cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
The effect of reverberation on subcortical neural encoding of speech stimuli in normal-hearing adults
Creators: name: Guillen, Donald
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2015

description: There is limited objective research on the brainstem representation of speech in degraded listening environments. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of reverberation on brainstem neural encoding in six normal hearing individuals using the Frequency Following Response (FFR).  The FFR was recorded in response to a /u/(F0=120 Hz, F1=360)stimulus in four different levels of reverberation(clean, mild: 0.6 RT, moderate: 0.8 RT, severe: 1.1 RT). FFR data was divided into two types, a qualitative data analysis and a quantitative data analysis. Qualitative indices of the neural response at each RT were provided through a visual analysis of the periodicity and root mean square (RMS) amplitude of the grand averaged waveforms obtained at each reverberation condition. FFT spectral analysis was utilized to measure the amplitudes of both the F0 and F1 components for all participants in each condition. As expected, as reverberation severity was increased, F0 encoding ability decreased. This trend was relatively consistent across participants, especially in the severe reverberation condition. In contrast, there was an unexpected increase in F1 encoding ability with increased reverberation. Results from this study suggests that reverberation, regardless of severity causes a decrease in F0 neural encoding ability. However, reverberation effects are less substantial for F1 encoding. These differences in neural encoding ability between F0 and F1 components appear to be related to differences in the encoding of these two frequency components at the physiological level of cochlea.
description: (Au. D.) -- Towson University, 2015.
title: Rezension: GÜNTER KEMPCKE (2000) Wörterbuch Deutsch als Fremdsprache
Creators: name: Cwiklinski, Sebastian
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt
Year: 2023

description: Jedes neu erscheinende Lernerwörterbuch für Deutsch als Fremdsprache muss sich heute daran messen lassen, ob und inwiefern es über den in unserem Fach erreichten Stand der Wörterbuchdidaktik hinaus Neues zu bieten in der Lage ist. An dieser Fragestellung will sich die folgende Besprechung des von Günter Kempcke bearbeiteten und im renommierten de Gruyter-Verlag herausgekommenen neuen Wörterbuchs orientieren, indem sie es mit dem bisher wohl wichtigsten und am weitesten verbreiteten Lernerwörterbuch, dem bereits 1993 in erster Auflage und 1998 in neuer Bearbeitung erschienenen Großwörterbuch Deutsch als Fremdsprache des Langenscheidt-Verlags (vgl. Götz/Haensch/Wellmann, 1998), vergleicht. Dabei sollen gebrauchstechnische Aspekte im Vordergrund stehen.
The caseworker as a change agent in working with groups : a study of how the caseworker uses himself as a change agent in a group of clients, or relatives of clients, in ten groups in the Greater Vancouver area
Creators: name: Pawson, Geoffrey Leslie
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: A previous thesis by Kerr and Kirkham (I963) indicated the extent to which caseworkers worked with groups in Vancouver. The present study continues this investigation, focussing on how caseworkers use themselves as change agents in such groups. An interview schedule was used to obtain from the workers the necessary data. This information was then classified according to the purpose and goals of the group, and the role of the worker, using the conceptual framework of Dr. J. Klein as model. The study revealed that each of the groups could be placed in one or the other of Klein's three categories: group education, social group treatment, or group psychotherapy. It was found that lack of clarity of purpose resulted in conflicting goals, with a consequent confusion in worker role. Most frequently, inexperience on the part of the agency or worker was the cause for confusion of purpose. It was seen that a written statement of purpose contributed to a clear perception of goal and role. The need for caseworkers to set conscious goals for each meeting was established. Particular attention was given the goals established in the first and final meetings: planned goals were common for the first meeting, inconsistency of appropriate goals common in the final meeting. Analysis of the difficulties on the part of most workers in their role in the group, suggest the following as possible causes: (1) lack of clarity of purpose; (2) lack of clarity of goals; (3) lack of knowledge of group process; (4) lack of necessary skills; and (5) confusion in professional identity. It is important that workers in the psychotherapy groups should have a clear perception of purpose and understanding of appropriate role. Some findings in relation to "open-ended groups" appear which agencies should take into consideration when planning such a group. Knowledge and training in social group work is obviously valuable for caseworkers if they are to work with groups; and the need is clear for further study to be undertaken of caseworkers working with groups.
Spectroscopic Fingerprint of Phase-Incoherent Superconductivity in the Cuprate Pseudogap State
Creators: name: Lee, Jhinhwan
name: Fujita, K.
name: Schmidt, A. R.
name: Kim, Chung Koo
name: Eisaki, H.
name: Uchida, S.
name: Davis, J. C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A possible explanation for the existence of the cuprate "pseudogap" state is that it is a d-wave superconductor without quantum phase rigidity. Transport and thermodynamic studies provide compelling evidence that supports this proposal, but few spectroscopic explorations of it have been made. One spectroscopic signature of d-wave superconductivity is the particle-hole symmetric "octet" of dispersive Bogoliubov quasiparticle interference modulations. Here we report on this octet's evolution from low temperatures to well into the underdoped pseudogap regime. No pronounced changes occur in the octet phenomenology at the superconductor's critical temperature Tc, and it survives up to at least temperature T ~ 1.5Tc. In the pseudogap regime, we observe the detailed phenomenology that was theoretically predicted for quasiparticle interference in a phase-incoherent d-wave superconductor. Thus, our results not only provide spectroscopic evidence to confirm and extend the transport and thermodynamics studies, but they also open the way for spectroscopic explorations of phase fluctuation rates, their effects on the Fermi arc, and the fundamental source of the phase fluctuations that suppress superconductivity in underdoped cuprates.
description: 27 pages, 12 figures
The effects of adverse listening conditions on the subcortical neural encoding of speech stimuli in normal-hearing adults
Creators: name: Cropper, Randi L.
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2015

