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Examining the Electrochemical Properties of Hybrid Aqueous/Ionic Liquid Solid Polymer Electrolytes through the Lens of Composition-Function Relationships
Creators: name: Ludwig, Kyle B.
name: Correll-Brown, Riordan
name: Freidlin, Max
name: Garaga, Mounesha N.
name: Bhattacharyya, Sahana
name: Gonzales, Patricia M.
name: Cresce, Arthur V.
name: Greenbaum, Steven
name: Wang, Chunsheng
name: Kofinas, Peter
Publisher: name: Wiley
Year: 2023
Subjects: all-solid-state batteries
aqueous electrolytes
ionic liquid electrolytes
lithium-ion batteries
solid polymer electrolytes

description: Solid polymer electrolytes (SPEs) have the potential to meet evolving Li-ion battery demands, but for these electrolytes to satisfy growing power and energy density requirements, both transport properties and electrochemical stability must be improved. Unfortunately, improvement in one of these properties often comes at the expense of the other. To this end, a “hybrid aqueous/ionic liquid” SPE (HAILSPE) which incorporates triethylsulfonium-TFSI (S2,2,2) or N-methyl-N-propylpyrrolidinium-TFSI (Pyr1,3) ionic liquid (IL) alongside H2O and LiTFSI salt to simultaneously improve transport and electrochemical stability is studied. This work focuses on the impact of HAILSPE composition on electrochemical performance. Analysis shows that an increase in LiTFSI content results in decreased ionic mobility, while increasing IL and water content can offset its impact. pfg-NMR results reveal that preferential lithium-ion transport is present in HAILSPE systems. Higher IL concentrations are correlated with an increased degree of passivation against H2O reduction. Compared to the Pyr1,3 systems, the S2,2,2 systems exhibit a stronger degree of passivation due to the formation of a multicomponent interphase layer, including LiF, Li2CO3, Li2S, and Li3N. The results herein demonstrate the superior electrochemical stability of the S2,2,2 systems compared to Pyr1,3 and provide a path toward further enhancement of HAILSPE performance via composition optimization.
title: The widening participation agenda in higher education in Australia: theorizing a model of service delivery for non-academic Student Services to support university students from low socioeconomic backgrounds
Creators: name: White, Christie
Publisher: name: University of Southern Queensland
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: 130103 Higher Education

description: Australian higher education has historically been influenced by a variety of government agendas seeking to increase the proportion of students from low socioeconomic backgrounds (LSES students). It is generally acknowledged that socioeconomic status makes a difference to who accesses, and subsequently completes, university studies. LSES students may have complex social, economic, and cultural influences that impact on their student experience. Improving access to university for LSES students without ensuring that adequate supports are facilitating their subsequent retention and success is counterproductive. Student Services are non-academic university departments that are designed to build the personal resources of students, thereby aiding their retention and their subsequent success in university. In Australia, while there is some existing research to suggest that non-academic support services make a significant contribution to the student experience, there is little research that analyses the relationship between LSES students and Student Services. This doctoral thesis reports institutional research that aimed to develop a theory that informs Student Services planning and service delivery to LSES students. Using Charmaz’s (2006) constructivist approach to grounded theory methodology, 17 LSES students and three staff members were interviewed at three campuses of an Australian regionally headquartered university. Insight was gained into LSES students’ experiences of accessing Student Services. Consistent with the explicit purpose of grounded theory to generate substantive theory, this study developed the theory of trusting networks, which was informed by the construction of four categories: needing support; complicating factors; trusting networks; and making success. The emergent substantive theory evolved around what became a core, keystone category, trusting networks. The theory of trusting networks provides an understanding of the processes employed by LSES students to seek support and advice. This theory updates components of Bourdieu’s (1997) theory of social capital and its applicability to the Australian 21st century context, particularly LSES students in Australian higher education. This study makes significant contributions to theoretical, practical, and methodological knowledge. The substantive theory that has emerged from this research is an important contribution to the development and enhancement of Student Services in Australia.
Mapping Variations in Bedrock Weathering With Slope Aspect Under a Sedimentary Ridge-Valley System Using Near-Surface Geophysics and Drilling
Creators: name: Hudson Rasmussen, Berit M.
name: Huang, Mong-Han
name: Hahm, W. Jesse
name: Rempe, Daniella M.
name: Dralle, David
name: Nelson, Mariel D.
Publisher: name: Wiley
Year: 2023
Subjects: critical zone
near-surface geophysics
hillslope
bedrock weathering
seismic refraction
bulk porosity

