cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
The sensitivity of harassment to orbit: Mass loss from early-type dwarfs in galaxy clusters
Creators: name: Smith, R.
name: Sánchez-Janssen, R.
name: Beasley, M. A.
name: Candlish, G. N.
name: Gibson, B. K.
name: Puzia, T. H.
name: Janz, Joachim
name: Knebe, A.
name: Aguerri, J. A. L.
name: Lisker, T.
name: Hensler, G.
name: Fellhauer, M.
name: Ferrarese, L.
name: Yi, S. K.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: We conduct a comprehensive numerical study of the orbital dependence of harassment on early-type dwarfs consisting of 168 different orbits within a realistic, Virgo-like cluster, varying in eccentricity and pericentre distance. We find harassment is only effective at stripping stars or truncating their stellar disks for orbits that enter deep into the cluster core. Comparing to the orbital distribution in cosmological simulations, we find that the majority of the orbits (more than three quarters) result in no stellar mass loss. We also study the effects on the radial profiles of the globular cluster systems of early-type dwarfs. We find these are significantly altered only if harassment is very strong. This suggests that perhaps most early-type dwarfs in clusters such as Virgo have not suffered any tidal stripping of stars or globular clusters due to harassment, as these components are safely embedded deep within their dark matter halo. We demonstrate that this result is actually consistent with an earlier study of harassment of dwarf galaxies, despite the apparent contradiction. Those few dwarf models that do suffer stellar stripping are found out to the virial radius of the cluster at redshift=0, which mixes them in with less strongly harassed galaxies. However when placed on phase-space diagrams, strongly harassed galaxies are found offset to lower velocities compared to weakly harassed galaxies. This remains true in a cosmological simulation, even when halos have a wide range of masses and concentrations. Thus phase-space diagrams may be a useful tool for determining the relative likelihood that galaxies have been strongly or weakly harassed.
Revealing the nontrivial topological surface states of catalysts for effective photochemical carbon dioxide conversion
Creators: name: Wang, Kangwang
name: Li, Longfu
name: Yu, Peifeng
name: Tang, Nannan
name: Zeng, Lingyong
name: Li, Kuan
name: Zhang, Chao
name: Chen, Rui
name: Xiang, Zaichen
name: Wang, Huichao
name: Cai, Yongqing
name: Yan, Kai
name: Luo, Huixia
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Topological semimetals with protected surface states mark a new paradigm of research beyond the early landmarks of band-structure engineering, allowing fabrication of efficient catalyst to harness the rich metallic surface states to activate specific chemical processes. Herein, we demonstrate a facile solid-phase method for in-situ doping of Ir at the Os sites in the Os3Sn7, an alloy with topological states, which significantly improves the photocatalytic performance for the reduction of CO2 to CO and CH4. Experimental evidence combined with theoretical calculations reveal that the nontrivial topological surface states greatly accelerate charge-separation/electron-enrichment and adsorption/activation of CO2 molecules, rendering highly efficient reaction channels to stimulate the formation of *COOH and *CO, as well CHO*. This work shows the promise of achieving high photocatalytic performances with synthesizing topological catalysts and provides hints on the design of novel topological catalysts with superior photoactivity towards the CO2 reduction reaction.
description: 33 Pages, 6 Figures, 1 Table
title: Gender and the historical narrative of music therapy
title: a historiographic study of the contributions of Eva Augusta Vescelius
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Sevcik, Emily
Publisher: name: University of Iowa
Year: 2025
Subjects: biography
Eva Augusta Vescelius
music therapy
professionalization
women
public abstract
History
Women's Studies

description: Eva Augusta Vescelius (1853—1917) developed and engaged in the sustained music therapy clinical work at the turn of the twentieth century and contributed numerous firsts to the development of music therapy as a healthcare profession in the United States. However, men in the American music therapy historical narrative overshadowed her legacy of contributions throughout the twentieth century, so few music therapists in the twenty first century know the breadth of her influence, let alone her name. The twofold purpose of this study was to expand the historical narrative of Vescelius’s music therapy advocacy activities from 1900—1917 and describe the impact of gender on Vescelius’s significance to the development of music therapy in the United States. Primary and secondary sources in digitized databases and at multiple libraries and archives in the New York City Area contributed to the construction of the historical narrative. Vescelius contributed numerous firsts to the music therapy movement towards professionalization: (a) first to collaborate with New York City area medical, philanthropic, and philosophical institutions, (b) first to establish a music therapy organization, (c) first to found and operate a music therapy training school, (d) first to adopt the music therapist title, and (e) first to publish a music therapy periodical. Action is required for music therapists to stop upholding the pervasive narrative that ‘modern music therapy’ is a ‘young profession’ with a ‘father of music therapy’ as the founder. Vescelius and many other women deserve recognition for their leadership from 1900 onwards.
Supergravity in four and five dimensions
Creators: name: Ludeling, Christoph
Publisher: name: Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, DESY, Hamburg
Year: 2003
Subjects: thesis
supersymmetry: algebra
supersymmetry: superfield
supersymmetry: superspace
field theory: action
supergravity
supersymmetry: symmetry breaking
spontaneous symmetry breaking
differential forms
orbifold

