cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
A Discourse Study of Institutional Language in the Home Birth Setting
Creators: name: Forster, Yolanda
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: midwifery, home birth, unassisted birth, free birth, obstetrics, maternity care, obstetric violence, birth trauma, critical discourse studies, systemic functional linguistics, socio-cognitive discourse analysis

description: Few peer-reviewed papers have been published looking at language in childbirth in general and even fewer at home birth. This cross-disciplinary thesis is a small step that examines language from the outside the gatekeepers' perspectives and one where the woman centred perspective is rarely given precedence. At a time when women's autonomy in birth as in other areas of life is greatly diminished and is continually under threat, this paper identifies some of the threats to birth that women have faced since the eyes of patriarchy turned toward their reproductive autonomy.
Pumping in a mesoscopic ring with Ahronov-Casher effect
Creators: name: Citro, R.
name: Romeo, F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate parametric pumping of spin and charge currents in a mesoscopic ring interrupted by a tunnel barrier in presence of Aharonov-Casher (AC) effect and Aharonov-Bohm (AB) flux along the axis of the same ring. Generation of a dc current is achieved by tuning the tunnel barrier strength and modulating in time either a radial(transverse) electric field or the magnetic flux. A pure spin current is generated by the interplay of breaking spin reversal symmetry, due to AC effect, and time-reversal symmetry breaking, intrinsic in parametric pumping procedure. We analyze the conditions for operating the AB-AC ring as a pure spin pump useful in spintronics and discuss generalization of our results to Rashba-gate-controlled rings.
description: PRB, to appear
Screening intervals and the risk of carcinoma in situ of the cervix
Creators: name: Phillips, Norman
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: This study examines the effect of length of interval between routine tests on the risk of carcinoma in situ (CIS) of the uterine cervix using cohort data from the B.C. population. CIS is a symptomless disease only detected by screening. Because of this, special methods are required for estimating incidence rates. Some case-control studies have used prevalence odds ratios to estimate the relative risk of disease, usually invasive cancer, from length of screening interval. But duration of disease is related to interval length and hence prevalence rates cannot be used to estimate relative risk. A multivariate model is fit to the incidence data using Poisson regression, and prevalence rates are fit with a logistic regression model. The results for prevalence odds ratios indicate a positive association between screening interval length and risk of disease whereas the results for relative risk indicate a negative relationship. Theoretical screening models are considered to examine the consequences of a case-control paradigm in which controls are matched with cases on the basis of having had a screen near the date of diagnosis of the case, the matching period. As the matching period shortens, the distribution of interval lengths for controls converges to the underlying distribution, whereas the distribution of interval lengths for cases equals the distribution of lengths of intervals which span a point in time. The latter distribution favours longer intervals. The difference is not due to the sampling of controls but, rather, to the relation between interval length and duration of disease. A matched case-control study is simulated with the cohort data, and a conditional likelihood logistic regression model is fit. The results agree with those of a logistic regression analysis of prevalence rates indicating a positive relation between interval length and risk of disease. When the sampling of controls is weighted by interval length the odds ratios approximate the relative risk. A possible explanation of the surprising result that screening interval length is inversely related to risk of diagnosis of CIS is that more cases are cured with time by the natural regression of disease than by treatment of earlier stages of disease. On the other hand, incidence rate is negatively related to recency and frequency of prior negative screens, possibly because of the occurrence of false negative tests. However, the effect of regression predominates and the unavoidable conclusion is that less frequent screening decreases the risk of diagnosis of CIS.
Additional file 7 of Genome-wide survey of soybean papain-like cysteine proteases and their expression analysis in root nodule symbiosis
Creators: name: Yuan, Songli
name: Ke, Danxia
name: Li, Rong
name: Li, Xiangyong
name: Wang, Lei
name: Chen, Haifeng
name: Zhang, Chanjuan
name: Huang, Yi
name: Chen, Limiao
name: Hao, Qingnan
name: Yang, Hongli
name: Cao, Dong
name: Chen, Shuilian
name: Guo, Wei
name: Shan, Zhihui
name: Yang, Zhonglu
name: Zhang, Xiaojuan
name: Qiu, Dezhen
name: Guan, Yuefeng
name: Zhou, Xinan
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 7: Fig. S2. Melting curves of the primers of the 28 selected GmPLCPs.
Structure and static response of small silver clusters to an external electric field
Creators: name: Pereiro, M.
name: Baldomir, D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Atomic and Molecular Clusters (physics.atm-clus)
subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The static response properties and the structural stability of silver clusters in the size range $1\le n \le 23$ have been studied using a linear combination of atomic Gaussian-type orbitals within the density functional theory in the finite field approach. The Kohn-Sham equations have been solved in conjuction with a generalized gradient approximation (GGA) exchange-correlation functional. A proof that the finite basis set GGA calculation holds the Hellmann-Feynman theorem is also included in the Appendix. The calculated polarizabilities of silver clusters are compared with the experimental measurements and the jellium model in the spillout approximation. Despite the fact that the calculated polarizabilities are in good agreement with both of them, we have found that the polarizability appears to be strongly correlated to the cluster shape and the highest occupied-lowest unoccupied molecular-orbital gap.
description: 11 pages, 5 figures. Accepted in Physical Review A
Venus Atmosphere Profile from a Maximum Entropy Principle
Creators: name: Epele, Luis N.
name: Fanchiotti, Huner
name: Canal, Carlos A. García
name: Pacheco, Amalio F.
