cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Configurations of Religion - A Debate
title: A DORISEA network discussion opened by Boike Rehbein and Guido Sprenger (Special Issue)
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: DORISEA
Publisher: name: DORISEA Göttingen
Year: 2016

description: Throughout its existence, members of DORISEA constantly debated configurations of religion and modernity in Southeast Asia. In these debates, it quickly became clear that any attempt to form a new ‘master narrative’ or ‘key’ that collectively and comprehensively ‘explained’ the dynamics of religion in Southeast Asia would be a pointless, doomed endeavour. From the different theoretical models and analytical accents (e.g. state, city, village, upland-lowland, world religion-local religion, nature-culture, text, ritual, mass-media, gender, economy, politics, multiple modernities, multiple secularities) the researchers employ, different images of and perspectives on the relationship between religion and modernity emerges. While we initially found the multiplicity of viewpoints and models challenging, we came to increasingly understand these various perspectives as a profound strength of the network’s research. In light of these developments, multi-perspectivism or the ‘kaleidoscopic perspective’ became an increasingly useful and appropriate analytical tool. In carefully and systematically adopting the ‘kaleidoscopic perspective’, we thereby avoided the dangers—and potential allegations—of simply using it as an arbitrary tool when nothing more suitable could be found. The Configurations of Religion project is thus an attempt to use such a multi-perspectivism to inspire fruitful debate. As such, Configurations of Religion, a debate opened by Boike Rehbein and Guido Sprenger is not to be understood as the 'end product' or as a final or complete summary of the DORISEA's research findings, but rather as a perspective on—or an excerpt from—debates within the network. In ma king this ‘work in process’ available, we invite other members of the academic community to take part. Configurations of Religion is therefore intended to make this on-going process transparent, and to stimulate ideas and discussion. The sheer volume of research carried out by DORISEA researchers on the dynamics of the religious and modernity in Laos made the logical basis for comparative discussion. In this paper then, Laos serves as a kind of laboratory for new theory on these interactions. Through the dialogical format employed in this volume, we aim to document and make visible the different disciplinary, theoretical and empirical perspectives, as well as the methodical approaches of the researchers involved. The diversity of perspectives is not only evident in the comments or Rehbein and Sprenger’s answers to these commentaries, but also in the different positions the co-authors layout in the working paper itself. As I stated above, the paper, and the responses to it, do not and are not intended to create a coherent and complete whole, rather these differences in perspective and opinion are here to invite and stimulate further discussion.
description: DORISEA working paper ; 24
Do the determinants of participation in group business decisions differ by gender? The case of American labor -managed firms
Creators: name: Miller, Genna Ruth
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 38
subject: Economics

description: Labor managed firms are those firms that are both owned and managed by the workers themselves. Ideally, in such democratic firms, all workers participate equally in making business decisions. However, recent studies suggest that women participate less than men do in decision-making. In this study I examine the extent to which women in American labor managed firms participate less than men do and investigate the different determinants of men's and women's participation levels. A theory is applied here that suggests that the organizational features of labor managed firms are important determinants of participation. This theory assumes that women have a lower economic status than men do, with women having lower wages, lower shareholdings in the firm, lower skills, fewer leadership roles, and fewer hours worked at the firm. On the basis of these assumptions, it was suggested that the organizational features of firms have significantly different effects on men's and women's participation levels, causing women to participate less than men do. In order to test these theories, data was collected through a mail survey of American labor managed firms in 2001. The data showed that many of the assumptions concerning women's lower economic status are not valid for women in American labor managed firms. Due to this relative equality between American women and men, it was found that, contrary to previous studies, the extent of differences in participation levels between men and women is actually quite small. Women were not found to participate less than men do in overall decision-making, and were only found to participate less in the area of technical and production decisions. The survey data was also used to estimate participation functions that examined the effects of different variables, including the firm's organizational features, on men's and women's participation levels. Through these estimations it was found that some of the organizational features differ in their effects on participation by gender, while others do not. Specifically, policies regarding cross-training levels and decision-making styles used in the firm do not differ much in their effects on men and women. In contrast, wage differentials and the surplus distribution methods used in the firm both affect women's participation in the opposite way from the effects they have on men's participation. Similarly, increased rotation of leadership roles has opposite effects on men's and women's participation in some decision-making areas. The findings suggest that labor managed firms need to consider these different impacts on men's and women's participation levels when devising policies regarding the firm's organizational features. By implementing gender-aware policies, firms can encourage both men's and women's participation in decision-making.
Existence of Gibbs states and maximizing measures on a general one-dimensional lattice system with markovian structure
Creators: name: Souza, Rafael Rigão
name: Vargas, Victor
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 28Dxx, 37A60, 37D35

