cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Modulation of Pro-inflammatory Cytokines Expression of the Biofield Energy (The Trivedi Effect®) Based Herbomineral Formulation in Mouse Splenocytes
Creators: name: Plikerd, William Dean
Publisher: name: SMN - The ScienceMedia Network
Year: 2019
Subjects: Natural Sciences

description: With the increasing popularity of herbomineral preparations in healthcare, a new proprietary herbomineral formulation was formulated with ashwagandha root extract and three minerals viz. zinc, magnesium, and selenium. The aim of the study was to evaluate the immunomodulatory potential of Biofield Energy Healing (The Trivedi Effect®) on the herbomineral formulation using murine splenocyte cells. The test formulation was divided into two parts. One was the control without the Biofield Energy Treatment. The other part was labelled the Biofield Energy Treated sample, which received the Biofield Energy Healing Treatment remotely by twenty renowned Biofield Energy Healers. Through MTT assay, all the test formulation concentrations from 0.00001053 to 10.53 µg/mL were found to be safe with cell viability ranging from 102.61% to 194.57% using splenocyte cells. The Biofield Treated test formulation showed a significant (p≤0.01) inhibition of TNF-α expression by 15.87%, 20.64%, 18.65%, and 20.34% at 0.00001053, 0.0001053, 0.01053, and 0.1053, µg/mL, respectively as compared to the vehicle control (VC) group. The level of TNF-α was reduced by 8.73%, 19.54%, and 14.19% at 0.001053, 0.01053, and 0.1053 µg/mL, respectively in the Biofield Treated test formulation compared to the untreated test formulation. The expression of IL-1β reduced by 22.08%, 23.69%, 23.00%, 16.33%, 25.76%, 16.10%, and 23.69% at 0.00001053, 0.0001053, 0.001053, 0.01053, 0.1053, 1.053 and 10.53 µg/mL, respectively compared to the VC. Additionally, the expression of MIP-1α significantly (p≤0.001) reduced by 13.35%, 22.96%, 25.11%, 22.71%, and 21.83% at 0.00001053, 0.0001053, 0.01053, 1.053, and 10.53 µg/mL, respectively in the Biofield Treated test formulation compared to the VC. The Biofield Treated test formulation significantly down-regulated the MIP-1α expression by 10.75%, 9.53%, 9.57%, and 10.87% at 0.00001053, 0.01053, 0.1053 and 1.053 µg/mL, respectively compared to the untreated test formulation. The results showed the IFN-γ expression was also significantly (p≤0.001) reduced by 39.16%, 40.34%, 27.57%, 26.06%, 42.53%, and 48.91% at 0.0001053, 0.001053, 0.01053, 0.1053, 1.053, and 10.53 µg/mL, respectively in the Biofield Treated test formulation compared to the VC. The Biofield Treated test formulation showed better suppression of IFN-γ expression by 15.46%, 13.78%, 17.14%, and 13.11% at concentrations 0.001053, 0.01053, 0.1053, and 10.53 µg/mL, respectively compared to the untreated test formulation. Overall, the results demonstrated that The Trivedi Effect®- Biofield Energy Healing (TEBEH) has the capacity to potentiate the immunomodulatory and anti-inflammatory activity of the test formulation. Biofield Energy may also be useful in organ transplants, anti-aging, and stress management by improving overall health and quality of life.
Alternative mechanism of avoiding the big rip or little rip for a scalar phantom field
Creators: name: Xi, Ping
name: Zhai, Xiang-hua
name: Li, Xin-zhou
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Depending on the choice of its potential, the scalar phantom field $ϕ$ (the equation of state parameter $w
description: 9 pages,6 figures
Proteomic analysis of yeast membranes enriched in acyltransferases Gpt2p and Sct1p provides insight into their roles and regulation
Creators: name: Shabits, Brittney
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Biology
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Proteomics
subject: Glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase
subject: Affinity purification
subject: Mass spectrometry

description: Gpt2p and Sct1p are yeast glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferases (GPATs) that catalyze the first committed and rate-limiting step in the synthesis of glycerolipids. Although both enzymes catalyze the same reaction, they contribute differentially to downstream steps in the de novo biosynthesis of glycerolipids. Membranes enriched in either Gpt2p or Sct1p were affinity isolated and associated proteins were identified by mass spectrometry. Unique protein profiles were identified for both GPATs, with significant enrichments in proteins related to glycerophospholipid, sphingolipid, and fatty acid metabolism. Identified proteins revealed a hub around palmitoyl-CoA, implying that there is competition between these pathways for the channelling of this fatty acid into specific metabolic branches. Interestingly, a Gpt2p mutant missing its serine-rich C-terminus did not associate with selected proteins found in the wildtype Gpt2p-enriched membranes. This suggests that this protein region of high phosphorylation in Gpt2p may be important in facilitating some protein-protein associations detected in this study.
Resilient Leadership
Creators: name: Stine Hansen, Kira
name: Karácsony, Gyöngyi
name: Chaimbault-Petitjean, Thomas
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: At this workshop, 'Resilient Leadership' is introduced, and attendees will reflect on their own leadership by exercise and discussions among peers. 
Networks/partnerships are essential for success within strategy and innovation, political skills in leadership are needed, being able to anticipate changes and embed coping mechanisms; – How do you as a leader anchor changes personally and organizationally?  
This is what Resilient Leadership is about – how you can initiate and work with resilience as a power tool to move your organization forward. Resilience is the ability to absorb and handle – taking in what is learned, both personally and within the organization, and change.
Toward a Quality-Controlled and Accessible Pitzer Model for Seawater and Related Systems.
Creators: name: Turner, David R.
name: Achterberg, Eric P.
name: Chen, Chen-Tung A.
name: Clegg, Simon L.
name: Hatje, Vanessa
name: Maldonado, Maria T.
name: Sander, Sylvia G.
name: Van Den Berg, Constant M. G.
name: Wells, Mona
Publisher: name: UNESCO/IOC
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Chemical speciation
subject: Modeling
subject: Equilibria
subject: pH
subject: Trace metals
subject: Biogeochemical cycles
subject: Chemical oceanography

