cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
A Cyclic Representation of Discrete Coordination Procedures
Creators: name: Agaev, Rafig
name: Chebotarev, Pavel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Multiagent Systems (cs.MA)
subject: Discrete Mathematics (cs.DM)
subject: Systems and Control (eess.SY)
subject: Optimization and Control (math.OC)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 93A14, 15B51, 05C50, 05C05

description: We show that any discrete opinion pooling procedure with positive weights can be asymptotically approximated by DeGroot's procedure whose communication digraph is a Hamiltonian cycle with loops. In this cycle, the weight of each arc (which is not a loop) is inversely proportional to the influence of the agent the arc leads to.
description: 6 pages, 1 figure
Erfahrungsaustausch Informationsbudget: Ein Workshop zum Publikations- und Kostenmonitoring
Creators: name: Riesenweber, Christina
name: Kleineberg, Michael
name: Grimm, Steffi
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Informationsbudget
Open-Access-Publizieren
Publikationskosten
Open-Access-Transformation
Workshop

description: Das Förderprogramm „Open-Access-Publikationskosten“ der DFG und die Anfang 2022 erschienenen Empfehlungen des Wissenschaftsrats zur Transformation des wissenschaftlichen Publizierens rufen wissenschaftliche Einrichtungen dazu auf, sowohl über das Publikationsaufkommen ihrer Angehörigen als auch über die zentral und dezentral anfallenden Publikationskosten Transparenz zu schaffen. Das Ziel heißt: Informationsbudget. Viele Universitätsbibliotheken stehen nun vor der Herausforderung, in Kollaboration mit anderen Organisationseinheiten wie Haushaltsabteilung, Drittmittelabteilung oder Berichtswesen vorhandene Werkzeuge und Prozesse anzupassen oder neu zu implementieren. Der Hands-on-Workshop sollte dem Erfahrungsaustausch zwischen Universitätsbibliotheken dienen, die sich dieser Herausforderung stellen und bereits die ersten Schritte gegangen sind. Gemeinsam haben wir die notwendigen Handlungsfelder diskutiert (z.B. Hochschulbibliografie, Affiliationsrichtlinien, Rechnungsworkflows) und mögliche Maßnahmen identifiziert. Ziel des Workshop war es auch, auf der Grundlage ähnlicher Bedarfe und Voraussetzungen sinnvolle Kooperationen für die Zukunft in Bewegung zu bringen.
description: Workshop 6 am 20.9.2022 auf der Tagung "Open-Access-Tage 2022" vom 19.9.-21.9.2022 in Bern, Schweiz.
»Archäologische Zeitmaschine« und ihre Begleitkampagne in den Social Media
Creators: name: Wegener, Kim
name: Reck, Annemarie
name: Lammers, Anna
Publisher: name: Archäologie in Westfalen-Lippe
Year: 2023

description: .
description: Archäologie in Westfalen-Lippe, ARCHÄOLOGIE IN WESTFALEN 2021 (2022)
»Roms fließende Grenzen – Grenzüberschreitung am Limes« – die Landesausstellung NRW
Creators: name: Könemann, Patrick
Publisher: name: Archäologie in Westfalen-Lippe
Year: 2023

description: .
description: Archäologie in Westfalen-Lippe, ARCHÄOLOGIE IN WESTFALEN 2021 (2022)
Stonehenge in Herne! – Ausstellung zur Landschaftsgestaltung von der Steinzeit bis heute
Creators: name: Malter, Tabea
name: Mölders, Doreen
name: Rind, Michael
name: Schierhold, Kerstin
Publisher: name: Archäologie in Westfalen-Lippe
Year: 2023

description: .
description: Archäologie in Westfalen-Lippe, ARCHÄOLOGIE IN WESTFALEN 2021 (2022)
Understanding How Built Environment Impacts Driving Behaviours of Older Adults
Creators: name: Hafezifar, Rayeheh
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Sociology--Transportation

description: Driving is the most common mode of transportation for older adults. While recent advancements in technology in sensors and GPS have made it possible to study driving in naturalistic everyday settings, the impact of the built environment on older adults' driving behaviours has not been explored. This thesis employs Geographic Information System (GIS) techniques and Machine Learning (ML) models to investigate the impact of built environments on driving patterns of older adults. The study focuses on built environment variables within an individual’s neighbourhood such as land use diversity, public transit accessibility, and road network characteristics. It also explores built environment variables encountered along the driving routes of older adults, such as types of roads and the number of intersections. Our analysis reveals that land use diversity and public transit accessibility are significant predictors of the spatial aspects of driving behaviours, such as total trip distance. Moreover, we found a non-linear relationship between these built environment variables and the spatial aspect of driving behaviour. This complex relationship is connected to varied land use types, public transit accessibility, and road characteristics. Our findings emphasize the need to consider the specific settings of the built environment surrounding older adults’ residential areas when analyzing their driving behaviours. Additionally, the road environment can affect older adults’ driving behaviours including speed and acceleration behaviours. Our findings underscore that distance travelled on motorway road types and the number of intersections passed in a trip are the most significant predictors of the average speed and count of underspeeding events. This highlights the importance of considering built environment variables through the older adults’ driving paths when exploring driving behaviours to gain a more granular understanding of older adults’ driving behaviours. In summary, this thesis highlights the role of the built environment in shaping the driving behaviours of older adults in naturalistic settings and provides a foundation for further research into investigating older adults’ driving behaviours.
A Dialect Survey of Eastern Trans-Fly Languages
Creators: name: Fleischmann, Lillian (Ed.)
name: Turpeinen, Sinikka (Ed.)
Publisher: name: Pacific Linguistics
Year: 1976

