cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Ischnura genei Rambur 1842
Creators: name: Cowley, J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1940
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Odonata
Coenagrionidae
Ischnura
Ischnura genei

description: Ischnura genei (Rambur, 1842). Ischnura genei McLachlan, 1899, Ann. SOC.ent. Belg. 43:302. MALTA.
description: Published as part of Cowley, J., 1940, A list of the Odonata of the islands of the western Mediterranean area., pp. 172-178 in Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London 9 on page 173, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3525044
On the Seifert graphs of a link diagram and its parallels
Creators: name: Huggett, Stephen
name: Moffatt, Iain
name: Virdee, Natalia
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Geometric Topology (math.GT)
subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Recently, Dasbach, Futer, Kalfagianni, Lin, and Stoltzfus extended the notion of a Tait graph by associating a set of ribbon graphs (or equivalently, embedded graphs) to a link diagram. Here we focus on Seifert graphs, which are the ribbon graphs of a knot or link diagram that arise from Seifert states. We provide a characterization of Seifert graphs in terms of Eulerian subgraphs. This characterization can be viewed as a refinement of the fact that Seifert graphs are bipartite. We go on to examine the family of ribbon graphs that arises by forming the parallels of a link diagram and determine how the genus of the ribbon graph of a $r$-fold parallel of a link diagram is related to that of the original link diagram.
Oncogenic selection of germline and somatic variants
Creators: name: Luft, Juliet
Publisher: name: The University of Edinburgh
Year: 2021
Subjects: germline and somatic variants
cancer development
Loss-of-heterozygosity
The Cancer Genome Atlas
allelic imbalance
heterozygous germline mutations
statistics
oncogenic selection of somatic mutations
cancer evolution

description: Most cancers are caused by a combination of inherited germline variants and somatically acquired mutations that drive cellular dysregulation. Cancer genomics aims to distinguish functional cancer-causing genetic variants from the millions of benign passenger mutations. This thesis incorporates measures of evolutionary selection into genetic analysis to identify germline and somatic variants that are preferentially retained during cancer development. Loss-of-heterozygosity (LOH) describes when one copy of a locus is either deleted or replaced by the other copy. By studying patterns of LOH across almost 10,000 human cancers from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA), this thesis quantifies preferential allelic imbalance, and in doing so identifies germline variants that are important to the developing tumour. Initial analysis discovered widespread sequencing biases and cross-sample contamination in the TCGA dataset. Consequently, a rigorous filtering pipeline was developed to mitigate their influence. In total, 1,678 pairs of tumour-normal samples (14.7%) were found to be contaminated or affected by experimental error. Subsequent analysis identified damaging variants in DNA double strand break repair genes as the most common targets of biased LOH. This result suggests a ratchet-like process where heterozygous germline mutations in these genes reduce the efficacy of DNA double-strand break repair, increasing the likelihood of a second hit. Recent work revealed that strand-specific DNA damage segregates independently into daughter cells resulting in the chromosome-scale phasing of mutations. By analysing strand inheritance in genomic segments with and without a potential driver mutation, this thesis developed and applied a statistical approach to quantify oncogenic selection of somatic mutations in a manner agnostic to functional annotation and without the requirement of LOH. Together this work provides insight into the interplay of mutation and selection in cancer evolution, revealing common routes to oncogenesis, and delineating the early stages of cancer development.
More Than Code: Technical and Emotional Dynamics in Solidity's Development
Creators: name: Vaccargiu, Matteo
name: Novielli, Nicole
name: Destefanis, Giuseppe
name: Neykova, Rumyana
name: Ortu, Marco
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 461202
subject: Empirical software engineering

description: This repository provides the code and data required to replicate the analysis presented in the paper submitted to CHASE 2025 titled "More Than Code: Technical and Emotional Dynamics in Solidity's Development."
Fast rotating stars resulting from binary evolution will often appear to be single
Creators: name: de Mink, S. E.
name: Langer, N.
name: Izzard, R. G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Rapidly rotating stars are readily produced in binary systems. An accreting star in a binary system can be spun up by mass accretion and quickly approach the break-up limit. Mergers between two stars in a binary are expected to result in massive, fast rotating stars. These rapid rotators may appear as Be or Oe stars or at low metallicity they may be progenitors of long gamma-ray bursts. Given the high frequency of massive stars in close binaries it seems likely that a large fraction of rapidly rotating stars result from binary interaction. It is not straightforward to distinguish a a fast rotator that was born as a rapidly rotating single star from a fast rotator that resulted from some kind of binary interaction. Rapidly rotating stars resulting from binary interaction will often appear to be single because the companion tends to be a low mass, low luminosity star in a wide orbit. Alternatively, they became single stars after a merger or disruption of the binary system during the supernova explosion of the primary. The absence of evidence for a companion does not guarantee that the system did not experience binary interaction in the past. If binary interaction is one of the main causes of high stellar rotation rates, the binary fraction is expected to be smaller among fast rotators. How this prediction depend on uncertainties in the physics of the binary interactions requires further investigation.
description: 2 pages, 1 figure, to be published in the proceedings of IAU 272 "Active OB stars: structure, evolution, mass loss and critical limit", Paris 19-23 July 2010
Adapting an HBCU-inspired framework for Black student success in U.S. LIS education
Creators: name: Ndumu, Ana
name: Walker, Shaundra
Publisher: name: IOS Press
Year: 2021
Subjects: LIS education
historically Black colleges and universities
epistemology
racial equality
cultural competence

