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Η Ευθύνη των Κρατών Μελών λόγω Παραβίασης του Δικαίου της Ένωσης
Creators: name: Βουρβουτσιώτη, Χρυσούλα Νικολάου
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2018
Subjects: Ευθύνη
Κράτη – Μέλη
Ευρωπαική Ένωση
Responsibility
Member States
European Eunion

description: Σκοπός της παρούσας μελέτης ήταν να παρουσιάσει κατά τρόπο ενδελεχή και συνάμα ευσύνοπτο το ζήτημα της αστικής ευθύνης των Κρατών Μελών της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης από παράνομες πράξεις ή παραλείψεις των οργάνων τους και το συνακόλουθο δικαίωμα αποζημίωσης των ιδιωτών που βλάπτονται από τις συγκεκριμένες ενέργειες καθώς και οι προϋποθέσεις θεμελίωσης του. Στην παρούσα εργασία αναπτύχτηκε η εξωσυμβατική ευθύνη της ίδιας της Κοινότητας καθώς και οι προϋποθέσεις θεμελίωσης της ενώ παράλληλα παρατέθηκαν οι δυνατότητες διασφάλισης της ομαλής λειτουργίας της ενωσιακής έννομης τάξης μέσω των προβλεπόμενων στα άρθρα 258-250-260 ΣΛΕΕ, προσφυγών. Παράλληλα αναλύθηκαν οι τρεις ειδικότερες προϋποθέσεις θεμελίωσης της αστικής ευθύνης των Κρατών Μελών.. Καταληκτικά εξετάστηκε το καθεστώς της εξωσυμβατικής ευθύνης του Δημοσίου στην ελληνική έννομη τάξη κατά άρθρο 105 ΕισΝΑΚ και η συμβατότητά του με το Δίκαιο της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης στο ζήτημα αυτό
description: The aim of the present study was to present in a thorough and concise manner the question of the civil liability of the Member States of the European Union from illegal acts or omissions of their organs and the consequent right to compensation for the individuals affected by these actions and the conditions for foundation of. The non-contractual liability of the Community itself, as well as the conditions for its founding, was developed in the present work, as well as the possibilities for ensuring the smooth functioning of the EU legal order through the actions provided for in Articles 258-250-260 TFEU. At the same time, the three specific conditions for the foundation of the civil liability of the Member States were analyzed. Finally, the status of non-contractual liability of the Greek State under Article 105 of the Civil Law and its compatibility with European Union Law on this issue was examined
Probing the topological Anderson transition with quantum walks
Creators: name: Bagrets, Dmitry
name: Kim, Kun Woo
name: Barkhofen, Sonja
name: De, Syamsundar
name: Sperling, Jan
name: Silberhorn, Christine
name: Altland, Alexander
name: Micklitz, Tobias
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider one-dimensional quantum walks in optical linear networks with synthetically introduced disorder and tunable system parameters allowing for the engineered realization of distinct topological phases. The option to directly monitor the walker's probability distribution makes this optical platform ideally suited for the experimental observation of the unique signatures of the one-dimensional topological Anderson transition. We analytically calculate the probability distribution describing the quantum critical walk in terms of a (time staggered) spin polarization signal and propose a concrete experimental protocol for its measurement. Numerical simulations back the realizability of our blueprint with current date experimental hardware.
description: 17 pages, 9 figures
A simple alternative to the Breit-Wigner distribution
Creators: name: Giacosa, Francesco
name: Okopińska, Anna
name: Shastry, Vanamali
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: First, we discuss the conditions under which the non-relativistic and relativistic types of the Breit-Wigner energy distributions are obtained. Then, upon insisting on the correct normalization of the energy distribution, we introduce a Flatté-like relativistic distribution -- denominated as Sill distribution -- that (i) contains left-threshold effects, (ii) is properly normalized for any decay width, (iii) can be obtained as an appropriate limit in which the decay width is a constant, (iv) is easily generalized to the multi-channel case (v) as well as to a convoluted form in case of a decay chain and -- last but not least -- (vi) is simple to deal with. We compare the Sill distribution to spectral functions derived within specific QFT models and show that it fairs well in concrete examples that involve a fit to experimental data for the $ρ$, $a_1(1260)$, and $K^*(982)$ mesons as well as the $Δ(1232)$ baryon. We also present a study of the $f_2(1270)$ which has more than one possible decay channels. Finally, we discuss the limitations of the Sill distribution using the $a_0(980)$-$a_0(1450)$ and the $K_0^\ast(700)$-$K_0^\ast(1430)$ resonances as examples.
description: 37 pages, 12 figures (version accepted in Eur. Phys. J. A)
Special diplomatics and the study of authority in the United Church of Canada
Creators: name: Turner, Janet Elizabeth
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: This thesis conducts an experiment with special diplomatics, applying its techniques to the study of selected documents of the United Church of Canada. The results of the experiment are analysed to answer two questions. Does diplomatics make a unique contribution to the archival tasks of appraisal, arrangement, and description? Is the original purpose to which diplomatics was directed, that is, the identification of authentic documents, relevant for modern records? Study of the juridical system of the Church, based on the United Church Manual, demonstrates that diplomatics requires an understanding of the sources and instruments of authority, because they determine how acts and documents can be recognized as authentic. Agendas, reports and minutes of B.C. Conference are then examined from the diplomatic perspective, to identify the juridical persons of the Conference, their competences, and the acts and documents typical of each. The result is a detailed description of the administration of Conference. These studies complement, but do not duplicate, the administrative history typical of archival science. Diplomatic methods are used to identify the procedures and formal elements of the “Call to a Minister.” Extrapolation from resulting data demonstrates that diplomatics rediscovers the Church in the single set of documents. The thesis concludes that diplomatics does make a useful contribution to the methods of archival science, because it studies records and records creators from a distinct perspective. It also concludes that since modern society continues to attach great importance to due process and proper form, as means of protecting the authenticity of acts, the understanding of authority and authenticity provided by diplomatics is relevant to the study of modern administration.
Casimir force calculations near the insulator-conductor transition in gold thin films
Creators: name: Esquivel-Sirvent, R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present theoretical calculations of the Casimir force for Au thin films near the insulator-conductor transition that has been observed experimentally. The dielectric function of the Au thin films is described by the Drude-Smith model. The parameters needed to model the dielectric function such as the relaxation time, plasma frequency and the backscattering constant depend on the thickness of the film. The Casimir force decreases as the film thickness decreases until it reaches a minimum after which the force increases again. The minimum of the force coincides with the critical film thickness where a percolation conductor-insulator occurs.
description: 5 figures, 1 table
Οι άγιοι της Ιεράς Μητροπόλεως Γορτύνης και Αρκαδίας, από τον Απόστολο Παύλο έως σήμερα
Creators: name: Φραγκιουδάκης, Εμμανουήλ Νικολάου
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2018
Subjects: Ιερά Μητρόπολη Γορτύνης και Αρκαδίας
Κρητικό Αγιολόγιο
Βίοι Αγίων
Holy Metropolis of Gortyna and Arkadia
Cretan Hagiology
Life of Saints

