cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Comment on "On the Crooks fluctuation theorem and the Jarzynski equality" [J. Chem. Phys. 129, 091101 (2008)]
Creators: name: Adib, Artur B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: It has recently been argued that a self-consistency condition involving the Jarzynski equality (JE) and the Crooks fluctuation theorem (CFT) is violated for a simple Brownian process [L. Y. Chen, J. Chem. Phys. 129, 091101 (2008)]. This note adopts the definitions in the original formulation of the JE and CFT and demonstrates the contrary.
description: 2 pages
Natural resource capability and user characteristics as an integrated basis for outdoor recreation planning : a case study of Galiano Island.
Creators: name: Foster, Lawrence Victor
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: In the field of outdoor recreation, the problem of increasing user demand for the use of a limited supply of available and appropriate resources is becoming of growing concern. Furthermore, numerous studies have illustrated that excessive use of recreational resources can cause degradation of the physical resource base and result in decreased user enjoyment of the recreation experience. These conditions indicate the need for effective evaluation and allocation of the supply of recreational resources. This will provide for a sustained optimal flow of recreation benefits, and minimization of degradation of resource quality. The major premise of the thesis submits that for purposes of outdoor recreation planning for Galiano Island an integrated approach to natural resource evaluation, based on an ecological framework and incorporating consideration of the activity and user characteristics, can be utilized to optimize resource utility and derived user satisfaction. The methodology of the study include four phases; synthesis of present techniques of natural resource evaluation, identification of the characteristics of the physiographic constituents of the resource base which influence recreational use, assessment of the activity participation and preferences of selected referent recreationist groups, and integration of these elements into a comprehensive approach to outdoor recreation analysis. The natural resource base of Galiano Island, in the British Columbia Gulf Islands, and the recreationists utilizing the island for cottaging, camping and boating activities are selected for the case study. The analysis of the resource base indicates that spatial differentiation on the island, on the basis of physiographic characteristics, provides a good means by which to allocate the selected activities. The data provided by the user groups serves to indicate the nature and scope of activities which provide for optimal enjoyment of the recreation experience. On the basis of the findings, a suggested development scheme for Galiano Island is prepared. The results of the study illustrate that an integrated approach to outdoor recreation planning, incorporating resource, activity and user characteristics, can provide a means by which to enhance and protect outdoor recreation values of the resource base and the recreationists alike.
title: Long-term (1987-2013) dynamics in the winter zooplankton size distribution and species composition obtained from a so far unconsidered data series taken in the southern North Sea
Creators: name: Dudeck, Tim
name: Rohlf, Norbert
name: Möllmann, Christian
name: Hufnagl, Marc
Publisher: name: ASC 2014 - Theme session M
Year: 2023
Subjects: Ecosystem observation, processes and dynamics
Pressures, impacts, conservation, and management

description: No abstracts are to be cited without prior reference to the author. Zooplankton forms the key linkage between primary production and upper trophic levels. The energy flow through zooplankton strongly depends on size as often relatively fixed predator-prey size relations can be observed. Understanding the factors that influence secondary production are therefore crucial for understanding marine ecosystem functioning, foodweb dynamics and energy flows. Here we present a timeseries suitable for describing zooplankton dynamics (size-spectra and species composition) spanning the period from 1987 to 2013, taken from the eastern English Channel during winter. Samples were analysed using the Zooscan, giving accurate size measurements to estimate normalised biomass size spectra. The size spectra of copepods show a decline in mean size over the years, especially of smaller copepod genera. Larger size classes were dominated by shrimp and chaetognaths, whereas smaller classes mainly included copepods and zoea larvae. The obtained data and observed changes in the dominance- and size-patterns over time were discussed in the light of environmental drivers like temperature, salinity and inflow events. Future investigations will use these findings to initiate numerical models of energy flow from algae through zooplankton towards higher trophic levels like fish.
Electromagnetic Momentum in Dispersive Dielectric Media
Creators: name: Bradshaw, Douglas H.
name: Shi, Zhimin
name: Boyd, Robert W.
name: Milonni, Peter W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: When the effects of dispersion are included, neither the Abraham nor the Minkowski expression for electromagnetic momentum in a dielectric medium gives the correct recoil momentum for absorbers or emitters of radiation. The total momentum density associated with a field in a dielectric medium has three contributions: (i) the Abraham momentum density of the field, (ii) the momentum density associated with the Abraham force, and (iii) a momentum density arising from the dispersive part of the response of the medium to the field, the latter having a form evidently first derived by D.F. Nelson [Phys. Rev. A 44, 3985 (1991)]. All three contributions are required for momentum conservation in the recoil of an absorber or emitter in a dielectric medium. We consider the momentum exchanged and the force on a polarizable particle (e.g., an atom or a small dielectric sphere) in a host dielectric when a pulse of light is incident upon it, including the dispersion of the dielectric medium as well as a dispersive component in the response of the particle to the field. The force can be greatly increased in slow-light dielectric media.
description: 9 pages. To be published by Optics Communications
Versions of the Gothic in Margaret Atwood's fiction
Creators: name: Friesen, Gail Frances
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: This thesis discusses chronologically, the adaptation and transformation of the Gothic in four of Margaret Atwood's novels, namely Surfacing, Lady Oracle, Bodily Harm and The Handmaid's Tale. Atwood's versions of the gothic run the gamut from serious to comical but even while parodying the conventions of the gothic, and exposing the 'perils of gothic thinking', Atwood never loses sight of the underlying seriousness of the subject. While there are elements of the female gothic experience throughout the four novels, each presents a specific gothic focus. Atwood concentrates on the psychological victimisation of the individual in Surfacing and Lady Oracle, but on the more literal victimisation by society in Bodily Harm and The Handmaid's Tale. The heroines who are psychologically imprisoned within a negative self image in the first two novels are literally imprisoned in the later novels. And whereas the heroines of Surfacing and Lady Oracle transform the ordinary world into a gothic one through the power of the imagination, the heroines of Bodily Harm and The Handmaid's Tale are subjected to the much more horrifying reality of political oppression. Atwood's exploration of the complex issue of victimisation illustrates a basic ambivalence towards the gothic, for while it might be one of the best ways of embodying female fears, it is ultimately a destructive model. Essential to Atwood's discussion is the question of complicity. In varying degrees, Atwood's heroines are responsible for their predicaments. There are echoes of Atwood's ideas about Canadian identity in her heroines ‚ÄövÑvÆ an identity shaped by the dominating landscape. The early heroine of Surfacing, cold, detached, motherless and searching, is transformed through the novels that follow into a stronger, more resilient and determined figure.
title: Sechs-Monats-Ergebnisse nach der Implantation von PreserFlo-MicroShunt bei Patienten mit Pseudoexfoliationsglaukom
Creators: name: Kontopoulou, Kalliopi
name: Fili, S.
name: Vastardis, I.
name: Perdikakis, G.
name: Kohlhaas, M.
Publisher: name: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 610 Medical sciences; Medicine

