cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Search for exotic decays of a Higgs boson into undetectable particles and one or more photons
Creators: name: CMS Collaboration
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A search is presented for exotic decays of a Higgs boson into undetectable particles and one or two isolated photons in pp collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 8 TeV. The data correspond to an integrated luminosity of up to 19.4 inverse femtobarns collected with the CMS detector at the LHC. Higgs bosons produced in gluon-gluon fusion and in association with a Z boson are investigated, using models in which the Higgs boson decays into a gravitino and a neutralino or a pair of neutralinos, followed by the decay of the neutralino to a gravitino and a photon. The selected events are consistent with the background-only hypothesis, and limits are placed on the product of cross sections and branching fractions. Assuming a standard model Higgs boson production cross section, a 95% confidence level upper limit is set on the branching fraction of a 125 GeV Higgs boson decaying into undetectable particles and one or two isolated photons as a function of the neutralino mass. For this class of models and neutralino masses from 1 to 120 GeV an upper limit in the range of 7 to 13% is obtained. Further results are given as a function of the neutralino lifetime, and also for a range of Higgs boson masses.
description: Replaced with published version. Added journal reference
A Thesis submitted to the department of accounting and finance in partial fulfillment for requirement of Degree of Masters Science in Accounting and Finance
Creators: name: Seyoum Tesfaye
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018

description: The main objective of this study is to examine the effect of leverage on Ethiopian private

commercial banks’ profitability. For this purpose, from private commercial Banks engaged in

commercial banking activates ten private commercial banks was studied. The study covered nine

years’ period (2008/09-2016/17). The dependent variable was the return on equity (ROE) used to

measure the profitability. And the independent variables were the degree of operating leverage

and degree of financial leverage to measure the leverage of the institutions. To ensure the

accuracy of the result of the regression model used two control variables these were operational

efficiency and bank size. In order to address the main objectives of this study balanced panel data

was used. The panel data were obtained from the audited financial statements of ten private

commercial banks’ and National Bank of Ethiopia. The data were analyzed by using panel data

analysis techniques by using Eviews 8. The descriptive statistics and diagnostic tests were

discussed, followed by, regression analysis. Then, regression result indicates that, the degree of

operating leverage had positive and statistically insignificant impact, the degree of financial

leverage had negative and statistically significant impact on profitability of private commercial

banks. Moreover, operational efficiency also had negative and statistically strongly significant

relationship with profitability. Finally, bank size had statistically significant impact on

profitability. Therefore, private commercial banks could be increased income to improve

profitability since they are operating above breakeven point. They should also give due

consideration to manage their debt properly, increase loan and raise equity financing optimize

profitability.
01 May 1621: Wagstaffe, Elizabeth (-1637) to Wagstaffe, Timothy (-1625)
Creators: name: Orchard, Jack
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 430201
subject: Archival, repository and related studies

description: A manuscript letter from the Bodleian Special Collections which has been transcribed, edited, and annotated by students participating in the Bodleian Student Editions workshop series, organised by Mike Webb, curator of Early Modern Manuscripts, and Miranda Lewis, Digital Editor of Early Modern Letters Online.
European Identity and University Students: A Comparative Study of Italy and Belgium
Creators: name: Jacobone, Vittoria
name: Giuseppe, Moro
Publisher: name: QuiEdit
Year: 2016
Subjects: European integration, European identity, cross-cultural comparison

description: The present study aims to explore the experience of direct beneficiaries of the Erasmus programme in the perspective of the economic, cultural, political and social contexts in which the work was carried out. The research involved 287 Erasmus students, 146 Italian and 141 Belgian, enrolled at the University of Bari (Italy) and UCL Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium) respectively. While the economic and political conditions of two Old Member States of the EU may bear similarities, the period of mobility brings to light a range of implications for students in the two countries. With respect to cultural and civic dimensions, the findings are of particular interest: living and studying abroad contributes, regardless of nationality, to the development of personal and intercultural skills. It would also appear to influence the development of a European identity, in this case closely linked to the local political landscape.
description: Italian Sociological Review, Vol 6, No 3 (2016)
Equivariant minimal surfaces in $\mathbb{CH}^2$ and their Higgs bundles
Creators: name: Loftin, John
name: McIntosh, Ian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 20H10, 53C43, 58E20

