cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
On Mixing in Pairwise Markov Random Fields with Application to Social Networks
Creators: name: Avrachenkov, Konstantin
name: Iskhakov, Lenar
name: Mironov, Maksim
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Discrete Mathematics (cs.DM)
subject: Social and Information Networks (cs.SI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We consider pairwise Markov random fields which have a number of important applications in statistical physics, image processing and machine learning such as Ising model and labeling problem to name a couple. Our own motivation comes from the need to produce synthetic models for social networks with attributes. First, we give conditions for rapid mixing of the associated Glauber dynamics and consider interesting particular cases. Then, for pairwise Markov random fields with submodular energy functions we construct monotone perfect simulation.
Temperature dependence of the NMR relaxation rate 1/T_1 for quantum spin chains
Creators: name: Dupont, Maxime
name: Capponi, Sylvain
name: Laflorencie, Nicolas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present results of numerical simulations performed on one-dimensional spin chains in order to extract the so-called relaxation rate $1/T_1$ accessible through NMR experiments. Building on numerical tensor network methods using the Matrix Product States (MPS) formalism, we can follow the non-trivial crossover occurring in critical chains between the high-temperature diffusive classical regime and the low-temperature response described by the Tomonaga-Luttinger liquid (TLL) theory, for which analytical expressions are known. In order to compare analytics and numerics, we focus on a generic spin-$1/2$ XXZ chain which is a paradigm of gapless TLL, as well as a more realistic spin-$1$ anisotropic chain, modelling the DTN material, which can be either in a trivial gapped phase or in a TLL regime induced by an external magnetic field. Thus, by monitoring the finite temperature crossover, we provide quantitative limits on the range of validity of TLL theory, that will be useful when interpreting experiments on quasi one-dimensional materials.
description: 12 pages, 6 figures
Search for dark matter in association with a Higgs boson decaying to $b$-quarks in $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 13$ TeV with the ATLAS detector
Creators: name: ATLAS Collaboration
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A search for dark matter pair production in association with a Higgs boson decaying to a pair of bottom quarks is presented, using 3.2 $fb^{-1}$ of $pp$ collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV collected by the ATLAS detector at the LHC. The decay of the Higgs boson is reconstructed as a high-momentum $b\bar{b}$ system with either a pair of small-radius jets, or a single large-radius jet with substructure. The observed data are found to be consistent with the expected backgrounds. Results are interpreted using a simplified model with a $Z'$ gauge boson mediating the interaction between dark matter and the Standard Model as well as a two-Higgs-doublet model containing an additional $Z'$ boson which decays to a Standard Model Higgs boson and a new pseudoscalar Higgs boson, the latter decaying into a pair of dark matter particles.
description: 37 pages in total, author list starting page 21, 4 figures, 2 tables, final version published by Phys. Lett. B. All figures including auxiliary figures are available at https://atlas.web.cern.ch/Atlas/GROUPS/PHYSICS/PAPERS/EXOT-2015-23/
The Effect Of Sales Promotion On Consumer Buying Behavior: The Case Of Canbebe Diaper
Creators: name: H/michael, Afomia
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2019

