cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Likelihood inference for Archimedean copulas
Creators: name: Hofert, Marius
name: Mächler, Martin
name: McNeil, Alexander J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Statistics Theory (math.ST)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 62H12, 62F10, 62H99, 65C60

description: Explicit functional forms for the generator derivatives of well-known one-parameter Archimedean copulas are derived. These derivatives are essential for likelihood inference as they appear in the copula density, conditional distribution functions, or the Kendall distribution function. They are also required for several asymmetric extensions of Archimedean copulas such as Khoudraji-transformed Archimedean copulas. Access to the generator derivatives makes maximum-likelihood estimation for Archimedean copulas feasible in terms of both precision and run time, even in large dimensions. It is shown by simulation that the root mean squared error is decreasing in the dimension. This decrease is of the same order as the decrease in sample size. Furthermore, confidence intervals for the parameter vector are derived. Moreover, extensions to multi-parameter Archimedean families are given. All presented methods are implemented in the open-source R package nacopula and can thus easily be accessed and studied.
description: Part of this paper was presented at the copula workshop "Copula Models and Dependence" in Montreal (June 6 to June 9, 2011). The latest version of the R package nacopula can be downloaded from https://r-forge.r-project.org/projects/nacopula/
HIV Prevention for Intimate Couples: A Relationship-Based Model
Creators: name: El-Bassel, Nabila
name: Witte, Susan S.
name: Gilbert, Louisa
name: Sormanti, Mary E.
name: Moreno, Claudia
name: Pereira, Leslie
name: Elam, Elizabeth
name: Steinglass, Peter
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2001
Subjects: Social psychology
Public health

description: HIV prevention programs targeted to heterosexuals have most often been delivered in individual or group modalities that principally focus on women as the agents of change. To date, most HIV risk-reduction interventions are not specifically designed to address issues involving intimate couples or to include both partners. Approaches which take into account relationship dynamics and communication patterns are needed to enable women to initiate or sustain condom use with their main steady partners. In this paper, we present a relationship-based HIV intervention, Project Connect, delivered to 217 African American and Latino heterosexual couples recruited from primary healthcare settings. The paper will first discuss the rationale and the conceptual framework underlying the intervention and then elaborate on the intervention components. Finally, lessons learned in the implementation of the project and implications of Project Connect to future practice and policy making for HIV interventions for heterosexual couples will be discussed.
title: Cancer precision therapy colitis: A New challenge for the radiologist in the new arena of cancer treatment.
Creators: name: Akinola, Temilola
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Not applicable
subject: Observational
subject: Not applicable
subject: Toxicity
subject: Cancer
subject: Biological effects
subject: Endoscopy
subject: PET-CT
subject: CT
subject: Oncology
subject: Gastrointestinal tract
subject: Colon
subject: Abdominal Viscera

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Learning objectives: To review the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse events (CTCAE)for colitis To review the clinical and imaging appearance of colitis To review the mechanism of action of precision cancer therapy agents as well as associated colitis patterns:...
No Sure Cure for Elder Self-Neglect: A Case Study
Creators: name: Levin, Jeff
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2011
Subjects: Social service
Gerontology

description: Self-neglecting elders often ignore their own health needs and live unsafely in conditions of squalor. Their choice to live in isolation prevents intervention by loved ones, medical professionals, or agencies such as Adult Protective Services. This case study of a 76-year-old man details the many ways in which self-neglect can affect individuals and those around them. The ethical questions involved illustrate a social work dilemma of weighing an individual’s right to make lifestyle choices versus forcing one to adapt to society’s standards.
How does land use affect the relative abundance of two mesopredators in the, Eastern Cape, South Africa?
Creators: name: Parker, D. M.
name: Kok, A. D.
name: Perry, T. W.
name: Van Hoven, Wouter
name: International Wildlife Ranching Symposium, Producer
Publisher: name: Mountain Scholar
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Wildlife management -- Congresses
subject: Range management -- Congresses

description: Moderator: Wouter van Hoven.
description: Presented at the 8th international congress for wildlife and livelihoods on private and communal lands: livestock, tourism, and spirit, that was held on September 7-12, 2014 in Estes Park, Colorado.
description: Presenter: Armand Kok.
description: Livestock pastoralism and game ranching are the two dominant land use types in the Eastern Cape, South Africa and conflict between humans and medium sized carnivores is widespread. In this study, we used 12 spatially explicit (3 x 3) trail camera grids (3600ha), to assess the relative abundance indices (RAI) of two common predators; black-backed jackals (Canis mesomelas) and caracals (Caracal caracal). Camera grids were equally distributed across the two land use types. Over 19121 trap nights, 726 photographs of black-backed jackals and 81 photographs of caracals were taken. The RAI of jackals was significantly higher on game ranches than livestock farms (U = 109; df = 1; p < 0.05). In contrast, the RAI of caracals was similar on the two land use types (U = 73; df = 1; p > 0.05). While the two mesopredators are actively removed by managers on both land-use types, removal rates are higher on livestock farms than game ranches. Thus, monogamous, pair-bonded black-backed jackals may be more sensitive to the effects of predator control than solitary caracals. The merits of predator removal as a conflict mitigation strategy are discussed.
Teachers’ awareness of Pupil Premium students through their lesson
      planning and delivery
Creators: name: Foody, Anthony
Publisher: name: Lancaster University
Year: 2019
Subjects: Pupil Premium
teacher perceptions

