cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Memorandum from Scott Shepherd, Building 671 Exterior Door Replacement, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas
Creators: name: Shepherd, Scott B.
Publisher: name: Department of the Air Force Base
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Randolph Field Historic Landmark District
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/83364/randolph-field-historic-landmark-district
subject: San Antonio
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/4149/san-antonio
subject: Texas
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/6923/texas
subject: Randolph Air Force Base
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/78971/randolph-air-force-base
subject: Historic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/25/historic
subject: Governmental Structure
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/318/governmental-structure
subject: Historic Governmental Structure
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/320/historic-governmental-structure
subject: NRHP
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/9857/nrhp
subject: Building 671
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/146452/building-671
subject: Architectural Documentation
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/16/architectural-documentation
subject: Heritage Management
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/24/heritage-management

description: The Department of the Air Force conducted an evaluation on Building 671 and determined that the property is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. After reviewing the scope of work and discussions of the proposed project it was determined an undertaking does exist but not in a manner that would diminish the integrity of the historic building and its landmark district.
Effects of scars on crystalline shell stability under external pressure
Creators: name: Wan, Duanduan
name: Bowick, Mark J.
name: Sknepnek, Rastko
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study how the stability of spherical crystalline shells under external pressure is influenced by the defect structure. In particular, we compare stability for shells with a minimal set of topologically-required defects to shells with extended defect arrays (grain boundary "scars" with non-vanishing net disclination charge). We perform Monte Carlo simulations to compare how shells with and without scars deform quasi-statically under external hydrostatic pressure. We find that the critical pressure at which shells collapse is lowered for scarred configurations that break icosahedral symmetry and raised for scars that preserve icosahedral symmetry. The particular shapes which arise from breaking of an initial icosahedrally-symmetric shell depend on the Föppl-von Kármán number.
description: 8 pages, 6 figures
Optical properties of BiTeBr and BiTeCl
Creators: name: Akrap, A.
name: Teyssier, J.
name: Magrez, A.
name: Bugnon, P.
name: Berger, H.
name: Kuzmenko, A. B.
name: van der Marel, D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a comparative study of the optical properties - reflectance, transmission and optical conductivity - and Raman spectra of two layered bismuth-tellurohalides BiTeBr and BiTeCl at 300 K and 5 K, for light polarized in the a-b planes. Despite different space groups, the optical properties of the two compounds are very similar. Both materials are doped semiconductors, with the absorption edge above the optical gap which is lower in BiTeBr (0.62 eV) than in BiTeCl (0.77 eV). The same Rashba splitting is observed in the two materials. A non-Drude free carrier contribution in the optical conductivity, as well as three Raman and two infrared phonon modes, are observed in each compound. There is a dramatic difference in the highest infrared phonon intensity for the two compounds, and a difference in the doping levels. Aspects of the strong electron-phonon interaction are identified. Several interband transitions are assigned, among them the low-lying absorption $β$ which has the same value 0.25 eV in both compounds, and is caused by the Rashba spin splitting of the conduction band. An additional weak transition is found in BiTeCl, caused by the lower crystal symmetry.
description: Accepted in PRB
Image Analysis and Machine Learning for Medical Images
Creators: Liu, Lina
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2022

Medical images play an essential role in detecting and diagnosing numerous diseases. With different medical imaging modalities, a large volume of images is generated every day across healthcare organizations worldwide, providing visualization of lesion appearance (e.g., dermoscopic images) anatomical information (e.g., MRI images), or cellular structures (e.g., laser scattering images). After obtaining the medical images, manual analysis and diagnosis is done by clinicians based on their prior knowledge and experiences. However, the diagnosis process can take a significant amount of time and the decision is subjective and biased toward different clinicians.

The main goal of this dissertation is to develop machine learning methods for automatic medical image analysis and diagnosis. In this dissertation, two types of medical images, including dermoscopic images and laser scattering images, are used. The dermoscopic images are used to detect the malignant lesions from the benign lesions. Experimental and simulated laser scattering images are used for label-free cell identification, and cell property characterization, respectively.

