cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Assessment of Risky Sexual Behaviour for HIV/AIDS among Male Daily Laborers in Kombolcha Town, South Wollo Zone, Amhara National Regional State, North East Ethiopia
Creators: name: Belay, Endris
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2007

description: Different studies in Africa and elsewhere show that the epidemiology of HIV/AIDS is highly related to the process of migration. In most sub-Saharan African countries mobility and HIV/AIDS are linked to heterosexual transmission; fueled by rampant STDs, multiple and commercial sexual relations, low condom use, poor access to health services and other sociocultural & economic factors related to population movement. In Ethiopia, though various researches have been made to assess the sexual behaviors of different population groups, still there is lack of studies that address the sexual behaviors of transient rural migrants. This cross-sectional survey conducted from May to June 2006, tried to investigate the magnitude and determinants of risky sexual behaviors for HIV/AIDS among male migrant daily laborers in Kombolcha town, North east Ethiopia. A total of 420 daily laborers with a response rate of 99.5% for the quantitative and 36 discussants for the qualitative part participated in the study. More than a third (36.2%) of daily laborers was found to be currently sexually active. Among the currently sexually active respondents, 43.4% and 55.9% admitted practicing sex with multiple sexual partners and commercial sex workers respectively. Having multiple sexual partners was positively associated with longer duration of stay in the town [AOR (95% CI) = 2.34(1.04, 5.27) and chewing khat 2.30(1.02, 5.16) . Whereas practicing sex with commercial sex workers was associated with longer duration of stay in the town [AOR (95% CI) = 2.33(1.06, 5.13)], drinking alcohols 2.60(1.12, 6.02)] and chewing khat 4.16(1.46, 11.8)]. Although 57.9% of the currently sexually active respondents had experience of condom use during their stay in the town, only 34.9% were consistent users. Better educational level [AOR (95% CI) = 2.88(1.05, 7.94), not drinking alcohols 2.57(1.10, 6.00), full time accessibility of condom 3.22(1.18, 8.82) and self HIV/AIDS risk perception 3.58(1.29, 9.98)] were factors associated with consistent condom use. In conclusion, the prevalence of high risk sexual behaviors among the study population was high. There was a gap between knowledge on HIV/AIDS and sexual behavior of respondents. Therefore, urgent health education program that aimed at bringing behavioral change (BCC) should be planned and implemented by giving more emphasis on the identified risky sexual behaviors.
Les Chamites selon Gen 10,6-10 et 1 Chr 1,8-16
Creators: name: Lipiński, Edward
Publisher: name: Zeitschrift für Althebraistik
Year: 1970

description: Zeitschrift für Althebraistik, Bd. 5 Nr. 2 (1992): Zeitschrift für Althebraistik, Band 5, Heft 2
แนวคิดท่าอากาศยานสำหรับคนทั้งมวล: ความเท่าเทียมในการเดินทางทางอากาศ
Creators: name: พาริส หงษ์สกุล
Publisher: name: Mae Fah Luang University
Year: 2022
Subjects: ท่าอากาศยาน
คนทั้งมวล
ความเท่าเทียม
การเดินทางทางอากาศ
Airport
For all
Equality
Air travel

description: CONNEXION Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 11, 2, Article ID: 261340
C$\cdot$ASE: Learning Conditional Adversarial Skill Embeddings for Physics-based Characters
Creators: name: Dou, Zhiyang
name: Chen, Xuelin
name: Fan, Qingnan
name: Komura, Taku
name: Wang, Wenping
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Graphics (cs.GR)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We present C$\cdot$ASE, an efficient and effective framework that learns conditional Adversarial Skill Embeddings for physics-based characters. Our physically simulated character can learn a diverse repertoire of skills while providing controllability in the form of direct manipulation of the skills to be performed. C$\cdot$ASE divides the heterogeneous skill motions into distinct subsets containing homogeneous samples for training a low-level conditional model to learn conditional behavior distribution. The skill-conditioned imitation learning naturally offers explicit control over the character's skills after training. The training course incorporates the focal skill sampling, skeletal residual forces, and element-wise feature masking to balance diverse skills of varying complexities, mitigate dynamics mismatch to master agile motions and capture more general behavior characteristics, respectively. Once trained, the conditional model can produce highly diverse and realistic skills, outperforming state-of-the-art models, and can be repurposed in various downstream tasks. In particular, the explicit skill control handle allows a high-level policy or user to direct the character with desired skill specifications, which we demonstrate is advantageous for interactive character animation.
description: SIGGRAPH Asia 2023
Friends' groups : community conservation in action
Creators: name: Tytherleigh, Andrew.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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Les Chamites selon Gen 10,6-20 et 1 Chr 1,8-16
Creators: name: Lipiński, Edward
Publisher: name: Zeitschrift für Althebraistik
Year: 1970

