cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Influence of Development on Peri-urban Headwater Streams in Calgary, Alberta
Creators: name: Johnson, Samuel Douglas
Publisher: name: Science
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Surface water-groundwater interactions
subject: Hydrograph separation
subject: Hydrology
subject: Geology
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences

description: The natural connection between surface water and groundwater is inevitably altered by urban development. However, the degree of alteration is dependent on the physical and climatic characteristics of a watershed as well as the development characteristics. The goal of this study was to compare a developed and an undeveloped headwater catchment in Calgary, Alberta, to understand the influence of urbanization on streamflow response to precipitation, groundwater contributions to streamflow, and the spatial and temporal variability of streamflow in a low relief, semi-arid landscape. Hydrometric measurements of streamflow, groundwater, and precipitation were used in conjunction with electrical conductivity and stable water isotopes to compare streamflow regimes and assess the impact of development. The developed Sage Hill ravine (SHR) stream had significantly smaller runoff ratios and smaller maximum event water fractions than the undeveloped Glacier Ridge ravine (GRR) stream, which was attributed to the capture and rerouting of urban stormwater away from the stream. Groundwater was shown to be an essential source of flow to both streams. Baseflow separation and stable water isotopes showed that 95% and 86% of the cumulative streamflow volume in SHR and GRR, respectively, was from baseflow sourced from shallow groundwater. Additionally, spatial and temporal differences in streamflow between SHR and GRR were attributed to the geologic heterogeneity of the shallow subsurface. Although this study did not directly identify cause-and-effect relationships of streamflow characteristics and urban development, it did identify the importance of effective area, groundwater, and geologic heterogeneity on the generation of streamflow. These findings will be useful for improving our understanding of how future development might impact streamflow, informing urban water resource management, and protecting valuable urban ecosystems.
Supplementary figures from Mandibular characteristics of early Glires (Mammalia) reveal mixed rodent and lagomorph morphotypes
Creators: name: Fostowicz-Frelik, Łucja
name: Cox, Philip G.
name: Li, Qian
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2023

description: Supplementary figures of the mandibles of extant Glires and a modified version of Fig. 4
Kinetics of Immune Cells and Neutralizing Antibody Titres Against Viral Pathogens of Bovine Respiratory Disease
Creators: name: Choden, Tshering
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Bovine Respiratory Disease
subject: Preconditioning
subject: Feedlot
subject: Humoral Immune Response
subject: Cell-Mediated Immune Response
subject: Neutralising Antibodies
subject: Veterinary Science

description: Bovine Respiratory Disease (BRD) arises from complex interactions between viral and bacterial pathogens, environmental stressors, and host factors. BRD significantly impact feedlots due to its high prevalence, economic impact, and animal welfare concerns. Therefore, implementing an effective preventive management strategy, such as preconditioning (PC) aims to reduce the incidence and health impact of BRD in feedlots compared to conventional auction-derived practice. To measure and compare the health impact and effectiveness of this strategy, we evaluated the proportion of immune cells (cell-mediated and humoral) and neutralising antibodies (NAb) using the flow cytometry technique and virus neutralisation assay, respectively. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (n=8) and serum (n=20) samples from preconditioned (PC) and auction-derived (AD) cattle were evaluated at three different time points in the feedlot (day 0, day 20, and day 40) to determine the proportion of immune cells (CD21+ B cells, CD4+ Th cells, CD3+ CTLs, and WC1+ γδ T cells) and to determine the NAb titres (against BHV 1, BVDV, BRSV and BPIV 3). We observed a high B cell response, and high and persistent NAb titres against BRD viral pathogens in PC cattle during the first 40 days in the feedlot compared to the AD group. Furthermore, most of the lymphocytes among the CD3+ T cells were WC1+ γδ expressing cells, with a smaller proportion of CD4+ expressing T-helper and CD8+ expressing cytotoxic T-lymphocytes, however, the CD4+ Th cells showed major fluctuations in their proportions within the PBMCs. In conclusion, the result provided us with a strong understanding of the immune response in PC calves, particularly the humoral immunity, and specifically the number of NAbs induced following preconditioning. This will help with the prediction of BRD in young calves during their first 40 days in a feedlot, and to evaluate the efficacy of vaccination strategies in preconditioning programs.
Conformal anomaly as a source of soft photons in heavy ion collisions
Creators: name: Basar, Gokce
name: Kharzeev, Dmitri
name: Skokov, Vladimir
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We introduce a novel photon production mechanism stemming from the conformal anomaly of QCDxQED and the existence of strong (electro)magnetic fields in heavy ion collisions. Using the hydrodynamical description of the bulk modes of QCD plasma, we show that this mechanism leads to the photon production yield that is comparable to the yield from conventional sources. This mechanism also provides a significant positive contribution to the azimuthal anisotropy of photons, $v_2$, as well as to the radial "flow". We compare our results to the data from the PHENIX Collaboration.
description: 5 pages, 3 figures; version accepted to Phys. Rev. Lett
Development of a Redox Functional Nucleic Acid Integrated Electrochemical Biosensors for Wearable Applications
Creators: name: Janghorban, Mohammad
Publisher: name: Schulich School of Engineering
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Engineering--Biomedical

