cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
High Temperature Deuterium Absorption in Palladium Nano-Particles
Creators: name: V. Andreassi
name: G. Cappuccio
name: F. Celani1
name: P. Di Biagio
name: V. Di Stefano
name: F. Falcioni
name: F. Fontana
name: L. Gamberale
name: D. Garbelli
name: D. Hampai
name: M. Marchesini
name: P. Marini
name: A. Marmigi
name: A. Mancini
name: U. Mastromatteo
name: M. Nakamura
name: E. Purchi
name: P. Quercia
name: E. Righi
name: P.G. Sona
name: A. Spallone
name: F. Todarello
name: G. Trenta
Publisher: name: INFN Open Access Repository
Year: 2007

description: On the basis of the Yoshiaki Arata's "sauna bath reactor", a simplified reactor (one chamber, without the second internal hollow Pd chamber were the material to be studied is filled) has been built, capable of operating at high pressures (100 bar) and at temperatures from -196 up to 350°C. With this instrument various Pd containing materials were tested: Pd black, HSA Pd black, Pd on activated carbon, Pd (from nitrate) on colloidal silica, Pd in porous γAl_2O_3, Pd-Sr nitrate in porous γAl_2O_3. The D/Pd ratios have been measured in all the materials. Evidence of excess heat was found with some of the tested materials. The one chamber reactor was improved later by adding a second, reference chamber, which is similar to the working chamber, as a sort of differential calorimeter. Such a device is capable to highlight (and measure), in real time, the occurrence of excess heat in Pd powders or Pd containing materials put in the crucible of the measurement chamber of the instrument. With respect to the reference chamber, whose crucible is filled with inert material, the excess heat, due to the Deuterium absorption, makes the temperature of the working chamber to rise. Both the chambers are supplied with the same power input. A sample of Pd black_HSA (4.8 g) showed (at 290°C) a clear excess temperature of 13.5°C equivalent to an excess heat of up to 520milliwatts. The direct relationship between the excess heat and the D2 content in the Pd powder has been demonstrated: in fact, when a partial degassing of the Pd powder occurred, a subsequent decrease of the excess heat also occurred.The anomalous excess heat, due to the close interaction, at nanometric scale, of Deuterium with Pd, seems to be clearly detected by proper experimental set-up and operating conditions. The amount of energy detected is larger of any chemical reaction known.
title: Implementation and Application of the Curds and Whey Algorithm to Regression Problems
Creators: name: Kidd, John
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2014

description: A common multivariate statistical problem is the prediction of two or more response variables using two or more predictor variables. The simplest model for this situation is the multivariate linear regression model. The standard least squares estimation for this model involves regressing each response variable separately on all the predictor variables. Breiman and Friedman found a way to take advantage of correlations among the response variables to increase the predictive accuracy for each of the response variables with an algorithm they called Curds and Whey. In this report, I describe an implementation of the Curds and Whey algorithm in the R language and environment for statistical computing, apply the algorithm to some simulated and real data sets, and discuss the R package I developed for Curds and Whey.
Self-efficacy and psychosocial functioning after stroke: A scoping review protocol
Creators: name: LAU, Kitty Tsz Ching
name: LO, Suzanne Hoi Shan
name: Chan, Wai Man
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Rehabilitation and Therapy
subject: Mental and Social Health
subject: Nursing
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Medicine and Health Sciences

description: This is a scoping review to scope, collate, and synthesise information from relevant evidence about self-efficacy and psychosocial outcomes in stroke survivors.
"Almost automatic" and semantic integration of XML Schemas at various "severity" levels
Creators: name: De Meo, P.
name: Quattrone, G.
name: Terracina, G.
name: Ursino, D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Databases (cs.DB)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: This paper presents a novel approach for the integration of a set of XML Schemas. The proposed approach is specialized for XML, is almost automatic, semantic and "light". As a further, original, peculiarity, it is parametric w.r.t. a "severity" level against which the integration task is performed. The paper describes the approach in all details, illustrates various theoretical results, presents the experiments we have performed for testing it and, finally, compares it with various related approaches already proposed in the literature.
description: 18 pages, 3 Figures, 3 Tables
title: Gravitational Wave Astrophysics with Compact Binary Systems
Creators: name: Addison, Eric
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2014

