cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Datasheet of ecosystem cameras installed in Finland in Monimet Life+ project
Creators: name: Peltoniemi, Mikko
name: Aurela, Mika
name: Böttcher, Kristin
name: Kolari, Pasi
name: Linkosalmi, Maiju
name: Loehr, John
name: Tanis, Cemal Melih
name: Arslan, Ali Nadir
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: phenologica camera, boreal zone

description: Information datasheet for the phenological cameras installed withing the frame of Monimet project. Datasheet includes essential camera information, including preview images and DOI-references to the image data series that are also stored in Zenodo under community Phenological time lapse images and data from Monimet EU Life+ project (LIFE12 ENV/FI/000409). For questions, contact Mikko Peltoniemi, mikko.peltoniemi@luke.fi, see also contact information for the specific cameras in the information sheet. Citations: Peltoniemi, M., Aurela, M., Böttcher, K., Kolari, P., Loehr, J., Karhu, J., Linkosalmi, M., Tanis, C. M., Tuovinen, J.-P., and Arslan, A. N.: Webcam network and image database for studies of phenological changes of vegetation and snow cover in Finland, image time series from 2014–2016, Earth Syst. Sci. Data., https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2017-62, 2017. Peltoniemi, M., Aurela, M., Böttcher, K., Kolari, P., Loehr, J., Hokkanen, T., Karhu, J., Tanis, C. M., Metsämäki, S., Tuovinen, J., Vesala, T. and Arslan, A. N.: Networked web-cameras monitor congruent seasonal development of birches with phenological field observations, Agric. For. Meteorol., in press, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2017.10.008, 2017
description: With the contribution of the LIFE+ financial instrument of the European Union (Monimet Life+ project, LIFE12/ENV/FI/000409)
FPGA Based Assembling of Facial Components for Human Face Construction
Creators: name: Halder, Santanu
name: Bhattacharjee, Debotosh
name: Nasipuri, Mita
name: Basu, Dipak Kumar
name: Kundu, Mahantapas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: This paper aims at VLSI realization for generation of a new face from textual description. The FASY (FAce SYnthesis) System is a Face Database Retrieval and new Face generation System that is under development. One of its main features is the generation of the requested face when it is not found in the existing database. The new face generation system works in three steps - searching phase, assembling phase and tuning phase. In this paper the tuning phase using hardware description language and its implementation in a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) device is presented.
Examining Periodic Solar Wind Density Structures Observed in the SECCHI Heliospheric Imagers
Creators: name: Viall, Nicholeen M.
name: Spence, Harlan E.
name: Vourlidas, Angelos
name: Howard, Russell
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present an analysis of small-scale, periodic, solar-wind density enhancements (length-scales as small as \approx 1000 Mm) observed in images from the Heliospheric Imager (HI) aboard STEREO A. We discuss their possible relationship to periodic fluctuations of the proton density that have been identified at 1 AU using in-situ plasma measurements. Specifically, Viall, Kepko, and Spence (2008) examined 11 years of in-situ solar-wind density measurements at 1 AU and demonstrated that not only turbulent structures, but also non-turbulent periodic density structures exist in the solar wind with scale sizes of hundreds to one thousand Mm. In a subsequent paper, Viall, Spence, and Kasper (2009) analyzed the α to proton solar-wind abundance ratio measured during one such event of periodic density structures, demonstrating that the plasma behavior was highly suggestive that either temporally or spatially varying coronal source plasma created those density structures. Large periodic density structures observed at 1 AU, which were generated in the corona, can be observable in coronal and heliospheric white-light images if they possess sufficiently high density contrast. Indeed, we identify such periodic density structures as they enter the HI field of view and follow them as they advect with the solar wind through the images. The smaller periodic density structures that we identify in the images are comparable in size to the larger structures analyzed in-situ at 1 AU, yielding further evidence that periodic density enhancements are a consequence of coronal activity as the solar wind is formed.
description: 15 pages, 12 figures. The final publication is available at http://www.springerlink.com
Planning for healthy and equitable communities in British Columbia : a critical analysis of the implementation of an equity lens in Healthy Built Environments initiatives
Creators: name: Barr, Victoria Jane
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2016