description: The corrugated nature of biosensor surfaces holds paramount significance in increasing their efficiency. This investigation scrutinizes the electrochemical performance of wrinkled and flat sensor surfaces. The textured surface is embedded with wrinkles about 1 μm in thickness and a wavelength of 32 μm. Testing the biosensors with a 1μM cortisol sample, the wrinkled electrode produced a fold change of 1.84±0.65 compared to the planar electrode, which produced a fold change of -0.11±0.07. Such observations underscore the heightened signal augmentation of the textured design. Additionally, specificity tests for the cortisol concatenated aptamer showed no false positive signal when tested with other interferent biomarkers. Initial trials utilizing cortisol mixed artificial sweat and DI samples demonstrated its performance in cortisol detection with an LOD of 59 nM in artificial sweat. The assay's reusability was tested through multiple incubations with a standard cortisol solution, indicating consistent performance over three cycles. Stability trials in artificial sweat revealed a stable initial response, maintaining stability for up to six hours before a notable decline after 72 hours. However, further experiments may be required to prepare the device for more practical applications. Attempts to regenerate the biosensor using UV light were unsuccessful, and further on-body and human sweat tests showed reduced effectiveness compared to laboratory conditions. While the initial development, optimization and testing of the biosensor achieved some successes, it also highlighted several areas requiring refinement, including but not limited to electrode design, standardization of testing procedures, and optimization of the heating process to enhance the functionality and reliability of the biosensor for its intended applications.
The Impact of Occupational Licensing on Labor Market Outcomes of College-Educated Workers
Creators: name: Bailey, Thomas R.
name: Belfield, Clive
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2018
Subjects: College graduates--Employment
College graduates--Economic conditions
Wages--College graduates
Professions--Licenses
Education, Higher

description: More than one third of college-educated workers have a license that provides the right to practice a particular occupation. In contrast to certificates, these licenses—serving either as a productivity signal or acting as a restrictive practice—are associated with significantly higher earnings. Thus, it is possible that some part of the returns to college are in fact returns to licensing. In this paper, the authors identify the effects of licenses on a set of labor market outcomes for the college-educated workforce using newly available national Current Population Survey data merged with U.S. Department of Labor. The results show significant discrepancies between individual self-reported licensing rates and state-mandated licensing requirements across occupations. Findings indicate significant advantages from licensing in terms of earnings and labor market participation (hours worked). Moreover, controlling for licensing does not significantly reduce the measured returns to college. Licenses convey economic benefits even in occupations where they are not required. In contrast to prior studies, the current study also finds that licenses reduce wage dispersion across the college-educated workforce.
Eigenvalue Density of the non-Hermitian Wilson Dirac Operator
Creators: name: Kieburg, Mario
name: Verbaarschot, Jacobus J. M.
name: Zafeiropoulos, Savvas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 15B52, 60B20

description: We find the lattice spacing dependence of the eigenvalue density of the non-Hermitian Wilson Dirac operator in the $ε$-domain. The starting point is the joint probability density of the corresponding random matrix theory. In addition to the density of the complex eigenvalues we also obtain the density of the real eigenvalues separately for positive and negative chiralities as well as an explicit analytical expression for the number of additional real modes.
description: 4 pages, 6 figures, PACS: 12.38.Gc, 05.50.+q, 02.10.Yn, 11.15.Ha
Practitioner Perspectives on the Use of Predictive Analytics in Targeted Advising for College Students
Creators: name: Klempin, Serena Constance
name: Grant, Markeisha Nadrian
name: Ramos, Marisol
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2018
Subjects: College students--Services for
Community college students--Services for
Community colleges
Universities and colleges
Counseling in higher education

description: This study examines the perspectives of college personnel engaged in the consideration, launch, and use of predictive analytics tools for targeted advising. Based on interview data from college staff members at nine public two- and four-year institutions at different stages of implementation of predictive analytics software, the authors provide a broad look at the positive and negative reactions to this potentially influential educational innovation. Overall, advisors and other end users of predictive analytics tools were more critical of them than either administrators or college personnel who helped develop their use as part of a campus-wide advising reform. In addition, compared with personnel at colleges in the early stages of planning and implementing predictive analytics tools, personnel at colleges that had been actively using the tools for some time reported more concerns. While the use of predictive analytics holds substantial promise in helping to target student services, the results of the study suggest that a greater examination of concerns about validity, interpretation, and ethics is warranted.
Stūpas in medieval China : symbols of the Buddha, sacred buildings, or tombs?
Creators: name: Sze, Tak Pui
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2012