description: This paper gives a construction for all minimal immersions $f$ of the Poincaré disc into the complex hyperbolic plane $\mathbb{CH}^2$ which are equivariant with respect to an irreducible representation $ρ$ of a hyperbolic surface group into $PU(2,1)$. We exploit the fact that each such immersion is a twisted conformal harmonic map and therefore has a corresponding Higgs bundle. We identify the structure of these Higgs bundles and show how each is determined by properties of the map, including the induced metric and a holomorphic cubic differential on the surface. We show that the moduli space of pairs $(ρ,f)$ is a disjoint union of finitely many complex manifolds, whose structure we fully describe. The holomorphic (or anti-holomorphic) maps provide multiple components of this union, as do the non-holomorphic maps. Each of the latter components has the same dimension as the representation variety for $PU(2,1)$, and is indexed by the number of complex and anti-complex points of the immersion. These numbers determine the Toledo invariant and the Euler number of the normal bundle of the immersion. We show that there is an open set of quasi-Fuchsian representations of Toledo invariant zero for which the minimal surface is unique and Lagrangian.
description: 35 pages. This version corrects an error with the description of the parameter spaces for holomorphic/anti-holomorphic immersions. This supercedes the published article for which a correction should appear
The effect of a bridge program for decompensated cirrhotic patients
Creators: name: Ruiz, Andrea
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2022

description: Purpose of the Project: The aim of the project was to determine the effect of an early follow up program for decompensated liver cirrhotic Hispanic and non-Hispanic patients on 30-day emergency room visits and hospital readmissions. Methodology: The 29 eligible patients (16 Hispanic and 13 non-Hispanic) were called via telephone 1 week and 2 weeks after hospital discharge to assess their medication compliance, dietary status, and the presence of any emergent conditions. Emergency room (ER) visits and hospital readmissions were compared 8 weeks before and 8 weeks after implementation. Results: There were no differences between the number of ER visits and 30-day hospital readmissions before and after implementation when Hispanic and non-Hispanic patients were evaluated as a whole. Comparisons between Hispanic and non-Hispanic patients showed that early follow up resulted in significant reductions in the number of ER visits and 30-day readmissions among Hispanic patients (ER visits X² = Pearson, p = 0.006 and 30-day readmissions X² = Pearson, p = 0.004). The nutritional status of the patients who were at risk showed a significant improvement post referral (X² = Pearson, p = 0.039).Implications for Practice: Since readmissions are associated with worsening patient outcomes and increased health-care costs, targeted interventions like those tested in this project should be developed for those patients who are at increased risk for readmission.
The Impact of Information and Communication Technology on Performance of Commercial Banks in Ethiopia
Creators: name: Girma Abebe
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016

description: Information and communication technology has become the heart of banking industry, while the banking industry is the heart of the economy. This research has considered a critical literature review of previous researchers with the objective to examine the impact of Information and Communication Technology on banks performance. Business organizations, especially the banking industry is operating in a complex and competitive environment characterized by the changing conditions and highly unpredictable economic climate with Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is at the center of the change curve. This study assessed the impact of ICT on the performance of Ethiopian banking industry using secondary data over the period 2010 – 2014 published annual reports by the banks. Data analysis is carried out in panel environment. The study employed purposive sampling technique to select the required sample of banks from commercial banks in Ethiopia. The results were affirmed by cointegration regression analysis. Six banks, out of the 18 commercial banks as of June 2014, were selected for the study.
How Do Different Ethnicities Approach to the Education System and Differences in Turkey?
Creators: name: Yigit, Mehmet Fatih
name: Tarman, Bulent
Publisher: name: QuiEdit
Year: 2016
Subjects: Multiculturalism, Differences in Education, Citizenship Education

description: The aim of this study is to find out what members of different ethnicities living in Turkey as Turkish citizens think about how the Turkish education system addresses cultural differences in schools. This qualitative study utilized a descriptive analysis method to collect data through five focus groups based ethnic diversity: Turks, Kurds, Arabs, Balkan refugees and Caucasian refugees. Each focus group consisted of four participants and interviews were tape-recorded and then analyzed by using the qualitative research analysis program, NVivo 10. The results show that most of the participants think that the current education system in Turkey does not represent the ethnic and cultural differences in Turkey since it is developed based on a certain ideology. Another finding of the study is that teachers are not aware of the cultural differences in their classrooms and they do not have adequate training to meet the expectations of students from those cultures. The participants have stated that in order to get the values and beliefs of different cultures living in Turkey represented in educational institutions, certain reforms should be implemented effectively, including teacher training programs.
description: Italian Sociological Review, Vol 6, No 3 (2016)
Cohort Life Tables from Life Courses for the Municipality of Modena: New Data and New Analyses
Creators: name: Nicolini, Luciano
name: Lopatriello, Maria Carmela
Publisher: name: QuiEdit
Year: 2016
Subjects: Life table, life course, city

