cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Leveraging an Alignment Set in Tackling Instance-Dependent Label Noise
Creators: name: Tjandra, Donna
name: Wiens, Jenna
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Noisy training labels can hurt model performance. Most approaches that aim to address label noise assume label noise is independent from the input features. In practice, however, label noise is often feature or \textit{instance-dependent}, and therefore biased (i.e., some instances are more likely to be mislabeled than others). E.g., in clinical care, female patients are more likely to be under-diagnosed for cardiovascular disease compared to male patients. Approaches that ignore this dependence can produce models with poor discriminative performance, and in many healthcare settings, can exacerbate issues around health disparities. In light of these limitations, we propose a two-stage approach to learn in the presence instance-dependent label noise. Our approach utilizes \textit{\anchor points}, a small subset of data for which we know the observed and ground truth labels. On several tasks, our approach leads to consistent improvements over the state-of-the-art in discriminative performance (AUROC) while mitigating bias (area under the equalized odds curve, AUEOC). For example, when predicting acute respiratory failure onset on the MIMIC-III dataset, our approach achieves a harmonic mean (AUROC and AUEOC) of 0.84 (SD [standard deviation] 0.01) while that of the next best baseline is 0.81 (SD 0.01). Overall, our approach improves accuracy while mitigating potential bias compared to existing approaches in the presence of instance-dependent label noise.
Gravitational waves from pulsars with measured braking index
Creators: name: de Araujo, Jose C. N.
name: Coelho, Jaziel G.
name: Costa, Cesar A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the putative emission of gravitational waves (GWs) in particular for pulsars with measured braking index. We show that the appropriate combination of both GW emission and magnetic dipole brakes can naturally explain the measured braking index, when the surface magnetic field and the angle between the magnetic dipole and rotation axes are time dependent. Then we discuss the detectability of these very pulsars by aLIGO and the Einstein Telescope. We call attention to the realistic possibility that aLIGO can detect the GWs generated by at least some of these pulsars, such as Vela, for example.
description: 6 pages and 4 figures
The Role Of Achieving Competitive Excellence Operating System Implementation On Company's Internal Supply Chain Integration: Ethiopian Airlines In Focus
Creators: name: Tesema, Chernet
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2018

description: ACE (Achieving Competitive Excellence) is a company-wide strategy. It is an approach to relentlessly improving the value that we deliver to our customers. ACE guides the setting of strategic priorities, establishes processes for translating strategies into actions, and set up feedback mechanisms for assessing improvement and performance (Roth 2010). EAL started implementing ACE since 2007 as an operating tool. This study was empirically examined by aiming the key roles of ACE implementation on Ethiopian Airlines Internal Supply Chain Integration as the airlines is using ACE as an operating system. The study had employed questionnaire and interview which administered on a sample of 138 Ethiopian Airline's ACE cell Agents or department representatives. Questionnaire using random sampling and five top management of the airline change and performance management for interview using purposive sampling carried out to examine the roles of ACE implementation on Ethiopian airlines internal Supply Chain Integration. In order to analyze, interpret and present the data captured via questionnaire, Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) were used. Descriptive analysis methods i.e., percentage, means, standard deviation, correlation, regression were used. Validity, reliability, and multicolinearity tests were conducted on the data. The data analysis was based on result conducted through correlation and linear regression. With regard to the survey output, internal supply chain integration had statistically positive significant relationship with some ACE Operating Tools like RCCA, MISPRO, and DM. The dependent variable Internal Supply Chain Integration is well explained by the model/ACE Operating Tools (DM, TPM, RCCA, QCPC, MISPRO, SS, PM). These finding will provide the necessary resource in light of the possibility of future research projects.
Assessment of Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices Regarding Maternal Nutrition Among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care Clinics In Public Hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2015
Creators: name: Arega, Mikyas
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2015