description: Zeitschrift für Althebraistik, Bd. 5 Nr. 2 (1992): Zeitschrift für Althebraistik, Band 5, Heft 2
Überlegungen zum System der Stammesmodifikationen im klassischen Hebräisch
Creators: name: Hoftijzer, Jacob
Publisher: name: Zeitschrift für Althebraistik
Year: 1970

description: Zeitschrift für Althebraistik, Bd. 5 Nr. 2 (1992): Zeitschrift für Althebraistik, Band 5, Heft 2
Dokumentation über Neuveröffentlichungen aus den Qumranfunden [III]
Creators: name: Lichtenberger, Hermann
Publisher: name: Zeitschrift für Althebraistik
Year: 1970

description: Zeitschrift für Althebraistik, Bd. 5 Nr. 1 (1992): Zeitschrift für Althebraistik, Band 5, Heft 1
Prevalence and Determinants of Tuberculous Infection in children in bale Region
Creators: name: Ibrahim, Adem
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 1989

description: The determination of the pre v~ len ce of tuberculoslS inf ection ,I i thin age groups and the relation of lnfection to factors under study , i,e., , previous BeG vaccination, raw milk consumption, and ·intimate exposure to cattle VJere evaluated in a c ross-sect l cna l community-based t ubercu lin skin test survey, and case-control analysis of the re13tion of infectlon to the factors unde r- study in Mendeyo Awraja, Ba 'le region (south-east Etniopia) 1 in chi ldren 6 months to ~5 years at age. A su rvey consisting of an interview, exami nati orl of BeG scar on the ri ght shoulder , and tuberculin skin testing and re a::.nng io-Jas conductea en 1892 children, ldentified by systematic househo ld survey from ten randoml y se lected peasant Yl1 lages in Mendeyo Awraja. Out of the total 1892 children surveyed 1002 (53%) were males and 890 (47%) were females . 1028 (54.3%) had a BeG scar and 864 (45.7%) had no BeG scar ; the prevalence of tubercul osis infection in these groups was 1 'I .8% and 15.3% respect i ve 1 y • The overall prevalence of tUberculosis infection 1'i3S 13.4%. The mean age of the surveyed children \'Ias 6 years . Preva lence of i nfeet i on was low ; n infants and chi 1 dren under 5 years of age and increases \·Jith age , being high in 12 to 15 years old. There vJas a signl f icant as socia tion between infect i on and previo us no n-BeG vacc inat ion, and intimate exposure to catt le, as determined by ch i square statistics (p < .05). There was no significant associat ion between I'n.f,e c +.... l'0 n and raw cow'~ mi l k co nsump~ ion (p > . 05). The average alillU(l.L risk of infec1;ion as cRJ.cul ateci. fro31 the results of the study in non-vaccl:1atect Gill J.drcn '':is 2.73%. Incidence of smear-posi ti ve pulmonary tuber culosis cases was r:.alcvlated to be about 387 cases per 290,000 population (the settled awraja' s population I . The study ha.s enabled us to determine the annual risk of infection and incidence of smear- positive pulmonary t uberculosis cases iL the community (awraja). "
Notes on non-singular models of black holes
Creators: name: Frolov, Valeri P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discuss static spherically symmetric metrics which represent non-singular black holes in four- and higher-dimensional spacetime. We impose a set of restrictions, such as a regularity of the metric at the center $r=0$ and Schwarzschild asymptotic behavior at large $r$. We assume that the metric besides mass $M$ contains an additional parameter $\ell$, which determines the scale where modification of the solution of the Einstein equations becomes significant. We require that the modified metric obeys the limiting curvature condition, that is its curvature is uniformly restricted by the value $\sim \ell^{-2}$. We also make a "more technical" assumption that the metric coefficients are rational functions of $r$. In particular, the invariant $(\nabla r)^2$ has the form $P_n(r)/\tilde{P}_n(r)$, where $P_n$ and $\tilde{P}_n$ are polynomials of the order of $n$. We discuss first the case of four dimensions. We show that when $n\le 2$ such a metric cannot describe a non-singular black hole. For $n=3$ we find a suitable metric, which besides $M$ and $\ell$ contains a dimensionless numerical parameter. When this parameter vanishes the obtained metric coincides with Hayward's one. The characteristic property of such spacetimes is $-ξ^2=(\nabla r)^2$, where $ξ^2$ is a time-like at infinity Killing vector. We describe a possible generalization of a non-singular black-hole metric to the case when this equality is violated. We also obtain a metric for a charged non-singular black hole obeying similar restrictions as the neutral one, and construct higher dimensional models of neutral and charged black holes.
description: 11 pages 8 figures
title: Prevention of preterm birth in women with prior cervical excision
Creators: name: Platt, Faye
Publisher: name: University of Liverpool Repository
Year: 2021