description: This perspective essay explores Gasman & Arroyo’s (2014) HBCU-inspired framework for Black student success as a prism for re-envisioning LIS education. In response to calls for anti hegemonic LIS education, the authors discuss a potential tool for Black student success and suggest its benefits to LIS education. The framework can introduce non-white, anti-racist educational practices to the work of educating the U.S. library workforce; it is relevant in light of ongoing racial and political strife in U.S. society.
Electro thermal simulation of superconducting nanowire avalanche photodetectors
Creators: name: Marsili, Francesco
name: Najafi, Faraz
name: Herder, Charles
name: Berggren, Karl K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We developed an electro thermal model of NbN superconducting nanowire avalanche photodetectors (SNAPs) on sapphire substrates. SNAPs are single photon detectors consisting of the parallel connection of N superconducting nanowires. We extrapolated the physical constants of the model from experimental data and we simulated the time evolution of the device resistance, temperature and current by solving two coupled electrical and thermal differential equations describing the nanowires. The predictions of the model were in good quantitative agreement with the experimental results.
Catalog of Nearby Isolated Galaxies in the Volume z<0.01
Creators: name: Karachentsev, I. D.
name: Makarov, D. I.
name: Karachentseva, V. E.
name: Melnyk, O. V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a catalog of 520 most isolated nearby galaxies with radial velocities V_LG<3500 km/s covering the entire sky. This population of "space orphans" makes up 4.8% among 10900 galaxies with measured radial velocities. We describe the isolation criterion used to select our sample, called the "Local Orphan Galaxies" (LOG), and discuss their basic optical and HI properties. A half of the LOG catalog is occupied by the Sdm, Im and Ir morphological type galaxies without a bulge. The median ratio M_gas/M_star in the LOG galaxies exceeds 1. The distribution of the catalog galaxies on the sky looks uniform with some signatures of a weak clustering on the scale of about 0.5 Mpc. The LOG galaxies are located in the regions where the mean local density of matter is approximately 50 times lower than the mean global density. We indicate a number of LOG galaxies with distorted structures, which may be the consequence of interaction of isolated galaxies with massive dark objects.
COMMUNICATING DESIGN SCHOOL: la comunicazione visiva delle scuole di progettazione come strumento di promozione della cultura progettuale
Creators: name: RONCO MILANACCIO, ALESSIA
Publisher: name: Universit� degli studi di Genova
Year: 2019

description: L?ambito indagato nella tesi � quello della comunicazione visiva.
Nello specifico si intende il particolare settore relativo alle scuole
di design1 che nel corso del tempo sono state capaci di attuare
particolari politiche didattiche e di comunicazione costruendo
una determinata corrente di pensiero e influenzando la cultura
progettuale, giocando un ruolo attivo nella formazione della
societ� contemporanea e costruendo le basi da cui si sono poi
sviluppate teorie e correnti ideologiche o artistiche che hanno
in qualche modo anticipato e influenzato il mondo del design.
L?indagine � condotta attraverso l?analisi di alcuni casi studio
ritenuti di particolare interesse perch� riconosciuti oggi come
punto di riferimento nel panorama della formazione del progettista,
dalla quale si deduce il ruolo chiave che la progettazione
grafica ha avuto nel processo di consacrazione, talvolta mitizzazione,
di tali episodi. Infine si propongono alcuni spunti di
riflessione sull?utilizzo degli strumenti comunicativi all?interno
dell?ambito odierno.
Linkages between information overload and acculturative stress: The case of Black diasporic immigrants in the US
Creators: name: Ndumu, Ana
Publisher: name: SAGE Publications
Year: 2019
Subjects: Acculturative Stress
Immigrants
Information Behavior
Information Overload
Social Inclusion

description: This study examines the information behavior of Black immigrants in the United States and specifically investigates possible linkages between information overload and acculturative stress. Focus groups were conducted with African, Afro-Caribbean, and Afro-Latinx immigrants in Florida. When analyzed according to Jaeger and Burnett’s theory of information worlds (Burnett and Jaeger, 2011; Jaeger and Burnett, 2010), the data supports that participants experience information overload as a result of the voluminous and dispersed nature of information in the US; perceptions of belonging and transnationality; and undertaking high-stakes tasks such as immigration procedures, finding employment, and understanding cultural norms. Participants felt that the large, stratified, and complex US information landscape can prompt stress. Since information overload poses a barrier to immigrant social inclusion, it can be interpreted as acculturative stress.
Coenagrion scitulum Rambur 1842
Creators: name: Cowley, J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1940
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Odonata
Coenagrionidae
Coenagrion
Coenagrion scitulum

