cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Adding qualitative & quantitative PhD data to an institutional repository
Creators: name: Dr Célia Bouchet
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Open Science
Disability
France
Qualitative research
Quantitative research
R
Institutional repository
PhD data

description: In this presentation, Dr Célia Bouchet offered a reflexive account of the confusion she experienced while depositing the quantitative and qualitative data from her Sociology PhD thesis into an institutional repository. Three key issues contributed to this confusion: The contrasting temporalities and requirements of depositing different types of research data (variability of norms); The grey areas in the legal rules and scientific protocols surrounding the archiving and storage of research data (lack of norms); and, The ambivalence towards this time-consuming exercise, in which the costs associated with self-depositing data are constantly weighed against moral reasons for the sharing and furtherance of knowledge on disability (margins of rationalising norms). This presentation was based upon the doctoral research Célia conducted between September 2018 and November 2021. Her research sought to document the imprint of disability on life courses in France: from childhood to social positions in adulthood. Mixed-methods were used to survey different groups of people who have lived with a “disability” since birth, childhood or adolescence. Comparison of their life courses was also made with the so-called “able-bodied”. Quantitatively, bivariate statistics, regressions, and factor analyses were used to examine the educational, professional, and family situations of the 3,185 people surveyed who grew up with a “disability” in the broad sense and 16,168 who did not. All statistical analyses were performed with R. Qualitatively, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 37 people aged 30-55 who had grown up “with a disability or disabling difficulties”: 20 who had grown up with a visual impairment (partial or total); and, 17 who had grown up with specific learning difficulties (dyslexia, dyscalculia, dyspraxia, dysphasia, etc.). All interviews were recorded, transcribed verbatim, and then coded using the RQDA package in R. Methodological note files of unrecorded information were also compiled (2-5 pages).
Lestes viridis
Creators: name: Cowley, J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1940
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Odonata
Lestidae
Lestes
Lestes viridis

description: Lestes viridis parcidens Artobolevsky, 1929. Lestes viridis Pongracz, 1911, Ann. hist.-nut. M u s. hung. 9:325. CRETE: Canea. Bentivoglio, 1929, Arch. 2001. ital. 13:205. RHODES: Nano. Lestes viridis parvidens Schmidt, 1938, S.B. Akad. Wiss. Wien (math.-nut.) (I) 147: 141 . CRETE. The records of Pongracz almost certainly, and Bentivoglio’s very probably, refer to the subspecies parcidens.
description: Published as part of Cowley, J., 1940, A list of the Odonata of the islands of the western Mediterranean area., pp. 172-178 in Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London 9 on page 174, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3525044
The effect of medical device regulations on deploying a lean six sigma project
Creators: name: McGrane, Vincent
name: McDermott, Olivia
name: Trubetskaya, Anna
name: Rosa, Angelo
name: Sony, Michael
Publisher: name: University of Limerick
Year: 2023
Subjects: Engineering

description: This paper investigates the differences in timelines involved in Lean Six Sigma (LSS) project deployment in a regulated industry versus in an unregulated one. Two case studies utilising Lean Six Sigma methods—in order to compare the transfer of manual manufacturing lines within a medical device and electronics manufacturing site—are discussed and utilised. This research aims to show the effects of regulatory procedures on LSS project implementation and timelines. This study particularly highlights how a regulatory environment can be a barrier, or bottleneck, to project management, continuous improvement, and engineering changes in the MedTech or medical device manufacturing industry. The results of this study represent an important first step towards a full understanding of the influence of regulations on operations in medical devices and, by extension, on pharmaceutical manufacturing industries on a global scale. The research limitations are that the data collected were from two specific case study comparisons alone.
How do humans mediate with the external physical world? From perception to control of articulated objects
Creators: name: XU, QINQI
Publisher: name: Universit� degli studi di Genova
Year: 2019

description: Many actions in our daily life involve operation with articulated tools. Despite the
ubiquity of articulated objects in daily life, human ability in perceiving the properties and control of articulated objects has been merely studied.
Articulated objects are composed of links and revolute or prismatic joints. Moving one part of the linkage results in the movement of the other ones. Reaching a position with the tip of a tool requires adapting the motor commands to the change of position of the endeffector different from the action of reaching the same position with the hand. The dynamic properties are complex and variant in the movement of articulated bodies. For instance, apparent mass, a quantity that measures the dynamic interaction of the articulated object, varies as a function of the changes in configuration. An actuated articulated system can generate a static, but position-dependent force field with constant torques about joints.
There are evidences that internal models are involved in the perception and control of tools. In the present work, we aim to investigate several aspects of the perception and control of articulated objects and address two questions, The first question is how people perceive the kinematic and dynamic properties in the haptic interaction with articulated objects? And the second question is what effect has seeing the tool on the planning and execution of reaching movements with a complex tool? Does the visual representation of mechanism structures help in the reaching movement and how?
To address these questions, 3D printed physical articulated objects and robotic systems have been designed and developed for the psychophysical studies. The present work involves three studies in different aspects of perception and control of articulated objects.
We first did haptic size discrimination tasks using three different types of objects, namely, wooden boxes, actuated apparatus with two movable flat surfaces, and large-size pliers, in unimanual, bimanual grounded and bimanual free conditions. We found bimanual integration occurred in particular in the free manipulation of objects. The second study was on the visuo-motor reaching with complex tools. We found that seeing the mechanism of the tool, even briefly at the beginning of the trial, improved the reaching performance.
The last study was about force perception, evidences showed that people could take use of the force field at the end-effector to induce the torque about the joints generated by the articulated system.
Sympecma fusca Van der Linden 1823
Creators: name: Cowley, J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1940
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Odonata
Lestidae
Sympecma
Sympecma fusca