description: Background: Nutrition is a fundamental pillar of human life, health and development throughout the entire life span. Especially Pregnancy is a time of increased energy and nutrient needs for a woman in order to meet the needs of the growing fetus and of maternal tissues associated with pregnancy. However, little has been explored about nutritional knowledge, attitudes and practices among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Therefore; this study was conducted to describe the nutritional knowledge, attitudes and practices among pregnant women attended selected public hospitals of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Objective: The objective of this research was to assess Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices regarding maternal nutrition among pregnant women attending Antenatal care (ANC) clinics in selected Public Hospitals, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2015. Methods and Materials: An institutional based cross sectional study was complemented to collect relevant data among 322 pregnant women attended ANC clinics in selected public Hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. A simple random sampling procedure was used to select public Hospitals and systematic sampling was used to select pregnant mothers using the hospitals registration list. The data was collected with Interview using a pre tested semi- structured questionnaire from April to May, 2015 Result: The data were analyzed using SPSS version 21. Multiple logistic regressions were run to assess factors that were associated with the dependent variables at P< 0.05 and to control the confounders. This study revealed that among 322 pregnant women only 87(27%), 156(48.4%) and 111(34.5%) of pregnant women had knowledge, favorable attitude and good practices of nutrition during pregnancy. There was a positive significant association between educational status of women, family income, attitude, number of pregnancies and nutrition knowledge during pregnancy. Knowledge had positive significant association with attitude of respondents towards nutrition during pregnancy. Knowledge, family income, husband education and occupation had a positive association with good practices of nutrition during pregnancy Conclusion and Recomendation: The knowledge, attitude and practices of nutrition during pregnancy were relatively low in the study area. The government and the concerned bodies should focus on education and to eradicate poverty. Keywords: Knowledge; Attitude; Practice; Nutrition; Malnutrition; Pregnancy
Polynomial invariants by linear algebra
Creators: name: de Oliveira, Steven
name: Bensalem, Saddek
name: Prevosto, Virgile
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Logic in Computer Science (cs.LO)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We present in this paper a new technique for generating polynomial invariants, divided in two independent parts : a procedure that reduces polynomial assignments composed loops analysis to linear loops under certain hypotheses and a procedure for generating inductive invariants for linear loops. Both of these techniques have a polynomial complexity for a bounded number of variables and we guarantee the completeness of the technique for a bounded degree which we successfully implemented for C programs verification.
description: 15 pages + 6 appendix
Praktikanten-Schein (am physiologischen-chemischen Praktikum)
Creators: name: Uniwersytet Wrocławski
Publisher: name: University of Victoria Libraries
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Universities and colleges
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1161597
subject: Medical colleges
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1013952
subject: Interns (Medicine)
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/977321
subject: Preuss, Siegfried
subject: Education
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/902499

description: Internship certificate for Siegfried Preuss' successful completion of a physiological chemistry internship that took place in the winter "half year" between 5 November 1931 and 11 February 1932. Signed by a member of the board of the chemistry department of the physiological institute at the University of Breslau. Issued by the Physiological Institute of the University of Breslau.
Collapse behaviour of trough stiffened steel plate
Creators: name: de George., Dennis Manuel
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

