cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Representation of Qualitative-Descriptive Evaluation Experience in Primary Schools
Publisher: name: The University Of Kurdistan
Year: 2022

description: Objective: The purpose of this study was to analyze the perception and representation of\nprimary teachers' experience of qualitative-descriptive evaluation and to obtain the\nexperiences of primary teachers regarding the full implementation of the qualitative-descriptive evaluation plan in primary schools.\nMethodology: This research has been done with a qualitative approach. First, the lived\nexperience of primary school teachers of qualitative-descriptive evaluation is used by\nusing the phenomenon technique and conducting interviews with teachers. The method\nwas that first all the interviews were initially coded in MAXQDA software and the\nconcepts were extracted. Then, based on the sharing of codes, the main and sub-categories\nwere extracted from the perspective of the interviewees who were teachers in Karaj. In\norder to collect data, a semi-structured qualitative interview was used. Using purposive\nsampling, data saturation was obtained after 15 interviews.\nResults: In-depth views of teachers, experts of qualitative-descriptive evaluation led to\nthe identification and classification of 16 extracted indicators. "Uncertain educational\nstatus of students", "Insufficient literacy level of students", "Decreased deep and\nsignificant learning", "Attention", "Increased stress on teachers", "Lack of time",\n"Preference for evaluation "Quantity", "Lack of training and support for teachers", "Lack\nof space and facilities", "Decrease of teachers 'motivation", "Problems in\nimplementation", "Decrease of teachers' position", "Inadequacy of available facilities and\nrequired requirements", "Large number of students", "The lack of evaluation results" and\n"Focus on formal activities". According to these results, it can be said that the issues that\nhave been experienced and understood by teachers are different factors in the evaluation\nand can face the evaluation process with difficulty
title: Progression en calcul mental réfléchi
title: deux exemples au CYP2 et CYT
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Rodrigues, Marcia
name: Prior, Sarah
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 0

description: Mémoire professionnel, Bachelor of art en enseignement pour les degrés préscolaire et primaire, mention +3/+6.
Estimation of the Parameters of Power Function Distribution based on Progressively Type-II Right Censoring with Binomial Removal
Creators: name: Sathar, E.I. Abdul
name: Sathyareji, G.S.
Publisher: name: Statistica
Year: 2023

description: In this article, we proposed the estimates of unknown parameters of power function distribution in the context of progressive type-II censoring with binomial removals, where the number of units removed at each failure time follows a binomial distribution. The maximum-likelihood estimators (MLEs) for the power function parameters are derived using the expectation–maximization (EM) algorithm. EM-algorithm is also used to obtain the asymptotic variance-covariance matrix. By using the variance-covariance matrix of the MLEs, the asymptotic 950=0 confidence interval for the parameters are constructed. Bayes estimators under different loss functions are obtained using the Lindley approximation method and importance sampling procedure. We also introduced one and two sample prediction estimates and corresponding confidence intervals by using Bayesian techniques. To compare performance of the proposed estimators, we introduced simulation and real-life data studies.
description: Statistica, Vol. 82 No. 3 (2022)
Identifying Factors, Criteria, and Ranking Symptoms of High schools: Findings of a Qualitative Research
Publisher: name: The University Of Kurdistan
Year: 2022

description: Despite the fact that the ranking of junior high schools as one of the most important\nmissions of the Ministry of Education plays a significant role in the success of this\norganization in achieving the goals of this course, the development and validation\nof relevant components of ranking of junior high schools has not been taken into\nserious consideration. The current researches in this field have not considered all\nthe factors related to the ranking of this type of schools. The purpose of this study\nis to develop and validate the factors, criteria and ranking symptoms of junior high\nschools. In terms of method, the adopted approach is a type of qualitative research\nthat employs theme analysis method. In this study, documents and resources were\nexamined and 10 comprehensive themes of teaching-learning process leadership,\nsuccesses, leadership, communication, administrative-executive management,\nresource management, teachers, administrative staff, ethical leadership and\nextracurricular activities were identified, and they have been validated by\nconsulting experts. The results reveal that the ranking of junior high schools in the\nfield of education is a new and emerging issue that has not received much attention\nfrom researchers in this field. Therefore, due to the limited employed resources,\nsome of the factors, criteria and symptoms proposed in this study may not be\ncomplete, or there may be some other components that have not yet been identified.\nIt is also necessary for the effectiveness of school rankings to pay more attention\nto the alignment of all identified factors, criteria and symptoms with the major\nfactors of the organization, leadership, culture, infrastructure
Relaxed Functional Dependencies: Definition, Discovery and Applications
Creators: name: Caruccio, Loredana
Publisher: name: Universita degli studi di Salerno
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: INF/01 INFORMATICA
subject: Functional dependency
subject: Discovery from data

