cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Flow Maximization for Multimedia Streaming Service in SDN Networks
Creators: name: Samani, Abolfazl
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Computer Science
subject: SDN
subject: QoS
subject: MILP
subject: Bandwidth Reservation

description: Along with the increasing demand for video streaming, network service providers and video content providers are faced with the challenge of maximizing their service in terms of both quantity and quality while guaranteeing Quality-of-Service (QoS). In this thesis, we propose MaxStream, a SDN-based flow maximization framework. The framework exploits the global view of the network available at the SDN controller to formulate integer multi-commodity flow problems with objectives to maximize the number of streaming sessions accommodated in a network to improve providers’ profit (quantity of the service), and to maximize bandwidth provisioning for QoS enhancement (quality of the service). To cope with arbitrary starts and stops of streaming sessions, we take advantage of SDN to dynamically reroute streaming sessions in order to keep the number of streaming sessions in the network close to maximal. We extend MaxStream with a reroute minimization algorithm to reduce the cost and packet loss associated with rerouting. Our simulation results confirm that on average, MaxStream accepts 13% more steaming sessions and offers 50% increase in bandwidth provisioning compared to variations of the widest shortest path algorithm.
On adaptive inference and confidence bands
Creators: name: Hoffmann, Marc
name: Nickl, Richard
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Statistics Theory (math.ST)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: The problem of existence of adaptive confidence bands for an unknown density $f$ that belongs to a nested scale of Hölder classes over $\mathbb{R}$ or $[0,1]$ is considered. Whereas honest adaptive inference in this problem is impossible already for a pair of Hölder balls $Σ(r),Σ(s),r\ne s$, of fixed radius, a nonparametric distinguishability condition is introduced under which adaptive confidence bands can be shown to exist. It is further shown that this condition is necessary and sufficient for the existence of honest asymptotic confidence bands, and that it is strictly weaker than similar analytic conditions recently employed in Giné and Nickl [Ann. Statist. 38 (2010) 1122--1170]. The exceptional sets for which honest inference is not possible have vanishingly small probability under natural priors on Hölder balls $Σ(s)$. If no upper bound for the radius of the Hölder balls is known, a price for adaptation has to be paid, and near-optimal adaptation is possible for standard procedures. The implications of these findings for a general theory of adaptive inference are discussed.
description: Published in at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/11-AOS903 the Annals of Statistics (http://www.imstat.org/aos/) by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (http://www.imstat.org)
Looking into the matter of light-quark hadrons
Creators: name: Roberts, Craig D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In tackling QCD, a constructive feedback between theory and extant and forthcoming experiments is necessary in order to place constraints on the infrared behaviour of QCD's β-function, a key nonperturbative quantity in hadron physics. The Dyson-Schwinger equations provide a tool with which to work toward this goal. They connect confinement with dynamical chiral symmetry breaking, both with the observable properties of hadrons, and hence provide a means of elucidating the material content of real-world QCD. This contribution illustrates these points via comments on: in-hadron condensates; dressed-quark anomalous chromo- and electro-magnetic moments; the spectra of mesons and baryons, and the critical role played by hadron-hadron interactions in producing these spectra.
description: 11 pages, 7 figures. Contribution to the Proceedings of "Applications of light-cone coordinates to highly relativistic systems - LIGHTCONE 2011," 23-27 May, 2011, Dallas. The Proceedings will be published in Few Body Systems
On Net Load and Invisible Solar Power Generation Estimation In Modern Power Systems
Creators: name: Shakerardakani, Hamid
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Engineering--Electronics and Electrical
subject: Engineering--Environmental
subject: Renewable Energy
subject: behind-the-meter solar
subject: invisible solar power generation
subject: Wind energy
subject: solar energy
subject: net load
subject: data dimension reduction
subject: California Renewable Portfolio Standard
subject: forecasting
subject: fuzzy systems

description: Integration of wind and solar power generation into power systems has grown significantly over the past decade. While system operators have managed the variable and non-dispatchable nature of these resources at current levels, their large-scale integration would pose new challenges in power systems operation procedures. In particular, net load, which is the conventional load minus the non-dispatchable generation, would significantly deviate from load as the penetration level increases. The main non-dispatchable sources of electricity generation are utility-scale and small- scale behind-the-meter wind and solar power. This thesis focuses on characteristics of the net load in power systems when a large amount of wind and solar power generation is integrated into the grid. Historical and simulated net load scenarios are analyzed from a variety of perspectives. It also evaluates the effect of wind integration level on the net load forecasting accuracy. Additionally, the thesis proposes two methodologies to estimate invisible solar power generation using the data from a limited number of sites. The first approach uses data mining tools to identify the critical sites for continuous monitoring. The second approach models the uncertainties of the invisible solar power production using fuzzy arithmetic applied to publicly available production data. This is the first study using public data in the field. Numerical simulations are provided based on California, Alberta, and Ireland power systems. The results show the importance of understanding the changes related to significant wind and solar power generation. New morning downward and an increased level of afternoon upward net load ramps were found compared to the conventional load. The net load was also found to be more volatile compared to the load. In addition, numerical results prove the efficiency and accuracy of the proposed methodologies for the invisible solar power generation estimation. The results showed that continuous monitoring of a small number of sites is enough for accurate estimations. Moreover, the fuzzy model is capable of producing accurate estimations by using public data of only 20 sites per subregion.
Exploring Cognitive Flexibility in Relation to Social Skills and Resiliency in Children with High Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorders
Creators: name: Altomare, Alyssa
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Psychology--Cognitive
subject: children
subject: HFASD
subject: resilience
subject: Executive Functions
subject: Social Skills