description: Consider a compact metric space $(M, d_M)$ and $X = M^{\mathbb{N}}$. We prove a Ruelle's Perron Frobenius Theorem for a class of compact subshifts with Markovian structure introduced in [Bull. Braz. Math. Soc. 45 (2014), pp. 53-72] which are defined from a continuous function $A : M \times M \to \mathbb{R}$ that determines the set of admissible sequences. In particular, this class of subshifts includes the finite Markov shifts and models where the alphabet is given by the unit circle $S^1$. Using the involution Kernel, we characterize the normalized eigenfunction of the Ruelle operator associated to its maximal eigenvalue and present an extension of its corresponding Gibbs state to the bilateral approach. From these results, we prove existence of equilibrium states and accumulation points at zero temperature in a particular class of countable Markov shifts.
Gender, emotion, and rumination
Creators: name: Weber, Jill Parks
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: Does an individual's sex, the situational context of an event, and/or the feeling evoked by that event influence emotional expression and/or rumination? In the current study, individuals' expected emotional expression and rumination reactions to specific events were examined. Participants were asked to respond to 6 vignettes, each of which represented a different emotional valence. Data was analyzed to determine if participants' self-reported reactions varied according to sex, the situational context of the event, and the emotion evoked by the event. In addition, masculinity and femininity (as measured by the Bem Sex Role Inventory-BSRI) were examined as predictors of expression and rumination. Findings indicate that self-reported expression and rumination tendencies vary as a function of sex and emotional context.
Ergodic Decomposition of Dirichlet Forms via Direct Integrals and Applications
Creators: name: Schiavo, Lorenzo Dello
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Functional Analysis (math.FA)
subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 37A30 (Primary) 31C25, 60J25, 60J35 (Secondary)

description: We study superpositions and direct integrals of quadratic and Dirichlet forms. We show that each quasi-regular Dirichlet space over a probability space admits a unique representation as a direct integral of irreducible Dirichlet spaces, quasi-regular for the same underlying topology. The same holds for each quasi-regular strongly local Dirichlet space over a metrizable Luzin, Radon measure space, and admitting carré du champ operator. In this case, the representation is only projectively unique.
description: 39 pages; added previously omitted proofs
Gender, emotion, and rumination
Creators: name: Weber, Jill Parks
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 52
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology
classificationCode: 5203
subject: Clinical and health psychology
classificationCode: 5205
subject: Social and personality psychology

description: Does an individual's sex, the situational context of an event, and/or the feeling evoked by that event influence emotional expression and/or rumination? In the current study, individuals' expected emotional expression and rumination reactions to specific events were examined. Participants were asked to respond to 6 vignettes, each of which represented a different emotional valence. Data was analyzed to determine if participants' self-reported reactions varied according to sex, the situational context of the event, and the emotion evoked by the event. In addition, masculinity and femininity (as measured by the Bem Sex Role Inventory-BSRI) were examined as predictors of expression and rumination. Findings indicate that self-reported expression and rumination tendencies vary as a function of sex and emotional context.
Evaluation of a Group Music Intervention to Support School-Readiness Skills in Preschool  Children with Hearing Loss
Creators: name: DuBois, Glynnis
name: DeLuzio, Joanne
name: Thaut, Michael
name: Nixon, Stephanie
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2021

description: Although children with hearing loss are now often integrated into mainstream classrooms, many do not begin school with age-appropriate school-readiness skills. Traditional therapies in early listening and spoken language programs rarely focus on developing the social skills, executive functions, and motor abilities needed for the typical classroom environment of friends, academics, and play. The question, then, is how to incorporate group activities into traditional therapies in order to build skills in these areas, and whether or not the use of music and its social aspects could support this. A quasi randomized, group, facilitated, music intervention was conducted to help support school readiness skill development in preschool aged children with hearing loss. Standardized testing was used to measure outcomes, and although improvement in skills was observed during the intervention, all test results were nonsignificant. Families reported overall improvement in skills and enjoyment of the intervention. Questions arise regarding the limits of standardized measures and the possibility of adding observational assessments for studies measuring function in social settings to better capture change.
title: Eros re-rooted : the possibilities of interpreting Diotima's speech
Creators: name: Varga, Zoltan
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 2007

