cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Asymptotic Dirichlet problem for $\mathcal{A}$-harmonic functions on manifolds with pinched curvature
Creators: name: Heinonen, Esko
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 58J32, 53C21, 31C45

description: We study the asymptotic Dirichlet problem for $\mathcal{A}$-harmonic functions on a Cartan-Hadamard manifold whose radial sectional curvatures outside a compact set satisfy an upper bound $$ K(P)\le - \frac{1+\varepsilon}{r(x)^2 \log r(x)} $$ and a pointwise pinching condition $$ |K(P)|\le C_K |K(P')| $$ for some constants $\varepsilon>0$ and $C_K\ge 1$, where $P$ and $P'$ are any 2-dimensional subspaces of $T_xM$ containing the (radial) vector $\nabla r(x)$ and $r(x)=d(o,x)$ is the distance to a fixed point $o\in M$. We solve the asymptotic Dirichlet problem with any continuous boundary data $f\in C(\partial_{\infty} M)$. The results apply also to the Laplacian and $p$-Laplacian, $1
description: arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1504.05378
Analysis of Quantum Entanglement in Quantum Programs using Stabilizer Formalism
Creators: name: Honda, Kentaro
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Programming Languages (cs.PL)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Quantum entanglement plays an important role in quantum computation and communication. It is necessary for many protocols and computations, but causes unexpected disturbance of computational states. Hence, static analysis of quantum entanglement in quantum programs is necessary. Several papers studied the problem. They decided qubits were entangled if multiple qubits unitary gates are applied to them, and some refined this reasoning using information about the state of each separated qubit. However, they do not care about the fact that unitary gate undoes entanglement and that measurement may separate multiple qubits. In this paper, we extend prior work using stabilizer formalism. It refines reasoning about separability of quantum variables in quantum programs.
description: In Proceedings QPL 2015, arXiv:1511.01181
title: Rechtsterminologie zum Thema Adoption: ein Vergleich zwischen Österreich und Tunesien
Creators: name: Fuchs, Johanna
Year: 2023

description: In der Masterthesis wird auf Grundlage der funktionellen Mikrovergleichung ein Vergleich der Rechtsterminologien von Österreich und Tunesien zum Thema Adoption geleistet. Dabei liegt der Fokus darauf, wie die Adoption in den beiden Ländern jeweils geregelt sind und welche Begriffe dabei wesentlich sind. Aufbauend auf terminologischer Analyse und Vergleich ist das Ergebnis der Arbeit ist ein deutsch-arabisches Glossar zum Thema Adoption in Österreich und Tunesien. In der Arbeit werden zunächst grundsätzliche Aspekte von Terminologie und Rechtsübersetzung diskutiert und dann das Vorgehen der funktionalen Mikrovergleichung als in die Terminologiearbeit integrierte Methode vorgestellt. Dies wird daraufhin umgesetzt. Nach einer allgemeinen Einordnung der Rechtssysteme von Österreich und Tunesien und der Themeneingrenzung werden die Regelungen in Österreich und Tunesien zunächst separat behandelt und für jedes Land der Kontext des Familienrechts sowie das Textkorpus beschrieben, das Gesetzestexte sowie Texte aus Behörden und aus der Rechtswissenschaft umfasst. Danach wird die jeweilige Regelung zur Adoption vorgestellt. Schließlich werden die relevanten Begriffe nach ihren Eigenschaften geordnet und ihre Beziehungen aufgezeigt. Im letzten Schritt werden die Regelungen der beiden Länder verglichen; die Ergebnisse des Vergleichs fließen in das Glossar ein, das somit die wichtigsten Begriffe der Adoptionsregelungen zu Personen und Institutionen, komplexen Rechtsinstitute, Vorgängen und Dokumenten umfasst. Es hat sich gezeigt, dass der Vergleich gut funktioniert, da die Regelungen sich im Allgemeinen ähneln, zugleich aber auch Differenzen vorhanden sind, die Übersetzungsvorschläge nötig machen. Bezüglich der funktionalen Mikrovergleichung wurde festgestellt, dass die Adoption sich nicht über ihre Funktion zur Lösung eines Sachproblems definieren lässt, sondern vielmehr eine von mehreren möglichen Lösungen darstellt. Sie lässt sich dagegen über ihr Ziel definieren und eingrenzen, nämlich die Herstellung einer Eltern-Kind-Beziehung zwischen nicht biologisch verwandten Personen. Dies wurde als Vergleichsgrundlage genutzt.
Oryssomus subterminatus Mulsant 1850
Creators: name: Almeida, Lúcia M.
name: Santos, Paula B.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Coccinellidae
Oryssomus
Oryssomus subterminatus