description: Background: Women with previous cervical surgery are at an increased risk of preterm birth (PTB) and this risk is present in all pregnancies thereafter. PTB remains the leading cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality. Interventions to prevent preterm birth are vaginal cerclage, vaginal progesterone and the Arabin pessary, indicated in women with cervical surgery with a mid-trimester cervical length <25mm between 16-24 weeks of gestation. It is unknown which intervention has the greatest efficacy in preventing PTB in this cohort. Methods: This thesis systematically reviewed the literature surrounding the management of women with a previous LLETZ or knife cone biopsy. We performed searches within Scopus, Pubmed and Cinahl databases to identify any observational studies or randomised controlled trials comparing either progesterone, vaginal cerclage or Arabin pessary to a control or comparator group. Two independent review authors screened papers for inclusion and assessed risk of bias, cases of uncertainty were discussed with a third review author. The GRADE approach was used for quality assessment. A retrospective cohort study was conducted of all women with prior cervical surgery attending the specialist PTB prevention clinic at Liverpool Women’s hospital between 2008-2020. Exclusions were made for women presenting more than once within the study period, missing data, transabdominal cerclage, radical trachelectomy and laser procedures. Data were analysed using univariable and multivariable generalised linear models in R (Version 3). Separate models were performed for women with and without a previous spontaneous preterm birth. Results: We identified 6 studies eligible for inclusion in the systematic review. There was insufficient evidence to draw conclusions for progesterone or pessary. Studies demonstrated no evidence to support the use of cerclage in women with previous cervical surgery. Our cohort study identified 441 patients for analysis, which demonstrated no statistically significant association between vaginal cerclage or Arabin pessary and gestation time. Progesterone was associated with a decrease in gestation time (Est -3.15 (1.059); p-value 0.004) in women with a previous sPTB. Conclusion: The systematic review yielded no studies comparing the efficacy of cerclage, pessary and progesterone to one another. Studies of cerclage found no additional benefit of its use in women with previous cervical surgery. These findings are supported by the findings of the retrospective cohort study. Vaginal cerclage, vaginal progesterone and the Arabin pessary, that are effective in other high-risk cohorts, do not present the same efficacy in women with previous cervical surgery.
The Hospitality Stakeholders' Perception toward Industry and Education Relationship: Strategies for Effective
Creators: name: Kulrisa Srisangkaew
Publisher: name: Mae Fah Luang University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Hospitality Employability Competencies
Hospitality Stakeholders
Hospitality Education

description: CONNEXION Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 11, 2, Article ID: 261437
มโนทัศน์การเมืองอิสลามในอัลกุรอาน
Creators: name: สามารถ ทองเฝือ
Publisher: name: Mae Fah Luang University
Year: 2022
Subjects: การเมือง
อิสลาม
อัลกุรอาน
Politics
Islam
Quran

description: CONNEXION Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 11, 2, Article ID: 261660
Optimization of Novel Feature Extraction for Foot Strike Pattern Recognition
Creators: name: Ponglert Sangkaphet
name: Wanida Kanarkard
name: Wiroj Taweepworadej
name: Tientanopajai, Kitt
name: Kittipong Pengsri
Publisher: name: Silpakorn University Research Innovation and Creativity Administration Office
Year: 2022
Subjects: foot strike pattern recognition
machine learning
smart wireless wearable sensor system

description: Science, Engineering and Health Studies, 16, , 22020007
An Operating Model Design of Medical Agile Non Invasive Data Governance (MANI-DG)
Creators: name: Tiwaporn Innun
name: Sotarat Thammaboosadee
name: Bordin Sapsomboon
Publisher: name: Silpakorn University Research Innovation and Creativity Administration Office
Year: 2022
Subjects: data governance
noninvasive data governance
agile
healthcare

description: Science, Engineering and Health Studies, 16, , 22020008
Bug Reports Identification using Multiclassification Method
Creators: name: Jantima Polpinij
name: Khanista Namee
name: Bancha Luaphol
Publisher: name: Silpakorn University Research Innovation and Creativity Administration Office
Year: 2022
Subjects: bug reports
multiclassification
supervised learning algorithms
natural language processing
Firefox
Bugzilla

description: Science, Engineering and Health Studies, 16, , 22020009
Bibliographische Dokumentation
Creators: name: Lichtenberger, Hermann
name: Breder, Wilhelm
name: Doherty, Timothy J. G.
name: Brauer, Bernd M.
Publisher: name: Zeitschrift für Althebraistik
Year: 1970