description: Objectives To determine the difference in the effects of background noise and reverberation on the sub-cortical neural encoding of the speech stimulus /u/ using the Frequency Following Response (FFR). Energy related to both the fundamental frequency as well as first formant of the stimulus preserved in the FFR was measured in order to better understand the breakdown of speech in adverse listening conditions. Design The FFR was recorded to 6 normal hearing adults (aged 24-25 years) in response to the vowel stimulus /u/. Each subject underwent two test sessions. The first session recorded the response to the stimulus in the presence of three levels of reverberation as well as a quiet condition involving no reverberation. The second session recorded the response to the stimulus in the presence of three levels of background noise as well as a quiet or no noise condition. Temporal waveforms, FFTs, and individual amplitude data for both F0 and F1 were generated for each test condition. Results As expected, as the severity of the condition worsened, the response energy at the F0 decreased. This was seen for both the background noise and reverberation test conditions. In contrast, there were some differences in F1 encoding that occurred as a function of type of adverse listening condition. As expected, the energy at the F1 decreased as background noise condition worsened. However, the energy at the F1 increased as the reverberation condition worsened. This was an unexpected finding. The variability in the data, as reflected in the standard deviation values, was fairly consistent across all test conditions except for F1 data of reverberation. This change in variability could have played a role in the unexpected finding for that condition. Conclusion The results of the current study suggest that degraded neural encoding abilities at the F0 and first formant may play a role in the speech perception difficulties individuals with sensorineural hearing loss experience.
description: (Au. D.) -- Towson University, 2016.
title: Edubba: Multimedia software to support academic writing in English
Creators: name: Reeder, Kenneth
name: Hart, Gjoa
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt
Year: 2023

description: Edubba is a CD-ROM based environment designed to support the development of academic writing and to a lesser extent, academic reading, for learners who are at an intermediate or higher level of English language development. It derives its title from the ancient Sumerian word for the tablets upon which cuneiform writings were inscribed, as well as the libraries in which those tablets were archived: in short, "a place to write." While Edubba was originally conceived of for use by Junior High school learners and beyond, it has been successfully tested both with slightly younger learners in senior elementary grades and with young adult learners in college labs in Canada.
Parental experiences with early childhood services for their child with hearing loss
Creators: name: Garrett, Emily J.
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2015

description: The field of audiology lacks research regarding parental satisfaction with the audiological services their child received during the diagnosis and management of their child's hearing loss. Additionally, it is crucial to obtain parental feedback regarding specific aspects of the Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) that could be improved in order to increase parental satisfaction and involvement within these services. It is widely known and accepted that parental satisfaction and involvement with the EHDI services lead to more successful outcomes for the children with hearing loss. This study utilized a questionnaire to probe parental experiences. 97 respondents filled out the online-questionnaire regarding their experiences with the newborn hearing screening, audiological services, and early intervention services. The questionnaire involved both closed and open ended questions to allow respondents to expand upon their answers. Overall, results from responses indicated dissatisfaction with the newborn hearing screening process, satisfaction with services received from five different types of audiologists, ENT, and early intervention speech-language pathologist, and satisfaction with early intervention services. Respondents indicated suggestions for areas that needed improvement as well as areas that have exceeded expectations. Results from this study highlight the importance of parental input as well as the importance of positive interactions between parents and professionals. This would improve parent experiences and maximize the possible benefit of the program for the children with hearing loss.
description: (Au. D.) -- Towson University, 2016.
title: Das Phonemsystem des Modernhebräischen und des Deutschen im Vergleich und Schlussfolgerungen für den Phonetikunterricht in DaF
Creators: name: Fiedler, Marit
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt
Year: 2023