description: In this dissertation, I present two studies in the field of gravitational wave astrophysics applied to compact binary systems. In the first project, I investigate simulated encounters between a binary system comprised of two stellar mass black holes with a galactic supermassive black hole. It is found that binaries disrupted by the supermassive black hole form extreme mass ratio inspirals (EMRIs), which would begin with very high eccentricity, e ≈ 1 − O(10−2), but circularize dramatically by the emission of gravitational wave radiation. At the time when the stable orbit turns over to a plunge orbit, the EMRIs still have some small residual eccentricity, e ≈ 0.05 on average, which is slightly larger than previous estimates. The surviving binaries are classified based on their final relation with the supermassive black hole. When inspecting the merger lifetime of the surviving binaries, a mean new merger lifetime of ˜ T = 0.8T0 is found. Factoring in this new lifetime with other relevant data, I calculate the merger rate of these systems in the range of the advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory to be about 0.25 yr−1, which represents a small percentage of the current predicted CBC rates. In the second project I propose and explore a new method of estimating the radius of the accretion disc in cataclysmic variable binary systems though the use of coupled electromagnetic and gravitational wave observations. By identifying the angle of the hot spot formed by the impact of the accretion stream with the disc, φHS, the radius of the disc can be recovered. I test the proposed method against fully simulated lightcurve output, as well as the true observed AM CVn lightcurve. In both cases, I find our method capable of estimating the disc radius to high precision. I calculate a disc radius of ˆRD/a ≈ 0.476°”0.025 for the fully simulated data and ˆRD/a ≈ 0.481 °” 0.05 for the true lightcurve data. These estimates agree with the accepted value of RD = 0.478a within the uncertainties, and differ from the accepted value by 0.4% and 0.6%, respectively. Because this method does not rely on eclipses, it will be applicable to a much broader population of binaries.
title: Understanding Experiences of Female Survivors of Domestic Violence: Stories of Strength, Resilience, and Mechanisms that Assist in Leaving Violent Relationships
Creators: name: Cordero, Annel
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2014

description: Domestic violence (DV) touches the lives of many individuals in close, intimate relationships. Women of all ages, ethnicities, nationalities, and from all walks of life—the poor and the wealthy—demonstrate how widespread this phenomenon is and shed light to the deleterious effects of DV to individuals and society. While current research has demonstrated that progress has been made and is moving away from blaming individuals in abusive situations, few studies have broached this topic using qualitative methodology in order to give voice to women’s stories in hopes of better understanding their lived experiences. The goal of this study was to provide a better understanding of women’s stories and of the mechanisms that assist women in leaving violent relationships by obtaining a complete picture of their relationships from beginning to end. Thus, by gaining more insight into their sources of strength, resilience, and mechanisms that
Female presence in local government and cost efficiency: the case of Italian municipalities
Creators: name: Bucci, Valeria
name: Ferrara, Giancarlo
name: Resce, Giuliano
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: This paper investigates how female presence in political institutions influences local governments’ cost efficiency, implementing a one-stage stochastic frontier model, based on a panel of Italian municipalities, with municipal fixed effects. The empirical results provide significant evidence for the presence of a gender effect in politics: higher efficiency is observed in municipalities with a female mayor and a greater presence of women in their councils. Further, the gender effect is confirmed taking into account the regional perspective, that is, the historic North–South Italian dualism, and performing several robustness checks. The empirical results support the usefulness of policies aimed at favouring female empowerment and at promoting gender equality in politics.
title: Bridge Failure Rates, Consequences, and Predictive Trends
Creators: name: Cook, Wesley
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2014