description: Universität Hamburg, Diplomarbeit, 2003; 49 pp., (2003). doi:10.3204/DESY-THESIS-2003-034
description: Published by Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, DESY, Hamburg
Comparison of Airway Responses Induced in a Mouse Model by the Gas and Particulate Fractions of Gasoline Direct Injection Engine Exhaust
Creators: name: Maikawa, Caitlin L.
name: Zimmerman, Naomi
name: Ramos, Manuel
name: Shah, Mittal
name: Wallace, James S.
name: Pollitt, Krystal J. Godri
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2019

description: Diesel exhaust has been associated with asthma, but its response to other engine emissions is not clear. The increasing prevalence of vehicles with gasoline direct injection (GDI) engines motivated this study, and the objective was to evaluate pulmonary responses induced by acute exposure to GDI engine exhaust in an allergic asthma murine model. Mice were sensitized with an allergen to induce airway hyperresponsiveness or treated with saline (non-allergic group). Animals were challenged for 2-h to exhaust from a laboratory GDI engine operated at conditions equivalent to a highway cruise. Exhaust was filtered to assess responses induced by the particulate and gas fractions. Short-term exposure to particulate matter from GDI engine exhaust induced upregulation of genes related to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) metabolism (Cyp1b1) and inflammation (TNFα) in the lungs of non-allergic mice. High molecular weight PAHs dominated the particulate fraction of the exhaust, and this response was therefore likely attributable to the presence of these PAHs. The particle fraction of GDI engine exhaust further contributed to enhanced methacholine responsiveness in the central and peripheral tissues in animals with airway hyperresponsiveness. As GDI engines gain prevalence in the vehicle fleet, understanding the health impacts of their emissions becomes increasingly important.
The unreality of "reality-based" policing: American television, images of crime and law enforcement.
Creators: name: Irving, Mark H.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: American Studies.

description: The American television show COPS has been the precursor for what is rapidly becoming an expanding form of popular television programming. This quasi-documentary-styled television show contains a combination of both news and entertainment formats. The main purpose of this thesis is to assess the degree to which this so-called "reality-based" television police program reflects "real-life" or typical representations of crime and police work in the United States. This study critically examines and draws attention to the many biases, stereotypes, inaccuracies, and distortions contained in "reality-based" television depictions of crime and policing. The study is based on a media content analysis of thirty-six episodes of COPS, airing over a period of six months during 1993. Official crime statistics serve as the primary benchmark for comparison to the television episodes. Likewise, the television results are compared with the findings of selected academic studies. The analysis probes several key areas including: the types of crime portrayed on television; the manner in which police work is depicted; the racial and gender make-up of police officers, suspects, and victims appearing on the program; solution or clearance rates for television crimes. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
title: Employing trend analysis in environmental research and policy
title: Employing trend analysis in environmental research and policy
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Keppner, Benno
name: Kahlenborn, Walter
name: Weiss, Daniel
Publisher: name: Umweltbundesamt
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Umweltauswirkung
subject: trend analysis
subject: Foresight
subject: methods
subject: technological impact assessment
subject: environmental impact
subject: Sustainability | Strategies | International matters

