cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Email Intelligence: An AI-Driven Framework for Context-Aware office Communication Management
Creators: name: Nilesh S Khedkar
name: Prashant Kumar
name: Angel Kingland E Rojas
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: This paper presents an innovative, AI-based intervention that revolutionizes email communication. We propose an intelligent system for the processing of email chains among multiple stakeholders by using deep natural language processing and machine learning techniques to present a more intuitive and efficient interface of email understanding and ingesting. The AI Tool extracts vital information, finds critical topics in communication threads, and generates substantial summaries while the stakeholder expectation and intentions are held intact. Solutions offered by our system specifically address the expanding challenges of information overload in professional communications by creating an abstract representation of email chains that distill essential points without compromising their clarity or context-a method that keeps knowledge transfer with inclusive communication among all participants. The research contributes to the field by developing a new framework that analyzes communication patterns and at the same time offers practical recommendations on how organizations can streamline their email-based interactions to enhance the efficiency of project communication.
Efficient stochastic simulation of dynamic brittle strength using a random perturbation-based micromechanics model
Creators: name: Graham-Brady, Lori L.
name: Liu, Junwei
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2015

description: Ceramic materials exhibit high strength against ballistic impact loads. The failure mechanism in this context is associated with crack growth and coalescence. The properties of preexisting flaws at the micro-scale, including the size, shape, orientations and clustering, have profound impact on the strength of such materials. Since the properties of pre-existing flaws are highly heterogeneous in space, the strength exhibits strong spatial variations, leading to localization of stress and subsequent failure. One approach to simulation of this spatial variability is to assign samples of the random flaw population statistics (e.g., flaw density and flaw size distribution) to each integration point of a macro-scale finite element analysis. Here we propose an up-scaling technique based on the micromechanics model proposed by Paliwal and Ramesh (2008)1. While in concept it is possible to perform a micromechanical analysis at each integration point individually, this becomes computationally prohibitive for macro-scale models with many elements. Instead, we propose a more efficient approach that applies a Taylor series expansion approximation to the constitutive behavior, based on the results of a single reference analysis from the micromechanics model. The reference parameters are taken from analysis of a typical parameter set for the pre-existing flaws. Peak strength and the corresponding strain, along with some necessary gradient results are recorded. Monte Carlo simulation of the material performance is therefore achieved by generating the random variables that represent the flaw population at every integration point, which typically require much less computational effort than stochastic simulation of representative constitutive property fields. With this approach a large-scale statistical study can be performed with high efficiency, with a speed up of approximately 2 orders of magnitude, while the relative error is satisfyingly low.
Integration of Invariant Temporal Replication and Gauge Symmetries :  A Discrete Bridge Toward Quantum Gravity
Creators: name: Alessandro Boatto
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: quantum gravity
gauge theory
discrete spacetime
temporal replication
emergent gravity
RTI model
field theory
spacetime ontology
quantum gauge fields
physics beyond the Standard Model

description: This paper establishes a formal connection between the Invariant Temporal Replication (RTI) model and gauge field theories, particularly in the context of emergent gravity. While RTI proposes a discrete, branching spacetime structure where gravity arises from variations in local replication density, gauge theory explains fundamental interactions through local symmetries and curvature of internal fields. We define a discrete covariant derivative on the RTI network, construct gauge-like curvature expressions from closed replica loops, and propose a discrete Lagrangian for field evolution. Additionally, we explore the possibility of embedding Standard Model gauge groups (SU(3)xSU(2)xU(1)) as emergent symmetries in locally regular regions of the RTI lattice. This work suggests a path toward reconciling discrete spacetime models with continuous quantum field theories and provides a conceptual foundation for an information-theoretic theory of quantum gravity.
Workflow-based Automation of UI software Testing - A Review of a Commercial Case Study
Creators: name: Shi, Hui
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Software development
subject: Software applications
subject: software testing

description: Verifying the performance and safety is at the heart of the medical softwarerelease process. At Adaptix, we are developing new types of compact, low-dose,3D X-ray imaging systems to enable 3D imaging at the point of care. The deviceemits x-rays at different angles and reconstructs the images to a high-resolution 3Dimages to facilitate medical diagnosis. The product utilizes a software UI that isdesigned with a workflow in mind to streamline the user experience. It can be alaborious task to repetitively test the software UI by manually clicking the buttons.By using a python package called PyWinAuto, I was able to automate the user’sbehaviours to perform the image acquisitions for thousands of times withoutmanually clicking the UI buttons. Because the UI software gets constantly updated,building technology for continuous testing and verification reduces manual labourand human errors, increase routine testing, allows early detection of the softwareerrors, and improves the robustness of the software development lifecycle. Bypresenting the strategic methods of streamlining the automation process, I hope topresent a new way of performing software usability testing.
Geotechnical reliability-based designs and links with LFRD
Creators: name: Low, B. K.
name: Phoon, K. K.
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2015