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Combining DVL-INS and Laser-Based Loop Closures in a Batch Estimation Framework for Underwater Positioning
Creators: name: Al-Baali, Amro
name: Hitchcox, Thomas
name: Forbes, James Richard
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Robotics (cs.RO)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Correcting gradual position drift is a challenge in long-term subsea navigation. Though highly accurate, modern inertial navigation system (INS) estimates will drift over time due to the accumulated effects of sensor noise and biases, even with acoustic aiding from a Doppler velocity log (DVL). The raw sensor measurements and estimation algorithms used by the DVL-aided INS are often proprietary, which restricts the fusion of additional sensors that could bound navigation drift over time. In this letter, the raw sensor measurements and their respective covariances are estimated from the DVL-aided INS output using semidefinite programming tools. The estimated measurements are then augmented with laser-based loop-closure measurements in a batch state estimation framework to correct planar position errors. The heading uncertainty from the DVL-aided INS is also considered in the estimation of the updated positions. The pipeline is tested in simulation and on experimental field data. The proposed methodology reduces the long-term navigation drift by more than 30 times compared to the DVL-aided INS estimate.
description: 17 pages, 13 figures. Accepted for publication at the IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering
Simple inflationary quintessential model II: Power law potentials
Creators: name: de Haro, Jaume
name: Amorós, Jaume
name: Pan, Supriya
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The present work is a sequel of our previous work Phys.Rev.D { 93}, 084018 (2016) [arXiv:1601.08175 [gr-qc]] cite{hap} which depicted a simple version of an inflationary quintessential model whose inflationary stage was described by a Higgs type potential and the quintessential phase was responsible due to an exponential potential. Additionally, the model predicted a nonsingular universe in past which was geodesically past incomplete. Further, it was also found that the model is in agreement with the Planck 2013 data when running is allowed. But, this model was found to be unsuccessful with Planck 2015 data with or without running. However, in this sequel we propose a family of models runs by a single parameter $alpha in [0, 1]$ which proposes another "inflationary quintessential model" where the inflation and the quintessence regimes are respectively described by a power law potential and a cosmological constant. The model is also nonsingular although geodesically past incomplete as in the cited model. However, the present one is found to be more simple in compared to the previous model and it is in excellent agreement with the observational data. We note that unlike the previous model which matched only with Planck 2013 data in presence of running, a large number of the models of this family with $alpha in [0,1/2)$ matches with both Planck 2013 and Planck 2015 data whether the running is allowed or not. Thus, the properties in the current family of models in compared to its past companion justify its need for a better cosmological model with the successive improvement of the observational data.1
description: Version accepted for publication in PRD
A Fast Geometric Multigrid Method for Curved Surfaces
Creators: name: Wiersma, Ruben
name: Nasikun, Ahmad
name: Eisemann, Elmar
name: Hildebrandt, Klaus
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Computational Geometry (cs.CG)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We introduce a geometric multigrid method for solving linear systems arising from variational problems on surfaces in geometry processing, Gravo MG. Our scheme uses point clouds as a reduced representation of the levels of the multigrid hierarchy to achieve a fast hierarchy construction and to extend the applicability of the method from triangle meshes to other surface representations like point clouds, nonmanifold meshes, and polygonal meshes. To build the prolongation operators, we associate each point of the hierarchy to a triangle constructed from points in the next coarser level. We obtain well-shaped candidate triangles by computing graph Voronoi diagrams centered around the coarse points and determining neighboring Voronoi cells. Our selection of triangles ensures that the connections of each point to points at adjacent coarser and finer levels are balanced in the tangential directions. As a result, we obtain sparse prolongation matrices with three entries per row and fast convergence of the solver.
description: Ruben Wiersma and Ahmad Nasikun contributed equally. To be published in SIGGRAPH 2023. 16 pages total (8 main, 5 supplement), 14 figures
Field-created diverse quantizations in phosphorenes
Creators: name: Wu, Jhao-Ying
name: Chen, Szu-Chao
name: Gumbs, Godfrey
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Electronic properties of few-layer phosphorenes are investigated by the generalized tight-binding model. They are greatly diversified by the electric and magnetic fields ($E_z$ and $B_z$). The $E_z$-induced gap transition, Dirac cones, oscillatory bands and critical points are present in bilayer system, but absent in monolayer one. The diverse magnetic quantization phenomena cover the coexistent two subgroups of Landau levels, the uniform and non-uniform energy spacings, and the crossing and anti-crossing behaviors. Specifically, the wavefunctions exhibit the dramatic changes between the well-behaved and multi-mode oscillations. The feature-rich energy spectra are reveled in density of states as .many special structures which could be verified from scanning tunneling spectroscopy.
Factum et fictum. Literarische und theologische Erwägungen zur Romreise des Paulus in der Apostelgeschichte (Apg 27,1-28,16)
Creators: name: Hummel, Adrian
Publisher: name: Biblische Notizen
Year: 1970

description: Biblische Notizen, Bd. 106 (2001): Biblische Notizen, Band 106
Development and characterization of a diamond-insulated graphitic multi electrode array realized with ion beam lithography
Creators: name: Picollo, F.
name: Battiato, A.
name: Carbone, E.
name: Croin, L.
name: Enrico, E.
name: Forneris, J.
name: Gosso, S.
name: Olivero, P.
name: Pasquarelli, A.
name: Carabelli, V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The detection of quantal exocytic events from neurons and neuroendocrine cells is a challenging task in neuroscience. One of the most promising platforms for the development of a new generation of biosensors is diamond, due to its biocompatibility, transparency and chemical inertness. Moreover, the electrical properties of diamond can be turned from a perfect insulator into a conductive material (resistivity Ohm cm) by exploiting the metastable nature of this allotropic form of carbon. A 16 channels MEA (Multi Electrode Array) suitable for cell culture growing has been fabricated by means of ion implantation. A focused 1.2 MeV He+ beam was scanned on a IIa single-crystal diamond sample (4.5x4.5x0.5 mm3) to cause highly damaged sub-superficial structures that were defined with micrometric spatial resolution. After implantation, the sample was annealed. This process provides the conversion of the sub-superficial highly damaged regions to a graphitic phase embedded in a highly insulating diamond matrix. Thanks to a three-dimensional masking technique, the endpoints of the sub-superficial channels emerge in contact with the sample surface, therefore being available as sensing electrodes. Cyclic voltammetry and amperometry measurements of solutions with increasing concentrations of adrenaline were performed to characterize the biosensor sensitivity. The reported results demonstrate that this new type of biosensor is suitable for in vitro detection of catecholamine release.
description: 14 pages, 5 figures
Praktikantenschein (der Medizinischen Poliklinik)
Creators: name: Uniwersytet Wrocławski
Publisher: name: University of Victoria Libraries
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Universities and colleges
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1161597
subject: Medical colleges
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1013952
subject: Education
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/902499
subject: Preuss, Siegfried