description: Dieses Methodenpapier skizziert für die Umweltpolitik, wie das Instrument der "Trendanalyse" für die Untersuchung von umweltrelevanten Entwicklungen nutzbar gemacht werden kann. Durch Trendanalysen können die verschiedenen Facetten eines Trends beschrieben werden und diese systematisch hinsichtlich ihrer Wirkungen auf die Umwelt analysiert werden. Trendanalysen können so dazu beitragen, die Umweltpolitik im Sinne einer antizipativen Politikgestaltung handlungsfähig zu machen. Quelle: Forschungsbericht
description: This report outlines for environmental policy how the research method "trend analysis" can support the analysis of environmentally relevant developments. Trend analyses generally encompass the description of a trend and the systematic analysis of its impact on the environment. In this way, they can contribute to making environmental policy more effective and to shape trends in an anticipatory manner. Quelle: Forschungsbericht
description: This report outlines for environmental policy how the research method “trend analysis” can support the analysis of new developments which have possibly an impact on the environment. Currently, there is no consistent research method with which to analyze social, technological, economic or political trends that have no obvious connection to the environment, and to systemically identify and assess the complex, interdependent and often indirect effects of these trends. This report offers practical insights on how a trend analysis may be carried out.
The SENSE Study (Sleep and Education: Learning New Skills Early): A community cognitive-behavioural therapy and mindfulness-based sleep intervention to prevent depression and improve cardiac health in adolescence
Creators: name: Waloszek, Joanna M.
name: Schwartz, Orli
name: Simmons, Julian G.
name: Blake, Matthew
name: Blake, Laura
name: Murray, Greg
name: Raniti, Monika
name: Dahl, Ronald E.
name: O'Brien-Simpson, Neil
name: Dudgeon, Paul
name: Trinder, John
name: Allen, Nicholas B.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: BACKGROUND: Sleep problems are a major risk factor for the emergence of depression in adolescence. The aim of this study was to test whether an intervention for improving sleep habits could prevent the emergence of depression, and improve well-being and cardiovascular indices amongst at-risk adolescents. METHODS/DESIGN: A longitudinal randomised controlled trial (RCT) is being conducted across Victorian Secondary Schools in Melbourne, Australia. Adolescents (aged 12-17 years) were defined as at-risk for depression if they reported high levels of anxiety and sleep problems on in-school screening questionnaires and had no prior history of depression (assessed by clinical diagnostic interview). Eligible participants were randomised into either a sleep improvement intervention (based on cognitive behavioral and mindfulness principles) or an active control condition teaching study skills. Both programs consisted of seven 90 minute-long sessions over seven weeks. All participants were required to complete a battery of mood and sleep questionnaires, seven-days of actigraphy, and sleep diary entry at pre- and post-intervention. Participants also completed a cardiovascular assessment and two days of saliva collection at pre-intervention. Participants will repeat all assessments at two-year follow up (ongoing). DISCUSSION: This will be the first efficacy trial of a selective group-based sleep intervention for the prevention of depression in an adolescent community sample. If effective, the program could be disseminated in schools and greatly improve health outcomes for anxious adolescents.
Sensitization and inhibition of pain
Creators: name: Seitz, Viola
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Pain
subject: Capsaicin
subject: Opioid
subject: Opioid receptor
subject: TRPV1
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Currently available pain medications are limited by adverse side effects leading to enormous individual and socioeconomic costs. Therefore, the investigation of pathological receptor conformations and mechanisms involved in pain sensitization is urgently needed. I investigated the pain pathway from two perspectives. In the first part, I focused on mechanisms underlying the initiation of pain and sensitization. I concentrated on the identification of mechanisms that sensitize TRPV1. TRPV1 is an excitatory ion channel that plays a fundamental role in neuronal sensitization during tissue injury and inflammation. I found that the interaction of TRPV1 with other proteins like TRPA1 or ARMS leads to a cAMP and PKA dependent channel sensitization. The same signaling pathway is responsible for TRPV1-induced hyperalgesia during opioid withdrawal, leading to the conclusion that targeting PKA-induced TRPV1 sensitization could be a strategy to circumvent TRPV1 sensitization without direct TRPV1 blockade. In the second part, I concentrated on the investigation of inhibitory components of the pain pathway, particularly the opioid receptor system under pathological conditions. Results showed that decreased pH – a hallmark of tissue inflammation – can be used to design opioids that selectively activate opioid receptors under pathological conditions. Opioid ligands have to be protonated to bind and active their respective receptors. Classical opioids are protonated under both physiological and pathological conditions and therefore activate opioid receptors in both healthy and injured tissues. The reduction of the pKa of an opioid ligand close to the pH of inflamed tissue resulted in the selective activation of opioid receptors in injured, but not healthy environments. Our lead candidate NFEPP produced efficient injury-restricted analgesia in animal models of inflammatory, visceral, and neuropathic pain without inducing side effects like respiratory depression, sedation, constipation, or addiction.
Perceived workplace adversity and the psychological wellbeing of professional team sport athletes: Examining the impacts and implications
Creators: name: Robbins, Ben
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The workplace can present a range of challenges to employees across all industries, however professional athletes are an occupational group who face a range of unique stressors in their working environment that impact on wellbeing. This research examined how professional team sport athletes perceive adversity in their workplace, how they cope with this adversity and how working in professional sport impacts on their wellbeing. Findings demonstrated that professional athletes perceive signifcantly more adversity in their workplace than non-athletes and manage this adversity with a range of adaptive and maladpative coping responses. Impacts on wellbeing are discussed as well as the implications of this research in terms of the development of wellbeing interventions for athletes.
Harnessing the potential of community-based participatory research approaches in bipolar disorder
Creators: name: Michalak, Erin E.
name: Jones, Steven
name: Lobban, Fiona
name: Perez Algorta, Guillermo
name: Barnes, Steven J.
name: Berk, Lesley
name: Berk, Michael
name: Hole, Rachelle
name: Lapsley, Sara
name: Maxwell, Victoria
name: Milev, Roumen
name: McManamy, John
name: Murray, Greg
name: Tohen, Mauricio
name: Tse, Samson
name: Sanchez de Carmona, Manuel
name: Johnson, Sheri L.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The quantity and sophistication of research on bipolar disorder (BD) has expanded rapidly in the past decade. Despite progress, the field faces challenges in improving individuals' quality of life (QoL) and symptom outcomes, adapting treatments for marginalized communities, and disseminating research insights into real-world practice. Community-based participatory research (CBPR) approaches have helped address similar gaps in other health conditions. This Commentary aims to improve awareness of the many benefits of CBPR in BD research. The Commentary, itself a venture in CBPR, is the product of a collaboration between the International Society of Bipolar Disorders (ISBD) Community Engagement Taskforce and members of the Collaborative RESearch Team to study Psychosocial issues in Bipolar Disorder (CREST.BD).
3809636.pdf
Creators: name: Cognée, Kévin
name: Yan, Wei
name: China, Federico La
name: dariobalestri, dario
name: Intonti, Francesca
name: Gurioli, Massimo
name: Koenderink, Femius
name: Lalanne, Philippe
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: supplement
Screening for tunable properties of ionic liquids using two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy and atomic force microscopy
Creators: name: Harmon, Whitney
Publisher: name: University of Iowa
Year: 2024
Subjects: High throughput screening
Ionic Liquids
Nanoconfinement
Optical parametric amplification
Two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy
public abstract