description: Sympecma fusca (Van der Linden, 1823). Sympecma fusca Cecconi, 1895, Boll. SOC. ent. ital. 27:195. CRETE: Apokorona. Pongracz, 1911, Ann. hist.-nut. M u s. hung. 9:325. CRETE: Knossos. Bentivoglio, 1929, Arch. zool. ital. 13:207. RHODES: Profeta Elia.
description: Published as part of Cowley, J., 1940, A list of the Odonata of the islands of the western Mediterranean area., pp. 172-178 in Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London 9 on page 174, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3525044
Polarized Radio Sources: A Study of Luminosity, Redshift and Infrared Colors
Creators: name: Banfield, Julie K.
name: George, Samuel J.
name: Taylor, A. Russ
name: Stil, Jeroen M.
name: Kothes, Roland
name: Scott, Douglas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory Deep Field polarization study has been matched with the Spitzer Wide-Area Infrared Extragalactic survey of the European Large Area Infrared Space Observatory Survey North 1 field. We have used VLA observations with a total intensity rms of 87 microJy beam^-1 to match SWIRE counterparts to the radio sources. Infrared color analysis of our radio sample shows that the majority of polarized sources are elliptical galaxies with an embedded active galactic nucleus. Using available redshift catalogs, we found 429 radio sources of which 69 are polarized with redshifts in the range of 0.04 < z <3.2. We find no correlation between redshift and percentage polarization for our sample. However, for polarized radio sources, we find a weak correlation between increasing percentage polarization and decreasing luminosity.
description: 35 pages, 12 figures, accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal
Formation of hard very-high energy spectra of blazars in leptonic models
Creators: name: Lefa, E.
name: Rieger, F. M.
name: Aharonian, F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The very high energy (VHE) $γ$-ray spectra of some TeV Blazars, after being corrected for absorption in the extragalactic background light (EBL), appear unusually hard, which poses challenges to conventional acceleration and emission models. We investigate the parameter space that allows the production of such hard TeV spectra within time-dependent leptonic models, both for synchrotron self-Compton (SSC) and external Compton (EC) scenarios. In the context of interpretation of very hard $γ$-ray spectra, time-dependent considerations become crucial because even extremely hard, initial electron distributions can be significantly deformed due to radiative energy losses. We show that very steep VHE spectra can be avoided if adiabatic losses are taken into account. Another way to keep extremely hard electron distributions in the presence of radiative losses, is to assume stochastic acceleration models that naturally lead to steady-state relativistic, Maxwellian-type particle distributions. We demonstrate that in either case leptonic models can reproduce TeV spectra as hard as $E_γ dN/dE_γ \propto E_γ$. Unfortunately this limits, to a large extend, the potential of extracting EBL from $γ$-ray observations of blazars.
description: 28 pages, 10 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ
Additional file 2 of DNAm-based signatures of accelerated aging and mortality in blood are associated with low renal function
Creators: name: Matías-García, Pamela R.
name: Ward-Caviness, Cavin K.
name: Raffield, Laura M.
name: Gao, Xu
name: Zhang, Yan
name: Wilson, Rory
name: Gào, Xīn
name: Nano, Jana
name: Bostom, Andrew
name: Colicino, Elena
name: Correa, Adolfo
name: Coull, Brent
name: Eaton, Charles
name: Hou, Lifang
name: Just, Allan C.
name: Kunze, Sonja
name: Lange, Leslie
name: Lange, Ethan
name: Lin, Xihong
name: Liu, Simin
name: Nwanaji-Enwerem, Jamaji C.
name: Reiner, Alex
name: Shen, Jincheng
name: Schöttker, Ben
name: Vokonas, Pantel
name: Zheng, Yinan
name: Young, Bessie
name: Schwartz, Joel
name: Horvath, Steve
name: Lu, Ake
name: Whitsel, Eric A.
name: Koenig, Wolfgang
name: Adamski, Jerzy
name: Winkelmann, Juliane
name: Brenner, Hermann
name: Baccarelli, Andrea A.
name: Gieger, Christian
name: Peters, Annette
name: Franceschini, Nora
name: Waldenberger, Melanie
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Physiology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Cancer