description: By studying textual material from a new prospective, this dissertation aims at uncovering how Chinese Buddhists understood Buddhist stūpas and whether they worshipped them. Though stūpas are not Buddhist inventions, they frequently appear in Buddhist scriptures, depicted as important Buddhist objects of worship symbolizing the Buddha after his nirvāṇa (or other Buddhist holy people) and representing his presence. Since stūpa worship is said to be of great importance to Buddhists’ cultivation, Buddhist vinaya literature contains a number of precepts regulating devotional acts performed for these objects that are intended to distinguish them from those of non-Buddhist cults and to limit worship to only those set up for the Buddha and other Buddhist holy people. These teachings concerning the connotations of stūpas and the importance of worship of them, however, did not prevail in Chinese Buddhist society. Then, how did Chinese Buddhists perceive and treat stūpas? This is what this dissertation focuses on. With the investigation scope limited to the Six Dynasties, it first provides a glimpse into the form of stūpa worship presented in Buddhist scriptures, and then discusses the ways in which Chinese people understood stūpas in capital cities and whether their belief in Buddhist relics and Aśokan legends evoked their worship. Finally, it examines whether funerary stūpas for the Buddhist order and laymen in China were set up according to the Buddhist scriptural tradition of stūpas. This dissertation shows that the ways in which Chinese people in the Six Dynasties understood stūpas were markedly different from those presented in Buddhist scriptures. They generally did not view them as the Buddha or other Buddhist holy figures, but as sacred buildings and even tombs. Instead of the Buddhist scriptural tradition of stūpas, their understanding of stūpas was more noticeably influenced by their own immortality belief, funerary customs, and ancestral worship. Stūpas established in the Six Dynasties were detached from their original symbolic meanings valued by Buddhist scriptural compilers, and were therefore of little significance in representing the Buddha. In terms of their symbolic meanings, they could hardly qualify as Buddhist stūpas defined in Buddhist scriptures.
Not just 'any' sign! Searching for negative polarity items in DGS
Creators: name: Loos, Cornelia
name: Schulder, Marc
Publisher: name: Universität Hamburg
Year: 2022
Subjects: German Sign Language
Negative Polarity Items
Corpus Study

description: These are the slides, transcript and abstract of the on-stage presentation "Not just any sign! Searching for negative polarity items in DGS" given at TISLR 14.
Additional file 2 of The effect of an electronic medical record intervention on hydroxychloroquine prescribing habits and surveyed providers’ opinions of the 2016 American Academy of Ophthalmology guidelines in the rheumatology and dermatology practices of an academic institution
Creators: name: Overbury, Rebecca S.
name: Stoddard, Gregory J.
name: Pupaibool, Jakrapun
name: Hansen, Christopher B.
name: Lebiedz-Odrobina, Dorota
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 2. Pre-intervention survey.
Ease of Access and Usefulness of Transfer Information on Community College Websites in Texas
Creators: name: Schudde, Lauren
name: Bradley, Dwuana
name: Absher, Caitlin
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2018
Subjects: Community colleges
Community college students
Community college students--Transfer
Community college students--Services for

description: Many first-time community college entrants aspire to earn a bachelor’s degree, but few do. To transfer, students often must overcome information constraints to navigate bureaucratic hurdles and conflicting requirements. For a sample of 20 Texas community colleges, the authors reviewed college websites, assessing the ease of access and usefulness of online transfer information, and spoke to key transfer personnel about the information provided to students. The authors used a qualitative case study approach to triangulate findings from their data sources. Approximately two thirds of colleges in the sample fell below the highest standard on the rubric for either ease of access or usefulness, indicating room for improvement at most institutions. Many personnel interviewed recognized the strengths and limitations of their college’s online information, though several were ambivalent regarding the need for improving online transfer information, arguing that the availability of online information alone is insufficient for successful transfer and not as important as face-to-face advising. This research illustrates the need for colleges to develop and update their online information with care, determining which information students need to transfer (including transfer guides for partner programs/colleges), how students might search for that information, and ensuring that necessary transfer information is available and up-to-date. The framework provided by this rubric may guide institutions in the evaluation of their online transfer information.
Additional file 1 of The effect of an electronic medical record intervention on hydroxychloroquine prescribing habits and surveyed providers’ opinions of the 2016 American Academy of Ophthalmology guidelines in the rheumatology and dermatology practices of an academic institution
Creators: name: Overbury, Rebecca S.
name: Stoddard, Gregory J.
name: Pupaibool, Jakrapun
name: Hansen, Christopher B.
name: Lebiedz-Odrobina, Dorota
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 1. Post-intervention survey.
Achmonia manfei Bordoni, 2013, nov.sp.
Creators: name: Bordoni, A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Achmonia
Achmonia manfei

