cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Multi-almost periodicity and invariant basins of general neural networks under almost periodic stimuli
Creators: name: Huang, Zhenkun
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
subject: Classical Analysis and ODEs (math.CA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: In this paper, we investigate convergence dynamics of $2^N$ almost periodic encoded patterns of general neural networks (GNNs) subjected to external almost periodic stimuli, including almost periodic delays. Invariant regions are established for the existence of $2^N$ almost periodic encoded patterns under two classes of activation functions. By employing the property of $\mathscr{M}$-cone and inequality technique, attracting basins are estimated and some criteria are derived for the networks to converge exponentially toward $2^N$ almost periodic encoded patterns. The obtained results are new, they extend and generalize the corresponding results existing in previous literature.
description: 28 pages, 4 figures
The chromospherically--active binary CF Tuc revisited
Creators: name: Dogru, D.
name: Erdem, A.
name: Dogru, S. S.
name: Zola, S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: New high-resolution spectra, of the chromospherically active binary system CF Tuc, taken at the Mt. John University Observatory in 2007, were analyzed using two methods: cross-correlation and Fourier--based disentangling. As a result, new radial velocity curves of both components were obtained. The resulting orbital elements of CF Tuc are: $a_{1}{\sin}i$=$0.0254\pm0.0001$ AU, $a_{2}{\sin}i$=$0.0228\pm0.0001$ AU, $M_{1}{\sin}i$=$0.902\pm0.005$ $M_{\odot}$, and $M_{2}{\sin}i$=$1.008\pm0.006$ $M_{\odot}$. The cooler component of the system shows H$α$ and CaII H & K emissions. Our spectroscopic data and recent $BV$ light curves were solved simultaneously using the Wilson-Devinney code. A dark spot on the surface of the cooler component was assumed to explain large asymmetries observed in the light curves. The following absolute parameters of the components were determined: $M_{1}$=$1.11\pm0.01$ $M_{\odot}$, $M_{2}$=$1.23\pm0.01$ $M_{\odot}$, $R_{1}$=$1.63\pm0.02$ $R_{\odot}$, $R_{2}$=$3.60\pm0.02$ $R_{\odot}$, $L_{1}$=$3.32\pm0.51$ $L_{\odot}$ and $L_{2}$=$3.91\pm0.84$ $L_{\odot}$. The orbital period of the system was studied using the O-C analysis. The O-C diagram could be interpreted in terms of either two abrupt changes or a quasi-sinusoidal form superimposed on a downward parabola. These variations are discussed by reference to the combined effect of mass transfer and mass loss, the Applegate mechanism and also a light-time effect due to the existence of a massive third body (possibly a black hole) in the system. The distance to CF Tuc was calculated to be $89\pm6$ pc from the dynamic parallax, neglecting interstellar absorption, in agreement with the Hipparcos value.
description: 33 pages, 10 figures, accepted for publication by MNRAS
Trends and Patterns in Levels of Living of Farm Families in the United States
Creators: name: Bertrand, Alvin L.
name: Bertrand, Alvin L.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1958
Subjects: Community/Rural/Urban Development
Consumer/Household Economics

description: Excerpts from the report: Trends in the ownership and use of selected facilities and equipment indicate that farm-operator families in the United States in recent years have rapidly improved their levels of living. In 1956, almost all farm families had electricity and mechanical refrigeration in their homes, and three-fourths of them owned automobiles. Close to two-thirds lived in houses equipped with running water, and half of the families had telephones and television sets in 1956. Between 1-1/2 and 2 million television sets were acquired by farm families during the 6 years between 1950 and 1956. By 1956 two-fifths of the farm homes of the nation were equipped with home freezers. The Nation as a whole has a continuing interest in the levels of living of farm people, and in the changes occurring in those levels. The study here reported had two major objectives: (1) To bring up to date the information on trends and regional variation in farmers’ ownership and utilization of certain level-of-living items, and (2) to show the association of such factors as tenure, age, and education of farm operators and farm family income to levels of living.
ARTICULO Las matemáticas en los niños de nivel incial.pdf
Creators: name: JULI LUVI, LUIS BELTRAN
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 390307
subject: Teacher education and professional development of educators