description: This thesis reports on a series of case studies which examined how far the
      introduction of the Pupil Premium policy in English schools had affected
      the extent to which teachers considered social justice issues through
      their practice (DfE, 2010). The purpose was to examine how the policy was
      experienced in the classroom in order to explore the most effective ways
      to maximise its potential to address disadvantage. Five case studies of
      secondary school teachers, their lesson planning and the secondary data
      available to them were developed to explore the following concerns: the
      extent to which knowledge of Pupil Premium influenced planning of the
      observed lessons, how far the participants evaluated the impact of their
      teaching in relation to social difference, the role played by Pupil
      Premium in the participants’ approach to homework and underlying thoughts
      and feelings about the national and local policies. The study found that,
      despite additional funding and explicit identification of need based on
      disadvantage, the policy had limited impact on teachers’ classroom
      practice. The five case studies highlighted conflicts created by
      compelling teachers to examine pre-existing understandings about the
      nature of justice and fairness regarding students from socially
      disadvantaged backgrounds. Several deficiencies in current Pupil Premium
      policy were also highlighted including issues of identification,
      accountability and lack of information. Practical recommendations were
      proposed to help improve educational inequality through more effective use
      of funding. These included greater information and training for teachers,
      improved interaction with parents and a re-evaluation of the primacy of
      examination attainment data to measure the success by school leaders and
      policy makers. Little attention has been given to secondary teachers’
      experience of Pupil Premium policy particularly in schools whose few
      eligible students appear to be making good progress based on attainment
      data.
title: White epidermoid cyst:un unusual tricky lesion
Creators: name: Marco De Lucas, Enrique
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Not applicable
subject: Not applicable
subject: Cerebrospinal fluid
subject: Surgery
subject: MR
subject: CT
subject: CNS
subject: Neuro

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Learning objectives: To review the main imaging findings of white epidermoid cysts. To analyze the main differential diagnosis as hyperintense T1 extra-axial...
PERCEPTION ET CONNAISSANCE DES COMMUNAUTES LOCALES A LA PRÉSERVATION DU PARC NATIONAL DE LA COMOE (PNC)
Creators: name: KOUAME Kumou Alphonse
name: KONÉ Bassémory
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: Le Parc National de la Comoé représente un réservoir à ciel ouvert, un puits de carbone et fournit d'énormes services écosystémiques aux communautés riveraines. Toutefois, sa multiple fonction pour les riverains et aussi son rôle d'atténuer des aléas climatiques sont souvent ignorés par les communautés. La présente étude consiste à évaluer les perceptions des riverains sur l'importance du Parc National de la Comoé dans la lutte contre les aléas climatiques et les services écosystémiques fournis. Ainsi, sur la base de l'approche participative et de la méthode qualitative comprenant la recherche documentaire et les entretiens, les résultats obtenus relèvent des impressions différentes des riverains sur le parc, précisément les écosystèmes fournis et sa place dans la réduction des catastrophes naturelles.
Specific heat anomalies of small quantum systems subjected to finite baths
Creators: name: Hasegawa, Hideo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We have studied the specific heat of the $(N_S+N_B)$ model for an $N_S$-body harmonic oscillator (HO) system which is strongly coupled to an $N_B$-body HO bath without dissipation. The system specific heat of $C_S(T)$ becomes $N_S k_B$ at $T \rightarrow \infty$ and vanishes at $T = 0$ in accordance with the third law of thermodynamics. The calculated $C_S(T)$ at low temperatures is not proportional to $N_S$ and shows an anomalous temperature dependence, strongly depending on $N_S$, $N_B$ and the system-bath coupling. In particular at very low (but finite) temperatures, it may become {\it negative} for a strong system-bath coupling, which is in contrast with {\it non-negative} specific heat of an HO system with $N_S=1$ reported by G-L. Ingold, P. Hänggi and P. Talkner [Phys. Rev. E {\bf 79}, 061105 (2005)]. Our calculation indicates an importance of taking account of finite $N_S$ in studying open quantum systems which may include an arbitrary number of particles in general.
description: 23 pages, 7 figures, the final version accepted in J. Math. Phys
Theocentric Christology
Creators: name: Knitter, Paul
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 1983
Subjects: Theology

