cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Τραύματα πολέμου στο μυθιστόρημα γενεών με βάση παραδείγματα γερμανικής σύγχρονης λογοτεχνίας
Creators: name: Παπαναστασίου, Νατάσα Νικολάου
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2017
Subjects: Τραύματα πολέμου
Λογοτεχνία των γενεών
Σύγχρονη λογοτεχνία
War traumas
Generation novel
Contemporary literature

description: Σκοπός της διατριβής ήταν να προσεγγίσει μέσω της λογοτεχνίας τη μεταφορά του ψυχικού τραύματος που προκλήθηκε από τον Δεύτερο Παγκόσμιο Πόλεμο, από την πρώτη γενιά που τον βίωσε, στις επόμενες. Ως μέσο για την επίτευξη του σκοπού αυτού χρησιμοποιήσαμε τρία έργα της Γερμανικής Λογοτεχνίας. Αυτά ήταν τα: «Σαν τον κάβουρα» του Γκύντερ Γκράς, «Die Mittagsfrau» της Julia Franck, και «Himmelskörper» της Tanja Dückers. Στη συνέχεια παρουσιάσαμε σε ένα θεωρητικό πλαίσιο τον τρόπο με τον οποίο η Γερμανία διαχειρίστηκε το παρελθόν της μετά τον Δεύτερο Παγκόσμιο Πόλεμο, αναφερθήκαμε στις πρώτες έρευνες που έγιναν σχετικά με το ψυχικό τραύμα και αργότερα τα τραύματα πολέμου και προσεγγίσαμε κάποιες αιτίες και συμπτώματα αυτών των ψυχικών τραυμάτων. Ένα άλλο θέμα που θίξαμε ήταν η εξέλιξη του μυθιστορήματος των γενεών μέσα στα χρόνια, αλλά και κάποια γενεαλογικά χαρακτηριστικά που αναδείχθηκαν μέσω των κοινωνιολογικών ερευνών της Aleida Assmann και του Jörg Rüsen. Πάνω σ΄αυτόν τον θεωρητικό άξονα κινηθήκαμε για την ανάλυση των προαναφερθέντων έργων, για να καταλήξουμε στο συμπέρασμα ότι το ψυχικό τραύμα που προκλήθηκε από τον πόλεμο μπορεί να μεταφερθεί από τη μια γενιά στην επόμενη ακόμα και μέσω της προφορικής διήγησης
description: The purpose of the dissertation was to approach through literature the transfer of the psychological trauma caused by the Second World War, from the first generation that experienced it to the next. As a means for achieving this goal we used three novels of the German Literature. These were: "Crabwalk" by Günther Grass, "Die Mittagsfrau" by Julia Franck, and "Himmelskörper" by Tanja Dückers. At first, we presented in a theoretical context how Germany handled its past after the Second World War, we referred to the first researches made on the mental trauma and later on mental traumata caused by war and we approached some causes and symptoms of these mental traumas. Another topic that we raised was the evolution of generational novels over the years, as well as some genealogical features that emerged through the sociological research of Aleida Assmann and Jörg Rüsen. In this theoretical approach, we moved on to analyze the above-mentioned novels, in order to conclude that the psychological trauma caused by war can be transferred from one generation to the next even through oral narration
Single Atoms with 6000-Second Trapping Lifetimes in Optical-Tweezer Arrays at Cryogenic Temperatures
Creators: name: Schymik, Kai-Niklas
name: Pancaldi, Sara
name: Nogrette, Florence
name: Barredo, Daniel
name: Paris, Julien
name: Browaeys, Antoine
name: Lahaye, Thierry
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report on the trapping of single Rb atoms in tunable arrays of optical tweezers in a cryogenic environment at $\sim 4$ K. We describe the design and construction of the experimental apparatus, based on a custom-made, UHV compatible, closed-cycle cryostat with optical access. We demonstrate the trapping of single atoms in cryogenic arrays of optical tweezers, with lifetimes in excess of $\sim6000$ s, despite the fact that the vacuum system has not been baked out. These results open the way to large arrays of single atoms with extended coherence, for applications in large-scale quantum simulation of many-body systems, and more generally in quantum science and technology.
description: 8 pages, 4 figures. After fixing a leak in the vacuum system, we report in this version 2 on a vastly improved lifetime (6000 s, instead of the 335 s reported in the version 1 of the paper)
A comprehensive simulation study of the voltage stability of a large power system
Creators: name: Zhang, Wenjie
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: The voltage stability problem has become a growing concern in power system planning and operation. Many large interconnected power systems have experienced voltage insta- bilities which involve fast transients and/or slow dynamics. Although load flow related static approaches have been well developed to characterize the system maximum loading limit as the voltage collapse point, the mechanism of how system operation approaches its voltage collapse point and how this collapse point is affected by system dynamics are still obscure. This thesis provides the answers to these two basic questions through the investigation of effects of loads and reactive power controls on system voltage stability by detailed time domain system simulations. The importance of system dynamics in the determination of the voltage stability limit is emphasized. Firstly, a multimachine power system with steam and hydro electric generating units, various types of loads, and system reactive power—related control devices is appropriately modeled. Secondly, a comprehensive power system simulation program is developed based on the implicit trapezoidal rule and an integration step size control algorithm. A new variable elimination method for load flow, and a new forward—elimination and backward—substitution procedure for solving the system Jacobian matrix equations are devised. Different system disturbances are simulated, and the exact timing of system changes is implemented. Finally, a 21 bus sample power system is chosen for the voltage stability study. In the case studies, the effects of loads, control devices, and system disturbances on system voltage stability are thoroughly examined. The voltage instability of a power system is a very complicated phenomenon, which, depending on the location, the type, and the severity of a system disturbance, may involve a fast transient voltage instability, or a slow voltage deterioration followed by a sharp collapse. It is closely associated with system reactive power—related controls, and is strongly affected by the load characteristics. The beneficial and detrimental effects of loads and reactive power controls on voltage stability should be carefully analyzed so that the information can be used in voltage stability control designs.
