cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
EFFECT OF WORK ENVIRONMENT AND ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE ON JOB SATISFACTION OF BASIC SCIENCE TEACHERS
Creators: name: MAHADEVI R
name: Dr. U. BHOJANNA
name: Dr. SUMA S
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Job Satisfaction; Work Environment; Organizational Culture; Basic Science Teachers; Higher Education; Faculty Retention.

description: Abstract

The job satisfaction of educators plays a crucial role in the quality of education and the overall performance of academic institutions. This study investigates the effect of work environment and organizational culture on the job satisfaction of basic science teachers in colleges and universities. Using a mixed-methods approach, we surveyed 300 basic science teachers across various higher education institutions and conducted in-depth interviews with a subset of 30 participants to gain comprehensive insights into their experiences. Our findings reveal a significant correlation between a positive work environment and high levels of job satisfaction among basic science teachers. Key factors contributing to a favourable work environment include adequate teaching resources, manageable workloads, supportive administrative policies, and opportunities for professional development. Additionally, the study highlights the critical role of organizational culture in shaping job satisfaction. An inclusive, collaborative, and transparent culture that values and recognizes teachers' contributions significantly enhances their job satisfaction. The implications of this research suggest that educational institutions should prioritize creating supportive work environments and fostering positive organizational cultures to enhance job satisfaction among basic science faculty. By addressing these aspects, institutions can improve teacher retention, job performance, and ultimately, student outcomes. Future research should explore longitudinal effects of these variables and consider comparative studies across different academic disciplines and regions.
title: Utilidad de la RM-perfusión cerebral en la valoración de la respuesta al tratamiento en pacientes con glioblastoma multiforme.
Creators: name: Aboud Llopis, Carlos
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Neoplasia
subject: Tissue characterisation
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Treatment effects
subject: MR-Diffusion/Perfusion
subject: Oncology
subject: Neuroradiology brain

description: Objetivos
Material y método
Resultados
Conclusiones
Bibliografía
description: Objetivos:
Demostrar la importancia de la secuencia de perfusión para identificar los parámetros que indican respuesta o progresión tras la administración de tratamiento combinado de cirugía,
quimioterapia y radioterapia,
en pacientes con glioblastoma...
Knowledge Elecitation for Factors Affecting Taskforce Productivity using a Questionnaire
Creators: name: Sohail, Muhammad
name: Khan, Abdur Rashid
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Computers and Society (cs.CY)
subject: General Literature (cs.GL)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In this paper we present the process of Knowledge Elicitation through a structured questionnaire technique. This is an effort to depict a problem domain as Investigation of factors affecting taskforce productivity. The problem has to be solved using the expert system technology. This problem is the very first step how to acquire knowledge from the domain experts. Knowledge Elicitation is one of the difficult tasks in knowledge base formation which is a key component of expert system. The questionnaire was distributed among 105 different domain experts of Public and Private Organizations (i.e. Education Institutions, Industries and Research etc) in Pakistan. A total 61 responses from these experts were received. All the experts were well qualified, highly experienced and has been remained the members for selection committees a number of times for different posts. Facts acquired were analyzed from which knowledge was extracted and elicited. A standard shape was given to the questionnaire for further research as a knowledge learning tool. This tool may be used as a standard document for selection and promotion of employees.
description: 7 pages, International Journal of Computer Science and Information Security, ISSN 1947 5500, Impact Factor 0.423
Recurrent Activity from Active Asteroid (248370) 2005 QN173: A Main-Belt Comet
Creators: name: Chandler, Colin Orion
name: Trujillo, Chadwick A.
name: Hsieh, Henry H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present archival observations of Main-belt asteroid (248370) 2005 QN173 (also designated 433P) that demonstrate this recently discovered active asteroid (a body with a dynamically asteroidal orbit displaying a tail or coma) has had at least one additional apparition of activity near perihelion during a prior orbit. We discovered evidence of this second activity epoch in an image captured 2016 July 22 with the Dark Energy Camera on the 4 meter Blanco telescope at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile. As of this writing, (248370) 2005 QN173 is just the 8th active asteroid demonstrated to undergo recurrent activity near perihelion. Our analyses demonstrate (248370) 2005 QN173 is likely a member of the active asteroid subset known as Main-Belt Comets, a group of objects that orbit in the Main Asteroid Belt which exhibit activity that is specifically driven by sublimation. We implement an activity detection technique, "wedge photometry," that has the potential to detect tails in images of solar system objects and quantify their agreement with computed anti-solar and anti-motion vectors normally associated with observed tail directions. We present a catalog and an image gallery of archival observations. The object will soon become unobservable as it passes behind the Sun as seen from Earth, and when it again becomes visible (late-2022) it will be farther than 3 au from the Sun. Our findings suggest (248370) 2005 QN173 is most active interior to 2.7 au (0.3 au from perihelion), so we encourage the community to observe and study this special object before December 2021.
description: 13 pages, 3 figures, 2 tables
From Pebbles and Planetesimals to Planets and Dust: the Protoplanetary Disk--Debris Disk Connection
Creators: name: Najita, Joan R.
name: Kenyon, Scott J.
name: Bromley, Benjamin C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The similar orbital distances and detection rates of debris disks and the prominent rings observed in protoplanetary disks suggest a potential connection between these structures. We explore this connection with new calculations that follow the evolution of rings of pebbles and planetesimals as they grow into planets and generate dusty debris. Depending on the initial solid mass and planetesimal formation efficiency, the calculations predict diverse outcomes for the resulting planet masses and accompanying debris signature. When compared with debris disk incidence rates as a function of luminosity and time, the model results indicate that the known population of bright cold debris disks can be explained by rings of solids with the (high) initial masses inferred for protoplanetary disk rings and modest planetesimal formation efficiencies that are consistent with current theories of planetesimal formation. These results support the possibility that large protoplanetary disk rings evolve into the known cold debris disks. The inferred strong evolutionary connection between protoplanetary disks with large rings and mature stars with cold debris disks implies that the remaining majority population of low-mass stars with compact protoplanetary disks leave behind only modest masses of residual solids at large radii and evolve primarily into mature stars without detectable debris beyond 30 au. The approach outlined here illustrates how combining observations with detailed evolutionary models of solids strongly constrains the global evolution of disk solids and underlying physical parameters such as the efficiency of planetesimal formation and the possible existence of invisible reservoirs of solids in protoplanetary disks.
description: 43 pages, 18 figures
title: An Investigation of Educators' Perceptions of the Influence of a Teacher Evaluation System on Student Learning
Creators: name: Nielsen, Bryon
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2018