description: Hintergrund: Das PreserFlo-Implantat ist ein minimalinvasiver Glaukom-MicroShunt der unter der Bindehaut und der Tenon-Kapsel ein posteriores Filterkissen bildet und als eine Alternative zur Trabekulektomie betrachtet werden könnte. Das Ziel dieser Studie ist, die Sicherheit und die Effektivität[zum vollständigen Text gelangen Sie über die oben angegebene URL]
description: 183. Versammlung des Vereins Rheinisch-Westfälischer Augenärzte
Quantum Hall effect in a high-mobility two-dimensional electron gas on the surface of a cylinder
Creators: name: Friedland, K. -J.
name: Siddiki, A.
name: Hey, R.
name: Kostial, H.
name: Riedel, A.
name: Maude, D. K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The quantum Hall effect is investigated in a high-mobility two-dimensional electron gas on the surface of a cylinder. The novel topology leads to a spatially varying filling factor along the current path. The resulting inhomogeneous current-density distribution gives rise to additional features in the magneto-transport, such as resistance asymmetry and modified longitudinal resistances. We experimentally demonstrate that the asymmetry relations satisfied in the integer filling factor regime are valid also in the transition regime to non-integer filling factors, thereby suggesting a more general form of these asymmetry relations. A model is developed based on the screening theory of the integer quantum Hall effect that allows the self-consistent calculation of the local electron density and thereby the local current density including the current along incompressible stripes. The model, which also includes the so-called `static skin effect' to account for the current density distribution in the compressible regions, is capable of explaining the main experimental observations. Due to the existence of an incompressible-compressible transition in the bulk, the system behaves always metal-like in contrast to the conventional Landauer-Buettiker description, in which the bulk remains completely insulating throughout the quantized Hall plateau regime.
The social dimension of the European Union : implications for strategic international human resource management in Australian multinational enterprises
Creators: name: De Cieri, Helen
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: The development of the European Union (EU) has provided a forum for the attention of social scientists, political analysts, economists, and management researchers and practitioners over the past few decades. It has been argued that developments in the social dimension of the EU will hold significance for multinational enterprises (MNEs) (Blanpain & Engels, 1993; Brewster & Hegewisch, 1994). The growth of the European Union as a significant player in world markets has particular significance for Australian MNEs, as the EU is Australia's largest economic partner in terms of total transactions in goods, services and investment (Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, 1994a). Hence, the implications of the social dimension of the EU for Australian MNEs provide the context of this thesis. The two broad themes for this thesis are policy analysis and theory development. First, policy analysis involves investigation of the environment, including Australia and the EU Member States (at national level), and the EU (at supra-national level). MNEs form the central unit of analysis in this thesis. The research approach is aimed to permit contextualization of the findings, particularly with regard to strategic international human resource management (SIHRM) (Schuler, Dowling & De Cieri, 1993) in Australian MNEs operating in the EU. Second, this thesis aims to operationalize an integrative approach to theoretical advancement in SEHRM. In order to analyse the development of SMIRK a conceptual integrative framework developed by Schuler et al. (1993) is examined. The thesis charts the development of the field of SIHRM, recognising that it is a relatively new area of enquiry and practical significance for MNEs. Four major research questions were identified for investigation. In addition, 16 research propositions generated by Schuler et al. (1993) were selected for investigation in this thesis. The research methodology utilised in this thesis incorporates questionnaire surveys and organizational case studies to analyse quantitative and qualitative data on SEHRM issues, functions, policies and practices of Australian MNEs operating in the EU. Data collection consists of three major components. First, a pilot study was conducted in a large MINE operating in the EU, in order to identify major SEHRM themes and issues in the EU context. Second, questionnaire surveys were conducted in December of 1992 and 1994 to investigate the role of S1HRM in Australian MNEs operating in the EU. Third, a major organizational case study was analysed. The discussion and analysis of the thesis findings leads to conclusions with respect to the implications of the social dimension of the EU for HERM in Australian MNEs. This research holds a range of implications relevant to policy analysis and development, theory development, research methodology, and STHRM practice. A revision of the integrative framework of SIHRM is presented.
title: Effects of rebuilding cod size structure in a warmer Barents Sea
Creators: name: Bogstad, Bjarte
name: Devine, Jennifer A.
Publisher: name: ASC 2014 - Theme session M
Year: 2023
Subjects: Ecosystem observation, processes and dynamics
Pressures, impacts, conservation, and management