description: Coenagrion scitulum (Rambur, 1842). Agrion scitulum Selys, 1850, Mdm. Soc. Sci. Litge 6:218. CRETE. Hagen, 1863, Wien. ent. Mschr. 7: 19-1. CRETE. Selys, 1887, Ann. SOC. ent. Belg. 31:47. CRETE.
description: Published as part of Cowley, J., 1940, A list of the Odonata of the islands of the western Mediterranean area., pp. 172-178 in Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London 9 on page 173, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3525044
Unintentional contaminant transfer from groundwater to the vadose zone via gas exsolution and ebullition during remediation of volatile organic compounds
Creators: name: Chong, Andrea Denise
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2016

description: Historical heavy use of chlorinated solvents in conjunction with improper disposal practices and accidental releases has resulted in widespread contamination of soils and groundwater in North America. As a result, remediation of chlorinated solvents is required at many sites. For treatment of source zone contamination, common remediation strategies include in situ chemical oxidation (ISCO) using potassium or sodium permanganate, and the enhancement of biodegradation by primary substrate addition. It is well known that these remediation methods tend to generate gas (carbon dioxide (CO₂) in the case of ISCO using permanganate, CO₂ and methane (CH₄) in the case of bioremediation). It is hypothesized that the generation of gas in the presence of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), including chlorinated solvents, may lead to stripping of the contaminants from the source zone due to gas exsolution and ebullition. This process may lead to ‘compartment transfer’, whereby contaminants are transported away from the saturated zone into the vadose zone, with possible implications for soil vapour intrusion. Two sites in the U.S. undergoing enhanced bioremediation have exhibited behavior suggestive of contaminant transfer into the vadose zone via gas generated during remediation. These sites provided the impetus for a more in-depth investigation into this process. To this extent, benchtop column experiments were conducted to observe the effect of gas generation during remediation of the common chlorinated solvent trichloroethylene (TCE/C₂Cl₃H). Two common in situ treatment strategies were simulated for source-zone subsurface contamination of TCE, including ISCO and enhanced bioremediation. Results confirm that these aggressive remediation methods can lead to gas production and induce vertical transport of contaminants away from the treatment zone, following the formation of a discontinuous gas phase (bubbles). The generation of gas and the potential for unintentional contaminant stripping and transport should be taken into consideration when treating VOCs to avoid release into the atmosphere or into underground structures via soil vapour intrusion. This study also suggests that the suitability of gas-generating remediation techniques in proximity to buildings and in populated areas should be evaluated with care.
A Chandra Perspective On Galaxy-Wide X-ray Binary Emission And Its Correlation With Star Formation Rate And Stellar Mass: New Results From Luminous Infrared Galaxies
Creators: name: Lehmer, B. D.
name: Alexander, D. M.
name: Bauer, F. E.
name: Brandt, W. N.
name: Goulding, A. D.
name: Jenkins, L. P.
name: Ptak, A.
name: Roberts, T. P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present new Chandra observations that complete a sample of seventeen (17) luminous infrared galaxies (LIRGs) with D < 60 Mpc and low Galactic column densities of N_H < 5 X 10^20 cm^-2. The LIRGs in our sample have total infrared (8-1000um) luminosities in the range of L_IR ~ (1-8) X 10^11 L_sol. The high-resolution imaging and X-ray spectral information from our Chandra observations allow us to measure separately X-ray contributions from active galactic nuclei (AGNs) and normal galaxy processes (e.g., X-ray binaries and hot gas). We utilized total infrared plus UV luminosities to estimate star-formation rates (SFRs) and K-band luminosities and optical colors to estimate stellar masses (M*) for the sample. Under the assumption that the galaxy-wide 2-10 keV luminosity (LX) traces the combined emission from high mass X-ray binaries (HMXBs) and low mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs), and that the power output from these components are linearly correlated with SFR and M*, respectively, we constrain the relation LX = alpha M* + beta SFR. To achieve this, we construct a Chandra-based data set composed of our new LIRG sample combined with additional samples of less actively star-forming normal galaxies and more powerful LIRGs and ultraluminous infrared galaxies (ULIRGs) from the literature. Using these data, we measure best-fit values of alpha = (9.05 +/- 0.37) X 10^28 ergs s^-1 Msol^-1 and beta = (1.62 +/- 0.22) X 10^39 ergs s^-1 (Msol yr^-1)^-1. This scaling provides a more physically meaningful estimate of LX, with ~0.1-0.2 dex less scatter, than a direct linear scaling with SFR (abridged).
description: Accepted for publication in ApJ (14 pages, 6 figures, and 4 tables)
Ceriagrion tenellum De Villers 1789
Creators: name: Cowley, J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1940
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Odonata
Coenagrionidae
Ceriagrion
Ceriagrion tenellum