description: A DIALECT SURVEY OF EASTERN TRANS-FLY LANGUAGES. 39 1. INTRODUCTION 39 2. OVERVIEW OF THE AREA 40 3. DETAILS ON THE BINE LANGUAGE 41 4. DETAILS ON THE GIZRA LANGUAGE 43 5. DETAILS ON THE GIDRA LANGUAGE 44 6. PHONOLOGICAL COMPARISONS 45 6.1. Bine 45 6.2. Gidra 48 7. CONCLUSIONS 49Appendix A 50Appendix 8 60Appendix C 63Bibliography 75Map 76
Graphical Rainflow Counting - Complete Algorithm for single courses (SCRF)
Creators: name: Füser, Sven
Publisher: name: Technische Informationsbibliothek (TIB)
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Cycle Counting Methods
subject: Rainflow counting
subject: Rainflow Residue
subject: Random Loading
subject: Load Histories
subject: Hysteresis Loop
subject: Algorithm
subject: Fatigue analysis
subject: 620

description: Rainflow counting can be considered the most important method in counting random stress- or strain histories with respect to time in the field of fatigue strength. The method is often explained by rules of a rain flow which gave the name to the method. The algorithmic implementation nevertheless is usually done in three-point or four-point algorithms which work by comparing the differences between the adjacent reversals and then delete the points of the identified intermediate cycle from the time history. The SCRF-algorithm presented in this contribution determines the courses of the rain flow in terms of their start und stop classes as half-cycles. In a subsequent step the half-cycles are matched together to form a closed loop resp. kept as a residue if the counter-course is missing. The algorithm is explained in general und by means of an example. For verification the SCRF-algorithm is compared to a three-point and a four-point algorithm. For periodic signals, there is complete agreement between the three methods. For non-periodic signals, there are small differences: The SCRF can combine some more half-cycles into closed cycles which remain as residues in the other methods. Furthermore the sense of direction of the hysteresis loops is captured more precisely with the SCRF due to its chronological approach.
Geometrical defects in two-dimensional melting of many-particle Yukawa systems
Creators: name: Radzvilavičius, Arūnas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We perform Langevin dynamics simulations and use polygon construction method to investigate two-dimensional (2D) melting and freezing transitions in many-particle Yukawa systems. 2D melting transitions can be characterized as proliferation of geometrical defects - non-triangular polygons, obtained by removing unusually long bonds in the triangulation of particle positions. A 2D liquid is characterized by the temperature-independent number of quadrilaterals and linearly increasing number of pentagons. We analyze specific types of vertices, classified by the type and distribution of polygons surrounding them, and determine temperature dependencies of their concentrations. Critical points in a solid-liquid transition are followed by the peaks in the abundances of certain types of vertices.
description: 8 pages, 9 figures: The geometry of a simulation box was changed, to start the experiment from a perfect hexagonal lattice. Some comments on the nature of the hysteresis were added. The list of references was expanded and larger versions of figures 5 and 7 were added
Ein archäologischer Beitrag zum »Europäischen Tag der jüdischen Kultur« 2021
Creators: name: Radohs, Luisa
Publisher: name: Archäologie in Westfalen-Lippe
Year: 2023

description: .
description: Archäologie in Westfalen-Lippe, ARCHÄOLOGIE IN WESTFALEN 2021 (2022)
A Non-Invasive Approach to Investigating the Intrinsic Cerebrovascular Regulation and Sympathetic Nervous System Using Functional Optical Coherence Tomography (f-OCT)
Creators: name: Safarzadeh, Mohammad
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Decision-making
subject: Image processing
subject: Cerebrovascular Autoregulation
subject: Sympathetic Nervous System
subject: Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT)
subject: Education--Health
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Optics

