cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Random walk model of subdiffusion in a system with a thin membrane
Creators: name: Kosztolowicz, Tadeusz
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider in this paper subdiffusion in a system with a thin membrane. The subdiffusion parameters are the same in both parts of the system separated by the membrane. Using the random walk model with discrete time and space variables the probabilities (Green's functions) $P(x,t)$ describing a particle's random walk are found. The membrane, which can be asymmetrical, is characterized by the two probabilities of stopping a random walker by the membrane when it tries to pass through the membrane in both opposite directions. Green's functions are transformed to the system in which the variables are continuous, and then the membrane permeability coefficients are given by special formulae which involve the probabilities mentioned above. From the obtained Green's functions, we derive boundary conditions at the membrane. One of the conditions demands the continuity of a flux at the membrane but the other one is rather unexpected and contains the Riemann--Liouville fractional time derivative $P(x_N^-,t)=λ_1 P(x_N^+,t)+λ_2 \partial^{α/2} P(x_N^+,t)/\partial t^{α/2}$, where $λ_1$, $λ_2$ depending on membrane permeability coefficients ($λ_1=1$ for a symmetrical membrane), $α$ is a subdiffusion parameter and $x_N$ is the position of the membrane. This boundary condition shows that the additional `memory effect', represented by the fractional derivative, is created by the membrane. This effect is also created by the membrane for a normal diffusion case in which $α=1$.
De quelques considérations, réflexions et questions à propos de la langue française et du monde du travail
Creators: name: Corona, René
Publisher: name: Atti della Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti - Classe di Lettere, Filosofia e Belle Arti
Year: 2020

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description: Atti della Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti - Classe di Lettere, Filosofia e Belle Arti, V. 1, N. 89-95 (2020)
Profil des étudiants de Langues à Messine: analyse de leur choix d’étude et de leurs perspectives de travail
Creators: name: Guichard, Marie-Françoise
name: Iaria, Domenica
Publisher: name: Atti della Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti - Classe di Lettere, Filosofia e Belle Arti
Year: 2020

description: .
description: Atti della Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti - Classe di Lettere, Filosofia e Belle Arti, V. 1, N. 89-95 (2020)
Is the central binary system of the planetary nebula Henize 2-428 a Type Ia supernova progenitor?
Creators: name: Garcia-Berro, Enrique
name: Soker, Noam
name: Althaus, Leandro G.
name: Ribas, Ignasi
name: Morales, Juan C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We critically discuss the recent observations of the binary system at the center of the bipolar planetary nebula Henize 2-428. We find that the proposed explanation of two equal-mass degenerate objects with a total mass larger than the Chandrasekhar limiting mass that supposedly will merge in less than a Hubble time, possibly leading to a SN~Ia, is controversial. This hypothesis relies on the assumption that the variability of the He II 5412A spectral line is due to two absorption components. Instead, we propose that it can be accounted for by a broad absorption line from the central system on top of which there is a narrow emission line from the nebula. This prompted us to study if the binary system can be made of a degenerate star and a low-mass main sequence companion, or of two degenerate objects of smaller mass. We find that although both scenarios can account for the existence of two symmetric broad minima in the light curve, the second one agrees better with observations. We thus argue that the claim that Henize 2-428 provides observational evidence supporting the double-degenerate scenario for SN~Ia is premature.
description: Accepted for publication in New Astronomy
OHEJP BIOPIGEE Deliverable: D-JRP21-WP5.21 "Benchmark system for effectiveness of biosecurity practice finished and forwarded to WP1 and WP6 ("BIOPIGEE Benchmark System")"
Creators: name: Burow, Elke
name: Smith, Richard
name: Tobias, Tijs
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: BIOPIGEE
benchmark
Salmonella
hepatitis E virus
pig
biosecurity

description: This is the finalised deliverable D-JRP21-WP5.21 "Benchmark system for effectiveness of biosecurity practice finished and forwarded to WP1 and WP6 (“BIOPIGEE Benchmark System”)", prepared by WP5, Task 5.5
title: Factors Associated with Financial Stressors, Financial Stress, and Financial Behaviors
Creators: name: Lopez Alvarado, Paula Andrea
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2021

description: As of the end of the first quarter of 2021, overall consumer debt reached $14.64 trillion. The more debt a family has, the higher the reported levels of financial stress the family reports. Using data from the 2018 National Financial Capability Study (NFCS), the purpose of this study was to examine the associations among financial stressors, financial stress, and positive and negative financial behaviors. The findings of this study suggested that Black individuals had the highest levels of financial stressors, financial stress, and negative and positive financial behaviors among four racial/ethnic groups. The findings also suggested that high financial stress increased the levels of negative financial behaviors and decreased the levels of positive financial behaviors. These findings can help financial professionals and practitioners understand the link between high financial stress and poor financial behaviors and assist some demographic groups (e.g., Black individuals, millennials, less educated individuals, or low-income individuals) who might practice poor financial behaviors.
Chanson "la Pastourello" chantée en provençal puis (partiellement) en français par Gabriel Larose
Creators: name: Musée National Des Arts Et Traditions Populaires (Paris)
name: Centre D'ethnologie Française
Publisher: name: École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales; Institut  interdisciplinaire d'anthropologie du contemporain (Paris); Laboratoire d'anthropologie et d'histoire de l'institution de la culture (Paris)
Year: 2024