description: The method used to construct cohort life tables starting from individual lives, which was shown to be valid in relation to small villages is also applicable to urban realities, albeit with prudence. Whenever it is necessary to select a sample, it is certainly expedient to stratify it on the basis of month of birth, after which the results may be considered reliable if the percentage of dates of death sourced is around 90%, and especially when numerous “last dates known to be alive” are available. The results also appear to be reliable in those cases in which the percentage of dates of death is lower, but it is good practice to ensure this by backing them up with those obtained by replacing the estimates based on the sample with other estimates based on data which may be sourced from the scientific literature. With more particular regard to the evolution of mortality in Modena district, it may be affirmed that this started to decline with the generations born at the end of the Nineteenth century, and therefore mainly in relation to improvements in public and private hygiene. During the Twentieth century, the industrialisation of the area appears to have had different consequences for males and females: the increase in life expectancy proved to be rather slower for the former.
description: Italian Sociological Review, Vol 6, No 3 (2016)
Identity and Social Roles: a Relational Perspective
Creators: name: Bellini, Pier Paolo
Publisher: name: QuiEdit
Year: 2016
Subjects: Identity process, social recognition, identity relationships

description: Starting from the hypothesis that identity is the result of interactions between the self and others, that it is, so to speak, their emergent effect, this article aims to identify the critical points of this bipolar relationship (ego-alter) that emerge in today's society. In particular, by focusing on the identity function of social roles, it emphasizes the complementary synergy needed in order to acquire them: recognition (by the individual with authority to do so) and acceptance (by the agent). In line with relational theory, we conclude that the reduction of personal identity to the more or less successful acquisition of social roles is likely to reduce the individual and his/her relationships to a simple instrumental function. We reaffirm, on the contrary, the need to restore a super-functional relationship between people that is able to preserve the social system and, at the same time, individual necessities.
description: Italian Sociological Review, Vol 6, No 3 (2016)
Detrended fluctuation analysis made flexible to detect range of cross-correlated fluctuations
Creators: name: Kwapien, Jaroslaw
name: Oswiecimka, Pawel
name: Drozdz, Stanislaw
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability (physics.data-an)
subject: Statistical Finance (q-fin.ST)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: The detrended cross-correlation coefficient $ρ_{\rm DCCA}$ has recently been proposed to quantify the strength of cross-correlations on different temporal scales in bivariate, non-stationary time series. It is based on the detrended cross-correlation and detrended fluctuation analyses (DCCA and DFA, respectively) and can be viewed as an analogue of the Pearson coefficient in the case of the fluctuation analysis. The coefficient $ρ_{\rm DCCA}$ works well in many practical situations but by construction its applicability is limited to detection of whether two signals are generally cross-correlated, without possibility to obtain information on the amplitude of fluctuations that are responsible for those cross-correlations. In order to introduce some related flexibility, here we propose an extension of $ρ_{\rm DCCA}$ that exploits the multifractal versions of DFA and DCCA: MFDFA and MFCCA, respectively. The resulting new coefficient $ρ_q$ not only is able to quantify the strength of correlations, but also it allows one to identify the range of detrended fluctuation amplitudes that are correlated in two signals under study. We show how the coefficient $ρ_q$ works in practical situations by applying it to stochastic time series representing processes with long memory: autoregressive and multiplicative ones. Such processes are often used to model signals recorded from complex systems and complex physical phenomena like turbulence, so we are convinced that this new measure can successfully be applied in time series analysis. In particular, we present an example of such application to highly complex empirical data from financial markets. The present formulation can straightforwardly be extended to multivariate data in terms of the $q$-dependent counterpart of the correlation matrices and then to the network representation.
Open Weltanschauung to Build a Democratic Behavior: the Actuality of Mannheim’s Thought
Creators: name: Casavecchia, Andrea
Publisher: name: QuiEdit
Year: 2016
Subjects: Democratic Behavior, Karl Mannheim,worldviews

description: This essay pieces together some key theoretical issues from Karl Mannheim’s democratic model and draws the attention to how, according to the author, democratization requires a collective cultural dimension linked to an open Weltanschauung. Subsequently, it presents the need to enhance a personal dimension for a development of a democratic behavior and shows how this latter behavior is an attempt to cope with ambiguities and limits that lead to the degeneration of democracy, in historysharp turns. In conclusion, it will argue that the concept of democratic behavior can contribute to addressing other urgent needs of past and present society.
description: Italian Sociological Review, Vol 6, No 3 (2016)
Randall Collins and the Sociology of Emotions
Creators: name: Iagulli, Paolo
Publisher: name: QuiEdit
Year: 2016
Subjects: sociology of emotions; Randall Collins; interaction ritual theory

