cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
The Revival of Public Shintō:  Politics, Environmentalism, and Popular Culture in Contemporary Japan
Creators: Lu, Yutao
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2023

Shintō is often recognized as Japan’s indigenous religion embedded with Japanese animistic beliefs such as kami cults. However, upon investigation, Shintō is much more complex, as it constantly changes and transforms; even whether it independently existed in pre-modern Japan (before 1868) is up for debate. National Learning (Kokugaku 国学) scholars and their studies significantly contributed to the rhetoric that Shintō is native to Japan and that it is Japan’s tradition and culture, rather than a religion. The creation of a public institution in the Meiji period (1868–1912) known as “State Shintō” also gives Shintō a robust nationalistic characterization. Overall, this thesis investigates the revival of public Shintō in contemporary Japanese society in light of the religious-secular divide, Shintō environmentalism, Shintō nationalism, and “Japanese animism.”

In particular, this thesis emphasizes the importance of sociopolitical context for Shintō’s development throughout Japanese history. It examines how Shintō adapts to new sociopolitical environments and argues that Shintō’s definitional ambiguity is the key to its adaptation. More importantly, it proposes that Shintō’s recent trend of aligning itself closely with environmentalism is yet another adaptation to the contemporary context—the global environmental crisis. Moreover, this thesis also interrogates the tendency of Shintō to be perceived as a public religion in contemporary Japanese society. It investigates the Constitution of Japan and its connection with Shintō. Namely, it argues that the legal interpretations of the Constitution contribute to Ise Shrine’s success, as Ise sophisticatedly avoids the controversy around Articles 20 and 89 of the Constitution by focusing on the rhetoric of shrine forests (chinju no mori 鎮守の森). This research examines the deployment of Shintō environmentalist discourse to promote Shintō in light of such conservative and nationalistic revivals.

Furthermore, this thesis introduces the recent scholarly debate over “new animism.” With this mythological understanding of “animism” in mind, this thesis examines animated films such as My Neighbor Totoro (Tonari no totoro となりのトトロ; 1988) and Princess Mononoke (Mononoke-hime もののけ姫; 1997), directed by Miyazaki Hayao. It argues that Miyazaki and his “Japanese animism,” despite his own disavowals of promoting any institutionalized religion, accelerate the spread of Shintō as not only an ancient worship tradition but also a universal “green” religion; that is, the spread of Shintō environmentalism. This highlights the need for greater awareness of these films and the messages they convey, which resonate with the assertions made by Japanese conservatives regarding Shintō and shrine forests.
Sonnenfleckenzeichnung Nr. 268.
Zeichnung von Flecken und Fackelflächen zur Ermittlung der Sonnenaktivität am 15.12.2015, 08:45, erstellt von Sergio Cortesi
Creators: name: Observatorium Specola Solare Ticinese Locarno (1957 bis 1980 Teil der Eidgenössischen Sternwarte der ETH Zürich)
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 2015

description: Bleistiftzeichnung mit schwarzer Farbe und Bleistift, erstellt als Projektionsbildzeichnung für die Beobachtungen in Locarno-Monti auf einem eigenen Vordruck. Instrument: Zeiss-Coudé-Refraktor mit 15 cm Öffnung und 225 cm Brennweite. Bildqualität (SIDC): 3.
Die Beobachtungen zu Einzelflecken und zu Sonnenfleckengruppen wurden auf dem Vordruck eingetragen. Zusätzlich sind zuhanden der späteren statistischen Verarbeitung die Angaben für die Bestimmung der Fleckenrelativzahl notiert.
Beobachtungstätigkeit unter eigenständiger Leitung (Associazione Specola Solare Ticinese ASST)
Sonnenfleckenzeichnung Nr. 32.
Zeichnung von Flecken und Fackelflächen zur Ermittlung der Sonnenaktivität am 18.02.2015, 11:15, erstellt von Andrea Manna
Creators: name: Observatorium Specola Solare Ticinese Locarno (1957 bis 1980 Teil der Eidgenössischen Sternwarte der ETH Zürich)
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 2015

description: Bleistiftzeichnung mit schwarzer Farbe und Bleistift, erstellt als Projektionsbildzeichnung für die Beobachtungen in Locarno-Monti auf einem eigenen Vordruck. Instrument: Zeiss-Coudé-Refraktor mit 15 cm Öffnung und 225 cm Brennweite. Bildqualität (SIDC): 3.
Die Beobachtungen zu Einzelflecken und zu Sonnenfleckengruppen wurden auf dem Vordruck eingetragen. Zusätzlich sind zuhanden der späteren statistischen Verarbeitung die Angaben für die Bestimmung der Fleckenrelativzahl notiert.
Beobachtungstätigkeit unter eigenständiger Leitung (Associazione Specola Solare Ticinese ASST)
Sonnenfleckenzeichnung Nr. 57.
Zeichnung von Flecken und Fackelflächen zur Ermittlung der Sonnenaktivität am 28.03.2015, 11:00, erstellt von Marco Cagnotti
Creators: name: Observatorium Specola Solare Ticinese Locarno (1957 bis 1980 Teil der Eidgenössischen Sternwarte der ETH Zürich)
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 2015

description: Bleistiftzeichnung mit schwarzer Farbe und Bleistift, erstellt als Projektionsbildzeichnung für die Beobachtungen in Locarno-Monti auf einem eigenen Vordruck. Instrument: Zeiss-Coudé-Refraktor mit 15 cm Öffnung und 225 cm Brennweite. Bildqualität (SIDC): 3.
Die Beobachtungen zu Einzelflecken und zu Sonnenfleckengruppen wurden auf dem Vordruck eingetragen. Zusätzlich sind zuhanden der späteren statistischen Verarbeitung die Angaben für die Bestimmung der Fleckenrelativzahl notiert.
Beobachtungstätigkeit unter eigenständiger Leitung (Associazione Specola Solare Ticinese ASST)
Warped Poisson Brackets on Warped Products
Creators: name: Amrane, Yacine Aït
name: Nasri, Rafik
name: Zeglaoui, Ahmed
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 53C15, 53D17

