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Theatre in Praxis : situating Boal, grassroots democracy and transnational connections
Creators: name: Johnston, Caleb Fraser
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: This research documents the adaptation of Augusto Boal's Theatre of the Oppressed in Vancouver and Ahmedabad to explore the intersection between geography, grassroots democracy and the role of cultural practices in opening up spaces for active citizenship. I begin by reflecting on the complexity of local and transnational collaboration between individuals and organizations dedicated to radical democratic praxis. The complex relationship between theatre activists and people living the issues is used as a provocation for academics to simultaneously reflect upon the politics of participatory research, as well as imagine, rehearse and implement more collaborative forms of knowledge production. This research then considers the ability of forum theatre to disrupt existing hierarchies by producing a critical public sphere in which individuals can engage in an intimate dialogue to challenge dominant social scripts and devise concrete political options. As a cultural practice that has travelled transnationally, I contextualize the ways that forum theatre lives intensely in the historical moment and moves through specific relationships and networks that are situated in time and space.
title: Die Informationstechnologieoffensive Kubas
Creators: name: Haidenthaler, Dominik
Publisher: name: TU Wien
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Kuba
subject: Informationstechnologie
subject: Cuba
subject: information technology

description: Allgemeine Informationen über Kuba sowie eine Einführung in die Geschichte des Landes sind für das Verständnis der Zusammenhänge und der Tragweite der folgenden Thematiken unerlässlich. Kapitel 1 vermittelt daher einen kurzen Überblick. Der zweite Abschnitt befasst sich mit der konkreten Einführung und dem Ausbau der Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologie in Kuba. Die Beschreibung ist chronologisch und in die wichtigsten historischen Etappen unterteilt, wobei das Hauptaugenmerk auf zeitnahe Ereignisse gelegt wird. In Kapitel 3 werden die damit zusammenhängenden politischen Strategien, sowie deren Umsetzungen und Folgen analysiert. Dabei werden auch die US-amerikanische Politik gegenüber Kuba und deren gravierende Auswirkungen berücksichtigt. Die Strategien innerhalb des Landes durchliefen verschiedene Phasen, worauf in einem eigenen Bereich des Kapitels genauer eingegangen wird. Eine detaillierte Beschreibung der aktuellen Situation sowie der Konzepte für die zukünftige Entwicklung der Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologie folgt im vierten Abschnitt. Das Kerngebiet der Untersuchung bilden dabei die derzeitige Offensive und die ambitionierten Programme beim Ausbau der Infrastruktur. Speziell in diesem Sektor konnte in Kuba ein enormes Humankapital entstehen, das an dieser Stelle ebenfalls näher behandelt wird. Eine Zusammenfassung der wichtigsten Erkenntnisse wird schließlich in Kapitel 5 präsentiert.
description: Some general information about Cuba and an introduction to its history are essential for understanding the interconnections and the scopes of the following topics. Therefore, a short overview is provided in chapter 1. The second chapter addresses the introduction and development of information and communication technology in Cuba. It is arranged chronologically and divided into the main historical periods, but focuses on recent events. Political strategies associated with this topic, as well as their implementation and impact, are analyzed in chapter 3. In this context, U.S. policy towards Cuba and its serious effects are also considered. The strategies within the country underwent different phases, which will be discussed in a separate part of the chapter. A detailed description of the current situation and the concepts for the future development of information and communication technology follows in the fourth chapter. The current campaign and ambitious programs to improve the infrastructure form the core of this investigation. Especially in this sector Cuba was able to create an enormous amount of human capital, which will also be discussed at this point. Chapter 5 concludes the work with a summary of the key findings.
title: Expectations, Experiences and Impact of Engagement Between Health Researchers and Schools in Kenya
Creators: name: Davies, Alun Iwan
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 2017