This thesis presents two methods based on machine learning for automatic skin lesion analysis. Skin lesion segmentation with auxiliary task is proposed for the accurate segmentation of the pigment regions, which does not require extra labeling information compared with the multi-task learning methods. An automatic skin lesion classification method based on mid-level feature learning is proposed for melanoma detection. State-of-the-art results have been obtained and performances are discussed by extensive verification. This thesis further presents a machine learning technique for the analysis of laser scattering images. Typically, scattering patterns of the staurosporine-treated and non-treated SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells are obtained and classified, aiming at providing a better understanding of Parkinson's disease. In addition, multi-wavelength multi-direction laser scattering patterns of single cells have also been simulated to discuss the roles of two factors, cell surface roughness, and mitochondria number, in contributing to the scattering patterns. A systematic and thorough study has been done by extensive experiments. Theoretical analysis about the influence of the multi-wavelength multi-direction scattering patterns has been included. Satisfactory performance has been achieved for both the experimental and simulated data.
Critical species of Odonata in Australia
Creators: name: Hawking, John H
name: Theischinger, Gunther
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2023

description: La Trobe University Faculty of Science, Technology and Engineering Murray Darling Freshwater Research Centre

MDFRC item.

The Australian Odonata fauna is reviewed. The state of the current taxonomy andecology, studies on biodiversity, studies on larvae and the all identification keys arereported. The conservation status of the Australian odonates is evaluated and theendangered species identified. In addition the endemic species, species with unusualbiology and species, not threatened yet, but maybe becoming critical in the futureare discussed and listed.
Letter from Joseph Logan to Curtis Tunnell, Entrance Door Overhang General Officer Quarters Building 520, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas
Creators: name: Logan, Joseph M.
Publisher: name: Department of the Air Force, Randolph Air Force Base
Year: 1993
Subjects: subject: San Antonio
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/4149/san-antonio
subject: Bexar (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/4150/bexar-county
subject: Texas
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/6923/texas
subject: Randolph Air Force Base
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/78971/randolph-air-force-base
subject: Historic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/25/historic
subject: Governmental Structure
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/318/governmental-structure
subject: Domestic Structures
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/256/domestic-structures
subject: Historic Governmental Structure
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/320/historic-governmental-structure
subject: Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/251/domestic-structure-or-architectural-complex
subject: Building 520
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/153007/building-520
subject: Architectural Documentation
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/16/architectural-documentation
subject: Heritage Management
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/24/heritage-management

description: Correspondence written to the Texas Historical Commission by Randolph Air Force Base giving summary documentation on a proposed undertaking for Building 520. Based on internal review, Randolph Air Force Base has determined a no adverse effect on the property. This letter is part of a group of correspondence concerning an undertaking that may effect General Officer housing units at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas. Attachments included with the letters are location maps, description and assessment, photographs, and construction elevations.
(:unas) unassigned
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: Universita' degli Studi di Salerno
Year: 2024

description: Le Olimpiadi di Helsinki del 1952 ebbero un cronista d’eccezione, che ne descrisse lo svolgimento per il quotidiano «L’Unità»: Italo Calvino. L’analisi degli articoli dimostra che la scrittura giornalistica di Calvino ha un sapore fortemente letterario, in piena coerenza con la narrativa coeva e con le riflessioni teoriche sviluppate successivamente. È possibile, infatti, riconoscervi elementi tipici della narrativa calviniana, che, già evidenti nei primi romanzi, sarebbero esplosi negli anni seguenti. La più grande manifestazione sportiva della modernità aprì al Sanremese un terreno nuovo in cui il giovane scrittore trovò notevoli stimoli alla sua capacità inventiva, ribadendo il suo ruolo di intellettuale che partecipava attivamente al dibattito politico-culturale in un periodo storico colmo di tensioni.
description: The 1952 Helsinki Olympics had an exceptional reporter: the young Italo Calvino who described the Games for the newspaper «L’Unità». The analysis of the articles demonstrates that Calvino’s journalistic writing has a strongly literary style, in full coherence with contemporary narrative and with the theoretical reflections developed in the following years. The greatest sporting event of modernity opened up new terrain for Calvino in which the writer found themes to his inventive ability and reaffirmed his role as an intellectual who actively participated in the political-cultural debate in a historical period full of tensions.
Mass-loss rates of Very Massive Stars
Creators: name: Vink, Jorick S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discuss the basic physics of hot-star winds and we provide mass-loss rates for (very) massive stars. Whilst the emphasis is on theoretical concepts and line-force modelling, we also discuss the current state of observations and empirical modelling, and address the issue of wind clumping.
description: 36 pages, 15 figures, Book Chapter in "Very Massive Stars in the Local Universe", Springer, Ed. Jorick S. Vink
Letter from Joseph Logan to Scott Shepherd, Memorandum of Agreement Hangars 12, 13, and 64, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas
Creators: name: Logan, Joseph M.
Publisher: name: Department of the Air Force, Randolph Air Force Base
Year: 1992
Subjects: subject: San Antonio
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/4149/san-antonio
subject: Bexar (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/4150/bexar-county
subject: Texas
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/6923/texas
subject: Randolph Air Force Base
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/78971/randolph-air-force-base
subject: Historic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/25/historic
subject: Governmental Structure
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/318/governmental-structure
subject: Historic Governmental Structure
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/320/historic-governmental-structure
subject: Military Structure
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/322/military-structure
subject: Non-Domestic Structures
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/309/non-domestic-structures
subject: Hangar 13
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/158749/hangar-13
subject: Hangar 12
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/158750/hangar-12
subject: Hangar 64
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/158727/hangar-64
subject: Architectural Documentation
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/16/architectural-documentation
subject: Heritage Management
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/24/heritage-management