description: Zeitschrift für Althebraistik, Bd. 5 Nr. 1 (1992): Zeitschrift für Althebraistik, Band 5, Heft 1
Wide-Dynamic-Range Cantilever Magnetometry Using a Fiber-Optic Interferometer and its Application to High-frequency Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy
Creators: name: Takahashi, Hideyuki
name: Okamoto, Tsubasa
name: Ohmichi, Eiji
name: Ohta, Hitoshi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a method of broadening the dynamic range of optical interferometric detection of cantilever displacement. The key idea of this system is to use a wavelength-tunable laser source. The wavelength is subject to proportional-integral control, which is used to keep the cavity detuning constant during a measurement. Under this control, the change in wavelength is proportional to the cantilever displacement. Using this technique, we can measure large displacements ($>1\ \mathrm{μm}$) without degradation of sensitivity. We apply this technique to high-frequency electron spin resonance spectroscopy and succeed in removing an irregular background signal that arises from the constantly varying sensitivity of the interferometer.
Homogeneous Yang-Baxter deformations as non-abelian duals of the AdS_5 sigma-model
Creators: name: Hoare, B.
name: Tseytlin, A. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We propose that the Yang-Baxter deformation of the symmetric space sigma-model parameterized by an r-matrix solving the homogeneous (classical) Yang-Baxter equation is equivalent to the non-abelian dual of the undeformed model with respect to a subgroup determined by the structure of the r-matrix. We explicitly demonstrate this on numerous examples in the case of the AdS_5 sigma-model. The same should also be true for the full AdS_5 x S^5 supercoset model, providing an explanation for and generalizing several recent observations relating homogeneous Yang-Baxter deformations based on non-abelian r-matrices to the undeformed AdS_5 x S^5 model by a combination of T-dualities and non-linear coordinate redefinitions. This also includes the special case of deformations based on abelian r-matrices, which correspond to TsT transformations: they are equivalent to non-abelian duals of the original model with respect to a central extension of abelian subalgebras.
description: 28 pages; v2: comments and references added; v3: 29 pages, typos corrected and reference added
Centre "Informatique et Bible" (CIB-Maredsous): Repository, Archives, Data Base, What Else?
Creators: name: Poswick, R.-Ferdinand
Publisher: name: Zeitschrift für Althebraistik
Year: 1970

description: Zeitschrift für Althebraistik, Bd. 5 Nr. 1 (1992): Zeitschrift für Althebraistik, Band 5, Heft 1
"Health risk perceptions and environmental decision-making : -the dioxins dilemma"
Creators: name: Taylor, Edwin Roscoe.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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Supplementary Data from The oldest semi-aquatic beaver in the world and a new hypothesis for the evolution of locomotion in Castoridae
Creators: name: Calede, Jonathan J. M.
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 40308 Palaeontology (incl. Palynology)
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences

description: The North American rodent fossil record includes hundreds of species representing both an incredible taxonomic diversity and great ecological disparity. Although it is during the Oligocene that taxonomic diversity first peaks, it is not until the Miocene, almost 10 Myr later, that many ecologies, particularly locomotory ecologies, are recorded. Here, I present a new Oligocene-aged species of beaver from Montana, Microtheriomys articulaquaticus sp. nov., which represents the oldest semi-aquatic rodent in North America and the oldest amphibious beaver in the world, pushing the advent of semi-aquatic ecology in beavers by 7 Myr. I also provide morphological data supporting a terrestrial ecology for the sister taxon to Castoridae. Together with existing data, these findings lead to a new hypothesis for the evolutionary ecology of castorids whereby swimming was exapted from burrowing during the Oligocene. This evolution of semi-aquatic locomotion may have taken place in North America instead of Eurasia. It started in small beavers with gigantism achieved only much later. Indeed, body size evolution in castoroids follows a directional drift. Beavers obey Cope's rule, a selection for larger size over time that appears associated with semi-aquatic ecology and may well explain their low modern diversity.
Seat belt utilization among public transport drivers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: an in-side vehicle observational study
Creators: name: Takele, Semegnew
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2017