description: Community engagement is increasingly recognized as essential for the ethical conduct of health research, particularly in international settings where wealth, educational and cultural differences between host communities and researchers are often stark. Engagement approaches are diverse, addressing a wide range of goals. The School Engagement Programme (SEP) forms part of a wider platform of community engagement activities at the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme (KWTRP) in Kilifi, Kenya. Key SEP goals include raising mutual understanding between researchers and community members, nurturing secondary school students’ interest in science, and raising educational aspirations. In this thesis, I address the paucity of careful evaluations of community engagement in low and middle-income countries (LMICs), and of school engagement specifically. I consider the potential contribution of school engagement to the ethical goals of research, and contribute to the identification of key elements to use in the evaluation of school engagement programmes in the region. Drawing on a novel combination of methods including participatory video, baseline and post-intervention surveys, interviews and group discussions I found that the SEP benefitted students through nurturing an interest in science and promoting confidence in speaking to researchers, laying a foundation for future interactions. Researchers benefitted through strengthened ties with the community which gave them a better understanding of the context of their work and more of a sense of being part of the community. There were also unintended outcomes and mismatches between programme goals and community expectations however, which highlight the need for broad inclusion in planning and implementing school engagement programmes, and the monitoring of perverse outcomes. The thesis draws from the SEP evaluation findings to synthesise a theory of change and a framework to guide the evaluation of school engagement programmes.
Ab initio neutrinoless double-beta decay matrix elements for 48Ca, 76Ge, and 82Se
Creators: name: Belley, A.
name: Payne, C. G.
name: Stroberg, S. R.
name: Miyagi, T.
name: Holt, J. D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We calculate basis-space converged neutrinoless $ββ$ decay nuclear matrix elements for the lightest candidates: 48Ca, 76Ge and 82Se. Starting from initial two- and three-nucleon forces, we apply the ab initio in-medium similarity renormalization group to construct valence-space Hamiltonians and consistently transformed $ββ$-decay operators. We find that the tensor component is non-negligible in 76Ge and 82Se, and resulting nuclear matrix elements are overall 25-45% smaller than those obtained from the phenomenological shell model. While a final matrix element with uncertainties still requires substantial developments, this work nevertheless opens a path toward a true first-principles calculation of neutrinoless $ββ$ decay in all nuclei relevant for ongoing large-scale searches.
description: 6 pages, 3 figures, final published version
Chiral dynamics in QCD at finite chemical potential
Creators: name: Gupta, Sourendu
name: Ray, R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present the renormalized Taylor expansion of the chiral condensate with chemical potential. The relation with the Taylor coefficients of meson susceptibilities and the quark mass dependence of the quark number susceptibilities are obtained through chiral Ward identities and Maxwell relations. The continuum limit is obtained in quenched and two flavour QCD. In Nf=2 QCD, the quadratic response coefficients (QRCs) of the chiral condensate to chemical potential indicate that pion fluctuations decrease at finite chemical potential toward the critical end point. We discuss how these observables can be used to test other features of the QCD phase diagram.
El capital social comunitario en el reparto San Jerónimo de la ciudad de León
Creators: name: Argueta Jaen, Julio
name: Argueta Jaen, Julio
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession
subject: Capital social comunitario
subject: dimensiones
subject: politización
subject: experiencias precursoras
subject: relaciones de causalidad.

description: La investigación trata sobre el nivel de capital social comunitario en el reparto San Jerónimo de la ciudad de León, en 2010. Este reparto es uno de los más antiguos de la periferia norte de la ciudad con bajos niveles de progreso social en relación a otros barrios que surgieron con posterioridad al mismo. Los objetivos se centran en la identicación de indicadores de capital social, en el análisis de los factores que limitan el desarrollo de éste y en la valoración de las posibilidades de mejora del capital social como activo que facilite el desarrollo comunitario. La información se obtuvo de encuestas a jefes de familias y entrevistas a líderes comunitarios y a una representante de las instituciones que intervienen. Entre los hallazgos en el reparto están: aislamiento estructural, estructura tradicional formal, conformismo, desconanza en las instituciones y, no obstante, un capital social de tipo intermedio dado el alto grado de unidad y sentido de pertenencia y las notables relaciones interpersonales, tolerancia, solidaridad y cooperación vecinal expresada en una singular cooperativa de servicios fúnebres y una brigada de jóvenes que garantiza la seguridad ciudadana del reparto.
Pre-processing of quantitative phenotypes from high throughput studies
Creators: name: Kanters, Steve
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: High throughput phenotypic experiments include both deletion sets and R N A i experiments. They are genome wide and require much physical space. As a result, multiple plates are often required in order to cover the whole genome. The use of multiple plates leads to systematic plate-wise experimental artefact, which impede statistical inference. In this paper, current pre-processing methodology will be reviewed. Their fundamental principle is to align a common feature shared by all plates. From this very principle, we propose an improved method which simultaneously estimates all parameters required for the pre-processing transformation. Some of the alignment features popular today implicitly assume conditions which are often not met in practice. We discuss the various choices of features to align. Specifically, the upper quantiles and the mean of the left tail trimmings of each plate's data distribution are features which are always available and simple to obtain. Moreover, they are robust to non-randomization of genes to plates. Their use will be motivated through simulation and applied to real data. Applications to real data will be used to demonstrate superiority over current methods as well as to discuss choices in transformation types.
Candidiasis Oral en pacientes VIH Positivos. Clinica De Infectologia, Hospital Oscar Danilo Rosales Arguello León, marzo-junio del 2011.
Creators: name: Espinoza Palma, Alicia Santamata
name: Paz Betanco, Manuel Ahmed
name: Espinoza Abaunza, Roger
name: Altamirano Reyes, Humberto
name: Espinoza Palma, Alicia Santamata
name: Paz Betanco, Manuel Ahmed
name: Espinoza Abaunza, Roger
name: Altamirano Reyes, Humberto
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Health Economics and Policy
subject: Palabras claves: Candidiasis oral
subject: VIH
subject: Presentaciones clínicas
subject: localización