description: A database of United States bridge failures was used to ascertain the failure rate of bridge collapses for a sample population with associated rates by causes. By using the National Bridge Inventory bridge counts, the bridge population, from which the collapsed bridge came from, was determined. The average number of bridge collapses based on the sample population was approximately 1/4,700 annually. The geometric distribution was determined to be a valid model for the number of bridge failures per annum through multiple methods. Based on the data extrapolation and 95% confidence interval, the estimated average annual bridge collapse rate in the United States is between 87 and 222 with an expected value of 128. The database showed hazards that have caused bridges to collapse historically, throughout the United States. Conditional probabilities of collapse rate with consideration for the features under the structures were constructed. The most likely cause of collapse was determined to be hydraulic in nature when adjusting for the features under the structure. The collapse rate of hydraulic causes was unknown from past investigations; however, the value was determined to be an annual rate of 1.52E-4. Collapse rates were also quantifiably established for other causes. The consequences coupled with the rate of failure by cause were quantitatively evaluated. A benchmark, set by the United States Army Corps of Engineers interim guideline for dam safety, was used to show that bridge collapses within the United States are within a tolerable range comparing collapses to life loss.
To enhance risk-based and data-driven approaches to bridge management systems in compliance with Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act, efficacious bridge collapse data collection is examined for this investigation. Trends obtained from statistical analysis of existing data show 53% of collapsed bridges were structurally deficient prior to collapse, and a failure rate of structurally deficient bridges to be 1/1,100 annually. Age and structural deficiency are related, structural deficiency and collapse are related, and age at collapse is contingent on collapse cause. It was determined that deterioration-caused and overload-caused bridge collapses are age related, but hydraulic-caused and collision-caused bridge collapses are not. Based on the desired results, trends seen in existing collapse data, improved collection efforts and data fields of interest are assessed with recommendations for analytical methods and consequence assessment while maintaining concise data. A national repository of bridge collapses at the federal level is paramount for effective bridge collapse risk analysis. Currently, bridge failure data is incomplete and insufficient to enable in-depth lifetime data analysis for improved bridge preservation. However, the frequency of collapses is often enough for large amounts of data to be collected in relatively few years.
Further Enhancement of the Critical Temperature up to 105 K of Hydrogen Loaded YBCO Melted Samples by μs Pulsed Electrolysis
Creators: name: D. Di Gioacchino
name: P. Tripodi
name: F. Celani
name: A. Spallone
Publisher: name: INFN Open Access Repository
Year: 1996

description: In this paper we report results about enhancement of the transition temperatures of Y_1 Ba_2 Cu_3 O_7-δ melted samples hydrogen loaded (H-YBCO) with high power μs pulsed electrolysis. The fundamental AC magnetic susceptibility has been measured as a function of the temperature for different frequency values of the exciting magnetic field. The H-YBCO sample exhibited a magnetic onset temperature (T_on) as high as 105K. The susceptibility behavior below the Ton shows significant change of shape. Results, previously reported, on a sintered YBCO pellets have been reproduced using melted YBCO samples.
Extending CKKW-merging to One-Loop Matrix Elements
Creators: name: Lavesson, Nils
name: Lonnblad, Leif
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We extend earlier schemes for merging tree-level matrix elements with parton showers to include also merging with one-loop matrix elements. In this paper we make a first study on how to include one-loop corrections, not only for events with a given jet multiplicity, but simultaneously for several different jet multiplicities. Results are presented for the simplest non-trivial case of hadronic events at LEP as a proof-of-concept.
Teaching Sustainability and Stewardship Workshop 3: Developing a Sustainability lesson to incorporate Science and Religious perspective and worldviews in the international learning community
Creators: name: Simpson, Sherralyn
name: Gordon, Agnieszka J.
name: Thomas, Caroline
name: Lawson, Finley
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Sustainability
Teaching
Science
Stewardship
Science and Religious worldviews
Science and Technology
Learning community
International learning community
Early career teachers
Multidisciplinary

