cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Geochemical, isotopic and single crystal 40Ar/39Ar age constraints on the evolution of the Cerro Galán ignimbrites
Creators: name: Kay, Suzanne
name: Coira, Beatriz
name: Wörner, Gerhard
name: Kay, Robert
name: Singer, Bradley
Publisher: name: Springer-Verlag
Year: 2010

description: The giant ignimbrites that erupted from the Cerro Galán caldera complex in the southern Puna of the high Andean plateau are considered to be linked to crustal and mantle melting as a consequence of delamination of gravitationally unstable thickened crust and mantle lithosphere over a steepening subduction zone. Major and trace element analyses of Cerro Galán ignimbrites (68–71% SiO2) that include 75 new analyses can be interpreted as reflecting evolution at three crustal levels. AFC modeling and new fractionation corrected δ18O values from quartz (+7.63–8.85‰) are consistent with the ignimbrite magmas being near 50:50 mixtures of enriched mantle (87Sr/86Sr ~ 0.7055) and crustal melts (87Sr/86Sr near 0.715–0.735). Processes at lower crustal levels are predicated on steep heavy REE patterns (Sm/Yb = 4–7), high Sr contents (>250 ppm) and very low Nb/Ta (9-5) ratios, which are attributed to amphibolite partial melts mixing with fractionating mantle basalts to produce hybrid melts that rise leaving a gravitationally unstable garnet-bearing residue. Processes at mid crustal levels create large negative Eu anomalies (Eu/Eu* = 0.45–0.70) and variable trace element enrichment in a crystallizing mush zone with a temperature near 800–850°C. The mush zone is repeatedly recharged from depth and partially evacuated into upper crustal magma chambers at times of regional contraction. Crystallinity differences in the ignimbrites are attributed to biotite, zoned plagioclase and other antecrysts entering higher level chambers where variable amounts of near-eutectic crystallization occurs at temperatures as low as 680°C just preceding eruption. 40Ar/39Ar single crystal sanidine weighted mean plateau and isochron ages combined with trace element patterns show that the Galán ignimbrite erupted in more than one batch including a ~ 2.13 Ma intracaldera flow and outflows to the west and north at near 2.09 and 2.06 Ma. Episodic delamination of gravitationally unstable lower crust and mantle lithosphere and injection of basaltic magmas, whose changing chemistry reflects their evolution over a steepening subduction zone, could trigger the eruptions of the Cerro Galán ignimbrites.
Cytenamide–1,4-dioxane (2/1)
Creators: name: Johnston, Andrea
name: Florence, Alastair J.
name: Fabbiani, Francesca J. A.
name: Shankland, Kenneth
name: Bedford, Colin T.
Publisher: name: FID GEO
Year: 2008

description: In the crystal structure of the title compound [systematic name: 5H-dibenzo[a,d]cycloheptatriene-5-carboxamide–1,4- dioxane (2/1)], 2C16H13NO C4H8O2, the cytenamide molecules form a hydrogen-bonded R2 2(8) dimer. The solvent molecule is located between two adjacent cytenamide dimers and forms N—H O hydrogen bonds with one cytenamide molecule from each dimer.
Places of Our Own, Spaces of Our Own: A look at the National Museum of Mexican Art and the National Hispanic Cultural Center
Creators: name: Bandera, Maritza
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 3606
subject: Visual arts

description: The Hispano/Latino population in the United States of America tripled from an estimated population of 14.8 million in 1980 to more than 50.5 million in 2010. Despite their growth and presence throughout the country, the evident underrepresentation of Hispano/Latino artists, staff, board members and visitors in mainstream museums is of concern. This research explores the value and importance of the National Museum of Mexican Art (Chicago, IL) and the National Hispanic Cultural Center (Albuquerque, NM) from the perspective of their staff and the implications of their experiences to the potential establishment of the Smithsonian American Latino Museum.
Orientation of molecules via laser-induced anti-alignment
Creators: name: Gershnabel, E.
name: Averbukh, I. Sh.
name: Gordon, R. J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We show that field-free molecular orientation induced by a half-cycle pulse may be considerably enhanced by an additional laser pulse inducing molecular anti-alignment. Two qualitatively different enhancement mechanisms are identified depending on the pulse order, and their effects are optimized with the help of quasi-classical as well as fully quantum models.
Coherence of a dynamically decoupled single neutral atom
Creators: name: Chow, Chang Hoong
name: Ng, Boon Long
name: Kurtsiefer, Christian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Long qubit coherence and efficient atom-photon coupling are essential for advanced applications in quantum communication. One technique to maintain coherence is dynamical decoupling, where a periodic sequence of refocusing pulses is employed to reduce the interaction of the system with the environment. We experimentally study the implementation of dynamical decoupling on an optically-trapped, spin-polarized $^{87}$Rb atom. We use the two magnetic-sensitive $5S_{1/2}$ Zeeman levels, $\lvert{F=2,\ m_{F}=-2}\rangle$ and $\lvert{F=1,\ m_{F}=-1}\rangle$ as qubit states, motivated by the possibility to couple $\lvert{F=2,\ m_{F}=-2}\rangle$ to $5P_{3/2}$ the excited state $\lvert{F'=3,\ m'_{F}=-3}\rangle$ via a closed optical transition. With more refocusing pulses in the dynamical decoupling technique, we manage to extend the coherence time from 38(3)$μ$s to more than two milliseconds. We also observe a strong correlation between the motional states of the atom and the qubit coherence after the refocusing, which can be used as a measurement basis to resolve trapping parameters.
description: 7 pages, 9 figures
Prisma Flow Diagram;ArcGIS Pro Project File from Geodiversity in the Amazon drainage basin
Creators: name: Alsbach, C. M. E.
name: Seijmonsbergen, Arie C.
name: Hoorn, Carina
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 3705
subject: Geology
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences

description: This diagram explains Identification and screening of studies via databases and registers;The ArcGIS Pro Project File consists of all the map data shown in this review [link is embedded in the main text]
title: Octopus and dendrimer molecules with silsesquioxane cores
Creators: name: Gentle, Theresa Eileen
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 1995

description: The interest in materials with designed physical properties and controlled molecular formula is increasing. Octopus molecules, or materials with pendent groups from a core, and dendrimer molecules, or materials with a defined pattern of branching from a core are means of obtaining molecules of designed architecture. The work presented here involves the synthesis and characterization of octopus and dendrimer molecules of defined shape with molecular weights well into the thousands.

These designed molecular materials have been synthesized by placing pendant groups symmetrically about a silsesquioxane [(SiO3/2)8] core. A facile, one-step route to hydrocarbon and siloxane functional octopus molecules via H2PtC16 catalyzed hydrosilylation of 1-alkenes and vinyl-functional siloxanes by T8 hydrogen silsesquioxane, (HSiO3/2)8, has been demonstrated. The chemistry of addition was studied, and it was found that while the addition of the I-alkenes to T8 was, regioprecise with only a-addition being observed, both a- and ß-addition occurred with vinyl siloxanes. In addition, H/vinyl exchange on silicon was observed to occur with addition of vinyl-siloxane to T8. The effect of the hydrosilylation catalyst, homogeneous and heterogeneous, on the regioselectivity of addition and on the extent of exchange on silicon has been evaluated via GPC and 13C and 29Si NMR.

Investigations into the feasibility of placing a number of other moieties on the silsesquioxane core to show the almost limitless types of functional octopus molecules that can be made and to expand into dendritic molecules were also accomplished. For example polyether functional and mixed polyether/siloxane functional octopus molecules were synthesized and found to have interesting surface activity. The synthesis of an acrylate functional octopus molecule was accomplished and the product used to produce an ultra-violet curable coating.