description: The current study examined factors related to resilience in children with a High Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder (HFASD). Such factors included executive functioning (specifically cognitive flexibility) and social skills. Cognitive flexibility was examined using the Delis-Kaplan Executive Functioning System (D-KEFS), as well as the Behaviour Rating Inventory of Executive Functions (BRIEF). Social skills were examined using the Social Skills Improvement System Parent (SSIS P) and Self-Report (SSIS SR) forms. Resilience was examined via the Resiliency Scales for Children and Adolescents (RSCA). The results indicated that children with HFASD demonstrate greater impairment in cognitive flexibility (as measured by the BRIEF) and social skills (as measured by the SSIS P) in comparison to typical controls; however, there were no significant differences between the two groups on the RSCA. Additionally, a relationship between cognitive flexibility and social skills emerged in the HFASD group.
Blood on Filter Paper for Monitoring Caribou Health: Efficacy, Community-Based Collection, and Disease Ecology in Circumpolar Herds
Creators: name: Curry, Patricia Sale
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Veterinary Science
subject: Caribou
subject: Rangifer
subject: Filter paper
subject: Nobuto
subject: Serology
subject: Pathogens
subject: Arctic

description: Various pathogens of caribou and reindeer (Rangifer tarandus ssp.) have been detected and isolated. Some are important from a human food-safety perspective, but relatively little is known about the health impacts of these agents in Rangifer. This project sought to contribute to the serological detection and understanding of caribou pathogens by examining blood collection on filter paper (FP) as a tool for health monitoring. Filter-paper test performance was evaluated by comparing FP results to matched serum as the relative standard. This was done in nine serological assays (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays and virus neutralization) for eight pathogens/groups: Brucella spp., Neospora caninum, West Nile virus (WNV), bovine herpesvirus-1 (BHV-1), parainfluenza virus type 3 (PI-3), bovine respiratory syncytial virus (BRSV), and bovine viral diarrhea virus types I and II. Filter-paper performance in these tests was also assessed under different storage and processing conditions. Performance was comparable to serum (FP sensitivity and specificity ≥80%) within 2 months of collection and, in most assays, after 1 year. Trials demonstrated that FP samples frozen directly upon collection performed comparably to matched serum, and that FP samples failed in the fluorescence polarization assay for Brucella. A serosurvey conducted on 550 animals from seven migratory caribou herds of arctic North America and Greenland revealed relatively high overall seroprevalence for Pestivirus (28%), BHV-1 (25%), and PI-3 (7%), and lower-than-expected prevalence for Brucella and Toxoplasma gondii. No animals tested positive for WNV or BRSV. In the two Greenland herds, only two animals were positive for one pathogen (BHV-1). Filter-paper blood sampling was implemented in hunter-based wildlife health-monitoring programs in arctic communities of Canada. Interviews with harvesters revealed strong interest in wildlife disease, moderate interest in hunter sampling, and hunter acceptance of the FP method. Findings also identified potential cultural barriers to hunter sampling of wildlife, and challenges regarding program impact and sustainability. This research validates a diagnostic field tool for multiple serological assays in Rangifer, and adds new knowledge about pathogen exposure in caribou, and about community engagement in research. It is relevant to other wildlife species, other hunter-based monitoring programs, and other community-based initiatives in the North and potentially worldwide.
Research Data Management in Life Sciences: Best practices for writing reproducible data-analysis in Rstudio
Creators: name: Muyldermans, Tuur
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Research Data Management
Reproducibility
Rstudio
Rmarkdown
Version Control
GitHub
Licenses