description: While cerebral autoregulation and the sympathetic nervous system are crucial for maintaining stable blood flow to the brain, dysfunctions in these systems can lead to severe disorders, including cardiovascular disease and strokes. To enhance future exploration of these phenomena in humans, this thesis investigates retinal and choroidal vasculature changes under hypoxia using functional Optical Coherence Tomography (f-OCT) imaging. The first hypothesis aims to assess cerebrovascular autoregulation through retinal vasculature monitoring, while the second examines sympathetic nervous system activity by observing choroidal vasculature changes, within the White Mountain database. This investigation seeks to enhance tools for monitoring cerebrovascular function and associated diseases. OCT imaging faces challenges like high noise, artifacts, lack of standardization, and assessment difficulties. To address these, two interconnected vascular bed analysis pipelines were used, along with a novel framework named Q-MCDM (Quasi-Monte Carlo Multi Criteria Decision making). Q-MCDM enhances OCT image processing and evaluation, marking a step towards Interpretable AI in healthcare by optimizing design, execution, and trade-offs in image analysis approaches. Using Q-MCDM for the retinal vascular bed, Frangi's algorithm emerged as the optimal choice for segmentation, achieving a Matthews Correlation Coefficient (MCC) of 0.82, Length (LE) of 0.81, and Area (AR) of 0.86. Conversely, in the choroid vascular bed, the ISODATA method yielded the best results with a Dice coefficient of 0.82, Matthews Correlation Coefficient (MCC) of 0.71, and Area (AR) of 0.79. Significant correlations were observed between vessel perfusion density (VPD) and partial O2 pressure, consistently present across best solutions (r value range = -0.701 to -0.663). Distinct behaviors were observed in the choroid vascular bed's layers. The superficial layer showed increased VPD values, potentially indicating vessel dilation due to parasympathetic or intrinsic autoregulation. In contrast, the deep layer exhibited significant constriction in VPD values, possibly linked to sympathetic nervous system activity. Test/retest assessments confirmed the stability of biological response over time, emphasizing the significance of the findings in understanding intrinsic autoregulation and autonomic nervous system through f-OCT.
Aus der Schatzkammer der Caesaren – Prunk, Protz und Politik der Römer
Creators: name: Kühlborn, Bianca
name: Stratmann, Lisa
name: Mühlenbrock, Josef
Publisher: name: Archäologie in Westfalen-Lippe
Year: 2023

description: .
description: Archäologie in Westfalen-Lippe, ARCHÄOLOGIE IN WESTFALEN 2021 (2022)
Quantum transport and two-parameter scaling at the surface of a weak topological insulator
Creators: name: Mong, Roger S. K.
name: Bardarson, Jens H.
name: Moore, Joel E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Weak topological insulators have an even number of Dirac cones in their surface spectrum and are thought to be unstable to disorder, which leads to an insulating surface. Here we argue that the presence of disorder alone will not localize the surface states, rather; the presence of a time-reversal symmetric mass term is required for localization. Through numerical simulations, we show that in the absence of the mass term the surface always flow to a stable metallic phase and the conductivity obeys a one-parameter scaling relation, just as in the case of a strong topological insulator surface. With the inclusion of the mass, the transport properties of the surface of a weak topological insulator follow a two-parameter scaling form.
description: 4 pages + Appendices, v2 added conductance distribution
Münzfundkatalog der »Numismatischen Kommission« für Westfalen-Lippe online
Creators: name: Fleige, Christin
name: Kötz, Stefan
Publisher: name: Archäologie in Westfalen-Lippe
Year: 2023

description: .
description: Archäologie in Westfalen-Lippe, ARCHÄOLOGIE IN WESTFALEN 2021 (2022)
Additional file 1 of Prevalence and risk factors of metabolic associated fatty liver disease in the contemporary South China population
Creators: name: Fan, Jiahua
name: Luo, Shiyun
name: Ye, Yongxin
name: Ju, Jingmeng
name: Zhang, Zhuoyu
name: Liu, Ludi
name: Yang, Jialu
name: Xia, Min
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1: Fig. S1. Flow chart of the study population. Table S1. Diagnostic criteria for MAFLD in the present study. Table S2. Characteristics of participants according to gender. Fig. S2. The relationship between continuous variables and ORs of MAFLD. Table S3. ORs for MAFLD after adjustment for age and sex.
Synchronous imaging for rapid visualization of complex vibration profiles in electromechanical microresonators
Creators: name: Linzon, Yoav
name: Joe, Daniel J.
name: Krylov, Slava
name: Ilic, Bojan
name: Topolancik, Juraj
name: Parpia, Jeevak M.
name: Craighead, Halrod G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: PACS - 87.64.-t, 07.10.Cm, 85.85.+j, 05.45.-a

description: Synchronous imaging is used in dynamic space-domain vibration profile studies of capacitively driven, thin n+ doped poly-silicon microbridges oscillating at rf frequencies. Fast and high-resolution actuation profile measurements of micromachined resonators are useful when significant device nonlinearities are present. For example, bridges under compressive stress near the critical Euler value often reveal complex dynamics stemming from a state close to the onset of buckling. This leads to enhanced sensitivity of the vibration modes to external conditions, such as pressure, temperatures, and chemical composition, the global behavior of which is conveniently evaluated using synchronous imaging combined with spectral measurements. We performed an experimental study of the effects of high drive amplitude and ambient pressure on the resonant vibration profiles in electrically-driven microbridges near critical buckling. Numerical analysis of electrostatically driven post-buckled microbridges supports the richness of complex vibration dynamics that are possible in such micro-electromechanical devices.
description: 7 pages, 8 figure, submitted to Physical Review A
Local Media and the Olympic Bidding Process: A political economic analysis of Calgary’s 1988 and 2026 Olympic pursuits
Creators: name: Halajian, Matthew
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Political economy of communication
subject: local media
subject: newspaper
subject: sport-media complex
subject: audience commodity
subject: public opinion
subject: Olympics
subject: Olympic bids
subject: Calgary
subject: Education--Social Sciences

