cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Are Reminder Stickers Effective in Reducing Immunization Dropout Rates?
Creators: name: Berhane, Yemane
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 1992

description: A field trial to assess the effectiveness of a reminder sticker in reducing immunization dropout rates was conducted in two districts of Addis Ababa between October 14, 1991 and January 31, 1992. A total of 703 children were entered into the study. The study population was divided into intervention and control groups according to a randomly determined schedule. The intervention group received the reminder sticker and the control group did not recei ve the sticker. All other services were identical. A baseline interview documented the socio-demographic and maternal characteristics potentially related to immunization services utilization and revealed no statistically significant differences between the intervention and the control group. The dropout rates were 7.3% and 13.3% in the intervention and control groups respectively. The Relative Risk of being a dropout in the intervention group was 0.55(0.35,0.87) . This difference is clinically and statistically (p<.Ol) significant. Therefore, it is concluded that the reminder sticker is effective in reducing immunization dropout rates. Further, large scale investigations under operational conditions are recommended prior to the routine introduction of stickers into the immunization services
TUG-RSE: Pulling Students into Research Software Engineering
Creators: name: Goel, Aman
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: RSE
research software
scipy

description: Research Software Engineering (RSE) is a rapidly growing profession within the Scientific Python community, but it can present significant challenges for newcomers, particularly students who may lack the necessary skills or knowledge of the field. The aim of this poster presentation is to discuss the current challenges faced by newcomers to research software engineering, the potential solutions to make the community more inclusive, and an introduction to 'The Undergraduate's Guide To Research Software Engineering' (TUG-RSE).
Darstellung von Menschen mit einer Behinderung in Schweizer Spielfilmen
Creators: name: Eisenhut, Alexandra
name: Berger, Noëlle
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Sonderpädagogik
Schulische Heilpädagogik
Masterarbeit

description: In dieser Arbeit wird im Rahmen einer Stichprobe von 35 Schweizer Spielfilmen untersucht, wie Menschen mit einer Behinderung zwischen 1942 und 2011 filmisch dargestellt werden. Die empirische Sozialforschung erfasst soziale Erscheinungen und deutet diese systematisch. In der Kombination qualitativer und quantitativer Analysen erfordert sie, Hypothesen zu begründen und konkrete Fragestellungen zu beantworten. In der zentralen Hypothese wird angenommen, dass die zu erfassenden Daten den zeitlich vorherrschenden Paradigmen der Heilpädagogik jeweils entsprechen. Die Forschungsergebnisse bezeugen geringfügige Korrelationen zwischen der Entwicklung des Schweizer Films und den Paradigmen. Konkret lassen sich Tendenzen bezüglich der Integrationsprinzipien1 , der Reaktionen des Umfeldes2 und der Selbstbestimmung erkennen.
Managing a natural reserve at Warrandyte Park : environmental assessment. Revised
Creators: name: Weavers, Brian Willmott.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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Measurement of the ZZ production cross section and Z to l+l-l'+l'- branching fraction in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 13 TeV
Creators: name: CMS Collaboration
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Four-lepton production in proton-proton collisions, pp to (Z/gamma*)(Z/gamma*) to l+l-l'+l'-, where l, l' = e or mu, is studied at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV with the CMS detector at the LHC. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 2.6 inverse femtobarns. The ZZ production cross section, sigma(pp to ZZ) = 14.6 +1.9/-1.8 (stat) +0.5/-0.3 (syst) +/- 0.2 (theo) +/- 0.4 (lumi) pb, is measured for events with two opposite-sign, same-flavor lepton pairs produced in the mass region 60 < m[l+l-], m[l'+l'-] < 120 GeV. The Z boson branching fraction to four leptons is measured to be B(Z to l+l-l'+l'-) = 4.9 +0.8/-0.7 (stat) +0.3/-0.2 (syst) +0.2/-0.1 (theo) +/- 0.1 (lumi) x E-6 for the four-lepton invariant mass in the range 80 < m[l+l-l'+l'-] < 100 GeV and dilepton mass m[l+l-] > 4 GeV for all opposite-sign, same-flavor lepton pairs. The results are in agreement with standard model predictions.
description: Replaced with published version. Added the journal reference and DOI. All figures and tables can be found at http://cms-results.web.cern.ch/cms-results/public-results/publications/SMP-16-001/index.html
A modular RFSoC-based approach to interface superconducting quantum bits
Creators: name: Gebauer, Richard
name: Karcher, Nick
name: Sander, Oliver
Publisher: name: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Year: 2021
Subjects: quantum computing
superconducting qubits
pulse measurements
signal generator
data acquisition
Pulse generation
Quantum bits
Quantum-classical interface
Quantum computing
FPGA
RFSoC
RISC-V