Finally, routes other than hydrosilylation to produce octopus and dendrimer molecules with silsesquioxane cores, for instance, the reaction of ROH with SiH of (SiO3/2)8, were developed and used to increase the types of functional octopus possible and to produce dendrimer molecules with silsesquioxane cores. The synthesis, characterization, and possible applications of silsesquioxane-based octopus and dendrimer molecules will be discussed.
Motivation to seek treatment in a trichotillomania population: Effect of severity, distress, and functional impairment
Creators: name: Banis, Maria
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 52
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: Trichotillomania (TTM) is an impulse-control disorder characterized by pulling of one's hair. While much is known about severity and impairment, there is limited research on motivation to seek treatment. The current study attempted to identify prevalence of intrinsic versus extrinsic motivation in the TTM sample; and to determine associations between type of motivation and distress, severity, and psychosocial impairment. Sixty participants were assessed on measures of severity, distress, functional impairment, and motivation. Significantly more participants endorsed intrinsic motivation (t=24.8, p<.001). Total motivation was significantly correlated with time interference (r=.27, p=.04). This study was among the first to assess motivation in a TTM population. Motivation was not associated with distress, severity, or social, economic, or occupational/academic impairment, but total motivation was correlated with time interference. Previous findings were replicated in the correlations between distress and severity, and psychosocial impairment. Due to sample limitations, larger studies assessing motivation are warranted.
Contrast and comparison of outdoor educational program planning practices through a conceptual framework lens
Creators: name: West, Darren
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: This study investigated program planning practices in outdoor education. The investigation looked through a conceptual framework lens at three different cases of outdoor education: Voluntary, Governmental, and Commercial. The research sought to ascertain to what extent theory is reflected in practice. During the research there was also opportunity to gain an insight into whether planning involves the learners, and more specifically whether it involves children learners. Information was gathered through investigation of theoretical perspectives of program planning and through case analysis via interviewing. Data suggests that there are varying levels of learning integrated within program planning. The data also confirms that care should be taken to reduce the gap between theory and practice with outdoor education program planning frameworks. The following pages detail the research process, the findings and conclusions.
Motivation to seek treatment in a trichotillomania population: Effect of severity, distress, and functional impairment
Creators: name: Banis, Maria
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: Trichotillomania (TTM) is an impulse-control disorder characterized by pulling of one's hair. While much is known about severity and impairment, there is limited research on motivation to seek treatment. The current study attempted to identify prevalence of intrinsic versus extrinsic motivation in the TTM sample; and to determine associations between type of motivation and distress, severity, and psychosocial impairment. Sixty participants were assessed on measures of severity, distress, functional impairment, and motivation. Significantly more participants endorsed intrinsic motivation (t=24.8, p<.001). Total motivation was significantly correlated with time interference (r=.27, p=.04). This study was among the first to assess motivation in a TTM population. Motivation was not associated with distress, severity, or social, economic, or occupational/academic impairment, but total motivation was correlated with time interference. Previous findings were replicated in the correlations between distress and severity, and psychosocial impairment. Due to sample limitations, larger studies assessing motivation are warranted.
BARRIERS TO REPEAT PARTICIPATION IN A WORKSITE PEDOMETER PROGRAM
Creators: name: Barresi, Matthew G.
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: Worksite pedometer programs are effective tools in promoting movement byhelping participants break down common barriers to physical activity and improve health outcomes. When practitioners implement these types of health promotion programs multiple times, they may see an unexplained drop off in involvement in subsequent iterations. The purpose of this study was to determine the barriers that prevent repeat participation. A sample of 344 employees at American University who participated in a 2009 worksite pedometer challenge were surveyed about barriers that prevented them from also participating in 2010. This study examined the most common physical activity and program-related barriers to repeat participation. Respondents disagreed that any of the identified barriers prevented them from repeat participation except for already being physically active. It was concluded that practitioners should implement programming that encourages repeat participation from individuals with health risks and those who are already taking part in healthy activities.
BARRIERS TO REPEAT PARTICIPATION IN A WORKSITE PEDOMETER PROGRAM
Creators: name: Barresi, Matthew G.
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 3507
subject: Strategy, management and organisational behaviour
classificationCode: 4207
subject: Sports science and exercise

description: Worksite pedometer programs are effective tools in promoting movement byhelping participants break down common barriers to physical activity and improve health outcomes. When practitioners implement these types of health promotion programs multiple times, they may see an unexplained drop off in involvement in subsequent iterations. The purpose of this study was to determine the barriers that prevent repeat participation. A sample of 344 employees at American University who participated in a 2009 worksite pedometer challenge were surveyed about barriers that prevented them from also participating in 2010. This study examined the most common physical activity and program-related barriers to repeat participation. Respondents disagreed that any of the identified barriers prevented them from repeat participation except for already being physically active. It was concluded that practitioners should implement programming that encourages repeat participation from individuals with health risks and those who are already taking part in healthy activities.
Farm Size and the Organization of U.S. Crop Farming
Creators: name: MacDonald, James M.
name: Korb, Penni
name: Hoppe, Robert A.
name: MacDonald, James M.
name: Korb, Penni
name: Hoppe, Robert A.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Farm Management
subject: Industrial Organization
subject: cropland consolidation
subject: crop production
subject: large crop farm
subject: farm size
subject: farm size measure
subject: farm structure
subject: farm organization
subject: family farm
subject: industrial agriculture
subject: farm finances

description: Cropland has been shifting to larger farms. The shifts have been large, centered on a doubling of farm size over 20-25 years, and they have been ubiquitous across States and commodities. But the shifts have also been complex, with land and production shifting primarily from mid-size commercial farming operations to larger farms, while the count of very small farms increases. Larger crop farms still realize better financial returns, on average, and they are able to make more intensive use of their labor and capital resources, indicating that the trends are likely to continue. The report relies on comprehensive farm-level data to detail changes in farm size and other attributes of farm structure, and to evaluate the key driving forces, including technologies, farm organization and business relationships, land attributes, and government policies.
CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION AND THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH: DIALOGUE SINCE 1973 IN THE ADVENTIST REVIEW AND LIBERTY MAGAZINE
Creators: name: Bedford, Melissa Kay
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: This study seeks to examine the Seventh-day Adventists Church's discourse on conscientious objection since the United States of America implemented the All-Volunteer Force military in 1973. While this topic has received some academic attention, not much has focused on the dialogue present in two of the church's leading magazines: The Adventist Review and Liberty magazine. This study collected articles from these two magazines concerning conscientious objection and analyzed them for different variables, such as what aspect of conscientious objection the article addressed and what type of article it was. The results show that while the Seventh-day Adventist Church's dialogue on conscientious objection is small, it has been consistent since 1973 and is largely leader initiated. This can impact international peace by allowing the Seventh-day Adventist Church to lend its experience to citizens and leaders of different states, helping to strengthen religious liberty, as well as by keeping the conscientious objection discussion active.
Additional file 2 of Insurance patterns and instability from 2006 to 2016
Creators: name: Yunwei Gai
name: Jones, Kent
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 2. Appendix B: robustness tests using logit models for dichotomous dependent variables, Poisson models for count variables and log-linear models for continuous dependent variables
Textures in pure shear deformed rock salt
Creators: name: Skrotzki, W.
name: Helming, K.
name: Brokmeier, H.-G.
name: Dornbusch, H.-J.
name: Welch, P.
Publisher: name: FID GEO
Year: 1995