description: Background: Proper seat belt wearing can significantly save lives and reduce the risk of serious injury during road traffic crashes. In Ethiopia, an increasing vehicle crash fatalities and injuries is one of health challenges for the 21th century though it has road traffic laws including seat belt use since 2011. Commercial public transport vehicles, especially taxi/mini buses and public transport buses usually prone to traffic crashes. The country seat belt use laws obligate drivers to utilize seat belt while driving and the well known drivers' seat belt use estimate and enforcement seem to be high although it has a proper seat belt utilization estimate and enforcement gap. The reliable estimate and enforcement of proper seat belt usage is confirmed by an in-side vehicle observation aimed at reducing the burden of severe injuries and fatalities from traffic crashes. Objective: This study examined proper safety seat belt utilization and factors associated with utilization of seat belt among drivers of public transport vehicles in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted to assess safety seat belt wearing status and factors associated with safety seat belt utilization among drivers of public transport vehicles using an in-side vehicle observational approach in Addis Ababa city, Ethiopia, in February, 2017. We observed 600 vehicles at 20 observation sites after we prepared observational cheklists and protocols and the collected data was analyzed using SPSS version 21.0. Multivariate logistic regression model was used to identify variables for driver utilization of proper seat belt and to test which variables had statistically significant association with it at p-value < 0.05. Results: The prevalence of driver proper safety seat belt utilization among public transport drivers observed in-side vehicles in February, 2017 in Addis Ababa was 47.5% with 95% CI=43.3, 51.3. The multivariate analysis revealed that khat chewing drivers with AOR=2.41(1.04, 5.60, p<0.05), drivers engaged in driving distraction activities with AOR=2.93 (2.08, 4.13, p<0.001) and vehicle type (city public transport bus drivers) with AOR=1.66(1.09, 2.52, p<0.05) were more likely associated with driver none proper safety seat belt utilization. Conclusion: Proper seat belt use among public transport vehicle drivers was very low (47.5%) and less than the well known high seat belt use reports. Khat chewer, distraction engaged and public transport bus drivers were more likely to not use proper seat belt. Thus, educating drivers and high visibility enforcement are important to promote proper seat belt utilization and ultimately to save lives and to reduce severe traffic accidents during crashes.
The common wombat in eastern Victoria : : the value of surveys in problem wildlife management
Creators: name: Leighty, Robin L.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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Chern-Simons modified gravity and closed time-like curves
Creators: name: Porfirio, P. J.
name: Fonseca-Neto, J. B.
name: Nascimento, J. R.
name: Petrov, A. Yu.
name: Ricardo, J.
name: Santos, A. F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We verify the consistency of the Gödel-type solutions within the four-dimensional Chern-Simons modified gravity with the non-dynamical Chern-Simons coefficient, for different forms of matter including dust, fluid, scalar field and electromagnetic field, and the related causality issues. Unlike the general relativity, the vacuum solution turns out to be possible in our theory. Another essentially new result of our theory having no analogue in the general relativity consists in the existence of the hyperbolic causal solutions for the physically well-motivated matter.
description: 16 pages, version accepted to PRD
Study of galaxies in the Lynx-Cancer void. VI. HI-observations with the Nancay Radio Telescope
Creators: name: Pustilnik, S. A.
name: Martin, J. -M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Context. Void population consists mainly of late-type and low surface brightness (LSB) dwarf galaxies whose atomic hydrogen is the main component of their baryonic matter. Therefore, observations of void galaxy HI are mandatory in order to understand their evolution and dynamics. Aims. Our aim was to obtain integrated HI parameters for a fainter part of the nearby Lynx-Cancer void galaxy sample (total of 45 objects) with the Nancay Radio Telescope (NRT) and to conduct the comparative analysis of all the 103 void galaxies with known HI data with a sample of similar galaxies residing in denser environments of the Local Volume. Methods. For HI observations we used the NRT with its sensitive antenna/receiver system FORT and standard processing. The comparison of the void and control samples on the parameter M(HI)/L_B is conducted with the non-parametric method `The 2x2 Contingency Table test'. Results. We obtained new HI data for about 40% of the Lynx-Cancer galaxy sample. Along with data from the literature, we use these new data for further analysis of 103 void objects. The proxy of the evolutional parameter M(HI)/L_B of the void sample is compared with that of 82 galaxies of morphological types 8--10 residing in the Local Volume (LV) groups and aggregates. Conclusions. At the confidence level of P = 0.988, we conclude that for the same luminosity, these void galaxies are systematically gas-richer, on average by ~39%. This result is consistent with the authors' earlier conclusion on the smaller gas metallicities and evidence for the slower low-mass galaxy evolution in voids.
description: 12 pages, 5 figures, 3 tables, A&A, in press
Biocide usage and associated social, economic and political issues, in the Upper Yarra Catchment
Creators: name: Van Leeuwen, John .
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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Prompt atmospheric neutrino fluxes: perturbative QCD models and nuclear effects
Creators: name: Bhattacharya, Atri
name: Enberg, Rikard
name: Jeong, Yu Seon
name: Kim, C. S.
name: Reno, Mary Hall
name: Sarcevic, Ina
name: Stasto, Anna
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We evaluate the prompt atmospheric neutrino flux at high energies using three different frameworks for calculating the heavy quark production cross section in QCD: NLO perturbative QCD, $k_T$ factorization including low-$x$ resummation, and the dipole model including parton saturation. We use QCD parameters, the value for the charm quark mass and the range for the factorization and renormalization scales that provide the best description of the total charm cross section measured at fixed target experiments, at RHIC and at LHC. Using these parameters we calculate differential cross sections for charm and bottom production and compare with the latest data on forward charm meson production from LHCb at $7$ TeV and at $13$ TeV, finding good agreement with the data. In addition, we investigate the role of nuclear shadowing by including nuclear parton distribution functions (PDF) for the target air nucleus using two different nuclear PDF schemes. Depending on the scheme used, we find the reduction of the flux due to nuclear effects varies from $10\%$ to $50 \%$ at the highest energies. Finally, we compare our results with the IceCube limit on the prompt neutrino flux, which is already providing valuable information about some of the QCD models.
description: 61 pages, 25 figures, 11 tables
Design and evaluation of bi-layered floating capsules based on gas formation
Creators: name: Napatporn Boonyanupap
name: Satit Puttipipatkhachorn
name: Nattawut Charoenthai
name: Srisagul Sungthongjeen
Publisher: name: Silpakorn University Research Innovation and Creativity Administration Office
Year: 2022
Subjects: double coated floating capsules
floating abilities
sustained drug release
coating
gas producing layer

