cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Trajectories of Advanced Math Taking for Low-income Students of Color in Middle and High School
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 2021

description: Differential access to and enrollment in advanced mathematics for historically underrepresented groups is a pervasive problem in education. Access to advanced coursework is associated with positive postsecondary outcomes including college acceptance, retention, graduation and more. However, current research examining this problem primarily focuses on achievement in this domain rather than access. This necessitates an examination of who is accessing advanced coursework and what differentiates the course trajectories students follow across middle and high school. This dissertation sought to explore what pathways students were following in advanced math coursework across middle and high school and how demographics, school readiness, and prior academic achievement related to pathways followed. These questions were answered using a large-scale (N = 18,841), majority Latinx (57.6% Latinx, 35.5% Black, 6.1% White/Other, and .6% Asian/Pacific Islander) and low-income sample (77.3% on free or reduced-price lunch in 6th grade) from the Miami School Readiness Project. Latent class analysis (LCA) was used to categorize students into 6 classes, which in this study represented the commonly followed pathways of advanced math taking. The 6 class pathways which emerged were Always Standard (standard math in middle and high school), Early Advanced Tryer (advanced in middle school, standard in high school), Late Honors Tryer (standard in middle school, honors in high school), Consistently Mid-level Advanced (advanced in middle school, honors in high school), Primarily Advanced with some College Level (advanced in middle school, standard with some college level in high school), and Most/Earliest Advanced (honors in middle school, standard and some college level in high school). Following this, multinomial logistic regression was used to connect individual demographics, school readiness skills, and prior academic achievement to the likelihood of being assigned to a particular class trajectory. Results revealed that prior academic performance was most strongly related to advanced math pathway assignment, but even when controlling for this variance, gender, special education status, and cognitive and fine motor skills at age 4 also impacted what math pathway a student was likely to follow in middle and high school. Race/ethnicity was a significant differentiator when comparing the two most advanced pathways. These findings highlight the importance of early school readiness skills and demonstrate how early opportunity gaps impact later student outcomes. Furthermore, this project illustrates how tailored intervention and supports are necessary to ensure equitable access to coursework and programming which expands a student’s opportunities and chances for postsecondary success.
Additional file 1: of Iron supplementation during pregnancy â a cross-sectional study undertaken in four German states
Creators: name: Demuth, Irmela
name: Martin, Annett
name: Weissenborn, Anke
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Questionnaire on iron supplementation during pregnancy. To clearly present the collection of data, an English version of the questionnaire is attached as an additional file. It enables readers to carry out further studies. (PDF 457 kb)
title: Stop COVID-19 Cases by Using Data Analytics Approach
Creators: name: Chitimalla, Ashritha
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: COVID-19
subject: Machine learning

description: The most common way Covid-19 can spread is by human interaction, through respiratory droplets such as talking, coughing, sneezing, and more. Air travelers can come from countries or areas with a high rate of infection and may very well be at risk of being exposed to the virus. Therefore, as they reach the United States, the virus could easily spread. This project predicts COVID19 cases based on flight data.
Destinazione Futuro, la parola all’immaginazione
Creators: Giuseppe Fiasconaro
Publisher: name: Media Inaf
Year: 2021

L’invito è rivolto a tutti, nessuno escluso. L’unica dote richiesta è essere visionari, per raccontare il futuro che immaginiamo rispondendo a poche semplici domande a tema astronomico e fantascientifico. L’iniziativa si chiama “Destinazione Futuro” e nasce da un’idea del Gruppo storie dell’Inaf. Ne parliamo con l’astronomo Marco Castellani, tra gli ideatori del progetto
Non-Markovian effects in strong-field pair creation
Creators: name: Schmidt, S.
name: Blaschke, D.
name: Ropke, G.
name: Prozorkevich, A. V.
name: Smolyansky, S. A.
name: Toneev, V. D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We analyze a quantum kinetic equation describing both boson and fermion pair production and explore analytically and numerically the solution of the non-Markovian kinetic equation. In the Markovian limit of the kinetic equation we find an analytical solution for the single particle distribution function of bosons and fermions. The numerical investigation for a homogeneous, constant electric field shows an enhancement (bosons) or a suppression (fermions) of the pair creation rate according to the symmetry character of the produced particles. For strong fields non-Markovian effects are important while they disappear for weak fields. Hence it is sufficient to apply the low density limit for weak fields but necessary to take into account memory effects for strong fields.
description: 11 pages, revteX, epsfig.sty, 6 figures
title: The Joint IPWG/GEWEX Precipitation Assessment
title: WCRP Publication No.: 2/2021
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Roca, Rémy
name: Haddad, Ziad S.
name: Akimoto, Fumie F.
name: Alexander, Lisa
name: Behrangi, Ali
name: Huffman, George
name: Kato, Seiji
name: Kidd, Chris
name: Kirstetter, Pierre-Emmanuel
name: Kubota, Takuji
name: Kummerow, Chris
name: L’Ecuyer, Tristan
name: Levizzani, Vincenzo
name: Maggioni, Viviana
name: Massari, Christian
name: Masunaga, Hirohiko
name: Schröder, Marc
name: Tapiador, Francisco J.
name: Turk, Francis J.
name: Utsumi, Nobuyuki
Publisher: name: World Climate Research Programme
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Precipitation products
subject: Uncertainty
subject: Level-3
subject: Water and energy budget
subject: Water and energy budget closure
subject: Climate variability
subject: Trends
subject: Quality Assurance
subject: Climate models
subject: Climate model validation
subject: Product intercomparison
subject: Global mean precipitation
subject: Precipitation processes
subject: Climate model evaluation
subject: Future precipitation products
subject: Uncertainty estimation
subject: Snow
subject: Radar
subject: Future precipitation constellation