description: Reliability-based design (RBD) can play a useful complementary role to overcome some limitations in the Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) approach, for example in situations where loads contribute not only destabilizing but also stabilizing effects, situations where load and resistance sensitivities vary due to different geometric and other details, situations with modeling of spatial variability and parametric correlations, and situations with different targets of probability of failure. Examples of reliability-based design and analysis are presented to show that under the above circumstances RBD can offer interesting and enlightening insights apart from suggesting back-calculated load and resistance factors. When statistical information is available, direct FORM analysis can also be performed on the design resulting from LRFD, to obtain estimated probability of failure. Illustrative examples of FORM RBD and FORM analysis in this study consist of a shallow footing design, an anchored sheet pile wall design, a laterally loaded pile with depth dependent nonlinear p-y curves, and a clay slope with anisotropic and spatially autocorrelated undrained shear strength.
Unleashing Diverse Voices of Colonialism: Topic Modeling Translated and Original Adventure Fiction in Semi-colonial China (1898-1919)
Creators: name: Li, Xuezhao
Publisher: name: unknown
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Digital humanities
subject: Literary form
subject: Postcolonialism

description: China's Colonial History has long been dominated by the "semi-colonial" narrative in which putting China in the "colonized" position, scholars either accuse the Western imperial powers of their "colonial invasion" or argue for China's agency because it was not fully colonized. This narrative has stifled the diverse voices of colonialism in early twentieth-century China. Chinese people had ambiguous attitudes towards colonialism, which could form a spectrum ranging from opposition to advocacy. This study examines the complexities of China's colonial experiences through the textual analysis of a largely overlooked fictional genre: modern Chinese adventure fiction. Between 1898 and 1919, there were around 200 adventure fiction translations and 70 creations. Mostly published in popular magazines/newspapers, these texts are treated as pastime readings with low aesthetic value, they were scarcely canonized. This study argues that these works deserve more attention because their close connection with colonialist ideologies enables us to investigate an important question: how was colonialism appropriated in semi-colonial China with China's transformation from a colonialist empire to a national state? Digital Humanities provides useful tools to break through previous barriers and thus challenge the elitist literary narrative that downplays voices in popular literature. This study uses topic modeling to reveal the major topics in three data sets: Chinese adventure fiction, translated adventure fiction, and their originals. The different topic focuses of these data sets show not only how colonialist ideas were viewed differently in the West and modern China due to their different positions in the global colonial system, but also the diversity and ambiguities of modern Chinese colonialist voices. The result also presents China's transcultural appropriation of Western colonialism.
Unleashing Diverse Voices of Colonialism: Topic Modeling Translated and Original Adventure Fiction in Semi-colonial China (1898-1919)
Creators: name: Li, Xuezhao
Publisher: name: Humanities Commons
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Digital humanities
subject: Postcolonialism
subject: Literary form

description: China’s Colonial History has long been dominated by the “semi-colonial” narrative in which putting China in the “colonized” position, scholars either accuse the Western imperial powers of their “colonial invasion” or argue for China’s agency because it was not fully colonized. This narrative has stifled the diverse voices of colonialism in early twentieth-century China. Chinese people had ambiguous attitudes towards colonialism, which could form a spectrum ranging from opposition to advocacy. This study examines the complexities of China’s colonial experiences through the textual analysis of a largely overlooked fictional genre: modern Chinese adventure fiction. Between 1898 and 1919, there were around 200 adventure fiction translations and 70 creations. Mostly published in popular magazines/newspapers, these texts are treated as pastime readings with low aesthetic value, they were scarcely canonized. This study argues that these works deserve more attention because their close connection with colonialist ideologies enables us to investigate an important question: how was colonialism appropriated in semi-colonial China with China’s transformation from a colonialist empire to a national state? Digital Humanities provides useful tools to break through previous barriers and thus challenge the elitist literary narrative that downplays voices in popular literature. This study uses topic modeling to reveal the major topics in three data sets: Chinese adventure fiction, translated adventure fiction, and their originals. The different topic focuses of these data sets show not only how colonialist ideas were viewed differently in the West and modern China due to their different positions in the global colonial system, but also the diversity and ambiguities of modern Chinese colonialist voices. The result also presents China’s transcultural appropriation of Western colonialism.
The Greek-Turkish Rivalry: A Bayesian VAR Approach
Creators: name: Kechrinioti, Alexandra
name: Karamanis, Dimitrios
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: The persistent Greek-Turkish rivalry has garnered considerable attention among defense economists, prompting an exploration of whether these two nations are locked in an arms race. The longstanding divisions between them are deeply rooted in historical conflict and mutual distrust, and diplomatic efforts aimed at reconciliation have proven largely ineffective, with brief rapprochements typically ending swiftly. Recent discoveries of natural gas in the eastern Mediterranean have exacerbated tensions, leading to military expansion plans that have heightened the risk of escalation. Given the lack of consensus in empirical studies on the relationship between their military expenditures, we employ a linear Bayesian Vector Autoregression (BVAR) modeling approach to explore potential interdependencies among four distinct proxies of the states’ physical arms build-up. Utilizing an annual dataset running from 1960 to 2020, our findings reveal that shocks to one nation’s military expenditure do not significantly affect the opponent’s defense spending. This suggests that contrary to strategies focused on the costly maintenance of strategic balance, these rivals should prioritize cooperation to jointly foster peace and economic development across the broader Mediterranean region.
Stochastic dynamic analysis of a marine riser using the First-Order Reliability Method
Creators: name: Alibrandi, Umberto
name: Koh, C. G.
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2015