description: Candidiasis Oral, localizaciones más frecuentes y aparición de lesiones según tiempo de diagnóstico de VIH, en Pacientes atendidos en la Clínica de Infectología del Hospital Escuela Oscar Danilo Rosales Arguello de la ciudad de León. Posterior a aprobación por el comité de Ética Médica, UNAN León, se realizó estudio descriptivo de corte transversal, se recolectó información de fuente secundaria, con una muestra de 150 expedientes clínicos de pacientes, los datos de interés incluyeron características socio-demográcas del paciente, presencia, localización y clasicación de Candidiasis Oral. Se encontró prevalencia de candidiasis oral de 50.6%, siendo la presentación clínica más frecuente Candidiasis Pseudomembranosa, en 61.8%; la distribución de la enfermedad fue similar en ambos sexos; de los estudiados con candidiasis oral, el 61.8% presentaron al menos un episodio de enfermedad, siendo mayor en el grupo de 1-5 años de diagnóstico por VIH. La localización más frecuente de las lesiones fue en lengua, seguido de orofaringe. Se concluye que la prevalencia de candidiasis oral para este estudio superó 50%, lo que rearma lo expresado en la bibliografía como una enfermedad muy frecuente en pacientes con VIH+.
Hopping Models of Charge Transfer in a Complex Environment: New Class of Coupled Memory Continous-Time Random Walks
Creators: name: Gudowska-Nowak, Ewa
name: Bochenek, Kinga
name: Jurlewicz, Agnieszka
name: Weron, Karina
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Charge transport processes in disordered complex media are accompanied by anomalously slow relaxation for which usually a broad distribution of relaxation times is adopted. To account for those properties of the environment, a standard kinetic approach in description of the system is addressed either in the framework of continuous-time random walks (CTRW) or fractional diffusion. In this paper the power of the CTRW approach is illustrated by use of the probabilistic formalism and limit theorems that allow to predict the limiting distributions of the paths traversed by charges and to derive effective relaxation properties of the entire system of interest. Application of the method is discussed for non-exponential electron-transfer processes controlled by dynamics of the surrounding medium.
Gentle introduction to rigorous Renormalization Group: a worked fermionic example
Creators: name: Giuliani, Alessandro
name: Mastropietro, Vieri
name: Rychkov, Slava
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Much of our understanding of critical phenomena is based on the notion of Renormalization Group (RG), but the actual determination of its fixed points is usually based on approximations and truncations, and predictions of physical quantities are often of limited accuracy. The RG fixed points can be however given a fully rigorous and non-perturbative characterization, and this is what is presented here in a model of symplectic fermions with a nonlocal ("long-range") kinetic term depending on a parameter $\varepsilon$ and a quartic interaction. We identify the Banach space of interactions, which the fixed point belongs to, and we determine it via a convergent approximation scheme. The Banach space is not limited to relevant interactions, but it contains all possible irrelevant terms with short-ranged kernels, decaying like a stretched exponential at large distances. As the model shares a number of features in common with $ϕ^4$ or Ising models, the result can be used as a benchmark to test the validity of truncations and approximations in RG studies. The analysis is based on results coming from Constructive RG to which we provide a tutorial and self-contained introduction. In addition, we prove that the fixed point is analytic in $\varepsilon$, a somewhat surprising fact relying on the fermionic nature of the problem.
description: 55 pages + appendices, many figures; v2: refs added; v3: refs added, intro greatly expanded, App. J.1 added, version accepted by JHEP; v4: minor misprints corrected
Gravitational Imprints from Heavy Kaluza-Klein Resonances
Creators: name: Megias, Eugenio
name: Nardini, Germano
name: Quiros, Mariano
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We systematically study the holographic phase transition of the radion field in a five-dimensional warped model which includes a scalar potential with a power-like behavior. We consider Kaluza-Klein (KK) resonances with masses $m_{\rm KK}$ at the TeV scale or beyond. The backreaction of the radion field on the gravitational metric is taken into account by using the superpotential formalism. The confinement/deconfinement first order phase transition leads to a gravitational wave stochastic background which mainly depends on the scale $m_{\rm KK}$ and the number of colors, $N$, in the dual theory. Its power spectrum peaks at a frequency that depends on the amount of tuning required in the electroweak sector. It turns out that the present and forthcoming gravitational wave observatories can probe scenarios where the KK resonances are very heavy. Current aLIGO data already rule out vector boson KK resonances with masses in the interval $m_{\rm KK}\sim(1 - 10) \times 10^5$ TeV. Future gravitational experiments will be sensitive to resonances with masses $m_{\rm KK}\lesssim 10^5$ TeV (LISA), $10^8$ TeV (aLIGO Design) and $10^9$ TeV (ET). Finally, we also find that the Big Bang Nucleosynthesis bound in the frequency spectrum turns into a lower bound for the nucleation temperature as $T_n \gtrsim 10^{-4}\sqrt{N} \,m_{\rm KK}$.
description: 11 pages, 6 figures; v2 extended version: added references and Figs. 1 (right), 2, 3, 4 (lower panels) and 5, Sec. IV, and extended discussion in Secs. V, VI and VII; v3 added references, extended discussion in Sec. VI. It matches the version published in Physical Review D
Topological soliton in magnetohydrodynamics
Creators: name: Kamchatnov, A. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: Classical Physics (physics.class-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We use the Hopf mapping to construct a magnetic configuration consisting of closed field lines, each of which is linked with all the other ones. We obtain in this way a solution of the equations of magnetohydrodynamics of an ideal incompressible fluid with infinite conductivity, which describes a localized topological soliton.
description: 10 pages, no figures
Thermohydrodynamics in Quantum Hall Systems
Creators: name: Akera, Hiroshi
name: Suzuura, Hidekatsu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A theory of thermohydrodynamics in two-dimensional electron systems in quantizing magnetic fields is developed including a nonlinear transport regime. Spatio-temporal variations of the electron temperature and the chemical potential in the local equilibrium are described by the equations of conservation with the number and thermal-energy flux densities. A model of these flux densities due to hopping and drift processes is introduced for a random potential varying slowly compared to both the magnetic length and the phase coherence length. The flux measured in the standard transport experiment is derived and is used to define a transport component of the flux density. The equations of conservation can be written in terms of the transport component only. As an illustration, the theory is applied to the Ettingshausen effect, in which a one-dimensional spatial variation of the electron temperature is produced perpendicular to the current.
description: 10 pages, 1 figure
Patrimonio culturale pubblico: alcune riflessioni sulla sua valutazione e sul ruolo dell'informazione (Public cultural property: Some reflections on its evaluation and the role of information.)
Creators: name: Forte, Francesco
name: Mantovani, Michela
Publisher: name: Moneta e Credito
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Visual art goods, Art market, Cultural property
subject: L32