description: Ceriagrion tenellum (De Villers, 1789). Agrion tenellum Selys, 1850, Mtm. Soc. Sci. Litge 6:lS2. CRETE. Agrion rubellum Hagen, 1863, Wien. ent. nlschr. 7:194. CRETE. Pyrrhosoma? tenellum Selys, 1876, Bull. Acad. Belg. (2) 41:1296. CRETE. Pyrrhosoma tenellum Selys, 1887, Ann. SOC. ent. Belg. 31:48. CRETE. The validity of the genus Pulueobasis Iiennedy, 1920, which includes only this species, has been strongly criticised by Schmidt (1938, S.B. Akad. Wiss. Wien (math.-nat.) (I) 147: 147); I think that perhaps on the basis of our present knowledge Schmidt is justified in suppressing Palaeobasis as a synonym of Ceriagrion. The classification of the COENAGRIIDAE is by no means easy, owing to the paucity of morphological characters, and as our knowledge of the family progresses the boundaries of many genera are becoming less clear; the whole family is in need of considerable revision which will take into account more and newer characters (asyet undetected) than the few which are a t present used.
description: Published as part of Cowley, J., 1940, A list of the Odonata of the islands of the western Mediterranean area., pp. 172-178 in Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London 9 on page 173, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3525044
Critical Perspectives on Diversity and Equality in U.S. LIS Practice: Four HBCU-affiliated Leaders Weigh in
Creators: name: Ndumu, Ana
Publisher: name: De Gruyter
Year: 2021
Subjects: LIS Professionalization
Racial Diversity
Social Justice
historically Black colleges and universities
Critical conversations

description: Historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have trained Black librarians and strengthened the library profession since 1927 when the first HBCU-based library school was founded at Hampton University. However, HBCU professors, library directors, and alumni are often overlooked in conversations on librarian professionalization. In this article, four distinguished HBCU-affiliated library leaders provide critical perspectives on LIS practice. Their collective insight illustrates the value of HBCUs in LIS and demonstrates opportunities for new directions.
Toward a new understanding of immigrant information behavior: A survey study on information access and information overload among US Black diasporic immigrants
Creators: name: Ndumu, Ana
Publisher: name: Emerald Group Publishing
Year: 2020
Subjects: Immigrants
Information Behavior
Information Overload
Acculturation
Social Inclusion

description: Purpose Immigration dominates much of the current US sociopolitical discourse. The research on US-based immigrant information behavior, however, remains scant. To understand the role of information in immigration, this study explores information overload among Black immigrants in the US. Design/methodology/approach The researcher developed a literature-derived information overload scale to investigate participants' information access along with experiences and response to information overload. Findings Results suggest that participants experience information overload due to behavioral (e.g. the demands of needing, seeking, or using information), quantitative (i.e. volume or length), and qualitative (e.g. authority, diversity, or urgency) indicators. Most participants mitigate information overload by turning to intermediaries and filtering resources. Research limitations/implications The information overload scale can advance knowledge of the role of information in immigrant acculturative stress. Social implications LIS researchers and practitioners can utilize findings to foster social inclusion and well-being among immigrants. Originality/value Scholarship on immigrant information behavior must reflect the centrality of information in migration and how it shapes integration and acculturation.
Diagnosis and treatment of patients with undefined autoinflammatory diseases
Creators: name: PAPA, RICCARDO
Publisher: name: Universit� degli studi di Genova
Year: 2022

description: Sterile inflammation characterizes a heterogeneous group of primary immunodeficiency disorders named autoinflammatory diseases (AID). Less than 30% of AID patients are molecularly defined. To increase the diagnostic rate and treatment outcome in patients with undefined AID, "omics" technologies, as the next-generation sequencing and mass spectrometry, and clinical data registries analysis are applied. During the last three years, I described patients with undefined and known rare AID (i.e. RAS-associated autoimmune leukoproliferative disease and SAMD9L-associated AID), the first 100 genes and related pathways associated with AID, the actin-related AID, the syndrome of undifferentiated recurrent fever (SURF) and the proteomic signature of monocytes in hereditary recurrent fever. Furthermore, I analyzed the efficacy of the interleukin 1 inhibitors in systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis, cryopyrin associated periodic syndrome and refractory hyperferritinemic syndromes. Finally, I developed a metadata registry called MeRITA in order to increase the interoperability and data sharing among clinical registries of the European Reference Network on Rare Immunological Disorders (ERN-RITA).
Nonparametric estimation of the division rate of a size-structured population
Creators: name: Jauffret, Marie Doumic
name: Hoffmann, Marc
name: Reynaud-Bouret, Patricia
name: Rivoirard, Vincent
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Statistics Theory (math.ST)
subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We consider the problem of estimating the division rate of a size-structured population in a nonparametric setting. The size of the system evolves according to a transport-fragmentation equation: each individual grows with a given transport rate, and splits into two offsprings of the same size, following a binary fragmentation process with unknown division rate that depends on its size. In contrast to a deterministic inverse problem approach, as in (Perthame, Zubelli, 2007) and (Doumic, Perthame, Zubelli, 2009), we take in this paper the perspective of statistical inference: our data consists in a large sample of the size of individuals, when the evolution of the system is close to its time-asymptotic behavior, so that it can be related to the eigenproblem of the considered transport-fragmentation equation (see \cite{PR} for instance). By estimating statistically each term of the eigenvalue problem and by suitably inverting a certain linear operator (see previously quoted articles), we are able to construct a more realistic estimator of the division rate that achieves the same optimal error bound as in related deterministic inverse problems. Our procedure relies on kernel methods with automatic bandwidth selection. It is inspired by model selection and recent results of Goldenschluger and Lepski.
DuMont, 35 Years Later: HBCUs, LIS Education, and Institutional Discrimination
Creators: name: Ndumu, Ana
name: Chancellor, Renate
Publisher: name: University of Toronto Press
Year: 2021
Subjects: black librarianship
HBCUs
LIS education
Racial Inclusion
Racial Justice