description: British Columbia’s communities, as settings in which we work, learn, and play, have a significant role in shaping our health and well-being. Recently, the provincial government has encouraged health authorities to join with local government planners to create local Healthy Built Environment (HBE) teams, so that they can work together for healthier communities. Within our communities, there are significant differences in health status that are unjust or unfair, and are rooted in underlying socio-political processes. International research suggests that we must reduce those inequities if we are to improve health for all. To help address health inequities, researchers have suggested that public health practitioners use an ‘equity lens’ in their day-to-day work. Yet implementing such a lens is challenging. This case study explored the implementation of an equity lens in HBE work in BC. The project examined the work of intersectoral HBE teams at the provincial and local levels, through an in-depth examination of HBE projects within three different BC communities. Data was collected through interviews, participant observation, and the collection of key documents, maps, and photographs. The main research question was: How is an ‘equity lens’ being implemented in association with Healthy Built Environments work in British Columbia? Influenced by the shifting strategic direction of the provincial government, HBE teams reported only limited progress in actively considering equity as integral to their work. The key elements of the implementation of an equity lens included targeting specific, ‘vulnerable’ populations and using community health data to monitor key outcomes. In general, however, the political will to more fully consider equity as integral to HBE work was just not present at either local or provincial levels. There was hope, however, in the form of champions, who worked to re-frame equity issues in more palatable ways, and the desire to explore new tools to better understand equity issues at the local level. There is also evidence of a growing desire within HBE teams to build meaningful, authentic, partnerships, consistent with a broad Healthy Communities approach. The development of those partnerships will be key to collectively building more just, inclusive, and healthier communities.
Classical dynamics and particle transport in kicked billiards
Creators: name: Matrasulov, D. U.
name: Salomov, U. R.
name: Milibaeva, G. M.
name: Iskandarov, N. E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems (nlin.SI)
subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: Classical Physics (physics.class-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study nonlinear dynamics of the kicked particle whose motion is confined by square billiard. The kick source is considered as localized at the center of square with central symmetric spatial distribution. It is found that ensemble averaged energy of the particle diffusively grows as a function of time. This growth is much more extensive than that of kicked rotor energy. It is shown that momentum transfer distribution in kicked billiard is considerably different than that for kicked free particle. Time-dependence of the ensemble averaged energy for different localizations of the kick source is also explored. It is found that changing of localization doesn't lead to crucial changes in the time-dependence of the energy. Also, escape and transport of particles are studied by considering kicked open billiard with one and three holes, respectively. It is found that for the open billiard with one hole the number of (non-interacting) billiard particles decreases according to exponential law.
Projecting total costs and health consequences of increasing mt-sDNA utilization for colorectal cancer screening from the payer and integrated delivery network perspectives
Creators: name: Hathway, Joanne M
name: Lesley-Ann Miller-Wilson
name: Jensen, Ivar S
name: Ozbay, Burak
name: Regan, Catherine
name: Jena, Anupam B
name: Weinstein, Milton C
name: Parks, Philip D
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: AIMS: To evaluate total costs and health consequences of a CRC screening program with colonoscopy, FIT, and expanded use of mt-sDNA from the perspectives of Integrated Delivery Networks (IDN) and payers in the US. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We developed a budget impact and cost-consequence model that simulates CRC screening for eligible 50- to 75-year-old adults. A status quo scenario and an increased mt-sDNA scenario were modelled. The status quo includes the current screening mix of colonoscopy (83%), FIT (11%), and mt-sDNA (6%) modalities. The increased mt-sDNA scenario increases mt-sDNA utilization to 28% over 10 years. Costs for both the IDN and payer perspectives incorporated diagnostic and surveillance colonoscopies, adverse events (AEs), and CRC treatment. The IDN perspective included screening program costs, comprised of direct non-medical (e.g. patient navigation) and indirect (e.g. administration) costs. It was assumed that IDNs do not incur the costs for stool-based screening tests or bowel preparation for colonoscopies. RESULTS: In a population of one million eligible persons, the 10-year incremental cost savings incurred by increasing mt-sDNA utilization was $16.2M for the IDN and $3.3M for the payer. The incremental savings per-person-per-month were $0.14 and $0.03 for the IDN and payer, respectively. For both perspectives, increased diagnostic colonoscopy costs were offset by reductions in screening colonoscopies, surveillance colonoscopies and AEs. Extending screening eligibility to 45- to 75-year-olds slightly decreased the overall cost savings. LIMITATIONS: The natural history of CRC was not simulated; however, many of the utilized parameters were extracted from highly vetted natural history models or published literature. Direct non-medical and indirect costs for CRC screening programs are applied on a per person per modality basis, whereas, in reality some of these costs may be fixed. CONCLUSIONS: Increased mt-sDNA utilization leads to fewer colonoscopies, less adverse events and lower overall costs for both IDNs and payers, reducing overall screening program costs and increasing the number of cancers detected while maintaining screening adherence rates over 10 years.
Networks of communication : defense-related signal transfer between tree seedlings via mycorrhizal networks and an educational mycorrhizal-focused video game
Creators: name: Amerongen Maddison, Julia
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2016