description: Slides for the "Best practices for writing reproducible data-analysis in Rstudio” session of the "Research Data Management for Life Sciences" workshop organised on 9 and 10 November 2020 by Ghent University, ELIXIR Belgium and VIB in collaboration with Interreg Vlaanderen-Nederland.
Fundamental Complexity Measures of Life
Creators: name: Grandpierre, Attila
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph)
subject: Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems (nlin.AO)
subject: Other Quantitative Biology (q-bio.OT)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: At present, there is a great deal of confusion regarding complexity and its measures (reviews on complexity measures are found in, e.g. Lloyd, 2001 and Shalizi, 2006 and more references therein). Moreover, there is also confusion regarding the nature of life. In this situation, it seems the task of determining the fundamental complexity measures of life is especially difficult. Yet this task is just part of a greater task: obtaining substantial insights into the nature of biological evolution. We think that without a firm quantitative basis characterizing the most fundamental aspects of life, it is impossible to overcome the confusion so as to clarify the nature of biological evolution. The approach we present here offers such quantitative measures of complexity characterizing biological organization and, as we will see, evolution.
description: 49 pages, included a dialogue with Philip Ball
Organic matter preservation during early diagenesis and implications for potential hydrocarbon generation, a study of the immature Belle Fourche and Second White Specks formations, central Alberta, Canada
Creators: name: Synnott, Dane Patrick
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Geochemistry
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Geology
subject: Geochemistry
subject: Diagenesis

description: The Cenomanian to Early Turonian Belle Fourche and Second White Specks formations in central Alberta are composed of organic rich mudstones deposited under changing depositional conditions. Processes that take place during deposition or during early diagenesis, can have important implications on the eventual hydrocarbon potential of the rock following burial. These processes include the deposition of allochthonous refractory organic matter, as well as the bacterial degradation of autochthonous organic matter during diagenesis. The analysis of these processes in this study has revealed important impacts on the source rock properties of these formations, including elevation of the reflectance of oil prone organic matter, dilution of the measured total organic carbon by refractory organic matter, and insights into the methodologies, which may be used to quantify these impacts. This work has demonstrated that traditional screening techniques must be closely examined in order to account for the impact of these processes.
title: Decision-making under conditions of definition and risk based on strict methods
Creators: name: Porubay, O.V.
Publisher: name: Tashkent State Technical University Named after Islam Karimov
Year: 2020

description: In this paper, the problems of decision-making in conditions of certainty and risk based on strict methods are considered. The classification of methods of decision theory is presented, taking into account the uncertainty and related subjectivity in evaluating decision options. Strict methods are considered, which include methods of mathematical optimization, or mathematical programming, designed to solve single- or multi-criteria problems of finding the optimal solution. Thus, based on computational experiments, we can conclude that strict methods are usually used in decision-making under conditions of certainty and possibly risk, heuristic methods in conditions of risk and uncertainty, and also if strict methods are practically impossible due to the large dimension of the cumbersome task computing.
Small Area Shrinkage Estimation
Creators: name: Datta, G.
name: Ghosh, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Methodology (stat.ME)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The need for small area estimates is increasingly felt in both the public and private sectors in order to formulate their strategic plans. It is now widely recognized that direct small area survey estimates are highly unreliable owing to large standard errors and coefficients of variation. The reason behind this is that a survey is usually designed to achieve a specified level of accuracy at a higher level of geography than that of small areas. Lack of additional resources makes it almost imperative to use the same data to produce small area estimates. For example, if a survey is designed to estimate per capita income for a state, the same survey data need to be used to produce similar estimates for counties, subcounties and census divisions within that state. Thus, by necessity, small area estimation needs explicit, or at least implicit, use of models to link these areas. Improved small area estimates are found by "borrowing strength" from similar neighboring areas.
description: Published in at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/11-STS374 the Statistical Science (http://www.imstat.org/sts/) by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (http://www.imstat.org)
Keynote Speech by Sarah Nouwen, Professor of International Law at European University Institute  "Inclusive Open Access in academia: coming together against exclusive publishing"
Creators: name: Nouwen, Sarah
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: Open Access is a great topic to rally around. Who can be against the idea of Open Access? But this lecture argues that Open Access is also a topic that requires us 'to come together' to specify what we actually mean by 'Open Access', differentiating between idea and modalities, to ensure that we do not enter into an Open Access world that works against its own objectives, especially equity and inclusion. Recognising the crucial role that libraries play in the shift towards Open Access, this lecture identifies some points on which more collaboration with all stakeholders is required: ensuring that scholars without access to resources or transformative agreements can continue to publish; protecting diversity in scholarly 'outputs'; resisting the 'more, more, more' incentive; reconsidering the pros and cons of hybrid journals and creating a 'post-transformation' vision that is equitable, inclusive and sustainable.
Development of Purge-and-Trap Sample Preconcentrator for Enhanced Detection of Alkyl Nitrates by Thermal Dissociation Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy
Creators: name: Ye, Connie
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Chemistry--Analytical
subject: Atmospheric Science
subject: Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy
subject: Alkyl nitrates

