cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
TEACHERS' BELIEFS ABOUT USING PSYCHOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE IN TEACHING
Creators: name: Sidneva, Anastasia
name: Tarasenko, Olga
Publisher: name: Материалы Международного психологического форума «Ребенок в цифровом мире»
Year: 2022
Subjects: school teachers
teachers beliefs
psychological knowledge
psychological competence
professional motivation
TOP-20 APA principles

description: Abstract: The problem of using psychological knowledge in teaching has been discussed for more than 120 years, starting with the works of W. James and G. Munsterberg. There are several research areas on this problem, each of which uses its own terminology (psychological competence of teachers, teachers' beliefs, teachers' psychological knowledge). Within the framework of this study, the methodology of teachers' beliefs was chosen for the following reasons: a) beliefs can be measured using questionnaire methods, b) beliefs reflect not only knowledge, but knowledge that teachers really have faith in, which means they are likely to use in practice, c) beliefs based on evidence-based psychological knowledge are likely to lead to a more effective learning process. The purpose of our study was to investigate situations which, according to teachers, require psychological knowledge and to determine the compliance of teachers' beliefs with evidence-based teaching psychological principles. The third goal was to study the relationship between teachers’ beliefs and their motivation. The research methods used were the author's questionnaire of teachers' psychological beliefs (Sidneva, Tarasenko, 2022), which was based on the TOP-20 APA psychological principles, and the Professional Motivation Questionnaire (Osin, Gorbunova, Gordeeva, 2017). The study was performed on a sample of 339 Russian school teachers. The results of the study showed that teachers often refer to situations that require the use of psychological knowledge as those in which they face problems (low motivation, strong emotional reactions etc.). 14 Secondly, teachers with a high proportion of false beliefs exhibit less productive types of motivation. The study also found differences related to the region of residence and work experience. The main conclusion of the study may be that teachers need not just high-quality psychological knowledge, but an understanding of how and why this knowledge can help them work more effectively.
The SEDs of Interacting Galaxies
Creators: name: Lanz, Lauranne
name: Brassington, Nicola
name: Zezas, Andreas
name: Smith, Howard A.
name: Ashby, Matthew L. N.
name: da Cunha, Elisabete
name: Klein, Christopher
name: Jonsson, Patrik
name: Hayward, Christopher C.
name: Hernquist, Lars
name: Fazio, Giovanni
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The evolution of galaxies is greatly influenced by their interactions. As part of a program to study interacting galaxies, we have measured and modeled the spectral energy distri- butions (SEDs) from the ultraviolet (UV) to the far-infrared (FIR). We describe the constraints imposed on star formation histories by these SEDs, and the variations therein seen across the interaction sequence, and we compare the results of different star formation rate prescriptions applied to the data. The sample itself is based on the Spitzer Interacting Galaxy Survey (SIGS) of 111 galaxies in 50 systems, a project designed to probe a range of galaxy interaction parameters in the infrared. Our SEDs combine the Spitzer results with multiwavelength data from other missions, in particular GALEX and Herschel. The subset presented here is the sample for which FIR Herschel observations are currently publicly available.
description: 5 pages, 4 figures, to appear in the proceedings of "The Spectral Energy Distribution of Galaxies", Preston England, September 2011
title: Case4: Multifocal and enhanced-depth-of-focus IOLs Overview presentation
Creators: name: Knorz, Michael C.
Publisher: name: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: 610 Medical sciences; Medicine

description: Extended-depth-of-focus IOL (EDOF-IOL) „erweitern“ den Bereich des „scharfen Sehens“, erhöhen also die Schärfentiefe. Anders als bei multifokalen IOL werden nicht mehrere Brennpunkte erzeugt.     Der theoretische Vorteil liegt in der geringeren Ausprägung unerwünschter[for full text, please go to the a.m. URL]
description: 29. Internationaler Kongress der Deutschen Ophthalmochirurgen
Deep learning with multi-dimensional medical image data
Creators: name: Gessert, Nils Thorben
Publisher: name: TUHH Universitätsbibliothek
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: medical imaging
subject: Deep learning
subject: machine learning
subject: Optical coherence tomography
subject: Magnetic resonance imaging
classificationCode: 004
subject: Informatik
classificationCode: 610
subject: Medizin