description: Die modernhebräische Sprache ist, neben Arabisch, offizielle Landessprache im heutigen Staat Israel. In vielerlei Hinsicht ist diese Sprache ein Phänomen, welches vielfältigen Einflüssen und Veränderungen ausgesetzt war und ist. Diese Vielfalt zeigt sich im Besonderen in der Aussprache. Allerdings wird dadurch eine Beschreibung der phonologisch-phonetischen Merkmale zu einer besonderen Herausforderung. Die hier vorgelegte Studie betrachtet nun vergleichend das modernhebräische und das deutsche Phonemsystem, das heißt die Vokale, Konsonanten und weitere phonologische Prozesse werden detailliert dargestellt. Einführend ist ein Blick auf die aktuelle und teilweise auch auf die historische Sprachsituation des Modernhebräischen erforderlich, um besondere phonologische Erscheinungen verdeutlichen zu können. Abschließend werden aus der kontrastiv phonologisch-phonetischen Betrachtung methodisch-didaktische Hinweise für den Deutsch als Fremdspracheunterricht mit Israelis abgeleitet.
A study of nature play space sustainability in the Piedmont Region of Maryland
Creators: name: Brusaferro, Victoria Rose
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2015

description: Most of the United States population lives in urban areas, where heightened anthropogenic activity acts as a source of the majority of greenhouse gases (Hoornweg, 2011). Adaptive ways to deal with regional land management efforts need to be addressed in an effort to combat the effects of spreading urbanization (Roling, 1997). A positive environmental ethic is developed through children's regular contact with nature, as well as substantial nature-based play (Bunting and Cousins, 1985). This paper proposes targeting the age when children first begin developing their bond with earth to harness a generation of environmentally conscious thinkers that will integrate sustainable practices in their behaviors and careers (Sobel, 1994). The most rapidly urbanizing region of Maryland, the Piedmont, can be studied to discern the present-day perspectives of best sustainable practices for naturalization of outdoor spaces specifically targeted to children ages four to seven years old in that area.
description: (M.S.) -- Towson University, 2015.
Additional file 2 of Clinical significance of nonerythrocytic spectrin Beta 1 (SPTBN1) in human kidney renal clear cell carcinoma and uveal melanoma: a study based on Pan-Cancer Analysis
Creators: name: Tang, Wenting
name: Shao, Qiong
name: He, Zhanwen
name: Zhang, Xu
name: Li, Xiaojuan
name: Wu, Ruohao
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Supplementary Material 2
title: Intelligent language tutoring systems for grammar practice
Creators: name: Heift, Trude
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt
Year: 2023

description: The amount of on-line grammar exercises has been increasing steadily since the inception of the World Wide Web. Over the past years, a number of useful authoring tools have been developed that allow instructors to design Web-based student tasks quickly and without extensive computer programming knowledge.
Testing for auditory processing disorder in children using new normative values
Creators: name: Fong, Lauren M.
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2015

description: The auditory processing disorder (APD) test battery used for diagnosing children with suspected APD is variable across clinics. Suggestions have been made for clinicians to use a minimum core battery with supplemental tests as needed; however, agreement on specific tests to include in this battery has not been made (AAA, 2010; Jerger & Musiek, 2000). New normative data were obtained using a battery developed with the suggestions provided in the AAA (2010) position statement in mind (McDermott, 2014). It is well-known that the brain is complex; therefore, co-occurring disorders are not only possible but expected (Witton, 2010). The main aim of this study was to assess children with confirmed or suspected APD using the new normative data for test interpretation. Ten children, aged 7 to 12 years, with suspected or confirmed APD (SusAPD/APD group) were participants in this study. Their language, phonological processing, nonverbal intelligence, and attention were screened. The participants also received a hearing screening and a comprehensive auditory processing (AP) assessment. Case history revealed that nine of the 10 participants also had suspected or previously diagnosed co-occurring disorders. The SusAPD/APD group's scores (screening tests and AP tests) were compared to the scores of the control group (CG) consisting of 20 age- (+/- 6 months) and gender-matched children. Results of the screening tests revealed that the CG performed significantly better than the SusAPD/APD group on the Test of Nonverbal Intelligence, 3rd Edition (TONI-3) and Phonological Awareness (PA) subtest of the Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing (CTOPP). The CG had better duration pattern test (DPT) scores for the right and left ears when compared to the SusAPD/APD group. The CG also had better mean scores for all screening tests except the IVA-CPT and for all AP tests in the temporal processing domain; however, this finding was non-significant. The use of the suggested screening tests will assist audiologists in making recommendations and modification to the AP test battery. The findings from this study also indicate the need for a larger sample size to further evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of the tests of AP used in this study.
description: (Au. D.) -- Towson University, 2016.
Normative data for the sinusoidal harmonic acceleration and visual suppression subtests of rotational testing for the Towson University Hearing and Balance Center
Creators: name: Durney, Tessa A.
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2015