description: This thesis describes the development of a sample preconcentrator for enhanced detection of alkyl nitrates (∑ANs) in ambient air by thermal dissociation cavity ring-down spectroscopy (TD-CRDS). The recovery of isopropyl nitrate on Tenax adsorbent was (96±1)% and unaffected by potential interfering gases such as ozone and nitrogen dioxide. Mixtures of five alkyl nitrates were also recovered in high yield in dry (99±5)% and in humidified air (92±11)% with relative humidity of 83%. Results from the first field deployment of the new instrument from the Ozone-depleting Reactions in a Coastal Atmosphere (ORCA) campaign are presented. The ORCA campaign took place at the Amphitrite Point Observatory on the West coast of Vancouver Island in Ucluelet, B,C. from July 6-31, 2015. A signal to noise ratio of 16.8 and a limit of detection of 7 pptv were demonstrated in the field. Future applications include measurements of isoprene and monoterpene nitrates.
A multi-wavelength study of the radio source G296.7-0.9: confirmation as a Galactic supernova remnant
Creators: name: Robbins, W. J.
name: Gaensler, B. M.
name: Murphy, T.
name: Reeves, S.
name: Green, A. J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a multi-wavelength study of the radio source G296.7-0.9. This source has a bilateral radio morphology, a radio spectral index of -0.5 +/- 0.1, sparse patches of linear polarisation, and thermal X-rays with a bright arc near the radio boundary. Considering these characteristics, we conclude that G296.7-0.9 is a supernova remnant (SNR). The age and morphology of the SNR in the context of its environment suggest that the source is co-located with an HII region, and that portions of the shock front have broken out into a lower density medium. We see no evidence for a neutron star or pulsar wind nebula associated with SNR G296.7-0.9.
description: 11 pages with 9 figures and 2 tables. Accepted for publication in MNRAS
The Role of Neutrophil MMP-9 in the Development of Fibrosis in Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis
Creators: name: Alansary, Abrar Mohammad
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Fibrosis
subject: Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis
subject: Neutrophils
subject: MMP-9

description: Hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) is a pulmonary disorder caused by repeated inhalation of a variety of organic antigens, which can lead to chronic fibrosis and respiratory failure. In our laboratory we use a model of experimental HP (EHP) involving repeated exposure of mice by oropharyngeal aspiration to Saccharopolyspora Rectivirgula antigen (SR Ag), the main causative agent of farmer's Lung. In EHP, pulmonary fibrosis develops after three weeks of SR Ag exposure and continues increasing up to week five. Previously it has been shown in our laboratory that neutrophils are critical for the development of fibrosis in this model. My hypothesis is that neutrophils and their products, specifically MMP-9, play a role in the development of fibrosis in HP. In this work, I demonstrated that active MMP-9, derived from neutrophils, is present in fibrotic areas of the lung in EHP. GM6001, a broad-spectrum inhibitor of MMP-1, -2, -3, -8, and -9, administrated intraperitoneally to mice at week two and three in a three week SR Ag protocol showed reduced neutrophil infiltration to the lung but had no effect on fibrosis. These results were difficult to interpret due to the multiple MMPs inhibited, so in order to specifically examine the role of MMP-9, we exposed MMP-9-deficient mice to SR Ag for five weeks and compared their response to that of wild type C57BL/6 mice. MMP-9-deficient mice showed no difference in the number of neutrophils in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid compared to C57BL/6 mice, but fibrosis was significantly attenuated. To extend our studies, we used in vitro cell culture of human cells. In vitro human lung fibroblasts (HLF) were treated with neutrophil supernatant containing active MMP-9 for 48 h. We could not demonstrate any effect on fibroblast activation/differentiation as assessed by α-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA) expression in fibroblasts. However, these results are inconclusive as we have needed higher concentrations of MMP-9, longer treatment times or other co-stimuli. In addition, other indices of fibroblast activation were not examined. In conclusion, the work presented in this thesis provides novel insight into the significant role of neutrophil MMP-9 in the development of fibrosis in EHP.
Additional interfacial force in lattice Boltzmann models for incompressible multiphase flows
Creators: name: Li, Q.
name: Luo, K. H.
name: Gao, Y. J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The existing lattice Boltzmann models for incompressible multiphase flows are mostly constructed with two distribution functions, one is the order parameter distribution function, which is used to track the interface between different phases, and the other is the pressure distribution function for solving the velocity field. In this brief report, it is shown that in these models the recovered momentum equation is inconsistent with the target one: an additional interfacial force is included in the recovered momentum equation. The effects of the additional force are investigated by numerical simulations of droplet splashing on a thin liquid film and falling droplet under gravity. In the former test, it is found that the formation and evolution of secondary droplets are greatly affected, while in the latter the additional force is found to increase the falling velocity and limit the stretch of the droplet.
description: 11 pages, 5 figures
Pseudomalus triangulifer
Creators: name: Paukkunen, Juho
name: Rosa, Paolo
name: Soon, Villu
name: Johansson, Niklas
name: Ødegaard, Frode
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Chrysididae
Pseudomalus
Pseudomalus triangulifer