description: This report reviews the current state of precipitation products, and includes assessments of sub-daily global satellite precipitation products, discussions of various climate applications of precipitation products, and deliberations on emerging directions and the future of precipitation products.
Density-functional theory of quantum wires and dots in a strong magnetic field
Creators: name: Stoof, T. H.
name: Bauer, Gerrit E. W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1995
Subjects: subject: Condensed Matter (cond-mat)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the competition between the exchange and the direct Coulomb interaction near the edge of a two-dimensional electron gas in a strong magnetic field using density-functional theory in a local approximation for the exchange-energy functional. Exchange is shown to play a significant role in reducing the spatial extent of the compressible edge channel regions obtained from an electrostatic description. The transition from the incompressible edge channels of the Hartree-Fock picture to the broad, compressible strips predicted by electrostatics occurs within a narrow and experimentally accessible range of confinement strengths.
description: 24 pages latex and 10 postscript figures in self extracting file
Non-perturbative Renormalization of the Complete Basis of Four-fermion Operators and B-parameters
Creators: name: Conti, L.
name: Donini, A.
name: Gimenez, V.
name: Martinelli, G.
name: Talevi, M.
name: Vladikas, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1997
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present results on the B-parameters $B_K$, $B^{3/2}_7$ and $B^{3/2}_8$, at $β=6.0$, with the tree-level Clover action. The renormalization of the complete basis of dimension-six four-fermion operators has been performed non-perturbatively. Our results for $B_K$ and $B^{3/2}_7$ are in reasonable agreement with those obtained with the (unimproved) Wilson action. This is not the case for $B^{3/2}_8$. We also discuss some subtleties arising from a recently proposed modified definition of the B-parameters.
description: Talk presented at Lattice '97, Edinburgh (UK), July 1997. LaTeX 3 pages, uses espcrc2
Partial widths a_0(980)\toγγ, f_0(980)\toγγand q\bar q-classification of the lightest scalar mesons
Creators: name: Anisovich, A. V.
name: Anisovich, V. V.
name: Bugg, D. V.
name: Nikonov, V. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1999
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We calculate partial widths for the decays a_0(980)\toγγand f_0(980)\toγγunder the assumption that a_0(980) and f_0(980) are members of the basic 1^3P_0 q\bar q nonet. The results are in a reasonable agreement with data thus giving an argument for a q\bar q origin of these mesons. We also calculate the γγpartial widths for the other scalar mesons, members of the 2^3P_0 q\bar q nonet.
description: 9 pages, LaTeX, 5 EPS figures, epsfig.sty
GDI: Reuse of genomic data for health purposes: The role of citizens and patients
Creators: name: Scollen, Serena
name: Konopko, Melissa
name: Merchant, Arshya
name: Harrison, Elaine
name: Van Hoof, Wannes
name: van El, Carla
name: Whelan, Laura
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: gdi
stakeholder forum
GDI Stakeholder Forum
disseminate
patient and citizen engagement
1+Million Genomes Framework
Wider Communications Strategy
recommendations
1+MG Framework

description: The aim of the GDI Stakeholder Forum is to disseminate project information, updates, and outcomes to invited stakeholders. This particular stakeholder forum will focus on building an element of patient and citizen engagement for the 1+Million Genomes Framework to sit alongside the Technical and Implementation aspects of the framework. 

Outcomes of Meeting:  

Participants have an awareness of GDI as a project and its progress towards realising the ambition of the 1+MG initiative.