description: Achmonia manfei nov.sp.
M a t e r i a l s t u d i e d: Holotype: Yunnan, Manfei, Nabanhe conv., Li & Tang 10.I.2004 (SNUC).
D e s c r i p t i o n: Length of body about 13 mm; from anterior margin of head to posterior margin of elytra: 6 mm. Head and pronotum black, elytra red with black scutellum; abdomen reddish black; genital segment reddish; antennae and legs brown. Head and pronotum shiny. Head and pronotum and related puncturation as in Fig. 25. Labrum as in Fig. 26. Elytra longer and wider than pronotum, posteriad dilated, with scarcely marked humeral angles. Surface with wide, not deep punctures (apart a median oblique serie), arranged in some series: 2-3 near the suture, 1 median, 2-3 lateral. Abdomen with traces of transverse micro-striature and fine puncturation, arranged in some series. The segments partially shiny.
 Tergite and sternite of the male genital segment as in Figs 27-28. Aedeagus (Fig. 29) 1,3 mm long, similar to that of Thyreocephalus pseudorquini nov.sp.; longer median lobe, with less rounded apex and wider inner sac.
E t y m o l o g y: The specific epithet refers to the type locality, as a noun in apposition.
G e o g r a p h i c a l d i s t r i b u t i o n: The species is known only from the type locality, in Yunnan.
description: Published as part of Bordoni, A., 2013, New data on the Xantholinini from China. 24. New genus, new species and new records of the Shanghai Normal University collection (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) 244 ° contribution to the knowledge of the Staphylinidae, pp. 1745-1797 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 45 (2) on page 1751, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10273196
Reciprocal Literacies: A Post-Qualitative Case Study of Artists’ Ephemeral and Matterless Connections Amongst Place
Creators: name: Boschee Ellefson, Jana Kirsten
Publisher: name: Werklund School of Education
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: affect
subject: arts-based
subject: assemblage
subject: creativity
subject: ephemeral
subject: Indigenous Theory
subject: literacies
subject: place
subject: matterless
subject: posthumanism
subject: post-qualitative case study
subject: theoretical métissage
subject: Education
subject: Education--Art
subject: Education--Curriculum and Instruction
subject: Education--Language and Literature
subject: Education--Philosophy of
subject: Fine Arts

description: Meaningfully connecting with our social and natural environments becomes challenging in an increasingly digital and globalized world. Affective language and literacy practices carry potential for affirming and fostering generative entanglements amongst people and places; furthermore, such relationships are important to the well-being of the individual participants and the collective community of human and more-than-human. Beyond traditional, text-based literacies, ephemeral and matterless literacies offer modes of positive reciprocal interactions within assemblages. The literature review considers Indigenous and posthuman theories as they relate to literacy, place, and research approaches. The studied assemblages include the human and more-than-human participants of creative contexts in Southern Alberta, including a photographer, a musician/painter, an installation artist, and a performance artist. The methodological approach reflects ethico-onto-epistemological commitments to the openings and transformation Indigenous and posthumanist theories suggest. The multi-case study illuminates and sparks potentials existing in creative, cultural, and communal practices when constraints of educational institutions are removed and textless communication is emphasized. Attending to these literacies requires that literacy researchers and educators reconsider institutional concepts of literacy / literacy spaces focused on culturally biased, individual, text-based performance, and begin afresh. The study explores and describes the flows of intention and surrender that inspire and incite ephemeral and matterless communicative practices existing in adult lives and in doing so, imagines pedagogical possibilities to honour reciprocal relationship with places, in the dynamic and all-encompassing sense of the word.
War and Nationalism: Military Recruitment, Patriotic Donations, and Literature in the São Paulo Press, 1865-1866.
Creators: name: Pereira, Renato
Publisher: name: Arts
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Brazil
subject: Imperialism
subject: Military Recruitment
subject: State-Formation
subject: Patriotic Donations
subject: Education--History of
subject: Education--Social Sciences
subject: Literature--Latin American