description: Vestibular function, specifically the vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR), was evaluated in 31 adults ranging in age from 20-26 years old (18 females, 13 males) using the sinusoidal harmonic acceleration and visual suppression subtests of the rotary chair. All participants presented with normal hearing thresholds and no known vestibular issues. Twenty-nine adults completed a fitness test to determine overall cardiorespiratory fitness. These data were then used to examine fitness level in comparison to the VOR results. Normative data were collected for the new rotary chair in the Towson University Hearing and Balance Center. Test parameters included gain, phase, and symmetry of compensatory eye movements at various frequencies (speeds) of the rotary chair for both subtests. Gender and fitness level effects of these parameters were analyzed. No gender or fitness level effects were observed. The collected normative data are summarized in an appendix that can be used for diagnostic purposes. These data provide a useful baseline for audiologists to use to differentiate normal and abnormal vestibular function in individuals in this age range.
description: (Au. D.) -- Towson University, 2016.
On the fraction of dark matter in charged massive particles (CHAMPs)
Creators: name: Sanchez-Salcedo, F. J.
name: Martinez-Gomez, E.
name: Magana, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: From various cosmological, astrophysical and terrestrial requirements, we derive conservative upper bounds on the present-day fraction of the mass of the Galactic dark matter (DM) halo in charged massive particles (CHAMPs). If dark matter particles are neutral but decay lately into CHAMPs, the lack of detection of heavy hydrogen in sea water and the vertical pressure equilibrium in the Galactic disc turn out to put the most stringent bounds. Adopting very conservative assumptions about the recoiling velocity of CHAMPs in the decay and on the decay energy deposited in baryonic gas, we find that the lifetime for decaying neutral DM must be > (0.9-3.4)x 10^3 Gyr. Even assuming the gyroradii of CHAMPs in the Galactic magnetic field are too small for halo CHAMPs to reach Earth, the present-day fraction of the mass of the Galactic halo in CHAMPs should be < (0.4-1.4)x 10^{-2}. We show that redistributing the DM through the coupling between CHAMPs and the ubiquitous magnetic fields cannot be a solution to the cuspy halo problem in dwarf galaxies.
description: 21 pages, 2 figures. To appear in JCAP
Supplementary document for On-chip broadband power splitters via non-Hermitian subspaces - 7412154.pdf
Creators: name: Li, Xiaohong
name: Qi, Zhiqiang
name: Tan, Hongyu
name: Liu, Yang
name: Ding, Lu
name: Ke, Shaolin
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: A more detailed discussion can be found in the supplement document
title: Wirkung und Akzeptanz prosodischer Interferenzen ungarischer Deutschlehrer auf deutsche Muttersprachler und ungarische Germanistikstudenten
Creators: name: Cohrs, Silke
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt
Year: 2023

description: In verschiedenen Untersuchungen mit ungarischen DaF-Lehrern (Sprecher) und deutschen Muttersprachlern (Hörer) konnte herausgearbeitet werden, dass Muttersprachler im Aussprachebereich über interiorisierte textsortenabhängige Erwartungsnormen verfügen. Prosodische Interferenzen innerhalb verschiedener Textsorten wurden von den deutschen Hörern unterschiedlich stark wahrgenommen und akzeptiert. Dieselben Untersuchungen mit ungarischen Hörern (Germanistikstudenten der ELTE Budapest) bestätigten auch bei ihnen textsortenabhängige Erwartungsnormen an die Ausspracheleistung ungarischer Deutschlehrender. Prosodische Interferenzen im textgebundenen Sprechen wurden jedoch aufgrund eigener, in der Regel landestypischer Aussprachenormen nur begrenzt wahrgenommen. Die Aussprachenormen für DaF-Lehrende sollten folglich hinsichtlich verschiedener Kommunikationssituationen, Textsorten und Sprechintentionen konkretisiert und präzisiert werden.
Additional file 3 of Transcriptomic analysis of the Myxococcus xanthus FruA regulon, and comparative developmental transcriptomic analysis of two fruiting body forming species, Myxococcus xanthus and Myxococcus stipitatus
Creators: name: McLoon, Anna L.
name: Boeck, Max E.
name: Bruckskotten, Marc
name: Keyel, Alexander C.
name: Søgaard-Andersen, Lotte
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 3: Supplemental table 1. Interpro domains that are enriched in each of the 4 K-means clusters for M. xanthus.
Lie Algebroid Yang Mills with Matter Fields
Creators: name: Mayer, Christoph
name: Strobl, Thomas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Lie algebroid Yang-Mills theories are a generalization of Yang-Mills gauge theories, replacing the structural Lie algebra by a Lie algebroid E. In this note we relax the conditions on the fiber metric of E for gauge invariance of the action functional. Coupling to scalar fields requires possibly nonlinear representations of Lie algebroids. In all cases, gauge invariance is seen to lead to a condition of covariant constancy on the respective fiber metric in question with respect to an appropriate Lie algebroid connection. The presentation is kept in part explicit so as to be accessible also to a less mathematically oriented audience.
description: 24 pages, accepted for publication in J. Geom. Phys
A refinement of the inequality between arithmetic and geometric means
Creators: name: Aldaz, J. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Classical Analysis and ODEs (math.CA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 26D15