description: Quantum computers will be a revolutionary extension of the heterogeneous computing world. They consist of many quantum bits (qubits) and require a careful design of the interface between the classical computer architecture and the quantum processor. Even single nanosecond variations of the interaction may have an influence on the quantum state. In this paper, we present the modular design of the FPGA firmware which is part of our qubit control electronics. It features so-called digital unit cells where each cell contains all the logic necessary to interact with a single superconducting qubit. The cell includes a custom-built RISC-V-based sequencer, as well as two signal generators and a signal recorder. Internal communication within the cell is handled using a modified Wishbone bus with custom 2-to-N interconnect and deterministic broadcast functionality. We furthermore provide the resource utilization of our design and demonstrate its correct operation using an actual superconducting five qubit chip.
A study in the changing levels of fertility within the Melbourne statistical area, 1971-1974 : a minor thesis.
Creators: name: Walker, William Robert.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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On the pi pi continuum in the nucleon form factors and the proton radius puzzle
Creators: name: Hoferichter, M.
name: Kubis, B.
name: de Elvira, J. Ruiz
name: Hammer, H. -W.
name: Meißner, U. -G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present an improved determination of the $ππ$ continuum contribution to the isovector spectral functions of the nucleon electromagnetic form factors. Our analysis includes the most up-to-date results for the $ππ\to\bar N N$ partial waves extracted from Roy-Steiner equations, consistent input for the pion vector form factor, and a thorough discussion of isospin-violating effects and uncertainty estimates. As an application, we consider the $ππ$ contribution to the isovector electric and magnetic radii by means of sum rules, which, in combination with the accurately known neutron electric radius, are found to slightly prefer a small proton charge radius.
description: 10 pages, 3 figures, spectral functions included as supplementary material; journal version
Assessment of Factors influencing Utilization of Post abortion Care in Public Facility in Agaro Town Jimma Zone,Oromiya Regional State, Southwest Ethiopia
Creators: name: Wube, Medhanit
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2006

description: Background-: Unsafe abortion is one of the five major causes of maternal mortality in Ethiopia. It is estimated that between 10 and 50% of the women who undergo unsafe abortions need medical care for complications. The use of post abortion care services is believed to low. Objective: The objective of this study is to determine factors associated with utilization of post abortion care service in public health facility in Agaro town administration, Jimma zone, Oromiya Regional State. Methods: - Across sectional comparative study is conducted from January to February 2006. Study subjects were women drawn childbearing age (15-49 years) in Agaro town. Women had history of abortion in the last 5 years were identified by household census. Sample of women were drawn from all Kebele proportional to population size. Relevant data were collected using face to face interviewing of women in their home Results: - Abortion was reported by 310 (17%) of those pregnant in the last five years. Maternal education and marital status were significantly associated with PAC service utilization in public facility. Women with at least read and write are more likely utilize post abortion care service in public facility compared to those illiterate.{(OR(95%CI)=3.55(1.2,9.75)} But the association is decreased as educational level increases. Married women are more likely to utilize post abortion care in public facility compared to those unmarried women {(OR(95%CI)= 2.21(1.08, 4.17)}.Women with induced abortion are less likely utilize post abortion care in public facility compared to those with spontaneous abortion {(OR(95%CI)=0.46(0.27,0.97)}. Women's attitude to wards general and post abortion care in public health facility has shown significant difference between women utilized post abortion care in public facility compared to not utilized {(OR(95%CI)= 2.23 (1.15, 4.13) Vs 3.36 (1.77, 6.38)}. Conclusion: Socio-demographic factors such as education and marital status of women, stigma attached to induced abortion morbidity, poor attitude of women towards general and post abortion care in public facility are preventing women from utilizing PAC in public facility. Empowerment of women, improving health management system, training programs in order to sensitize health care providers about the context and realities of women who obtain unsafe abortions are recommended.
The nature of changes in fertility within Victoria, 1971-1976, with particular reference to the Melbourne statistical division
Creators: name: Joy, Robert M.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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Interaction induced local moments in parallel quantum dots within the functional renormalization group approach
Creators: name: Protsenko, V. S.
name: Katanin, A. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We propose a version of functional renormalization-group (fRG) approach, which is, due to including Litim-type cutoff and switching off (or reducing) the magnetic field during fRG flow, capable describing singular Fermi liquid (SFL) phase, formed due to presence of local moments in quantum dot structures. The proposed scheme allows to describe the first-order quantum phase transition from "singular" to the "regular" paramagnetic phase with applied gate voltage to parallel quantum dots, symmetrically coupled to leads, and shows sizable spin splitting of electronic states in the SFL phase in the limit of vanishing magnetic field $H\rightarrow 0$; the calculated conductance shows good agreement with the results of the numerical renormalization group. Using the proposed fRG approach with the counterterm, we also show that for asymmetric coupling of the leads to the dots the SFL behavior similar to that for the symmetric case persists, but with occupation numbers, effective energy levels and conductance changing continuously through the quantum phase transition into SFL phase.
description: 8 pages, 7 figures
The double-layer structure of overscreened surfaces by smeared-out ions
Creators: name: Frydel, Derek
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Charge inversion occurring for smeared-out ions is accompanied by an oscillatory charge density profile, indicating a layering of an alternating charge. The layering effect, however, is not coextensive with charge inversion, and charge inversion accompanied by a monotonically decaying profile is possible. The present work focuses on the structure of a double-layer of overscreened charged surfaces by smeared-out charges and probes the link between the structure of a double-layer and the bulk properties of an electrolyte, with special view to the role of the Kirkwood crossover.
Hénot-Mortier (2022), A dynamic alternative-pruning account of asymmetries in Hurford Disjunctions
Creators: name: Hénot-Mortier, Adèle
Publisher: name: University of Amsterdam / Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 20 Language, Communication and Culture