description: The Paraguayan War was a monumental event in Brazilian history and had a significant impact on the development of the Brazilian identity. Although largely forgotten outside the Southern Cone, this conflict has much to offer military and social historians. This thesis looks to analyze the connection between the two most circulated newspapers in São Paulo, the Correio Paulistano and the Diário de S. Paulo, and nationalism during the first two years of effective combat in the Paraguayan War, 1865 and 1866. The thesis analyzes the intersection of the press and the war effort in three separate areas of impact: military recruitment, civilian war effort, and publication of propaganda. Newspapers were intimately involved with politics and these three separate areas of impact demonstrated that although Conservatives and Liberals differed on politics and how to conduct the war effort, they agreed on the idealized national identity projected in the war propaganda
Extending gravitational wave burst searches with pulsar timing arrays
Creators: name: Pitkin, Matthew
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Pulsar timing arrays (PTAs) are being used to search for very low frequency gravitational waves. A gravitational wave signal appears in pulsar timing residuals through two components: one independent of and one dependent on the pulsar's distance, called the 'Earth term' (ET) and 'pulsar term' (PT), respectively. The signal of a burst (or transient) gravitational wave source in pulsars' residuals will in general have the Earth and pulsar terms separated by times of the order of the time of flight from the pulsar to the Earth. Therefore, both terms are not observable over a realistic observation span, but the ETs observed in many pulsars should be correlated. We show that pairs (or more) of pulsars can be aligned in such a way that the PTs caused by a source at certain sky locations can arrive at Earth within a time window short enough to be captured during a realistic observation span. We find that for the pulsars within the International Pulsar Timing Array (IPTA) ~67 per cent of the sky produces such alignments for pulsars terms separated by less than 10 years. We compare estimates of the source event rate that would be required to observe one signal in the IPTA if searching for the correlated ETs, or in searching via the PTs, and find that event rates would need to be about two orders of magnitude higher to observe an event with the PTs than the ETs. We also find that an array of hundreds of thousands of pulsars would be required to achieve similar numbers of observable events in PT or ET searches. This disfavours PTs being used for all-sky searches, but they could potentially be used target specific sources and be complementary to ET only searches.
description: version accepted for MNRAS
Effect of electron-electron interaction near the metal-insulator transition in doped semiconductors studied within the local density approximation
Creators: name: Harashima, Yosuke
name: Slevin, Keith
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report a numerical analysis of Anderson localization in a model of a doped semiconductor. The model incorporates the disorder arising from the random spatial distribution of the donor impurities and takes account of the electron-electron interactions between the carriers using density functional theory in the local density approximation. Preliminary results suggest that the model exhibits a metal-insulator transition.
description: 6 pages, 1 figure; Preprint of an article submitted for consideration in [International Journal of Modern Physics: Conference Series] \copyright [2012] [copyright World Scientific Publishing Company] [http://www.worldscinet.com/ijmpcs.html]
Cyclic Imide Dioximes as Practical Extractants of Vanadium from Complex Mixtures
Creators: name: Osin, Oluwatomiwa Adedamola
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Vanadium recovery
subject: Vanadium complexes
subject: Vanadium-bearing wastewater
subject: Cyclic imidedioximes
subject: Selective complexation-precipitation
subject: Chemistry--Inorganic
subject: Materials Science
subject: Metallurgy
subject: Energy