Framework outlining how participating Member States can use to implement patient and citizen engagement within their respective nations 

Short report that summarises the meeting and discussions that will result in a GDI newsletter and shared during the 1+MG meeting.
Additional file 1: of Psychometric validation of the work productivity and activity impairment questionnaire in ulcerative colitis: results from a systematic literature review
Creators: name: Yarlas, Aaron
name: Maher, Stephen
name: Bayliss, Martha
name: Lovley, Andrew
name: Cappelleri, Joseph
name: DiBonaventura, Marco
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: Hematology

description: Appendix 1. Work Productivity and Activity Impairment Questionnaire (WPAI). Appendix 2. Terms and Strings Used in Electronic Database Literature Searches. (DOCX 21 kb)
A novel 3D variational aeroelastic framework for flexible multibody dynamics: Application to bat-like flapping dynamics
Creators: name: Li, Guojun
name: Law, Yun Zhi
name: Jaiman, Rajeev K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a novel three-dimensional (3D) variational aeroelastic framework for flapping wing with a flexible multibody system subjected to an external incompressible turbulent flow. The proposed aeroelastic framework consists of a three-dimensional fluid solver with delayed detached eddy simulation (DDES) and a nonlinear monolithic elastic structural solver for the flexible multibody system with constraints. Radial basis function (RBF) is applied in this framework to transfer the aerodynamic forces and structural displacements across the discrete non-matching interface meshes while satisfying a global energy conservation. The fluid equations are discretized using a stabilized Petrov-Galerkin method in space and the generalized-$α$ approach is employed to integrate the solution in time. The flexible multibody system is solved by using geometrically exact co-rotational finite element method and an energy decaying scheme is used to achieve numerical stability of the multibody solver with constraints. A nonlinear iterative force correction (NIFC) scheme is applied in a staggered partitioned iterative manner to maintain the numerical stability of aeroelastic coupling with strong added mass effect. An isotropic aluminum wing with flapping motion is simulated via the proposed aeroelastic framework and the accuracy of the coupled solution is validated with the available experimental data. We next study the robustness and reliability of the 3D flexible multibody aeroelastic framework for an anisotropic flapping wing flight involving battens and membranes with composite material and compare against the experimental results. Finally, we demonstrate the aeroelastic framework for a bat-like wing and examine the effects of flexibility on the flapping wing dynamics.
description: 53 pages
title: Intergroup Encounters: The Impact of Contact on the Relations between the Maltese and the Sub-Saharan African Migrants
Creators: name: Camilleri, Lynette
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Intergroup contact
subject: Policy
subject: Malta
subject: Migrants

description: This thesis studies whether contact between the Maltese and the Sub-Saharan African migrants in Malta leads to positive or negative relations between the two groups. It analyses the main features of the contact and problems encountered, and how this is impacted by the categorization of the ‘Other,’ perception of threat and policies and institutions. Moreover, the intergroup contact in the localities of Balzan and Marsa that are both home to an Open centre for migrants, were compared and contrasted. Literature concerning theories on social identity, threat perception and intergroup contact where reviewed. The study was conducted by means of 38 in-depth interviews with Maltese from the Balzan and Marsa residential areas, 18 with resident migrants in the Open centres and two former residents of the Open Centres who are now living in the community. Recommendations were made for the betterment of the intergroup contact experience between the Maltese and the Sub-Saharan African migrants in Malta.
title: Digital Campus Podcast - Episode 09 – Too Much Information
Creators: name: Center For History And New Media
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 2007

description: Originally published by the Center for History and New Media through the Digital Campus podcast (http://digitalcampus.tv). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/).
description: What are students, researchers, and librarians supposed to do with the tremendous volume of digitized scholarly materials now available to them? We discuss the problem of information overload in this week’s feature segment. The news roundup turns into an iPhone-fest–or is it an iPhone-bashing? Dan tries not to go near an iPhone for fear of [...]
title: Booklet: The Jewish Agency Settlement Department, The Moshav in Israel, June 1971
Creators: name: Jewish Agency Settlement Department
Publisher: name: Division of Information and Publications
Year: 1971
Subjects: subject: Moshav
subject: Jewish settlement