description: This research project explores how changes to the political economy of the local media industry impact public opinion by analyzing two case studies: Calgary’s successful bid for the 1988 Olympic Winter Games and the city’s failed bid exploration for the 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. The Olympic Games embody a melange of social, cultural, political, and economic elements alongside distinct urban, sporting, and media dimensions. I focused on scholarly literature pertaining to 1) the sports-media complex and changes to specific media industries, 2) relevant aspects of the Olympic Games and the Olympic bidding process, and 3) Calgary’s Olympic bid pursuits and how they are situated in the contemporary bidding environment. In this, the sports-media complex encompasses the fundamentally inseparable relationship between the sports and media commercial capitalist industries and their prime commodity: the audience. This study employed qualitative methods, highlighted by the 14 semi- structured one-on-one interviews I conducted with individuals involved in, or experts on, one or both of these case studies; I then performed a thematic analysis and identified five themes. In this paper, I emphasize the second theme: the role of the changing local media industry. This analysis demonstrates that the political economy of the local media in Calgary, particularly the newspaper industry, has decayed dramatically since the late 1970s. With this knowledge, I argue that this decay presents tangible and worrying consequences for the contemporary information landscape and concretely harms the ability of citizens to be adequately informed on matters of public policy.
On N = 2 Truncations of IIB on T^{1,1}
Creators: name: Halmagyi, Nick
name: Liu, James T.
name: Szepietowski, Phillip
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the N=4 gauged supergravity theory which arises from the consistent truncation of IIB supergravity on the coset T^{1,1}. We analyze three N=2 subsectors and in particular we clarify the relationship between true superpotentials for gauged supergravity and certain fake superpotentials which have been widely used in the literature. We derive a superpotential for the general reduction of type I supergravity on T^{1,1} and this together with a certain solution generating symmetry is tantamount to a superpotential for the baryonic branch of the Klebanov-Strassler solution.
description: 32 pages, v2:references added
Additional file 1 of Health providers’ and pregnant women’s perspectives about smoking cessation support: a COM-B analysis of a global systematic review of qualitative studies
Creators: name: Kumar, Ratika
name: Stevenson, Leah
name: Jobling, Judith
name: Bar-Zeev, Yael
name: Eftekhari, Parivash
name: Gould, Gillian S.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer

description: Additional file 1. Search terms for literature review 31/07/2015.
Integrating livestock into agricultural statistics: the AU-IBAR, FAO, ILRI, WB data innovation project
Creators: name: Pica-Ciamarra, Ugo
name: Baker, Derek
name: Berhanu Bedane
name: Emwanu, Thomas
name: Morgan, Nancy
Publisher: name: Gates Open Research
Year: 2019

description: Integrating livestock into agricultural statistics: the AU-IBAR, FAO, ILRI, WB data innovation project
Sichtbarkeitsanalysen von Warttürmen aus am Beispiel von Beckum
Creators: name: Steinkrüger, Ulrike
Publisher: name: Archäologie in Westfalen-Lippe
Year: 2023

description: .
description: Archäologie in Westfalen-Lippe, ARCHÄOLOGIE IN WESTFALEN 2021 (2022)
Exploring Markers of Brain-Computer Interface Performance in Children
Creators: name: Kim, Vella Shin-Hyung
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Brain-Computer Interface
subject: Pediatrics
subject: Machine Learning
subject: Electroencephalography
subject: Motor Imagery
subject: Education--Sciences
subject: Rehabilitation and Therapy
subject: Artificial Intelligence