description: We elaborate the need for a quality-controlled chemical speciation model for seawater and related natural waters, work which forms the major focus of SCOR Working Group 145. Model development is based on Pitzer equations for the seawater electrolyte and trace components. These equations can be used to calculate activities of dissolved ions and molecules and, in combination with thermodynamic equilibrium constants, chemical speciation. The major tasks to be addressed are ensuring internal consistency of the Pitzer model parameters (expressing the interactions between pairs and triplets of species, which ultimately determines the calculated activities), assessing uncertainties, and identifying important data gaps that should be addressed by new measurements. It is recognised that natural organic matter plays an important role in many aquatic ecosystems, and options for including this material in a Pitzer-based model are discussed. The process of model development begins with the core components which include the seawater electrolyte and the weak acids controlling pH. This core model can then be expanded by incorporating additional chemical components, changing the standard seawater composition and/or broadening the range of temperature and pressure, without compromising its validity. Seven important areas of application are identified: open ocean acidification; micro-nutrient biogeochemistry and geochemical tracers; micro-nutrient behaviour in laboratory studies; water quality in coastal and estuarine waters; cycling of nutrients and trace metals in pore waters; chemical equilibria in hydrothermal systems; brines and salt lakes.
COACING AND SUPERVISION IN THE ARMY STAFF AND COMMAND MILITARY SCHOOL
Creators: name: IMRAN KAHAR
name: MUDIYATI RAHMATUNNISA
name: IDA WIDIANINGSIH
name: SATRIYA WIBAWA
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Mentor Officer, Counseling, Educational and SESKOAD Experience.

description: Abstract

This study analyzes the role of mentor officers in military schools at the Army Staff and Command School (Seskoad), which is the highest development school in the Indonesian Army (TNI-AD) established to educate mid-ranking officers of the TNI-AD and representatives from the Navy (TNI-AL), Air Force (TNI-AU), Indonesian National Police, and friendly foreign countries. The findings of this research highlight the crucial role of mentor officers, emphasizing the need for adequate capabilities and competencies in both military and general knowledge. The contribution of this research can serve as a reference for the management of mentor officer quality as companions to officer students during their education at the Army Staff and Command School (SESKOAD).
Additional file 1 of The role of social support and self-control in tobacco consumption: a cross-sectional study among tobacco consumers and non-consumers
Creators: name: Homayuni, Atefeh
name: Hosseini, Zahra
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
classificationCode: 59999
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
classificationCode: 69999
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 1.
Investigation of striatal soluble N-ethylmaleimide sensitive factor attachment receptor (SNARE) proteins in schizophrenia
Creators: name: Barakauskas, Vilte Elenute
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: Synaptic dysfunction likely contributes to abnormal brain function in schizophrenia. Patient symptoms indicate that the striatum is involved in this disease. The three neuronal soluble-NSF-attachment receptor (SNARE) proteins (SNAP-25, syntaxin-1 and VAMP) interact at the presynaptic neuronal membrane to facilitate neurotransmission, and are thus key players in synaptic function. SNARE abnormalities have already been reported in cortical and hippocampal brain regions in schizophrenia. Their involvement in striatal dysfunction has not been investigated. Normal synaptic function requires the SNAREs to physically interact with each other, but little is known about how altered SNARE protein levels in schizophrenia relate to SNARE protein interactions. Multiple isoforms of each SNARE exist in the brain, may affect SNARE protein interactions and synaptic transmission differently, and may diverge functionally. SNARE isoform expression in schizophrenia is unknown. Thus, abnormalities in SNARE protein expression or function may underlie or contribute to brain dysfunction and disease. In this thesis, SNARE protein levels were measured in human post mortem brain samples of schizophrenia subjects for the first time in the striatum. The functional consequences of SNARE alterations were investigated by developing a novel ELISA assay to measure SNARE protein interactions. The possible confounding effects of medications were addressed in several ways, including the use of striatal tissue from animals exposed to antipsychotic medications. Alterations in SNAP-25 and syntaxin-1 protein levels were further dissected by measuring protein isoforms. Syntaxin-1 isoforms were assayed by quantitative immunoblotting. A mass-spectrometry based assay was developed and used to measure SNAP-25 protein isoform levels. The results of these investigations suggest that SNARE protein alterations in schizophrenia are restricted to distinct functional regions of the striatum, perturb SNARE protein interactions, involve specific protein isoforms, and may occur independent of patient treatment with antipsychotic medications. Furthermore, these studies contribute a new, high-throughput method for measuring SNARE protein interactions, and for the first time, a means of detecting and quantifying SNAP-25 isoforms in brain tissue.
Unified Sustainable Development Framework for Legacy Disposal Sites
Creators: name: Whyte, Gregory
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Geography
subject: Hydrology
subject: Physical Geography
subject: Environmental Sciences
subject: Engineering--Environmental
subject: Landfills
subject: Legacy disposal sites
subject: Sustainable development
subject: Environmental science
subject: Risk analysis

