cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Datenanalytik im präklinischen Notfallmanagement
title: Potentiale und Herausforderungen in vernetzten Rettungsketten
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Mathis, Simon
Publisher: name: FH Vorarlberg (Fachhochschule Vorarlberg)
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 650 Management

description: Minuten können in medizinischen Notfällen unmittelbar die Anwendbarkeit von Behandlungsmethoden, das Ausmaß von bleibenden Einschränkungen sowie die Überlebenschancen beeinflussen. Doch hat das präklinische Notfallmanagement heute mit steigenden Einsatzzahlen, zunehmenden Einsätzen ohne Dringlichkeit und dem demografischen Wandel bei gleichzeitigem Fachkräftemangel zu kämpfen. Entsprechend gewinnt das Prozessmanagement zur Gestaltung effizienter Rettungsketten an Bedeutung. Vor diesem Hintergrund ging die vorliegende Arbeit der Frage nach, welche Potentiale die Datenanalytik in vernetzten Rettungsketten für das Prozessmanagement hat, um wertvolle Zeit zu gewinnen. Zudem wurden die Herausforderungen der Datenanalytik in diesem Bereich betrachtet. Zur Beantwortung der Forschungsfrage wurde dabei eine theoretisch-konzeptionelle Vorgehensweise gewählt. Die Untersuchung zeigte, dass die Potentiale der Datenanalytik in diesem Kontext in der Entscheidungsunterstützung zur Standortwahl, zur Kapazitätsplanung und in der Abwicklung von Notfällen liegen. Zudem könnte diese bei der Prozessanalyse, sowie der Prävention und Vermeidung von Einsätzen unterstützen. Dahingegen liegen die Herausforderungen in der Notwendigkeit einer übergeordneten Strategie, der hinreichenden Datenqualität und Verfügbarkeit der Daten. Darüber hinaus bestehen Herausforderungen im Bereich der IT-Sicherheit und des Datenschutzes, sowie der oft fehlenden Vernetzung. Zusammenfassend wären die Potentiale der Datenanalytik zur Optimierung der Zeit in Rettungsketten vielversprechend, jedoch stehen dem Einsatz dieser aktuell noch eine Vielzahl an Herausforderungen gegenüber.
Hastings v Thistlethwaite
Creators: name: Burch, Brian
Publisher: name: Archaeology Data Service
Year: 2023

description: Transactions of the Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society, 58, 36-57
description: Among the Leicester Archdeaconry Court Proceedings, now housed at the County Record Office, there is a group of papers relating to a dispute concerning 'Keble's Chapel' in the South aisle at Humberstone which throws some light on this chapel in the early seventeenth century. The case is interesting for other reasons: it involved local personalities, including successive owners of Humberstone Hall (and incidentally corrects the account of the manor's descent in the published histories), it gives a valuable insight into the workings of the Church's jurisdiction over the erection of monuments, and, since the majority of the principal documents survive, is a good example of the Church courts in action. To the student of church monuments, it reveals how and by whom a modest, but no doubt typical monument was built.
British influence on the development of the Australian booktrade
Creators: name: Kapusta, Caroline M.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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title: In-Line Siegelprozessanalyse an einer Tiefziehmaschine im Infrarot-Spektrum
Creators: name: Wirth, Tobias
Publisher: name: FH Vorarlberg (Fachhochschule Vorarlberg)
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften

description: Medizinische Verpackungen werden in der Industrie häufig mittels thermischen Siegelns verschlossen. Um eine kontinuierliche Qualitätsprüfung zu ermöglichen, soll in dieser Arbeit untersucht werden, ob es möglich ist, mittels Infrarotkamera, anhand der sich ausbildenden Wärmesignatur, fehlerhafte Teile zu erkennen. Dabei teilt sich die Forschungsfrage in zwei Teile. Im ersten Teil wird analysiert was zu beachten ist, um eine ideale Auswertung zu ermöglichen. Der zweite Teil der Forschungsfrage untersucht, welche Wärmesignatur sich bei fehlerhaften Teilen ausbildet. Im ersten Teil der Forschungsfrage wird mittels Modellierung des Siegelprozesses und der nachfolgenden Abkühlung, sowie eines späteren Versuchs analysiert, wie die Kamera am besten positioniert werden muss, um das beste Eingangssignal zu erhalten. Im zweiten Teil werden in verschiedenen Versuchsreihen Fehler provoziert und anschließend die Unter-schiede der Wärmesignatur ausgewertet. Anhand der Modellierung und der Durchführung von Versuchen zeigt sich, dass eine Siegelung am besten 1-2s nach dem Siegelende ausgewertet werden kann. Die weitere Untersuchung zeigt, dass große Fehler zwar gut erkannt, kleinere aber eher nicht mehr zuverlässig erkannt werden können.
Rigidity of inversive distance circle packings revisited
Creators: name: Xu, Xu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Geometric Topology (math.GT)
subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Inversive distance circle packing metric was introduced by P Bowers and K Stephenson \cite{BS} as a generalization of Thurston's circle packing metric \cite{T1}. They conjectured that the inversive distance circle packings are rigid. For nonnegative inversive distance, Guo \cite{Guo} proved the infinitesimal rigidity and then Luo \cite{L3} proved the global rigidity. In this paper, based on an observation of Zhou \cite{Z}, we prove this conjecture for inversive distance in $(-1, +\infty)$ by variational principles. We also study the global rigidity of a combinatorial curvature introduced in \cite{GJ4,GX4,GX6} with respect to the inversive distance circle packing metrics where the inversive distance is in $(-1, +\infty)$.
description: arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1701.01795
A study of the nature and extent of the language barrier and its effects on the research activity of an academic community at Monash University, Australia
Creators: name: Thom, Rosemary C.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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Migrant Memories, Migrant Lives: Polish National Identity in Leicester since 1945
Creators: name: Burrell, Kathy
Publisher: name: Archaeology Data Service
Year: 2022