description: Desde el nacimiento, los niños ya poseen nociones matemáticas de forma natural, sabemos que desde la fecundación del embrión las células hacen matemáticas de división celular, también cuando el feto está desarrollándose necesita nutrientes de la madre.Las matemáticas están presentes en cada momento de un ser vivo, como en los seres humanos ya que los humanos hacen matemáticas en su vida cotidiana.
Exiting and Re-entering Nuclear and Fossil-Fuel Energy in Germany
Creators: name: Roland Attila Csizmazia
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: The German economy currently faces increasing energy expenses, which have partly resulted from its ongoing policy of energy transition. This paper seeks to identify the latest potential anomalies and the favorable or unfavorable choices in Germany’s green energy transition process, whose origins may be traced back to the 1970s. It points out that the country’s still existing dependency on fuel imports from Russia as well as the complete phasing out of nuclear power plants have made a negative impact on the green transition, and may harm economic activities in Germany. Following the shutdown of nuclear power plants, the growing use of fossil fuel fired power plants led to a rapid increase in greenhouse gas emissions. Meanwhile, the power consumption has been shrinking over the past few years. The war in Ukraine led to a sudden price shock in fossil fuels. Consequently, German administration was forced to decide about ramping up electricity production from solid fossils in order to maintain grid stability. This article seeks for answers for the questions whether the German government acted too hastily when it decided to shut down the nuclear power plants; whether this step was beneficial, i.e., power generation from renewable sources could reduce or eliminate that from fossil fuels; and whether nuclear energy has a role in the transition process. It further reveals that different calculation methods lead to failure of transparency in expenses of power generation and different sources interpret the same or similar data also in different ways. This case study suggests that under such conditions, the authorities should have either postponed the closure of nuclear power plants and simultaneously incentivize researchers to develop safer next-generation nuclear plants, or they could have accelerated the generation of alternative renewable energy.
title: Prekäre Verhältnisse: Bildung, Erziehung oder Emanzipation? - Was will, was soll, was kann die Beratung von Fremdsprachenlernern leisten?
Creators: name: Schmelter, Lars
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt
Year: 2023

description: Mit der Diskussion von stärker individualisierenden Lehr-Lern-Arrangements, die - zunächst in der Erwachsenenbildung später auch für den Bereich des universitären und schulischen Fremdsprachenunterrichts (Benson 2001; Gremmo und Riley 1995) - etwa Mitte der 1970er-Jahre einsetzt, haben im Bereich des Lehrens und Lernens von fremden Sprachen Beratungsangebote eine besondere Ausprägung bekommen. Die bis dahin üblichen und auch weiterhin bestehenden Beratungsangebote bezogen sich in der Regel auf die Diagnostik, im Sinne einer Sprachstandserhebung vor der Aufnahme in spezifische Sprachkurse, bzw. auf die Unterstützung bei der Wahl stimmiger Sprachkursangebote zum Beispiel an (west-)deutschen Volkshochschulen (Wehmer 2003). In der Auseinandersetzung und Propagierung von Konzepten des "autonomen", "selbstgesteuerten", "selbstbestimmten", "selbstorganisierten" oder "selbstregulierten" Lernens von Fremdsprachen wird von den Autoren nahezu durchgängig - wenn auch in unterschiedlicher Intensität - auf die Notwendigkeit einer neuen Form der "Vermittlung", des "Unterstützens", der "Hilfe" oder "Anleitung" der Lerner hingewiesen (z. B. Barbot 2003; Kleppin/Mehlhorn 2005; Langner 2004; Peuschel 2003, 2005). Die neuen Formen des Lernens und die Herausforderungen von "Autonomie" und "lebenslangem Lernen" verlangten nach neuen Formen der "Lehre" bzw. "Vermittlung". Dabei weisen die Autoren den Lehrenden häufig eine neue Aufgabe und auch Rolle zu, die dann mit unterschiedlichen Begriffen zum Ausdruck gebracht werden sollen (z. B. facilitator, conseiller, Berater, Lernhelfer) (z. B. Carette und Castillo 2004; Kleppin 2003; siehe auch Peters 2004).
Using ATL to define advanced and flexible constraint model transformations
Creators: name: Chenouard, Raphael
name: Granvilliers, Laurent
name: Soto, Ricardo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Transforming constraint models is an important task in re- cent constraint programming systems. User-understandable models are defined during the modeling phase but rewriting or tuning them is manda- tory to get solving-efficient models. We propose a new architecture al- lowing to define bridges between any (modeling or solver) languages and to implement model optimizations. This architecture follows a model- driven approach where the constraint modeling process is seen as a set of model transformations. Among others, an interesting feature is the def- inition of transformations as concept-oriented rules, i.e. based on types of model elements where the types are organized into a hierarchy called a metamodel.
Open Data Dokument-Tagging Fallstudie für den Data Science Unterricht
Creators: Beat, Tödtli
Nicola, Wullschleger
OST - Ostschweizer Fachhochschule
Stadt St.Gallen
Publisher: name: Open Education Platform for Management Schools
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Informatics and business informatics
subject: Kaggle-Competition
subject: Machine Learning
subject: Dokument-Tagging
subject: Data Mining
subject: Data Science
subject: Knowledge Discovery in Databases

description: Wir präsentieren eine Unterrichtssequenz, in welcher ein Data Science Anwendungsfall der St.Galler Open Data Plattform behandelt wird. Lernziel ist das vertiefte Verständnis der Data Mining Techniken zur Aufbereitung eines Datensatzes, wobei es vornehmlich um den Wissenstransfer in einen konkreten Anwendungsfall geht. InClass Kaggle Competitions eignen sich, um die Erarbeitung des Falls zu unterstützen.
The evolving perception of technology : an experienced English instructor integrates technology for second language learners
Creators: name: Handa, Junko
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Educational technology
subject: English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers

description: This qualitative case study investigated the perceptions and challenges an experienced college English instructor faced in the transformation of learning environments as his use of technology evolved. This one-year research project, involving international students as participants, evaluated the instructor's adoption of technology using Levels of Use of the Innovation (LoU) (Hall, Loucks, Rutherford, and Newlove, 1975).  The data were collected through interviews with the instructor and students, e-mail correspondence, transcriptions of discussion board threads, students' papers, and the researcher's logs as a technology mentor.  The data were analyzed using N6 Software and other inductive methods.  The instructor's decision-making was mapped over time.  Findings revealed gradual, though not linear, open-mindedness and integration of technology as a result of skill-building, direct contact with technology, time to reflect, recognition of positive student outcomes, and mentoring.  The type of mentoring was significant, as was the professor as an agent of his own changing pedagogy.
description: (Ed.D.) - Towson University, 2006.
Supplementary tables and figures of laterality indices from An updated investigation of the multidimensional structure of language lateralization in left- and right-handed adults: a test–retest functional transcranial Doppler sonography study with six language tasks
Creators: name: Woodhead, Z. V. J.
name: P. A. Thompson
name: E. M. Karlsson
name: D. V. M. Bishop
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Neuroscience
subject: 170299 Cognitive Science not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: 179999 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Additional details of laterality indices, including histograms, QQ-plots, means, split-half reliability and a pirate plot of Oxford vs Bangor data
title: Konpetentzia digitalak. Graduko ikasleentzako formakuntza materialak: 4. Segurtasuna 4.4. Ingurunea babestea: 4.4.3. Gailu mugikorren zaharkitzea
title: Competencias digitales. Materiales de formación para estudiantes de grado: 4. Seguridad 4.4. Protección del entorno: 4.4.3. Obsolescencia de los dispositivos móviles
Creators: name: CRUE-REBIUN
name: Mondragon Unibertsitatea
Publisher: name: Mondragon Unibertsitatea
Year: 2020

description: - Zer da zaharkitzea?
- Erosi, erabili eta bota
- Gogoeta egiteko datu batzuk
- Eta zer egingo dugu hondakin teknologikoekin?
- Lege-araudia betetzea
- Jarraitu beharreko ekintzak
description: - ¿Qué es la obsolescencia?
- Comprar, usar y tirar
- Algunos datos para reflexionar
- ¿Y qué hacemos con los residuos tecnológicos?
- Seguir la normativa legal
- Acciones a seguir
Public services in Erfurt and Frankfurt am Main compared (c. 1890–1914): capabilities in Prussia?
Creators: name: Schmidt, Jürgen
Publisher: name: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: 943 Deutschland und benachbarte mitteleuropäische Länder

description: This publication is with permission of the rights owner freely accessible due to an Alliance licence and a national licence (funded by the DFG, German Research Foundation) respectively.
description: How can a modern concept like Amartya Sen's capability approach be introduced in historical studies? One possibility is to ask how public services were implemented in municipal policy and how these services open up capabilities for the individuals of a city. This article uses Sen's theoretical framework as an analytical tool to explore two Prussian towns, Erfurt and Frankfurt am Main, and their public services (job centres and tramway systems) as examples of social policy at the local level.
The biology and control of some turf weeds.
Creators: name: Ho, Lee San
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: This study of some common turf weeds of the Vancouver area considers some aspects of biology and control. Seed production observations indicated that seeds ranging from 300 to over 260,000 per plant were produced each season by different species. Seeds of Senecio vulgaris L., Sonchus oleraceus L. and Hypochaeris radicata L. germinated immediately after harvest while others required several months. H. radicata showed good germination in light while Cerastium vulgatum L. and Lamium amplexicaule L. germinated best in a shaded or dark environment. Two germination peaks in spring and fall occur in this group of turf weeds. However Stellaria media (L.) Cyrill produced flowers and seed for most of the year. Rumex acetosella L. also had a long flowering period as did Plantago lanceolata L. and P. major L. The three latter species were found to require a long time to mature in the flower head and so were not shedding seed over the considerable period of time characteristic of S. media. Leaf area development did not appear to be associated with root development in the seedling weeds examined, and variations in the relative leaf areas of the different species occurred with time. Marked differences in flowering period and characteristics were apparent in observations on the various weeds made over a 17 month period. Apomictic seeds of Taraxacum officinale L. were found to have a germination rate significantly lower than those produced by artificial pollination. Inhibitory materials present in leaves and stems of weeds were shown to delay germination of bent grass nearly three weeks and to definitely reduce the percentage germination. The species showing the greatest inhibitory properties were Matricaria matricarioides (Less.) Porter, S. media and P. lanceolata in that order. Four turf grasses were shown to differ in their responses to proprietory mixtures of the phenoxy type herbicides, and weed species similarly differed in their responses to the newer herbicides which included Banvel D (dicamba), Tordon, phenoxypropionic materials and mixtures containing two and three chemicals.
Radio Bimodality: Spin, Accretion Mode, or Both?
Creators: name: Sikora, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A new scenario is suggested to explain a large diversity of the AGN radio properties and their dependence on the galaxy morphology. The scenario is based on the assumption that the growth of supermassive BHs is dominated by the accretion only during the quasar (high accretion rate) phase, otherwise - by mergers with less massive black holes. Following that, BHs are expected to spin much faster in giant ellipticals than in disk galaxies. Within the frame of the spin paradigm this explains the observed relation of the radio-dichotomy with the galaxy morphology. Various theoretical and observational aspects of such a dichotomy are discussed. In particular, the issue of the intermittency and suppression of a jet production at high accretion rates is addressed and a scenario for production of powerful, extended radio sources is drafted.
description: 4 pages, accepted for publication in Astronomische Nachrichten (issue dedicated to the Proceedings of "The 4th Workshop on Compact Steep Spectrum and GHz-Peaked Spectrum Radio Sources" held at Riccione, Italy, 26-29 May 2008)
The Oriental Fruit Moth
Creators: name: Allen, H. W.
name: Allen, H. W.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1958
Subjects: Crop Production/Industries