description: In this study, the researcher explored the views and opinions held by teachers and administrators toward a teacher evaluation system. The purpose was to learn how educators’ opinions and views might impact how school leaders administer the evaluation system and how teachers receive it. Knowledge gained from this study may provide understanding for district and school-level leaders as they develop training and implementation strategies. Teachers and administrators were interviewed, and district-provided documents were reviewed, to gather data that was analyzed using qualitative research methods. Based on the data analysis, recommendations are made regarding implementation strategies that may improve the evaluation process.
Modelling inter-provincial migration between British Columbia and other Canadian provinces during 1966-1970
Creators: name: Dabestani-Sharifabad, Alayar
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: In studying population, the migration component is the most difficult component to analyze effectively. The main purpose of this thesis is to analyze and quantify the migration flow between British Columbia and other Canadian provinces during the period 1966-70 and develop a model which is capable of forecasting this inter-provincial flow with some known probability of accuracy. In this regard the different data sources which are available are evaluated. Income Tax Return data are found to be more reliable and are available in more detail; therefore, this source is used. To find the best possible method of measuring migration flow different methods of migration were considered and theoretical models were found to be more sophisticated and accurate than others. Amongst these various theoretical models, the push-pull theories are the basis of the most theoretical hypotheses of this model. Linear step-wise and ordinary multiple regressions analysis, using computer "UBC TRIP" package' are the methods of investigation used to test the hypotheses. The two complete and simpler models of in- and out-migration and the complete model of net-migration for B.C. during 1966-70 have been tested. The combination of cross-section and time series analysis with 30 observations for 5 years and 6 regions in Canada (B.C. excluded) at 1 percent significant level with the total of 8 independent variables are the major components underlying the operational results. Distance, unemployment rate, climate, friends and relatives in other provinces were found to be the best explanatory variables. Also, climate was found to be an important variable to attract the migrants to B.C., while high unemployment rate has been the major factor of out-migration from B.C. Finally, some area for further research toward improving the quality of data which can have significant outcome on modelling internal migrations have been sketched.
Analysis of Lyapunov Method for Control of Quantum States
Creators: name: Wang, Xiaoting
name: Schirmer, Sonia
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The natural trajectory tracking problem is studied for generic quantum states represented by density operators. A control design based on the Hilbert-Schmidt distance as a Lyapunov function is considered. The control dynamics is redefined on an extended space where the LaSalle invariance principle can be correctly applied even for non-stationary target states. LaSalle's invariance principle is used to derive a general characterization of the invariant set, which is shown to always contain the critical points of the Lyapunov function. Critical point analysis of the latter is used to show that, for generic states, it is a Morse function with $n!$ isolated critical points, including one global minimum, one global maximum and $n!-2$ saddles. It is also shown, however, that the actual dynamics of the system is not a gradient flow, and therefore a full eigenvalue analysis of the linearized dynamics about the critical points of the dynamical system is necessary to ascertain stability of the critical points. This analysis shows that a generic target state is locally asymptotically stable if the linearized system is controllable and the invariant set is regular, and in fact convergence to the target state (trajectory) in this case is almost global in that the stable manifolds of all other critical points form a subset of measure zero of the state space. On the other hand, if either of these sufficient conditions is not satisfied, the target state ceases to be asymptotically stable, a center manifold emerges around the target state, and the control design ceases to be effective.
description: This work is part I of an expanded version of earlier work (arXiv:0801.0702)
REVISION OF FLOWER POLLINATION ALGORITHM FOR OPTIMIZING PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM
Creators: name: MUHAMMAD MATEEN AFZAL AWAN
name: NOUMAN ASHRAF
name: MUHAMMAD ASIM
name: ABDULLAH AKBAR
name: HANZILA-BIN-FAROOQ
name: MUHAMMAD IRFAN
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: MPPT, Solar, Photovoltaics, Algorithms, FPA.