description: This thesis focuses on the development of an acid-stable chelating agent for the facile and selective extraction of pentavalent vanadium ions, V(V), from mixed metal solutions. Two cyclic imide dioxime-based ligands, phthalimidedioxime (H2CIDII) and naphthalimidedioxime (H2CIDIII), were initially evaluated for stability, scalability, and coordination to V(V). Interestingly, H2CIDIII exhibited strong coordination with V(V) and was further investigated for V(V) extraction. The six-chapter thesis discusses the essential factors for transitioning material and technology from laboratory scale to practical application. Chapter One reviews conventional V(V) extraction technologies, emphasizing the environmental impacts and limitations of current and emerging methods. The chapter introduces cyclic imide dioximes and oil sands tailings as potential materials and source for V(V) extraction. Chapter Two delves into H2CIDIII's development, evaluating scalability, stability, and toxicity using advanced spectroscopic techniques and toxicity assays. Chapter Three highlights H2CIDIII's effectiveness in V(V) recovery, achieving complete complexation in 45 minutes and instant precipitation through pH adjustment. With an extraction capacity of 205.4 mg/g, H2CIDIII ranks among the top 2% in effectiveness. Selective precipitation of the V(V)-CIDIII complexes was achieved in acidic conditions and attributed to the formation of unique and acid stable vanadium complexes. H2CIDIII was easily regenerated for multiple extraction cycles, and the extraction process was optimized and tested with simulated and real oil sands tailings. Chapter Four explores the extraction mechanism through X-ray diffraction, NMR, FTIR, and DFT calculations, revealing the pivotal roles of the negative charge and acid resistance of V(V)-CIDIII complexes in the separation and recovery of V(V). The formation of a non-oxido vanadium complex illustrates the strong interaction between V(V) and H2CIDIII, explaining its high affinity during the extraction process. Chapter Five investigates the binding constants and coordination modes of the ligands and metal ions, further highlighting H2CIDIII's higher affinity for V(V). The final chapter explores potential applications of recovered V(V) and its complexes in redox batteries and epoxidation reactions. A provisional patent has been filed, and a manuscript is undergoing final revisions for publication in Nature Communications, underscoring the project's potential impact.
The effect of the environment on the gas kinematics and the structure of distant galaxies
Creators: name: Jaffé, Yara L.
name: Aragón-Salamanca, Alfonso
name: Kuntschner, Harald
name: Bamford, Steven
name: Hoyos, Carlos
name: De Lucia, Gabriella
name: Halliday, Claire
name: Milvang-Jensen, Bo
name: Poggianti, Bianca
name: Rudnick, Gregory
name: Saglia, Roberto P.
name: Sanchez-Blazquez, Patricia
name: Zaritsky, Dennis
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: With the aim of distinguishing between possible physical mechanisms acting on galaxies when they fall into clusters, we study the properties of the gas and the stars in a sample of 422 emission-line galaxies from EDisCS in different environments up to z~1. We identify galaxies with kinematical disturbances (from emission-lines in their 2D spectra) and find that they are more frequent in clusters than in the field. The fraction of kinematically-disturbed galaxies increases with cluster velocity dispersion and decreases with distance from the cluster centre, but remains constant with projected galaxy density. We also studied morphological disturbances in the stellar light from HST/F814W images, finding that the fraction of morphologically disturbed galaxies is similar in all environments. Moreover, there is little correlation between the presence of kinematically-disturbed gas and morphological distortions. We also study the dependence of the Tully-Fisher relation, star formation, and extent of the emission on environment, and conclude that the gas disks in cluster galaxies have been truncated, and therefore their star formation is more concentrated than in low-density environments. If spirals transform into S0s, our findings imply that the physical mechanism transforming cluster galaxies efficiently disturbs the star-forming gas and reduces their specific star formation rate. Moreover, this star-forming gas is either removed more efficiently from the outskirts of the galaxies or is driven towards the centre (or both), helping to build the bulges of S0s. These results, in addition to the finding that the transformation mechanism does not seem to induce strong morphological disturbances on the galaxies, suggest that the physical processes involved are related to the intracluster medium, with galaxy-galaxy interactions playing only a limited role in clusters.
description: 26 pages (plus small appendix), 21 Figures. Accepted for publication in MNRAS. v2: typos corrected; references added; and minor changes in tables and plots to include a few missing data points; results and conclusions unchanged; v3: corrected typos in the labels of 3 plots; v4: typo in the label of Figure 18 corrected
Constraints on the low-mass end of the mass-metallicity relation at z=1-2 from lensed galaxies
Creators: name: Wuyts, Eva
name: Rigby, Jane R.
name: Sharon, Keren
name: Gladders, Michael D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present multi-wavelength imaging and near-IR spectroscopy for ten gravitationally lensed galaxies at 0.9
description: 16 pages, 10 figures, submitted to the Astrophysical Journal
Effect of Heating Rate on Thermally Induced Pore Water Pressure and Crack Evolution in Clay and Shales
Creators: name: Faghihinia, Masoomeh
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Thermo hydro mechanical analysis
subject: Clay shale
subject: Heating rate
subject: High temperature
subject: Thermal crack
subject: Engineering--Civil

description: This thesis investigates the hydrothermal behavior of clay shale samples, with a specific emphasis on how heating rates influence temperature distribution and the evolution of pore pressure under elevated temperatures. Clay shales, characterized by their extensive geological presence and low hydraulic conductivity, carry immense importance across a wide array of applications, including their pivotal role as caprock in oil and gas reservoirs, geological storage of carbon dioxide, and nuclear waste storage. Ensuring the integrity of clay shale barriers is of paramount concern, as any compromise in their stability can lead to unintended releases of undesirable substances into potable water zones above or even onto the ground surface, potentially resulting in catastrophic consequences. The fundamental objective of this study revolves around gaining insights into clay shales response to heightened thermal loading and the potential excess pore fluid pressure generation. The research establishes a robust foundation by thoroughly investigating characteristics and material properties of clay shale and their dependencies on temperature. To achieve these objectives, the study employs FLAC3D software to conduct simulations on a three-dimensional cylindrical clay shale specimen utilizing an isotropic thermo-elastic model, subjecting it to temperatures of up to 600°C at varying heating rates. Additionally, the research explores the interacting coupled effect of hydraulic and thermal diffusion, employing a series of numerical simulations to shed light on this intricate relationship. Furthermore, this research investigates the integration of cutting-edge Machine Learning (ML) and Computer Vision (CV) techniques to enhance the precision, efficiency, and accuracy of thermal crack detection, localization, and segmentation. This innovative approach aims to overcome the challenges associated with visually identifying and analyzing thermal cracks, including the time-consuming nature of these endeavors and the potential for human errors.
Mapping 2000–2010 Impervious Surface Change in India Using Global Land Survey Landsat Data
Creators: name: Wang, Panshi
name: Huang, Chengquan
name: Brown De Colstoun, Eric C.
Publisher: name: MDPI
Year: 2017
Subjects: Landsat
Global Land Survey
impervious surface change
urbanization
iterative training and prediction