description: Thepaper firstly deals with the main theories of prices of visual art goods considering, in particular, the "stars", whose high value reflects the rarity and the convexity of the demand by the main purchasers, interested in "famous" goods. The contingent valuation methodology is also discussed. The second section presents an art market matrix focusing on the assets' value. The role of information, regulations and purchasing power for the art market values is discussed, on the basis of statistical analysis of the auction prices of the "informal art" and of the "pop art" of US authors compared with Europeans and Italians. In the third section a diffusion index is presented and used to test the in-fluence of " information" on the art market value. It is argued that certifica-tion may improve both the information and economic appreciation of the works of the great Italian masters. JEL Codes: L32
description: Moneta e Credito, V. 51, N. 203 (1998)
Evaluación de Quassia amara como tratamiento contra la varroosis en tres apiarios del municipio de León, Nicaragua.
Creators: name: Esquivel, FC
name: Flores, Bj
name: Duttmann, C
name: Castillo, GL
name: Arguello, O
name: Demedio, J
name: Esquivel, FC
name: Flores, Bj
name: Duttmann, C
name: Castillo, GL
name: Arguello, O
name: Demedio, J
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies
subject: Apis mellifera
subject: Varroa destructor
subject: control orgánico
subject: Quassia amara.

description: Se realizó un estudio experimental en tres apiarios con las mismas condiciones físicas y ambientales con el n de evaluar la ecacia del extracto acuoso Quassia amara como tratamiento contra Varroa destructor utilizando para esto cinco grupos de tratamiento - Colmena ST : Sin tratamiento, es el control y cuatro colmenas a las que se les aplicó el extracto de Quassia amara en diferentes concentraciones: Colmena A: solución madre (M) 100% (1 kg materia bruta/10 l de agua); Colmena B: dilución I = Una parte de solución M más 4 partes de agua (20%); Colmena C: dilución II = Una parte de la dilución I más una parte de agua (10%); Colmena D: dilución III = Una parte de dilución II más una parte de agua (5%). Se realizaron seis aplicaciones mediante aspersión con intervalo de cuatro días. Los índices de infestación fueron valorados mediante conteos de la carga parasitaria en abejas adultas de cada colmena y las muestras se recolectaron en los siguientes momentos: Al realizar la primera, tercera y última aplicaciones, y 21 días después de la última. La extensión de invasión en crías se determinó en la primera y última aplicaciones y 21 días después. En total se trabajaron 60 muestras de abejas adultas de 150 a 200 especímenes y 45 fragmentos de panales de cría operculada de 10x10 cm. Se encontró que la dilución I fue la más efectiva sobre el ácaro en abejas adultas, con el mejor resultado a la cuarta semana del inicio de la aplicación (ecacia = 62%) mientras que en crías la más efectiva fue la dilución IV (ecacia = 23,10%). La planta Quassia amara brinda una alternativa prometedora de posible futura integración a las medidas con que los productores enfrentan el problema de la varroosis. La información recopilada contribuirá a la elaboración de un programa de control de esta enfermedad
title: Parameter settings exploration in visualisation by using a semi-automatic process
Creators: name: Hochmayr, Manuel
Publisher: name: TU Wien
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Parameter space