description: In this note we present a refinement of the AM-GM inequality, and then we estimate in a special case the typical size of the improvement.
description: To appear, Journal of Mathematical Inequalities
Additional file 6 of Transcriptomic analysis of the Myxococcus xanthus FruA regulon, and comparative developmental transcriptomic analysis of two fruiting body forming species, Myxococcus xanthus and Myxococcus stipitatus
Creators: name: McLoon, Anna L.
name: Boeck, Max E.
name: Bruckskotten, Marc
name: Keyel, Alexander C.
name: Søgaard-Andersen, Lotte
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 6: Supplemental figure 5. FruA protein is present in M. stipitatus cells grown in MD1, but not in Rich medium. M. stipitatus cultures grown in media with varied casitone concentrations (0.3, 0.6, and 1%), including samples of the specific cultures used for this transcriptomic work, were lysed and subjected to Western Blot analysis for the FruA protein.
Electronic coupling of colloidal CdSe nanocrystals monitored by thin-film positron-electron momentum density methods
Creators: name: Eijt, S. W. H.
name: Mijnarends, P. E.
name: van Schaarenburg, L. C.
name: Houtepen, A. J.
name: Vanmaekelbergh, D.
name: Barbiellini, B.
name: Bansil, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The effect of temperature controlled annealing on the confined valence electron states in CdSe nanocrystal arrays, deposited as thin films, was studied using two-dimensional angular correlation of annihilation radiation (2D-ACAR). A reduction in the intensity by ~35% was observed in a feature of the positron annihilation spectrum upon removal of the pyridine capping molecules above 200 degrees Celsius in a vacuum. This reduction is explained by an increased electronic interaction of the valence orbitals of neighboring nanocrystals, induced by the formation of inorganic interfaces. Partial evaporation of the nanoporous CdSe layer and additional sintering into a polycrystalline thin film was observed at a relatively low temperature of ~486 degrees Celsius.
description: The article has been accepted by Applied Physics Letters. After it is published, it will be found at http://apl.aip.org
Additional file 1 of The association between leukocyte telomere length and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is partially mediated by inflammation: a meta-analysis and population-based mediation study
Creators: name: Wang, Tieshan
name: Jia, Zhaoqi
name: Li, Sen
name: Li, Yuxin
name: Yu, Tingting
name: Lu, Tao
name: Shi, Yuanyuan
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Cancer

description: Additional file 1. Supplementary Figure 1. Participant enrollment flowchart including the exclusion criteria-NHANES 1999-2002. Supplementary Figure 2. Correlation between chronological age and telomere length. Three data points with telomere length > 10 kbp were removed to provide a better view of the scatter plots, and age above 85 was top coded as 85 to reduce the risk of disclosing the identity of participants in the NHANES 1999-2002. Supplementary Table 1. Weighted smoking history of the study population by telomere length quartiles (n=6014)-NHANES 1999-2002. Supplementary Table 2. Weighted smoking history of the study population by COPD status (n=6014)-NHANES 1999-2002. Supplementary Table 3. Odds ratio for COPD by smoking status (n=6378) and smoking history (n=6014)-NHANES 1999-2002. Supplementary Table 4. Odds ratio for COPD by telomere length quartiles (n=6014)-NHANES 1999-2002. Supplementary Table 5. Mediation of 5 inflammatory factors for the associations between age and COPD.
Additional file 1 of Risk of antimicrobial-associated organ injury among the older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Creators: name: Chinzowu, Tichawona
name: Roy, Sandipan
name: Nishtala, Prasad S.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 1. Risk of antimicrobial-associated organ injury among older adults: A systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
title: Interferenzprobleme rumänischer Deutschlernender. Spezifische Aspekte der Ausspracheschulung und Aussprachekorrektur im Erwachsenenunterricht
Creators: name: Moise, Maria-Ileana
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt
Year: 2023

description: Der Phonetik / Phonologie, der Ausspracheschulung und -korrektur wird im DaF-Unterricht in Rumänien zur Zeit nicht der Stellenwert zugemessen, der ihnen gebührt. Bei der Herausbildung der Zielfertigkeiten Hören, Sprechen, Lesen und Schreiben wird die Rolle der korrekten Aussprache zu oft vernachlässigt, was zu einer Nichtberücksichtigung der Anforderungen des „Gemeinsamen Europäischen Referenzrahmens für Sprachen“ bezüglich der Vermittlung und des Erwerbs von phonetisch/phonologischen Kenntnissen und Kompetenzen der Lernenden führt. In meinem Beitrag möchte ich ausgehend von den Interferenzproblemen rumänischer Deutschlernender (unterschiedliche Systeme der Ausgangs- u. Zielsprache, Einfluss des Rumäniendeutschen) die Spezifik (Übungsschwerpunkte) und Progression der einzusetzenden Ausspracheübungen im Erwachsenenunterricht erörtern.
Counteracting the consequences of defensive self-esteem with self-affirmation
Creators: name: Lam, Tiffany
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2015

