cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Mapping a Suppressor of dmc1-2 in Arabidopsis thaliana
Creators: name: Courtney, Kenan P.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2015

description: Meiosis is a cellular process in which a diploid cell produces four haploid gamete
cells. During Meiosis I, crossovers (COs) between homologous chromosomes result in
the reciprocal exchange of genetic material; these COs ensure proper segregation of
chromosomes. Without COs, abnormal segregation of unpaired chromosomes in meiosis
leaves Arabidopsis thaliana sterile. During crossing-over, DMC1 mediates the strand
invasion process. Previous studies have shown that dmc1 null mutants lack COs and are
sterile. The Copenhaver laboratory isolated a hypomorphic allele of DMC1 (dmc1-2) and
used it to identify suppressor mutants that restore fertility. These were called suppressors
of dmc1-2 mutants (sdm lines). Here, we crossed a sdm candidate line (sdm17) to a
polymorphic parent (Landsberg erecta), and screened the resulting F1s to identify
heterozygotes. Seeds from a single F1 plant were used to generate a F2 mapping
population. From this population, dmc1-2-/-; sdm17-/- plants were identified by
genotyping and phenotypic (fertility) analysis. Fertile F2s will be pooled for Illumina
sequencing. This will allow us to genetically map the SDM17 locus. The results obtained
from this study will provide novel insight into genes that interact with DMC1 in
Arabidopsis, which are not well-characterized.
Overlapping Inequality: A Study of Racial Disparities in North Carolina Counties
Creators: name: Doyle, Libby
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2019

description: Examines racial disparities in various public policy indicators (such as traffic stops, unemployment, economic, education, health-related outcomes, and other forms of disparities across the 100 counties of North Carolina. Results show the ubiquitous nature of racial disparities, but complex relations across the various policy domains. Counties with the highest disparities on a given policy indicator are not statistically more likely to have high disparities on the others. However, all the indicators except rates of voting registration show adverse outcomes for blacks compared to whites.
A Study on Assessing Financial Literacy and Investment Behaviour Among Working Professionals in Kohima District, Nagaland
Creators: name: Jonathan Amer, R.Sakthivel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: Financial literacy plays a very important role in determining the financial choice of an individual and his investment and saving trend. The emphasis of the present research is to evaluate the prevailing level of financial literacy among professional workers and their saving and investment trend. By the identification of key areas like financial awareness, budgeting behaviour, risk perception, and investment behaviour, the study explores how much working professionals manage their finances. Statistical inference and a self-designed questionnaire are applied in the study to assess literacy and behaviour levels. Findings will provide insight into investment readiness of working professionals, including gaps and areas to focus on financial educationprograms. The study shall assist in the formulation of policy recommendations for enhancing investment literacy, enhancing financial decision-making, and economic stability for working professionals.
SEP forecasting: An ML approach utilizing solar flare and CME characteristics
Creators: name: Paouris, Evangelos
name: Kouloumvakos, Athanasios
name: Papaioannou, Athanasios
name: Vourlidas, Angelos
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Machine learning
Space Weather
Solar Energetic Particles

description: We present a novel analysis of historical events, i.e. Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) associated with solar flares resulting either in Solar Energetic Particle (SEP) events or not. We exploit a binary logistic regression model to construct an SEP forecasting model based on observed flare and CME characteristics. The logistic regression is applied within a machine learning (ML) framework, using a supervised ML model, which attempts to discriminate between two different binary classes/conditions (i.e. 0 in the case of no SEP and 1 in the case of an SEP event). The model is applied to separate cases of non-SEP events or SEP events (with two energy thresholds E>100MeV or E>300MeV). We utilize all available events to train the model and calculate the probability of an SEP event detection and also some representative metrics of its performance. The model was applied in two important Space Weather events namely July 23, 2012 and September 5, 2022 CMEs to examine the high-energy SEP production for these two extreme solar events. In both cases, we estimate a high probability (> 95%) of SEP events that were confirmed using STEREO-A and Solar Orbiter insitu data, respectively. The model is proven to be an excellent classifier for SEP identification by applying multivariate logistic regression.
A Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial for a Web-Based Need-Supportive Parenting Program to Promote PA in Students
Creators: name: Koka, Andre
name: Meerits, Pille-Riin
name: Tilga, Henri
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2023