description: In Workshop 3 the international learning community of teachers (from England and Pakistan), in collaboration developed and refined a sustainability lesson plan that incorporated science and stewardship (religious or worldviews) perspectives. Participants were invited to: Review and update the collaborative lesson plan (from Session 2) Community reflections of how to effectively include Science and Religion/worldviews (Stewardship) in sustainability lesson planning - sharing their lesson plans (those already delivered or yet to be delivered). Begin to collaborate on another sustainability lesson plan
Electronic Refrigeration at the Quantum Limit
Creators: name: Timofeev, Andrey V.
name: Helle, Meri
name: Meschke, Matthias
name: Möttönen, Mikko
name: Pekola, Jukka P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We demonstrate quantum limited electronic refrigeration of a metallic island in a low temperature micro-circuit. We show that matching the impedance of the circuit enables refrigeration at a distance, of about 50 um in our case, through superconducting leads with a cooling power determined by the quantum of thermal conductance. In a reference sample with a mismatched circuit this effect is absent. Our results are consistent with the concept of electromagnetic heat transport. We observe and analyze the crossover between electromagnetic and quasiparticle heat flux in a superconductor.
description: 5 pages, 3 figures
Community views on the secondary use of general practice data: Findings from a mixed-methods study
Creators: name: Beilby, Justin
name: Braunack-Mayer, Annette J.
name: Adams, Carolyn
name: Nettel Aguirre, Alberto
name: Fabrianesi, Belinda
name: Carolan, Lucy
name: Flack, Felicity
Publisher: name: Torrens University Australia
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 420603
subject: Health promotion

description: Introduction: General practice data, particularly when combined with hospital and other health service data through data linkage, are increasingly being used for quality assurance, evaluation, health service planning and research. In this study, we explored community views on sharing general practice data for secondary purposes, including research, to establish what concerns and conditions need to be addressed in the process of developing a social licence to support such use. Methods: We used a mixed-methods approach with focus groups (November–December 2021), followed by a cross-sectional survey (March–April 2022). Results: The participants in this study strongly supported sharing general practice data with the clinicians responsible for their care, and where there were direct benefits for individual patients. Over 90% of survey participants (N = 2604) were willing to share their general practice information to directly support their health care, that is, for the primary purpose of collection. There was less support for sharing data for secondary purposes such as research and health service planning (36% and 45% respectively in broad agreement) or for linking general practice data to data in the education, social services and criminal justice systems (30%–36%). A substantial minority of participants were unsure or could not see how benefits would arise from sharing data for secondary purposes. Participants were concerned about the potential for privacy breaches, discrimination and data misuse and they wanted greater transparency and an opportunity to consent to data release. Conclusion: The findings of this study suggest that the public may be more concerned about sharing general practice data for secondary purposes than they are about sharing data collected in other settings. Sharing general practice data more broadly will require careful attention to patient and public concerns, including focusing on the factors that will sustain trust and legitimacy in general practice and GPs. Patient and Public Contribution: Members of the public were participants in the study. Data produced from their participation generated study findings. Clinical Trial Registration: Not applicable.
The differential effects of exchange rate fluctuations on local housing price growth: evidence from Australia
Creators: name: Kim, Jun Sung
name: Wang, Liang Choon
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Mental Health
subject: Computational Biology

description: We investigate whether real exchange rate fluctuations contribute to the fluctuations in housing prices differently across local housing markets through the differential compositions of immigrants. We first develop a new measure of the immigrant-weighted local real exchange rate, which varies across areas and over time within Australia. Using this measure and a fixed-effect instrumental variables approach, we find that the growth in local real exchange rate positively affects housing price growth. This positive relationship is mainly driven by urban metropolitan areas.
title: Effects of Froude Scaling on Velocity-Induced Vortices in Physical Models
Creators: name: Budge, Michael S.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2014

description: Velocity-induced vortices are common occurrences at hydraulic intakes and are detrimental to the operation and efficiency of hydraulic structures. Velocity-induced vortices also form in physical hydraulic models and although Froude scaling principles account for initial and gravity forces, the scale effects associated with vortices in Froude are less certain. This work examines scale effects on vortex formation in physical models through the use of four identical experiments built at differing Froude scales with the largest of the four being defined as a prototype. Each experiment created velocityinduced vortices at the intake to a sluice gate. The unique approach conditions caused surface swirl, downward velocity towards the sluice gate opening, and vortex flow. This study contributes to the existing literature by providing a set of both qualitative and quantitative observations made from images in multiple perspectives and measured data. It was found that vortex behavior scaled as expected using Froude scaling principles with relatively small length ratios (~1:2 to ~1:3). As model size decreased, scaling accuracy decreased due to low approach and vortex tangential velocities. For example, identical conditions in an experimental model at a scale 8 times smaller than the prototype experienced vortex formation of vastly decreased strength and size. Instead of an air core vortex, only a weak vortex having a shallow surface depression and swirl was formed at the same flow condition. Other model sizes showed a clear trend of decreasing vortex size and strength as the model size decreased. Decrease in strength is due largely to a decrease of approach and tangential velocity in the smaller models. Results from this study are also presented visually as a series of photographs and overlaid outline profiles for comparison. Additionally, other quantifiable results including dimensionless parameters are reported.
Les banques en République Démocratique du Congo : Enjeux de la solidité et de la conformité aux normes prudentielles de gestion
Creators: name: MAPAMBOLI POSA Flory
name: KABANGA KADIMA Yves
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: Durant les deux dernières décennies, le secteur bancaire congolais a connu une forte croissance du niveau d’activité. Le total des actifs a été multiplié par 168 entre 2002 et 2023, soit respectivement 100 millions de USD à 16,8 milliards USD (BCC,2024). Malgré ce développement, le secteur bancaire congolais demeure très fragile. Il souffre d’une fragilité chronique qui a conduit récemment à la faillite de deux établissements (la Biac et la Fibank). On note également la récente mise sous-administration provisoire d’Afriland First bank par la Banque Centrale du Congo (BCC).