description: No abstracts are to be cited without prior reference to the author. The call for this theme session postulates that reduction of individual body size of marine organisms may result from warming temperatures and/or fishing. Northeast Arctic cod in the Barents Sea, currently the world’s largest cod stock, does apparently provide a counterexample. A considerable increase has recently been observed both in total stock size, mean size of fish in the stock and the catch and spatial distribution, as well as in the temperature in the area (Kjesbu et al. 2014). This increase in stock size is due to both sound fisheries management and favorable climatic conditions.
Stability of the Einstein static universe in modified theories of gravity
Creators: name: Boehmer, Christian G.
name: Hollenstein, Lukas
name: Lobo, Francisco S. N.
name: Seahra, Sanjeev S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a brief overview of the stability analysis of the Einstein static universe in various modified theories of gravity, like f(R) gravity, Gauss-Bonnet or f(G) gravity, and Horava-Lifshitz gravity.
description: 3 pages, submitted to the Proceedings of the Twelfth Marcel Grossmann Meeting on General Relativity
Variation in health care use in Australia : demand vs. supply of services?
Creators: name: Farrell, F. Hiong
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: This study raises serious questions with respect to equity and quality of health care in Australia. It attempted to explain the variation in referral rates by general practitioners as a function of respondents' socioeconomic and health characteristics by adopting Andersen's behavioural model of health care utilisation to the Australian context. The study was conducted in three stages. The supply factor - the ratios of health personnel and facilities to population - was dropped from the analyses at Stages 1 and 2 because it was not feasible to obtain these data. Stage 1, using a subset of the National Health Survey 1989/90 data (NHS89/90), examined the factors that determine GP consultation and referral rates at the individual level. Logistic regression analysis findings showed that Andersen's model was better at explaining the probability of consulting a GP than the probability of being referred to other health care services. Results showed that the model correctly predicted 68% of respondents as to whether or not they saw a doctor. This prediction compared to predicting 55% of respondents as to whether or not they were referred to other health care services. Since the characteristics stipulated by Andersen's model were found to contribute to predicting utilisation rates (GP consultation and referral rates) these same variables were used in Stage 2. This stage, using the total sample from the NHS89/90 data, examined variation in referral rates at the aggregate level for the 47 health regions in Australia. Path analysis was used to examine the variance accounted for by these characteristics. The full set of independent variables accounted for 43% of the variance in the referral rates, suggesting that one or more predictor variables might have been excluded from the model. In light of the remaining variance to be explained and literature suggesting the importance of the supply factor a preliminary exploration of its possible contribution was conducted in Stage 3. For this, the two health regions with the highest and the lowest referral rates were compared with respect to the availability of doctors, specialists, x-ray and pathological services. Findings supported the importance of the supply factor. In the region with the highest referral rates, there was a considerable concentration of doctors, specialists and services compared to the region with the lowest referral rates. While the design of the study does not allow one to determine whether the supply factors \drive\" these different rates the findings do raise important questions for further research. In particular research should focus on access and health outcomes. Individual specialist services should be carefully studied as these too can have important cost and health implications."
title: Weltweit erste Bochumer Einjahresergebnisse des minimalinvasiven Beacon-Aqueous-Microshunts mit externer Drainage des Kammerwassers direkt in den Tränenfilm bei refraktärem Glaukom
Creators: name: Kersten-Gomez, Inga
name: Elling, M.
name: Schultz, T.
name: Winner, E.
name: Dick, H.B.
Publisher: name: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 610 Medical sciences; Medicine