description: 2016 - 2017
description: Le dipendenze funzionali (FD) sono state introdotte agli inizi degli anni '70, quando venivano maggiormente utilizzate per valutare la progettazione dei database e garantire la qualità dei dati. Tuttavia, si è avuta la necessità di estendere la definizione di dipendenza funzionale allo scopo di risolvere diverse problematiche in domini applicativi emergenti, tra cui l'identificazione delle inconsistenze nei dati e/o di pattern di dati semanticamente correlati, la necessità di effettuare riscritture delle query, e così via. Questa necessità ha portato alla nascita di nuove definizioni di dipendenze funzionali, che sono state chiamate dipendenze funzionali rilassate (RFD), in quanto queste rilassano alcuni dei vincoli della definizione canonica di FD. .. [a cura dell'Autore]
description: Functional dependencies (FDs) were conceived in the early '70s, and were mainly used to verify database design and assess data quality. However, to solve several issues in emerging application domains, such as the identification of data inconsistencies, patterns of semantically related data, query rewriting, and so forth, it has been necessary to extend the FD definition. .. [edited by Author]
Chinatown: The Neoliberal Remaking of Culture in the Contemporary City
Creators: name: Nguyen, Van
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2011

description: Within the complexity of today’s urban political economy, Chinatown emerges as a provocative and critical site to dissect how market, state, and community actors construct and negotiate the processes of neoliberalization to forge a new frontier in urban development. By engaging the narratives of Chinatowns in Chicago and New York City—historically rooted in resistance and community—a microcosm emerges for exploring the ways in which economic interests produce and repackage culture and tourism to elevate the prominence of the contemporary city. Strategies of resistance such as organizing and coalition-building will be examined.
An Educational Fuzzy-based Control platform using LEGO Robots
Creators: name: Zaldivar, Daniel
name: Cuevas, Erik
name: Perez, Marco A.
name: Sossa, Juan H.
name: Rodriguez, Jose G.
name: Palafox, Edgar O.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Robotics (cs.RO)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Fuzzy controllers have gained popularity in the past few decades with successful implementations in many fields that have enabled designers to control complex systems through linguistic-based rules in contrast to traditional methods. This paper presents an educational platform based on LEGO\c{opyright} NXT to assist the learning of fuzzy logic control principles at undergraduate level by providing a simple and easy-to-follow teaching setup. The proposed fuzzy control study aims to accompany students to the learning of fuzzy control fundamentals by building hands-on robotic experiments. The proposed educational platform has been successfully applied to several undergraduate courses within the Electronics Department in the University of Guadalajara. The description of robotic experiments and the evaluation of their impact in the student performance are both provided in the paper.
The Discrete Power Half-Normal Distribution
Creators: name: Pallini, Andrea
Publisher: name: Statistica
Year: 2023

description: The discrete power half-normal distribution is introduced, as the discretization of the power halfnormal distribution, based on the difference of values of the continuous survival function. The discrete distribution has a bathtub shaped failure rate or an increasing failure rate. Some statistical properties are proved. Maximum likelihood estimation is studied. A simulation study shows the good asymptotic behaviour of the maximum likelihood estimates. Applications to reliability and lifetime data are provided.
description: Statistica, Vol. 82 No. 3 (2022)
Dirichlet forms for singular diffusion in higher dimensions
Creators: name: Freiberg, Uta
name: Seifert, Christian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Functional Analysis (math.FA)
subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 47D06, 47A07, 35Hxx, 35J70, 60J45

description: We describe singular diffusion in bounded subsets $Ω$ of $\mathbb{R}^n$ by form methods and characterize the associated operator. We also prove positivity and contractivity of the corresponding semigroup. This results in a description of a stochastic process moving according to classical diffusion in one part of $Ω$, where jumps are allowed through the rest of $Ω$.
description: 12 pages
Nonequilibrium Energy Transfer at Nanoscale: A Unified Theory from Weak to Strong Coupling
Creators: name: Wang, Chen
name: Ren, Jie
name: Cao, Jianshu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the microscopic mechanism of quantum energy transfer in the nonequilibrium spin-boson model. By developing a nonequilibrium polaron-transformed Redfield equation based on fluctuation decoupling, we dissect the energy transfer into multi-boson associated processes with even or odd parity. Based on this, we analytically evaluate the energy flux, which smoothly bridges the transfer dynamics from the weak spin-boson coupling regime to the strong-coupling one. Our analysis explains previous limiting predictions and provides a unified interpretation of several observations, including coherence-enhanced heat flux and absence of negative differential thermal conductance in the nonequilibrium spin-boson model. The results may find wide applications for the energy and information control in nanodevices.
description: 11 pages, 4 figures
The Role of Value and Job Enthusiasm in the Flexibility of Female Teachers in Exceptional Schools
Publisher: name: The University Of Kurdistan
Year: 2022