description: The majority of terrestrial plants associate with fungi in symbiotic resource-exchange relationships called mycorrhizae. Mycorrhizal networks (MNs) arise when the same fungus is connected to multiple plants, allowing for interplant resource transfer and impacting ecosystem functions. Recent work suggests MNs also transfer defense-related information from pathogen-, herbivore-, or mechanically-damaged plants to unharmed neighbors. I investigated the defense pathways involved in defense-related signal transfer in ectomycorrhizal systems. Paired Douglas-fir seedlings were grown with varying levels of belowground connectivity (soil water only; soil water and MNs; soil water, MNs, and roots), and a defense response was stimulated in donor seedlings by methyl jasmonate. After 24 and 48 hrs, I measured expression of two regulatory genes on the jasmonate and ethylene pathways. Receiver response was unrelated to hormone treatment of donors in either gene, but the jasmonate response of donor and receiver pairs was correlated across treatments. Positive expression of both genes across donors and receivers and pervasive presence of spider mites suggested signal transfer may either have not occurred or been masked by already ongoing defensive responses. Results indicate the complexity of these systems, and further work is needed to better characterize defense signal transfer via ectomycorrhizal networks. Because of the importance of these mycorrhizal systems to ecosystem functioning, it is crucial that resource managers and scientists have a good understanding of mycorrhizal ecology. However, lower student interest in plants and fungi combined with difficulties visualizing belowground processes present challenges for teaching and learning mycorrhizal concepts. To address this, I co-created the digital plant-centric action-based game Shroomroot for use in lower level postsecondary settings. I conducted a pre-test/post-test evaluation of Shroomroot in a 2nd year postsecondary Introduction to Soil Science course. Students’ knowledge of mycorrhizal ecology increased after playing Shroomroot, and engagement with mycorrhizal content tended to increase after gameplay. These exploratory results suggest positive potential for action-based plant-oriented digital games in the higher education classrooms. Both studies focus on improving our understanding of mycorrhizae and mycorrhizal networks, ecologically and pedagogically. Greater understanding of mycorrhizae has the potential to improve our multi-faceted relationships with the ecosystems upon which we depend.
Complexity: The bigger picture
Creators: name: Vicsek, Tamás
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: General Physics (physics.gen-ph)
subject: Popular Physics (physics.pop-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: If a concept is not well defined, there are grounds for its abuse. This is particularly true of complexity, an inherently interdisciplinary concept that has penetrated very different fields of intellectual activity from physics to linguistics, but with no underlying, unified theory. Complexity has become a popular buzzword used in the hope of gaining attention or funding -- institutes and research networks associated with complex systems grow like mushrooms. Why and how did it happen that this vague notion has become a central motif in modern science? Is it only a fashion, a kind of sociological phenomenon, or is it a sign of a changing paradigm of our perception of the laws of nature and of the approaches required to understand them? Because virtually every real system is inherently extremely complicated, to say that a system is complex is almost an empty statement - couldn't an Institute of Complex Systems just as well be called an Institute for Almost Everything? Despite these valid concerns, the world is indeed made of many highly interconnected parts over many scales, whose interactions result in a complex behaviour needing separate interpretation for each level. This realization forces us to appreciate that new features emerge as one goes from one scale to another, so it follows that the science of complexity is about revealing the principles governing the ways by which these new properties appear.
description: Concepts essay, published in Nature http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v418/n6894/full/418131a.html
Advanced Text Mining Methods for the Financial Markets and Forecasting of Intraday Volatility
Creators: name: Pieper, Michael J.
Publisher: name: Karlsruhe
Year: 2011
Subjects: Text
Mining
News
Financial
Volatility

description: The flow of information in financial markets is covered in two parts.
An high-order estimator of intraday volatility is introduced in order to boost risk forecasts.
Over the last decade, text mining of news and its application to finance were a vibrant topic of research as well as in the finance industry. This thesis develops a coherent approach to financial text mining that can be utilized for automated trading.
Queuing System using CPU Scheduling: A Case Study of a Car Garage
Creators: name: Chanchai Supaartagorn
Publisher: name: Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Mahanakorn University of Technology
Year: 2020
Subjects: CPU Scheduling
First-Come First-Served Scheduling
Short-Job-First Scheduling
Priority Scheduling
Optimum Scheduling