Abstract
Competenze linguistiche e mondo del lavoro: quale futuro per i laureati dell’area dello Stretto di Messina?
Creators: name: Piraro, Sergio
Publisher: name: Atti della Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti - Classe di Lettere, Filosofia e Belle Arti
Year: 2020

description: .
description: Atti della Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti - Classe di Lettere, Filosofia e Belle Arti, V. 1, N. 89-95 (2020)
Fête patronale de la saint Marcel, air de mazurka joué par les Tambourinaires de San Sumian
Creators: name: Musée National Des Arts Et Traditions Populaires (Paris)
name: Centre D'ethnologie Française
Publisher: name: École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales; Institut  interdisciplinaire d'anthropologie du contemporain (Paris); Laboratoire d'anthropologie et d'histoire de l'institution de la culture (Paris)
Year: 2024

Abstract
Importanza e specificità delle lingue attraverso le esperienze lavorative di alcuni laureati dell’Ateneo di Messina tra Europa e Canada
Creators: name: Buggé, Catherine
Publisher: name: Atti della Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti - Classe di Lettere, Filosofia e Belle Arti
Year: 2020

description: .
description: Atti della Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti - Classe di Lettere, Filosofia e Belle Arti, V. 1, N. 89-95 (2020)
Lettera per un’assenza
Creators: name: Gioffrè, Maria Rosaria
Publisher: name: Atti della Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti - Classe di Lettere, Filosofia e Belle Arti
Year: 2020

description: .
description: Atti della Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti - Classe di Lettere, Filosofia e Belle Arti, V. 1, N. 89-95 (2020)
Plurilinguismo, multiculturalismo, diritti collettivi in Europa
Creators: name: Ballistreri, G. Maurizio
Publisher: name: Atti della Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti - Classe di Lettere, Filosofia e Belle Arti
Year: 2020

description: .
description: Atti della Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti - Classe di Lettere, Filosofia e Belle Arti, V. 1, N. 89-95 (2020)
Orientamento e studio delle lingue straniere
Creators: name: Radici Colace, Paola
Publisher: name: Atti della Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti - Classe di Lettere, Filosofia e Belle Arti
Year: 2020

description: .
description: Atti della Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti - Classe di Lettere, Filosofia e Belle Arti, V. 1, N. 89-95 (2020)
Tradursi fra le lingue. Il plurilinguismo in prima persona
Creators: name: Lavieri, Antonio
Publisher: name: Atti della Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti - Classe di Lettere, Filosofia e Belle Arti
Year: 2020

description: .
description: Atti della Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti - Classe di Lettere, Filosofia e Belle Arti, V. 1, N. 89-95 (2020)
Hierarchical Bond Graph Modelling of Biochemical Networks
Creators: name: Gawthrop, Peter J.
name: Cursons, Joseph
name: Crampin, Edmund J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Molecular Networks (q-bio.MN)
subject: Quantitative Methods (q-bio.QM)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: The bond graph approach to modelling biochemical networks is extended to allow hierarchical construction of complex models from simpler components. This is made possible by representing the simpler components as thermodynamically open systems exchanging mass and energy via ports. A key feature of this approach is that the resultant models are robustly thermodynamically compliant: the thermodynamic compliance is not dependent on precise numerical values of parameters. Moreover, the models are reusable due to the well-defined interface provided by the energy ports. To extract bond graph model parameters from parameters found in the literature, general and compact formulae are developed to relate free-energy constants and equilibrium constants. The existence and uniqueness of solutions is considered in terms of fundamental properties of stoichiometric matrices. The approach is illustrated by building a hierarchical bond graph model of glycogenolysis in skeletal muscle.
description: 35 pages, 12 figures
La Mediazione Linguistica e culturale: definizione, formazione e mondo del lavoro
Creators: name: Trovato, Giuseppe
Publisher: name: Atti della Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti - Classe di Lettere, Filosofia e Belle Arti
Year: 2020

description: .
description: Atti della Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti - Classe di Lettere, Filosofia e Belle Arti, V. 1, N. 89-95 (2020)
Passaggi nell’area dello Stretto: testimonianze, esperienze, prospettive
Creators: name: Labadessa, Paola
Publisher: name: Atti della Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti - Classe di Lettere, Filosofia e Belle Arti
Year: 2020