description: Exceptional school teachers are doubly important because of their working relationship\nwith students with special needs. This study was aimed to determine the effect of job value\nand job enthusiasm on the flexibility of female teachers in exceptional schools in Sari. This\nresearch is applied in terms of purpose and it has used the quantitative research approach\nand survey strategy and descriptive, correlation and multiple linear regression methods.\nThe statistical population of the study consists of female teachers of exceptional schools\nin Sari who were serving in 1400-1401, whose number is 109 people. Using Cochran's\nformula, 52 people were selected as a simple random sample. Data collection tools are\nthree questionnaires: job value, Job enthusiasm and emotional flexibility. Data were\nanalyzed by Pearson correlation methods and multiple linear regression in SPSS software\nversion 25. Findings showed that job values did not have a significant effect on emotional\nflexibility but Job enthusiasm had a significant effect and had a direct linear relationship\nwith each other (r = 0.859). The results of multiple regression showed that Job enthusiasm\nas a predictor variable was able to significantly predict emotional flexibility and explain\n73% of the variance
title: Organocatalytic asymmetric Michael, Mannich and aza-Michael reactions in the synthesis of selected quinolizidines, indolizidines and piperidines
Creators: name: Virk, Seerat
Publisher: name: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Year: 2021

description: Quinolizidines, indolizidines and substituted piperidines are ubiquitous structural motifs present in several naturally occurring alkaloids, pharmaceuticals and other compounds which exhibit a broad range of biological activities. Though many methods have been reported for their construction, there is still a need for novel approaches, especially in terms of high efficiency, good modularity and excellent stereoselectivity. A general introduction to the research work described in this thesis has been provided in Chapter 1. An enantioselective, biomimetic organocatalytic synthesis of 4-arylquinolizidin-2-ones, key intermediates in the synthesis of several Lythraceae alkaloids, was developed. The methodology features S-proline-mediated Mannich/aza-Michael reactions of readily available arylideneacetones and Δ¹-piperideine. The total syntheses of (−)-lasubine II and (+)-subcosine II as well as the formal syntheses of structurally related Lythraceae alkaloids were achieved. The use of Δ¹-pyrroline in the Mannich/aza-Michael reaction provides enantiomerically enriched 5-arylindolizidin-7-ones, which are precursors to nonopiate antinociceptive agents. Details of these studies are described in Chapter 2. An organocatalytic, enantioselective Mannich reaction of α,β unsaturated β´-ketoesters with N-carbamoyl imines was developed. The Mannich reaction uses an aminothiourea catalyst (S,S-Takemoto catalyst), and this was followed by a Pd(0) mediated deallylative decarboxylation, to provide enantiomerically enriched β-amino ketones. The conversion of these β-amino ketones to 2,6-diaryl substituted piperidinones was achieved. These results are described in Chapter 3. The diarylindolizidine alkaloids (-)-fistulopsine A and (+)-fistulopsine B, isolated from the bark and the leaves of Ficus fistulosa, have potent in vitro antiproliferative activity against breast (MCF7) and colon (HCT 116) carcinoma cell lines. Several 2-Indolinone-based analogues of (+)-fistulopsine B, with structural variation in the diaryl substitution, were prepared and examined for their biological activity. The synthesis of the analogues, by employing an organocatalytic Michael addition as a key step, and the biological activity studies are described in Chapter 4.
On Induced Generalized Record Ranked Set Sampling and its Role in Bivariate Model Building
Creators: name: Thomas, P. Yageen
name: Paul, Jerin
Publisher: name: Statistica
Year: 2023

description: A new variety of Ranked Set Sampling (RSS), namely Induced Generalized Record Ranked Set Sampling (IGRRSS), is introduced. In the proposed methodology, ranking is implemented by considering generalized (k) record values on the auxiliary variable X from each sequence of units. The selected units are further screened for measuring the variable of primary interest Y. Further, we propose estimators based on IGRRSS for the unknown parameters associated with the variable Y when the parent bivariate distribution belongs to the Morgenstern family of distributions. The proposed sampling scheme is utilized to collect primary data on the usable timber volume Y based on the ranking of units by generalized (2) record values on tree height X of acacia trees. Accordingly, Morgenstern type bivariate logistic distribution has been modelled for the distribution of the population random vector (X, Y) and estimated the average usable timber volume of the population.
description: Statistica, Vol. 82 No. 3 (2022)
Trade Unions and the State in the British Social Formation
Creators: name: Vogler, C.
Publisher: name: London South Bank University
Year: 1982