description: Understanding how soil thickness and bedrock weathering vary across ridge and valley topography is needed to constrain the flowpaths of water and sediment production within a landscape. Here, we investigate saprolite and weathered bedrock properties across a ridge-valley system in the Northern California Coast Ranges, USA, where topography varies with slope aspect such that north-facing slopes have thicker soils and are more densely vegetated than south-facing slopes. We use active source seismic refraction surveys to extend observations made in boreholes to the hillslope scale. Seismic velocity models across several ridges capture a high velocity gradient zone (from 1,000 to 2,500 m/s) located ∼4–13 m below ridgetops that coincides with transitions in material strength and chemical depletion observed in boreholes. Comparing this transition depth across multiple north- and south-facing slopes, we find that the thickness of saprolite does not vary with slope aspects. Additionally, seismic survey lines perpendicular and parallel to bedding planes reveal weathering profiles that thicken upslope and taper downslope to channels. Using a rock physics model incorporating seismic velocity, we estimate the total porosity of the saprolite and find that inherited fractures contribute a substantial amount of pore space in the upper 6 m, and the lateral porosity structure varies strongly with hillslope position. The aspect-independent weathering structure suggests that the contemporary critical zone structure at Rancho Venada is a legacy of past climate and vegetation conditions.
The Use of Inertial Measurement Units for Analyzing Change of Direction Movements in Sports: A Scoping Review
Creators: name: Alanen, Aki-Matti
name: Räisänen, Anu
name: Benson, Lauren
name: Pasanen, Kati
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine and Health Sciences

description: The objective of this scoping review is to map the existing research on IMU sensor use in evaluating change of direction movement and provide an overview of these findings
The Effects of Box Office and Home Entertainment Revenue Performance on Equity Valuations in the Film Industry
Creators: name: Onderdonk, John
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2019

description: The film industry relies on a variety of different revenue streams that contribute to the overall financial success or failure of film companies. These companies derive the majority of their revenue from box office and home entertainment sales. The purpose of this research is to evaluate the effects of box office and home entertainment revenue performance on the equity valuations of companies in this industry. Using estimation techniques commonly found in finance literature, this study concludes that box office performance significantly impacts the equity valuations of film companies over both short-term and long-term periods. This study also reveals the effects of news on investor sentiment, demonstrates the cyclicality of company performance in the film industry, and proposes profitable trading strategies to capitalize on box office performance data. Using estimation techniques under similar circumstances, this study did not find a significant relationship between home entertainment revenue performance and equity valuations.
Coherence times of precisely depth controlled NV centers in diamond
Creators: name: Wang, Junfeng
name: Zhang, Wenlong
name: Zhang, Jian
name: You, Jie
name: Li, Yan
name: Guo, Guoping
name: Feng, Fupan
name: Song, Xuerui
name: Lou, Liren
name: Zhu, Wei
name: Wang, Guanzhong
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigated the depth dependence of coherence times of nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers through precisely depth controlling by a moderately oxidative at 580°C in air. By successive nanoscale etching, NV centers could be brought close to the diamond surface step by step, which enable us to trace the evolution of the number of NV centers remained in the chip and to study the depth dependence of coherence times of NV centers with the diamond etching. Our results showed that the coherence times of NV centers declined rapidly with the depth reduction in their last about 22 nm before they finally disappeared, revealing a critical depth for the influence of rapid fluctuating surface spin bath. By monitoring the coherence time variation with depth, we could make a shallow NV center with long coherence time for detecting external spins with high sensitivity.
Energy splitting of image states induced by the surface potential corrugation of InAs(111)A
Creators: name: Martínez-Blanco, J.
name: Erwin, S. C.
name: Kanisawa, K.
name: Fölsch, S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: By means of scanning tunneling spectroscopy (STS) we study the electronic structure of the III-V semiconductor surface InAs(111)A in the field emission regime (above the vacuum level). At high sample bias voltages (approaching +10 V), a series of well defined resonances are identified as the typical Stark shifted image states that are commonly found on metallic surfaces in the form of field emission resonances (FER). At lower bias voltages, a more complex situation arises. Up to three double peaks are identified as the first three FERs that are split due to their interaction with the periodic surface potential. The high corrugation of this potential is also quantified by means of density functional theory (DFT) calculations. Another sharp resonance not belonging to the FER series is associated with an unoccupied surface state.
description: 6 pages, 4 figures
Hidden invalidity among fifteen commonly used measures in social and personality psychology
Creators: name: Hussey, Ian
name: Hughes, Sean
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: factor analysis
subject: measurement invariance
subject: p hacking
subject: preregistration
subject: reliability
subject: validity

description: Flake, Pek, and Hehman (2017) recently demonstrated that metrics of structural validity are severely underreported in social and personality psychology. We apply their recommendations for the comprehensive assessment of structural validity to a uniquely large and varied dataset (N = 144496 experimental sessions) to investigate the psychometric properties of some of the most widely used self-report measures (k = 15 questionnaires, 26 subscales) in social and personality psychology. When assessed using the modal practice of considering only their internal consistency, 89% of scales appeared to possess good validity. Yet, when validity was assessed comprehensively (via internal consistency, immediate and delayed test-retest reliability, factor structure, and measurement invariance for median age and gender) only 4% demonstrated good validity. Furthermore, the less commonly a test is reported in the literature, the more likely it was to be failed (e.g., measurement invariance). This suggests that the pattern of under- reporting in the field may represent widespread hidden invalidity of the measures we use, and therefore pose a threat to many research findings. We highlight the degrees of freedom afforded to researchers in the assessment and reporting of structural validity. Similar to the better-known concept of p-hacking, we introduce the concept of validity hacking (v-hacking) and argue that it should be acknowledged and addressed.
By Bread Alone: A Short Guide to Celiac Disease, Gluten, and Life
Creators: name: Deuitch, Natalie
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2015