description: Journal of Information Science and Technology, 10, 2, 26-33
Angular Eigenvalues of Higher-Dimensional Kerr-(A)dS Black Holes with Two Rotations
Creators: name: Cho, H. T.
name: Cornell, A. S.
name: Doukas, Jason
name: Naylor, Wade
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper, following the work of Chen, Lü and Pope, we present the general metric for Kerr-(A)dS black holes with two rotations. The corresponding Klein-Gordon equation is separated explicitly, from which we develop perturbative expansions for the angular eigenvalues in powers of the rotation parameters with $D\geq 6$.
description: 10 pages, no figures. To appear in the proceedings of 2011 Shanghai Asia-Pacific School and Workshop on Gravitation
title: Shaping the Ephemeral. Materiality on the Early Modern Table
title: An Interview with Deborah L. Krohn
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Krohn, Deborah L.
name: Schichta, Gabriele
Publisher: name: MEMO - Medieval and Early Modern Material Culture Online
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: FOS: Humanities
valueUri: http://www.oecd.org/science/inno/38235147.pdf
subject: FOS: History and archaeology
valueUri: http://www.oecd.org/science/inno/38235147.pdf

description: Im Rahmen des International Medieval Congress in Leeds im Jahr 2019, der ganz im Zeichen des Themas "Materialities" stand, hielt Deborah Krohn in der vom IMAREAL organisierten Session einen Vortrag mit dem Titel "Shaping Knowledge on the Early Modern Table". Der Vortrag war Teil ihres laufenden Forschungsprojekt zur renaissancezeitlichen europäischen Tischkultur, der schließlich in der Ausstellung Staging the Table in Europe 1500-1800 am Bard Graduate Center mündete. Im Nachklang ihrer Präsentation am IMC sprachen wir mit Deborah Krohn über ihre Arbeit am BGC und befragten sie zur Relevanz der Erforschung materieller Kultur und der Vermittlung entsprechender Forschungsergebnisse sowie zur spezifischen Bedeutung von Formgebungspraktiken im Rahmen historischer Tischkultur.
description: At the International Medieval Congress in Leeds in 2019, Deborah Krohn presented an inspiring paper entitled "Shaping Knowledge on the Early Modern Table". It was part of her project on Renaissance European table culture which culminated in the exhibition Staging the Table in Europe 1500-1800. In the aftermath of the presentation we asked her about her daily work at BGC, her thoughts on the relevance of researching and teaching material culture, and the significance of formgiving techniques in historical table culture.
Capacitively Enhanced Thermal Escape in Underdamped Josephson Junctions
Creators: name: Yoon, Y.
name: Gasparinetti, S.
name: Möttönen, M.
name: Pekola, J. P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We have studied experimentally the escape dynamics in underdamped capacitively shunted and unshunted Josephson junctions with submicroampere critical currents below 0.5 K temperatures. In the shunted junctions, thermal activation process was preserved up to the highest temperature where the escape in the unshunted junctions exhibits the phase diffusion. Our observations in the shunted junctions are in good agreement with the standard thermal activation escape, unlike the results in the unshunted junctions.
description: 4 pages, 3 figures
Ideal alveolar gas defined by modal gas exchange in ventilation-perfusion distributions: Supplementary Appendices R1.docx
Creators: name: Peyton, Philip
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 110301 Anaesthesiology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 111699 Medical Physiology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Basic medicine

description: Supplementary Appendix A: Modal ideal alveolar partial pressure for inert anesthetic gases modelled using theoretical distributions of and .Supplementary Appendix B: Modal ideal alveolar partial pressure for CO2 and inert gases modelled using measured distributions of and .
Superconductivity at 2.3 K in the misfit compound (PbSe)1.16(TiSe2)2
Creators: name: Giang, N.
name: Xu, Q.
name: Hor, Y. S.
name: Williams, A. J.
name: Dutton, S. E.
name: Zandbergen, H. W.
name: Cava, R. J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The structural misfit compound (PbSe)1.16(TiSe2)2 is reported. It is a superconductor with a Tc of 2.3 K. (PbSe)1.16(TiSe2)2 derives from a parent compound, TiSe2, which shows a charge density wave transition and no superconductivity. The crystal structure, characterized by high resolution electron microscopy and powder x-ray diffraction, consists of two layers of 1T-TiSe2 alternating with a double layer of (100) PbSe. Transport measurements suggest that the superconductivity is induced by charge transfer from the PbSe layers to the TiSe2 layers.
description: 17 pages, 4 figures. To be published in Physical Review B
Introduction to Plasmid Profiling in Molecular Biology
Creators: name: Avantika Srivastav
Publisher: name: The Science world a Monthly e magazine
Year: 2024