description: Excerpts from the report Summary: The oriental fruit moth (Grapholitha molesta (Busck)) in the United States is primarily a pest of peach, but it also attacks quince heavily and occasionally apple and pear. It is probably native to eastern Asia. It became established in the Eastern United States about 1915 and in several other countries between 1902 and 1938. The rapid dispersion of the oriental fruit moth in the Eastern United States and Canada was caused by transportation of nursery stock and of infested fruit and containers. Fruit moth migration aids in the spread of infestation from orchard to orchard.
title: Zur Wirksamkeit von individuellen Sprachlernberatungen
Creators: name: Claußen, Tina
name: Peuschel, Kristina
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt
Year: 2023

description: Im Zuge der Diskussion um Lernerautonomie und das selbst gesteuerte Lernen kommt der Lernberatung eine immer größere Bedeutung zu. In vielen Lernkontexten ist Lernberatung als fester Bestandteil des Sprachlernangebots implementiert, wie z. B. beim Lernen im Tandem, dem Online-Lernprogramm Uni-Deutsch u.a. (siehe Beiträge in dieser Ausgabe). Bereits in den 70er und 80er Jahren wurde an Selbstlernzentren mit Lernberatung experimentiert. Es wurde bald deutlich, dass persönliche Aspekte von Lernenden, wie z. B. Lerngeschichte, Lernstil oder Lernverhalten eine größere Rolle spielten und sich Lernende "[...] zunächst nicht bewußt darüber sind, daß ihr Wunsch selbstbestimmt zu lernen, eine nicht immer einfache Auseinandersetzung mit ihrer Art zu lernen implizieren kann" (Küpper und Pardey 1987: 61). Individuelle Sprachlernberatung greift diese Erfahrungen auf und unterstützt Lernende in ihren Lernprozessen. Wir möchten in diesem Beitrag aufzeigen, wie sich die Wirksamkeit von Sprachlernberatungen in Lernprozessen ausdrücken kann und welche Konsequenzen damit für die Praxis und Forschung verbunden sein können. [1]
title: Beraternotizen: Dokumentation und Strukturierung individueller Lernberatungen
Creators: name: Peuschel, Kristina
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt
Year: 2023

description: Der folgende Beitrag ist im Kontext der individuellen, nicht-direktiven Lernberatung angesiedelt (vgl. Kleppin 2001, 2003, 2004) und möchte sich mit einigen Aspekten von Beraternotizen beschäftigen. Als Beraternotizen gelten schriftliche Notizen, die Beraterinnen [1] während des Beratungsprozesses anfertigen. Sie sind ein wichtiges Beratungsinstrument (vgl. Mehlhorn et al. 2005: 172) und gehören neben den schriftlichen Dokumenten der Lerner (z. B. Lernvertrag, Logbuch) zu den Grundlagen individueller Lernberatungen.
Spin cobordism categories in low dimensions
Creators: name: Kitchloo, Nitu
name: Morava, Jack
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Algebraic Topology (math.AT)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 57R90, 83C99

description: The Madsen-Tillmann spectra defined by categories of three- and four-dimensional Spin manifolds have a very rich algebraic structure, whose surface is scratched here.
description: This replaces arXiv:math/0610047: Chiral structures on the 4D spin cobordism category
Self-compassion and self-control: is self-compassion possible after ego depletion?
Creators: name: Jones, Mary Kate
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2015