description: Science, Engineering and Health Studies, 16, , 22050020
Magnitude and Associated Factors of Unmet Need for Family Planning Among Married Women of Rural Sude Woreda, Arsi Zone, Oromia Region
Creators: name: Kebede, Wubishet
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2010

description: Back ground: Although there is an increased contraceptive prevalence rate over a time and many organizations involved on family planning programs, results from different studies indicated that high unmet needs exist for family planning in Ethiopia. How ever, studies on magnitude and determinants of unmet need for family planning in Ethiopia are limited to certain urban areas and couldn't be generlizible to the rural communities. Therefore, this study identified the magnitude and associated factors of unmet need for family planning specifically among rural women of selected woreda and could be used for designing and monitoring the family planning programs. Objective: To assess the situation of family planning among currently married women of rural Sude Woreda, Arsi zone, Oromia Region. Methodology: Community based cross-sectional study design was used from March to April, 2010. Multi stage sampling technique was used. Primarily, simple random sampling technique was used to select four kebeles from 37 rural kebeles of selected woreda. By using systematic sampling technique 820 Households were selected at every fixed number of households. Only one respondent who met inclusion criteria was interviewed from each household. Focused Group Discussion and key informant interview was done to strength qualitative data. The data was analyzed by using Epi-info and SPSS. Results: Unmet need for family planning was found to be 16.5%, of which 8.6 % and 7.9 % were for spacing and limiting, respectively. Only age was found to be significantly associated with unmet need for limiting [AOR: 2.41, 95%CI: (1.083, 5.368)]. Conclusions: Generally, the current study indicated that the contraceptive prevalence among currently married reproductive age women was higher than that of national and oromia. High proportion of women who want to use methods for limiting birth, were found to be using injectables and pills, due to un availability of long term and permanent methods of contraceptives
Implementation of transmission functions for an optimized three-terminal quantum dot heat engine
Creators: name: Schiegg, Christian H.
name: Dzierzawa, Michael
name: Eckern, Ulrich
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider two modifications of a recently proposed three-terminal quantum dot heat engine. First, we investigate the necessity of the thermalization assumption, namely that electrons are always thermalized by inelastic processes when traveling across the cavity where the heat is supplied. Second, we analyze various arrangements of tunneling-coupled quantum dots in order to implement a transmission function that is superior to the Lorentzian transmission function of a single quantum dot. We show that the maximum power of the heat engine can be improved by about a factor of two, even for a small number of dots, by choosing an optimal structure.
description: 17 pages, 12 figures
Soils and erosion forms in the St. Kitts Creek catchment
Creators: name: Paton, Mark.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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Occupational Health Risk Assessment of Municipal Solid Waste Incinerator Workers
Creators: name: Patsiri Srivieng
name: Pensri Watchalayann
name: Warawut Suadee
Publisher: name: Silpakorn University Research Innovation and Creativity Administration Office
Year: 2022
Subjects: municipal solid waste incinerators
heavy metals
dioxins and furans
occupational health risk assessment
workers

description: Science, Engineering and Health Studies, 16, , 22050021
Incremental Blockwise Beam Search for Simultaneous Speech Translation with Controllable Quality-Latency Tradeoff
Creators: name: Polák, Peter
name: Yan, Brian
name: Watanabe, Shinji
name: Waibel, Alex
name: Bojar, Ondřej
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: Sound (cs.SD)
subject: Audio and Speech Processing (eess.AS)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: Blockwise self-attentional encoder models have recently emerged as one promising end-to-end approach to simultaneous speech translation. These models employ a blockwise beam search with hypothesis reliability scoring to determine when to wait for more input speech before translating further. However, this method maintains multiple hypotheses until the entire speech input is consumed -- this scheme cannot directly show a single \textit{incremental} translation to users. Further, this method lacks mechanisms for \textit{controlling} the quality vs. latency tradeoff. We propose a modified incremental blockwise beam search incorporating local agreement or hold-$n$ policies for quality-latency control. We apply our framework to models trained for online or offline translation and demonstrate that both types can be effectively used in online mode. Experimental results on MuST-C show 0.6-3.6 BLEU improvement without changing latency or 0.8-1.4 s latency improvement without changing quality.
description: Accepted at INTERSPEECH 2023
Development of the Antarctic Environmental Attitudes (AEA) instrument
Creators: name: Quilligan, Helen.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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Electronic structure of buried LaNiO3 layers in (111)-oriented LaNiO3/LaMnO3 superlattices probed by soft x-ray ARPES
Creators: name: Bruno, F. Y.
name: Gibert, M.
name: Walker, S. McKeown
name: Peil, O. E.
name: de la Torre, A.
name: Riccò, S.
name: Wang, Z.
name: Catalano, S.
name: Tamai, A.
name: Bisti, F.
name: Strocov, V. N.
name: Triscone, J-M
name: Baumberger, F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Taking advantage of the large electron escape depth of soft x-ray angle resolved photoemission spectroscopy we report electronic structure measurements of (111)-oriented [LaNiO3/LaMnO3] superlattices and LaNiO3 epitaxial films. For thin films we observe a 3D Fermi surface with an electron pocket at the Brillouin zone center and hole pockets at the zone vertices. Superlattices with thick nickelate layers present a similar electronic structure. However, as the thickness of the LaNiO3 is reduced the superlattices become insulating. These heterostructures do not show a marked redistribution of spectral weight in momentum space but exhibit a pseudogap of 50 meV.
LesbiaNews, Vol. 01, No. 08 (December/January, 2002)
Creators: name: Connections, Victoria Lesbian Community
Publisher: name: University of Victoria Libraries
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Sex discrimination against women
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1114376
subject: Feminism
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/922671
subject: Women's rights
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1178818
subject: Lesbianism
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/996514
subject: Women
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1176568
subject: Women--Legal status, laws, etc.
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1176824
subject: Lesbians
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/996540
subject: Women--Social conditions
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1176947
subject: Women--Economic conditions
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1176665