Speed and reaction behavior in different highway landscapes: A driving simulator study
Creators: name: Zheng, Haoran
name: Qin, Yaqin
name: Guo, Fengxiang
name: Xiong, Jian
name: Xu, Biao
name: Chen, Yao
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Space Science
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Objective: Speed and reaction time have an important influence on traffic safety. The highway landscape can affect psychological and physiological characteristics, which are associated with the speed and reaction time of drivers. This study aimed to understand the association between the highway landscape and driving speed and reaction time. Methods: Two simulation experiments were conducted, referred to as experiment 1 and experiment 2. Forty-four drivers were recruited to participate in the experiments. Based on the road alignment and enclosure degree, in experiment 1 and experiment 2 the highway landscape was divided into 24 and 8 types, respectively. VS-Design was used to establish the virtual scenes. A KMRTDS driving simulator was used to perform the experiments. Results: Driver reaction time decreased with an increase in the enclosure degree of the road. Moreover, in straight sections, the speed decreased with an increase in the enclosure degree of the road, whereas in curved sections, the speed was mainly affected by the road geometric alignment. Conclusions: The driver’s perceived ability was significantly affected by the highway landscape, and optimization of the highway landscape environment is necessary to promote transportation efficiency and improve the traffic safety situation.
An Attribute-Aligned Strategy for Learning Speech Representation
Creators: name: Huang, Yu-Lin
name: Su, Bo-Hao
name: Hong, Y. -W. Peter
name: Lee, Chi-Chun
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Audio and Speech Processing (eess.AS)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Advancement in speech technology has brought convenience to our life. However, the concern is on the rise as speech signal contains multiple personal attributes, which would lead to either sensitive information leakage or bias toward decision. In this work, we propose an attribute-aligned learning strategy to derive speech representation that can flexibly address these issues by attribute-selection mechanism. Specifically, we propose a layered-representation variational autoencoder (LR-VAE), which factorizes speech representation into attribute-sensitive nodes, to derive an identity-free representation for speech emotion recognition (SER), and an emotionless representation for speaker verification (SV). Our proposed method achieves competitive performances on identity-free SER and a better performance on emotionless SV, comparing to the current state-of-the-art method of using adversarial learning applied on a large emotion corpora, the MSP-Podcast. Also, our proposed learning strategy reduces the model and training process needed to achieve multiple privacy-preserving tasks.
description: 5 pages, 2 figures; Accepted in Interspeech 2021
A critical discussion of living minors as tissue donors for transplantation purposes in England and Wales, and Scotland.
Creators: name: Hogg, Lindsey
Publisher: name: Lancaster University
Year: 2021

description: This research explores the regulatory framework of living minors as tissue donors for transplantation purposes in England and Wales (under 18), and Scotland (under 16). My main argument is that this regulatory framework does not adequately protect the minor donor’s interests, therefore, it is in need of clarification and/or reform. When answering my research questions, listed below, I use relational autonomy and a new principle introduced in this thesis of relational parental decision-making to examine the relationships the minor donor has with others. First, should non-regenerative tissue donation from living minors be permitted in England and Wales, and Scotland? My contention is that non-regenerative tissue donation should not be permitted because the gravity of donating it and the irreversibility of the procedure suggests that no potential psychological benefits can outweigh the medical risks, psychological harm, and long-term implications. Secondly, who can and should provide consent/authorisation for living minors to be regenerative tissue donors? Those with parental responsibility (PR) can and should be able to provide consent/authorisation for an incompetent minor. If a minor is competent, they should be able to provide consent/authorisation on their own behalf, and those with PR and the court should not be permitted to override this decision. Thirdly, what test(s) should be used to determine whether consent/authorisation can be provided for a living minor to be a tissue donor? The best interests test should be reformed so the minor’s view and the harm principle are given greater weight, and the addition of relational parental decision-making. The Gillick and 2(4) competence tests should require a minor to understand the moral, family, emotional, and long-term implications, as well as the consequences if they refuse the donation. For those aged 16- and 17- year old, section 8 should be interpreted broadly to cover tissue donation.