description: Internship certificate for Siegfried Preuss' successful completion of an internship at a medical polyclinic that took place in the summer "half year" from 12 May 1934 to 1 August 1934. Signed by the director of the medical polyclinic in Breslau. Issued by the University of Breslau.
Deliverable 5.7: Consultation workshops planning and outcomes report
Creators: name: Villegas, Aisha
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022

description: This deliverable provides an overview and summary of the three Consultation Workshops organized during the first and second of the inDICEs project within WP5 Dissemination, Stakeholder engagement and Exploitation. The document gives a summary and outlines the key outcomes of each of the workshops that served to engage with a wider stakeholder community to gather insights and feedback to inform the direction of the project.
The CHARA Array resolves the long-period Wolf-Rayet binaries WR 137 and WR 138
Creators: name: Richardson, Noel D.
name: Shenar, Tomer
name: Roy-Loubier, Olivier
name: Schaefer, Gail
name: Moffat, Anthony F. J.
name: St-Louis, Nicole
name: Gies, Douglas R.
name: Farrington, Chris
name: Hill, Grant M.
name: Williams, Peredur M.
name: Gordon, Kathryn
name: Pablo, Herbert
name: Ramiaramanantsoa, Tahina
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report on interferometric observations with the CHARA Array of two classical Wolf-Rayet stars in suspected binary systems, namely WR 137 and WR 138. In both cases, we resolve the component stars to be separated by a few milliarcseconds. The data were collected in the H-band, and provide a measure of the fractional flux for both stars in each system. We find that the WR star is the dominant H-band light source in both systems ($f_{\rm WR, 137} = 0.59\pm0.04$; $f_{\rm WR, 138} = 0.67\pm0.01$), which is confirmed through both comparisons with estimated fundamental parameters for WR stars and O dwarfs, as well as through spectral modeling of each system. Our spectral modeling also provides fundamental parameters for the stars and winds in these systems. The results on WR 138 provide evidence that it is a binary system which may have gone through a previous mass-transfer episode to create the WR star. The separation and position of the stars in the WR 137 system together with previous results from the IOTA interferometer provides evidence that the binary is seen nearly edge-on. The possible edge-on orbit of WR 137 aligns well with the dust production site imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope during a previous periastron passage, showing that the dust production may be concentrated in the orbital plane.
description: 11 pages, 4 tables, 7 figures, accepted to MNRAS
Praktikantenschein (der Kinderklinik)
Creators: name: Uniwersytet Wrocławski
Publisher: name: University of Victoria Libraries
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Preuss, Siegfried
subject: Medical colleges
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1013952
subject: Education
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/902499
subject: Universities and colleges
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1161597

description: Internship certificate for Siegfried Preuss' successful completion of an internship at a pediatric clinic that took place in the winter "half year" between 6 November 1934 and 15 February 1935. Signed by the director of the pediatric clinic in Breslau (Stolte). Issued by the University of Breslau.
The mechanical, microstructure and texture properties of interstitial-free steel subjected to equal channel angular extrusion
Creators: name: Gazder., Azdiar Adil
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