description: Proceedings of the ESSLLI 2022 Student Session A dynamic alternative-pruning account of asymmetries in Hurford Disjunctions Adèle Hénot-Mortier Hurford Disjunctions (HDs) are infelicitous disjuctions whereby one disjunct entails the other (Hurford 1974). The infelicity of basic HDs has been successfully modeled by several competing approaches (Schlenker 2009, Meyer 2013, Katzir 2014, Anvari 2018). HDs involving scalar items however, are subject to an asymmetry (Singh2008): when the weaker scalar item linearly precedes the stronger one, the sentence seems to be rescued from infelicity. This fact is not readily accounted for by standard approaches, which treat Hurford disjuncts in a symmetric fashion. Fox & Spector (2018) and Tomioka (2021) proposed two different solutions to that problem and extensions thereof, at the cost of positing a heavy or somewhat ad hoc machinery. Here we propose a novel analysis of this asymmetry, based the familiar process of alternative pruning. We suggest that exhaustification, which targets the weak disjunct, is based on a set of formal alternatives that is sensitive to previous material. Contrary to the other approaches, the asymmetry is derived via a direct computation, and not some global principle constraining either the insertion of the exhaustivity operator, or the particular shape of the alternative set.
Uniqueness of the Fock quantization of scalar fields in a Bianchi I cosmology with unitary dynamics
Creators: name: Cortez, Jerónimo
name: Navascués, Beatriz Elizaga
name: Martín-Benito, Mercedes
name: Marugán, Guillermo A. Mena
name: Olmedo, Javier
name: Velhinho, José M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Fock quantization of free scalar fields is subject to an infinite ambiguity when it comes to choosing a set of annihilation and creation operators, choice that is equivalent to the determination of a vacuum state. In highly symmetric situations, this ambiguity can be removed by asking vacuum invariance under the symmetries of the system. Similarly, in stationary backgrounds, one can demand time-translation invariance plus positivity of the energy. However, in more general situations, additional criteria are needed. For the case of free (test) fields minimally coupled to a homogeneous and isotropic cosmology, it has been proven that the ambiguity is resolved by introducing the criterion of unitary implementability of the quantum dynamics, as an endomorphism in Fock space. This condition determines a specific separation of the time dependence of the field, so that this splits into a very precise background dependence and a genuine quantum evolution. Furthermore, together with the condition of vacuum invariance under the spatial Killing symmetries, unitarity of the dynamics selects a unique Fock representation for the canonical commutation relations, up to unitary equivalence. In this work, we generalize these results to anisotropic spacetimes with shear, which are therefore not conformally symmetric, by considering the case of a free scalar field in a Bianchi I cosmology.
description: 23 pages. Updated to match published version
The effect of increased family planning facilities 1971-1975, in Melbourne, on the fertility decline during that period
Creators: name: Francis, Shirley E.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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title: Strategies for hepatitis C virus elimination; from point of care testing to investigation of a natural vaccine model
Creators: name: Witkowska, Weronika
Publisher: name: University of Glasgow
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Hepatitis C virus, World Health Organisation, point-of-care, loop-mediated isothermal amplification, early diagnosis, secondary spontaneous clearance, treatment relapse, vaccine model, immune response.