description: My journey with CD has been relatively easy, because I happened to be ensconced in a community that supported me, and I was given the tools I needed to adhere to my diet. My hope for this piece is that it will help to elucidate some the complexities of a food-based illness and demonstrate a few ways of achieving some of the support that I gained from my community.
Astrometry with the Africa Millimetre Telescope
Creators: name: Janssen, Michael
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: I will describe the Africa Millimetre Telescope (AMT), which is planned to be built on top of the Gamsberg in Namibia and be operational in 2028. As the first millimetre telescope in Africa, the primary focus is to enhance observations of the Event Horizon Telescope. The AMT will facilitate dynamic image reconstructions of Sgr A* and improve our current GR, plasma, accretion, and jet physics tests.Centimetre wavelength receivers for the AMT are planned to be added in the future. This will enable participation in VLBI astrometric observations with the EVN and AVN. I will also describe more exploratory astrometric applications at the shorter millimetre wavelengths. Here, black hole shadows can serve as reliable reference points, unaffected by core-shift effects that have to be taken into account for astrometry with active galactic nuclei at lower observing frequencies. Finally, mm VLBI in-beam phase referencing will be able to improve the astrometry of our galactic centre, particularly the alignment of galactic radio and infrared reference frames. Here, the advantage is that the short wavelength observations are less affected by the interstellar scattering screen towards Sgr A*.
Exploiting Unique Features of Microneedles to Modulate Immunity
Creators: name: Edwards, C.
name: Shah, S. A.
name: Gebhardt, T.
name: Jewell, C. M.
Publisher: name: Wiley
Year: 2023
Subjects: autoimmunity and allergy
biomaterial and nanotechnology
cancer
infectious disease
vaccine and immunotherapy

description: Microneedle arrays (MNAs) are small patches containing hundreds of short projections that deliver signals directly to dermal layers without causing pain. These technologies are of special interest for immunotherapy and vaccine delivery because they directly target immune cells concentrated in the skin. The targeting abilities of MNAs result in efficient immune responses—often more protective or therapeutic—compared to conventional needle delivery. MNAs also offer logistical benefits, such as self-administration and transportation without refrigeration. Thus, numerous preclinical and clinical studies are exploring these technologies. Here we discuss the unique advantages of MNA, as well as critical challenges – such as manufacturing and sterility issues – the field faces to enable widespread deployment. We explain how MNA design parameters can be exploited for controlled release of vaccines and immunotherapies, and the application to preclinical models of infection, cancer, autoimmunity, and allergies. We also discuss specific strategies to reduce off-target effects compared to conventional vaccine delivery routes, and novel chemical and manufacturing controls that enable cargo stability in MNAs across flexible intervals and temperatures. We then examine clinical research using MNAs. We conclude with drawbacks of MNAs and the implications, and emerging opportunities to exploit MNAs for immune engineering and clinical use.
Properties of the open cluster Tombaugh 1 from high resolution spectroscopy and uvbyCaH$β$ photometry
Creators: name: Silva, João V. Sales
name: Carraro, Giovanni
name: Anthony-Twarog, Barbara J.
name: Bidin, Christian Moni
name: Costa, Edgardo
name: Twarog, Bruce A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Open clusters can be the key to deepen our knowledge on various issues involving the structure and evolution of the Galactic disk and details of stellar evolution because a cluster's properties are applicable to all its members. However the number of open clusters with detailed analysis from high resolution spectroscopy and/or precision photometry imposes severe limitation on studies of these objects. To expand the number of open clusters with well-defined chemical abundances and fundamental parameters, we investigate the poorly studied, anticenter open cluster Tombaugh 1. Using precision uvbyCaH$β$ photometry and high resolution spectroscopy, we derive the cluster's properties and, for the first time, present detailed abundance analysis of 10 potential cluster stars. Using radial position from the cluster center and multiple color indices, we have isolated a sample of unevolved probable, single-star members of Tombaugh 1. The weighted photometric metallicity from $m_1$ and $hk$ is [Fe/H] = -0.10 $\pm$ 0.02, while a match to the Victoria-Regina Strömgren isochrones leads to an age of 0.95 $\pm$ 0.10 Gyr and an apparent modulus of $(m-M)$ = 13.10 $\pm$ 0.10. Radial velocities identify 6 giants as probable cluster members and the elemental abundances of Fe, Na, Mg, Al, Si, Ca, Ti, Cr, Ni, Y,Ba, Ce, and Nd have been derived for both the cluster and the field stars. Tombaugh 1 appears to be a typical inner thin disk, intermediate-age open cluster of slightly subsolar metallicity, located just beyond the solar circle, with solar elemental abundance ratios except for the heavy s-process elements, which are a factor of two above solar. Its metallicity is consistent with a steep metallicity gradient in the galactocentric region between 9.5 and 12 kpc. Our study also shows that Cepheid XZ CMa is not a member of Tombaugh 1, and reveals that this Cepheid presents signs of barium enrichment.
description: 74 pages, 15 figures, 13 tables; Accepted for publication in AJ
Diversity and Tropism of HIV-1 Plasma Rebound Virus After Treatment Discontinuation
Creators: name: Hauser, Blake M.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: Modern antiretroviral therapies can confer effective suppression of HIV-1 infection. However,
HIV-infected people discontinuing antiretroviral therapy experience a rebound of virus from a
persistent reservoir. Characterizing this reservoir constitutes a crucial step towards developing a
cure, and we hypothesized that assessing the diversity and tropism of rebound virus would
provide insight into the types of cells that likely house the viral reservoir as well as reservoir
diversity. We examined 10 rebound samples from a project within the large-scale AIDS Clinical
Trials Group and used single genome amplification and Primer ID deep sequencing to assess the
genetic diversity of the env gene, which encodes the HIV-1 envelope protein, among rebounding
virus. Samples from the same patients with viral suppression due to antiretroviral therapy were
also available. Most rebound virus populations showed significant diversity. All env genes
examined were isoforms that would require cells to express high surface levels of the CD4
receptor for entry, consistent with the current hypothesis that virus is selectively replicated in
CD4+ T cells. These results indicate that most people discontinuing therapy release a diverse
population of virus, and this released virus targets CD4+ T cells rather than myeloid cells, which
tend to last longer. Research indicates that a small proportion of viruses have evolved to
efficiently enter myeloid cells. Current HIV-1 cure strategies focus on reactivating latent HIV-1
and targeting the resultant virus. It is essential to understand the features of rebound viruses
because they are the first such targets.
English language education and acculturation research: Problematic historical parallels and the path ahead
Creators: name: Siebold, Connie
Publisher: name: Wiley
Year: 2023