description: Understanding and monitoring the environmental impacts of global urbanization requires better urban datasets. Continuous field impervious surface change (ISC) mapping using Landsat data is an effective way to quantify spatiotemporal dynamics of urbanization. It is well acknowledged that Landsat-based estimation of impervious surface is subject to seasonal and phenological variations. The overall goal of this paper is to map 2000–2010 ISC for India using Global Land Survey datasets and training data only available for 2010. To this end, a method was developed that could transfer the regression tree model developed for mapping 2010 impervious surface to 2000 using an iterative training and prediction (ITP) approachAn independent validation dataset was also developed using Google Earth™ imagery. Based on the reference ISC from the validation dataset, the RMSE of predicted ISC was estimated to be 18.4%. At 95% confidence, the total estimated ISC for India between 2000 and 2010 is 2274.62 ± 7.84 km2.
Exploring the Relationship between Mindfulness and Second Language Teaching
Creators: name: Fano-Trabanco, Alba
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: mindfulness
subject: contemplative pedagogy
subject: second language teaching
subject: teacher well-being
subject: positive psychology
subject: PERMA
subject: Langerian mindfulness
subject: journaling
subject: meditation
subject: mindfulness intervention
subject: Education--Bilingual and Multicultural
subject: Education--Curriculum and Instruction
subject: Education--Teacher Training
subject: Educational Psychology
subject: Language
subject: Education--Higher

description: Previous research on mindfulness in the second language (L2) context took root in the mid-2010s (e.g., Fallah, 2016) with the focus of study primarily on the benefits of mindfulness on L2 learners. However, only since the early 2020s has research started to focus on how mindfulness affects the L2 teacher, with some theoretical studies addressing its positive influence on the learner-teacher relationship (Song & He, 2021) and on teachers’ identity and motivation (Zhu, 2022). Emerging experimental research relates teachers’ mindfulness levels to their well-being (Pan & Liu, 2022) and to job sustainability (Yuan et al., 2020). Using novel approaches, the current project aims to shed light on the views and experiences that teachers have regarding mindfulness in L2 teaching. This thesis consists of three studies. In the first, a survey was developed to gather the views of 98 teachers, primarily located in the USA and Canada, on the integration of mindfulness in L2 teaching and the mindfulness practices that some of them bring to the classroom. The findings showed a preference for breathing practices. Teachers’ disapproval of mindfulness integration mainly stemmed from their considering mindfulness to be either inappropriate or an impediment to teaching and learning. In the second study, mindfulness practices in and out of the classroom of two L2 university professors in the USA are analyzed. The framework used to examine the mindfulness experiences as related to their well-being resulted in several similarities between both professors’ use of mindfulness to enhance their well-being. In the third and final study, an 11-week mindfulness intervention on the mindfulness levels and teaching practice of seven university L2 instructors located in Canada resulted in an increase in the mindfulness levels of the L2 instructors after the intervention. This thesis has implications for L2 teachers, L2 learners, and administrators.
Additional file 1 of The effect of an electronic medical record intervention on hydroxychloroquine prescribing habits and surveyed providers’ opinions of the 2016 American Academy of Ophthalmology guidelines in the rheumatology and dermatology practices of an academic institutionle
Creators: name: Overbury, Rebecca S.
name: Stoddard, Gregory J.
name: Pupaibool, Jakrapun
name: Hansen, Christopher B.
name: Lebiedz-Odrobina, Dorota
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 1. Post-intervention survey.
Interacting effects of climate change and disturbance on grassland plants and plant communities
Creators: name: Carlyle, Cameron Norman
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2012