description: 9. Pseudomalus triangulifer (Abeille de Perrin, 1877)
Omalus triangulifer Abeille de Perrin 1877: 65. Lectotype ♀ (designated by Kimsey 1986: 106); France: Sainte-Baume (MNHN) (examined). Frey 1957: 160, Valkeila 1958 a: 91, Linsenmaier 1959: 17, Valkeila 1962: 63, Erlandsson 1971: 88, Tumšs 1976: 22, Vikberg 1986b: 67, Hedström 1989: 154, Söderman & Vikberg 2003: 44, Kalniņš et al. 2007: 142, Karlsson 2008.
Pseudomalus triangulifer: Soon 2004: 19, 45, Artsdatabanken 2010, Orlovskytė et al. 2010: 147, Paukkunen 2010: 543, Hallin 2012, Ranta 2012: 32, Rosa & Soon 2012, Dyntaxa 2013.
Material examined. Denmark: NEJ: Skagen, V.1990, 1 ♂ and 2 ♀♀ (P. Falck), and 3.V.1991, 1 ♀ (O. Karsholt). *Russian Fennoscandia: Ik: Terijoki [= Zelenogorsk], 25.VI.1933, 1 ♀ (V.J. Karvonen); Ka: Koiviston mlk., Vasikkasaari, 25.VI.1938, 1 ♂ (E. Kangas); Seiskari [= Ostrov Seskar], [1938], 1 ♀ (A. Merisuo).
Distribution. Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden, *Russian Fennoscandia.—Westpalearctic: Europe, Turkey (Kimsey & Bohart 1991).
Remarks. The species is closely related to P. auratus and has a similarly wide distribution, but it is much more local and less abundant. The species was reported from Norway only recently on the basis of two old museum specimens (Artsdatabanken 2010). However, many unpublished new records exist from different parts of the country (provinces AK, Ø, BØ, TEY, TEI). The species was reported from Denmark by Soon (2004) on the basis of four specimens found in ZMUC (see data above). In Finland, the species has been included in the national red list as near threatened (Paukkunen 2010), and in Norway as data deficient (Hansen et al. 2010). Kunz (1994) synonymized P. triangulifer with P. auratus, but most authors have considered them as separate species.
description: Published as part of Paukkunen, Juho, Rosa, Paolo, Soon, Villu, Johansson, Niklas & Ødegaard, Frode, 2014, Faunistic review of the cuckoo wasps of Fennoscandia, Denmark and the Baltic countries (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae), pp. 1-67 in Zootaxa 3864 (1) on page 12, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3864.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4930433
Millenarian Moderns: A Study of Utopian Desire
Creators: name: Brisbois, Michael
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Modern
subject: American
subject: English
subject: Millenarianism
subject: Modernism
subject: W. B. Yeats
subject: T. S. Eliot
subject: W. H. Auden
subject: Apocalypse
subject: Utopia
subject: The Future

description: This dissertation examines the influence of millenarian and utopian thought in Modernist poetry. Drawing on an interdisciplinary framework of literary studies, history, anthropology, and political science, I argue that the violence of the early twentieth century necessitated a movement towards millenarian thought in order to express a positive image of future. By focusing on the poems and essays of W. B. Yeats, T. S. Eliot, and W. H. Auden, Modernism is shown to express a millenarian conception of the future in response to the socio-cultural pressures of modernity. These poets create a historical period ranging from 1885-1973 which permits a chronological approach and allows my argument to trace the shifts and developments how the period and its poets represent the future. Modernism’s turn towards experimental forms and an increased exploration of subjectivity reflect an attempt to construct a radical, utopian idea of the world to come.
Lithuania - Reshuffle of deputy ministers as President Grybauskaite is sworn in for second term in office
Creators: name: Köker, Philipp
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: president
subject: Dalia Grybauskaite
subject: Präsident
subject: Litauen
subject: Dewey Decimal Classification::300 | Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie, Anthropologie::320 | Politik
subject: Dewey Decimal Classification::300 | Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie, Anthropologie

description: After her successful reelection in May 2014, president Dalia Grybauskaite was sworn in for her second term in office this Sunday, 12 July. As I have previously remarked in other posts, the Lithuanian president belongs to the most powerful presidents in Central and Eastern Europe. This powerful position stems not only from the popular mandate and the constitutionally defined leading role in foreign policy, but also finds expression in an interesting stipulation about the government’s mandate after presidential elections which has now allowed Grybauskaite to force changes in a number of government ministries.
title: Organization of resources of distributed computing systems for simulation and research of complex objects
Creators: name: Bekmuratov, T.F.
name: Bazarov, R.K.
Publisher: name: Tashkent State Technical University Named after Islam Karimov
Year: 2020