description: Transactions of the Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society, 76, 59-77
description: This article considers the development of the Polish 'community' in Leicester, starting with memories of Poland's occupations and subsequent population displacements during the Second World War, and finishing with the establishment of formal and informal Polish institutions and networks in the city in the post-war period. Using extracts from oral history interviews undertaken with local Poles, it charts the survival of a very strong Polish national identity within the community, illustrating how this national consciousness has been based primarily on a shared sense of history that has been cemented by the common experience of war-time suffering.
title: Machine to machine communication via cellular network
title: Implementation and evaluation of communication over a 5G standalone private network in an industrial use case focusing on the data exchange between two articulated robots
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Sonnberger, Michael
Publisher: name: FH Vorarlberg (Fachhochschule Vorarlberg)
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften

description: This thesis focuses on implementing and testing communication over a private 5G standalone network in an industrial environment, with a specific emphasis on communication between two articulated robots. The main objective is to examine machine-to-machine communication behavior in various test scenarios. Initially, the 5G core and radio access network components are described, along with their associated interfaces, to establish foundational knowledge. Subsequently, a use case involving two articulated robots is implemented, and essential metrics are defined for testing, including round-trip time, packet and inter-packet delay, and packet error rate. The tests investigate the impact of 5G quality of service, packet size, and transmission interval on communication between the robots, focusing on the effects of network traffic. The results highlight the significance of prioritizing network resources based on the assigned quality of service identifier (5QI), demonstrate the influence of packet sizes on communication performance, and underscore the importance of transmission intervals for automation purposes. Additionally, the study examines how network disturbances influence the movements of a robot controlled via 5G, establishing a direct relationship between network metrics and the resulting deviations in the robot’s trajectory. The work concludes that while machine-to-machine communication can be successfully implemented with 5G SA, tradeoffs must be carefully considered, especially concerning packet error rate, and emphasizes the importance of understanding the required resources before implementation to ensure feasibility. Future research directions include investigating network slicing, secure remote control of robots, and exploring the use of higher frequency bands. The study highlights the significance of aligning theoretical standards with practical implementation options in the evolving landscape of 5G Networks.
Exact distance coloring in trees
Creators: name: Bousquet, Nicolas
name: Esperet, Louis
name: Harutyunyan, Ararat
name: de Verclos, Rémi de Joannis
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: For an integer $q\ge 2$ and an even integer $d$, consider the graph obtained from a large complete $q$-ary tree by connecting with an edge any two vertices at distance exactly $d$ in the tree. This graph has clique number $q+1$, and the purpose of this short note is to prove that its chromatic number is $Θ\big(\tfrac{d \log q}{\log d}\big)$. It was not known that the chromatic number of this graph grows with $d$. As a simple corollary of our result, we give a negative answer to a problem of van den Heuvel and Naserasr, asking whether there is a constant $C$ such that for any odd integer $d$, any planar graph can be colored with at most $C$ colors such that any pair of vertices at distance exactly $d$ have distinct colors. Finally, we study interval coloring of trees (where vertices at distance at least $d$ and at most $cd$, for some real $c>1$, must be assigned distinct colors), giving a sharp upper bound in the case of bounded degree trees.
description: 9 pages, 2 figures - revised version
title: Data Analytics – Mind the Gap!
title: Data Analytics im Kontext der organisatorischen Verankerung
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Lippert, Markus
Publisher: name: FH Vorarlberg (Fachhochschule Vorarlberg)
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 330 Wirtschaft

