cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Cross-relaxation and phonon bottleneck effects on magnetization dynamics in LiYF4:Ho3+
Creators: name: Bertaina, S.
name: Barbara, B.
name: Giraud, R.
name: Malkin, B. Z.
name: Vanuynin, M. V.
name: Pominov, A. I.
name: Stolov, A. L.
name: Tkachuk, A. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Frequency and dc magnetic field dependences of dynamic susceptibility in diluted paramagnets LiYF$_4$:Ho$^{3+}$ have been measured at liquid helium temperatures in the ac and dc magnetic fields parallel to the symmetry axis of a tetragonal crystal lattice. Experimental data are analyzed in the framework of microscopic theory of relaxation rates in the manifold of 24 electron-nuclear sublevels of the lowest non-Kramers doublet and the first excited singlet in the Ho$^{3+}$ ground multiplet $^5I_8$ split by the crystal field of S$_4$ symmetry. The one-phonon transition probabilities were computed using electron-phonon coupling constants calculated in the framework of exchange charge model and were checked by optical piezospectroscopic measurements. The specific features observed in field dependences of the in- and out-of-phase susceptibilities (humps and dips, respectively) at the crossings (anti-crossings) of the electron-nuclear sublevels are well reproduced by simulations when the phonon bottleneck effect and the cross-spin relaxation are taken into account.
The connection of furniture through modular forms
Creators: name: Harris, CR
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: The aim of the research project was to create a body of work that will be considered adaptable, dynamic and contemporary by those who interact with it. The furniture is based on the concepts of flexibility and multiple configuration, rather than on rigidity and 'single-purpose' engagements. This allows the user to have the freedom to interact with the furniture by moving and changing it to create numerous different arrangements and formations. The furniture is designed specifically for placement in a variety of different environments including foyers, galleries, public spaces and private residences. Central to this range of furniture is the notion of 'contemporary living'. Given the research is based on multiple configuration, the exploration of production techniques, including fabrication systems and methodology, was necessary to ensure the required number of pieces could be produced, and to further ensure consistency throughout. The body of work has clearly been influenced by two aspects of contemporary culture. The first involves the surf and skate culture of the past twenty years. A range of facets within this culture have been motivational including the progression of design in the surf and skate industry, retail stores featuring bright, multiple and repetitive merchandise and even the simple, leisurely acts of surfing and skating themselves. The second area of influence encompasses contemporary designers, particularly those working with uninterrupted, flowing, humanised forms and further, production and fabrication technology. Key designers including Ron Arad, Tom Dixon and Marc Newson are at the forefront of this category of design and their work has inspired experimentation with various production processes throughout the development of this body of work. The furniture designed and developed for this research project encompasses the concepts of multiple configuration and adaptability, and is a reflection of contemporary Australian culture. Furthermore, by allowing the pieces to be continually changed and moved to represent different configurations, the body of work promotes individualism and creative expression within those who interact with it. It also challenges the conventional, and somewhat restrictive, 'single-purpose' notion which is often associated with the use of furniture in both public and private environments.
Additional file 2 of Genotyping and biofilm formation of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae and their association with virulence
Creators: name: Wu, Yuzi
name: Yu, Yanfei
name: Hua, Lizhong
name: Wei, Yanna
name: Gan, Yuan
name: Chenia, Hafizah Yousuf
name: Wang, Yixuan
name: Xie, Xing
name: Wang, Jia
name: Liu, Maojun
name: Shao, Guoqing
name: Xiong, Qiyan
name: Feng, Zhixin
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 2. The presence of M. hyopneumoniae in lung tissues (qPCR) and clinical observations of pigs post-infection.
title: The Use of the Delphi Technique to Effect Decisions Concerning the College Level Examination Program by Higher Education Representatives
Creators: name: Orme, Terry Joseph
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1976

description: This study investigated the use of the Delphi technique in educational decision making.
Utah State institutions of higher education employ the College Level Examination Program (CLEP) to award credit in lieu of course work. However, since no uniform policies existed among them, 145 persons were selected on a representative basis to recommend a norming group to use for performance comparisons, the standard by which to judge CLEP performance, and the levels for maximum and minimum credit.
The Delphi technique, which employs a round-by-round questionnaire with feedback procedure, was used for six rounds to obtain sufficient consensus on the three aforementioned issues. Initially, the participants were asked to select a norming group and by round three "End of Year Sophomores (National Group)" emerged with a clear majority (68.7 percent) . During the remaining rounds, percentile rank, with 67.8 percent in favor by round five, was selected as the standard and the 53.4 and 80.8 percentiles by round six were selected for the respective minimum and and maximum credit levels. Participant response varied from 61.4 percent responding on round one to 39.3 percent on round six. Since the standard deviation tended to consistently decrease on successive rounds as participant consensus was approximated, it can probably be concluded that the Delphi technique was a useful procedure with which to effect decisions among higher education representatives.
Art Image Copyright and Licensing: Terms and Conditions Governing Appearance and Composition of Images
Creators: name: Brown, Melissa A.
name: Crews, Kenneth D.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2010
Subjects: Intellectual property