description: This article explores how Christian theologians in their encounter with other religions are moving from a Christocentric Christology which affirms Jesus as the final, definitive and universally normative revelation of God to a theocentric Christology which stresses the universal revealing activity of God and confesses Jesus as a universally relevant but not necessarily definitive and normative expression of that revelation. Such a theocentric Christology  is traced in the works of John Hick, Raimundo Panikkar, Stanley J. Samartha and in the writings of theologians engaged in a dialogue with Judaism (John Pawlikowski, Monika Hellwig) and of first world liberation/political theologians (Rosemary Ruether, Tom Driver).
An improved proximity force approximation for electrostatics
Creators: name: Fosco, C. D.
name: Lombardo, F. C.
name: Mazzitelli, F. D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Classical Physics (physics.class-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A quite straightforward approximation for the electrostatic interaction between two perfectly conducting surfaces suggests itself when the distance between them is much smaller than the characteristic lengths associated to their shapes. Indeed, in the so called "proximity force approximation" the electrostatic force is evaluated by first dividing each surface into a set of small flat patches, and then adding up the forces due two opposite pairs, the contribution of which are approximated as due to pairs of parallel planes. This approximation has been widely and successfully applied to different contexts, ranging from nuclear physics to Casimir effect calculations. We present here an improvement on this approximation, based on a derivative expansion for the electrostatic energy contained between the surfaces. The results obtained could be useful to discuss the geometric dependence of the electrostatic force, and also as a convenient benchmark for numerical analyses of the tip-sample electrostatic interaction in atomic force microscopes.
description: 15 pages, 2 figures. Version to be published in Annals of Physics
Symeon the New Theologian's  Hymns of Divine Eros: A Neglected Masterpiece of the Christian Mystical Tradition
Creators: name: McGuckin, John A.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2005
Subjects: Religion
Theology
Literature, Medieval

description: The Byzantine saint and poet Symeon the New Theologian (949-1022) is one of the Christian world's greatest mystics, if such a term can properly be used of ancient writers. It is here applied for the sake of convenience, and for the purpose of unveiling the author, as it were, who is not only a visionary of the highest order within the Eastern Orthodox tradition, but equally one of the Christian world's most lyrical and rhapsodic writers. It is a startling fact that it is only in recent years that his works have become available in English translation, and a sadder one that his name is still largely unknown to a wider public who would otherwise undoubtedly be interested in a spirituality suffused with light and hope and one of the most profound senses of the mercy and compassion of God. The situation of neglect is comparable to finding something of the quality of the works of San Juan de la Cruz still awaiting an edition. The commentator is torn between excitement at the possibility of revealing "new" literary and theological treasures, and wonder at how large the task is to contextualize the deep traditions of medieval Greek (Byzantine) spirituality in an environment of western Church history and theology within which spirituality at large has frequently been marginalised or exiled, and from which even a rudimentary awareness of Greek medieval literature has customarily been missing. It is partly to fulfill that task of reintroduction that the present essay sets out to give a brief background history of this medieval poet, monk, and controversialist, and then to introduce aspects of one of his most extraordinary works, the Hymns of Divine Eros. In this remarkable figure we find combined the vocations of radical prophet and ecstatic visionary: of poet and soul-friend. His work brings to the fore the pressing need for the Christian Church to theologize primarily from its living experience of God: the need for each believer to accept the highest vocation as "friend of God," and prophet of the presence of God.
GENETIC DIVERSITY AND PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF NON-DESCRIPT AND HYLA RABBITS REARED IN NSUKKA, NIGERIA USING MITOCHONDRIAL DNA
Creators: name: IKEH NNANNA EPHRAIM
name: ANIZOBA NNENNA WINIFRED
name: UGWU ONWUAMAEZE GABRIEL
name: FEKURUMOH SYBIL OKUBOERE
name: AMAEFULE BRIGHT CHIGOZIE
name: MACHEBE NDUBUISI SAMUEL
name: FOLENG HARRIET MBUWEN
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Non-Descript Rabbit, Hyla Rabbit, Mitochondrial DNA, Cytochrome B Gene, Genetic Diversity, Haplotypes, Polymorphs, And Phylogeny.

description: Abstract
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) cytochrome b gene sequences were utilized to assess the genetic diversity and phylogenetic relationships of non-descript and Hyla rabbit populations in Nsukka, Nigeria. Non-descript rabbits, as locally adapted genotypes, play a crucial role in preserving genetic diversity and adaptability. Our analysis revealed both non-descript and Hyla rabbits as polymorphic, with non-descript rabbits exhibiting higher haplotype diversity (0.761±0.092) compared to Hyla (0.598±0.032). Nucleotide diversity ranged from 0.10137±0.00021 in non-descript to 0.06405±0.01057 in Hyla, underlining the genetic variation and adaptability of non-descript rabbits. The significantly negative Tajima's D value (-1.53783) in non-descript rabbits indicates natural selection and rare allelic combinations, further highlighting their unique genetic signature. Phylogenetic analysis unveiled two distinct clusters, with Hyla, New Zealand, and Californian rabbits forming one group and non-descript, Chinchilla, and Domestic English rabbits comprising the other. This suggests a history of genetic exchange and hybridization, particularly with Hyla possibly being a result of crossbreeding between Californian and New Zealand white rabbits. The genetic distinctiveness of non-descript rabbits reinforces their potential role in maintaining indigenous genetic resources. To harness the genetic potential of these rabbit populations, we recommend comprehensive genetic characterization incorporating nuclear DNA markers and quantitative traits. Breeding programs should prioritize the preservation and improvement of locally adapted genotypes, and efforts to conserve and utilize Animal Genetic Resources (AnGR) should focus on preserving unique genetic variants found in non-descript rabbits, thereby, addressing food security and promoting environmental sustainability in livestock production in Nigeria.
title: Inflammaging in the intervertebral disc
Creators: name: Sadowska, Aleksandra
name: Hausmann, Oliver Nic
name: Wuertz-Kozak, Karin
Publisher: name: Universität Potsdam
Year: 2019