L’objectif principal de cette étude était d’analyser la solidité financière des banques commerciales en RDC. Pour y arriver, l’analyse s’articule autour de la conformité aux normes prudentielles, notamment les ratios de capitalisation, de solvabilité et de liquidité, en s’appuyant sur un échantillon représentatif de banques locales, panafricaines et internationales.

Les résultats montrent que, bien que la plupart des banques congolaises respectent les exigences réglementaires, certaines faiblesses demeurent, notamment dans la gestion des risques et l’allocation des crédits. L'étude recommande un renforcement des mécanismes de supervision de la Banque Centrale du Congo et une meilleure gestion des risques par les banques pour garantir leur résilience face aux chocs économiques.
title: Analysis of Building Resiliency in an Ethiopian Pastoral System: Mitigating the Effects of Population and Climate Change on Food Insecurity
Creators: name: Forrest, Brigham
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2014

description: Worldwide expenditures on international development in the form of assistance or “aid” have continued to increase as developed countries look to both help and influence developing countries. In 2011, more than $140 billion in development aid was distributed globally, more than double the amount expended for international development aid in 2003. Many of the countries that are in need of aid have governments that do not have the resources, the experience, political stability, or well-functioning institutions to effect long-term structural change to bring their people out of poverty. Ethiopia is a country receiving large amounts of development aid, and one of the poorest regions in Ethiopia is the Borana Plateau in the Oromia state. The people are semi-nomadic pastoralists who live off the livestock they raise. Climate change, as well as overgrazing and population growth, has reduced the amount of land available for pasture. Additionally, drought conditions can cause huge livestock losses due to death and the pressure to sell animals during droughts to generate money to buy food. The pastoral system is in constant danger of overstocking and suffering a system crash when drought events occur. Linear programing was used in this study to test various “scenarios” that shed light on how drastically drought and overpopulation impacts livestock numbers and overall livelihoods of the Boran pastoralists. How well livestock survive through droughts determines, in large measure, the need for food aid in the Borana Plateau and, with climate change increasing the frequency of drought events, the system struggles to rebound following droughts. These scenarios examined in this study tested the economic incentive the Boran have to clear land, and what impact clearing land has on livestock numbers, especially during drought years. The analysis also tested how keeping livestock in the system, as a result of drought mitigation strategies such as brush clearing, reduces the need for food aid during droughts and also reduces the rebound time for livestock numbers following a drought. The results determined that brush clearing provided the forage needed to keep cattle alive through a drought at various stocking levels up to and including estimated full capacity. This suggested that brush-clearing activities created an environment where people could return to pre-drought production levels without any rebound time following a drought if enough brush clearing and/or kalo development is undertaken. Kalo(s) serve as forage reserves, created from land cleared of brush and produce much more grass than from brush clearing alone and do it at a lower household cost.
Optical spectra obtained from amorphous films of rubrene: Evidence for predominance of twisted isomer
Creators: name: Kytka, M.
name: Gisslen, L.
name: Gerlach, A.
name: Heinemeyer, U.
name: Kovac, J.
name: Scholz, R.
name: Schreiber, F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In order to investigate the optical properties of rubrene we study the vibronic progression of the first absorption band (lowest π-> π^* transition). We analyze the dielectric function of rubrene in solution and thin films using the displaced harmonic oscillator model and derive all relevant parameters of the vibronic progression. The findings are supplemented by density functional calculations using B3LYP hybrid functionals. Our theoretical results for the molecule in two different conformations, i.e. with a twisted or planar tetracene backbone, are in very good agreement with the experimental data obtained for rubrene in solution and thin films. Moreover, a simulation based on the monomer spectrum and the calculated transition energies of the two conformations indicates that the thin film spectrum of rubrene is dominated by the twisted isomer.
description: 7 pages, 6 figures
title: Physically Based Preconditioning Techniques Applied to the First Order Particle Transport and to Fluid Transport in Porous Media
Creators: name: Rigley, Michael
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2014