description: Pilot studies indicate that self-compassion requires overriding habitual thinking, suggesting it may require self-control. The present study investigated the effect of depleted self-control on state self-compassion. Depleted participants were hypothesized to be less self-compassionate following failure than non-depleted participants. Trait self-compassion, measured beforehand, was expected to moderate the effect. One-hundred fifteen participants completed a difficult GRE test, a concentration task or Solitaire task, a manipulation check including a false failing GRE score, and two state self-compassion measures. The compassionate message length measure was not significantly predicted. Using the scale measure, there was a significant positive correlation with trait self-compassion. There was also an interaction between trait self-compassion and ego depletion, such that ego depletion resulted in higher state self-compassion only for those with low trait self-compassion. The positive effect of ego depletion may be due to a floor effect or distraction.
description: (M.A.) -- Towson University, 2014.
title: Dokumente zur Sprachlernberatung. Zur Vorentlastung in Sprach(lern)projekten
Creators: name: Langner, Michael
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt
Year: 2023

description: Am Lern- und Forschungszentrum Fremdsprachen der zweisprachigen Universität Freiburg in der Schweiz (im Folgenden: Sprachenzentrum) findet Sprachlernberatung derzeit in zwei verschiedenen Formen statt, die zwar meist mit denselben Dokumenten arbeiten, sich aber in der Zeitstrukturierung unterscheiden. Es handelt sich um a) die individuelle Lernberatung, die während des ganzen Semesters stattfindet und b) den Autonomiekurs (Autonomes Sprachenlernen - unterstützt), der mit einer Blockveranstaltung zu Anfang des Semesters beginnt und zwei weitere fixe Blöcke aufweist (siehe Anhang: ASP_struktur.pdf). [1]
A comparative analysis of community sustainable development indicators with application to Baltimore County, Maryland
Creators: name: Haig, Ayla R.
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2015

description: The concept of sustainability has some commonly understood definitions, but no single precise definition is used by all interested parties. Regardless, the three core components or pillars of sustainability include the environment, society, and economy. Some U.S. communities have developed indices, groupings of indicators, to measure and disseminate information about their overall sustainable development. However, there has been little coordination to ensure that valuable indicators are being used. This thesis evaluated sustainability indices in five U.S. communities, and identified the one considered most helpful (Santa Monica, CA), and the one least helpful (Minneapolis, MN). Relevant data from Baltimore County, Maryland were collected and applied to these two indices. The collected data revealed that indicators could be improved to better reflect sustainable development. Finally, productive directions for Baltimore County were outlined, should the county decide to utilize a sustainability index.
description: (M.S.) -- Towson University, 2014.
Informational social influence and the internet: manipulation in a consumptive society
Creators: name: Golda, Christopher P.
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2015

description: Research on Informational Social Influence (ISI) has demonstrated that an individual?s opinion can be shaped by others. Subsequent research has shown that an individual?s sensory perceptions can be influenced in the same manner, with significant implications for consumer advertising. The present study extends the current body of literature on ISI by applying this premise to artwork evaluated over the Internet. In this study, 60 participants were randomly assigned to one of four groups wherein they were asked to evaluate a piece of artwork over the Internet while unsuspectingly utilizing confederate ratings that were manipulated by opinion and credibility. The results demonstrated that confederate ratings influenced a participant?s evaluation of artwork; however, confederate expertise and the interaction were not significant. Ultimately, these data demonstrate that ISI can generalize to aesthetic qualities. That is, perceived beauty of a piece of artwork in an online context varies with external influence.
description: (M.A.) -- Towson University, 2014.
The rhetorical sites of Polonian women?s collaboration and consciousness-building in Baltimore: in factories and agriculture, they worked and gave strength to our culture
Creators: name: Carr, Jolene
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2015

description: Baltimoreans often trace their ethnic roots back to the nineteenth century immigrants who settled along the city's eastside. While the community associates Polish immigrant women with canneries and culture clubs, they typically overlook these locations in mainstream discourse for their association with everyday practices. However, examining spaces of work and leisure reveal traditional roles as powerful rhetorical devices. This thesis situates traditionally feminine sites alongside dominant landmarks in order to form a more inclusive collective identity, and explores how Baltimore Polish women accessed the public sphere through socially accepted maternal, domestic, and benevolent acts in canneries and ethnic organizations like the Polish Women's Alliance.
description: Wstep = Introduction -- Dead ends leading to multiple paths: the rhetoric of memory and walking: a tour of Baltimore's Polonia -- To organize is just the way of her people: rhetorical strategies of women's groups in Baltimore's Polonia -- Cultural preserves: Baltimore's Polish women canners and bean pickers and the rhetoric of collaboration -- Zako?czenie = Conclusion.
description: (M.A.) -- Towson University, 2014.
Long Time Evolution of Phase Oscillator Systems
Creators: name: Ott, Edward
name: Antonsen, Thomas M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: It is shown, under weak conditions, that the dynamical evolution of an important class of large systems of globally coupled, heterogeneous frequency, phase oscillators is, in an appropriate physical sense, time-asymptotically attracted toward a reduced manifold of system states. This manifold, which is invariant under the system evolution, was previously known and used to facilitate the discovery of attractors and bifurcations of such systems. The result of this paper establishes that attractors for the order parameter dynamics obtained by restriction to this reduced manifold are, in fact, the only such attractors of the full system. Thus all long time dynamical behavior of the order parameters of these systems can be obtained by restriction to the reduced manifold.
description: Improved discussion of Eqs. (28)- (30) Corrected typos. Made notation consistent
An engaging environment: improving nonhuman primate enrichment through choice of sound amplitude using broadband noise
Creators: name: Burgan, Bradley M.
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2015