description: Hintergrund: Erste weltweite Evaluation der Sicherheit und Effizienz des minimalinvasiven Glaukom-Implantates Beacon-Aqueous-Microshunt von MicrOptx mit externer Drainage des Kammerwassers direkt nach außen auf die Augenoberfläche. Methoden: Monozentrische, prospektive Machbarkeitsstudie[zum vollständigen Text gelangen Sie über die oben angegebene URL]
description: 183. Versammlung des Vereins Rheinisch-Westfälischer Augenärzte
Kepler Project Document: KSCI-19110 Planet Detection Metrics: Pixel-Level Transit Injection Tests of Pipeline Detection Efficiency for DR25
Creators: name: Kepler Project
Publisher: name: IPAC
Year: 2021

description: This document describes the results of the fourth pixel-level transit injection experiment, which was designed to measure the detection efficiency of both the Kepler pipeline and the Robovetter. This dataset or service is made available by the NASA Exoplanet Science Institute at IPAC, which is operated by the California Institute of Technology under contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
MPEC 2024-S102 : 2024 SE2
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: 2024 SE2

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Majorana Fermion Induced Resonant Andreev Reflection
Creators: name: Law, K. T.
name: Lee, Patrick A.
name: Ng, T. K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We describe experimental signatures of Majorana fermion edge states, which form at the interface between a superconductor and the surface of a topological insulator. If a lead couples to the Majorana fermions through electron tunneling, the Majorana fermions induce \textit{resonant} Andreev reflections from the lead to the grounded superconductor. The linear tunneling conductance is $0 $ ($2 e^2/h$) if there is an even (odd) number of vortices in the superconductor. Similar resonance occurs for tunneling into the zero mode in the vortex core. We also study the current and noise of a two-lead device.
description: 4 pages, 3 figures. Discussion on STM tunneling into the Majorana zero mode in the vortex core is added
Produktivitetsvinster i Danmark
Creators: name: Johansson, Pernilla
Publisher: name: Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University
Year: 2015

description: En fast förbindelse mellan Helsingborg och Helsingör kan innebära produktivitetsvinster i miljardklassen för Danmark. När infrastruktur sammanför två regioner är det vedertaget att den mindre regionen har mest att vinna. Denna rapport visar att också Danmark kan dra nytta av en ny fast Öresundsförbindelse. För det första förbättrar HH-förbindelsen tillgängligheten i Öresundsregionen genom att ett nytt område kommer närmare Danmark. Ur ett danskt perspektiv innebär det att företag i Köpenhamn har tillgång till cirka 110 000 fler arbetstagare inom en restid på 60 minuter medan företag i Helsingör når cirka 305 000 fler arbetstagare. Produktivitetseffekten av att människor och företag kommer närmare varandra, så kallad agglomeration, skattas i denna analys till 11 miljarder kronor för Danmark. Det innebär att den är lika stor som motsvarande effekt av Stora Bältbron. De största effekterna uppstår i tjänstebranscherna där interaktion är en viktig faktor. Beräkningarna visar att vinsterna är som störst för Nordsjälland men att de även är betydande i Köpenhamnsområdet. För det andra ger tidsvinster för danska företag som använder förbindelsen produktivitets-effekter. Dessa uppskattas till cirka 5 miljarder kronor. En fast förbindelse innebär för det tredje en möjlighet för verksamheter att avsätta produkter på en större marknad vilket dessutom ökar konkurrensen. Ett förenklat räkneexempel indikerar att denna effekt kan uppgå till 10 miljarder. Sammantaget visar studien att produktivitetsvinsterna i Danmark av en fast HH-förbindelse kan uppgå till cirka 26 miljarder kronor i nuvärdestermer. Eftersom finansiella analyser visar att förbindelsen kan finansieras med kassaflödet från trafikavgifter kan de beräknade produktivitetsvinsterna ses som bonusvinster av att anlägga förbindelsen.
description: Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University, Vol. 1 No. 1 (2015): Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University
title: Viskokanaloplastik ab interno mit dem Visco-360/Omni-Instrument – Bis-zu-42-Monatsergebnisse
Creators: name: Ondrejka, Simon
name: Körber, N.
Publisher: name: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 610 Medical sciences; Medicine