description: A letter explaining the Memorandum of Agreement for the proposed undertakings at Hangars 12, 13, and 64, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas. Attached to the letter is the Memorandum of Agreement. This letter is part of a group of correspondence concerning rehabilitation projects for Hangars 12, 13, and 64 at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas. Proposed projects includes new entrance canopies, replacement of external doors, and interior rehabilitation.
title: Jahresbericht 2016 der Untersuchungsstelle für Bienenvergiftungen des JKI-Instituts für Bienenschutz
Creators: name: Pistorius, Jens
name: Thorbahn, David
Publisher: name: Institut für Bienenschutz
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Bienenschutz
subject: Bienenvergiftung
subject: 590
subject: 630

description: Jahresbericht ... der Untersuchungsstelle für Bienenvergiftungen des JKI-Instituts für Bienenschutz, vol. 2016
Pression sur les terres agricoles et mariages précoces en Afrique de l’Est
Creators: name: Cordonnier, Victor
name: Cordonnier, Victor
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2022
Subjects: Community/Rural/Urban Development
Land Economics/Use

description: Les pays d’Afrique de l’Est connaissent une forte croissance démographique : au cours de la dernière décennie, la population de ces pays a augmenté d’environ 3 % par an impliquant un doublement de la population en l’espace d’environ 25 ans (United Nations 2019). Or, dans ces pays où l’agriculture représente le principal moyen subsistance, la croissance de la population se traduit directement par une pression sur les terres agricoles. De nombreuses études explorent les implications de cette pression en termes d’intensification de l’agriculture, de diversification des moyens de subsistance ou de comportements de fécondité (Malthus 1809, Boserup 1965, Bilsborrow 1987, Headey et Jayne 2014, De la Croix et Gobbi 2017). L’objectif est d’étudier les implications de cette pression en matière de nuptialité et plus spécifiquement sur l’âge au mariage des jeunes filles vivant en zones rurales. La tendance générale est à la baisse des taux de mariages précoces (avant 18 ans), due à des facteurs tels qu’un meilleur accès des jeunes filles à l’éducation et au marché du travail. Cependant, la pression sur les terres agricoles et l’insécurité alimentaire associée peuvent avoir ralenti cette baisse, et pourraient contribuer à renforcer ou à maintenir cette pression.
On an arithmetic inequality on $\mathbb{P}^1_{\mathbb{Q}}$
Creators: name: Hajli, Mounir
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We establish an inequality comparing the height and the $χ$-arithmetic volume of toric metrized divisors on $\mathbb{P}^1_{\mathbb{Q}}$. This gives a partial answer to a question of Burgos, Moriwaki, Philippon and Sombra ([5, remark 5.13]).
description: Accepted for publication in IJNT
Identification Methods for Prenatal Opioid Exposure in Children: A Scoping Review Protocol
Creators: name: Duah, Henry
name: Lambert, Joshua
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 420606
subject: Social determinants of health
classificationCode: 420202
subject: Disease surveillance
classificationCode: 420599
subject: Nursing not elsewhere classified