description: Grasslands are threatened by urbanization, agricultural conversion, over-grazing, tree-encroachment, and invasive plants. Simultaneously, climate change acts on all levels of biological organization, from entire communities to the physiology of individuals. The environmental stresses induced by climate change have the potential to interact with human-caused disturbance, but the response of plants to these stresses and disturbances, and how they may interact, are not well known. To conserve grasslands it is critical to know which types of grassland and which plant species will be most affected. To understand the mechanisms of change at the ecosystem level it is necessary to study the response at lower levels of biological organization. Using a variety of approaches I studied the potentially interacting effects of stress (primarily reduced water availability) and disturbance (plant biomass removal) on different levels of biological organization. I ran a 4-year field experiment in which I manipulated water availability, temperature and clipping in three different grassland types. I found complex plant community structure and biomass response; treatments often interacted but the different grassland types had their own particular responses. As part of this experiment I monitored the effects of treatments on soil moisture and temperature and found that the effects are generally consistent with expectations, but treatments do not act exclusively or independently on target variables. In addition to stress and disturbance, competition is a key process structuring grasslands. In the greenhouse, I examined how plant competition is affected by stress and disturbance. I found that the interpretation of how competition is affected is dependent on the way competition is measured. Some measures of competition showed reduced competition across stress and disturbance gradients, but other measures showed no change. Finally, I examined the root traits of 18 species of grass in the greenhouse in response to reduced water availability. I found significant variation in traits among species, maintenance of trait hierarchies across environments and little evidence of plasticity, except for root: shoot ratio. Overall, stress, disturbance and their interactions are important in influencing individual plant performance, competition, structuring plant communities, and ecosystem function.
Additional file 2 of The effect of an electronic medical record intervention on hydroxychloroquine prescribing habits and surveyed providers’ opinions of the 2016 American Academy of Ophthalmology guidelines in the rheumatology and dermatology practices of an academic institutionle
Creators: name: Overbury, Rebecca S.
name: Stoddard, Gregory J.
name: Pupaibool, Jakrapun
name: Hansen, Christopher B.
name: Lebiedz-Odrobina, Dorota
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 2. Pre-intervention survey.
Safety Requirements for Transportation of Lithium Batteries
Creators: name: Huo, Haibo
name: Xing, Yinjiao
name: Pecht, Michael
name: Züger, Benno J.
name: Khare, Neeta
name: Vezzini, Andrea
Publisher: name: MDPI
Year: 2017
Subjects: regulations
transport
safety
lithium-ion batteries
lithium-metal batteries

description: The demand for battery-powered products, ranging from consumer goods to electric vehicles, keeps increasing. As a result, batteries are manufactured and shipped globally, and the safe and reliable transport of batteries from production sites to suppliers and consumers, as well as for disposal, must be guaranteed at all times. This is especially true of lithium batteries, which have been identified as dangerous goods when they are transported. This paper reviews the international and key national (U.S., Europe, China, South Korea, and Japan) air, road, rail, and sea transportation requirements for lithium batteries. This review is needed because transportation regulations are not consistent across countries and national regulations are not consistent with international regulations. Comparisons are thus provided to enable proper and cost-effective transportation; to aid in the testing, packaging, marking, labelling, and documentation required for safe and reliable lithium cell/battery transport; and to help in developing national and internal policies.
Additional file 1 of Preventing within household transmission of Covid-19: is the provision of accommodation to support self-isolation feasible and acceptable?
Creators: name: Denford, Sarah
name: Morton, Kate
name: Horwood, Jeremy
name: de Garang, Rachel
name: Yardley, Lucy
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1. .
Thermally Induced Effective Spacetimes in Self-Assembled Hyperbolic Metamaterials
Creators: name: Smolyaninov, Igor I.
Publisher: name: MDPI
Year: 2017
Subjects: analog gravity
metamaterial
inflation

description: Recent developments in gravitation theory indicate that the classic general relativity is an effective macroscopic theory which will be eventually replaced with a more fundamental theory based on thermodynamics of yet unknown microscopic degrees of freedom. Here we consider thermodynamics of an effective spacetime which may be formed under the influence of an external magnetic field in a cobalt ferrofluid. It appears that the extraordinary photons propagating inside the ferrofluid perceive thermal gradients in the ferrofluid as an effective gravitational field, which obeys the Newton law. Moreover, the effective de Sitter spacetime behaviour near the metric signature transition may mimic various cosmological inflation scenarios, which may be visualized directly using an optical microscope. Thus, some features of the hypothetic microscopic theory of gravity are illustrated in the ferrofluid-based analogue models of inflation.
Large scale anisotropy due to pre-inflationary phase of cosmic evolution
Creators: name: Aluri, Pavan K.
name: Jain, Pankaj
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We show that perturbations generated during the anisotropic pre-inflationary stage of cosmic evolution may affect cosmological observations today for a certain range of parameters. Due to the anisotropic nature of the universe during such early times, it might explain some of the observed signals of large scale anisotropy. In particular we argue that the alignment of CMB quadrupole and octopole may be explained by the Sachs-Wolfe effect due to the large scale anisotropic modes from very early times of cosmological evolution. We also comment on how the observed dipole modulation of CMB power may be explained within this framework.
description: 15 pages, 2 figures, substantially revised to provide better explanation of our results, no change in results or conclusions