description: 1. Oryssomus subterminatus Mulsant, 1850
Oryssomus subterminatus Mulsant, 1850: 939 (original description); Crotch, 1874: 292 (systematics); Chapuis, 1876: 218 (systematics); Gorham, 1895: 210 (systematics); Korschefsky, 1931: 176 (catalog); Blackwelder, 1945: 446 (checklist); Gordon, 1974: 147 (lectotype, morphological details and systematics); Gordon, 1987: 35 (catalog); Almeida & Lima, 1995: 703 –705 (description, morphological details and male genitalia figured).
Type material: Lectotype, female (UMZC). Type locality: not known.
Geographical distribution: Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, Colombia, French Guiana, Brazil (Fig. 15).
description: Published as part of Almeida, Lúcia M. & Santos, Paula B., 2014, Synopsis of Oryssomini Gordon (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from the Neotropical region with new species of Oryssomus Mulsant, Pseudoryssomus Gordon and Gordonoryssomus Almeida & Lima, pp. 42-68 in Zootaxa 3846 (1) on pages 51-52, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3846.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/250860
What can DDI do for you? An introduction to the DDI
Creators: name: Beuster, Benjamin
name: Fry, Jane
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020

description: Are you interested to learn about what DDI can do for your organization or institution? DDI is an international standard for describing data from the social, economic and behavioral sciences, currently moving into new fields. The standard contains metadata items that can be used to develop and document at different stages in the data lifecycle, from the first conceptualization through data collection, processing and dissemination and archiving. This tutorial provides an overview of the work products of the DDI Alliance. The conceptual basis of DDI will be described, introducing the participants to the main building blocks and items of the standard. Practical examples on how DDI can be used beneficially in the business processes of organizations and institutions that manage research data will also be shown. The overall approach of the tutorial is DDI-version agnostic. The examples shown will however be based on specific DDI versions (DDI-Codebook, DDI-Lifecycle). Main focus will be put on the following areas: Data description and variable management Questionnaire design and implementation Question and variable banking Making your data and metadata FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable) using DDI Recorded version of this tutorial: https://youtu.be/RUleXvsOrGc
Effects of Weak and Strong Scatterers on the Spectra of Vortex Andreev Bound States in Two-Dimensional Chiral p-wave Superconductors
Creators: name: Kurosawa, Noriyuki
name: Hayashi, Nobuhiko
name: Kato, Yusuke
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The vortices of two-dimensional chiral $p$-wave superconductors are predicted to exhibit some exotic behaviors; one of their curious features is the existence of two types of vortices (each vortex has vorticity either parallel or antiparallel to the Cooper pair's chirality) and the robustness of the antiparallel vortices against nonmagnetic Born-like impurities. In this work, we study the impurity effect on the vortex of the chiral $p$-wave superconductors through the quasiclassical Green's function formalism. We take account of impurities via the self-consistent $t$-matrix approximation so that we can deal with strong as well as Born-like (i.e., weak) scatterers. We found that the spectrum is heavily broadened when the phase shift $δ_0$ of each impurity exceeds a critical value $δ_{\text{c}}$ above which the impurity band emerges at the Fermi level. We also found a quantitative difference in the impurity effects on the two types of vortex for $δ_0
description: 28 pages
Encoding !-tensors as !-graphs with neighbourhood orders
Creators: name: Quick, David
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Logic in Computer Science (cs.LO)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Diagrammatic reasoning using string diagrams provides an intuitive language for reasoning about morphisms in a symmetric monoidal category. To allow working with infinite families of string diagrams, !-graphs were introduced as a method to mark repeated structure inside a diagram. This led to !-graphs being implemented in the diagrammatic proof assistant Quantomatic. Having a partially automated program for rewriting diagrams has proven very useful, but being based on !-graphs, only commutative theories are allowed. An enriched abstract tensor notation, called !-tensors, has been used to formalise the notion of !-boxes in non-commutative structures. This work-in-progress paper presents a method to encode !-tensors as !-graphs with some additional structure. This will allow us to leverage the existing code from Quantomatic and quickly provide various tools for non-commutative diagrammatic reasoning.
description: In Proceedings QPL 2015, arXiv:1511.01181
On data-driven nonlinear uncertainty modeling: Methods and application for control-oriented surface condition prediction in hard turning
Creators: name: Wittich, Felix
name: Kistner, Lars
name: Kroll, Andreas
name: Schott, Christopher
name: Niendorf, Thomas
Publisher: name: Universität Kassel
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: uncertainty
subject: Takagi Sugeno model
subject: Gaussian process regression
subject: hard turning
subject: Unsicherheit
subject: Takagi-Sugeno-Modelle
subject: Gaußprozessregression
subject: Hartdrehen
subject: 004
subject: 620
subject: Unsicherheit
subject: Modell
subject: Takagi-Sugeno-Regler
subject: Gauß-Prozess
subject: Regressionsmodell
subject: Hartdrehen

description: The scientific work has been supported by the DFG within the research priority program SPP 2086 (Grant Number: KR 3795/8-1; NI 1327/22-1; ZI 1296/2-1).
Quantum Discord for $d\otimes2$ Systems
Creators: name: Ma, Zhihao
name: Chen, Zhihua
name: Fanchini, Felipe F.
name: Fei, Shao-Ming
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present an analytical solution for classical correlation, defined in terms of linear entropy, in an arbitrary $d\otimes 2$ system when the second subsystem is measured. We show that the optimal measurements used in the maximization of the classical correlation in terms of linear entropy, when used to calculate the quantum discord in terms of von Neumann entropy, result in a tight upper bound for arbitrary $d\otimes 2$ systems. This bound agrees with all known analytical results about quantum discord in terms of von Neumann entropy and, when comparing it with the numerical results for $10^6$ two-qubit random density matrices, we obtain an average deviation of order $10^{-4}$. Furthermore, our results give a way to calculate the quantum discord for arbitrary $n$-qubit GHZ and W states evolving under the action of the amplitude damping noisy channel.
description: 8 pages, 5 figures
Enabling change in public health services: Insights from the implementation of nurse mentoring interventions to improve quality of obstetric and newborn care in two North Indian states
Creators: name: Kane, Sumit
name: Dayal, Prarthna
name: Kermode, Michelle
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences

description: Updated Additional Data Files for this research paper can be found at: DOI 10.17605/OSF.IO/SXA25
DDI based Questionnaire Editor
Creators: name: Klas, Claus-Peter
name: Hopt, Oliver
name: Nugraha, Sigit
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020

description: At GESIS we developed a collaborative questionnaire editor as a web portal initially for the use case of the German national election studies (GLES). The features of the questionnaire editor are: Creation, editing and structuring of questionnaires with questions, question grids and free statements Translation of questions, answers, interviewer instruction, filter statements and free statements into (European) languages Workflow support through status on questions sophisticate administration of users and roles and role management Simple discussion tool to discuss questions e.g. for question development Export to Word files with templates Plan for API to connect the questionnaire editor with CESSDA European Question Bank We will demonstrate the questionnaire editor and also give access to our test version to try out creating your own questionnaire. Recorded version of the whole session: https://youtu.be/mAXlABqemik
Coronagraphic demonstration experiment using aluminum mirrors for space infrared astronomical observations
Creators: name: Oseki, Shinji
name: Oyabu, Shinki
name: Ishihara, Daisuke
name: Enya, Keigo
name: Haze, Kanae
name: Kotani, Takayuki
name: Kaneda, Hidehiro
name: Nishiyama, Miho
name: Abe, Lyu
name: Yamamuro, Tomoyasu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: For future space infrared astronomical coronagraphy, we perform experimental studies on the application of aluminum mirrors to a coronagraph. Cooled reflective optics is required for broad-band mid-infrared observations in space, while high-precision optics is required for coronagraphy. For the coronagraph instrument originally proposed for the next-generation infrared astronomical satellite project SPICA (SCI: SPICA Coronagraph Instrument), we fabricated and evaluated the optics consisting of high-precision aluminum off-axis mirrors with diamond-turned surfaces, and conducted a coronagraphic demonstration experiment using the optics with a coronagraph mask. We first measured the wave front errors (WFEs) of the aluminum mirrors with a He-Ne Fizeau interferometer to confirm that the power spectral densities of the WFEs satisfy the SCI requirements. Then we integrated the mirrors into an optical system and evaluated the overall performance of the system. As a result, we estimate the total WFE of the optics to be 33 nm (rms), each mirror contributing 10-20 nm (rms) for the central 14 mm area of the optics, and obtain a contrast of 10^(-5.4) as a coronagraph in the visible light. At a wavelength of 5 um, the coronagraphic system is expected to achieve a contrast of ~10^(-7) based on our model calculation with the measured optical performance. Thus our experiment demonstrates that aluminum mirror optics is applicable to a highly WFE-sensitive instrument such as a coronagraph in space.
description: 16 pages, 11 figures, accepted for publication in PASP
A ESCOLA COMO LUGAR: UMA LEITURA A PARTIR DA GEOGRAFIA E DA ARTE
Creators: name: Silva, Thiago Henrique de Castro
name: Plácido, Reginaldo Leandro
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Ensino de Geografia
Arte
Escola Pública
Ensino Fundamental

description: Projeto de pesquisa para o Mestrado em Ensino de Geografia. Projeto qualificado
Degenerate four-wave-mixing in a silica hollow bottle-like microresonator
Creators: name: Yang, Yong
name: Ooka, Yuta
name: Thompson, Ruth
name: Ward, Jonathan
name: Chormaic, Síle Nic
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A hollow bottle-like microresonator (BLMR) with ultra-high quality factor is fabricated from a microcapillary with nearly parabolic profile. At 1.55 $μm$ pumping, degenerate four-wave mixing can be observed for a BLMR of diameter 102 $μ$m. The parabolic profile of the BLMR guarantees a nearly zero waveguide dispersion, which is theoretically discussed in detail. From the simulation, at 1.55 $μ$m wavelength in such a BLMR, the fundamental bottle mode is in the anomalous dispersion regime, whilst the ordinary whispering gallery mode (WGM) confined at the center of the BLMR is in the normal dispersion regime. Experimentally, no degenerate FWM is observed for the WGM selected by positioning the coupling tapered fiber in the same BLMR. Furthermore, dispersion tuning is briefly discussed. As the work predicted, the BLMR shows promise for the implementation of sparsely distributed, widely spanned frequency combs at the telecommunication wavelength.
"HNmodel.tar" of "Search for a heavy composite Majorana neutrino in events with dilepton signatures from proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 13 TeV"
Creators: name: CMS Collaboration
Publisher: name: HEPData
Year: 2022

