cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Origin of Reduced Polaron Recombination in Organic Semiconductor Devices
Creators: name: Deibel, C.
name: Wagenpfahl, A.
name: Dyakonov, V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We propose a model to explain the reduced bimolecular recombination rate found in state-of-the-art bulk heterojunction solar cells. When compared to the Langevin recombination, the experimentally observed rate is one to four orders of magnitude lower, but gets closer to the Langevin case for low temperatures. Our model considers the organic solar cell as device with carrier concentration gradients, which form due to the electrode/blend/electrode device configuration. The resulting electron concentration under working conditions of a solar cell is higher at the cathode than at the anode, and vice versa for holes. Therefore, the spatially dependent bimolecular recombination rate, proportional to the local product of electron and hole concentration, is much lower as compared to the calculation of the recombination rate based on the extracted and thus averaged charge carrier concentrations. We consider also the temperature dependence of the recombination rate, which can for the first time be described with our model.
description: 7 pages, 6 figures
A mathematical proof of the existence of trends in financial time series
Creators: name: Fliess, Michel
name: Join, Cédric
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Statistical Finance (q-fin.ST)
subject: Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science (cs.CE)
subject: Classical Analysis and ODEs (math.CA)
subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: Computational Finance (q-fin.CP)
subject: Applications (stat.AP)
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We are settling a longstanding quarrel in quantitative finance by proving the existence of trends in financial time series thanks to a theorem due to P. Cartier and Y. Perrin, which is expressed in the language of nonstandard analysis (Integration over finite sets, F. & M. Diener (Eds): Nonstandard Analysis in Practice, Springer, 1995, pp. 195--204). Those trends, which might coexist with some altered random walk paradigm and efficient market hypothesis, seem nevertheless difficult to reconcile with the celebrated Black-Scholes model. They are estimated via recent techniques stemming from control and signal theory. Several quite convincing computer simulations on the forecast of various financial quantities are depicted. We conclude by discussing the rôle of probability theory.
GESTOR ESCOLAR E COORDENADOR PEDAGÓGICO: A CONSTRUÇÃO DE UMA GESTÃO PARTICIPATIVA E DEMOCRÁTICA
Creators: name: NETO, Francisco de Assis
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Gestão Democrática. Gestor Escolar. Coordenação Pedagógica