description: In den letzten Jahren wurde den technischen Aspekten der Datenanalyse viel Aufmerksamkeit gewidmet, den organisatorischen Implikationen jedoch nur wenig, was dazu geführt hat, dass eine Reihe von Unternehmen nicht in der Lage war, den vollen Nutzen aus ihren Data Analytics-Investitionen zu ziehen was u.a. dazu führte das die Potenziale von Data Analytics nicht vollständig ausgeschöpft wurden. Ziel dieser Arbeit ist es, die organisatorischen Herausforderungen aus der Sicht des Managements, der Kultur und der Organisation zu beleuchten und unter der theoretischen Orientierung des „Dynamic Capability View“ die Haupttreiber für die organisatorische Verankerung von Data Analytics zu beleuchten, um die Potenziale der evidenzbasierten Entscheidungsfindung in einer datengetriebenen Organisation voll auszuschöpfen. Die Literaturarbeit zu Data Analytics und ihren organisatorischen Auswirkungen, die auf der Grundlage einer theoretisch-konzeptionellen Forschungsarbeit durchgeführt wurde, zeigt, dass es in diesem Kontext eine Vielzahl von Parametern gibt, die sich gegenseitig beeinflussen. Diese Studie hat gezeigt, dass Unternehmen einen ganzheitlichen Ansatz verfolgen müssen, um die Vorteile der modernen Data-Analytics-Methoden voll ausschöpfen zu können. Die Ergebnisse deuten darauf hin, dass die Hauptantriebskräfte für Datenanalysefähigkeiten gut ausgebildete Manager mit einem ausgeprägten analytischen Verständnis sind, die von klar definierten evidenzbasierten Prozessen geleitet werden, welche in einer hoch kultivierten datengetriebenen Kultur eingebettet sind. Dies ist die Grundlage für Wettbewerbsvorteile in hochdynamischen Umgebungen und führt in weiterer Folge zu einem höheren Niveau der Wertschöpfung.
Collection support provided by some Melbourne public libraries to learners of English as a second language
Creators: name: Paul, Chintin Chang.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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A multiplier algebra functional calculus
Creators: name: Bickel, Kelly
name: Hartz, Michael
name: McCarthy, John E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Functional Analysis (math.FA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 47A60 (Primary), 47A13, 46E22 (Secondary)

description: This paper generalizes the classical Sz.-Nagy--Foias $H^{\infty}(\mathbb{D})$ functional calculus for Hilbert space contractions. In particular, we replace the single contraction $T$ with a tuple $T=(T_1, \dots, T_d)$ of commuting bounded operators on a Hilbert space and replace $H^{\infty}(\mathbb{D})$ with a large class of multiplier algebras of Hilbert function spaces on the unit ball in $\mathbb C^d$.
description: 17 pages; minor changes
Global smoothing of a subanalytic set
Creators: name: Bierstone, Edward
name: Parusinski, Adam
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Complex Variables (math.CV)
subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 14B25, 32B20, 32S45 (Primary), 14E15, 14P10, 14P15, 32C05 (Secondary)

description: We give rather simple answers to two long-standing questions in real-analytic geometry, on global smoothing of a subanalytic set, and on transformation of a proper real-analytic mapping to a mapping with equidimensional fibres by global blowings-up of the target. These questions are related: a positive answer to the second can be used to reduce the first to the simpler semianalytic case. We show that the second question has a negative answer, in general, and that the first problem nevertheless has a positive solution.
description: 11 pages, to appear in Duke Math. J
An Insect fauna from a Roman well at Empingham, Rutland
Creators: name: C Buckland, Paul
Publisher: name: Archaeology Data Service
Year: 2023

description: Transactions of the Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society, 60, 1-6
description: The Roman villa at Empingham lay 1km south-west of the modern village at about 65 m O.D. overlooking the valley of the little river Gwash. The site was excavated in 1969-70 by the late Mr M. Dean and Mr M.S. Gorin in advance of the construction of a dam and the flooding of the area to create Rutland Water. The main house, with hypocaust and painted plaster, lay north of the stream and other structures to the south. An aisled barn, 23 m x 11 m, was associated with two smaller structures, one possibly a shed, enclosing a well, which contained 20 sheep's heads and lower limb bones. The well, about 5m deep, also contained a wooden shoe patten and a group of pottery of ca.270. As the final report upon the villa has yet to be prepared, the insect fauna merits separate publication.
Bronze Age Ring Ditches and Pit Alignments at Mill Lane, Earl Shilton
Creators: name: Jarvis, Wayne
name: Beamish, Matthew G
name: Cooper, Lynden
name: Cooper, Nicholas
name: Marsden, Patrick
name: Morgan, Graham
name: Monckton, Angela
name: Thomas, John A
Publisher: name: Archaeology Data Service
Year: 2022