description: Computing systems designed to study complex objects have evolved from single-processor computers to fog infrastructures. The article describes the composition, hardware and software features of modern distributed grid-, cloudand fog computing systems. It is shown how these features affect the study time of complex objects. This time is a measure of computing system effectiveness. Unfortunately, there is still no assessment of modern computing system architectures in terms of that measure. The article fills this deficiency. Computing systems should have the properties of complex objects under study — the main conclusion of the publication.
Modeling, Discretization, Optimization, and Simulation of Multiphysics Problems (IIT Indore)
Creators: name: Wick, Thomas
Publisher: name: Hannover : Institutionelles Repositorium der Leibniz Universität Hannover
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: numerical modeling
subject: multiphysics problems
subject: partial differential equations
subject: Dewey Decimal Classification::500 | Naturwissenschaften::510 | Mathematik

description: The goal of this winter school is to give an introduction to numerical modeling of multiphysics problems. These are nonstationary, nonlinear, coupled partial differential equations. The philosophy of this school is to provide a mixture of very basic techniques that are immediately applied to `complicated' practical and/or current research problems.
An Experimental Approach to Explore Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms in Rabbit Model
Creators: name: Altamimi, Manal Nasser
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Engineering--Biomedical
subject: AAA

description: The diagnosis of an Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) is currently made based on maximum diameter, which fails to accurately predict risks of rupture. The purpose of this study was to advance our understanding of AAA evolution using a rabbit model. AAAs were developed in rabbits using a periaortic incubation of CaCl2 and elastase. Rabbits were imaged using 3D angiography at 0 (healthy), 2, 4, and 6 weeks. Material properties and histological analyses were obtained for each stage. Results showed an increase in maximum diameter and wall thickness with aneurysmal tissue. The healthy aorta was stronger than all aneurysmal tissue. Tissue at 6 weeks had the stiffest and strongest properties compared to aneurysmal tissue. Elastin degradation and separation between wall layers was observed in all aneurysmal tissue with the highest collagen remodeling at 6 weeks. Because human aneurysms are diagnosed at an unknown time after initial formation, control animal experiments are necessary to understand the evolution of the mechanical and histological properties of the aortic tissue.
title: Optical method for determining antioxidant activity
Creators: name: Shamsutdinova, V.Kh.
Publisher: name: Tashkent State Technical University Named after Islam Karimov
Year: 2020

description: The paper considers the main photophysical processes involving excited molecules of luminophores and oxygen and proposes a functional diagram of a device that implements an optical method for determining the antioxidant activity of products by the integrated intensity of luminescence in the presence and absence of oxidized oxygen, the achievement of the technical result of which is ensured by a special luminescent element sensitive to oxygen with a luminescence activator introduced into it, and also revealed ways to increase the useful signal in order to improve the ratio of the useful signal to noise and increase the susceptibility of low oxygen concentrations.
Forms of Capital in the Process of School Ground Greening
Creators: name: Lowan-Trudeau, Kathleen
Publisher: name: Environmental Design
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Education--Curriculum and Instruction
subject: Education--Sociology of
subject: Social Structure and Development
subject: school ground greening
subject: social capital
subject: Bourdieu
subject: cultural capital
subject: Human Capital
subject: environmental education
subject: Built environment
subject: economic capital
subject: maintenance

description: This constructivist grounded theory study takes a socio-critical approach to the process of school ground greening by examining how people in a western Canadian urban centre manipulate forms of capital to initiate and maintain school ground greening projects. Key findings that emerged during the study include how social capital played a significant role in participants’ ability to successfully initiate school ground greening sites, as well as the gains both in and from social capital during the process. Participants’ experiences also illustrated how forms of cultural, human, and economic capital were accessed, used, and/or gained during the process of school ground greening. Informed by theories such as Bourdieu’s forms of capital, this study explores how forms of capital are interconnected and overlap in their definitions. This study also advances recommendations that respond to problematic issues in the school ground greening process; for example the issues of socio-spatial disparity and maintenance.
Change in the Proportion of Energy Supplied by Aerobic and Anaerobic Sources as an Explanation of the Slow Component of Oxygen Uptake
Creators: name: O'Connell, Jessica
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Exercise
subject: lactate
subject: VO2
subject: oxygen kinetics