description: Neste artigo discutem-se questões referentes ao trabalho da gestão democrática na escola, considerando a importante interação entre o gestor escolar e a coordenação pedagógica. Entende-se que a democracia, como um dos mais importantes princípios da legislação brasileira, deve alicerçar todo o trabalho de gestão na educação, considerando-se o diálogo entre os diferentes sujeitos que compõem o processo de ensino-aprendizagem, como também o contexto e a realidade que envolve o espaço da unidade escolar. Consideram-se, para estas discussões, trabalhos de estudiosos que discutem sobre a gestão democrática de uma forma geral e, de maneira mais específica, sobre a relação do gestor escolar com o coordenador pedagógico no processo de ensino escolar.
Additional file 1 of Falls, healthcare resources and costs in older adults with insomnia treated with zolpidem, trazodone, or benzodiazepines
Creators: name: Amari, Diana T.
name: Juday, Timothy
name: Frech, Feride H.
name: Wang, Weiying
name: Wu, Zheng
name: Atkins, Norman
name: Wickwire, Emerson M.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 1: Supplementary Figure 1a and b. Attrition. Supplementary Table 1a and 1b. HCRU by treatment. Supplementary Table 2a and 2b. Costs by treatment.
Rentes en cours de service : un nouveau critère d'allocation d'actif
Creators: name: Planchet, Frédéric
name: Thérond, Pierre-Emanuel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Portfolio Management (q-fin.PM)
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: The aim of this paper is to compare two asset allocation methods for a pension scheme during the decumulation phase in the simplified portfolio selection between a risky asset following a geometric Brownian motion and a riskless asset. The two asset allocation criteria are the ruin probability of the insurance company and the optimization of the economic capital. We first solve the asset allocation problem with deterministic pension payments then with stochastic mortality risk. We analyze the part of mortality risk in the global risk of the company. Then we show the impact of the indexation of the pensions to the inflation on the asset allocation.
Gamma-Ray Burst at the extreme: "the naked-eye burst" GRB 080319B
Creators: name: Wozniak, P. R.
name: Vestrand, W. T.
name: Panaitescu, A. D.
name: Wren, J. A.
name: Davis, H. R.
name: White, R. R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: On 19 March 2008, the northern sky was the stage of a spectacular optical transient that for a few seconds remained visible to the naked eye. The transient was associated with GRB 080319B, a gamma-ray burst at a luminosity distance of about 6 Gpc (standard cosmology), making it the most luminous optical object ever recorded by human kind. We present comprehensive sky monitoring and multi-color optical follow-up observations of GRB 080319B collected by the RAPTOR telescope network covering the development of the explosion and the afterglow before, during, and after the burst. The extremely bright prompt optical emission revealed features that are normally not detectable. The optical and gamma-ray variability during the explosion are correlated, but the optical flux is much greater than can be reconciled with single emission mechanism and a flat gamma-ray spectrum. This extreme optical behavior is best understood as synchrotron self-Compton model (SSC). After a gradual onset of the gamma-ray emission, there is an abrupt rise of the prompt optical flux suggesting that variable self-absorption dominates the early optical light curve. Our simultaneous multi-color optical light curves following the flash show spectral evolution consistent with a rapidly decaying red component due to large angle emission and the emergence of a blue forward shock component from interaction with the surrounding environment. While providing little support for the reverse shock that dominates the early afterglow, these observations strengthen the case for the universal role of the SSC mechanism in generating gamma-ray bursts.
description: accepted for publication in ApJ
Solution for a class of combinatorial problems with emphasis on project sequencing in water resources planning
Creators: name: Tsou, C. Anthony
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: An algorithm is presented to obtain the optimal permutation for a class of combinatorial optimization problems. Included in the class of problems dealt with are the following: project construction sequencing, the minimum tardiness job scheduling, and several sequential search and testing problems. The algorithm is based on a simple necessary condition for an optimal permutation incorporated into a Branch-and-Bound solution method. In many cases, optimal permutations can be obtained, with very little computational effort, by using only the necessary condition of optimality. For more complex problems, this condition is utilized in both branching and bounding operations, resulting in a powerful mechanism to eliminate subsets of solutions from optimal permutation consideration. Optimization techniques for use in water resources planning, where a series of developments will be required to meet a growing demand, should not only be efficient in finding the optimal solution but also offer means to perform sensitivity analysis. An approach is proposed in this thesis which will not only identify the project that is most likely to be the first element in the optimal construction sequence, but also allow estimates to be made of the amount by which the cost of any other project would have to be changed before it' could occupy the first position in the optimal sequence. A combination of the methods for finding the optimal sequence and the sensitivity analysis represents a "planning tool" which should provide an opportunity for an effective planning strategy which can be used in many different situations.
Functionalism and qualia
Creators: name: Chan, JW-H
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: This thesis is an attempt to defend functionalism against the various problems concerning qualia. It consists of five chapters. Chapter I sets forth the fundamental idea of functionalism. Two formulations of functionalism are presented, and related concepts such as realization, functional equivalence and functional identity defined. Functionalism is then contrasted with behaviourism as a theory of the mind. Its relation to physicalism is subsequently examined. The question whether a functional description should be derived from folk psychological theories is finally discussed. I argue that folk psychology plays a role in the sophistication of functionalism. I do two things in chapter II. I start by giving a brief outline of the various qualia problems which I tackle in later chapters. After this, I put down a definition of the notion 'qualia'. By 'qualia' is usually meant the phenomenal qualities of bodily and perceptual experiences. These qualities are understood to be mental qualities revealed to us through introspection. I point out that to understand 'qualia' as such seems to commit the critics of functionalism to a representative or adverbial theory of perception. Chapter III contains my rebuttals of Nagel's and Jackson's arguments which aim to show that qualia are non-physical properties. I argue that their arguments are either ill-founded or ontologically benign. I conclude the chapter with -criticisms of Campbell's New Epiphenomenalism. Chapter IV deals with the inverted qualia argument. I begin with an explicit formulation of the argument, and spectrum inversion is chosen as a paradigmatic case of qualia inversion. Then I elaborate and supplement Churchland's defence of functionalism - his contention that qualia are irrelevant to the type-identities of sensory experiences. I develop my argument in the following two sections. First, basing my argument on some features of colours, I contend that it is highly unlikely to have behaviourally undetectable spectrum inversion. Secondly, I argue that even if spectrum inversion is possible, the colour experience of a spectrum-inverted person is still not functionally identical with the corresponding colour experience of an ordinary person. Chapter V is a refutation of the absent qualia argument. I maintain that functional equivalence constitutes a strong reason for the ascription of qualia. Block's reason for withholding qualia from the homunculi-headed systems he articulates is shown to be question-begging. Finally, I argue that even if we concede to Block that qualia are neurophysiological properties, functionalism can still be defended.
St. Mary's College evaluation : a two fold longitudinal study incorporating students' perception of school and quality of school life
Creators: name: Clark, E. E.
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: This 18 point dissertation is one small part of a larger St Mary's College school improvement project which began in 1986 as a two fold longitudinal study incorporating students' perceptions of school and quality of school life. The initial design of the project was a collaborative effort of Dr William Ramsay of the University of Tasmania and the staff of St Mary's College where the writer was Deputy Principal. In its neophyte stages, the project was solely concerned with conducting a school evaluation which would take into account both the formal and informal aspects of the curriculum. However, as the St Mary's Project progressed it became apparent that a school evaluation, in and of itself, would not result in school improvement. Accordingly, the writer in addition to conducting a literature survey of school evaluation (chapter 3) has extended the original project to explore the broader context of school improvement (chapter 5). The latter search led to the further exploration of such concepts as educational vision, leadership, school culture, social capital, school management and the successful implementation of change. Presently the writer is working with Dr Ramsay to chronicle in a longitudinal study one school's efforts to bring about effective school improvement. In this way, the whole context of school improvement may be considered with a view to bridging the frequent gulf between research and practice, ie between conducting a school evaluation and ensuring that the evaluation outcomes actually result in school improvement. In this way, we may also be able to discover some of the ways an educational vision can be made into school reality. The theoretical framework for the larger story of school improvement is discussed in Chapter 4. Finally, because the St Mary's Project is ongoing and data from parents and staff is yet to be analysed, the findings and conclusions discussed herein are only tentative. Thus this 18 point dissertation but sets the stage for the larger work to follow.
title: American political stand-up comedy as a subversive and conservative cultural form in the Obama era
Creators: name: Nixon, James Alexander
Publisher: name: University of Glasgow
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: American Studies, politics, comedy, culture, political communication, stand-up comedy, performance, humour, Obama, presidency.