description: This article revisits Rosemary DuMont’s 1986 articles on Black librarianship and racial attitudes in LIS. The first part addresses missing or limited coverage on the library schools at five historically Black colleges and universities: Alabama A&M University, Clark Atlanta University, University of the District of Columbia, Hampton University, and North Carolina Central University. The second part provides examples of biases in accreditation as it relates to HBCU-based LIS programs. The article closes with a discussion on the erasure of HBCUs in LIS education, despite their important contributions to racial and ethnic representation and inclusion in the library professions.
Symmetries of higher-spin fields and the electromagnetic N-N(1680) form factors
Creators: name: Vereshkov, G.
name: Volchanskiy, N.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the Q^2-evolution of the form factors (FFs) for the nucleon-to-N(1680) transition in the framework of an effective field theory. To this end, the intrinsic symmetries of the spin-5/2 Rarita-Schwinger (RS) fields are analyzed, and a Lagrangian of the electromagnetic N-N(1680) interactions is constructed. The Lagrangian preserves all the intrinsic symmetries of the spin-5/2 field--point and gauge invariance--and does not involve lower-spin components of the reducible RS field. Besides, the symmetries postulate the definitions of the Lagrangian FFs. These FFs are modeled as dispersionlike expansions in a vector-meson--dominance model. A good agreement with the experimental data is achieved.
description: 11 pp., 2 figs
LEVEL OF ANXIETY, KNOWLEDGE AND MOTIVATION OF PREGNANT WOMEN TOWARDS PRENATAL EXAMINATION DURING THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC
Creators: name: Miratu Megasari
name: Risa Pitriani
name: Rita Afni
name: Eka Maya Saputri
name: Juli Selvi Yanti
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Anxiety Level, Knowledge of Pregnant Women, Motivation.

description: Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic threatens the entire population. But there are specific groups, such as pregnant women, who are predicted to be at higher risk and vulnerable to infectious diseases. Knowing and understanding Covid-19 is crucial to managing the pandemic well and minimizing anxiety when visiting health services. Every pregnant woman can manage her pregnancy if she has the motivation to achieve the desired pregnancy goals. The purpose of this study was to determine the knowledge and anxiety of pregnant women about COVID-19, as well as the motivation of pregnant women to take a pregnancy test. This study is a correlational-quantitative cross-sectional study followed by an online survey to assess the knowledge, anxiety, and motivation of health workers about pregnancy monitoring during the COVID-19 pandemic. Multiple linear regression analysis was used to test the relationship of the three variables. Study Results: There is a significant influence between knowledge and pregnancy management during the Covid-19 pandemic. Recommendation: Midwives should provide information on the importance of pregnancy management through training and counseling.
Lestes barbarus Fabricius 1798
Creators: name: Cowley, J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1940
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Odonata
Lestidae
Lestes
Lestes barbarus

description: Lestes barbarus (Fabricius, 1798). Lestes barbara Selys, 1850, M t m. SOC. Sci. LiLge 6:161. CRETE. Hagen, 1863, Wien. ent. Mschr. 7:194. CRETE. Cecconi, 1895, Boll. SOC.ent. ital. 27:195. CRETE; Omalb. Anapetes barbara Pongracz, 1911, Ann. hist.-nut. Mus. hung. 9:325 . CRETE: Canea. Lestes barbara Bentivoglio, 1929, Arch. zool. ital. 13:206. COS; CRETE.
description: Published as part of Cowley, J., 1940, A list of the Odonata of the islands of the western Mediterranean area., pp. 172-178 in Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London 9 on page 174, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3525044
Shifts: How Changes in the US Black Population Impact Racial Inclusion and Representation in LIS Education
Creators: name: Ndumu, Ana
Publisher: name: University of Toronto Press
Year: 2021
Subjects: Black librarianship
demography
LIS education
Racial Diversity
Social Justice