description: Parameters and the process of setting them play a major role in the world of computer based visualisation, no matter whether it is a visualisation of information or of volume data. Finding suitable parameter values can take up most of the time in the visualisation process and users have to sensibly adjust a large number of parameters. Finding a useful parameter value distribution for achieving the desired visualisation result can be a cumbersome process which also depends on the user's speed and experience. The purpose of this master's thesis is to find a new and faster way to reach an appropriate parameter value distribution resulting in the desired visualisation. For this master's thesis a prototype is developed which guides the user through a semi-automatic process of adjusting parameter values, which finally results in the desired visualisation of a scientific volume. Using this prototype enables the users to explore a large number of different parameter values within only a few iterations steps and a short amount of time. In order to do so we move away from the classic approach of setting parameters by adjusting sliders or combo boxes.
Expression and function analysis of TGFβ1 in crucian carp (Carassius auratus)
Creators: name: 晨阳 李
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 70405 Fish Physiology and Genetics
subject: FOS: Agriculture, forestry and fisheries

description: TGFβ1是一种多功能的细胞因子，在生长和免疫中起重要作用。本研究通过在30 d时向水产养殖水中添加palodoris palustris，枯草芽孢杆菌（Bacillus subtilis）和粪肠球菌（Enterococcus faecium）来提高muscle鱼TGFβ1在肌肉，心脏和肝脏中的表达（P <0.01）。通过在20 d时向水产养殖水中添加帕氏疟原虫，TGFβ1信号通路基因（SMAD2，SMAD3，SMAD7）的拷贝数也被上调（P <0.01）。同时，获得了分子量为43kDa的重组TGFβ1蛋白。TGFβ1蛋白可提高cru鱼体内超氧化物歧化酶，碱性磷酸酶和溶菌酶的活性。TGFβ1蛋白促进心脏中HSP 30和HSP 47的表达（P <0.01）。同时，TGFβ1蛋白降低了IL-11的表达（P <0.01）。
Inflazione, disoccupazione e banca centrale: temi per una riconsiderazione critica (Inflation, unemployment and the Central Bank: Themes for a critical reappraisal)
Creators: name: Sylos Labini, Paolo
Publisher: name: Moneta e Credito
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Inflation, Money supply, Monetary policy Prices
subject: E31, E32

description: Two propositions are discussed, the first to be attributed to the monetarists ("the variations of the monetary base determine those of prices"), the second to certain Keynesian economists ("the variations of prices ultimately depend on the rate of unemployment"). The author argues that both propositions are wrong. As for the former, it is maintained that inflationary impulses do not originate from the quantity of money but from the activity of firms, which, however, can be influenced by the policy of the central bank. As for the latter, the rate of unemployment appears to be only one of several vari-ables affecting the behaviour of wages and prices. A critical reappraisal of the explanation of inflation is now particularly important since the European Central Bank will become operative at the be-ginning of the next year. JEL Codes: E31, E32
description: Moneta e Credito, V. 51, N. 203 (1998)
Manifesto contro la disoccupazione nell'Unione Europea (An economists' manifesto on unemployment in the European Union)
Creators: name: Modigliani, Franco
name: Fitoussi, Jean-Paul
name: Moro, Beniamino
name: Snower, Dennis
name: Solow, Robert
name: Steinherr, Alfred
name: Sylos Labini, Paolo
Publisher: name: Moneta e Credito
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Economic aspects, Employment, Unemployment, European Union
subject: E24, E60, J30, J60

description: In this Manifesto, we make a set of proposals to fight unemployment in EU. We believe that the European unemployment problem needs to be attacked on two fronts: through a broad spectrum of supply-side policies and the de-mand management policy. The expansion of aggregate demand is necessary to increase both investment and employment. However, unless supply-side measures are also taken, demand expansion can result in more inflation in-stead of more employment, because of the mismatch between the demand and supply of labour. What is important to stress is that both demand- and supply-side policies must be adopted together by all European countries, in order both to avoid beggar-my-neighbour problems and, at the same time, to catch all the possible complementary effects of these policies. JEL Codes: E24, E60, J30, J60
description: Moneta e Credito, V. 51, N. 203 (1998)
Memorie di un tardivo esordiente (Recollections of a late entrant)
Creators: name: Revell, Jack
Publisher: name: Moneta e Credito
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Records and correspondence, Revell, John Robert Stephen
subject: B31, G01

description: The paper is a contribution to a series of recollections and reflections on the professional experiences of distinguished economists which the Banca Na-zionale del Lavoro Quarterly Review started in 1979. Jack Revell’s entry to the world of economics started when he was accepted at the London School of Economics in 1945. This was followed by training at the Department of Applied Economics in the University of Cambridge, the University College of North Wales in Bangor and the Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development in France. JEL Codes: B31, G01
description: Moneta e Credito, V. 51, N. 203 (1998)
Utilización de mecanismos de Síntesis de Voz y Reconocimiento de Voz para el desarrollo de aplicaciones sobre dispositivos móviles-celulares.
Creators: name: Gonzalez Moreno, Julio C.
name: Gonzalez Moreno, Julio C.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies
subject: SMS
subject: Android
subject: Síntesis de voz
subject: Reconocimiento de voz
subject: Gramática libre de contexto