description: Στόχος αυτής της μεταπτυχιακής εργασίας ήταν η συγκέντρωση όλων των Αγίων της Ιεράς Μητροπόλεως Γορτύνης και Αρκαδίας καθώς και των Οσιακών μορφών που πέρασαν από αυτό τον τόπο. Αρχικά κάναμε μια ιστορική αναδρομή στην Ιερά Μητρόπολη Γορτύνης από τον πρώτο Επίσκοπο της, τον Απόστολο Τίτο, μέχρι και σήμερα. Αυτή η εργασία ασχολήθηκε ουσιαστικά μόνο με τα βιογραφικά στοιχεία των Αγίων που παραθέτουμε .Οι Άγιοι έχουν χωριστεί σε ομάδες ανάλογα με την ιδιότητα τους. Πιο συγκεκριμένα είναι οι:Απόστολοι, Επίσκοποι, Μάρτυρες και Νεομάρτυρες, Όσιοι και Οσιομάρτυρες και Σύγχρονες Οσιακές Μορφές . Το τελευταίο αυτό κεφάλαιο είναι ουσιαστικά εκτός θέματος διότι τα πρόσωπα που αναφέρονται σε αυτό δεν έχουν ανακηρυχθεί ακόμα Άγιοι, είναι όμως Άγιοι στην συνείδηση του λαού και αυτό ουσιαστικά είναι το ζητούμενο,γι αυτό και εμείς τους παραθέτουμε σε αυτό το κεφάλαιο
description: The objective of this postgraduate project is to collect and write down about every Saint of Holy Metropolis of Gortyna and Arkadia, and also the Saint types of this area. At first, there is a historical retrospect from the existence of the first bishop of Holy Metropolis of Gortyna, Apostle Titos, until today. This project is basically about the biographical information of the Saints we have mentioned. There has been a segregation of the Saints according to theirattribute. More specifically the categories are: Apostles, bishops, martyrs and new martyrs (neomartyrs), Saints and Saints that have been also martyrs, and contemporary Saint types. This last chapter is actually off topic, because the individuals that are mentioned are not declared Saints yet. The reason why they are mentioned is because they are considered as Saints in peoples’ minds, which is extremely important and that’s why we chose to mention them in the first place
description: Σε συνεργασία με το τμήμα Κοινωνικής Θεολογίας (Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών)
Numerical Study of SeismicBehavior of High Strength SteelReplaceable Shear Links
Creators: name: Hu, Huiling
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Civil engineering
subject: FOS: Civil engineering

description: Eccentrically Braced Frames (EBFs) have been widely used in seismic protection and remediation in the recent years. However, the seismic behavior of shear links made of high strength steel, which are essential "fuse" elements in EBFs, are not fully understood yet. Furthermore, most existing studies either assumed no axial load or an unrealistic constant axial load. In this numerical simulation study, two steel grades (Q460 high strength structural steel (by China standard) and ASTM A992 steel for comparison) were considered for the shear link specimens and their effects on shear link's seismic performance were numerically studied under cyclically varying lateral load along with axial force.