description: This table provides an overview of rights and reproduction policies addressing the composition and appearance of art images provided by art museums throughout the United States. It also provides a means for comparing and analyzing how different institutions regulate appearance and composition through licensing terms.
Additional file 3 of Genotyping and biofilm formation of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae and their association with virulence
Creators: name: Wu, Yuzi
name: Yu, Yanfei
name: Hua, Lizhong
name: Wei, Yanna
name: Gan, Yuan
name: Chenia, Hafizah Yousuf
name: Wang, Yixuan
name: Xie, Xing
name: Wang, Jia
name: Liu, Maojun
name: Shao, Guoqing
name: Xiong, Qiyan
name: Feng, Zhixin
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 3. Correction of virulence and results of the in vitro tracheal infection.
Ownership of New Works at the University: Unbundling of Rights and the Pursuit of Higher Learning
Creators: name: Consortium For Educational Technology For University Systems
name: Consortium For Educational Technology For University Systems
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 1997
Subjects: Intellectual property
Copyright

description: This booklet offers a framework for present and future discussions of issues surrounding the ownership of intellectual property. It addresses three concepts which are important for education and for the creation and use of information. First, the initial ownership of newly created intellectual property in traditional university settings, and the subsequent disposition of the associated ownership rights, often has been unguided—sometimes to the detriment of teaching, learning, and research. Second, the effectiveness of higher education requires a better understanding of how ownership rights associated with new intellectual property promote the mutual benefit of faculty, staff, students and their learning communities. Third, new models for the allocation of intellectual rights must be considered and designed which anticipate the influence of new technologies on teaching, learning, research, and creative activity in American universities.
Towards a library of synthetic galaxy spectra and preliminary results of classification and parametrization of unresolved galaxies for Gaia - II
Creators: name: Tsalmantza, P.
name: Kontizas, M.
name: Rocca-Volmerange, B.
name: Bailer-Jones, C. A. L.
name: Kontizas, E.
name: Bellas-Velidis, I.
name: Livanou, E.
name: Korakitis, R.
name: Dapergolas, A.
name: Vallenari, A.
name: Fioc, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This paper is the second in a series, implementing a classification system for Gaia observations of unresolved galaxies. Our goals are to determine spectral classes and estimate intrinsic astrophysical parameters via synthetic templates. Here we describe (1) a new extended library of synthetic galaxy spectra, (2) its comparison with various observations, and (3) first results of classification and parametrization experiments using simulated Gaia spectrophotometry of this library. Using the PEGASE.2 code, based on galaxy evolution models that take account of metallicity evolution, extinction correction, and emission lines (with stellar spectra based on the BaSeL library), we improved our first library and extended it to cover the domain of most of the SDSS catalogue. We produce an extended library of 28885 synthetic galaxy spectra at zero redshift covering four general Hubble types of galaxies, over the wavelength range between 250 and 1050 nm at a sampling of 1 nm or less. The library is also produced for 4 random values of redshift in the range of 0-0.2. It is computed on a random grid of four key astrophysical parameters (infall timescale and 3 parameters defining the SFR) and, depending on the galaxy type, on two values of the age of the galaxy. The synthetic library was compared and found to be in good agreement with various observations. The first results from the SVM classifiers and parametrizers are promising, indicating that Hubble types can be reliably predicted and several parameters estimated with low bias and variance.
description: 14 pages, accepted for publication in A&A
The Academic Library in the Information Age: Changing Roles
Creators: name: Consortium For Educational Technology For University Systems
name: Consortium For Educational Technology For University Systems
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 1997
Subjects: Intellectual property
Copyright