description: Abstract

The renewable energy revolution is essential considering the depleting threats and greenhouse gas production of conventional energy resources. Solar has the priority among renewables due to the availability of the source almost everywhere. Further, solar photovoltaic (SPV) technology is prominent due to the direct conversion of sunlight into electricity. However, the non-linear characteristics do not allow the SPV cell to produce determined power. Therefore, the trackers driven by algorithms are hired to take the operating point to a maximum power point (MPP). Only soft-computing MPP tracking (MPPT) algorithms can survive under partial shading conditions (PSC). One of the most renowned soft-computing algorithms is the flower pollination algorithm (FPA) because it effectively distributes locally and globally. Optimal utilization of the strengths of FPA to improve its performance in MPPT for SPV cells has been performed in this research. Results have shown around 86% improvement in tracking speed which is a huge achievement. Simulations have been performed in MATLAB.
TOURISM AND THE CITY: OPPORTUNITY FOR REGENERATION
Creators: name: Galdini, Rossana
Publisher: name: tourismos
Year: 2021

description: Urban tourism is in full expansion due to world-wide urbanisation and internationalisation of our societies. New economic impulse created by investments in urban regeneration, and improving the quality of life, produces different consequences. This paper tries to examines the benefits and costs which tourism has on host environments, economies and societies and analyses the strategic conditions which can assist cities to revitalise their territory, through a coherent tourism policy. An Italian case study, Genoa is used to illustrate some of these impact issues. Genoa, after a deep crisis, has regained a new identity and its role in the Italian economic and social system. The paper provides a critical approach of how places of cultural significance are transformed into places of consumption by investigating the relationship between culture as a resource for identity and culture as an economic resource.
description: tourismos, Vol. 2 No. 2 (2007)
Massive molecular outflow and 100 kpc extended cold halo gas in the enormous Ly$α$ nebula of QSO 1228+3128
Creators: name: Li, Jianrui
name: Emonts, Bjorn H. C.
name: Cai, Zheng
name: Prochaska, J. Xavier
name: Yoon, Ilsang
name: Lehnert, Matthew D.
name: Zhang, Shiwu
name: Wu, Yunjing
name: Li, Jianan
name: Li, Mingyu
name: Lacy, Mark
name: Villar-Martín, Montserrat
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The link between the circum-galactic medium (CGM) and the stellar growth of massive galaxies at high-$z$ depends on the properties of the widespread cold molecular gas. As part of the SUPERCOLD-CGM survey (Survey of Protocluster ELANe Revealing CO/\ci\ in the Ly$α$-Detected CGM), we present the radio-loud QSO Q1228+3128 at $z=2.2218$, which is embedded in an enormous Ly$α$ nebula. ALMA+ACA observations of CO(4-3) reveal both a massive molecular outflow, and a more extended molecular gas reservoir across $\sim$100 kpc in the CGM each containing a mass of M$_{\rm H2}$\,$\sim$\,4$-$5\,$\times$\,10$^{10}$ M$_{\odot}$. The outflow and molecular CGM are aligned spatially, along the direction of an inner radio jet. After re-analysis of Ly$α$ data of Q1228+3128 from the Keck Cosmic Web Imager, we found that the velocity of the extended CO agrees with the redshift derived from the Ly$α$ nebula and the bulk velocity of the massive outflow. We propose a scenario where the radio source in Q1228+3128 is driving the molecular outflow and perhaps also enriching or cooling the CGM. In addition, we found that the extended CO emission is nearly perpendicular to the extended Ly$α$ nebula spatially, indicating that the two gas phases are not well mixed, and possibly even represent different phenomena (e.g., outflow vs. infall). Our results provide crucial evidence in support of predicted baryonic recycling processes that drive the early evolution of massive galaxies.
description: Accepted for publication in ApJ. 10 pages, 6 figures
title: tourismos, Vol. 2 No. 2 (2007)
Creators: name: Tourismos
Publisher: name: University of the Aegean
Year: 2007