Finite element (FE) modeling of shear link specimens with the above two steel grades were established in a general FE analysis software - ANSYS and numerical simulations are conducted on these finite element models following monotonic and cyclic loading protocols respectively. To see whether a sustainability goal of steel structure design (by saving steel use) can be achieved or not, a feasibility study of Q460 steel shear links with various section size reduction schemes are performed in this research.

    The numerical simulation results reveal that shear links made of Q460 high strength steel have satisfactory performance compared with A992 steel shear links, with additional benefits of material saving and weight reduction, often desired features for sustainable steel construction and replaceable fuse elements in seismic resistant structures.
Το ζήτημα της Σχισματικής Εκκλησίας των Σκοπίων στον Σερβικό τύπο την περίοδο 1990-2010
Creators: name: Βλάχος, Ευάγγελος Διονυσίου
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2018
Subjects: Σχισματική Εκκλησία
ΠΓΔΜ
Κομουνιστική Γιουγκοσλαβία
Tutorial Church
FYROM
Communist Yugoslavia

description: Η παρούσα διπλωματική εργασία πραγματοποιήθηκε στο πλαίσιο του Διϊδρυματικού Προγράμματος Μεταπτυχιακών Σπουδών «Ελλάδα: Εκκλησιαστική Ιστορία και Πολιτισμός» των Θεολογικών Σχολών του Αριστοτελείου Πανεπιστημίου Θεσσαλονίκης και του Καποδιστριακού Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών. Η εργασία περιλαμβάνει εννέα κεφάλαια. Στην εισαγωγή εξηγούνται κάποια γενικά κοινωνικά και γεωπολιτικά στοιχεία, σχετικά με το κυρίως θέμα. Στην συνέχεια αναφέρονται στοιχεία για τη δημιουργία της επονομαζόμενης Μακεδονικής Ορθόδοξης Εκκλησίας. Στο επόμενο κεφάλαιο γίνεται αναφορά στην αρχιεπισκοπή της Αχρίδας, στο Β΄ Παγκόσμιο Πόλεμο και στο κομμουνιστικό καθεστώς την περίοδο εκείνη. Αμέσως μετά αναφέρεται η εποχή που ακολουθεί την ανακήρυξη του αυτοκέφαλου καθώς και η πρωτοβουλία της Σερβικής Εκκλησίας. Τα επόμενα κεφάλαια περιγράφουν τα σπουδαιότερα γεγονότα ανά πενταετία από το 1990 έως και το 2010. Στο τέλος υπάρχει το κεφάλαιο των συμπερασμάτων και ένα παράρτημα
description: This diploma thesis is carried out within the framework of the Postgraduate Program: "Greece: Church History and Culture" supervised by the Theological Schools of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and Kapodistrian University of Athens. The assignment includes nine chapters. In the introduction, some social and geopolitical items regarding the main issue of the thesis are mentioned. The chapters after the introduction deal with the creation of the so called Macedonian Orthodox Church, the Church of Acrid, the Second World War and the communist regime during that period. Right after, are mentioned the era following the autocephalous as well as the initiative of the Serbian Church. The next four chapters deal with the most important issues during the period of 1990-2010, being divided in many lustra. Finally, there is the chapter of conclusions and an appendix
description: Σε συνεργασία με το τμήμα Κοινωνικής Θεολογίας (Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών)
Σύναξις Πρεσβυτέρων Αθήναι 1870. Ίδρυση, σκοπός, πόροι και η εν γένει συμβολή της συνάξεως των Πρεσβυτέρων στην ανόρθωση της ελλαδικής Εκκλησίας.
Creators: name: Χρυσάκης, Εμμανουήλ Ιωάννη
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2018
Subjects: Σύναξη Κληρικών
Εθνικισμός και θρησκεία
Μεγάλη Ιδέα
Clerical Assembly
Nationalism and Religion
Great Idea (Megali Idea)