description: President Obama’s tenure in the White House had a significant effect on political comic deliberation and performance within stand-up comedy, particularly in reference to discussions of race and racial politics. This thesis examines the subversive and conservative qualities of political stand-up comedy under his presidency, exploring how the cultural form reacted and responded to the ideological, performative, cultural and political tones and pressures of this era. These chapters range from an analysis of Obama’s own presidential stand-up addresses, to African American, left-wing and right-wing political comic reaction within stand-up comedy, and finishes with an examination of Donald Trump’s effect on political stand-up (and the broader areas of political comic production) in the final year of the Obama era. The thesis’ nine case studies explore narratives and issues of Obama-era power and various political, social and cultural items of the period. The primary methodology consists of textual and discourse analyses of the nine case studies. These are reinforced using a broad data collection of relevant journalistic, political, theoretical, comic, and cultural analysis. The main findings of this thesis are that political stand-up comedy was largely a timid cultural agent in the Obama era due to a range of ideological, racial, cultural and socio-political qualities. Subversive elements can, however, still be found throughout the nine case studies, particularly in the area of right-wing political stand-up comedy, a subversion which is magnified by the field’s deficit in cultural and social insurance in comparison to African American and left-wing political comic ruminations.
Library instruction in tertiary institutions with a focus on the needs of trainee teachers
Creators: name: Bridgland, Angela
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: The main aim of this dissertation is to establish the need for undergraduate students and in particular teachers to appreciate the importance of determining what is known on a certain topic and being able to retrieve relevant information in a format suitable to their needs. In other words, the need for library appreciation programmes or reader education, at tertiary level, is argued. A literature survey for this topic based on the United Kingdom, the United States of America and Australia, reveals past and current practice and future trends. The importance of tailoring a curriculum model for reader education to meet the intended audience's needs is stressed. Successful as well as unsuccessful curricula are discussed and a process/objectives curriculum model is suggested for use in the Australian tertiary setting. The practical implications of introducing such a programme are examined, addressing vital issues such as the need for programmes to fit comfortably within the resource capacities of the administering body (money, materials and personnel), practical problems of how such a programme would be implemented, who would design and teach it, when to teach it, how to ,teach it and how such a programme should be evaluated. In conclusion, the envisaged use of the knowledge and skills obtained from reader education courses is discussed. The main benefit to trainee teachers is seen to be their ability to make more effective and proficient use of resources, not only within their tertiary institutions, but also within the school in which they will teach, including each schools' educational resource centre and its personnel.
Structure and stability of helices in square-well homopolymers
Creators: name: Bannerman, M. N.
name: Magee, J. E.
name: Lue, L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Recently, it has been demonstrated [Magee et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 207802 (2006)] that isolated, square-well homopolymers can spontaneously break chiral symmetry and freeze into helical structures at sufficiently low temperatures. This behavior is interesting because the square-well homopolymer is itself achiral. In this work, we use event-driven molecular dynamics, combined with an optimized parallel tempering scheme, to study this polymer model over a wide range of parameters. We examine the conditions where the helix structure is stable and determine how the interaction parameters of the polymer govern the details of the helix structure. The width of the square well (proportional to lambda) is found to control the radius of the helix, which decreases with increasing well width until the polymer forms a coiled sphere for sufficiently large wells. The helices are found to be stable for only a window of molecular weights. If the polymer is too short, the helix will not form. If the polymer is too long, the helix is no longer the minimum energy structure, and other folded structures will form. The size of this window is governed by the chain stiffness, which in this model is a function of the ratio of the monomer size to the bond length. Outside this window, the polymer still freezes into a locked structure at low temperature, however, unless the chain is sufficiently stiff, this structure will not be unique and is similar to a glassy state.
description: Submitted to Physical Review E
title: The Role of Laughter in the Thought of Friedrich Nietzsche
Creators: name: Gerdes, Paul D.
Publisher: name: Old Dominion University Libraries
Year: 1994