description: A pilot study to test the parental need-supportive training to increase children's leisure-time physical activity.
On the dependence of the X-ray continuum variations with luminosity in accreting X-ray pulsars
Creators: name: Postnov, K. A.
name: Gornostaev, M. I.
name: Klochkov, D.
name: Laplace, E.
name: Lukin, V. V.
name: Shakura, N. I.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using RXTE/ASM archival data, we investigate the behaviour of the spectral hardness ratio as a function of X-ray luminosity in a sample of six transient X-ray pulsars (EXO 2030+375, GX 304-1, 4U 0115+63, V 0332+63, A 0535+26 and MXB 0656-072). In all sources we find that the spectral hardness ratio defined as $F_{5-12\mathrm{keV}}/ F_{1.33-3\mathrm{keV}}$ increases with the ASM flux (1.33--12 keV) at low luminosities and then saturates or even slightly decreases above some critical X-ray luminosity falling into the range $\sim(3-7)\times10^{37}$~erg~s$^{-1}$. Two-dimensional structure of accretion columns in the radiation-diffusion limit is calculated for two possible geometries (filled and hollow cylinder) for mass accretion rates $\dot M$ ranging from $10^{17}$ to 1.2$\times 10^{18}$~g s$^{-1}$. The observed spectral behaviour in the transient X-ray pulsars with increasing $\dot M$ can be reproduced by a Compton saturated sidewall emission from optically thick magnetized accretion columns with taking into account the emission reflected from the neutron star atmosphere. At $\dot M$ above some critical value $\dot M_{cr}\sim (6-8)\times 10^{17}$~g~s$^{-1}$, the hight of the column becomes such that the contribution of the reflected component to the total emission starts decreasing, which leads to the saturation and even slight decrease of the spectral hardness. Hollow-cylinder columns have a smaller height than the filled-cylinder ones, and the contribution of the reflected component in the total emission does not virtually change with $\dot M$ (and hence the hardness of the continuum monotonically increases) up to higher mass accretion rates than $\dot M_{cr}$ for the filled columns.
description: 11 pages, 12 figures, accepted to MNRAS
Air Pollution, State Anxiety, and Unethical Behavior: A Meta-Analytic Review
Creators: name: Lu, Jackson
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: Data and R code for: Lu, J.G., Lee, J.J., Gino, F., & Galinsky, A.D. (2020). Air Pollution, State Anxiety, and Unethical Behavior: A Meta-Analytic Review. Psychological Science.
UM OLHAR SOBRE A GESTÃO DE RECURSOS NA EDUCAÇÃO E O SUCESSO DA ECONOMIA BRASILEIRA
Creators: name: Nascimento, Evaldo Santos
name: Martins, Suzana Barreto
name: Jamil, Jaqueline
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Educação pública
Sucesso econômico
Gestão de recursos
Capital humano
Qualificação

description: Este artigo examina a importante conexão entre a gestão eficaz dos recursos na educação pública e o desenvolvimento econômico sustentável do Brasil. Reconhecendo a educação pública de qualidade como um motor vital para o progresso socioeconômico, a pesquisa busca responder à questão central: como a gestão dos recursos educacionais pode promover o sucesso econômico do país? Para explorar essa questão, o estudo teve como objetivo geral avaliar o impacto da gestão de recursos na educação pública sobre a economia brasileira. Os objetivos específicos incluíram: analisar os fundamentos conceituais e históricos da gestão de recursos educacionais e sua relação com a economia brasileira; identificar e descrever as contribuições da gestão de recursos educacionais para o desenvolvimento econômico; e explorar as estratégias atuais utilizadas para viabilizar esse sucesso econômico. Foram considerados como base para este estudo autores como Barbosa Filho e Pessôa (2010), Dias e Dias (2007), Ranilce Mascarenhas (2007), Milone (1998), entre outros. A pesquisa adota uma abordagem qualitativa, proporcionando uma análise detalhada da realidade educacional e econômica do Brasil. O estudo revela que, apesar de investimentos significativos, a má distribuição e gestão ineficiente dos recursos ainda são desafios persistentes. O artigo conclui enfatizando a necessidade de políticas educacionais contínuas e bem geridas, independentes de ciclos governamentais, para sustentar o crescimento econômico do Brasil a longo prazo. As considerações finais resumem os principais achados e destacam a importância de uma visão estratégica e comprometida com a educação de qualidade para o desenvolvimento econômico do país.
An empirical study into factors that influence e-learning adoption by medical students in UAE
Creators: name: Alsharafi, Afrah
Publisher: name: South Eastern European Journal of Public Health (SEEJPH)
Year: 2022

description: Aim: The global higher education sector has shown an inclination towards the adoption of technology-based learning for introducing innovation in teaching and learning activities. However, this e-learning environment can only be effective if students have positive perceptions of e-learning. Hence, educational personnel is required to consider how students perceive this concept. This research intends to serve this purpose by identifying factors affecting students' acceptance of e-learning as well as their intention toward the use of e-learning for their learning activities. Methods: The Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) was used in this re-search to formulate a theoretical framework. This research will employ online questionnaires as a data collection tool while the international students enrolled at United Arab Emirates universities will serve as study participants. Results: The research outcomes indicated the most crucial role played by the predictors of “Accessibility" “Perceived Enjoyment", “Social Influence”, “Perceived Usefulness”, and "Perceived Ease of Use" in shaping students’ intention to resort to e-learning platforms for learning purposes. Conclusion: The research indicated that the extended TAM model is applicable in the UAE educational context. The research outcomes also showed the possibility for policymakers in the educational sector to make effective use of e-learning platforms both as a technological solution and as an e-learning platform to support distance learning. The research also highlights the practical implications for the concerned educational developers in the educational sector to help them develop and apply a competent e-learning system. Acknowledgment: This work is a part of a project undertaken at the British University in Dubai Conflicts of interest: None declared.
description: South Eastern European Journal of Public Health (SEEJPH), Special Volume No. 5, 2022: Modern Health Systems Developments In the United Arab Emirates
Open mission implementation for the HelioSwarm mission
Creators: name: Niehof, J. T.
name: Klein, K. G.
name: Smith, C. W.
name: Spence, H. E.
name: Halekas, J. S.
name: Morrison, R. S.
name: Smith, S.
name: Wickizer, B. M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Open Science
Software
HelioSwarm
Turbulence
Solar Wind