description: The thesis examines changes in the relationship between trade unions and the state in Britain, in the wider international context of changes in the nature of relations between states themselves. Specifically it attempts to reassess two major theories of trade unionism, theories of class consciousness (Stephens 1979) and theories of corporatism (Newman 1981) in the context of an increasingly integrated world economic system. Content analysis of trade union documents is used to develop two empirical models of trade union consciousness, comparing the extent of national and/or class identifications during the 1970's with the 1930's. Contrary to both theories of class consciousness and theories of corporatism, the 1930's model shows trade union consciousness was a form of dual consciousness in which "class" and "national" identifications were articulated together. Trade unions were therefore "class national" economic actors. Class struggles were pitched at the national level and depended on (and in turn strengthened) the economic sovereignty of nation states. By the 1970's however, international economic integration had undermined the political autonomy of nation states and thus traditional forms of trade union class struggle within nations. Under these conditions the only level at which class struggles against capitalism could be undertaken was at the international level. The 1970's model of trade union consciousness however, shows British trade unions had become increasingly "national" and "sectional" rather than "international class" actors. This provides considerable support for corporatist theories which argue that class conflict within nations has been overcome by class collaboration, in a joint struggle against other nations. The concept of corporatism however, is used in a novel way to refer to common national interests between unions and employers at the company and the national level (which are tending towards a solidification of the unions into individual companies and into the nation state) resulting from a disjunction or contradiction between economic forces which are now able to operate globally; and states and working class organisations which remain national. Three theoretical conclusions stand out. Firstly the main economic actors are now nation states and internationally mobile capital rather than nationally organised classes, secondly relations between nations are now crucial to any analysis of social relations within nations and finally existing theories of social stratification and the state (which analyse economic and political relations as institutionally separate entities within individual nation states) are thus in need of reformulation.
Developing an Entrepreneurship Curriculum for Child Laborers at Schools
Publisher: name: The University Of Kurdistan
Year: 2022

description: The purpose of this study was to develop a model of entrepreneurship curriculum at schools\nfor child laborers. We used qualitative research method with grounded theory approach.\nData were collected through 20 semi-structured interviews with professors selected by\npurposive sampling. Data were analyzed in three stages. A model including five dimensions,\n12 main categories and 28 sub-categories was developed and validated by member check.\nCategories are as follows: Causal conditions (knowledge-based economy, entrepreneurial\nsociety, changing job nature, quick job access, dynamic job view, knowledge sharing, skills\ndegradability). Underlying conditions (networking, intertwined intellectual capital,\nintertwined knowledge, integration). Interfering factors (acceptance of entrepreneurship,\nconspiracy theories, inappropriate political interference, crooked view towards\nentrepreneurship, prejudice against entrepreneurship of child laborers). Strategies (dynamic\neducation, interdisciplinary education, school education, thematic education, one-dimensional education). Consequences (promotion of entrepreneurial thinking and attitude,\nconceptualization of entrepreneurship, productive thinking, multidimensional thinking,\nparticipation of child laborers, reduction of poverty, reduction of delinquency of child\nlaborers). A comprehensive curriculum that covers all aspects of the field, environment,\ntechnology and information related to child laborers was identified as the central theme
title: Les élèves du CYP2/1 et la phrase
title: savoir-faire / savoir-dire
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Borlat, Carole
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 0
Subjects: subject: Métalinguistique
subject: métacognition
subject: texte
subject: phrase
subject: ponctuation
subject: grammaire

description: A travers ce mémoire, j’ai cherché à savoir quelles connaissances – tant éclaratives que procédurales - les élèves du CYP2/1 avaient de la phrase, c’est-à-dire quelles étaient les représentations qu’ils en avaient, s’ils possédaient des compétences métalinguistiques leur permettant d’argumenter sur la validité d’une phrase et s’il existait un lien entre connaissances déclaratives et procédurales. Pour ce faire, je les ai tout d’abord questionné sur la validité de certains énoncés et leur ai demandé d’argumenter leur réponse. Ensuite, ils ont dû ponctuer un texte bref et m’expliquer quelles stratégies ils avaient utilisées à cet effet. Après ces deux premiers moments qui m’ont permis de cerner leurs connaissances déclaratives, je leur ai demandé de ponctuer un texte résumant un roman qui leur avait été lu en classe. Pour finir, les élèves ont dû rédiger le portrait d’un personnage en s’aidant d’un guide d’écriture. La récolte de ces données m’a permis de mettre en évidence certaines compétences métalinguistiques que possèdent des enfants de cet âge et de les mettre en lien avec leur capacité à ponctuer correctement un texte. Il ressort de cette analyse qu’une majorité des élèves du CYP2/1 possède déjà de bonnes connaissances tant déclaratives que procédurales. Cependant, les compétences métalinguistiques, c’est à dire les connaissances déclaratives, n’entraînent pas forcément de bonnes connaissances procédurales et inversement. Dès lors, on ne peut pas savoir lesquelles conduisent les élèves à plus de réussite. La conclusion de cette recherche est qu’il convient d’opérer un va-et-vient entre théorie et mise en situations complexes afin de développer les compétences des élèves en matière de production textuelle et, domaine qui nous intéresse plus particulièrement ici, en ce qui concerne la ponctuation. Pour finir, les difficultés de certains élèves se manifestant tant en lecture qu’en écriture, il semble nécessaire de travailler ces deux domaines en parallèle.
description: Mémoire professionnel, Bachelor of art en enseignement pour les degrés préscolaire et primaire
Whole-body counter survey results 4 months after the Fukushima Daiichi NPP accident in Minamisoma City, Fukushima
Creators: name: Hayano, Ryugo S.
name: Watanabe, Yuni
name: Nomura, Shuhei
name: Nemoto, Tsuyoshi
name: Tsubokura, Masaharu
name: Hanai, Tatsuo
name: Kumemoto, Yuki
name: Kowata, Satoshi
name: Oikawa, Tomoyoshi
name: Kanazawa, Yukio
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Medical Physics (physics.med-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using the first WBC unit installed in Fukushima Prefecture after the accident, the radiocesium body burdens of 566 high-risk residents of Minamisoma city were measured in July 2011 at the Minamisoma Municipal General Hospital. The analysis of the data was challenging because this chair-type WBC unit did not have sufficient shielding against background gamma rays, and methods had to be developed to reliably compensate for the body-attenuated background radiation. Fortunately, data for repeated tests of hospital staff members using both the chair-type and well-shielded FASTSCAN WBC units, installed in September 2011, were available, and could be used to check the validity of the analysis. The CEDs of all subjects, estimated under the assumption of acute inhalation in March 2011, were found to be less than 1 mSv.
description: 16 pages, 11 figures
D1.4 Replicators' Baseline Assessment Report
Creators: name: Barrientos; F
name: Olmedo, David
name: Egusquiza, Aitziber
name: Komar;, D.
name: Johannessen;, C.
name: Gruenewald-Heller; , N.
name: Dobrila;  P., T.
name: Bajec;, K.
name: D'Angelo; , A.
name: Tabanoglu, O.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019