description: CalcHEP model.
description: Results are presented of a search for a heavy Majorana neutrino $\mathrm{N}_{\ell}$ decaying into two same-flavor leptons $\ell$ (electrons or muons) and a quark-pair jet. A model is considered in which the $\mathrm{N}_{\ell}$ is an excited neutrino in a compositeness scenario. The analysis is performed using a sample of proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}=13\TeV$ recorded by the CMS experiment at the CERN LHC, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 138~\fbinv. The data are found to be in agreement with the standard model prediction. For the process in which the $\mathrm{N}_{\ell}$ is produced in association with a lepton, followed by the decay of the $\mathrm{N}_{\ell}$ to a same-flavor lepton and a quark pair, an upper limit at $95\%$ confidence level on the product of the cross section and branching fraction is obtained as a function of the $\mathrm{N}_{\ell}$ mass $m_{\mathrm{N}_{\ell}}$ and the compositeness scale $\Lambda$.For this model the data exclude the existence of $\mathrm{N}_{\mathrm{e}}$ ($\mathrm{N}_{\PGm}$)for $m_{\mathrm{N}_{\ell}}$ below 6.0\,(6.1)\TeV at the limit where $m_{\mathrm{N}_{\ell}}$ is equal to $\Lambda$. For $m_{\mathrm{N}_{\ell}}\approx1\TeV$, values of $\Lambda$ less than 20\,(23)\TeV are excluded.These results represent a considerable improvement in sensitivity, covering a larger parameter space than previous searches in $\Pp\Pp$ collisions at 13\TeV.
Envejecimiento activo, objetivos y principios: retos para el trabajo social
Creators: name: Cuesta Ruiz‐Clavijo, Ana Belén
Publisher: name: Aprender
Year: 2022

description: El envejecimiento de la población constituye un reto para la sociedad y al mismo tiempo una oportunidad, tanto para responder a las necesidades sociales de este grupo de población tan heterogéneo como para incorporar los factores positivos que aportan socialmente. Este artículo tiene una doble finalidad. La primera consiste en ahondar en la vinculación existente entre trabajo social y envejecimiento activo. Para ello se toman como referencia los determinantes y principios del envejecimiento activo y del trabajo social; los niveles de intervención y las funciones desempeñadas por este colectivo profesional, y se observan los espacios comunes y diferenciadores. La segunda consiste en exponer los retos profesionales que devienen del análisis anterior y permiten promover el envejecimiento activo por parte de los profesionales del trabajo social.
description: Aprender, Revista Aprender nº 43 (maio de 2022)
"LHEheaders.tar" of "Search for a heavy composite Majorana neutrino in events with dilepton signatures from proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 13 TeV"
Creators: name: CMS Collaboration
Publisher: name: HEPData
Year: 2022

description: CalcHEP LHE headers.
description: Results are presented of a search for a heavy Majorana neutrino $\mathrm{N}_{\ell}$ decaying into two same-flavor leptons $\ell$ (electrons or muons) and a quark-pair jet. A model is considered in which the $\mathrm{N}_{\ell}$ is an excited neutrino in a compositeness scenario. The analysis is performed using a sample of proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}=13\TeV$ recorded by the CMS experiment at the CERN LHC, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 138~\fbinv. The data are found to be in agreement with the standard model prediction. For the process in which the $\mathrm{N}_{\ell}$ is produced in association with a lepton, followed by the decay of the $\mathrm{N}_{\ell}$ to a same-flavor lepton and a quark pair, an upper limit at $95\%$ confidence level on the product of the cross section and branching fraction is obtained as a function of the $\mathrm{N}_{\ell}$ mass $m_{\mathrm{N}_{\ell}}$ and the compositeness scale $\Lambda$.For this model the data exclude the existence of $\mathrm{N}_{\mathrm{e}}$ ($\mathrm{N}_{\PGm}$)for $m_{\mathrm{N}_{\ell}}$ below 6.0\,(6.1)\TeV at the limit where $m_{\mathrm{N}_{\ell}}$ is equal to $\Lambda$. For $m_{\mathrm{N}_{\ell}}\approx1\TeV$, values of $\Lambda$ less than 20\,(23)\TeV are excluded.These results represent a considerable improvement in sensitivity, covering a larger parameter space than previous searches in $\Pp\Pp$ collisions at 13\TeV.
Do Intergovernmental Organizations Pacify or Facilitate Sanctioning Behavior?
Creators: name: Cilizoglu, Menevis
Publisher: name: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Graduate School
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Political science
subject: FOS: Political science
subject: International relations