description: In dieser Arbeit werden tiefe Lernverfahren und ihre Anwendung im Bereich von multidimensionalen medizinischen Bilddaten untersucht. Viele Probleme in der medizinischen Bildanalyse erfordern die Verarbeitung von 3D oder sogar 4D örtlich-zeitlichen Daten. Während die hochdimensionale Verarbeitung das Ausnutzen von Kontext erlaubt, ist das Design von Modellen auf Grund von exponentiell wachsenden Parameterzahlen und Überanpassung schwierig. Daher stellen wir eine Vielzahl an tiefen Lernverfahren für niedrig und hochdimensional Daten vor. Dies umfasst 1D bis 4D faltende neuronale Netze, sowie rekurrente und siamesische Architekturen. Wir zeigen für verschiedenste Anwendungen, dass hochdimensionale Daten durch gut konzipierte Modelle oft effektiv genutzt werden.
description: In this work, we explore deep learning model design and application in the context of multi-dimensional data in medical image analysis. A lot of medical image analysis problems come with 3D or even 4D spatio-temporal data that requires appropriate processing. While higher-dimensional processing allows for exploiting a lot of context, model design becomes very challenging due to exponentially increasing model parameters and risk of overfitting. Therefore, we design a variety of deep learning models for low- and high-dimensional data processing, including 1D up to 4D convolutional neural networks, convolutional-recurrent models, and Siamese architectures. Across a large number of applications, we find that using high-dimensional data is often effective when using well-designed deep learning models.
Destination enlightenment : buddhism and the global bazaar in Bodh Gaya, Bihar
Creators: name: Geary, David
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: This dissertation is a historical ethnography that examines the social transformation of Bodh Gaya into a World Heritage site. On June 26, 2002, the Mahabodhi Temple Complex at Bodh Gaya was formally inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. As a place of cultural heritage and a monument of “outstanding universal value” this inclusion has reinforced the ancient significance of Bodh Gaya as the place of Buddha's enlightenment. In this dissertation, I take this recent event as a framing device for my historical and ethnographic analysis that details the varying ways in which Bodh Gaya is constructed out of a particular set of social relations. How do different groups attach meaning to Bodh Gaya's space and negotiate the multiple claims and memories embedded in place? How is Bodh Gaya socially constructed as a global site of memory and how do contests over its spatiality implicate divergent histories, narratives and events? In order to delineate the various historical and spatial meanings that place holds for different groups I examine a set of interrelated transnational processes that are the focus of this dissertation: 1) the emergence of Buddhist monasteries, temples and/or guest houses tied to international pilgrimage; 2) the role of tourism and pilgrimage as a source of economic livelihood for local residents; and 3) the role of state tourism development and urban planning. Based on my analysis of these social constituencies I argue that World Heritage sites, like the Mahabodhi Temple Complex, are important global spaces of convergence where history, memory, narratives and groups are entangled through UNESCO's universal claims. It is for these reasons that it is important to look beyond the universal abstraction and examine the ways in which spaces of global memory are laden with social and cultural meaning that is activated, reproduced and contested through a range of social practices. In this way, World Heritage is not only about the production of authoritative pasts but it is also about creating new meanings and forging new global public spheres across cultural, national and religious difference.
title: Case4: Multifocal and enhanced-depth-of-focus IOLs Trial – Contra
Creators: name: Preußner, Paul-Rolf
name: Langenbucher, Achim
name: Neuhann, Thomas
Publisher: name: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: 610 Medical sciences; Medicine

description: Visual acuity can either be focussed and optimized for one position (e.g. emmetropia), or distributed into different positions (foci), or into a continuous range, sometimes called “pseudoaccommodation range” or “depth of focus”. All optical errors apart from defocus, e.g.[for full text, please go to the a.m. URL]
description: 29. Internationaler Kongress der Deutschen Ophthalmochirurgen
Modelling and characterisation of a novel nonlinear velocity-amplified electromagnetic vibrational energy harvester
Creators: name: Nico, Valeria
Publisher: name: University of Limerick
Year: 2023
Subjects: Engineering

description: The use of sensors that can communicate wirelessly with each other (Internet of Things) is becoming widespread in everyday life. One of the main issues with this kind of technology, however, is the limited lifetime of batteries that are typically used to power sensor nodes. A practical solution to power these sensors comes from vibrational energy harvesting, in which the kinetic energy of ambient vibrations is converted into electrical energy. To overcome the problems of narrow bandwidth and high resonant frequency at small scale for conventional linear vibrational energy harvesters (VEHs), a nonlinear two degree-of-freedom (2-Dof) velocity-amplified VEH is presented in this thesis. Electromagnetic induction was used as the conversion mechanism. The harvester consisted of two masses relatively oscillating, one inside the other, between four sets of magnetic springs. A movable cap retained one of the mag?nets of the magnetic springs, in order to vary their effective elastic constant. The outer mass was made up of seven coils while the inner mass consisted of five magnets in a Halbach configuration. Collisions between the masses could occur, and they transferred momentum from the heavier to the lighter mass, increasing the velocity of the latter and so enhancing the output power. Magnetic springs introduced a hardening nonlinearity in the system, which was exploited to broaden the bandwidth of the device and to allow the masses to resonate in the sub 15 Hz range. Experimental and theoretical analyses were carried out for improved insight into the nonlinear dynamics of the device. Harmonic excitation and frequency sweeps were used to study the effects of cap height and external acceleration on the electrical response of the harvester. Hysteresis and a shift in the resonant peak, both caused by the hardening potential of magnetic springs, were observed in the experimental and theoretical data for increasing acceleration or for decreasing cap height. Bispectral analysis was carried out and identified period-doubling and couplings between modes, effects related to the use of magnetic springs. The possibility to predict couplings and the knowledge achieved through the analysis and characterisation of the nonlinear 2-Dof VEH were used to build a wideband 2-Dof VEH. This second prototype showed how the experimental and theoretical analysis of the nonlinear 2-Dof VEH were fundamental to develop a device that could work over a wide range of frequencies. The prototype was shown to exploit nonlinear effects to harvest significant levels of energy in regions far from resonance. Both prototypes exhibited best-in-class values of volumetric figure of merit in the sub 15 Hz frequency range.
Determinants of SARS-CoV-2 nasopharyngeal testing in a rural community sample susceptible of first infection: the CHRIS COVID-19 study
Creators: name: Giardiello, Daniele
name: Melotti, Roberto
name: Barbieri, Giulia
name: Gögele, Martin
name: Weichenberger, Christian X.
name: Foco, Luisa
name: Bottigliengo, Daniele
name: Barin, Laura
name: Lundin, Rebecca
name: Pramstaller, Peter P.
name: Pattaro, Cristian
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Computational Biology