description: Στο πλαίσιο της παρούσας εργασίας πραγματοποιείται σύντομη ιστορική αναδρομή στο κοινοτικό παρελθόν των κοινωνιών της Βαλκανικής κατά τη διάρκεια της Τουρκοκρατίας. Αναλύεται η εκκλησιαστική και πολιτική πραγματικότητα της μετα-επαναστατικής Ελλάδας και στη συνέχεια επιχειρείται πραγμάτευση του ζητήματος του Αυτοκεφάλου με πολιτικούς όρους και πως αυτό συντέλεσε στη διαμόρφωση της Μεγάλης Ιδέας στο Ελλαδικό χώρο. Καταδεικνύεται επίσης με ποιο τρόπο η ελληνική εθνική ταυτότητα διαφοροποιείται αργά και σταθερά από την ρωμέικη, μετά από την ίδρυση του ελλαδικού κράτους και πως αυτή διαφοροποιεί τη στάση του εθναρχικού κέντρου, του Πατριαρχείου της Κωνσταντινούπολεως, απέναντι στις άλλες εθνικές κοινότητες που ενυπήρξαν μέσα στη δικαιοδοσία του. Στην συνέχεια γίνεται μια φιλοσοφική ανάλυση περί του πως η θρησκευτική ταυτότητα δύναται να καθορίσει την εθνική μέσα από φιλοσοφικά κείμενα ελλήνων και ξένων νεωτερικών φιλοσόφων. Τέλος, γίνεται αναφορά στον ρόλο που διαδραμάτισαν στην ανάπτυξη της Μεγάλης Ιδέας τόσο οι φιλεκπαιδευτικοί και γυμναστικοί σύλλογοι, αλλά και ο Σύλλογος της «Συνάξεως» Κληρικών ειδικότερα, κατουσίαν, ο προπομοπός του ΙΣΚΕ. Ως παράρτημα παρατίθεται το καταστατικό της ῾῾Συνάξεως᾽᾽, έτσι όπως αυτό τυπώθηκε αμέσως μετά την ίδρυσή της
description: As part of this work, exists in principle a flashback to the Institution of Communities among the Balkan societies during the Turkish occupation, while an analysis of the ecclesiastical and political realities in post-revolutionary Greece. Afterwards, the issue of the Autocephalus is discussed in political terms and how it has contributed to the formation of the Great Idea in Greece. This work demonstrates also how the Greek national identity varies slowly and steadily from the Roman (Romeiki) national identity, after the founding of the Greek state and how this fact affects on the attitude of the Roman national center of the Patriarchate of Constantinople, towards other ethnic communities coexisted within the jurisdiction of it. Then, a philosophical analysis is attempted of how religious identity can define the national identity through philosophical texts of Greek and foreign modern philosophers. Finally, reference is made to the role of both, instructional and gymnastic clubs have played in the development of the Great Idea, as well as the "Synaxis" of Clerics Association in particular, the precursor of ISKE. At the end, The Statute of the Convention is annexed, as it was printed immediately after its establishment
description: Σε συνεργασία με το τμήμα Κοινωνικής Θεολογίας (Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών)
Racial/Ethnic Differences in Depression During the Transition to High School: Findings from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health
Creators: name: Woodall, Ashley Marie
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Epidemiology
subject: Mental health
subject: Ethnic studies
subject: Add Health
subject: Adolescent Health
subject: Depression
subject: Normative Transitions
subject: Racial Disparities
subject: Racial Identity Development

description: This study investigates racial/ethnic differences in the change in depressive symptoms during the transition to high school. Weighted multivariable linear regression was used to assess the change in depressive symptoms from eighth grade to ninth grade using data from Wave I and Wave II of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health). Analyses revealed that non-Hispanic Black adolescents had a significantly greater increase in depressive symptoms compared to non-Hispanic White adolescents (b = 1.39, p < 0.01). Moreover, biracial/multiracial adolescents showed the greatest increase in depressive symptoms compared to non-Hispanic Whites; however this was not statistically significant (b = 2.38, p = 0.15). These findings suggest that the transition to high school is a difficult period in psychological adjustment, particularly for non-Hispanic Black and biracial/multiracial adolescents. Furthermore, these findings highlight the need for more research concerning racial identity development and the mental health of biracial/multiracial populations.
Association Between C-Reactive Protein and Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D: A Negative Acute Phase Reactant
Creators: name: Verdin, Kelly
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Epidemiology
subject: Nutrition
subject: Public health
subject: 25-hydroxyvitamin D
subject: C-reactive protein
subject: Inflammation
subject: Negative acute phase reactant
subject: Vitamin D

description: Objective:  The aims of this study were to determine whether serum 25-hydroxyvitamin-D (25-OH-vitamin D) is a negative acute phase reactant and whether class of diagnosis modifies the association between C-Reactive Protein (CRP) and 25-OH-vitamin D.

Methods:  Multiple linear regression analysis was utilized to assess the association between CRP and 25-OH-vitamin D in 1,043 patients with acute and chronic diseases and normal volunteers.

Results:  After adjusting for confounding factors, the association between CRP and 25-OH-vitamin D was statistically significant.  Class of diagnosis did not modify this association.

Conclusions:  25-OH-vitamin D is demonstrated to be a negative acute phase reactant in this group of patients; Therefore, it is not an accurate marker of vitamin D status in the setting of inflammation.  These findings support that 25-OH-vitamin D should be interpreted cautiously when CRP is elevated and that evaluating 25-OH-vitamin D in the context of CRP will improve accuracy of 25-OH-vitamin D interpretation.
"Smashing more than two": Deuteron production in relativistic heavy ion collisions via stochastic multi-particle reactions
Creators: name: Staudenmaier, Jan
name: Oliinychenko, Dmytro
name: Torres-Rincon, Juan M.
name: Elfner, Hannah
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the deuteron production via the deuteron pion and nucleon catalysis reactions, $πp n \leftrightarrow πd$ and $N p n \leftrightarrow N d$, by employing stochastic multi-particle reactions in the hadronic transport approach SMASH for the first time. This is an improvement compared to previous studies, which introduced an artificial fake resonance $d'$ to simulate these $3 \leftrightarrow 2$ reactions as a chain of $2\leftrightarrow 2$ reactions. The derivation of the stochastic criterion for multi-particle reactions is presented in a comprehensive fashion and its implementation is tested against an analytic expression for the scattering rate and the equilibrating particle yields in box calculations. We then study Au + Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\mathrm{NN}}} = 7.7$ GeV, where we find that multi-particle collisions substantially reduce the time required for deuterons to reach partial chemical equilibrium with nucleons. Subsequently, the final yield of $d$ is practically independent from the number of $d$ at particlization, confirming the results of previous studies. The mean transverse momentum and the integrated elliptic flow as a function of centrality are rather insensitive to the exact realization of the $2\leftrightarrow 3$ reactions.
description: 14 pages, 10 figures; included text files with the data to reproduce the figures; replaced with published version; additional appendix about grid setup
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP FOR NATURAL HAZARD MITIGATION INVOLVING RETROFIT AND INSURANCE
Creators: name: YAO, XIJUN
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Civil engineering
subject: FOS: Civil engineering
subject: Insurance
subject: Natural Hazard
subject: Public-Private Partnership
subject: Retrofit