description: El artículo presenta el análisis del diseño y de la arquitectura empleada en el desarrollo de un sistema, bajo la plataforma Android, que por medio de comandos de voz permite la comunicación de las personas mediante mensajes de texto (SMSs). Se implementan acciones de lectura, recepción, borrado y escritura de SMSs. La idea es permitir que tanto las manos como la vista queden libres y sean útiles en el desarrollo de otras actividades cotidianas como por ejemplo: manejar, hacer ejercicio, cocinar, etc. La funcionalidad está basada en la creación de una gramática libre de contexto que permitió generar un lenguaje nito para que los usuarios interactúen con su teléfono mediante comandos dictados a través de la voz. Para incorporar dicha funcionalidad se empleo una plataforma software que funcionará sobre dispositivos móviles-celulares y que a su vez permitirá acceder a servicios propios como son el envío y la recepción de SMSs, así como también la posibilidad de incorporar tecnologías proporcionadas por terceros y poder lograr la unicación de diversas funcionalidades y soluciones. El sistema puede ser empleado por cualquier persona que posea conocimientos básicos de funcionamiento de tecnologías móviles-celulares que emplean Android y que su sistema vocal se encuentre en buenas condiciones para poder emitir, por medio de su voz, los comandos que se encargan de gobernar el sistema.
Estudio de viabilidad de la Virtualización de Servidores aplicada al Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Nicaragua (MINREX), Managua 2012.
Creators: name: Medina Rodriguez, Valeria M
name: Fonseca Blanco, Jonathan
name: Lacayo Juarez, Cristhiam
name: Medina Rodriguez, Valeria M
name: Fonseca Blanco, Jonathan
name: Lacayo Juarez, Cristhiam
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: Virtualización
subject: Servicios de red
subject: Servidor.

description: modernización del mundo empresarial [1], la virtualización de los sistemas informáticos se usa para paliar y en muchos casos eliminar la infra-utilización de servidores. Ante estas nuevas tendencias y con el objetivo de estar a la vanguardia en el MINREX se está pensando en la virtualización de los servicios de red que ofrece, para paliar la falta de recursos hardware que enfrenta actualmente; sin embargo, antes de proceder a esta virtualización se hace necesario un estudio para obtener información sobre la viabilidad de este proceso; lográndose identicar las principales barreras que enfrenta la virtualización, así como también el software más apropiado para llevar a cabo este proceso. El tipo de investigación que se realizó fue un estudio explorativo de corte transversal, donde se logró identicar como principales barreras al proceso de virtualización el costo inicial y la falta de personal calicado, sin embargo los factores más determinantes para llevar a cabo este proceso son: ahorro en recursos hardware, minimización del consumo energético y mayor eciencia operativa, siendo los software más adecuado de implementación VMWare y VirtualBox [9].
Factores de riesgo/protección y prevalencias del consumo de sustancias psicoactivas en adolescentes de enseñanza media del “ I n s t i t u t o N a c i o n a l d e O c c i d e n t e ” L e ó n , J u n i o - m a y o .
Creators: name: Flores Dolmus, Lenin A
name: Flores Dolmus, Lenin A
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession
subject: Adolescencia
subject: sustancias psicoactivas
subject: factores de riesgo/protección
subject: uso indebido
subject: prevalencia e incidencia.