description: The HelioSwarm mission (HS) combines data across a multi-spacecraft observatory to probe the dynamics of turbulent near-Earth plasmas (including the pristine solar wind, magnetosheath, and magnetosphere) covering multiple characteristic spatial and temporal scales. In addition to producing ground-breaking science, the HS team intends to be in the forefront of the move to open, reproducible, and reusable processes. In this presentation, we describe our plans for the transparent development of open source data processing and analysis codes for this mission. Consistent with NASA’s Transform to Open Science (TOPS) mission, these open tools and software will facilitate open data and high-quality open results. The techniques of open development, drawn in particular from the established open-source software community, are not applied just to satisfy requirements by “checking the box”. They are demonstrated engineering tools that enable the creation and maintenance of high quality software and systems in a manner responsive to mission and scientific needs. In particular, we discuss our prioritization of effort and context-sensitive approaches given the wide range of users for mission-maintained software, from flight through ground software to data production and analysis. We also discuss plans for code reuse between data processing and analysis to ensure consistency of results while allowing maximum flexibility in analysis.
Magnetic response of baryon properties in a skyrmion model
Creators: name: He, Bing-Ran
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: An axially symmetric ansatz is proposed to investigate the properties of baryon in a uniform magnetic field. The baryon number is shown to be conserved, while the baryon shape is stretched along the magnetic field. It is found that with increasing magnetic field strength, the static mass of the baryon first decreases and then increases, while the size of the baryon first increases and then decreases. Finally, in the core part of the magnetar, the equation of state strongly depends on the magnetic field, which modifies the mass limit of the magnetar.
description: 5 pages, 7 figures
Aiding Nurses' Recognition of Human Trafficking in an Emergency Department
Creators: name: White, Madeline
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2019

description: Although slavery was abolished in the United States in 1865, modern-day slavery, also known as human trafficking, is still very real. Human trafficking is a global problem that has recently been gaining more awareness. Healthcare facilities, and particularly emergency departments (ED), are one of the few places that allow for interaction with victims while they are being trafficked. Therefore, ED nurses have a responsibility to these victims; however, they can only be effective if they are educated about the prevalence, characteristics, and necessary response to identify human trafficking. Previous studies have shown that, although education is effective at improving nurses’ identification of victims of human trafficking, very few nurses have been educated. The aim of this project was to create an educational module for nurses in an ED that addresses human trafficking. In order to do this, a PowerPoint and corresponding VoiceThread were constructed following the structure of Learning Made Simple (LMS) modules, the educational modules used by UNC Hospitals. The module includes the definition, scope, physical and psychological characteristics, risk factors, and appropriate response to human trafficking, with a case study to apply the results. This project also compels nurses to advocate for policy development in hospitals in order to provide the best possible holistic care to victims of human trafficking.
Coordinated Dynamic Spectrum Management of LTE-U and Wi-Fi Networks
Creators: name: Sagari, Shweta
name: Baysting, Samuel
name: Saha, Dola
name: Seskar, Ivan
name: Trappe, Wade
name: Raychaudhuri, Dipankar
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: Networking and Internet Architecture (cs.NI)
subject: Performance (cs.PF)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: This paper investigates the co-existence of Wi-Fi and LTE in emerging unlicensed frequency bands which are intended to accommodate multiple radio access technologies. Wi-Fi and LTE are the two most prominent access technologies being deployed today, motivating further study of the inter-system interference arising in such shared spectrum scenarios as well as possible techniques for enabling improved co-existence. An analytical model for evaluating the baseline performance of co-existing Wi-Fi and LTE is developed and used to obtain baseline performance measures. The results show that both Wi-Fi and LTE networks cause significant interference to each other and that the degradation is dependent on a number of factors such as power levels and physical topology. The model-based results are partially validated via experimental evaluations using USRP based SDR platforms on the ORBIT testbed. Further, inter-network coordination with logically centralized radio resource management across Wi-Fi and LTE systems is proposed as a possible solution for improved co-existence. Numerical results are presented showing significant gains in both Wi-Fi and LTE performance with the proposed inter-network coordination approach.
description: Accepted paper at IEEE DySPAN 2015
Policy Brief on Revising the TB Action Plan for the WHO European Region 2016-2020: What amendments are needed to reach the UN SDG3 to eliminate TB epidemics by 2030?
Creators: name: Serling, Willa
name: Lotushko, Volodymyr
name: Bocken, Nick
name: Gietz, Lisa
name: Paric, Martina
Publisher: name: South Eastern European Journal of Public Health (SEEJPH)
Year: 2022