description: Public-private Partnerships (PPP) involving governments and insurers have been used globally in natural hazard mitigation. Yet high expense on building retrofit and catastrophe insurance still prevents government from providing effective mitigations. This thesis introduces a new framework that governments can utilize to motivate insurers to insure property owners with an affordable premium and receive a high proportion of reimbursement on retrofit investment. Two case studies in the thesis show a high feasibility of this partnership on hazard-prone areas and a higher total benefit than similar methods. The case study result indicates a wide feasibility of the proposed framework in risk mitigation of various natural hazards by providing building retrofit and catastrophe insurance incentive to property owners. This solution is likely to provide policymakers with a PPP program as a new tool for motivating the insurers and the property owners to undertake building retrofit and mitigation of natural disasters.
Chasm in Hegemony: Explaining and Reproducing Disparities in Homophilous Networks
Creators: name: Zhang, Yiguang
name: Han, Jessy Xinyi
name: Mahajan, Ilica
name: Bengani, Priyanjana
name: Chaintreau, Augustin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Social and Information Networks (cs.SI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In networks with a minority and a majority community, it is well-studied that minorities are under-represented at the top of the social hierarchy. However, researchers are less clear about the representation of minorities from the lower levels of the hierarchy, where other disadvantages or vulnerabilities may exist. We offer a more complete picture of social disparities at each social level with empirical evidence that the minority representation exhibits two opposite phases: at the higher rungs of the social ladder, the representation of the minority community decreases; but, lower in the ladder, which is more populous, as you ascend, the representation of the minority community improves. We refer to this opposing phenomenon between the upper-level and lower-level as the \emph{chasm effect}. Previous models of network growth with homophily fail to detect and explain the presence of this chasm effect. We analyze the interactions among a few well-observed network-growing mechanisms with a simple model to reveal the sufficient and necessary conditions for both phases in the chasm effect to occur. By generalizing the simple model naturally, we present a complete bi-affiliation bipartite network-growth model that could successfully capture disparities at all social levels and reproduce real social networks. Finally, we illustrate that addressing the chasm effect can create fairer systems with two applications in advertisement and fact-checks, thereby demonstrating the potential impact of the chasm effect on the future research of minority-majority disparities and fair algorithms.
Genotypic Diversity of Common Phytophthora Species in Maryland Nurseries and Characterization of Fungicide Efficacy
Creators: name: Beaulieu, Justine
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Plant pathology
subject: Plant sciences
subject: AFLP
subject: Fungicides
subject: Mefenoxam
subject: Nurseries
subject: Phytophthora

description: The genetic diversity of P. plurivora, P. cinnamomi, P. pini, P. multivora, and P. citrophthora, five of the most common species found in Maryland ornamental nurseries and mid-Atlantic forests, was characterized using amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP). Representative isolates of genotypic clusters were then screened against five fungicides commonly used to manage Phytophthora. Three to six populations were identified for each species investigated with P. plurivora being the most diverse and P. cinnamomi the least. Clonal groups that originated from forest or different nurseries suggest an ongoing pathway of introduction. In addition, significant molecular variation existed for some species among nurseries an indication that unique genotypes being present in different nurseries. Insensitive isolates to fungicides were detected with P. plurivora (13), P. cinnamomi (3), and P. multivora (2). Interestingly, insensitive isolates primarily belonged to the least common genotypic clusters. Because all but two isolates were sensitive to dimethomorph and ametoctradin, the ability of these chemicals to manage Phytophthora is promising. Nevertheless, the presence of two insensitive isolates could portend general insensitivity to these chemicals as well. Results from this study provide a foundation to future population determination and fungicide sensitivity of the plant pathogenic genus Phytophthora in Maryland's ornamental nursery industry.
Non-permanent form solutions in the Hamiltonian formulation of surface water waves
Creators: name: Benzekri, Tounsia
name: Lima, Ricardo
name: Vittot, Michel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD)
subject: Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems (nlin.SI)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using the KAM method, we exhibit some solutions of a finite-dimensional approximation of the Zakharov Hamiltonian formulation of gravity water waves, which are spatially periodic, quasi-periodic in time, and not permanent form travelling waves. For this Hamiltonian, which is the total energy of the waves, the canonical variables are some complex quantities an and a*n, which are linear combinations of the Fourier components of the free surface elevation and the velocity potential evaluated at the surface. We expose the method for the case of a system with a finite number of degrees of freedom, the Zufiria model, with only 3 modes interacting.
The light curves of type Ia Supernova 2004fu
Creators: name: Tsvetkov, D. Yu.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: CCD UBVRI photometry is presented for type Ia supernova 2004fu in NGC 6949. The light and colour curves are typical for this class of objects, absolute magnitude at maximum and decline rate are in agreement with the relationship between these parameters, established for SNe Ia.
description: 2 pages, 3 figures, 2 tables, available online at http://www.astronet.ru/db/varstars/msg/1214684
A Comparison of Organic Matter Amendments for Use in Extensive Green Roof Substrates
Creators: name: Barton, Elizabeth Taussig
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Plant sciences
subject: amendment
subject: green roof
subject: nutrient
subject: organic material
subject: organic matter
subject: substrate