description: The study had examined the effect of sales promotion on the customer buying behavior in the case of canbebe diaper. The sample populations of the study were customers of canbebe diaper users in Addis Ababa. Quantitative research approach been adopted in selecting a sample size of 385. primary data were collected using questionnaires from the customers of the product and then collected 371 responses, and descriptive and explanatory research design was used the data collected were carefully edited, coded, encoded using spread sheet and analyzed by using SPSS, The results of the analysis revealed that lottery, buy one get one free and premium were identified by the customers of canbebe diaper as factors determining their buying behavior, In accordance with existing empirical literature the results of the present study have supported the established relationship between buying behavior and sales promotion, The result of the study indicated that the identified factors (lottery, buy one get one free and premium)have significant relationship with customer buying behavior , according to their respective extent lottery system have the strongest positive relationship and buy one get one free have relatively lower positive effect on customer buying behavior of canbebe diaper following , premium type have slightly lower effect, With these findings the study provides many implications to increase the buying behavior of can bebe diaper by recommending that the company must strengthen the use of sales promotion as customers have shown great interest and are highly influenced by sales promotion activities
Aspects of general higher-order gravities
Creators: name: Bueno, Pablo
name: Cano, Pablo A.
name: Min, Vincent S.
name: Visser, Manus R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study several aspects of higher-order gravities constructed from general contractions of the Riemann tensor and the metric in arbitrary dimensions. First, we use the fast-linearization procedure presented in arXiv:1607.06463 to obtain the equations satisfied by the metric perturbation modes on a maximally symmetric background in the presence of matter and to classify $\mathcal{L}($Riemann$)$ theories according to their spectrum. Then, we linearize all theories up to quartic order in curvature and use this result to construct quartic versions of Einsteinian cubic gravity (ECG). In addition, we show that the most general cubic gravity constructed in a dimension-independent way and which does not propagate the ghost-like spin-2 mode (but can propagate the scalar) is a linear combination of $f($Lovelock$)$ invariants, plus the ECG term, plus a New ghost-free gravity term. Next, we construct the generalized Newton potential and the Post-Newtonian parameter $γ$ for general $\mathcal{L}($Riemann$)$ gravities in arbitrary dimensions, unveiling some interesting differences with respect to the four-dimensional case. We also study the emission and propagation of gravitational radiation from sources for these theories in four dimensions, providing a generalized formula for the power emitted. Finally, we review Wald's formalism for general $\mathcal{L}($Riemann$)$ theories and construct new explicit expressions for the relevant quantities involved. Many examples illustrate our calculations.
description: 83 pages, 3 figures, 4 tables; v2: minor modifications to match published version, references added
S-Mixup: Structural Mixup for Graph Neural Networks
Creators: name: Kim, Junghurn
name: Yun, Sukwon
name: Park, Chanyoung
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Existing studies for applying the mixup technique on graphs mainly focus on graph classification tasks, while the research in node classification is still under-explored. In this paper, we propose a novel mixup augmentation for node classification called Structural Mixup (S-Mixup). The core idea is to take into account the structural information while mixing nodes. Specifically, S-Mixup obtains pseudo-labels for unlabeled nodes in a graph along with their prediction confidence via a Graph Neural Network (GNN) classifier. These serve as the criteria for the composition of the mixup pool for both inter and intra-class mixups. Furthermore, we utilize the edge gradient obtained from the GNN training and propose a gradient-based edge selection strategy for selecting edges to be attached to the nodes generated by the mixup. Through extensive experiments on real-world benchmark datasets, we demonstrate the effectiveness of S-Mixup evaluated on the node classification task. We observe that S-Mixup enhances the robustness and generalization performance of GNNs, especially in heterophilous situations. The source code of S-Mixup can be found at \url{https://github.com/SukwonYun/S-Mixup}
description: CIKM 2023 (Short Paper)
Factors Affecting Customer Loyalty In Private Hospital (A Case Of Amin General Hospital)
Creators: name: Woldemeskel, Fetawek
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2017

description: Currently the health care sector in Ethiopia is operating in a higher competition. Many new hospitals have entered the health care industry. The choice of hospital by customer is increased within this competitive health care industry. Customer loyalty has become a key factor for long-term success of the companies. In order to make customers loyal toward the hospital, management of the hospital need to understand factors affecting customer loyalty. This study aimed at examining factors affecting customer loyalty within Amin general hospital. In order to achieve the objective, data for this study were obtained by distributing questionnaires 400 patients Amin general hospital of which 383 have been collected. To gather information from respondents the study used Convenience sampling techniques. Thus, 383 returned questionnaires were analyzed using statistical package for social science (SPSS version 21).The study made use of primary and secondary data sources in order to gather relevant information for the study. The study employed mainly questionnaire in collecting the primary data and the analysis was substantially based on primary data. The secondary data was collected by reviewing books, previous research works, articles and journals, brochures and internet sources. Both descriptive and inferential statistics have been used for data analysis. Finding of the study shows that commitment, switching cost, image and satisfaction have a significant positive influence on customer loyalty. In addition, the analysis found that commitment is most essential factor in affecting customer loyalty followed by switching cost, image, satisfaction and the least important factors in affecting customer loyalty is trust. The study recommends that hospitals should have to exercise a high level of commitment to deliver quality service, satisfy their patients and increase the satisfaction of patients by giving and keeping promise, by showing concern for the health of their patients, providing consistent quality services, showing respect for patients and fulfilling obligations to patients
Relations for Einstein-Yang-Mills amplitudes from the CHY representation
Creators: name: de la Cruz, Leonardo
name: Kniss, Alexander
name: Weinzierl, Stefan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We show that a recently discovered relation, which expresses tree-level single trace Einstein-Yang-Mills amplitudes with one graviton and $(n-1)$ gauge bosons as a linear combination of pure Yang-Mills tree amplitudes with $n$ gauge bosons, can be derived from the CHY representation. In addition we show that there is a generalisation, which expresses tree-level single trace Einstein-Yang-Mills amplitudes with $r$ gravitons and $(n-r)$ gauge bosons as a linear combination of pure Yang-Mills tree amplitudes with $n$ gauge bosons. We present a general formula for this case.
description: 13 pages, version to be published
Correlation of primary relaxations and high-frequency modes in supercooled liquids
Creators: name: Böhmer, Roland
name: Nowaczyk, A.
name: Geil, B.
name: Hinze, G.
Publisher: name: The American Physical Society
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: 530