description: Degeneration of the intervertebral disc – triggered by ageing, mechanical stress, traumatic injury, infection, inflammation and other factors – has a significant role in the development of low back pain. Back pain not only has a high prevalence, but also a major socio-economic impact. With the ageing population, its occurrence and costs are expected to grow even more in the future. Disc degeneration is characterized by matrix breakdown, loss in proteoglycans and thus water content, disc height loss and an increase in inflammatory molecules. The accumulation of cytokines, such as interleukin (IL)-1 , IL-8 or tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-, together with age-related immune deficiency, leads to the so-called inflammaging – low-grade, chronic inflammation with a crucial role in pain development. Despite the relevance of these molecular processes, current therapies target symptoms, but not underlying causes. This review describes the biological and biomechanical changes that occur in a degenerated disc, discusses the connection between disc degeneration and inflammaging, highlights factors that enhance the inflammatory processes in disc pathologies and suggests future research avenues.
description: Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe, 519
title: Tips and tricks for characterization of renal lesions on CT: a practical approach
Creators: name: Gozzo, Cecilia
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Not applicable
subject: Not applicable
subject: Infection
subject: Cysts
subject: Cancer
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: CT
subject: Kidney
subject: Abdomen
subject: Genitourinary

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Learning objectives: To become familiar with typical CT imaging findings of renal lesions. To provide a straightforward diagnostic algorithm for characterization of renal...
title: Abrupt transitions in time series with uncertainties
Creators: name: Goswami, Bedartha
name: Boers, Niklas
name: Rheinwalt, Aljoscha
name: Marwan, Norbert
name: Heitzig, Jobst
name: Breitenbach, Sebastian Franz Martin
name: Kurths, Jürgen
Publisher: name: Universität Potsdam
Year: 2019

description: Identifying abrupt transitions is a key question in various disciplines. Existing transition detection methods, however, do not rigorously account for time series uncertainties, often neglecting them altogether or assuming them to be independent and qualitatively similar. Here, we introduce a novel approach suited to handle uncertainties by representing the time series as a time-ordered sequence of probability density functions. We show how to detect abrupt transitions in such a sequence using the community structure of networks representing probabilities of recurrence. Using our approach, we detect transitions in global stock indices related to well-known periods of politico-economic volatility. We further uncover transitions in the El Nino-Southern Oscillation which coincide with periods of phase locking with the Pacific Decadal Oscillation. Finally, we provide for the first time an 'uncertainty-aware' framework which validates the hypothesis that ice-rafting events in the North Atlantic during the Holocene were synchronous with a weakened Asian summer monsoon.
description: Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe, 576
Proaganda and rape in the Rwandan genocide
Creators: name: Naidu, Jessica
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 2012