description: Lesbianews was established as a newsletter in 1989 to provide a public and safe forum for lesbian communication and exploration in poetry, short fiction and non-fiction. The title changed several times over the years and includes Ellenews, LNews, Lavender Rhinoceros, and Outviews.
Τα στάδια της πνευματικής ζωής κατά τον άγιο Ισίδωρο Πηλουσιώτη
Creators: name: Μωυσίδου, Ελεάννα Γ.
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2023
Subjects: Ισίδωρος Πηλουσιώτης
Πνευματική ζωή
Παιδαγωγία του χριστιανού
Βυζαντινή Λογοτεχνία
Εκκλησιαστική Ιστορία
Χριστιανική Γραμματεία
Isidore of Pelusium
Spiritual life
Pedagogy of the Christian
Byzantine literature
Church History
Christian literature

description: Η παρούσα διδακτορική διατριβή έχει ως σκοπό τη συστηματική καταγραφή της διδασκαλίας του αγίου Ισιδώρου του Πηλουσιώτη σχετικά με τα στάδια της πνευματικής ζωής του ανθρώπου στην πορεία του προς τον Θεό. Για τον σκοπό αυτό μελετήσαμε το έργο του αγίου και επιχειρήσαμε να συστηματοποιήσουμε τη θεολογική του σκέψη, όπως αυτή αποτυπώνεται μέσα στις 2000 επιστολές του. Αρχικά εξετάσαμε βασικές πτυχές της ανθρωπολογίας του αγίου και στη συνέχεια τις αντιλήψεις του για την παθολογία του ανθρώπου. Μέσα από τη διδασκαλία του για τη θεραπεία των παθών και τη μεταβολή τους στις αντίστοιχες αρετές γίνεται φανερό πώς ο άνθρωπος θα περάσει από την κάθαρση στον φωτισμό, για να οδηγηθεί στην ένωση με τον Θεό. Πρόκειται για έναν αγώνα διαρκή και δύσκολο. Ο άγιος παρομοιάζει την προοδευτική αυτή πορεία προς τον Θεό με μια ανοδική κλίμακα, όπου ο άνθρωπος έχει πάντοτε την βοήθεια της θείας Χάρης, εάν βέβαια το επιθυμήσει. Έτσι, αν και η παράβαση του προπάτορος στάθηκε η αιτία της πτώσης του ανθρώπου, δίνεται η δυνατότητα στον άνθρωπο να δικαιωθεί και να καταξιωθεί μπροστά στον Θεό, και τελικά, να γίνει θεός κατά χάρη, πραγματοποιώντας το αρχικό σχέδιο του Θεού, ο Οποίος τον έπλασε κατ’ εικόνα και καθ’ ομοίωση.
description: The purpose of this doctoral thesis is the systematic recording of the teaching of Saint Isidore of Pelusium regarding the stages of man's spiritual life on his path to God. For this purpose, we studied the work of the saint and tried to systematize his theological thought, as it is reflected in his 2000 letters. We first examined basic aspects of the saint's anthropology and then his perceptions of human pathology. Through his teaching on the healing of passions and their transformation into the corresponding virtues, it becomes clear that man will pass from purification to illumination, to be led to union with God. It is a long and difficult struggle. The saint likens this progressive path towards God to an ascending ladder, where man always has the help of divine grace, if he so desires. Thus, although the transgression of the forefather was the cause of man's fall, man is given the opportunity to be justified and to be honored before God, and finally, to become a god by grace, fulfilling the original plan of God, Who created him in His own image and likeness.
The Occurrence and Determinants of Motor Vehicle Injuries in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Creators: name: Dessie, Tadele
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 1989