description: Hintergrund: Die Viskokanaloplastik ist ein nicht filtrierendes glaukomchirurgisches Verfahren. Ihre Wirkungsweise liegt in der Aufdehnung der Abflußeinheit Schlemmscher Kanal, Trabekelmaschenwerk und sklerale Kollektorgefäße. Bei der Ab-Interno-Methode werden diese Schritte von der Vorderkammer[zum vollständigen Text gelangen Sie über die oben angegebene URL]
description: 183. Versammlung des Vereins Rheinisch-Westfälischer Augenärzte
Ethnic art and ritual in the negotiation of identity : the social role of bark-cloth in Vatulele Island, Fiji
Creators: name: Ewins, RH
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: Bark-cloth is the traditional art of the women of Vatulele. Though many Fijian artforms have declined or disappeared, Vatulele's production of bark-cloth has increased steadily for over forty years. Its commercialisation as a tourist souvenir has been widely credited for this, but it is shown here that while this did initially stimulate production, today it accounts for a relatively small proportion of output, most remaining within the indigenous domain. A survey of the literature on tourism fails to produce credible explanations for why this is occurring, and this thesis seeks answers in the continuing indigenous social role of bark-cloth. First at a theoretical level, and then in relation to Fiji and Vatulele, the social role of art is argued both semiotically and historically to relate to intentionally embedded and inscribed meaning. Today, bark-cloth's greatest importance is as ritual art ‚ÄövÑvÆ as symbolic paraphernalia, vestments, and as an official valuable in the inter-group goods presentations fundamental to Fijian ritual. Ritual is therefore also examined both theoretically and from empirical Vatulele data. It is shown to also be increasing, both in Vatulele and the wider Fijian community, and much of the increased bark-cloth production is to supply this ritual. However, it is argued that the underlying demand relates to the role both art and ritual play in constructing, maintaining, and negotiating changes in social identity. Social identity is defined here in terms of the constantly evolving inter-relationship of the group's history, collective bonds, solidarity, and norms. In small, face-to-face societies, these structures are clearly defined, yet susceptible to rapid change and erosion. The evolution of Vatulelean identity is explored, and the impact of the external forces of colonialism, capitalism, tourism and the communications explosion are analysed. In mobilising their traditional mechanisms such as art and ritual, Fijians are argued to be attempting to maintain steerage of their identity, community solidarity, and social norms in times of increasingly rapid change. It is shown that, in addition to exchanging it ritually, Vatuleleans had long traded their bark-cloth as a commodity. This positioned them well to capitalise on the emergent tourist market, and subsequently the burgeoning indigenous market, resulting in considerable prosperity. But on the case made here, the demand is less a cultural revitalisation than an attempt to mitigate increasing social and cultural stress. That may be a dubious foundation for longterm security.
title: Neufassung der Besonderen Ordnung über den Zugang und die Zulassung für den konsekutiven Masterstudiengang „Biologie" der Fakultät für Lebenswissenschaften an der Technischen Universität Braunschweig
Creators: name: :None
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Braunschweig, Fakultät 2
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Ordnung
subject: 379

description: Hochschulöffentliche Bekanntmachungen der Technischen Universität Braunschweig, vol. 1589
Cosmic e^\pm, \bar p, γand neutrino rays in leptocentric dark matter models
Creators: name: Bi, Xiao-Jun
name: He, Xiao-Gang
name: Ma, Ernest
name: Zhang, Juan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Dark matter annihilation is one of the leading explanations for the recently observed $e^\pm$ excesses in cosmic rays by PAMELA, ATIC, FERMI-LAT and HESS. Any dark matter annihilation model proposed to explain these data must also explain the fact that PAMELA data show excesses only in $e^\pm$ spectrum but not in anti-proton. It is interesting to ask whether the annihilation mode into anti-proton is completely disallowed or only suppressed at low energies. Most models proposed have negligible anti-protons in all energy ranges. We show that the leptocentric $U(1)_{B-3L_i}$ dark matter model can explain the $e^\pm$ excesses with suppressed anti-proton mode at low energies, but at higher energies there are sizable anti-proton excesses. Near future data from PAMELA and AMS can provide crucial test for this type of models. Cosmic $γ$ ray data can further rule out some of the models. We also show that this model has interesting cosmic neutrino signatures.
description: Latex 20 pages and five figures. References added
title: Contrasting patterns in fish size spectra across geographic and bathymetric gradients: an Atlantic - Mediterranean comparison
Creators: name: Hidalgo, Manuel
name: Quetglas, Antoni
name: Delgado, Marina
name: Esteban, Antonio
name: de Sola, Luis Gil
name: Ordines, Francesc
name: Rueda, Lucia
name: Punzón, Antonio
name: Massutí, Enric
Publisher: name: ASC 2014 - Theme session M
Year: 2023
Subjects: Ecosystem observation, processes and dynamics
Pressures, impacts, conservation, and management

description: No abstracts are to be cited without prior reference to the author. Size spectra of fish communities are among the most robust size-based metrics to assess potential effects of fishing on the marine communities and ecosystems. However, it is still challenge to evaluate how the relative contribution of size-selective removal of predators and the release of preys affect size-spectra at temporal and spatial scale. In addition, few studies focus on the relevance of the spatial variance of the slope, rather than mean values, as an indicator of the spatial heterogeneity of the community. We use information of trawl surveys to compare five contrasting ecosystems around Spain, two in the Atlantic (Galician-Cantabric Sea and Gulf of Cadiz) and three in the Mediterranean (Alboran Sea, Balearic Islands, and north-eastern Iberian Peninsula). For each ecosystem, we calculate spatial and temporal variation of the mean slope of size spectra and its coefficient of variation, which were compared with the relative biomass of preys and predators to assess the relevance of drivers shaping both strength of the slope and its variability. Due to the sharp bathymetric gradient all over the studied systems that delineates different fish communities, we analyse separately the inner shelf, the middle shelf, the shelf edge and the middle slope to investigate potential contrasting responses of size-spectra indicators of different communities. Results evidence contrasting patterns in the size-spectra, as well as in the relative contribution of the drivers, across geographic and bathymetric gradients. We discuss potential causes and consequences of the observed patterns, taking into account the context-dependent characteristics of each ecosystem.
A Cognitive Analysis of Truck Drivers’ Right-hand Turns
Creators: name: Sieker, Tobias G.
name: Skulason, Thorgeir G.
name: Sletting, Kristian
name: Trolle, Trine K.
name: Hammershøi, Dorte
Publisher: name: Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University
Year: 2015