description: Textual: Booklet; staple holes, 10.5" x 7.875" (27.3 cm x 20 cm)
description: Booklet from the Jewish Agency Settlement Department concerning the Moshav in Israel published in June of 1971. This booklet discusses the types of rural settlements in Israel, but it focuses primarily on the moshav agricultural cooperative. Topics discussed include structure and management, moshav's role in Israel's agriculture, services available in a moshav, and types of moshav. "Planned Community Archives Collection, 449.07.
Additional file 1: of Knowledge, perceptions, and clinical experiences on molar incisor hypomineralization among dental care providers in Hong Kong
Creators: name: Gamboa, Gianina
name: Lee, Gillian
name: Manikandan Ekambaram
name: Yiu, Cynthia
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: 60506 Virology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: The 4-section questionnaire adapted and modified from Gambetta-Tessini et al. [18]. (DOC 7080Â kb)
The spectral dimension of the branched polymers phase of two-dimensional quantum gravity
Creators: name: Jonsson, Thordur
name: Wheater, John F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1997
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The metric of two-dimensional quantum gravity interacting with conformal matter is believed to collapse to a branched polymer metric when the central charge c>1. We show analytically that the spectral dimension of such a branched polymer phase is four thirds. This is in good agreement with numerical simulations for large c.
description: 29 pages plain LateX2e, 7 eps figures included using epsf
Topological Fano Resonances
Creators: name: Nejad, Farzad Zangeneh
name: Fleury, Romain
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Applied Physics (physics.app-ph)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Fano resonance is a widespread wave scattering phenomenon associated with a peculiar asymmetric and ultra-sharp line shape, which has found applications in a large variety of prominent optical devices. While its substantial sensitivity to geometrical and environmental changes makes it the cornerstone of efficient sensors, it also renders the practical realization of Fano-based systems extremely challenging. Here, we introduce the concept of topological Fano resonance, whose ultra-sharp asymmetric line shape is guaranteed by design and protected against geometrical imperfections, yet remaining sensitive to external parameters. We report the experimental observation of such resonances in an acoustic system, and demonstrate their inherent robustness to geometrical disorder. Such topologically-protected Fano resonances, which can also be found in microwave, optical and plasmonic systems, open up exciting frontiers for the generation of various reliable wave-based devices including low-threshold lasers, perfect absorbers, ultrafast switches or modulators, and highly accurate interferometers, by circumventing the performance degradations caused by inadvertent fabrication flaws.
An iterative method to estimate the combinatorial background
Creators: name: Kornakov, Georgy
name: Galatyuk, Tetyana
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability (physics.data-an)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The reconstruction of broad resonances is important for understanding the dynamics of heavy ion collisions. However, large combinatorial background makes this objective very challenging. In this work an innovative iterative method which identifies signal and background contributions without input models for normalization constants is presented. This technique is successfully validated on a simulated thermal cocktail of resonances. This demonstrates that the iterative procedure is a powerful tool to reconstruct multi-differentially inclusive resonant signals in high multiplicity events as produced in heavy ion collisions.
Using MODIS derived f PAR with ground based flux tower measurements to derive the light use efficiency for two Canadian peatlands
Creators: name: Roulet, N. T.
name: Lafleur, P. M.
name: Connolly, J.
name: Heumann, B. W.
name: Holden, N. M.
name: Ward, S. M.
name: Seaquist, J. W.
name: Humphreys, E. R.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2008

description: We used satellite remote sensing data; fraction of photosynthetically active radiation absorbed by vegetation ( f PAR) from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) in combination...
Weak-scale hidden sector and electroweak Q-balls
Creators: name: Demir, D. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: By extending the scalar sector of the Standard Model (SM) by a U(1) singlet, we show that the electroweak symmetry breaking enables the formation of a stable, electrically neutral, colorless Q-ball which couples to the SM particle spectrum solely through the Higgs boson. This Q-ball has mainly weak and gravitational interactions, and behaves as a collection of weakly interacting massive particles. Therefore, it can be a candidate for the dark matter in the universe.
description: 10 pages, typos corrected, new references added
title: “#7 I Will Follow On:” Tracing Cultural Continuity through the Oneida Hymn Singing Tradition
Creators: name: Carmi, Marissa
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Oneida
subject: Hymn singing
subject: Native American
subject: Christianity