description: 2007 International CHRIE Conference1...153-154 ENVIRONMENTALISM AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF TOURISM...141-152 THE EFFECTS ON ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTMENT OF CHANGES IN TOURISM DEMAND...129-140 TOURISM, VILLAGE SPACE AND THE REAPPROPRIATION OF RURAL: TOWARDS A NEW SOCIAL ORGANISATION OF THE COUNTRYSIDEi...113-128 TOURISM AND THE CITY: OPPORTUNITY FOR REGENERATION...95-111 EXPLORING KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS FOR TOURIST GUIDES: EVIDENCE FROM EGYPT...77-94 CULTURAL TOURISM IN A GREEK INSULAR COMMUNITY: THE RESIDENTS’ PERSPECTIVE...61-75 COST ACCOUNTING IN GREEK HOTEL ENTERPRISES: AN EMPIRICAL APPROACH...39-59 CURRY CUISINE: PERCEPTIONS OF INDIAN RESTAURANTS IN MALAYSIA...25-37 SHOULD YOU REWARD MORE THOSE TEACHERS WHO PARTICIPATE MORE? A STUDY IN THE CONTEXT OF IN-SERVICE TOURISM TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMS...11-24 Initial Pages & Editorial...1-10
Chemical abundance scaling relations for multiple elements in z~2-3 star-forming galaxies
Creators: name: Strom, Allison L.
name: Rudie, Gwen C.
name: Steidel, Charles C.
name: Trainor, Ryan F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The chemical abundance patterns of gas and stars in galaxies are powerful probes of galaxies' star formation histories and the astrophysics of galaxy assembly but are challenging to measure with confidence in distant galaxies. In this paper, we report the first measurements of the correlation between stellar mass and multiple tracers of chemical enrichment (including O, N, and Fe) in individual z~2-3 galaxies, using a sample of 195 star-forming galaxies from the Keck Baryonic Structure Survey (KBSS). The galaxies' chemical abundances are inferred using photoionization models capable of reconciling high-redshift galaxies' observed extreme rest-UV and rest-optical spectroscopic properties. We find that the stellar mass-O/H relation for our sample is relatively shallow, with moderately large scatter, and is offset ~0.35 dex higher than the corresponding stellar mass-Fe/H relation. The two relations have very similar slopes, indicating a high level of alpha-enhancement -- with O/Fe approximately 2.2 times higher than solar O/Fe -- across two decades in stellar mass. The stellar mass-N/H relation has the steepest slope and largest intrinsic scatter, which likely results from the fact that many z~2 galaxies are observed near or past the transition from "primary" to "secondary" N production and may reflect uncertainties in the astrophysical origin of N. Together, these results suggest that z~2 galaxies are old enough to have seen substantial enrichment from intermediate mass stars, but are still young enough that Type Ia supernovae have not had time to contribute significantly to their enrichment.
description: Accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal
title: New CA-ID-TIMS Detrital Zircon Constraints on Middle Neoproterozoic Sedimentary Successions, Southwestern United States
Creators: name: Bullard, Abigail R.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2018

description: Three related sedimentary successions located in Arizona, Utah, and California were deposited in basins on proto-North America during the early rifting of Rodinia (~780 Mya). Previous detrital zircon U-Pb maximum ages for the units are inexact, making it difficult to piece together what happened at this point in Earth history.
We report better maximum age constraints on these units obtained by subjecting detrital zircons to high-precision CA-ID-TIMS analysis, which provide more exact 206 Pb/238U ages. These new data significantly improve the precision for the base of the ChUMP units, with an average age of 775. 63 ± 0.27 Ma acquired for the bottom of the Chuar Group, where earlier work put the age at 782 Ma. An average age of 775.44 ± 0.73 Ma for the bottom of the Pahrump Group is also younger than the previously reported 787 ± 11 Ma. Zircons of the Uinta Mountain Group provided ages of about 766.88 ± 2.31 Ma, which is on par with an earlier age of 766.4 ± 4.8 Ma. These high precision ages for the young detrital zircons in the ChUMP units improve links between the units and provide better context for geochemical, isotopic, and biological events that occurred during the initial rifting of Rodinia.
First Space-VLBI Observations of Sagittarius A*
Creators: name: Johnson, Michael D.
name: Kovalev, Yuri Y.
name: Lisakov, Mikhail M.
name: Voitsik, Petr A.
name: Gwinn, Carl R.
name: Bruni, Gabriele
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report results from the first Earth-space VLBI observations of the Galactic Center supermassive black hole, Sgr A*. These observations used the space telescope Spektr-R of the RadioAstron project together with a global network of 20 ground telescopes, observing at a wavelength of 1.35cm. Spektr-R provided baselines up to 3.9 times the diameter of the Earth, corresponding to an angular resolution of approximately 55 microarcseconds and a spatial resolution of $5.5 R_{\rm Sch}$ at the source, where $R_{\rm Sch} \equiv 2 G M/c^2$ is the Schwarzschild radius of Sgr A*. Our short ground baseline measurements (<80 Mλ) are consistent with an anisotropic Gaussian image, while our intermediate ground baseline measurements (100-250 Mλ) confirm the presence of persistent image substructure in Sgr A*. Both features are consistent with theoretical expectations for strong scattering in the ionized interstellar medium, which produces Gaussian scatter-broadening on short baselines and refractive substructure on long baselines. We do not detect interferometric fringes on any of the longer ground baselines or on any ground-space baselines. While space VLBI offers a promising pathway to sharper angular resolution and the measurement of key gravitational signatures in black holes, such as their photon rings, our results demonstrate that space VLBI studies of Sgr A* will require sensitive observations at submillimeter wavelengths.
description: Accepted for publication in ApJ Letters
title: Infecciones respiratorias en pacientes inmunodeprimidos postransplante de médula ósea. Hallazgos por TC.
Creators: name: Ochando Pulido, Eduardo
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Thorax
subject: CT-High Resolution
subject: Infection