description: Individuals with defensive self-esteem are characterized as having high explicit levels of self-esteem but low implicit levels of self-esteem. They tend to rely on self-enhancement more heavily for promoting positive self-views than do individuals with secure HSE, who in contrast exhibit high levels of both explicit and implicit self-esteem. The overreliance on self-enhancement observed among defensive HSEs suggests that these individuals engage in greater use of defensive processes, which can lead to maladaptive functioning. In the current study I suggest that inducing self-affirmation among defensive HSEs can serve as an especially beneficial tool to reduce their use of defensive processes. In contrast, inducing self-affirmation among secure HSEs was expected to show no additional effects in their use of defensive processes, assuming that they engage in self-affirmation in their everyday lives to regulate their level of self-esteem. However, this hypothesis was not supported by the current study.
description: Measuring explicit and implicit self-esteem -- Self-enhancement among defensive HSEs -- HSE and downplaying social approval -- Self-affirmation theory and defensiveness
description: (M.A.) -- Towson University, 2015.
Parental attachment, romantic competence, and psychosocial adjustment in an emerging adult sample
Creators: name: Kumar, Shaina
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2015

description: Previous research has found a significant relation between parental attachment and psychosocial adjustment among emerging adults. This study aimed to examine whether the links between parental attachment and adjustment outcomes in emerging adults were mediated by the development of romantic competence and relationship satisfaction. The hypothesized model proposed adjustment outcomes are the result of not only parental attachment, but also romantic competence and relationship satisfaction. One hundred eighty-eight volunteer participants were recruited and participated in a semi-structured interview and completed self-report questionnaires. Results showed mother and father attachment each uniquely predicted overall distress levels and life satisfaction. Regression analyses also showed romantic competence and relationship satisfaction mediated the link between mother attachment and adjustment outcomes to a significant degree. These results imply maternal attachment is an important contributor to psychosocial adjustment and that romantic competence and relationship satisfaction play an important role within emerging adults? development.
description: (M.A.) -- Towson University, 2015.
The effect of background noise on subcortical neural encoding of speech in normal hearing individuals
Creators: name: Somers, Laura M.
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2015

description: The purpose of the current research is to investigate the effects of background noise on subcortical neural encoding of speech in normal hearing individuals. It was proposed that increasing levels of background noise would degrade the Frequency Following Response (FFR). Six participants (age 23-24 years) participated in the current study. The Frequency Following Response was recorded on all six subjects in four different conditions: clean, 0 dB SNR, + 5 dB SNR, and -5 dB SNR. Grand average temporal waveforms were obtained across the 6 subjects for each listening condition. MATLAB software was used to analyze the temporal waveforms in the frequency domain. An FFT analysis was used to break down the response into the constituent frequencies. The magnitude of energy in the FFR spectrum at the fundamental frequency and first formant were measured in each test condition for each individual participant. Mean FFT values and standard deviation were also calculated. Results showed that the F0 magnitude and derived SNR for F1 decreased with increasing levels of background noise. Overall, it was concluded that the FFR was most degraded in the most severe background noise listening condition.
description: (Au. D.) -- Towson University, 2016.
Environmentally-induced effects on a bipartite two-level system: geometric phase and entanglement properties
Creators: name: Lombardo, Fernando C.
name: Villar, Paula I.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We calculate the geometric phase of a bipartite two-level system coupled to an external environment. We analyze the reduced density matrix for an arbitrary initial state of the composite system and compute the correction to the unitary geometric phase through a kinematic approach. In all cases considered, we observe a similar structure as a function of the degree of the entanglement of the initial state. Further, we compute the entanglement entropy and concurrence of the bipartite state and analyze if there is any relation among these quantities and the geometric phase acquired during the nonunitary system's evolution. Finally, we discuss the results obtained.
description: 15 pages, 11 eps figs
Effectiveness of uni-sensory and multisensory training in the identification of weapon function sounds
Creators: name: Hartman, Kristin A.
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2015

description: As modern warfare has changed the profile and strategies of enemy forces, military and law enforcement personnel have become increasingly interested in weapon identification. While multisensory learning approaches have proven effective in enhancing identification of environmental sounds, little research exists to delineate the effects of uni-sensory and multisensory learning, specifically on weapon identification. The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of uni-sensory and multisensory training and background noise condition on weapon identification performance. Results of this study showed a significant effect for background condition and weapon type. Participants had significantly different performance in each background noise condition, with the poorest performance in the impulse condition. Participants demonstrated the poorest accuracy when identifying the M4 infantry rifle and the Mossberg shotgun. Although the uni-sensory group had slightly better performance than the multisensory group, there was no significant difference as a result of training modality. This research has direct applications to the training of military personnel and can also be applied to a broader scope of environmental sound identification for any field that requires a rapid response to an auditory cue.
description: (Au. D.) -- Towson University, 2016.
title: Kontrastive Analyse der Lautsysteme des Deutschen und des Slowakischen und ihre Bedeutung im Prozess des Spracherwerbs
Creators: name: Adamcova, Livia
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt
Year: 2023