description: The thesis sets out to explore the gender-implications of the eros-concept elaborated in Diotima’s Symposium speech. While seeking the possibilities of interpreting Diotima’s teaching, the paper also presents an interpretation of my own. I propose that Alcibiades’ speech may serve as a prism that highlights the Dionysiac side of Diotima’s eros. The project is realized in an interdisciplinary manner. The philosophy of sexual difference, modem hermeneutics, as well as methods from literary theory and classical philology are employed.
The feminist endeavor of re-reading the philosophical canon has brought about several interpretations of the Symposium, which often seem methodologically incompatible with one another. One of the main arguments of the thesis is that these clashing approaches may be reconciled via Gadamer’s model of dialogue and a joint use of their methodologies may be achieved through applying Wolfgang Iser’s theory of interpretation. The first part of the thesis problematizes these theoretical issues through a comparative analysis of two feminist readings of Diotima’s speech, those of Luce Irigaray and Andrea Nye.
The second part investigates the gender-aspects of Diotima’s speech. An analysis of Alcibiades’ speech shows how the Dionysiac plays an important role in understanding Diotima’s eros and in unfolding its gender implications via the philosophy of sexual difference. The notion of sexual difference enables the analyst to recognize Diotima as a male consruct of a female image that Plato creates in order to appropriate the female experience of birth to his philosophy. The problem areas dealt with in this section are the mimetic male desire for female experience, immortality, and the figure of the birth-giving male. Alongside Adriana Cavarero’s work, the thesis is an attempt to “snatch” back the feminine discourse of Diotima’s speech from its male-centered symbolic surroundings through the figure of Dionysus.
Dichotomy between Deterministic and Probabilistic Models in Countably Additive Effectus Theory
Creators: name: Cho, Kenta
name: Westerbaan, Bas
name: van de Wetering, John
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Category Theory (math.CT)
subject: Logic in Computer Science (cs.LO)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Effectus theory is a relatively new approach to categorical logic that can be seen as an abstract form of generalized probabilistic theories (GPTs). While the scalars of a GPT are always the real unit interval [0,1], in an effectus they can form any effect monoid. Hence, there are quite exotic effectuses resulting from more pathological effect monoids. In this paper we introduce sigma-effectuses, where certain countable sums of morphisms are defined. We study in particular sigma-effectuses where unnormalized states can be normalized. We show that a non-trivial sigma-effectus with normalization has as scalars either the two-element effect monoid 0,1 or the real unit interval [0,1]. When states and/or predicates separate the morphisms we find that in the 0,1 case the category must embed into the category of sets and partial functions (and hence the category of Boolean algebras), showing that it implements a deterministic model, while in the [0,1] case we find it embeds into the category of Banach order-unit spaces and of Banach pre-base-norm spaces (satisfying additional properties), recovering the structure present in GPTs. Hence, from abstract categorical and operational considerations we find a dichotomy between deterministic and convex probabilistic models of physical theories.
description: In Proceedings QPL 2020, arXiv:2109.01534
title: Blind children's understanding of vision
Creators: name: Nock, Jennifer Anne
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 2007

description: This thesis explores the effects of congenital blindness upon the development of understanding of vision, and draws on the theoretical frameworks of understanding of aspectuality and visual perspective-taking. Six studies investigated how blind children demonstrated their understanding of vision. Where appropriate, their performance was compared to a control group of sighted children. The views of parents and educators of congenitally blind children were sought in order to gain insight into social influences upon the development of blind children’s understanding of vision.

Sixteen congenitally blind children aged from 3;6 to 14;8, 168 typically developing sighted children aged from 3;6 to 14;8 and 58 sighted adults took part in the studies. There were three main findings. First, the associative stage in understanding of the aspectuality of knowledge for blind children may be manifest in the relationship between touching and knowing. Second, when utilising a more naturalistic setting than has commonly been used, blind children aged between three and 11 years were able to hide successfully, raising questions about the position that Level 1 perspective-taking is not present in blind children until the age of at least six or seven years, and possibly not until ten years. Third, blind participants demonstrated an understanding of mind earlier than has been found in other studies, suggesting that the development of theory of mind in congenitally blind children may not be as delayed as was previously thought. Several educational issues were raised, including the manner in which blind children are taught about vision, and their placement in ability-groups in mainstream classrooms.
Polyander visualization of quantum walks
Creators: name: Duplij, Steven
name: Vogl, Raimund
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: 17A42, 20N15, 11A07, 11S31