description: This thesis has been embargoed for 5 years. It will not be available until May 2022 at the earliest.
description: This thesis analyzes the long-standing tradition of Christian hymn singing by the Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin as a form of “everyday resistance.” A term used by James C. Scott in Weapons of the Weak to describe small-scale, informal, and covert acts initiated by lower classes in opposition to an established authority, “everyday resistance” is applied, here, for the preservation of Oneida values and culture that Christian hymn singing enabled. Although this effect might appear paradoxical, the overall goal of this thesis is to dismantle the binary that distinguishes Native Americans from Christianity and to suggest that the Christianity practiced by Oneida people, in particular, can be understood as a promise and commitment to the Oneida community and its well-being. This thesis positions itself, then, within the larger project to depict the Native American identity as a dynamic one through its emphasis on Native adaptability as a strategy of Native resistance.
Bond ordering and phase transitions in Na$_{2}$IrO$_{3}$ under high pressure
Creators: name: Hu, Kaige
name: Zhou, Zhimou
name: Wei, Yi-Wen
name: Li, Chao-Kai
name: Feng, Ji
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Kitaev model of spin-1/2 on a honeycomb lattice supports degenerate topological ground states and may be useful in topological quantum computation. Na$_{2}$IrO$_{3}$ with honeycomb lattice of Ir ions have been extensively studied as candidates for the realization of the this model, due to the effective $J_{\text{eff}}=1/2$ low-energy excitations produced by spin-orbit and crystal-field effect. As the eventual realization of Kitaev model has remained evasive, it is highly desirable and challenging to tune the candidate materials toward such end. It is well known external pressure often leads to dramatic changes to the geometric and electronic structure of materials. In this work, the high pressure phase diagram of Na$_{2}$IrO$_{3}$ is examined by first-principles calculations. It is found that Na$_{2}$IrO$_{3}$ undergoes a sequence of structural and magnetic phase transitions, from the magnetically ordered phase with space group $C2/m$ to two bond-ordered non-magnetic phases. The low-energy excitations in these high-pressure phases can be well described by the $J_{\text{eff}}=1/2$ states.
description: 5 pages,4 figures
How fast do small x structure function rise ? A comparative analysis
Creators: name: Desgrolard, P.
name: Jenkovszky, L.
name: Lengyel, A.
name: Paccanoni, F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1999
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We parametrize the small x, singlet component of the proton structure function F_2 by powers and logarithms of 1/x for discrete values of Q^2 between 0.2 and 2000 GeV^2, and compare these parametrizations by applying the criterion of minimal $χ^2$. The obtained values of the fitted parameters may be used to study the evolution of F_2 in Q^2 and/or in discriminating between dynamical models. A slowing-down in the increase of F_2 towards highest available values of Q^2 is revealed. The effect is quantified in terms of the derivative ${\frac{d\ell n F_2(x,Q^2)}{d\ell n (1/x)}}$.
description: 9 pages (LaTeX), including 4 figures (eps), condensed revised version
title: Multi-Scale Comparison of Flood Socioeconomic Vulnerability for Urban and Agricultural Communities
Creators: name: Tanır, Tuğkan
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Flood risk management
subject: Urban flood vulnerability
subject: Agricultural flood vulternability
subject: Urban compound flooding
subject: Flood damage

description: Flood events are one of the common natural hazards causing a considerable amount of damage to different sectors and communities all around the world. Due to several factors, such as climate change, urbanization, and deforestation, the impacts of different flood types, including riverine flood, coastal storms, and urban pluvial, increase in urban and agricultural communities. Especially, the co-occurrence of flood drivers (i.e compound floods) cause severe damages on coastal metropolitan areas, such as DC. Riverine flood events can also have destructive effects on agricultural production and threaten food security on both national and local scales, such as Potomac River Watershed. In this context, this study proposes two separate modules to assess flood socio-economic vulnerability (FSOEVI) to quantify both urban compound and riverine flood risks on the residential population in Washington, DC metropolitan area and agricultural communities in the Potomac River Watershed (PRW), respectively. A combination of the HAZUS-MH flood damage estimation tool and the Social Vulnerability Index (SOVI) were used to quantify overall vulnerability for both communities. For urban populations, two different compound flood scenarios were used to estimate socioeconomic losses, while 100-year riverine flood event was used for agricultural crop damage analysis. Although the agricultural communities in Highland and Prince George’s were more vulnerable, they did not experience high flood damages in any scenarios. The spatiotemporal distribution of vulnerabilities indicated that agricultural populations in Shenandoah County were most vulnerable in September and October, which were months with the highest flood probability. The compound event with coastal surge and riverine flood caused high damage on the banks of the Potomac River. In addition, a high precipitation scenario led to severe damages in locations with denser infrastructures, such as DC and Arlington County. The block level analysis was more sensitive to vulnerability and flood damages compared to coarser scales i.e. group and tract. The distribution of the risk was found significantly dependent on the compound flood event type and scale of the analysis for urban populations, while time of the year of a flood event and dominant crop type were the main determinant of the risk for agricultural communities. The method presented in this study is a tool that can identify most vulnerable agricultural and urban communities in order to aid vulnerability reduction efforts in flood risk management.
NAVIGATING KNOWLEDGE HORIZONS - A DEEP DIVE INTO JAPAN'S HOLISTIC EDUCATION SYSTEM
Creators: name: Brandl, Edenilson
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Holistic Education
Japanese Educational System
Reading Skills Development
Tolerance and Diversity
Resilience Education
Technology Integration
Moral and Civic Education
Differentiated Teaching Strategies
Career Development
Parental Engagement

description: This article delves into the multifaceted landscape of Japan's holistic education system, exploring various facets that contribute to the comprehensive development of students. From the cornerstone of reading skills to government initiatives promoting tolerance and resilience education, the integration of technology, and the crucial role of moral and civic education, the Japanese educational framework is analyzed in detail. The article further examines the pivotal role of teachers and parents, emphasizing their contributions to early childhood education and career development. With a focus on technology integration, gender equality, compassion education, and the nurturing of motor coordination and philosophy skills, this holistic approach aims to prepare students for the challenges and opportunities of the digital age. Through a collaborative effort between educators, parents, and students, Japan's education system fosters a well-rounded and forward-thinking educational experience.