Spanning trees on the Sierpinski gasket
Creators: name: Chang, Shu-Chiuan
name: Chen, Lung-Chi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We obtain the numbers of spanning trees on the Sierpinski gasket $SG_d(n)$ with dimension $d$ equal to two, three and four. The general expression for the number of spanning trees on $SG_d(n)$ with arbitrary $d$ is conjectured. The numbers of spanning trees on the generalized Sierpinski gasket $SG_{d,b}(n)$ with $d=2$ and $b=3,4$ are also obtained.
description: 20 pages, 8 figures, 1 table
Molecular Connectomics Reveals a Glucagon-Like Peptide 1 Sensitive Neural Circuit for Satiety
Creators: name: Webster, Addison
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Liraglutide and other agonists of the glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor (GLP-1RAs) are effective weight-loss drugs, but how they suppress appetite remains unclear. One potential mechanism is by activating neurons which inhibit hunger-promoting Agouti-related peptide (AgRP) neurons of the arcuate hypothalamus (Arc). To identify these afferents, we developed a method combining rabies-based connectomics with single-nuclei transcriptomics. Applying this method to AgRP neurons predicted at least 21 afferent subtypes in the mouse mediobasal and paraventricular hypothalamus. Among these are Trh+ Arc neurons (TrhArc), inhibitory neurons which express the Glp1r gene and are activated by the GLP-1RA liraglutide. Activating TrhArc neurons inhibits AgRP neurons and feeding, likely in an AgRP neuron-dependent manner. Silencing TrhArc neurons causes over-eating and weight gain and attenuates liraglutide’s effect on body weight. Our results demonstrate a widely applicable method for molecular connectomics, comprehensively identify local inputs to AgRP neurons, and reveal a circuit through which GLP-1RAs suppress appetite.
Tight lower bounds for Dynamic Time Warping
Creators: name: Webb, Geoffrey I.
name: Petitjean, Francois
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: I.5.5
subject: 68T10

description: Dynamic Time Warping (DTW) is a popular similarity measure for aligning and comparing time series. Due to DTW's high computation time, lower bounds are often employed to screen poor matches. Many alternative lower bounds have been proposed, providing a range of different trade-offs between tightness and computational efficiency. LB Keogh provides a useful trade-off in many applications. Two recent lower bounds, LB Improved and LB Enhanced, are substantially tighter than LB Keogh. All three have the same worst case computational complexity - linear with respect to series length and constant with respect to window size. We present four new DTW lower bounds in the same complexity class. LB Petitjean is substantially tighter than LB Improved, with only modest additional computational overhead. LB Webb is more efficient than LB Improved, while often providing a tighter bound. LB Webb is always tighter than LB Keogh. The parameter free LB Webb is usually tighter than LB Enhanced. A parameterized variant, LB Webb Enhanced, is always tighter than LB Enhanced. A further variant, LB Webb*, is useful for some constrained distance functions. In extensive experiments, LB Webb proves to be very effective for nearest neighbor search.
description: 26 pages, 23 figures, expanded version of a paper accepted for publication in Pattern Recognition. This revision fixed minor typos in the two algorithms
Quantum mechanics on a circle: Husimi phase space distributions and semiclassical coherent state propagators
Creators: name: Bahr, B.
name: Korsch, H. J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discuss some basic tools for an analysis of one-dimensionalquantum systems defined on a cyclic coordinate space. The basic features of the generalized coherent states, the complexifier coherent states are reviewed. These states are then used to define the corresponding (quasi)densities in phase space. The properties of these generalized Husimi distributions are discussed, in particular their zeros.Furthermore, the use of the complexifier coherent states for a semiclassical analysis is demonstrated by deriving a semiclassical coherent state propagator in phase space.
description: 29 pages
Exchange interaction and stability diagram of coupled quantum dots in magnetic fields
Creators: name: Zhang, L. -X.
name: Melnikov, D. V.
name: Leburton, J. -P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The charge stability diagram for two coupled quantum dots containing up to two electrons is computed in magnetic fields. One- and two-particle Schroedinger equations are solved by exact diagonalization to obtain the chemical potentials and exchange energy in these systems. By analyzing the chemical potentials variation with external biases and magnetic fields, it is possible to distinguish between the weak and strong inter-dot couplings. The variation of the chemical potential curvatures and the double-triple point separations in the stability diagrams confirms the inter-dot coupling decrease with increasing magnetic fields. The computed exchange energies are also found to be significantly smaller than the values estimated from the stability diagram.
Divergences in anomalous dimension matrices of quarks at three loops: Explanation and simple solution
Creators: name: Lewandowski, Adrian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Three-loop counterterms for the Standard Model (SM) revealed that the matrix of anomalous dimensions ($γ$) of quarks is divergent in the $d \to 4$ limit unless a carefully chosen non-Hermitian square-root of $Z$ matrix is used in the textbook formula for $γ$. Here, an alternative prescription is given, which expresses $γ$ and $β$ functions directly in terms of counterterms (instead of $\sqrt{Z}$ and conventional `bare couplings') and produces finite results. In the SM, this prescription $automatically$ reproduces results obtained previously by adjusting $\sqrt{Z}$.
description: published version, some clarifications added, Mathematica Notebook with complete calculations attached, 5 pages, 0 figures
Histories of Medieval European Literatures: New Patterns of Representation and Explanation
Creators: name: Borsa, Paolo
name: Høgel, Christian
name: Mortensen, Lars Boje
name: Tyler, Elizabeth
name: Gaunt, Simon
name: Agapitos, Panagiotis A.
name: Müller, Stephan
name: Rychterová, Pavlína
name: Grévin, Benoît
name: Fenzi, Enrico
name: Szpiech, Ryan
name: Ricklin, Thomas
name: Mallette, Karla
name: Kragl, Florian
name: Larsen, Svend Erik
name: Wallace, David
Publisher: name: University of Milan
Year: 2015
Subjects: Europe; medieval; literature; literary history of Middle Ages; history of texts

description: Interfaces: A Journal of Medieval European Literatures is invested in bringing together the linguistic, literary, and historical expertise to take a European approach to medieval literature. The journal aims to establish a forum both for articles which move across literatures (plural) and also, more ambitiously, to foster reflections on a more elusive, but no longer entirely absent, object, European medieval literature (singular).