description: The baseline of the Replicators (Rs) establishes the starting point for monitoring and allows the diagnosis of their current situation. It is the first measurement of all the key performance indicators (KPIs) taken into account in the RURITAGE project, both letting to know these indicators value before the execution of the actions to be performed and also easing the comparison between the same indicators after the execution of the actions. A state of the art of Replicators at different dimensions and a deep analysis and validation of Rs’ needs have been done. The KPIs and monitoring system defined within WP4 are the basis to study the baseline for comparative assessment. Qualitative baseline of Rs has been analysed from technological, economic, environmental and societal challenges points of view. Available information on local/regional development plans or reports were used for evaluating the Rs current situation, focusing on problems and criticalities that could be solved through the implementation of heritage-led regeneration solutions and lessons-learnt from Role Models (RMs). Replicator’s quantitative baseline considers the KPIs designed in Task 4.1, allowing a coherent comparison and a valuable impact and performance assessment after the implementation phase. The collated data have been categorized to make them readily usable for the subsequent activities: capacity building activities (Task 2.3, 2.4 and 2.5); action plan development (Task 3.3); large-scale demonstration projects (Tasks 3.5); impact assessment (Task 4.5); RURITAGE Branding (Task 6.3); and stakeholder engagement (Task 3.1).
Measuring tides and binary parameters from gravitational wave data and eclipsing timings of detached white dwarf binaries
Creators: name: Shah, Sweta
name: Nelemans, Gijs
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The discovery of the most compact detached white dwarf (WD) binary SDSS J065133.33+284423.3 has been discussed in terms of probing the tidal effects in white dwarfs. This system is also a verification source for the space-based gravitational wave (GW) detector, evolved Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (eLISA) which will observe short-period compact Galactic binaries with $P_{orb}\lesssim 5$ hrs. We address the prospects of doing tidal studies using eLISA binaries by showing the fractional uncertainties in the orbital decay rate and the rate of that decay, $\dot{f}, \ddot{f}$ expected from both the GW and EM data for some of the high-$f$ binaries. We find that $\dot{f}$ and $\ddot{f}$ can be measured using GW data only for the most massive WD binaries observed at high-frequencies. Form timing the eclipses for $\sim 10$ years, we find that $\dot{f}$ can be known to $\sim 0.1% $ for J0651. We find that from GW data alone, measuring the effects of tides in binaries is (almost) impossible. We also investigate the improvement in the knowledge of the binary parameters by combining GW amplitude and inclination with EM data with and without $\dot{f}$. In our previous work we found that EM data on distance constrained 2-$σ$ uncertainty in chirp mass to $15-25%$ whereas adding $\dot{f}$ reduces it to $0.11%$. EM data on $\dot{f}$ also constrains 2-$σ$ uncertainty in distance to $35%-19%$. EM data on primary mass constrains the secondary mass $m_2$ to factors of 2 to $\sim40%$ whereas adding $\dot{f}$ reduces this to $25%$. And finally using single-line spectroscopic constrains 2-$σ$ uncertainties in both the $m_2, d$ to factors of 2 to $\sim 40%$. Adding EM data on $\dot{f}$ reduces these 2-$σ$ uncertainties to $\leq 25%$ and $6%-19%$ respectively. Thus we find that EM measurements of $\dot{f}$ and radial velocity will be valuable in constraining binary parameters.
description: 10 pages, 3 figures, Accepted for publication in ApJ
A design framework for fire protected steel connections with ancillary members in Australia
Creators: name: Andy Hoa Wei, Wong,
name: Matthew, Walden,
name: Stavros, Spyridakis,
name: Sigurjon, Ingolfsson,
name: Yuanyuan, Song,
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: Fire safety engineering