description: We investigate quantum walks which play an important role in the modelling of many phenomena. The detailed and thorough description is given to the discrete quantum walks on a line, where the total quantum state consists of quantum states of the walker and the coin. In addition to the standard walker probability distribution, we introduce the coin probability distribution which gives more complete quantum walk description and novel visualization in terms of the so called polyanders (analogs of trianders in DNA visualization). The methods of final states computation and the Fourier transform are presented for the Hadamard quantum walk.
description: 12 pages, amslatex
Additional file 3 of Precarious employment and migrant workers’ mental health: a protocol for a systematic review of observational studies
Creators: name: Ornek, Ozlem Koseoglu
name: Weinmann, Tobias
name: Waibel, Julia
name: Radon, Katja
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 3. The Critical Appraisal Skills Programme Checklist
Activities of the Operating Room, March 1943
Creators: name: Martin, John, 1904-1996
Publisher: name: DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library & Learning Center
Year: 1943
Subjects: subject: World War II
subject: 12th General Hospital
subject: Surgery
subject: Surgical Procedures, Operative
subject: Equipment and Supplies, Hospital
subject: Hospitals, Military
subject: Laundry Service, Hospital
subject: Wounds and Injuries
subject: Anesthesia
subject: ʻAyn al-Turk (Algeria)
subject: Wounds and Injuries/therapy

description: These monthly reports consist of statistical tables that note the number of specific types of surgeries the 12th General Hospital Unit performed as well as information about surgical supplies.
Diagnostic Infant ABR Testing Via Telehealth:  A Survey of Professional Opinions and Current Barriers
Creators: name: Prins, Haley B.
name: Peters, Kimberly A.
name: Sladen, Douglas P.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2021

description: Purpose: To examine the barriers to Washington State audiologists adopting telehealth as a means of improving accessibility to diagnostic audiology for infants.
Methods: A Qualtrics survey was distributed via e-mail and social media. Survey participants were required to be audiologists practicing in Washington State. The sixteen-question survey consisted of topics related to participant demographics, previous telehealth experience, and barriers to the use of telehealth for diagnostic infant auditory brainstem response (ABR) testing. A total of 17 participants completed the survey.
Results: Survey responses indicated that Washington State audiologists are largely neutral or disagree with telehealth being an effective means of performing remote diagnostic ABRs. Participants primarily identified equipment cost as a barrier, and had varying opinions regarding insurance reimbursement, internet connection, privacy, and ability to counsel.
Conclusions: This study identified several barriers to the implementation of remote diagnostic ABR testing in Washington State. The neutral and negative view of telehealth for diagnostic infant ABR points to the need for education among Washington State audiologists. Disseminating information on the efficacy of telehealth to audiologists is a likely next step in reframing the current attitude toward remote diagnostic ABR and working toward reducing loss to follow-up rates for rural families.
Economic reform, globalization and gender inequality: The case of Mexico
Creators: name: Artecona, Raquel
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: This dissertation examines empirically the effects of globalization on gender wage inequality in urban Mexico. During the period covered by the dissertation, 1987--1993, Mexico underwent significant economic reforms that included increased openness through trade and foreign direct investment, privatization of state enterprises and deregulation of labor markets. The first paper in the dissertation approaches the issue from a descriptive point of view. It quantifies the changes in the gender gap in earnings, and breaks it down in its main important components. The other two papers try to highlight the mechanisms at work. One of them focuses on the changes that operate through the labor market, while the other one deals with changes that operate through the household structure. The proposed decomposition is thus different from the one offered in the first paper. The main breakdown is now between how globalization affects men-women differences outside and inside the house door. Changes in wage gaps are