name: Sañudo, Jaime
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The variational method with constraints recently developed by Verkley and Gerkema to describe maximum-entropy atmospheric profiles is generalized to ideal gases but with temperature-dependent specific heats. In so doing, an extended and non standard potential temperature is introduced that is well suited for tackling the problem under consideration. This new formalism is successfully applied to the atmosphere of Venus. Three well defined regions emerge in this atmosphere up to a height of $100 km$ from the surface: the lowest one up to about $35 km$ is adiabatic, a transition layer located at the height of the cloud deck and finally a third region which is practically isothermal.
description: 6 pages, 3 figures
The Subpulse Modulation Properties of Pulsars and its Frequency Dependence
Creators: name: Weltevrede, Patrick
name: Stappers, Ben
name: Edwards, R. T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A large sample of about two hundred pulsars have been observed to study their subpulse modulation at an observing wavelength of (when achievable) both 21 and 92 cm using the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope. For 57 pulsars drifting subpulses are discovered for the first time and are confirmed for many others. This leads to the conclusion that it could well be that the drifting subpulse mechanism is an intrinsic property of the emission mechanism itself, although for some pulsars it is difficult or impossible to detect. It appears that the youngest pulsars have the most disordered subpulses and the subpulses become more and more organized into drifting subpulses as the pulsar ages. Drifting subpulses are in general found at both frequencies and the measured values of P3 at the two frequencies are highly correlated, showing the broadband nature of this phenomenon. Also the modulation indices measured at the two frequencies are clearly correlated, although at 92 cm they are on average possibly higher. The correlations with the modulation indices are argued to be consistent with the picture in which the radio emission is composed out of a drifting subpulse signal plus a quasi-steady signal which becomes, on average, stronger at high observing frequencies. There is no obvious correlation found between P3 and the pulsar age (or any other pulsar parameter) contrary to reports in the past.
description: Proceedings of the 40 Years of Pulsars: Millisecond Pulsars, Magnetars and More conference in Montreal
A Discourse Study of Institutional Language in the Home Birth Setting
Creators: name: Forster, Yolanda
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: midwifery, home birth, unassisted birth, free birth, obstetrics, maternity care, obstetric violence, birth trauma, critical discourse studies, systemic functional linguistics, socio-cognitive discourse analysis

description: Very few peer-reviewed papers have been published looking at language in childbirth. This cross-disciplinary thesis is a small step that examines language from the outside the gatekeepers' perspectives. At a time when women's autonomy in birth as in other areas of life is greatly diminished and is continually under threat, this paper identifies some of the threats to birth that women have faced since the eyes of patriarchy turned toward their reproductive autonomy.
Lie Group integrators for mechanical systems
Creators: name: Celledoni, Elena
name: Çokaj, Ergys
name: Leone, Andrea
name: Murari, Davide
name: Owren, Brynjulf
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 65L05, 70E55

description: Since they were introduced in the 1990s, Lie group integrators have become a method of choice in many application areas. These include multibody dynamics, shape analysis, data science, image registration and biophysical simulations. Two important classes of intrinsic Lie group integrators are the Runge--Kutta--Munthe--Kaas methods and the commutator free Lie group integrators. We give a short introduction to these classes of methods. The Hamiltonian framework is attractive for many mechanical problems, and in particular we shall consider Lie group integrators for problems on cotangent bundles of Lie groups where a number of different formulations are possible. There is a natural symplectic structure on such manifolds and through variational principles one may derive symplectic Lie group integrators. We also consider the practical aspects of the implementation of Lie group integrators, such as adaptive time stepping. The theory is illustrated by applying the methods to two nontrivial applications in mechanics. One is the N-fold spherical pendulum where we introduce the restriction of the adjoint action of the group $SE(3)$ to $TS^2$, the tangent bundle of the two-dimensional sphere. Finally, we show how Lie group integrators can be applied to model the controlled path of a payload being transported by two rotors. This problem is modeled on $\mathbb{R}^6\times \left(SO(3)\times \mathfrak{so}(3)\right)^2\times (TS^2)^2$ and put in a format where Lie group integrators can be applied.
description: 35 pages
D5.3 - PAYT Pay As You Throw Regulations
Creators: name: Giavini Michele
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: PAYT, waste, Pay As You Throw, RFID, separate collection

description: This deliverable includes the analysis on Pay As You Throw schemes implemented in 3 pilots of Waste4Think project. Seveso reached a mature stage with a regulation approved and in force, while Zamudio is in a test stage and Cascais tested a voluntary gamification approach. The deliverable includes also a factsheet about PAYT, translated in 7 languages, and a list of international reports about PAYT with hyperlinks.
A very bright, highly magnified Lyman-break galaxy at z=3.07
Creators: name: Smail, Ian
name: Swinbank, A. M.
name: Richard, J.
name: Ebeling, H.
name: Kneib, J. -P.
name: Edge, A. C.
name: Stark, D.
name: Ellis, R. S.
name: Dye, S.
name: Smith, G. P.
name: Mullis, C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report the discovery using Hubble Space Telescope imaging and Keck spectroscopy of a very bright, highly magnified (~30*) Lyman Break Galaxy (LBG) at z=3.07 in the field of the massive z=0.33 cluster MACSJ2135.2-0102. The system comprises two high-surface brightness arcs with a maximum extent of 3", bracketing a central object which we identify as a massive early-type galaxy at z=0.73. We construct a lens model which reproduces the main features of the system using a combination of a galaxy-scale lens and the foreground cluster. We show that the morphological, spectral and photometric properties of the arcs are consistent with them arising from the lensing of a single ~L* LBG. The most important feature of this system is that the lensing magnification results in an apparent magnitude of r=20.3, making this one of the brightest LBGs known. Such a high magnification provides the opportunity of obtaining very high signal to noise (and potentially spatially resolved) spectroscopy of a high redshift galaxy to study its physical properties. We present initial imaging and spectroscopy demonstrating the basic properties of the system and discuss the opportunities for future observations.