description: Organic matter is important for water retention and nutrient availability in green-roof systems. Yet few quantitative green-roof studies provide data for various sources of organic matter (OM). Coconut coir (CC), rice hulls (RH), SmartLeaf® (SL), and mushroom compost (MC) were used as green roof substrate amendments. The effects of OM on water-holding capacity, nutrient availability and plant establishment were measured. Growth of Phedimus kamtschaticus was greater with MC or SL compared to CC or RH. Substrate moisture and nutrient availability were significantly affected by OM source during an 8-month rooftop experiment and a 6-month growth chamber study. Coconut coir showed high moisture retention, low nutrient availability and low aboveground biomass, indicating that nutrient availability is crucial to successful plant growth and establishment on a green roof. Composted materials such as MC and SL that have higher levels of available nutrients, promote better growth than unprocessed materials like RH and CC.
Higgs Boson Exempt No-Scale Supersymmetry and its Collider and Cosmology Implications
Creators: name: Evans, Jason L.
name: Morrissey, David E.
name: Wells, James D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: One of the most straightforward ways to address the flavor problem of low-energy supersymmetry is to arrange for the scalar soft terms to vanish simultaneously at a scale $M_{c}$ much larger than the electroweak scale. This occurs naturally in a number of scenarios, such as no-scale models, gaugino mediation, and several models with strong conformal dynamics. Unfortunately, the most basic version of this approach that incorporates gaugino mass unification and zero scalar masses at the grand unification scale is not compatible with collider and dark matter constraints. However, experimental constraints can be satisfied if we exempt the Higgs bosons from flowing to zero mass value at the high scale. We survey the theoretical constructions that allow this, and investigate the collider and dark matter consequences. A generic feature is that the sleptons are relatively light. Because of this, these models frequently give a significant contribution to the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon, and neutralino-slepton coannihilation can play an important role in obtaining an acceptable dark matter relic density. Furthermore, the light sleptons give rise to a large multiplicity of lepton events at colliders, including a potentially suggestive clean trilepton signal at the Tevatron, and a substantial four lepton signature at the LHC.
description: 36 pages, 16 figures
More Than Luck: Lucky Strike Advertising During the George Washington Hill Years: 1926-1946
Creators: name: Stump, Tyler S.
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: American history
subject: 20th Century History
subject: Advertising
subject: American Tobacco Company
subject: Cigarettes
subject: George Washington Hill
subject: Lucky Strike

description: From the time George Hill assumed the presidency of the American Tobacco Company in 1926 until his death in 1946, the company spent more money advertising Lucky Strikes than had ever before been spent on a single product. During Hill's tenure, Americans bought more than 100 billion Lucky Strikes annually. Hill's carefully engineered and innovative advertising campaigns integrated print, radio, public relations, and other forms of advertising to great success in the 1920s and 1930s as the company sought out a mass audience. By World War II, however, the company changed strategies as it increasingly diversified its advertisements to reflect new conceptions of audience segmentation. This abandonment of a "great mass audience" approach paralleled changes in other cultural industries in this period, demonstrating the significance of advertising as part of the mid-century cultural landscape and emphasizing the genius of the ATC's marketing.
Direct Detection of Kaluza-Klein Particles in Neutrino Telescopes
Creators: name: Albuquerque, Ivone F. M.
name: Burdman, Gustavo
name: Krenke, Christopher A.
name: Nosratpour, Baran
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In theories with universal extra dimensions (UEDs), all standard model fields propagate in the bulk and the lightest state of the first Kaluza-Klein (KK) level can be made stable by imposing a Z2 parity. We consider a framework where the lightest KK particle (LKP) is a neutral, extremely weakly interacting particle such as the first KK excitation of the graviton, while the next-to-lightest KK particle (NLKP) is the first KK mode of a charged right-handed lepton. In such a scenario, due to its very small couplings to the LKP, the NLKP is long-lived. We investigate the production of these particles from the interaction of high energy neutrinos with nucleons in the Earth, and determine the rate of NLKP events in neutrino telescopes. Using the Waxman-Bahcall limit for the neutrino flux, we find that the rate can be as large as a few hundreds events a year for realistic values of the NLKP mass.
description: 8 pages, 8 figures
Assessing Gender Equity in the Workplace: A Case Study
Creators: name: Wahl, Mary Grace
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Public health
subject: Gender studies
subject: International relations
subject: gender equity
subject: gender integration
subject: self-assessment
subject: workplace