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Wind-induced Cross-Strait Sea Level Variability in the Strait of Gibraltar using Coastal Altimetry and In-Situ Measurements
Creators: name: Gomez-Enri, J.
name: Gonzalez, C.
name: Passaro, M.
name: Vignudelli, S.
name: Alvarez, O.
name: Cipollini, P.
name: Mananes, R.
name: Bruno, M.
name: Lopez-Carmona, P.
name: Izquierdo, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics (physics.ao-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this work, we retracked altimeter waveforms of ESA satellites. ERS2 RA and Envisat RA2 from descending track 0360 over the eastern side of the Strait of Gibraltar using the Adaptive Leading Edge Subwaveform ALES retracker.
Simple Left-Right Theory: Lepton Number Violation at the LHC
Creators: name: Perez, Pavel Fileviez
name: Murgui, Clara
name: Ohmer, Sebastian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We propose a simple left-right symmetric theory where the neutrino masses are generated at the quantum level. In this context the neutrinos are Majorana fermions and the model has the minimal degrees of freedom in the scalar sector needed for symmetry breaking and mass generation. We discuss the lepton number violating signatures with two charged leptons of different flavor and missing energy at the Large Hadron Collider in order to understand the testability of the theory.
description: to appear as a Rapid Communication in Physical Review D
Crystal structure and physical properties of the Sr-vacant spin-orbit-coupling induced Mott insulator Sr2-xIrO4
Creators: name: Kong, Jimei
name: Liu, S. L.
name: Cheng, Jie
name: Wang, Haiyun
name: Li, Xing ao
name: Wang, Z. H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A series of polycrystalline samples of Sr2-xIrO4 have been synthesized by a solid-state reaction method. The crystal structure of this doped system can be explained on the basis of the extended nature of 5d electrons and strontium vacancies in Sr2-xIrO4. The analysis of the temperature-dependent resistance of these samples reveals the semiconducting feature, where three dimensional variable range hopping behavior is observed at temperatures lower than 120K, Arrhenius type in intermediate temperatures from 140K to 200K, and two-dimensional (2D) weak localization at high temperatures from 220K to 300K. Correspondingly, temperature-dependent magnetic properties in the range of x less than 0.30 can be described by the antiferromagnetically ordered spin system.
description: 18 pages, 6 figures
Analogue load modelling with applications to reliability analysis of power system dynamics
Creators: name: Gawler., Ross Andrew
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

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Microscopic Conductivity of Lattice Fermions at Equilibrium - Part I: Non-Interacting Particles
Creators: name: Bru, J. -B.
name: Pedra, W. de Siqueira
name: Hertling, C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider free lattice fermions subjected to a static bounded potential and a time- and space-dependent electric field. For any bounded convex region $\mathcal{R}\subset \mathbb{R}^{d}$ ($d\geq 1$) of space, electric fields $\mathcal{E}$ within $\mathcal{R}$ drive currents. At leading order, uniformly with respect to the volume $\left| \mathcal{R}\right| $ of $\mathcal{R}$ and the particular choice of the static potential, the dependency on $\mathcal{E}$ of the current is linear and described by a conductivity distribution. Because of the positivity of the heat production, the real part of its Fourier transform is a positive measure, named here (microscopic) conductivity measure of $\mathcal{R}$, in accordance with Ohm's law in Fourier space. This finite measure is the Fourier transform of a time-correlation function of current fluctuations, i.e., the conductivity distribution satisfies Green-Kubo relations. We additionally show that this measure can also be seen as the boundary value of the Laplace-Fourier transform of a so-called quantum current viscosity. The real and imaginary parts of conductivity distributions satisfy Kramers-Kronig relations. At leading order, uniformly with respect to parameters, the heat production is the classical work performed by electric fields on the system in presence of currents. The conductivity measure is uniformly bounded with respect to parameters of the system and it is never the trivial measure $0\,\mathrm{d}ν$. Therefore, electric fields generally produce heat in such systems. In fact, the conductivity measure defines a quadratic form in the space of Schwartz functions, the Legendre-Fenchel transform of which describes the resistivity of the system. This leads to Joule's law, i.e., the heat produced by currents is proportional to the resistivity and the square of currents.
Assessment Of Facility Management Practice -The Case Of Cooperative Bank Of Oromia S.C.
Creators: name: Abera, Seyoum
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2017

description: Facilities management (FM) has significant contribution for success of an organization. Irrespective of the size, whether in the private or public sector, the aim should be to manage facilities to enable organizations to better achieve their operational objectives. Effective FM leads and should lead to the reduction of costs, a better quality of products and services, an effective organization, customer satisfaction and competitive advantage. Facilities Management is varied and multi disciplinary, it may cover Property Portfolio Management, Building Fabric Maintenance, Managing Building Services, Managing Support Services, Project Management, Space Management, Procurement ,and Information Management among others. Facilities management of a bank may comprises procurement, service provision to branches, properties portfolio management, HR management and Information management. The purpose of the study was to assess FM practice of Cooperative Bank Of Oromia Share Company. In this study adopting the descriptive research method of quanitative as well as quanlitative research the data were collected through administration of structured questionnaire complemented with interviews. Branch managers rate and express their level of agreement on effectiveness of FM Effectiveness of the factors, such as procurement, service provision, property administration, HR capacity and IT support as well as to what extent they are contributing to the overall effectiveness of FM of the bank has been analyzed and some drawbacks have been identified in procurement, service provision to branches, properties management and IT support.
Evaluation of the effects of confounds on the preprocessing and effective connectivity analysis of functional neuroimaging data
Creators: name: Gavrilescu., Maria
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