description: In steel structural steel construction, it is common to have non-protected ancillary members interface with fire protected members. Current guidance and accepted practice do not consider the actual fire exposure risk present in the building or size of the member. A practical design framework was established to consider applied fire scenarios and the resultant structural behaviour of a building in a combined setting. The application of coat-back was also discussed. The 500mm coat-back is only applicable up to a 2-hour rating based on a hydrocarbon or ISO 834 fire curve. Higher fire resistance ratings may require increased coat-back. A 1-D heat transfer calculation can be used in application for coat-back lengths. The 3,000mm2 per metre length rule, for ancillary members not to be protected, appears to be still valid, although its threshold is not strictly 3,000mm2. These findings should be further investigated ideally with a full parametric study, including testing.
Modeling The Structural Relationship between Work Engagement, Job Motivational Potential, and Type of Organizational Structure in Bashagard Schools
Publisher: name: The University Of Kurdistan
Year: 2022

description: The aim of this research was to predict teachers work engagement based on\norganizational structure type with mediation role of job motivational potential in\nBashagard schools. The research population included all teachers (322) of Bashagard\nschools.175 teachers selected as research sample by using simple random sampling\nmethod, filled the research scales and returned them. Research tools consisted of\nTorkzade and Mohtarams’ (2013) types of organizational structure, Wagner’s (1996)\njob motivation potential scale, and Shaufeli and Bakkers’ (2003) work engagement scale\nwhich after estimating there reliability and validity were distributed and collected. The\nresults showed that the enabling organizational structure with the mediating role of the\njob motivational potential is the positive significant predictor of the teachers work\nengagement. But, the hindering organizational structure does not predict the job\nmotivational potential and teachers work engagement.Besides, in the opinion of the\nteachers, dominant structure type at Bashagard schools is hindering. Also, the job\nmotivational potential and work engagement of the Bashagard's schools is at the\nmoderate level. The results of this study will help educational system managers to\nimproving the enabling organizational structure in schools and as the result creating\nmore motivational platforms among them, provide the basis for the development of\nteachers’ work engagement. As a result, improving the performance of schools at the\nmacro level is raised.
Theoretical Formulation and Implementation of the Earned Income Tax Credit
Creators: name: Penny, Saleem Hue
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2011

description: The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is one of the most respected antipoverty programs in the United States. In spite of its success, few studies have examined the political history of the EITC. This paper critiques EITC policy from President Johnson through President Obama, arguing that state-centered political theories best describe EITC’s history of formulation and implementation. The paper concludes with a discussion of future challenges for antipoverty advocacy with an emphasis on tax reform strategies.
title: Un atelier de création sur le rapport entre le texte et l'image
title: Keynote et PowerPoint au service de l'enseignement du français
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Burri, Yannick
name: Racine, Denis
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 0
Subjects: subject: Français
subject: Création
subject: Texte
subject: Image
subject: Informatique
subject: Arts visuels

description: Ce travail propose un atelier de création interdisciplinaire et novateur pour l’enseignement du français au secondaire II. Par l’utilisation d’outils informatiques tels que Keynote et PowerPoint, la séquence questionne le rapport entretenu entre le texte et l’image en s’inspirant d’une démarche propre à l’art contemporain (de Magritte à Jenny Holzer). La séquence que nous avons planifiée et enseignée présente essentiellement un travail de création qui permet d’interroger l’émergence du sens à partir du signe, qu’il soit linguistique ou figuratif, et de réfléchir sur les enjeux liés aux interactions entre le texte et l’image par des activités simples. Il s’agit de créer des diapositives qui mettent en scène des notions propres à la linguistique comme la dénotation, la connotation, le jeu de mots (homonymie, homophonie), l’ancrage métaphorique, en utilisant des phrases brèves additionnées à des images choisies par l’élève. D’autres activités exploitent la plasticité du mot (les mots sont considérés en tant qu’images), l’illustration d’une image par du texte et la mise en mouvement du texte même grâce aux fonctionnalités du programme Keynote. De même que la littérature donne à voir le monde autrement, un détour par une approche inspirée de la didactique des arts visuels permet aux élèves de s’approprier quelque chose d’une démarche artistique. En effet, le travail effectué vise à utiliser tant la langue que les images pour proposer une vision du monde propre à l’élève et centrée sur une thématique déterminée par l’apprenant. Nous en arrivons à la conclusion que la didactique du français doit s’inspirer parfois de celle des arts visuels, au sens où ses travaux possèdent une potentielle destinée de visibilité (exposition, projection) qui pousse l’enseignement vers une pédagogie de projet laissant exprimer la créativité adolescente.
description: Mémoire professionnel, Diplôme d'enseignement pour le degré secondaire II
title: The role of social media brand communities
title: How do social media brand communities influence the diffusion process of innovative consumer durables in the DACH region?
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Marrazzo, Marcel Gennaro
Publisher: name: FH Vorarlberg (Fachhochschule Vorarlberg)
Year: 2022