 

Dieser Artikel befasst sich mit der vielschichtigen Landschaft des ganzheitlichen japanischen Bildungssystems und untersucht verschiedene Facetten, die zur umfassenden Entwicklung von Schülern beitragen. Von den Eckpfeilern der Lesekompetenz bis hin zu Regierungsinitiativen zur Förderung von Toleranz- und Resilienzerziehung, der Integration von Technologie und der entscheidenden Rolle der moralischen und staatsbürgerlichen Bildung wird der japanische Bildungsrahmen im Detail analysiert. Der Artikel untersucht außerdem die zentrale Rolle von Lehrern und Eltern und betont deren Beiträge zur frühkindlichen Bildung und beruflichen Entwicklung. Mit einem Schwerpunkt auf Technologieintegration, Geschlechtergleichheit, Mitgefühlserziehung und der Förderung motorischer Koordination und philosophischer Fähigkeiten zielt dieser ganzheitliche Ansatz darauf ab, Schüler auf die Herausforderungen und Chancen des digitalen Zeitalters vorzubereiten. Durch die Zusammenarbeit zwischen Pädagogen, Eltern und Schülern fördert das japanische Bildungssystem ein umfassendes und zukunftsorientiertes Bildungserlebnis.
Additional file 1: of Effects of Flywheel Training on Strength-Related Variables: a Meta-analysis
Creators: name: PetrĂŠ, Henrik
name: WernstĂĽl, Fredrik
name: C. Mikael Mattsson
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Science Policy

description: Figure S1. Funnel plot of studies included for final analysis regarding development of cross sectional area. Figure S2 Funnel plot of studies included for final analysis regarding development of muscle volume/mass. Figure S3 Funnel plot of studies included for final analysis regarding development of maximal strength. Figure S4 Funnel plot of studies included for final analysis regarding development of power. Figure S5 Funnel plot of studies included for final analysis regarding development of functional tests in horizontal direction. Figure S6 Funnel plot of studies included for final analysis regarding development of functional tests in vertical direction. (DOCX 338 kb)
Time-dependent resonant tunneling via two discrete states
Creators: name: Stoof, T. H.
name: Nazarov, Yu. V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1995
Subjects: subject: Condensed Matter (cond-mat)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We theoretically investigate time-dependent resonant tunneling via two discrete states in an experimentally relevant setup. Our results show that the dc transport through the system can be controled by applying irradiation with a frequency which matches the energy difference between the discrete states. We predict resonant phenomena which should be easily observable in experiments.
description: 4 pages latex and 4 postscript figures in self extracting file
title: Decadal Trends in Regional Drought, and Its Connection with Wildfire Burn Severity in California
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Drought
subject: Drought index
subject: Wildfire
subject: Burn severity

description: Significant increases in wildfire events in the western United States along with longer and more intense periods of drought have been a focus of climate scientists for the last several decades. This thesis will investigate the relationship between wildfire burn severity, and monthly and seasonal drought. The scope of this investigation is as follows: Does a significant relationship exist between total acres burned and drought in California, as measured by Palmer and Standard Precipitation drought indices? Using statistical significance testing, a relationship is analyzed over a thirty-six-year time frame (1984- 2019), connecting burn severity acreage, with regional accumulated drought indices. The regional area of study is defined by fires and drought overlapping, and within the boundary of California. When sampling at the highest frequency of monthly intervals from 1984-2019, significant correlation is not found when comparing the entire dataset of drought versus total acres burned by wildfire. However, targeted time-scales yield significant correlations when evaluating drought and total acres burned at 3 month seasonal intervals, especially with spring and summer (March-September). Similar results demonstrated strong correlation coefficients with consecutive off-set seasonal comparisons.
title: Cognitive Load and the Perception of Time
Creators: name: Gerrity, Colleen E
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Time perception
subject: Attention
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: Cognitive load
subject: Working memory
subject: Neuroscience