description: liquids (ILs) a class of salts that are liquid at room-temperature, have potential applications in batteries, lubrication, CO₂ capture, and separation processes. With thousands of ionic liquids in existence, there is a pressing need for effective methods to characterize them. This thesis encompasses the development and integration of a high-throughput rapid data acquisition method for two-dimensional infrared (2D IR) spectroscopy, the design and implementation of a novel optical parametric amplifier to enhance mid-infrared power, and utilization of tapping-mode atomic force microscopy (AFM) for the acquisition and analysis of phase images of ionic liquids confined within nanowells. The utilization of high-throughput 2D IR spectroscopy provides valuable insights into the spectral and rotational dynamics, intermolecular interactions, and molecular structure of these liquids. By employing automated sampling and model fitting techniques, this approach allows for swift characterization of IL samples. To address the demand for enhanced mid-IR power in 2D IR spectroscopy applications, this thesis examines a cost-effective and easily implementable approach that involves incorporating an additional amplification stage that utilizes discarded light as the pump source, resulting in a two-fold improvement in mid-IR power. Additionally, this thesis explores the application of phase imaging atomic force microscopy to measure the tunable mechanical properties of ionic liquids confined in nanowells. The obtained results demonstrate a clear correlation between the size of nanoconfinement and the stiffness of the ionic liquid.
Reflex-Based Open-Vocabulary Navigation without Prior Knowledge Using Omnidirectional Camera and Multiple Vision-Language Models
Creators: name: Kawaharazuka, Kento
name: Obinata, Yoshiki
name: Kanazawa, Naoaki
name: Tsukamoto, Naoto
name: Okada, Kei
name: Inaba, Masayuki
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Robotics (cs.RO)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: Systems and Control (eess.SY)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: Various robot navigation methods have been developed, but they are mainly based on Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM), reinforcement learning, etc., which require prior map construction or learning. In this study, we consider the simplest method that does not require any map construction or learning, and execute open-vocabulary navigation of robots without any prior knowledge to do this. We applied an omnidirectional camera and pre-trained vision-language models to the robot. The omnidirectional camera provides a uniform view of the surroundings, thus eliminating the need for complicated exploratory behaviors including trajectory generation. By applying multiple pre-trained vision-language models to this omnidirectional image and incorporating reflective behaviors, we show that navigation becomes simple and does not require any prior setup. Interesting properties and limitations of our method are discussed based on experiments with the mobile robot Fetch.
description: Accepted at Advanced Robotics, website - https://haraduka.github.io/omnidirectional-vlm/
La social-démocratie en Saskatchewan et le discours de l'austérité économique, 1944-1998.
Creators: name: Nystrom, Jason F.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: History, Canadian.

description: Au Canada, l'assainissement financier a été le mot d'ordre des différents paliers gouvernementaux durant les années 1990. Plusieurs ministres des Finances, quelle que soit leur persuasion idéologique, ont fait de la lutte contre le déficit la pierre angulaire de leurs politiques publiques. Atteindre le déficit zéro, pour eux, est devenu une vertu et le symbole de la bonne gestion des comptes publics. La social-démocratie n'échappe pas à cette tendance néo-conservatrice des finances publiques. Or, le gouvernement néo-démocrate de la Saskatchewan, dès le début de son premier mandat (1991-1995) opte pour l'assainissement financier. Il pratique une politique d'austérité économique qui lui permettra d'atteindre le déficit zéro dès l'année fiscale 1994-1995. Cette politique marque-t-elle un virage important au sein de la social-démocratie au Canada? Notre hypothèse est que la pratique social-démocrate en Saskatchewan, sous les gouvernements CCF/NPD, a toujours été caractérisée par un sens aigu de la responsabilité fiscale. Avant, comme après 1991, la CCF/NPD a constamment opté pour une gestion conservatrice des leviers publics. Par l'entremise d'une analyse budgétaire et de deux études de cas nous croyons pouvoir montrer que la prudence économique du gouvernement Romanow s'aligne dans la tradition social-démocrate en Saskatchewan.
Umweltpolitik im 21. Jahrhundert
Creators: name: Jacob, Klaus
name: Pregernig, Michael
name: Klatt, Anne
name: Arenhövel, Dorothee
name: Jering, Almut
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Umweltpolitik
subject: Umweltforschung
subject: Forschungsprojekt
subject: Nachhaltigkeit | Strategien | Internationales

description: Das derzeit laufende Forschungsprojekt „Umweltpolitik im 21. Jahrhundert – Ansätze zur Bewältigung neuartiger Herausforderungen“ entwickelt strategische Vorschläge dafür, wie Umweltpolitik persistenten und sich verlagernden Problemen sowie neuen Herausforderungen wirksamer begegnen kann.Das Faltblatt informiert über den Hintergrund, die Ziele und die Inhalte des Projekts, über während der Projektlaufzeit geplante Veranstaltungen und über das Projektteam und die Ansprechpartnerinnen und Ansprechpartner.
Stochastic and fuzzy analyses in reliability design
Creators: name: Jenab, Kouroush
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Mechanical.