description: The dynamic analysis of a deepwater floating production systems has many complexities, such as the dynamic coupling between the vessel and the riser, the coupling between the first-order and second-order wave forces, several sources of nonlinearities. These complexities can be captured by fully coupled time domain analyses. Moreover, the sea state is random, hence the need of stochastic dynamic analysis. In this paper the non-Gaussian responses of the system are obtained through the well-known First-Order Reliability Method (FORM) of the structural reliability analysis. The application to a simplified 2 degrees-of-freedom model shows the accuracy and effectiveness of the presented procedure.
Supplementary document for Experimental characterisation of a planar phase-engineered metamaterial lenslet for millimetre astronomy - 6234198.pdf
Creators: name: Gascard, Thomas
name: Pisano, Giampaolo
name: Doyle, Simon
name: Thompson, Jonathan
name: shitvov, Alexey
name: Austermann, Jason
name: Beall, James
name: Hubmayer, Johannes
name: Raymond, Benjamin
name: Halverson, Nils
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Beam pattern and optical characteristics of the metamaterial-based lenslet at 75GHz and 110GHz
Accounts of the Anti-Jewish Riot in Valencia, July 1391
Creators: name: Agresta, Abigail
name: Agresta, Abigail
name: Lloret, Albert
name: Miguel-Prendes, Sol
name: Miguel-Prendes, Sol
name: Wacks, David
Publisher: name: unknown
Year: 2024

description: This unit contains a brief introduction and four accounts of the anti-Jewish riot that took place in Valencia on July 9, 1391. During this riot, one of many across Spain in the summer of 1391, a mob attacked the Jewish community of Valencia, killing at least a hundred people and forcibly converting most of the rest. These attacks destroyed the Jewish communities of Valencia and many other cities in Spain, making 1391 a crucial turning point in both Spanish and Jewish history.
The Valencian attack is particularly well recorded, with surviving accounts from multiple independent sources, all newly translated into English from the original Catalan and Valencian. These four accounts are from three different perspectives: the king's brother, Prince Martí, senior royal official on the scene; that of the jurats, senior municipal officials in Valencia; and that of Juceff Abraim, a Valencian Jew who was forcibly converted during the assault. Each of these accounts reflects the different pressures the witnesses faced in constructing a narrative of the events.

The unit is published in two versions: one with introduction and notes in Spanish, with the primary texts in the original medieval Valencian with modern Spanish translation, and another with the introduction and notes in English, and primary texts in original medieval Valencian and English translation. The original text was edited and translated into English by Abigail Agresta, then into Spanish by Sol Miguel-Prendes. The introduction and notes were written by Abigail Agresta and translated into Spanish by Sol Miguel-Prendes. Types of courses where the text might be useful: History (medieval, Jewish, Iberian), Religious Studies, Jewish Studies, Sephardic Studies. It is also a useful case study on bias in historical sources.

This is the Valencian/English version
Relatos de los disturbios antijudíos de Valencia, julio de 1391
Creators: HC User
Publisher: name: Humanities Commons
Year: 2024

description: This unit contains a brief introduction and four accounts of the anti-Jewish riot that took place in Valencia on July 9, 1391. During this riot, one of many across Spain in the summer of 1391, a mob attacked the Jewish community of Valencia, killing at least a hundred people and forcibly converting most of the rest. These attacks destroyed the Jewish communities of Valencia and many other cities in Spain, making 1391 a crucial turning point in both Spanish and Jewish history.  The Valencian attack is particularly well recorded, with surviving accounts from multiple independent sources, all newly translated into English from the original Catalan and Valencian. These four accounts are from three different perspectives: the king’s brother, Prince Martí, senior royal official on the scene; that of the jurats, senior municipal officials in Valencia; and that of Juceff Abraim, a Valencian Jew who was forcibly converted during the assault. Each of these accounts reflects the different pressures the witnesses faced in constructing a narrative of the events.  The unit is published in two versions: one with introduction and notes in Spanish, with the primary texts in the original medieval Valencian with modern Spanish translation, and another with the introduction and notes in English, and primary texts in original medieval Valencian and English translation. The original text was edited and translated into English by Abigail Agresta, then into Spanish by Sol Miguel-Prendes. The introduction and notes were written by Abigail Agresta and translated into Spanish by Sol Miguel-Prendes. Types of courses where the text might be useful: History (medieval, Jewish, Iberian), Religious Studies, Jewish Studies, Sephardic Studies. It is also a useful case study on bias in historical sources.  This is the Valencian/Spanish version.
Relatos de los disturbios antijudíos de Valencia, julio de 1391
Creators: name: Lloret, Albert
name: Miguel-Prendes, Sol
name: Miguel-Prendes, Sol
name: Wacks, David
Publisher: name: unknown
Year: 2024

description: This unit contains a brief introduction and four accounts of the anti-Jewish riot that took place in Valencia on July 9, 1391. During this riot, one of many across Spain in the summer of 1391, a mob attacked the Jewish community of Valencia, killing at least a hundred people and forcibly converting most of the rest. These attacks destroyed the Jewish communities of Valencia and many other cities in Spain, making 1391 a crucial turning point in both Spanish and Jewish history.