description: Im Beitrag werden ausgewählte Aspekte der Phonetik des Deutschen als Fremdsprache für Slowakischsprachige unter kontrastivem Blickwinkel angesprochen (vornehmlich das deutsche Lautsystem). Die deutsche Lautlehre bereitet den slowakischen Deutschlernenden im konsonantischen Bereich zumeist wenig Schwierigkeiten, da es im Slowakischen mehr Laute als im Deutschen gibt. Hingegen viel schwieriger ist es für die Lerner, die deutschen Vokale sowie deren Umlaute phonetisch richtig auszusprechen, da viele Laute im Slowakischen nicht vorhanden sind. Die tatsächlichen phonetischen Unterschiede in der Realisierung der deutschen Laute tragen dadurch zum Eindruck des fremden Akzents in deutschen Äußerungen von slowakischen Sprechern bei. Diese Diskrepanz zwischen erwarteten (prognostizierten) und tatsächlich beobachtbaren (diagnostizierten) Ausspracheabweichungen findet sich auch in anderen segmentalen und suprasegmentalen Problembereichen und zeigt, wie wenig in der Theorie die praktischen Bedürfnisse der Aussprachedidaktik berücksichtigt werden.
Competition between structural distortion and magnetic moment formation in fullerene C$_{20}$
Creators: name: Han, Myung Joon
name: Kim, Gunn
name: Lee, Jae Il
name: Yu, Jaejun
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigated the effect of on-site Coulomb interactions on the structural and magnetic ground state of the fullerene C$_{20}$ based on density-functional-theory calculations within the local density approximation plus on-site Coulomb corrections (LDA+$U$). The total energies of the high symmetry ($I_{h}$) and distorted ($D_{3d}$) structures of C$_{20}$ were calculated for different spin configurations. The ground state configurations were found to depend on the forms of exchange-correlation potentials and the on-site Coulomb interaction parameter $U$, reflecting the subtle nature of the competition between Jahn-Teller distortion and magnetic instability in fullerene C$_{20}$. While the non-magnetic state of the distorted $D_{3d}$ structure is robust for small $U$, a magnetic ground state of the undistorted $I_{h}$ structure emerges for $U$ larger than 4 eV when the LDA exchange-correlation potential is employed.
description: 4 figures, 1 table
Additional file 3 of Risk of antimicrobial-associated organ injury among the older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Creators: name: Chinzowu, Tichawona
name: Roy, Sandipan
name: Nishtala, Prasad S.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 3. Study appraisals – Risk of Bias assessment using Newcastle-Ottawa scale.
title: School-to-work transition in Chile and Uruguay from the education-occupation linkage perspective
Creators: name: Marques Hill, Agustina
name: Solga, Heike
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: School-to-work transition
subject: Linkage strength
subject: Mismatches
subject: Gender differences
subject: Latin America
classificationCode: 301
subject: Soziologie, Anthropologie

description: This study examines school-to-work transitions (STWTs) in Chile and Uruguay, focusing on education-occupation linkages. For the first time, we apply the linkage strength approach to Latin American countries, using cross-sectional household survey data. Since STWT research is highly segregated across the different world regions, we do so in a comparative perspective with France, Germany, and the United States. Although Chile and Uruguay are high-income countries, they still face STWT challenges common to Latin America, such as high levels of informal and agricultural work. However, Chile has higher educational attainment than Uruguay, similar to the comparison countries. Our analysis reveals strong education-occupation linkages not only among higher qualified young adults, but also among low-qualified entrants – thus a “linkage trap” into low-skilled jobs – in Chile and especially in Uruguay. Moreover, unlike in France and Germany, general education provides stronger linkages than vocational programs. Informal employment does not differ significantly from formal employment in terms of linking education to occupations in STWTs. In fact, informal employment is associated with stronger linkages for low-qualified young workers in Uruguay. Furthermore, in Uruguay, strong linkages are associated with lower earnings for both tertiary and less-educated entrants, challenging the positive interpretation of high linkage strength drawn from the comparison countries. Overall, the linkage strength patterns are not as different across the different world regions: Chile’s and Uruguay’s patterns are in some aspects closer to France and Germany than the United States is to either European country.
Additional file 4 of Risk of antimicrobial-associated organ injury among the older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Creators: name: Chinzowu, Tichawona
name: Roy, Sandipan
name: Nishtala, Prasad S.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 4: Appendix 1. Modified Newcastle-Ottawa Scale: Cohort Studies tool.
title: Pfeifer, Helen. Empire of Salons: Conquest and Community in the Early Modern Ottoman Lands. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2022
Creators: name: Mauder, Christian
name: Pfeifer, Helen
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: social history
subject: Salons
subject: Arab Provinces
subject: Arab-Rumi Encounters
subject: Intellectual History
classificationCode: 956
subject: Geschichte des Nahen Ostens (Mittleren Ostens)