description: The risk analysis process involving information acquisition, modeling, analysis, and decision steps results in the product design improvement. To perform product risk assessment, this study addresses stochastic and fuzzy analyses in reliability design. Using decision-making techniques and the flow-graph concept, the main objective of this study is to develop analytical models with time varying input data, and/or fuzzy input data for reliability techniques. The models (i.e., Graph-based failure effects analysis, Group-based failure effects analysis, Imprecise-chance Markov chains, Fuzzy and stochastic fault tree analysis, Binary k-out-of-n system with self-loop units, Reversible multi-state k-out-of-n:G/F/Load sharing system, and Imprecise-chance reliability estimation) incorporate the stochastic self-healing mechanisms represented by self-loop graph, and/or conflict resolution approach. Stochastic models developed in this study compute Time-To-Event/State data made up of probability of the system failure, and mean and standard deviation of time to an event/state. To identify, prioritize and eliminate potential failures in the system, the fuzzy models presented in this study introduce aggregated/compensated approaches for mitigating conflict of input data. The applications of the stochastic and fuzzy models are demonstrated through practical examples. Using typical, practical, and extreme values of the basic parameters of the models and performing sensitivity analysis, the end results demonstrate the robustness of and conflict resolution capability of the models.
Search for technicolor with the OPAL detector in e$^+$ e$^-$ collisions at the highest LEP energies
Creators: name: Gollub, Nils
Publisher: name: Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, DESY, Hamburg
Year: 2001
Subjects: thesis
electron positron: colliding beams
electron positron: annihilation
new particle: search for
technicolor
technirho: decay
techniomega: decay
W: longitudinal
technipion: mass
lower limit
channel cross section: branching ratio
upper limit
final state: (4jet)
OPAL
experimental results
CERN LEP Stor
200-209 GeV-cms

description: Universität Hamburg, Diplomarbeit, 2001; 97 pp., (2001). doi:10.3204/DESY-THESIS-2001-063
description: Published by Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, DESY, Hamburg
Parsing gaps: Evidence from French.
Creators: name: Bourdages, Johanne S.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1990
Subjects: subject: Language, Linguistics.

description: This dissertation investigates the parsing of filler-gap dependencies in French, more specifically those found in the restrictive relative construction. The primary goal of this research is to examine a question raised by Stowe (1984; 1986) concerning whether the parser has access to islandhood knowledge. Stowe's (1984;1986) results are compatible with the view that this type of grammatical information is readily accessible for the parser's initial analysis. However, her results are ambiguous since in her study, islandhood was confounded with subject position, where she failed to find gap-location effect. This study will examine the CNP-constraint in object position. A second goal is to examine whether the parsing mechanism postulates a gap in any potential position or only when the position is also a potential end of the sentence. Most of the experiments in the field use sentences where false gaps are located in a position which can correspond to a potential end of a sentence. Thus, the "surprise" effect attributed to false gap filling could also be attributed to the parsing mechanism finding that it did not reach the end of the sentence as expected. This dissertation provides evidence compatible with the view that island constraints, in this case the Complex NP constraint, are readily available to the parser; however, it also provides indications that the potential end of the sentence effect is a factor which has to be considered in identifying a gap location.
Bestimmung der kritischen Felder von oberflächen- und temperaturbehandeltem Niob durch Wechselfeld-Suszeptometrie
Creators: name: Steffen, Bernd
Publisher: name: Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, DESY, Hamburg
Year: 2003
Subjects: thesis
RF system: superconductivity
niobium
electromagnetic field: upper limit
electron positron: linear collider
linear collider: proposed

description: Universität Würzburg, Diplomarbeit, 2003; 101 pp., (2003). doi:10.3204/DESY-THESIS-2003-014
description: Published by Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, DESY, Hamburg
Epigenetic regulation of placental gene expression in transcriptional subtypes of preeclampsia
Creators: name: Leavey, Katherine
name: Wilson, Samantha L.
name: Bainbridge, Shannon A.
name: Robinson, Wendy P.
name: Cox, Brian J.
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2018