description: Texture formation in pure shear deformed rock salt has been studied by neutron diffraction. The textures developed are comparable to those of rolled face-centered cubic metals with high stacking fault energy. At room temperature the texture consists of a strong S and copper and a weaker brass component. It is replaced by static and/or dynamic recrystallization by a strong cube and a subordinate Goss component. Comparison of the experimental textures with simulations based on different models shows that the low temperature high strain deformation texture can be qualitatively well explained by the Taylor model using slip on {110}?110?, {100}?110? and {111}?110? systems with equal critical resolved shear stresses. Relaxation with increasing temperature introduces the cube and Goss component, which may represent the nuclei for recrystallization. The study shows that texturesimulations on salt without considering recrystallization lead to misleading conclusions.
Electron-phonon interaction at the Be(0001) surface
Creators: name: Eiguren, A.
name: de Gironcoli, S.
name: Chulkov, E. V.
name: Echenique, P. M.
name: Tosatti, E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a first principle study of the electron-phonon (e-p) interaction at the Be(0001) surface. The real and imaginary part of the e-p self energy are calculated for the surface state in the binding energy range from the $\barΓ$ point to the Fermi level. Our calculation shows an overall good agreement with several photoemission data measured at high and low temperatures. Additionally, we show that the energy derivative of real part of the self-energy presents a strong temperature and energy variation close to $E_{F}$, making it difficult to measure its value just at $E_{F}$.
description: Accepted in Phys. Rev. Lett., 5 figures
Critical behavior at the integer quantum Hall transition in a network model on the Kagome lattice
Creators: name: Gruzberg, I. A.
name: Charles, N.
name: Klümper, A.
name: Nuding, W.
name: Sedrakyan, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study a network model on the Kagome lattice (NMKL). This model generalizes the Chalker-Coddington (CC) network model for the integer quantum Hall transition. Unlike random network models we studied earlier, the geometry of the Kagome lattice is regular. Therefore, we expect that the critical behavior of the NMKL should be the same as that of the CC model. We numerically compute the localization length index $ν$ in the NKML. Our result $ν= 2.658 \pm 0.046$ is close to CC model values obtained in a number of recent papers. We also map the NMKL to the Dirac fermions in random potentials and in a fixed periodic curvature background. The background turns out irrelevant at long scales. Our numerical and analytical results confirm our expectation of the universality of critical behavior on regular network models.
description: 9 pages, 5 figures
CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION AND THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH: DIALOGUE SINCE 1973 IN THE ADVENTIST REVIEW AND LIBERTY MAGAZINE
Creators: name: Bedford, Melissa Kay
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 47
subject: Language, communication and culture