description: Rapid lateral urban expansion, in conjunction with a mandate for increased residential density, has forced urban planners, regulators, developers and communities to re-consider the valuable land in and around legacy land disposal sites within the broader context of sustainable development (SD). These sites are places where undifferentiated municipal, commercial, and industrial wastes were historically disposed of onto the ground surface without regulatory approval or specific engineered or administrative controls. Here it is argued that existing tools and frameworks for managing legacy disposal sites fit into one of three proposed “Technical-, Regulatory- and Financial- Silos” that have been dealt with as insular, or disconnected, entities. It is further contended that the three Silos ultimately give rise to a Critical Decision Point that incents individuals, corporations and governments to adopt a “Defer, Divest or Default” (DDD) management strategy which may be ill-suited to achieving the ultimate objectives set by governments for Sustainable Development (SD). To address these issues, this thesis proposes a novel Unified Sustainable Development framework (USD) that includes a qualitative SD Risk Analysis within an iterative Quality and Environmental Management System (QMS/EMS). The proposed USD seeks to improve integration of the three Silos, discourage the selection of DDD management strategies and bridge the gaps that can emerge between the discrete “time horizons” in the lifecycle of a legacy disposal site. Two case studies of legacy disposal sites are presented to illustrate how the current tools and frameworks in the absence of a USD, or equivalent strategy, can produce divergent outcomes, some of which may not lead to a successful integration into urban communities. To this end, several existing models for set-aside funding mechanisms to remediate and settle the environmental liability associated with legacy disposal sites are examined. These models could provide practical, and immediate, guidance to legislators and regulators for funding mechanisms that may enhance the potential for adequate remediation of such sites. I posit that application of the USD framework in provincial/state governments and municipalities across North America may provide more consistent and effective outcomes for legacy disposal sites while facilitating alignment with SD policy goals; namely, achieving an enhanced balance of intergenerational costs and benefits.
Baxter operators for arbitrary spin II
Creators: name: Chicherin, D.
name: Derkachov, S.
name: Karakhanyan, D.
name: Kirschner, R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Quantum Algebra (math.QA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: This paper presents the second part of our study devoted to the construction of Baxter operators for the homogeneous closed XXX spin chain with the quantum space carrying infinite or finite-dimensional $s\ell_2$ representations. We consider the Baxter operators used in \cite{BLZ,Shortcut}, formulate their construction uniformly with the construction of our previous paper. The building blocks of all global chain operators are derived from the general Yang-Baxter operators and all operator relations are derived from general Yang-Baxter relations. This leads naturally to the comparison of both constructions and allows to connect closely the treatment of the cases of infinite-dimensional representation of generic spin and finite-dimensional representations of integer or half-integer spin. We proof not only the relations between the operators but present also their explicit forms and expressions for their action on polynomials representing the quantum states.
description: 33 pages LaTex, version for publication
Thermal conductivity of InAs/GaSb superlattice
Creators: name: Zhou, Chuanle
name: Nguyen, B. -M.
name: Razeghi, M.
name: Grayson, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The cross-plane thermal conductivity of a type II InAs/GaSb superlattice (T2SL) is measured from 13 K to 300 K using the 3ω method. Thermal conductivity is reduced by up to 2 orders of magnitude relative to the GaSb bulk substrate. The low thermal conductivity of around 1-8 W/m\cdotK may serve as an advantage for thermoelectric applications at low temperatures, while presenting a challenge for T2SL quantum cascade lasers and high power light emitting diodes. We introduce a power-law approximation to model non-linearities in the thermal conductivity, resulting in increased or decreased peak temperature for negative or positive exponents, respectively.
description: 4 pages, 3 figures
TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING (TVET): A NECESSITY FOR CRIME REDUCTION AND ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION
Creators: name: Adelakun, Najeem Olawale
name: Adebesin, Akeem A.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 91503 Engineering Practice
subject: FOS: Other engineering and technologies