description: Objetivo docente
Revisión del tema
Conclusiones
Bibliografía
description: Objetivo docente:
Las infecciones constituyen una de las complicaciones más importantes del transplante de progenitores hematopoyéticos (TPH),
incluso habiendo disminuido su morbimortalidad en los últimos años. La TAC es excelente para la detección de...
A Variable Splitting Augmented Lagrangian Approach to Linear Spectral Unmixing
Creators: name: Bioucas-Dias, Jose
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Optimization and Control (math.OC)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 46N10

description: This paper presents a new linear hyperspectral unmixing method of the minimum volume class, termed \emph{simplex identification via split augmented Lagrangian} (SISAL). Following Craig's seminal ideas, hyperspectral linear unmixing amounts to finding the minimum volume simplex containing the hyperspectral vectors. This is a nonconvex optimization problem with convex constraints. In the proposed approach, the positivity constraints, forcing the spectral vectors to belong to the convex hull of the endmember signatures, are replaced by soft constraints. The obtained problem is solved by a sequence of augmented Lagrangian optimizations. The resulting algorithm is very fast and able so solve problems far beyond the reach of the current state-of-the art algorithms. The effectiveness of SISAL is illustrated with simulated data.
description: 4 pages, 2 figures. Submitted to "First IEEE GRSS Workshop on Hyperspectral Image and Signal Processing, 2009"
title: Asociación del signo de la Arteria cerebral media hiperdensa con resultados clínicos y tasas de recanalización en pacientes con ictus isquémico agudo tratados con procedimientos intraarteriales.
Creators: name: Martín Lores, Irene
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Interventional vascular
subject: Neuroradiology brain
subject: Catheter arteriography
subject: CT
subject: Recanalisation
subject: Embolism / Thrombosis
subject: Ischaemia / Infarction

description: Objetivo docente
Revisión del tema
Conclusiones
Bibliografía
description: Objetivo docente:
Con este trabajo pretendemos describir el signo de la arteria cerebral media densa como signo hiperagudo de ictus isquémico así como analizar la asociación entre este signo con los resultados clínicos y las tasas de recanalización en pacientes...
SALT-INDUCED CHANGES IN PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS OF ORIGANUM MAJORANA: A SYSTEMATIC INVESTIGATION
Creators: name: Dr. SUSHILA DABAS
name: PRIYANKA GAHLAWAT
name: MEENAKSHI
name: BINDU
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Abstract

This study investigates the effects of varying concentrations of sodium chloride (NaCl) on the growth and physiological parameters of Origanum majorana L., commonly known as marjoram. Marjoram, a perennial herb with culinary and medicinal significance, was subjected to different levels of salinity stress to assess its adaptability and response to adverse environmental conditions. Healthy marjoram plants were selected, transplanted into pots, and exposed to NaCl concentrations of 0 gm (control), 2 gm, 3 gm, and 4 gm per 100 ml of water. The study measured root and shoot lengths, observed changes in leaves, seeds, and buds, and evaluated fresh and dry weights, as well as chlorophyll content. Results indicate that increased NaCl concentrations negatively impacted root and shoot growth, with higher salt levels leading to inhibited development. The chlorophyll content, a crucial indicator of plant health, also decreased with rising salt concentrations. The findings suggest that salinity stress adversely affects the growth and physiological parameters of marjoram. This research contributes valuable insights into the adaptive capacity of Origanum majorana L. under salt stress, providing information relevant to agricultural practices and environmental conditions. Understanding how marjoram responds to salinity stress is essential for optimizing its cultivation in regions facing increasing salinity issues.
title: Climate Change Perceptions and Adaptation Among Small-Scale Farmers in Uganda: A Community-Based Participatory Approach
Creators: name: Derr, Thomas
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2018

description: Climate change in the East African country of Uganda is causing severe variations in the once predictable seasonal weather patterns that farmers had come to depend on. This, in combination with social and economic challenges, has significantly increased the vulnerability of farmers who make up the majority of Uganda’s population. Previous knowledge and observations suggest that Ugandan farmers may be reluctant or slow to change their practices in response to the changing climate. Strategies are therefore needed to identify challenges and sustainable solutions. This research used qualitative data collection methods known as participatory rural appraisal (PRA) and participatory action research (PAR) over a seven-month period with two communities in western Uganda. One community was located in an urban area while the other was rural. Research methods were used to first identify real challenges specific to the community before developing strategies to solve them. Both of these steps were conducted in a bottom-up community-based way, utilizing the expertise of community participants. Overall, the main problems identified included degraded water resources, poor farm performance, gender issues, and health challenges. Most of these problems were not directly a result of climate change, but rather a combination of social and economic challenges like poverty and a lack of support from the government and other organizations. In both communities, sustainable solutions to major problems were created by increasing the overall knowledge, expertise, and cooperation among community participants in addition to improving access to local services. The actions taken resulted in a pilot project that improved water resources for the rural community. The approach was effective because it allowed the communities to advocate for themselves to create lasting change. This research builds upon a rapidly growing body of literature on the effectiveness of community-based efforts to solve real-life problems in struggling communities. Furthermore, these findings also challenge more traditional donor-driven approaches to development.
Professor Dr. med. Otto Spühler, 27. Juli 1908-25. Juli 1966
Creators: name: Niederer, Werner
Publisher: name: Zentralbibliothek Zürich
Year: 1966
Subjects: subject: 610 Medizin und Gesundheit
subject: 920 Biografien, Genealogie, Insignien
subject: Nachruf
subject: Spühler, Otto
subject: Zürich