description: Background: Prenatal opioid exposure (POE) is a significant public health concern in the United States, with potential adverse effects on perinatal and longitudinal outcomes in children. Accurate identification of POE in children is critical for effective clinical and public health interventions. Herein, we present a scoping review protocol to guide the mapping of the varied methods used to identify children with POE.Aim: To map the varying identification methods for POE in the United States.Design: The Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) updated methodological guidance for the conduct of scoping reviews will be adopted for this scoping review.Data Sources: A comprehensive search of PubMed, MEDLINE, CINAHL, Scopus, and Embase databases will be undertaken between January and February 2023.Review Methods: Peer-reviewed articles to be included after the database search will meet these inclusion criteria: Full-text articles published in English between 2012 and 2023; conducted among participants in the geographical setting of the United States; and used observational or experimental designs. Rayyan, a web-based software, will be used to manage the screening titles, abstracts, and full text for inclusion. Data extraction and synthesis of results will be undertaken using a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.Conclusions: This scoping review aims to map the myriad identification methods for POE in the United States. By mapping the varied identification methods, their strengths, and limitations, we hope to use the findings to develop a comprehensive identification framework for POE in children.
Response from Stan Graves to Richard Strimel, Building 238 General Maintenance, Fort Sam Houston, Texas
Creators: name: Graves, Stanley O.
Publisher: name: Texas Historical Commission
Year: 1990
Subjects: subject: JBSA-Sam Houston
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/82532/jbsa-sam-houston
subject: San Antonio
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/4149/san-antonio
subject: Bexar (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/4150/bexar-county
subject: Texas
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/6923/texas
subject: Historic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/25/historic
subject: Building 238
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/146344/building-238
subject: Architectural Documentation
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/16/architectural-documentation
subject: Heritage Management
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/24/heritage-management

description: This letter is a response by the Texas Historical Commission to Fort Sam Houston's submittal of documents regarding the repair and reattachment of security screens at Building 28. The Commission has determined "no effect" due to the nature of the general maintenance.
Risk-Quantified Decision Making in Reservoir Management
Creators: Yang, Di
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2022

Limited understanding of the complex subsurface brings uncertainty and risk of production shortfalls in the oilfield development. Geostatistics provides tools to model the geological uncertainty that occurs in reservoir decision making. The common decision criterion under uncertainty is to find the strategy that maximizes the expected return. But the value of assets is influenced by investors' tendency to risk, which could lead to different responses in decision-making problems. Therefore, risk-quantified decision making becomes increasingly important in reservoir management.

Decision analysis tools such as minimizing expected loss and maximizing expected utility are suitable for many petroleum applications. They are often employed when investors are sensitive to risk. Since the specific utility function is difficult to quantify in practice, the mean-variance criterion and maximizing the risk-adjusted value are widely employed when there is no explicit utility function. These approaches employ variance as the measure of risk. The variance, however, is often considered inadequate to quantify risk as investors dislike the downside volatility and are less concerned about unusual windfalls. This research develops techniques to improve risk-quantified decision making in reservoir management. The main contributions of the thesis include: (1) The impact of preferences on decision analysis is demonstrated, and a workflow is proposed to establish the relationship between the preference measurements. The relationship is constructed by connecting the risk tolerance of utility functions and penalty factor of loss functions. (2) The downside-risk approach is introduced in reservoir decision making within the expected utility framework. The risk in this approach is reflected by the downside volatility and quantified by the lower partial variance, which is able to improve the reservoir decision making by explicitly analyzing risk. (3) Preferences are taken into account in value of information (VOI) analysis by integrating the utility theory into the simulation-regression approach. The consideration of different risk preferences leads to a more robust VOI analysis in spatial decision situations.

The proposed methodologies are applied to the design of production strategies. The impact of different preferences in the decision-making process is documented, and the limitations of current approaches are revealed. The ultimate goal of this research is to improve reservoir management in the presence of geological uncertainty by explicitly quantifying and managing risk.
Dynamic Carrier Pulse-Positioning for Single-Stage Isolated AC-DC Converter
Creators: Perera, Ambegoda Liyanage Vishwa
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2022