description: In this paper, we generalize the geometry of the product pseudo-Riemannian manifold equipped with the product Poisson structure (\cite{Nas2}) to the geometry of a warped product of pseudo-Riemannian manifolds equipped with a warped Poisson structure. We construct three bivector fields on a product manifold and show that each of them lead under certain conditions to a Poisson structure. One of these bivector fields will be called the warped bivector field. For a warped product of pseudo-Riemannian manifolds equipped with a warped bivector field, we compute the corresponding contravariant Levi-Civita connection and the curvatures associated with.
description: 18 pages
Sonnenfleckenzeichnung Nr. 211.
Zeichnung von Flecken und Fackelflächen zur Ermittlung der Sonnenaktivität am 10.10.2015, 07:45, erstellt von Marco Cagnotti
Creators: name: Observatorium Specola Solare Ticinese Locarno (1957 bis 1980 Teil der Eidgenössischen Sternwarte der ETH Zürich)
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 2015

description: Bleistiftzeichnung mit schwarzer Farbe und Bleistift, erstellt als Projektionsbildzeichnung für die Beobachtungen in Locarno-Monti auf einem eigenen Vordruck. Instrument: Zeiss-Coudé-Refraktor mit 15 cm Öffnung und 225 cm Brennweite. Bildqualität (SIDC): 4.
Die Beobachtungen zu Einzelflecken und zu Sonnenfleckengruppen wurden auf dem Vordruck eingetragen. Zusätzlich sind zuhanden der späteren statistischen Verarbeitung die Angaben für die Bestimmung der Fleckenrelativzahl notiert.
Beobachtungstätigkeit unter eigenständiger Leitung (Associazione Specola Solare Ticinese ASST)
THE INFLUENCE OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ON SCHOOL BOARD EFFECTIVENESS AS PERCEIVED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT
Creators: name: Bitting, Brandon F
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2022
Subjects: Other education not elsewhere classified

description: The positions of the school board and superintendent have been in place for years and in that time not only have the dynamics of education changed, but the societal structures have also evolved. This quantitative study examined the relationships that exist between the school board’s engagement in training and professional development and their effectiveness in the areas of creating a vision, using data, establishing goals, communication, and trust. All aspects of the board’s effectiveness and engagement in training were scored based on the superintendent’s perception of them using the Effective Board Leadership Practices Survey. Using the Spearman’s p correlation coefficient, significant correlations were found between board training and all five of the forementioned characteristics. The strongest correlation was found between the board training variable and the goal-setting variable. While still significant, the weakest correlation was found between the board training variable and the use of data variable. The impact of this study for superintendents is to gain a better understanding of often used educational terms in the strategic planning process and offer potential improvements in implementing these different characteristics. The study recommends that superintendents should build trust with their school boards by facilitating ongoing training in the processes used to develop the district’s vision, processes used to define the district’s goals, and using data to not only make decisions, but to monitor the progress of those decisions. The study also recommends that superintendents need to understand the importance of working with the board to effectively communicate these different processes with the community stakeholders.
Measuring What Matters: Exploring Measures of Métis Children's Social and Emotional Well-being Through Evidence Synthesis and Consensus Group Methods
Creators: James, Ashton L.
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2023

The measurement tools selected for use in studies with Indigenous children have an undeniable impact on the validity and applicability of the findings presented, underscoring the need to take seriously calls for the development of self-determined measures that are rooted in the cultures, histories, identities, and worldviews of Indigenous Peoples. This thesis describes a participatory research project in partnership with the Métis Nation of Alberta (MNA) to advance the creation of self-determined measures of Métis children’s social and emotional well-being (SEWB). This thesis describes a scoping review that aimed to identify, describe, and consolidate measures that have been developed to assess SEWB of Indigenous children in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States. Notably, and in alignment with other calls for action, the findings from this review highlight a glaring deficiency in efforts to develop measures that are specifically tailored for use with Métis children in Canada. The measures identified in this review were used in a subsequent study that applied modified versions of the Delphi technique and the nominal group technique to reach consensus among a group of knowledge holders on constructs that are important and relevant to measuring SEWB of Métis children in the context of the MNA. This stepwise process resulted in the creation of a conceptual map, consisting of 30 constructs that work together to describe SEWB of Métis children as multifaceted, interconnected, and relational. Ultimately, this study yields valuable insights into constructs that are important to the SEWB of Métis children in Alberta. These findings have been utilized to inform the development of three practice recommendations for the MNA. Moreover, they underscore the pivotal role that public health practitioners and policymakers have in supporting Indigenous Peoples’ self-determination.
Sonnenfleckenzeichnung Nr. 21.
Zeichnung von Flecken und Fackelflächen zur Ermittlung der Sonnenaktivität am 29.01.2015, 08:45, erstellt von Marco Cagnotti
Creators: name: Observatorium Specola Solare Ticinese Locarno (1957 bis 1980 Teil der Eidgenössischen Sternwarte der ETH Zürich)
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 2015