description: This booklet addresses three important areas. First, expectations for the academic library in today's information age. It seemed critical to examine requirements for the library itself, before exploring what would be needed from its staff. Second, an array of new functions and partnerships for library staff that flow from changes to the university and the library. A group of illustrative scenarios suggest some of the roles library staff will assume in the information age. Third, the implications that these changes within the library will have for all parts of the academy. What will the changes mean for students, faculty, academic administrators, technical staff, and library staff themselves?
Exchangeability : sculptural alternatives through the process of material embellishment
Creators: name: Brinckman, Trudi Ann
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: This research project is an investigation into the parameters of a process- driven methodology for constructing objects utilizing materials from the urban environment. This process involves the gathering of everyday items and materials, observed and subsequently translated into three-dimensional and two dimensional works. The question raised in pursuing this project is: Can everyday materials be presented as formal sculptural objects that trigger an altered appreciation of the original material: moving beyond the familiarity of materials and objects? It is my intention to test and re-present materials in such a way that the viewer is led to consider everyday objects in a new context.
The synthetic and spectroscopic study of some new tin (IV) and organotin (IV) fluorine compounds
Creators: name: Levchuk, Larry E.
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: The solvolysis of methyltin(IV) chlorine compounds of the general type (CH₃)nSnCl₄₋n with n ranging from 0 to 4, is studied in aqueous and anhydrous hydrogen fluoride under a variety of conditions. The studies in anhydrous HF have resulted in the synthesis of the new compounds methyltin(IV) trifluoride, dimethyltin(IV) chloride fluoride and methyltin(IV) dichloride fluoride. Methyltin(IV) chloro difluoride could not be synthesized in this way. A special monel reflux reactor was utilized for these reactions. Attempts to solvolyze vinyl- and phenyltin compounds with anhydrous HF did not yield pure products. In these cases, the evidence indicates that cleavage of the Sn-Cl and Sn-C bonds occurs in an unpredictable manner. A convenient method for the preparation of SnCl₂F₂ is found in the solvolysis of SnCl₄ with anhydrous HF. Interaction of this compound with either S₂O₆F₂ or C1OSO₂F results in the formation of SnF₂(SO₃F)₂. Attempts to find alternative synthetic routes to SnF₂(SO₃F)₂ were unsuccessful. Structural proposals for these compounds are based on infrared, Raman and ¹¹⁹Sn Mössbauer spectra. All the new compounds are found to be polymeric via fluorine or fluorosulphate bridges, resulting in penta- or hexacoordination around tin. Dialkyltin(IV) difluorides are easily obtained when the corresponding chlorides are solvolyzed in aqueous hydrogen fluoride. Dimethyltin, diethyltin, dipropyltin, dibutyltin and dioctyltin difluorides are prepared in this way. However, divinyltin(IV) difluoride and diphenyltin(IV) difluoride cannot be made via this route. Also, CH₃SnF₃ and the methyltin(IV) chloride fluorides cannot be synthesized from solvolysis reactions involving aqueous HF.
Art Image Copyright and Licensing: Terms and Conditions Governing Reproduction and Distribution
Creators: name: Brown, Melissa A.
name: Crews, Kenneth D.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2010
Subjects: Intellectual property

description: This table provides an overview of the rights and reproduction policies of art museums within the United States as they address the reproduction and distribution of artwork reproductions. It also provides a means for comparing and analyzing how different institutions approach controlling reproduction and distribution when licensing uses of art images.
Proximity effect and electron transport in the oxide hybrid heterostructures with superconducting/magnetic interfaces
Creators: name: Ovsyannikov, G. A.
name: Constantinian, K. Y.
name: Kislinski, Yu. V.
name: Shadrin, A. V.
name: Zaitsev, A. V.
name: Demidov, V. V.
name: Borisenko, I. V.
name: Kalabukhov, A. V.
name: Winkler, D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report on the study of electron transport in the oxide heterostructures with superconductor/magnetic matter (S/M) interfaces where anomaly large penetration of superconducting correlations in magnetic matter (proximity effect) is realized. The developed theoretical model based on multilayer magnetic structure of M-interlayer and experiment show presence of the long-range proximity effect at S/M-interface with antiferromagnetic (AF) ordering of the interlayer magnetization. The investigated hybrid heterostructures include cuprate superconductor, the AF-cuprate interlayer and conventional superconductor, Nb. The superconducting critical current with density 1-10A/cm2 and the characteristic voltage, 0.1-0.2 mV, are observed at liquid helium temperature for 15-50 nm thick M-interlayer made of AF film CaSrCuO. These heterostructures demonstrate deviation from sin-type superconducting current-phase relation and had the critical current of the second harmonic of 10-20% of the first harmonic one. The hybrid heterostructures with S/AF interface show high sensitivity to the external magnetic field that is possibly caused by the influence of an external magnetic field on the canting of magnetic moments of individual layers of AF -interlayer. Substituting the AF cuprate by a manganite film, no critical current was observed, although the M- interlayer was made very thin, down to 5 nm.
Flowing Together - The Role of Urban Design in Synthesising Stakeholder Contributions to Citarum River Revitalisation
Creators: name: Tanumihardja, Dicky Santosa
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 330405
subject: Public participation and community engagement
classificationCode: 401106
subject: Waste management, reduction, reuse and recycling
classificationCode: 350717
subject: Stakeholder engagement
classificationCode: 330306
subject: Design practice and methods
classificationCode: 330411
subject: Urban design
classificationCode: 400410
subject: Wastewater treatment processes
classificationCode: 410199
subject: Climate change impacts and adaptation not elsewhere classified