description: This thesis examined the role of instruction protocol and order of visual stimuli as methods of cognitive loading on the perception of time. A duration discrimination task was conducted in which the same participant pool was presented with two sets of instructions, as well as with visual stimuli presented in a standard-comparison or comparison-standard order. Previous research indicated that tasks with high cognitive load led to increased errors in discriminating intervals of time due to demands on the allocation of attentional resources and working memory. The results of the present study revealed that the combination of instruction protocol and order of visual stimuli had significant effects on the accuracy, but not the precision, of time perception in the duration discrimination task. It is thought that the use of instruction protocol may have mitigated the effects on precision, but further research is necessary to verify. Overall, the results of this study provide implications for real-world learning and how cognitive load interacts with human time perception and performance on tasks.
Effects of training status and different treadmill exercises on the activity of complement receptor type 1 of erythrocytes
Creators: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2008

description: The aims of this study were to investigate the effects of training status, different intensities, durations and modes of exercises on the activity of complement receptor type 1 (CR1) of erythrocytes. Fifteen sedentary male adults and 15 male adult endurance athletes performed five separate treadmill exercise trials: max VO2 test (T1), exercise at 40% max VO2 for 30 min (T2), 80% max VO2 for 30 min (T3) and for 60 min (T4) and downhill running (-10% gradient) at 60% max VO2 for 30 min (T5). Blood samples were taken before exercise, immediately, one h, two h and 24 h after each exercise trial to assay the activity of erythrocyte CR1. The results showed that there was no significant difference between trained and untrained participants in erythrocyte-tumor cell rosette (ETCR) formations at rest (p>0.05). ETCR was significantly decreased after five exercise trials (p<0.05). Changes in ETCR were more obvious after T1, T3 and T4. ETCR 24 h after T5 was significantly lower than that after uphill running. Greater reductions and slower recoveries in ETCR were found in the untrained group than in the trained group. The results indicated that erythrocyte CR1 activity at rest was not affected by training status, but was significantly inhibited by acute exercise. Exercise at higher intensities and longer durations resulted in a greater suppression in the activity of erythrocyte CR1. The suppression was more marked in the untrained participants than in the trained participants. Downhill running induced a longer delay in recovery in erythrocyte CR1 activity compared to uphill running.
Evidence dossier for the workshop titled “In-stream phosphorus cycling in agricultural catchments: a workshop to quantify abiotic and biotic P uptake”.
Creators: name: Negri, Camilla
name: Mellander, Per-Erik
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 370704
subject: Surface water hydrology
classificationCode: 370702
subject: Ecohydrology
classificationCode: 300201
subject: Agricultural hydrology
classificationCode: 300204
subject: Agricultural management of nutrients
classificationCode: 300202
subject: Agricultural land management
classificationCode: 490510
subject: Stochastic analysis and modelling

description: This is the evidence dossier created for the expert workshop titled "In-stream phosphorus cycling in agricultural catchments: a workshop to quantify abiotic and biotic P uptake". The workshop aimed at quantifying the in-stream biotic and abiotic phosphorus uptake in four of the catchments monitored with the Agricultural Catchments Programme (ACP) at Teagasc (https://www.teagasc.ie/environment/water-quality/agricultural-catchments/). This dossier was sent to the experts in preparation of the workshop, and includes both the instructions and the background data for the workshop itself.
Transferring Category-based Functional Grasping Skills by Latent Space Non-Rigid Registration
Creators: name: Rodriguez, Diego
name: Behnke, Sven
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Robotics (cs.RO)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Objects within a category are often similar in their shape and usage. When we---as humans---want to grasp something, we transfer our knowledge from past experiences and adapt it to novel objects. In this paper, we propose a new approach for transferring grasping skills that accumulates grasping knowledge into a category-level canonical model. Grasping motions for novel instances of the category are inferred from geometric deformations between the observed instance and the canonical shape. Correspondences between the shapes are established by means of a non-rigid registration method that combines the Coherent Point Drift approach with subspace methods. By incorporating category-level information into the registration, we avoid unlikely shapes and focus on deformations actually observed within the category. Control poses for generating grasping motions are accumulated in the canonical model from grasping definitions of known objects. According to the estimated shape parameters of a novel instance, the control poses are transformed towards it. The category-level model makes our method particularly relevant for on-line grasping, where fully-observed objects are not easily available. This is demonstrated through experiments in which objects with occluded handles are successfully grasped.
description: In IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), Special Issue on Learning and Control for Autonomous Manipulation Systems: the Role of Dimensionality Reduction. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1809.05353
Lattice HQET Calculation of the Isgur-Wise Function
Creators: name: Christensen, Joseph
name: Draper, Terrence
name: McNeile, Craig
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1997
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We calculate the Isgur-Wise function on the lattice, simulating the light quark with the Wilson action and the heavy quark with a direct lattice implementation of the heavy-quark effective theory. Improved smearing functions produced by a variational technique, MOST, are used to reduce the statistical errors and to minimize excited-state contamination of the ground-state signal. Calculating the required matching factors, we obtain $ξ'(1)=-0.64(13)$ for the slope of the Isgur-Wise function in continuum-HQET in the $\barMS$ scheme at a scale of $4.0 $GeV.
description: 3 Pages, LaTeX, Poster at Lattice '97
title: Paper: G. W. Saunders, " 'Reston' - A Planned Community," September 24, 1962
Creators: name: Saunders, Glenn W.
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Reston (Va.)
subject: Fairfax County