description: This paper presents an investigation of truck drivers' performance during right-hand turns performed in intersections with traffic lights in order to elicit the truck drivers' domain, decision-making processes, and the strategies used while executing the turns. To gain knowledge about this, a truck driving instructor was interviewed, and four truck drivers were observed and interviewed. This resulted in a cognitive work analysis with the phases work domain analysis, control task analysis and strategies analysis. Through this study it is indi- cated that many different types of information are sought using several brief glances in mirrors, and the results shows how the front and near-zone mirrors were never used by the participants during the observed right-hand turns. Controlling the vehicle was found to be mainly automatic, whereas their focus is on the orientation about surroundings. Lastly, the drivers' behavior is discussed in relation to change blindness, confirmation bias and schemes.
description: Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University, Vol. 1 No. 1 (2015): Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University
Exploring the Robustness of the Natural Language Inference Capabilties of T5
Creators: name: Grötzinger, Dennis
Publisher: name: Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
Year: 2021

description: Large language models like T5 perform excellently on various NLI benchmarks. However, it has been shown that even small changes in the structure of these tasks can significantly reduce accuracy. I build upon this insight and explore how robust the NLI skills of T5 are in three scenarios. First, I show that T5 is robust to some variations in the MNLI pattern, while others degenerate performance significantly. Second, I observe that some other patterns that T5 was trained on can be substituted for the MNLI pattern and still achieve good results. Third, I demonstrate that the MNLI pattern translate well to other NLI datasets, even improving accuracy by 13% in the case of RTE. All things considered, I conclude that the robustness of the NLI skills of T5 really depend on which alterations are applied.
title: Frühzeitergebnisse und Effizienz nach Fadenkanaloplastik und Fadenkanaloplastik mit Phako/HKL mittels Onalene – Polypropylene Faden ohne Viskodilatation
Creators: name: Vastardis, Iraklis
name: Fili, S.
name: Perdikakis, G.
name: Kontopoulou, K.
name: Gatzioufas, Z.
name: Kohlhaas, M.
Publisher: name: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 610 Medical sciences; Medicine

description: Hintergrund: Berichterstattung über die Wirksamkeit der Ab-Externo-Kanalplastik durch ausschließliche Verwendung nur einer nicht resorbierbaren Naht als eigenständige Operation oder in Kombination mit einer Phakoemulsifikation in Bezug auf den Mittelwert des Augeninnendrucks und die Reduktion[zum vollständigen Text gelangen Sie über die oben angegebene URL]
description: 183. Versammlung des Vereins Rheinisch-Westfälischer Augenärzte
Screening and Fabrication of Half-Heusler phases for thermoelectric applications
Creators: name: Wunderlich, Wilfried
name: Motoyama, Yuichiro
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Half-Heusler phases have gained recently much interest as thermoelectric materials. Screening of possible systems was performed by ab-initio simulation using VASP-software. The energy-versus-Volume (E(V)) curves were calculated and calibrated. For TiCoSb, NbNiSn, FeMoSb the stability of Half-Heusler phase against concurrent crystal structures like TiNiSi, ZrCoAl, ZrBeSi, FeSiV, ZrNiP and Full Heusler was confirmed. However, the thermo-dynamical driving force as calculated from the difference in lattice energies is less than 0.1eV/atom. Hence, the fabrication of Half Heusler phases is a challenge and requires three steps, surface activation of the raw material by ball milling, arc-melting of pressed pellets and finally long-term annealing treatment in a vacuum furnace. On doped TiCoSb specimens, Seebeck coefficients up to 0.1 mV/K, on NiNbSn 0.16 mV/K were measured, although the microstructure was not yet optimized.
description: 6 pages, 5 figures, 2 tables
title: Postoperative Ergebnisse und Verlaufsbeobachtung nach DMEK
Creators: name: Armeni, Zaira Eleni
name: Fili, S.
name: Perdikakis, G.
name: Kohlhaas, M.
Publisher: name: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 610 Medical sciences; Medicine

description: Hintergrund: In den letzten Jahren hat die DMEK („Descemet Membran-Endothel-Keratoplastik“) zunehmend an Bedeutung gewonnen und mittlerweile die perforierende Keratoplastik als Behandlung der endothelialen Erkrankungen ersetzt. Bei der DMEK wird nur die hintere Lamelle (Descemet-Membran[zum vollständigen Text gelangen Sie über die oben angegebene URL]
description: 183. Versammlung des Vereins Rheinisch-Westfälischer Augenärzte
Hvem er det, der gentagne gange kører spirituskørsel, og hvor udbredt er recidivisme i Danmark?
Creators: name: Møller, Mette
name: Haustein, Sonja
name: Prato, Carlo G.
Publisher: name: Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University
Year: 2015