description: Thi s is a study of hospital treated motor vehicle injuries occurring in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Injuries are described in terms of their circumstance, type, and consequence. Drivers causing injury and their vehicles were compared with randomly selected control drivers in order to identify important driver and vehicle determinants of injury. The investigation was carried out between August 21, 1988 and November 12, 1988. During the twelve week period of study, 1050 hospital treated injuries were identified, for an overall incidence density of 279.4 per 100, 000 person years . The mortality rate was 17.6 per 100,000 population per year and these fatalities accounted for an estimated 11,154 years of potential life lost before age 65. The annual vehicle inflicted in j ury incidence density rate was 94.6 injuries per 1,000 cars registered. The majori ty (90.6%) of the inj ured were pedestrians and 48.9% were between 11 and 30 years of age. The commonest body parts affected was multiple parts (43.6%), the extremities (26.5%) and the head (22 .0% ). The most frequent type of injuries were lacerati ons (42 .1. %) and fractures (14. 9%). Driver characteristics placing an individual at increased risk of inflicting injury were male gender, under age 25 with less than 5 years driving expe riences, and being privately employed with a taxi or small bus drivers licence. Elevated risks were also found for the following motor vehicle v characteristics; buses , taxis, private ownership, and less than 5 years on the road. the prediction of Based upon a multiple regression ana l ys is for motor ve hi cle in juries, the most important predi ctions in order of their strength of assoc iation were found to be; motor vehicle age, drivers age, drivers gender and moto r vehicle type. This study has documented the high motor vehicle morbidity and mortality rates occurring, male populati on of Addis Ababa . in particular, among the young Several d rive r and vehicle determinants of this important public hea lth problem have been identified,and recommend ations have been g iven for the planning of future preventive programs, safegurding and educating the road user
Non-linear diffusion of cosmic rays escaping from supernova remnants - I. The effect of neutrals
Creators: name: Nava, Lara
name: Gabici, Stefano
name: Marcowith, Alexandre
name: Morlino, Giovanni
name: Ptuskin, Vladimir S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Supernova remnants are believed to be the main sources of galactic Cosmic Rays (CR). Within this framework, particles are accelerated at supernova remnant shocks and then released in the interstellar medium. The mechanism through which CRs are released and the way in which they propagate still remain open issues. The main difficulty is the high non-linearity of the problem: CRs themselves excite the magnetic turbulence that confines them close to their sources. We solve numerically the coupled differential equations describing the evolution in space and time of the escaping particles and of the waves generated through the CR streaming instability. The warm ionized and warm neutral phases of the interstellar medium are considered. These phases occupy the largest fraction of the disc volume, where most supernovae explode, and are characterised by the significant presence of neutral particles. The friction between those neutrals and ions results in a very effective wave damping mechanism. It is found that streaming instability affects the propagation of CRs even in the presence of ion-neutral friction. The diffusion coefficient can be suppressed by more than a factor of $\sim 2$ over a region of few tens of pc around the remnant. The suppression increases for smaller distances. The propagation of $\approx 10$ GeV particles is affected for several tens of kiloyears after escape, while $\approx 1$ TeV particles are affected for few kiloyears. This might have a great impact on the interpretation of gamma-ray observations of molecular clouds located in the vicinity of supernova remnants.
description: Revised to match the version published in MNRAS
Victoria Voice of Women (September 30, 1983)
Creators: name: Voice Of Women (Association)
Publisher: name: University of Victoria Libraries
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Women--Societies and clubs
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1176970
subject: Women--Economic conditions
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1176665
subject: Women--Legal status, laws, etc.
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1176824
subject: Women and war
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1177123
subject: Nuclear disarmament
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1039933
subject: Women's rights
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1178818
subject: Women--Social conditions
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1176947
subject: Sex discrimination against women
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1114376
subject: Feminism
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/922671

description: The newsletter of the Victoria chapter of Voice of Women. VOW is a women's organization founded in 1960 as a feminist group committed using a feminist approach to advocate for the abolition of nuclear weapons. Over the years, it has undertaken many initiatives to amplify women's voices in the pursuit of peace including the abolition of war and the promotion of non-violent means of conflict resolution, social justice and sustainability.
Participation in theories of development : transcending the dominant model
Creators: name: Holmes, Douglas.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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Victoria Voice of Women (April 10, 1971)
Creators: name: Voice Of Women (Association)
Publisher: name: University of Victoria Libraries
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Women--Social conditions
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1176947
subject: Women's rights
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1178818
subject: Nuclear disarmament
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1039933
subject: Sex discrimination against women
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1114376
subject: Feminism
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/922671
subject: Women--Economic conditions
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1176665
subject: Women--Legal status, laws, etc.
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1176824
subject: Women--Societies and clubs
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1176970
subject: Women and war
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1177123

description: The newsletter of the Victoria chapter of Voice of Women. VOW is a women's organization founded in 1960 as a feminist group committed using a feminist approach to advocate for the abolition of nuclear weapons. Over the years, it has undertaken many initiatives to amplify women's voices in the pursuit of peace including the abolition of war and the promotion of non-violent means of conflict resolution, social justice and sustainability.