description: Bleistiftzeichnung mit schwarzer Farbe und Bleistift, erstellt als Projektionsbildzeichnung für die Beobachtungen in Locarno-Monti auf einem eigenen Vordruck. Instrument: Zeiss-Coudé-Refraktor mit 15 cm Öffnung und 225 cm Brennweite. Bildqualität (SIDC): 3.
Die Beobachtungen zu Einzelflecken und zu Sonnenfleckengruppen wurden auf dem Vordruck eingetragen. Zusätzlich sind zuhanden der späteren statistischen Verarbeitung die Angaben für die Bestimmung der Fleckenrelativzahl notiert.
Beobachtungstätigkeit unter eigenständiger Leitung (Associazione Specola Solare Ticinese ASST)
Dark matter and U(1)' symmetry for the right-handed neutrinos
Creators: name: Lindner, Manfred
name: Schmidt, Daniel
name: Watanabe, Atsushi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider a U(1)' gauge symmetry acting on three generations of right-handed neutrinos. The U(1)' symmetry is broken at the TeV scale and its remnant discrete symmetry makes one of the right-handed neutrinos stable. As a natural consequence of the anomaly cancellation, the neutrino mass matrix consists of a combination of Type I (TeV scale) seesaw and radiative correction. The stable right-handed neutrino communicates with the Standard Model via s-channel exchange of the Higgs field and the U(1)' gauge boson, so that the observed relic density for dark matter is obtained in a wide range of the parameter space. The experimental signatures in collider and other experiments are briefly discussed.
description: 16 pages, 4 figures
Dynamic Fisheye Grids for Binary Black Holes Simulations
Creators: name: Zilhão, Miguel
name: Noble, Scott C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a new warped gridding scheme adapted to simulating gas dynamics in binary black hole spacetimes. The grid concentrates grid points in the vicinity of each black hole to resolve the smaller scale structures there, and rarefies grid points away from each black hole to keep the overall problem size at a practical level. In this respect, our system can be thought of as a "double" version of the fisheye coordinate system, used before in numerical relativity codes for evolving binary black holes. The gridding scheme is constructed as a mapping between a uniform coordinate system--in which the equations of motion are solved--to the distorted system representing the spatial locations of our grid points. Since we are motivated to eventually use this system for circumbinary disc calculations, we demonstrate how the distorted system can be constructed to asymptote to the typical spherical polar coordinate system, amenable to efficiently simulating orbiting gas flows about central objects with little numerical diffusion. We discuss its implementation in the Harm3d code, tailored to evolve the magnetohydrodynamics equations in curved spacetimes. We evaluate the performance of the system's implementation in Harm3d with a series of tests, such as the advected magnetic field loop test, magnetized Bondi accretion, and evolutions of hydrodynamic discs about a single black hole and about a binary black hole. Like we have done with Harm3d, this gridding scheme can be implemented in other unigrid codes as a (possibly) simpler alternative to adaptive mesh refinement.
description: 35 pages, 13 figures. Matches published version in CQG
Sonnenfleckenzeichnung Nr. 110.
Zeichnung von Flecken und Fackelflächen zur Ermittlung der Sonnenaktivität am 04.06.2015, 09:45, erstellt von Andrea Manna
Creators: name: Observatorium Specola Solare Ticinese Locarno (1957 bis 1980 Teil der Eidgenössischen Sternwarte der ETH Zürich)
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 2015

description: Bleistiftzeichnung mit schwarzer Farbe und Bleistift, erstellt als Projektionsbildzeichnung für die Beobachtungen in Locarno-Monti auf einem eigenen Vordruck. Instrument: Zeiss-Coudé-Refraktor mit 15 cm Öffnung und 225 cm Brennweite. Bildqualität (SIDC): 3.
Die Beobachtungen zu Einzelflecken und zu Sonnenfleckengruppen wurden auf dem Vordruck eingetragen. Zusätzlich sind zuhanden der späteren statistischen Verarbeitung die Angaben für die Bestimmung der Fleckenrelativzahl notiert.
Beobachtungstätigkeit unter eigenständiger Leitung (Associazione Specola Solare Ticinese ASST)
The Daya Bay Antineutrino Detector Filling System and Liquid Mass Measurement
Creators: name: Band, H. R.
name: Cherwinka, J. J.
name: Draeger, E.
name: Heeger, K. M.
name: Hinrichs, P.
name: Lewis, C. A.
name: Mattison, H.
name: McFarlane, M. C.
name: Webber, D. M.
name: Wang, W.
name: Wenman, D.
name: Wise, T.
name: Xiao, Q.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment has measured the neutrino mixing angle θ_{13} to world-leading precision. The experiment uses eight antineutrino detectors filled with 20-tons of gadolinium-doped liquid scintillator to detect antineutrinos emitted from the Daya Bay nuclear power plant through the inverse beta decay reaction. The precision measurement of sin^{2}2θ_{13} relies on the relative antineutrino interaction rates between detectors at near (400 m) and far (roughly 1.8 km) distances from the nuclear reactors. The measured interaction rate in each detector is directly proportional to the number of protons in the liquid scintillator target. A precision detector filling system was developed to simultaneously fill the three liquid zones of the antineutrino detectors and measure the relative target mass between detectors to <0.02%. This paper describes the design, operation, and performance of the system and the resulting precision measurement of the detectors' target liquid masses.
description: 27 pages, 17 figures; accepted by JINST. v2 incorporates minor revisions requested by JINST
An empirical comparison of design/build and design/bid/build project delivery methods
Creators: name: Hale, Darren Russell
Publisher: name: The University of Texas at Austin
Year: 2005
Subjects: Project delivery method
Naval facilities
Project duration

description: This thesis project compares the performance of a homogeneous sample of United States Navy Bachelor Enlisted Quarters built using the Military Construction process. Projects will be broken into two sub-samples of design/bid/build and design/build projects to see if one project delivery method is superior in regards to time and cost. Project duration, project duration per bed, project time growth, cost growth and cost per bed will be statistically compared. Upon completion of the analysis the hypothesis that design/build projects are superior to design/bid/build projects in regards to time and cost will be tested
การออกแบบสร้างสรรค์นวัตกรรมโคมล้านนาร่วมสมัย สำหรับผู้ประกอบการในชุมชนเมืองสาตรหลวง จังหวัดเชียงใหม่
Creators: name: ศุภกร สมมิตร
Publisher: name: คณะสถาปัตยกรรมศาสตร์
Year: 2023
Subjects: นวัตกรรมผลิตภัณฑ์โคมล้านนา
ส่งเสริมการขาย
ชีวิตวิถีใหม่
ชุมชนเมืองสาตรหลวง
จังหวัดเชียงใหม่