In line with the journal’s scope and vision to promote integrated approaches to European medieval literatures, we begin by facing head-on the multiple challenges of devising new types of narratives about medieval textual cultures. We have invited papers which take a wider regional perspective and move across medieval Europe as well as papers which bring an explicitly European perspective to more specific topics (with a tighter thematic, chronological, geographic, or linguistic focus).
description: Interfaces: A Journal of Medieval European Literatures, No 1 (2015): Histories of Medieval European Literatures: New Patterns of Representation and Explanation
Cheilodactylidae Regan
Creators: name: Ludt, William B.
name: Burridge, Christopher P.
name: Chakrabarty, Prosanta
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Perciformes
Cheilodactylidae

description: Family Cheilodactylidae Regan   Diagnosis. Diagnosis follows that of Kimura et al. (2018) and Smith (1980) for Cheilodactylus. The family can be diagnosed by the following combination of characters: body compressed and ovoid, with small, terminal to subterminal mouth with large lips; eyes moderate size; two pairs of nostrils with cirri on the lower pair of nostrils; no bony processes on frontal bone or maxilla; teeth small, villiform in several rows, absent from vomer and palatines. Dorsal-fin elements XVII–XX, 19–25; anal-fin elements III, 9–11; pectoral-fin rays 14 with ventral 4–5 thickened and unbranched. Dorsal-fin continuous with no division between spinous and soft portions; spines increasing in length to sixth spine, and decreasing thereafter; second dorsal ray longest. Gas bladder absent; three supraneurals, with first supraneural preceding first neural spine and second and third supraneural between first and second neural spines in the arrangement of 0/0+0/2+1/1/1 (Fig. 2). Lateral-line scales 78–85; scales small and cycloid; scaly sheath present at base of dorsal and anal-fins. Cheilodactylidae can be further differentiated from Cirrhitidae by dorsal spines lacking cirri (versus present), and from both Chironemidae and Aplodactylidae by higher anal-fin ray counts and a more laterally compressed, deeper body. Cheilodactylidae can be further differentiated from Latridae by the absence of a gas bladder, by late-stage larvae lacking a ‘paperfish’ stage (Dudnik 1977), and by the arrangement of supraneurals with the first neural spine (see family diagnosis for Latridae below).
description: Published as part of Ludt, William B., Burridge, Christopher P. & Chakrabarty, Prosanta, 2019, A taxonomic revision of Cheilodactylidae and Latridae (Centrarchiformes: Cirrhitoidei) using morphological and genomic characters, pp. 121-141 in Zootaxa 4585 (1) on page 126, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4585.1.7, http://zenodo.org/record/2636292
Birth Preparedness and Complication Readiness and Associated Factors amo ng Mothers Attending Antenatal Care at Chiro District Health Centers, West Hararge, Ethiopia
Creators: name: Ashenafi Habtamu Regesu
name: 1
name: , Alemu Tuji Oda
name: 2
name: , Muhammedawel Kaso Adem
name: 3
name: ,
name: Mekiya
name: Kebirhussein Wako
name: 4
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2019

description: Back ground: Birth Preparedness and Complication Readiness (BP/CR) is a comprehensive package aimed at pr omoting access to skilled maternal health services. However, the existing studies indicate that BP/CR in developing countries is less than 50%. Objectives: To assess BP/CR and associated factors among mothers attending ANC in Chiro District Health Centers , Ethiopia, 2016. Methods: Descriptive cross - sectional study design was conducted on 303 ANC visitors from July 24 to August 25, 2016. Descriptive statistics was used to summarize the data by using SPSS version 20 and multiple logistic regressions was used to identify the association with 95% confidence interval at p - value of 0.05. Results: BP/CR among ANC visitors was 42.9%. BP/CR was significantly associated with mother’s school attendance, mother’s occupation, ANC visit for last pregnancy before the cur rent pregnancy, danger sign knowledge during pregnancy, labor and child birth and source of information. Conclusion: This study identified only 42.9% of the mothers were knowledgeable on BP/CR. Mother’s school attendance, ANC services and early identificat ion of key dangers sign are statistically associated with BP/CR. Therefore, there should be enhanced education, promotion of ANC and counseling of mothers by health workers to improve their knowledge on danger signs and ANC follow up.