description: Using spin-lattice relaxation weighted stimulated-echo spectroscopy, we report evidence for a correlation of the primary and secondary relaxation times. The experiments are performed using deuteron nuclear magnetic resonance somewhat above the calorimetric glass-transition of ortho-terphenyl, D-sorbitol, and cresolphthalein-dimethylether. The data analysis is based on the procedure outlined in the accompanying theoretical paper [B. Geil, G. Diezemann, and R. Böhmer, Phys. Rev. E 74, 041504 (2006)]. Direct experimental evidence for a modified spin-lattice relaxation is obtained from measurements on a methyl deuterated acetyl salicylic acid glass. The limitations of the present experimental method are discussed.
Avant-propos
Creators: name: Brown, Llewellyn
name: Germoni, Karine
name: Sardin, Pascale
Publisher: name: Classiques Garnier
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Lettres et création
subject: Bilingualisme
subject: Écriture hybride
subject: Biographie
subject: Création et relations interpersonnelles
subject: Letters and creation
subject: Bilingualism
subject: Hybrid writing
subject: Biography
subject: Creation and interpersonal relations

description: Ce volume est le premier en langue française consacré tout entier à la correspondance de Samuel Beckett. Il prend pour objet le rapport entre lettre et écriture vu par le prisme de la question du style. Les contributions qui le constituent font le lien entre le style épistolaire et le style de l’œuvre et s’intéressent aux propos métastylistiques inclus dans les lettres de Beckett.
description: This volume is the first in French to be entirely devoted to Samuel Beckett’s correspondence. Its object is the relationship between letters and writing, through the prism of questions of style. The contributions it contains examine the links between the epistolary style and the style of Beckett’s literary work, looking closely at the metastylistic remarks included in his letters.
title: ²H NMR study on temperature-dependent water dynamics in amino-acid functionalized silica nanopores
Creators: name: Steinrücken, Elisa
name: Wissel, Till
name: Brodrecht, Martin
name: Breitzke, Hergen
name: Regentin, Julia
name: Buntkowsky, Gerd
name: Vogel, Michael
Publisher: name: AIP Publishing
Year: 2023

description: We prepare various amino-acid functionalized silica pores with diameters of ∼6 nm and study the temperature-dependent reorientation dynamics of water in these confinements. Specifically, we link basic Lys, neutral Ala, and acidic Glu to the inner surfaces and combine ²H nuclear magnetic resonance spin–lattice relaxation and line shape analyses to disentangle the rotational motions of the surfaces groups and the crystalline and liquid water fractions coexisting below partial freezing. Unlike the crystalline phase, the liquid phase shows reorientation dynamics, which strongly depends on the chemistry of the inner surfaces. The water reorientation is slowest for the Lys functionalization, followed by Ala and Glu and, finally, the native silica pores. In total, the rotational correlation times of water at the different surfaces vary by about two orders of magnitude, where this span is largely independent of the temperature in the range ∼200–250 K.
The measure structure of sets and transfinite sequences of functions
Creators: name: Rudolph, Mark Frederick
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

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Detection of CO and HCN in Pluto's atmosphere with ALMA
Creators: name: Lellouch, E.
name: Gurwell, M.
name: Butler, B.
name: Fouchet, T.
name: Lavvas, P.
name: Strobel, D. F.
name: Sicardy, B.
name: Moullet, A.
name: Moreno, R.
name: Bockelée-Morvan, D.
name: Biver, N.
name: Young, L.
name: Lis, D.
name: Stansberry, J.
name: Stern, A.
name: Weaver, H.
name: Young, E.
name: Zhu, X.
name: Boissier, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Observations of the Pluto-Charon system, acquired with the ALMA interferometer on June 12-13, 2015, have yielded a detection of the CO(3-2) and HCN(4-3) rotational transitions from Pluto, providing a strong confirmation of the presence of CO, and the first observation of HCN, in Pluto's atmosphere. The CO and HCN lines probe Pluto's atmosphere up to ~450 km and ~900 km altitude, respectively. The CO detection yields (i) a much improved determination of the CO mole fraction, as 515+/-40 ppm for a 12 ubar surface pressure (ii) clear evidence for a well-marked temperature decrease (i.e., mesosphere) above the 30-50 km stratopause and a best-determined temperature of 70+/-2 K at 300 km, in agreement with recent inferences from New Horizons / Alice solar occultation data. The HCN line shape implies a high abundance of this species in the upper atmosphere, with a mole fraction >1.5x10-5 above 450 km and a value of 4x10-5 near 800 km. The large HCN abundance and the cold upper atmosphere imply supersaturation of HCN to a degree (7-8 orders of magnitude) hitherto unseen in planetary atmospheres, probably due to the slow kinetics of condensation at the low pressure and temperature conditions of Pluto's upper atmosphere. HCN is also present in the bottom ~100 km of the atmosphere, with a 10-8 - 10-7 mole fraction; this implies either HCN saturation or undersaturation there, depending on the precise stratopause temperature. The HCN column is (1.6+/-0.4)x10^14 cm-2, suggesting a surface-referred net production rate of ~2x10^7 cm-2s-1. Although HCN rotational line cooling affects Pluto's atmosphere heat budget, the amounts determined in this study are insufficient to explain the well-marked mesosphere and upper atmosphere's ~70 K temperature. We finally report an upper limit on the HC3N column density (< 2x10^13 cm-2) and on the HC15N / HC14N ratio (< 1/125).
description: Revised version. Icarus, in press, Oct. 11, 2016. 57 pages, including 13 figures and 4 tables
Optically Enhanced Magnetic Resonance for the Study of Atom-Surface Interaction
Creators: name: Suter, Dieter
name: Grafström, Stefan
Publisher: name: Springer
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: 530