description: Context: The World Health Organization (WHO) European Region’s political attention shifted to the COVID-19 pandemic from the start of 2020 onwards. A consequence of this shift has been decreased political attention towards combating tuberculosis (TB) in the WHO European Region. As a result, decreasing TB data reporting, rising death rates, and increasing antimicrobial resistance (AMR) have prevented the WHO European Region from remaining on track to reach the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 3 (SDG3) to eliminate TB epidemics by 2030. Furthermore, the WHO tuberculosis action plan for the WHO European Region 2016-2020 has missed opportunities to mitigate TB in this region, thus exacerbating the issue and preventing the achievement of SDG3. Policy Options: The WHO’s Roadmap to implement the tuberculosis action plan for the WHO European Region 2016-2020 provided guidance for TB management in the member states (MS), but did not sufficiently address AMR, lacking promotion of new TB vaccine rollout, nor describe national TB implementation strategies. The WHO 2016-2020 TB action plan is now overdue and WHO policymakers should consider the following recommendations when creating the new TB action plan. Recommendations: This policy brief addresses the urgent need for a new WHO TB action plan to integrate a national level implementation commitment, AMR programming, and WHO support in creating a vaccine strategy with aims for the WHO European Region to achieve SDG3 and eliminate TB epidemics by 2030. Acknowledgments: We would like to thank Martina Parić for her support throughout the brainstorming, planning, and revision process of this project, thank you. We would also like to thank Kasia Czabanowksa for providing us the opportunity to partake in this project, allowing us to apply leadership insights to pertinent public health issues. Authors’ contributions: All authors contributed equally to this work. Conflicts of interest: None declared Funding: None declared
description: South Eastern European Journal of Public Health (SEEJPH), Special Volume No. 3, 2022: Leading Policy Change in Public Health
Predicting the intention to use social media among medical students in the United Arab Emirates: A machine learning approach
Creators: name: Alomari, Khaled Mohammad
Publisher: name: South Eastern European Journal of Public Health (SEEJPH)
Year: 2022

description: Aim: The volume of research being conducted on the acceptance of social media platforms is rising. But the factors influencing the acceptance for academic reasons are still not properly identified. This study's goal is two-fold. Initially, by including Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) and external variables, analyze the students' intention to use social media networks. Secondly, to employ Machine Learning (ML) algorithms and Partial Least Squares-Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) to verify the proposed theoretical model. Methods: The focus of this research is to create a conceptual model by supplementing TAM with a subjective norm to assess students' adoption of social media in the classroom. Students currently at one private university in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) provided a sum of 627 acceptable questionnaire surveys out of 700 distributed corresponding to 89.6%. The collected data were evaluated using ML and PLS-SEM. Results: According to the research findings, students' intention to utilize social media networks for learning is significantly predicted by “subjective norms, perceived usefulness, and perceived ease of use”. These findings illustrated how crucial it is for students to feel capable and secure using social networks in their academic work. For validation using machine learning classifiers, the results showed that J48 (a decision tree) typically outperformed other classifiers. Conclusion: According to the empirical findings, "subjective norm," "perceived usefulness and ease of use" all significantly increase students' intention to use social networks for learning. These results were in line with earlier research on social network acceptability. Lawmakers and managers of social media platforms in education must therefore concentrate on those factors that are crucial to promoting education and enhancing students' capacity for developing and implementing successful social media applications. Conflicts of interest: None declared.
description: South Eastern European Journal of Public Health (SEEJPH), Special Volume No. 5, 2022: Modern Health Systems Developments In the United Arab Emirates
Exercising autonomy - The effectiveness and meaningfulness of autonomy support interventions engaged by adults with intellectual disability. A mixed methods review protocol
Creators: name: Carey, Eileen
name: Ryan, Ruth
name: Sheikhi, Ali
name: Dore, Liz
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: autonomy
subject: choice and control
subject: decision-making
subject: human rights
subject: informed consent
subject: intellectual disability
subject: self-determination

description: This mixed methods systematic review protocol aims to establish the effectiveness of ‘autonomy support interventions’ engaged by adults with intellectual disability and the meaning of these interventions to this cohort.
Associations Between Maternal Body Dissatisfaction And Infant Feeding Style Among A Cohort Of Low-Income, Non-Hispanic Black Mother-Infant Dyads
Creators: name: Boley, Kayla
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2017