description: Bibliography: p. 117-130
description: Rape as a tool of warfare has been a near universal phenomenon. One form of warfare in which rape is prevalent is genocide, the analysis of which is the primary purpose of this thesis. Additionally, the formation and transformation of discourses have the capacity to construct individuals and groups such that violence toward them is deemed not only permissible but necessary according to genocide perpetrators. The question that drives this project is, what was the identity construction of Tutsi women, created by Rwandan media propaganda, and how did it affect their sexual victimization during the Rwandan genocide? In order to answer this, I will analyze colonial, and eventually genocidal discourses in Rwanda using historical texts and state enforced Rwandan media sources. This analysis maps a trajectory of discourses of race, class and gender that began as a foundation for class oppression and eventually erupted into the genocide of 1994.
Charmonium properties in hot quenched lattice QCD
Creators: name: Ding, H. -T.
name: Francis, A.
name: Kaczmarek, O.
name: Karsch, F.
name: Satz, H.
name: Soeldner, W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the properties of charmonium states at finite temperature in quenched QCD on large and fine isotropic lattices. We perform a detailed analysis of charmonium correlation and spectral functions both below and above $T_c$. Our analysis suggests that both S wave states ($J/ψ$ and $η_c$) and P wave states ($χ_{c0}$ and $χ_{c1}$) disappear already at about $1.5 T_c$. The charm diffusion coefficient is estimated through the Kubo formula and found to be compatible with zero below $T_c$ and approximately $1/πT$ at $1.5 T_c\lesssim T\lesssim 3 T_c$.
description: 32 pages, 19 figures, typo corrected, discussions on isotropic vs anisotropic lattices expanded, published version
Gap Symmetry in KFe_2As_2 and cos 4θgap component in LiFeAs
Creators: name: Maiti, S.
name: Korshunov, M. M.
name: Chubukov, A. V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We revisit the issue of the gap symmetry in KFe2As2, which is an Fe-pnictide superconductor with only hole pockets. Previous theoretical studies mostly argued for a d-wave gap in KFe2As2 since transport and thermodynamic measurements point to the presence of the gap nodes. However, a d-wave gap is inconsistent with recent laser-based angle-resolved photoemission measurements. We propose the scenario for a nodal s-wave superconductivity induced by a non-magnetic intra-band and inter-band interactions between fermions near hole pockets. The superconducting gap changes sign between the hole pockets and has cos 4θangular dependence and accidental nodes on one or several hole pockets. We argue that strong angle dependence is the consequence of near-degeneracy between inter-pocket and intra-pocket interaction on the hole pockets. We also analyze cos 4θangular dependence of the gap in other Fe-pnictides and compare theoretical results with the photoemission experiments of LiFeAs.
description: 10 pages, 6 figs, 1 table; Uploading version revised for PRB
title: An insight into the surgeon's mind: the CT aspect of the classic pancreaticoduodenectomy and its possible complications
Creators: name: Neagu, Andreea
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Not applicable
subject: Cancer
subject: Surgery
subject: CT
subject: Pancreas
subject: Abdominal Viscera
subject: Not applicable

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Learning objectives: The purpose of this poster is to present the normal postoperative anatomy of the abdomen following a classic pancreaticoduodenectomy, as well as the pathological findings that can be identified on the CT scan in the event of...
Generation of optical vortex light beams by volume holograms with embedded phase singularity
Creators: name: Bekshaev, A. Ya.
name: Sviridova, S. V.
name: Popov, A. Yu.
name: Tyurin, A. V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Special features of the optical-vortex (OV) beams generated by thick holographic elements (HE) with embedded phase singularity are considered theoretically. The volume HE structure is based on the 3D pattern of interference between an OV beam and a standard reference wave with regular wavefront. The incident beam diffraction is described within the framework of a linear single-scattering model in which the volume HE is represented by a set of parallel thin layers with the "fork" holographic structure. An explicit integral expression is derived for the complex amplitude distribution of the diffracted paraxial beam with OV. The numerical analysis demonstrates that the HE thickness may essentially influence not only selectivity and efficiency of the OV beam generation but also the amplitude and phase profile of the diffracted beam as well as regularities of its propagation. We have studied the generated OV morphology and laws of its evolution; in particular, the possibility of obtaining a circularly symmetric OV beam regardless of the diffraction angle is revealed.
description: 20 pages, 7 figures, submitted to Optics Communications
title: HiN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz
Creators: name: Ette, Ottmar
name: Leitner, Ulrike
name: Pieper, Herbert
name: Schwarz, Ingo
name: Werner, Petra
Publisher: name: Universitätsverlag Potsdam
Year: 2019

description: Inhalt:

-Ottmar Ette: Unterwegs zum Weltbewußtsein. Alexander von Humboldts Wissenschaftsverständnis und die Entstehung einer ethisch fundierten Weltanschauung
-Ulrike Leitner: Humboldt’s works on Mexico
-Herbert Pieper: „Ungeheure Tiefe des Denkens, unerreichbarer Scharfblick und die seltenste Schnelligkeit der Kombination“. Zur Wahl Alexander von Humboldts in die Königliche Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin vor 200 Jahren
-Ingo Schwarz: „Es ist meine Art, einen und denselben Gegenstand zu verfolgen, bis ich ihn aufgeklärt habe“. Äußerungen Alexander von Humboldts über sich selbst
-Petra Werner: Übereinstimmung oder Gegensatz? Zum widersprüchlichen Verhältnis zwischen A. v. Humboldt und F. W. J. Schelling
description: HiN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; International Review for Humboldtian Studies, I.2000, 1
An Improved Limit on Pauli-Exclusion-Principle Forbidden Atomic Transitions
Creators: name: Elliott, S. R.
name: LaRoque, B. H.
name: Gehman, V. M.
name: Kidd, M. F.
name: Chen, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We have examined the atomic theory behind recent constraints on the violation of the Pauli Exclusion Principle derived from experiments that look for x rays emitted from conductors while a large current is present. We also re-examine the assumptions underlying such experiments. We use the results of these studies to assess pilot measurements to develop an improved test of the Principle. We present an improved limit of $(1/2)β^2 < 2.6\times10^{-39}$ on the Pauli Exclusion Principle. This limit is the best to date for interactions between a system of fermions and a fermion that has not previously interacted with that given system. That is, for systems that do not obviously violate the Messiah-Greenberg symmetrization-postulate selection rule.
description: Updated after editorial improvements including a typographical mistake in Table 4
Review of "Making Harmony: Living in a Pluralist World," by Michael Amaladoss
Creators: name: Knitter, Paul
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2004
Subjects: Religion