The Valencian attack is particularly well recorded, with surviving accounts from multiple independent sources, all newly translated into English from the original Catalan and Valencian. These four accounts are from three different perspectives: the king's brother, Prince Martí, senior royal official on the scene; that of the jurats, senior municipal officials in Valencia; and that of Juceff Abraim, a Valencian Jew who was forcibly converted during the assault. Each of these accounts reflects the different pressures the witnesses faced in constructing a narrative of the events.

The unit is published in two versions: one with introduction and notes in Spanish, with the primary texts in the original medieval Valencian with modern Spanish translation, and another with the introduction and notes in English, and primary texts in original medieval Valencian and English translation. The original text was edited and translated into English by Abigail Agresta, then into Spanish by Sol Miguel-Prendes. The introduction and notes were written by Abigail Agresta and translated into Spanish by Sol Miguel-Prendes. Types of courses where the text might be useful: History (medieval, Jewish, Iberian), Religious Studies, Jewish Studies, Sephardic Studies. It is also a useful case study on bias in historical sources.

This is the Valencian/Spanish version.
برابری‌خواهی جنسیتی در شعر پروین اعتصامی؟
Creators: name: M. Fomeshi, Behnam
Publisher: name: Humanities Commons
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Feminism
subject: Poetry

description: در بررسی شعر فمنیستی فارسی معمولاً به نام فروغ فرخزاد، سیمین بهبهانی، طاهره قره‌العین، زندخت شیرازی و اخیراً ژاله عالم‌تاج قائم‌‌مقامی برمی‌خوریم و نام پروین اعتصامی (1285-1320ش) در چنین مباحثی مطرح نمی‌شود. آنچه پژوهشگران تا به اکنون دربارۀ شعر او در کانون توجه قرار داده‌اند جنبه‌های اجتماعی اشعار این شاعر و تلاش وی برای به تصویر کشیدن و انتقاد از نابرابری‌های اجتماعی بوده‌است. اما مسئلهۀ اساسی پروین ”نابرابری“ در تمامی جنبه‌های آن و ازجمله نابرابری بین زن و مرد بوده است. مسئلۀ حقوق زنان از موضوعات مهم شعر پروین است، هرچند تاکنون چندان توجهی به آن نشده‌‌ است. جستار پیش‌ رو درصدد است تا با مطالعۀ این جنبۀ کمتردیده شده در شعر پروین، کاستی‌های تحقیقات پیشین را رفع کند و با ارائۀ تصویر متفاوتی از این شاعر جایگاه او را در تلا‌ش‌های شاعران زن در برابری‌خواهی جنسیتی آشکار کند. از این رو، این جستار پس از بررسی عوامل مؤثر در شکل‌گیری شعر پروین به عرضۀ اشعاری از او با مضامین برابری‌خواهانه می‌پردازد.
Development of earthquake risk-targeted ground motions for Indonesian Earthquake Resistance Building Code SNI 1726-2012
Creators: name: Sengara, I. Wayan
name: Irsyam, Masyhur
name: Sidi, Indra D.
name: Mulia, Andri
name: Asrurifak, M.
name: Hutabarat, Daniel
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2015

description: This paper presents recent efforts in the development of risk-targeted ground motions for the Indonesian Earthquake Resistance Building Code SNI 1726-2012. Recently, in 2010, the Indonesian seismic hazard map was revised by our Indonesian Team from the 2002 map to a new hazard map. The revised map has adopted the most recent data and current state of knowledge in probabilistic and deterministic seismic hazard assessment methodologies, and through the use of the most recent ground motion predictive equations. So-called risk-targeted ground motions (RTGM) have also been developed. The risk-targeted ground motions for Indonesia are calculated as spectral response accelerations that result in 1% probability of building collapse in 50 years through a similar methodology as conducted by Luco et al. (2007). The authors do so by adopting generic fragility curves with alogarithmic standard deviation, β, value considered to be representative of Indonesian buildings. The risk-targeted ground motions mapped for the whole of Indonesia have been developed for short and 1.0 second spectral periods. These maps have become the risk-targeted maximum considered earthquake (MCER) maps in the new SNI 1726-2012.
title: Evaluation in Nonformal Education: The Need for Practitioner Evaluation
Creators: name: Kinsey, David C.
Publisher: name: Center for International Education, UMass Amherst
Year: 1978
Subjects: subject: Nonformal Education; Evaluation; Practitioner involvement

description: A periodic list of papers constituting the series will be issued to facilitate requests for desired copies. Reissues or deletions from the list will be determined on the basis of demand or estimates of the paper’s continuing utility. Views expressed in these papers are those of the authors and should not be considered to represent the views of the Center for International Education.
description: Issue papers are a series of monographs written by and for theorists and practitioners in the field of nonformal education. Ranging broadly over ethical, theoretical and practical issues in nonformal education, the series is designed to reflect the current conceptual state of the art its pitfalls and potentialities, and to focus attention on fundamental philosophic and behavioral tenets of the field
Bephrata Cameron 1884
Creators: name: Perioto, Nelson W.
name: Fernandes, Daniell R. R.
name: Lara, Rogéria I. R.
name: Tavares, Marcelo T.
name: Rafael, José A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Eurytomidae
Bephrata