description: Background: Women currently represent 47 percent of the workforce, and these rates have been steadily climbing since the 1970s. The presence of gender discrimination in the workforce has been documented and measured, although not extensively, in the form of qualitative and quantitative studies, court cases, and legislation passed. There has been even less effort focused on its reciprocal, the fostering of gender equity in the workplace. This study examines staff perceptions of gender equity in the workplace, both in the office setting and in the overseas programmatic efforts of the organization. Methods: The organization in the case study, Lutheran World Relief, is a small-scale faith-based international development organization, and the study population is its domestically-based staff located at its headquarters office. This study utilizes a cross-sectional quantitative methods approach by conducting an anonymous survey. Results/Summary: The survey had a 53% staff response rate. This study showed that the organization's staff have overall positive perceptions of its gender equitable workplace culture as well as its programmatic efforts overseas. Main areas of improvement include financial resources allocated for gender integration and improving technical capacity of staff. The study results will guide the organizations' efforts to improve its office culture and programmatic efforts, and this organization sets a strong example of the importance of organization-wide reflection around and prioritizing of gender equity.
XAS study of the local environment of impurities in doped TiO2 thin films
Creators: name: Torres, C. E. Rodríguez
name: Cabrera, A. F.
name: Errico, L. A.
name: Duhalde, S.
name: Rentería, M.
name: Golmar, F.
name: Sánchez, F. H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this work we present an X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy characterization of the local environment of the impurity in room temperature ferromagnetic anatase TiO2 thin films doped with Co, Ni, Cu, or Zn, deposited on LaAlO3 substrate by Pulsed Laser Deposition. It was found that there is a considerable amount of impurity atoms substituting Ti in TiO2 anatase, although the presence of metal transition monoxide clusters can not be discarded. From our results we infer that the observed room temperature ferromagnetism of the samples could be assigned to the metal transition atoms replacing Ti in TiO2 anatase.
description: 4 pages, 3 figures, 1 table, Physica B (in press)
Effects of a Simulated Dicamba Misapplication on Non-tolerant Soybeans (Glycine max)
Creators: name: Morris, Matthew
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Agronomy
subject: Agriculture
subject: Plant sciences
subject: Auxin
subject: Dicamba
subject: Drift
subject: Injury
subject: Soybeans

description: Approval is pending for the registration of dicamba tolerant (DT) soybeans [Glycine max (L.) Merr.].  The use of dicamba on DT soybeans and other DT crops will increase.  Risks associated with dicamba applications include off-target movement to sensitive crops.  The objective of this study was to evaluate misapplication of dicamba on non-DT soybeans.  Greenhouse and field studies examined a rate titration (0.004 to 0.5 lb ai a-1) of dicamba on non-DT soybeans (V3 stage - three trifoliates).  Field studies also examined dicamba application to various growth stages (PRE- preemergence to R5- early pod fill) of non-DT soybeans. Results from the greenhouse and field studies showed that as the rate of dicamba increased, the level of injury to vegetative and yield components also increased. Soybean growth stage at time of application influenced the amount of injury. Less injury was observed when dicamba was applied at the PRE growth stage.
On Factorizable S-matrices, Generalized TTbar, and the Hagedorn Transition
Creators: name: Camilo, Giancarlo
name: Fleury, Thiago
name: Lencsés, Máté
name: Negro, Stefano
name: Zamolodchikov, Alexander
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems (nlin.SI)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study solutions of the Thermodynamic Bethe Ansatz equations for relativistic theories defined by the factorizable $S$-matrix of an integrable QFT deformed by CDD factors. Such $S$-matrices appear under generalized TTbar deformations of integrable QFT by special irrelevant operators. The TBA equations, of course, determine the ground state energy $E(R)$ of the finite-size system, with the spatial coordinate compactified on a circle of circumference $R$. We limit attention to theories involving just one kind of stable particles, and consider deformations of the trivial (free fermion or boson) $S$-matrix by CDD factors with two elementary poles and regular high energy asymptotics -- the "2CDD model". We find that for all values of the parameters (positions of the CDD poles) the TBA equations exhibit two real solutions at $R$ greater than a certain parameter-dependent value $R_*$, which we refer to as the primary and secondary branches. The primary branch is identified with the standard iterative solution, while the secondary one is unstable against iterations and needs to be accessed through an alternative numerical method known as pseudo-arc-length continuation. The two branches merge at the "turning point" $R_*$ (a square-root branching point). The singularity signals a Hagedorn behavior of the density of high energy states of the deformed theories, a feature incompatible with the Wilsonian notion of a local QFT originating from a UV fixed point, but typical for string theories. This behavior of $E(R)$ is qualitatively the same as the one for standard TTbar deformations of local QFT.
description: 42 pages, 10 figures; minor corrections and references added
Quantum-classical transition in Scale Relativity
Creators: name: Célérier, Marie-Noëlle
name: Nottale, Laurent
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The theory of scale relativity provides a new insight into the origin of fundamental laws in physics. Its application to microphysics allows us to recover quantum mechanics as mechanics on a non-differentiable (fractal) spacetime. The Schrodinger and Klein-Gordon equations are demonstrated as geodesic equations in this framework. A development of the intrinsic properties of this theory, using the mathematical tool of Hamilton's bi-quaternions, leads us to a derivation of the Dirac equation within the scale-relativity paradigm. The complex form of the wavefunction in the Schrodinger and Klein-Gordon equations follows from the non-differentiability of the geometry, since it involves a breaking of the invariance under the reflection symmetry on the (proper) time differential element (ds - ds). This mechanism is generalized for obtaining the bi-quaternionic nature of the Dirac spinor by adding a further symmetry breaking due to non-differentiability, namely the differential coordinate reflection symmetry (dx^mu - dx^mu) and by requiring invariance under parity and time inversion. The Pauli equation is recovered as a non-relativistic-motion approximation of the Dirac equation.
description: 28 pages, no figure
Προνόμια κατάταξης δανειστών με τον ν.4335/2015 και τον ν. 4512/2018
Creators: name: Γεωργάκη, Κλεονίκη Νικολάου
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2018
Subjects: Προνόμια κατάταξης
Ν. 4335/2015
Ν. 4512/2018
Creditor classification privileges
Law 4335/2015
Law 4512/2018