description: Additional file 2: Figures S1–S7 showing forest plots for all significant associations not presented in the main figures, as well as secondary traits (categorical MRS), comparison of MRS and DNAmAA effect sizes across renal traits.
Agrion splendens subsp. cretense Pongracz 1911
Creators: name: Cowley, J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1940
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Odonata
Coenagrionidae
Agrion
Agrion splendens
Agrion splendens cretense

description: Agrion splendens cretense (Pongracz, 1911). Calopteryx splendens var. cretensis Pongracz , 191 1, Ann. hist.-nut. Mus. hung. 9:324. CRETE: Herakleion, Knossos. This form is, from the very brief description, of doubtful validity; I assume, from the lack of any other indication in the description, that i t might be referred to the subspecies xanthostoma.
description: Published as part of Cowley, J., 1940, A list of the Odonata of the islands of the western Mediterranean area., pp. 172-178 in Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London 9 on pages 174-175, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3525044
Effective models of two-flavor QCD: finite $μ$ and $m_q$-dependence
Creators: name: Kahara, Topi
name: Tuominen, Kimmo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study effective models of chiral fields and Polyakov loop expected to describe the dynamics responsible for the phase structure of two-flavor QCD at finite temperature and density. We consider chiral sector described either using linear sigma model or Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model and study the phase diagram and determine the location of the critical point as a function of the explicit chiral symmetry breaking (i.e. the bare quark mass $m_q$). We also discuss the possible emergence of the quarkyonic phase in this model.
description: 10 pages, 6 figures
Establishing the optimal salinity for rearing salmon in recirculating aquaculture systems
Creators: name: Emerman, Joshua David
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2016