description: The objective of this thesis is an analysis of the role of laughter in the thought of Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900), by which I mean both its influence on his intellectual development, and the incorporation of it in his philosophy. Such an undertaking is important because, while it might seem somewhat odd for a philosopher, and particularly a German philosopher, to consider laughter fundamental to his thought, laughter does play an essential role in all of Nietzsche's writing.

For the purposes of this thesis, I will investigate three separate but interrelated aspects of Nietzsche's thought: the influence of the Dionysian tragic-comic experience of the ancient Greeks in Athens during the Golden Age (5th century BC), best exemplified by the relationship of the historical figures of Aristophanes and Socrates; the psychology of laughter, and the role it plays in psychotherapy, with an eye to what light modem psychology can shed on Nietzsche's laughter in toto; and Nietzsche writings themselves, in an attempt to understand why he emphasizes laughter the way he does.
Geometrical interpretation and improvements of the Blahut-Arimoto's algorithm
Creators: name: Naja, Ziad
name: Alberge, Florence
name: Duhamel, P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The paper first recalls the Blahut Arimoto algorithm for computing the capacity of arbitrary discrete memoryless channels, as an example of an iterative algorithm working with probability density estimates. Then, a geometrical interpretation of this algorithm based on projections onto linear and exponential families of probabilities is provided. Finally, this understanding allows also to propose to write the Blahut-Arimoto algorithm, as a true proximal point algorithm. it is shown that the corresponding version has an improved convergence rate, compared to the initial algorithm, as well as in comparison with other improved versions.
Lattice Boltzmann method with self-consistent thermo-hydrodynamic equilibria
Creators: name: Sbragaglia, M.
name: Benzi, R.
name: Biferale, L.
name: Chen, H.
name: Shan, X.
name: Succi, S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Lattice kinetic equations incorporating the effects of external/internal force fields via a shift of the local fields in the local equilibria, are placed within the framework of continuum kinetic theory. The mathematical treatment reveals that, in order to be consistent with the correct thermo-hydrodynamical description, temperature must also be shifted, besides momentum. New perspectives for the formulation of thermo-hydrodynamic lattice kinetic models of non-ideal fluids are then envisaged. It is also shown that on the lattice, the definition of the macroscopic temperature requires the inclusion of new terms directly related to discrete effects. The theoretical treatment is tested against a controlled case with a non ideal equation of state.
description: 10 pages, 1 figure
Strangeness and glue in the nucleon from lattice QCD
Creators: name: Doi, Takumi
name: Deka, Mridupawan
name: Dong, Shao-Jing
name: Draper, Terrence
name: Liu, Keh-Fei
name: Mankame, Devdatta
name: Mathur, Nilmani
name: Streuer, Thomas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the strangeness contribution to nucleon matrix elements using Nf=2+1 dynamical clover fermion configurations generated by the CP-PACS/JLQCD collaboration. In order to evaluate the disconnected insertion (DI), we use the Z(4) stochastic method, along with unbiased subtraction from the hopping parameter expansion which reduces the off-diagonal noises in the stochastic method. Furthermore, we find that using many nucleon sources for each configuration is effective in improving the signal. Our results for the quark contribution to the first moment _q in the DI, and the strangeness magnetic moment show that the statistical errors are under control with these techniques. We also study the gluonic contribution to the nucleon using the overlap operator to construct the gauge field tensor, F_{mu,nu}. The application to the calculation of first moment, _G, gives a good signal in quenched lattice QCD.
description: 7 pages, 4 figures; Talk given at 26th International Symposium on Lattice Field Field: Lattice 2008, Williamsburg, Virginia, USA, 14-19 Jul 2008
TECNOSSOCIALIDADE COMO ESTRATÉGIA POTENCIALIZADORA DA PROMOÇÃO DA SAÚDE
Creators: name: SILVA, Julia Maria Cavalieri
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Promoção da Saúde. Tecnologia da informação. Educação em Saúde. Atenção Primária