description: Spirituskørsel er stadig et af de største problemer for trafiksikkerheden. 15 % af alle personskadeuheld i Danmark er spiritusuheld, og 25 % af alle trafikdræbte dør i en spiritusulykke. Personer, der gentagne gange kører spirituskørsel, kaldes recidivister. Formålet med denne undersøgelse var at afdække, hvor udbredt fænomenet er i Danmark, om recidivister adskiller sig fra andre trafikanter mht. sociodemografiske faktorer, og om recidivister har øget risiko for at blive involveret i et færdselsuheld. Undersøgelsen er baseret på data fra Danmarks Statistik for perioden 2008-2012 og omfatter alle personer i alderen 18 år eller ældre, i alt 4.260.306 personer. Ved hjælp af chi-square tests og t-tests blev ligheder og forskelle mht. demografiske faktorer analyseret. Logistisk regression blev benyttet til at se, om demografiske faktorer kunne forudsige, hvilke personer der med størst sandsynlighed ville blive recidivister indenfor en femårsperiode. Undersøgelsen viste, at 17 % af dem, der fik en dom for spirituskørsel i 2008, fik mindst én dom til indenfor fem år. Af disse fik 12 % deres anden dom for spirituskørsel inden for samme år. Med hensyn til uheldsrisiko havde recidivister en højere forekomst af uheld med høje promiller. Samlet tyder undersøgelsen på, at recidivisme i højere grad forekommer blandt mænd og blandt personer, der befinder sig i en mindre gunstig socioøkonomisk livssituation, hvor de bor alene, har lav indkomst, ringe uddannelse og øget involvering i lovovertrædelser. Undersøgelsen tyder endvidere på, at omstændighederne omkring spirituskørsel er forskellige for mænd og kvinder, men giver ingen indsigt i, om det at blive taget for spirituskørsel bidrager til at igangsætte en marginaliseringsproces, eller om spirituskørslen sker som led i en eksisterende marginaliseret samfundsmæssig position.
description: Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University, Vol. 1 No. 1 (2015): Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University
Sikkerhed på elcykel: Trafikantfaktorer og trafiksituationer
Creators: name: Haustein, Sonja
name: Møller, Mette
Publisher: name: Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University
Year: 2015

description: På baggrund af stigende brug af elcykler og begrænset viden om elcykelsikkerhed blev der gennemført en internetbaseret undersøgelse blandt elcyklister (n=618). Undersøgelsen havde to formål: For det første at belyse, hvilken betydning personlige karakteristika som demografiske faktorer, cykelerfaring, holdning til elcykling og kørestil på elcykel har for elcyklisters oplevelse af farlige situationer og/eller ulykker og subjektiv sikkerhed. For det andet at få et mere indgående kendskab til konkrete farlige situationer og faktiske ulykker med elcykel. Overordnet viste undersøgelsen, at 29 % af deltagerne én eller flere gange havde oplevet en farlig situation og/eller en ulykke på elcykel. Regressionsanalyser viste, at elcyklisternes holdning og kørestil var de vigtigste faktorer både for oplevelse af farlige situationer og den subjektive sikkerhed: Personer, der kørte hurtigere og oplevede, at elcykling var sjovt, følte sig mere trygge og var med større sandsynlighed involveret i farlige situationer og/eller ulykker. Derimod følte personer, der kørte på samme måde, uanset hvilken cykel de kørte på, en højere subjektiv sikkerhed og var med mindre sandsynlighed involveret i farlige situationer. Mht. alder var der især sammenhæng mellem subjektiv sikkerhed og bestemte farlige situationer, fx problemer pga. elcyklens høje vægt. Den hyppigste farlige situation, der blev beskrevet, var, at medtrafikanter undervurderer elcyklens hastighed. Fra et forebyggelsesperspektiv er det derfor vigtigt, at trafikanter, især bilister, bliver mere opmærksomme på, at nogle cyklister kører hurtigere end forventet, fordi de kører på en elcykel ,og/eller at elcykler lettere kan identificeres på afstand. Samlet tyder undersøgelsen på, at trafikantfaktorer har større betydning for elcyklisters objektive risiko og subjektive sikkerhed end faktorer vedrørende selve elcyklen. Undersøgelsen viser dog samtidig, at der er behov for større viden om sammenhængen mellem trafikantfaktorer, trafikantadfærd, objektiv risiko samt subjektiv sikkerhed inden for forskellige undergrupper af elcyklister.
description: Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University, Vol. 1 No. 1 (2015): Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University
Kepler Project Document: KSCI-19114: Planet Detection Metrics: Robovetter Completeness and Effectiveness for DR25
Creators: name: Kepler Project
Publisher: name: IPAC
Year: 2021