description: วารสาร สิ่งแวดล้อมสรรค์สร้างวินิจฉัย (Built Environment Inquiry BEI), 22, 2, 49-67
Sonnenfleckenzeichnung Nr. 208.
Zeichnung von Flecken und Fackelflächen zur Ermittlung der Sonnenaktivität am 06.10.2015, 09:15, erstellt von Sergio Cortesi
Creators: name: Observatorium Specola Solare Ticinese Locarno (1957 bis 1980 Teil der Eidgenössischen Sternwarte der ETH Zürich)
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 2015

description: Bleistiftzeichnung mit schwarzer Farbe und Bleistift, erstellt als Projektionsbildzeichnung für die Beobachtungen in Locarno-Monti auf einem eigenen Vordruck. Instrument: Zeiss-Coudé-Refraktor mit 15 cm Öffnung und 225 cm Brennweite. Bildqualität (SIDC): 3.
Die Beobachtungen zu Einzelflecken und zu Sonnenfleckengruppen wurden auf dem Vordruck eingetragen. Zusätzlich sind zuhanden der späteren statistischen Verarbeitung die Angaben für die Bestimmung der Fleckenrelativzahl notiert.
Beobachtungstätigkeit unter eigenständiger Leitung (Associazione Specola Solare Ticinese ASST)
Nuclear coups: dynamics of black holes in galaxy mergers
Creators: name: Van Wassenhove, Sandor
name: Capelo, Pedro R.
name: Volonteri, Marta
name: Dotti, Massimo
name: Bellovary, Jillian M.
name: Mayer, Lucio
name: Governato, Fabio
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the dynamical evolution of supermassive black holes (BHs) in merging galaxies on scales of hundreds of kpc to 10 pc, to identify the physical processes that aid or hinder the orbital decay of BHs. We present hydrodynamical simulations of galaxy mergers with a resolution of $\leq$20 pc, chosen to accurately track the motion of the nuclei and provide a realistic environment for the evolution of the BHs. We find that, during the late stages of the merger, tidal shocks inject energy in the nuclei, causing one or both nuclei to be disrupted and leaving their BH `naked', without any bound gas or stars. In many cases, the nucleus that is ultimately disrupted is that of the larger galaxy (`nuclear coup'), as star formation grows a denser nuclear cusp in the smaller galaxy. We supplement our simulations with an analytical estimate of the orbital-decay time required for the BHs to form a binary at unresolved scales, due to dynamical friction. We find that, when a nuclear coup occurs, the time-scale is much shorter than when the secondary's nucleus is disrupted, as the infalling BH is more massive, and it also finds itself in a denser stellar environment.
description: Accepted for publication in MNRAS, 16 pages, 13 figures, 2 tables
การสังเคราะห์ค่าความชื้นและพัฒนาระบบควบคุมปริมาณเห็ดหลินจือแบบแม่นยำสูง ด้วยเทคโนโลยีเซนเซอร์ของ IoT เพื่อเพิ่มผลผลิตเห็ดส่งออกแบบครบวงจร ของวิสาหกิจชุมชนกาญจนาฟาร์มเห็ด จ.ชัยภูมิ
Creators: name: สามารถ สินทร
Publisher: name: คณะเทคโนโลยีการเกษตร มหาวิทยาลัยราชภัฏมหาสารคาม
Year: 2023
Subjects: เกษตรอัจฉริยะ
อินเตอร์เน็ตในทุกสิ่ง
เซนเซอร์
เห็ดหลินจือ
เกษตรแม่นยำ

description: วารสารเกษตรพระวรุณ, 20, 1, 98-105
On Policy Decisions of Polymorphic Inline Caches in Dynamically-Typed Language Implementations
Creators: Henderson, Nathan T
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2023

Dynamically-typed languages running on Virtual Machines (VMs) are commonly used, but the lack of explicit type information poses a challenge to producing efficient code. In general, without type annotations, it is impossible to statically infer an object's type to determine which methods to invoke or how properties are accessed. Inline caches (ICs) are a widely adopted technique to improve the performance of dynamically-typed languages. ICs store machine code stubs at the bytecode level to enable fast-path execution for previously seen types. However, highly polymorphic sites require a large number of fast paths, leading to more frequent code generation and a higher runtime cost to select the correct fast path for an incoming type. Therefore, implementations often set a limit on the number of IC fast paths for a bytecode. Once this limit is reached, type-specialized fast paths are forgotten, and instead, the IC executes a type-generic routine.