The transportation sector is gaining much more attention towards all-electric modes such as electric vehicles (EV), and more electric aircrafts and ships. EVs lead the transportation sector with luxurious, high performance, and intelligent vehicles. The stored battery energy is the most important factor for the operation of the whole vehicle and therefore, EV battery chargers play an important role in the electric transportation sector. High frequency isolated battery charger converters are much preferred in the industry as they provide electrical isolation and reduce magnetic component size. Phase shifted pulse width modulation is commonly used in transformer isolated converters for high frequency power transfer. Generally, the voltage waveforms are phase shifted no more than 45 degrees for grid connected converter applications. In grid connected applications, the high frequency pulse widths (180° to minimum determined by modulation index) may vary when controlling the grid current. If, for certain duration of the low frequency reference signal, the pulse widths are smaller than the externally-commanded phase shift, the pulses would be completely separated. Under these conditions, unwanted reactive content is generated in the converter increasing the high frequency rms current hence increasing conduction losses. An original concept is proposed to lower the reactive content of the high frequency current by positioning the transformer primary and secondary voltage pulses next to each other whenever the phase shift is larger than the pulse width. The voltage pulses are positioned appropriately in each carrier cycle throughout the entire low frequency reference signal. This concept which is referred to as reference-based pulse position (RPP) allows the operation of the converter beyond 45 degree limit and up to 90 degrees allowing for more power output. The concept is tested on an isolated single-stage bidirectional three-phase ac-dc converter which conducts both low frequency grid current and high frequency transformer current. The grid side or the primary of the converter generates the high frequency transformer voltage when controlling the grid current. The switches in the secondary side are then controlled in such a way in each carrier cycle as to coordinate with primary voltage waveform to minimize the reactive content of the high frequency current. The power is transferred utilizing the transformer interlimb leakage inductance. The transformer windings are connected so that the 60Hz grid current does not produce flux in the core leaving only the high frequency flux. Therefore, the size of the magnetics can be reduced which favors a compact design. Furthermore, the dc link utilization is maximized by injecting the third harmonic into the sine reference signals which lowers the dc link requirement by 15%.
Work Request, Building 900 Room 309, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas
Creators: name: Jenkins, John D.
Publisher: name: United States Air Force
Year: 1991
Subjects: subject: Randolph Field Historic Landmark District
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/83364/randolph-field-historic-landmark-district
subject: San Antonio
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/4149/san-antonio
subject: Texas
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/6923/texas
subject: Randolph Air Force Base
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/78971/randolph-air-force-base
subject: Historic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/25/historic
subject: Governmental Structure
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/318/governmental-structure
subject: Historic Governmental Structure
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/320/historic-governmental-structure
subject: Non-Domestic Structures
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/309/non-domestic-structures
subject: Room 309
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/158768/room-309
subject: Building 900
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/158241/building-900
subject: Architectural Documentation
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/16/architectural-documentation
subject: Heritage Management
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/24/heritage-management

description: Work Request Form, by Randolph Air Force Base, to install a food preparation area within the existing Head Quarters ATC/CSP Facilities, Building 900, Room 309.
Density and distribution of potential prey for larval fish in the main channel of a floodplain river: pelagic versus epibenthic meiofauna
Creators: name: King, A. J
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2023

description: La Trobe University Faculty of Science, Technology and Engineering Murray Darling Freshwater Research Centre

MDFRC item.

Fish larvae require high densities of appropriately sized prey items for their survival and recruitment. It has been widely assumed that inundated floodplains are the major source of high densities of prey in floodplain rivers. This study examined the density and distribution of both pelagic and epibenthic meiofauna in a range of potential larval fish nursery habitats within the main channel of an Australian floodplain river. Although sufficient densities of meiofauna were found in the main channel environment to sustain fish larvae, the prey source was predominantly in the epibenthic zone, where the density of meiofauna was on average 100 times greater than in the pelagic zone. There was no apparent relationship between the density of meiofauna, both epibenthic and/or pelagic, and the preferred nursery habitats of fish larvae. This study suggests that an abundant prey resource for developing fish larvae may exist in main channel environments without inputs from the inundated floodplain. However, further studies are required to determine the relative contributions and importance of prey resources on inundated floodplains compared to the main channel environment for larval survival and cohort strength between successive years. Additionally, this study highlights the importance of sampling the epibenthos, and suggests that the significance of epibenthic meiofauna has been severely underestimated in many previous studies.
(:unas) unassigned
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: Universita' degli Studi di Salerno
Year: 2024