description: The objective of the current study is therefore two-fold. First, we seek to assess the prevalence of maternal body dissatisfaction among a cohort of non-Hispanic black women early in the postpartum period, at 3- and 6-months of infant age. Second, we seek to determine the associations between maternal body dissatisfaction and infant feeding style at these two time points. We hypothesize that mothers dissatisfied with their current body size will have lower mean scores on the domain of responsive feeding style and higher mean scores on one or more of the domains of non-responsive feeding style, as compared to mothers who are content with their current body size.
Erratum to: Birationally rigid hypersurfaces
Creators: name: de Fernex, Tommaso
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: This note points out a gap in the proof of the main theorem of the article "Birationally rigid hypersurfaces" published in Invent. Math. 192 (2013), 533-566, and provides a new proof of the theorem.
description: 4 pages
Updates on the SPD_MTM Software: New Capabilities and Python Implementation
Creators: name: Di Matteo, Simone
name: Viall, Nicholeen M.
name: Kepko, Larry
name: Salinas, Hector A.
name: Wilder, Frederick D.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Power Spectral Density
Harmonic Analysis
Multitaper Method
Open-Source Software
Python
Signal and Noise Distinction
Magnetosphere ULF waves
Solar Wind Structures
Space Plasma Turbulence

description: The SPD_MTM software comprises a sophisticated non-parametric spectral analysis approach based on the adaptive multitaper method (MTM), suitable for colored PSD typically found in Heliophysics time series. This methodology is tailored toward a robust maximum-likelihood characterization of the continuous background PSD and the identification of significant spectrum enhancements due to the occurrence of periodic fluctuations. Thanks to its flexibility and extensibility, this technique has been successfully applied to different datasets, from images to time series, even beyond the Heliophysics field. An open source IDL version of the SPD_MTM software is available at https://zenodo.org/record/3703168 and through the latest Space Physics Environment Data Analysis System (SPEDAS) nightly build. Since the first release of this software three years ago, we have developed new capabilities including: (i) additional functional forms for the background PSD, (ii) ability to remove the contribution of strong monochromatic components (typically associated with instrumental effects), (iii) extension of the capabilities to dynamic spectra. Additionally, we are currently working on a Python implementation of the software which will further broaden the audience of possible users. Here, after a brief tutorial of our procedure, we will show examples of the new capabilities.
Potential Role of aldo-keto Reductase Family 1, member B10 (AKR1B10) as a Molecular Target in Alcoholic Hepatitis
Creators: name: Javaherian, Kavon
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: Background: Alcoholic Hepatitis (AH) is the most severe form of Alcoholic Liver Disease (ALD) and current therapies are not fully effective. Targeted therapies are urgently needed. AKR1B10 was recently shown to be overexpressed in patients with AH.
Objectives: To analyze the expression of AKR1B10, an aldose reductase, through a translational approach in order to better understand the potential for aldose reductase as a novel target of therapy in AH.
Methods: RNA was extracted from human tissue samples from patients with various liver diseases, animal models of fibrosis and alcoholic liver disease, and cultured Hepatic Stellate Cell (HSC) lines stimulated with proinflammatory, profibrogenic, and AKR1B10 treatments, and the samples were quantified using qPCR analysis.
Results: Human samples showed nearly a 100-fold increase of AKR1B10 expression in patients with AH. An animal model of liver fibrosis showed a small increase in Akr1b8 (AKR1B10 mouse analogue) expression. HSCs did not show any noticeable increase in expression of AKR1B10 regardless of treatment, and did not show any noticeable increase in expression of proinflammatory or profibrogenic genes when treated with AKR1B10.
Conclusion: The increased expression of AKR1B10 and its mouse analogue, while present in patients with AH and fibrotic mice, respectively, may not be mediated by HSCs. Further studies are needed to better understand location and nature of overexpression.
Contributors Preference in Open Source Software Usability: An Empirical Study
Creators: name: Raza, Arif
name: Capretz, Luiz Fernando
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Software Engineering (cs.SE)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The fact that the number of users of open source software (OSS) is practically un-limited and that ultimately the software quality is determined by end users experience, makes the usability an even more critical quality attribute than it is for proprietary software. With the sharp increase in use of open source projects by both individuals and organizations, the level of usability and related issues must be addressed more seriously. The research model of this empirical investigation studies and establishes the relationship between the key usability factors from contributors perspective and OSS usability. A data set of 78 OSS contributors that includes architects, designers, developers, testers and users from 22 open source projects of varied size has been used to study the research model. The results of this study provide empirical evidence by indicating that the highlighted key factors play a significant role in improving OSS usability.
Health inequalities among infants and pre-school children: Protocol for a scoping review examining the moderating and mediating role of contextual and compositional family characteristics
Creators: name: FOR2723
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Public Health
subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: Health inequalities, family institutional characteristics, family context, pre-school children, infants, health, health behaviour, compositional characteristics, contextual characteristics, socioeconomic position