description: The number of youths drifting to Okada motorcycle business in Nigeria is increasing every year with no immediate solution to curb the trend as it portends danger to the socio-security of the nation. This lingering challenge has equally led to a shortage of middle-level manpower over the years, hence this paper examined the possibility of the nation running out of technologists and artisans in no distant future. A total of 500 questionnaires were administered at five different correctional centre, and the data were collated using descriptive statistics for easy analysis. The study showed that the young and agile youths are largely engaged in Okada business which has no technical value expected to drive the nation’s economy. The literacy level of each category of the respondent was examined and the result shows that about 95% of the Okada riders are educated while 5% had no formal education. Among the educated, 17% are corporate dispatch riders with at least a Polytechnic diploma or University degree, 44% has technical colleges or secondary school certificates while 39% are artisans like auto-mechanics, bricklayers, electricians etc, who are not readily available to carry out their chosen trades rather prefers to ride Okada to earn a living. This paper explained how this drift from craft and trade to Okada business can be discouraged so as to encourage apprenticeship and close the gap created by this drift. The paper concludes that a robust TVET program should be structured to reset and attract students towards industrial work experience scheme so as to run the nation’s economy and curb crimes.
Theory of electronic properties and quantum spin blockade in a gated linear triple quantum dot with one electron spin each
Creators: name: Hsieh, Chang-Yu
name: Shim, Yun-Pil
name: Hawrylak, Pawel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a theory of electronic properties and the spin blockade phenomena in a gated linear triple quantum dot. Quadruple points where four different charge configurations are on resonance, particularly involving (1,1,1) configuration, are considered. In the symmetric case, the central dot is biased to higher energy and a single electron tunnels through the device when (1,1,1) configuration is resonant with (1,0,1),(2,0,1),(1,0,2) configurations. The electronic properties of a triple quantum dot are described by a Hubbard model containing two orbitals in the two unbiased dots and a single orbital in the biased dot. The transport through the triple quantum dot molecule involves both singly and doubly occupied configurations and necessitates the description of the (1,1,1) configuration beyond the Heisenberg model. Exact eigenstates of the triple quantum dot molecule with up to three electrons are used to compute current assuming weak coupling to the leads and non-equilibrium occupation of quantum molecule states obtained from the rate equation. The intra-molecular relaxation processes due to acoustic phonons and cotunneling with the leads are included, and are shown to play a crucial role in the spin blockade effect. We find a quantum interference-based spin blockade phenomenon at low source-drain bias and a distinct spin blockade due to a trap state at higher bias. We also show that, for an asymmetric quadruple point with (0,1,1),(1,1,1,),(0,2,1),(0,1,2) configurations on resonance, the spin blockade is analogous to the spin blockade in a double quantum dot.
Heat trace asymptotics and the Gauss-Bonnet Theorem for general connections
Creators: name: Beneventano, C. G.
name: Gilkey, P.
name: Kirsten, K.
name: Santangelo, E. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We examine the local super trace asymptotics for the de Rham complex defined by an arbitrary super connection on the exterior algebra. We show, in contrast to the situation in which the connection in question is the Levi-Civita connection, that these invariants are generically non-zero in positive degree and that the critical term is not the Pfaffian.
description: 14 pages
Ciba-Geigy AG : Bau 323, Standardisierungsbetrieb für Farbstoffe : Basel
Creators: name: Suter & Suter AG
name: Heman, Peter
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1967
Subjects: Industriebau
CIBA-Aktiengesellschaft Basel

description: Enthält: Aussenaufnahmen
description: A.-Nr. 1248
description: Erstellungsjahr des Gebäudes: 1964-1965
description: Verzeichnung=Description=Inventaire 17.09.2020 Automatisiert nach HAN-Import
description: Verzeichnung=Description=Inventaire ISAD(G) / HAN Katalogisierungsregeln für Archivbestände Detailliert
description: Verzeichnung=Description=Inventaire 2022 ISAD(G) / HAN Katalogisierungsregeln für Archivbestände Nacherschliessung für Digitalisierung Nathalie Baumann
Роль интеграционных процессов на постсоветском пространстве в обеспечении продовольственной безопасности государств-участников ЕАЭС
Creators: name: Валовая Татьяна Дмитриевна
name: Усов Андрей Андреевич
Publisher: name: Гуманитарные, социально-экономические и общественные науки
Year: 2015
Subjects: ИНТЕГРАЦИЯ
ЕАЭС
ПРОДОВОЛЬСТВЕННАЯ БЕЗОПАСНОСТЬ
ПРОДОВОЛЬСТВЕННАЯ НЕЗАВИСИМОСТЬ
СЕЛЬСКОЕ ХОЗЯЙСТВО

description: Обеспечение продовольственной безопасности на должном уровне является немаловажной проблемой для участников Евразийского экономического союза. Несмотря на значительное количество земель, пригодных для сельскохозяйственной деятельности, и прочих ресурсов, многие продовольственные товары импортируются. Для повышения общего уровня продовольственной безопасности объединения необходимы совместные усилия не только нынешних участников, но и более тесное сотрудничество с другими странами СНГ. В статье охарактеризована роль углубления и развития интеграционных отношений на постсоветском пространстве для повышения продовольственной безопасности экономического союза. Выявлены основные предпосылки для этого, а также обозначены преимущества данного процесса.
Effective finite generation for adjoint rings
Creators: name: Cascini, Paolo
name: Zhang, De-Qi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 14E30