description: For Amaladoss, diversity is a good in itself; but it can become a greater good if it leads to harmony, dialogue, and cooperation. His book is an exploration of how that can happen. While he elaborates on political and cultural structures that will promote harmony (urging an Asian participative social democracy over the dominant American liberal democracy), his focus is on religious diversity and how it can become religious harmony. As he surveys the world of religions, he locates in claims of absolute truth the most imposing obstacle to religious harmony and a contributing cause of religious violence.
A decidable characterization of locally testable tree languages
Creators: name: Place, Thomas
name: Segoufin, Luc
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Formal Languages and Automata Theory (cs.FL)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: F.4.3

description: A regular tree language L is locally testable if membership of a tree in L depends only on the presence or absence of some fix set of neighborhoods in the tree. In this paper we show that it is decidable whether a regular tree language is locally testable. The decidability is shown for ranked trees and for unranked unordered trees.
title: Revisiting the Basics on Pulmonary Sarcoidosis Imaging Features : A case based review
Creators: name: LÓPEZ ARCAS CALLEJA, JOSÉ MARÍA
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Performed at one institution
subject: Not applicable
subject: Pathology
subject: Inflammation
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Comparative studies
subject: Digital radiography
subject: CT
subject: Respiratory system
subject: Lymph nodes
subject: Lung
subject: Chest

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Learning objectives: Fig. 1 Fig. 2 The purpose of the following educational exhibit is to review the basic histopathological findings of lung sarcoidosis. To present the different imaging findings of pulmonary sarcoidosis and the rationale of diagnose with Chest x-ray...
title: HiN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz
Creators: name: Biermann, Kurt-R.
name: Schwarz, Ingo
name: Díaz Solar, Francisco
name: Díaz Infante, Duanel
name: Ette, Ottmar
name: Faak, Margot
name: Krumpel, Heinz
name: Lubrich, Oliver
name: Thiemer-Sachse, Ursula
name: Weigl, Engelhard
Publisher: name: Universitätsverlag Potsdam
Year: 2019

description: Inhalt:

- Kurt-R. Biermann und Ingo Schwarz: Der Aachener Kongreß und das Scheitern der indischen Reisepläne Alexander von Humboldts
- Kurt-R. Biermann und Ingo Schwarz: „Sibirien beginnt in der Hasenheide“ – Alexander von Humboldts Neigung zur Moquerie
- Kurt-R. Biermann und Ingo Schwarz: Rezepte des jungen Alexander von Humboldt von 1789 gegen Mangel an Arbeit und an Subsistenz
- Francisco Díaz Solar y Duanel Díaz Infante: Gastón Baquero invita a leer Cosmos, de Alejandro de Humboldt
- Ottmar Ette: The Scientist as Weltbürger: Alexander von Humboldt and the Beginning of Cosmopolitics
- Margot Faak: Alexander von Humboldt. Reise durch Venezuela
- Heinz Krumpel: Zur Aneignung und Verwandlung der Ideen Humboldts und Krauses in Lateinamerika – Gemeinsamkeiten und Unterschiede
- Oliver Lubrich: En el reino de la ambivalencia. La Cuba de Alejandro de Humboldt
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Alexander von Humboldts Sicht auf indianische Kunst
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description: HiN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; International Review for Humboldtian Studies, II.2001, 2
Electron and nuclear spin dynamics in the thermal mixing model of dynamic nuclear polarization
Creators: name: Serra, Sonia Colombo
name: Rosso, Alberto
name: Tedoldi, Fabio
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: Medical Physics (physics.med-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A novel mathematical treatment is proposed for computing the time evolution of dynamic nuclear polarization processes in the low temperature thermal mixing regime. Without assuming any a priori analytical form for the electron polarization, our approach provides a quantitative picture of the steady state that recovers the well known Borghini prediction based on thermodynamics arguments, as long as the electrons-nuclei transition rates are fast compared to the other relevant time scales. Substantially different final polarization levels are achieved instead when the latter assumption is relaxed in the presence of a nuclear leakage term, even though very weak, suggesting a possible explanation for the deviation between the measured steady state polarizations and the Borghini prediction. The proposed methodology also allows to calculate nuclear polarization and relaxation times, once specified the electrons/nuclei concentration ratio and the typical rates of the microscopic processes involving the two spin species. Numerical results are shown to account for the manifold dynamical behaviours of typical DNP samples.
description: 11 pages, 11 figures
title: The large vessel vasculitides: an imaging pictorial review
Creators: name: Abusrewil, Wijhdan Mansur
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Not applicable
subject: Not applicable
subject: Inflammation
subject: Image verification
subject: Arthritides
subject: Imaging sequences
subject: Education
subject: Ultrasound-Colour Doppler
subject: Ultrasound
subject: Vascular
subject: Musculoskeletal system
subject: Arteries / Aorta
subject: Vascular
subject: Not applicable