description: The article provides an overview of plasmid profiling in molecular biology, emphasizing its significance in genetic diversity, antibiotic resistance, and microbial evolution. It covers the components of plasmids, types of plasmids, and techniques for plasmid DNA isolation and purification. Noteworthy methodologies such as electrophoretic separation and DNA concentration determination are also discussed.
Department of Defense and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Curation Options Project, Eastern States - Report (Legacy 97-0376)
Creators: name: U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers, St. Louis District
Publisher: name: DoD Legacy Resource Management Program
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Eastern United States
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/3954/eastern-united-states
subject: United States
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/10460/united-states
subject: Curation
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/9869/curation
subject: Department of Defense
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/123614/department-of-defense
subject: 36 CFR 79
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/123565/36-cfr-79
subject: Archaeological Collections
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/144768/archaeological-collections
subject: Archaeology
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/7074/archaeology
subject: Partnering
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/148663/partnering
subject: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/75834/us-army-corps-of-engineers
subject: Cultural Resources Management
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/7068/cultural-resources-management
subject: Archaeological Overview
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/1/archaeological-overview
subject: Heritage Management
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/24/heritage-management

description: Department of Defense archaeological collections generally have not been curated to the standards required by 36 CFR Part 79. This report, based on a study in the eastern United States, identified potential partners, evaluated their capabilities to manage DoD archaeological collections, and collected baseline administrative information associated with such a project.
Time Series Analysis and Market Microstructure Aspects on Short Time Scales
Creators: name: Beck, Alexander
Publisher: name: Karlsruhe
Year: 2011
Subjects: high-frequency
market-microstructure
risk
order book
arma-garch

description: ARMA-GARCH and FIGARCH models with non-normal, tempered-stable innovations are applied to intraday financial time-series on high-frequency time scales. The goal is to investigate their risk forecasting performance and to observe random scaling behavior. To this end, Value-at-Risk (VaR) and Conditional VaR is predicted. In the second part limit order books based on real trading information are modeled with a statistical-learning approach in order to forecast the execution of passive limit orders.
Potential of high-feed milling structured dies for material flow control in hot forming
Creators: name: Platt, Timo
name: Baumann, Jonas
name: Biermann, Dirk
Publisher: name: TU Dortmund
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: High-feed milling
subject: Cutting forces
subject: Surface structures
subject: AISI H11
subject: Hot forming
subject: Friction
subject: 620
subject: 670
subject: Fräsen
subject: Schnittkraft
subject: Oberflächenstruktur
subject: Werkzeugstahl
subject: Warmumformen
subject: Reibung

description: Hot forming processes of complex parts with small cavities demand high-performance tools made of hardened steels. Their surface can be tribologically modified in order to control the material flow for improving the mold filling of functional elements. Surface structuring here offers great potential for adjusting the frictional properties and thus controlling the material flow in forming processes. In this study, high-feed milling (HFM) of surface structures in hot work tool steel (HWS) components is investigated. The process performance was determined by cutting force measurements and tool life tests. The achievable surface topography was measured and evaluated in terms of structure quality and roughness parameters, and friction properties were derived based on the results. In a hot ring compression test, the influence of certain structure variants on the material flow was analyzed. The results conclude that HFM is a suitable process for structuring HWS components with constant structure quality and low tool wear. In addition, a variety of structures showed significant influence on the hot ring compression test. This indicates a relevant potential of HFM for the modification of hardened tool surfaces to improve the performance of hot forming processes and increase the manufactural quality and productivity.
description: Production engineering;
Education, community engagement and oil and gas development : northeast British Columbia
Creators: name: Botta, Nepeya Azaria
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2016

description: Resource development projects offer economic opportunities to communities near operations, through the provision of jobs and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives. When the local labour pool is not prepared, or lacks appropriate skills or education avenues for upgrades, labour demands will be filled by a fly-in-fly-out workforce. This system both draws resource benefits away from impacted communities, and incurs high transportation and lodging costs to the company. Improving labour-force quality will require upgrading education resources necessary for acquiring the appropriate post-secondary degrees and certificates for employment in the industry. Before planning education programs, it is important to have an acute understanding of the population’s history, socio-economy, regional education resources, and perspective on local education and employment. This research study examined the Northeastern, British Columbia (NEBC) region, where oil and gas (OAG) development is expected to increase exponentially in the near future with the use of hydraulic fracturing. Due to the specialized skills required for this industry, the local communities are currently ill equipped to participate in the labour boom. An education gap analysis was performed to examines the education disparities and obstacles for varying communities in NEBC. The study used a geographic analysis of regional education opportunities to identify community needs, followed by field work where in-depth interviews and focus groups brought to light local thoughts and perceptions on education, employment and community development. This information can be used by OAG companies to invest in socially responsible programs, that benefit regional communities as they develop the resource.
Effect of preheating during laser metal deposition on the properties of laminated bending dies
Creators: name: Dardaei Joghan, Hamed
name: Hahn, Marlon
name: Tekkaya, A. Erman
Publisher: name: TU Dortmund
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Additive manufacturing
subject: Laser metal deposition
subject: Laminated tooling
subject: Rapid prototyping
subject: Sheet metal forming
subject: Surface roughness
subject: 620
subject: 670
subject: Rapid Prototyping
subject: Laserschweißen
subject: Auftragsschweißen
subject: Blechumformen
subject: Rauigkeit