description: Multilingual education and acculturation research share a parallel history of problematic research paradigms that center the majority viewpoint and view minorities through a lens of deficit. This continual pathology of cultural difference has led to the pathologization of minority individuals, and has hampered our efforts to effectively understand and educate in a nuanced and culturally sensitive manner. In our focus on quantifying stress and deficiency, we have failed to understand emic experiences of joy and agency that can better inform our teaching and research. This article asserts a model of research and teaching that prioritizes narrative reclamation, while developing the concept of acculturative joy as a lens of study.
ESSAYS ON THE ECONOMICS OF LAND USE REGULATION AND POLITICAL CYCLE
Creators: name: FREGONI, MARCO
Publisher: name: Universit� degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2019

description: This thesis is an empirical analysis of the effects of relaxing land use regulation on the housing market and local economic activity. The existence of a political cycle and a term-limit effect on the issue of building permits to benefit voters is also investigated. The first chapter provides quasi-experimental evidence on the effects of a relaxation of land use constraints on the housing market and local economic activity. I exploit the fact that in 1999 the central government imposed fiscal rules on municipal governments and in 2001 relaxed them for municipalities below 5,000 inhabitants. I find that municipalities rely on urban revenues they collect from releasing building permits to avoid fiscal distress and finance current expenditure. The rise of building permits is concentrated in the non-residential market and has represented de facto a reduction of entry barriers. As downstream effects, I find an increase of employment and firms' entry. This second chapter provides evidence on the existence of an opportunistic electoral cycle in the issue of building permits at the local level in Italy from 1995 to 2014, using monthly data for the universe of municipalities. Mayors tend to exert pressure on administrative offices to ease or speed-up the release of permits, an outcome which is more controllable and targetable than fiscal ones. A within-term analyses shows the absence of cycle in the last-term, since the lack of incentive for the incumbents that cannot run for re-election: this allows to exclude any reputation incentive. The political cycle is significant for cities below 15,000 inhabitants and it is visible both in the northern and southern regions.
Social versus non-social behavioral inhibition: Differential prediction from early childhood of long-term psychosocial outcomes
Creators: name: Tan, Enda
name: Zeytinoglu, Selin
name: Morales, Santiago
name: Buzzell, George A.
name: Almas, Alisa N.
name: Degnan, Kathryn A.
name: Chronis-Tuscano, Andrea
name: Henderson, Heather
name: Pine, Daniel S.
name: Fox, Nathan A.
Publisher: name: Wiley
Year: 2023
Subjects: anxiety
behavioral inhibition
individual differences
longitudinal
social
temperament