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Lateral IBIC characterization of single crystal synthetic diamond detectors
Creators: name: Giudice, A. Lo
name: Olivero, P.
name: Manfredotti, C.
name: Marinelli, M.
name: Milani, E.
name: Picollo, F.
name: Prestopino, G.
name: Re, A.
name: Rigato, V.
name: Verona, C.
name: Verona-Rinati, G.
name: Vittone, E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In order to evaluate the charge collection efficiency (CCE) profile of single-crystal diamond devices based on a p type/intrinsic/metal configuration, a lateral Ion Beam Induced Charge (IBIC) analysis was performed over their cleaved cross sections using a 2 MeV proton microbeam. CCE profiles in the depth direction were extracted from the cross-sectional maps at variable bias voltage. IBIC spectra relevant to the depletion region extending beneath the frontal Schottky electrode show a 100% CCE, with a spectral resolution of about 1.5%. The dependence of the width of the high efficiency region from applied bias voltage allows the constant residual doping concentration of the active region to be evaluated. The region where the electric field is absent shows an exponentially decreasing CCE profile, from which it is possible to estimate the diffusion length of the minority carriers by means of a drift-diffusion model.
description: 17 pages, 6 figures
The Impact of External Debt on Economic Growth in Some Selected East African Countries: Panel Data Approach
Creators: name: Teshome, Lewam
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2016

description: The study aims at understanding the effect of external debt on economic growth in five East African countries namely, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and Rwanda, by using data of about 30 years starting from 1980-2014.Two panel data methods (fixed and random variables) to conduct this part of the test and find clear support for the hypothesis. In order to compare the findings of the fixed and random effect models, we also conduct the Hausman test, and find select for the fixed effect model. The fixed effect results of external debt on economic growth revealed that external debt expansion has a negative and insignificant effect on economic growth of the East African countries. The study external debt of the countries is not significantly related to the economic growth measured in terms of real GDP per capita; however, the sign of the coefficient is negative with no statistical significance. Also found that macroeconomic factors, specifically, inflation rate and exchange rate did have positive and significant effect on the economic growth. The interest payment did negatively and significantly affects economic growth of the East African countries while a depreciation of local currencies led to an increase in public debt. The investment and Term of trade did have positive and significant effect on the economic growth
Generalized fluid theory including non-Maxwellian kinetic effects
Creators: name: Izacard, Olivier
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics (physics.ao-ph)
subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: Space Physics (physics.space-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The results obtained by the plasma physics community for the validation and the prediction of turbulence and transport in magnetized plasma come mainly from the use of very CPU-consuming particle-in-cell or (gyro)kinetic codes which naturally include non-Maxwellian kinetic effects. To date, fluid codes are not considered to be relevant for the description of these kinetic effects. Here, after revisiting the limitations of the current fluid theory developed in the 19th century, we generalize the fluid theory including kinetic effects such as non-Maxwellian super-thermal tails with as few fluid equations as possible. The collisionless and collisional fluid closures from the nonlinear Landau Fokker-Planck collision operator are shown for an arbitrary collisionality. Indeed, the first fluid models associated with two examples of collisionless fluid closures are obtained by assuming an analytic non-Maxwellian distribution function (e.g., the INMDF [O. Izacard, Phys. Plasmas 23, 082504 (2016)]). One of the main differences with the literature is our analytic representation of the distribution function in the velocity phase space with as few hidden variables as possible thanks to the use of non-orthogonal basis sets. These new non-Maxwellian fluid equations could initiate the next generation of fluid codes including kinetic effects and can be expanded to other scientific disciplines such as astrophysics, condensed matter, or hydrodynamics. As a validation test, we perform a numerical simulation based on a minimal reduced INMDF fluid model. The result of this test is the discovery of the origin of particle and heat diffusion. The diffusion is due to the competition between a growing INMDF on short time scales due to spatial gradients and the thermalization on longer time scales. The results shown here could draw the breaking of some unsolved understandings of the turbulence.
description: 23 pages, 12 figures, Under consideration for publication in J. Plasma Phys in the special topic: Nat. Fisch's symposium "Solved and unsolved problems in plasma physics"
Absorption of nitrogen and intergranular corrosion in stablized 18Cr-2Mo (Type 444) ferritic stainless steel
Creators: name: Gates., Jeffrey Douglas
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