description: .
description: Atti della Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti - Classe di Lettere, Filosofia e Belle Arti, V. 1, N. 89-95 (2020)
Novel laser machining of optical fibers for long cavities with low birefringence
Creators: name: Takahashi, Hiroki
name: Morphew, Jack
name: Orucevic, Fedja
name: Noguchi, Atsushi
name: Kassa, Ezra
name: Keller, Matthias
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a novel method of machining optical fiber surfaces with a CO${}_2$ laser for use in Fiber-based Fabry-Perot Cavities (FFPCs). Previously FFPCs were prone to large birefringence and limited to relatively short cavity lengths ($\le$ 200 $μ$m). These characteristics hinder their use in some applications such as cavity quantum electrodynamics with trapped ions. We optimized the laser machining process to produce large, uniform surface structures. This enables the cavities to achieve high finesse even for long cavity lengths. By rotating the fibers around their axis during the laser machining process the asymmetry resulting from the laser's transverse mode profile is eliminated. Consequently we are able to fabricate fiber mirrors with a high degree of rotational symmetry, leading to remarkably low birefringence. Through measurements of the cavity finesse over a range of cavity lengths and the polarization dependence of the cavity linewidth, we confirmed the quality of the produced fiber mirrors for use in low-birefringence FFPCs.
OHEJP BIOPIGEE Deliverable: D-JRP21-WP2.18 "Report on correlation of biosecurity practice with HEV sequences to WP5and 6, sequence analysis of Hepatitis E to HEVnet"
Creators: name: Di Bartolo, Ilaria
name: Ianiro, Giovanni
name: De Sabato, Luca
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: BIOPIGEE
biosecurity
hepatitis E virus
sequences
pig
HEVnet

description: This is the deliverable D-JRP21-WP2.18 "Report on correlation of biosecurity practice with HEV sequences to WP5and 6, sequence analysis of Hepatitis E to HEVnet" of the OHEJP BIOPIGEE project produced in WP2 T2.5.
Jet longitudinal double spin asymmetry in PHENIX p+p √s=510GeV
Creators: name: Patel, Milap
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: emcal
bbc
RHIC
PHENIX
helicity
spin
polarimetry

description: PhD thesis from 2018 The longitudinal double-spin asymmetry (ALL ) in spin-polarized p+p collisions provides insight into the gluon contribution to the proton’s spin by accessing the gluon helicity distribution ∆g.
New insights on Ba over-abundance in open clusters. Evidence for the intermediate neutron-capture process at play?
Creators: name: Mishenina, T.
name: Pignatari, M.
name: Carraro, G.
name: Kovtyukh, V.
name: Monaco, L.
name: Korotin, S.
name: Shereta, E.
name: Yegorova, I.
name: Herwig, F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Recently an increasing number of studies were devoted to measure the abundances of neutron-capture elements heavier than iron in stars belonging to Galactic Open Clusters (OCs). OCs span a sizeable range in metallicity -0.6
description: 19 pages, 7 figures, accepted to MNRAS
La maquina que predice quien enfermara
Creators: name: Dominguez, Nuno
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019

description: This article was published on 27 November 2019 on the Spanish newspaper El Paìs.
description: This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 825903. All Canadian project partners have been funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Santé.
Transfer of high-dimensional quantum state through an XXZ-Heisenberg quantum spin chain
Creators: name: Yang, Zhe
name: Gao, Ming
name: Qin, Wei
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We propose and analyze an efficient high-dimensional quantum state transfer scheme through an $XXZ$-Heisenberg spin chain in an inhomogeneous magnetic field. By the use of a combination of coherent quantum coupling and free spin-wave approximation, pure unitary evolution results in a perfect high-dimensional swap operation between two remote quantum registers mediated by a uniform quantum data bus, and the feasibility is confirmed by numerical simulations. Also, we observe that either the strong $z$-directional coupling or high quantum spin number can partly suppress the thermal excitations and protect quantum information from the thermal noises when the quantum data bus is in the thermal equilibrium state.
In silico prediction of protein-protein interactions in human macrophages
Creators: name: Souiai, Oussema
name: Guerfali, Fatma
name: Miled, Slimane Ben
name: Brun, Christine
name: Benkahla, Alia
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Molecular Networks (q-bio.MN)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Background: Protein-protein interaction (PPI) network analyses are highly valuable in deciphering and understanding the intricate organisation of cellular functions. Nevertheless, the majority of available protein-protein interaction networks are context-less, i.e. without any reference to the spatial, temporal or physiological conditions in which the interactions may occur. In this work, we are proposing a protocol to infer the most likely protein-protein interaction (PPI) network in human macrophages. Results: We integrated the PPI dataset from the Agile Protein Interaction DataAnalyzer (APID) with different meta-data to infer a contextualized macrophage-specific interactome using a combination of statistical methods. The obtained interactome is enriched in experimentally verified interactions and in proteins involved in macrophage-related biological processes (i.e. immune response activation, regulation of apoptosis). As a case study, we used the contextualized interactome to highlight the cellular processes induced upon Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. Conclusion: Our work confirms that contextualizing interactomes improves the biological significance of bioinformatic analyses. More specifically, studying such inferred network rather than focusing at the gene expression level only, is informative on the processes involved in the host response. Indeed, important immune features such as apoptosis are solely highlighted when the spotlight is on the protein interaction level.
euCanSHare. Deliverable 6.1 - Project website
Creators: name: Rizzo, Anna
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019