description: Behavioral inhibition (BI) is a temperamental style characterized by cautious and fearful behaviors in novel situations. The present multi-method, longitudinal study examined whether young children's observed and parent-reported BI in social versus non-social contexts predicts different long-term psychosocial outcomes. Participants (N = 279) were drawn from a longitudinal study of socioemotional development. BI in social contexts (“social BI”) was measured via children's observed wariness toward unfamiliar adults and peers at 24 and 36 months and parents’ reports of children's social fear/shyness at 24, 36, and 48 months. BI in non-social contexts (“non-social BI”) was measured via children's observed fearful responses to masks and novel toys, and parents’ reports of children's distress to non-social novelty at 9 months and non-social fear at 48 months. At 15 years, anxiety was assessed via adolescent- and parent-reports, and global internalizing and externalizing problems were assessed via parent-reports. Confirmatory factor analysis showed that a two-factor model fit the BI data significantly better than a single-factor model, providing evidence for the dissociation of BI in social versus non-social contexts. Social BI was uniquely associated with adolescent social anxiety, whereas non-social BI was specifically associated with adolescent separation anxiety. Neither social BI nor non-social BI predicted global internalizing and externalizing problems, providing evidence for the specific relations between BI and anxiety problems. Together, these results suggest that young children's inhibited responses in social versus non-social situations predict different subtypes of anxiety problems in adolescence, highlighting the multifaceted nature of BI and the divergent trajectories of different anxiety problems.
title: Development and evaluation of an open online course in sport psychology using self-determination theory principles
Creators: name: Martin, Neil
Publisher: name: University of Southern Queensland
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 170114 Sport and Exercise Psychology

description: The provision of free, open, and online content is a relatively new phenomenon through which education providers are exploring innovative new business models to bring their content to a global audience. Learning materials that are openly licensed and readily accessible have the potential to transform educational delivery and present learning and psychological growth opportunities for all. However, there is little consensus as to how best design and deliver open online courses, where barriers to access are low and dropout rates are high. With its strong focus on autonomy and high quality motivation, self-determination theory (Deci & Ryan, 2000) provides an ideal frame of reference to approach the design and development of open online courses. The present research describes the design and evaluation of an open online course titled Elite Sport Performance: Psychological Perspectives, being the first of its type in the world. Three related studies were conducted, each building on the next: Study 1 provides an evaluation of a first iteration of the course run in 2013, which was deemed unsuccessful. The course was evaluated mainly using web analytic criteria and provided useful insights to support a completely new iteration of the course. Study 2 articulates a redesign of Elite Sport Performance: Psychological Perspectives that addressed supporting the three basic psychological needs of self-determination theory: autonomy, competence and relatedness, with a view to fostering intrinsic motivation to engage learners and optimise learning outcomes. A step-by-step approach using best practice techniques is provided. Study 3 presents an empirical evaluation of Elite Sport Performance: Psychological Perspectives that was released to a global audience in late 2015 with 1007 registrations from 73 countries. The final study includes engagement data derived from web analytics, self-determination theory metrics (e.g., satisfaction of basic psychological needs), and qualitative feedback from participants. Additionally, data are presented around continuance intention and reasons for non-engagement to better contextualise motivational dynamics in an open online course environment. In general terms, when taken together, the second iteration of the course was successful and supported the design approach taken. The implications of the findings of the present research suggest that designing for open online courses is a unique context in which the needs of the learner need to be carefully considered. A set of recommendations to enhance the design of open online courses such as Elite Sport Performance: Psychological Perspectives are provided. Suggestions for further research, particularly surrounding the potential benefits to well-being and eudaimonic flourishing offered by open online courses are speculated.
Universal Features of Four-Dimensional Superconformal Field Theory on Conic Space
Creators: name: Zhou, Yang
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Following the set up in arXiv:1408.3393, we study 4d N=1 superconformal field theories in conic spaces. We show that the universal part of supersymmetric Rényi entropy S_q across a spherical entangling surface in the limit q goes to 0 is proportional to a linear combination of central charges, 3c-2a. This is equivalent to a similar statement about the free energy of SCFTs on conic space or hyperbolic space S^1_q*H^3 in the corresponding limit. We first derive the asymptotic formula by the free field computation in the presence of a U(1) R-symmetry background and then provide an independent derivation by studying N=1 theories on a primary Hopf surface S^1_β*S^3_b with a particular scaling β~1/\sqrt{q} and b=\sqrt{q}, which thus confirms the validity of the formula for general interacting N=1 SCFTs. Finally we revisit the supersymmetric Rényi entropy of general N=2 SCFTs and find a simple formula for it in terms of central charges a and c.
description: 1+32 pages
Giustizia e mediazione: dati e riflessioni a margine di un progetto pilota
Creators: name: Dalla Bont�, Silvana
name: Mattevi, Elena
Publisher: name: Universit� degli Studi di Trento
Year: 2022