description: Transactions of the Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society, 85, 21-49
description: A programme of archaeological fieldwork was carried out by ULAS between August 2007 and September 2008 in advance of the construction of the A47 Earl Shilton Bypass (SP 476 991 - SP 453 964). Survey and evaluation indicated potential impacts on two sites: a post-medieval fishpond at Elmesthorpe south of Earl Shilton (Jarvis 2009b, Site A); and the site discussed here (Site D), on land to the north of Mill Lane and east of Earl Shilton (SP 479 979). Here, prehistoric and transitional Roman features were revealed, including two ring ditches representing ploughed out Bronze Age round barrows, pit alignments and a series of parallel and inter-cutting ditches. They show the interaction between the monuments and the landscape, and a continuity of respect for these monuments over a long period of time. They also demonstrate how these features were referenced, 'reclaimed' and reworked, and additionally how the landscape was subdivided in a more formal manner, in the course of time.
An analysis of the citation patterns over time of different types of scientific journal items
Creators: name: Horn, Malcolm.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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Automatically Identifying Fake News in Popular Twitter Threads
Creators: name: Buntain, Cody
name: Golbeck, Jennifer
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Social and Information Networks (cs.SI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Information quality in social media is an increasingly important issue, but web-scale data hinders experts' ability to assess and correct much of the inaccurate content, or `fake news,' present in these platforms. This paper develops a method for automating fake news detection on Twitter by learning to predict accuracy assessments in two credibility-focused Twitter datasets: CREDBANK, a crowdsourced dataset of accuracy assessments for events in Twitter, and PHEME, a dataset of potential rumors in Twitter and journalistic assessments of their accuracies. We apply this method to Twitter content sourced from BuzzFeed's fake news dataset and show models trained against crowdsourced workers outperform models based on journalists' assessment and models trained on a pooled dataset of both crowdsourced workers and journalists. All three datasets, aligned into a uniform format, are also publicly available. A feature analysis then identifies features that are most predictive for crowdsourced and journalistic accuracy assessments, results of which are consistent with prior work. We close with a discussion contrasting accuracy and credibility and why models of non-experts outperform models of journalists for fake news detection in Twitter.
Names of Leicestershire Persons who Subscribed towards the Defence of this Country at the time of the Spanish Armada, 1588, and the Amounts each Contributed
Creators: name: C Noble, T
Publisher: name: Archaeology Data Service
Year: 2023

description: Transactions of the Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society, 6, 292-292
description: Extract from T. C. Noble's Names of thise Persons who subscribed etc, 1886, pp. 36-7
title: Data Analytics in der Supply Chain
title: Entwicklung und Evaluation eines Readiness-Assessment-Frameworks
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Hetzenauer, Claudia
Publisher: name: FH Vorarlberg (Fachhochschule Vorarlberg)
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 000 Allgemeines, Informatik, Informationswissenschaft

description: Um Data Analytics gezielt und effektiv einzusetzen, gilt es als wichtig, die organisationale Reife eines Unternehmens in Bezug auf die Umsetzung von Data Analytics zu messen und zu verstehen. Da viele Unternehmen allerdings noch nicht bereit für die Implementierung von Supply Chain Analytics sind, benötigen sie ein Tool mit dem die eigene organisationale Reife gemessen und verbessert werden kann. Dafür wird in dieser Arbeit ein Readiness-Assess- ment-Framework entwickelt, das die organisationale Reife eines Unternehmens bestimmt und mittels ergänzendem Leitfaden Möglichkeiten zur Optimierung der eigenen Reife aufzeigt. Die Besonderheit dieses Assessments liegt in der Aufteilung in einzelne organisationale und tech- nologische Kategorien sowie deren Erfolgsfaktoren. Der Aufbau dieser Arbeit folgt dem De- sign-Science-Ansatz von Peffers et al. (2006). Mittels eines Literature Reviews und Expert:in- neninterviews wurden die Kategorien und Erfolgsfaktoren für das Assessment identifiziert und verifiziert. Nach der Entwicklung des Assessments wurde in einem Workshop die Praxistaug- lichkeit des Frameworks überprüft. Abschließend werden Ansatzpunkte für künftige Weiter- entwicklungen des Frameworks dargestellt.
The Private Lunatic Asylums of Leicestershire
Creators: name: Carpenter, Peter
Publisher: name: Archaeology Data Service
Year: 2023

description: Transactions of the Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society, 61, 34-42
description: The oldest building used by Leicester University is now 150 years old. Originally it was built as the Leicestershire County Lunatic Asylum, which opened in 1837. This asylum is well documented and can trace its history back to 1784, when it was first sited at the Leicester Infirmary; and forwards to its present form as Carlton Hayes Hospital on a site occupied since 1908. It is not generally known that in Leicestershire the insane were also cared for at several other, private, asylums. At present these private Madhouses, as they were once known, are poorly documented. The earliest, those of the Arnolds, predated the Leicester Infirmary Asylum; the last, Wigston House, was closed in 1852.
Confederate Monuments and Implicit Bias
Creators: name: Lansu, Tessa
name: Bijlstra, Gijsbert
name: Payne, Keith
name: Sommet, Nicolas
name: Holland, Rob
name: Ruddy Faure
name: Primbs, Maximilian
Publisher: name: OSF Registries
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences

description: This is a pre-registration for a project evaluating the effects of confederate monuments on implicit bias.
Multi-step Reinforcement Learning: A Unifying Algorithm
Creators: name: De Asis, Kristopher
name: Hernandez-Garcia, J. Fernando
name: Holland, G. Zacharias
name: Sutton, Richard S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Unifying seemingly disparate algorithmic ideas to produce better performing algorithms has been a longstanding goal in reinforcement learning. As a primary example, TD($λ$) elegantly unifies one-step TD prediction with Monte Carlo methods through the use of eligibility traces and the trace-decay parameter $λ$. Currently, there are a multitude of algorithms that can be used to perform TD control, including Sarsa, $Q$-learning, and Expected Sarsa. These methods are often studied in the one-step case, but they can be extended across multiple time steps to achieve better performance. Each of these algorithms is seemingly distinct, and no one dominates the others for all problems. In this paper, we study a new multi-step action-value algorithm called $Q(σ)$ which unifies and generalizes these existing algorithms, while subsuming them as special cases. A new parameter, $σ$, is introduced to allow the degree of sampling performed by the algorithm at each step during its backup to be continuously varied, with Sarsa existing at one extreme (full sampling), and Expected Sarsa existing at the other (pure expectation). $Q(σ)$ is generally applicable to both on- and off-policy learning, but in this work we focus on experiments in the on-policy case. Our results show that an intermediate value of $σ$, which results in a mixture of the existing algorithms, performs better than either extreme. The mixture can also be varied dynamically which can result in even greater performance.
description: Appeared at the Thirty-Second AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-18)
title: Evaluating the performance of the digital implementation of a fast average current mode control topology for a buck converter
title: Comparison against an analog implementation via simulation and validation of results on hardware
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Brunner, Simon
Publisher: name: FH Vorarlberg (Fachhochschule Vorarlberg)
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften

description: The Fast Average Current Mode control methodology is a novel method for the implementation of a current compensator in a switched-mode power supply. It does not require compensation against sub-harmonic instability and is inductor independent. In this work, the digital implementation of this topology is compared against an analog implementation using simulation. Additionally, a hardware prototype is created to validate the digital simulation's results. In a Simulink environment, parameters of the digital implementation, such as the digital-to-analog converter resolutions and the delay counter frequency are varied to research their impact on system performance. The simulations show that a digital current compensator has similar performance as an analog implementation when designed tailored to the application. When evaluating the whole control loop the digital system is inferior due to added delays caused by digital to analog conversion. By operating the Buck converter hardware implementation as a current source, the functionality of the current mode control implementation in a FPGA was proven. Voltage control cannot be validated due to hardware issues. Due to the successful simulation of the source code with a mixed signal model of the converter, it can be assumed that it is functional. Apart from performance, a digital implementation shows many benefits compared to an analog solution, such as configurability of control parameters and easy compensation of component variations and aging.
Librarian errant : E. Morris Miller and Australian Librarianship
Creators: name: Drinkwater, Derek.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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title: Development of calcium and oxygen nanosensors for in-vivo diagnostics
Creators: name: Isbell, Sydney
Publisher: name: Colorado School of Mines Repository
Year: 2023

description: Diagnostic tests to determine analyte concentration can be repetitive and require extensive training for proper analysis. To address these limitations, we developed two ratiometric nanosensors (calcium (Ca2+) and oxygen (O2)) which could be implemented in-vivo to give insight into biological functions such as nerve signaling and cellular respiration. The Ca2+ nanosensors’ optical properties (fluorescence and absorbance) vary to reflect the surrounding Ca2+ concentration. These sensors are selective to Ca2+ over other biologically relevant cations (Mg2+, Na+, K+) and show a sensitivity to Ca2+ at concentrations as low as 100 µM. The O2 nanosensor is composed of two dyes encapsulated in a hydrophobic PVC matrix. The O2 sensitive dye, platinum octaethylporphyrin (PtOEP), shows a decrease in luminescence with increasing oxygen concentrations. Whereas, the reference dye, DiA, has no O2 sensitivity. These O2 sensors are reversible and have a detection range that spans from anoxic (0% O2) to atmospheric conditions (21% O2). While the Ca2+ and O2 sensors showed functionality in in-vitro studies, testing these sensors in-vivo will determine their effectiveness as a long-term diagnostic aid.
What Lies Beneath?
Creators: name: Carruthers, Eileen
Publisher: name: Archaeology Data Service
Year: 2022

description: Transactions of the Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society, 87, 5-5
description: This poem by Eileen Carruthers, a member of this Society, captures the ambivalence and poignancy of the tragic story of Richard III, the 'King in the car park'.
title: Modellprädiktive Steuerung einer Luft-Wasser-Wärmepumpe unter Nutzung der thermischen Flexibilitäten zur Erhöhung des Autarkiegrades
Creators: name: Schallert, Jonathan
Publisher: name: FH Vorarlberg (Fachhochschule Vorarlberg)
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften

description: Der Übergang zu erneuerbaren Energiesystemen und deren optimale Betriebsweise ist entscheidend für die Reduzierung des Energieverbrauchs und der damit verbundenen Einsparung von CO2-Emissionen. In privaten Haushalten dominiert traditionell die Hystereseregelung bei der Wärmeerzeugung. Neuere Bauten, ausgestattet mit Wärmepumpen und Photovoltaikanlagen, bieten jedoch beachtliches Potenzial zur Effizienzsteigerung durch angepasste Regelungsstrategien. Eine intelligente Laststeuerung ermöglicht erhebliche Kosteneinsparungen und eine Erhöhung des Autarkiegrades. Vorhandene literarische Ansätze liefern Methoden zur Systemmodellierung und -identifikation. Darüber hinaus demonstrieren sie das Potenzial der Optimierung durch den Model Predictive Control (MPC) Ansatz. Eine spezifische Evaluierung anhand von Realdaten eines Energiesystems mit Abluft-Wärmepumpe fehlt jedoch. Daher bedarf es der Bewertung des Lastverschiebungspotentials dieser Systemkonfiguration. Die Systemidentifikation erfolgt basierend auf Messdaten, welche gleichzeitig als Referenz für den Vergleich des traditionellen Hysteresebetriebs mit der MPC-Steuerung dienen. Die Analyse offenbart das Lastverschiebungspotential durch die optimierte Betriebsweise einschließlich einer Gesamtkosteneinsparung von bis zu 42% und einer Steigerung des Autarkiegrades um bis zu 10%. Diese Potentiale variieren saisonal, sind jedoch das ganze Jahr über vorhanden.
description: The transition to renewable energy systems and their optimal operation is crucial for reducing energy consumption and the associated saving of CO2 emissions. In private households, hysteresis control traditionally dominates in heat generation. However, newer buildings, equipped with heat pumps and photovoltaic systems, offer significant potential for efficiency improvement through adapted control strategies. Intelligent load control allows for substantial cost savings and an increase in the degree of autarky. Existing literary approaches provide methods for system modeling and identification. Moreover, they demonstrate the potential for optimization through the Model Predictive Control (MPC) approach. However, a specific evaluation based on real data of an energy system with an exhaust air heat pump is missing. Therefore, it is necessary to evaluate the load shifting potential of this system configuration. The system identification is based on measurement data, which simultaneously serve as a reference for comparing the traditional hysteresis operation with MPC control. The analysis reveals the load-shifting potential through the optimized operation, including a total cost savings of up to 42% and an increase in the degree of autarky by up to 10%. These potentials vary seasonally, but are present throughout the year.
Settlement Activity Spanning the Mesolithic to Iron Age between Ryhall and Essendine, Rutland
Creators: name: Dodd, Mark
name: Howard, Andy
name: Parker, Richard
name: Townsend, Rachel
name: Samantha, Samantha
name: Davies, G J
name: Carson, Sharon
name: Miller, Jennifer J
name: Parker, Sarah
name: Quinn, Patrick Sean
name: Webb, Peter
name: Whyte, Ruth
Publisher: name: Archaeology Data Service
Year: 2022

description: Transactions of the Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society, 92, 223-238
description: Groundworks associated with the construction of a new electricity sub-station together with a cable route approximately 800m long linking it to the East Coast Railway mainline, provided an opportunity to explore the archaeology across an upland-lowland landscape in a rural part of Rutland. The excavations revealed settlement activity beginning during the Mesolithic, evidenced by a large assemblage of flint recovered from gravel island(s) in the valley floor and suggestive of temporary encampment(s) overlooking the wetlands. Clusters of pits, post-holes and gully features, both on these gravel islands and on the adjacent, higher southern interfluve, indicates continuity of settlement through later prehistory. Associated cultural (largely pottery material) and environmental evidence (particularly molluscs, macroscopic plant and charcoal remains) suggest domestic settlement in an open, wooded landscape with areas of grassland; two grains of cereal hint at arable activity. The interpretation of several features on the interfluves as possible kilns, together with fragments of hammer-scale in one feature and the character of the charcoal assemblages (wood species commonly associated with high-temperature burns), may hint at a level of industrial activity, but this is not conclusively proven.
Danish Place-Names of Leicestershire (and Map)
Creators: name: Carter, Thomas
Publisher: name: Archaeology Data Service
Year: 2023

description: Transactions of the Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society, 6, 168-172
description: IN searching into the dimness of the distant past, that shadowy time when written history fails us and we grope our way uncertainly towards a knowledge of whence we come, some side-light is often thrown upon our path from a study of the names of rivers, mountains, towns, villages, and even fields and houses, brought down to us by earliest tradition.
Spectral theory of Fourier-Stieltjes algebras
Creators: name: Ohrysko, Przemysław
name: Wasilewski, Mateusz
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Functional Analysis (math.FA)
subject: Operator Algebras (math.OA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 43A30 (Primary), 43A35 (Secondary)

description: In this paper we start studying spectral properties of the Fourier-Stieltjes algebras, largely following Zafran's work on the algebra of measures on a locally compact group. We show that for a large class of discrete groups the Wiener-Pitt phenomenon occurs, i.e. the spectrum of an element of the Fourier-Stieltjes algebra is not captured by its range. We also investigate the notions of absolute continuity and mutual singularity in this setting; non-commutativity forces upon us two distinct versions of support of an element, indicating a crucial difference between this setup and the realm of Abelian groups. In spite of these difficulties, we also show that one can introduce and use generalised characters to prove a criterion on belonging of a multiplicative-linear functional to the Shilov boundary of the Fourier-Stieltjes algebra.
The Paper and Board Industry in Leicestershire
Creators: name: Chamberlain, Daven
Publisher: name: Archaeology Data Service
Year: 2022