description: This study seeks to examine the Seventh-day Adventists Church's discourse on conscientious objection since the United States of America implemented the All-Volunteer Force military in 1973. While this topic has received some academic attention, not much has focused on the dialogue present in two of the church's leading magazines: The Adventist Review and Liberty magazine. This study collected articles from these two magazines concerning conscientious objection and analyzed them for different variables, such as what aspect of conscientious objection the article addressed and what type of article it was. The results show that while the Seventh-day Adventist Church's dialogue on conscientious objection is small, it has been consistent since 1973 and is largely leader initiated. This can impact international peace by allowing the Seventh-day Adventist Church to lend its experience to citizens and leaders of different states, helping to strengthen religious liberty, as well as by keeping the conscientious objection discussion active.
Disgust Sensitivity and Fear of Contagion in Specific Phobia, Spider Type and Blood-Injection-Injury Type: An Experimental Analysis
Creators: name: Bianchi, Kristin Noelle
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: Disgust sensitivity and concern with contamination have been frequently associated with Spider Phobia and Blood-Injection-Injury (BII) Phobia. Research suggests that the two groups differ in their sensitivity to categories of disgust. Using a sample of 29 non-phobic controls, 25 clinical and subclinical spider phobics, 26 clinical and subclinical BII phobics, and 27 persons who endorsed clinical or subclinical criteria for Spider Phobia and BII Phobia, this study used survey measures and behavioral approach paradigms to assess differences in domain specificity of disgust sensitivity and concern with contamination. Survey data generally supported the domain specificity of disgust sensitivity for the Spider and BII Phobia groups, and suggested that persons with both phobias may be more disgust sensitive than persons with one phobia. The BII Phobia group and the dual phobia group were more avoidant of stimuli from both disgust domains than were the Spider Phobia and control groups. Across phobic groups, core disgust stimuli systematically elicited significantly higher disgust ratings than concern with contamination ratings, and significantly higher concern with contamination ratings than fear ratings. Animal reminder disgust stimuli systematically elicited higher disgust than concern with contamination and fear ratings for spider and BII phobics, but no within-group differences emerged in the 3 emotional response ratings for the dual phobia group. Fear and having Spider Phobia were the only unique predictors of avoidant behavior in the spider-relevant contamination paradigm. Disgust and having BII Phobia were the only unique predictors of avoidant behavior in the BII-relevant contamination paradigm. Treatment implications for Spider and BII Phobia are discussed.
Disgust Sensitivity and Fear of Contagion in Specific Phobia, Spider Type and Blood-Injection-Injury Type: An Experimental Analysis
Creators: name: Bianchi, Kristin Noelle
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 52
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: Disgust sensitivity and concern with contamination have been frequently associated with Spider Phobia and Blood-Injection-Injury (BII) Phobia. Research suggests that the two groups differ in their sensitivity to categories of disgust. Using a sample of 29 non-phobic controls, 25 clinical and subclinical spider phobics, 26 clinical and subclinical BII phobics, and 27 persons who endorsed clinical or subclinical criteria for Spider Phobia and BII Phobia, this study used survey measures and behavioral approach paradigms to assess differences in domain specificity of disgust sensitivity and concern with contamination. Survey data generally supported the domain specificity of disgust sensitivity for the Spider and BII Phobia groups, and suggested that persons with both phobias may be more disgust sensitive than persons with one phobia. The BII Phobia group and the dual phobia group were more avoidant of stimuli from both disgust domains than were the Spider Phobia and control groups. Across phobic groups, core disgust stimuli systematically elicited significantly higher disgust ratings than concern with contamination ratings, and significantly higher concern with contamination ratings than fear ratings. Animal reminder disgust stimuli systematically elicited higher disgust than concern with contamination and fear ratings for spider and BII phobics, but no within-group differences emerged in the 3 emotional response ratings for the dual phobia group. Fear and having Spider Phobia were the only unique predictors of avoidant behavior in the spider-relevant contamination paradigm. Disgust and having BII Phobia were the only unique predictors of avoidant behavior in the BII-relevant contamination paradigm. Treatment implications for Spider and BII Phobia are discussed.
Additional file 1 of Perovskite Solar Cells Based on Compact, Smooth FA0.1MA0.9PbI3 Film with Efficiency Exceeding 22%
Creators: name: Maqsood, Ayman
name: Yaoyao Li
name: Meng, Juan
name: Dandan Song
name: Qiao, Bo
name: Suling Zhao
name: Xu, Zheng
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Space Science
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer

description: Additional file 1.
Women's Leadership in the Black Church: Barriers to and Empowerment of Clergywomen in the Church of God in Christ
Creators: name: Bragg, Cynthia B.
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 4410
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology

description: This exploratory research study investigates present-day issues with particular emphasis on ordination of women facing the Church of God in Christ (COGIC). Examination of both past and present leadership models in this denomination is also addressed. The research focuses on how the issue or ordination is affecting churchwomen's agency in relation to clergymen's full status positions in the church. Essential to this investigation are barriers impacting churchwomen who feel they have been "called" to ministry. Challenges become apparent to churchwomen when considering constitutional laws and biblical interpretations versus equality in church practice and governance. While the literature on women in ministry is advancing, limited research has addressed the COGIC with particular emphasis on women's leadership and the issue of ordination. I attempt to fill the gap in terms of research specific to leadership models more appropriate for church governance in style and functionality.
DMFTwDFT: An open-source code combining Dynamical Mean Field Theory with various Density Functional Theory packages
Creators: name: Singh, Vijay
name: Herath, Uthpala
name: Wah, Benny
name: Liao, Xingyu
name: Romero, Aldo H.
name: Park, Hyowon
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Dynamical Mean Field Theory (DMFT) is a successful method to compute the electronic structure of strongly correlated materials, especially when it is combined with density functional theory (DFT). Here, we present an open-source computational package (and a library) combining DMFT with various DFT codes interfaced through the Wannier90 package. The correlated subspace is expanded as a linear combination of Wannier functions introduced in the DMFT approach as local orbitals. In particular, we provide a library mode for computing the DMFT density matrix. This library can be linked and then internally called from any DFT package, assuming that a set of localized orbitals can be generated in the correlated subspace. The existence of this library allows developers of other DFT codes to interface with our package and achieve the charge-self-consistency within DFT+DMFT loops. To test and check our implementation, we computed the density of states and the band structure of well-known correlated materials, namely LaNiO3, SrVO3, and NiO. The obtained results are compared to those obtained from other DFT+DMFT implementations.
Local Meat and Poultry Processing: The Importance of Business Commitments for Long-Term Viability
Creators: name: Gwin, Lauren
name: Thiboumery, Arion
name: Stillman, Richard
name: Gwin, Lauren
name: Thiboumery, Arion
name: Stillman, Richard
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Livestock Production/Industries
subject: Production Economics
subject: local foods
subject: local meat and poultry
subject: farmers
subject: processing facilities
subject: inspection
subject: customer specifications
subject: small processors
subject: local processing
subject: meat processing
subject: local slaughter
subject: case studies
subject: livestock
subject: poultry
subject: cattle
subject: hogs
subject: niche
subject: production