description: In recent years, more and more companies have become aware that a brand also has a social dimension, and with the advent of social media platforms, brand communities have experienced a shift from a traditional offline to more of an online presence. Brands of innovative consumer durables have also recognized social media brand communities as a very significant marketing strategy. It is therefore important to understand the influence of these communities on members' purchase intentions. This master’s thesis has the goal of demonstrating to enterprises what aspects of a social media brand community will influence the purchase intention of its members and what should be considered in order to enhance it. This will ultimately lead to the following research question: How do social media brand communities influence the diffusion process of innovative consumer durables in the DACH region? To answer this, a quantitative study has been conducted that has targeted people who are participating in a social media brand community of innovative consumer durables in the DACH region. This involved testing various criteria of a social media brand community and their impact on the diffusion process (purchase intention). The findings of the study revealed that increased positive electronic word-of-mouth leads to enhanced purchase intention of members. Furthermore, the research has shown that higher identification with a social media brand community, greater engagement, increased entertainment value, faster corporate responsiveness, and reduced occurrence of social spam, do not have a positive effect on the diffusion process of innovative consumer durables.
Awakened oscillations in coupled consumer-resource pairs
Creators: name: Mustafin, Almaz
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Populations and Evolution (q-bio.PE)
subject: Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems (nlin.AO)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 34C15, 34C26, 78A60, 92B25, 92D25

description: The paper concerns two interacting consumer-resource pairs based on chemostat-like equations under the assumption that the dynamics of the resource is considerably slower than that of the consumer. The presence of two different time scales enables to carry out a fairly complete analysis of the problem. This is done by treating consumers and resources in the coupled system as fast-scale and slow-scale variables respectively and subsequently considering developments in phase planes of these variables, fast and slow, as if they are independent. When uncoupled, each pair has unique asymptotically stable steady state and no self-sustained oscillatory behavior (although damped oscillations about the equilibrium are admitted). When the consumer-resource pairs are weakly coupled through direct reciprocal inhibition of consumers, the whole system exhibits self-sustained relaxation oscillations with a period that can be significantly longer than intrinsic relaxation time of either pair. It is shown that the model equations adequately describe locally linked consumer-resource systems of quite different nature: living populations under interspecific interference competition and lasers coupled via their cavity losses.
description: 31 pages, 8 figures 2 tables, 48 references
Investigating the Effect of Schools' Ethical Space on Organizational affiliation teachers
Publisher: name: The University Of Kurdistan
Year: 2022

description: In today's world, human resources are considered the best competitive advantage of\nany organization, and people have become more significant in the organization theory\nthan ever before. The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of moral atmosphere\non teachers' job engagement. The research method in this study is descriptive and\napplied, and the population under study was 450 senior high school teachers of\nDistrict One of Khorramabad in the academic year 2015-2016, and 210 of them were\nselected using available sampling method and based on Morgan's Table. The data\ncollection tool included Victor and Cullen's Moral Atmosphere questionnaire (1987)\nwith 26 questions and Shaufli et al.'s (2003) Engagement Questionnaire with 17\nquestions with a five-point Likert scale. The reliability coefficient of moral\natmosphere and engagement questionnaires have been obtained as 0.841 and 0.846,\nrespectively. In this research, structural equation modeling with the help of PLS\nsoftware was used to examine the hypotheses and test the model. The findings of the\nresearch showed that the moral atmosphere of the organization (tools, attention,\nindependence, organizational rules and regulations, professional moral rules and\nregulations) has an effect on teachers' job engagement. According to the findings of\nthe research, managers can influence the behavior of staff in the organization by\nmanaging the moral atmosphere of schools and boosting teachers' professional\nengagement
Sex Trafficking in Cambodia as a Complex Humanitarian Emergency
Creators: name: Rosas, Susan
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2011

description: This paper explores the history of humanitarian interventions that focus on prostitution and sex trafficking in Cambodia. It contends that Western influence in Cambodia both helped to create and now extend the problem, creating what the paper defines as a complex humanitarian emergency. The paper outlines the historical roots of the influence and then examines the ongoing humanitarian response, highlighting areas in which this response has maintained or exacerbated the emergency. It also addresses in a brief outline the implications for international social work practice.
title: Le petit Misanthrope illustré
title: une proposition d'atelier d'écriture en français au gymnase
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Viredaz, Jacques
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 0
Subjects: subject: atelier
subject: écriture
subject: texte
subject: image
subject: relecture
subject: réécriture