description: Background: Preeclampsia (PE) is a heterogeneous, hypertensive disorder of pregnancy, with no robust biomarkers or effective treatments. We hypothesized that this heterogeneity is due to the existence of multiple subtypes of PE and, in support of this hypothesis, we recently identified five clusters of placentas within a large gene expression microarray dataset (N = 330), of which four (clusters 1, 2, 3, and 5) contained a substantial number of PE samples. However, while transcriptional analysis of placentas can subtype patients, we propose that the addition of epigenetic information could discern gene regulatory mechanisms behind the distinct PE pathologies, as well as identify clinically useful potential biomarkers. Results: We subjected 48 of our samples from transcriptional clusters 1, 2, 3, and 5 to Infinium HumanMethylation450 arrays. Samples belonging to transcriptional clusters 1–3 still showed visible relationships to each other by methylation, but cluster 5, with known chromosomal abnormalities, no longer formed a cohesive group. Within transcriptional clusters 2 and 3, controlling for fetal sex and gestational age in the identification of differentially methylated sites, compared to the healthier cluster 1, dramatically reduced the number of significant sites, but increased the percentage that demonstrated a strong linear correlation with gene expression (from 5% and 2% to 9% and 8%, respectively). Locations exhibiting a positive relationship between methylation and gene expression were most frequently found in CpG open sea enhancer regions within the gene body, while those with a significant negative correlation were often annotated to the promoter in a CpG shore region. Integrated transcriptome and epigenome analysis revealed modifications in TGF-beta signaling, cell adhesion, oxidative phosphorylation, and metabolism pathways in cluster 2 placentas, and aberrations in antigen presentation, allograft rejection, and cytokine-cytokine receptor interaction in cluster 3 samples. Conclusions: Overall, we have established DNA methylation alterations underlying a portion of the transcriptional development of “canonical” PE in cluster 2 and “immunological” PE in cluster 3. However, a significant number of the observed methylation changes were not associated with corresponding changes in gene expression, and vice versa, indicating that alternate methods of gene regulation will need to be explored to fully comprehend these PE subtypes.
3810553.pdf
Creators: name: Liu, Chang
name: Huang, He-Liang
name: Chen, Chao
name: Wang, Bi-Ying
name: Wang, Xi-Lin
name: Yang, Tao
name: Li, Li
name: Liu, NaiLe
name: Dowling, Jonathan
name: Byrnes, Tim
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: supplementary-material
Transforming the transport sector for EVERYONE
Creators: name: Bunge, Christiane
name: Frey, Kilian
name: Burger, Andreas
name: Dziekan, Katrin
name: Lünenbürger, Benjamin
Publisher: name: Umweltbundesamt
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Nachhaltige Mobilität
subject: transport transition
subject: social justice
subject: envrironmental justice
subject: sustainable mobility
subject: environmentally harmful susidies
subject: Transport

description: Das Positionspapier stellt dar, warum das deutsche Verkehrssystem nicht nur unter ökologischen, sondern auch unter sozialen Gesichtspunkten dringend reformbedürftig ist. So sind zum Beispiel Haushalte mit niedrigen Einkommen, Frauen, Kinder oder ältere Menschen überdurchschnittlich stark von verkehrsbedingten Emissionen betroffen, obwohl sie vergleichsweise wenig zur Verkehrsbelastung beitragen. Zusätzlich profitieren Haushalte mit hohen Einkommen überproportional von umweltschädlichen Subventionen im Verkehr, wie dem Dienstwagenprivileg. Diese Subventionen sollten daher abgebaut und der knappe öffentlichen Raum zugunsten von Fußverkehr, Radverkehr und öffentlichem Verkehr umverteilt werden. Quelle: Umweltbundesamt
description: This position paper shows why the German transport system is in urgent need of reform, not only from an environmental but also from a societal point of view. Households with low incomes, women, children or elderly people are disproportionately affected by transport-related emissions, although they contribute comparatively little to the stress caused by transport. In addition, households with high incomes receive proportionally greater benefit from environmentally harmful transport subsidies such as a company car privilege. These subsidies should therefore be abolished and scarce public space should be redistributed in favour of walking, cycling and public transport. Quelle: Umweltbundesamt
description: This position paper shows why the German transport system is in urgent need of reform, not only from an environmental but also from a societal point of view. Households with low incomes, women, children or elderly people are disproportionately affected by transport-related emissions, although they contribute comparatively little to the stress caused by transport. In addition, households with high incomes receive proportionally greater benefit from environmentally harmful transport subsidies such as a company car privilege. These subsidies should therefore be abolished and scarce public space should be redistributed in favour of walking, cycling and public transport.
Structural and Superconducting Properties in the Te-doped Spinel CuRh2Se4
Creators: name: Li, Kuan
name: Zeng, Lingyong
name: Li, Longfu
name: Chen, Rui
name: Yu, Peifeng
name: Wang, Kangwang
name: Zhang, Chao
name: Xiang, Zaichen
name: Luo, Huixia
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper, we discuss the impact of tellurium (Te) doping on the spinel superconductor CuRh2Se4. We conducted a comprehensive evaluation of the structural and superconducting properties of the system using various techniques, including X-ray diffraction (XRD), resistivity, magnetization, and specific heat measurements. Based on our XRD analysis, we found that the spinel superconductor CuRh2Se4-xTex crystallizes in the space group Fd3m(227) with x in the region of 0 to 0.28, while the layered compound CuRh2Se4-xTex crystallizes in the space group P3m1 (164) with x in the region of 2.8 to 4.0. The upper critical magnetic field can be increased from 0.95(2) T for CuRh2Se4 to 3.44(1) T for CuRh2Se3.72Te0.28 by doping with elemental Te. However, the layered compound CuRh2Se4-xTex did not exhibit superconducting properties. Besides, the specific heat measurements of CuRh2Se4-xTex (x = 0, 0.1, 0.28) indicate that the Te element doping affects the electronic structure and interactions of the material and breaks the stability of the superconducting pairing, which leads to a decrease in the Tc. Finally, we show the electronic phase diagram of Tc with Te doping to summarise our findings.
description: 25 pages, 6 figures, 1 table
The meanings and functions of migration
Creators: name: Nakamura, Yoko
Publisher: name: University of Iowa
Year: 2025
Subjects: public abstract