description: La investigación se centró en determinar edad de inicio, factores de riesgo/protección, prevalencia e incidencia del consumo de sustancias psicoactivas lícitas e ilícitas. Se utilizó la metodología de la CICAD-OEA-SIDUC (sistema de vigilancia contra las drogas en el hemisferio) empleada en estudios nacionales, de Latinoamérica y el Caribe. La presente tesis contiene un enfoque clínico epidemiológico en la salud pública basada en un estudio descriptivo de corte transversal con una población constituida por 1,116 estudiantes adolescentes y una muestra representativa de 286 escolares de ambos sexos, se aplicó el cuestionario estandarizado SIDUC con indicadores predeterminados para medir tasas de prevalencia y patrones de consumo. Resultados y conclusiones evidencian que entre las drogas licitas el alcohol posee las mayores prevalencias entre los estudiantes : consumo experimental 45.5%, reciente 28.3% y actual 19.9%, seguido por el tabaco, entre las drogas ilícitas la mariguana posee las mayores prevalencias: consumo experimental 13.6%, reciente 6.3% y actual 2.8%, seguida por la cocaína. Las prevalencias indican mayores porcentajes de consumo entre los varones, la jornada vespertina, el décimo grado y las edades entre 15-17 años. Son factores de riesgo la calle y eventos sociales, las edades de inicio cada vez más tempranas, con una edad media de 11.6 años y el entorno de pares. Son factores protectores de los estudiantes las expectativas futuras positivas y la percepción de “gran riesgo” hacia el consumo de drogas.
Scalar and vector tail radiation from the interior of the lightcone
Creators: name: Copi, Craig J.
name: Pasmatsiou, Klaountia
name: Starkman, Glenn D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In a generic spacetime a massless field propagates not just on the surface of the forward lightcone of a source, but in its interior. This inside-the-lightcone "tail radiation" is often described as having "scattered" off the spacetime curvature. In this work, we study the propagation of such tail radiation for a compact, static, spherically symmetric weak-field (i.e. low density) mass distribution that is well off the line-of-sight (LOS) between a source and an observer, and that is coupled to the radiation only gravitationally. For such perturbers, there are four distinct epochs in the observed radiation: the light-cone piece; the subsequent early-time tail -- ending at the first time that a signal moving at the speed of light could travel from the source to a point in the perturber thence to the observer; the subsequent middle-time tail; and the late-time tail, beginning at the last time that a signal could make such a journey. For massless scalar and vector (eg. electromagnetic radiation), we revisit the previously studied early and late-time tail, and perform the first full examination of the middle-time tail. Studying shorter wavelengths and generic perturbers well off the LOS, we find that the late-time tail carries a small fraction of the energy received by the observer; however, the total middle-time tail contains much more energy. We also note that whereas the middle-time tail appears to the observer to emanate from the perturber -- as one might expect for radiation "scattered" from the gravitational perturbation -- the late-time tail appears to come back from the source. We speculate on the potential utility of this middle-time tail for detecting or probing a wide variety of perturbations to the spacetime geometry including dark matter candidates and dark matter halos.
description: Errors corrected. Updated to published version
Multi-windowed defocused speckle photographic system for tilt measurement
Creators: name: Diazdelacruz, Jose M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Defocused speckle photography has long been used to measure rotations of rough surfaces. This paper explains how, by adding a suitably perforated mask, some measurement properties, such as range or lateral resolution, may be changed at wish. Particularly, the maximum measurable tilt can be significantly raised, although at the expense of poorer lateral resolution. Advantages over previously described techniques include independent tuning of speckle size and optical system aperture and more extended adaptability to different measuring needs. The benefits and disadvantages of the new and old techniques are thoroughly compared.
description: 14 pages, 4 figures, submitted to Appl. Optics
title: Das Inselwerk _ : Wassersport, Kultur, Natur
Creators: name: Koppold, Kathrin
Publisher: name: TU Wien
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Wassersport
subject: Kanusport
subject: Kultur
subject: Nature
subject: Water Sport
subject: Cultural Center
subject: Nature

description: Das 'Inselwerk' umfasst ein Wassersport- und Kulturzentrum auf der Kraftwerkinsel Birsfelden bei Basel. Der Kanusport soll dort auf einem neuen künstlichen Wildwasserkanal ermöglicht werden. Das Ensemble besteht aus einem Trainingszentrum für Sportler und einem Kulturgebäude mit Atelier, Veranstaltungssaal und einem großen kulinarischen Bereich bestehend aus einem Restaurant, einem Café und einer Bar. Die Gebäude sind am Startpunkt der Wildwasserstrecke positioniert und wachsen gegenläufig aus dem Boden. Der Wasserkanal gräbt sich im Gegensatz dazu in den Boden und modelliert die Insel auf eine neue Art und Weise. Das 'Inselwerk' soll den Kajaksport in der Schweiz bekannter machen und in der Kombination mit einem Kulturzentrum einen zusätzlichen Anziehungspunkt für Anwohner, Besucher und Interessierte schaffen.
description: The 'island station' is comprised of a water sports and cultural center on the power plant of Birsfelden near Ba-sel. Canoeing will be practiced on this newly-built artificial white water course. The complex is composed of a base camp for athletes and a cultural building, including studios, an event hall and a vast culinary area with a restaurant, café and a bar. The buildings are located at the starting point of the white water course. They arise in an opposite direction from the ground, whereas the water channel carves its way into the earth and shapes the island in an entirely new way. The 'island station' is designed to broaden the popularity of canoeing in Switzerland, and at the same time functions as a further attraction for local residents, visitors and enthusiasts.
Topological reflected entropy in Chern-Simons theories
Creators: name: Berthiere, Clément
name: Chen, Hongjie
name: Liu, Yuefeng
name: Chen, Bin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the reflected entropy between two spatial regions in $(2+1)$-dimensional Chern-Simons theories. Taking advantage of its replica trick formulation, the reflected entropy is computed using the edge theory approach and the surgery method. Both approaches yield identical results. In all cases considered in this paper, we find that the reflected entropy coincides with the mutual information, even though their Rényi versions differ in general. We also compute the odd entropy with the edge theory method. The reflected entropy and the odd entropy both possess a simple holographic dual interpretation in terms of entanglement wedge cross-section. We show that in $(2+1)$-dimensional Chern-Simons theories, both quantities are related in a similar manner as in two-dimensional holographic conformal field theories (CFTs), up to a classical Shannon piece.
description: 15+7 pages, 10 figures; v2: References added and typos corrected, matches published version
MASS MEDIA INFLUENCE ON VOTING PATTERNS IN RURAL AREAS OF NIGERIA
Creators: name: Olumide, Adewale Adebayo
name: Chiamaka, Ngozi Obi
Publisher: name: ayden journals
Year: 2025
Subjects: Influence, Mass Media, Voting pattern, Rural Areas