description: Does shared membership in intergovernmental organizations pacify sanctioning behavior or facilitate it? Do states shy away from sanctioning a state that they are highly connected to through institutions? I argue that at the threat level, IGOs serve as a channel through which threats are credibly communicated. At the imposition stage IGOs solve bargaining problems embedded in sanctions by mitigating information asymmetries and help states solve contentious issues through enforcement and dispute settlement mechanisms. I find that states with high number of joint membership in IGOs threaten each other more often than less connected states, especially for trade-related issues. The pacifying effect of IGOs exists at the imposition stage; however, the scope of it is limited to the IGOs with a security mandate. The empirical analysis for all sanctions imposed in the years 1950-2000 suggests that IGOs with economic mandates fail to deter states from imposing trade-related sanctions. Security IGOs, on the other hand, perform well in decreasing the probability of security-related sanctions. This paper also reveals that there is a lot to learn from the variation among IGOs as well as the variation among sanctions.
Tools and guidelines for mapping and modelling procedures. REGREEN Deliverable D3.4
Creators: name: Levin, Gregor
name: Banzhaf, Ellen
name: Bird, David Neil
name: Fletcher, David
name: Fitch, Alice
name: Garrett, Jo
name: Hutchins, Michael
name: Knopp, Julius
name: Miller, James
name: Qu, Yueming
name: Yang, Jun
name: Reis, Stefan
name: Scheffler, Janice
name: Schwaiger, Hannes
name: Vieno, Massimo
name: Wu, Wanben
Publisher: name: REGREEN Fostering nature‐based solutions for smart, green and healthy urban transitions in Europe and China.
Year: 2023
Subjects: Ecosystem Services
Mapping
Modelling

description: In this report we provide an overview of mapping and modelling procedures, which are developed and applied during the first three years of the REGREEN project. The different mapping and modelling approaches are described in short and comprehensible factsheets, supplemented by illustrations such as maps or process flows. The project is at the time of publication still ongoing. Consequently, the status and completeness of the different described mapping and modelling approaches range from some approaches, which have been finalised and already been applied in e.g., ecosystem service assessment and scenario analyses to other approaches, which are still under development and so far, only applied in pilot studies.

In the REGREEN project, we aim at assessing Ecosystem Services (ES) and explore scenarios for Nature Based Solution (NBS) interventions by applying mapping and model outputs in final wellbeing assessments and valuation of benefits of NBS. For some ES, this has been completed, at least in pilot set ups, while for others, this will be accomplished within the final year of the project.

All applied approaches to mapping and modelling ES are sophisticated and intensively elaborated. For this reason, we can discuss the transferability of the approaches presented and show examples of such transfer work. This helps to transfer the mapping and modelling approaches applied in the REGREEN project to other study areas and to use them in further environment-related research questions. When working with study areas across Europe or other continents, it becomes valuable to have comparable mapping and modelling approaches and results. That brings us to the issue of data consistency, which we reflect upon in detail. Research work must also be feasible. Therefore, it is necessary to weigh up between attention to detail and available resources. As our project focusses on different urban areas in Europe and China, it becomes obvious to pay attention to the people living in this environment. Most people live in cities, where they may be exposed to (or are the cause of) environmental pressures. Human health and equity are important aspects in this research. Therefore, the links between urban population and ES and the corresponding demands are highlighted. To do so, maps and models in ecosystem service assessment are applied, and scenarios developed. All mapping and modelling activities in the REGREEN project are well-exemplified to serve as illustrative guidelines and tools for further research in Europe and China.
Nível de literacia dos cuidadores informais de doentes de Alzheimer relativamente à doença
Creators: name: Calha, António
name: Caldeira, Marília
Publisher: name: Aprender
Year: 2022

description: Esta investigação teve como objetivo avaliar o nível de conhecimentos dos cuidadores informais de doentes de Alzheimer relativamente à doença, identificando as suas fontes de informação e as principais necessidades sentidas. Face aos objetivos da investigação, procedeu‐se à recolha de informação, através de um inquérito por questionário aplicado a uma amostra de 20 cuidadores informais do concelho de Elvas. Os dados obtidos permitiram identificar um bom nível de literacia dos cuidadores envolvidos no estudo. Entre as principais fontes de informação utilizadas, destacam‐se, por ordem de importância, o médico de família e o neurologista, sendo que a principal necessidade de informação se prende com o modo como lidar com os comportamentos difíceis da pessoa cuidada. Das diferentes relações entre variáveis identificadas na investigação, destaca‐se a tendência de os cuidadores com maior nível de literacia conseguirem uma melhor gestão do stress (r=‐0,457; p=0,043).
description: Aprender, Revista Aprender nº 43 (maio de 2022)
InTheMED D2.4 Reinforcement of The Systematic Monitoring and Data Sharing in The MED Region
Creators: name: Jomaa, Seifeddine
name: Chavez, Rafael
name: K. Copty, Nadim
name: Azevedo, Leonardo
name: Akrout, Hanene
name: Baccouche, Hatem
name: Varouchakis, Emmanouil A.
name: Lyronis, Antonis
name: Karatzas, George P.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Groundwater level
Data sharing policy
Mediterranean region
National monitoring system
High resolution monitoring
Short and long-term assessment

description: The document reports the Deliverable D2.4, which summarizes the current monitoring strategies and networks of case studies countries (Spain, Greece, Portugal, Tunisia and Turkey) and gives insightful recommendations for implementing science-driven management based on in-situ data. Data needed for detailed groundwater assessment and management are listed. Then, a brief description of the groundwater monitoring systems by function and their assessment levels are presented. Also, the current groundwater monitoring networks of the five case study countries are reviewed. The newly monitored or gathered high-resolution data during InTheMED project from the five case studies were presented. The gained insights from these newly collected data compared to traditional monitoring strategies were discussed. Finally, recommendations towards systematic monitoring and data sharing in the case studies and beyond for the whole MED region are listed.
description: This project is part of the PRIMA Programme supported by the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under Grant Agreement No 1923
Most Interval Exchanges Have No Roots
Creators: name: Bernazzani, Daniel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
subject: Group Theory (math.GR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 37E05