description: Il saggio intende recuperare alcuni contributi che la rivista «Humanitas» (1911-1924), nel 1923 pubblicò per celebrare il cinquantesimo anniversario della morte di Alessandro Manzoni, rivalutato, al di là del suo indiscutibile moderatismo, nei suoi elementi democratici, e riletto nella prospettiva, all’epoca non da tutti condivisa, della formazione della coscienza nazionale.
description: This essay seeks to restore some articles published in 1923 by the magazine "Humanitas" (1911– 1924) in commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of Alessandro Manzoni's death. Within these contributions, Manzoni's democratic elements are subjected to reevaluation while transcending his indisputable moderatism. Additionally, Manzoni is reexamined within the context of the formation of the national conscience, with a perspective not universally embraced during that era.
Kitchen and Mess Hall Building 38, Blueprint, Camp Bullis, Texas
Creators: name: Brin, Adam
Publisher: name: Works Progress Administration
Year: 1939
Subjects: subject: Camp Bullis
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/82533/camp-bullis
subject: Texas (State / Territory)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/348/texas-state-territory
subject: Historic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/25/historic
subject: Building 38
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/153394/building-38
subject: Architectural Documentation
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/16/architectural-documentation
subject: Heritage Management
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/24/heritage-management

description: This set of drawings from August 16th, 1939 document the floor plans of the kitchen and mess hall at Camp Bullis, Texas, building 38. The blueprint also includes a schedule of openings and an electrical legend. The sponsor for this blueprint is the Office of the Post Quartermaster at Fort Sam Houston, Texas under the supervision of Arthur S. Graham. The blueprint was originally drawn by “H.R.J”, checked by “U.E.R” and reviewed by J.B. Clearwater. The data measurements used to draw the blueprint were taken by “A.A.B.”
Connectivity of Natura 2000 forest sites in Europe
Creators: name: Estreguil, Christine
name: Caudullo, Giovanni
name: de Rigo, Daniele
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science (cs.CE)
subject: Populations and Evolution (q-bio.PE)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Background/Purpose: In the context of the European Biodiversity policy, the Green Infrastructure Strategy is one supporting tool to mitigate fragmentation, inter-alia to increase the spatial and functional connectivity between protected and unprotected areas. The Joint Research Centre has developed an integrated model to provide a macro-scale set of indices to evaluate the connectivity of the Natura 2000 network, which forms the backbone of a Green Infrastructure for Europe. The model allows a wide assessment and comparison to be performed across countries in terms of structural (spatially connected or isolated sites) and functional connectivity (least-cost distances between sites influenced by distribution, distance and land cover). Main conclusion: The Natura 2000 network in Europe shows differences among countries in terms of the sizes and numbers of sites, their distribution as well as distances between sites. Connectivity has been assessed on the basis of a 500 m average inter-site distance, roads and intensive land use as barrier effects as well as the presence of "green" corridors. In all countries the Natura 2000 network is mostly made of sites which are not physically connected. Highest functional connectivity values are found for Spain, Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria. The more natural landscape in Sweden and Finland does not result in high inter-site network connectivity due to large inter-site distances. The distribution of subnets with respect to roads explains the higher share of isolated subnets in Portugal than in Belgium.
description: 9 pages, from a poster published in F1000Posters 2014, 5: 485
Group 14 Complexes for Thin Film Deposition: Studies in Stabilization and Reactivity
Creators: Sinclair, Jocelyn
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2022

The work in this Thesis strives to form a bridge in the understanding between the thriving field of Main Group element stabilization with N-heterocyclic carbenes and developments in thin film deposition for technological applications. Previous work in the Rivard group has excelled at applying Lewis acid-base stabilization to isolate reactive intermediates of Group 14 hydrides, and the work in this Thesis builds upon these established synthetic methods and framework to controllably liberate germanium and tin hydride moieties for pure element thin film deposition at low temperatures in solution.

The first research Chapter in this Thesis presents a synthetic method for the isolation of a high wt% germanium complex using an N-heterocyclic carbene. This germanium complex undergoes thermolysis at 100 °C to deposit amorphous Ge thin films on a variety of substrates, most notably silicon wafers. The germanium complex and similar derivatives were investigated experimentally and computationally, with decomposition occuring through direct cleavage of dative bonds to release Ge and soluble by-products. In the following Chapter, N-heterocyclic carbenes prove to be a hinderance in the hydrogermylation of germanium alkoxides en route to semi-crystalline germanium thin films. The germanium alkoxide studied is able to produce two interesting materials when combined with a mild hydride source: 1) a branched oligogermane is obtained with a remarkable degree of hydride substitution at germanium and 2) thin microcrystalline Ge0 films which can be controllably deposited at low temperatures. Finally, an analogous tin alkoxide species is shown to undergo rapid hydrostannylation at room temperature to give crystalline Sn.
Structural Assessment, Building 135, Cavalry and Light Artillery Post, Fort Sam Houston Military Reservation, Texas
Creators: name: Rickels, Lawrence R.
Publisher: name: Geo-Marine, Inc.
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: JBSA-Sam Houston
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/82532/jbsa-sam-houston
subject: San Antonio
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/4149/san-antonio
subject: Bexar (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/4150/bexar-county
subject: Texas (State / Territory)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/348/texas-state-territory
subject: Historic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/25/historic
subject: Governmental Structure
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/318/governmental-structure
subject: Domestic Structures
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/256/domestic-structures
subject: Military Structure
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/322/military-structure
subject: Non-Domestic Structures
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/309/non-domestic-structures
subject: Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/251/domestic-structure-or-architectural-complex
subject: Building 135
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/146291/building-135
subject: Architectural Documentation
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/16/architectural-documentation
subject: Architectural Survey
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/2/architectural-survey
subject: Heritage Management
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/24/heritage-management