Σύγχρονες μορφές πολιτιστικών μέσων μαζικής επικοινωνίας, μια συγκριτική προσέγγιση στις ομοιότητες, τις διαφορές και τους στόχους τους
Creators: name: Κωνσταντινίδου, Παναγιώτα Βασιλείου
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2017
Subjects: Πολιτιστικά μέσα μαζικής επικοινωνίας
Σύγχρονες μορφές
Συγκριτική προσέγγιση
Cultural media
Modern forms
Comparative approach

description: Η παρούσα Διπλωματική Εργασία επιχειρεί μια συγκριτική μελέτη της δημοσιογραφικής προβολής και κάλυψης των τεχνών και του πολιτισμού από τα σύγχρονα μέσα μαζικής επικοινωνίας (ενός πόρταλ, τριών sites, δυο ραδιοφωνικών εκπομπών και ενός τηλεοπτικού πολιτιστικού δελτίου). Στο πρώτο μέρος, μέσα από την ανάλυση της γραφής για τις τέχνες, του κριτικού σχολιασμού των πολιτιστικών δρώμενων, της πολιτιστικής κάλυψης σε έντυπα, sites, ραδιόφωνο και τηλεόραση και την κατάδειξη της πολιτιστικής αντιπαλότητας που δημιουργείται ανάμεσα στην υψηλή κουλτούρα και τη δημοφιλή, αποδίδεται μια γενική εικόνα των σύγχρονων τάσεων στον τομέα της πολιτιστικής προβολής και ενημέρωσης. Στο δεύτερο μέρος, έχοντας ως αφετηρία τον πρότυπο ρόλο των The New York Times στην κάλυψη πολιτιστικών ειδήσεων, αναπτύσσονται προβληματισμοί για την τρέχουσα κατάσταση της πολιτιστικής πληροφόρησης σε διεθνές επίπεδο. Στο τρίτο μέρος, μέσα από την ανάλυση του περιεχομένου και του τρόπου μετάδοσης των πολιτιστικών πληροφοριών των υπό εξέταση μέσων σκιαγραφούνται οι διαφορετικές στρατηγικές δημοσίευσης και προβολής των πολιτιστικών γεγονότων που υιοθετούν. Τα ευρήματα μας οδηγούν στην αποτίμηση των όρων μιας πολύπλευρης και σφαιρικής πολιτιστικής ενημέρωσης που καλλιεργεί την κριτική αντίληψη και ενισχύει την καλλιτεχνική παιδεία του κοινού
description: This dissertation attempts a comparative study of the journalistic promotion and coverage of arts and culture by the modern media (a portal, three sites, two radio shows and a TV cultural newsletter). In the first part, through the analysis of writings about art, critical commentary on cultural events, cultural coverage on printed press, sites, radio and TV and the demonstration of the cultural rivalry between high culture and popular culture, a general picture of modern trends in the field of cultural promotion and information is attributed. In the second part, based on the role of The New York Times in the coverage of cultural news, concerns arise about the current state of cultural information at international level. In the third part, through the analysis of the content and the way cultural information is transmitted by the modern media that are being studied, the different publishing and promotion strategies of the cultural events they adopt are listed. The findings lead us to the assessment of the terms of a multifaceted and spherical cultural information that cultivates and reinforces the critical perception and the artistic education of the public
Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Utilization o f Emergency Contraception among Women of Reproductive Age in Ab omsa Town, Arsi Zone, Ethiopia: (Research Article)
Creators: name: Temesgen Bedassa Gudeta
name: 1
name: Mohammedawel Kaso
name: 2
name: Abebayehu Girma
name: 3
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2018

description: Background: Emergency contraception (EC) refers to contracepti ve methods that reduce the chance of pregnancy following unprotected sexual intercourse. Almost every one of these deaths and disabilities could have been prevented through sexuality education, fa mily planning, and the provision of safe, legal ind uced abortion and care for complications of abortion. Kn owledge about methods of emergency contraception co uld reduce the level of unwanted pregnancy and unsafe a bortion. Particularly, utilization of emergency contraception among women have beneficiary health o utcome as it adds choice for helping sexually activ e women to avoid unintended pregnancy and abortion. Objective: The objective of the study is to assess knowledge, attitude and utilization of emergency contraceptiv e of women in Abomsa town in 2018. Methods: Community based descriptive cross-sectional study design was used. A systematic sampling technique was employed to select the study units (women of active reproductive age 15–35 years old) in which 413 participants was involved. Participants, for the in-depth interview was select ed purposively. Data was entered using EPI Info version 3.5.1 and was analyzed using SPSS version 20 statistical software. Odds ratio and 95% confidence interval were calculated and ≤ 0.05 p-value was used to see association of depende nt and independent variables. Result : The age of students ranged from 15 to 49 years wi th median age of 29. Out of total respondents 284(72.3%) had ever had sexual experience. Total of one hundred ninety fife (49.6%) of respondents had ever heard about emergency contraception. One hundred tw enty (61.5%) of them mentioned pills as method of E C and Sixty three (44.1%) of them identified 72hrs as recommended time limit for ECP. TV/Radio 71(36.4%) is major source of information. Of total respondents ( 61.6%) had positive attitude toward making EC avail able to all women while (76.1%) have an intention to use EC . Conclusion: Knowledge and Utilization of Emergency contracepti on is very low. The awareness of time gap and type of EC is poor. Increasing awareness of EC and media coverage on EC including type and time gap of EC is essential .
Double degeneracy associated with hidden symmetries in the asymmetric two-photon Rabi model
Creators: name: Xie, You-Fei
name: Chen, Qing-Hu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper, we uncover the elusive level crossings in a subspace of the asymmetric two-photon quantum Rabi model (tpQRM) when the bias parameter of qubit is an even multiple of the renormalized cavity frequency. Due to the absence of any explicit symmetry in the subspace, this double degeneracy implies the existence of the hidden symmetry. The non-degenerate exceptional points are also given completely. It is found that the number of the doubly degenerate crossing points in the asymmetric tpQRM is comparable to that in asymmetric one-photon QRM in terms of the same order of the constrained conditions. The bias parameter required for occurrence of level crossings in the asymmetric tpQRM is characteristically different from that at a multiple of the cavity frequency in the asymmetric one-photon QRM, suggesting the different hidden symmetries in the two asymmetric QRMs.