description: Enthält: Eingansworte von Pfarrer Werner Niederer; Ansprache von Dr. med. E. Kaiser, Chefarzt der Chirurgischen Abteilung am Stadtspital Waid in Zürich; Abdankungsansprache von Werner Niederer, Pfarrer an der Kirche Wipkingen in Zürich; Nachruf von Professor Dr. med. Conrad Maier, mediz. Chefarzt (Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Freitag, 29. Juli 1966, Abendausgabe)
Supersymmetry and Gravitational Duality
Creators: name: Argurio, Riccardo
name: Dehouck, François
name: Houart, Laurent
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study how the supersymmetry algebra copes with gravitational duality. As a playground, we consider a charged Taub-NUT solution of D=4, N=2 supergravity. We find explicitly its Killing spinors, and the projection they obey provides evidence that the dual magnetic momenta necessarily have to appear in the supersymmetry algebra. The existence of such a modification is further supported using an approach based on the Nester form. In the process, we find new expressions for the dual magnetic momenta, including the NUT charge. The same expressions are then rederived using gravitational duality.
description: 23 pages, no figures; v2: sign typos fixed in Section 6; v3: version to appear in PRD. Improved discussion in section 5 (on the surface NUT charges) and in section 6 (on the superalgebra)
title: Valoración con RM cardíaca de pacientes candidatos a ventriculoplastia
Creators: name: Martín Lores, Irene
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Cardiac
subject: MR
subject: Aneurysms
subject: Ischaemia / Infarction

description: Objetivos
Material y método
Resultados
Conclusiones
Bibliografía
description: Objetivos:
Introducción Aproximadamente el 20 % de los pacientes que han sufrido un infarto agudo de miocardio desarrollan una dilatación ventricular a pesar de una reperfusión temprana 1 .
En respuesta a la isquemia local se produce un remodelado...
Nuovi orientamenti di carriera e qualità del lavoro.
Un contributo di ricerca
Creators: name: Lo Presti, Alessandro <1979>
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 2008
Subjects: M-PSI/06 Psicologia del lavoro e delle organizzazioni

description: Il presente contributo prende le mosse dalla consapevolezza che i modelli lineari tradizionali sulle carriere (Super,
1980) hanno lasciato il passo a concettualizzazioni più complesse e non lineari (Cohen, Duberley & Mallon, 2004;
Pryor & Bright, 2007; Richardson, 2002), argomento tra l’altro approfondito operando una disanima delle principali
transizioni di carriera e dei fenomeni psicosociali ad esse correlate (Schlossberg, Waters & Goodman, 1995).
Vengono affrontati temi attuali quali quelli della Globalizzazione riflessiva (Beck, 1999), della complessità e
delle Flessibilità (Sennett, 1998) e se ne mette in luce le interrelazioni con il fenomeno delle carriere, ed in particolare
delle dinamiche che ne hanno modificato progressivamente e radicalmente la natura nel corso degli ultimi trent’anni
(Hall, 1976, 1996). È stato approfondito il tema dei nuovi percorsi di carriera, con particolare attenzione ai costrutti
teorici della Protean Career (Carriera Versatile) e della Boundaryless Career (Carriera senza confini).
Sono stati condotti due studi, mediante il metodo dell’inchiesta, proponendo dei questionari
autosomministrabili a due gruppi di lavoratori dipendenti. La selezione degli strumenti da inserire nel protocollo, e
quindi delle ipotesi da verificare è stata operata in funzione delle caratteristiche intrinseche dei due gruppi coinvolti,
cercando comunque di valorizzare sempre il ruolo dei nuovi orientamenti di carriera all’interno del disegno di ricerca.
Lo studio 1 è stato condotto su un gruppo di 540 lavoratori dipendenti provenienti da Sardegna e Sicilia.
Facendo riferimento agli studi tradizionali sull’insicurezza lavorativa (Sverke & Hellgren, 2002), si è cercato di valutare
l’eventuale effetto moderante dei nuovi orientamenti di carriera (Briscoe, Hall & Frautschy De Muth, 2006) circa gli
effetti dell’insicurezza su benessere psicofisico (Goldberg, 1972) e coinvolgimento lavorativo (Schaufeli, Bakker &
Salanova, 2006; Scaufeli, Salanova, Gonzalez-Romá & Bakker, 2002). I risultati hanno mostrato alcuni effetti parziali,
ma d’altro canto è emerso che i medesimi orientamenti di carriera risultano significativamente e direttamente associati a
variabili quali l’Autoefficacia, la Proattività, il benessere e il Coinvolgimento.
Lo studio 2, riguardante un gruppo di 79 neolaureati di Palermo e provincia al primo inserimento lavorativo, è
stato condotto nell’arco di 8 mesi con tre rilevazioni dati. In questo caso si è cercato di evidenziare eventuali effetti
causali longitudinali degli orientamenti di carriera sulle variabili dipendenti già incluse nello studio 2. Le ipotesi
espresse hanno trovato soltanto parziale conferma nei risultati.
Integral Formula for the Characteristic Cauchy Problem on a curved Background
Creators: name: Joudioux, Jérémie
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 35L02, 35C15, 58J45, 83C60