description: Bephrata Cameron, 1884
 Bephrata CAMERON,1884:109. Type species: Bephrata ruficollis Cameron, by monotypy.
 Aximogastra ASHMEAD, 1904:261. Type species: Aximogastra bahiae Ashmead, 1904 by monotypy. Synonymy by LOTFALIZADEH et al., 2007:508.
description: Published as part of Perioto, Nelson W., Fernandes, Daniell R. R., Lara, Rogéria I. R., Tavares, Marcelo T. & Rafael, José A., 2023, Synopsis of the parasitic wasps Bephrata (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea, Eurytomidae) in Brazil, pp. 1-13 in Iheringia, Série Zoologia (e 2023010) (e 2023010) 113 on page 2, DOI: 10.1590/1678-4766e2023010, http://zenodo.org/record/13266780
A Bayesian network model to assess seismic risk of reinforced concrete girder bridges
Creators: name: Franchin, Paolo
name: Lupoi, Alessio
name: Noto, Fabrizio
name: Tesfamariam, Solomon
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2015

description: Infrastructure owners or governmental agencies need tools for rapid screening of assets in order to prioritize resources allocation for detailed risk assessment. This paper provides one such tool based on Bayesian Networks and aimed at replacing so-called generic/typological seismic fragility functions for reinforced concrete girder bridges. Resources for detailed assessments should be allocated to bridges with highest consequence of damage, for which site hazard, bridge fragility and traffic data are needed. The presented Bayesian Network predicts the seismic fragility of a bridge at a given site based on data that can be obtained by visual inspection at low cost. Results show that the predicted fragilities are of sufficient accuracy for establishing relative ranking based on risk and assign priorities. While the actual data employed to train the network (establishing conditional probability tables) refer to the Italian bridge stock, the network structure and engineering judgment behind it can be easily transferred to other situations.
Bephrata bouceki Gates & Hanson 2009
Creators: name: Perioto, Nelson W.
name: Fernandes, Daniell R. R.
name: Lara, Rogéria I. R.
name: Tavares, Marcelo T.
name: Rafael, José A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Eurytomidae
Bephrata
Bephrata bouceki

description: Bephrata bouceki Gates & Hanson, 2009
(Figs 3, 4)
New records. Careiro Castanho and Ipixuna (AM), and Porto Velho (RO) (Fig. 4).
Material examined. 4 females. “ BRAZIL, Amazonas, Careiro Castanho, BR 319, Km 181, Sítio SÃo Paulo, 04°12’48”S – 60°49’04”W, 12-27.V.2017, Suspensa 20m, J. A. Rafael & F. F. Xavier. Rede Bia ”, 1 female (INPA); “ BRAZIL, Amazonas, Ipixuna, Rio Gregório, Com. Lago Grande, 07°10’11,7”S – 70°49’10,3”W, 18-23.V.2011, varredura, J. A. Rafael, R. F. Câmara, R. F. Silva, A. Somavilla, R.Ale-Rocha ”, 2 females (INPA); “BRASIL, RO, Porto Velho, BR 364 km 8,5, armadilha Malaise, 4/I/2006, Mugrabi, P.F., col.”, 1 female (LRRP #20675).
 Identification.According to GATES & HANSON (2009) Bephrata bouceki is recognized for presenting a sinuous groove on anterior surface of procoxa; body nearly entire yellow and metatibia black, at least in part.
 Discussion. Only seven specimens of B. bouceki are known, all of them from the Amazon rainforest. B. bouceki has been found previously in Colombia, EQuador and Peru (GATES & HANSON, 2009; NOYES, 2019). Now it is reported for the first time for Brazil, in Amazonas and Rondônia states. This new record extends the geographical distribution of B. bouceki about 1,800 km to the southeast from the type locality at Sucumbíos, EQuador, 1,200 km to the southeast from Amazonas, Colombia and 800 km from Madre de Dios, Peru, the previous records.
description: Published as part of Perioto, Nelson W., Fernandes, Daniell R. R., Lara, Rogéria I. R., Tavares, Marcelo T. & Rafael, José A., 2023, Synopsis of the parasitic wasps Bephrata (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea, Eurytomidae) in Brazil, pp. 1-13 in Iheringia, Série Zoologia (e 2023010) (e 2023010) 113 on pages 3-4, DOI: 10.1590/1678-4766e2023010, http://zenodo.org/record/13266780
Supplementary document for Lensless holographic microscope with a time and memory-saving algorithm for large-volume imaging of organoids - 6234974.pdf
Creators: name: Zheng, Weiqiang
name: Wang, Juan
name: Zhou, Yunhong
name: Zeng, Qiang
name: Zhang, Cheng
name: Liu, Li
name: Yu, Hui
name: YANG, YUTING
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Derivation of the formula for the main text
Gender justice in the vernacular: victims’ participation and empowerment at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECC)
Creators: name: Huy, Samphoas
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2024