description: In press at ApJL, 4 pages, 2 figures
Automorphisms and autoequivalences of generic analytic K3 surfaces
Creators: name: Macri, Emanuele
name: Stellari, Paolo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 18E30, 14J28

description: This is a systematic exposition of recent results which completely describe the group of automorphisms and the group of autoequivalences of generic analytic K3 surfaces. These groups, hard to determine in the algebraic case, admit a good description for generic analytic K3 surfaces, and are in fact seen to be closely interrelated.
description: 34 pages. Minor corrections. Final version to appear in J. Geom. Phys
Swift-heavy-ion-irradiation-induced enhancement in electrical conductivity of chemical solution deposited La0.7Ba0.3MnO3 thin films
Creators: name: Parmar, R. N.
name: Markna, J. H.
name: Kuberkar, D. G.
name: Kumar, Ravi
name: Rana, D. S.
name: Bagve, Vivas C.
name: Malik, S. K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Epitaxial thin films of La0.7Ba0.3MnO3 manganite, deposited using Chemical Solution Deposition technique, were irradiated by 200 MeV Ag+15 ions with a maximum ion dose up to 1x10^12 ions/cm2. Temperature- and magnetic field-dependent resistivity measurements on all the films (before and after irradiation) reveal a sustained decrease in resistivity with increasing ion dose. A maximum dose of 1x10^12 ions/cm2 suppresses resistivity by factors of 3 and 10, at 330 K [insulator-metal (I-M) transition] and at 10 K, respectively. On the other hand, with increasing ion dose, the magnetoresistance (MR) enhances in the vicinity of I-M transition but decreases at low temperatures. These results, corroborated by surface morphology of films, suggest that the origin of such properties lies in the irradiation induced improved crystallinity and epitaxial orientation, enhanced connectivity between grains, and conglomeration of grains which result in better conductivity at grain boundaries.
description: To appear in 'Applied Physics Letters'
Wirksamkeit von verhaltensökonomischen Phänomenen in der Bauindustrie
Creators: name: Waleczko, Dominik
Publisher: name: Karlsruhe
Year: 2019

description: In diesem Beitrag soll die Wirkung von zwei ausgewählten verhaltensökonomischen Phänomenen auf die Bauindustrie genauer untersucht werden. Im Rahmen von zwei empirischen Studien wurden Hypothesen zum Thema Framing und Anchoring genauer überprüft. Zu Beginn des Beitrags wird kurz in die beiden verhaltensökonomischen Phänomene eingeführt, bevor Auszüge der Ergebnisse aus den beiden Studien vorgestellt werden. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass die Tendenz zu einer Beeinflussung vorhanden ist. Daher sollte die Wirkung dieser Phänomene bei der Vorbereitung von Entscheidungen berücksichtigt werden.
Θέατρο Τέχνης «Ακτίς Αελίου: Η πρώτη δεκαετία: 2001-2010:
Creators: name: Λουκίδης, Κωνσταντίνος Πλάτωνος
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2013
Subjects: Ακτίς Αελίου
Μικρά Θέατρα Θεσσαλονίκης
Aktis Aeliou
Pocket Theatres of Thessaloniki

description: Το Θεάτρο Τέχνης «Ακτίς Αελίου» ιδρύθηκε στη Θεσσαλονίκη το 2000 και άρχισε τη δραστηριότητά του την άνοιξη του 2001. Η στόχευση της παρούσας εργασίας είναι να καταγράψει τη σκηνοθετική κατεύθυνση της ομάδας μέσα από τις παραστάσεις της κατά την περίοδο 2001-2010. Στο πρώτο Κεφάλαιο, επιχειρείται σε αδρές γραμμές μια επισκόπηση της θεατρικής ζωής της Θεσσαλονίκης κατά τη διάρκεια του 20ού αιώνα με έμφαση στα παραδείγματα θεατρικής πρωτοπορίας. Στο δεύτερο, αναφέρονται οι σκηνοθετικές αρχές του Νίκου Σακαλίδη, του καλλιτεχνικού διευθυντή της ομάδας, και τα χαρακτηριστικά τους. Στο τρίτο, γίνεται αναφορά στις παραστάσεις της πρώτης δεκαετίας και της αντιμετώπισής τους από την κριτική. Στο τέταρτο, τέλος, εξετάζεται πώς οι σκηνοθετικές αρχές έγιναν πράξη μέσα από τις παραστάσεις.
description: The Art Theatre “Aktis Aeliou” is founded in Thessaloniki in 2000 and started its work in spring of 2001. The aim of that dissertation is to describe group’s directing history through its performances during 2001-2010. The first Chapter is dedicated to one general report of the 20th century Theatre of Thessaloniki, focusing in pioneering theatre examples. In the second Chapter the directing principles of group’s art director Nikos Sakalidis are reported and in the third, first decade’s performances’ reception by the critics is been exposed; In the fourth Chapter, it is be explained how these principles took flesh through performances.