description: We give a local integral formula, valid on general curved space-times, for the characteristic Cauchy problem for the Dirac equation with arbitrary spin using the method developed by Friedlander in his book "the wave equation on a curved spacetime" (1975). The results obtained by Penrose in the flat case in "Null hypersurface initial data for classical fields of arbitrary spin for general relativity" (Gen. Rel. Grav 1980) are recovered directly. It is expected that this method can be used to obtain sharp estimates for the characteristic Cauchy problem for the Dirac equation.
description: 42 pages
Donazione e compravendita di ovociti. Una riflessione bioetica.
Creators: name: Leonelli, Maria Cristina <1962>
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 2011
Subjects: IUS/20 Filosofia del diritto

description: La prima nascita dopo una fecondazione in vitro con ovociti donati è avvenuta in Australia nel 1983. La donazione di ovuli (chiamati anche ovociti o oociti), è una tecnica di riproduzione assistita, mediante la quale l’ovulo è fornito da una donna (donatrice), distinta da quella che riceverà (ricevente) l’embrione, risultante dall’ovulo donato e lo spermatozoo fornito dal compagno maschile o da un altro donatore. La procreazione medicalmente assistita con ovuli donati, ha dimostrato di essere una tecnica molto efficace per molte coppie in cui la donna ha scarse o nessuna probabilità di concepire per diversi motivi che verranno trattati nella tesi. L’utilizzo di ovuli da donatrice non risolve la causa primaria, ma a tutt’oggi è l’unica soluzione al desiderio di avere figli da parte delle coppie in cui sono presenti delle alterazioni ovocitarie. La procreazione con donazione di gameti, interpretata dalla legge 40/2004 come procreazione eterologa, è vietata in Italia, quindi le coppie italiane che attualmente  desiderano procreare facendo ricorso alla fecondazione con donazione di ovociti, devono recarsi all’estero.
title: Zum Andenken an Herrn Johannes Spoerri, Kaufmann von Zürich und Embrach
title: geboren den 26. Februar 1837, gestorben den 28. November 1921
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: Zentralbibliothek Zürich
Year: 1921
Subjects: subject: 330 Wirtschaft
subject: 670 Industrielle Fertigung
subject: 920 Biografien, Genealogie, Insignien
subject: Nachruf
subject: Spörri, Johannes
subject: Zürich
subject: Embrach

description: Enthält: Kremation von Johannes Spoerri (N.Z.Z. /.4. XII. 1921.); Abdankung von Herrn Dekan J. Ganz, Pfarrer, Enge-Zürich; Nachruf von Herrn John Syz, Präsident der Zürcher Handelskammer; Nachruf, gesprochen von Herrn J. Rüeger, Direktor der Schweiz. Frauenfachschule für das Bekleidungsgewerbe in Zürich 8.; Abschiedsworte von Herrn Friedr. Huber, ehemaligem Präsidenten des Sängervereins «Harmonie Zürich»; Der Verkehrsverein Zürich schreibt von Direktor Gottfr. Graber; Herr A. Brenn, Direktor des Kurhauses Passugg, schreibt; Unterstützung gemeinnütziger Bestrebungen im Auftrag des Zürcher Frauenvereins für alkoholfreie Wirtschaften sig. Frau S. Orelli; Zürcherische Seidenindustrie-Gesellschaft, Zürcherische Seidenindustrie-Gesellschaft: Für den Vorstand: Der 1. Sekretär: Th. Niggli, Der Präsident: H. Heer; Johannes Spoerri und seine Einstellung zur zürcherischen Seidenindustrie von Fritz Kaeser, ehemaligem Lehrer der zürcherischen Seidenwebschule
title: Sociodemographic and Climatic Factors Shaping the Development of Drought Policies in Major U.S. Cities
Creators: name: Gayle, Riana S.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2018