description: This demographic study contributes to scholarship on the recruitment of Blacks into the US LIS workforce by situating Black librarianship within broader population trends. The research combines historical LIS reports, Africana studies scholarship, and federal data to describe how long-term transitions in the overall US Black population influence LIS. Issues pertaining to middle-class job prospects, higher education attainment, and immigration are investigated. A review of varied evidence suggests that librarianship as a career option remains largely out of sight or out of reach for many Blacks. The article provides recommendations for LIS leaders to achieve synergized recruitment and inclusion efforts.
Fermi/GBM and BATSE Gamma-Ray Bursts: comparison of the spectral properties
Creators: name: Nava, Lara
name: Ghirlanda, Giancarlo
name: Ghisellini, Gabriele
name: Celotti, Annalisa
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) on board Fermi allows to study the spectra of Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs) over an unprecedented wide energy range (8 keV - 35 MeV). We compare the spectral properties of short and long GRBs detected by the GBM (up to March 2010) with those of GRBs detected by the BATSE instrument on board the CGRO. GBM and BATSE long bursts have similar distributions of fluence (F), Epeak and peak flux (P) but GBM bursts have a slightly harder low-energy spectral index αwith respect to BATSE GRBs. GBM and BATSE short bursts have similar distributions of fluence, αand peak flux, with GBM bursts having slightly larger Epeak. We discuss these properties in light of the found correlations between Epeak and the fluence and the peak flux. GBM bursts confirm that these correlations are not determined by instrumental selection effects. Indeed, GBM bursts extend the Epeak-Fluence and Epeak-P correlations both in fluence/peak flux and in peak energy. No GBM long burst with Epeak exceeding a few MeV is found, despite the possibility of detecting it. Similarly to what found with BATSE, there are 3% of GBM long bursts (and almost all short ones) that are outliers at more than 3σof the Epeak-Eiso correlation. Instead there is no outlier of the Epeak-Lp,iso correlation, for both long and short GBM bursts.
description: The subject of this work is similar to our paper arXiv:1004.1410, that was rejected because based on Fermi/GBM spectral preliminary results reported in GCN Circulars. The present work is based on our own analysis of Fermi/GBM bursts detected up to March 2010 (presented in arXiv:1012.2863). Submitted to A&A
Use of microseismic data to monitor significant sea wave heights in support of marine weather forecasting and coastal protection
Creators: name: CUTRONEO, LAURA
Publisher: name: Universit� degli studi di Genova
Year: 2022

description: The focus of the Ph.D. project was the implementation of a network for monitoring significant sea wave heights (Hs) along the Ligurian coasts (north-western Mediterranean Sea), in order to provide near-real time data to weather forecasters and sea users (vessel captains, pilots, Coast Guard, Port Authorities and yachtsmen). The project was divided into a part dedicated to the use of microseismic data, interfaced with data derived from modelling hindcasts and from the wave buoy of Capo Mele, for the determination of Hs, and a part dedicated to the Interreg Italy-France Maritime 2014-2020 SINAPSI "Assistance to navigation for safe access to ports? Project, which involves the installation of instruments for measuring weather and sea parameters along the coasts of the Ligurian Sea.
The first phase of the Ph.D. project involved the study and updating of a mathematical procedure for the estimation of Hs from the microseismic data recorded by the network of seismic stations along the Ligurian arch. The procedure exploited the existing relationship between sea wave heights and microseismic signal and included the use of hindcast data to calibration steps and data from the Capo Mele wave buoy to verify the reliability of the estimated Hs data. In October 2018, an extreme sea storm hit the Ligurian coast with waves characterised by Hs greater than 6 m; these wave heights were not matched by an equivalent energy in the microseismic signal, which therefore led to an underestimation of the Hs estimated by the procedure. It was therefore necessary to investigate the extreme event of 2018, which led to the evidence of a lack in the energy of the microseismic signal and the need for a data compensation, which was possible thanks to the use of weather data (wind speed and atmospheric pressure) that were included in an additional element to the estimation procedure. The second phase of the Ph.D. project therefore involved verifying the reliability of the data estimated by the procedure, which led to the evidence of a generic underestimation of Hs. This led to the study of a first modification of the procedure and to the consequent monitoring of its validity on a large time scale. The monitoring of the reliability of the estimated data will be continued after the end of the Ph.D., as well as the updating/refinement of the procedure.
The Ph.D. project involved the participation in the SINAPSI Project, which started in April 2019, in all its components, from the management to the implementation of the monitoring network, also including the communication and dissemination of the project activities to the stakeholders.
The Ph.D. has achieved the improvement of the Hs estimation procedure. The research activities will continue beyond the Ph.D. natural end to implement the results with data from a radar antenna system that will be installed in the Genoa area in the framework of the SINAPSI Project.
Oscillatory Spin Polarization and Magneto-Optic Kerr Effect in Fe3O4 Thin Films on GaAs(001)
Creators: name: Li, Yan
name: Han, Wei
name: Swartz, A. G.
name: Pi, K.
name: Wong, J. J. I.
name: Mack, S.
name: Awschalom, D. D.
name: Kawakami, R. K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The spin dependent properties of epitaxial Fe3O4 thin films on GaAs(001) are studied by the ferromagnetic proximity polarization (FPP) effect and magneto-optic Kerr effect (MOKE). Both FPP and MOKE show oscillations with respect to Fe3O4 film thickness, and the oscillations are large enough to induce repeated sign reversals. We attribute the oscillatory behavior to spin-polarized quantum well states forming in the Fe3O4 film. Quantum confinement of the t2g states near the Fermi level provides an explanation for the similar thickness dependences of the FPP and MOKE oscillations.
description: to appear in Phys. Rev. Lett
Disrupting Digital Divide Narratives: Exploring the U.S. Black Diasporic Immigrant Context
Creators: name: Ndumu, Ana
Publisher: name: De Gruyter
Year: 2020
Subjects: Digital Divide
Information Science
ICT
Black immigrants
e-Inclusion