The central goal of this thesis is to investigate and evaluate alternative techniques to handle high degrees of polymorphism in operations that use inline caches. This thesis introduces "Stub Folding," a technique that increases the efficiency of highly polymorphic ICs. Stub Folding allows certain ICs to retain type-specialized fast paths that would otherwise be lost, enabling higher code coverage for compiler optimizations and accelerating lower execution tiers. An implementation of Stub Folding in the SpiderMonkey JavaScript engine achieves up to 25% improvement on complex applications within the JetStream 2.1 benchmark suite compared to SpiderMonkey’s previous approach. This thesis also explores techniques inspired by hardware caching policies, namely Least Recently Used (LRU) and Least Frequently Used (LFU) replacement policies. An evaluation indicates that LRU and LFU policies accelerate some programs but do not reliably increase program efficiency across a range of benchmarks.
Neutron skin of $^{208}$Pb from Coherent Pion Photoproduction
Creators: name: Tarbert, C. M.
name: Watts, D. P.
name: Glazier, D. I.
name: Aguar, P.
name: Ahrens, J.
name: Annand, J. R. M.
name: Arends, H. J.
name: Beck, R.
name: Bekrenev, V.
name: Boillat, B.
name: Braghieri, A.
name: Branford, D.
name: Briscoe, W. J.
name: Brudvik, J.
name: Cherepnya, S.
name: Codling, R.
name: Downie, E. J.
name: Foehl, K.
name: Grabmayr, P.
name: Gregor, R.
name: Heid, E.
name: Hornidge, D.
name: Jahn, O.
name: Kashevarov, V. L.
name: Knezevic, A.
name: Kondratiev, R.
name: Korolija, M.
name: Kotulla, M.
name: Krambrich, D.
name: Krusche, B.
name: Lang, M.
name: Lisin, V.
name: Livingston, K.
name: Lugert, S.
name: MacGregor, I. J. D.
name: Manley, D. M.
name: Martinez, M.
name: McGeorge, J. C.
name: Mekterovic, D.
name: Metag, V.
name: Nefkens, B. M. K.
name: Nikolaev, A.
name: Novotny, R.
name: Owens, R. O.
name: Pedroni, P.
name: Polonski, A.
name: Prakhov, S. N.
name: Price, J. W.
name: Rosner, G.
name: Rost, M.
name: Rostomyan, T.
name: Schadmand, S.
name: Schumann, S.
name: Sober, D.
name: Starostin, A.
name: Supek, I.
name: Thomas, A.
name: Unverzagt, M.
name: Walcher, Th.
name: Zehr, F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Information on the size and shape of the neutron skin on $^{208}$Pb has been extracted from coherent pion photoproduction cross sections measured using the Crystal Ball together with the Glasgow tagger at the MAMI electron beam facility. On exploitation of an interpolated fit of a theoretical model to the measured cross sections the half-height radius and diffuseness of the neutron distribution are found to be 6.70$\pm 0.03(stat)$ fm and 0.55$\pm 0.01(stat)$$^{+0.02}_{-0.03}(sys)$ fm respectively, corresponding to a neutron skin thickness $Δr_{np}$=0.15$\pm 0.03(stat)$$^{+0.01}_{-0.03}(sys)$ fm. The results give the first successful extraction of a neutron skin with an electromagnetic probe and indicate the skin of $^{208}$Pb has a halo character. The measurement provides valuable new constraints on both the structure of nuclei and the equation of state for neutron-rich matter.
description: 4 figures 5 pages. Version submitted to journal. Includes additional studies of systematic effects in the extracted diffuseness, which led to a small increase in the quoted systematic error. These additional studies are discussed in the revised manuscript. Also includes minor editorial improvements to the text
Locally conformally flat ancient Ricci flows
Creators: name: Catino, Giovanni
name: Mantegazza, Carlo
name: Mazzieri, Lorenzo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We show that any locally conformally flat ancient solution to the Ricci flow must be rotationally symmetric. As a by-product, we prove that any locally conformally flat Ricci soliton is a gradient soliton in the shrinking and steady cases as well as in the expanding case, provided the soliton has nonnegative curvature.
description: Final version, to appear on Anal. PDE
SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL COMPETENCIES IN EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP: UNDERSTANDING HOW PRINCIPALS CAN NURTURE THE SEL NEEDS OF TEACHERS
Creators: name: Bitting, Jane M
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2022
Subjects: Other education not elsewhere classified

description: This qualitative single case study examined the social and emotional needs of teachers and what they need from principals to nurture the use of effective social and emotional competencies. Individual interviews were conducted with secondary teachers from one school district in Indiana. Three themes emerged. Teachers need: (1) boundaries, (2) space and time, and (3) collaboration and connectedness. In addition, this study explored what principals could do to nurture the social and emotional needs of teachers. Six findings were reported: Principals should (1) have a clear understanding of SEL competencies (2) nurture unique opportunities for collaboration (3) nurture a variety of topics on which to collaborate with teachers (4) provide the space and time necessary for teachers to process (5) model work-life balance (6) nurture personal connections between adults within the school. These findings will help principals develop their leadership skills in supporting teachers in their application of social and emotional learning competencies.
Sonnenfleckenzeichnung Nr. 117.
Zeichnung von Flecken und Fackelflächen zur Ermittlung der Sonnenaktivität am 13.06.2015, 09:45, erstellt von Sergio Cortesi
Creators: name: Observatorium Specola Solare Ticinese Locarno (1957 bis 1980 Teil der Eidgenössischen Sternwarte der ETH Zürich)
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 2015

description: Bleistiftzeichnung mit schwarzer Farbe und Bleistift, erstellt als Projektionsbildzeichnung für die Beobachtungen in Locarno-Monti auf einem eigenen Vordruck. Instrument: Zeiss-Coudé-Refraktor mit 15 cm Öffnung und 225 cm Brennweite. Bildqualität (SIDC): 3.
Die Beobachtungen zu Einzelflecken und zu Sonnenfleckengruppen wurden auf dem Vordruck eingetragen. Zusätzlich sind zuhanden der späteren statistischen Verarbeitung die Angaben für die Bestimmung der Fleckenrelativzahl notiert.
Beobachtungstätigkeit unter eigenständiger Leitung (Associazione Specola Solare Ticinese ASST)
Sonnenfleckenzeichnung Nr. 107.
Zeichnung von Flecken und Fackelflächen zur Ermittlung der Sonnenaktivität am 01.06.2015, 07:15, erstellt von Marco Cagnotti
Creators: name: Observatorium Specola Solare Ticinese Locarno (1957 bis 1980 Teil der Eidgenössischen Sternwarte der ETH Zürich)
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 2015

description: Bleistiftzeichnung mit schwarzer Farbe und Bleistift, erstellt als Projektionsbildzeichnung für die Beobachtungen in Locarno-Monti auf einem eigenen Vordruck. Instrument: Zeiss-Coudé-Refraktor mit 15 cm Öffnung und 225 cm Brennweite. Bildqualität (SIDC): 3.
Die Beobachtungen zu Einzelflecken und zu Sonnenfleckengruppen wurden auf dem Vordruck eingetragen. Zusätzlich sind zuhanden der späteren statistischen Verarbeitung die Angaben für die Bestimmung der Fleckenrelativzahl notiert.
Beobachtungstätigkeit unter eigenständiger Leitung (Associazione Specola Solare Ticinese ASST)
On Coding Schemes for Straggler Mitigation in Distributed Computing
Creators: Fetrat Qharabagh, Muhammad
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2023