OT SO'Z TURKUMINING QADIMGI VA HOZIRGI RUS TILIDA QIYOSLANISHI
Creators: name: Jumaqulova, Gulzoda
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Maqolada ot so‘z turkumining qadimgi va hozirgi rus tilidagi o‘zgarishlari,grammatik tuzilishidagi farqlari,morfologik o‘ziga xosligi va yana bir qancha jihatlari qiyoslangan holatda yoritiladi.
A simulation engine to support production scheduling using genetics-based machine learning
Creators: name: Tamaki, H.
name: Kryssanov, V. V.
name: Kitamura, S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science (cs.CE)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The ever higher complexity of manufacturing systems, continually shortening life cycles of products and their increasing variety, as well as the unstable market situation of the recent years require introducing grater flexibility and responsiveness to manufacturing processes. From this perspective, one of the critical manufacturing tasks, which traditionally attract significant attention in both academia and the industry, but which have no satisfactory universal solution, is production scheduling. This paper proposes an approach based on genetics-based machine learning (GBML) to treat the problem of flow shop scheduling. By the approach, a set of scheduling rules is represented as an individual of genetic algorithms, and the fitness of the individual is estimated based on the makespan of the schedule generated by using the rule-set. A concept of the interactive software environment consisting of a simulator and a GBML simulation engine is introduced to support human decision-making during scheduling. A pilot study is underway to evaluate the performance of the GBML technique in comparison with other methods (such as Johnson's algorithm and simulated annealing) while completing test examples.
description: 8 pages, 2 figures, 1 table. Preprint completed in 1998
Η παρουσία του Δυτικού Διαφωτισμού στη σκέψη του Ευγένιου Βούλγαρη. Οι περιπτώσεις των έργων : «Σχεδίασμα περί της Ανεξιθρησκείας», «Λόγος εκφωνηθείς κατά την ημέραν του Αγίου Ανδρέου του Πρωτοκλήτου», «Λογική»:
Creators: name: Χουλιάρα, Μαρία Αθανασίου
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2013
Subjects: Βούλγαρης
Διαφωτισμός
Ανεξιθρησκεία
Voulgaris
Enlightenment
Religious tolerance

description: Ο Ευγένιος Βούλγαρης, διακεκριμένος Έλληνας λόγιος, θεολόγος και εκκλησιαστικός συγγραφέας, υπήρξε μια εξέχουσα προσωπικότητα του 18ου αιώνα που έζησε την εποχή των μεγάλων πνευματικών ζυμώσεων στη Δύση και θεωρείται, από τους περισσότερους ερευνητές, ο εισηγητής των ιδεών του Ευρωπαϊκού Διαφωτισμού στον ελληνικό χώρο. Η δημιουργική επαφή του με το ιδεολογικό ρεύμα του Διαφωτισμού, σε συνδυασμό με το πολύπλευρο διδακτικό, συγγραφικό και μεταφραστικό του έργο, συνετέλεσε στη διασύνδεση της ελληνικής παιδείας με τη νεότερη ευρωπαϊκή σκέψη και επιστήμη, συμβάλλοντας ποικιλότροπα στην αφύπνιση του Γένους. Στην παρούσα εργασία γίνεται προσπάθεια να ανιχνευθούν, υπό το πρίσμα της Ορθόδοξης Θεολογίας του, η επιρροή του Δυτικού Διαφωτισμού στη σκέψη του αλλά και τα σημεία όπου διαφοροποιήθηκε απ’ αυτόν.
description: Eugenios Voulgaris, prominent scholar, theologian and ecclesiastical writer, was a leading figure of the 18th century, who lived during the great intellectual ferment in the West, and is considered by most researchers the introducer of the ideas of the European Enlightenment in the Greek area. His contact with the ideological trend of the Enlightenment, combined with his versatile teaching, writing and translation work has conduced to linking the Greek education with the modern European thought and science, thus contributing to the awakening of the nation in a variety of ways. In this paper an attempt is made to detect not only the influence of Western Enlightenment on his thought but also the points he deviated from this intellectual movement in the light of his Orthodox Theology.
Non-exponential decay via tunneling in tight-binding lattices and the optical Zeno effect
Creators: name: Longhi, Stefano
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: An exactly-solvable model for the decay of a metastable state coupled to a semi-infinite tight-binding lattice, showing large deviations from exponential decay in the strong coupling regime, is presented. An optical realization of the lattice model, based on discrete diffraction in a semi-infinite array of tunneling-coupled optical waveguides, is proposed to test non-exponential decay and for the observation of an optical analog of the quantum Zeno effect.
Conformal SO(2,4) Transformations for the Helical AdS String Solution
Creators: name: Ryang, Shijong
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: By applying the conformal SO(2,4) transformations to the folded rotating string configuration with two spins given by a certain limit from the helical string solution in AdS_3 x S^1, we construct new string solutions whose energy-spin relations are characterized by the boost parameter. When two SO(2,4) transformations are performed with two boost parameters suitably chosen, the straight folded rotating string solution with one spin in AdS_3 is transformed in the long string limit into the long spiky string solution whose expression is given from the helical string solution in AdS_3 by making a limit that the modulus parameter becomes unity.
description: 16 pages, LaTex, no figures
The Multithreaded version of FORM
Creators: name: Tentyukov, M.
name: Vermaseren, J. A. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Symbolic Computation (cs.SC)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We present TFORM, the version of the symbolic manipulation system FORM that can make simultaneous use of several processors in a shared memory architecture. The implementation uses Posix threads, also called pthreads, and is therefore easily portable between various operating systems. Most existing FORM programs will be able to take advantage of the increased processing power, without the need for modifications. In some cases some minor additions may be needed. For a computer with two processors a typical improvement factor in the running time is 1.7 when compared to the traditional version of FORM. In the case of computers with 4 processors a typical improvement factor in the execution time is slightly above 3.