description: Background: Although early childhood is a life period of overall good health, research shows that families’ socioeconomic position (SEP) is affecting children’s health from pregnancy on, ultimately leading to health inequalities. Little is currently known about the pathways by which family SEP is influencing child health and health-related behaviour, and which role family characteristics play. The scoping review therefore aims to screen the international literature on the mediating and moderating effects of contextual and compositional family characteristics on socioeconomic health risks of pre-school children in developed countries. Methods: Following the PRISMA guidelines for scoping reviews, three online databases (Pubmed, PsycINFO, and Scopus) will be searched for literature in English or German published after year 2000. The two-step data screening approach and the subsequent data extraction will be conducted independently by two researchers in consideration of specific criteria and a previously tested standardized data extraction form. Due to the broad research question at hand, various study designs (e.g. cross-sectional, intervention, cohort studies, and qualitative studies), SEP measures (e.g. education, income) and compositional (e.g. family size, migration) or contextual (e.g. parenting, housing) family characteristics influencing children´s health will be included. Since diverse definitions and reporting formats of subjective health, health behaviour, well-being, and diseases will be considered, a substantial heterogeneity in outcome measures focusing on the age group of 0-6 years is expected. Thus, a narrative synthesis of the findings will be performed according to the Centre for Reviews and Dissemination framework. Ethics and dissemination: Because no primary data will be collected, ethical clearance will not be required. Dissemination will include peer-reviewed publications and conferences.
title: Conservation of medicinal and aromatic plants
Creators: name: Šveistytė, Laima
name: Radušienė, Jolita
name: Labokas, Juozas
name: Karpavičienė, Birutė
name: Ložienė, Kristina
Publisher: name: Julius Kühn-Institut
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: medicinal plants
subject: aromatic plants
subject: ex situ
subject: in situ
subject: conservation

description: Julius-Kühn-Archiv 253
description: The conservation of medicinal and aromatic plants includes ex situ and in situ methods. The genetic recourses of medicinal and aromatic plants are stored, studied and constantly maintained in the field collections of the Institute of Botany of Nature Research Centre, Kaunas Botanical Garden of Vytautas Magnus University and Aleksandras Stulginskis University of Agriculture. Presently seeds of 214 accessions representing 38 species of medicinal and aromatic plants are stored in a long-term storage in the Plant Gene Bank. The data about national genetic resources are collected and stored in the Central Database of the Plant Gene Bank.
Technical efficiency of Kosovo public hospitals
Creators: name: Karma, Emiljan
name: Gashi, Silvana
Publisher: name: South Eastern European Journal of Public Health (SEEJPH)
Year: 2022

description: Aim: The goal of this paper is to evaluate the technical efficiency of Kosovo public hospitals and to propose ways to improve the situation. Methods: An input-oriented Data Envelopment Analysis model with a constant return to scale was applied for a 3-year period from 2018 to 2020. Input variables of number of beds, number of specialists and how they are used to produce outputs of inpatient discharges and surgical operations, are examined. Results: The analysis highlights the marked hospital technical inefficiencies. This study clearly points out the greater attention of public healthcare institutions toward production efficiency. Results illustrate that at least half of Kosovo Public Hospitals operate inefficiently compared to their counterparts. Inefficient, compared to efficient hospitals, on average utilize at least (depending on scenarios analysed) 30% more beds and specialists. Conclusions: The resources available for public health services in Kosovo are the lowest in Europe and the challenge remains to secure financial resources and use them effectively. The study illustrates that most of Kosovo Public Hospitals run inefficiently. Productivity is low, efficiency needs to be improved, especially in terms of introducing modern treatment methods such as daycare. Based on this research, it seems advisable to decrease the number of beds while rationalizing the number of specialized physicians with respect to the special requirements of therapeutic and diagnostic processes in the individual hospitals.
description: South Eastern European Journal of Public Health (SEEJPH), Special Volume No. 4, 2022: Health status of the populations and health sector reforms in Albania and Kosovo
For the Love of the Land: Placing Appalachian Women Writers in a Conversation with Ecofeminist Principles
Creators: name: Gunnells, Alexandra
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2015

description: In this project, my goal is to understand the ways in which texts published by
Appalachian women writers in the 1990s were engaging with ecofeminist principles. As I
will discuss later in this introduction, ecofeminist principles were struggling to gain
credibility at the end of the twentieth century; I argue that the Appalachian texts that I
work with not only engaged in a dialogue with ecofeminist ideals, but ultimately
advocated for them. The major contribution that I hope to make through this project is the
linking of ecofeminist thought and Appalachian literature. There is a significant lack of
scholarship regarding Appalachian literature, which I believe makes its connection with
ecofeminist principles a unique one. Through understanding the relationship between
these two concepts, I hope to open up a broader conversation on how literature can help
us to understand ecofeminist and ecocritical thought.
Creating an easy-to-use interface that simulates full stokes of zeeman splitting spectra
Creators: name: Song, Jerry
name: Gong, Jie
name: Salinas, Jude
name: Summers, Tyler
name: Wu, Dong
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: Simplifying the Atmospheric Radiative Transfer Simulator interface to make a zeeman splitting simulation more accessible to the public.
description: {"references": ["Larsson et al. (2014): doi:10.1016/j.jqsrt.2013.09.006", "Yee et al. (2021): https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119815631.ch21"]}
title: Altenpflege in Japan: Wohlfahrtsgenese im regionalen Kontext
Creators: name: Heidt, Vitali
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst (FID) Asien
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Japan
subject: Altenpflege
subject: Pflegeversicherung
subject: Geschichte 2000-2017
subject: 362