description: The purpose of this study is to probe biased library and information science (LIS) presumptions of digital divides among U.S. immigrants. The stance of the foreign-born as “digital immigrants” departs from migration and population research which hold that gaps in immigrant Internet and technology access are rapidly closing, even when accounting for immigrant type. The research is based on analysis of the 2016 U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey data. Black immigrant households’ ICT device and Internet access were determined and then compared to those of the general population. Findings suggest that Black immigrant households primarily access the Internet through smartphone and laptop devices along with mobile and at-home hi-speed Internet plans. When compared to the general population, Black immigrant households demonstrate significantly greater smartphone access, and they maintain comparable levels of hi-speed Internet and computer/laptop device access. This study adds to a growing body of research on the narrowing digital divide gap among U.S. immigrants. Immigrants rely on the Internet to transition and integrate into U.S. society.
Three Essays on the Italian Labour Market: The Measurement of Unemployment, The Determinants of Registration at the Public Employment Agencies, and The Gap between Subjective and Objective Position of Immigrants
Creators: name: KSEBI, ILHAM
Publisher: name: Universit� degli studi di Genova
Year: 2020

description: The first chapter of this dissertation addresses the measurement of unemployment in the Italian regional context. Specifically, retrieving data from Tuscany, we compare the picture of unemployment that emerges by exploring official data and administrative records over the period after the burst of the Great Recession. Consistently with previous findings, we find that registered unemployment is higher, more persistent and more concentrated on women than its official measure. Nevertheless, we show that the cyclical behaviour of registered job seekers is similar to the one of official job seekers. Moreover, we provide a way to reconcile the two measures of unemployment. Thereafter, we develop a model that provides a rationale for the coexistence of official and registered job seekers and we explore how it reacts to productivity shocks and its policy implications. Finally, we offer some insights
about the desirability of an integrated use of these data.
The second chapter investigates some issues related to the measure of unemployment by using microdata from the Italian labour force survey. First, by cross-checking registered individuals in public employment agencies and official unemployment, I show that only 50% of the formers are unemployed according to official criteria. Moreover, I analyse some of the reasons that lie behind the heterogeneity between official and registered unemployment with a special focus on the determinants of the decision to register in public employment agency to search for work. By using a probability model, I show that the eligibility for unemployment benefits and the participation to vocational training programs substantially affect the decision to register.
Finally, the third chapter investigates the matter of that immigrant population report relatively higher levels of perceived income and job satisfaction even though their situation in the labour market tends to be worse than that of natives. The investigation is in two steps using a large sample of workers from the Italian Labour Force Survey. First, the determinants of objective labour market position and subjective work perceptions are assessed separately, particularly from the perspective of gender and migration status but also taking into account other personal characteristics of workers and labour market variables. Second, this paper estimates the gap between subjective work perceptions and objective work status, breaking it down by various dimensions. Results indicate that female immigrants and immigrants from developing countries report higher income and job satisfaction than natives when considering the actual job position.
Lestes macrostigma Eversmann 1836
Creators: name: Cowley, J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1940
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Odonata
Lestidae
Lestes
Lestes macrostigma