description: This deliverable reports the process of design, collective refinement and implementation of the euCanSHare project’s public website. The report offers a comprehensive overview of how the website has been structured, along with up-to-date images and infographics. The website has been designed by Lynkeus (LYN) in collaboration with the European Society of Cardiology (ESC, Leader of WP6), the Project Coordinator (PC) and Project Manager (PM). It is based on a WordPress platform with a highly interactive layout, where users will have a comprehensive general view of the project rationale and mission, workplan and implementation, consortium partners with respective roles, as well as details of the platform structure and participating cohorts; most importantly, though, it will represent the engagement and communication platform to add new cohorts to the transnational euCanSHare repository, expand its reach, data assets, and use by international researchers, all key objectives of the project. It will also serve as a point of reference for anyone interested in following the day-by-day life of the project - timely showcasing project events and presentations, publications, achievements and other updates - or getting in touch with the consortium. The website will also report all the produced dissemination material and make it available by linking to an external euCanSHare-dedicated collection (“community”) created ad hoc in Zenodo, the open-access repository developed in the context of the European OpenAIRE program and operated by CERN.
 The implementation roadmap and the final outlook with up-to-date screenshots and infographics are presented. The release of the website is planned for 15 March 2019.
description: This deliverable has been produced in the context of the euCanSHare ("An EU-Canada joint infrastructure for next-generation multi-Study Heart research") Research and Innovation Action, funded by the European Union's Horizon 2020 programme (grant agreement No 825903), the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Santé under the framework of Canada‐EU Commission Flagship Collaboration for Human data storage, integration and sharing.
title: In the Shadow of Oriental Culture A Study of the Impact of Confucianism on Japan's Economic Development After World War II
Creators: name: Xu, Xuedong
Publisher: name: Old Dominion University Libraries
Year: 1991

description: Japan's fast economic growth after World War II can be ascribed to different factors. This study seeks to determine whether the cultural factor, more specifically Confucianism in Japanese version, has constituted the dynamism behind the success stories of Japan. The study approaches the problem by examining the Confucian doctrine and original works of important Japanese philosophers concerning the Confucian ethics and values, which are recrystallized into new organizational patterns in industrial corporation. While the period after World War II is the focus of the study, the unique features of Japanese industry like "Life-time Employment" and "Groupism" are reviewed to determine their relationship with Confucian traditions and values. The conclusion is that cultural factors in general and Confucianism in particular do play an important role in Japan's economic development. However, cultural factor is not a static medium but only a genuine dynamic trigger.
The QPO states of 4U 1630-47
Creators: name: Choudhury, Manojendu
name: Bhatt, Nilay
name: Bhattacharyya, Subir
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Among the transient black hole binary systems, 4U 1630-47 is one of the most active sources exhibiting outbursts every few hundred days, with every outburst lasting typically around hundred days. During the 2002-2004 outburst the appearance of quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) coincide with the onset of anomalous state. There are two distinct QPO states: namely the single QPO state with one QPO and the twin QPO state with two QPOs not related harmonically. The spectral features of this state are corroborated by a previous outburst in 1998. The evolution of the inner disc temperature and the inner disc radius suggest the possible onset of geometrically thicker, slim disc as a possible explanation of the energy spectral features. The other possibilities involving the Comptonizing cloud also exist that may explain the anomalous state. The two different QPO states exhibit different spectral features, and we provide a possible empirical physical scenario from the observation of the evolution of the spectral features.
description: Published in MNRAS
Stereotype Fremdzuschreibungen und Eigenwahrnehmung von Geflüchteten - Eine Untersuchung gängiger Diskurse zur (Flucht-)migration anhand der Perspektiven Geflüchteter im Raum Trier
Creators: name: Steffens, David
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Migration
Flucht
Stereotype

description: -
description: Schriftliche Hausarbeit zur Erlangung des Grades eines Master of Arts an der Universität Trier
Invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) and Neisseria meningitidis carriage in Asia. A Scoping review protocol
Creators: name: Betancur, Estefania
name: Onwuchekwa, chukwuemeka
name: Menon, Sonia
name: Aponte-Torres, Zuleika
name: Serra, Lidia Cristina
name: Ozbilgili, Egemen
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 111706 Epidemiology
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Not much is currently known about the burden of IMD in many parts of Asia. Although the incidence is considered low, the presence of high-risk populations within this region and the environmental similarities between parts of this region and the AMB, increases the likelihood that epidemiological “hotspots” may be unreported. Some of these high-risk populations are soldiers, inmates in prisons, students in dormitories and people returning from Hajj. These groups are likely to have a higher risk than the average carriage rate of N. Meningitidis and would benefit from vaccination with conjugate vaccines. Therefore, the present study undertakes a scoping review to map and summarize the available literature on the epidemiology and gaps in knowledge of N. meningitidis carriage and IMD/serotypes in adults in Asia under conditions of congregation, as well as to identify potential risk factors for N. meningitidis carriage and invasive disease.
Need for Benchmarking Network in Higher Education.pdf
Creators: name: Shersad, Fouzia
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 130103 Higher Education
subject: FOS: Educational sciences