description: 18 pages
A study of gamma gamma -> Ks Ks production at energies of 2.4-4.0GeV at Belle
Creators: name: Chen, W. T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: $K^0_SK^0_S$ production in two-photon collisions has been studied using a 397.6 fb$^{-1}$ data sample collected with the Belle detector at the KEKB $e^+e^-$ collider. For the first time the cross sections are measured in the two-photon center-of-mass energy range between 2.4 GeV and 4.0 GeV and angular range $|\cosθ^*|<0.6$. Combining the results with measurements of $γγ\to K^+K^-$ from Belle, we observe that the cross section ratio $σ(K^0_SK^0_S)/σ(K^+K^-)$ decreases from ~0.13 to ~0.01 with increasing energy. Signals for the $χ_{c0}$ and $χ_{c2}$ charmonium states are also observed.
description: 15 pages, 5 figures, published in PLB 651, 15 (2007)
Jericho Hill Village: exploring the spatial design implications of applying ecologically based design parameters to a suburban community in the Greater Vancouver Region
Creators: name: Connery, Kevin James
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: This thesis begins with an examination of the social and ecological problems related to contemporary suburban development in North America and recently emerging factors that indicate an alternative approach is not only necessary but already in process. It explores the field of ecology to better understand how basic ecosystem function might be used to help organize this alternative. With the understanding gained from ecology and the information gleaned from the precedent of pilot projects and other innovative ecologically based design explorations, a series of ecological design parameters are developed to assist in the planning and design of a more sustainable suburban community. The ecological design parameters are then applied to an existing suburban community in the Township of Langley, subject to urban growth pressures to understand the spatial implications and opportunities of an ecologically based design approach. In the process of exploring different design options it becomes clear that ecological features can be embodied in the spatial form of the community, and that their contribution makes the community more legible to its residents and develops a stronger “sense of place” than the conventional suburb. A comparative analysis between the proposed Jericho Hill Village and Walnut Grove, a nearby conventional suburban community also in Langley is provided to illustrate the fundamental differences between the two design approaches. A discussion of the importance of energy and water to the community’s design is provided. The thesis concludes by noting some of the impediments posed by the current development process and some of the opportunities that might change the status quo.
A symmetry breaking mechanism for selecting the speed of relativistic solitons
Creators: name: Cadoni, M.
name: De Leo, R.
name: Gaeta, G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Pattern Formation and Solitons (nlin.PS)
subject: Biomolecules (q-bio.BM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: We propose a mechanism for fixing the velocity of relativistic soliton based on the breaking of the Lorentz symmetry of the sine-Gordon (SG) model. The proposal is first elaborated for a molecular chain model, as the simple pendulum limit of a double pendulums chain. It is then generalized to a full class of two-dimensional field theories of the sine-Gordon type. From a phenomenological point of view, the mechanism allows one to select the speed of a SG soliton just by tuning elastic couplings constants and kinematical parameters. From a fundamental, field-theoretical point of view we show that the characterizing features of relativistic SG solitons (existence of conserved topological charges and stability) may be still preserved even if the Lorentz symmetry is broken and a soliton of a given speed is selected.
description: 23 pages, no figures
Analyse und Bewertung von Konfliktlösungsmechanismen im Rahmen der Projektabwicklungsform Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) im Bauwesen
Creators: name: Schilling Miguel, Ana
name: Schneider, Maren
name: Budau, Maximilian
Publisher: name: Karlsruhe
Year: 2019

description: Die Bauwirtschaft ist geprägt von einem intensiven Preiswettbewerb, der häufig Kosten- und Terminüberschreitungen sowie Qualitätseinbußen zur Folge hat. Schnell entstehen dabei Konflikte, die häufig zu aufwändigen und lang andauernden Gerichtsverfahren führen. Um dem zu begegnen, sind international alternative Projektabwicklungsformen entwickelt und angewandt worden, die auf einer partnerschaftlichen Zusammenarbeit der Beteiligten beruhen. Dazu gehört auch das Modell Integrated Project Delivery (IPD). In den veröffentlichten Musterverträgen zu dieser Projektabwicklungsform finden sich neben anderen Regelungen auch Vereinbarungen zur Konfliktlösung mit definierten Eskalationsstufen. Der folgende Beitrag zeigt Auszüge aus den Ergebnissen einer Untersuchung am Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), bei der Musterverträge für IPD hinsichtlich der Regelungen zur Konfliktlösung analysiert wurden.
Spectroscopy of 24Al and extraction of Gamow-Teller strengths with the 24Mg(3He,t) reaction at 420 MeV
Creators: name: Zegers, R. G. T.
name: Meharchand, R.
name: Adachi, T.
name: Austin, Sam M.
name: Brown, B. A.
name: Fujita, Y.
name: Fujiwara, M.
name: Guess, C. J.
name: Hashimoto, H.
name: Hatanaka, K.
name: Howard, M. E.
name: Matsubara, H.
name: Nakanishi, K.
name: Ohta, T.
name: Okamura, H.
name: Sakemi, Y.
name: Shimbara, Y.
name: Shimizu, Y.
name: Scholl, C.
name: Signoracci, A.
name: Tameshige, Y.
name: Tamii, A.