description: The objective of this article is to illustrate the close relationship between the thought of Randall Collins - well-known in Italy for his manuals, less so for his more innovative works - and the sociology of emotions. The publication of his book Conflict Sociology (1975) was one of the most significant episodes in the emergence of this field of study towards the end of the 1970s. More importantly, though, Collins’ interaction ritual theory is inextricably linked to the emotions: his "ritual theory of emotions" is an integral part of IR theory and has become the theory of reference for what now constitutes an autonomous sociological approach to the emotions. Collins may be reproached for configuring the social actor as overly emotional, but obviously this is also a merit, if one considers for how long sociological theory was characterised by the primacy of normative and rational actors.
description: Italian Sociological Review, Vol 6, No 3 (2016)
title: Körperbilder – Abbild der Natur?
title: Zur Konstruktion von Geschlechterdifferenz in der Aktkunst der Frühen Neuzeit
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Hammer-Tugendhat, Daniela
Publisher: name: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Year: 1994
Subjects: subject: Kunst
subject: Geschichte
subject: Körper
subject: Natur
subject: Geschlecht
subject: Geschlechterdifferenz
subject: 700 Künste, Bildende und angewandte Kunst

description: Historiker/innen neigen dazu, Kunst als Abbild sozialer Realität zu sehen; Kunstwerke werden oft als Illustration gesellschaftlicher Wirklichkeit herangezogen. Kunsthistoriker/innen neigen dazu, Kunstwerke isoliert vom gesellschaftlichen Kontext zu betrachten. Bei der Interpretation von Aktdarstellungen besteht allgemein die Tendenz, die dargestellten Körper als Abbild von Natur bzw. als ideale Natur zu begreifen. Die Repräsentation nackter Körper ist aber ein Konstrukt, wie jedes Bild, eine Konstruktion von Bedeutungen. Durch die Darstellung nackter Körper soll die Illusion von Natur, von Natürlichkeit erzeugt werden. So wird insbesondere die Differenz der Geschlechter als „natürliche" am nackten Körper demonstriert. Ja, die Bedeutung der Repräsentation von Nacktheit besteht unter anderem darin, „belegen" zu können, daß die Geschlechterdifferenz eine natürliche sei. Ich möchte im folgenden zeigen, wie die Geschlechterdifferenz durch die Aktkunst mitkonstituiert worden ist.
The Ambivalent Creation of Truth in the Digital Age
Creators: name: Bonazzi, Michele
Publisher: name: QuiEdit
Year: 2016
Subjects: collective intelligence, culture industry, truth

description: Truth is a complex concept that was able to fascinate the individuals since the dawn of time. The relevance of the truth is confirmed by the centrality that the concept has had in the philosophical debate.The philosophers, from the Presocratics onwards, have questioned the concept of truth providing different interpretations. The global, cosmopolitan and liquid society in which we live can be represented as a labyrinth where it is difficult to navigate as the great narratives are entered into a crisis. The crisis of values and the consequent social anomie, on one hand, and the collective effervescence and democratizing power of the network, on the other hand, open the space to an interpretative antonymic perspective. So the truth can be perceived as an artifact produced by the culture industry in order to become an instrument of political propaganda and social indoctrination in a digital risk society. But, at the same time, the shared horizon of participation, produced by the advent of the digital age, introduces us in new scenarios in which the individual, as a digital prosumer, is able to exercises his/her own right and duty to speak the truth. Like Socrates taught us the search for truth is a process of looking inside ourselves and the aim of this essay is to highlighted that in a social context that gathers more visions of the world, the problem is not in the interpretation of the truth that we choose, but in the way truth is communicated to others, and especially in the use we made of it.
description: Italian Sociological Review, Vol 6, No 3 (2016)
19 November 1622: Wagstaffe, Elizabeth (-1637) to Wagstaffe, Timothy (-1625)
Creators: name: Orchard, Jack
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 430201
subject: Archival, repository and related studies

description: A manuscript letter from the Bodleian Special Collections which has been transcribed, edited, and annotated by students participating in the Bodleian Student Editions workshop series, organised by Mike Webb, curator of Early Modern Manuscripts, and Miranda Lewis, Digital Editor of Early Modern Letters Online.
Critical Casimir Force between Inhomogeneous Boundaries
Creators: name: Dubail, Jerome
name: Santachiara, Raoul
name: Emig, Thorsten
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: To study the critical Casimir force between chemically structured boundaries immersed in a binary mixture at its demixing transition, we consider a strip of Ising spins subject to alternating fixed spin boundary conditions. The system exhibits a boundary induced phase transition as function of the relative amount of up and down boundary spins. This transition is associated with a sign change of the asymptotic force and a diverging correlation length that sets the scale for the crossover between different universal force amplitudes. Using conformal field theory and a mapping to Majorana fermions, we obtain the universal scaling function of this crossover, and the force at short distances.
description: 5 pages, 3 figures
Improving adherence with preoperative instructions: a quality improvement project
Creators: name: Patel, Rima
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2022