description: Transactions of the Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society, 89, 223-242
description: Paper and board manufacture was never a major feature of Leicestershire's industrial economy; nevertheless, the industry took hold in the county almost four centuries ago, and continues to operate today at a single site. The evolution of the industry over the first two centuries mirrored that of numerous other UK counties; however, what makes the Leicestershire industry unique is the development of a specialised product that was used almost exclusively as a raw material by other, larger industrial sectors in the immediate region. This synergistic existence lasted almost a century, and only ceased with the development of synthetic replacement materials in the second half of the twentieth century. This article outlines the process and history of paper and board manufacture, and contains a gazetteer of all mills known to have worked in Leicestershire, most of which still have remains extant.
Archival film cataloguing : a survey of the informational requirements of users and potential users of the Australian National Film Archive at the National Library of Australia
Creators: name: Taylor, Sheila.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

description: This thesis was scanned from the print manuscript for digital preservation and is copyright the author.
 Researchers can access this thesis by asking their local university, institution or public library to
 make a request on their behalf. Monash staff and postgraduate students can use the link in the References field.
title: Prognose der Netzabgabemenge im Stromnetz der Vorarlberger Energienetze GmbH
title: Mit Bewertung der Prognosen durch die Ausgleichsenergiepreise
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Thümmerer, Philipp
Publisher: name: FH Vorarlberg (Fachhochschule Vorarlberg)
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften

description: Die Anforderungen an gute Prognosen im Energiehandel der illwerke vkw AG steigen kontinuierlich an, da diese dazu verwendet werden, die richtigen Energiemengen auf dem Day-Ahead-Markt zu kaufen oder zu verkaufen. Zusätzliche Herausforderungen wie Wettereinflüsse und der steigende Energiebedarf von E-Autos erschweren die Prognose. Darüber hinaus gestaltet es sich mit den herkömmlichen Prognosebewertungen schwierig, die Kostenaspekte angemessen abzubilden. Aus diesem Grund wird in dieser Masterarbeit eine neue Methode zur Bewertung der Prognosequalität implementiert und mit bewährten Kennzahlen wie R², MAE, MAPE und RMSE verglichen. Diese Methode nutzt einen Preisverlauf, der die durchschnittlichen Marktpreise der Ausgleichsenergiepreise als Bewertungsmaßstab widerspiegelt. Die neue Bewertungsmethode wird mit Algorithmen wie dem Artificial Neural Network von Tensorflow, dem Decision Tree Regressor, der Linearen Regression, dem Multi-Layer Perception und dem Random Forest Regressor von Scikit-Learn verglichen. Zudem wird ein eigens erstelltes Gurobi-Modell, welches die Ausgleichsenergiepreise für die Gewichtung der absoluten Prognosefehler heranzieht, als Lineare Regression implementiert. Die genannten Modelle werden mithilfe von Python implementiert. Es werden tägliche Vorhersagen basierend auf viertelstündlichen Daten für Zeiträume von bis zu einem Jahr unter Verwendung eines Sliding-Window-Verfahrens mit unterschiedlichen Trainingsdaten erstellt. Die neue Bewertungsmethode mit der Einbeziehung von Kostenfaktoren, konnte sich im Vergleich zu MAPE, MAE, RMSE und R² nicht deutlich von den anderen unterscheiden. Die besten Ergebnisse wurden mit der Linearen Regression von Scikit-Learn und dem Gurobi-Modell mit der preisgewichteten Minimierung erzielt. Dabei sind die anderen Algorithmen nicht weit von den Resultaten der LR und GP entfernt. Unter dem Aspekt, dass das eigene Modell die Kosten minimieren soll, konnte es aber nicht als die beste Methode bewertet werden. Deswegen müssen das Modell und die gewählten Ausgleichsenergiepreise optimiert werden. Hierzu erzielte unter den sieben verwendeten Methoden die Lineare Regression das beste Ergebnis.
Quantum hydrodynamic approximations to the finite temperature trapped Bose gases
Creators: name: Jin, Shi
name: Tran, Minh-Binh
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: For the quantum kinetic system modelling the Bose-Einstein Condensate that accounts for interactions between condensate and excited atoms, we use the Chapman-Enskog expansion to derive its hydrodynamic approximations, include both Euler and Navier-Stokes approximations. The hydrodynamic approximations describe not only the macroscopic behavior of the BEC but also its coupling with the non-condensates, which agrees with Landau's two fluid theory.
Iron Age Settlement and Romano-British Enclosures at Coventry Road, Hinckley, Leicestershire
Creators: name: Chapman, Pat
name: Chapman, Andy
name: Deighton, Karen
name: Friendship-Taylor, Roy
name: Gale, Rowena M O
name: Hylton, Tora
name: Jackson, Dennis
Publisher: name: Archaeology Data Service
Year: 2022

description: Transactions of the Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society, 78, 35-82
description: Area excavation ahead of development investigated a middle Iron Age settlement comprising an enclosure with three internal and four external roundhouses and a single large pit with deposits of cattle bone and selected artefacts. Radiocarbon dating placed the settlement between 400 and 200 BC, which was probably occupied for only a generation or two during the third century BC. During the second and third centuries AD a small enclosure and linear boundary ditch was set over the Iron Age enclosure, while to the east was a large rectangular enclosure divided by a north-south ditch, with a small trapezoidal enclosure in its eastern half.
title: Designing a viable organization structure for ambitious employees
title: A conceptual model to advance employee performance in manufacturing companies
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Ju, Yi
Publisher: name: FH Vorarlberg (Fachhochschule Vorarlberg)
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 300 Sozialwissenschaften