description: For children with severe motor impairments, brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) are a potential life changing solution that provide an alternate means of communication and control. Some BCI users experience difficulties controlling a motor-imagery BCI (MI-BCI), but the unique factors influencing BCI performance in children are largely understudied. This study aimed to build predictive models of BCI performance in typically developing children using EEG correlates, demographic factors, and subjective assessments. We also aimed to explore specific features most predictive of BCI performance in children. Two datasets, DS1 (n=31) and DS2 (n=22) from independent studies comprising of EEG data, demographic information, and subjective assessments from typically-developing children were utilized. Models were trained 15 times, each on different feature subsets from DS1 using Support Vector Machine (SVM) and Random Forest (RF) classifiers, with hyperparameter optimization conducted using a differential genetic particle swarm optimizer. Models were internally (within-distribution) and externally (out-of-distribution using DS2) tested using repeated stratified k-fold cross-validation. We assessed the most commonly selected features for each feature set and the SHapley Additive exPlanations (SHAP) scores of the highest performing models. SVM models trained on EEG features outperformed models trained with all features or non-EEG features. The highest performing model was an SVM model trained on EEG features, with a cross-validation score, internal test score, and external test score of 0.76±0.24, 0.75, and 0.77 respectively. Connectivity and power in the alpha and theta bands were most predictive of BCI performance in our highest performing models. Our investigations provide a tool to predict BCI performance in children, and allow a fuller understanding of the internal factors influencing BCI performance. Predicting BCI performance in children can help to understand when standard BCI paradigms may not work for users and indicate when alternative methods of training may be necessary, ultimately improving the usability of BCIs in children.
Antiferromagnetism in metals: from the cuprate superconductors to the heavy fermion materials
Creators: name: Sachdev, Subir
name: Metlitski, Max A.
name: Punk, Matthias
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The critical theory of the onset of antiferromagnetism in metals, with concomitant Fermi surface reconstruction, has recently been shown to be strongly coupled in two spatial dimensions. The onset of unconventional superconductivity near this critical point is reviewed: it involves a subtle interplay between the breakdown of fermionic quasiparticle excitations on the Fermi surface, and the strong pairing glue provided by the antiferromagnetic fluctuations. The net result is a logarithm-squared enhancement of the pairing vertex for generic Fermi surfaces, with a universal dimensionless co-efficient independent of the strength of interactions, which is expected to lead to superconductivity at the scale of the Fermi energy. We also discuss the possibility that the antiferromagnetic critical point can be replaced by an intermediate `fractionalized Fermi liquid' phase, in which there is Fermi surface reconstruction but no long-range antiferromagnetic order. We discuss the relevance of this phase to the underdoped cuprates and the heavy-fermion materials.
description: Talk at SCES 2011; 19 pages, 12 figures; (v2) corrected typos
Additional file 2 of Health providers’ and pregnant women’s perspectives about smoking cessation support: a COM-B analysis of a global systematic review of qualitative studies
Creators: name: Kumar, Ratika
name: Stevenson, Leah
name: Jobling, Judith
name: Bar-Zeev, Yael
name: Eftekhari, Parivash
name: Gould, Gillian S.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer

description: Additional file 2. The characteristics of included studies. This of included studies including study first author and year, country, study focus and number of participants, study aim(s) and summary of results.
Verborgenes wird sichtbar – die »Bärenhöhle « im Felsenmeer bei Hemer
Creators: name: Hänisch, Wolfgang
name: Wegen, Björn
name: Zeiler, Manuel
Publisher: name: Archäologie in Westfalen-Lippe
Year: 2023

description: .
description: Archäologie in Westfalen-Lippe, ARCHÄOLOGIE IN WESTFALEN 2021 (2022)
Prevalence, persistence and consequences of microorganisms within oil field environments and mitigation strategies
Creators: name: Scheffer, Gabrielle
Publisher: name: Science
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Bioinformatics
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The deep biosphere is home to an abundance of microorganisms. However, limitations to accessing deep subsurface samples means that very little is known about microorganisms from the marine and terrestrial subsurface. Oil and gas industry technologies, including advancements in hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling, have increased access to samples for environmental microbiology, enabling microorganisms inhabiting those ecosystems to be studied. It is now better understood that microorganisms must withstand extreme conditions (high temperatures, high salinities, high pressures and the presence of toxic metals). Furthermore, these “extremophiles” can significantly impact oil production operations both negatively (i.e., reservoir souring) and positively (i.e., reservoir souring control). To date, most microbiology studies of hydraulically fractured hydrocarbon reservoirs have been performed on a limited number of unconventional shale formations in the United States (e.g., the Marcellus Formation) and do not represent the geological conditions in other unconventional formations. This work focuses on less studied unconventional tight formations in the Permian Basin Formation (United States) and the Montney Formation (Canada), as well as a conventional high salinity reservoir in the Gulf of Mexico. While it is known that microorganisms influence the oil and gas operations (souring, corrosion, bioplugging), their provenance remains a debated topic. It is unresolved whether microorganisms are pre-existing deep biosphere residents of unconventional formations or if they are introduced by the oil and gas operations. Results presented in this thesis demonstrate that some microorganisms are found in the Montney Formation prior to industrial intervention, featuring genome-encoded adaptations to the extreme conditions in this reservoir. Introduced microorganisms still play a major role in souring and corrosion, which can be mitigated by other microorganisms through nitrate addition to oil field systems.
Long-term changes in mangrove forests and cays following hurricanes at Turneffe Islands, Belize
Creators: name: Chi, Faustino
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2012