description: Elderly Care in Japan: Welfare Creation in a Regional Context Japan has experienced a vast process of demographic aging and is the forerunner in terms of its elderly population; in 2017, more than 27.5% of the population are older than 65 and future projections are dramatic. The rapid aging of the population poses challenges not only for the economy, but also for social security systems and the welfare of the elderly and is origin of social risks. Through the introduction of long-term care insurance (LCTI) in 2000, the Japanese government tried to tackle several issues: fiscal deficits through misusage of medical facilities for geriatric care, encumbrance of families, and social stigmatization of the care-seeking elderly. Overwhelmed by the success of the LCTI project, reforms became necessary to contain expenditure. More than that, regional aspects, such as infrastructure and aging, grew more vital. In this regard, a community care concept was introduced and successively implemented on a local basis. It marks, however, a process of change in the welfare package for elderly care, demanding more activity from local governments and the civil engagement of local communities to succeed.
description: Japan 2017: Politik, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft, p. 241
The hydrodynamic limit of a crystal surface jump diffusion with Metropolis-type rates
Creators: name: Katsevich, Anya
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2017

description: Crystal surface diffusion refers to the way in which atoms on the surface of a crystal redistribute to
eventually settle into a configuration with minimal surface energy. Along with epitaxy, or crystal growth,
crystal surface diffusion is important to study due to the role it plays in the production of thin films, which
have wide-ranging applications in microelectronics. For example, the deformation of a crystal surface to an
equilibrium state plays a central role in fuel cells that rely on thin crystal films, as the conversion efficiency
of chemical energy to electricity depends on the surface configuration of the film. As is characteristic of
large microscopic systems, we can gain more insight into the nature of the dynamics of surface diffusion
by studying it at the macroscopic level than at the level of individual atoms. Since the physical process is
microscopic, however, a faithful mathematical model of the diffusion should describe it with microscopic
dynamics. Given a model of the microscopic dynamics, then, we are presented with the challenge of
deriving macroscopic dynamics in the limit as the number of particles approaches infinity. This is known
as a hydrodynamic, or scaling, limit; it is particularly appealing from the modeling perspective because the
input is the true, microscopic dynamics, while the output is a much easier to analyze continuum equation.
The main goal of this work is to derive such a scaling limit for a specific dynamics governing the microscopic
process of crystal surface diffusion.
Attachment and Intentional Triggering of a Romantic Partner
Creators: name: Stanton, Sarah
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Social Psychology
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: This preregistration is for new analyses to be tested using the data from the parent project "Bias, Accuracy, and Relationship Processes in a Sample of Romantic Couples."
Analytic models for density of a ground-state spinor condensate
Creators: name: Gautam, Sandeep
name: Adhikari, S. K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We demonstrate that the ground state of a trapped spin-1 and spin-2 spinor ferromagnetic Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) can be well approximated by a single decoupled Gross-Pitaevskii (GP) equation. Useful analytic models for the ground-state densities of ferromagnetic BECs are obtained from the Thomas-Fermi approximation (TFA) to this decoupled equation. Similarly, for the ground states of spin-1 anti-ferromagnetic and spin-2 anti-ferromagnetic and cyclic BECs, some of the spin component densities are zero which reduces the coupled GP equation to a simple reduced form. Analytic models for ground state densities are also obtained for anti-ferromagnetic and cyclic BECs from the TFA to the respective reduced GP equations. The analytic densities are illustrated and compared with the full numerical solution of the GP equation with realistic experimental parameters.
Ineradicable Rhythms: Identity and Community History in Absalom, Absalom! and One Hundred Years of Solitude
Creators: name: Slaughter, Ross McNeill
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2015