description: This dissertation highlights the flow of the transitional gender justice cascade in Cambodia. The richness of global knowledge is reframed and vernacularized to fit within the local setting. The research used qualitative research methods based on semi-structured interviews and participant observations to seek answer to two main questions to what extent has transitional justice empowered victims, especially women, and what are the roles of civil society organizations in the process of empowerment? The court proceedings presented unique and creative TJ mechanisms, which had the potential to empower survivors of the KR, enabling them to heal their trauma through meaningful participation.The dissertation argues that the degree to which TJ mechanisms can empower women is determined by politics and power relationships surrounding the judicial process and the connections between global and local norms of gender justice. It is important not to neglect the influence politics and the power dynamic playing between different levels on the ground since they have the potential to shape and distort TJ. The research found that due to the delayed establishment of the Victims Support Section (VSS) and investigation of GBV and rape, the court not only missed the opportunity to provide justice to victims and survivors of the crimes, but also never fully considered the complexity of traditional gender roles within Cambodian society. Through victim participation schemes, the NGOs and the ECCC provided a safe space and a favorable environment for survivors to gradually build trust in the process and ultimately share their past experiences. Inclusiveness and a victim-centered approach within the VSS of the ECCC and the NGOs were essential elements in enabling survivors to exercise their rights and use their agency to express their needs and concerns. The research contributed to define a concept of empowerment in TJ. The research also found that TJ practitioners and vernacularizers played very important roles in empowering survivors through their programs and creative projects; however, they became mired in the TJ imaginary, while many resilient survivors had already moved on with their lives by relying on traditional Buddhist beliefs. As a result, the vernacularizers missed the opportunity to create projects most responsive to the current needs of survivors. The TJ practitioners also made promises to survivors that they could not fully keep. As a result, though most victims of GBV felt empowered through their participation in the ECCC’s processes, some survivors became disappointed and lost hope in the ECCC. They thought the ECCC should have done more to improve human rights and democracy in the country and also enhance survivors’ living conditions.
Vulnerability analysis of interdependent infrastructure systems
Creators: name: Galvan, Giulio
name: Agarwal, Jitendra
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2015

description: As resilience of infrastructure systems gains importance to deal with the uncertainty related to extreme natural events, there is increasing emphasis on the design of systems that do not fail catastrophically. The consequences of a perturbation on a system depend both on the magnitude of the perturbation and the vulnerability of the system. The assessment of the vulnerability of infrastructure systems presents the challenge of dealing with their complexity. This paper presents a method to identify the elements of a system which have the potential to trigger cascading failures thus making the system vulnerable. A new predictive metric (X1) is introduced and variations in the system parameters that could affect its predictive capabilities are explored. Networks which have properties comparable to real-world infrastructures such as transportation and utility supply systems are simulated. It is found that the correlation between the new metric and the behaviour of the system holds across all the spectrum of the simulations performed.
(Critical) Data Autonomy: digital archiving for an uncertain future
Creators: name: Miedema, Marije
Publisher: name: unknown
Year: 2023

description: By introducing the Cloud as the ultimate solution to future proof our data storage, Google and other Big Tech corporations ensured that our digital infrastructures now depend on these large investments. A part of what we store in the cloud, is our digital past. Our dependence on digital technologies is growing, but its structural ecological impact is only just starting to be discussed. Does the power of Big Tech means that our digital memory is at risk? Do we really want to save everything in the Cloud? In her blog, Marije Miedema explains why we need to start thinking about data autonomy.
Bephrata cultriformis
Creators: name: Perioto, Nelson W.
name: Fernandes, Daniell R. R.
name: Lara, Rogéria I. R.
name: Tavares, Marcelo T.
name: Rafael, José A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Eurytomidae
Bephrata
Bephrata cultriformis

description: Bephrata cultriformis (Ashmead, 1894)
(Figs 9, 10)
 Bephrata cultriformis ASHMEAD, 1894:146.
 Aximogastra cultriformis: GAHAN, 1951:173.
 Bephrata cultriformis: LOTFALIZADEH et al., 2007:508.
New records. Senador Guiomard (AC) and Manaus (AM) (Fig. 10).
Material examined. 3 females. “ BRASIL, AC, Senador Guiomard, Faz. Exp. Catuaba (UFAC), 10°04’28”S – 67°37’00”W, Malaise, 01-15.IV.2017, EF Morato & JA Rafael, Rede Bia”, 1 female (INPA); same data except 14-30.X.2016, 1 female (INPA); “ BRASIL, AM, Manaus, Reserva Ducke, 5°12’56.4”S / 61°50’22.6”O (?? certainly wrong coordinates)”, 09.iii.2008, Amat E. Leg, Malaise T. firme”, 1 female (INPA).
 Identification.According to GATES & HANSON (2009) B. cultriformis is one of the species in the genus that lack the distinctive groove on the procoxae and could therefore be misidentified as Isosomodes Ashmead, 1888 (Eurytomidae: Eurytominae). GATES & HANSON (2009) in Table I provided features that allow safe separation between Bephrata and Isosomodes.
 Discussion. Bephrata cultriformis was previously found in Mexico, Costa Rica, Dominica, St Vincent & Grenadines, Venezuela, Ecuador and Peru (GATES & HANSON, 2009; NOYES, 2019). Now it is reported for the first time for Brazil in Amazon rainforest area in the Acre and Amazonas states.
description: Published as part of Perioto, Nelson W., Fernandes, Daniell R. R., Lara, Rogéria I. R., Tavares, Marcelo T. & Rafael, José A., 2023, Synopsis of the parasitic wasps Bephrata (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea, Eurytomidae) in Brazil, pp. 1-13 in Iheringia, Série Zoologia (e 2023010) (e 2023010) 113 on pages 4-5, DOI: 10.1590/1678-4766e2023010, http://zenodo.org/record/13266780
(Critical) Data Autonomy: digital archiving for an uncertain future
Creators: name: Miedema, Marije
Publisher: name: Humanities Commons
Year: 2023