description: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a major cause of chronic viral hepatitis with over 70 million people affected worldwide. Recent advances in direct acting antivirals for HCV treatment have resulted in sustained virological response rates of more than 90%. Thus, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has developed a global strategy for elimination of the virus by 2030. Major barriers to elimination include the lack of a point-of-care (POC) test for immediate linkage to care and the development of a HCV vaccine. This first part of this thesis covers experiments aimed towards the development of a novel POC test based on loop mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP). The second section of the thesis addresses the novel phenomenon of secondary spontaneous clearance (SSC), studied as a natural vaccine model to decipher the immune responses involved in spontaneous resolution following treatment relapse. A double-blind study of HCV LAMP was conducted on RNA samples of all major HCV genotypes and viral loads. The sensitivity and specificity of the assay was 90% and 98%, respectively within less than 25 minutes of incubation which fulfils current WHO recommendations. We developed a user-friendly read-out based on a pregnancy-test like lateral flow device. LAMP has minimal equipment and training requirements with previous field studies making it ideal for a future HCV POC test. The two cases of SSC post-treatment relapse were studied in comparison with four treatment failure (TF) patients. In both SSC cases, low levels of neutralising antibody were detected at the time of diagnosis but on relapse, a robust and sustained response was generated that reduced the infectivity of autologous viral pseudoparticles expressing HCV envelope proteins – a feature not present in any control patients. Furthermore, significant differences in levels of Th-1 cytokines were noted prior to treatment in SSC but not TF. This natural vaccine model (prime on acute infection, boost on relapse) adds weight to the importance of adaptive immune responses in resolving HCV infection
Forest land use conflicts in Victoria
Creators: name: Oates, N. M.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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Sloppy nuclear energy density functionals: effective model reduction
Creators: name: Niksic, Tamara
name: Vretenar, Dario
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Concepts from information geometry are used to analyse parameter sensitivity for a nuclear energy density functional, representative of a class of semi-empirical functionals that start from a microscopically motivated ansatz for the density dependence of the energy of a system of protons and neutrons. It is shown that such functionals are sloppy, characterized by an exponential range of sensitivity to parameter variations. Responsive to only a few stiff parameter combinations, they exhibit an exponential decrease of sensitivity to variations of the remaining soft parameters. By interpreting the space of model predictions as a manifold embedded in the data space, with the parameters of the functional as coordinates on the manifold, it is also shown that the exponential distribution of model manifold widths corresponds to the distribution of parameter sensitivity. Using the Manifold Boundary Approximation Method, we illustrate how to systematically construct effective nuclear density functionals of successively lower dimension in parameter space until sloppiness is eventually eliminated and the resulting functional contains only stiff combinations of parameters.
description: 11 figures
Chemical composition of evolved stars in the young open clusters NGC 4609 and NGC 5316
Creators: name: Drazdauskas, Arnas
name: Tautvaisiene, Grazina
name: Smiljanic, Rodolfo
name: Bagdonas, Vilius
name: Chorniy, Yuriy
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: High-resolution spectral analysis is performed for the first time in evolved stars of two young open clusters: NGC 4609 and NGC 5316, of about 80 and 100 Myr in age, respectively, and turn-off masses above 5 Msun. Stellar evolution models predict an extra-mixing event in evolved stars, which follows the first dredge-up and happens later on the red giant branch. However, it is still not understood how this process affects stars of different masses. In this study, we determine abundances of the mixing sensitive elements carbon and nitrogen, carbon isotope 12C/13C ratios, as well as 20 other elements produced by different nucleosynthetic processes (O, Na, Mg, Al, Si, Ca, Sc, Ti, Cr, Mn, Co, Ni, Y, Zr, Ba, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, and Eu). We compared our results with the latest theoretical models of evolutionary mixing processes. We find that the obtained 12C/13C and C/N ratios and [Na/Fe] agree quite well with the model which takes into account thermohaline- and rotation-induced mixing but within error limits also agree with the standard first dredge-up model. Comparison of oxygen, magnesium and other alpha-elements with theoretical models of Galactic chemical evolution revealed that both clusters follow the thin disk alpha-element trends. Neutron-capture element abundances in NGC 4609 are apparently reflecting its birthplace in the thin disk, while NGC 5316 has marginally higher abundances, which would indicate its birthplace in an environment more enriched with neutron-capture elements.
description: 11 pages, 9 figures
The politics of money utopias: methodological utopian explorations of the Banjar and the Neocracy
Creators: name: Petz, Marcus
name: Eskelinen, Teppo
Publisher: name: International Journal of Community Currency Research (IJCCR)
Year: 2022
Subjects: simulacrum
community currency
ecological economics
social money institutions
spiritual money