description: 15 pages, 8 figures
Effects of Metallicity on the Chemical Composition of Carbon Stars
Creators: name: Leisenring, J. M.
name: Kemper, F.
name: Sloan, G. C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present \emph{Spitzer} IRS data on 19 asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud, complementing existing published data sets of carbon stars in both Magellanic Clouds and the Milky Way, to investigate the effects of metallicity on dust and molecular spectral features arising from the circumstellar envelope. We find that the C$_2$H$_2$ P and R branches at 7.5 micron are affected by dust dilution at higher mass-loss rates -- albeit to a lesser extent for sources in the Magellanic Clouds, compared to the Milky Way -- while the narrow 13.7 micron C$_2$H$_2$ Q branch only shows the effect of dust dilution at low mass-loss rates. A strong metallicity dependence is not observed for the Q branch. Independent of metallicity, we also provide an explanation for the observed shifts in the central wavelength of the SiC emission feature, as we show that these are largely caused by molecular band absorption on either side of the dust emission feature, dominating over shifts in the central wavelength caused by self-absorption. We have devised a method to study the dust condensation history in carbon-rich AGB stars in different metallicity environments, by measuring the strength of the 11.3 \um SiC and 30 \um MgS features with respect to the continuum, as a function of mass-loss rate. With this method, it is possible to distinguish in what order SiC and graphite condense, which is believed to be sensitive to the metallicity, prior to the eventual deposit of the MgS layer.
description: 18 pages, 13 figures, Accepted to ApJ
Proper Utilization of Adequatly Iodized Salt at House Hold Level and Associated Factores in Asella Town Arsi Zone Ethiopia: A Community based Cross Sectional Study
Creators: name: Hawas SB
name: 1
name: *, Lemma S
name: 2
name: , Mengesha ST
name: 3
name: , Demissie HF
name: 3
name:  And Segni MT
name: 3
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2106

description: Back ground: In Ethiopia the proportion of house holds with adequately iodized salt and knowledge and practices on proper utilization of adequatly iodized salt was low to achieve the target for elimination of iodine deficiency disorder. The objectives of this study was to assess the proper utilization of adequately iodized salt and associated factors at house hold level in Asella town, Arsi Zone Ethiopia in 2015. Methods and material: A Cross-sectional study design with multi stage sampling technique was applied to take sample size of 840 HHs. Standard questionnaire with modification and improved iodized salt test kit was used to collect data. Twenty four hour recall period was used to minimize recall bias. Data entered by epi info 3.5.4 and tranfered to SPSS Version 21. Logistic regression model was used to adjust confounders and P-Value <0.05 was considerd to declare significancy. Result : Proportion of HHs with adequately iodized salt was 62.9%. About 76.8% of HHs add salt to their cooking at the end of cooking or right after cooking. Female Sex (AOR = 3.39, 95% CI = 1.07,10.73), Education status with only read and write (AOR = 0.19, 95% CI = 0.05, 0.71), having monthly income ≥2000 ETB (AOR = 2.39, 95% CI = 1.09, 5.01), Being married (AOR = 2.65, 95% CI = 1.24,5.67), Knowing that goitor resulted from iodine deficency (AOR = 9.38, 95% CI = 3.50, 24.89) and having knowledge on IDD and iodized salt (AOR = 4.93, 95% CI = 2.54, 9.58 ) were significantly associated with proper utilization of iodized salt at house hold. Conclusion and Recommendation: Proportion of households with adequately iodized salt was low (not adequate) and significant number of households have improper utilization. Monitoring iodized salt at HH by using test kit and health promotion and communication activites by using different communication methods is important to imprve proper utilization of aduqaute Iodized salt at household level.
White Dwarf cooling Sequences, II: luminosity functions
Creators: name: Moroni, P. G. Prada
name: Straniero, O.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Given the importance of white dwarfs (WDs) in many fields of modern astrophysics, the precise knowledge of the actual degree of accuracy of the associated theoretical predictions is a primary task. In the first paper of a series dedicated to the modeling of WD structure and evolution we discussed the limits of the available theoretical studies of cooling sequences. In the present work we extend this analysis to isochrones and luminosity functions of WDs belonging to old stellar systems, like globular or old disk clusters. The discussion is focused on the most common DA, those with a CO core and an H-rich envelope. We discuss, in particular, the variation of the age derived from the observed WD sequence caused by different assumptions about the conductive opacity as well as that induced by changing the carbon abundance in the core. The former causes a global uncertainty of the order of 10% and the latter of about 5%. We discuss different choices of the initial-to-final mass relation, which induces an uncertainty of 8% on the GC age estimate.