description: Certain types of music may be more effective than others in promoting the welfare of animals. A fundamental understanding of simple properties of sound is needed to determine how music affects animal welfare. Two experiments were conducted using nonhuman primates to investigate choices to variations in amplitude using broadband noise. The first experiment examined subject's preferences for seventy decibels of pink noise or no-sound. The results revealed that five of seven subjects preferred no-sound. Experiment two tested whether avoidance and escape responding were sensitive to changes in amplitude from zero to eighty decibels. The results showed that subjects engaged in escape responding equally to all amplitudes. Overall, these findings suggest that broadband noise up to eighty decibels does not function as a reinforcing or aversive stimuli. The methods used herein could be adapted to a larger set of experimental questions, to determine more effective environmental enrichment strategies.
description: (M.A.) -- Towson University, 2014.
title: Beratung von ostasiatischen Studierenden
Creators: name: Zeilinger, Miriam
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt
Year: 2023

description: Angesichts wachsender Studierendenzahlen chinesischer, japanischer und koreanischer Studierender in Deutschland werden geeignete Beratungs- und Förderungsangebote für diese Studierendengruppe immer wichtiger. Da ostasiatische Studierende von einer gänzlich anderen Lernkultur und Wissenschaftspraxis geprägt sind, haben sie oft erhebliche Schwierigkeiten, sich im deutschen Hochschulalltag zurechtzufinden und in die deutsche Studierendengemeinschaft zu integrieren. Aufgrund des stark verschulten Hochschulsystems in ihren Heimatländern fällt es ihnen schwer, plötzlich ihr Studium selbstbestimmt zu gestalten.
title: Lernberatung oder Sprachkurse?
Creators: name: Skowronek, Steffen
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt
Year: 2023

description: Dieser Beitrag reflektiert die Erfahrungen mit dem neuen Lernangebot [1] Lernberatung Englisch - Autonomes Lernen, an dem vom Sommersemester 2004 bis 2005 insgesamt 68 Studierende teilgenommen haben. Es wird versucht offen zu legen, was Sprachlernberatung in diesem Kontext zu leisten vermag - und was nicht. Als die Lernberatung am Sprachenzentrum der Universität Potsdam etabliert wurde, ist entschieden worden, das Material, das Michael Langner von der Universität Freiburg (Schweiz) in seinem Beitrag in dieser Ausgabe vorstellt, entsprechend den Bedingungen unseres Sprachenzentrums zu adaptieren. [2]
Artificial Neural Network-based error compensation procedure for low-cost encoders
Creators: name: Dhar, V. K.
name: Tickoo, A. K.
name: Kaul, S. K.
name: Koul, R.
name: Dubey, B. P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Neural and Evolutionary Computing (cs.NE)
subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: An Artificial Neural Network-based error compensation method is proposed for improving the accuracy of resolver-based 16-bit encoders by compensating for their respective systematic error profiles. The error compensation procedure, for a particular encoder, involves obtaining its error profile by calibrating it on a precision rotary table, training the neural network by using a part of this data and then determining the corrected encoder angle by subtracting the ANN-predicted error from the measured value of the encoder angle. Since it is not guaranteed that all the resolvers will have exactly similar error profiles because of the inherent differences in their construction on a micro scale, the ANN has been trained on one error profile at a time and the corresponding weight file is then used only for compensating the systematic error of this particular encoder. The systematic nature of the error profile for each of the encoders has also been validated by repeated calibration of the encoders over a period of time and it was found that the error profiles of a particular encoder recorded at different epochs show near reproducible behavior. The ANN-based error compensation procedure has been implemented for 4 encoders by training the ANN with their respective error profiles and the results indicate that the accuracy of encoders can be improved by nearly an order of magnitude from quoted values of ~6 arc-min to ~0.65 arc-min when their corresponding ANN-generated weight files are used for determining the corrected encoder angle.
description: 16 pages, 4 figures. Accepted for Publication in Measurement Science and Technology (MST)
Impacts of human recreation and hydroelectric flow regime on basking behavior of Northern Map Turtles, Graptemys geographica
Creators: name: Anderson, Kaite P.
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2015

description: Northern Map turtles, Graptemys geographica, are state endangered in Maryland and are found only on the Lower Susquehanna River and its tributaries. Human recreation and water level fluctuations from the Conowingo Dam potentially limit basking behavior in this population. Turtles rely on basking to thermoregulate; decreased basking activity can potentially decrease population viability. I quantified the effects of 1) recreational human disturbance and 2) rising water from the hydroelectric dam on basking behavior. While motor-powered boats were often ignored, turtles were most often disturbed by slow-moving vessels like kayaks. Habitat use changed with increasing water levels; the interaction between dam flow and tide level had the greatest effect on basking behavior. Basking activity typically decreased as available habitat decreased. These disturbances do restrict basking behavior and require immediate mitigation. Artificial basking platforms and seasonal boating regulations should be implemented. Preparations for testing artificial basking platforms have already begun.
description: (M.S.) -- Towson University, 2014.
رسالة مصطفى علي عذاب.pdf
Creators: name: Adhab, Mustafa
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: 60704 Plant Pathology
subject: 60506 Virology