description: Let $T$ be an $m$-interval exchange transformation. By the rank of $T$ we mean the dimension of the $\mathbb{Q}$-vector space spanned by the lengths of the exchanged intervals. We prove that if $T$ is minimal and the rank of $T$ is greater than $1+\lfloor m/2 \rfloor$, then $T$ cannot be written as a power of another interval exchange. We also demonstrate that this estimate on the rank cannot be improved. In the case that $T$ is a minimal 3-interval exchange transformation, we prove a stronger result: $T$ cannot be written as a power of another interval exchange if and only if $T$ satisfies Keane's infinite distinct orbit condition. In the course of proving this result, we give a classification (up to conjugacy) of those minimal IETs whose discontinuities all belong to a single orbit.
description: 14 pages
InTheMED D2.4 Reinforcement of The Systematic Monitoring and Data Sharing in The MED Region
Creators: name: Jomaa, Seifeddine
name: Chavez, Rafael
name: K. Copty, Nadim
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Groundwater level
Data sharing policy
Mediterranean region
National monitoring system
High resolution monitoring
Short and long-term assessment

description: The document reports the Deliverable D2.4, which summarizes the current monitoring strategies and networks of case studies countries (Spain, Greece, Portugal, Tunisia and Turkey) and gives insightful recommendations for implementing science-driven management based on in-situ data. Data needed for detailed groundwater assessment and management are listed. Then, a brief description of the groundwater monitoring systems by function and their assessment levels are presented. Also, the current groundwater monitoring networks of the five case study countries are reviewed. The newly monitored or gathered high-resolution data during InTheMED project from the five case studies were presented. The gained insights from these newly collected data compared to traditional monitoring strategies were discussed. Finally, recommendations towards systematic monitoring and data sharing in the case studies and beyond for the whole MED region are listed.
description: This project is part of the PRIMA Programme supported by the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under Grant Agreement No 1923
Functional Genomic Studies of Vaccinia Virus Provide Fundamental Insights into Virus-Host Interactions
Creators: name: Keller, Brian Andrew
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2017
Subjects: vaccinia virus
cancer

description: The oncolytic virus field is in the midst of strong and sustained growth. The clinical utility of this class of therapeutics has been bolstered in recent years by the rise of immune checkpoint inhibition, which has the potential to work synergistically with oncolytic viruses to increase the scope of patients who respond favourably to therapy. This growth has been further driven by clear industry support with several pharmaceutical companies acquiring or developing oncolytic virus products following the 2015 FDA approval of Talimogene laherparepvec and the generally-accepted potential of immunotherapeutic approaches to cancer treatment. Vaccinia virus is a double-stranded DNA virus with an extensive history of vaccine use in humans and a desirable safety profile. It is a large virus with a complex lifecycle, and its history of use as a vaccine has resulted in the generation of dozens of unique strains. Although it has been studied extensively, much remains unknown about many vaccinia virus gene function(s) and the virus’ interactions with cellular hosts. Vaccinia virus-based oncolytic viruses have been developed, however clinical outcomes thus far have been unsatisfactory. A more complete understanding of vaccinia virus gene functions must therefore precede the effective design of a next-generation vaccinia virus-based oncolytic candidate. With this downstream goal, we sought to (1) understand the unique oncolytic virus-relevant phenotypic properties of five clinical candidate vaccinia virus strains, and (2) generate and characterize a library of single-gene mutants of the Copenhagen strain of vaccinia virus. These studies resulted in the selection of vaccinia virus-Copenhagen as the wild-type strain of choice that will be utilized for future oncolytic virus development. Furthermore, the generation and initial characterization of an 89-member clonal library of vaccinia-Copenhagen single-gene mutants will be an important tool as we seek to generate a next-generation oncolytic virus candidate. Completed characterization studies challenge the role that viral thymidine kinase should play in oncolytic virus design, demonstrate novel functions of the vaccinia virus gene A47L, and provide an understanding of the role of the vaccinia virus gene F15L. These studies also raise the concept of the personalized selection of oncolytic virotherapeutics. This virus library has the potential to increase the fundamental understanding of vaccinia virus biology in this field as well as in the study of vaccine development and pathogen-host interactions.
Universal method for the synthesis of arbitrary polarization states radiated by a nanoantenna
Creators: name: Rodriguez-Fortuno, Francisco J.
name: Puerto, Daniel
name: Griol, Amadeu
name: Bellieres, Laurent
name: Marti, Javier
name: Martinez, Alejandro
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Optical nanoantennas efficiently convert confined optical energy into free-space radiation. The polarization of the emitted radiation depends mainly on nanoantenna shape, so it becomes extremely difficult to manipulate it unless the nanostructure is physically altered. Here we demonstrate a simple way to synthetize the polarization of the radiation emitted by a single nanoantenna so that every point on the Poincaré sphere becomes attainable. The nanoantenna consists of a single scatterer created on a dielectric waveguide and fed from its both sides so that the polarization of the emitted optical radiation is controlled by the amplitude and phase of the feeding signals. Our nanoantenna is created on a silicon chip using standard top-down nanofabrication tools, but the method is universal and can be applied to other materials, wavelengths and technologies. This work will open the way towards the synthesis and control of arbitrary polarization states in nano-optics.
description: 11 pages, 6 figures
O impacto da pandemia COVID‐19 e o estágio curricular em Serviço Social no âmbito do envelhecimento
Creators: name: Valduga, Tatiane
name: Ramos, Paula
Publisher: name: Aprender
Year: 2022