description: 10 pages, 10 figures, accepted for publication in A&A
Επαγγελματικές μισθώσεις: Αναπροσαρμογή μισθώματος κατ’ άρθρα 288 και 388 ΑΚ – Διαταγή απόδοσης της χρήσης μισθίου ακινήτου και αναγκαστική εκτέλεση αυτής
Creators: name: Χατζηδημητρίου, Χαρίλαος-Ιωάννης Μιχαήλ
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2017
Subjects: Επαγγελματικές Μισθώσεις
Αναπροσαρμογή Μισθώματος
Διαταγή Απόδοσης
Business Leases
Rental Fee Readjustment
Leaseback Order

description: Σκοπός της διπλωματικής εργασίας ήταν η ανάλυση των προϋποθέσεων βάσει των οποίων επιτυγχάνεται η αναπροσαρμογή του μισθώματος στις επαγγελματικές μισθώσεις σύμφωνα με τις διατάξεις των άρθρων 288 και 388 ΑΚ. Πέρα από τις προϋποθέσεις που απαιτούνται σε επίπεδο ουσιαστικού δικαίου, έμφαση δόθηκε και στα στοιχεία που πρέπει να περιέχει η σχετική αγωγή αναπροσαρμογής του μισθώματος καθώς και στην προστασία του μισθωτή μέχρι την έκδοση απόφασης επ’ αυτής με τη λήψη ασφαλιστικών μέτρων. Στη συνέχεια, παρουσιάστηκε η διαδικασία για την έκδοση διαταγής απόδοσης της χρήσης μισθίου ακινήτου σύμφωνα με τις διατάξεις των άρθρων 637 επ. ΚΠολΔ καθώς επίσης και η διαδικασία αναγκαστικής εκτέλεσης αυτής κατ’ άρθρο 943 ΚΠολΔ. Κατά την παρουσίαση των διαδικασιών αυτών δόθηκε ιδιαίτερη έμφαση στους τρόπους προστασίας του μισθωτή μέσω της άσκησης των σχετικών προβλεπόμενων ανακοπών
description: The aim of the present bachelor thesis was the analysis of the conditions under which the readjustment of the rental fee is achieved in the field of business leases according to provisions 288 and 388 of the Civil Code. Besides the conditions which are required by substantive law, emphasis was placed on the necessary content of the relevant readjustment action’s cause, as well as on the lessee’s protection with interim injunctions till a judgement is issued. Thereinafter, we presented the process of issuing a leaseback order according to provisions 637 and beyond of Code of Civil Procedure as well as the process of its compulsory execution according to provision 943 of Code of Civil Procedure. During the presentation of these processes, special emphasis was given on the ways protection of the lessee, especially by raising the provided objections
Diagnostic Significance of White Blood Cell Count and C-Reactive Protein in Neonatal Sepsis; Asella Referral Hospital, South East Ethiopia
Creators: name: Abebe Sorsa
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2018

description: Introduction: Nowadays various biochemical markers, such as C-Reactive Protein (CRP), Procalcitonin and tumor necrosis factor alpha, have been proposed as a potential marker for screening neonatal sepsis. In the current study, we tried to see the diagnostic significance of White Blood Cell (WBC) count and CRP in diagnostic screening of neonatal sepsis. Methods: A prospective cross-sectional study was conducted from May 2016 to April 2017 in Asella Teaching and Referral Hospital. Data were entered into EPI-INFO version 3.5.1 for cleanup and then exported to SPSS version 17 for further analysis. Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV) and negative predictive values (NPV) were used to assess the accuracy of CRP and WBC count taking blood culture as gold standard. Results: Data of 303 neonates with clinical sepsis were analyzed. Positive CRP and abnormal WBC were reported in 136(45%) and 99(32.7%) of study subjects respectively. Blood culture turned to be positive in 88(29.4%) of study subjects. The Sensitivity, Specificity, PPV and NPV of WBC count were 59.5 %, 79.6%, 52%, 64.5% respectively while the sensitivity, specificity, PPV and NPV of CRP were 65.6%, 78%, 42% and 91% respectively. By combining both WBC and CRP, the sensitivity, specificity, PPV and NPV improve to 78.5%, 83%, 60% and 93% respectively. CRP positivity rate was comparable across gram positive and gram negative bacteria while high WBC count were more reported among gram positive sepsis than gram negative ( OR 4.8, (95% CI 1.45-15.87, P 0.01) Conclusion: Based on this study’s finding, it can be concluded that CRP alone or in combination with WBC count showed better diagnostic accuracy in neonatal sepsis.
Formal verification of a 32-bit pipelined RISC processor
Creators: name: Darwish, Mohammad Mostafa
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: Designing a microprocessor is a significant undertaking. Modern RISC processors are no exception. Although RISC architectures originally were intended to be simpler than CISC processors, modern RISC processors are often very complex, partially due to the prominent use of pipelining. As a result, verifying the correctness of a RISC design is an extremely difficult task. Thus, it has become of great importance to find more efficient design verification techniques than traditional simulation. The objective of this thesis is to show that symbolic trajectory evaluation is such a technique. For demonstration purposes, we designed and implemented a 32-bit pipelined RISC processor, called Oryx. It is a fairly generic first-generation RISC processor with a fivestage pipeline and is similar to the MIPS-X and DLX processors. The Oryx processor is designed down to a detailed gate-level and is described in VHDL. Altogether, the processor consists of approximately 30,000 gates. We also developed an abstract, non-pipelined, specification of the processor. This specification is precise and is intended for a programmer. We made a special effort not to over-specify the processor, so that a family of processors, ranging in complexity and speed, could theoretically be implemented all satisfying the same specification. We finally demonstrated how to use an implementation mapping and the Voss veri fication system to verify important properties of the processor. For example, we verified that in every sequence of valid instructions, the ALU instructions are implemented cor rectly. This included both the actual operation performed as well as the control for fetching the operands and storing the result back into the register file. Carrying out this verification task required less than 30 minutes on an IBM RS6000 based workstation.