description: Consumer demand for local food, including local meat and poultry, has risen in recent years. To sell meat, farmers need access to appropriately scaled processing facilities with the skills, inspection status, and reliability to prepare these products safely, legally, and to customer specifications. Farmers and others suggest that limited processing infrastructure restricts the supply of local meat and poultry. At the same time, existing small processors often lack the steady, consistent business required for profitability. This report explores this multi-faceted problem and identifies fundamental causes, drawing on a cost analysis of local processing. Case studies of seven successful local and regional processors illustrate strategies or best practices currently in place: farmers commit to providing consistent throughput of livestock to process, and processors commit to providing consistent, high-quality processing services. This long-term commitment, supported by coordination and communication between processors and their customers as well as along the entire supply chain, is essential to the persistence and expansion of local meats. Also, five public-private collaborations around the country demonstrate how to expand opportunities for local meat marketing by providing support and technical assistance to meat processors and their farmer customers.
Moisture expansion as a deterioration factor for sandstone used in buildings
Creators: name: Ruedrich, Joerg
name: Bartelsen, Tobias
name: Dohrmann, Reiner
name: Siegesmund, Siegfried
Publisher: name: Springer-Verlag
Year: 2010

description: The expansion processes that develop in building stones upon changes of moisture content may be an important contributing factor for their deteriorations. Until recently, few data could be found in the literature concerning this parameter and weathering processes. Moreover, the processes that may be responsible for the moisture related expansion of natural building stones are not yet completely understood. To further elucidate this process, extensive mineralogical, petrophysical and fabric investigations were performed on eight German sandstones in order to obtain more information regarding the weathering process and its dependence on the rock fabric. The analysed sandstones show a wide range of pore size distributions and porosities. A positive correlation with the fabric and the pore space can be found for all studied petrophysical parameters. The intensity of the expansion and related swelling pressure cannot be attributed only to the swelling of clay minerals. The investigations suggest that the micropores and the resulting disjoining pressure during wet/dry cycles also play an important role. The results obtained suggest that the mechanism is related to the presence of liquid water within the porous material.
Listen carefully, the dance is whispering... : articulating praxis identity and place through dance
Creators: name: Ricketts, Kathryn Ann
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: With a series of dance solos called Lugs, I have been exploring notions of emotional and physical displacement through the telling of personal stories, mine and others. This thesis explores concepts and theories, which brings an articulation to my practice as artist, researcher and teacher. With A/r/tography and Performative Inquiry as foundational methodologies utilizing transmediation techniques; specifically image, text, and spoken work to embodiment. Through a variety of performance theories, I probe the moments in my improvised performances where the immediacy and integrity of my decision making process works in direct relation to the audience, the story, the performance artefacts and the context. In this investigation I explore further notions of Appelbaum's (1995) Stop and Fels' (1998) Space Moments of learning where an absolute astuteness and availability to the moment allows for possibilities of change. The thesis recalls many Lug performances, artist residencies and a conference presentation; these reflections are woven between theorists such as Bhaktin, Butler, Bhabha, Irwin, Fels and practitioners, Babar and Brecht. Through two simple charts, one created at the beginning of my research period and one at the end, the thesis illuminates an important shift in the problemetizing of my practice addressing the importance of the hermeneutic reading of my practice and emphasising that the articulation gained in my methods and theories allows for a greater commitment to being present to the unknown variables I invite into my work which generate from this liminal and space of inquiry. My emblematic phrase ends the thesis; Listen carefully, the dance is whispering….
Women's Leadership in the Black Church: Barriers to and Empowerment of Clergywomen in the Church of God in Christ
Creators: name: Bragg, Cynthia B.
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: This exploratory research study investigates present-day issues with particular emphasis on ordination of women facing the Church of God in Christ (COGIC). Examination of both past and present leadership models in this denomination is also addressed. The research focuses on how the issue or ordination is affecting churchwomen's agency in relation to clergymen's full status positions in the church. Essential to this investigation are barriers impacting churchwomen who feel they have been "called" to ministry. Challenges become apparent to churchwomen when considering constitutional laws and biblical interpretations versus equality in church practice and governance. While the literature on women in ministry is advancing, limited research has addressed the COGIC with particular emphasis on women's leadership and the issue of ordination. I attempt to fill the gap in terms of research specific to leadership models more appropriate for church governance in style and functionality.