description: Il volume raccoglie dati e riflessioni a margine del Progetto pilota ?Giustizia e Mediazione?, frutto della sinergica collaborazione di diverse istituzioni ? l?Universit� di Trento-Facolt� di Giurisprudenza, la Regione Trentino-Alto Adige/S�dtirol, l?Ufficio Esecuzione Penale Esterna e il Tribunale di Trento ? al fine di promuovere sul territorio buone prassi indirizzate a favorire emersione e diffusione di un possibile, felice connubio tra ?giustizia? e ?mediazione?. In particolare, l?opera illustra e commenta gli esiti delle due anime del Progetto, che hanno visto, per un verso, l?affiancamento a magistrati civili del Tribunale di Trento, per l?altro, l?inserimento nell?Ufficio Esecuzione Penale Esterna, nonch� presso il Centro di giustizia riparativa della Regione Autonoma Trentino-Alto Adige/Su?dtirol, di due c.d. assistenti, sotto la responsabilit� scientifica di docenti dell?Universit� di Trento-Facolt� di Giurisprudenza. Dati e osservazioni presentati nel volume mirano a porsi come spunto di riflessione in vista dell?incipiente riforma della giustizia civile e penale e della pi� incisiva implementazione dell?Ufficio per il Processo nell?ottica di favorire (anche) una giustizia consensuale e riparativa.
title: The enhanced use of digital technologies in school guidance counsellor and student activity
Creators: name: Hohn, Gary
Publisher: name: University of Southern Queensland
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 130212 Science, Technology and Engineering Curriculum and Pedagogy

description: Digital technologies are constantly changing and school guidance counsellors (SGC) are challenged to keep up with the adolescents use and acquisition of new technologies. There is limited research investigating the impact of providing practicing SGCs with professional development and support in implementing digital technologies. In a rural district in Queensland, Australia, nine secondary SGCs in public schools experienced a customised professional development program in the use of digital technologies. The aim of this face-to-face professional development digital technologies in their school guidance and counselling program. Following the professional development, the researcher and SGCs collaboratively designed nine activities incorporating digital technologies which were then used as an intervention in six schools. These activities were implemented with Year 11/12 students over 16 school weeks. The researcher used Activity Theory as a conceptual and methodological framework to help understand the changes that resulted from the activity generated by the use of digital technologies by SGCs and Year 11/12 students. Data were collected through mixed methods instruments using pre- and post- surveys, pre- and post- semi-structured focus group interviews, SGC diaries, SGC research meetings unstructured observations. A total of 123 students completed the pre- and post- surveys. The following significant differences (p
title: Uncovering past experiences that influence the pedagogical practices of early childhood teachers: an interpretive inquiry into play
Creators: name: Wong-Powell, Jennifer
Publisher: name: University of Southern Queensland
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 130102 Early Childhood Education (excl. Maori)

description: While early childhood teachers and play scholars endorse the benefits of play to the learning and development of young children, the provision of play in early childhood education continues to be challenged. However, an investigation into the challenge does not surround finding who might not support the use and implementation of play or the solutions to the obstacles for play opportunities in early childhood education. Rather, an inquiry is necessary in order to answer the whys and hows of human opinion, behaviour and experience. The question is: Who are we and where do we come from as early childhood teachers? Through interpretive inquiry into play, the intention of this study was to provide researchers and early childhood teachers with a possible example of how to engage in reflections, inquiring into the rich and diverse interplay of factors that impact the approaches to play as well as play practices in early childhood education. Visualised through spiral loops, each phase of the data collection and interpretation were informed by the proceeding stage as new questions emerged, new connections were made and developments in deepening understandings impacted the direction of research. The methodology incorporated interpretive and participative inquiry, with the researcher as a participant insider using an autoethnographic technique. The inquiry into play reveals the previous experiences with play and its influences on the use of play as well as its impact on the current orientations and developed theories on play. Situated in an international school in Sri Lanka, the participants include three female veteran early childhood teachers who are Sri Lankan in nationality. The research emphasises play as a culturally embedded and institutionally defined concept, repositioning play from a previously Western point of view to a social construct. The inquiry into play further provokes thinking and conversations about play, illustrating its complexity and robustness.
Effettivit� delle tutele e diritto europeo: il ruolo del giudice nel prisma della Carta dei diritti fondamentali
Creators: name: Iamiceli, Paola
Publisher: name: Universit� degli Studi di Trento
Year: 2020