description: In most parts of the world, drought is an inevitable and natural occurrence. However, as the climate continues to warm, and populations grow and expand, the negative impacts of this extreme weather event are predicted to become more pronounced. This leads many communities and stakeholders to question what is being done to prepare society for widespread drought? The following research determines different social and atmospheric characteristics that affect a city’s likelihood of having a drought policy in place.To do this, a thorough search was conducted at the city level to determine where drought policies are currently located in theU.S. The search included all U.S. cities with a population greater than 100,000. Policies and city plans were identified using a list of search terms ranging from “drought” and “water conservation” to “climate mitigation”. By identifying locations where these policies are currently in place this study explores commonalities between cities that have and have not implemented drought management plans.
Inferring Shallow Surfaces on sub-Neptune Exoplanets with JWST
Creators: name: Tsai, Shang-Min
name: Innes, Hamish
name: Lichtenberg, Tim
name: Taylor, Jake
name: Malik, Matej
name: Chubb, Katy
name: Pierrehumbert, Raymond
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Planets smaller than Neptune and larger than Earth make up the majority of the discovered exoplanets. Those with H$_2$-rich atmospheres are prime targets for atmospheric characterization. The transition between the two main classes, super-Earths and sub-Neptunes, is not clearly understood as the rocky surface is likely not accessible to observations. Tracking several trace gases (specifically the loss of ammonia (NH$_3$) and hydrogen cyanide (HCN)) has been proposed as a proxy for the presence of a shallow surface. In this work, we revisit the proposed mechanism of nitrogen conversion in detail and find its timescale on the order of a million years. NH$_3$ exhibits dual paths converting to N$_2$ or HCN, depending on the UV radiation of the star and the stage of the system. In addition, methanol (CH$_3$OH) is identified as a robust and complementary proxy for a shallow surface. We follow the fiducial example of K2-18b with a 2D photochemical model (VULCAN) on an equatorial plane. We find a fairly uniform composition distribution below 0.1 mbar controlled by the dayside, as a result of slow chemical evolution. NH$_3$ and CH$_3$OH are concluded to be the most unambiguous proxies to infer surfaces on sub-Neptunes in the era of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).
description: Accepted for publication in ApJL
title: Using Ecological Momentary Assessment to Clarify the Function of Hoarding
Creators: name: Krafft, Jennifer
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2018

description: Experts have argued that hoarding disorder occurs in part because hoarding behaviors help individuals avoid distress and feel positive emotions in the moment. For example, when people who hoard choose to save something rather than discard it, they may avoid feelings of anxiety, and when people who hoard acquire something new, they may feel excited. However, no previous studies have examined whether or not these changes actually occur in the moment. These processes could also potentially be altered by how individuals respond to their emotions in the moment. For example, individuals who hoard may have stronger emotional reactions, distinguish less between different emotions, tend to avoid their emotions more, or tend to be inattentive of their experience, which could change how their emotions in the moment affect their behavior.
Therefore, this study examined whether or not the anticipated effects of hoarding behaviors on mood occurred, and whether or not there were differences between those with higher and lower hoarding scores on how they respond to their emotions, in a sample of 61 college students. Participants completed two online surveys one week apart, and responded to questions on their mobile phone throughout the week.
As expected, the students with higher hoarding scores had stronger emotional reactions to stress, avoided their emotions more often, and were less attentive to their ongoing experience. Both those with higher hoarding scores and lower hoarding scores vi reported that they acquired new items primarily to feel good. However, acquiring, discarding, working with items, and looking for items did not change either group’s mood in the moment. Overall, these findings suggest that people who hoard do have differences in how they respond to their emotions, which could mean that treatments that target these responses may be useful for these people. They also show the importance of understanding why working to put yourself in a good mood through acquiring is problematic for some people and not others, and suggest that there may be a difference between how these behaviors are intended to perform and their actual results.
title: Effect of Acceptance Versus Psychoeducation on Hoarding
Creators: name: Ong, Clarissa W.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2018

description: Hoarding disorder (HD) is a mental health condition characterized by difficulty letting go of possessions, resulting in clutter that prevents use of active living spaces. Consequences associated with hoarding include strained family relationships, distress for children in the home, and increased burden on social services. Currently, the most empirically supported treatment for HD is cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), which includes such components as education about the nature of hoarding, challenging unhelpful thoughts, and exposure to distressing stimuli. Despite its demonstrated effectiveness, CBT does not result in clinically significant improvement for at least 50% of individuals, indicating the need for alternative interventions for those who do not respond to CBT. Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), an acceptance- and mindfulness-based therapy, is one potential alternative. The overarching aim of ACT is to improve psychological flexibility, the ability to act consistently with meaningful life directions in the presence of difficult internal experiences. Given the high levels of avoidance (e.g., of decision making, of distress) consistently observed in hoarding, increasing one’s range of responses to previously avoided stimuli in the service of more fulfilling activities may be a particularly useful skill. Furthermore, ACT has been found to be effective for clinical presentations related to HD, including anxiety disorders and obsessive-compulsive disorder. The current exploratory study compared the effects of acceptance-based training to psychoeducation on several measures of hoarding severity in a sample of college students with elevated hoarding. Participants (N = 47) completed a discarding behavioral task and self-report measures at postintervention as well as an online follow-up survey one week later. There were no differences in outcomes between conditions over time, suggesting that acceptance training was not more effective than psychoeducation alone. Hoarding severity and thoughts related to hoarding significantly decreased from baseline to one-week follow-up, indicating that both interventions improved hoarding symptoms in our sample. These findings also suggest that early intervention may be a useful approach to alleviating hoarding symptoms.