description: BACKGROUND: Benchmarking is a tool for continuous improvement driven by assessment in comparison with a common reference point. It involves organizational learning in partnership which provides an incentive to better results. Recently, the Commission for Academic Accreditation (CAA), UAE, has facilitated benchmarking by creating a portal for sharing data among higher education institutions (HEIs). AIM OF STUDY: This study aims at assessing good practices and challenges in benchmarking of HEIs using the experience at Dubai Medical College as an example and to suggest recommendations relevant to this region, which will drive the quality initiative forward. The benchmarking process used by Dubai Medical College since 2004 is evaluated for its methodology, challenges and outcomes. FINDINGS: It is seen that internal and external benchmarks have helped the organization to set higher standards, through matrix-plotting of performance indicators related to administration, education, assessment and resources. Availability of data, inertia in communication and openness among competitors were the major challenges. CONCLUSION: Commitment and willingness to improve is essential for successful benchmarking at a micro and macro-level. A recommendation is placed for creating a repository of benchmarks in the region for HEIs. This consortium of validated performance indicators will help in identifying the best-in-class in specific categories. Major challenges can be met by a network of HEIs to share best practices. The CAA has already taken an initiative in this direction, which will be highly beneficial. Whether or not these networks should be under the direct supervision of CAA is to be debated and requires further study. This will foster a culture of openness and a constructive drive for excellence by all institutions.
title: Effects of physical enrichment and social housing on calves’ growth, behaviour, affective state and cognitive ability
Creators: name: Zhang, Chenyu
Publisher: name: University of Reading
Year: 2023

description: Dairy calves are commonly reared in artificial environments in the dairy industry. It is essential to understand and satisfy their motivations so as to improve their welfare, promote their behavioural and cognitive development and increase their growth and adaptability to environmental changes. The first aim of this dissertation was to study effective ways to complicate calves’ housing environments and understand how the environment complexity impacts behaviour and improves calves’ welfare. We investigated the effectiveness of physical enrichment protocols and determined calves’ preferences for and ways of interacting with various physical enrichment items. A fixed multi-item enrichment presentation schedule was considered an effective protocol. Nets filled with scented hay seemed to be the most attractive item tested, which stimulated calves to show five types of interaction behaviours towards them. We then determined how the provision of the physical enrichment items in the effective protocol identified, pair housing, and the combination of both components in calves’ pre-weaning period affect pre- and post-weaning weight gain, pre- and post-weaning behaviours, fear responses to novelty and memory ability. We found that adding complexity to pre-weaning calves’ housing environments using the three methods appeared likely to improve their welfare by providing outlets for natural behaviours, mitigating undesirable behaviours, promoting growth, increasing behavioural flexibility or improving memory ability. In addition, since calves’ fear responses in repeated fear tests are inconsistent, this dissertation also aimed to investigate the potential mechanisms resulting in this uncertain reliability. We investigated whether calves have visual lateralization in 8 processing fear in novel object tests and if initial monocular presentation of novel objects affects calves’ fear responses. The results suggested that the poor test-retest reliability in repeated novel object tests could not be explained by visual lateralization in processing fear, and eye laterality might not be considered a useful measure of fear at this age.
Ageing Well Public Talk Series -Talk 1 Are we prepared to live longer? (Accessible Version)
Creators: name: Odunewu, Chrispina
name: Vseteckova, Jitka
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Aged health care
Family care
Health and community services
Health counselling
Health informatics and information systems
Health services and systems not elsewhere classified
Health management
Health systems

description: After introducing the Ageing Well Public Talk series, Jitka and Catherine will introduce basic biomedical and psycho-social aspects of ageing, and some most common age-related conditions such as osteoporosis and frailty. We will explore menopause, andropause and how hormonal changes associated with ageing may affect us. We will also share a brief overview of the next talks. Dr Jitka Vseteckova - Senior Lecturer Health and Social Care, Faculty of Wellbeing, Education & Language Studies, The Open University. Jitka has a longstanding interest and passion in researching ageing and engaging with public. Dr Catherine Pestano - Visiting Fellow and Associate Lecturer at Faculty of Wellbeing, Education & Language Studies, The Open University. Catherine is a social worker, community musician and menopause warrior/activist. Catherine is working on a book gathering diversity informed menopause musings.
 This is an accessible version of the presentation for screen readers.
MODELLING ECONOMY-WIDE MATERIAL STOCKS OF BUILDINGS, INFRASTRUCTURE AND MACHINERY, FOR MULTIPLE MATERIAL CYCLES AND END-USES AROUND THE WORLD
Creators: name: Wiedenhofer, Dominik
name: Streeck, Jan
name: Grammer, Benedikt
name: Plank, Barbara
name: Virag, Doris
name: Krausmann, Fridolin
name: Haberl, Helmut
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022