description: Fringing cays develop on the back-reef sediment apron in exposed reef environments. Long-term datasets that document disturbance and long-term recovery are rare. In this study, patterns of disturbance and recovery of the fringing cays on Turneffe Islands, Belize were examined focusing on the interaction between cay geomorphology and vegetation, and the role of mangroves. Historic aerial photos and field observations taken before and after catastrophic Hurricane Hattie in 1961 were combined with contemporary imagery and permanent and temporary plot data. Some cays were devegetated during Hurricane Hattie and subsequently revegetated. However, there was a 26% loss of vegetated cays between 1945 and 2008. Devegetated cays have revegetated in the same general location, but have shifted an average of 18 m away from the reef toward the west-northwest. Cay vegetation has changed from dominance of Cocos nucifera L. before Hurricane Hattie to mangrove forest dominated by Rhizophora mangle L. However, much of the vegetated area in 2008 was inundated by tides. Remeasurements of permanent sample plots indicated that there was significant increase in mangrove biomass on two of the three sampled cays between 2002 and 2008. Leaf litter was the dominant fraction in the litter fall with a mean residence time of 2.5 months. Factors that played an important role on the distribution of vegetation on the fringing cays included: exposure to wave energy, tidal inundation, substrate elevation and distance to the reef. I identified three distinct geomorphic-habitat zones on the fringing cays: sheltered leeward, ridge, and exposed reefward, each had distinctive substrates and plant communities. Rhizophora mangle dominated the leeward zone and has a competitor-stress tolerator plant strategy. It was also the most abundant species in the reefward zone, but typically did not reach large sizes. In the absence of permanent human settlements, the vegetation on fringing cays has the capacity to recolonize in the same general location following a hurricane. Once vegetation was established on or adjacent to reforming fringing cays, these plants promoted further sediment accumulation and stabilization, indicating a self-reinforcing system. Given the exposure of these cays to recurrent hurricane damage, development of these cays seems unwise.
Genomic studies of the normal and malignant neural crest
Creators: name: Morozova, Olena
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2012

description: Neuroblastoma (NBL) is an enigmatic pediatric tumor of the sympathetic nervous system that is lethal in most children diagnosed over 18 months of age with metastatic disease. NBL is thought to originate from a differentiation arrest of the neural crest, a vertebrate-specific cell lineage with one of the most diverse developmental potentials. Genomic studies of NBL have contributed to the development of new diagnostic and prognostic markers. In addition, somatic and germline mutations in the ALK oncogene have been identified and are being targeted clinically. Based on this prior work, two hypotheses were developed and addressed in this thesis: (1) characterization of NBL with higher resolution genomic technologies will lead to the identification of novel loci that contribute to the disease and (2) analysis of the transcriptome of normal neural crest cells will help identify loci of relevance to NBL. To address these hypotheses I used several datasets generated from microarrays as well as RNA and DNA sequencing experiments. Two key results have emerged from this analysis including the putative role of the BRCA1/BARD1 pathway in the development of NBL, and the heterogeneity of the genetic landscape of primary NBL tumors. Potential translational avenues for the results reported in this thesis are the exploration of AURKB and MAPK inhibitors as treatment agents for NBL.
Theory of NMR chemical shift in an electronic state with arbitrary degeneracy
Creators: name: Heuvel, Willem Van den
name: Soncini, Alessandro
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a theory of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) shielding tensors for electronic states with arbitrary degeneracy. The shieldings are here expressed in terms of generalized Zeeman ($g^{(k)}$) and hyperfine ($A^{(k)}$) tensors, of all ranks $k$ allowed by the size of degeneracy. Contrary to recent proposals [T. O. Pennanen and J. Vaara, Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 133002 (2008)], our theory is valid in the strong spin-orbit coupling limit. Ab initio calculations for the 4-fold degenerate $Γ_8$ ground state of lanthanide-doped fluorite crystals CaF$_2$:Ln (Ln = Pr$^{2+}$, Nd$^{3+}$, Sm$^{3+}$, and Dy$^{3+}$) show that previously neglected contributions can account for more than 50% of the paramagnetic shift.
description: Supporting information included; 5 pages; new figure added
L’Anecdote du jour ou Histoire de ma détention dans la prison de ***
Creators: name: Rosny, Joseph
Publisher: name: Université Paris Diderot
Year: 2019
Subjects: French literature
Littérature française
French Revolution
Révolution française
Joseph Rosny (1771-1814)
France – 1795-1799 (Directoire)
Autobiographie
Autobiography
Roman
Novel
Procès
Lawsuit
Jalousie
Jealousy

description: Récit à la première personne d’une affaire judiciaire à Paris dans le contexte du Directoire : le narrateur est accusé d’avoir séduit une femme et d’avoir frappé le mari de celle-ci. Il s’en défend en donnant sa version des faits et en racontant ses procès puis son emprisonnement.
description: Version numérisée de l'unique exemplaire disponible en France : Bibliothèque municipale Armand Salacrou(Le Havre, Seine-Maritime). Magasin, cote CH 1638
Calculation of the bootstrap current profile for the TJ-II stellarator
Creators: name: Velasco, J. L.
name: Allmaier, K.
name: Lopez-Fraguas, A.
name: Beidler, C. D.
name: Maassberg, H.
name: Kernbichler, W.
name: Castejon, F.
name: Jimenez, J. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Calculations of the bootstrap current for the TJ-II stellarator are presented. DKES and NEO-MC codes are employed; the latter has allowed, for the first time, the precise computation of the bootstrap transport coefficient in the long mean free path regime of this device. The low error bars allow a precise convolution of the monoenergetic coefficients, which is confirmed by error analysis. The radial profile of the bootstrap current is presented for the first time for the 100_44_64 configuration of TJ-II for three different collisionality regimes. The bootstrap coefficient is then compared to that of other configurations of TJ-II regularly operated. The results show qualitative agreement with toroidal current measurements; precise comparison with real discharges is ongoing.
Talking with data. Stories and lessons from my data adventures.
Creators: name: Sollazzo, Giuseppe
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: data
open data
AI
artificial intelligence
data science
machine learning
data ethics