description: Purpose: Poor health literacy has been linked to increased costs, delays in care, and other adverse events, including increased rates of hospitalization. In the surgical setting, poor health literacy among patients can lead to inadequate understanding of preoperative instructions. Methodology: This quality improvement project used an illustrated patient education booklet (PEB) to improve comprehension of preoperative instructions for patients undergoing colorectal surgery. Demographic information and preoperative instruction adherence rates were measured. Chart review data was collected 8 weeks prior to implementation of the illustrated PEB and for 8 weeks after implementation. Results: Adherence to bowel preparation increased 66.7% and adherence to preoperative antibiotic instructions increased by 13%. Adherence to NPO status decreased by 13.3%. Adherence to pre-admission counseling and consumption of the pre-surgery drink remained 100% before and after implementation of the PEB. There was not a statistically significant difference in the score for adherence pre-implementation (M=60, SD=14.14) and adherence post-implementation (M=73.33, SD=23.09); t(6)=2.45, p=0.34. These results suggest that the implementation of the illustrated PEB did not influence the pre-operative adherence rates. The correlation between illustrated PEBs and preoperative instruction adherence is multifaceted, therefore, additional research is needed.Implications for Practice: Although the results between the pre- and post-implementation periods were not statistically significant, there was still an upward trend in adherence to preoperative instructions. The use of illustrations can increase patients' understanding of health information and increase adherence to preoperative instructions. The illustrated PEB can be implemented as a standard of care. This will improve quality of care and patient safety. It has the potential to decrease healthcare costs for patients, hospitals, and the healthcare system.
Angular analysis of the decay B0 to K*0 mu mu from pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 8 TeV
Creators: name: CMS Collaboration
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The angular distributions and the differential branching fraction of the decay B0 to K*0(892) mu mu are studied using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 20.5 inverse femtobarns collected with the CMS detector at the LHC in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 8 TeV. From 1430 signal decays, the forward-backward asymmetry of the muons, the K*0(892) longitudinal polarization fraction, and the differential branching fraction are determined as a function of the dimuon invariant mass squared. The measurements are among the most precise to date and are in good agreement with standard model predictions.
description: Replaced with published version. Added journal reference
12 May 1621: Wagstaffe, Elizabeth (-1637) to Wagstaffe, Timothy (-1625)
Creators: name: Orchard, Jack
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 430201
subject: Archival, repository and related studies

description: A manuscript letter from the Bodleian Special Collections which has been transcribed, edited, and annotated by students participating in the Bodleian Student Editions workshop series, organised by Mike Webb, curator of Early Modern Manuscripts, and Miranda Lewis, Digital Editor of Early Modern Letters Online.
Sublattice Segregation of Hydrogen Adsorbates in Carbon Nanotubes
Creators: name: Lawlor, James A.
name: Ferreira, Mauro S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Recent experimental observations have reported that, rather than randomly distributed, nitrogen atoms may prefer to be located on one of the two sub-lattices of graphene. It has been suggested that such a preference may present a possible avenue to tailor the band gap of graphene whilst maintaining its excellent electronic transport properties. Among the proposed mechanisms to explain this effect is the suggestion that long-range inter-impurity interactions mediated by the conduction electrons of graphene may give rise to the asymmetry between sub-lattice occupations. Electron-mediated interactions are known to be prevalent not only between N atoms but also between impurities that are adsorbed to a specific location within the hexagonal structure, namely to the top of the carbon atom. Furthermore, this interaction is known to become more long-ranged as the dimensionality of the system is lowered. For that reason, in this paper we investigate whether a similar sub-lattice asymmetry appears in the case of metallic carbon nanotubes doped with Hydrogen adatoms. Our results indicate that similar sub-lattice asymmetries are observable and even more pronounced in small-diameter CNTs with a dilute concentration of adsorbates, diminishing with increasing diameter or impurity concentrations.
description: 9 pages, 6 figures
A self-measured blood pressure protocol to improve medication adherence and blood pressure control
Creators: name: Huamani, Stacy
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2022

description: Background & Significance: People with hypertension (HTN) living in poverty have a higher risk of developing end-organ damage and dying from complications than those living in wealthier areas.Purpose of Project: To decrease the risk of HTN-related complications by implementing an evidence-based protocol of self-measured blood pressure (SMBP) monitoring with weekly personal support calls to improve blood pressure (BP) control and medication adherence among low-income minorities.Methodology: This study used a quasi-experimental design. Patients from a private primary care practice were recruited. All participants received a 45-min in-person educational session on SMBP and a 15-min phone call weekly for four weeks. Participants were to collect and report BP readings weekly. A validated instrument to evaluate a patients’ adherence to HTN therapy: Hill-Bone Compliance to High Blood Pressure Therapy scale (HB-HBP), was used to collect pre and post-intervention scores.Results: Nine participants completed the project. The majority of the participants' ages ranged from 60-79 yrs, about 55% had HTN for over 10 yrs, and about 32% reported knowing the proper techniques to measure their BP at home. A statistically significant improvement in the mean SBP readings (p= 0.028) and HB-HBP scores (p=0.012) occurred from pre to post-intervention. Medication adherence alone was not statistically significant (p= 0.056).Implications for Practice: Although there wasn’t a significant improvement in medication adherence, this study indicated a statistically significant improvement in SBP and adherence to HTN therapy. The potential impact is a reduction in the adverse sequala of uncontrolled HTN.
The Relationship Between Flipped Learning And Pupils’ Performance A Reflection On Alternative Philosophical Underpinnings.
Creators: name: Noriey, Ismail
name: Javanmiri, Mohammad Sedigh
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: Education