description: Helen Pfeifer’s Empire of Salons employs the tools of intellectual and social history to analyze the role that salons played in the integration of the Arabic-speaking lands into the Ottoman Empire. Based primarily on Arabic and Ottoman Turkish sources, Pfeifer uses the figure of the Damascus-based scholar Badr al-Dīn al-Ghazzī (1499-1577) and the members of his family and network to demonstrate that salons were of central importance to both Arabs and Rumis as they navigated the new, post-conquest realities of the 16th century.
title: Praxis und Analyse interkultureller Kommunikation durch Video und Videokonferenz: Lernpotenziale und Anforderungen
Creators: name: Schlickau, Stephan
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt
Year: 2023

description: Auch neueste fremdsprachendidaktische Publikationen berücksichtigen den Video- bzw. Videokonferenzeinsatz kaum oder lediglich in großer Empirieferne. So enthält der in diesem Jahr erschienene zweite Halbband der Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft (HSK) zwar einen Beitrag, in dem vor allem die Leistungsfähigkeit der lernerproduzierten Variante des älteren Mediums Video konstatiert wird: „Video eignet sich darüber hinaus, um das Lernen zu lernen: (...) wenn Schüler Filme allein oder mit ihren Lehrern drehen, ist das Lerngeschehen ‚selbstbestimmt', motiviert, macht Spaß und ist wie von allein von vielerlei Erfolg gekrönt." (Ehnert, 2001: 1099) Jedoch bleiben die den Nutzen illustrierenden Erwägungen höchst allgemeiner Natur und werden damit kaum ein brauchbarer Beitrag zur didaktischen Theoriebildung: „Video-Selbstproduktionen lassen sich in die Theorie der Freinet-Pädagogik einpassen, d.h. eines Unterrichtskonzeptes, das versucht, Lernende im Unterricht in Kontakt mit der außerunterrichtlichen Wirklichkeit zu bringen und sie zu einem kreativen Umgang mit Sprache zu befähigen (...). Allerdings sind seine [die des Mediums Fernsehen/Video, S.S.] Möglichkeiten so umfassend, dass bis jetzt keine spezifische Übungstypologie existiert." (Ehnert, 2001: 1099) Überlegungen zum neueren Medium Videokonferenz sucht man gar auch im neuesten Band der Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft (HSK) vergebens.
Listener accuracy in the localization of small arms fire: the effect of changes in amplitude and timing differences
Creators: name: Schmidt, Jillian
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2015

description: Sound localization is an essential skill for auditory situational awareness. It is the ability of the auditory system to analyze acoustic cues and hone in on the direction of a sound source. One class of impulse noises, specifically small arms fire, has unique auditory characteristics which impact sound localization abilities. The present study attempted to identify the driving force of gunfire localization by manipulating acoustic properties and assessing listener performance in localization tasks. The acoustic properties included the isolation of muzzle blast (MB) and ballistic crack (BC) sounds, differences between the onset times and intensity differences of the two components, azimuth changes, and amplitude and timing differences as a function of shooter/observer relationships. Results of this study showed significant differences between participants? ability to localize isolated MB and BC sounds. Similarly, significant effects of azimuth, amplitude differences, and distance were found. Overall, timing differences did not impact localization performance. The current research aims to build upon the knowledge base of how the human auditory system localizes small arms fire. Ultimately, this information may improve communication systems and tools that can increase situational awareness for those who are exposed to hostile/friendly fire.
description: (Au. D.) -- Towson University, 2016.
The circumnuclear environment of the peculiar galaxy NGC 3310
Creators: name: Hagele, Guillermo F.
name: Diaz, Angeles I.
name: Cardaci, Monica V.
name: Terlevich, Elena
name: Terlevich, Roberto
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Gas and star velocity dispersions have been derived for eight circumnuclear star-forming regions (CNSFRs) and the nucleus of the spiral galaxy NGC3310 using high resolution spectroscopy in the blue and far red. Stellar velocity dispersions have been obtained from the CaII triplet in the near-IR, using cross-correlation techniques, while gas velocity dispersions have been measured by Gaussian fits to the Hb 4861A and [OIII]5007A emission lines. The CNSFRs stellar velocity dispersions range from 31 to 73 km/s. These values, together with the sizes measured on archival HST images, yield upper limits to the dynamical masses for the individual star clusters between 1.8 and 7.1 x 10$^6$ M$_\odot$, for the whole CNSFR between 2 x 10$^7$ and 1.4 x 10$^8$ M$_\odot$, and 5.3 x 10$^7$ M$_\odot$ for the nucleus inside the inner 14.2 pc. The masses of the ionizing stellar population responsible for the HII region gaseous emission have been derived from their published Ha luminosities and are found to be between 8.7 x 10$^5$ and 2.1 x 10$^6$ M$_\odot$ for the star-forming regions, and 2.1 x 10$^5$ M$_\odot$ for the galaxy nucleus; they therefore constitute between 1 and 7 per cent of the total dynamical mass. The ionized gas kinematics is complex; two different kinematical components seem to be present as evidenced by different line widths and Doppler shifts.
description: 24 pages, accepted by MNRAS