description: To characterize COVID-19 epidemiology, numerous population-based studies have been undertaken to model the risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Less is known about what may drive the probability to undergo testing. Understanding how much testing is driven by contextual or individual conditions is important to delineate the role of individual behavior and to shape public health interventions and resource allocation. In the Val Venosta/Vinschgau district (South Tyrol, Italy), we conducted a population-representative longitudinal study on 697 individuals susceptible to first infection who completed 4,512 repeated online questionnaires at four-week intervals between September 2020 and May 2021. Mixed-effects logistic regression models were fitted to investigate associations of self-reported SARS-CoV-2 testing with individual characteristics (social, demographic, and biological) and contextual determinants. Testing was associated with month of reporting, reflecting the timing of both the pandemic intensity and public health interventions, COVID-19-related symptoms (odds ratio, OR:8.26; 95% confidence interval, CI:6.04–11.31), contacts with infected individuals within home (OR:7.47, 95%CI:3.81–14.62) or outside home (OR:9.87, 95%CI:5.78–16.85), and being retired (OR:0.50, 95%CI:0.34–0.73). Symptoms and next within- and outside-home contacts were the leading determinants of swab testing predisposition in the most acute phase of the pandemics. Testing was not associated with age, sex, education, comorbidities, or lifestyle factors. In the study area, contextual determinants reflecting the course of the pandemic were predominant compared to individual sociodemographic characteristics in explaining the SARS-CoV-2 probability of testing. Decision makers should evaluate whether the intended target groups were correctly prioritized by the testing campaign.
title: Glaukomchirurgie in Lokalanästhesie – Tipps und Tricks
Creators: name: Dietlein, Thomas S.
Publisher: name: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: 610 Medical sciences; Medicine

description: Hintergrund: Grundsätzlich sollte bei fortgeschrittenem Optikusschaden eine Retrobulbär- bzw. eine Parabulbäranästhesie vermieden werden, da beide Techniken zu einer negativen Beeinflussung der Optikusperfusion führen und in Einzelfällen auch mit dem psychologisch belastenden[zum vollständigen Text gelangen Sie über die oben angegebene URL]
description: 29. Internationaler Kongress der Deutschen Ophthalmochirurgen
title: Trabektom und Trabekelaspiration – was wirkt wo am besten?
Creators: name: Widder, Randolf A.
Publisher: name: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: 610 Medical sciences; Medicine

description: Zielsetzung: Trabekelaspiration und Trabektom zählen zu den kammerwinkelchirurgischen und somit minimal-invasiven Operationsverfahren beim Glaukom. In der vorliegenden Untersuchung soll herausgearbeitet werden, wann diese Verfahren sinnvoll und wirksam sind.    Methode: Bei der Trabekelaspiration[zum vollständigen Text gelangen Sie über die oben angegebene URL]
description: 29. Internationaler Kongress der Deutschen Ophthalmochirurgen
title: Yag-Iridotomie-Öffnung routinemäßig bei 3 oder 9 Uhr? CONTRA
Creators: name: Widder, Randolf A.
name: Klink, Thomas
Publisher: name: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: 610 Medical sciences; Medicine