description: This study was conducted to determine the possibility of adopting the molecular weight of viral coat proteins in the detection of viruses by SDS-Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Three important plant viruses, Cucumber mosaic cucumovirus (CMV) on cucumber, Tobacco mosaic tobamovirus (TMV) on tomato & tobacco, Bean yellow mosaic potyvirus (BYMV) on broad bean, were chosen. The viruses were isolated from infected plants, the extract was clarified by butanol or chloroform and the viruses were precipitated by PEG. Total proteins from infected and healthy plants were extracted. Extract from healthy and infected plants were taken and the chlorophyll was eliminated by aceton or by passing the extract through a 2 layers of activated charcoal. Parts of each extract before eliminate the chlorophyll were taken for control. To determine the efficiency of SDS-PAGE for detecting the virus it was compared with the bioassay on the indicator plants and study the symptoms appeared under greenhouse conditions and with the Immunostrip-ELISA. Results of SDS-PAGE (10 %) of the total protein, crude extracts with or without chlorophyll, from infected plants revealed the presence of bands migrated the same level of viral coat protein band in profile of pure virus. This band is not presence in the profile of total protein or crude extracts from healthy plants. The molecular weights of these proteins were determine by standard proteins co-migrated with plant proteins on the same gel. These were 18 KD for TMV, 24 – 26 KD for CMV, and 34 KD for BYMV. It was observed that the results of the three techniques were identical. This indicate that the use of SDS-PAGE for detecting the viruses is possible and efficase.
Pensionierungsplanung für Herr und Frau Muster
Creators: Thomas, Witmer
Zeqaj, Premtim
VZ VermögensZentrum AG
Publisher: name: FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: others
subject: Pensionierungplanung
subject: Rentenbezug
subject: Kapitalbezug
subject: Liquiditätsplanung
subject: Vorsorge
subject: Vermögensverzehr

description: Herr und Frau Muster machen sich Gedanken zur Ruhestandssituation. Sie stehen vor wichtigen Entscheidungen: Wie soll das Pensionskassenkapital bezogen werden (Rentenbezug, Kapitalbezug oder Mischvariante)? Anhand einer vernetzten Einkommens- und Vermögensplanung, basierend auf Kundenunterlagen sowie konkreten Wünschen und Zielen von Herrn und Frau Muster, sollen für die Kunden Lösungsvorschläge mit begründeten Empfehlungen und Massnahmen ausgearbeitet werden.
title: Tandemberatung
Creators: name: Brammerts, Helmut
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt
Year: 2023

description: Dieser Beitrag wendet sich an praktizierende und angehende Sprachlernberater, die Tandemlerner beraten wollen; er hat insofern praktische Ziele. Er soll zudem dazu beitragen, dass das hier dargestellte Unterstützungs- und Beratungskonzept leichter diskutierbar und verbesserbar wird; das erfordert den Versuch einer theoretischen Situierung des Konzepts und eine Beschreibung der didaktischen Umgebung, in der es eingesetzt wird.
Accessible collaborative writing for persons who are blind
Creators: name: Schoeberlein, John Gerard
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2014

description: In order to establish the current state of the accessibility and the usability of collaborative technologies, a literature review, several focus group studies and field studies were conducted. The collaborative technologies examined were email, Chat, group calendars, and collaborative writing. As a result of these examinations, collaborative technologies were determined to be inaccessible and unusable, often leading to end-user frustration and discontinued use of the technology. The participants of the focus group studies and field studies reported that collaborative writing was necessary on a daily basis, but was inaccessible and unusable. Therefore, as a consequence of the accessibility and usability issues found with collaborative writing applications, a proposed accessible and usable Microsoft Word Add-In prototype was developed for Microsoft Word. The interface design included such features as a context-sensitive menu and hot-keys for easy access and use. Utilizing an iterative design approach, the prototype was examined in two rounds of usability study with participants? suggested improvements included in-between each round. The resulting prototype was considered easy to learn and use, clear and understandable, improved the participants? performance, and would be utilized by the participants on a regular basis to do similar tasks.
description: Technology evaluation and application comparison -- Initial field visits to the national federation of the blind -- Pilot focus group study -- Field studies -- Additional focus group studies -- Identifying research opportunities -- Collaborative writing research design and methodology -- Application design and usability evaluations
description: (D. Sc.) -- Towson University, 2014.
Nonlinearity-induced broadening of resonances in dynamically modulated couplers
Creators: name: Szameit, A.
name: Kartashov, Y. V.
name: Heinrich, M.
name: Dreisow, F.
name: Keil, R.
name: Nolte, S.
name: Tunnermann, A.
name: Vysloukh, V. A.
name: Lederer, F.
name: Torner, L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: Pattern Formation and Solitons (nlin.PS)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report the observation of nonlinearity-induced broadening of resonances in dynamically modulated directional couplers. When the refractive index of the guiding channels in the coupler is harmonically modulated along the propagation direction and out-of-phase in two channels, coupling can be completely inhibited at resonant modulation frequencies. We observe that nonlinearity broadens such resonances and that localization can be achieved even in detuned systems at power levels well below those required in unmodulated couplers.
description: 14 pages, 4 figures, to appear in Optics Letters
Jewish laws and teachings regarding the life of the factory farm animal
Creators: name: Zelt, Toby Joy
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2014