STREET VIEW: THE EXPRESSIVE FACE OF THE PUBLIC IN JAMES ENSOR'S 1888 CHRIST'S ENTRY INTO BRUSSELS IN 1889 AND ERNST LUDWIG KIRCHNER'S 1913-15 STRASSENBILDER SERIES
Creators: name: Bray, Patricia L.
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: This thesis analyzes in tandem James Ensor's 1888 Christ's Entry into Brussels in 1889 and Ernst Ludwig Kirchner's 1913-15 Strassenbilder series. Current interpretations of these paintings often emphasize a narrative reading of the artists' personal expressions of the struggle of the individual against the angst and dysfunction of society. I explore the artists' visualizations of the modern urban street and the individual in a crowd. In addition, I contextualize the environment of rapid modernization and fin-de-siècle anxiety, and the anti-institutionalism of Les XX and the Brücke. This thesis challenges the assumptions upon which current art-historical interpretations are constructed by examining the artists' work within contemporary cultural discourse, crowd theory, and sociological scholarship, and through close visual readings of the artists' formal strategies. I argue that Ensor and Kirchner deployed conscious aesthetic strategies in compositional distortion, antithesis and masquerade to explore the conflicting impulses, contumacy, and ambiguity of the modern moment.
Secular changes in the orbits of the quadruple system VW LMi
Creators: name: Pribulla, T.
name: Puha, E.
name: Borkovits, T.
name: Budaj, J.
name: Garai, Z.
name: Guenther, E.
name: Hambalek, L.
name: Komzik, R.
name: Kundra, E.
name: Szabo, Gy. M.
name: Vanko, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: VW~LMi is the tightest known quadruple system with 2+2 hierarchy. It consists of a W UMa-type eclipsing binary (P12 = 0.47755 days) and another detached non-eclipsing binary (P34 = 7.93 days) orbiting around a common center of mass is about P1234 = 355 days. We present new observations of the system extending the time baseline to study long-term perturbations in the system and to improve orbital elements. The multi-dataset modeling of the system (4 radial-velocity curves for the components and the timing data) clearly showed an apsidal motion in the non-eclipsing binary at a rate of 4.6 degrees/yr, but no other perturbations. This is consistent with the nearly co-planarity of the outer, 355-day orbit, and the 7.93-day orbit of the non-eclipsing binary. Extensive N-body simulations enabled us to constrain the mutual inclination of the non-eclipsing binary and the outer orbits to j34-1234 < 10 degrees.
description: 12 pages, 7 figures, MNRAS in press
The Italian ‘Invasion’ of Russia and Its Key Role in the Emergence of a Unified Russian State
Creators: name: Ponzini, Robert
Publisher: name: Economia Aziendale Online -
Year: 2021

description: Il 13 gennaio del 2016 lo IASB pubblica l’International Financial Reporting Standard 16: “Leasing”. Il principio, la cui applicazione decorre a partire dai bilanci redatti dal 1° gennaio 2019, è il risultato di un lungo processo di rivisitazione delle regole di rappresentazione delle operazioni di leasing in bilancio. Il nuovo IFRS 16 che sostituisce il precedente principio competente in materia IAS 17 ha mutato la modalità di contabilizzazione della fattispecie contrattuale, abolendo la distinzione tra leasing finanziario e leasing operativo ai fini dell’esposizione in bilancio. Con il passaggio dalla metodologia contabile basata sulla forma giuridica del contratto, a quella la cui finalità è mostrare la sostanza delle operazioni, si attendono importanti cambiamenti su molti valori e indici di bilancio. Con il presente elaborato, si vogliono mettere in luce gli impatti che il cambiamento intervenuto sulla modalità di contabilizzazione del contratto di leasing può avere sulle diverse voci interessate dalla rilevazione del medesimo e come tali impatti si riflettono sui ratiosprincipalmente impiegati dai lettori e utilizzatori del bilancio. L’analisi metterà in evidenza come alcuni indici, come quelli di redditività, siano influenzati negativamente al momento di prima rilevazione, a causa di un doppio effetto di riduzione del reddito netto e di incremento del capitale impiegato nel confronto. Tuttavia, questi ultimi subiscono un’influenza relativa solo al periodo contrattuale in cui si è collocati, con miglioramenti annuali per via dell’incremento del reddito prodotto, data la minore incidenza degli oneri del leasing. Con lo scopo di far emergere l’indebitamento sommerso, l’indice su cui verrà posta maggiore attenzione con l’applicazione del nuovo standard è il leverage.
description: Economia Aziendale Online -, Vol 12, No 4 (2021): ISSUE 4/2021
Microbial diversity on a marble monument: a case study
Creators: name: Hallmann, Christine
name: Rüdrich, Jörg
name: Enseleit, Matthias
name: Friedl, Thomas
name: Hoppert, Michael
Publisher: name: Springer-Verlag
Year: 2010