description: This research paper investigates the significance of the relationship between flipped learning and pupils’ academic performance in secondary schools in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq especially with a focus on alternative philosophical underpinnings. Undoubtedly, the significance of this study in the field of educational research bubbles over with controversies. Professional researchers/teachers’ disagreements about what happens in schools emanate from the difference in philosophical lenses employed in understanding phenomena, divergent visions regarding the purpose of schooling, and what constitutes an ideal society and cultural differences. This research attempts to understand teachers’ perception of reality in classrooms and fathoms the relationship between flipped learning and pupil’s academic performance, engagement and achievement. The research methodology employed has focused on mixed methods that allow the data analysis to adopt an interpretive approach and attempted to address the research questions by developing a structured observation and a questionnaire to facilitate the data collection procedure. The findings show that alternative philosophical underpinnings bear profound effects on pupils’ learning: teachers and the epistemologies and ontologies employed to understand reality in classrooms significantly impact flipped learning and pupils’ academic performance. The results suggest that these implications share common critical statements found in the related literature reviews that also indicate reflections on alternative philosophical underpinnings.
title: Universitätsbibliothek Paderborn
title: 40 Jahre - Von der Planung der Gesamthochschulbibliotheken zur Universitätsbibliothek Paderborn 2012
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Haubfleisch, Dietmar
Publisher: name: Universitätsbibliothek
Year: 2024

description: 40 Jahre Universität Paderborn p. 324-340 (2012)
Animals, Humans and Sociability
Creators: name: Tedeschi, Enrica
Publisher: name: QuiEdit
Year: 2016
Subjects: Animals studies; post-humanism; intersubjectivity

description: This article discusses animal studies from the point of view of sociability as an “inter-subjective field of action” and as an agent and builder of society (“doing society”). In sociology, the zoological connection has availed of the theory of borders and critical realism, but, above all, of constructionism, in its interactionist and ethno-methodological sense and both focused on social micro-interaction. The construction of the identity of social actors (both human and animal) is especially evident in interaction regarding play, games, sport, daily life and work. In these spheres, analyses shed light on ambivalent and contradictory human experiences that clash with the dominant culture, while highlighting practical resistance against speciesism, which it is well worth to bring to the attention of future research, using open, mixed methodologies.
description: Italian Sociological Review, Vol 6, No 2 (2016)
Taylor-Couette turbulence at radius ratio $η=0.5$: scaling, flow structures and plumes
Creators: name: van der Veen, Roeland C. A.
name: Huisman, Sander G.
name: Merbold, Sebastian
name: Harlander, Uwe
name: Egbers, Christoph
name: Lohse, Detlef
name: Sun, Chao
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using high-resolution particle image velocimetry we measure velocity profiles, the wind Reynolds number and characteristics of turbulent plumes in Taylor-Couette flow for a radius ratio of 0.5 and Taylor number of up to $6.2\cdot10^9$. The extracted angular velocity profiles follow a log-law more closely than the azimuthal velocity profiles due to the strong curvature of this $η=0.5$ setup. The scaling of the wind Reynolds number with the Taylor number agrees with the theoretically predicted 3/7-scaling for the classical turbulent regime, which is much more pronounced than for the well-explored $η=0.71$ case, for which the ultimate regime sets in at much lower Ta. By measuring at varying axial positions, roll structures are found for counter-rotation while no clear coherent structures are seen for pure inner cylinder rotation. In addition, turbulent plumes coming from the inner and outer cylinder are investigated. For pure inner cylinder rotation, the plumes in the radial velocity move away from the inner cylinder, while the plumes in the azimuthal velocity mainly move away from the outer cylinder. For counter-rotation, the mean radial flow in the roll structures strongly affects the direction and intensity of the turbulent plumes. Furthermore, it is experimentally confirmed that in regions where plumes are emitted, boundary layer profiles with a logarithmic signature are created.
Social determinants of health influence on re-admittance rates and mortality for the congestive heart failure patient: a systematic review
Creators: name: Ricketts, Natasha
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2022