description: Metal-laminated tooling provides a fast and cheap manufacturing concept. In this study, laser metal deposition (LMD) is used for reducing and eliminating the stair step effect in a metal-laminated bending die. Preheating could decrease the undesired residual stresses in additive manufacturing, thus a systematical analysis of the effect of preheating of the laminae on the surface quality and mechanical properties of the bending die is performed. Ferritic steel sheets (S355 MC) with a thickness of 2 mm are laser cut and stacked up to manufacture the laminated bending die with a radius of 6 mm. The sheets are joined and the stair steps are filled with LMD with stainless steel powder 316L-Si. The initial temperature of the tool sheets (substrates), beside room temperature, is elevated up to 300 °C. The effect of the preheating on the surface roughness, shape deviation, hardness, and residual stresses of the die are investigated. The mean height of the surface increases by 59% at elevated temperatures. However, the tensile residual stress parallel to the weld direction at the middle of the deposited area decreases only around 25%. The functionality of the forming tools manufactured by this method is proven by bending of DC06 and HC380LA sheets.
description: The international journal of advanced manufacturing technology;125(1-2)
Egypt and the Odyssey : Homeric dialogues with Egyptian travel literature
Creators: name: Stocker, Maxwell
Publisher: name: The University of St Andrews
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Homeric studies
subject: Egyptology
subject: Middle Egyptian literature
subject: Odyssey
subject: Comparative literature
subject: PA4037.A5S8
subject: Homer. Odyssey--Criticism, Textual
subject: Homer--Criticism and interpretation
subject: Egyptology
subject: Egyptian literature--History and criticism
subject: Comparative literature