description: Aquaculture of salmon worldwide is a 15.3 billion dollar industry and the majority of fish are produced in net-pen systems in coastal waters. Recently producers have begun investigating the feasibility of moving salmon production onto land and into recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS). The major downsides to RAS are the startup and operational costs; however the ability to optimize many environmental variables to enhance growth and feed conversion, something impossible to do in net-pen systems, may help defray these otherwise prohibitive costs. Salinity may be the most important of these variables due to the metabolic cost of osmoregulation, which has been estimated to account for 5-50% of routine metabolic rate. Decreased osmoregulatory costs could result in a greater allocation of energy toward growth, thus shortening production times and improving feed conversion efficiency. To establish an optimal salinity for growth in salmon, seven replicate, 15,000 liter RAS were constructed at the University of British Columbia’s InSEAS research facility. I conducted a preliminary study to validate that each system was able to control water quality parameters and yield similar levels of growth and feed conversion in coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch). I then conducted salinity trials with Atlantic (Salmo salar) and coho salmon. Fish were grown in five salinities ranging from freshwater to seawater (0, 5, 10, 20, 30 ppt) for approximately five months. Growth rates and feed conversion ratios (FCR) were measured throughout the trial. The fastest growth rate and lowest FCR in coho salmon was at 10 ppt, which is approximately isosmotic to the blood. Growth rate of coho at intermediate salinities was almost double that at 0 or 30 ppt through the first growth period. This trend was not seen during the second coho growth period, possibly due to a size-dependent or density effect. Unexpectedly, salinity had no effect on growth rate and FCR in Atlantic salmon, although growth rates were consistent with those seen in industry. This research will help further move salmon production out of the oceans and onto land, alleviating some of the environmental costs associated with salmon grown in the oceans.
The Proposed High Energy Telescope (HET) for EXIST
Creators: name: Hong, J.
name: Grindlay, J.
name: Allen, B.
name: Skinner, G.
name: Barthelmy, S.
name: Gehrels, N.
name: Garson, A.
name: Krawczynski, H.
name: Cook, W.
name: Harrison, F.
name: Natalucci, L.
name: Ubertini, P.
name: team, the EXIST/HET
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The hard X-ray sky now being studied by INTEGRAL and Swift and soon by NuSTAR is rich with energetic phenomena and highly variable non-thermal phenomena on a broad range of timescales. The High Energy Telescope (HET) on the proposed Energetic X-ray Imaging Survey Telescope (EXIST) mission will repeatedly survey the full sky for rare and luminous hard X-ray phenomena at unprecedented sensitivities. It will detect and localize (<20", at 5 sigma threshold) X-ray sources quickly for immediate followup identification by two other onboard telescopes - the Soft X-ray imager (SXI) and Optical/Infrared Telescope (IRT). The large array (4.5 m^2) of imaging (0.6 mm pixel) CZT detectors in the HET, a coded-aperture telescope, will provide unprecedented high sensitivity (~0.06 mCrab Full Sky in a 2 year continuous scanning survey) in the 5 - 600 keV band. The large field of view (90 deg x 70 deg) and zenith scanning with alternating-orbital nodding motion planned for the first 2 years of the mission will enable nearly continuous monitoring of the full sky. A 3y followup pointed mission phase provides deep UV-Optical-IR-Soft X-ray and Hard X-ray imaging and spectroscopy for thousands of sources discovered in the Survey. We review the HET design concept and report the recent progress of the CZT detector development, which is underway through a series of balloon-borne wide-field hard X-ray telescope experiments, ProtoEXIST. We carried out a successful flight of the first generation of fine pixel large area CZT detectors (ProtoEXIST1) on Oct 9, 2009. We also summarize our future plan (ProtoEXIST2 & 3) for the technology development needed for the HET.
description: 10 pages, 13 figures, 2 tables, SPIE Conference "Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation 2010"; to appear in Proceedings SPIE (2010)
MPEC 2023-H213 : 2016 LM1
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Unveiling Sources of Heating in the Vicinity of the Orion BN/KL Hot Core as Traced by Highly Excited Inversion Transitions of Ammonia
Creators: name: Goddi, C.
name: Greenhill, L. J.
name: Humphreys, E. M. L.
name: Chandler, C. J.
name: Matthews, L. D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using the Expanded Very Large Array, we have mapped the vicinity of the Orion BN/KL Hot Core with sub-arcsecond angular resolution in seven metastable inversion transitions of ammonia: (J,K)=(6,6) to (12,12). This emission comes from levels up to 1500 K above the ground state, enabling identification of source(s) responsible for heating the region. We used this multi-transition dataset to produce images of the rotational/kinetic temperature and the column density of ammonia for ortho and para species separately and on a position-by-position basis. We find rotational temperature and column density in the range 160-490 K and (1-4)x10^17 cm^-2, respectively. Our spatially-resolved images show that the highest (column) density and hottest gas is found in a northeast-southwest elongated ridge to the southeast of Source I. We have also measured the ortho-para ratio of ammonia, estimated to vary in the range 0.9-1.6. Enhancement of ortho with respect to para and the offset of hot ammonia emission peaks from known (proto)stellar sources provide evidence that the ammonia molecules have been released from dust grains into the gas-phase through the passage of shocks and not by stellar radiation. We propose that the combined effect of Source I's proper motion and its low-velocity outflow impinging on a pre-existing dense medium is responsible for the excitation of ammonia and the Orion Hot Core. Finally, we found for the first time evidence of a slow (5 km/s) and compact (1000 AU) outflow towards IRc7.
description: To appear in Astrophysical Journal Letters Special Issue on the EVLA. 8 pages, 4 figures
Agrion splendens subsp. xanthostoma Charpentier 1825
Creators: name: Cowley, J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1940
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Odonata
Coenagrionidae
Agrion
Agrion splendens
Agrion splendens xanthostoma charpentier, 1825

description: Agrion splendens xanthostoma Charpentier, 1825. Calopteryx splendens, race de Prusse, Selys, 1854, M t m. SOC. Sci. Lidge 9:39.  CORFU. Calopteryx splendens Cecconi, 1895, Boll. Soc. ent. ital. 27:195. CRETE: Canea. It must remain doubtful whether these two records (and that of cretense above) are really referable to xanthostma, since a series of subspecies or races are known from Asia Minor, Caucasia, Syria, etc., and in Cyprus a t least there is a form very close to xanthostma but which has both heteromorphic and homoeomorphic females.
description: Published as part of Cowley, J., 1940, A list of the Odonata of the islands of the western Mediterranean area., pp. 172-178 in Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London 9 on page 175, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3525044
MPEC 2023-H214 : 2019 HT3
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Agrion virgo subsp. festivum Brulle 1832
Creators: name: Cowley, J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1940
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Odonata
Coenagrionidae
Agrion
Agrion virgo
Agrion virgo festivum (brulle, 1832).

description: Agrion virgo festivum (Brulle, 1832 ). Calopteryx virgo, race de la Grece, Selys, 1854, Mem. SOC. Sci. Liege 9:43. CORFU. Calopteryx Virgo var. festiva Hagen, 1863, Wien.ent. Mschr. 7:194. CRETE.
description: Published as part of Cowley, J., 1940, A list of the Odonata of the islands of the western Mediterranean area., pp. 172-178 in Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London 9 on page 175, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3525044
Supplementary material to the article "Workers' loss due to low-carbon transition.  The theory and application in CGE model."
Creators: name: Witajewski-Baltvilks, Jan
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: In the supplementary material, we provide some details on the dPLACE model - a large CGE modelling framework that we used for our simulations for the article "Workers’ loss due to low-carbon transition.  The theory and application in CGE model". We also provide detailed results for the main scenarios considered in this article, including projections for structural change, fuel demand and detailed results for output and employment by sector in the simulation with labour market frictions.