name: Yosoi, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The 24Mg(3He,t)24Al reaction has been studied at E(3He)=420 MeV. An energy resolution of 35 keV was achieved. Gamow-Teller strengths to discrete levels in 24Al are extracted by using a recently developed empirical relationship for the proportionality between Gamow-Teller strengths and differential cross sections at zero momentum transfer. Except for small discrepancies for a few weak excitations, good agreement with previous 24Mg(p,n) data and nuclear-structure calculations using the USDA/B interactions in the sd shell-model space is found. The excitation energy of several levels in 24Al of significance for determination of the 23Mg(p,gamma)24Al thermonuclear reaction rate were measured. Results are consistent with two of the three previous (3He,t) measurements, performed at much lower beam energies. However, a new state at Ex(24Al)=2.605(10) MeV was found and is the third state above the proton separation energy.
description: 6 pages, 4 figures
Quantum Variational Optimization of Ramsey Interferometry and Atomic Clocks
Creators: name: Kaubruegger, Raphael
name: Vasilyev, Denis V.
name: Schulte, Marius
name: Hammerer, Klemens
name: Zoller, Peter
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discuss quantum variational optimization of Ramsey interferometry with ensembles of $N$ entangled atoms, and its application to atomic clocks based on a Bayesian approach to phase estimation. We identify best input states and generalized measurements within a variational approximation for the corresponding entangling and decoding quantum circuits. These circuits are built from basic quantum operations available for the particular sensor platform, such as one-axis twisting, or finite range interactions. Optimization is defined relative to a cost function, which in the present study is the Bayesian mean square error of the estimated phase for a given prior distribution, i.e. we optimize for a finite dynamic range of the interferometer. In analogous variational optimizations of optical atomic clocks, we use the Allan deviation for a given Ramsey interrogation time as the relevant cost function for the long-term instability. Remarkably, even low-depth quantum circuits yield excellent results that closely approach the fundamental quantum limits for optimal Ramsey interferometry and atomic clocks. The quantum metrological schemes identified here are readily applicable to atomic clocks based on optical lattices, tweezer arrays, or trapped ions.
description: 21 pages, 13 Figures
Το Ρετρό Μάρκετινγκ στα Μέσα Κοινωνικής Δικτύωσης – Η Περίπτωση της Converse:
Creators: name: Τσιώγκα, Δήμητρα Παύλου
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2013
Subjects: Νοσταλγία
Κοινωνικά Δίκτυα
Εικονικές Κοινότητες Επώνυμων Προϊόντων
Εικονικές Κοινότητες Κατανάλωσης
Συνδημιουργία Αξίας
Netnography
Nostalgia
Social Media
Virtual Brand Communities
Cocreation

description: Σκοπός της παρούσας εργασίας είναι να μελετήσει το φαινόμενο του ρετρό μάρκετινγκ (retro marketing)και τις εφαρμογές του υπό το πρίσμα της σύγχρονης πραγματικότητας του μάρκετινγκ, στην οποία σημαντικό ρόλο έχουν πλέον τα κοινωνικά δίκτυα (social media) και οι εικονικές κοινότητες κατανάλωσης (virtual brand communities). Προκειμένου να μελετηθεί η εφαρμογή του ρετρό μάρκετινγκ στα κοινωνικά δίκτυα και η σημασία τους στην περίπτωση ενός ρετρό επώνυμου προϊόντος διεξήχθη μία διαδικτυακή έρευνα με τη μέθοδο του «Netnography» στο περιβάλλον του κοινωνικού δικτύου του Facebook. Μέσω των συζητήσεων των συμμετεχόντων, οι οποίοι ήταν μέλη της ίδιας εικονικής κοινότητας κατανάλωσης, προέκυψαν πολύτιμα δεδομένα, με βάση τα οποία διεξήχθησαν σημαντικά συμπεράσματα, που κάλυψαν ερευνητικά κενά που υπήρχαν στη σύνδεση του ρετρό μάρκετινγκ με τα σύγχρονα κοινωνικά δίκτυα. Η συνεισφορά, λοιπόν, της παρούσας έρευνας είναι η διερεύνηση της χρησιμότητας και της σημασίας των κοινωνικών δικτύων και των εικονικών κοινοτήτων κατανάλωσης στο ρετρό μάρκετινγκ, η μελέτη του αντίστοιχου καταναλωτικού κοινού και η μελέτη της δημιουργίας συναισθημάτων (emotions) όπως η νοσταλγία (nostalgia) στα κοινωνικά δίκτυα. Τα αποτελέσματα της έρευνας προσφέρουν, ουσιαστικά, μία νέα διάσταση του ρετρό μάρκετινγκ, η οποία περιλαμβάνει τη χρήση κοινωνικών δικτύων για την επιτυχή αναβίωση ενός ρετρό επώνυμου προϊόντος, την αξιοποίηση των κοινωνικών δικτύων και του σύγχρονου καταναλωτικού κοινού και τη δημιουργία νοσταλγικών συναισθημάτων μέσω του ψηφιακού κόσμου.
description: The purpose of this study is to explore the retro marketing phenomenon and its applications in the light of the contemporary marketing reality, in which social media and virtual brand communities are an essential part. In order to study the retro marketing application on social media, a research on Facebook was conducted. Through the answers and the discussions of the participants, who were members of the same virtual brand community, significant data was gathered about the retro marketing and social media connection. In the next step, data analysis inferred important findings, which constitute the main contribution of this study. So, the data provided of this study enriches existing theory, because it offers a thorough examination of the social media usefulness and importance for retro marketing, an examination of consumers’ behavior and an investigation of emotional stimulation and creation of nostalgic emotions. In conclusion, this study points out a new dimension of retro marketing, according to which the successful revival of a retro brand includes the exploitation of social media and the contemporary consumers characteristics, as well as the provocation of nostalgic feelings through the digital world.