description: Methodological utopianism is used to explore the potential of money via two examples, making useof simulacrum case study research. These examples are the Banjar, a traditional Balinese governanceand currency system; and the Neocracy, a real cryptocurrency system. Both are considered throughan integralist positioning with implications for practical utopianism and economic evaluation of com-munity currency systems. Backgrounds on utopian studies, and money are given for contextualiza-tion of our approach. We take a heterodox economic position and use the “archaeological” approachof utopian thought.The simulacrum case study is introduced as a tool to foster political imagination about possible mon-etary systems. While the Banjar system is embedded in the local cultural milieu, anthropologicallearning about existing money systems stimulates the skill to see possibilities here. The Neocracy isutopian in its aims and needs to be proved in praxis with more detailed aspects of implementationbeing unclear at present. Yet within it we do see a utopian potential which may be realised.
Kojelis (2022), Completing the Picture: Complexity of the Ackermann Fragment
Creators: name: Kojelis, Daumantas
Publisher: name: University of Amsterdam / Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Information and Computing Sciences
subject: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Proceedings of the ESSLLI 2022 Student Session Completing the Picture: Complexity of the Ackermann Fragment Daumantas Kojelis We give a decision procedure for the satisfiability problem of the Ackermann fragment with equality, when the number of trailing existential quantifiers is bounded by some fixed integer m, and thus establish an ExpTime upper-bound. Taking the work of R. Jaakkoa into account, we conclude that any Ackermann (sub-)fragment must feature at least two leading as well as an unbounded number of trailing existential quantifiers to retain NExpTime-hardness.
Marine reserves for Victoria: the development of a systematic process for optimizing the location of a land use
Creators: name: Dowsett, Wendy Margaret.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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Extremely metal-poor galaxy DDO 68: the LBV, H-alpha shells and the most luminous stars
Creators: name: Pustilnik, S. A.
name: Makarova, L. N.
name: Perepelitsyna, Y. A.
name: Moiseev, A. V.
name: Makarov, D. I.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The paper presents new results of the ongoing study of the unusual Lynx-Cancer void galaxy DDO 68 with record-low-metallicity regions (12+log(O/H) ~7.14) of the current star formation (SF). They include: a) a new spectrum and photometry with the 6-m SAO RAS telescope (BTA) for the Luminous Blue Variable (LBV = DDO68-V1). Photometric data sets are complemented with those based on the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) archive images; b) the analysis of the DDO~68 supergiant shell (SGS) and the prominent smaller H-alpha arcs/shells visible at the HST image coupled with kinematics maps in H-alpha obtained with the Fabry-Perot interferometer (FPI) at the BTA; c) the list of identified at the HST images of about 50 most luminous stars (-9.1 < M_V < -6.0 mag) related to star-forming regions with the known extremely low O/H. This is intended to pave the path for the actual science with the next generation of giant telescopes. We confirm the earlier hints on significant variations of the LBV optical light deriving its amplitude of dV > 3.7~mag for the first time. New data suggest that in 2008--2010 the LBV reached M_V = --10.5 and probably underwent a giant eruption. We argue that the structure of star-forming complexes along the SGS (`Northern Ring') perimeter provides evidence for the sequential induced SF episodes caused by the shell gas instabilities and gravitational collapse. The variability of some DDO~68 luminous extremely metal-poor stars can be monitored with medium-size telescopes at sites with superb seeing.
description: Accepted to MNRAS. 20 pages, 13 figures, 5 tables
Feeding Profile and Diarrhea Morbidity among Infants of 7-12 Months" Adua Town, Tigray, North Ethiopia 2006
Creators: name: Gezehagne, Getachew
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2006