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Optimal Energy Allocation For Delay-Constrained Traffic Over Fading Multiple Access Channels
Creators: name: Girgis, Antonious M.
name: El-Keyi, Amr
name: Nafie, Mohammed
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In this paper, we consider a multiple-access fading channel where $N$ users transmit to a single base station (BS) within a limited number of time slots. We assume that each user has a fixed amount of energy available to be consumed over the transmission window. We derive the optimal energy allocation policy for each user that maximizes the total system throughput under two different assumptions on the channel state information. First, we consider the offline allocation problem where the channel states are known a priori before transmission. We solve a convex optimization problem to maximize the sum-throughput under energy and delay constraints. Next, we consider the online allocation problem, where the channels are causally known to the BS and obtain the optimal energy allocation via dynamic programming when the number of users is small. We also develop a suboptimal resource allocation algorithm whose performance is close to the optimal one. Numerical results are presented showing the superiority of the proposed algorithms over baseline algorithms in various scenarios.
description: IEEE Global Communications Conference: Wireless Communications (Globecom2016 WC)
Praktikantenschein (der Chirurgischen Poliklinik)
Creators: name: Uniwersytet Wrocławski
Publisher: name: University of Victoria Libraries
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Preuss, Siegfried
subject: Education
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/902499
subject: Medical colleges
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1013952
subject: Universities and colleges
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1161597

description: Internship certificate for Siegfried Preuss' successful completion of an internship at a surgical polyclinic. Certificate states in parentheses below this statement that this internship included courses of "propaedeutsichen" [introductory? preparatory?] surgery. Internship took place in the winter "half year" of 1932/33. Signed by the senior physician of the surgery clinic in Breslau. Issued by the University of Breslau.
Adaptation of Railway Station Design Parameters For Ethiopia National Railway Network
Creators: name: Missa, Tegene
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2015

description: Railway transportation, which is needed in the achievement of effective development, is an efficient, cost-effective and it is environmental friendly transport system. An important subject in the planning of a new railway line is the design of the railway stations since they affect the capacity, flexibility and the safety of the rail transport system. However, Ethiopian railway transport has no standardized guidelines to design the railway stations. The main objective of this thesis is to adapt station design parameters standards for Ethiopia national railway system by comparison of (AREMA, Chinese and Ethiopia standard proposed by Russian) based on Ethiopian topography, climatic condition, economy and interoperability to other countries. Hence, this study helps to provide: safe, cost effective and convenient access to train services, and to make convenient operation and management of the station and clear circulation routes with minimum travel distances. In this study an attempt was made to framework for national railway station design specifically station locations along the route and track and platform technical aspect for Ethiopian national railway network. To achieve the objectives the research had a methodology of a task involving literature review; comparison of different countries standardization practice, and then adaptation of station design parameters for Ethiopia on the basis of topography, and climatic conditions. In conclusion, economic and topographic aspect of station locations, track and platform technical aspect are basis for identifying station design parameters for Ethiopian national railway system. In the planning of a new railway line it has to be decided where stations should be located and where in the cities. Those decisions are governed by factors such as topography. In addition this capacity (demand), costs, city planning (future developments) and travel time requirements are factors to locate stations. In track and platform technical aspect; Number of arrival departure tracks, placement of platforms in relation to tracks, gradient in station and platform dimension (length, width and height) are appropriate parameters for Ethiopia national railway station design.
Deliverable 5.8 – Cultural Heritage Institutions and the Digital Single Market MOOC
Creators: name: Truyen, Fred
name: Pireddu, Roberta
name: Taes, Sofie
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022

description: This document presents the development of a Massive Online Open Course (MOOC) on “Developing digital transition strategies for Cultural Heritage Institutions” to support cultural organizations in understanding the potential of Digital Transformation in the cultural sector and in developing a digital strategy. It describes the content and the stages necessary for the realization of the course, which was officially launched on September 26, 2022.
Dynamical equations and transport coefficients for the metals at high pulse electromagnetic fields
Creators: name: Volkov, N. B.
name: Chingina, E. A.
name: Yalovets, A. P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We offer a metal model suitable for the description of fast electrophysical processes in conductors under influence of powerful electronic and laser radiation of femto- and picosecond duration, and also high-voltage electromagnetic pulses with picosecond front and duration less than 1 ns. The obtained dynamic equations for metal in approximation of one quasineutral liquid are in agreement with the equations received by other authors formerly. New wide-range expressions for the electronic conduction in strong electromagnetic fields are obtained and analyzed.
description: 12 pages, no figures, contribution to the Proceedings of XXXI International Conference on "Equation of State for Matter", Elbrus, Russia, March 1-6, 2016 (to be published in Journal of Physics: Conference Series)
Economic Valuation of Nechisar National Park Ecosystem: Choice Experiment Approach
Creators: name: Eticha, Adugna
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2016