description: Illustrer une œuvre littéraire à l’aide d’images tirées de journaux et de magazines, tel est le pari de cet atelier d’écriture. Basée sur une proposition d’atelier d’écriture de longue durée évoquée en séminaire de didactique française, cette démarche s’inspire de celles des années 1970. L’expérience décrite ici, portant sur un classique de la littérature française (Le Misanthrope de Molière), a été réalisée hors du cadre de la classe. Dans une optique prospective, ce mémoire évalue les apports didactiques d’une telle activité et trace les plans d’une séquence d’enseignement littéraire au gymnase prenant en compte cet atelier de relecture / réécriture d’une œuvre. Comment faire entrer la création dans les cours de français ? Quelles en sont les implications didactiques ? Ce sont les questions auxquelles cette autre façon d’aborder le texte littéraire tente de répondre. L’approche formelle de cette activité est le rapport entre texte et image, dans l’idée d’explorer les messages du texte et de permettre aux étudiants de créer du sens. Quelles sont les conditions de la production de sens ? Quel rôle joue la mise en page ? Pourquoi choisir une image plutôt qu’une autre ? À travers cette activité, l’étudiant est amené à (se) poser en créateur, et partant de là, à questionner sa propre démarche artistique dans une approche métacognitive. Enfin, cette perspective différente d’enseignement vise à promouvoir l’interdisciplinarité : à la fois littéraire, graphique et plastique, elle permet aux gymnasiens de prendre conscience de l’objet livre et de garder une trace bien palpable, bien réelle, de leur passage dans l’enseignement post- obligatoire.
description: Mémoire professionnel, Diplôme d'enseignement pour le degré secondaire II
Modular converter system for low-cost off-grid energy storage using second life Li-ion batteries
Creators: name: Birkl, Christoph R.
name: Frost, Damien F.
name: Bizeray, Adrien M.
name: Richardson, Robert R.
name: Howey, David A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Systems and Control (eess.SY)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: Lithium ion batteries are promising for small off- grid energy storage applications in developing countries because of their high energy density and long life. However, costs are prohibitive. Instead, we consider 'used' Li-ion batteries for this application, finding experimentally that many discarded laptop cells, for example, still have good capacity and cycle life. In order to make safe and optimal use of such cells, we present a modular power management system using a separate power converter for every cell. This novel approach allows individual batteries to be used to their full capacity. The power converters operate in voltage droop control mode to provide easy charge balancing and implement a battery management system to estimate the capacity of each cell, as we demonstrate experimentally.
description: Presented at IEEE GHTC Oct 10-14, 2014, Silicon Valley
title: Stéréotypes culturels et culture du stéréotype au secondaire 1
title: la formation du stéréotype dans les représentations sociales du monde professionnel chez les élèves
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Chaignat, Sébastien
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 0
Subjects: subject: Stéréotypes culturels et catégorisation sociale
subject: Représentations sociales intergroupes
subject: Sélection scolaire
subject: Groupe identitaire
subject: Perte de repères culturels

description: Comment, pour qui et pourquoi le stéréotype est-il forcément une catégorisation pour les élèves ? Lié à un langage récurant et à une dialectique connotée négativement, son utilisation a néanmoins un rôle déterminé au sein des groupes face à une adaptation du contexte extérieur mouvant. La différence sexuelle, la sélection scolaire induite par un esprit de compétition ou la peur de l’avenir professionnel sont autant de paramètres qui influencent ce phénomène langagier. Dans la culture du stéréotype, on peut y discerner une adaptation face aux modifications, à l’évolution quotidienne mais aussi une barrière, un bouclier culturel en réponse à une perte de repères socioculturels et à une autosuffisance. L’énonciation de préjugés devient surface sur l’habitus. A partir de plusieurs postulats qui deviennent des arrière-plans pour la construction des représentations sociales pour les groupes, comment l’adolescent va-t-il délimiter ses schèmes de pensée et son champ d’action ? Est-il influencé par son groupe d’appartenance ou l’endogroupe est-il une norme ? A partir d’une enquête in situ effectuée dans cinq classes de 7VSB, 7VSO et du CYT6, basée sur une recherche illustrée par une projection dessinée concernant un métier d’avenir, il s’agira de confronter les visions respectives du panel des 87 participants composé de deux groupes filles et garçons. Les métiers représentés, sont-ils par rapport à la question du genre, épicènes ou confirment- t-ils une domination pour tel groupe ? Cet outil perceptif permet une approche et dégage une piste théorique sur le champ des stéréotypes contenus dans les représentations sociales du monde du travail et sur l’avenir professionnel engagé virtuellement. En effet, il ne s’agira pas de dresser un inventaire des stéréotypes à l’école, mais de tailler un portrait socioculturel de leur utilisation à travers la question du genre notamment. Existe-t-il des lignes communes, des processus d’identification analogues ou des discriminations au sein des deux groupes ? Les stéréotypes sont des réservoirs connotés au sein des représentations sociales, nous les utilisons tous à des niveaux d’interprétation divergeant et selon notre culture. Des outils pragmatiques peuvent être créés pour visualiser puis discerner à travers ce phénomène des liens sociaux.
description: Mémoire professionnel, Master en enseignement pour le degré secondaire I