Crust-core transition of a neutron star: effect of the temperature under strong magnetic fields
Creators: name: Ferreira, Márcio
name: Rabhi, Aziz
name: Providência, Constança
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The effect of temperature on the crust-core transition of a magnetar is studied. The thermodynamical spinodals are used to calculate the transition region within a relativistic mean-field approach for the equation of state. Magnetic fields with intensities $5\times 10^{16}$ G and $5\times 10 ^{17}$ G are considered. It is shown that the effect on the extension of the crust-core transition is washed away for temperatures above $10^{9}$ K for magnetic field intensities $ \lesssim 5\times 10^{16}$ G but may still persist if a magnetic field as high as $5\times 10 ^{17}$G is considered. For temperatures below that value, the effect of the magnetic field on crust-core transition is noticeable and grows as the temperature decreases and, in particular, it is interesting to identify the existence of disconnected non-homogeneous matter above the $B=0$ crust core transition density. Models with different symmetry energy slopes at saturation show quite different behaviors. In particular, a model with a large slope, as suggested by the recent results of PREX-2, predicts the existence of up to four disconnected regions of non-homogeneous matter above the zero magnetic field crust-core transition density.
description: 9 pages, 5 figures, published version; Topical Issue "The QCD Phase Diagram in Strong Magnetic Fields"
Η πάλη των τάξεων» μια γκραμσιανή προσέγγιση
Creators: name: Ημαλή, Φανή Αθανασίου
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2017
Subjects: κοινωνικές τάξεις
πάλη
Αντόνιο Γκράμσι
social classes
struggle
Antonio Gramsci

description: Αντικείμενο της διπλωματικής αυτής εργασίας αποτελούν οι απόψεις του Ιταλού φιλοσόφου Antonio Gramsci σε συνάρτηση με την προβληματική της πάλης των τάξεων. Έτσι, απαντάται μια apriori μαρξιστική-λενινιστική προσέγγιση του θέματος, καθώς αποτελεί αφενός κλειδί για την κατανόησή του και αφετέρου βασικό βήμα για την ανάλυση της γκραμσιανής τοποθέτησης ευρύτερα. Η ταξική πάλη έρχεται στο επίκεντρο κατά τη διάρκεια της Γ’ Διεθνούς, με τα Σοσιαλιστικά Κόμματα και τα Συνδικάτα να βρίσκονται σε αναβρασμό, και τον Gramsci να προσανατολίζεται στα εργοστασιακά συμβούλια και τον αγώνα τους για την πραγμάτωση των κοινοτικών και ανθρώπινων δικαιωμάτων. Έννοιες όπως η εκπαίδευση που έρχεται σε αντιστοιχία με την υπόσταση των εξαρτώμενων τάξεων αλλά και η Ηγεμονία που επινοήθηκε από τον Gramsci για την εξήγηση του κεφαλαιοκρατικού μηχανισμού, βασίζονται στα Τετράδια της Φυλακής του προκειμένου να αποτυπωθεί το στίγμα του πλέγματος κυριαρχίας. Εν συνεχεία, κόμματα, κοινωνικές τάξεις και κοινωνία των πολιτών προκύπτουν βαθμηδόν ούτως ώστε να αντικατοπτρίσουν την πολιτική αναγκαιότητα στα πλαίσια του κράτους και κατ΄επέκταση των διεθνών σχέσεων που ενέχουν τον διαπλεκτισμό κυρίαρχων και κυριαρχούμενων τάξεων, όπως τουλάχιστον υποστηρίχθηκαν από τον μεγάλο αυτό στοχαστή
description: The subject of this diplomatic work is the views of the Italian philosopher Antonio Gramsci in connection with the problem of class struggle. Thus, an apriori Marxist-Leninist approach to the subject is encountered, since it is both a key to its understanding and, on the other hand, a basic step in analyzing the Grecian placement more broadly. Social struggle is at the center of the Third International, with the Socialist Parties and the Trade Unions being in a state of exuberance, and Gramsci is oriented towards the factory councils and their struggle for the realization of community and human rights. Concepts such as education that corresponds to the status of dependent classes and the Hegemony devised by Gramsci for the explanation of the capitalist mechanism, are based on the Prisoner's Notebooks in order to capture the stigma of the grid of sovereignty. Subsequently, parties, social classes, and civil society are gradually emerging to reflect the political necessity within the state and the extinction of international relations involving the discourse of sovereign and dominant classes as at least supported by this great thinker.
A Brief Review on Lung Cancer
Creators: name: Anandakumar Pandi
name: 1, *
name: , Gizaw Mamo
name: 1
name: , Dereje Getachew
name: 1
name: , Firaol Lemessa
name: 1
name: ,
name: Vanitha Manickam
name: Kalappan
name: 2
name: , Saravanan Dhiravidamani
name: 3
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2016

description: Lung cancer i s one of the most leading causes of cancer death in the world. Lung cancer, also known as lung carcinoma, is a malignant lung tumor characterized by uncontrolled cell growth in tissues of the lung. If left untreated, this growth can spread beyond the lung by process of metastasis into nearby tissue or other parts of the body. Most cancers that start in the lung, known as primary lung cancers, are carcinomas that derive from epithelial cells. The main primary types are small - cell lung carcinoma (SCLC) and no n - small - cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC). The vast majority (85%) of cases of lung cancer are due to long - term exposure to tobacco smoke. About 10 – 15% of cases occur in people who have never smoked. These cases are often caused by a combination of genetic facto rs and exposure to radon gas, asbestos, or other forms of air pollution, including second - hand smoke. This review gives a detailed idea on the epidemiology, causes, types, signs & symptoms, and treatment of lung cancer.