description: We study surface-induced spin relaxation with a laser-assisted magnetic resonance experiment. Optical pumping with polarization-modulated light in a transverse magnetic field creates the spin polarization. For detection a probe laser beam is reflected at the surface and the change of its polarization is monitored. We present a comprehensive theoretical description, taking into account the spin relaxation at the surface, which leads to a spatially inhomogeneous magnetization near the surface as a result of the transient behavior of the atoms in this region. Analytical expressions are derived for the magnetic resonance signal, which show that the wall relaxation causes a clear modification of the line shape, characterized by pronounced wings. The experimental results obtained with bare and silicone-coated Pyrex-glass surfaces are well described by the theory. The bare glass surface causes strong relaxation, whereas the silicone-coated surface is only weakly depolarizing. The analysis of the magnetic-resonance line shape indicates that the depolarization probability per wall collision is ~0.01 in the latter case. The results are compared with corresponding results from the analysis of the optical resonance line measured with the same setup. Both types of measurements can be interpreted within the same theoretical framework and are fully consistent with one another.
華埠通訊 Vol. 09, Issue 02, October 2006
Creators: name: Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (Victoria, B.C.)
Publisher: name: University of Victoria Libraries
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Immigrants
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/967712
subject: Neighborhoods
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1715963
subject: Communities
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1430092
subject: Small business
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1121223
subject: Associations, institutions, etc.
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/819166
subject: Community development
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/870818
subject: Group identity
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/948442

description: Start of the newsletter with vol. 1, issue 1 in April of 1993. Published bi-monthly by the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association.
The reproductive biology of Cymbidium Canaliculatum (Orchidaceae)
Creators: name: Rutherfurd, Wendy Ann
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