description: We describe a bound on the degree of the generators for some adjoint rings on surfaces and threefolds.
Deep 1.1 mm-wavelength imaging of the GOODS-South field by AzTEC/ASTE -- II. Redshift distribution and nature of the submillimetre galaxy population
Creators: name: Yun, Min S.
name: Scott, K. S.
name: Guo, Yicheng
name: Aretxaga, I.
name: Giavalisco, M.
name: Austermann, J. E.
name: Capak, P.
name: Chen, Yuxi
name: Ezawa, H.
name: Hatsukade, B.
name: Hughes, D. H.
name: Iono, D.
name: Johnson, S.
name: Kawabe, R.
name: Kohno, K.
name: Lowenthal, J.
name: Miller, N.
name: Morrison, G.
name: Oshima, T.
name: Perera, T. A.
name: Salvato, M.
name: Silverman, J.
name: Tamura, Y.
name: Williams, C. C.
name: Wilson, G. W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report the results of the counterpart identification and a detailed analysis of the physical properties of the 48 sources discovered in our deep 1.1mm wavelength imaging survey of the GOODS-South field using the AzTEC instrument on the Atacama Submillimeter Telescope Experiment (ASTE). One or more robust or tentative counterpart candidate is found for 27 and 14 AzTEC sources, respectively, by employing deep radio continuum, Spitzer MIPS & IRAC, and LABOCA 870 micron data. Five of the sources (10%) have two robust counterparts each, supporting the idea that these galaxies are strongly clustered and/or heavily confused. Photometric redshifts and star formation rates (SFRs) are derived by analyzing UV-to-optical and IR-to-radio SEDs. The median redshift of z~2.6 is similar to other earlier estimates, but we show that 80% of the AzTEC-GOODS sources are at z>2, with a significant high redshift tail (20% at z>3.3). Rest-frame UV and optical properties of AzTEC sources are extremely diverse, spanning 10 magnitude in the i- and K-band photometry with median values of i=25.3 and K=22.6 and a broad range of red colour (i-K=0-6). These AzTEC sources are some of the most luminous galaxies in the rest-frame optical bands at z>2, with inferred stellar masses of (1-30) x 10^{10} solar masses and UV-derived star formation rates of SFR(UV) > 10-1000 solar masses per year. The IR-derived SFR, 200-2000 solar masses per year, is independent of redshift or stellar mass. The resulting specific star formation rates, SSFR = 1-100 per Gyr, are 10-100 times higher than similar mass galaxies at z=0, and they extend the previously observed rapid rise in the SSFR with redshift to z=2-5. These galaxies have a SFR high enough to have built up their entire stellar mass within their Hubble time. We find only marginal evidence for an AGN contribution to the near-IR and mid-IR SEDs. (abridged)
description: 31 pages including 14 figures, accepted for publication in the MNRAS. A higher quality Figure 1 is also included as Figure1.jpg
Optimization and Supervisory Control of Cogeneration Systems
Creators: name: Pandurangan, Vivek
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Engineering--Electronics and Electrical
subject: Optimization
subject: Supervisory Control
subject: Cogeneration Systems

description: Optimization and supervisory control of cogeneration systems is studied in this thesis. Optimizing a cogeneration system is not only an optimization problem, but also a control one. The optimization addresses the problem of both equipment selection and equipment operation by handling it as a mixed integer non-linear programming (MINLP) problem. The MINLP problem is then solved using a novel three stage linear programming algorithm. The results show significant cost benefits across wide operation scenarios in the model cogeneration systems. The supervisory control addresses the problem of taking the plant to its optimal operating point while maintaining the critical plant parameters. A fuzzy supervisory control is developed and tested on a virtual cogeneration plant developed in SIMULINK. The results show that the fuzzy controller performs to expectation and tracks the optimal setpoints while maintaining critical plant parameters within limits
Additional file 1 of Healthcare professional education in shared decision making in the context of chronic kidney disease: a scoping review
Creators: name: Meijers, Björn
name: Wellekens, Karolien
name: Montomoli, Marco
name: Altabas, Karmela
name: Geter, Jessica
name: McCarthy, Kate
name: Lobbedez, Thierry
name: Kazancioglu, Rumeyza
name: Thomas, Nicola
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
classificationCode: 69999
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Supplementary Material 1
Design and Evaluation of Electrical Services for an Energy Efficient Home
Creators: name: Okoye Cletus Okoye
name: Adelakun, Najeem Olawale
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 90699 Electrical and Electronic Engineering not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
subject: 91305 Energy Generation, Conversion and Storage Engineering
subject: FOS: Mechanical engineering
subject: 91503 Engineering Practice
subject: FOS: Other engineering and technologies
subject: 91001 CAD/CAM Systems