measured by the Juhn, Murhpy, and Pierce (1991) decomposition. The effects of economic globalization on the relative wages of men and women are analyzed using a difference-in-difference approach. The Juhn, Murhphy and Price methodology is used again to analyze the determinants of the change in the relative wages of mothers and childless women. Women's labor market status improved during the period of significant reforms in urban Mexico as indicated by a decline in the gender wage gap and greater level of occupational mobility with better access to high-paying occupations. Women attained more years of schooling than men and improved significantly the quantity and quality of their labor market experience, thus experiencing greater returns and possibly lower levels of discrimination. The lessons to be learned from this dissertation are not to be limited to Mexico, or to Latin American countries more generally, but perhaps point to a bigger picture. The effects of drastic and swift economic changes must be explored in order to understand the gender consequences of significant economic reform packages. Parallels may be drawn to both developing countries and transition economies The results cannot be extended, however, to the rural sector of most economies. The particularities of rural labor markets and their insertion into an integrated world differ significantly from those of urban markets and were not part of the analysis of this dissertation.
Gravitational Baryogenesis
Creators: name: Davoudiasl, Hooman
name: Kitano, Ryuichiro
name: Kribs, Graham D.
name: Murayama, Hitoshi
name: Steinhardt, Paul J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We show that a gravitational interaction between the derivative of the Ricci scalar curvature and the baryon-number current dynamically breaks CPT in an expanding universe and, combined with baryon-number-violating interactions, can drive the universe towards an equilibrium baryon asymmetry that is observationally acceptable.
description: Revtex4, 4 pages, two figures
Additional file 1 of Increasing preparedness for caregiving and death in family caregivers of patients with severe illness who are cared for at home – study protocol for a web-based intervention
Creators: name: Alvariza, Anette
name: Häger-Tibell, Louise
name: Holm, Maja
name: Steineck, Gunnar
name: Kreicbergs, Ulrika
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1: SPIRIT 2013 Checklist: Recommended items to address in a clinical trial protocol and related documents*.
Gully quantum Hall ferromagnetism in biased trilayer graphene
Creators: name: Rao, Peng
name: Serbyn, Maksym
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Multilayer graphene lattices allow for an additional tunability of the band structure by the strong perpendicular electric field. In particular, the emergence of the new multiple Dirac points in ABA stacked trilayer graphene subject to strong transverse electric fields was proposed theoretically and confirmed experimentally. These new Dirac points dubbed ``gullies'' emerge from the interplay between strong electric field and trigonal warping. In this work we first characterize the properties of new emergent Dirac points and show that the electric field can be used to tune the distance between gullies in the momentum space. We demonstrate that the band structure has multiple Lifshitz transitions and higher-order singularity of ``monkey saddle'' type. Following the characterization of the band structure, we consider the spectrum of Landau levels and structure of their wave functions. In the limit of strong electric fields when gullies are well separated in momentum space, they give rise to triply degenerate Landau levels. In the second part of this work, we investigate how degeneracy between three gully Landau levels is lifted in presence of interactions. Within the Hartree-Fock approximation we show that the symmetry breaking state interpolates between fully gully polarized state that breaks $C_3$ symmetry at high displacement field, and the gully symmetric state when the electric field is decreased. The discontinuous transition between these two states is driven by enhanced inter-gully tunneling and exchange. We conclude by outlining specific experimental predictions for the existence of such a symmetry-breaking state.
description: 16 pages, 9 figures
Visual reinforcers designed for children with developmental disabilities
Creators: name: Bonino, Angela Yarnell
name: Hemann, Amanda
name: Mood, Deborah
name: Kay, Emily
name: Pancoast, Elizabeth S.
name: Sommerfeldt, Kristin K.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2021