description: A community based cross-sectional study using a structured questionnaire was conducted from November 2005 to January 2006 in Adua town central zone of Tigray regional state to assess infant feeding profile, determinant factors affecting breast-feeding and prevalence of diarrhea morbidity in infants. Six hundred and ninety six mothers having infants in the age group 7-12 months were included in this study and the Mean age of mothers was 25.7 years (SD±5.68). Orthodox Christians accounted for 654 (94%) and the rest were Muslims. Three hundred and seventy nine (54.5%) were Male infants, 648 (93%) were on breast-feeding within the first 1hr and the rest 125 (18%) were not started weaning diet until the time of study. Two hundred and ninety one (41.8%) mothers exclusively breast-fed for six months. Overall, mean age of weaning was 5.59 (SD±1.34) months. Mother's education was directly associated with exclusive breast-feeding practice (OR= 0.52; 95% CI, 0.25-0.94). Similarly husband's occupation was significantly associated with exclusive breast-feeding (OR=0.66; 95% CI, 0.44-0.99) in private employed and (OR= 0.43; 95% CI, 0.21-0.91) in the un-employed husbands compared to the government-employed husbands. Prevalence of diarrhea was 26.35%, and odds of experiencing diarrhea was higher in infants from single mothers than in the married mothers (OR=2.50; 95% C.I, 1.55-4.02). Infants from un-employed fathers were also at higher odds of experiencing diarrhea than the infants from employed fathers (OR= 3.45; 95% CI, 1.56-7.68). A higher proportion of infants who were not exclusively breast-fed developed diarrhea compared to those who were exclusively breast-fed that is 29.9% and 21.6% respectively. ix In our study, weaning and exclusive breast-feeding was relatively good, but a considerable proportion of infants were not on weaning diet until the time of study. Over a quarter of infants in the town are suffering from diarrheal morbidity, it is highly pronounced in infants whose mothers are uneducated and unmarried. Infants from unemployed fathers were at higher odds of experiencing diarrhea than infants whose fathers were governmental employed. So as to address the existing diarrheal morbidity the district health office and local NGO's should educate parents and equip parents with up to date information on benefits of breast-feeding, timing of weaning, infant care and feeding, and should work in harmony in the practice of infant feeding and controlling diarrhea in the town.
A Brown Dwarf Census from the SIMP Survey
Creators: name: Robert, Jasmin
name: Gagné, Jonathan
name: Artigau, Étienne
name: Lafrenière, David
name: Nadeau, Daniel
name: Doyon, René
name: Malo, Lison
name: Albert, Loïc
name: Simard, Corinne
name: Gagliuffi, Daniella C. Bardalez
name: Burgasser, Adam J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We have conducted a near-infrared (NIR) proper motion survey, the Sondage Infrarouge de Mouvement Propre, in order to discover field ultracool dwarfs (UCD) in the solar neighborhood. The survey was conducted by imaging $\sim28\%$ of the sky with the Caméra PAnoramique Proche-InfraRouge both in the southern hemisphere at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory 1.5 m telescope, and in the northern hemisphere at the Observatoire du Mont-Mégantic 1.6 m telescope and comparing the source positions from these observations with the Two Micron All-Sky Survey Point Source Catalog (2MASS PSC). Additional color criteria were used to further discriminate unwanted astrophysical sources. We present the results of an NIR spectroscopic follow-up of 169 M, L, and T dwarfs. Among the sources discovered are 2 young field brown dwarfs, 6 unusually red M and L dwarfs, 25 unusually blue M and L dwarfs, 2 candidate unresolved L+T binaries, and 24 peculiar UCDs. Additionally, we add 9 L/T transition dwarfs (L6--T4.5) to the already known objects.
description: 85 pages, 9 figures. Accepted for publication in ApJ
MPEC 2023-S136 : 2022 AJ5
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Joseph B. Clearihue - Diary 01 typed transcript
Creators: name: Clearihue, J. B. (Joseph Badenoch), 1887-1976
Publisher: name: University of Victoria Libraries
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: World War (1914-1918)
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1180746
subject: Soldiers--Travel
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1125327
subject: Clearihue, J. B. (Joseph Badenoch), 1887-1976
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/2011150
subject: Soldiers
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1125233
subject: Civilians in war
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1746486

description: A typewritten transcription of the first diary of Joseph B. Clearihue, written in Paris, France during the period of August to September 5th, 1914. The diary covers Clearihue's experiences as a civilian at the beginning of World War I, while he was studying French in Paris. Transcription includes an introduction that is not present in the original diary. Biography: Joseph Badenoch Clearihue was born in Victoria and attended Boys' Central School and Victoria High School before enrolling at Victoria College (graduated in 1903), McGill University and Oxford University. He enjoyed a long career as a student, a soldier in the Fifth Canadian Field Artillery Unit in World War I, a Liberal MLA and Victoria alderman, and as a lawyer before being appointed a county court judge in 1952. He was Chair of the Victoria College Council (1947-63), and guided the College to university status. In January 1962, Clearihue turned the first sod at the construction site of the Clearihue Building, which was the first building on the Gordon head campus. Clearihue was also the first Chancellor of the University of Victoria, and Chair of the Board of Governors (1963-66).
Karkour (2022), Py*: Formalization of Python's Verifiable Bytecode and Virtual Machine in F*
Creators: name: Karkour, Ammar
Publisher: name: University of Amsterdam / Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Information and Computing Sciences
subject: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Proceedings of the ESSLLI 2022 Student Session Py*: Formalization of Python's Verifiable Bytecode and Virtual Machine in F* Ammar Karkour In order to avoid implementation bugs and inconsistencies of defining programming languages, computer scientists define formal semantics rules that guide the implementation process. In the case of Python, it lacks a formal implementation as it doesn't have formal semantics that describe the behavior of its complex functionalities. Previous attempts to provide formal implementation for Python didn't fully succeed. Since direct formalization of Python source code is hard, in this project, we define formal semantics rules for Python's Bytecode instead, and embed them in the theorem prover F*. Following that we extract efficient executable OCaml code of our embedding, which could be used to interpret Python Bytecode and to find bugs in other interpreters.
Directed Percolation with a Conserved Field and the Depinning Transition
Creators: name: Janssen, Hans-Karl
name: Stenull, Olaf
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Conserved directed-percolation (C-DP) and the depinning transition of a disordered elastic interface belong to the same universality class as has been proven very recently by Le Doussal and Wiese [Phys. Rev. Lett.~\textbf{114}, 110601 (2015)] through a mapping of the field theory for C-DP onto that of the quenched Edwards-Wilkinson model. Here, we present an alternative derivation of the C-DP field theoretic functional, starting with the coherent state path integral formulation of the C-DP and then applying the Grassberger-transformation, that avoids the disadvantages of the so-called Doi-shift. We revisit the aforementioned mapping with focus on a specific term in the field theoretic functional that has been problematic in the past when it came to assessing its relevance. We show that this term is redundant in the sense of the renormalization group.
description: 8 pages
Forest recreation resource evaluation, with particular reference to the Otway Ranges
Creators: name: Boyle, Rhonda.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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title: Universitätsbibliothek Marburg Ms. or. 34: [Grammatik]
Creators: name: Anonym
Publisher: name: Philipps-Universität Marburg
Year: 2023
Subjects: Manuscripts & rare books
Handschriften, seltene Bücher