description: Zielsetzung: Die optimale Lage einer Iridotomie ist zur Zeit Gegenstand der Diskussion. Während machmal die Positionierung durch anatomische Besonderheiten vorgegeben sind, so ist doch in der Regel der Ort frei wählbar. Ziel sollte sein, einen Kammerwasserfluß zwischen Hinterkammer und[zum vollständigen Text gelangen Sie über die oben angegebene URL]
description: 29. Internationaler Kongress der Deutschen Ophthalmochirurgen
REMPI Spectroscopy of HfF
Creators: name: Loh, Huanqian
name: Stutz, Russell P.
name: Yahn, Tyler S.
name: Looser, Herbert
name: Field, Robert W.
name: Cornell, Eric A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The spectrum of electronic states at 30000--33000 cm$^{-1}$ in hafnium fluoride has been studied using (1+1) resonance-enhanced multi-photon ionization (REMPI) and (1+1$'$) REMPI. Six $Ω' = 3/2$ and ten $Π_{1/2}$ vibronic bands have been characterized. We report the molecular constants for these bands and estimate the electronic energies of the excited states using a correction derived from the observed isotope shifts. When either of two closely spaced $Π_{1/2}$ electronic states is used as an intermediate state to access autoionizing Rydberg levels, qualitatively distinct autoionization spectra are observed. The intermediate state-specificity of the autoionization spectra bodes well for the possibility of using a selected $Π_{1/2}$ state as an intermediate state to create ionic HfF$^+$ in various selected quantum states, an important requirement for our electron electric dipole moment (eEDM) search in HfF$^+$.
description: 11 pages, 8 figures, 1 table
TEENAGERS’ SOCIAL NETWORKING AND EXTREMIST ATTITUDES
Creators: name: Sobkin, Vladimir
name: Fedotova, Aleksandra
Publisher: name: Материалы Международного психологического форума «Ребенок в цифровом мире»
Year: 2022
Subjects: social media
adolescence
aggression
protest
self-presentation intensity

description: Abstract: Teenagers’ protest activity and extremist attitudes are a significant component of the risk modern teenagers face during socialization, and social media is believed to be one of the main influences. This paper explores teenagers’ attitudes towards protests, demonstrations and extremism, depending on the peculiarities of their social networking and their social status, deviant behavioral tendency and real-life interaction in class. The report is based on the data of an anonymous online questionnaire survey carried out by the staff at the Center for Sociology of Education of the Institute of Education Management of the Russian Academy of Education in 2020-2021. The study involved 40,575 students from grades 7-11 throughout 17 regions of the Russian Federation. Mathematical statistical methods were used for data processing. The data obtained in the research showed that teenagers’ readiness to participate in active protest forms and involvement into extremist organizations’ activity were connected to their activity on social media and aggressive behavior on the internet. According to the survey, views on protests and demonstrations depend on the student’s social status: those with high status among classmates tend to choose active protest forms like participating in public protest events, appealing to the authorities, going to court. The data showed that deviant teenagers and the victims of school bullying were more likely to actively protest or assume extremist attitudes. The research also revealed specific gender and age differences: male students chose active forms of protest whereas female students preferred discussions with friends and family or hiding their protest. The legitimate protest activity increased with age (p≤0,05 for all comparisons). The results allow us to conclude that teenagers’ protest activity and their extremist attitudes are to a great extent a part of their overall life position
Ferromagnetic Quantum Critical Endpoint in UCoAl
Creators: name: Aoki, Dai
name: Combier, Tristan
name: Taufour, Valentin
name: Matsuda, Tatsuma D.
name: Knebel, Georg
name: Kotegawa, Hisashi
name: Flouquet, Jacques
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Resistivity and magnetostriction measurements were performed at high magnetic fields and under pressure on UCoAl. At ambient pressure, the 1st order metamagnetic transition at H_m ~ 0.7 T from the paramagnetic ground state to the field-induced ferromagnetic state changes to a crossover at finite temperature T_0 ~11 K. With increasing pressure, H_m linearly increases, while T_0 decreases and is suppressed at the quantum critical endpoint (QCEP, P_QCEP ~ 1.5 GPa, H_m ~ 7 T). At higher pressure, the value of H_m identified as a crossover continuously increases, while a new anomaly appears above P_QCEP at higher field H* in resistivity measurements. The field dependence of the effective mass (m*) obtained by resistivity and specific heat measurements exhibits a step-like drop at H_m at ambient pressure. With increasing pressure, it gradually changes into a peak structure and a sharp enhancement of m* is observed near the QCEP. Above P_QCEP, the enhancement of m* is reduced, and a broad plateau is found between H_m and H*. We compare our results on UCoAl with those of the ferromagnetic superconductor UGe2 and the itinerant metamagnetic ruthenate Sr3Ru2O7.
description: 10 pages, 14 figures, accepted for publication in J. Phys. Soc. Jpn
title: KEY NOTE LECTURE: Der Platz der Lasertrabekuloplastik in der Glaukombehandlung
Creators: name: Hommer, Anton-Bernhard
Publisher: name: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: 610 Medical sciences; Medicine