description: Este trabalho tem o intuito de investigar a tecnos socialidade como potencializador das ações de Promoção da Saúde na Atenção Primária, realizando uma revisão de literatura com intuito de responder à questão de pesquisa elaborada. Foram encontrados artigos para este estudo abordando sobre a promoção à saúde, seu processo etimológico e a Política Nacional de Promoção da Saúde; uso de tecnologias da informação na Atenção Primária para promover saúde; e a tecnossocialidade no cotidiano dos profissionais da Atenção Básica.  Desse modo, pode-se concluir que as tecnologias utilizadas pelos profissionais de saúde da rede primária são fortes ferramentas e facilitadores no processo de educação e promoção da saúde dos usuários e coletividade.
Charge Carrier Dissociation and Recombination in Polymer Solar Cells
Creators: name: Deibel, C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In polymer:fullerene solar cells, the origin of the losses in the field-dependent photocurrent is still controversially debated. We contribute to the ongoing discussion by performing photo-induced charge extraction measurements on poly(3-hexylthiophene-2,5-diyl):[6,6]-phenyl-C$_{61}$ butyric acid methyl ester solar cells in order to investigate the processes ruling charge carrier decay. Calculating the drift length of photogenerated charges, we find that polaron recombination is not limiting the photocurrent for annealed devices. Additionally, we applied Monte Carlo simulations on blends of conjugated polymer chain donors with acceptor molecules in order to gain insight into the polaron pair dissociation. The dissociation yield turns out to be rather high, with only a weak field dependence. With this complementary view on dissociation and recombination, we stress the importance of accounting for polaron pair dissociation, polaron recombination as well as charge extraction when considering the loss mechanisms in organic solar cells.
description: 6 pages, 7 figues
title: Psyche and Time The Phenomenology of Time Consciousness
Creators: name: Hartman, Sharon Fleet
Publisher: name: Old Dominion University Libraries
Year: 1983

description: Time in it-s inward form may be able to provide a significance which sustains the human spirit. If this is true, it becomes unnecessary to seek an enduring significance for life in the transcendent.

Western man's attitudes toward time are a composite of religious, historical, and cultural assumptions. The Christian model of time supported man by its emphasis on God's interventions in the world. The scientific model of time left man adrift in an objective world. The ascendancy of the scientific model brought a devaluation of both time and human life.

Bergson, Husserl, and Merleau-Ponty all describe a type of duration that sustains the human spirit. Each philosopher, in his own way, believes that consciousness of time forms an essential part of the deepest self of each individual. Within this partnership of psyche and time, the structure of each moment carries its own duration and a deepened dimension.
An Infrared Comparison of Type-1 and Type-2 Quasars
Creators: name: Hiner, Kyle D.
name: Canalizo, Gabriela
name: Lacy, Mark
name: Sajina, Anna
name: Armus, Lee
name: Ridgway, Susan
name: Storrie-Lombardi, Lisa
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We model the optical to far-infrared SEDs of a sample of six type-1 and six type-2 quasars selected in the mid-infrared. The objects in our sample are matched in mid-IR luminosity and selected based on their Spitzer IRAC colors. We obtained new targeted Spitzer IRS and MIPS observations and used archival photometry to examine the optical to far-IR SEDs. We investigate whether the observed differences between samples are consistent with orientation-based unification schemes. The type-1 objects show significant emission at 3 micron. They do not show strong PAH emission and have less far-IR emission on average when compared to the type-2 objects. The SEDs of the type-2 objects show a wide assortment of silicate features, ranging from weak emission to deep silicate absorption. Some also show strong PAH features. In comparison, silicate is only seen in emission in the type-1 objects. This is consistent with some of the type-2s being reddened by a foreground screen of cooler dust, perhaps in the host galaxy itself. We investigate the AGN contribution to the far-IR emission and find it to be significant. We also estimate the star formation rate for each of the objects by integrating the modeled far-IR flux and compare this with the SFR found from PAH emission. We find the type-2 quasars have a higher average SFR than the type-1 quasars based on both methods, though this could be due to differences in bolometric luminosities of the objects. While we find pronounced differences between the two types of objects, none of them are inconsistent with orientation-based unification schemes.
description: Accepted for publication in ApJ
The force acting on a polarizable nanoparticle in the quantized electromagnetic field
Creators: name: Mkrtchian, Vanik E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this letter we derive an expression for the force acting on a small (still macroscopic) particle in the field of the quantized electromagnetic radiation in any arbitrary quantum state. This result unifies in one simple formula all known expressions for the forces (i.e. van der Waals or frictional) acting on a small particle.
description: 5 pages
Can we have a multi-level governance for tourism development? The case of Douro region
Creators: name: Bock, Isabel Angêlica
name: Costa, Rui
name: Rodrigues, Carlos
Publisher: name: Journal of Tourism & Development
Year: 2017