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Distinguishing between MSSM and NMSSM through $ΔF=2$ processes
Creators: name: Kumar, Jacky
name: Paraskevas, Michael
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study deviations between MSSM and $Z_3$-invariant NMSSM, with respect to their predictions in $ΔF=2 $ processes. We find that potentially significant effects arise either from the well known double-penguin diagrams, due to the extra scalar NMSSM states, or from neutralino-gluino box contributions, due to the extended neutralino sector. Both are discussed to be effective in the large $\tanβ$ regime. Enhanced genuine-NMSSM contributions in double penguins are expected for a light singlet spectrum (CP-even,CP-odd), while the magnitude of box effects is primarily controlled through singlino mixing. The latter is found to be typically subleading (but non-negligible) for $λ\lesssim 0.5$, however it can become dominant for $λ\sim \mathcal{O}(1)$. We also study the low $\tanβ$ regime, where a distinction between MSSM and NMSSM can come instead due to experimental constraints, acting differently on the allowed parameter space of each model. To this end, we incorporate the LHC Run-I limits from $H\rightarrow Z Z$, $A \rightarrow hZ$ and $H^\pm \rightarrow τν$ non-observation along with Higgs observables and set (different) upper bounds for new physics contributions in $ΔF=2 $ processes. We find that a $\sim 25\%$ contribution in $ΔM_{s(d)}$ is still possible for MFV models, however such a large effect is nowadays severely constrained for the case of MSSM, due to stronger bounds on the charged Higgs masses.
description: 30 pp. text, 13 pp. appendix. Phrase "Recent limits" replaced by the more appropriate "LHC Run-I limits" due to new data becoming available from ATLAS, CMS. Note added with a brief discussion on these preliminary results. Refs added
Nonsupersymmetric dualities from mirror symmetry
Creators: name: Kachru, Shamit
name: Mulligan, Michael
name: Torroba, Gonzalo
name: Wang, Huajia
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study supersymmetry breaking perturbations of the simplest dual pair of 2+1-dimensional N = 2 supersymmetric field theories -- the free chiral multiplet and N = 2 super-QED with a single flavor. We find dual descriptions of a phase diagram containing four distinct massive phases. The equivalence of the intervening critical theories gives rise to several non-supersymmetric avatars of mirror symmetry: we find dualities relating scalar QED to a free fermion and Wilson-Fisher theories to both scalar and fermionic QED. Thus, mirror symmetry can be viewed as the multicritical parent duality from which these non-supersymmetric dualities directly descend.
description: 4 pages, 2 figures; v2: new title, adds refs, fixed typos
Variational Koopman models: slow collective variables and molecular kinetics from short off-equilibrium simulations
Creators: name: Wu, Hao
name: Nüske, Feliks
name: Paul, Fabian
name: Klus, Stefan
name: Koltai, Peter
name: Noé, Frank
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
subject: Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph)
subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: Biomolecules (q-bio.BM)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Markov state models (MSMs) and Master equation models are popular approaches to approximate molecular kinetics, equilibria, metastable states, and reaction coordinates in terms of a state space discretization usually obtained by clustering. Recently, a powerful generalization of MSMs has been introduced, the variational approach (VA) of molecular kinetics and its special case the time-lagged independent component analysis (TICA), which allow us to approximate slow collective variables and molecular kinetics by linear combinations of smooth basis functions or order parameters. While it is known how to estimate MSMs from trajectories whose starting points are not sampled from an equilibrium ensemble, this has not yet been the case for TICA and the VA. Previous estimates from short trajectories, have been strongly biased and thus not variationally optimal. Here, we employ Koopman operator theory and ideas from dynamic mode decomposition (DMD) to extend the VA and TICA to non-equilibrium data. The main insight is that the VA and TICA provide a coefficient matrix that we call Koopman model, as it approximates the underlying dynamical (Koopman) operator in conjunction with the basis set used. This Koopman model can be used to compute a stationary vector to reweight the data to equilibrium. From such a Koopman-reweighted sample, equilibrium expectation values and variationally optimal reversible Koopman models can be constructed even with short simulations. The Koopman model can be used to propagate densities, and its eigenvalue decomposition provide estimates of relaxation timescales and slow collective variables for dimension reduction. Koopman models are generalizations of Markov state models, TICA and the linear VA and allow molecular kinetics to be described without a cluster discretization.
Undergraduate thesis LaTeX template, Department of Physical Geography.
Creators: name: Jansson, Peter
Publisher: name: Stockholm University
Year: 2023
Subjects: Physical geography and environmental geoscience not elsewhere classified
Other earth sciences not elsewhere classified

description: This is the LaTeX template for undergraduate (candidate and master's) theses at the Department of Physical Geography. Undergraduate theses can be written using either Word or LaTeX. This resource contains the LaTeX template. The resource contains a description of how to use the template. The template itself is contained in a zip-file which can be unzipped to create a project on a computer or uploaded to Overleaf to create a new project. The zipped file contains all necessary files and a folder structure to help organize the default files from being confused with user provided files.
 The recommended way to use the template is to work in Overleaf and to set the LaTeX-compiler to XeLaTeX.
 The template also exists for working in Word. This template can be downloaded from the different thesis project web pages at the Department of Physical Geography.
 Updates:
 12 July 2023: Fixed errors with page numbers in the appendix. Small but crucial fix.
The Role of Self-Help Groups in Enhancing Urban Livelihood Assets: A Case of Lideta- Kirkos Sub-Cities' Self-Help Groups
Creators: name: Teshome, Mekibib
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2016