[1] The supplementary material is available at
If only we knew the drift
Creators: name: Krabichler, Thomas
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Drift estimation
Volatility estimation
Uncertainty

description: Based on a simple stochastic model, we illustrate that the market price of risk can hardly be estimated.
description: + Reihe: IFZ Working Paper, 0006/2019 + ISSN: 1662-520X
Research on the Coordinated Development of Rural Revitalization and Human-centered Urbanization Based on Urban-rural Integration
Creators: name: WANG Bo
name: HE Puming
name: WANG Bo
name: HE Puming
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Urban-rural integration, Rural revitalization, Human-centered urbanization

description: Although there are certain differences in the center of gravity between rural revitalization and human-centered urbanization, their connotations and goals require that both must be promoted in concert. Therefore, based on a deep understanding of the connotation of rural revitalization and human-centered urbanization, it is necessary to clarify the goals of the two through the two-way flow of elements between urban and rural areas, the urban-rural linkage of industries, to achieve coordinated promotion of rural revitalization and human-centered urbanization in China.
A Correlation between the Emission Intensity of Self-Assembled Germanium Islands and the Quality Factor of Silicon Photonic Crystal Nanocavities
Creators: name: Hauke, N.
name: Lichtmannecker, S.
name: Zabel, T.
name: Laussy, F. P.
name: Laucht, A.
name: Kaniber, M.
name: Bougeard, D.
name: Abstreiter, G.
name: Finley, J. J.
name: Arakawa, Y.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a comparative micro-photoluminescence study of the emission intensity of self-assembled germanium islands coupled to the resonator mode of two-dimensional silicon photonic crystal defect nanocavities. The emission intensity is investigated for cavity modes of L3 and Hexapole cavities with different cavity quality factors. For each of these cavities many nominally identical samples are probed to obtain reliable statistics. As the quality factor increases we observe a clear decrease in the average mode emission intensity recorded under comparable optical pumping conditions. This clear experimentally observed trend is compared with simulations based on a dissipative master equation approach that describes a cavity weakly coupled to an ensemble of emitters. We obtain evidence that reabsorption of photons emitted into the cavity mode is responsible for the observed trend. In combination with the observation of cavity linewidth broadening in power dependent measurements, we conclude that free carrier absorption is the limiting effect for the cavity mediated light enhancement under conditions of strong pumping.
description: 8 pages, 5 figures
Theory and simulation of electromagnetic dampers for earthquake engineering applications
Creators: name: Haji Akbari Fini, Siavash
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2016

description: The present study develops applications of electromagnetic devices in Civil Engineering. Three different types of electromagnetic system are investigated through mathematical and numerical models. Chapter 3 deals with Coil-Based Electromagnetic Damper (CBED). CBEDs can operate as passive, semi-active and active systems. They can also be considered as energy harvesting systems. However, results show that CBEDs cannot simultaneously perform as an energy harvesting and vibration control system. In order to assess the maximum capacity of CBEDs, an optimization is conducted. Results show that CBEDs can produce high damping density only when they are considered as a passive vibration control system. Chapter 4 deals with the development of a novel Eddy Current Damper (ECD). The eddy current damper uses permanent magnets arranged in a circular manner to create a strong magnetic field, where specially shaped conductive plates are placed between the permanent magnets to cut through the magnetic fields. Detailed analytical equations are derived and verified using the finite element analysis program Flux. The verified analytical models are used to optimize the damper design to reach the maximum damping capacity. The analytical simulation shows that the proposed eddy current damper can provide a high damping density up to 2,733 kN-s/m⁴. The Hybrid Electromagnetic Damper (HEMD) are developed and designed in Chapter 5. The idea is to couple the CBED and ECD with the aim of designing a semi-active, active and energy harvesting electromagnetic damper. The simulation results show that it is feasible to manufacture hybrid electromagnetic dampers for industrial applications.
MPEC 2023-H215 : 2020 MD2
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Density of Complex Zeros of a System of Real Random Polynomials
Creators: name: Macdonald, Brian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Complex Variables (math.CV)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 32A60

description: We study the density of complex zeros of a system of real random SO($m+1$) polynomials in several variables. We show that the density of complex zeros of this random polynomial system with real coefficients rapidly approaches the density of complex zeros in the complex coefficients case. We also show that the behavior the scaled density of complex zeros near $\mathbb{R}^m$ of the system of real random polynomials is different in the $m\geq 2$ case than in the $m=1$ case: the density goes to infinity instead of tending linearly to zero.
description: 25 pages, 4 figures
Gomphus schneiderii Selys 1850
Creators: name: Cowley, J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1940
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Odonata
Gomphidae
Gomphus
Gomphus schneiderii