description: Die Idee einer Art Goniophotokoagulation mit Intensivlichtbehandlung zur Abflussverbesserung des Kammerwassers ist über fünfzig Jahre alt. Aber erst die wohldosierten Therapieschemata der Argonlasertrabekuloplastik (ALT) von Wise und Witter  (1979) führten dazu, daß diese relativ[zum vollständigen Text gelangen Sie über die oben angegebene URL]
description: 29. Internationaler Kongress der Deutschen Ophthalmochirurgen
Submillimetre Photometry of 323 Nearby Galaxies from the Herschel Reference Survey
Creators: name: Ciesla, L.
name: Boselli, A.
name: Smith, M. W. L.
name: Bendo, G. J.
name: Cortese, L.
name: Eales, S.
name: Bianchi, S.
name: Boquien, M.
name: Buat, V.
name: Davies, J.
name: Pohlen, M.
name: Zibetti, S.
name: Baes, M.
name: Cooray, A.
name: de Looze, I.
name: Alighieri, S. di Serego
name: Galametz, M.
name: Gomez, H. L.
name: Lebouteiller, V.
name: Madden, S. C.
name: Pappalardo, C.
name: Remy, A.
name: Spinoglio, L.
name: Vaccari, M.
name: Auld, R.
name: Clements, D. L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Herschel Reference Survey (HRS) is a guaranteed time Herschel key project aimed at studying the physical properties of the interstellar medium in galaxies of the nearby universe. This volume limited, K-band selected sample is composed of galaxies spanning the whole range of morphological types (from ellipticals to late-type spirals) and environments (from the field to the centre of the Virgo Cluster). We present flux density measurements of the whole sample of 323 galaxies of the HRS in the three bands of the Spectral and Photometric Imaging Receiver (SPIRE), at 250, 350 and 500 microns. Aperture photometry is performed on extended galaxies and point spread function (PSF) fitting on timeline data for unresolved objects; we carefully estimate errors and upper limits. The flux densities are found to be in good agreement with those of the HeViCS and KINGFISH key projects in all SPIRE bands, and of the Planck consortium at 350 and 550 microns, for the galaxies in common. This submillimetre catalogue of nearby galaxies is a benchmark for the study of the dust properties in the local universe, giving the zero redshift reference for any cosmological survey.
description: 26 pages, 9 figures, accepted for publication in A&A. The complete paper containing the atlas images of the 323 galaxies in the three SPIRE bands and in the SDSS r' band is available on http://hedam.oamp.fr/HRS/publication_download.php
title: Aktuelle Kontroverse Kapseleröffnung mit Nadel oder Pinzette, oder Laser? Laserkapsulotomie!
Creators: name: Knorz, Michael C.
Publisher: name: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: 610 Medical sciences; Medicine

description: Der Femtolaser ist ein Schritt auf dem Weg zur Perfektionierung. Moderne multifokale oder extendend-depth-of-focus IOL „funktionieren“ einfach besser, wenn sie perfekt zentriert und nicht verkippt sind. Dies wiederrum lässt sich mit einem Femtolaser in einem höheren Prozentsatz[zum vollständigen Text gelangen Sie über die oben angegebene URL]
description: 29. Internationaler Kongress der Deutschen Ophthalmochirurgen
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF VR-BASED EXPOSURE THERAPY ON TEST ANXIETY AMONG HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
Creators: name: Zhuoran, Si
name: Kuerban Kudunige
name: Guangxin Wang
Publisher: name: Материалы Международного психологического форума «Ребенок в цифровом мире»
Year: 2022
Subjects: VR-based exposure
imaginary exposure
high school students
test anxiety
fear of negative evaluation
general self-efficacy

description: Abstract: Test anxiety, caused by excessive stress, is on the rise and continues to affect adolescent academic performance and mental health before, during and after exams. Effective methods are needed to alleviate test anxiety and fear of negative evaluation, and to enhance self-efficacy. Virtual reality (VR) can provide immersive exam scenarios, which can help evoke and intervene in test anxiety, but its effectiveness needs further research. Therefore, this study explored the effects of VR-based exposure therapy on test anxiety and negative emotions and cognitions among high school students. A randomized control group preand post-test experimental design was adopted. 46 high school students with high test anxiety (Test Anxiety Scale＞20) were randomly assigned to the VR-based exposure group (n=15), imaginary exposure group (n=15), and the control group (n=16) to receive the intervention once a week for four sessions. Data were collected through self-report questionnaires, including test anxiety, test context anxiety, subjective units of distress, fear of negative evaluation, and general self-efficacy. The results showed that VR-based exposure and imaginary exposure were effective in preventing negative emotions and cognitions associated with test anxiety, significantly reducing test anxiety, test context anxiety and subjective distress units. Compared to the imaginary exposure group, VR-based exposure had greater potential to reduce test anxiety and test context anxiety but less improvement in subjective units of distress and self-efficacy. Fear of negative evaluation decreased in all groups, but neither group showed a significant difference. In conclusion, VR-based exposure therapy is an effective method to intervene in test anxiety among high school students, especially showing unique advantages in activating and alleviating negative emotions, but its effects on adolescents' self-perceptions still need to be further explored. Future research can investigate the mechanisms of VR interventions for adolescent test anxiety more systematically in terms of emotion and cognition.
Species diversity of fireflies in the carbamate contaminated areas in the lower Northern region, Thailand
Creators: name: Wandee Wattanachaiyingcharoen
Publisher: name: Asia-Pacific Journal of Science and Technology
Year: 2023
Subjects: Firefly distribution, Insecticide contamination habitats, Carbamate insecticide residues, Oxamyl residue, Methomyl residue