description: Physically based preconditioning is applied to linear systems resulting from solving the first order formulation of the particle transport equation and from solving the homogenized form of the simple flow equation for porous media flows. The first order formulation of the particle transport equation is solved two ways. The first uses a least squares finite element method resulting in a symmetric positive definite linear system which is solved by a preconditioned conjugate gradient method. The second uses a discontinuous finite element method resulting in a non-symmetric linear system which is solved by a preconditioned biconjugate gradient stabilized method. The flow equation is solved using a mixed finite element method. Specifically four levels of improvement are applied: homogenization of the porous media domain, a projection method for the mixed finite element method which simplifies the linear system, physically based preconditioning, and implementation of the linear solver in parallel on graphic processing units. The conjugate gradient linear solver for the least squares finite element method is also applied in parallel on graphics processing units. The physically based preconditioner is shown to perform well in each case, in relation to speed-ups gained and as compared with several algebraic preconditioners.
title: Decision Making Using Trust and Risk in Self-Adaptive Agent Organization
Creators: name: Ahmadi, Kamilia
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2014

description: Self-organizing, multi-agent systems provide a suitable paradigm for agents to manage themselves. We demonstrate a robust, decentralized approach for structural adaptation in explicitly modelled problem-solving agent organizations. Based on self-organization principles, our method enables the agents to modify their structural relations to achieve a better completion rate of tasks in the environment. Reasoning on adaptation is based only on the agent's history of interactions. Agents use the history of tasks assigned to their neighbors and completion rate as a measure of evaluation. This evaluation suggests the most suitable agents for reorganization (Meta-Reasoning). In the rst part of this research we propose Selective-Adaptation method. Our Selective-Adaptation has four different approaches of Meta-Reasoning, which are 1) Fixed Approach, 2) Need-Based Approach, 3) Performance- Based Approach, and 4) Satisfaction-Based Approach along with a Reorganization method, which needs less data but makes better decisions. Interaction between agents is one of the key factors in Multi-Agent societies. Using interaction, agents communicate with each other and cooperatively execute complex tasks which are beyond the capability of a single agent. Cooperatively executing tasks may endanger the success of an agent by selecting poor choices for peers. Therefore, agents need to have a better evaluation mechanism in selecting peers. Trust is one of the measures commonly used to evaluate the effectiveness of agents in cooperative societies. Since all of the interactions are subjected to uncertainty, the risk behavior of agents is considered as a contextual factor in decision making. In the second part of this research we propose the concept of adaptive risk and the use of recommendation-based trust in our adaptive society. We also introduce the agent's strategy and propose an algorithm which helps agents to make decision in an adaptive society using adaptive risk and recommendation-based trust.
Dynamic Cognitive Process Application of Blooms Taxonomy for Complex Software Design in the Cognitive Domain
Creators: name: Kumar, NR Shashi
name: Pushpavathi, TP
name: Selvarani, R
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Software Engineering (cs.SE)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Software design in Software Engineering is a critical and dynamic cognitive process. Accurate and flawless system design will lead to fast coding and early completion of a software project. Blooms taxonomy classifies cognitive domain into six dynamic levels such as Knowledge at base level to Comprehension, Application, Analysis, Synthesis and Evaluation at the highest level in the order of increasing complexity. A case study indicated in this paper is a gira system, which is a gprs based Intranet Remote Administration which monitors and controls the intranet from a mobile device. This paper investigates from this case study that the System Design stage in Software Engineering uses all the six levels of Blooms Taxonomy. The application of the highest levels of Blooms Taxonomy such as Synthesis and Evaluation in the design of gira indicates that Software Design in Software Development Life Cycle is a complex and critical cognitive process.
description: 13 pages, 6 figures
Data related to article "CFH and CFHR Copy Number Variations in C3 Glomerulopathy and Immune Complex-Mediated Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis"
Creators: name: Rossella, Piras
name: Valoti Elisabetta
name: Bresin Elena
name: Donadelli Roberta
name: Mele Caterina
name: Iatropoulos Paraskevas
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: C3 glomerulonephritis (C3GN), Dense Deposit Disease (DDD), Immune Complex-Mediated Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis (IC-MPGN), Copy Number Variations (CNVs), Structural Variants (SVs), C3-nephritic factors (C3NeFs).