description: Nechisar National Park is one of the known tourist attraction sites in Ethiopia due to its scenic land features, richness in diversified fauna and flora with some endemic mammals and birds. It was established in 1974 in the Southern Nation Nationality and Peoples of Ethiopia that is located 500kms from Addis Ababa, near Arba Minch town. But this rich ecosystem is endangered due to human encroachment. This is a result of a rapid expansion of Arba Minch town, the formation of state farms which latter privatized, establishment of various institutions, immigrants from the Gamo highlands and residents of Arba Minch town demanding forest production, illegal hunting and using the park for grazing by nearby communities. If the current conditions continue in such way the local community would lose any benefit that they may get from the ecosystem service of the park and the influx of tourists from various corners of the world. Hence, valuation is demanded to influence introduction of eco-tourism service by the stakeholders. To know the monetary value of Nechisar National Park, Choice experiment technique was applied using primary data collected by intercepting 210 visitors. Of these, 120 were domestic and 90 foreign visitors. Choice experimental model used to elicit tourists' preferences for improvements of the park's ecosystem through willingness to pay for attributes such as afforestation, wildlife population and additional services using entrance fee as a vehicle of payment. Multinomial and Random parameter logit model were used for the estimation. The marginal WTP calculated from RPL model for each attribute were approximately 5.2, 8.79, 11.2 in birr for domestic visitors and 7.7, 8.11, 35.87 in birr for foreign visitors per visit per individual respectively for afforestation, wildlife population and additional services. Hence, tourists' order of preference was additional services, wildlife population and afforestation for both local and foreign tourists. In the meantime, compensating surplus for three improvement scenarios (low, medium and high) were estimated. Hence, the total economic value of the park in terms of welfare estimation from high impact scenario was summed up to be 749,107,667 birr (US $ 35,876,804)
The Digital Botanical Gardens Initiative
Creators: name: Allard, Pierre-Marie
name: Defossez, Emmanuel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: DBGI
biodiversity conservation
mass spectrometry
knowlege graphs

description: A brief presentation of the Digital Botanical Gardens Initiative given at the SGMS 2022. https://www.sgms.ch/sgms/ms-meetings-new/2022-sgms-meeting.php
The structural and dynamic changes in paper polymers caused by ambient hydration
Creators: name: Garvey., Christopher J.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

description: This thesis was scanned from the print manuscript for digital preservation and is copyright the author.
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Focused ion beam fabrication and IBIC characterization of a diamond detector with buried electrodes
Creators: name: Olivero, P.
name: Forneris, J.
name: Jaksic, M.
name: Pastuovic, Z.
name: Picollo, F.
name: Skukan, N.
name: Vittone, E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This paper reports on the fabrication and characterization of a high purity monocrystalline diamond detector with buried electrodes realized by the selective damage induced by a focused 6 MeV carbon ion beam scanned over a pattern defined at the micrometric scale. A suitable variable-thickness mask was deposited on the diamond surface in order to modulate the penetration depth of the ions and to shallow the damage profile toward the surface. After the irradiation, the sample was annealed at high temperature in order to promote the conversion to the graphitic phase of the end-of-range regions which experienced an ion-induced damage exceeding the damage threshold, while recovering the sub-threshold damaged regions to the highly resistive diamond phase. This process provided conductive graphitic electrodes embedded in the insulating diamond matrix; the presence of the variable-thickness mask made the terminations of the channels emerging at the diamond surface and available to be connected to an external electronic circuit. In order to evaluate the quality of this novel microfabrication procedure based on direct ion writing, we performed frontal Ion Beam Induced Charge (IBIC) measurements by raster scanning focused MeV ion beams onto the diamond surface. Charge collection efficiency (CCE) maps were measured at different bias voltages. The interpretation of such maps was based on the Shockley-Ramo-Gunn formalism.
description: 18 pages, 6 figures
Ultrafine powders prepared by plasma techniques
Creators: name: Gani., Mary Susan Jean
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

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