description: Il saggio introduce il volume illustrando le basi metodologiche e scientifiche del lavoro collettaneo sviluppato ad esito di un?esperienza pluriennale di ricerca sui temi del dialogo tra le corti e della tutela effettiva dei diritti riconosciuti in ambito europeo. Muovendo dalle radici costituzionali del principio di effettivit� in ambito interno ed europeo, l'analisi si concentra sul ruolo del diritto fondamentale al ricorso effettivo davanti a un giudice imparziale, quale riconosciuto dall'art. 47 della Carta dei diritti fondamentali dell'Unione europea, nel dialogo tra corti nazionali e Corte di giustizia. In questo ambito si esplorano alcune questioni trasversali, riconducibili in estrema sintesi a quattro ordini di problemi: i) quale sia la portata del principio di effettivit� in un sistema di tutele multilivello, che sempre pi� includono forme e procedure di natura non giurisdizionale (amministrativa o volontaria) e se dunque il principio di effettivit�, testualmente riferito nella Carta e nelle norme del Trattato alla tutela giurisdizionale, debba ormai estendersi a tali forme; ii) come il principio di effettivit� stia trasformando il ruolo del giudice con particolare riguardo all?ampliamento dei poteri officiosi e dei doveri di cooperazione nel processo, con implicazioni almeno potenzialmente rilevanti anche sul fronte della responsabilit�; iii) se e quale relazione esista tra effettivit� della tutela, intesa nella specifica accezione del diritto a un rimedio effettivo, e altri principi inerenti alla tutela, in particolare quelli di proporzionalit� e dissuasivit� delle misure di protezione o sanzione; iv) se, proprio perch� sviluppatosi in ben delimitate aree di competenza del diritto europeo, il principio di effettivit� debba conoscere applicazioni settoriali immuni da interferenze tra settori o se esso abbia tratti estendibili a pi� aree del diritto europeo (es. diritto dei consumatori, diritto del lavoro, protezione dei dati personali).
A connection between plasma conditions near black hole event horizons and outflow properties
Creators: name: Koljonen, K. I. I.
name: Russell, D. M.
name: Ontiveros, J. A. Fernández
name: Markoff, S.
name: Russell, T. D.
name: Miller-Jones, J. C. A.
name: van der Horst, A. J.
name: Bernardini, F.
name: Casella, P.
name: Curran, P. A.
name: Gandhi, P.
name: Soria, R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Accreting black holes are responsible for producing the fastest, most powerful outflows of matter in the Universe. The formation process of powerful jets close to black holes is poorly understood, and the conditions leading to jet formation are currently hotly debated. In this paper, we report an unambiguous empirical correlation between the properties of the plasma close to the black hole and the particle acceleration properties within jets launched from the central regions of accreting stellar-mass and supermassive black holes. In these sources the emission of the plasma near the black hole is characterized by a power law at X-ray energies during times when the jets are produced. We find that the photon index of this power law, which gives information on the underlying particle distribution, correlates with the characteristic break frequency in the jet spectrum, which is dependent on magnetohydrodynamical processes in the outflow. The observed range in break frequencies varies by five orders of magnitude, in sources that span nine orders of magnitude in black hole mass, revealing a similarity of jet properties over a large range of black hole masses powering these jets. This correlation demonstrates that the internal properties of the jet rely most critically on the conditions of the plasma close to the black hole, rather than other parameters such as the black hole mass or spin, and will provide a benchmark that should be reproduced by the jet formation models.
description: 10 pages, 2 figures, 4 tables. Accepted for publication in ApJ
Chain mixing endomorphisms are approximated by subshifts on the Cantor set
Creators: name: Shimomura, Takashi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Primary 37B10, 54H20

description: Let f be a chain mixing continuous onto mapping from the Cantor set onto itself. Let g be a homeomorphism on the Cantor set that is topologically conjugate to a subshift. Then, homeomorphisms that are topologically conjugate to g approximate f in the topology of uniform convergence if a trivial necessary condition on the periodic points holds. In particular, if f is a chain mixing continuous onto mapping from the Cantor set onto itself with a fixed point, then homeomorphisms on the Cantor set that are topologically conjugate to a subshift approximate f in the topology of uniform convergence. In addition, homeomorphisms on the Cantor set that are topologically conjugate to a subshift without periodic points approximate any chain mixing continuous onto mappings from the Cantor set onto itself. In particular, let f be a homeomorphism on the Cantor set that is topologically conjugate to a full shift. Let g be a homeomorphism on the Cantor set that is topologically conjugate to a subshift. Then, a sequence of homeomorphisms that is topologically conjugate to g approximates f.
Antecedent-Based Interventions for Restricted Repetitive Behaviors in School-Aged Children Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Creators: name: Lopez, Brittney
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2017