description: Purpose of Project: The objective of this systematic review was to examine the available evidence on Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) (specifically, poverty/income and health literacy) to determine their influence on readmission and mortality rates in the cardiovascular-disease population.Methodology: The standard Joanna Brigg Institute (JBI) approach was used to perform this systematic review. Critical appraisal and data extraction were performed by two reviewers working independently using the JBI SUMARI database.Results: The results of this review provided a greater understanding of the scope of healthcare determinants in society, including race, which is tied to economic issues. Among patients with heart failure over the age of 65 years, poverty was found to most influence readmittance rates and mortality rates, and a correlation was seen between low socioeconomic status and poor health literacy. Race was also a contributor as Black people tended to live in more impoverished areas and experienced higher readmission and mortality rates than White people living in the same area.Implications for Practice: Clinical Practice: Practitioners performing a full assessment of how social determinants of health affect patient treatment and intervention can help patients maintain health positively. Healthcare Policy: Experts who develop relevant healthcare policies understand the social determinants of health affecting a population/ and or individual. Quality and Safety: The study revealed the importance of ensuring that professional healthcare workers offer high-quality healthcare services to their patients and engage in activities that ensure safety for their patients. Education: Awareness of general health influences individuals to live a healthy lifestyle that positively impacts their overall health. Healthcare professionals understand the importance of educating patients about disease management, but the outcome depends on patients' health literacy. Proper disease management is an effective intervention strategy to help enhance healthier living.
11 November 1619: Wagstaffe, Elizabeth (-1637) to Wagstaffe, Timothy (-1625)
Creators: name: Orchard, Jack
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 430201
subject: Archival, repository and related studies

description: A manuscript letter from the Bodleian Special Collections which has been transcribed, edited, and annotated by students participating in the Bodleian Student Editions workshop series, organised by Mike Webb, curator of Early Modern Manuscripts, and Miranda Lewis, Digital Editor of Early Modern Letters Online.
Properties of the Scattering Matrix and Dispersion Estimates for Jacobi Operators
Creators: name: Egorova, Iryna
name: Holzleitner, Markus
name: Teschl, Gerald
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Spectral Theory (math.SP)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Primary 35Q41, 34L25, Secondary 81U30, 47B36

description: We show that for a Jacobi operator with coefficients whose (j+1)'th moments are summable the j'th derivative of the scattering matrix is in the Wiener algebra of functions with summable Fourier coefficients. We use this result to improve the known dispersive estimates with integrable time decay for the time dependent Jacobi equation in the resonant case.
description: 10 pages
A Comparison of Online and Offline Social Participation Impacts on Generalized Trust
Creators: name: Pavić, Željko
name: Šundalić, Antun
Publisher: name: QuiEdit
Year: 2016
Subjects: social capital; generalized trust; Internet social networking sites

description: Generalized trust, which arguably follows from civic participation, brings positive consequences with regard to the individual and social goal attainment. Since sociability, especially when it comes to the young people, is increasingly exercised on the Internet, the main goal of this research paper was to set side by side the impacts of online (SNS) and offline social participation on the generalized trust. Research questions are explored by means of a field survey conducted on a sample of research participants aged between 18 and 35 years. The results indicate that the membership in civic organizations is associated with higher levels of social trust, whereas the participation in Internet social networking sites (SNSs) does not show this association. The results also revealed that civic activity on SNSs is not independently associated with generalized trust. These results are interpreted by evoking structural and motivational characteristics of online and offline social networks. In addition to the main research questions elaboration, socio-demographic predictors of generalized trust are also discussed.
description: Italian Sociological Review, Vol 6, No 2 (2016)
11 July 1620: Wagstaffe, Elizabeth (-1637) to Wagstaffe, Timothy (-1625)
Creators: name: Orchard, Jack
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 430201
subject: Archival, repository and related studies

description: A manuscript letter from the Bodleian Special Collections which has been transcribed, edited, and annotated by students participating in the Bodleian Student Editions workshop series, organised by Mike Webb, curator of Early Modern Manuscripts, and Miranda Lewis, Digital Editor of Early Modern Letters Online.
Towards a realistic astrophysical interpretation of the gamma-ray Galactic center excess
Creators: name: Gaggero, Daniele
name: Taoso, Marco
name: Urbano, Alfredo
name: Valli, Mauro
name: Ullio, Piero
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A spherical-symmetric gamma-ray emission from the central region of the Galaxy has been recently identified in Fermi-LAT data, and initially associated to dark matter particle annihilations. Guided by the evidence for a high gas density in the inner kpc of the Galaxy correlated with a very large Supernova rate, and hence with ongoing cosmic-ray acceleration, we investigate instead the possibility of addressing this excess in terms of ordinary cosmic-ray sources and standard steady-state diffusion. We alter the source term, and consistently the correlated gamma-ray emissions, in the context of a template-fitting analysis. We focus on a region of interest (ROI) defined as: $|l|<20^{\circ}; \hspace{5mm} 2^{\circ}
description: 25 pages, 10 figures in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, Volume 2015, December 2015
Happyness: ethic duty and man's dimension
Creators: name: Luzi, Michela
Publisher: name: QuiEdit
Year: 2016
Subjects: happyness; wellbeing; social capital