description: In Part One of this paper, the modern day factory farm is described in order to give the reader context about the modern realities of the food industry. In Part Two, I first examine the Jewish tradition's laws and ethical teachings regarding animals from Torah and its commentary. These laws and teachings stress vigilance toward proper and humane treatment and care of animals, whether or not they are used for food, and the Jew is clearly required to prevent animal suffering. The concepts of kashrut (dietary laws), tzaar baalei chayyim (the prevention of unnecessary pain to animals), and lefanim mishurat hadin (going beyond the letter of the law) are then explained and explored. Finally, three specific animal welfare concerns, including breeding, housing, and feeding at the factory farm are then examined in light of specific Jewish texts in Part Three. In conclusion, although by the letter of the kashrut law alone, often considered a category of ritual, the Jew is currently permitted to eat most animal products derived from animals raised in factory farm conditions, Jewish teachings affirm that it is a higher ethical standard to find alternatives that are more in line with the spirit of the laws, thereby going beyond the letter of the law and following the way of the righteous.
description: Part one: Understanding the factory farm -- Part two: Jewish teachings and law regarding animals. The Torah's direct commands and narratives; Sources for Tzaar Baalei Chayyim; Hukkim and finding meaning in Kashrut law; Factory farms and going beyond the letter of Kashrut law -- Part three: Examining the issues. Breeding; Feeding; Housing
description: (M.A.) -- Towson University, 2010.
Bringing Astronomy to the Students and Teachers using AppStronomy: Rupesh Labade at the OAE's 3rd Shaw-IAU Workshop
Creators: name: Labade, Rupesh
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Astronomy Education

description: Nowadays we can see the evolution of science and technology worldwide. However, teachers and students in many developing countries are not fully aware of it. Also, they should know how to use this technology in the learning and teaching process. So in this poster I want to share my practices with all of them. I have done some low-cost experiments with mobile applications and used them in teaching and learning astronomy. We basically call it "AppStronomy". They proved to be effective during the COVID-19 pandemic, when students were away from their school laboratories and were missing their regular experimentation. We found these applications to be useful for students as well as for teachers to engage them in quality experimentation at home. Using these low-cost experiments they can better understand basic concepts in astronomy. These experiments are cost-effective and easy to make. We did several experiments using these applications and got good observations.
IMMCMBS 2021 Canberra
Creators: name: Konarasinghe, W.G.S.
name: Rao, S.K.
name: Seshadri, R.
name: Abdullah, S.
name: Chaudhry, T.M.
name: Konarasinghe, K.M.U.B
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021

description: Proceedings of the Institute of Mathematics and Management Conference on Mathematical & Biological Sciences 2021 with Workshop on Data Analytics
title: Gesprächsführung in der individuellen Sprachlernberatung
Creators: name: Mehlhorn, Grit
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt
Year: 2023

description: Individuelle Sprachlernberatung orientiert sich in Anlehnung an Rogers (1983, 1985) am Konzept der non-direktiven Beratung. Damit verbunden ist ein positives Menschenbild, wie man es z.B. auch in der humanistischen Psychologie findet. Der Lerner wird als Person angesehen, die prinzipiell in der Lage ist selbstständig zu handeln, über ihr Lernen zu reflektieren, dieses zu kontrollieren und weiter zu entwickeln (zu einer detaillierten Beschreibung elaborativ-prospektiver "Subjektmodelle" vgl. Grotjahn 2005). Da Autonomie im Sinne Holecs (1979) bei jedem Lerner graduell unterschiedlich ausgeprägt ist, nehme ich an, dass der Lerner durch individuelle Beratung beim Ausbau dieser Fähigkeit unterstützt werden kann. Ich gehe weiterhin davon aus, dass der Lerner die Lösung für seine Lernprobleme in sich trägt. Ein vorwiegend direktives Vorgehen der Beraterin würde die Entwicklungsmöglichkeiten des Lerners in Frage stellen und könnte dazu führen, dass der Lerner zu Vorgehensweisen gedrängt wird, die ihm eigentlich fremd sind. Da der Lerner die vereinbarten Wege schließlich selbst beschreiten muss, sollte er sich damit auch identifizieren können.