description: Antecedent-based interventions are a way of reducing the occurrence of restricted repetitive behaviors demonstrated by children with autism spectrum disorder by altering or removing the stimulus that occurs before the behavior typically occurs. The following research seeks to provide teachers with a selection of antecedent-based interventions that can be implemented in the classroom in order to reduce the occurrence of RRBs. The following literature review analyzed twenty research articles acquired through searching three databases: EBSCO Host, Google Scholar, and Articles+. The research articles were then sorted by category, number of participants, diagnosis of participants, age of participants, target behavior, setting of intervention, implementer of intervention, duration of intervention, and year of publication. These factors were then analyzed for trends in order to illustrate how each contributed to the overall efficacy of an intervention. Through interpreting these data, this review provides teachers with antecedent-based interventions that teachers can use to reduce a wide variety of restricted repetitive behaviors in the classroom.
Spacings - An Example for Universality in Random Matrix Theory
Creators: name: Kriecherbauer, Thomas
name: Schubert, Kristina
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Universality of local eigenvalue statistics is one of the most striking phenomena of Random Matrix Theory, that also accounts for a lot of the attention that the field has attracted over the past 15 years. In this paper we focus on the empirical spacing distribution and its Kolmogorov distance from the universal limit. We describe new results, some analytical, some numerical, that are contained in [27]. A large part of the paper is devoted to explain basic definitions and facts of Random Matrix Theory, culminating in a sketch of the proof of a weak version of convergence for the empirical spacing distribution $σ_N$.
description: reference [4] updated
Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Extracellular Vesicles Promote Wound Repair in a Diabetic Mouse Model via an Anti-Inflammatory Immunomodulatory Mechanism
Creators: name: Levy, Daniel
name: Abadchi, Sanaz Nourhammadi
name: Shababi, Niloufar
name: Ravari, Mohsen Rouhani
name: Pirolli, Nicholas H.
name: Bergeron, Cade
name: Obiorah, Angel
name: Mokhtari-Esbuie, Farzad
name: Gheshlaghi, Shayan
name: Abraham, John M.
name: Smith, Ian M.
name: Powsner, Emily H.
name: Solomon, Talia J.
name: Harmon, John W.
name: Jay, Steven M.
Publisher: name: Wiley
Year: 2023
Subjects: exosomes
induced pluripotent stem cells
induced pluripotent stem cell–mesenchymal stem/stromal cells
inflammation
wound healing

description: Extracellular vesicles (EVs) derived from mesenchymal stem/stromal cells (MSCs) have recently been explored in clinical trials for treatment of diseases with complex pathophysiologies. However, production of MSC EVs is currently hampered by donor-specific characteristics and limited ex vivo expansion capabilities before decreased potency, thus restricting their potential as a scalable and reproducible therapeutic. Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) represent a self-renewing source for obtaining differentiated iPSC-derived MSCs (iMSCs), circumventing both scalability and donor variability concerns for therapeutic EV production. Thus, it is initially sought to evaluate the therapeutic potential of iMSC EVs. Interestingly, while utilizing undifferentiated iPSC EVs as a control, it is found that their vascularization bioactivity is similar and their anti-inflammatory bioactivity is superior to donor-matched iMSC EVs in cell-based assays. To supplement this initial in vitro bioactivity screen, a diabetic wound healing mouse model where both the pro-vascularization and anti-inflammatory activity of these EVs would be beneficial is employed. In this in vivo model, iPSC EVs more effectively mediate inflammation resolution within the wound bed. Combined with the lack of additional differentiation steps required for iMSC generation, these results support the use of undifferentiated iPSCs as a source for therapeutic EV production with respect to both scalability and efficacy.
Graph covers and ergodicity for 0-dimensional systems
Creators: name: Shimomura, Takashi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Primary 37B05, 54H20

description: Bratteli--Vershik systems have been widely studied. In the context of general 0-dimensional systems, Bratteli--Vershik systems are homeomorphisms that have Kakutani--Rohlin refinements. Bratteli diagram has a strong power to analyze such systems. Besides this approach, general graph covers can be used to represent any 0-dimensional system. Indeed, all 0-dimensional systems can be described as a certain kind of sequences of graph covers that may not be brought about by the Kakutani--Rohlin partitions. In this paper, we follow the context of general graph covers to analyze the relations between ergodic measures and circuits of graph covers. First, we formalize the condition for a sequence of graph covers to represent minimal Cantor systems. In constructing invariant measures, we deal with general compact metrizable 0-dimensional systems. In the context of Bratteli diagrams with finite rank, it has previously been mentioned that all ergodic measures should be limits of some combinations of towers of Kakutani--Rohlin refinements. We demonstrate this for general 0-dimensional case, and develop a theorem that expresses the coincidence of the time average and the space average for ergodic measures. Additionally, we formulate a theorem that signifies the old relation between uniform convergence and unique ergodicity in the context of graph circuits for general 0-dimensional systems. Unlike previous studies, in our case of general graph covers, there arise a possibility of linear dependence of circuits. We give a condition for a full circuit system to be linearly independent. Previous researches also showed that the bounded combinatorics imply unique ergodicity. We present a lemma that enables us to consider unbounded ranks of winding matrices.
description: Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems, Published online: 07 October 2014, after one more revision
Data
Creators: name: Krenzer, William
name: Splan, Eric
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022

description: Here are the csv, SPSS, and R files of our data. There are two types: Team and Player. The team data set looks at the major categories (i.e. HBP, Temp, HR's, etc.) for each team across 15 seasons of baseball (from 2000 to 2014). The player data set looks at all batters from the 2015 season and their stats (i.e. HR's, HBP, Batting Average, etc.). Finally the excel sheet is the raw data sheet used to create the SPSS player data sheet.