description: This dissertation seeks to examine the functions of migration across cultures—the Islamic and the Western—and over time from the advent of Islam. From the beginning of our species, migration has always and perhaps universally been one crucial way for people to improve their lives. At the same time, migration has been instrumentalized by relatively more powerful entities. Within the context of migration, I define instrumentalism as a relatively powerful entity’s manipulation or exploitation of the act of migration itself (that is to say, the movement of people) or of policies and norms related to migration for its own benefit. In this project, I argue that instrumentalism is an increasingly distinctive feature of contemporary international migration that takes place in a state-centered system. To illustrate how instrumentalism works within migration, and informed by major theoretical frameworks, I analyze historical and contemporary events, primary sources, and legal documents across cultures and over time.
Timing analysis for 20 millisecond pulsars in the Parkes Pulsar Timing Array
Creators: name: Reardon, Daniel
name: Hobbs, G.
name: Coles, W.
name: Levin, Y.
name: Keith, M. J.
name: Bailes, Matthew
name: Bhat, N. D. R.
name: Burke-Spolaor, S.
name: Dai, S.
name: Kerr, M.
name: Lasky, P. D.
name: Manchester, R. N.
name: Oslowski, Stefan
name: Ravi, V.
name: Shannon, Ryan
name: van Straten, Willem
name: Toomey, L.
name: Wang, James
name: Wen, L.
name: You, X. P.
name: Zhu, X.- J.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 5101
subject: Astronomical sciences
classificationCode: 5109
subject: Space sciences

description: We present timing models for 20 millisecond pulsars in the Parkes Pulsar Timing Array. The precision of the parameter measurements in these models has been improved over earlier results by using longer data sets and modelling the non-stationary noise. We describe a new noise modelling procedure and demonstrate its effectiveness using simulated data. Our methodology includes the addition of annual dispersion measure (DM) variations to the timing models of some pulsars. We present the first significant parallax measurements for PSRs J1024-0719, J1045-4509, J1600-3053, J1603-7202, and J1730-2304, as well as the first significant measurements of some post-Keplerian orbital parameters in six binary pulsars, caused by kinematic effects. Improved Shapiro delay measurements have resulted in much improved pulsar mass measurements, particularly for PSRs J0437-4715 and J1909-3744 with M-p = 1.44 +/- 0.07 and 1.47 +/- 0.03 M-circle dot, respectively. The improved orbital period-derivative measurement for PSR J0437-4715 results in a derived distance measurement at the 0.16 per cent level of precision, D = 156.79 +/- 0.25 pc, one of the most fractionally precise distance measurements of any star to date.
Influence of Pigment Epithelium-Derived Factor on Outcome after Striatal Cerebral Ischemia in the Mouse
Creators: name: Zille, Marietta
name: Riabinska, Arina
name: Terzi, Menderes Yusuf
name: Balkaya, Mustafa
name: Prinz, Vincent
name: Schmerl, Bettina
name: Nieminen-Kelha, Melina
name: Endres, Matthias
name: Vajkoczy, Peter
name: Pina, Ana Luisa
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: We here suggest that pigment epithelium-derived factor (PEDF) does not have an effect on lesion size, behavioral outcome, cell proliferation, or cell death after striatal ischemia in the mouse. PEDF is a neurotrophic factor with neuroprotective, antiangiogenic, and antipermeability effects. It influences self-renewal of neural stem cells and proliferation of microglia. We investigated whether intraventricular infusion of PEDF reduces infarct size and cell death, ameliorates behavioral outcome, and influences cell proliferation in the one-hour middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) mouse model of focal cerebral ischemia. C57Bl6/N mice were implanted with PEDF or artificial cerebrospinal fluid (control) osmotic pumps and subjected to 60-minute MCAO 48 hours after pump implantation. They received daily BrdU injections for 7 days after MCAO in order to investigate cell proliferation. Infarct volumes were determined 24 hours after reperfusion using magnetic resonance imaging. We removed the pumps on day 5 and performed behavioral testing between day 7 and 21. Immunohistochemical staining was performed to determine the effect of PEDF on cell proliferation and cell death. Our model produced an ischemic injury confined solely to striatal damage. We detected no reduction in infarct sizes and cell death in PEDF- vs. CSF-infused MCAO mice. Behavioral outcome and cell proliferation did not differ between the groups. However, we cannot exclude that PEDF might work under different conditions in stroke. Further studies will elucidate the effect of PEDF treatment on cell proliferation and behavioral outcome in moderate to severe ischemic injury in the brain.
Collaborative decision support and documentation in chemical safety with KnowSEC
Creators: name: Baumeister, Joachim
name: Brandt, Marc
name: Striffler, Albrecht
name: Neumann, Michael
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2016