description: This thesis investigates the relationship between Homer’s Odyssey and the Egyptian tradition of travel literature from the second millennium BC. It is a comparative exploration of portrayals of displacement, exile, and homecoming in two of the premier travel poems of the ancient Mediterranean world: the Tale of Sinuhe and the Odyssey. It explores the multifaceted parallels between these two poems in both dialogic-comparativist and historical-transmissional terms, and it shows that there is an extraordinarily wide range of macrolevel and microlevel parallels suggesting direct cross-cultural influence between the Tale of Sinuhe and the Odyssey. The Introduction discusses the methodological background to this project and the cross-disciplinary gap in scholarship which it fills, as well as the historical, archaeological, cultural, and literary context in which these poems emerged. I explore the parallels between these poems in their beginnings and displacement episodes in Chapter 1, and in their portrayals of exile and homecoming in Chapter 2. In the Conclusion, I discuss the wider context of the project, fruitful avenues for future research, and the ramifications of the findings of this thesis for current understandings of these poems across multiple disciplines.
Panel discussion: What {\it don't} we know about confinement?
Creators: name: Alkofer, R.
name: Diakonov, D.
name: Pawlowski, J.
name: Reinhardt, H.
name: Zakharov, V.
name: Zwanziger, D.
name: Greensite, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The participants in this discussion session of the QCHS 9 meeting were each asked the following question: "What would be the most useful piece of information that you could obtain, by whatever means, that would advance your own program, and/or our general understanding of confinement?" This proceedings contains a brief summary of each panel member's contribution to the discussion, provided by the panel members themselves.
description: 8 pages. Roundtable discussion at the Quark Confinement and Hadron Spectrum 9 conference (Madrid, Aug. 29 - Sep. 3, 2010). To appear in the conference proceedings, published by the AIP. v2: References added. v3: Reference corrected
Augmentation Impacts Strategy and Gaze Distribution in a Dual-Task Interleaving Scenario
Creators: name: Lukashova-Sanz, Olga
name: Wahl, Siegfried
name: Rifai, Katharina
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: When interleaving multiple tasks, people are confronted with a decision of how to distribute a finite amount of time between several tasks, which defines the task-interleaving strategy. In some challenging task interleaving scenarios where accurate timing is essential, people perform worse than they could have. With the growing advancement of technology, such as augmented reality, it became possible to impact people’s strategy and improve their performance. However, when augmenting visual input with additional visual content, the augmentation not only introduces the possible benefit but can also capture attentional resources. It is, thus, important to investigate how visual augmentation affects people’s performance in cases when otherwise people underscore in their performance. In the current study, using a psychophysics approach, it was investigated how visual augmentation impacts the task-interleaving strategy and, thus, performance in a dual-task setting with unequal task importance. In a simple dynamic 3D environment, four visual augmentations were generated aiming to prompt the user when it is more beneficial score-wise to switch from one task to another. The mean duration on one task before the task switch, as well as the resulting total performance, were evaluated in combination with the gaze direction distribution. In terms of the strategy and the total performance, all augmentations showed an advantage compared to when augmentation was not present. Furthermore, an abrupt augmentation onset based on the individual response time of the participant was more beneficial score-wise for the strategy compared to a constantly present visual augmentation. However, it affected the natural gaze direction distribution indicating the allocation of attentional resources to the augmentation. The results of this study provide an insight into potential visual augmentation designs aiming to improve user’s performance in a challenging dual-task interleaving setting.
Identification of the slow E3 transition 136mCs -> 136Cs with conversion electrons
Creators: name: Wimmer, K.
name: Koester, U.
name: Hoff, P.
name: Kroell, Th.
name: Kruecken, R.
name: Lutter, R.
name: Mach, H.
name: Morgan, Th.
name: Sarkar, S.
name: Sarkar, M. Saha
name: Schwerdtfeger, W.
name: Srivastava, P. C.
name: Thirolf, P. G.
name: Van Isacker, P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We performed at ISOLDE the spectroscopy of the decay of the 8- isomer in 136Cs by and conversion-electron detection. For the first time the excitation energy of the isomer and the multipolarity of its decay have been measured. The half-life of the isomeric state was remeasured to T1/2 = 17.5(2) s. This isomer decays via a very slow 518 keV E3 transition to the ground state. In addition to this, a much weaker decay branch via a 413 keV M4 and a subsequent 105 keV E2 transition has been found. Thus we have found a new level at 105 keV with spin 4+ between the isomeric and the ground state. The results are discussed in comparison to shell model calculations.
description: Phys. Rev. C accepted for publication
Extensive population synthesis of isolated neutron stars with field decay
Creators: name: Popov, S. B.
name: Boldin, P. A.
name: Miralles, J. A.
name: Pons, J. A.
name: Posselt, B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We perform population synthesis studies of different types of neutron stars taking into account the magnetic field decay. For the first time, we confront our results with observations using {\it simultaneously} the Log N -- Log S distribution for nearby isolated neutron stars, the Log N -- Log L distribution for magnetars, and the distribution of radio pulsars in the $P$ -- $\dot P$ diagram. We find that our theoretical model is consistent with all sets of data if the initial magnetic field distribution function follows a log-normal law with $ \sim 13.25$ and $σ_{\log B_0}\sim 0.6$. The typical scenario includes about 10% of neutron stars born as magnetars, significant magnetic field decay during the first million years of a NS life. Evolutionary links between different subclasses may exist, although robust conclusions are not yet possible. We apply the obtained field distribution and the model of decay to study long-term evolution of neuton stars till the stage of accretion from the interstellar medium. It is shown that though the subsonic propeller stage can be relatively long, initially highly magnetized neutron stars ($B_0 > \sim 10^{13}$ G) reach the accretion regime within the Galactic lifetime if their kick velocities are not too large. The fact that in previous studies made $>$10 years ago, such objects were not considered results in a slight increase of the Accretor fraction in comparison with earlier conclusions. Most of the neutron stars similar to the Magnificent seven are expected to become accreting from the interstellar medium after few billion years of their evolution. They are the main predecestors of accreting isolated neutron stars.
description: 4 pages, conference "Astrophysics of Neutron Stars - 2010" in honor of M. Ali Alpar, Izmir, Turkey
On D=5 super Yang-Mills theory and (2,0) theory
Creators: name: Douglas, Michael R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discuss how D=5 maximally supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory (MSYM) might be used to study or even to define the (2,0) theory in six dimensions. It is known that the compactification of (2,0) theory on a circle leads to D=5 MSYM. A variety of arguments suggest that the relation can be reversed, and that all of the degrees of freedom of (2,0) theory are already present in D=5 MSYM. If so, this relation should have consequences for D=5 SYM perturbation theory. We explore whether it might imply all orders finiteness, or else an unusual relation between the cutoff and the gauge coupling. S-duality of the reduction to D=4 may provide nonperturbative constraints or tests of these options.
description: 17 pages (v2: added references)
Augmentation Impacts Strategy and Gaze Distribution in a Dual-task Interleaving Scenario
Creators: name: Lukashova-Sanz, Olga
name: Wahl, Siegfried
name: Rifai, Katharina
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: When interleaving multiple tasks, people are confronted with a decision of how to distribute a finite amount of time between several tasks, which defines the task-interleaving strategy. In some challenging task interleaving scenarios where accurate timing is essential, people perform worse than they could have. With the growing advancement of technology, such as augmented reality, it became possible to impact people’s strategy and improve their performance. However, when augmenting visual input with additional visual content, the augmentation not only introduces the possible benefit but can also capture attentional resources. It is, thus, important to investigate how visual augmentation affects people’s performance in cases when otherwise people underscore in their performance. In the current study, using a psychophysics approach, it was investigated how visual augmentation impacts the task-interleaving strategy and, thus, performance in a dual-task setting with unequal task importance. In a simple dynamic 3D environment, four visual augmentations were generated aiming to prompt the user when it is more beneficial score-wise to switch from one task to another. The mean duration on one task before the task switch, as well as the resulting total performance, were evaluated in combination with the gaze direction distribution. In terms of the strategy and the total performance, all augmentations showed an advantage compared to when augmentation was not present. Furthermore, an abrupt augmentation onset based on the individual response time of the participant was more beneficial score-wise for the strategy compared to a constantly present visual augmentation. However, it affected the natural gaze direction distribution indicating the allocation of attentional resources to the augmentation. The results of this study provide an insight into potential visual augmentation designs aiming to improve user’s performance in a challenging dual-task interleaving setting.
Project DECIDE, part 1: increasing the amount of valid advance directives in people with Alzheimer’s disease by offering advance care planning - a prospective double-arm intervention study
Creators: name: Baisch, Stefanie
name: Abele, Christina
name: Theile-Schürholz, Anna
name: Müller, Tanja
name: Florack, Janina
name: Garmann, Daniel
name: Karneboge, Jonas
name: Lindl, Gregor
name: Pfeiffer, Nathalie
name: Poth, Aoife
name: Haberstroh, Julia
Publisher: name: Universitätsbibliothek Siegen
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 610 Medizin, Gesundheit
subject: Dementia
subject: Alzheimer’s disease
subject: Memory clinic
subject: Advance directive
subject: Patient empowerment
subject: Advance care planning
subject: Autonomy
subject: Supported decision making
subject: Demenz
subject: Alzheimerkrankheit
subject: Patientenverfügung
subject: Einwilligungsfähigkeit
subject: Versorgungsplanung
subject: Entscheidungsunterstützung