description: Happiness can be imagined as the final destination of an individual path, but also as the starting point towards a better existential dimension, more fulfilling, more attractive and hence more satisfying. Happiness can be an experience or a frame of mind, an image, a historical event, a city, a thought, an “other” from us: the main character is always a human being, together with other human beings. Certainly, among the essential ingredients of happiness, we must include the achievement of important goals, self-esteem  and social acknowledgement.
In the contemporary society, the concept of happiness is emerging more and more like almost exclusively founded on possess, fastened to a robust individualist perspective, where the achievement of personal wellbeing is emphasized, excluding whatever contact and relationship, but to experience true happiness we need not to withdraw from others, but looking for others. The other man, the other woman, all living beings: plants, herbs, animals on earth, sea, air should be met, touched, watched, so that we may be amazed and charmed by their magnificence and disaster, by their beauty and their ability to unsettle
description: Italian Sociological Review, Vol 6, No 2 (2016)
Optimization of Process Parameters for Production of Honey powder from Ethiopian Honey By Spray-drying: a case study on its application in Bread
Creators: name: Abera Berhanu
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014

description: The study was conducted with the objective of optimizing process parameters for production of honey powder by spray drying, characterizing the powder, and using it as a substitute for sugar in bread formulations. Experimental design with inlet temperature (150 to 190 °C), feed flow rate (5–15ml/min), aspirator rate (80 to 100%) and gum Arabic ratio to liquid honey (20 to 60%) as independent variables was studied to investigate the effect on product responses. RSM was used to optimize process parameters. The spray dried honey powder was characterized for Moisture content, Particle size distribution, Hygroscopicity test and yield.
A Thesis Submitted to the Graduate Studies of Addis Ababa University, School of Commerce in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree of Masters of Arts in Logistics& Supply Chain Management
Creators: name: Addisu Getie
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018

description: Medical equipment are essential for a functioning health system. Medical equipment in

particular are crucial in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of illness and disease, as well

as patient rehabilitation. The objective of this study is to analyse the medical equipment supply

chain management of public hospitals under Addis Ababa Regional Health Bureau. Both

quantitative and qualitative approaches are used in an explanatory and descriptive research

design. A total of 339 samples were taken from 2231 population. Across sectional data was

collected using Simple random sampling and purposive sampling methods for quantitative and

qualitative data collection respectively. Structured questionnaires and open ended interview

questions are used as a tool for data collection. The data were analysed using both descriptive

and inferential statistical tools. Moreover, the result was described using mean, frequency and

standard deviation, and the researcher was also applied parametric statistical test

(correlations, and regression analysis (Simple, multiple)) to interpret and analyze the data,

using Statistical Package for Social Science version 21.The findings showed that the efficiency

of medical equipment supply chain management in public hospitals is found to be strongly

affected by the procurement, inventory, transportation and warehouse management practices.

Majority of respondents disagree for having good procurement, inventory, transportation and

warehouse management in public hospitals under Addis Ababa Regional Health Bureau. From

the overall findings we can conclude that medical equipment supply chain management

practices of public hospitals under Addis Ababa Regional Health Bureau is inefficient which

will contribute for not giving quality health service. This is mainly due to poor practices in the

procurement, inventory, transportation and warehouse management. From the findings of the

study 44.5 percent of the variance in efficiency of medical equipment supply chain was

explained by the variance of explanatory variables, while the rest 55.5 percent was contributed

by other factors that were not included in the model. Hence it is recommended that Federal

Ministry of Health should work for improving of medical equipment supply chain management

practices of facilities such as to prepare updated medical equipment list nationally and at each

level of the facility, to develop health commodities procurement policy. Addis Ababa regional

health bureau together with hospital management and staffs should give attention and work

cooperatively to improve the practices of medical equipment supply chain management of

hospitals.
30 April 1660: Digby, Anne (-1697) to Butler, James (1610-1688)
Creators: name: Orchard, Jack
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 430201
subject: Archival, repository and related studies

description: A manuscript letter from the Bodleian Special Collections which has been transcribed, edited, and annotated by students participating in the Bodleian Student Editions workshop series, organised by Mike Webb, curator of Early Modern Manuscripts, and Miranda Lewis, Digital Editor of Early Modern Letters Online.