description: Purpose: To investigate a shift in the proportion of energy supplied through aerobic vs anaerobic metabolism as an explanation of the slow component of oxygen uptake. Methods: Pulmonary data were collected to assess the ventilation and aerobic energy contribution during constant power cycling rides. Blood lactate was measured to estimate anaerobic energetic contribution. EMG was recorded to evaluate changes in co-contraction and accessory muscle use. Results: Over time, anaerobic contributions decreased while aerobic contributions increased, presumably to compensate. Other than that required for an increasing rate of ventilation, the energy cost of activity was not different between 3-6 and 6-9 minutes of exercise. There were no changes in muscle activation consistent with no true increase in energy cost. Conclusion: These findings support the idea that the slow component can be explained by a greater proportion of energy supplied aerobically without an increasing energy cost above that required for an increase in ventilation.
Exploring the waterfall
Creators: name: Pickett, Timothy Jay
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: Exploring the Waterfall is a 13-minute composition for 12 strings in 2 continuous movements. It realizes important aspects of a harmonic theory that I have been developing over the past 15 years. This theory is an attempt to recreate and expand tonal resources through a rational method based on acoustics. It focuses on the ability of one primary principle, the regulation of frequencies through number series, to generate the entire harmonic content of a piece of music. In the first movement, this is mainly accomplished through series selection, whereby many different series are grouped together according to the similarities and differences in their numeric and intervallic structure. In contrast, the second movement uses only a few different series, but attains harmonic variety through the Intervallic Design concept, in which a single series is segmented and recombined to produce a multitude of different intervallic structures. This harmonic theory illustrates how a wide spectrum of harmonic color can be achieved and united under one system. Finally, from an aesthetic viewpoint, Exploring the Waterfall defies some of the double standards that one often encounters in the realms of jazz and classical music composition.
Non-planar Anomalous Dimensions in the sl(2) Sector
Creators: name: Koch, Robert de Mello
name: Diaz, Pablo
name: Soltanpanahi, Hesam
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this note we compute the non-planar one loop anomalous dimension of restricted Schur polynomials that belong to the sl(2) sector of N=4 super Yang-Mills theory and have a bare dimension of order N. Although the details are rather different, ultimately the problem of diagonalizing the dilatation operator in the sl(2) sector can be reduced to the su(2) sector problem. In this way we establish the expected dynamical emergence of the Gauss Law for giant gravitons and further show that the dilatation operator reduces to a set of decoupled harmonic oscillators.
description: 13 + 1 pages
title: Non-dependent cubic spline function and its use in digital processing of signs
Creators: name: Zaynidinov, H.N.
name: Bakhromov, S.A.
name: Azimov, B.R.
name: Sadritdinov, N.H.
Publisher: name: Tashkent State Technical University Named after Islam Karimov
Year: 2020

description: This paper proposes a method of constructing cubic spline functions of a local character with equal distances between nodes. Previous studies have shown precise models for the digital processing of signals using interpolated cubic splines, with accurate examples showing the high degree of accuracy of the approximation of interpolated functions. In this study, the size of the calculations required to find the parameters to be determined during the construction of the spline function does not depend on the number of node points. Local-based splines are used to build such spline functions. Digital processing of the gastroenterological signal was performed on the basis of the spline-function model discussed in the article.
Physio@Home: Designing and Exploring Visual Guidance and Feedback Techniques for At-home Rehabilitation
Creators: name: Tang, Richard
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2015
Subjects: Rehabilitation and Therapy
Computer Science

description: Physiotherapy patients learn rehabilitation exercises with the help of a physiotherapist, but are at risk of re-injury while exercising at home. This thesis explores the design of visualizations for guiding patients through physiotherapy exercises at home. I interviewed a physiotherapist to gain knowledge on physiotherapy practices and developed a set of visual characteristics for guidance: plane/range of movement, positions/angles to maintain, extent of movement, and rate of movement. I applied these in the design of movement-guiding visualizations in two prototypes. Zipples was a Microsoft Kinect-based prototype featuring movement recording and playback, supported by a variety of visualizations. Physio@Home was a Vicon-based iteration that featured an annotation tool, an iteratively-designed Wedge visualization, and multiple camera perspectives. I evaluated both systems with laboratory studies and found that participants using Physio@Home could follow exercises with greater accuracy than watching and mimicking video. I conclude with reflections on system limitations and potential future work.
The Effects of Smoking on Autophagy in Transformed Cell Lines and Monocyte-derived Dendritic Cells of NOD2 Genotyped Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients
Creators: name: Chenoo, Shem
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Genome-wide association studies have identified around 200 genes associated with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) among which 3 susceptible genes including NOD2, ATG16L1 and IRGM are found to increase risk of Crohn’s Disease (CD) and altering the metabolic pathway known as autophagy. The aim of this study is to look at how smoking which is detrimental in CD but beneficial to ulcerative colitis (UC) affects autophagy in both cell lines as well as primary cells. HeLa cells and THP-1 like macrophages as well as monocyte-derived dendritic cells were treated with cigarette smoke extract (CSE) which is a surrogate of smoking at different concentrations for 24h. Cells were treated with rapamycin or muramyl dipeptide (MDP) and autophagy was assessed by microscopy and Western blotting. CSE significantly inhibits autophagy in HeLa cells and THP-1 like macrophages through both the mTOR and NOD2 mediated autophagic pathways.
Fundamental Modeling of the Alberta Power Market
Creators: name: Elham, Negahdary
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Education--Mathematics
subject: Economics--Finance
subject: Fundamental Models
subject: Modeling Power Price
subject: Supply
subject: Merit Order
subject: Bid Stack
subject: Bottom-up Models