description: Gomphus schneiderii Selys, 1850. Gomphus vulgatissimus r. schneiderii Selys, 1887, Ann. Soc. ent. Belg. 31:29,78. CORFU.
description: Published as part of Cowley, J., 1940, A list of the Odonata of the islands of the western Mediterranean area., pp. 172-178 in Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London 9 on page 175, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3525044
Canonical Formulation of Spin in General Relativity
Creators: name: Steinhoff, Jan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The present thesis aims at an extension of the canonical formalism of Arnowitt, Deser, and Misner from self-gravitating point-masses to objects with spin. This would allow interesting applications, e.g., within the post-Newtonian (PN) approximation. The extension succeeded via an action approach to linear order in the single spins of the objects without restriction to any further approximation. An order-by-order construction within the PN approximation is possible and performed to the formal 3.5PN order as a verification. In principle both approaches are applicable to higher orders in spin. The PN next-to-leading order spin(1)-spin(1) level was tackled, modeling the spin-induced quadrupole deformation by a single parameter. All spin-dependent Hamiltonians for rapidly rotating bodies up to and including 3PN are calculated.
description: 59 pages. Dissertation, Friedrich-Schiller-Universit\"at, Jena, 2010. This thesis was submitted in June 2010. Cite as Ann. Phys. (Berlin) 523:296 (2011)
MPEC 2023-H216 : 2020 TX
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
title: Une dynamique européenne
title: Le comité d'action pour les états-unis d'Europe : actes du colloque organisé par la Fondation Jean Monnet pour l'Europe, Lausanne, 11 et 12 septembre 2009
titleType: Subtitle
title: Une dynamique européenne
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Fondation Jean Monnet Pour L'Europe
Publisher: name: Fondation Jean Monnet pour l'Europe, Centre de recherches européennes
Year: 0

description: Actes du colloque organisé par la Fondation Jean Monnet pour l’Europe, Lausanne, 11 et 12 septembre 2009
Moduli Stabilisation on the Worldsheet
Creators: name: Arshad, Jawad
name: Lambert, Neil
name: Recknagel, Andreas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider compactifications of type II string theory using exact internal CFT's with central charge $c=9+ε$, $|ε| \ll 1$, leading to an effective potential for the dilaton. For $ε>0$ the potential is positive and the dilaton is ultimately driven to weak coupling. For $ε<0$ the dilaton is driven to strong coupling, but we can stabilise the background by including D-branes. The resulting minimum admits an $AdS_4$ solution where the cosmological constant is of the order $ε^3$ and the string coupling constant is of order $ε$. Furthermore these CFT's typically do not possess any massless or tachyonic modes. Thus these vacua provide exact CFT descriptions of moduli stabilisation in weakly coupled string theory.
description: 21 pages, 3 figures
Weight Management Preferences in a Non-Treatment Seeking Sam­ple
Creators: name: Barry, Victoria
name: Raiff, Bethany
Publisher: name: Tabriz University of Medical Sciences
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Weight management ; Treat­ment preferences ; Obesity

description: Background: Obesity is a serious public health issue in the United States, with the CDC reporting that most adult Americans are now either overweight or obese. Little is known about the comparative acceptability of available weight management approaches in non-treatment seeking samples. Method: This report presents preliminary survey data collected from an online sample on weight management preferences for 8 different weight management strategies including a proposed incentive-based program. Participants were 72 individuals (15 men, 55 women and 2 transgendered individuals) who self-re-ported being overweight or obese, or who currently self-reported a normal weight but had attempted to lose weight in the past. Results: ANOVA and Pair-wise comparison indicated clear preferences for certain treatments over others in the full sample; most notably, the most popular option in our sample for managing weight was to diet and exercise without professional assistance. Several differences in preference between the three weight groups were also observed.Conclusions: Dieting and exercising without any professional assistance is the most highly endorsed weight management option among all groups. Overweight and obese individuals may find self-management strategies for weight loss less attractive than normal weight individuals, but still prefer it to other alternatives. This has implications for the development and dissemination of empirically based self-management strategies for weight.
description: Health Promotion Perspectives; EISSN 2228-6497
A Focus Group Assessment to Determine Motivations, Barriers and Effectiveness of a University-Based Worksite Wellness Pro­gram
Creators: name: Hill-Mey, Patricia
name: Merrill, Ray
name: Kumpfer, Karol
name: Reel, Justine
name: Hyatt-Neville, Beverly
Publisher: name: Tabriz University of Medical Sciences
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Adults ; Employees ; Worksite ; Health ; Promotion ; University