description: Asia-Pacific Journal of Science and Technology, 28, 3, 7
Monkeypox in Latin America and the Caribbean: assessment of the first 100 days of the 2022 outbreak
Creators: name: Quispe, Antonio M.
name: Castagnetto, Jesús M
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Ecology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: Statistics
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: During the 2022 monkeypox (mpox) epidemic’s first 100 days, 99 non-endemic countries, including 25 Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries, reported >64,000 cases. We aim to assess the cases’ introduction, epidemiological profile, initial response, transmission dynamics, and main challenges ahead among LAC countries during the first 100 days of the mpox 2022 epidemic. We used mixed methods, including desktop research and open data analysis. The 2022 mpox epidemic has progressed consistently through LAC, with Brazil and Peru combining for over 80% of the confirmed LAC cases. Although Brazil reports the highest mpox case counts (n = 4472), Peru reports the highest incidence (41 confirmed cases per 1 million inhabitants). Initially, LAC missed the opportunity to focus on the high-risk population, including the people living with HIV (PLHIV) and gay, bisexual, and men who have sex with men (GBMSM). Moreover, the main challenges ahead include stigmatization, vaccine inequity, barriers to accessing diagnostics, and complete isolation. Furthermore, we estimated that Colombia, Brazil, the United States, and Peru are the world frontrunners in mpox duplication time (estimated between 6.4 and 8.8) and effective reproductive number (estimated between 2.7 and 3.8). In addition, Brazil reported its first case of inverse zoonosis in a dog and Peru its first autochthonous MPXV lineage, B.1.6. LAC has become the epicenter of the 2022 mpox epidemic, with Brazil and Peru emerging as the new mpox hot zones. Therefore, LAC countries must join efforts to control this epidemic and overcome the challenges of vaccine inequity and stigmatization.
Sitting at the edge: How biomolecules use hydrophobicity to tune their interactions and function
Creators: name: Patel, Amish J.
name: Varilly, Patrick
name: Jamadagni, Sumanth N.
name: Hagan, Michael F.
name: Chandler, David
name: Garde, Shekhar
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph)
subject: Biomolecules (q-bio.BM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Water near hydrophobic surfaces is like that at a liquid-vapor interface, where fluctuations in water density are substantially enhanced compared to that in bulk water. Here we use molecular simulations with specialized sampling techniques to show that water density fluctuations are similarly enhanced, even near hydrophobic surfaces of complex biomolecules, situating them at the edge of a dewetting transition. Consequently, water near these surfaces is sensitive to subtle changes in surface conformation, topology, and chemistry, any of which can tip the balance towards or away from the wet state, and thus significantly alter biomolecular interactions and function. Our work also resolves the long-standing puzzle of why some biological surfaces dewet and other seemingly similar surfaces do not.
description: 12 pages, 4 figures
THE IMPACT OF EARLY CHILDHOOD DIGITAL ADDICTION ON COGNITIVE AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Creators: name: Zavgorodnii, Aleksei
Publisher: name: Материалы Международного психологического форума «Ребенок в цифровом мире»
Year: 2022
Subjects: Information technology
neural networks of the brain
cognitive and emotional development

description: Abstract: Digitalization has a detrimental effect on the yet unformed neural networks of the child's brain. The development of the child's brain affects the brain stem at the initial stage, and the cerebral cortex at the final stage. The first period is in the womb at 20-27 days, when the baby's brain begins to form from the front of the neural tube. The second period is considered to be the most critical: 1 8 weeks after birth, due to the formation of visual functions, and 6 24 months, a sensitive period when a set of psychological properties and behaviors are formed. And so on until the age of 20-23, when the final maturation of the prefrontal cortex of the brain occurs. The development of the brain has a wave diagram, but the most significant period is the period of the first three years due to its intensity of formation of the foundations of conditioned reflex connections, which are distinguished by their strength and can persist until the end of life. During this period of the formation of the child's psyche, replacing the real world with a virtual one, we replace the skills that have not yet been formed with third-party ones. In fact, slowing down the development of their own and grossly interfering in their formation, causing irreparable harm to the child's psyche for life. A deep addiction comparable to a drug addiction is established following the substitution of skills formed with the use and capabilities of artificial intelligence. When programs and various algorithms intuitively replace imaginative thinking, feelings, communicative qualities and more. The child's time must be filled with anything that will force him to 46 imagine, read, think, create and show curiosity, interest, care, compassion, and love. This is a daily feat, and I wish everyone involved in the process plenty of patience, endurance, and wisdom.
Harnessing Chnoospora minima (Hering) Papenfuss (Scytosiphonaceae, Ochrophyta) for pharmaceutical application: Antioxidant, antibacterial, tyrosinase and elastase inhibition properties
Creators: name: Eldrin DLR. Arguelles
Publisher: name: Asia-Pacific Journal of Science and Technology
Year: 2023
Subjects: Algae, Bioactive compound, Biological activity, Chnoospora minima,Marine, Philippines, Seaweed, Tropical