description: In this project, we identify the primary price drivers and characterize their dynamics in an engineering-based bottom-up model. This fundamental model is based on the economic theory of supply and demand. The power price is determined by the intersection of demand with the dynamic characteristics of the generators’ supply functions. The dynamics of power prices will be represented naturally while satisfying operational constraints. In view of the uncertainty around the future values, we model independent exogenous variables such as fuel prices, outages, and load, as stochastic processes. A broad analysis of levels of aggregation and model simplification will be a comprehensive reference for future modelers. The downside of this methodology is the onerous data and input parameter requirements and burdensome computational costs.
title: Optimization of identification under the conditions of low reliability of information and parametric uncertainty of non-stationary objects
Creators: name: Kholmonov, S.M.
name: Jumanov, I.I.
Publisher: name: Tashkent State Technical University Named after Islam Karimov
Year: 2020

description: Constructive approaches, principles, and methods of optimization of identification in conditions of a priori insufficiency, parametric uncertainty, nonstationarity, low accuracy of data processing have been developed based on the use of natural information redundancy of random time series (RTS) and nonstationary objects in control systems of industrial and technological complexes. A technique has been developed for the accelerated computation of statistical parameters with insufficient statistics. The mechanisms of threshold control of values of elements of RTS, control of increments of the sequence of elements of RTS, inaccuracies of predictions for various models of identification of RTS are proposed. Received general and particular solutions of information and optimization problems are obtained based on a wide spectrum of statistical and dynamic prediction models, taking into account the conditions of a non-stationary process. Algorithms for adaptation of the level of location, compression or expansion of boundaries, combined adaptation of variables to the dynamics of RTS have been developed. A software package identification and forecasting of non-stationary objects has been developed. Defined conditions, the sequence of execution of program modules. Algorithmic synthesis of mechanisms for identifying RTS with a mechanism was carried out in a parallel computing environment on the NVIDIA CUDA platform a modified cyclic multigrid method. Implemented on C ++ modules in the mode with a four-core AMD Athlon 64X2 4800+ processor have been performed.
title: Εμπλουτισμός του βιώματος στο σύγχρονο αστικό τοπίο των Χανίων. Ενοποίηση του δημοτικού κήπου με το πάρκο Ειρήνης και Φιλίας.
title: Enrichment of the experience in the modern urban landscape of Chania. Unification of the municipal Garden with the Peace and Friendship park
Creators: name: Ταμπακη Ειρηνη
name: Καμπολη Μαρια-Ελισσαβετ
Publisher: name: Technical University of Crete
Year: 2020

description: Τα ζητήματα του δημόσιου χώρου στην πόλη των Χανίων και πιο συγκεκριμένα η ασυνέχεια που υπάρχει μεταξύ του δημοτικού κήπου και του πάρκου Ειρήνης και Φιλίας , δίνουν αφορμή για μία σχεδιαστική πρόταση που στοχεύει στην αρμονικότερη σύνδεση των δύο και προκύπτει με άξονα την βιωματική εμπειρία.
Development and characterization of a synthetic bone analogue for surgical training
Creators: name: Blair-Pattison, Aubrey
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Engineering--Biomedical
subject: spine
subject: orthopaedic
subject: material

description: Spinal surgeries often require screws to be placed through small cylindrical pedicles in the vertebra, beside the spinal cord, to anchor rods for spinal fusion and correction. More experienced surgeons have fewer malplaced pedicle screws. In the current training paradigm, residents primarily learn the procedure on live patients. The objective of this research was to create a synthetic bone analogue with realistic tactile feedback to improve resident training. Forces encountered during pedicle cannulation and breaching were measured ex vivo. These were used to create a cost-effective bone model that replicated the forces as well as specific heterogeneous features of bone, distinct from current bone models. Of six residents who used the new bone analogues, five had fewer breaches in the simulated environment after practice than before.
title: Повышение финансовой грамотности предпринимателей как основа стабильного функционирования банков
title: Financial Literacy Improvement of Entrepreneurs as Basis for Stable Functioning of Banks
Creators: name: Попова, Ирина Витальевна
name: Лазарева, Инна Евгеньевна
Publisher: name: Издательский центр СурГУ
Year: 2019

description: В статье рассмотрен зарубежный опыт повышения финансовой грамотности населения. Выявлено, что основная часть программ по финансовой грамотности ориентирована на молодежь, тогда как взрослые категории населения обращаются к таким программам только в случае необходимости. Обосновано, что с целью повышения финансовой грамотности предпринимателей-заемщиков банки могут реализовывать образовательные, административные и информационные программы, что позволит не только повысить финансовую надежность клиентов, но и укрепить положение банка.
description: The article considers the foreign experience of improving the financial literacy of the population. The fact that the main part of financial literacy programs is aimed at young people is revealed. It is noted that adults turn to such programs only if necessary. It is proved that to improve the financial literacy of entrepreneurs-borrowers banking institutions can implement educational, administrative and information programs that will not only enhance the financial reliability of customers but also strengthen the position of the Bank in the market.