description: Urbanization is taking place in Ethiopia with rapid urban population expansion, and poverty becomes more urban. As more of the poor live in large urban centers of the country, there are high levels of poverty, unemployment, and social vulnerability particularly in Addis Ababa (the capital city). Shocks and stresses such as price rise of food items and HHs' income reduction impact the city's poor more severely due to preexisting vulnerabilities, social inequality and lack of opportunities. On the other hand, with local ownership and control, the People's Institution also called (Women) Self-Help Groups (SHGs) Approach is considered as an ideal model for enhancing livelihoods of their women beneficiaries who are often excluded from livelihood opportunities. Yet, the role of SHGs as livelihood assets and as initiative of economic empowerment hasn't been properly designed and implemented by the regulatory and policy organs. Basically, there is very limited empirical evidence on SHGs' contribution of livelihood assets. With these premises, the study has explored the role of women SHGs in improving urban livelihood assets of beneficiaries (mainly poorer women HHHs). Data required for the study were collected from both primary and secondary sources. The study employed qualitative and quantitative research design and data collection methods. The approach for data collection was a case study on women SHGs operating in Lideta and Kirkos Sub-cities in Addis Ababa, and the study also employed panel HH beneficiaries' survey data drawn from Lideta-Kirkos SHG survey conducted in 2013 and 2015 by LCO (SHG implementing NGO in the two Sub-cities) in collaboration with other institutions. The assessment revealed that the initiative has indeed improved livelihood assets of the beneficiaries mainly by building skills of beneficiaries, strengthening their social network, creating access to finances and IGAs, improving housing and HH furniture, and promoting grassroots decision-making. Yet, SHGs are not panacea by themselves and faced some barriers such as: members' low level of literacy and commitment as well as absence of formal registration as legal entity. The study concludes that the SHG Approach has proved to enhance livelihood assets of the beneficiaries in the study area and has become way-out for addressing vulnerability to poverty of the beneficiaries despite the barriers they encountered. The study calls for interventions that scale-up and replicate the positive lessons and solves the barriers to SHG initiatives
Pion Interferometry of sqrt(sNN) = 130 GeV Au + Au Collisions at RHIC
Creators: name: Adler, C.
name: Ahammed, Z.
name: Allgower, C.
name: Amonett, J.
name: Anderson, B. D.
Publisher: name: The American Physical Society
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: 530

description: Physical Review Letters
The synthesis of phosphorus isosteres of some morphine-like analgetics
Creators: name: Rowley, Lance Ernest
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

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Cosmological bounces and Lorentzian wormholes in Galileon theories with an extra scalar field
Creators: name: Kolevatov, R.
name: Mironov, S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study whether it is possible to design a "classical" spatially flat bouncing cosmology or a static, spherically symmetric asymptotically flat Lorentzian wormhole in cubic Galileon theories interacting with an extra scalar field. We show that bouncing models are always plagued with gradient instabilities, while there are always ghosts in wormhole backgrounds.
description: 12 pages. Journal version, minor corrections
華埠通訊 Vol. 05, Issue 06, October 2000
Creators: name: Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (Victoria, B.C.)
Publisher: name: University of Victoria Libraries
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Community development
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/870818
subject: Small business
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1121223
subject: Immigrants
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/967712
subject: Associations, institutions, etc.
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/819166
subject: Communities
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1430092
subject: Neighborhoods
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subject: Group identity
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description: Start of the newsletter with vol. 1, issue 1 in April of 1993. Published bi-monthly by the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association.
華埠通訊 Vol. 01, Issue 03, August 1993
Creators: name: Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (Victoria, B.C.)
Publisher: name: University of Victoria Libraries
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Community development
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/870818
subject: Neighborhoods
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1715963
subject: Immigrants
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/967712
subject: Group identity
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/948442
subject: Associations, institutions, etc.
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/819166
subject: Communities
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1430092
subject: Small business
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1121223

description: Start of the newsletter with vol. 1, issue 1 in April of 1993. Published bi-monthly by the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association.
Vinden en binden van publiek
Creators: name: Hermans, Marianne
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: publiek
bibliotheken
trends

description: Meer dan ooit heeft de klant de touwtjes in handen. Die klant wil snelle bediening op maat, en wel zo eenvoudig mogelijk. De consument is grillig en laat zich niet makkelijk meer binden. Zijn voorkeuren veranderen snel. Tegelijkertijd nemen de mogelijkheden om klanten nauwgezet te volgen toe.
description: Dit artikel was onderdeel van Dossier Trends, geschreven voor de Koninklijke Bibliotheek
Undergraduate thesis LaTeX template, Department of Physical Geography.
Creators: name: Jansson, Peter
Publisher: name: Stockholm University
Year: 2023
Subjects: Physical geography and environmental geoscience not elsewhere classified
Other earth sciences not elsewhere classified

description: This is the LaTeX template for undergraduate (candidate and master's) theses at the Department of Physical Geography. Undergraduate theses can be written using either Word or LaTeX. This resource contains the LaTeX template. The resource contains a description of how to use the template. The template itself is contained in a zip-file which can be unzipped to create a project on a computer or uploaded to Overleaf to create a new project. The zipped file contains all necessary files and a folder structure to help organize the default files from being confused with user provided files.
 The recommended way to use the template is to work in Overleaf and to set the LaTeX-compiler to XeLaTeX.
 The template also exists for working in Word. This template can be downloaded from the different thesis project web pages at the Department of Physical Geography.
The stratigraphy, vertebrate fauna and taphonomy of the early Pleistocene Nelson Bay Formation, Portland, Victoria
Creators: name: Piper, Katarzyna J.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