description: Nigeria is facing an acute shortage of electric power that drives economic activities. Consequently, all sectors of the economy are facing a retrogression in productivity. Besides, even much of the power made available either from the grid or self-generation is wasted due to poor installation design and use of inefficient devices and equipment such as filament bulbs, and fluorescent lamps (among others). This work examines the present common practice of electrical services that wastes energy with the viewing to advancing the best practice that minimises overall energy / power loss. A three-bedroom flat and an eatery in Nigeria were used as a case study. Load audit, analysis and calculations were made to assist in making vital decisions as to the types and sizes of luminaires, cables and protective devices (among others) to be used in accordance with known standards and regulations. The results show that 71.8% and 69.1% respectively of energy is saved for lighting in threebedroom flat and eatery; 37.4% and 30.8% in other loads used in three bedroom and eatery respectively. All this is as a result of use of frugal design and energy saving – saving devices. This further implies a saving in absolute cost of energy consumed in a particular situation.
Tetraloop-Receptor Interactions in RNA Crystal Structures
Creators: name: Wu, Li
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Bioinformatics
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Biology--Molecular
subject: RNA crystal structure
subject: tetraloop-receptor interaction

description: This dissertation addresses two aspects of RNA tertiary structure. The first section is a computational analysis of tetraloop-receptor interactions in RNA crystal structures. A total of 78 loop-receptor interactions were collected from the Protein Data Bank and grouped into four structural classes. The majority have the standard conformation discovered by earlier studies, indicating that these are the most favoured conformations. However, much structural diversity was found in the rest of this set, and several potential motifs were identified that can be studied in the future. In the second section, a FRET-based analysis was designed to obtain distance information between two selected sites in a group II intron. This project is at an initial stage, and will be extended in future. Together, the results advance our understanding of a specific type of RNA structural motif, and lay groundwork for further modelling a group II intron RNA in the future.
A STUDY AND ANALYSIS OF ENERGY GENERATION AND CONSUMPTION IN DANGOTE.pdf
Creators: name: Okoye, Cletus U.
name: Bitrus I
name: Alao M., J.
name: Adelakun, Najeem Olawale
name: Abdulhamid I., G.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 90699 Electrical and Electronic Engineering not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
subject: 91305 Energy Generation, Conversion and Storage Engineering
subject: FOS: Mechanical engineering
subject: 91503 Engineering Practice
subject: FOS: Other engineering and technologies
subject: 90607 Power and Energy Systems Engineering (excl. Renewable Power)

description: Energy supply for economic activities has been a major problem in Nigeria such that it does appear that solution to stable, reliable power supply is not yet in sight. Consequently, consumers (industrial, residential and commercial) have all resorted to self-generation to complement whatever supply (if any) that comes from the very unreliable national grid. For instance, the available power supply to the entire nation fluctuates between 3000MW and 3500MW. A study of monthly energy generation in Dangote Cement Plant for a typical year was carried out. This was compared with the equivalent monthly generation from the entire Nigeria’s grid system. The results show that in 2013, at the early stage of commencement of production of operation in the plant), the total energy generated by the Dangote Power Plant was 406762.33 MWH while the total energy consumed by the company was 401903.72 MWh. Dangote’s total energy generation in 2013 represents 1.4% of Nigeria’s total generation from grid in the same year. The total distribution loss was 4858.61 MWH (which is 1.2% of the total energy generated by the company).Comparatively, the total generation from national grid in 2013 was 29628699. This study further shows that Dangote Cement, Ibese produces enough energy for its use and could even sell any excess if encouraged.
Ciba-Geigy AG : Bau 664, Tap-Pilot-Plant : Basel
Creators: name: Suter & Suter AG
name: Heman, Peter
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1966
Subjects: Industriebau
CIBA-Aktiengesellschaft Basel

description: Enthält: Aussenaufnahmen, Innenaufnahmen
description: A.-Nr. 2614
description: Erstellungsjahr des Gebäudes: 1964-1966
description: Verzeichnung=Description=Inventaire 17.09.2020 Automatisiert nach HAN-Import
description: Verzeichnung=Description=Inventaire ISAD(G) / HAN Katalogisierungsregeln für Archivbestände Detailliert
description: Verzeichnung=Description=Inventaire 2022 ISAD(G) / HAN Katalogisierungsregeln für Archivbestände Nacherschliessung für Digitalisierung Nathalie Baumann
Ciba-Geigy AG : Bau 694/695, Bau für spezielle Reaktionen : Basel
Creators: name: Suter & Suter AG
name: CIBA-Aktiengesellschaft Basel
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1976
Subjects: Industriebau
CIBA-Aktiengesellschaft Basel