description: Background: This study explores university employee perceptions and under-standing about its Worksite Health Promotion Program (WHPP). The WHPP included a Health Risk Appraisal (HRA), biometric screening, publicity for on-campus health programs and facilities, and health coaching.Methods: A qualitative design was used based on a grounded theory ap¬proach. Four 90 minutes focus groups with 6-8 participants in each were conducted within a two 2 week period among employees, representing fac¬ulty/participants, fac¬ulty/nonparticipants, staff/participants, and staff/nonparticipants. Responses to questions about motivations, barriers, and perceived health benefits that impacted participation in the WHPP were digi¬tally recorded, transcribed and coded for themes. Results: Incentives effectively motivated participation. Biometric screening had the largest impact on behavior change, followed by the information learned from the HRA. However, despite two-thirds of the employees partici¬pating in the pro¬gram, lack of a full understanding of WHPP benefits and services lowered partici¬pation in follow-up services and supplemental pro¬grams.Conclusions: Biometric screening and HRAs effectively motivate program par-ticipation. Communication of benefits and services are important when providing WHPPs.
description: Health Promotion Perspectives; EISSN 2228-6497
MPEC 2023-H217 : 2023 HA6
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: 2023 HA6

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Onychogomphus forcipatus Linnaeus 1758
Creators: name: Cowley, J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1940
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Odonata
Gomphidae
Onychogomphus
Onychogomphus forcipatus

description: Onychogomphus forcipatus (Linnaeus, 1758 ). Onychogomphus forcipatus Selys & Hagen, 1858, Mtrn. Soc. Sci. Litge I 1:300 . CORFU.
description: Published as part of Cowley, J., 1940, A list of the Odonata of the islands of the western Mediterranean area., pp. 172-178 in Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London 9 on page 175, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3525044
The fate of the resonating valence bond in graphene
Creators: name: Marchi, Mariapia
name: Azadi, Sam
name: Sorella, Sandro
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We apply a variational wave function capable of describing qualitatively and quantitatively the so called "resonating valence bond" in realistic materials, by improving standard ab initio calculations by means of quantum Monte Carlo methods. In this framework we clearly identify the Kekulé and Dewar contributions to the chemical bond of the benzene molecule, and we establish the corresponding resonating valence bond energy of these well known structures ($\simeq 0.01$eV/atom). We apply this method to unveil the nature of the chemical bond in undoped graphene and show that this picture remains only within a small "resonance length" of few atomic units.
description: 4 pages, 4 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett
Student's Body Dimensions in Relation to Classroom Furniture
Creators: name: Baharampour, Samira
name: Nazari, Jalil
name: Dianat, Iman
name: AsghariJafarAbadi, Mohamad
Publisher: name: Tabriz University of Medical Sciences
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Body dimensions ; Furniture ; Anthropometry ; Ergonomics

description: Background: This study was carried out to investigate the fit between university student's anthropometry and classroom furniture dimensions.Method: In this cross-sectional and descriptive-analyzing study conducted in 2012, a total of 194 students (aged 18 through 30 years), were recruited randomly from Tabriz University of Medical Science community. The body size of each student was assessed using anthropometric measurements including shoulder height, elbow height, popliteal height, buttock-popliteal length, hip breadth and distance between elbows. Combinational equations defined the acceptable furniture dimensions according to anthropometry and match percentages were computed, according to either the existing situations assuming that they could use the most appropriate of the sizes available.Results: Desk and seat height were higher than the accepted limits for most stu-dents (92.5% and 98.4%, respectively), while seat depth was appropriate for only 84.6% of students. The data indicate a mismatch between the students’ bodily dimensions and the classroom furniture available to them. The chairs are too high and too deep and desks are also too high for the pupils. This situation may have negative effects on the sitting posture of the students especially when reading and writing. Conclusion: High mismatch percentages were found between furniture and students' anthropometry. The results confirm that furniture for university students should be selected and designed busied on their anthropometric dimensions.
description: Health Promotion Perspectives; EISSN 2228-6497
The Zadko Telescope: A Southern Hemisphere Telescope for Optical Transient Searches, Multi-Messenger Astronomy and Education
Creators: name: Coward, D. M.
name: Todd, M.
name: Vaalsta, T. P.
name: Laas-Bourez, M.
name: Klotz, A.
name: Imerito, A.
name: Yan, L.
name: Luckas, P.
name: Fletcher, A. B.
name: Zadnik, M. G.
name: Burman, R. R.
name: Blair, D. G.
name: Zadko, J.
name: Boer, M.
name: Thierry, P.
name: Howell, E. J.
name: Gordon, S.
name: Ahmat, A.
name: Moore, J.
name: Frost, K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The new 1-m f/4 fast-slew Zadko Telescope was installed in June 2008 about 70 km north of Perth, Western Australia. It is the only metre-class optical facility at this southern latitude between the east coast of Australia and South Africa, and can rapidly image optical transients at a longitude not monitored by other similar facilities. We report on first imaging tests of a pilot program of minor planet searches, and Target of Opportunity observations triggered by the Swift satellite. In 12 months, 6 gamma-ray burst afterglows were detected, with estimated magnitudes; two of them, GRB 090205 (z = 4.65) and GRB 090516 (z = 4.11), are among the most distant optical transients imaged by an Australian telescope. Many asteroids were observed in a systematic 3-month search. In September 2009, an automatic telescope control system was installed, which will be used to link the facility to a global robotic telescope network; future targets will include fast optical transients triggered by highenergy satellites, radio transient detections, and LIGO gravitational wave candidate events. We also outline the importance of the facility as a potential tool for education, training, and public outreach.
description: 9 pages, 6 figures, Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia (in press)
Recommendations for Tobacco Control on Post-Secondary Cam­puses that are Geographically Isolated
Creators: name: Gauthier, Alain
name: Dorman, Sandra
name: Wenghofer, Elizabeth
name: Charbonneau, Véronique
name: Dignard, Caroline
name: Fleury, Danika
Publisher: name: Tabriz University of Medical Sciences
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Designated areas ; Policy ; Post-secondary ; Smoke-free ; Tobacco control