description: A structural assessment concerning observations made in April of this year Building 135, Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Geo-Marine, Inc. (GMI), and its consultants, were asked to evaluate the structural and architectural conditions of the building, its integrity, and its potential for reuse in an administrative or similar function. This evaluation includes consideration of building code requirements, floor load requirements, accessibility, and the property’s historic status. Costs for bringing the building to a state of utility (measures necessary for active use) were also requested.
Sub-barrier enhancement of fusion as compared to a microscopic method in 18O+12C
Creators: name: Steinbach, T. K.
name: Vadas, J.
name: Schmidt, J.
name: Haycraft, C.
name: Hudan, S.
name: deSouza, R. T.
name: Baby, L. T.
name: Kuvin, S. A.
name: Wiedenhöver, I.
name: Umar, A. S.
name: Oberacker, V. E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Measurement of the energy dependence of the fusion cross-sec on at sub-barrier energies provides an important test for theoretical models of fusion. To extend the measurement of fusion cross-sections in the sub-barrier domain for the 18O+12C system. Use the new experimental data to confront microscopic calculations of fusion. Evaporation residues produced in fusion of 18O ions with 12C target nuclei were detected with good geometric efficiency and identified by measuring their energy and time-of-flight. Theoretical calculations with a density constrained time dependent Hartree-Fock (DC-TDHF) theory include for the first time the effect of pairing on the fusion cross-section. Comparison of the measured fusion excitation function with the predictions of the DC-TDHF calculations reveal that the experimental data exhibits a smaller decrease in cross-section with decreasing energy than is theoretically predicted. The larger cross-sections observed at the lowest energies measured indicate a larger tunneling probability for the fusion process. This larger probability can be associated with a smaller, narrower fusion barrier than presently included in the theoretical calculations.
description: 4 pages, 3 figures
The Piecewise Linear Model of Regionalization for Geostatistical Simulation
Creators: Pereira,Fabio
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2022

Quantifying uncertainty is key to rational decision‐making in a geological context. Samples collected for Mineral Exploration are usually sparse and only represent a very small portion of the volume that might be mined in the future.

To characterize and quantify geological uncertainty, it is commonplace to use Stochastic Simulation. Uncertainty is quantified and propagated in several steps when modeling geology. Samples are separated into different domains, uncertainty is quantified in the domain boundaries, parameters for modeling are established, and domain models are created. Afterward, inside each domain, continuous variables such as grades are modeled. This thesis proposes a novel method for continuous variable simulation.

A common workflow to quantify uncertainty is to transform the data to a Gaussian distribution and use Sequential Gaussian Simulation (SGS) to generate realizations of the grades. However, this approach assumes that all spatial distributions have a Gaussian form, under the multivariate Gaussian assumption. Also, it is assumed that a single variogram model characterizes the spatial variability of the grade independent of the magnitude. High grades, however, are usually less continuous. Using SGS to model such variables, with a single variogram model will impose the same continuity for lows and high values which may be unrealistic.

The main contribution of this thesis is to propose a novel simulation framework for grades that have different continuity for low and high values. The Piecewise Linear Model of Regionalization (PLMR) defines different bins to the data distribution and imposes different spatial model to each bin. By doing so, the model can capture different spatial continuity of highs and low values in a consistent mathematical manner. The proposed framework considers indicator variograms as well as traditional variograms, which brings more spatial information to the simulated realizations. When comparing the PLMR to modeling under the multivariate Gaussian assumption the former tends to be, on average, more conservative regarding the influence of high values in nearby locations.
Distribution and life history of caridean shrimps in regulated lowland rivers in southern Australia
Creators: name: Richardson, A. J
name: Growns, J. E
name: Cook, R. A
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2023

description: La Trobe University Faculty of Science, Technology and Engineering Murray Darling Freshwater Research Centre

MDFRC item.