description: This PhD examines how urban design links high-level river revitalisation concepts to local implementation, focusing on the Citarum River in West Java, which contributed to delivering the Citarik Masterplan as the vision for river revitalisation. The findings highlight benefits such as providing a platform to communicate among stakeholders and bridging the gap between high-level strategic planning and localised interventions, alongside challenges like maintaining objectivity, lengthy processes, difficulties in transitioning from planning to implementation, and power dynamics among stakeholders. The findings can guide future urban design processes and integrate lessons learned into similar initiatives in resource-constrained contexts like Indonesia.
Art Image Copyright and Licensing: Terms and Conditions Governing Third Party Rights
Creators: name: Brown, Melissa A.
name: Crews, Kenneth D.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2010
Subjects: Intellectual property

description: This table provides an overview of the rights and reproduction policies of art museums within the United States as they address the existence of third party copyrights in artwork reproductions. It also provides a means for comparing and analyzing how different institutions approach the issue of third party rights when licensing uses of art images.
Art Image Copyright and Licensing: Bibliography
Creators: name: Brown, Melissa A.
name: Crews, Kenneth D.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2010
Subjects: Intellectual property

description: This bibliography is the result of a literature review conducted during the summer of 2009 as part of a study of art museum copyright and licensing policies funded by The Samuel H. Kress Foundation. It collects literature on copyright and licensing issues pertaining to reproductions of works of art, with a particular focus on literature examining the relationship between museum rights and reproduction policies and copyright law. More generally, it includes literature on art and copyright law, examining issues such as notions of originality and the impact of copyright and licensing on the creation of new works of art. While the majority of works in this bibliography are concerned with United States copyright law, it also includes relevant English-language literature on international and comparative copyright laws.
Swift observations of IBL and LBL objects
Creators: name: Massaro, F.
name: Giommi, P.
name: Tosti, G.
name: Cassetti, A.
name: Nesci, R.
name: Perri, M.
name: Burrows, D.
name: Gerehls, N.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: BL Lacs are an enigmatic class of active galactic nuclei (AGNs), characterized by the non-thermal continuum typically attributed to synchrotron and inverse Compton emission. Depending on the frequency location of the maxima of these components, they are subdivided into three subclasses LBLs, IBLs, and HBLs. We present the results of a set of observations of eight BL Lac objects of LBL and IBL type performed by the XRT and UVOT detectors onboard the Swift satellite between January 2005 and November 2006. We are mainly interested in measuring the spectral parameters, and particularly the steepness between the UV and the X-ray band, useful for determining the classification of these sources. We compare the behavior of these sources with previous XMM-Newton, BeppoSAX obser- vations and with historical data in the X-ray and in the optical band. We are also interested in classifying the sources in our sample on the basis of the observations and comparing them with their classification presented in literature. We performed X-ray spectral analysis of observed BL Lac objects using a simple powerlaw and in a few cases the log-parabolic model. We also combined the UV emission with the low energy X-ray data to We used observational data to classify sources in our sample and derived parameters of their spectral energy distribution. We found that for the IBLs X-rays low states show features of the high energy component, usually interpreted as due to inverse Compton emission. Sources in our sample exhibit a range of temporal UV and X-ray behaviors, some objects having clear and neat correlated UV and X-ray variations (e.g. ON231) and other objects showing no clear (e.g. AO 0235+164) UV and X-ray correlation. Finally, we also note that our estimates of spectral curvature are in the range of that measured for the HBLs.
description: 10 pages, 7 figures, published in A&A
Godot and the New Physics
Creators: name: Wilkinson, Guy
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A survey is made of selected topics in flavour physics where real progress is expected in the coming half-decade, paying particular attention to those where New Physics signals may appear.
description: Invited talk at FPCP 2009, Lake Placid, NY, USA
Interim Report: Art Image Copyright and Licensing Study
Creators: name: Crews, Kenneth D.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2010
Subjects: Intellectual property