description: Asia-Pacific Journal of Science and Technology, 28, 3, 11
Gauge Invariance and the Goldstone Theorem
Creators: name: Guralnik, Gerald
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: History and Philosophy of Physics (physics.hist-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This manuscript was originally created for and printed in the "Proceedings of seminar on unified theories of elementary particles" held in Feldafing Germany from July 5 to 16 1965 under the auspices of the Max-Planck-Institute for Physics and Astrophysics in Munich. It details and expands upon the Guralnik, Hagen, and Kibble paper that shows that the Goldstone theorem does not require physical zero mass particles in gauge theories and provides an example through the model which has become the template for the unified electroweak theory and a main component of the Standard Model.
description: I am posting this here because I have been receiving requests for copies since the original proceedings are not readily available
Experiments on the Wavemaking of a Drifting Ship
Creators: name: Sharma, Som Deo
name: Bellows, Gerald E.
Publisher: name: TUHH Universitätsbibliothek
Year: 1975
Subjects: classificationCode: 620
subject: Ingenieurwissenschaften
classificationCode: 620
subject: Engineering and allied operations
classificationCode: 52.00
subject: Maschinenbau, Energietechnik, Fertigungstechnik: Allgemeines

description: Experiments on the Wavemaking of a Drifting Ship
Competitiveness and sustainability : perspectives from the secondary wood industry of British Columbia, the forest industries of New Zealand, Chile, and Brazil, and the sugarcane-based ethanol industry of Brazil
Creators: name: Spetic, Wellington Chaves
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: This investigation assesses British Columbia’s secondary wood products industry, the forest products industries of New Zealand, Chile, and Brazil, and Brazil’s sugarcane-based ethanol and industrial plantation forest industries. More specifically, the dynamic and interrelated concepts of competitiveness and sustainability within the contexts of the BC secondary wood products sector and other competing regions are examined. Manufacturing and business competencies were used to inform the competitiveness construct, while the role that various sustainability issues (i.e. social and environmental) may play on firms’ future strategies was also assessed. key research questions considered were: What are key factors for the future competitiveness of the BC secondary wood products industry? How have southern hemisphere industries been able to successfully enter major export markets and what factors will impact their competitiveness in the future? Is there a potential relationship between sustainability and competitiveness in the forest sectors of the world? Qualitative methodologies of grounded theory and case studies were used to address these research questions. Findings indicate that business-related strategies, as opposed to manufacturing strategies, are the most critical factors that firms must consider for their long-term competitiveness. In the BC secondary wood products sector, improvements in the quality of managerial and entrepreneurial capacity will be particularly important. In New Zealand, forest ownership fragmentation will likely play a role on the business-related strategies of firms, as raw material security may become an issue. Despite Chile’s well-known business orientation, external factors, such as rising input and shipping costs, will have to be taken into account to ensure future success. In Brazil, the need for improvements to the country’s environmental legal framework is considered a critical concern at this time. However, in the long run, business-oriented strategies will become more important to Brazilian firms. In all of the regions studied, participants agreed that the constructs of sustainability and competitiveness will become increasingly intertwined in the global forest sectors of the near future. Finally, a foundation is laid for the theoretical development of a framework for the competitive environment for post-industrial firms, which includes sustainability.
Comparing growth and carotenoids production of microalgae, Acutodesmus sp., in autotrophic and heterotrophic environments
Creators: name: Kongkeitkajorn, Mallika Boonmee
Publisher: name: Asia-Pacific Journal of Science and Technology
Year: 2023
Subjects: Acutodesmus, Scenedesmus, Carotenoids, Autotrophic, Heterotrophic, Microalgae, Cultivation

description: Asia-Pacific Journal of Science and Technology, 28, 3, 7
THE FEATURES OF ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORK USE AS PREDICTORS OF TEENAGER’S LIFE-SATISFACTION
Creators: name: Kornienko, Dmitry
Publisher: name: Материалы Международного психологического форума «Ребенок в цифровом мире»
Year: 2022
Subjects: teenager’s life-satisfaction
well-being
online social network

description: Abstract: The growing body of research on the association between well-being and online social network (OSN) use has resulted in a range of explanations for this relationship. 55 There is a displacement hypothesis, and simulation and communicative hypotheses (Bruggeman et al., 2019). In addition, there is a Goldilocks hypothesis that could help explain why well-being and internet use do not correlate linearly (Przybylski and Weinstein, 2017). The main purpose of the study was to analyze the associations between life-satisfaction, integration of online social networks into daily behavior, features of online social networks, motives, and online risks in the context of various approaches. Research methods and sample. The sample consisted of 409 teenagers aged 12-17. A social media use integration scale was utilized to assess the incorporation of online behavior into everyday routines (Jenkins-Guarnieri et al., 2013). Respondents’ perceived life-satisfaction was assessed using items based on the scale developed by Diener et al. (1985). Participants were asked about the motives of OSN use, online risks, and features of OSN use (Staksrud et al., 2013). Main results. Life satisfaction was negatively associated with social media use integreation and OSN use features. Risk factors were at the zero-order correlation level. A positive link was found between life-satisfaction and the number of online friends. The regression model accounted for 16% of the variance of life-satisfaction, with significant predictors such as the number of online friends, and the motive of content posting (positive), social media use integration, and risk factors (negative). Conclusion. These results partly support the displacement and stimulation hypotheses, but based on the regression results, it may be speculated that the detrimental impact of online social networks on teenagers' life-satisfaction is more significant. However, the more complex relationships between online social network use and life-satisfaction need to be considered.
title: Erfahrungen mit dem Refraktionsscreening in Afrika
Creators: name: Paschke, Christiane
Publisher: name: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: 610 Medical sciences; Medicine