description: Having autonomy in the workplace can have a positive impact on employees’ performance, which in turn can benefit the organization’s competitive advantages. While previous researches have primarily focused on the psychological effects of job autonomy on employee performance and has been limited to certain domains, the relationship between job autonomy and organizational design is an important area of study for organizations seeking to improve their competitiveness. This thesis proposes a conceptual model for designing an organization structure that promotes employee performance in manufacturing companies by removing obstacles towards obtaining job autonomy. The focus is on ambitious employees who seek growth and development opportunities within their organization. The model is based on a review of existing literature on job autonomy and organizational design. Exploratory qualitative research was conducted with selected ambitious employees from different industries by means of one-on-one semi-structured interviews. Overall, the proposed model has practical implications for manufacturing companies looking to motivate their employees, as well as for researchers seeking to advance their understanding of organizational design in our times.
title: Welches Verhalten zeigen Mitarbeitende in psychologisch sicheren und unsicheren Situationen
title: Eine qualitative Studie aus der ressourcenbasierten Perspektive
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Hainz, Nadine
Publisher: name: FH Vorarlberg (Fachhochschule Vorarlberg)
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 330 Wirtschaft

description: Die vorliegende Masterarbeit befasst sich mit dem Verhalten von Mitarbeitenden in psychologisch sicheren und unsicheren Situationen. Hierfür wird das Konstrukt der psychologischen Sicherheit mit der Theorie der Ressourcenerhaltung verbunden. Dies wird als ein möglicher Ansatz gesehen, um zu erklären, wie psychologische Sicherheit entstehen kann. Es wird ermittelt, welche Ressourcen, als Prädiktoren von psychologischer Sicherheit relevant sind und zu welchen verhaltensbezogenen Konsequenzen psychologisch sichere und unsichere Situationen führen. Um die hierfür benötigten Daten zu erheben, wurde eine qualitative Studie in Form von neun teilstandardisierten Interviews, nach der Critical Incident Methode, durchgeführt. Die Ergebnisse zeigen auf, dass mit dieser Methode relevante Ressourcen der psychologischen Sicherheit ermittelt und verhaltensbezogene Konsequenzen, erfasst werden. Somit eignet sich die methodische Herangehensweise der vorliegenden Arbeit zur Anwendung in Unternehmen. Auf diese Weise können Unternehmen ermitteln, welche relevante Ressourcen für ihre Mitarbeitenden, die zur psychologischen Sicherheit führen, bereits vorhanden sind und welche gefördert werden müssen.
Quantum-secured blockchain
Creators: name: Kiktenko, E. O.
name: Pozhar, N. O.
name: Anufriev, M. N.
name: Trushechkin, A. S.
name: Yunusov, R. R.
name: Kurochkin, Y. V.
name: Lvovsky, A. I.
name: Fedorov, A. K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Cryptography and Security (cs.CR)
subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Blockchain is a distributed database which is cryptographically protected against malicious modifications. While promising for a wide range of applications, current blockchain platforms rely on digital signatures, which are vulnerable to attacks by means of quantum computers. The same, albeit to a lesser extent, applies to cryptographic hash functions that are used in preparing new blocks, so parties with access to quantum computation would have unfair advantage in procuring mining rewards. Here we propose a possible solution to the quantum era blockchain challenge and report an experimental realization of a quantum-safe blockchain platform that utilizes quantum key distribution across an urban fiber network for information-theoretically secure authentication. These results address important questions about realizability and scalability of quantum-safe blockchains for commercial and governmental applications.
description: 7 pages, 2 figures; published version
A Bronze Age Round Barrow at Ketton Quarry, Rutland
Creators: name: Chapman, Andy
name: Jones, Christopher
name: Gale, Rowena M O
name: Inskip, Sarah
name: Lichtenstein, Lazslo
Publisher: name: Archaeology Data Service
Year: 2022

description: Transactions of the Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society, 87, 59-84
description: An early Bronze Age round barrow, excavated in 2005 in advance of a quarry extension, was situated on sloping ground at the edge of a spur overlooking the River Chater. The ring ditch enclosed an area 26m in diameter, but all traces of a former mound had been lost to later cultivation. Near the centre of the barrow a small pit contained an almost complete cremation burial of an adult, accompanied by a miniature cup, mixed with pyre debris that had been still smouldering when deposited. Oak sapwood charcoal from the pyre has given a radiocarbon date of 1940-1770 cal BC (68 per cent confidence). A nearby pit contained parts of two small collared urns. Another pit contained cremated bone from a child, aged 8-13 years, and some pyre debris. The primary ditch fills contained much limestone, suggesting that the barrow mound had either a stone revetment or capping. Most sections showed a dark secondary soil horizon, probably a buried turf line. The homogeneous upper fill contained a little Bronze Age pottery and a length of a human femur, perhaps from disturbed burials, and some Iron Age pottery.