description: O presente estudo apresenta uma análise dos estágios desenvolvidos no âmbito do envelhecimento nos anos curriculares de 2019/2020, 2020/2021 e as tendências para o ano letivo de 2021/2022. A análise reporta os estágios facultados pela/ realizados pelos alunos da licenciatura de Serviço Social, da Escola Superior de Educação e Ciências Sociais do Instituto Politécnico de Portalegre, com diversas instituições parceiras. Os anos de análise encontram‐se em um contexto de pandemia COVID‐19, o qual apresenta constrangimentos para as instituições que realizam intervenção com a pessoa idosa, bem como para o desenvolvimento de estágios em Serviço Social neste domínio. A pesquisa é de natureza indutiva e orienta‐se através de uma pesquisa documental com recurso à análise de conteúdo, aos projetos de intervenção social desenvolvidos pelos estagiários, aos relatórios finais de estágio, a literatura específica sobre a temática, e aos documentos oficiais. Elaborou‐se um retrato das noções científicas dominantes nos documentos analisados, apontando para intervenções focadas no bem‐estar e qualidade de vida da pessoa idosa, através do desenvolvimento do envelhecimento ativo.
description: Aprender, Revista Aprender nº 43 (maio de 2022)
Harde stad, zachte stad
Creators: name: Reinders, Leeke
Publisher: name: A+BE | Architecture and the Built Environment
Year: 2016

description: There is something irrevocable in architecture. In contrast with a painting or a musical play, one cannot alter an architectural work of art other than by blowing it up or pulling it down. Streets, buildings, squares and parks are part of the hard, physical environment in which we organize our lives. But why conceptualize architecture as a finished product? What happens when the plans have been drawn, the buildings completed, the public space decorated and the pictures taken for design journals and marketing advertisements? How does the ‘hard’ city of architecture and urban planning relate to the ‘soft’ city of residents and users? How do people appropriate the planned city and make it their home? The thesis ‘Hard city, soft city’ is an anthropological study on the role of images and symbolic representations in the social production of urban space in Nieuwland, a post-war neighborhood of Schiedam, which is undergoing a process of large-scale restructuring. A central theme of the book is the intersection between planned and lived space. That is, between the city as object of planning and policy and as an object of everyday identity formation. The architecture and urban structure of post-war neighborhoods have been subject of numerous publications, but it is striking how little we know about everyday life that has unfolded in the years after completion. The book sets out to approach urban space not only from a physical and architectural point of view, but also as a social and cultural domain which is claimed by various groups and institutions. This is examined through the images, symbols and stories used by professionals and residents to give form, meaning and substance to urban space, such as in branding and narrative cartography. Using the philosophical work of Michel de Certeau and Henri Lefebvre, the book examines how an anthropology of urban space contributes to our knowledge on the city, as a political object of policy, architecture and planning and as an everyday living environment.
description: A+BE | Architecture and the Built Environment, No. 22 (2016): Harde stad, zachte stad
The Bellerophon state: a novel coherent phase of globally coupled oscillators
Creators: name: Bi, H.
name: Hu, X.
name: Boccaletti, S.
name: Wang, X.
name: Zou, Y.
name: Liu, Z.
name: Guan, S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: From rhythmic physiological processes to the collective behaviors of technological and natural networks, coherent phases of interacting oscillators are the foundation of the events' coordination leading a system to behave cooperatively. We unveil the existence of a new of such states, occurring in globally coupled nonidentical oscillators in the proximity of the point where the transition from the system's incoherent to coherent phase converts from explosive to continuous. In such a state, oscillators form quantized clusters, where they are neither phase- nor frequency-locked. Oscillators' instantaneous speeds are different within the clusters, but they form a characteristic cusped pattern and, more importantly, they behave periodically in time so that their average values are the same. Given its intrinsic specular nature with respect to the recently introduced Chimera states, the phase is termed the {\it Bellerophon} state. We provide analytical and numerical description of the microscopic and macroscopic details of {\it Bellerophon} states, thus furnishing practical hints on how to seek for the new phase in a variety of experimental and natural systems.
Single atom detection in ultracold quantum gases: a review of current progress
Creators: name: Ott, Herwig
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The recent advances in single atom detection and manipulation in experiments with ultracold quantum gases are reviewed. The discussion starts with the basic principles of trapping, cooling and detecting single ions and atoms. The realization of single atom detection in ultracold quantum gases is presented in detail and the employed methods, which are based on light scattering, electron scattering, field ionization and direct neutral particle detection are discussed. The microscopic coherent manipulation of single atoms in a quantum gas is also covered. Various examples are given in order to highlight the power of these approaches to study many-body quantum systems.
Investigating processes of glacial erosion and cirque formation by numerical modeling and field observations in the Southern Sierra Nevada, California
Creators: name: Belknap, Sabrina Marie
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2009