description: Lestes macrostigma (Eversmann, 1836). Lestes macrostigma Selys, 1887, Ann. SOC. ent. Belg. 31:42 . CORFU; TINOS. Strobl, 1906, Mitt. naturw. Ver. Steierm. 42:251. TINOS.
description: Published as part of Cowley, J., 1940, A list of the Odonata of the islands of the western Mediterranean area., pp. 172-178 in Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London 9 on page 174, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3525044
Faire levier sur les architectures logicielles pour guider et vérifier le développement d'applications SCC
Creators: name: Cassou, Damien
name: Consel, Charles
name: Balland, Emilie
name: Lawall, Julia
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Programming Languages (cs.PL)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: A software architecture describes the structure of a computing system by specifying software components and their interactions. Mapping a software architecture to an implementation is a well known challenge. A key element of this mapping is the architecture's description of the data and control-flow interactions between components. The characterization of these interactions can be rather abstract or very concrete, providing more or less implementation guidance, programming support, and static verification. In this paper, we explore one point in the design space between abstract and concrete component interaction specifications. We introduce a notion of interaction contract that expresses allowed interactions between components, describing both data and control-flow constraints. This declaration is part of the architecture description, allows generation of extensive programming support, and enables various verifications. We instantiate our approach in an architecture description language for Sense/Compute/Control applications, and describe associated compilation and verification strategies.
Aerosol type analysis with single wavelength, dual polarization elastic LIDAR
Creators: name: Cottle, Paul Wesley
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2016

description: Aerosols play an important role in many atmospheric processes but their highly heterogeneous nature makes them difficult to study. Thus, new advancements in the field frequently focus on finding ways to more accurately determine more information about aerosols as they occur. LIght Detection And Ranging (LIDAR) systems have become an important tool in the study of aerosols because they can provide high resolution vertical profiles of quantities of interest (including aerosol concentrations, temperature, and wind speed, among others) over several kilometres of altitude. But on the other hand, the data can be ambiguous or difficult to correctly interpret and LIDAR systems can be costly and usually require a great deal of technical expertise to maintain and operate. In recent years, technological developments in lasers and detectors have led to the development of relatively inexpensive LIDAR systems that are robust and simple to operate, but to date these single-wavelength elastic LIDARs have provided only basic analysis products, such as determining the heights of clouds or qualitative monitoring of aerosol layers. There is a need for more extensive analyses using these simpler LIDARs. To this end, an algorithm has been developed that employs ground-based, single-wavelength elastic LIDAR to create high resolution maps of aerosol and cloud types as well as backscatter and extinction coefficients. Applications for maps such as these include studies of long-range transport of aerosols, air quality within the planetary boundary layer, cloud-aerosol interactions, and visibility. Algorithms similar to this have been developed in the past, but they have required either multi-wavelength LIDAR systems or have stopped short of differentiating between aerosol and cloud types. This algorithm also includes a novel utilization of depolarization ratio profiles for sub-layer discrimination. Thus far, the algorithm has been applied to limited number of cases, resulting in a high degree of uncertainty compared to some more complex systems. The algorithm is thus merely a first step, and further refinements are suggested as a way to continue to improve its performance.
Lestes sponsa Hansemann 1823
Creators: name: Cowley, J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1940
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Odonata
Lestidae
Lestes
Lestes sponsa

description: Lestes sponsa (Hansemann, 1823). ? Lestes nympha Cecconi, 1895, Boll. SOC. ent. ital. 27:195. CRETE: Canea. Lestes sponsa Pongracz, 1911, Ann. hist.-nat. Mus. hung. 9:325. CRETE: Canea. Cecconi’s record of L. nympha probably refers to sponsa and not to dryas, of which nympha is a synonym.
description: Published as part of Cowley, J., 1940, A list of the Odonata of the islands of the western Mediterranean area., pp. 172-178 in Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London 9 on page 174, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3525044
Wave-function-based approach to quasiparticle bands: new insight into the electronic structure of c-ZnS
Creators: name: Stoyanova, A.
name: Hozoi, L.
name: Fulde, P.
name: Stoll, H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Ab initio wave-function-based methods are employed for the study of quasiparticle energy bands of zinc-blende ZnS, with focus on the Zn 3d "semicore" states. The relative energies of these states with respect to the top of the S 3p valence bands appear to be poorly described as compared to experimental values not only within the local density approximation (LDA), but also when many-body corrections within the GW approximation are applied to the LDA or LDA+U mean-field solutions [T. Miyake, P. Zhang, M. L. Cohen, and S. G. Louie, Phys. Rev. B 74, 245213 (2006)]. In the present study, we show that for the accurate description of the Zn 3d states a correlation treatment based on wave function methods is needed. Our study rests on a local Hamiltonian approach which rigorously describes the short-range polarization and charge redistribution effects around an extra hole or electron placed into the valence respective conduction bands of semiconductors and insulators. The method also facilitates the computation of electron correlation effects beyond relaxation and polarization. The electron correlation treatment is performed on finite clusters cut off the infinite system. The formalism makes use of localized Wannier functions and embedding potentials derived explicitly from prior periodic Hartree-Fock calculations. The on-site and nearest-neighbor charge relaxation lead to corrections of several eV to the Hartree-Fock band energies and gap. Corrections due to long-range polarization are of the order of 1.0 eV. The dispersion of the Hartree-Fock bands is only little affected by electron correlations. We find the Zn 3d "semicore" states to lie about 9.0 eV below the top of the S 3p valence bands, in very good agreement with values from valence-band x-ray photoemission.
description: 44 pages, 8 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. B