description: A library of visual reinforcers has been created to facilitate visual reinforcement audiometry (VRA) testing in children with developmental disabilities. The library includes 45 reinforcer sets – photos or videos grouped by a common theme – that were created based on commonly reported interests of children with developmental disabilities. Each reinforcer set contains a minimum of 20 unique photo or video files that can be download in two formats: one for commercially available VRA reinforcement systems and another for a custom setup. The library is freely available for download online under a Creative Commons License (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License). Use of these materials has the potential to improve behavioral testing outcomes for children with developmental disabilities, including children with restricted interests. Future research is needed to determine the effectiveness of implementing these materials in clinical settings.
Economic reform, globalization and gender inequality: The case of Mexico
Creators: name: Artecona, Raquel
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 38
subject: Economics

description: This dissertation examines empirically the effects of globalization on gender wage inequality in urban Mexico. During the period covered by the dissertation, 1987--1993, Mexico underwent significant economic reforms that included increased openness through trade and foreign direct investment, privatization of state enterprises and deregulation of labor markets. The first paper in the dissertation approaches the issue from a descriptive point of view. It quantifies the changes in the gender gap in earnings, and breaks it down in its main important components. The other two papers try to highlight the mechanisms at work. One of them focuses on the changes that operate through the labor market, while the other one deals with changes that operate through the household structure. The proposed decomposition is thus different from the one offered in the first paper. The main breakdown is now between how globalization affects men-women differences outside and inside the house door. Changes in wage gaps are measured by the Juhn, Murhpy, and Pierce (1991) decomposition. The effects of economic globalization on the relative wages of men and women are analyzed using a difference-in-difference approach. The Juhn, Murhphy and Price methodology is used again to analyze the determinants of the change in the relative wages of mothers and childless women. Women's labor market status improved during the period of significant reforms in urban Mexico as indicated by a decline in the gender wage gap and greater level of occupational mobility with better access to high-paying occupations. Women attained more years of schooling than men and improved significantly the quantity and quality of their labor market experience, thus experiencing greater returns and possibly lower levels of discrimination. The lessons to be learned from this dissertation are not to be limited to Mexico, or to Latin American countries more generally, but perhaps point to a bigger picture. The effects of drastic and swift economic changes must be explored in order to understand the gender consequences of significant economic reform packages. Parallels may be drawn to both developing countries and transition economies The results cannot be extended, however, to the rural sector of most economies. The particularities of rural labor markets and their insertion into an integrated world differ significantly from those of urban markets and were not part of the analysis of this dissertation.
Improving parent and child adjustment to epilepsy using parental strategic self -presentation and emotional disclosure
Creators: name: Marin, Nancy Watt
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: Children diagnosed with epilepsy face several physical and psychosocial stressors which place them at greater risk for behavioral and emotional difficulties. Parents of these children play a significant part in whether or not their offspring will cope successfully with or be negatively affected by their condition. By helping parents cultivate a positive self-image of themselves as successfully coping with their children's epilepsy they may be better equipped to deal with subsequent everyday challenges. Forty-five parents of epileptic patients at a major children's hospital were placed into one of three conditions: self-presentation, emotional disclosure, or information giving. Individuals in the self-presentation condition discussed, in a videotaped interview, the skills and coping resources they rely on to deal with certain negative aspects of their children's epilepsy. Patients in the emotional disclosure group discussed feelings related to their children's condition and coping with its associated stressors, also in a videotaped interview format. Individuals assigned to the information group watched an informational video regarding epilepsy. Parental adjustment was measured at baseline, post-intervention, and follow-up using measures of coping, family resources, anxiety, and parenting stress. Children's coping was also assessed using measures of coping, depression, anxiety, and self-perception. It was expected that parents in the strategic self-presentation condition would report decreased anxiety and parental stress and increased resources for management and ways of coping following the intervention. It was also expected that children whose parent participated in the strategic self-presentation intervention would be coping better and reporting fewer problems in their coping (e.g., anxiety, depression, negative self-perception) with epilepsy following the intervention. Contrary to expectations, individuals in the strategic self-presentation group did not evidence a significant decrease in stress and anxiety, nor did they show a significant increase in the number of resources or coping mechanisms. There was, however, a significant interaction between group and time. Upon closer examination of this trend, it was found that individuals in the emotional disclosure group evidenced a slight increase in anxiety after participating in the videotaped interview; however, at the three-month follow-up this group reported the lowest levels of parental anxiety. Children whose parents participated in the three groups were not significantly different from each other at either of the assessment periods. Furthermore, children across groups did not show a significant change on any of the dependent variables over time.
Canadian Families’ Decisions of Communication Options* for Children Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing: An Initial Exploration
Creators: name: Pedersen, Holly F
name: Nichol, Suzanne
name: Swartwout, Nicole
name: Conn, Daniel R.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2021