One of the main challenges in distributed computing are straggling servers i.e. servers that have temporary or permanent delay in sending the result of the computations assigned to them. One of the proposed methods to address the straggler problem is using forward error correction codes to encode the subtasks before distributing them among workers where the results of the lagging servers are treated as erasure. This method is referred to as coded distributed computing (CDC). In this thesis we study CDC in general and address two straggler related issues.

First we consider a master-worker setting to perform a matrix-vector multiplication. The main focus in prior CDC approaches for this problem is on minimising the computation time using a family of codes known as minimum distance separable(MDS) codes. The assumption is that the encoding and the decoding time in the master is negligible. However, when the task is large or the number of workers is high, and the encoding/decoding can not be done offline, this time is not small compared to the computation time anymore. Hence, we introduce a new family of binary locally repairable codes (BLRCs) specifically designed for CDC. Being binary removes the costly multiplication operations in the encoding/decoding process and the locally repairable nature of the code further reduces the decoding complexity. Therefore, due to the lower encoding/decoding complexity in our codes, the overall time delay is lower than the conventional MDS scheme. Secondly, we consider a general master-worker setting where each worker is assigned with multiple subtasks. Accordingly, we propose a CDC scheme based on the systematic MDS codes. Then we derive and calculate the analytical probabilities of finishing the coded distributed computation before a deadline in our scheme and obtain the optimal subtask loads and the code rate for it. The overall goal is to reduce the computation time compared to conventional schemes for a multi-subtask per worker distributed computing.
Effect of COVID-19 vaccines for the treatment of people with post-COVID-19 condition: a rapid review
Creators: name: Saif-Ur-Rahman, KM
name: Kothari, Kavita
name: Sadlier, Corinna
name: Moriarty, Frank
name: Movsisyan, Ani
name: Whelan, Sean
name: Taneri, Petek
name: Blair, Matthew
name: Guyatt, Gordon
name: Devane, Declan
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: COVID-19 vaccines
subject: Post-COVID-19 condition

description: This is a systematic review on the effect of COVID-19 vaccines for the treatment of people with post-COVID-19 condition
Allee Efects in Cancer Stem Cell Driven Solid Tumors
Creators: Shyntar, Alexandra
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2023

In this thesis, we perform a systematic study of the Allee effect in cancer stem cell (CSC)

models with an application to non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Previously, it was

shown that an Allee effect exists in mathematical tumor growth models incorporating

cancer stem cell (CSC) dynamics. Here, we extend CSC models to study the Allee

effect further. Through the analysis of the models using geometric singular perturbation

theory, as well as linear stability analysis, we show the existence of the Allee region,

which captures the densities at which natural tumor remission occurs. We find that the

Allee region can be enlarged by several mechanisms, such as increasing the death rates

of the cancer cells. However, decreasing the self-renewal capabilities of CSCs is much

more effective at enlarging the region. This signifies that targeted therapy along with

conventional cytotoxic therapies can be more effective at treating the tumor rather than

conventional therapy alone. Finally, we reduce the CSC model and fit it to the gross

tumor volume data of NSCLC patients, by using Latin Hypercube Sampling to sample a

parameter space. The data is obtained from patients who received intensity-modulated

radiotherapy alongside chemotherapy. We find that the Allee effect and the distinction

between the heterogeneous cell types in the tumor are not needed to explain the data.

Although the patients have varying responses to treatment and varying parameters,

we nevertheless find a ratio that may indicate how well patients will respond to the

treatment.
Sonnenfleckenzeichnung Nr. 218.
Zeichnung von Flecken und Fackelflächen zur Ermittlung der Sonnenaktivität am 21.10.2015, 08:15, erstellt von Marco Cagnotti
Creators: name: Observatorium Specola Solare Ticinese Locarno (1957 bis 1980 Teil der Eidgenössischen Sternwarte der ETH Zürich)
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 2015

description: Bleistiftzeichnung mit schwarzer Farbe und Bleistift, erstellt als Projektionsbildzeichnung für die Beobachtungen in Locarno-Monti auf einem eigenen Vordruck. Instrument: Zeiss-Coudé-Refraktor mit 15 cm Öffnung und 225 cm Brennweite. Bildqualität (SIDC): 4.
Die Beobachtungen zu Einzelflecken und zu Sonnenfleckengruppen wurden auf dem Vordruck eingetragen. Zusätzlich sind zuhanden der späteren statistischen Verarbeitung die Angaben für die Bestimmung der Fleckenrelativzahl notiert.
Beobachtungstätigkeit unter eigenständiger Leitung (Associazione Specola Solare Ticinese ASST)
Sonnenfleckenzeichnung Nr. 198.
Zeichnung von Flecken und Fackelflächen zur Ermittlung der Sonnenaktivität am 21.09.2015, 08:15, erstellt von Marco Cagnotti
Creators: name: Observatorium Specola Solare Ticinese Locarno (1957 bis 1980 Teil der Eidgenössischen Sternwarte der ETH Zürich)
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 2015