description: Existing rules for erosion by glaciers are inconsistent with observations of significant cirque retreat. To better understand the processes of cirque formation and expansion, two separate studies were commenced: a field study and a numerical model. These studies were designed to test the hypothesis that cirques ultimately form from fluctuating levels of glacial occupation. Morphometric characteristics of four cirques indicate that cirque expansion may result from growth of a riegel from bedrock shoulders. Variable ice flow directions determined from striae data in three of the cirques correlate with areas of greater ice thickness. Numerical modeling efforts show that overdeepenings may form from ice flow through existing constrictions, but only when a threshold quarrying rule is used. They also highlight the importance of the relative efficacy of abrasion and quarrying when modeling and indicate that quarrying is a more efficient process than abrasion.
The Impacts of Invasive Crayfish and Other Non-Native Species on Native Freshwater Crayfish: A Review
Creators: name: O’Hea Miller, SB
name: Davis, Andrew
name: Wong, Marian
Publisher: name: University of Wollongong
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 31
subject: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
classificationCode: 3103
subject: Ecology

description: Freshwater crayfish are vital species in ecosystems where they naturally occur, as they hold keystone and ecological engineering positions in these systems. Non-native species are common and widely spread throughout Earth’s freshwater ecosystems and can have severe impacts on native crayfish populations. There has yet to be a comprehensive global review of the impacts of non-native species on native crayfish. Two literature searches were conducted using Web of Science and Google Scholar to find articles to address four key aims: (1) summarise trends in the literature; (2) examine the mechanisms by which invasive crayfish impact native crayfish species; (3) examine the mechanisms by which other non-native species, such as fish, impact native crayfish species; and (4) identify gaps in knowledge and research priorities. This review highlights that a far greater amount of research has addressed the effects of invasive crayfish than other non-native species. The research on invasive crayfish focuses on four types of interactions with native crayfish: competition, predation, introduction of disease, and reproductive impacts. Studies addressing the impacts of other non-native species on crayfish indicate that predation and habitat destruction by these species are the key processes impacting native crayfish. It is evident that field-based research, particularly concerning competition between invasive and native crayfish, is limited. Therefore, further in situ research is needed to assess the validity of laboratory results in a natural setting. Additionally, in many cases, the impact of certain non-native species on native crayfish populations has gone unmonitored. For this reason, it is recommended that additional research focus on assessing the impact of these non-native species. To conclude, the impacts of invasive crayfish on native crayfish are profound and wide-ranging, often leading to population decline or extirpation. Further, other non-native species are also likely to have a highly deleterious impact on native crayfish populations; however, more research is required to understand the scope of this impact.
title: Охрана окружающей среды и энергосбережение в сельском хозяйстве
title: Учебник
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Добродькин М.М.
name:  Иванистов А.Н.
name:  Кильчевский А.В.
name:  Моисеева М.О.
name:  Никанович Т.В.
name:  Пугачева И.Г.
name:  Сергеева И.И.
name:  Тибец Ю.Л.
name:  Ходянков А.А.
name:  Чернуха Г.А.
Publisher: name: Республиканский институт профессионального образования (РИПО)
Year: 2017

description: Изложены теоретические основы экологии, основные принципы охраны окружающей среды. Описаны энергоресурсосберегающие приемы обеспечения устойчивого развития агроэкосистем. Отражены принципы расчета энергоэффективности в сельском хозяйстве. Уделено внимание особенностям ведения сельскохозяйственного производства на территориях, загрязненных радионуклидами. Приведена нормативно-законодательная база охраны окружающей среды и энергосбережения. Предназначен для учащихся учреждений среднего специального образования сельскохозяйственного профиля. Будет полезен всем интересующимся вопросами экологии, охраны окружающей среды и энергосбережения.
description: Theoretical bases of ecology, basic principles of environmental protection. Described energy saving techniques for sustainable development of agroecosystems. Reflects the principles of calculation of energy efficiency in agriculture. Attention is paid to the peculiarities of agricultural production in areas contaminated with radionuclides. Normative-legislative basis of environmental protection and energy saving. Is intended for students of institutions of secondary special education of agricultural profile. Will be useful to anyone interested in environmental issues, environmental protection and energy saving.
As políticas de proteção social à pessoa idosa e a orientação para o serviço social em Portugal
Creators: name: Valduga, Tatiane
Publisher: name: Aprender
Year: 2022

description: O aumento da longevidade da população portuguesa gera necessidades de respostas que colocam ao Estado de Bem‐estar e ao Serviço Social alguns desafios. O presente estudo tem como objetivos apresentar as políticas atuais de proteção social à pessoa idosa em Portugal, analisá‐las tendo em linha as especificidades internas ao contexto, bem como expor as diretrizes para o Serviço Social no âmbito do envelhecimento. A pesquisa é de natureza indutiva e orienta‐se através de uma pesquisa documental com recurso à análise de conteúdo aos documentos oficiais sobre o tema. Elaborou‐se um retrato das noções científicas dominantes, apontando os princípios de cidadania à pessoa idosa.
description: Aprender, Revista Aprender nº 43 (maio de 2022)