description: This report constitutes an interim report submitted to The Samuel H. Kress Foundation with respect to a grant for the study of museum licensing policies and terms for the use of art images. According to the original grant proposal, the requested grant period was eighteen (18) months, beginning as of May 1, 2009. The first twelve (12) months have centered on research and producing deliverables. That period is now completed. This report will document the tasks pursued and completed during the initial research term of the grant.
Systematizing randomness : a new decorative order
Creators: name: Arnold, JA
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: This project has investigated the strategic development and design of decorative systems that can operate as independent entities or be part of an adaptive system of architectural ornament. It is not about autonomous art objects. The project presents a re-invention of process, methodology and a new strategic capability for the generation and development of systems for a new decorative order. The original drawings remain in the gallery but the resultant spatial units or modules are installed on buildings as required. Considerable in-depth analysis of wooden door, window lattice and ceiling ornament systems in the Alhambra was undertaken within the project. Islamic interlaced ornament consists of geometrically complex/inter-woven lathes of inlaid wood integral within the fabric of building construction where line/structure are one. A primary focus in the research has been the development of complex construction line drawings that form the structural web on which aperiodic and interlaced patterns are structured. Central to this project thesis has been the expansion from gallery wall mounted constructions and drawings to a number of systems of decorative, volumetric, sculptural configurations for integration and adoption into architectural surface or facade. The move to computer aided drafting (CAD) has facilitated the development of new spatial units, modules and systems. The unexpected impact on drawing has been a vastly increased capability to explore and produce more complex constructions than was previously possible using hand drawing techniques. These new decorative systems provide a grammar of applied ornament, which are both fragmentary and coherent. The resulting works have an exciting 'un-predictability'.
The ion-induced charge-exchange X-ray emission of the Jovian Auroras: Magnetospheric or solar wind origin?
Creators: name: Hui, Yawei
name: Schultz, David R.
name: Kharchenko, Vasili A.
name: Stancil, Phillip C.
name: Cravens, Thomas E.
name: Lisse, Carey M.
name: Dalgarno, Alexander
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A new and more comprehensive model of charge-exchange induced X-ray emission, due to ions precipitating into the Jovian atmosphere near the poles, has been used to analyze spectral observations made by the Chandra X-ray Observatory. The model includes for the first time carbon ions, in addition to the oxygen and sulfur ions previously considered, in order to account for possible ion origins from both the solar wind and the Jovian magnetosphere. By comparing the model spectra with newly reprocessed Chandra observations, we conclude that carbon ion emission provides a negligible contribution, suggesting that solar wind ions are not responsible for the observed polar X-rays. In addition, results of the model fits to observations support the previously estimated seeding kinetic energies of the precipitating ions (~0.7-2 MeV/u), but infer a different relative sulfur to oxygen abundance ratio for these Chandra observations.
description: 11 pages, 2 figures, 2 tables, submitted to ApJ Letter
Additional file 4 of CX3CL1 promotes cell sensitivity to ferroptosis and is associated with the tumor microenvironment in clear cell renal cell carcinoma
Creators: name: Gong, Qiming
name: Guo, Zhiting
name: Sun, Wenjuan
name: Du, Xiuri
name: Jiang, Yan
name: Liu, Fahui
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer

description: Additional file 4: Supplementary Fig. 3. The full-length blots of Actin, CX3CL1, GPX4, PCNA and XCT in virto.
Spectral singularities in a non-Hermitian Friedrichs-Fano-Anderson model
Creators: name: Longhi, S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Spectral singularities are predicted to occur in a non-Hermitian extension of the Friedrichs-Fano-Anderson model describing the decay of a discrete state $|a >$ coupled to a continuum of modes. A physical realization of the model, based on electronic or photonic transport in a semi-infinite tight-binding lattice with an imaginary impurity site at the lattice boundary, is proposed. The occurrence of the spectral singularities is shown to correspond either to a diverging reflection probability (for an amplifying impurity) or to a vanishing reflection probability (for an absorbing impurity) from the lattice boundary. In the former case, the spectral singularity of the resolvent is also responsible for the non-decay of state $|a>$ into the continuum, in spite of the absence of bound states.
description: 14 pages, 9 figures
Information Resources and Library Services for Distance Learners: A Framework for Quality
Creators: name: Crews, Kenneth D.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 1997
Subjects: Intellectual property
Copyright
Library science
Distance education