description: Bleistiftzeichnung mit schwarzer Farbe und Bleistift, erstellt als Projektionsbildzeichnung für die Beobachtungen in Locarno-Monti auf einem eigenen Vordruck. Instrument: Zeiss-Coudé-Refraktor mit 15 cm Öffnung und 225 cm Brennweite. Bildqualität (SIDC): 3.
Die Beobachtungen zu Einzelflecken und zu Sonnenfleckengruppen wurden auf dem Vordruck eingetragen. Zusätzlich sind zuhanden der späteren statistischen Verarbeitung die Angaben für die Bestimmung der Fleckenrelativzahl notiert.
Beobachtungstätigkeit unter eigenständiger Leitung (Associazione Specola Solare Ticinese ASST)
Sonnenfleckenzeichnung Nr. 261.
Zeichnung von Flecken und Fackelflächen zur Ermittlung der Sonnenaktivität am 08.12.2015, 11:00, erstellt von Andrea Manna
Creators: name: Observatorium Specola Solare Ticinese Locarno (1957 bis 1980 Teil der Eidgenössischen Sternwarte der ETH Zürich)
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 2015

description: Bleistiftzeichnung mit schwarzer Farbe und Bleistift, erstellt als Projektionsbildzeichnung für die Beobachtungen in Locarno-Monti auf einem eigenen Vordruck. Instrument: Zeiss-Coudé-Refraktor mit 15 cm Öffnung und 225 cm Brennweite. Bildqualität (SIDC): 3.
Die Beobachtungen zu Einzelflecken und zu Sonnenfleckengruppen wurden auf dem Vordruck eingetragen. Zusätzlich sind zuhanden der späteren statistischen Verarbeitung die Angaben für die Bestimmung der Fleckenrelativzahl notiert.
Beobachtungstätigkeit unter eigenständiger Leitung (Associazione Specola Solare Ticinese ASST)
Sonnenfleckenzeichnung Nr. 183.
Zeichnung von Flecken und Fackelflächen zur Ermittlung der Sonnenaktivität am 28.08.2015, 07:45, erstellt von Marco Cagnotti
Creators: name: Observatorium Specola Solare Ticinese Locarno (1957 bis 1980 Teil der Eidgenössischen Sternwarte der ETH Zürich)
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 2015

description: Bleistiftzeichnung mit schwarzer Farbe und Bleistift, erstellt als Projektionsbildzeichnung für die Beobachtungen in Locarno-Monti auf einem eigenen Vordruck. Instrument: Zeiss-Coudé-Refraktor mit 15 cm Öffnung und 225 cm Brennweite. Bildqualität (SIDC): 3.
Die Beobachtungen zu Einzelflecken und zu Sonnenfleckengruppen wurden auf dem Vordruck eingetragen. Zusätzlich sind zuhanden der späteren statistischen Verarbeitung die Angaben für die Bestimmung der Fleckenrelativzahl notiert.
Beobachtungstätigkeit unter eigenständiger Leitung (Associazione Specola Solare Ticinese ASST)
Sonnenfleckenzeichnung Nr. 115.
Zeichnung von Flecken und Fackelflächen zur Ermittlung der Sonnenaktivität am 11.06.2015, 07:30, erstellt von Marco Cagnotti
Creators: name: Observatorium Specola Solare Ticinese Locarno (1957 bis 1980 Teil der Eidgenössischen Sternwarte der ETH Zürich)
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 2015

description: Bleistiftzeichnung mit schwarzer Farbe und Bleistift, erstellt als Projektionsbildzeichnung für die Beobachtungen in Locarno-Monti auf einem eigenen Vordruck. Instrument: Zeiss-Coudé-Refraktor mit 15 cm Öffnung und 225 cm Brennweite. Bildqualität (SIDC): 3.
Die Beobachtungen zu Einzelflecken und zu Sonnenfleckengruppen wurden auf dem Vordruck eingetragen. Zusätzlich sind zuhanden der späteren statistischen Verarbeitung die Angaben für die Bestimmung der Fleckenrelativzahl notiert.
Beobachtungstätigkeit unter eigenständiger Leitung (Associazione Specola Solare Ticinese ASST)
Sonnenfleckenzeichnung Nr. 240.
Zeichnung von Flecken und Fackelflächen zur Ermittlung der Sonnenaktivität am 13.11.2015, 09:00, erstellt von Sergio Cortesi
Creators: name: Observatorium Specola Solare Ticinese Locarno (1957 bis 1980 Teil der Eidgenössischen Sternwarte der ETH Zürich)
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 2015

description: Bleistiftzeichnung mit schwarzer Farbe und Bleistift, erstellt als Projektionsbildzeichnung für die Beobachtungen in Locarno-Monti auf einem eigenen Vordruck. Instrument: Zeiss-Coudé-Refraktor mit 15 cm Öffnung und 225 cm Brennweite. Bildqualität (SIDC): 3.
Die Beobachtungen zu Einzelflecken und zu Sonnenfleckengruppen wurden auf dem Vordruck eingetragen. Zusätzlich sind zuhanden der späteren statistischen Verarbeitung die Angaben für die Bestimmung der Fleckenrelativzahl notiert.
Beobachtungstätigkeit unter eigenständiger Leitung (Associazione Specola Solare Ticinese ASST)
Strain-induced magnetism in MoS2 monolayer with defects
Creators: name: Tao, Peng
name: Guo, Huaihong
name: Yang, Teng
name: Zhang, Zhidong
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The strain-induced magnetism is observed in single-layer MoS2 with atomic single vacancies from density functional calculations. Calculated magnetic moment is no less than 2muB per vacancy defect. The straininduced band gap closure is concurrent with the occurrence of the magnetism. Possible physical mechanism of the emergence of strain-induced magnetism is illustrated. We also demonstrate the possibility to test the predicted magnetism in experiment. Our study may provide an opportunity for the design of new type of memory-switching or logic devices by using earth-rich nonmagnetic materials MoS2.
description: 4 pages,5 figures
The Role of Community Health Nursing in Improving PublicHealth: A Global and Local Perspective
Creators: name: Tushe, Mirela
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 420501
subject: Acute care
classificationCode: 420502
subject: Aged care nursing
classificationCode: 420503
subject: Community and primary care
classificationCode: 420504
subject: Mental health nursing
classificationCode: 420505
subject: Nursing workforce
classificationCode: 420506
subject: Sub-acute care
classificationCode: 420599
subject: Nursing not elsewhere classified
classificationCode: 390303
subject: Higher education
classificationCode: 390308
subject: Technical, further and workplace education
classificationCode: 390307
subject: Teacher education and professional development of educators
classificationCode: 390305
subject: Professional education and training