description: Presentation at the 14th ISIE SEM Conference, 19.-21. September 2022
Ab Initio Approach to the Non-Perturbative Scalar Yukawa Model
Creators: name: Li, Yang
name: Karmanov, V. A.
name: Maris, P.
name: Vary, J. P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report on the first non-perturbative calculation of the scalar Yukawa model in the single-nucleon sector up to four-body Fock sector truncation (one "scalar nucleon" and three "scalar pions"). The light-front Hamiltonian approach with a systematic non-perturbative renormalization is applied. We study the $n$-body norms and the electromagnetic form factor. We find that the one- and two-body contributions dominate up to coupling $α\approx 1.7$. As we approach the coupling $α\approx 2.2$, we discover that the four-body contribution rises rapidly and overtakes the two- and three-body contributions. By comparing with lower sector truncations, we show that the form factor converges with respect to the Fock sector expansion.
description: 8 pages, 12 figures, to be published in Phys. Lett. B
Energy and Charge Transfer for Na+ Ions Scattered from a Ag(001) Surface
Creators: name: Ray, M. P.
name: Lake, R. E.
name: Marston, J. B.
name: Sosolik, C. E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present energy- and charge-resolved measurements of low and hyperthermal energy Na+ ions scattered from a Ag(001) surface. With the primary ion beam oriented along the [110] crystal direction, distinct peaks in the energy distributions of the scattered beam flux that correspond to single or multiple collisions with target atoms are observed. A classical trajectory simulation reveals that these collisions can occur either at the surface or within the [110] channels, depending on incident beam energy. Within the simulation we probe the role of finite temperature and thermally displaced atoms on specific scattering events and show that contributions to the scattered distributions from single and double collisions dominate within the [110] channels. We also report velocity dependent measurements of the neutral/ion ratio of the scattered beam flux. A deviation between the data and simulated charge transfer results is observed for Na trajectories which penetrate the surface.
description: 18 pages, 6 figures
Axion helioscopes update: the status of CAST and IAXO
Creators: name: Dafni, T.
name: Iguaz, F. J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Almost 35 years since their suggestion as a good solution to the strong CP-problem, axions remain one of the few viable candidates for the Dark Matter, although still eluding detection. Most of the methods for their detection are based on their coupling to photons, one of the most sensitive ones being the helioscope technique. We report on the current status of the CERN Axion Solar Telescope and the future International Axion Observatory (IAXO). Recent results from the second part of CAST phase II, where the magnet bores were filled with 3He gas at variable pressure achieving sensibilities on the axion mass up to 1.2 eV, are presented. Currently, CAST is expecting to improve its sensitivity to solar axions with rest mass below 0.02 eV/c^2 after the upgrade of the X-ray detectors and with the implementation of a second X-ray optic. At the same time, it is exploring other possibilities at the low energy physics frontier. On the other hand IAXO, the fourth generation axion helioscope, aims to improve CAST's performance in terms of axion-photon coupling by 1-1.5 orders of magnitude. The details of the project building a dedicated magnet, optics and X-ray detectors are given.
description: Proceedings of 3rd International Conference on Technology and Instrumentation in Particle Physics (TIPP 2014)
Der Einfluss des Status eines „Prosumenten“ auf die Zahlungsbereitschaft für Strom
Creators: name: Michels, Marius
name: Holst, Gesa
name: Mußhoff, Oliver
name: Sauthoff, Saramena
Publisher: name: Berichte über Landwirtschaft - Zeitschrift für Agrarpolitik und Landwirtschaft
Year: 2020

description: Das Gesetz über den Vorrang erneuerbarer Energien hat zu einem höheren Anteil von Strom aus erneuerbaren Energien, aber auch zu einem Anstieg der Strompreise in Deutschland geführt. Diese Tatsache bringt vor allem Landwirte in eine unsichere Lage, da sie einerseits häufig in die Produktion von Strom aus erneuerbaren Energien investiert haben. Andererseits benötigen sie für die Erzeugung ihrer landwirtschaftlichen Güter auch hohe Strommengen. Diese besondere Konstellation macht Landwirte zu sogenannten „Prosumenten“, da sie sowohl große Mengen Strom produzieren als auch verbrauchen. Deshalb untersucht der Beitrag die Faktoren, die die Zahlungsbereitschaft (willingness to pay; WTP) der Landwirte für Strom beeinflussen. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass die Zahlungsbereitschaft der Landwirte für Strom von der Energiequelle abhängt. Außerdem würden Landwirte, die in die Produktion von Strom aus erneuerbaren Energien investiert haben, entgegen unseren Erwartungen lieber weniger Geld für Strom bezahlen. Soziodemographische und sozio-ökonomische Charakteristika sind ebenfalls als Einflussfaktoren auf die WTP identifiziert worden. Mögliche Gründe für diese Ergebnisse werden in diesem Beitrag diskutiert, die zu mehreren Ansatzpunkten für weitere Untersuchungen führen.
description: Berichte über Landwirtschaft - Zeitschrift für Agrarpolitik und Landwirtschaft, Aktuelle Beiträge
Giufà nella tradizione letteraria italiana ed araba: affinità e divergenze (studio comparato-interculturale)
Creators: name: Obeadallah, Ahmed Shehata Ibrahim
Publisher: name: Università di Siena
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Giufà- Letteratura araba- Letteratura italiana
subject: L-FIL-LET/14 CRITICA LETTERARIA E LETTERATURE COMPARATE
subject: Giufà- Letteratura araba- Letteratura italiana