description: Enthält: Innenaufnahmen, Aussenaufnahme
description: A.-Nr. 2588
description: Erstellungsjahr des Gebäudes: 1976
description: Verzeichnung=Description=Inventaire 17.09.2020 Automatisiert nach HAN-Import
description: Verzeichnung=Description=Inventaire ISAD(G) / HAN Katalogisierungsregeln für Archivbestände Detailliert
description: Verzeichnung=Description=Inventaire 2022 ISAD(G) / HAN Katalogisierungsregeln für Archivbestände Nacherschliessung für Digitalisierung Nathalie Baumann
Schweizerische Kreditanstalt / SKA : Verwaltungszentrum Uetlihof : Zürich
Creators: name: Suter & Suter AG
name: Comet Photo
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1979
Subjects: Verwaltungsbau
Schweizerische Kreditanstalt

description: Enthält: Aussenaufnahmen, Aufnahmen der Baustelle, gedruckte Bilder
description: Erstellungsjahr der Gebäude: 1976-1979 (Uetlihof [1. Etappe], Wohnbauten 1. Etappe), 1983-1985 (Uetlihof 2. Bauetappe)
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description: Verzeichnung=Description=Inventaire ISAD(G) / HAN Katalogisierungsregeln für Archivbestände Detailliert
description: Verzeichnung=Description=Inventaire 2022 ISAD(G) / HAN Katalogisierungsregeln für Archivbestände Nacherschliessung für Digitalisierung Nathalie Baumann
Ciba-Geigy AG : Nouvelle cantine : Monthey
Creators: name: Suter & Suter AG
name: Kalckreuth, Hago von
name: CIBA-Aktiengesellschaft Basel
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1962
Subjects: Kantine
Pavillon
CIBA-Aktiengesellschaft Basel

description: Enthält: Innenaufnahmen, Aussenaufnahmen
description: Erstellungsjahr des Gebäudes: 1962
description: Verzeichnung=Description=Inventaire 17.09.2020 Automatisiert nach HAN-Import ISAD(G) / HAN Katalogisierungsregeln für Archivbestände Martin Lüpold
description: Verzeichnung=Description=Inventaire 2023 ISAD(G) / HAN Katalogisierungsregeln für Archivbestände Nacherschliessung für Digitalisierung Nathalie Baumann
description: Verzeichnung=Description=Inventaire ISAD(G) / HAN Katalogisierungsregeln für Archivbestände Detailliert
Take-off of small Leidenfrost droplets
Creators: name: Celestini, Franck
name: Frisch, Thomas
name: Pomeau, Yves
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We put in evidence the unexpected behaviour of Leidenfrost droplets at the later stage of their evaporation. We predict and observe that, below a critical size $R_l$, the droplets spontaneously take-off due to the breakdown of the lubrication regime. We establish the theoretical relation between the droplet radius and its elevation. We predict that the vapour layer thickness increases when the droplets become smaller. A satisfactory agreement is found between the model and the experimental results performed on droplets of water and of ethanol.
description: Accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. Lett. (2012)
Ciba-Geigy AG : Bau K181 / Turbinenhaus und Wasseraufbereitung, Grossraumbüro : Basel
Creators: name: Suter & Suter AG
name: Heman, Peter
name: CIBA-Aktiengesellschaft Basel
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1972
Subjects: Großraumbüro
Industriebau
CIBA-Aktiengesellschaft Basel

description: Enthält: Fotos Grossraumbüros, Aussenaufnahmen
description: A.-Nr. 2328
description: Erstellungsjahr des Gebäudes: 1970-1972
description: Verzeichnung=Description=Inventaire 2023 ISAD(G) / HAN Katalogisierungsregeln für Archivbestände Nacherschliessung für Digitalisierung Nathalie Baumann
description: Verzeichnung=Description=Inventaire 17.09.2020 Automatisiert nach HAN-Import ISAD(G) / HAN Katalogisierungsregeln für Archivbestände Martin Lüpold
description: Verzeichnung=Description=Inventaire ISAD(G) / HAN Katalogisierungsregeln für Archivbestände Detailliert
Chiral Scale and Conformal Invariance in 2D Quantum Field Theory
Creators: name: Hofman, Diego M.
name: Strominger, Andrew
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: It is well known that a local, unitary Poincare-invariant 2D QFT with a global scaling symmetry and a discrete non-negative spectrum of scaling dimensions necessarily has both a left and a right local conformal symmetry. In this paper we consider a chiral situation beginning with only a left global scaling symmetry and do not assume Lorentz invariance. We find that a left conformal symmetry is still implied, while right translations are enhanced either to a right conformal symmetry or a left U(1) Kac-Moody symmetry.
description: 6 pages, no figures. v2: reference added, minor typos corrected
Thinking with Sketches: Leveraging Everyday Use of Visuals for Information Visualization
Creators: name: Walny, Jagoda
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Information Science
subject: Computer Science
subject: information visualization
subject: Human-Computer Interaction
subject: externalization
subject: sketching
subject: Data visualization