description: In the presented case study, ascomycete fungi and green algae on a marble monument were identified by comparisons of the 18S rRNA gene sequences, which were obtained from DNA either from environmental samples or from enrichment cultures. The organisms were found to be responsible for either black or green surface coverings on different areas of the monument surface. Most fungi were related to plant-inhabiting genera, corresponding to a heavy soiling of the marble surface with honeydew. Whereas green algae of the genera Stichococcus, Chloroidium and Apatococcus were found to be dominant in all samples, isolates of two additional genera were recovered only from enrichment cultures. A reference strain of Apatococcus lobatus and an isolate of Prasiolopsis sp. were investigated with respect to putative surface adhesive structures of the cell envelope. The Prasiolopsis cell walls were covered with a thin adhesive exopolysaccharide layer involved in biofilm formation.
Data quality for health sector innovation and accounting man-agement: a twenty-year bibliometric analysis
Creators: name: Secinaro, Silvana
name: Brescia, Valerio
name: Calandra, Davide
name: Biancone, Paolo
Publisher: name: Economia Aziendale Online -
Year: 2021
Subjects: data quality; health sector; costs; innovation; accounting; management

description: Continuous cost growth in the healthcare sector is one of the most critical challenges. Several scientists are trying to provide solutions that will include quality of care and cost reduction. First, computerization and then technological digitization has made it possible to store an increasing amount of data and leverage it to improve quality and reduce costs. Although the topic is relevant, no article has expressed how data quality resulting from healthcare innovation can be crucial for lowering healthcare costs. Using the bibliometric approach and benefiting from Zupic and Cater methodological paper, the analysis investigates 159 peer-reviewed English papers. Additionally, the Bibliometrix R package is used in the data analysis part. The results confirm a multidisciplinary literature stream with a few unrelated process variables. We provide evidence of authors, journals, keywords, geographic areas of reference and a framework that links the two research streams. Finally, we argue that a structured data quality process helps value healthcare data adequately and reduces costs. Moreover, quality is fundamental before applying advanced data analytics through big data analytics, IoT and artificial intelligence applications.
description: Economia Aziendale Online -, Vol 12, No 4 (2021): ISSUE 4/2021
STREET VIEW: THE EXPRESSIVE FACE OF THE PUBLIC IN JAMES ENSOR'S 1888 CHRIST'S ENTRY INTO BRUSSELS IN 1889 AND ERNST LUDWIG KIRCHNER'S 1913-15 STRASSENBILDER SERIES
Creators: name: Bray, Patricia L.
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 3601
subject: Art history, theory and criticism

description: This thesis analyzes in tandem James Ensor's 1888 Christ's Entry into Brussels in 1889 and Ernst Ludwig Kirchner's 1913-15 Strassenbilder series. Current interpretations of these paintings often emphasize a narrative reading of the artists' personal expressions of the struggle of the individual against the angst and dysfunction of society. I explore the artists' visualizations of the modern urban street and the individual in a crowd. In addition, I contextualize the environment of rapid modernization and fin-de-siècle anxiety, and the anti-institutionalism of Les XX and the Brücke. This thesis challenges the assumptions upon which current art-historical interpretations are constructed by examining the artists' work within contemporary cultural discourse, crowd theory, and sociological scholarship, and through close visual readings of the artists' formal strategies. I argue that Ensor and Kirchner deployed conscious aesthetic strategies in compositional distortion, antithesis and masquerade to explore the conflicting impulses, contumacy, and ambiguity of the modern moment.
The Drell-Yan process with pions and polarized nucleons
Creators: name: Bastami, S.
name: Gamberg, L.
name: Parsamyan, B.
name: Pasquini, B.
name: Prokudin, A.
name: Schweitzer, P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Drell-Yan process provides important information on the internal structure of hadrons including transverse momentum dependent parton distribution functions (TMDs). In this work we present calculations for all leading twist structure functions describing the pion induced Drell-Yan process. The non-perturbative input for the TMDs is taken from the light-front constituent quark model, the spectator model, and available parametrizations of TMDs extracted from the experimental data. TMD evolution is implemented at Next-to-Leading Logarithmic precision for the first time for all asymmetries. Our results are compatible with the first experimental information, help to interpret the data from ongoing experiments, and will allow one to quantitatively assess the models in future when more precise data will become available.
description: The paper is restructured with new discussions and results, TMD evolution is implemented at Next-to-Leading Logarithmic accuracy for all asymmetries. 27 pages and 10 figures