description: Political survival and democratic process are dependent on how well the citizens are informed, enlightened and mobilized. Mass information, in a democracy, is a necessity. As a result, the roles of mass media as harbingers of information, education and providers of entertainment become indispensable. However, the mass media of mass communication have failed in their effort to provide the traditional social responsibility functions with which they have been identified for ages, especially in the rural areas of Nigeria. The rural dwellers in Nigeria are not adequately informed about the political process and development like their urban counterparts. Many newsworthy events, which should be reported by the media, are not given attention in the rural areas. Radio, which is the favourite and the most loved among the rural dwellers, has not also done enough to orientate, re-orientate, educate, enlighten, and mobilize the rural areas. This is because most programmes done on radio are elitist and are carved in a foreign language-English-which most rural dwellers do not find easy to comprehend. Programmes about agriculture which concern the rural dwellers, if done at all, are aired in English Language. The study is driven by agenda-setting theory and two stepflow of information theory. The agenda setting theory posits that the media think for the audience by disseminating information which they think is important. The two step-flow of information theory states that some individual have better access to the media than others in the society. These people are called opinion leaders, while the others who have less access to the media of communication are called opinion-followers. The study recommends the establishment of community radio station in rural areas for political mobilization and information
title: Design and implementation of a shader infrastructure and abstraction layer
Creators: name: May, Michael
Publisher: name: TU Wien
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Real-Time Rendering
subject: Shader Programming
subject: Embedded
subject: Domain Specific Language

description: Die Programmierung der Grafikkarte ist wichtiger denn je, aber die Entwicklung für die dafür nötigen Shader Programme und deren Verwaltung ist eine schwierige Aufgabe. Es stellt sich die Frage ob dieser Prozess in die Programmiersprache C# eingebettet und dessen Entwicklungswerkzeuge unterstützend genutzt werden können? Um dieser Frage auf den Grund zu gehen, wurde in dieser Arbeit ein System entworfen und implementiert um Shader-Programmierung zu abstrahieren und mittels einer internal Domain Specific Language (kurz: iDSL) in C# zu integrieren. Das Back-end kann mittels Erweiterungen um beliebige weitere Optimierungen und unterschiedliche Shader-Programm-Dialekte ergänzt werden. Das implementierte Framework ermöglicht Shaderprogrammierern die Entwicklungswerkzeuge von C# zu nutzen, wie zB. automatische Textvorschläge und Vervollständigungen oder Typ-System-Fehlererkennung im Editor.
description: Programming the GPU is more important than ever, but the organization and development of shader code for the GPU is a difficult task. Can this process be embedded into the high level language C#, gain from the features of its toolchain and enrich shader development? For this purpose this thesis describes the design and implementation of a framework to abstract and embed shader development into C# with an internal domain-specific language (iDSL for short) as front-end and a plug-in system in the back-end to support expandable optimizations and different shader languages as targets. The implemented framework fits shader development into the C# toolchain, supporting autocompletion, and type error checking in the editor. The system offers good modularity and encourages developing shaders in reusable parts.
Energy dependent chemical potentials of light hadrons and quarks based on transverse momentum spectra and yield ratios of negative to positive particles
Creators: name: He, Xing-Wei
name: Wu, Feng-Min
name: Wei, Hua-Rong
name: Hong, Bi-Hai
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We describe the transverse momentum (or mass) spectra of $π^\pm$, $K^\pm$, $p$, and $\bar{p}$ produced in central gold-gold (Au-Au), central lead-lead (Pb-Pb), and inelastic proton-proton ($pp$) collisions at different collision energies range from the AGS to LHC by using a two-component (in most cases) Erlang distribution in the framework of multi-source thermal model. The fitting results are consistent with the experimental data and the energy-dependent chemical potentials of light hadrons ($π$, $K$, and $p$) and quarks ($u$, $d$, and $s$) in central Au-Au, central Pb-Pb, and inelastic $pp$ collisions from the yield ratios of negative to positive particles obtained from the normalization constants are then extracted. The study shows that most types of energy-dependent chemical potentials decrease with increase of collision energy over a range from the AGS to LHC. The curves of all types of energy-dependent chemical potentials, obtained from the linear fits of yield ratios vs energy, have inflection points at the same energy of 3.526 GeV, which is regarded as the critical energy of phase transition from a hadron liquid-like state to a quark gas-like state in the collision system and indicates that the hadronic interactions play an important role in this period. At the RHIC and LHC, all types of chemical potentials become small and tend to zero at very high energy, which confirms that the collision system possibly changes completely from the hadron-dominant liquid-like state to the quark-dominant gas-like state and the partonic interactions possibly play a dominant role at the LHC.