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Learning objectives: Common clinical presentations of the two main large vessel vasculitides (LVV): Takayasu arteritis (TA) and temporal (or giant cell) arteritis (GCA) Multimodal imaging findings associated with the large vessel vasculitides (LVV) Differential...
What makes a hunting experience memorable?
Creators: name: Saayman, Melville
name: Van Der Merwe, Peet
name: Van Hoven, Wouter
name: International Wildlife Ranching Symposium, Producer
Publisher: name: Mountain Scholar
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Wildlife management -- Congresses
subject: Range management -- Congresses

description: Moderator: Wouter van Hoven.
description: Presented at the 8th international congress for wildlife and livelihoods on private and communal lands: livestock, tourism, and spirit, that was held on September 7-12, 2014 in Estes Park, Colorado.
description: Presenter: Petrus van der Merwe
description: Growth in the number of game farms and hunting lodges (operators) in Southern Africa has created fierce competition amongst these hunting operations. In order to remain competitive it is important to determine what hunters regard as important in order to have a memorable experience. The literature review revealed that different markets (hunters) have different expectations and needs and for that reason the purpose of this paper is to determine the aspects that contribute to a memorable experience of foreign (trophy) hunters who hunted in South Africa in 2013. In addition the paper will also determine which socio demographic and behavioural variables influence memorability. This was achieved by conducting a structured questionnaire survey and the results are of high importance to hunting operators and product developers alike. It is also the first time that such a study is conducted amongst South African international hunters.
Effects of Configuration Interaction for Dielectronic Recombination of Na-like Ions Forming Mg-like Ions
Creators: name: Kwon, D. H.
name: Savin, Daniel Wolf
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2011
Subjects: Astrophysics
Microphysics
Plasma (Ionized gases)
Physics

description: Theoretical dielectronic recombination (DR) rate coefficient calculations can be sensitive to configuration interaction (CI) between resonances with different captured electron principle quantum numbers n. Here we explore the importance of this multi-n CI process for DR via 2l → 3l' core excitations and its effect on the total DR rate coefficient. Results are presented for selected Na-like ions from Ca9 + to Zn19 +. We find that including this multi-n CI can reduce the DR rate coefficient by up to ~10% at temperatures where an ion is predicted to form in collisional ionization equilibrium and up to ~15% at higher temperatures. To a first approximation, this will translate into a corresponding increase in the ion abundance. Charge state distributions calculation seeking to be accurate to better than 10% will thus need to take this effect into account. We also present simple fits to the calculated rate coefficients for ease of incorporation into plasma models.
Solidarity in Conflict: How Network Positions Structure Varied Bisexual Responses toward Emerging Boundaries of Sexualities
Creators: name: Jiang, Ann
Publisher: name: University of Chicago
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: personal networks
subject: boundaries
subject: intergroup relations
subject: sexuality
subject: Global China

description: This paper adopts a structural relational approach to the study of emerging boundaries of sexualities. Bisexual category, one that inhabits an unsettled borderland between heterosexual and homosexual category, makes an ideal case to understand how unsettled categories respond to the longstanding analytical, symbolic, and social boundaries of heterosexual/homosexual. I ask three connected research question: (1) What is this emerging boundaries of sexualities? (2) How do bisexual individuals construct membership and navigate boundary disruption, passing, or integration? (3) When are these boundaries erected? Using content analysis of a popular lesbian forum, I first uncover new hierarchies of sexualities constructed through the discourse of “lesbian superiority”. Then, I apply qualitative network analysis to 31 in-depth interviews with bisexual-identified individuals. By innovatively analyzing different network positions of sexual orientations, I discover that these individual’s network positions—in relation to heterosexual, lesbian, and bisexual communities—corresponds to different levels of response to heterosexual- homosexual boundaries. Importantly, I found correlation that bisexual networks maintain overt boundary disruption, doubly isolated positions oversee “comply and distain” type of response, while lesbian networks anchor boundary integration by affirming “lesbian superiority”. The role of network position in possibly shuffling distinctive belief, perception, and decision underscores the importance of considering larger network dynamics in studying gender and sexuality. Moreover, the large proportion of individuals with bisexual identification without embedded in peer identity network indicate the overlooked possibility of “sexuality without group” and “identity without community”. This paper has broader implications for social movement studies, sociology of gender and sexuality, micro-politics of categories, and the study of boundaries.
Seeking learning, and the grace of insightfulness: the issue of wisdom in Orthodox tradition
Creators: name: McGuckin, John A.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2007
Subjects: Religion
Theology