description: Background Everybody has the right to decide whether to receive specific medical treatment or not and to provide their free, prior and informed consent to do so. As dementia progresses, people with Alzheimer’s dementia (PwAD) can lose their capacity to provide informed consent to complex medical treatment. When the capacity to consent is lost, the autonomy of the affected person can only be guaranteed when an interpretable and valid advance directive exists. Advance directives are not yet common in Germany, and their validity is often questionable. Once the dementia diagnosis has been made, it is assumed to be too late to write an advance directive. One approach used to support the completion of advance directives is ‘Respecting Choices’®—an internationally recognised, evidence-based model of Advance Care Planning (ACP), which, until now, has not been evaluated for the target group of PwAD. This study’s aims include (a) to investigate the proportion of valid advance directives in a memory clinic population of persons with suspected AD, (b) to determine the predictors of valid advance directives, and (c) to examine whether the offer of ACP can increase the proportion of valid advance directives in PwAD. Method We intend to recruit at least N = 250 participants from two memory clinics in 50 consecutive weeks. Of these, the first 25 weeks constitute the baseline phase (no offer of ACP), the following 25 weeks constitute the intervention phase (offer of ACP). The existence and validity of an advance directive will be assessed twice (before and after the memory clinic appointment). Moreover, potential predictors of valid advance directives are assessed. Discussion The results of this study will enhance the development of consent procedures for advance directives of PwAD based on the ACP/Respecting Choices (R) approach. Therefore, this project contributes towards increasing the autonomy and inclusion of PwAD and the widespread acceptance of valid advance directives in PwAD.
Equivalence of the realized input and output oriented indirect effects metrics in ecological network analysis
Creators: name: Borrett, Stuart R.
name: Freeze, Michael A.
name: Salas, Andria K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Quantitative Methods (q-bio.QM)
subject: Populations and Evolution (q-bio.PE)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: A new understanding of the consequences of how ecosystem elements are interconnected is emerging from the development and application of Ecological Network Analysis. The relative importance of indirect effects is central to this understanding, and the ratio of indirect flow to direct flow (I/D) is one indicator of their importance. Two methods have been proposed for calculating this indicator. The unit approach shows what would happen if each system member had a unit input or output, while the realized technique determines the ratio using the observed system inputs or outputs. When using the unit method, the input oriented and output oriented ratios can be different, potentially leading to conflicting results. However, we show that the input and output oriented I/D ratios are identical using the realized method when the system is at steady state. This work is a step in the maturation of Ecological Network Analysis that will let it be more readily testable empirically and ultimately more useful for environmental assessment and management.
description: 13 pages, 1 figure, 1 table