description: Unkorrigierte Refraktionsfehler stellen nach Katarakt die zweithäufigste Ursache für Blindheit dar; weltweit sind sie mit 43% der Hauptgrund für Sehbehinderung (Visus <0,3 dec.). Betroffen sind alle Altersgruppen mit Häufung ab dem 50. LJ; bei Kindern hat das Nichtentdecken[zum vollständigen Text gelangen Sie über die oben angegebene URL]
description: 29. Internationaler Kongress der Deutschen Ophthalmochirurgen
Infinite permutations vs. infinite words
Creators: name: Frid, Anna E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Formal Languages and Automata Theory (cs.FL)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: I am going to compare well-known properties of infinite words with those of infinite permutations, a new object studied since middle 2000s. Basically, it was Sergey Avgustinovich who invented this notion, although in an early study by Davis et al. permutations appear in a very similar framework as early as in 1977. I am going to tell about periodicity of permutations, their complexity according to several definitions and their automatic properties, that is, about usual parameters of words, now extended to permutations and behaving sometimes similarly to those for words, sometimes not. Another series of results concerns permutations generated by infinite words and their properties. Although this direction of research is young, many people, including two other speakers of this meeting, have participated in it, and I believe that several more topics for further study are really promising.
description: In Proceedings WORDS 2011, arXiv:1108.3412
Implementation of Tobacco Control Policies in Bangladesh: A Political Economy Analysis
Creators: name: Hoque, Md Mahmudul
name: Tama, Riffat Ara Zannat
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 140213 Public Economics- Public Choice
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: 140208 Health Economics

description: After ratifying the Framework Convention for Tobacco Control in 2004, Bangladesh enacted anti-tobacco laws, policies, and administrative measures. Evidence suggests that the progress so far has not been significant, and Bangladesh will most likely fail to meet its target to become tobacco-free by 2040. This study undertakes a national-level political economy analysis to explore the dynamics that affect the processes of required tobacco policy reforms and implementation. Based on a desk review of pertinent pieces of literature and key informant interviews, this research examines the political behavior of key individuals, institutional reform initiatives, and the government’s commitment to the tobacco control agenda. The findings indicate that the political will of becoming tobacco-free is explicitly present in key narratives. However, intra-government conflict of interests and incentives, the skewed commitment of government bodies, state-business nexus, incapacity of vital organizations, and the dubious role of key individuals and committees fail to translate this will into active implementation. The article concludes that the idea of tobacco control remains a strategic accommodation, and its implementation requires genuine commitment and wider public support. The government must confer adequate authority and resources to the national tobacco control cell and call for agencies to convene to the common goal of creating a tobacco-free Bangladesh.
title: Erfahrungen mit der Refraktiven Chirurgie in Afrika
Creators: name: Gäckle, Harald
Publisher: name: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: 610 Medical sciences; Medicine

description: Zielsetzung / Ausgagssituation: Grundsätzlich herrscht in den Metropolen vieler afrikanischer Schwellenländer eine sehr große Nachfrage hinsichtlich moderner Medizin nach westlichem Standard. Angebote hinsichtlich refraktiver Chirurgie stellen trotz hoher Nachfrage in Afrika eher[zum vollständigen Text gelangen Sie über die oben angegebene URL]
description: 29. Internationaler Kongress der Deutschen Ophthalmochirurgen
Comments on: "Starting solutions for some unsteady unidirectional flows of a second grade fluid," [Int. J. Eng. Sci. 43 (2005) 781]
Creators: name: Christov, Ivan C.
name: Jordan, P. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A significant mathematical error is identified and corrected in a recent highly-cited paper on oscillatory flows of second-grade fluids [Fetecau & Fetecau (2005). Int. J. Eng. Sci., 43, 781--789]. The corrected solutions are shown to agree identically with numerical ones generated by a finite-difference scheme, while the original ones of Fetecau & Fetecau do not. A list of other recent papers in the literature that commit the error corrected in this Comment is compiled. Finally, a summary of related erroneous papers in this journal is presented as an Appendix.
description: 8 pages, 2 figures (4 images), elsarticle class; accepted for publication in International Journal of Engineering Science
Bidding for oil and gas leases: theory and strategy
Creators: name: Whistler, Diana Elizabeth Noel
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 1978
Subjects: subject: HD 9574 C22 W53 1978 Microfiche
subject: Oil and gas leases - Canada
subject: Petroleum industry and trade - Canada
subject: Petroleum law and legislation - Canada

description: Bibliography: p. 88-90.