description: This thesis was scanned from the print manuscript for digital preservation and is copyright the author.
 Researchers can access this thesis by asking their local university, institution or public library to
 make a request on their behalf. Monash staff and postgraduate students can use the link in the References field.
The Effect of Service Quality on Customer Satisfaction in the Aviation Industry: The Case of Ethiopian Airlines
Creators: name: Yonas, Yoseph
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2017

description: Customer satisfaction has been one of the main concerns of airline industry all over the world. This has been necessitated by the stiff competition in the aviation industry. Airlines are striving hard to offer quality services to maintain existing customers and to convince new ones as well. The main objective of the research was to assess the effect of airline service quality on customer satisfaction using the five service quality dimensions of AIRQUAL model in Ethiopian Airlines. A sample of 270 customers was taken. The questionnaire was developed based on five dimensions of AIRQUAL model. In methodology part the collected data are analyzed using descriptive statistical tools like mean and correlation and also to analyze the effect relationship regression analysis, normality test and multi-Collinearity test was implemented using SPSS 22 statistical tool. The main findings of the study include the following: all dimensions of AIRQUAL except empathy have a positive relationship with customer satisfaction. The study revealed that airline tangible, terminal tangible and images have positive and significant influence or effect on customer satisfaction. The output of regression shows, from the five dimensions airline tangible, terminal tangible and image have positive and significant effect on customer satisfaction while personnel and empathy were insignificant as the result customer satisfaction is predicted by service quality by the value 63.3% based on the five dimensions of AIRQUAL model. Recommendation that was made include; Ethiopia airlines should have to give more emphasis and do strongly on the dimensions of airline tangible, terminal tangible and image that have positive relationship and significant effect on customer satisfaction. The employees should be polite enough to assure customers feel confident and safe. Employees should try to understand and identify with customers' specific needs and help according to their respective need. From the research seen all dimensions have a positive effect on customer satisfaction but it is needed to give more emphasis and do on the dimensions of airline tangible, terminal tangible and image that have significant effect on customer satisfaction. However, empathy, and personnel has not been found significant in this study. This study may indicate that customers who used frequently the airline service have a higher tendency of being loyal and hence satisfied with the services
Data of Corrosion of CopperNickelTitanium Archwire in Chlorhexidine, Sodium Fluoride and Chitosan Mouthwashes
Creators: name: Sufarnap, Erliera
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Dental Materials
subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: Orthodontics and Orthodontology
subject: Dentistry
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Universitas Sumatera Utara

description: Nickel and Copper Release, Surface Analysis and Deflection of CuNiTi Tanzo Archwire
Natural generalized mirage mediation
Creators: name: Baer, Howard
name: Barger, Vernon
name: Serce, Hasan
name: Tata, Xerxes
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In the supersymmetric scenario known as mirage mediation (MM), the soft SUSY breaking terms receive comparable anomaly-mediation and moduli-mediation contributions leading to the phenomenon of mirage unification. The simplest MM SUSY breaking models which are consistent with the measured Higgs mass and sparticle mass constraints are strongly disfavoured by fine-tuning considerations. However, while MM makes robust predictions for gaugino masses, the scalar sector is quite sensitive to specific mechanisms for moduli stabilization and potential uplifting. We suggest here a broader setup of generalized mirage mediation (GMM), where heretofore discrete parameters are allowed as continuous to better parametrize these other schemes. We find that natural SUSY spectra consistent with both the measured value of m(h). as well as LHC lower bounds on superpartner masses are then possible. We explicitly show that models generated from natural GMM may be beyond the reach of even high-luminosity LHC searches. In such a case, the proposed International Linear e^+e^- Collider (ILC) will be required for natural SUSY discovery via higgsino pair production reactions. We also outline prospects for detection of higgsino-like WIMPs from natural GMM.
description: 18 pages plus 7 .png figures; this revised version corrects a numerical error in the published version wherein a benchmark input value is corrected to be a_3=5.1
Zinc Tolerance of Special Yeasts and Lactic Acid Bacteria for Use in the Food Industry
Creators: name: Rossi, Samantha
name: Maares, Maria
name: Kieserling, Helena
name: Rohn, Sascha
name: Schlüter, Oliver
name: Patrignani, Francesca
name: Lanciotti, Rosalba
name: Haase, Hajo
name: Keil, Claudia
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Berlin
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie::570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie
subject: zinc
subject: nutrition
subject: fortification
subject: micronutrient deficiencies
subject: global health
subject: yeasts
subject: lactic acid bacteria