description: The multi-level governance concept encompasses both vertical intragovernmental relations and a more comprehensive process involving formal government agencies and sectors towards the diffusion of decision-making. The multi-level governance is a challenging exercise that may be decisive to destinations development. This paper aims to analyse the governance characteristics of Douro, a Portuguese northern subregion. This qualitative case study is based on discourses of public agents, extracted from interviews and public speeches. Findings reveal the agents resistance in relation to the current administrative structure, a political fragmentation, and a lack of a leadership. In addition to this, the supply needs to structured and qualified. If both processes fail, the multi-level governance will not materialize, which may perpetuate the current scenario.
description: Journal of Tourism & Development, vol. 1 n.º 27/28 (2017)
Effect of Annealing Induced Polymer Substrate Attachment on Swelling Dynamics of Ultrathin Polymer Films
Creators: name: Mondal, Mojammel H.
name: Mukherjee, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The effect of annealing on the dynamical behavior of swelling for ultrathin polyacrylamide films deposited on silicon substrates have been studied using X-ray reflectivity technique. The spin coated polyacrylamide films of similar thicknesses were annealed at various temperatures below and above the glass transition temperature of the polymer. The electron density of the films was found to increase systematically on annealing. The swelling dynamics of the annealed films were found to have systematic dependence on the temperature of annealing. The interaction between the substrate and the polymer molecules was found to play important role in the swelling dynamics of the annealed films unlike our earlier observation with as coated films. The chain segments attached directly to the substrate were believed to have restricted freedom of movements compared to the ones that are at a distance from the substrate and relatively free. Accordingly, the dynamical behavior of swelling was modeled in terms of the combination of a free and a restricted component and was found to be in excellent agreement with the data. The diffusion coefficients corresponding to the restricted polymer segments were an order of magnitude smaller than those of the free segments and the fraction of the same was found to increase with annealing at higher temperatures. The overall reduction of swellability of the films was explained in terms of the increase of density of the films and the segmental attachment to the substrate on annealing.
description: 8 figures
Utilisation des méthodes de Lee-Carter et Log-Poisson pour l'ajustement de tables de mortalité dans le cas de petits échantillons
Creators: name: Planchet, Frédéric
name: Lelieur, Vincent
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Statistical Finance (q-fin.ST)
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: The aim of this paper is to study the construction of prospective mortality tables from a low number of persons subjected to risk. The presented models are the Lee-Carter and log-Poisson methods respectively. The low number of people subjected to risk, particularly noticed for the persons who are getting on, implies the use of an extrapolation method for the mortality rates. The Lee-Carter and log-Poisson methods constitute twodimensional models, taking the year and the age into account to calculate the mortality rates. The methods suggested are applied to a real data set. The prospective tables, built in this way, allow to project the rates' evolution in the future, extrapolating the temporal constituent. And then, it allows to compare this projection with the evolution predicted for the French population in its entirety. You determine the best method through the nearness of the smoothed rates in comparison with the raw rates and essentially through the caution of these models for the life annuities' calculation. The results stemed from these methods are too confronted with the mortality rates obtained through a method of logistic fits.
The distribution of petroleum in Victoria
Creators: name: Bildan, Mario F
name: Dept of Civil Engineering, Monash University
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: The location and development of cities and industries are closely related to the availability of raw materials and other inputs of production, and to the presence of people. Where there is movement of people, and production and transport of goods and materials, there are petroleum products consumed. The demand for petroleum transport is a derived demand, since movement of petroleum products results from decisions made in other sections of the economy concerning production, consumption and sales of goods and services. These decisions may have little to do with petroleum transport, but lead to the demand for petroleum and hence for petroleum transport. Petroleum products and petroleum transport are related because anything that affects the demand for petroleum products also affects the demand for petroleum transport. However, the demand for petroleum transport may be affected without affecting the demand for the petroleum products themselves, since technological, regulatory and other charges may affect the way in which the distribution task is carried out. Because of the nature or demand of petroleum transport, carriers must be sensitive to conditions that prevail in the markets for petroleum products to accurately forecast their demand picture and to plan their marketing strategies.
Study of the Helium Enrichment in Globular Clusters
Creators: name: Valcarce, A. A. R.
name: Catelan, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Globular clusters (GCs) are spheroidal concentrations typically containing of the order of 10^5 to 10^6, predominantly old, stars. Historically, they have been considered as the closest counterparts of the idealized concept of "simple stellar populations." However, some recent observations suggest than, at least in some GCs, some stars are present that have been formed with material processed by a previous generation of stars. In this sense, it has also been suggested that such material might be enriched in helium, and that blue horizontal branch stars in some GCs should accordingly be the natural progeny of such helium-enhanced stars. In this contribution we show that, at least in the case of M3 (NGC 5272), the suggested level of helium enrichment is not supported by the available, high-precision observations.
description: 4 pages, 2 figures. To appear in the proceedings of IAU Symp. 262 (ed. G. Bruzual & S. Charlot)
Residential tenancy law and practice in Tasmania
Creators: name: Buza, Wanda
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: One of the major findings of the Australian Government Commission of Inquiry into Poverty (1975) was, that in the area of residential tenancies, the body of landlord tenant law throughout Australia afforded very little protection to the tenant. During the late 1970's a number of Australian states commenced the process of introducing reforms for the purpose of regulating the legal relationship between landlord and tenant. As a result of that program, the last decade has seen all Australian states (except Tasmania) introduce new residential tenancies legislation. The variety of responses has included the introduction of new codes, which set out in statutory form, the rights and duties of the parties during the tenancy agreement, and the establishment (in some States) of new specialist tribunals to hear disputes between parties to a tenancy contract. The purpose of this thesis is to evaluate the practical and legal effect of the current body of landlord tenant law in Tasmania. The thesis considers the Residential Tenancies Acts in other Australian states, and makes a number of recommendations concerning desirable changes to the law in Tasmania.
DIREITO PENAL DO INIMIGO À BRASILEIRA: DISCUSSÃO SOBRE DIREITOS REPRODUTIVOS E POLÍTICA DE HIGIENIZAÇÃO BRASILEIRA
Creators: name: SOARES, Júlia Wêridianna Maria Pires
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Direitos sexuais. Direitos Reprodutivos. Direito Humanos. Inimigo