description: Community Health Nursing (CHN) is an essential branch of nursing that focuses on providing care to individuals, families, and populations within a community setting. It involves a comprehensive approach to healthcare, emphasizing prevention, health promotion, and the management of chronic conditions. This paper explores the role of community health nurses globally and in Albania, their importance in the healthcare system, and the strategies they employ to enhance the well-being of communities. The integration of CHN into public health programs has been pivotal in improving health outcomes, reducing health disparities, and ensuring access to care for vulnerable populations. In Albania, CHN plays an essential role in addressing the health needs of rural and underserved areas, where healthcare access remains limited. This paper further discusses the development and improvements in the Albanian healthcare system and highlights the challenges and opportunities for community health nurses in the country.
Near-Wellbore Salinity Effect on Sand Control Plugging by Fines Migration in Steam-Assisted Gravity Drainage Producer Wells
Creators: Dadjou, Hoda
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2023

Sand control screens are necessary for steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) wells drilled into oil sands to prevent sand production. However, the accumulation of mobilized fine particles near the wellbore can result in screen plugging, adversely affecting the well's flow performance. This research assesses the effects of formation water salinity on fines migration and the flow performance of sand control screens in SAGD wells. The study primarily examines these effects through sand retention testing (SRT) conducted under representative rock and multi-phase flow conditions.

This research developed a novel SRT methodology, which implemented the salinity effect in multi-phase flow through sand pack and sand control screen. Two sand retention tests were designed using identical procedures in two-phase fluid flow (oil and brine), flow rate, and water cut. The first test used constant salinity, emulating existing SRT procedures in the literature. The second test, however, used gradually reducing salinity levels to emulate declining salinities around SAGD production wells caused by the flow of condensed steam.

The results indicated a significant decrease in the retained permeability of the screen coupon due to fines migration triggered by the reduction of salinity. Single-phase oil flow stages did not show noticeable produced fine particles at the outlet. In two-phase flow conditions, high flow rate and water cut stages induced higher produced fine particles under constant salinity, reflecting the hydrodynamic effects in fines migration. However, observations confirmed that a substantial mass concentration of fine particles was mobilized, retained, and produced by reducing salinity.

The findings of this study reveal the importance of the salinity effect on fines migration and the flow performance of SAGD wells where high saline formation water is diluted by low saline condensate steam. Testing results indicate the necessity of incorporating the chemical effects in sand retention tests. Further research considering high-pressure and high-temperature conditions around SAGD wells and interactions with other formation damage mechanisms would extend this research.
Sonnenfleckenzeichnung Nr. 234.
Zeichnung von Flecken und Fackelflächen zur Ermittlung der Sonnenaktivität am 07.11.2015, 10:15, erstellt von Marco Cagnotti
Creators: name: Observatorium Specola Solare Ticinese Locarno (1957 bis 1980 Teil der Eidgenössischen Sternwarte der ETH Zürich)
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 2015

description: Bleistiftzeichnung mit schwarzer Farbe und Bleistift, erstellt als Projektionsbildzeichnung für die Beobachtungen in Locarno-Monti auf einem eigenen Vordruck. Instrument: Zeiss-Coudé-Refraktor mit 15 cm Öffnung und 225 cm Brennweite. Bildqualität (SIDC): 3.
Die Beobachtungen zu Einzelflecken und zu Sonnenfleckengruppen wurden auf dem Vordruck eingetragen. Zusätzlich sind zuhanden der späteren statistischen Verarbeitung die Angaben für die Bestimmung der Fleckenrelativzahl notiert.
Beobachtungstätigkeit unter eigenständiger Leitung (Associazione Specola Solare Ticinese ASST)
Ernst Sommerbrodt, Dr. Afrika auf der Ebstorfer Weltkarte
Creators: name: Schaaffhausen, Hermann
Publisher: name: Bonner Jahrbücher
Year: 2018

description: Rezension zu: Ernst Sommerbrodt, Dr. Afrika auf der Ebstorfer Weltkarte. Festschrift zum 50. Jubiläum des historischen Vereins für
Niedersachsen. Hannover 1885.
description: Bonner Jahrbücher, Bd. 81 (1886): Jahrbücher des Vereins von Altertumsfreunden im Rheinlande
Sonnenfleckenzeichnung Nr. 242.
Zeichnung von Flecken und Fackelflächen zur Ermittlung der Sonnenaktivität am 16.11.2015, 09:15, erstellt von Marco Cagnotti
Creators: name: Observatorium Specola Solare Ticinese Locarno (1957 bis 1980 Teil der Eidgenössischen Sternwarte der ETH Zürich)
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 2015

description: Bleistiftzeichnung mit schwarzer Farbe und Bleistift, erstellt als Projektionsbildzeichnung für die Beobachtungen in Locarno-Monti auf einem eigenen Vordruck. Instrument: Zeiss-Coudé-Refraktor mit 15 cm Öffnung und 225 cm Brennweite. Bildqualität (SIDC): 4.
Die Beobachtungen zu Einzelflecken und zu Sonnenfleckengruppen wurden auf dem Vordruck eingetragen. Zusätzlich sind zuhanden der späteren statistischen Verarbeitung die Angaben für die Bestimmung der Fleckenrelativzahl notiert.
Beobachtungstätigkeit unter eigenständiger Leitung (Associazione Specola Solare Ticinese ASST)