description: Communication is an essential aspect of human interaction and helps connect us to the people around us. The majority of children who are deaf or hard of hearing are born to hearing parents who are likely unfamiliar with hearing loss. These parents are then asked to make critical decisions about communication options for their children. It can be a challenging process but one that needs to be done quickly in order to capture the critical language development period. Little research has explored the factors associated with parents’ decisions about communication options for their children who are deaf or hard of hearing and no studies have been done specifically with Canadian parents. This exploratory survey design study examined the factors which influence Canadian parents’ decisions relative to communication options for their children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Results indicate that parents’ personal judgement and a desire for their child to be able to communicate with their family and be happy in their own unique lives were driving forces behind the decisions that were made. Confirming research conducted in other countries, Canadian parents use a combination of their own judgement, professionals’ opinions, the needs of their child and internal values to make communication option decisions. Implications of these results are discussed as they pertain to parent-professional partnerships and family-centered services.
Distribution of the Galactic Bulge emission at |b|>2deg according to the RXTE Galactic Center scans
Creators: name: Revnivtsev, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present an analysis of the Galactic bulge emission observed by the RXTE/PCA during a set of scans over the Galactic Center field, performed in 1999-2001. The total exposure time of these observations is close to 700 ksec. We construct the distribution of Galactic ridge emission intensity and spectral parameters up to Galactic latitudes b=-10deg;+9deg. We show that the intensity distribution of the ridge emission at |b|>2deg could be well described by an exponential model with e-folding width b_0~ 3.3deg. Best-fit spectral parameters do not show statistically significant changes over Galactic latitude
description: 6 pages, 7 figures. Accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Microscopic insights into the failure of elastic double networks
Creators: name: Tauber, Justin
name: Dussi, Simone
name: van der Gucht, Jasper
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The toughness of a polymer material can increase significantly if two networks are combined into one material. This toughening effect is a consequence of a transition from a brittle to a ductile failure response. Although this transition and the accompanying toughening effect have been demonstrated in hydrogels first, the concept has been proven effective in elastomers and in macroscopic composites as well. This suggests that the transition is not caused by a specific molecular architecture, but rather by a general physical principle related to the mechanical interplay between two interpenetrating networks. Here we employ theory and computer simulations, inspired by this general principle, to investigate how disorder controls the brittle-to-ductile transition both at the macroscopic and the microscopic level. A random spring network model featuring two different spring types, enables us to study the joined effect of initial disorder and network-induced stress heterogeneity on this transition. We reveal that a mechanical force balance gives a good description of the brittle-to-ductile transition. In addition, the inclusion of disorder in the spring model predicts four different failure regimes along the brittle-to-ductile response in agreement with experimental findings. Finally, we show that the network structure can result in stress concentration, diffuse damage and loss of percolation depending on the failure regime. This work thus provides a framework for the design and optimization of double network materials and underlines the importance of network structure in the toughness of polymer materials.
description: main text: 18 pages, 9 figures. Supplemental material: 5 pages, 6 figures
Longitudinal Momentum Mining of Beam Particles in a Storage Ring
Creators: name: Bhat, C. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Accelerator Physics (physics.acc-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: I describe a new scheme for selectively isolating high density low longitudinal emittance beam particles in a storage ring from the rest of the beam without emittance dilution. I discuss the general principle of the method, called longitudinal momentum mining, beam dynamics simulations and results of beam experiments. Multi-particle beam dynamics simulations applied to the Fermilab 8 GeV Recycler (a storage ring) convincingly validate the concepts and feasibility of the method, which I have demonstrated with beam experiments in the Recycler. The method presented here is the first of its kind.
description: 11 pages, 3 figures
Psychosocial experiences of parents of young children who use hearing devices: a scoping review
Creators: name: Munoz, Karen F.
name: Nichols, Natalie
name: Hill, Sydnee
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2021