description: In order to address human zinc deficiency, fortifying staple foods with zinc is a safe and cost-effective solution. To ensure the nutritional properties and quality of a final product, zinc tolerance of the microorganisms involved in the fermentation is necessary. Bread, which is widely consumed, occupies a substantial place in many people’s diets, and is often based on a sourdough making process; thus, it might be an important headlining product. This study investigated the zinc tolerance of yeasts and lactic acid bacteria that are specifically suited to produce sourdough bread made with cricket powder hydrolysate and wheat flour. Amongst the yeasts, Kazachstania servazzii KAZ2 and Kazachstania unispora FM2 were only slightly affected in regard to cell growth and colony-forming ability when cultured in YPD broth spiked with 0.5 or 1 mM ZnSO4, respectively. Yarrowia lipolytica RO25 showed a higher tolerance for up to 2.5 mM zinc (ZnSO4). All the yeast strains were capable of accumulating zinc in the range between 200 and 400 fg/cell. The heterofermentative lactic acid bacterium Fructilactobacillus sanfranciscensis DG1 appeared to have a moderate zinc requirement and was homeostatically balanced, even under a high 20 mM extracellular ZnSO4 load. A better understanding of zinc homeostasis in yeast and lactic acid bacteria for food industry applications may lead to improvements in zinc fortification, which might contribute to diminishing Zn deficiencies, especially in vulnerable population groups.
The Role of Media in Policy Making Process in Ethiopia: the Case of Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation (EBC)
Creators: name: Yedesdes, Tesfa
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2017

description: In principle one of the fundamental roles of the media is to critically scrutinize governmental affairs: that is to act as the 'Fourth Estate' of government to ensure that the government can be held accountable by the public. And media have both direct and indirect influences on policy, and can, at various times, serve as a contributor to policy, a conduit of policy information, and a mirror to the policy process. But there is a widespread belief that EBC as a national media is not carrying out all its responsibilities accordingly. The main focus of the study was to undertake an assessment on Contribution of Media for Policy Making Process in Ethiopia, particularly EBC. A qualitative research methodology has been followed in the study, and a case study design has been utilized. Purposive sampling technique has been employed to identify the potential study participants from the study's target population. Questionnaires and key informant interview have been used as the primary data gathering tool. Secondary data have been acquired by reviewing published or unpublished written documents. Finally, it was found out that EBC's nature and personality today can drive one to come to terms that it is unfit to be a symbol of national media with all its failures to serve the public genuinely and carrying out its all responsibility accordingly. High level of government interference, lack of public participation, unethical and unprofessional reporting, and weak implementation of investigative journalism are among the major challenges.
Critical groups of group representations
Creators: name: Gaetz, Christian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: Representation Theory (math.RT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: This paper investigates the critical group of a faithful representation of a finite group. It computes the order of the critical group in terms of the character values, and gives some restrictions on its subgroup structure. It also computes the precise structure of the critical group both for the regular representation of any finite group, and for the reflection representation of the symmetric group.
description: 8 pages
Uncovering User Interest from Biased and Noised Watch Time in Video Recommendation
Creators: name: Zhao, Haiyuan
name: Zhang, Lei
name: Xu, Jun
name: Cai, Guohao
name: Dong, Zhenhua
name: Wen, Ji-Rong
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Information Retrieval (cs.IR)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In the video recommendation, watch time is commonly adopted as an indicator of user interest. However, watch time is not only influenced by the matching of users' interests but also by other factors, such as duration bias and noisy watching. Duration bias refers to the tendency for users to spend more time on videos with longer durations, regardless of their actual interest level. Noisy watching, on the other hand, describes users taking time to determine whether they like a video or not, which can result in users spending time watching videos they do not like. Consequently, the existence of duration bias and noisy watching make watch time an inadequate label for indicating user interest. Furthermore, current methods primarily address duration bias and ignore the impact of noisy watching, which may limit their effectiveness in uncovering user interest from watch time. In this study, we first analyze the generation mechanism of users' watch time from a unified causal viewpoint. Specifically, we considered the watch time as a mixture of the user's actual interest level, the duration-biased watch time, and the noisy watch time. To mitigate both the duration bias and noisy watching, we propose Debiased and Denoised watch time Correction (D$^2$Co), which can be divided into two steps: First, we employ a duration-wise Gaussian Mixture Model plus frequency-weighted moving average for estimating the bias and noise terms; then we utilize a sensitivity-controlled correction function to separate the user interest from the watch time, which is robust to the estimation error of bias and noise terms. The experiments on two public video recommendation datasets and online A/B testing indicate the effectiveness of the proposed method.
description: Accepted by Recsys'23