Why the braking indices of young pulsars are less than 3?
Creators: name: Chen, W. C.
name: Li, X. D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this letter we discuss two possible reasons which cause the observed braking indices n of young radio pulsars to be smaller than 3: (a) the evolving spin-down model of the magnetic field component $B_{\perp}$ increases with time; (b) the extrinsic braking torque model in which the tidal torques exerted on the pulsar by the fallback disk, and carries away the spin angular momentum from the pulsar. Based on some simple assumptions, we derive the expression of the braking indices, and calculate the spin-down evolutionary tracks of pulsars for different input parameters.
description: 4 pages, 3 figures, accepted for publication in A&A Letters
Εισαγωγή στον προγραμματισμό με χρήση του περιβάλλοντος scratch και υποστήριξη της υπολογιστικής σκέψης των μαθητών:
Creators: name: Σαρπασίδου, Μακρίνα Κυριάκου
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2013
Subjects: Υπολογιστική Σκέψη
Εποικοδομισμός
Προγραμματισμός με scratch
Computational thinking
Constructivism
Programming with scratch

description: Η παρούσα διπλωματική εργασία εξετάζει την υποστήριξη των δεξιοτήτων της υπολογιστικής σκέψης σε μαθητές της δευτεροβάθμιας εκπαίδευσης μέσα από την χρήση του εποικοδομικού εργαλείου οπτικού προγραμματισμού scratch. Ο αρχικός μας σκοπός είναι η διερεύνηση της αποτελεσματικότητας της χρήσης του εργαλείου scratch ως εργαλείο υποστήριξης της υπολογιστικής σκέψης. Δευτερεύον, στόχος είναι η αναζήτηση των κατάλληλων στρατηγικών για την αξιολόγηση της ανάπτυξης της υπολογιστικής σκέψης (ΥΣ). Τρίτον, εξετάζει κατά πόσο ήταν εύστοχες οι παρεμβάσεις για τις έννοιες της υπολογιστικής σκέψης στα φύλλα εργασίας και τέταρτον, πόσο αποτελεσματική ήταν η συνεργασία των μαθητών στις ομάδες.
description: This thesis examines the support of computational thinking skills in secondary school students through the use of visual programming tool scratch. Our initial aim is to investigate the effectiveness of the tool scratch tool for supporting computational thinking (CT). A secondary aim is to search for appropriate strategies to assess the development of computational thinking (CT). Third, consider whether it was targeted the interventions for the concepts of computational thinking (CT) on worksheets and fourthly, how effective was the collaboration of students to groups.
Additional file 1 of Spatiotemporal dynamics and potential ecological drivers of acute respiratory infectious diseases: an example of scarlet fever in Sichuan Province
Creators: name: Li, Cheng
name: Liao, Rujun
name: Zhu, Wenhui
name: Jiang, Guiyu
name: Wang, Yumeng
name: Li, Ling
name: Zhang, Tao
name: Lv, Qiang
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 1: Table A1. The meaning and value of covariates. Table A2. Demographic characteristics of scarlet fever in Sichuan Province, 2016–2019. Fig. A1. Time series of scarlet fever counts in 21 cities (/prefectures) of Sichuan province from 2016 to 2019. Figure A2. The fitted values for 21 cities (/prefectures) in Sichuan Province during 2016–2019. Fig. A3. The estimated multiplicative effect of seasonality on the endemic mean. Table A3. Model selection and comparison. Table A4. Model without spatial term. Table A5. The estimates of random effects. Fig. A4. Spatial connectivity weights. Fig. A5. The matrix of cities showing the connectivity weights.
Μορφές βίας κατά των γυναικών: νομική και κοινωνιολογική προσέγγιση του φαινομένου:
Creators: name: Αβράμη, Ιφιγένεια Θωμά
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2013
Subjects: ενδοοικογενειακή βία
Νόμος 3500/2006
κακοποίηση
domestic violence
Law 3500/2006
physical abuse

description: Η βία κατά των γυναικών συνιστά μία από τις συχνότερα εμφανιζόμενες μορφές παραβίασης των ανθρωπίνων δικαιωμάτων τόσο στις αναπτυσσόμενες όσο και στις αναπτυγμένες χώρες. Αναζητώντας τη γενεσιουργό αιτία αυτού του φαινομένου καλούμαστε να ανατρέξουμε στο γενικότερο ζήτημα της ανισότητας των δύο φύλων, της κοινωνικής και ιστορικής κατασκευής της κατωτερότητας της γυναίκας και την πατριαρχική δομή της κοινωνίας εν γένει. Επιπλέον, μια σειρά παραγόντων καθιστούν τα θύματα ακόμη περισσότερα ευάλωτα λόγω των πολλαπλών διακρίσεων που υφίστανται, όπως είναι η διαφορετική εθνοτική ή φυλετική ομάδα, η διαφορετική θρησκεία, γλώσσα, ηλικία, αναπηρία ή ο διαφορετικός σεξουαλικός προσανατολισμός. Η παρούσα εργασία θα επιχειρήσει να εστιάσει επιλεκτικά σε τρεις μορφές άσκησης βίας κατά των γυναικών, που εκδηλώνονται τόσο στην ιδιωτική σφαίρα (ενδοοικογενειακή βία), όσο και στο δημόσιο/κοινωνικό χώρο, στον εργασιακό χώρο των γυναικών (σεξουαλική παρενόχληση), ενώ ιδιαίτερη αναφορά θα γίνει στο φαινόμενο του βιασμού, που μπορεί να λάβει χώρα τόσο στον ιδιωτικό όσο και στον δημόσιο χώρο. Η παρούσα εργασία επιχειρεί, τέλος, να διερευνήσει το ζήτημα από νομοθετική άποψη, εστιάζοντας στο τι προβλέπεται όσον αφορά τη νομική αντιμετώπιση στο ελληνικό δίκαιο και στο δίκαιο της Ευρωπαϊκής