description: Elektronische Reproduktion von: Elektronische Reproduktion von: [Handschrift] Universitätsbibliothek Marburg Ms. or. 34: [Grammatik]. - Erschienen: [Ort und Jahr unbekannt]. - Standort: Universität Marburg, Universitätsbibliothek. - Signatur: Ms. or. 34. - Bemerkungen: Frühere Signatur: L.S. Cod. U. - Provenienz: Schröder, Johann Wilhelm (1726 - 1793). - Digitalisiert 2023
Managing a natural reserve at Warrandyte Park : outdoor recreation.
Creators: name: Taylor, Susan Maree.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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title: Universitätsbibliothek Marburg Ms. or. 40: Šerḥ-i Gulistān
Creators: name: Šemʿī, Muṣṭafā
Publisher: name: Philipps-Universität Marburg
Year: 2023
Subjects: Literature & rhetoric
Literatur, Rhetorik, Literaturwissenschaft

description: Elektronische Reproduktion von: [Handschrift] Universitätsbibliothek Marburg Ms. or. 40: Šerḥ-i Gulistān / Šemʿī, Muṣṭafā. - 133 Blätter. - Beschreibstoff Papier. - Blattformat 20,3 x 14,3 cm. - Textspiegel 15 x 8 cm. - Erschienen: [Islamische Welt / MENA-Region, Abschrift 1620] Standort: Universität Marburg, Universitätsbibliothek. - Signatur: Ms. or. 40. - Bemerkungen: Frühere Signatur: L.S. Cod. A sive IV. - Sprache Osmanisch-Türkisch. Schrift Arabisch. - Bibliographischer Nachweis: https://www.qalamos.net/receive/DE4Book_manuscript_00000044. - Digitalisiert 2023
Streamwise localization of traveling wave solutions in channel flow
Creators: name: Barnett, Joshua
name: Gurevich, Daniel R.
name: Grigoriev, Roman O.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Pattern Formation and Solitons (nlin.PS)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Channel flow of an incompressible fluid at Reynolds numbers above 2400 possesses a number of different spatially localized solutions that approach laminar flow far upstream and downstream. We use one such relative time-periodic solution, which corresponds to a spatially localized version of a Tollmien-Schlichting wave, to illustrate how the upstream and downstream asymptotics can be computed analytically. In particular, we show that for these spanwise uniform states the asymptotics predict the exponential localization that has been observed for numerically computed solutions of several canonical shear flows but never properly understood theoretically.
Selected properties and applications of 3D printing.
Creators: name: Bartłomiej Bałecki
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: 3D printing, 3D printer, materials, rapid prototyping, additive manufacturing.