description: Questa tesi rientra nell’ambito degli studi dell’influenza della cultura araba sull’immaginario narrativo siciliano, influenza che poi si estenderà a tutta l’Italia. Chiarirò i contributi letterari della Sicilia all’interno del Mediterraneo attraverso la figura di Giufà e i processi culturali più profondi attraverso i quali i siciliani hanno conosciuto e sviluppato questo personaggio. Spiegherò, in modo approfondito, la fortuna degli aneddoti di Giufà nella letteratura italiana e nella letteratura araba. Questo studio aprirà nuovi orizzonti dell’influenza del personaggio arabo Giufà su grandi scrittori italiani sia classici come Giovanni Boccaccio e Gian Battista Basile sia contemporanei come Sciascia, Calvino. Analizzerò anche i testi letterari di alcuni autori arabi come Ahmed Ali Bakatheer e Kateb Yacine. Infatti questo studio nasce dal bisogno di chiarire questa influenza araba in Sicilia e dal fatto che oggi abbiamo urgente bisogno di indagare su questa storia culturale e letteraria di contatti fra i popoli del Mediterraneo. Questo studio presenterà una dettagliata spiegazione della forte presenza del personaggio di Giufà al teatro, al cinema e alla TV; nella cultura del Mediterraneo (scopriremo per esempio piccolo capolavoro dimenticato, quel “Goha” di Jacques Baratier con l’egiziano Omar Sharif e la debuttante Claudia Cardinale; un film presentato a Cannes nel 1959 che racconta le vicende di Giufà, scopriremo anche tante commedie su Giufà in Sicilia e nel mondo arabo).
Optimal Redshift Weighting For Baryon Acoustic Oscillations
Creators: name: Zhu, Fangzhou
name: Padmanabhan, Nikhil
name: White, Martin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Future baryon acoustic oscillation (BAO) surveys will survey very large volumes, covering wide ranges in redshift. We derive a set of redshift weights to compress the information in the redshift direction to a small number of modes. We suggest that such a compression preserves almost all of the signal for most cosmologies, while giving high signal-to-noise measurements for each combination. We present some toy models and simple worked examples. As an intermediate step, we give a precise meaning to the "effective redshift" of a BAO measurement.
description: 8 pages, 6 figures, submitted to MNRAS
Growth-dependent bacterial susceptibility to ribosome-targeting antibiotics
Creators: name: Greulich, Philip
name: Scott, Matthew
name: Evans, Martin R.
name: Allen, Rosalind J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Cell Behavior (q-bio.CB)
subject: Quantitative Methods (q-bio.QM)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Bacterial growth environment strongly influences the efficacy of antibiotic treatment, with slow growth often being associated with decreased susceptibility. Yet in many cases the connection between antibiotic susceptibility and pathogen physiology remains unclear. We show that for ribosome-targeting antibiotics acting on Escherichia coli, a complex interplay exists between physiology and antibiotic action; for some antibiotics within this class faster growth indeed increases susceptibility, but for other antibiotics the opposite is true. Remarkably, these observations can be explained by a simple mathematical model that combines drug transport and binding with physiological constraints. Our model reveals that growth-dependent susceptibility is controlled by a single parameter characterizing the `reversibility' of antibiotic transport and binding. This parameter provides a spectrum-classification of antibiotic growth-dependent efficacy that appears to correspond at its extremes to existing binary classification schemes. In these limits the model predicts universal, parameter-free limiting forms for growth inhibition curves. The model also leads to non-trivial predictions for the drug susceptibility of a translation-mutant strain of E. coli, which we verify experimentally. Drug action and bacterial metabolism are mechanistically complex; nevertheless this study illustrates how coarse-grained models can be used to integrate pathogen physiology into drug design and treatment strategies.
description: 26 pages, 7 figures
Materialising the Immaterial: Provotyping to Explore Voice Assistant Complexities
Creators: name: Shorter, Mike
name: Minder, Bettina
name: Rogers, Jon
name: Baldauf, Matthias
name: Todisco, Aurelio
name: Junginger, Sabine
name: Aytaç, Aysun
name: Wolf, Patricia
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Voice Assistants
Research Through Design
Speculative Design
Provotyping
Prototyping
Artificial Intelligence

description: Voice assistants (VAs), typically promoted as omniscient conversational butlers, still remain below users' expectations. Interaction designers seem to struggle bringing in user perspectives necessary to develop more meaningful VA applications beyond simple use cases such as playing music. One of the reasons might be the immateriality of cloud-based VA technology making it difficult to comprehend such complex and ever-evolving systems. In this paper, we investigate provotyping as a design tool for 'materialising the immaterial'. In our case study, teams of multidisciplinary experts devised twelve provotypes to explore intangible VA technology. We present and discuss three generalisations in respect to the role of provotypes for the exploration of VAs. Our findings show provotypes can serve as the necessary props by which we can bring in missing perspectives around this technology and generate material which enables designers to speculate, debate, and sketch out ideas for meaningful futures of VA applications.
description: + ID der Publikation: hslu_89843 + Art des Beitrages: Wissenschaftliche Medien + Jahrgang: 2022 + Sprache: Englisch + Letzte Aktualisierung: 2022-10-26 17:17:40
Direct manifestation of band topology in the winding number of the Wannier-Stark ladder
Creators: name: Lee, Woo-Ram
name: Park, Kwon
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Topological quantum phases of matter have been a topic of intense interest in contemporary condensed matter physics. Extensive efforts are devoted to investigate various exotic properties of topological matters including topological insulators, topological superconductors, and topological semimetals. For topological insulators, the dissipationless transport via gapless helical edge or surface states is supposed to play a defining role, which unfortunately has proved difficult to realize in experiments due to inevitable backscattering induced in the sample boundary. Motivated by the fundamental connection between topological invariants and the Zak phase, here, we show that the non-trivial band topologies of both two and three-dimensional topological insulators, characterized by the Chern numbers and the $\mathbb{Z}_2$ invariants, respectively, are directly manifested in the winding numbers of the Wannier-Stark ladder (WSL) emerging under an electric field. We use the Floquet Green's function formalism to show that the winding number of the WSL is robust against interband interference as well as non-magnetic impurity scattering.
description: 20 pages and 8 figures
title: Der Raub von Wohnung und dem Zuhause im Rahmen der "Arisierung" im 9. Wiener Gemeindebezirk und dessen digitale Vermittlung
Creators: name: Alberth, Judith Therese
Year: 2023