description: Σκοπός της διπλωματικής εργασίας ήταν η μελέτη των προνομίων των καταταγέντων δανειστών και ο συσχετισμός τους στην περίπτωση που αυτά συρρέουν εξαίροντας τις τροποποιήσεις που επέφεραν στο σύστημα διανομής του πλειστηριάσματος και στη σειρά κατάταξης των δανειστών οι ν. 4335/2015 και 4512/2018. Ειδικότερα αναφερθήκαμε αναλυτικά με περιπτωσιολογική παράθεση σε όλους τους πιθανούς συνδυασμούς συρροής προνομιακών και μη προνομιακών απαιτήσεων και στα ποσοστά ικανοποίησης των δανειστών σε έκαστη περίπτωση συγκρίνοντας το νομοθετικό καθεστώς πριν και μετά την εισαγωγή του ν. 4335/2015. Επιπλέον, παρουσιάσαμε τις διατυπωθείσες απόψεις ως προς τη νομική φύση των προνομίων και τις συσχετίσαμε με τα προκύψαντα σε θεωρία και νομολογία ζητήματα διαχρονικού δικαίου των προνομίων. Τέλος, ασχοληθήκαμε με τις ρυθμίσεις του νεοεισαχθέντος ν. 4512/2018 ως προς τη σειρά κατάταξης των δανειστών (άρθρο 977Α ΚΠολΔ), οι οποίες ισχύουν παράλληλα με αυτές του ν.4335/2015 και οριοθετήσαμε το πεδίο εφαρμογής του
description: The aim of the present thesis was to study the privileges of classified creditors and their correlation in case of accumulation, highlighting the amendments introduced to the auction proceeds distribution system and the classification order of creditors with Law 4335/2015 and Law 4512/2018. In particular, we referred in detail to all potential combinations of accumulation of preferential and non-preferential claims by using case studies, and the satisfaction rates of creditors in each case by comparing the legislative regime before and after the introduction of Law 4335/2015. Furthermore, we presented the views expressed on the legal nature of privileges and we considered them in relation to the “inter-temporal” law issues arising in legal theory and jurisprudence as regards privileges. Lastly, we dealt with the provisions of newly introduced Law 4512/2018 regarding the classification of creditors (Article 977A of the Code of Civil Procedure), which apply in parallel with those of Law 4335/2015 and we delimitated its scope
Recurrence and Transience for Branching Random Walks in an iid Random Environment
Creators: name: Müller, Sebastian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 60J10, 60J80

description: We give three different criteria for transience of a Branching Markov Chain. These conditions enable us to give a classification of Branching Random Walks in Random Environment (BRWRE) on Cayley Graphs in recurrence and transience. This classification is stated explicitly for BRWRE on $\Z^d.$ Furthermore, we emphasize the interplay between Branching Markov Chains and the spectral radius. We prove properties of the spectral radius of the Random Walk in Random Environment with the help of appropriate Branching Markov Chains.
Characterization of an 11s legumin-like storage protein gene from the gymnosperm picea glauca
Creators: name: Márquez García, Magdalena Ivonne
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: The amino acid sequence homologies of seed storage proteins in all seed plants, including gymnosperms, suggest that they evolved from a common ancestor. Seed storage protein genes have been extensively studied in angiosperms, however no data regarding the structural organization of the genes in gymnosperrns is available. This is the first report of a gymnosperm seed storage protein gene. A 2 genomic clone containing a Picea uS legumin gene was isolated and characterized. The organization of the gene was found to be similar to angiosperm legumin genes. The nucleotide sequence contains five exons and four introns. The number of introns differs from those in angiosperrns, however the position of the first three introns is highly conserved, as it is in angiosperms. A deletion was found in the third exon. The possibility of this deletion being a cloning artifact is discussed. The deduced amino acid sequence is 509 amino acids long and is 98.7% identical to a previously characterized legumin cDNA from Picea glauca. lmino acid comparisons of the legumin genes of Picea and other species showed the presence of highly conserved sequences. Putative regulatory sequences were found in the 5’ flanking sequence of the Picea uS legumin gene by comparisons between Picea uS legumin promoter and angiosperm SSP promoters.