description: This document contains recommendations on guidelines for information resources and library services for distance learners. As such, it may serve as a blueprint for policy development or updating existing guidelines at the local, state, regional and national level. The overarching intent of this work is to provide sample principles as a resource for developing, enhancing and endorsing standards and guidelines for distance learners.
Filipinos in Tasmania : a gendered analysis of diaspora and resistance
Creators: name: Clark, Juliet
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: This thesis investigates the experiences of Filipino women who have migrated from the Philippines to Tasmania, Australia. Commonly referred to as 'mail-order brides', the women discussed in this thesis have migrated to Australia for the purpose of marriage, usually after a process of letter writing and friendship. Utilising the theoretical sociology of Pierre Bourdieu and other postmodern theorists such as Michel Foucault and Judith Butler, this thesis argues that Filipino women in Tasmania do not regard themselves as 'victims', as suggested in many scholarly and media representations of 'mail-order brides'. Instead, based on the accounts of Filipino women living in Tasmania, this thesis provides new insights into the 'mail-order bride' phenomenon, questioning and challenging the many assumptions that are often made about their migration. The ultimate aim of this thesis is to provide alternative realities to the stereotypes of Filipino women married to Australian men. It will be argued that many of the Filipino women who migrate to Australia for marriage cannot be regarded as 'victims', but rather as autonomous agents: they often resist and challenge dominant social and gender regimes at various junctures in their lives. To provide a sense of social and historical depth to these arguments, this thesis will examine some of the cultural conditions in the Philippines that may influence Filipino migration to Australia. I explore how neo-colonialism in the Philippines has had both a positive and negative influence on Filipino women. I also examine some of the underlying structures of patriarchy in the Philippines in relation to ideology, sexuality and labour. In this section of this thesis, I utilise Bourdieu's theories of capital and empowerment to further understand the complexities of gendered migration to Australia. This thesis also engages with issues of identity within the context of multiculturalism and social divisions in Australia. I show how social policies on multiculturalism do not adequately account for the hybridity of interracial subjects such as Filipino women who migrate to Australia. Furthermore, this thesis offers a theoretical account of how Filipino women and their families are sites for the development and articulation of a hybrid identity.
title: A Test of the Effectiveness of Two Treatment Modalities for Adolescent Residents of an Intermediate Care Facility
Creators: name: Warner, Paul David
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1976

description: This study attempts to test the effectiveness of two treatment modalities for adolescent residents of the Intermediate Care Facility at St. Anthony, Idaho.
The study was conducted at the Intermediate Care Facility (ICF) at St. Anthony, Idaho. The St. Anthony ICF is a separate yet distinct part of the Youth Services Center in the same area.
The participants of this study were 20 emotionally disturbed adolescents who were randomly assigned to two treatment groups (10 participants in each group). The participants of both groups were shown to be homogeneous with regards to severity of emotional disturbance, family background, race, sex, age, and offense leading to institutionalization.
Both groups of subjects were observed for 7 days during both base line and data line observation periods by pairs of trained observers. These observers monitored the frequency of occurrence of nine specific misbehaviors which fell into three general categories of behavior, i.e., category one: passive-withdrawal, category two: overt-hostility, and, category three: manipulation. The reliability between pairs of observers for base line and data line observation period ranged between .82 and .98.
During the 6-week treatment phase of the study, one group of subjects (E1 group) received intensive individual, group, recreational and vocational therapy, while the second experimental group (E2 group) received intensive individual, group, recreational and vocational therapy coupled with self monitoring plus a 5-day training in the recognition of inappropriate behaviors.
Both the E1 and E2 group participants showed a significant overall decrease in the frequency of misbehaviors for all three categories combined when each group was considered separately on base line and data line observations. However, when the three general categories were considered separately for each experimental group, the E1 group participants showed a significant reduction in only one of the three categories--category one, passive-withdrawal. Whereas, the E2 group participants showed a significant reduction in the frequency of misbehavior in all three categories when base line and data line frequencies were compared. When the E1 group is compared with the E2 group for the greatest amount of reduction of misbehaviors after treatment, the treatment modality applied to the E2 group was significantly more effective in reducing the frequency of misbehavior than was the treatment modality which was applied to the E1 group participants.
The results of this study seem to indicate that for this sample, a treatment modality which combines intensive individual, group, recreational and vocational therapy with self-monitoring plus training in the recognition of inappropriate behaviors is significantly more effective in reducing the frequency of misbehaviors than is a treatment which employs only intensive individual, group, recreational and vocational therapy techniques.
Preliminary results of the Marine Scientific Research program : PhilEx Exploratory Cruise, Research Vessel Melville, 6 June to 3 July 2007, Manila to Manila
Creators: name: Gordon, Arnold L.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Oceanography
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences

description: This report filed by the cruise Chief Scientist Arnold L. Gordon, presents the preliminary results of the Marine Scientific Research program entitled PhilEx Exploratory Cruise, which took place from the US research vessel Melville from 6 June to 3 July 2007, Manila to Manila. However, before presenting the preliminary results a brief overview of the PhilEx program is presented, including the relationship of the Exploratory Cruise to the other field cruises of PhilEx.
Investigating the genetics of primary open-angle glaucoma in Tasmania
Creators: name: Charlesworth, Jac Claire
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: Glaucoma is a major cause of visual impairment and the second leading cause of blindness worldwide. The most common form is adult-onset, primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG), which has a strong genetic component, with family history an established risk factor. This dissertation explores several different approaches to the analysis of extended POAG pedigrees to dissect the genetic aetiology of this phenotypically and genetically heterogeneous disease. The families were collected as part of the Glaucoma Inheritance Study in Tasmania (GIST), a study of glaucoma in Tasmania, representing almost complete population ascertainment of POAG patients. One aim of this study was to investigate linkage to the POAG loci known at the time in a selection of 10 extended pedigrees from the GIST. These pedigrees were genotyped at POAG loci GLC1A, GLC1B, GLC1C, GLC1D, GLC1E and GLC1F, at an average marker spacing of 4 cM within each locus. Initial Markov chain Monte Carlo based linkage analyses revealed several suggestive results, and two families were subsequently selected for fine-mapping and follow-up analyses. One of these, family GTas15, produced p-values of 0.01 or less at five markers flanked by D251897 and D2S2269 in the follow-up nonparametric linkage analysis, with a minimum p-value of 0.005 at D2S1897. A 9 cM haplotype of interest was identified, overlapping the original GLC1B locus. These findings provided supportive evidence for the GLCIB locus on chromosome 2cen-q13, and verified the existence of a POAG susceptibility gene in this region. This study also aimed to identify genetic contributions to POAG by investigating quantitative components of the disease phenotype. Genome-wide multipoint variancecomponents linkage analyses of maximum recorded intraocular pressure (lOP) and maximum vertical cup-to-disc ratio were conducted on data from a single, extended POAG pedigree from the GIST, previously found to segregate the myocilin Q368X mutation in some individuals. Multipoint linkage analysis of maximum recorded LOP produced a significant peak LOD score of 3.3 (p=0.00015) near marker D10S537 on chromosome 10q22, whereas maximum cup-to-disc ratio produced a suggestive peak LOD score of 2.3 (p=0.00056) near markers DIS197 to DlS220 on chromosome 1p32. Inclusion of the myocilin Q368X mutation as a covariate provided evidence of an interaction between this mutation and the LOP and cup-to-disc ratio loci. Identification of genes contributing to the variance of the quantitative phenotype components of this disease will enhance understanding of the pathophysiology of POAG as a whole.
A systematic fitting scheme for caustic-crossing microlensing events
Creators: name: Kains, N.
name: Cassan, A.
name: Horne, K.
name: Albrow, M. D.
name: Dieters, S.
name: Fouque, P.
name: Greenhill, J.
name: Udalski, A.
name: Zub, M.
name: Bennett, D. P.
name: Dominik, M.
name: Donatowicz, J.
name: Kubas, D.
name: Tsapras, Y.
name: Anguita, T.
name: Batista, V.
name: Beaulieu, J. -P.
name: Brillant, S.
name: Bode, M.
name: Bramich, D. M.
name: Burgdorf, M.
name: Caldwell, J. A. R.
name: Cook, K. H.
name: Coutures, Ch.
name: Prester, D. Dominis
name: Jorgensen, U. G.
name: Kane, S.
name: Marquette, J. B.
name: Martin, R.
name: Menzies, J.
name: Pollard, K. R.
name: Rattenbury, N.
name: Sahu, K. C.
name: Snodgrass, C.
name: Steele, I.
name: Vinter, C.
name: Wambsganss, J.
name: Williams, A.
name: Kubiak, M.
name: Pietrzynski, G.
name: Soszynski, I.
name: Szewczyk, O.
name: Szymanski, M. K.
name: Ulaczyk, K.
name: Wyrzykowski, L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We outline a method for fitting binary-lens caustic-crossing microlensing events based on the alternative model parameterisation proposed and detailed in Cassan (2008). As an illustration of our methodology, we present an analysis of OGLE-2007-BLG-472, a double-peaked Galactic microlensing event with a source crossing the whole caustic structure in less than three days. In order to identify all possible models we conduct an extensive search of the parameter space, followed by a refinement of the parameters with a Markov Chain-Monte Carlo algorithm. We find a number of low-chi2 regions in the parameter space, which lead to several distinct competitive best models. We examine the parameters for each of them, and estimate their physical properties. We find that our fitting strategy locates several minima that are difficult to find with other modelling strategies and is therefore a more appropriate method to fit this type of events.
description: 12 pages, 11 figures
Art Image Copyright and Licensing: Compilation and Summary of Museum Policies
Creators: name: Brown, Melissa A.
name: Crews, Kenneth D.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2010
Subjects: Intellectual property