description: Textual: presentation, original; 11” x 8.5” (27.9 cm x 21.6 cm)
description: Presentation by G. W. Saunders entitled " 'Reston' - A Planned Community" dated September 24, 1962. At the time of the presentation, Glenn Saunders was the project engineer for Reston, Virginia. This presentation was given to the Planning and Zoning officials of Fairfax, County, VA. Saunders list the size and advantages of the Reston, Va development. Planned Community Archives Collection, rm01.01
The 2nd order corrections to the interaction of two reggeized gluons from the bootstrap
Creators: name: Braun, Mikhail
name: Vacca, Gian Paolo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The 2nd order corrections are obtained to both forward and nonforward interaction of reggeized gluons in the octet colour channel using as a basis the bootstrap relation and a specific ansatz to solve it. The obtained forward kernel coincides with the logarithmic term plus two first non-logarithmic terms in the Pomeron 2nd order kernel. Both forward and nonforward kernels are found to be infrared finite.
description: Latex file, 10 pages. An appendix and a reference added
Crystal surfaces with correlated disorder: Phase transitions between roughening and superroughening
Creators: name: Scheidl, Stefan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1995
Subjects: subject: Condensed Matter (cond-mat)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A theory for surface transitions in the presence of a disordered pinning potential is presented. Arbitrary disorder correlations are treated in the framework of a dynamical functional renormalization group. The roughening transition, where surface roughness and mobility behave discontinuously, is shown to turn smoothly into the continuous superroughening transition, when the range of disorder correlations is decreased. Implications for random-field $XY$-models and vortex glasses are discussed.
description: 13 pages with 2 figures, latex+revtex
Additional file 1: of The content validity of the ANMS GCSI-DD in patients with idiopathic or diabetic gastroparesis
Creators: name: Revicki, Dennis
name: Lavoie, Sara
name: Speck, Rebecca
name: Puelles, Jorge
name: Kuo, Braden
name: Camilleri, Michael
name: Almansa, Cristina
name: Parkman, Henry
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 60506 Virology

description: The ANMS GCSI-DD version used in the study reported herein is paper-based, uses a 24-hour recall period, and consists of five symptoms: nausea, early satiety, post-prandial fullness, upper abdominal pain, and vomiting. Nausea, early satiety, post-prandial fullness, and upper abdominal pain are rated using a 5-point verbal rating scale, and the number of vomiting episodes over the last 24 hours is recorded by the patient. (DOCX 14 kb)
Real time simulations and the electroweak phase transition
Creators: name: Smit, Jan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1997
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We review recent developments in real-time simulations of SU(2)-Higgs theory near the electroweak transition and related topics.
description: 6 pages, latex, 4 figures; to appear in the proceedings of LATTICE '97
[Halle (Saale), Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt, Morbio 34 (3)]
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 1533
Subjects: subject: Sonstige weltliche Aussteller
subject: Notarsurkunde
subject: Urkunde
subject: 090

description: Dokumentation von fünf Vorgängen zwischen dem 24. Mai und 25. Juni 1533
title: Spiking Dynamics Observed in Three Neurons
Creators: name: Perera, Kevin
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 2019

description: A leaky integrate and fire (LIF) model is a basic mathematical model designed to simulate a neuron. The simplicity and relative ease with which network architectures can be constructed using patterns of LIF neurons make it a common choice for modeling. The RC circuit is used as the basis of the model. By way of algebraic manipulation, we can solve I(t) = (u(t)–u(rest)/R + C*du/dt, where u-u(rest) is the voltage across the resistor. The product of C*du/dt is the capacitive current. Through integration and Ohm’s Law, we can derive membrane potential in a linear differential equation[1]. Delgado et al. aims to model the membrane potential of the LIF neuron through a random process known as Ornstein-Uhlenbeck. Through the random variable Tf, we can predict the time between neuron firings. We can find an estimator of the average firing rate of the neuron[2]. The Nengo framework is an open-source neural modeling architecture leveraged across Python and the TensorFlow libraries, which are used for developing artificial intelligence models. Using LIF neurons, it is possible to create a high-level model of the brain[3]. More attention is spent by the modeler to conceptualize neural architecture; however, the drawback to using the software is that we are unable to manipulate dynamics on the neuron-to-neuron scale, making Nengo more appropriate for large scale modeling.