description: This document describes the results of running the Robovetter on the Kepler observed, injected, inverted, and scrambled populations, which are available at the NASA Exoplanet Archive. The document describes the experimental design to calculate the Robovetter completeness and effectiveness, the tables that contain the results of running the Robovetter on the observed, injected, inverted, and scrambled TCEs, and some example results that can be used to compute accurate occurrence rates. This dataset or service is made available by the NASA Exoplanet Science Institute at IPAC, which is operated by the California Institute of Technology under contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Selvrapporterede cyklistulykker
Creators: name: Berg, Søren Troels
Publisher: name: Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University
Year: 2015

description: Efter mere end 25 års ønske om bedre skadestuedata på trafiksikkerhedsområdet, uden at det rigtig lykkes at få igangsat arbejdet på landsplan, er der måske grund til at se nærmere på hvorfor der ikke er sket noget, og om der er andre måder at skaffe data, der kan forbedre sikkerheden for bløde trafikanter. En af udfordringerne er måske at forventningerne til skadestuedata er skyhøje, og det bør vurderes hvilke data der er de vigtigste i et forebyggelsesperspektiv, og om de kan fremskaffes ad anden vej, end gennem de sygehuse og Regioner som i stigende grad er belastet af øgede omkostninger, større dokumentationskrav m.m. Rådet for Sikker Trafik, har på den baggrund gennemført en undersøgelse i den danske befolkning om deres oplevelser med personskader på cykel, og har ladet dem rapporterer deres subjektive oplevelse af skaderne, og vurdere datakvaliteten og mulighederne for at benytte metoden i forebyggelsessammenhæng
description: Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University, Vol. 1 No. 1 (2015): Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University
A case study on agreement between self-reported bicycle accidents and hospital and police records
Creators: name: Møller, Katrine Meltofte
name: Madsen, Tanja K. O.
name: Olesen, Anne Vingaard
name: Lahrmann, Harry
Publisher: name: Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University
Year: 2015

description: A self-report questionnaire on bicycle accidents was distributed to 6,793 respondents every month for one year (2012/2013). This paper evaluates the agreement between hospital data, police data, and self-reports concerning the number of accidents, as well as the information recorded regarding each accident. Six hundred and ninety-four accidents were self-reported by 6,793 respondents. In 99 cases, the respondents reported getting medical care at a hospital. Of these self-reported contacts, 74 could be matched to a hospital record, but only 53 of the 74 were registered in the hospital records as traffic accidents. Information on the primary opposite party in the 53 accidents was compared, and moderate agreement was found between self-reports and hospital records (κ=0.63). In 23 of the self-reported accidents, it was stated that a police report had been recorded, but only 6 accidents could be located in the police records. The sample size was too small to calculate statistical agreement between police records and self-reports. These findings are relevant to discuss of the level of underreporting of bicycle accidents in Denmark because they indicate that there could be substantially more accidents than noted in official records. Furthermore, this paper provides insight into methodological issues associated with self-reporting of traffic accidents.
description: Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University, Vol. 1 No. 1 (2015): Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University
title: Postoperative Ergebnisse nach erneuter Descemet-Membran-Endothel-Keratoplastik (re-DMEK)
Creators: name: Diener, Leopold
name: Fili, S.
name: Kohlhaas, M.
Publisher: name: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 610 Medical sciences; Medicine

description: Hintergrund: Zur Behandlung der Fuch‘schen Endotheldystrophie ist die DMEK-Operation inzwischen die Operation der Wahl. Bei dieser Operation kommt es in geringer Rate postoperativ zu einem Transplantatversagen, wodurch eine erneute Operation notwendig wird. Ziel dieser Fallserie war es, die postoperativen[zum vollständigen Text gelangen Sie über die oben angegebene URL]
description: 183. Versammlung des Vereins Rheinisch-Westfälischer Augenärzte
The choice to report cycling crashes in Denmark
Creators: name: Janstrup, Kira H.
name: Kaplan, Sigal
name: Prato, Carlo G.
Publisher: name: Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University
Year: 2015

description: This study explores the behavioral factors underlying the reporting intentions of cycling accidents. The proposed analytical framework is an adapted version of the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB), accounting for the linkage between attitudes and the perceived difficulties, in order to understand the barriers impeding cycling accident reporting intentions. The barriers consist of attitudes that accident reporting is useless, preference to allocate time to other activities, concerns about family distress and social image, distrust in the police, and medical consultation aversion. The framework was validated by means of a survey, which yielded 1,512 complete responses from cyclists. The estimated structural equation models revealed: (i) the perceived difficulties are related to reporting intentions, to attitudes that accident reporting is useless, and to the reference to allocate time to other activities; (ii) medical consultation aversion has a higher weight than distrust in the police in demotivating cycling accident reporting intentions; (iii) the latent factors are mainly related to the socio-economic characteristics and the characteristics of the last cycling accident; (iv) information provision regarding the societal benefits of accident reporting is important for increasing the reporting rate.
description: Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University, Vol. 1 No. 1 (2015): Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University