description: This document summarizes and compiles terms and conditions governing image rights and reproduction from fifty art museums in the United States. The sample of museums was selected from among the 193 museums accredited by the American Association of Museums that have a primary specialty in art. For each museum, copyright and image licensing information was obtained from the museum's website.
Exploratory organic photochemistry : internal epoxy ketones and medium sized dienes
Creators: name: Gayler, Rudolf Erich
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: In Part I of this work octahydro-4a, 8a-epoxy-l(2H)-naphthalenone, hexahydro-3a,6a-epoxy-l(2H)-pentalenone, and octahydro-3a,8a-epoxy-4(lH)-azulenone were photolyzed. The major course of these reactions was one of polymerization. Small amounts of monomeric products could however be obtained with difficulty and were tentatively assigned the structures which arise mechanistically via the same path as in the rearrangement of ordinary aliphatic α,β-epoxy ketones i.e, 1,3-diketone formation. In order to prove the structure of the photoproduct of the naphthalenone epoxide the synthesis of 2-cyclopentylidene-cyclopentanone oxide was attempted. In Part II of this thesis the nature of the excited state in the photolysis of cis, cis-cyclodeca-3, 8-diene-l, 6-dione was investigated by quenching and sensitization experiments. These suggested that the reactive excited state involved was a highly reactive triplet state. Furthermore, the thermal reaction of cis, trans-cyclodeca-3, 8-diene-1, 6-dione was investigated and found to give rise to three new products in low yields whose structures are still under investigation. They probably arose from an ene-reaction. Thermolysis of cis, cis-cyclodeca-3, 8-diene-1, 6-dione afforded 3a, 5, 8, 8a-tetrahydro-8a-hydroxy-4(1H)-azulenone. A low temperature photolysis of cis, trans-cyclodeca-3, 8-diene-l, 6-dione was carried out at 77°K in order to trap the potential intermediate trans, trans-cyclodeca-3, 8-diene-l, 6-dione. However, besides a minor amount of cis, cis-isomer, the low temperature photolysis afforded the same product as that obtained by photolysis at ambient temperature. Finally the centrosymmetric anti-configuration of the tricyclic photo-product from cis, cis-cyclodeca-3, 8-diene-l, 6-dione was further supported by a dipole measurement and by infrared and Raman spectroscopy.
Timing and seasonality of the United States ‘warming hole’
Creators: name: Mascioli, Nora Rose
name: Previdi, Michael
name: Fiore, Arlene M.
name: Ting, Mingfang
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Seasons
Temperature
Atmosphere
Meteorology

description: The United States ‘warming hole’ is a region in the southeast/central U.S. where observed long-term surface temperature trends are insignificant or negative. We investigate the roles of anthropogenic forcing and internal variability on these trends by systematically examining observed seasonal temperature trends over all time periods of at least 10 years during 1901–2015. Long-term summer cooling in the north central U.S. beginning in the 1930s reflects the recovery from the anomalously warm ‘Dust Bowl’ of that decade. In the northeast and southern U.S., significant summertime cooling occurs from the early 1950s to the mid 1970s, which we partially attribute to increasing anthropogenic aerosol emissions (median fraction of the observed temperature trends explained is 0.69 and 0.17, respectively). In winter, the northeast and southern U.S. cool significantly from the early 1950s to the early 1990s, but we do not find evidence for a significant aerosol influence. Instead, long-term phase changes in the North Atlantic Oscillation contribute significantly to this cooling in both regions, while the Pacific Decadal Oscillation also contributes significantly to southern U.S. cooling. Rather than stemming from a single cause, the U.S. warming hole reflects both anthropogenic aerosol forcing and internal climate variability, but the dominant drivers vary by season, region, and time period.
title: Variables Effecting College Enrollment or Nonenrollment
Creators: name: Mendelson, Randy Jay
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1979

description: The purpose of this study was to determine the reasons why students did not enroll at Utah State in the fall quarter of 1978 when they had listed the university as their first choice among institutions to attend. An equally important purpose was to determine whether or not there were differences in the personal characteristics of the enrolled and nonenrolled groups.
Both students who entered U.S.U. in the fall quarter of 1978 and those who failed at that time to enroll served as samples for the study. A random sample of 150 students per group, 300 students altogether, was employed toward a determination of the specific reasons why students did not enroll.
Both enrolled and nonenrolled students were mailed an identical questionnaire requesting reasons for enrollment or nonenrollment, depending on the student's circumstance. A third purpose was to use the results to develop recommendations which may help increase the percentage of applicants who become U.S.U. students.
This study discovered differences between students enrolled at Utah State University and those not enrolled with respect to factors which might have influenced their decision to attend/not attend Utah State University. Differences between the two groups were found for the variables "printed materials and letters from U.S.U.", "campus visit", "major field of study", "social environment", "rank in graduating class" and "item influencing most their decision to attend/not attend U.S.U.". Differences between the two groups were found, also for the variables "finances", "recommendations", and "proximity to home".
Various suggestions with respect to Utah State's recruitment and enrollment policies have been offered. It would appear to be in Utah State's best interest to have prospective students visit the U.S.U. campus as well as have the student's parents involved in the college decision-making process. It is recommended that prospective U.S.U. students be informed of financial aid applications and procedures as well as hear the recommendations of individuals who have had previous contact with Utah State University. It is suggested that the housing office of U.S.U. develop pamphlets, brochures, and other such information to be distributed to prospective students who will be living away from home when attending college.