description: I wish to talk today about Wisdom, in a two-fold sense: both in its sacred aspect, as spoken about often in the Old Testament and taken to a new and high pitch in the Christian Evangelical and Patristic tradition, and wisdom in the more common and contemporary understanding of that term; wisdom, that is, as an element of culture (a sacred term, certainly, that would almost count even as an enduring religious value in a radically secularized age), one that distinguishes the wise from the merely clever.
System Identification of a Building from Multiple Seismic Records
Creators: name: Feng, Maria Q.
name: Ulusoy, Hasan
name: Fanning, Paul
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Mechanical engineering
subject: FOS: Mechanical engineering
subject: Civil engineering
subject: FOS: Civil engineering
subject: Buildings--Earthquake effects

description: This paper describes the identification of finite dimensional, linear, time-invariant models of a 4-story building in the state space representation using multiple data sets of earthquake response. The building, instrumented with 31 accelerometers, is located on the University of California, Irvine campus. Multiple data sets, recorded during the 2005 Yucaipa, 2005 San Clemente, 2008 Chino Hills and 2009 Inglewood earthquakes, are used for identification and validation. Considering the response of the building as the output and the ground motion as the input, the state space models that represent the underlying dynamics of the building in the discrete-time domain corresponding to each data set are identified. The time-domain Eigensystem Realization Algorithm with the Observer/Kalman filter identification procedure are adopted in this paper, and the modal parameters of the identified models are consistently determined by constructing stabilization diagrams. The four state space models identified demonstrate that the response of the building is amplitude dependent with the response frequency and damping, being dependent on the magnitude of ground excitation. The practical application of this finding is that the consistency of this building response to future earthquakes can be quickly assessed, within the range of ground excitations considered (0.005g–0.074g), for consistency with prior response—this assessment of consistent response is discussed and demonstrated with reference to the four earthquake events considered in this study. Inclusion of data sets relating to future earthquakes will enable the findings to be extended to a wider range of ground excitation magnitudes.
title: Role of 18F-FDG PET/CT in detection of post-thyroidectomy recurrence in differentiated cancer thyroid with negative radio-isotope iodine scan and elevated serum thyroglobulin level
Creators: name: khalifa, Ahmad
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Performed at one institution
subject: Diagnostic or prognostic study
subject: Prospective
subject: Metastases
subject: Cancer
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Comparative studies
subject: PET-CT
subject: Thyroid / Parathyroids
subject: Hybrid Imaging
subject: Hybrid, Molecular and Translational Imaging

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Learning objectives: Demonstrating the role of 18F-FDG PET/CT for detection of post-thyroidectomy recurrence in differentiated cancer thyroid patients who presented with elevated serum thyroglobulin level, yet showing negative radio-isotope iodine...
List Decoding Algorithms based on Groebner Bases for General One-Point AG Codes
Creators: name: Geil, Olav
name: Matsumoto, Ryutaroh
name: Ruano, Diego
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: Symbolic Computation (cs.SC)
subject: Commutative Algebra (math.AC)
subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: E.4; F.2.1; I.1.2; I.1.4
subject: 94B35 (Primary) 13P10, 94B27, 14G50 (Secondary)

description: We generalize the list decoding algorithm for Hermitian codes proposed by Lee and O'Sullivan based on Gröbner bases to general one-point AG codes, under an assumption weaker than one used by Beelen and Brander. By using the same principle, we also generalize the unique decoding algorithm for one-point AG codes over the Miura-Kamiya $C_{ab}$ curves proposed by Lee, Bras-Amorós and O'Sullivan to general one-point AG codes, without any assumption. Finally we extend the latter unique decoding algorithm to list decoding, modify it so that it can be used with the Feng-Rao improved code construction, prove equality between its error correcting capability and half the minimum distance lower bound by Andersen and Geil that has not been done in the original proposal, and remove the unnecessary computational steps so that it can run faster.
description: IEEEtran.cls, 5 pages, no figure. To appear in Proc. 2012 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, July 1-6, 2012, Boston, MA, USA. Version 4 corrected wrong description of the work by Lee, Bras-Amor\'os and O'Sullivan, and added four references
Jewish History as “Historia Patria”: José Amador de los Ríos and the History of the Jews of Spain
Creators: name: Friedman, Michal
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2011
Subjects: History

description: This article describes the pioneering work of José Amador de los Ríos, author of the first modern history of the Jews of Spain. Through discussion of his life and work, the article illustrates how Spain’s Jewish past became an object of debate in the nineteenth century, as Spanish scholars and politicians placed historiography at the service of rival political causes. It also explores some of the ways in which the Sephardic past figured into emergent questions of national identity and the so-called Jewish Question in Spain and elsewhere in Europe. The recovery of the Jewish past in Spain was marked by deep ambivalence, as the debate concerning Jewish absence and presence in Spain was marked by a nationalism that, though liberal, remained firmly Catholic.