description: By introducing the Cloud as the ultimate solution to future proof our data storage, Google and other Big Tech corporations ensured that our digital infrastructures now depend on these large investments. A part of what we store in the cloud, is our digital past. Our dependence on digital technologies is growing, but its structural ecological impact is only just starting to be discussed. Does the power of Big Tech means that our digital memory is at risk? Do we really want to save everything in the Cloud? In her blog, Marije Miedema explains why we need to start thinking about data autonomy.
The Triggers of the Great Financial Meltdown of 2008
Creators: name: Rashid, Nidhal
Publisher: name: Humanities Commons
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Economic history
subject: Recessions

description: Article printed in college magazine, Business Bytes.  This describes the elements that contributed to the Great Recession of 2008 in the United States.  Includes views of several classical and modern economists on what causes bubbles and cycles.
Bephrata ruficollis Cameron 1884
Creators: name: Perioto, Nelson W.
name: Fernandes, Daniell R. R.
name: Lara, Rogéria I. R.
name: Tavares, Marcelo T.
name: Rafael, José A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Eurytomidae
Bephrata
Bephrata ruficollis

description: Bephrata ruficollis Cameron, 1884
(Figs 16, 17)
New records. Bujari (AC), Manaus (AM) and, Santa Teresa and Ibitirama (ES) (Fig. 17)
Material examined. 6 females. “ BRASIL, AC, Bujari, FES Antimary, 09°20’01”S – 68°19’17”W, Malaise Grande, 18-31.I.2017, EF Morato & JA Rafael, Rede Bia”, 1 female (INPA); “ BRASIL, AM, Manaus, Embrapa-Guar. conv., 10.xi.2012, 2°53’42.18”S / 59°59’10.58”O, Mata, Malaise Lote: 1820, Karine Schoeninger col.”, 1 female (INPA); “ BRASIL, ES, Santa Teresa, Res. Biol. Augusto Ruschi, trilha da Cachoeira, 812m, 19°54’29”S 40°33’19”W,\ 10- 17.xii.2012, Malaise 7, C.O. Azevedo e eQ. cols.”, 1 female (UFES #144434); “ BRASIL, ES, Ibitirama, ParQue Nacional do Caparaó, Posto Santa Marta, 20°29’S 41°43’W, 10- 14.iii.2006, Malaise, R. Kawada col.”, 3 females (UFES #65996-65997).
 Identification.According to GATES & HANSON (2009), B. ruficollis is recognized for presenting the metatibia completely yellow and is the only species in which the clava is white (pale yellow in some specimens here studied), differing from the other brown/black flagellomeres.
 Discussion. Bephrata ruficollis was previously found in Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela, and Ecuador (GATES & HANSON, 2009; NOYES, 2019). Now the species is reported for the first time for Brazil in Amazon rainforest in the state of Acre and Amazonas, and in Atlantic rainforest in the state of Espírito Santo, about 2.600 and 5.300 km southeast, respectively, from the type locality.
description: Published as part of Perioto, Nelson W., Fernandes, Daniell R. R., Lara, Rogéria I. R., Tavares, Marcelo T. & Rafael, José A., 2023, Synopsis of the parasitic wasps Bephrata (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea, Eurytomidae) in Brazil, pp. 1-13 in Iheringia, Série Zoologia (e 2023010) (e 2023010) 113 on pages 8-9, DOI: 10.1590/1678-4766e2023010, http://zenodo.org/record/13266780
Ensayo sobre el artículo Evaluación del impacto en la utilización del libro de curso en el rendimiento académico estudiantil de la materia de cálculo integral carrera de Ingeniería Agronómica. Universidad Central del Ecuador
Creators: name: Abigail Pillajo Palomino, Anahi
Publisher: name: unknown
Year: 2024

description: Ensayo sobre el artículo Evaluación del impacto en la utilización del libro de curso en el rendimiento académico estudiantil de la materia de cálculo integral carrera de Ingeniería Agronómica. Universidad Central del Ecuador
Ensayo sobre el artículo Evaluación del impacto en la utilización del libro de curso en el rendimiento académico estudiantil de la materia de cálculo integral carrera de Ingeniería Agronómica. Universidad Central del Ecuador
Creators: name: Abigail Pillajo Palomino, Anahi
Publisher: name: Humanities Commons
Year: 2024