description: To protect the health of human and environment, the European Union implemented the REACH regulation for chemical substances. REACH is an acronym for Registration, Evaluation, Authorization, and Restriction of Chemicals. Under REACH, the authorities have the task of assessing chemical substances, especially those that might pose a risk to human health or environment. The work under REACH is scientifically, technically and procedurally a complex and knowledge-intensive task that is jointly performed by the European Chemicals Agency and member state authorities in Europe. The assessment of substances under REACH conducted in the German Environment Agency is supported by the knowledge-based system KnowSEC, which is used for the screening, documentation, and decision support when working on chemical substances. The software KnowSEC integrates advanced semantic technologies and strong problem solving methods. It allows for the collaborative work on substances in the context of the European REACH regulation. We discuss the applied methods and process models and we report on experiences with the implementation and use of the system.Quelle: http://jcheminf.springeropen.com
Linguistic and cultural transfer in Michel Tremblay's "Les Belles-Soeurs".
Creators: name: Ulicki, Alanna.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1997
Subjects: subject: Language, Linguistics.

description: This thesis is a critique of the Canadian translation of Michel Tremblay's landmark play, Les Belles-Soeurs. It is divided into three parts. Parts I and II focus on the translation of Tremblay's language and Part III on the "translation" of his subject matter. Les Belles-Soeurs is written entirely in the Montreal working-class dialect joual. In Part I of this thesis, we take a detailed look at the various features of this dialect and examine whether or not they have been retained in the canadian translation. When a given feature has not been retained, we determine to what extent the fault lies with the translators and to what extent it can be attributed to insurmountable cultural and linguistic differences between English Canada and Quebec and can thus be said to have been beyond the translators' control. Finally, we suggest possible ways in which any weaknesses in the translation could have been prevented or, at the very least, minimized. In Les Belles-Soeurs, Tremblay combines the everyday speech of working-class Quebec with a number of language strategies, each of which serves a highly specific function within his text. In Part II of this thesis, we discuss the problems involved in transposing each of these strategies into English and establish whether the translators have successfully met such a challenge in their translation. When they have not, we suggest possible ways of dealing with the problem. No study of Les Belles-Soeurs would be complete without a discussion of Tremblay's subject matter. In Part III of this thesis, we take a look at the social and political connotations of the play, determining if and to what extent they are "translatable" into an English-Canadian context. Finally, we discuss the possibility of adaptation as a means of making Tremblay's subject matter more "accessible" to an English-Canadian audience.
Assessing the mental health of multicultural prisoner populations: a cross-cultural comparison with culturally and linguistically diverse, Indigenous Australian and English-speaking background groups of prisoners
Creators: name: Rose, Arran Misha
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The Australian prison population is reflecting Australian society and becoming increasingly diverse. The most over-represented cultural group in the Australian prison system are those from Indigenous Australian backgrounds (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders). There is also increasing numbers of inmates from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds in the Australian prison system. Research investigating the mental health of Indigenous Australian and culturally and linguistically diverse groups is extremely limited. This thesis increases the level of knowledge into the mental health of cross-cultural groups of prisoners in the Australian prison system.
The Theoretical Astrophysical Observatory: Cloud-based mock galaxy catalogs
Creators: name: Bernyk, Maksym
name: Croton, Darren
name: Tonini, Chiara
name: Hodkinson, Luke
name: Hassan, Amr H.
name: Garel, Thibault
name: Duffy, Alan
name: Mutch, Simon J.
name: Poole, Gregory B.
name: Hegarty, Sarah
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 510103
subject: Cosmology and extragalactic astronomy

description: We introduce the Theoretical Astrophysical Observatory (TAO), an online virtual laboratory that houses mock observations of galaxy survey data. Such mocks have become an integral part of the modern analysis pipeline. However, building them requires an expert knowledge of galaxy modelling and simulation techniques, significant investment in software development, and access to high performance computing. These requirements make it difficult for a small research team or individual to quickly build a mock catalogue suited to their needs. To address this TAO offers access to multiple cosmological simulations and semi-analytic galaxy formation models from an intuitive and clean web interface. Results can be funnelled through science modules and sent to a dedicated supercomputer for further processing and manipulation. These modules include the ability to (1) construct custom observer light-cones from the simulation data cubes; (2) generate the stellar emission from star formation histories, apply dust extinction, and compute absolute and/or apparent magnitudes; and (3) produce mock images of the sky. All of TAO's features can be accessed without any programming requirements. The modular nature of TAO opens it up for further expansion in the future.