description: O estudo se propõe a discutir os direitos sexuais e reprodutivos, enquanto direitos humanos básicos, a partir da análise da esterilização em massa de mulheres ocorrida no Brasil entre as décadas de 70 e 90. A pesquisa tem, como objetivo geral, investigar a possível existência de uma política de higienização social pautada na ideia de um inimigo que deve ser expurgado da sociedade. Para tanto, adota como categoria de análise o conceito de inimigo formulado por Günther Jakobs em sua teoria de Direito Penal do Inimigo, considerando que, para o teórico, a ideia de um inimigo permite o cerceamento de garantias e direitos fundamentais. A análise do fenômeno de esterilização em massa adota as perspectivas de raça, classe e gênero, para verificar quem é o inimigo à brasileira, e foi estruturada em três seções principais: Direito penal do inimigo, Direitos e garantias sexuais e reprodutivas, para então tratar de uma Política de higienização social brasileira. O que se observou, sobretudo, é que a esterilização em massa ocorreu no contexto de uma política de controle demográfico induzida e patrocinada pelos Estados Unidos, bem como que não havia garantias sexuais e reprodutivas no período em que mais de 6 milhões de brasileiras foram esterilizadas.
title: Dr. Kenneth E. Kinnamon, DVM, MS, PhD, COL, USA (Ret.) Oral History Transcript Part 3
Creators: name: Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Publisher: name: University Archives, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland 20814
Year: 2009
Subjects: classificationCode: 3
subject: FOS: Medical and health sciences
classificationCode: 6.1
subject: FOS: History and archaeology