description: Keynote from csv,conf,v7. Buenos Aires, 19-20 April 2023. https://puntofisso.net/csvconf2023
Caribou Conservation Guided, Enacted, and Embodied by Inuinnait and the Killinikmiut Tuktuit
Creators: name: Hanke, Andrea
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Indigenous Knowledge
subject: Rangifer
subject: Caribou
subject: Traditional Knowledge
subject: Inuit Knowledge
subject: Thematic analysis
subject: Co-management
subject: Community-based research
subject: Epistemic pluralism
subject: Veterinary Science
subject: Native American Studies
subject: Forestry and Wildlife
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Psychology--Cognitive

description: The fields of environmental and wildlife conservation are working to increase the complexity of their approaches to knowledge in the face of increasing conservation precarity and recognition of the rights of Indigenous Peoples. Epistemic plurality, the focus of many strategies and initiatives, acknowledges the validity and value of multiple ways of knowing, recognizing that a more holistic understanding may be reached by drawing from multiple ways of knowing. In the central Canadian Arctic, Inuinnait share a rich cultural history as a distinct collective of Inuit, including their connection to the Killinikmiut Tuktuit. This herd, also known as the “Dolphin and Union” (DU) caribou herd or Island caribou, is a unique ecotype of caribou who characteristically summers on Victoria Island (Killinik), winters on the adjacent mainland, and crosses the adjoining sea ice during their fall and spring migrations. Conservation of this herd occurs under co-management and must incorporate multiple ways of knowing to make the best decisions for the caribou, the people, and the land. In this thesis, I sought to support the co-management partners for the Killinikmiut Tuktuit by advancing our collaborative understanding of the status and trends of the Killinikmiut Tuktuit with Inuinnait Knowledge and how Inuinnait Knowledge around the Killinikmiut Tuktuit is situated. Through a series of interviews with Inuinnait in Kugluktuk, Ekaluktutiak, and Ulukhaktok, I documented information on Inuinnait systems of knowing caribou, their expected variations, and their combined strengths. This information provides insight into how Inuinnait knowledge must be treated and respected when considered in management decisions. I also documented information on caribou systems, their expected variations, and their current adaptations. This information addresses knowledge gaps in the Killinikmiut Tuktuit management plan and has already supported important conservation decisions. This thesis provides important examples in the processes of negotiations and accommodation, both which are necessary for community-based, collaborative research. More broadly, the research advances the practice of epistemic plurality and supports the implementation of Indigenous/Inuit-led policy documents.
»Zeche Erin« in Castrop-Rauxel – Einblicke in das spätantike Ruhrgebiet
Creators: name: Schröder, Jona
Publisher: name: Archäologie in Westfalen-Lippe
Year: 2023

description: .
description: Archäologie in Westfalen-Lippe, ARCHÄOLOGIE IN WESTFALEN 2021 (2022)
SUREAL-23 D5.1 PEMS-PN System
Creators: name: Daoiz Zamora
name: Barrios, César
name: Castillo, Juan Carlos Del
name: Chasapidis, Leonidas
name: Tsakis, Apostolos
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: PEMS, sub-23 nm particle emissions, high temperature operation, sampling system, diffusion charger, half-mini DMA

description: The present document is supplementary to the delivered demonstrator “D5.1 PEMS-PN system”. In particular, this report survey SUREAL-23 project developments in Portable Emissions Measurement Systems (PEMS) suitable for real-time, on-board measurements of sub-23 particles emitted from engine exhaust during real driving conditions. This document summarizes the development, testing and validation of such instruments and pertains primarily to effort carried out within project's Task 5.1 "PEMS Development" of WP5 "Portable emissions measurement system (PEMS)".
Academic Integrity Inclusivity and Accessibility Study: Research Project Brief
Creators: name: Ferguson, Corrine D.
name: Toye, Margaret A.
name: Fiddler, Jaime
name: Fiebig, Lindsey
name: Morris, Janalee
name: Perry, Miriam
name: Rousseau, Jennefer
Publisher: name: Bow Valley College
Year: 2024
Subjects: Academic integrity
Policy analysis
Community college
Canada
Inclusive
Equity
Decolonization
Mental health