description: This study will argue that the various ways characters perceive and imagine time in William Faulkner’s Absalom, Absalom! and Gabriel García Márquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude reflect their attempts to derive spiritual fulfillment and moral validation from the communities with which they identify. They imagine their communities—the South in Absalom, Absalom! and Macondo in One Hundred Years of Solitude—as organized around dynastic families whose privileged position is perpetuated by a continuous and unbroken chain of legitimate heirs. Two major forces threaten these historical narratives: the deterioration of class divisions, which are imagined to be impermeable, and the rise of national imagined communities and historical narratives that displace and disrupt the earlier dynastic narratives of both communities. The failure of the dynastic historical narratives that empower the Sutpen, Compson and Buendía families cause the characters of Absalom, Absalom! and One Hundred Years of Solitude to reimagine the time, either as something that ended with the destruction of their imagined communities or as an incomprehensible succession of unrelated presents. Neither option allows the characters of either novel to imagine a spiritually rewarding future for themselves.
Bullying-Εκφοβισμός ανηλίκων
Creators: name: Μαντζακίδου, Σοφία Ναπολέοντα
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2024
Subjects: Εκφοβισμός- bullying
Ανήλικοι
Παραβατικότητα
Bullying
Minors
Delinquency

description: Η αύξηση της νεανικής παραβατικότητας αποτελεί ένα από τα μείζονα προβλήματα που καλείται να επιλύσει η διεθνής κοινότητα. Κατά τα τελευταία έτη, παρατηρείται ολοένα και περισσότερο η εμφάνιση φαινομένων εκφοβισμού – bullying μεταξύ ανηλίκων εγείροντας έντονο προβληματισμό στην κοινωνία και τους φορείς. Στην παρούσα εργασία μελετάται το φαινόμενο του εκφοβισμού προκειμένου να ερμηνευθεί η έννοια και οι μορφές εμφάνισής του. Παράλληλα, εξετάζεται η αντιμετώπιση του φαινομένου από τη σκοπιά της ποινικής δικαιοσύνης και της ποινικής μεταχείρισης των ανηλίκων από τα Δικαστήρια Ανηλίκων. Με τη θέσπιση διεθνών και ευρωπαϊκών κανόνων, ο ανήλικος μας απασχολεί ως μία προσωπικότητα υπό διαμόρφωση, που θεμελιακά διαφοροποιείται από τα ενήλικα άτομα και χρήζει ιδιαίτερης αντιμετώπισης και προστασίας από τους κρατικούς φορείς. Υπό το πρίσμα αυτό, γίνεται ανάλυση βασικών αρχών του Δικαίου Ανηλίκων, ενώ αφενός παρουσιάζεται η ποινική αντιμετώπιση του φαινομένου και αφετέρου η ποινική μεταχείριση των ανήλικων δραστών από τη δικαστηριακή πρακτική. Επιπλέον, γίνεται αναφορά στην αντιμετώπιση του εκφοβισμού από τον ευρωπαϊκό χώρο, με συνοπτική παρουσίαση των νόμων και των επιβαλλόμενων ποινών, παρέχοντας μία δικαιοσυγκριτική επισκόπηση του φαινομένου. Τέλος, αναλύονται αποφάσεις Δικαστηρίων Ανηλίκων, οι οποίες πραγματεύονται περιστατικά bullying μεταξύ ανηλίκων, παρέχοντας προς εξέταση τη μεταχείριση των ανήλικων δραστών από το εθνικό σύστημα ποινικής δικαιοσύνης.
description: The increase in juvenile delinquency is one of the problems that the international community is called upon to solve. During the last years, there has been an emergence of bullying phenomena among minors, raising strong concerns in society and institutions. In this thesis, the phenomenon of bullying is studied in order to interpret the concept and forms of its appearance. At the same time, the treatment of the phenomenon is examined from the point of view of criminal justice and the criminal treatment of minors by the Juvenile Courts. With the establishment of international and European rules, the minor concerns us as a personality under formation that is fundamentally different from adults and needs special treatment and protection from state agencies. In this light, basic principles of Juvenile Law are analyzed with a presentation of the criminal treatment of the phenomenon and the criminal treatment of juvenile offenders by judicial practice. In addition, there is a reference to the treatment of bullying from the European area, with a brief presentation of the laws and the penalties imposed, providing a comparative legal overview of the phenomenon. Finally, decisions of Juvenile Courts dealing with incidents of bullying between minors are analyzed, providing for consideration the treatment of minor offenders by the national criminal justice system.
Connecting the Person by Removing the Stigma: Why Ireland Should Follow the Portuguese Model of Drug Decriminalisation
Creators: name: Finucane, Aisling
name: Moran Stritch, Jennifer
Publisher: name: South Eastern European Journal of Public Health (SEEJPH)
Year: 2022

description: The decriminalisation of drugs and how it can impact addiction, crime and mental health is a subject that inspires global interest and debate. Much has been written about the positive outcomes of decriminalisation from a public health perspective, including the elimination of aggressive policing and community oversight and the shift to offering treatment and social supports for those affected by addiction. Ireland has yet to move to a model of decriminalisation, although a system similar to the one employed in Portugal has been suggested. This article briefly outlines reasons why a paradigm shift is vital if progress is to be made in reducing addiction in contemporary Ireland. The potential benefits could include a reduction in the pervasive social stigma connected with substance abuse, leading to less social exclusion within the Irish population.
description: South Eastern European Journal of Public Health (SEEJPH), Special Volume No. 6, 2022: Addiction & Dependency