Caridean shrimps are an integral component of lowland river ecosystems in south-eastern Australia, but their distributions may be affected by flow alteration. Monthly shrimp samples were collected from slackwaters in three hydrologically distinct sections of the heavily regulated Campaspe River and the less regulated Broken River for three consecutive years. The distributions of Paratya australiensis, Caridina mccullochi and Macrobrachium australiense, along with their life history in river sections with different hydrology are outlined. Paratya australiensis and M. australiense occurred in all sections, but C. mccullochi was absent from sections of the Campaspe River that received irrigation flows during summer/autumn. Shrimp larvae were most abundant in summer (December–February) and juvenile recruitment continued through to mid autumn (April). Breeding and recruitment of P. australiensis occurred for longer than other shrimps. Apart from large adult and berried M. australiense, all life stages of shrimps commonly occurred in slackwaters, particularly the larval and juvenile stages. Irrigation flows in summer/autumn probably adversely affect the size, extent and arrangement of slackwaters, at a time when they may be critical habitats for C. mccullochi larval development and recruitment. Dams and weirs in the Campaspe River may have influenced shrimp abundance and the timing of breeding.
Completely positive approximate solutions of driven open quantum systems
Creators: name: Haddadfarshi, Farhang
name: cui, Jian
name: Mintert, Florian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We define a perturbative approximation for the solution of Lindblad master equations with time-dependent generators that satisfies the fundamental property of complete positivity, as essential for quantum simulations and optimal control. With explicit examples we show that ensuring this property substantially improves the accuracy of the perturbative approximation.
description: 5 pages, 2 figures
OBO Academy: Training materials for Bio-ontologists
Creators: name: Overton, James
name: Jackson, Rebecca
name: Toro, Sabrina
name: Tan, Shawn
name: Varner, Bradley
name: Osumi-Sutherland, David
name: Matenzoglu, Nico
name: Vasilevsky, Nicole
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: ontology
biomedical ontolgoy
Open educational resource
training

description: Poster presentation at International Conference on Biomedical Ontology, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
1996-07-26, Letter From Gregory L. Fox to James E. Bruseth, Medina Housing Expansion Project, Medina Annex, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, Signed
Creators: name: Fox, Gregory L.
Publisher: name: Western Archeological and Conservation Center
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: Medina Annex
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/83073/medina-annex
subject: Bexar (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/4150/bexar-county
subject: Lackland Air Force Base
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/78949/lackland-air-force-base
subject: Texas
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/6923/texas
subject: 41BX1102
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/18461/41bx1102
subject: 41BX1070
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/18493/41bx1070
subject: 41BX1103
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/18462/41bx1103
subject: 41BX1114
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/18463/41bx1114
subject: 41BX1105
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/18512/41bx1105
subject: 41BX1106
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/18513/41bx1106
subject: 41BX1078
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/18498/41bx1078
subject: 41BX1089
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/18506/41bx1089
subject: 41BX1090
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/18507/41bx1090
subject: 41BX1091
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/18508/41bx1091
subject: Archaeological Feature
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/339/archaeological-feature
subject: Artifact Scatter
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/340/artifact-scatter
subject: Archaeological Overview
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/1/archaeological-overview
subject: Heritage Management
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/24/heritage-management
subject: Research Design / Data Recovery Plan
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/9/research-design-data-recovery-plan
subject: Site Evaluation / Testing
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/10/site-evaluation-testing

description: This letter of correspondence was written on behalf of the National Park Service, acting for the United States Air Force, to the Texas Historical Commission regarding Section 106 activities associated with the Medina Housing Expansion Project, Medina Annex, Lackland Air Force Base. The letter details the project, along with conclusions made by the National Park Service based on recommendations made by a Mr. Ellis. The National Park Service seeks concurrence from the Texas Historical Commission on site recommendations for the National Register of Historic Places. Included in the letter is an attachment of a set of preliminary research questions developed by the contractor at the University of Texas at San Antonio titled: “Research Issues at Upland Lithic Procurement Sites, Lackland Air Force Base.” Carbon copied to this correspondence is Gabe Gonzalez of Lackland Air Force Base and Bob Hard from The University of Texas at San Antonio.