description: The overarching goal of the information visualization community is to "amplify cognition" — that is, to help people to think — about data. However, the activities that people perform in their everyday thinking practices have not been considered in the core approaches to information visualization. Observing these everyday thinking practices makes it clear that, for many people, a normal and perhaps essential component of thinking includes creating sketched externalizations of their thoughts. People sketch rough ideas; they refine concepts on whiteboards; they annotate texts while reading. We refer to such activities collectively as thinking with sketches. Deliberate support for this kind of thinking is largely absent from information visualizations; we explore the possibility of providing such support. This research is rooted in the thesis that there are observable aspects of sketched externalizations that can inform information visualizations. We first present a series of qualitative observational studies that expand our understanding of sketched externalizations from an information visualization standpoint. We study the contexts in which people sketch to think, catalog the visuals seen in sketched externalizations on office whiteboards, and examine the representations people create when they sketch data. Second, we examine some fundamental challenges that arise from translating observations of the flexible, expressive, human-driven nature of sketched externalizations to more constrained, semi-automated interactive environments. This is supported by a Wizard of Oz study of a sketch-based data exploration software prototype and our earlier findings about sketched externalizations. Finally, we leverage our observations to perform a set of initial explorations into new approaches to designing interactive information visualizations. We study the inclusion of basic active reading support into information visualizations and we suggest a new interaction approach, Constructible Interaction, that supports the kind of flexibility that we have observed in thinking sketches. We outline the open research questions that arise from our studies, both in better understanding sketched externalizations and in leveraging our knowledge of these to explore new approaches to information visualization. In the long term, we hope that this research will contribute to a class of information visualization interfaces that provide improved support for people’s unique individual thinking needs.
Additional file 1 of No major difference in perceived quality of care in patients with hip or knee osteoarthritis assessed in a physical therapy-led triage compared with standard care: a randomized controlled trial
Creators: name: Gustavsson, Linnea
name: Mohaddes, Maziar
name: Samsson, Karin
name: Beischer, Susanne
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
classificationCode: 69999
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
classificationCode: 111714
subject: Mental Health

description: Supplementary Material 1
Transient Shape Factors for Thermal Flow Simulation in Fractured Reservoirs
Creators: name: Taabbodi, Loran
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Engineering--Petroleum
subject: Dual-Porosity
subject: Shape Factor
subject: Fractured Reservoirs
subject: Thermal Recovery
subject: Transfer Function

description: The simulation of naturally fractured reservoirs (NFRs) is an extremely daunting and challenging task. The most important and difficult aspect of modeling a naturally fractured reservoir is the accurate estimation of the fluid exchange between matrix and surrounded fractures, which is modeled via a shape factor. The main focuses of this dissertation are the characterization and understanding as to how shape factors are utilized for modeling non-isothermal, fracture-matrix fluid exchange in fractured reservoirs. The intention of this research, therefore, is to achieve a better understanding of the matter exchanges between fractures and matrix blocks in a dual-porosity system by defining an appropriate transient matrix-fracture shape factor formulation that accounts for a multiphase flow system in thermal reservoir simulation of naturally fractured reservoirs. A novel and more general technique are developed for the exchange of fluids between the matrix blocks and the surrounded fractures. The concept of a new transient shape factor is introduced for non-isothermal, dual-porosity models and validated against the most current shape factor formulations. In this study, the CMG STARS simulator is used to estimate and validate the proposed transient shape factor. A MATLAB code is developed and coupled with the CMG STARS to compute transient shape factor (TSF). This new technique describes the most appropriate way of treating a shape factor to capture the pertinent features of non-isothermal fluid flow in NFRs. A robust transformation function (T.F) formulation is developed between the fractures and the matrix for a better representation of a dual-porosity system in thermal recovery. The proposed transient shape factor (TSF) model is validated against a fine grid single porosity model and an historical field data to confirm the model capability for reproducing accurate physical processes and recovery mechanisms. The results clearly demonstrate that a constant value of the shape factor (e.g., Kazemi’s formulation) cannot be used to predict the overall performance in dual-media systems due to invalid assumptions. The conclusions from this study clearly show that a suitable and accurate transfer transient shape factor is required for an appropriate modeling of a thermal recovery process in NFRs when using dual-porosity formulations.
Hadron amplitudes in composite superstring model
Creators: name: Kudryavtsev, V. A.
name: Semenova, A. N.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Hadron amplitudes for interaction of pi and K nesons are constructed in composite superstring model
description: 12 pages, 4 figures
Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped (AISH): The Impact of Raising Employment Income Exemption Limits on Employment Rates – A Focus on Recipients with Schizophrenia
Creators: name: Marriott, Brian
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Mental Health
subject: economics, mental health, public policy, AISH, schizophrenia, employment, income

description: Alberta’s Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped (AISH) program provides financial and health-related assistance to adults who have a permanent disability that prevents them from fully participating in the labour market. Recognizing the benefits of employment, AISH encourages its clients to work to the extent that they are able. However, employment income earned beyond a set exemption limit reduces the assistance received. In 2008, the upper threshold of the exemption limit increased by $500. This study explored the policy’s impact on AISH recipients with schizophrenia compared to those with other mental health disorders. As well, the personal characteristics associated with the level of employment among AISH recipients with schizophrenia were assessed. The findings suggest that employment did not increase after the policy-amendment for either group. Marital status, number of children, age, and place of residence were associated with employment income for AISH recipients with schizophrenia.