description: 3D printing, also known as rapid prototyping or additive manufacturing, is rapidly gaining
 popularity in many industries. This development is inducted by the simplicity of object
 modeling, the price of the material and its strength, the choice of technology, and the ability
 to create complex structures. The technology is simple and cheap enough that anyone can
 have it at home. The possibilities for the use of 3D printing are continually growing and it is
 necessary to become familiar with them. The article is a compendium of 3D printing
 knowledge that presents all currently used prototyping technologies along with a brief history
 to understand what started additive manufacturing and how it developed. The topic of
 construction of the sample device, calibration, and materials and their strengths currently
 used in printing was discussed. To understand the process, a sample model in the program
 was presented, its printing with simultaneous adjustment of parameters to get the best quality,
 as well as a comparison of several samples of other technologies or materials.
An interdisciplinary investigation of a polluted creek - Kananook Creek, Frankston
Creators: name: Smith, Wayne R.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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Real-time cosmography with redshift derivatives
Creators: name: Martins, C. J. A. P.
name: Martinelli, M.
name: Calabrese, E.
name: Ramos, M. P. L. P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The drift in the redshift of objects passively following the cosmological expansion has long been recognized as a key model-independent probe of cosmology. Here, we study the cosmological relevance of measurements of time or redshift derivatives of this drift, arguing that the combination of first and second redshift derivatives is a powerful test of the $Λ$CDM cosmological model. In particular, the latter can be obtained numerically from a set of measurements of the drift at different redshifts. We show that, in the low-redshift limit, a measurement of the derivative of the drift can provide a constraint on the jerk parameter, which is $j=1$ for flat $Λ$CDM, while generically $j\neq1$ for other models. We emphasize that such a measurement is well within the reach of the ELT-HIRES and SKA Phase 2 array surveys.
description: 8 pages, 3 figures; submitted to Phys. Rev. D; v2: clarifications and references added in reply to referee reports (matches published version)
Survival and its predictors among children on ART in Hawassa Referral Hospital ,Adare Hospital and Bushulo Health centre ,South Ethiopia :Retrospective cohort study
Creators: name: Ashagre, Solomon
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2012

description: Introduction: HIV develops very rapidly among infants and children, and, without treatment, a third of children with HIV will die of AIDS before their first birthday, with half dying before they are two. In 2009, there were 260,000 deaths attributed to HIV in under-15, most of which could have been prevented through early diagnosis and effective treatment. Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy has improved the survival of HIV infected patients. Low baseline CD4, low weight for age, and high viral load levels were identified by studies as strong predictors of mortality. Objective: To assess survival rate and predictors of survival among children on ART in Hawassa Referral Hospital , Adare Hospital and Bushulo Health Center, Hawassa . Methodology: A retrospective cohort study was conducted among children on ART. A total of 222 patient's records enrolled between July 28, 2006 to September10, 2011 was reviewed. Kalpan Meir survival analysis was used to estimate mean survival time and Life table was used to estimate survival probability after introduction of ART and log rank test was be used to compare Hazard curves. Cox proportional-hazard regression was used to calculate the bivariate and adjusted hazard rate and then determine independent predictors of mortality. Results: A total of 222 children started on ART were followed for a median of 20 months (IQR=9-35.25). Among the cohort 119 (53.6%) were male the median age was 7(IQR=4-10). The mean hemoglobin was 9.9 (SD, 4.22) and median CD4 count was 272.5 cells/μl (IQR=164.75-446.25). The mean survival time of the entire cohort was 53.2 months (95% CI 50.35-56.0). The independent determinants of mortality were WHO clinical sage IV AHR =9.64 (95%CI 1.92-48.41) and low haemoglobin value(Hgb<7.00gm/dl) AHR=4.28(95% CI 1.53- 11.93), stunting AHR=3.992(95%CI1.24-12.77), wasting AHR=3.770 (95%CI1.28-11.12 ). Conclusion: Despite apparent benefit of ART there is high early mortality. A careful monitoring of patients with low hemoglobin, advanced WHO staging, Stunting and wasting particularly during the first 6 months of HAART is necessary. Nutritional intervention may also benefit survival.
title: Universitätsbibliothek Marburg Ms. or. 38: al-Maqṣūra
Creators: name: Ibn-Duraid, Muḥammad Ibn-al-Ḥasan
Publisher: name: Philipps-Universität Marburg
Year: 2023
Subjects: Manuscripts & rare books
Handschriften, seltene Bücher

description: Elektronische Reproduktion von: [Handschrift] Universitätsbibliothek Marburg Ms. or. 38: al-Maqṣūra / Ibn-Duraid, Muḥammad Ibn-al-Ḥasan. - Erschienen: [Islamische Welt / MENA-Region, o.J.] Standort: Universität Marburg, Universitätsbibliothek. - Signatur: Ms. or. 38. - Bemerkungen: Frühere Signatur: III B 156 c 1/2. - Provenienz: Schröder, Johann Wilhelm (1726 - 1793). - Sprache und Schrift Arabisch. - Bibliographischer Nachweis: https://www.qalamos.net/receive/DE4Book_manuscript_00000048. - Digitalisiert 2023
The Kananook Creek study : individual report on the group study
Creators: name: Payne, David S.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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