεις αντεκδίκησης τόσο στη διεθνή όσο και στην ελληνική έννομη τάξη. Επίσης, αναφέρθηκαν τα εμπόδια και οι δυσκολίες που αντιμετωπίζει ο μάρτυρας δημοσίου συμφέροντος, κυρίως στο εργασιακό περιβάλλον, εξαιτίας διάφορων νομοθετικών κενών που δεν δημιουργούν τίποτα παραπάνω από ανασφάλεια δικαίου και αποτρέπουν τον εκάστοτε whistleblowerαπό το να αποκαλύψει τις πληροφορίες εκείνες που θα διασφαλίσουν και θα θωρακίσουν το δημόσιο συμφέρον. Καταληκτικά, έγινε μία σύντομη αναφορά σε τυχόν προτάσεις βελτίωσης και ενίσχυσης του θεσμού ώστε αυτός να λειτουργήσει όσο το δυνατόν πιο καταλυτικά στην αντιμετώπιση και στην εξάλειψη της διαφθοράς.
description: This paper at first attempts to approach the phenomenon of corruption and the ways it appears both to the public and private sector. Afterwards, an outline is made to the act of the whistleblowing through a historical flashback and the legal framework for the protection of the whistleblower from retaliation abroad and in Greece is presented. Furthermore, the obstacles and the difficulties around the revelation of important information will be reported and last but not least some measures and ways of improvement of the act will be mentioned in order to strengthen the act of the whistleblowing and beat the phenomenon of corruption.
title: The Moderating Role of Psychological Inflexibility in the Relationship Between Minority Stress, Substance Misuse, and Suicidality in LGB+ Adolescents
Creators: name: Weeks, Sean N.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2020

description: Adolescence is a difficult time, especially for those who do not identify as heterosexual (e.g., gay, lesbian, bisexual, asexual, pansexual; LGB+). Increased rates of substance abuse and suicidality are well documented outcomes that tend to be worse in the LGB+ adolescent community than in mainstream groups. Minority stress, the effect of unique stressors experienced by those in the LGB+ community explained by external and societal influences, has been accepted within the research community as a theory used to explain the health disparities seen in this group. This study proposed a possible further explanation, in addition to minority stress, that helps clarify the relationship between minority stress and negative outcomes, and that is changeable through Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). Psychological inflexibility, a rigid reaction to life events that is inconsistent with values and often promotes avoidant behavior, and five of its six key sub-processes (experiential avoidance, cognitive fusion, lack of values, preoccupation with the past or future, and inaction) was posited as influencing the strength of the relationship between minority stress and substance misuse or suicidality.
Interactions with both global psychological inflexibility and its sub-processes were examined using statistical models to explore relationships between minority stress and both suicidality and substance misuse in the LGB+ adolescent community. A sample of 152 LGB+ adolescents participated. Significant interactions were found in models of substance misuse but not suicidality, with global psychological inflexibility, cognitive fusion, and obstruction of valued living as moderators that strengthened the relationship between minority stress and substance misuse.
Implications based on results suggest that psychological inflexibility as a mechanism of change in LGB+ adolescents is worth further study. Additional examination into the effectiveness of ACT in LGB+ populations struggling with minority stress’ effects and/or substance misuse should be conducted to advance the understanding of these results.
title: Environmental Controls on Didymosphenia geminata Bloom Formation
Creators: name: Capito, Lindsay
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2020

description: Climate change is causing rapid glacial recession and earlier snowmelt, which alter the physical and chemical properties of rivers. As a result, organisms at the base of the food web are responding in unforeseen ways. We use the nuisance algae D. geminata (Didymo) as a case study for how climate induced shifts in the timing of glacial and snowmelt runoff are affecting river ecosystems. We evaluated how shifts in the timing of nutrient concentrations and light availability affect nuisance blooms of Didymo in three complementary ways. These are, field studies across streams in various stages of glacial recession, weekly measurements at one section of river, and experimental studies. We used a range of streams in different stages of glacial recession as a proxy for decadal scale climate change to evaluate the relationship between chemical and physical stream characteristics and nuisance blooms. Blooms were found in streams with low nutrient and high light, and with less glacial cover. We sampled the snowfed Logan River, in Utah weekly from May to December of 2019 and found that blooms were triggered under similar circumstances, specifically at the juncture of clear water and low phosphorous concentrations at a time of year when day length was near its maximum. Finally, we used experimental flumes to investigate only the role of light on blooms. We found the highest algal growth with the high light treatments. Our results show that environmental conditions linked to glacial recession and earlier snowmelt are driving the formation of Didymo blooms through shifts in the timing of high nutrient, turbid water, occurring earlier in the year when light availability is lower. Didymo serves as a case study for how climate change alters the timing of important environmental conditions resulting in unforeseen effects to stream ecosystems. This study exemplifies the need to study how altered glacial and snowmelt timing will change stream ecosystems.
title: The Relationship Between Mindfulness, Academic Stress, and Attention
Creators: name: Blackburn, Tida
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2020

description: Some degree of anxiety in learning situations is expected and normal. However, excessive anxiety and stress negatively affect cognitive performance, especially working memory, concentration, and sustained attention. Studies have shown that higher success in academics is related to a better ability to maintain focus on the information presented including auditory and visual attention. College students who are better able to manage stress are more successful than those who cannot. One method of coping with stress and anxiety is the practice of mindfulness. Mindfulness is the ability to be fully present in the moment, be aware of one’s mind, body, and surroundings, and the ability to filter out distractions that are stressful in one’s life. Mindfulness practice has been found to improve adaptability in stressful situations, attention regulation, and focus. College students may be vulnerable to distractions, which increase stress and can make it difficult to perform well academically. Mindfulness promotes self-awareness and attention to the present moment, which can reduce stress and anxiety, as well as improve overall psychological well-being. The current study examined the associations mindfulness has with academic stress, attention, and perceived attention skills in college students. Sixty-two college students (M = 22.6 years, 61.3% female) completed a variety of self-report measures and standardized performance measures of attention. Results indicated that greater levels of mindfulness were associated with lower levels of academic stress, but did not show a strong relationship between mindfulness and attention. The potential of mindfulness training on attention and stress for college students is discussed.