description: Purpose: The main goal of this project is to assess the academic integrity, policy, procedure, and supports at one community college using multiple frameworks of equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI), including principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL), decolonization and Indigenization, and stress and mental health. Methods: A mixed methods approach to collect both qualitative and quantitative data is used to answer the research question. Academic integrity policy and procedure documents are qualitatively analyzed using current exemplar principles (Bretag et al., 2011b) and a tool created by the research team that assesses inclusivity, accessibility, decolonization, and mental health. Experiences of key stakeholders in the academic integrity process are collected using survey, focus group, and interview methods. It is our direct intention to empower academic integrity stakeholders through their voices, experiences, and their participation to drive change and to engage in community building. Data sources: Publicly available academic integrity policy and procedure documents and stakeholder experiences collected through surveys, focus groups, and interviews from one Canadian community college form the basis of the data for this project. Implications: The project is significant to the college specifically and to higher education institutions more broadly as the multi-framework tool, developed under Creative Commons license, may be used by policy analysts and practitioners to assess academic integrity processes toward reforming policy, procedure, and supports. The project also assesses teaching practices which may help identify stressors and gaps in support for administrators to address in their institutions.
Bürgerwissenschaft als Basis neuer Forschungen zum Megalithgrab »Düwelsteene« in Heiden
Creators: name: Klinke, Leo
name: Jüngerich, Florian
Publisher: name: Archäologie in Westfalen-Lippe
Year: 2023

description: .
description: Archäologie in Westfalen-Lippe, ARCHÄOLOGIE IN WESTFALEN 2021 (2022)
Languages of the Aramia River Area
Creators: name: Reesink, Ger (Ed.)
Publisher: name: Pacific Linguistics
Year: 1976

description: LANGUAGES OF THE ARAMIA RIVER AREA. 1 1. INTRODUCTION 1 1.1. Acknowledgments 2 2. RELIABILITY OF TESTLISTS 2 3. ARI 7 3.1. General 7 3.2. Relationships 8 3.3. Notes on Phonology and Grammar 9 3.4. Conclusion 10 4. BAINAPI 11 4.1. General 11 4.2. Relationships 11 4.3. Notes on Phonology and Grammar 13 5. KAMULA 13 5.1. General 13 5.2. Relationships 14 5.3. Notes on Phonology and Grammar 17 6. TAO-SUAMATO 18 6.1. General 18 6.2. Relationships 18 6.3. Notes on Phonology and Grammar 21 7. WAIA 21 7.1. General 21 7.2. Relationships 22 7.3. Notes on Phonology 25 7.4. Conclusion 25 8. CONCLUSION 26Notes 28Appendix A 30Appendix B 31Bibliography 35Map 37
A Computational Study of 2 Electron Oxygen Reduction Reaction for Direct H2O2 Electrosynthesis
Creators: name: Mostaghimi, Amir Hassan Bagherzadeh
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Chemistry--Physical

description: Hydrogen peroxide has been identified as one of the 100 most important chemicals for global industry. This environmentally friendly oxidizing agent has many uses in several industrial sectors, including textiles, chemical synthesis, water treatment, and disinfection. The current industrial method for mass production of H2O2 is the anthraquinone process, which is energy-intensive. Additionally, environmental and transportation concerns involving the anthraquinone process make it an unsustainable method for H2O2 production. Therefore, direct electrochemical synthesis of H2O2 via 2e− oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) has gained attention from researchers in this field. This thesis is focused on developing selective electrocatalytic materials for 2e−ORR. This research employed computational chemistry theories and methods, namely Density Functional Theory (DFT), to study the electrochemical synthesis of H2O2 on carbon-based and metal electrocatalysts. DFT-based calculations have been carried out to estimate adsorption energy and formation energy, as well as Bader charge analysis and Density of States (DoS) calculations to gain insight into the thermodynamics of the reaction and the nature of the active sites. In Chapter 3, partially oxidized Pd carbon nanotubes have been investigated as a potential electrocatalyst for 2e− ORR. The results suggest the interaction between certain Pd clusters and the nearby oxygen-containing functional groups is key to reach high selectivity and low overpotential for 2e− ORR. Chapter 4 investigates an oxygen-functionalized ”holey graphene” structure as a low-cost and highly selective ORR catalyst. DFT calculations identified the presence of a mixture of functional groups that makes the neighboring carbons a suitable active site for selective H2O2 electrosynthesis. In the final section (chapter 5), we investigated a Au-based catalyst with a Pd surface layer. The thermodynamic analysis directly connected the number of Pd atoms and H2O2 selectivity. This thesis aims to support efforts to make the direct synthesis of H2O2 a more feasible process.
Teil zum Ganzen – neue Flächen und Erkenntnisse in Paderborn-Wewer/»Saatental«
Creators: name: Sicherl, Bernhard
Publisher: name: Archäologie in Westfalen-Lippe
Year: 2023

description: .
description: Archäologie in Westfalen-Lippe, ARCHÄOLOGIE IN WESTFALEN 2021 (2022)