description: USU Oral History Interview Transcript
Dr. Kenneth E. Kinnamon, DVM, MS, PhD, COL, USA (Ret.)
Professor, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine
Director, Multidiscipline Laboratories
Chief Operations Officer
Assistant Dean for Instructional and Research Support
Director, Centers for Preventive Medicine and Public Health (CPMPH)
07-01-2009
Interviewed by Emelie Rubin
Energetic selection of ordered states in a model of the Er2Ti2O7 frustrated pyrochlore XY antiferromagnet
Creators: name: McClarty, P. A.
name: Curnoe, S. H.
name: Gingras, M. J. P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider the possibility that the discrete long-range ordered states of Er2Ti2O7 are selected energetically at the mean field level as an alternative scenario that suggests selection via thermal fluctuations. We show that nearest neighbour exchange interactions alone are not sufficient for this purpose, but that anisotropies arising from excited single ion crystal field states in Er2Ti2O7, together with appropriate anisotropic exchange interactions, can produce the required long range order. However, the effect of the single ion anisotropies is rather weak so we expect thermal or quantum fluctuations, in some guise, to be ultimately important in this material. We reproduce recent experimental results for the variation of magnetic Bragg peak intensities as a function of magnetic field.
description: 8 pages. 7 figures. Version to be published for Proceedings of HFM2008 Conference. Slight modifications compared to Version #1
Women in political elites : a comparison of Australia with Taiwan
Creators: name: Chou, Hai-Chuan
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: This study compares recruitment and career paths of women politicians in Australia and Taiwan. It is based on the analysis of biographical materials and interviews with women MPs. The thesis argues that access of women to political elites is influenced by social dynamics, especially the pattern of modernisation. Different paths of modernisation ‚ÄövÑvÆ 'even' in Australia and 'uneven' in Taiwan ‚ÄövÑvÆ are associated with different configurations of gender-related political opportunities and resources, and with different political career paths. Political opportunities concern the overall access to social statuses and crucial pools of 'political eligibles'; political resources refer to those characteristics which are pivotal to securing promotion to elite positions. 'Even' modernisation in Australia is marked by economic, political and sociocultural modernisation, growing individualism and equalisation of political opportunities for women. However, such modernisation does not necessarily give women equal access to political resources, which tend to be concentrated in political organisations. 'Uneven' modernisation in Taiwan is marked by persistence of many traditional cultural norms and values, especially those concerning gender roles and the family. Consequently, women in Taiwan have more limited political opportunities than women in Australia. However, they have access to political resources, some of them gender-specific, which are concentrated in family networks and local communities. The career structures of women politicians (MPs) in both countries reflect these differences. Organisational (party or union) activist careers are dominant in Australia; they involve early entries into organised politics and long political apprenticeships. The dominant political career path for women in Taiwan represents a family-sponsored type; it involves a period of intense local activism.
Coupling dark energy with Standard Model states
Creators: name: Bento, M. C.
name: Bernardini, A. E.
name: Bertolami, O.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this contribution one examines the coupling of dark energy to the gauge fields, to neutrinos, and to the Higgs field. In the first case, one shows how a putative evolution of the fundamental couplings of strong and weak interactions via coupling to dark energy through a generalized Bekenstein-type model may cause deviations on the statistical nuclear decay Rutherford-Soddy law. Existing bounds for the weak interaction exclude any significant deviation. For neutrinos, a perturbative approach is developed which allows for considering viable varying mass neutrino models coupled to any quintessence-type field. The generalized Chaplygin model is considered as an example. For the coupling with the Higgs field one obtains an interesting cosmological solution which includes the unification of dark energy and dark matter.
description: 16 pages, 2 figures. Based on a talk delivered by O.B. at DICE 2008, From Quantum Mechanics through Complexity to Spacetime: the role of emergent dynamical structures, 22nd - 26th September 2008, Castiglioncello, Italy
title: The Troubadour Poets: Their Influence on Their Times
Creators: name: Jarrell, Georgia M.
Publisher: name: Old Dominion University Libraries
Year: 1986

description: Troubadour poetry was a phenomenon which occurred in the South of France during the eleventh through the thirteenth centuries. The style was one of political and social invectives and panegyrics, as well as a sophisticated love poetry. The tradition flourished and then died with direct relations to the political and religious events of the era. Through this poetry, the modern reader can not only understand the feelings of the individual poets but also gain insights on the lifestyles of the period and the events which had a bearing on the history of the period. The troubadours were truly mirrors of their times, but they also influenced it.
Flavor Questions for the LHC
Creators: name: Rosner, Jonathan L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The physics underlying quark and lepton masses and mixings (the "flavor problem") is the least well understood aspect of the Standard Model. Some questions of flavor physics, and ways in which the LHC can help shed light on this problem, are described.
description: 12 pages, 8 figures, presented at Flavor Physics and CP Violation 2009, Lake Placid, NY, May 27 - June 1, 2009, to be published by Proceedings of Science. Misprints corrected; reference added
Research Software Quality Kit (RSQKit)
Creators: name: Sufi, Shoaib
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: software
research
research software
quality
research software quality
guidance

description: Research Software Quality Kit (RSQKit)

Presentation to the ELIXIR-STEERS WP2 group.

Covering:

What RSQKit is

What inspired it

Who it's for

What kind of content exists

What are the principles driving it

FAIR Software

Open Research/Science

Community

Research Software Lifecycle)

Internal architecture

How to contribute

Roadmap

Contact