description: Background: Many Ontarians continue to report exposure to second-hand smoke in public spaces. Completely smoke-free environments are the preferred and socially responsible option for non-smoking policies; however, when considering the variety of landscapes in which post-secondary institutions are located, ‘a one size fits all’ smoking policy is unrealistic to implement and en¬force. The pur¬pose of the study was to: 1) gain a better sense of the prevalence of smoking and exposure to second-hand smoke in a post-secondary context that is geographically isolated; 2) assess the awareness of existing non-smoking initiatives; and 3) iden¬tify preferred approaches for tobacco control. Methods: An online survey was distributed in 2012 to all members of the Lau-rentian University community. Descriptive statistics are presented, using fre¬quency distributions, and group comparisons are reported, using Chi-Square anal¬yses. Results: A total of 1282 persons completed the survey. Nearly 80% of respondents reported that they had been exposed to second-hand smoke in the past month on campus and the majority of respondents felt that smoking should only be allowed in Designated Outdoor Smoking Areas (51.5%); including 37.3% of daily smokers and occasional smokers. Conclusion: Institutions with a geographically isolated campus, which limit op-tions to divert smokers from public entrances, should consider the use of Designated Outdoor Smoking Areas. Implementation will create immediate reductions in the prevalence of smoking at building entrances and in high traffic loca¬tions and will therefore protect non-smokers from the dangers of environmental tobacco smoke.
description: Health Promotion Perspectives; EISSN 2228-6497
Heavy Metals in the Vegetables Collected from Production Sites
Creators: name: Taghipour, Hassan
name: Mosaferi, Mohammad
Publisher: name: Tabriz University of Medical Sciences
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Heavy metals ; Vegetables ; Contamination ; Food safety ; Iran

description: Background: Contamination of vegetable crops (as an important part of peo¬ple's diet) with heavy metals is a health concern. Therefore, monitoring levels of heavy metals in vegetables can provide useful information for promoting food safety. The present study was carried out in north-west of Iran (Tabriz) on the content of heavy metals in vegetable crops. Methods: Samples of vegetables including kurrat (n=20) (Allium ampelo¬prasumssp. Persicum), onion (n=20) (Allium cepa) and tomato (n=18) (Lycopersiconesculentum var. esculentum), were collected from production sites in west of Tabriz and analyzed for presence of Cd, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb and Zn by atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS) after extraction by aqua regia method (drying, grounding and acid diges¬tion).Results: Mean ± SD (mg/kg DW) concentrations of Cd, Cu, Cr, Ni and Zn were 0.32 ± 0.58, 28.86 ± 28.79, 1.75 ± 2.05, 6.37± 5.61 and 58.01 ± 27.45, respec¬tively. Cr, Cu and Zn were present in all the samples and the highest con¬centra¬tions were observed in kurrat (leek). Levels of Cd, Cr and Cu were higher than the acceptable limits. There was significant difference in levels of Cr (P<0.05) and Zn (P<0.001) among the studied vegetables. Positive correlation was observed be¬tween Cd:Cu (R=0.659, P<0.001) Cr:Ni (R=0.326, P<0.05) and Cr:Zn (R=0.308, P<0.05).   Conclusion: Level of heavy metals in some of the analyzed vegetables, espe¬cially kurrat samples, was higher than the standard levels. Considering the possi¬ble health outcomes due to the consumption of contaminated vegetables, it is re¬quired to take proper actions for avoiding people's chronic exposure.
description: Health Promotion Perspectives; EISSN 2228-6497