description: Der aktuelle Generationenwechsel verändert spürbar unsere Kommunikationswege und digitalisiert diese. Auch in Bezug auf die Erinnerungskultur macht sich dies bemerkbar. Die Vermittlung von NS-Verbrechen und der Gefahr von Ideologie, muss neue Wege gehen, um die Erinnerung an die Opfer zu wahren und die Eigenverantwortung in einer Demokratie zu lehren. Diese Masterarbeit versucht mit Hilfe der Methoden aus der Public History sowie dem aktuellen Diskurs innerhalb der Erinnerungskultur, einen digital abrufbaren Stadtrundgang zu konzipieren. Es werden die Vermittlungsmethoden bezüglich eines mobilen Lernortes sowie des Umgangs mit dem Medium Smartphone erarbeitet. Anhand dessen wird das Thema „Arisierung“ in Wien so aufgearbeitet, dass den Benutzer:innen ein selbständiges Lernen ermöglicht wird. So können vereinzelten Orten innerhalb des 9. Wiener Gemeindebezirks ihre Geschichte zurückgegeben werden, ohne das Stadtbild zu verändern. Anhand ausgewählter Fotoquellen und Erzählungen von Überlebenden wird ein Bild des verlorenen Zuhauses geschaffen. Der 9. Bezirk beherbergte das assimilierte jüdische Bürgertum und war aufgrund dessen dem gezielten Raub des NS-Regimes durch die „Arisierung“ ausgesetzt. Mit der Vermittlung einzelner Schicksale von Juden:Jüdinnen versucht der Rundgang ein Bild der zerstörten Heimat zu schaffen, welches von Interessierten jeder Zeit über das eigene Smartphone abrufbar wäre. Für eine verantwortungsbewusste Konzipierung eines digitalen Stadtrundganges werden Fragen bezüglich der digitalen Vermittlung, des selbständigen Lernens, der Darstellung von historischen Narrativen sowie der Quellenauswahl und deren Perspektiven beantwortet. Diese Arbeit gibt nicht nur Einblicke in die digitalen Vermittlungsmethoden und die Nutzung digitaler Medien, sondern visualisiert und beleuchtet vor allem individuelle Lebensbrüche und deren Verlust und Verfolgung durch das NS-Regime.
title: Welchen Einfluss haben freiwillige betriebliche Zusatzleistungen (Fringe Benefits) auf das Work Engagement von Mitarbeitenden?
Creators: name: Mayer, Sabine
Year: 2023

description: Freiwillige betriebliche Zusatzleistungen (Fringe Benefits) werden von Mitarbeitenden oft nicht als solche identifiziert und als selbstverständlich angesehen. Sie sind ein wichtiger Bestandteil der Entlohnung geworden und werden von Unternehmen in unterschiedlichsten Formen gewährt. Das Ziel dieser Masterarbeit ist zu untersuchen, ob bzw. wie Fringe Benefits das Work Engagement von Mitarbeitenden beeinflussen. Dazu wird die folgende Forschungsfrage gestellt: Welchen Einfluss haben freiwillige betriebliche Zusatzleistungen (Fringe Benefits) auf das Work Engagement von Mitarbeitenden? Die Untersuchungsobjekte dieser Arbeit sind Mitarbeitende in österreichischen Unternehmen, welche an der Wiener Börse gelistet sind. Um die angebotenen Fringe Benefits und den Einfluss auf das Work Engagement zu messen, wurde eine Online-Umfrage durchgeführt und an die Unternehmen versendet. Die durchgeführte Umfrage zeigt, dass Fringe Benefits das Work Engagement von Mitarbeitenden beeinflusst. Hierbei spielen für die Mitarbeitenden insbesondere gesundheitsfördernde Maßnahmen eine Rolle. Schlussendlich führen die Auswertung der Umfrage sowie unterstützende Ergebnisse aus der Literatur zu dem Fazit, dass Fringe Benefits das Work Engagement von Mitarbeitenden positiv beeinflussen kann.
title: Japan Looks at An Uncertain China The Role of Japan's Aid to China
Creators: name: Yang, Yixin
Publisher: name: Old Dominion University Libraries
Year: 1991

description: This thesis discusses the role the Japanese aid has played in accommodating the structural change of Sino-Japanese economic relations and in dealing with the economic and political crisis that has jeopardized their bilateral relations and Japan's own national interest. Japan's early resumption of economic aid to China after Tiananmen reflects how aid philosophy differs from that of most of the other Western aid donors. The conclusions are that Japan's large loan to China has played a vital role in maintaining and strengthening Sino-Japanese economic relations, that the aid has made the interdependent relations between the two countries an asymmetric one, and that Japan can use aid to deal with an uncertain China. Japan's decision to resume aid to China after Tiananmen also reveals Japan-'s search for a more independent foreign policy and its intention to strengthen its strategic security and economic interests in Asia and in the world.