description: Ensayo sobre el artículo Evaluación del impacto en la utilización del libro de curso en el rendimiento académico estudiantil de la materia de cálculo integral carrera de Ingeniería Agronómica. Universidad Central del Ecuador
Reduction of coercive measures under routine conditions in psychiatric hospitals 2004–2019: Strong effects in old age psychiatry, much less in general psychiatry
Creators: name: Steinert, Tilman
name: Hirsch, Sophie
name: Göbel, Rita
name: Snellgrove, Brendan
name: Flammer, Erich-Kurt
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Coercion
subject: Epidemiology
subject: General psychiatry
subject: Old age psychiatry
subject: DDC 150 / Psychology

description: Background Many interventions to reduce the use of seclusion and restraint have been suggested in the last decades. Evidence-based interventions in old age psychiatry are different from those in general psychiatry. A common database for psychiatric hospitals introduced in 2004 allowed to examine the use of seclusion and restraint over 16 years under routine conditions. Methods A registry for coercive measures in the Federal State of Baden-Wuerttemberg has been available since 2015, and comprises all 32 hospitals licensed to admit involuntary patients. A study group had collected data prospectively since 2004 from a subsample of these hospitals. We analyzed the mean percentage of patients subjected to coercive measures and the mean cumulative duration of these interventions in ICD-10 diagnostic groups in psychiatric hospitals from 2004 to 2019 among a total of 1,038,239 admissions. Results The proportion of cases affected by coercive measures dropped significantly from 28.4 to 10.5% in patients with ICD-10 F0 disorders, while rates in patients with other diagnoses decreased insignificantly from 7.0 to 5.4%. The cumulated duration of coercive measures per affected case also dropped significantly among patients with F0 disorders, while changes in patients with other diagnoses remained insiginficant. Conclusions The use of coercive measures in patients with organic disorders could be reduced by about 50% in a State of 11 million inhabitants within 15 years, while in contrast no substantial reduction occurred among all other diagnostic groups. Specific interventions to reduce coercive interventions seem to be particularly successful for this patient group.
An efficient method to compute the failure probability
Creators: name: Gong, Wenping
name: Juang, C. Hsein
name: Martin, James R.
name: Zhang, Jie
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2015

description: This paper presents an efficient method to compute the failure probability of a geotechnical system, which is based upon numerical integration of the cumulative distribution function (CDF) of the performance function. This new method is inspired by the concept of the vertex method often used in conjunction with fuzzy sets theory; however, new approach is taken to account for the probabilistic feature of the uncertain input parameters. In the new method, only the deterministic analysis of the system performance and the evaluation of the joint probability of the uncertain input parameters are required. The proposed new method is a deterministic approach, easy to follow and apply; no Monte Carlo simulation is required. Through an example study of a shallow strip foundation, the effectiveness and the efficiency of the proposed new method, in terms of the accuracy and the computational effort, respectively, are demonstrated.
Random vibration of arbitrarily supported single-span beams subject to random moving loads
Creators: name: Caprani, Colin C.
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2015

description: This paper presents a framework to assess the random vibration response of single-span beams. The beams are arbitrarily supported and subject to a single random moving load of constant velocity. A General Modal Precise Integration Method (GMPIM) is proposed to carry out numerical integration of the problem. This method is extremely efficient and accurate. It is coupled with the Pseduo-Excitation Method (PEM) to arrive at the statistical description of the random vibration response. The approach uses the power spectral density (PSD) of the moving load to arrive at the PSD and root mean square of the response. The approach is far more computationally efficient than the alternative Monte Carlo simulation using Newmark-β integration (for example). As such, this work should find value for those estimating the random vibration of beams subject to random moving loads.
Assessment of moth diversity in the Zealandia ecosanctuary through a community science initiative
Creators: name: Brockelsby, William D.
name: Edwards, Eric
name: Grimwood, Harry
name: Sirvid, Phil J.
name: Fleury, Kane
name: Selwyn, Rachel
name: Shanahan, Danielle
name: Salvador, Rodrigo B.
name: Kasper, Julia K.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: A collaborative project involving researchers and citizen scientists was conducted in the Zealandia ecosanctuary (Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand) during 2019–2022 to investigate Lepidoptera biodiversity. Here we present the first results of that project, reporting on the success of the citizen science approach and presenting a checklist of moth species in Zealandia. Sampling efforts took place roughly monthly during the night, and relied heavily on the participation of keen volunteers. Moths were primarily attracted using a mercury vapour light trap, but sweep-netting was also applied. On each trip, a selection of representative specimens was collected, humanely euthanised, prepared, photographed, and deposited as voucher specimens in the entomological collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Photos were uploaded to the community science online platform iNaturalist, where experts could help in identifying the species. We report a total of 262 species in Zealandia, belonging to 29 families; of those species, 22 are exotic. Notably, 217 species were found via our sampling, and the remaining 45 were recorded by citizen scientists and posted on iNaturalist. While this is likely an underestimate of the true species count in Zealandia, we consider the project a successful citizen science initiative that has generated valuable data, a fine collection of voucher specimens for the future, considerable public engagement, and positive media attention.
Supplementary document for Spectroscopic measurement of two-Dimensional Flame temperature based on perovskite single-detector - 6235249.pdf
Creators: name: wang, jia
name: Hao, Xiaojian
name: Pan, Baowu
name: Huang, Xiaodong
name: Sun, Haoliang
name: Pan, PEI
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

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