description: Objective: The purpose of this scoping review was to provide information about the research base related to psychosocial experiences of parents of young children who are deaf or hard of hearing (DHH) and use hearing devices. A scoping review identifies trends and gaps in available evidence and this information can be used to inform practice and identify areas in need of further research.
Design: A scoping review was conducted in June 2020 to identify English-language peer-reviewed journal articles published through May 31, 2020.
Study sample: Nine articles were found that investigated psychosocial factors of parents of children birth through five years who are DHH and use a hearing device.
Results: Four psychosocial areas were explored in the identified studies: stress (n=5), self-efficacy (n = 2), depression (n = 1), and one explored both depression and psychological flexibility. None of the studies investigated an intervention to address parent psychosocial factors interfering with treatment adherence.
Conclusions: There is a scarcity of research related to psychosocial barriers parents of young children who use hearing devices experience. Research is needed to identify effective interventions and to demonstrate the effect of addressing parent psychosocial barriers on spoken language outcomes for children. Providers have opportunities to use validated screening tools to assess for parent barriers and to individualize support for parents within the care plan for children identified with hearing loss.
Stationary perturbation configurations in a composite system of stellar and coplanarly magnetized gaseous singular isothermal discs
Creators: name: Lou, Yu-Qing
name: Zou, Yue
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We construct aligned and unaligned stationary perturbation configurations in a composite system of stellar and coplanarly magnetized gaseous singular isothermal discs (SIDs) coupled by gravity. In comparison with SID problems studied earlier, there exist three possible classes of stationary solutions allowed by more dynamic freedoms. Our exact global perturbation solutions and critical points are valuable for testing numerical magnetohydrodynamic codes. For galactic applications, our model analysis contains more realistic elements and offer useful insights for structures and dynamics of disc galaxies consisting of stars and magnetized gas.
description: 25 pages, 31 figures, accepted by Monthly Notices of Royal Astronomical Society, style files included
The Repeating Flaring Activity of Blazar AO 0235+164
Creators: name: Pedrosa, Juan Escudero
name: Agudo, Iván
name: Tramacere, Andrea
name: Marscher, Alan P.
name: Jorstad, Svetlana
name: Weaver, Z. R.
name: Casadio, Carolina
name: Thum, Clemens
name: Myserlis, Ioannis
name: Fuentes, Antonio
name: Traianou, Efthalia
name: Kim, Jae-Young
name: Kramer, Joana
name: López-Coto, Rubén
name: D'Ammando, Filippo
name: Bernardos, M.
name: Bonnoli, Giacomo
name: Blinov, Dmitriy A.
name: Borman, G. A.
name: Grishina, T. S.
name: Hagen-Thorn, V. A.
name: Kopatskaya, E. N.
name: Larionova, E. G.
name: Larionov, V. M.
name: Larionova, L. V.
name: Morozova, D. A.
name: Savchenko, S. S.
name: Troitskiy, I. S.
name: Troitskaya, Y. V.
name: Vasilyev, A. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Context. Blazar AO 0235+164, located at redshift z = 0.94, has undergone several sharp multi-spectral-range flaring episodes during the last decades. In particular, the episodes peaking in 2008 and 2015, that received extensive multi-wavelength coverage, exhibited interesting behavior.
 Aims. We study the actual origin of these two observed flares by constraining the properties of the observed photo-polarimetric variability, those of the broad-band spectral energy-distribution and the observed time-evolution behavior of the source as seen by ultra-high resolution total-flux and polarimetric Very-long-baseline interferometry (VLBI) imaging.
 Methods. The analysis of VLBI images allows us to constrain kinematic and geometrical parameters of the 7 mm jet. We use the Discrete Correlation Function to compute the statistical correlation and the delays between emission at different spectral ranges. Multi-epoch modeling of the spectral energy distributions allows us to propose specific models of emission; in particular for the unusual spectral features observed in this source in the X-ray region of the spectrum during strong multi spectral-range flares.
 Results. We find that these X-ray spectral features can be explained by an emission component originating in a separate particle distribution than the one responsible for the two standard blazar bumps. This is in agreement with the results of our correlation analysis that do not find a strong correlation between the X-rays and the remaining spectral ranges. We find that both external Compton dominated and synchrotron self-Compton dominated models can explain the observed spectral energy distributions. However, synchrotron self-Compton models are strongly favored by the delays and geometrical parameters inferred from the observations.
Hypergraph Simplification: Linking the Path-sum Approach to the ZH-calculus
Creators: name: Lemonnier, Louis
name: van de Wetering, John
name: Kissinger, Aleks
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The ZH-calculus is a complete graphical calculus for linear maps between qubits that admits a straightforward encoding of hypergraph states and circuits arising from the Toffoli+Hadamard gate set. In this paper, we establish a correspondence between the ZH-calculus and the path-sum formalism, a technique recently introduced by Amy to verify quantum circuits. In particular, we find a bijection between certain canonical forms of ZH-diagrams and path-sum expressions. We then introduce and prove several new simplification rules for the ZH-calculus, which are in direct correspondence to the simplification rules of the path-sum formalism. The relatively opaque path-sum rules are shown to arise naturally from two powerful families of rewrite rules in the ZH-calculus. The first is the extension of the familiar graph-theoretic simplifications based on local complementation and pivoting to their hypergraph-theoretic analogues: hyper-local complementation and hyper-pivoting. The second is the graphical Fourier transform introduced by Kuijpers et al., which enables effective simplification of ZH-diagrams encoding multi-linear phase polynomials with arbitrary real coefficients.
description: In Proceedings QPL 2020, arXiv:2109.01534
A Diagrammatic Approach to Information Transmission in Generalised Switches
Creators: name: Wilson, Matt
name: Chiribella, Giulio
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The quantum switch is a higher-order operation that takes as an input two quantum processes and combines them in a coherent superposition of two alternative orders. Here we provide an approach to the quantum switch based on the methods of categorical quantum mechanics. Specifically, we represent the quantum switch as a sum of diagrams in the category of finite dimensional Hilbert spaces, or, equivalently, as a sum of diagrams built from Selinger's CPM construction. The sum-of-diagrams picture provides intuition for the activation of classical capacity of completely depolarising channels (CDPCs) and allows for generalisation to N-channel switches. We demonstrate the use of these partially diagrammatic methods by deriving a permutation condition for computing the output of any N-channel switch of CDPCs, we then use that condition to prove that amongst all possible terms, the interference terms associated to cyclic permutations of the N channels are the information-transmitting terms with maximum normalisation
description: In Proceedings QPL 2020, arXiv:2109.01534