description: Violence against women is one of the most commonly appeared forms of violation of human rights at the countries under development as well as at the developed countries. Searching the reason of existence of this phenomenon, we are invited to go back to the general matter of inequality of the two sexes, of the social and historical construction of inferiority of women and to the particular structure of society in general. Moreover, a series of factors render the victims even more vulnerable because of the multiple discriminations under which they are going through, like the different national or racial group, the different religion, language, age, disability or the different sexual orientation The following dissertation will try to focus selectively on three forms of violence against women, that take place at the private sphere (domestic violence), as well as at the public/social background, at the working place of women (sexual harassment) , making particular reference to the phenomenon of rape, that can take place equally at private and public place. This essay tries, in the end, to cast a light on the matter from a legal point of view, focusing on the provisions of the greek legislation and the legislation of the European Union, as well as on case law. Key Words : discriminations against women, patriarchy, circular theory of violence, dometic violence, law 3500/2006, physical abuse, sexual harassment, rape
How to study correlation functions in fluctuating Bose liquids using interference experiments
Creators: name: Gritsev, Vladimir
name: Altman, Ehud
name: Polkovnikov, Anatoli
name: Demler, Eugene
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Interference experiments with independent condensates provide a powerful tool for analyzing correlation functions. Scaling of the average fringe contrast with the system size is determined by the two-point correlation function and can be used to study the Luttinger liquid liquid behavior in one-dimensional systems and to observe the Kosterlitz-Thouless transition in two-dimensional quasicondensates. Additionally, higher moments of the fringe contrast can be used to determine the higher order correlation functions. In this article we focus on interference experiments with one-dimensional Bose liquids and show that methods of conformal field theory can be applied to calculate the full quantum distribution function of the fringe contrast.
description: Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Atomic Physics (ICAP 2006), edited by C. Roos, H. Haffner, and R. Blatt, AIP Conference Proceedings, Melville, 2006, Vol. 869, pp. 173-180
Δυστοπίες στο Μεταπολειμικό Μυθιστόρημα.:
Creators: name: Χασάπης, Δημήτριος Στέφανος
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2013
Subjects: Δυστοπία
Ευτοπία
Ουτοπία
Dystopia
Eutopia
Utopia

description: Η ανά χείρας εργασία μελετά το περιεχόμενο αντιπροσωπευτικών μυθιστορημάτων της μεταπολεμικής ελληνικής πεζογραφίας, θέμα των οποίων είναι η Κατοχή και η Αντίσταση, ο Εμφύλιος πόλεμος και το μετεμφυλιακό κλίμα, καθώς και η περίοδος της Επταετίας, με έμφαση στις ημέρες των δραματικών γεγονότων του Πολυτεχνείου. Μετά από ένα πρώτο κεφάλαιο όπου συζητούνται γενικά οι έννοιες της ουτοπίας, δυστοπίας, ευτοπίας και η σχέση τους με την ιστορία και τη γραφή, ακολουθούν δύο κεφάλαια στα οποία επιχειρείται η αναζήτηση των δυστοπικών καταστάσεων που βίωσαν οι συγγραφείς, καθώς και ένα ακόμη όπου συγκεντρώνονται οι ευτοπικές και ουτοπικές αναζητήσεις τους, παρά το ζοφερό κλίμα των δυστοπικών πραγματικοτήτων τις οποίες υπέστησαν. Στο δεύτερο και τρίτο κεφάλαιο επιλέγονται οι δυστοπικές πτυχές των μυθιστορημάτων με θέμα αρχικά την εξορία, την υπερορία και την απομόνωση, ενώ στη συνέχεια με άξονα τις ανθρώπινες αντιπαραθέσεις, την εχθρότητα του (συν)ανθρώπου απέναντι στον (συν)άνθρωπο. Στο τέταρτο κεφάλαιο αναζητούνται και διακρίνονται οι ευτοπικές διέξοδοι των κεντρικών ηρώων και επιχειρείται η ομαδοποίηση των στοιχείων εκείνων που συνέθεσαν τα όραμα για τη νέα κοινωνία και τις προ-απεικονίσεις της.
description: The present paper studies the content of certain representative novels of post-war Greek prose. Their subject is the period of German Occupation and the Greek Resistance, the Civil War and the post-civil climate, as well as the Dictatorship (seven years) with an emphasis on the dramatic events of the Polytechnic uprising. In the first chapter, the general concepts of utopia and eutopia and their relation to the history and writing are discussed. In the two chapters, the pursuit of dystopic situations, which were experienced by the writers, is studied. There is one more chapter where their eutopic and utopic pursuits are gathered despite the gloomy climate of the dystopic reality that they had suffered. In the second and third chapter the dystopic aspects, of the novels are chosen whose subject is initially the exile, and the isolation. Afterwards, the dystopic aspects are chosen according to human juxtaposition, the hostility of a (fellow) man against another (fellow) man. In the fourth chapter, the eutopic dead-ends of the main characters are pursued and distinguished. Also, the grouping of the elements of those who have composed the vision of a new society and its draft is studied.