description: The upload consists of 2 excel files, including genetic and clinical data, and 5 power point files with western blot images.
description: This work was partially supported by the Kidneeds Foundation (Kidneeds projects 735/8215 and 698/7603), the Italian Ministero della Salute (RF-2016-02361720), the National Institutes of Health R01 DK110023 (RS), and Fondazione Regionale per la Ricerca Biomedica (Regione Lombardia), Project ERAPERMED2020-151, GA 779282. Rossella Piras and Elisabetta Valoti were recipients of a research contract from Progetto DDD Onlus – Associazione per la lotta alla DDD (Milan, Italy).
title: Konpetentzia digitalak. Graduko ikasleentzako formakuntza materialak: 2. Komunikazioa eta lankidetza 2.3. Teknologia digitalen bidezko lankidetza: 2.3.4. Wikiak
title: Competencias digitales. Materiales de formación para estudiantes de grado: 2. Comunicación y colaboración 2.3. Colaboración mediante tecnologías digitales: 2.3.4. Wikis
Creators: name: CRUE-REBIUN
name: Mondragon Unibertsitatea
Publisher: name: Mondragon Unibertsitatea
Year: 2020

description: - Definizioa
- Ezaugarriak
- Osagaiak
- Arrakastaren adibidea
- Wikiak eraiki: PBWorks
- Lankidetza PBWorks-ean: Besteak gonbidatu, Edukiak sortu eta editatu, Atzeraelikadura, Bertsioen kontrola
description: - Definición
- Características
- Componentes
- Ejemplo de éxito
- Construir wikis: PBWorks
- Colaborar en PBWorks: Invitar a otros, Crear y editar contenido, Retroalimentación, Control de versiones
Detecting Discourse Pattern: MBTI Personality Traits from Reddit Posts
Creators: name: Zhao, Sushan
Publisher: name: University of Chicago
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Social media,
subject: Reddit
subject: MBTI Personality
subject: Semantic Patterns
subject: Content Analysis

description: Social media nowadays has transformed how people express their feelings and thoughts.Researchers have proved that our online discourses or even a single profile tells a story. However, few studies paid attention to discursive features on those contexts and many of those studies were conducted in black-box approaches. In fact, it matters as researchers can generate insights from those feature interpretations and therefore understand human behaviors online. To further contribute to this field, I investigated people’s frequent words used, sentence length, vocabulary size, and topics they would like to discuss online. This study was designed to narrow down the scope to the online community and especially targeted on posts and comments from Reddit’s MBTI groups, as my goal is to discover discursive patterns among people with similar personality types. Myers–Briggs Type 16 Indicators(MBTI) is a well-known personality assessment, which has been popular since 1980s. Results provided strong supports that discursive patterns from people’s online communication can be linked to their underlying personalities and most of people who share similar personality types have comparable traits in contexts.
Local magnetization fluctuations in superconducting glasses resolved by Hall sensors
Creators: name: Lefebvre, J.
name: Hilke, M.
name: Altounian, Z.
name: West, K. W.
name: Pfeiffer, L. N.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report on magnetization measurements performed on a series of Fe$_{x}$Ni$_{1-x}$Zr$_{2}$ superconducting metallic glasses with $0\leq x\leq0.5$ using the Hall effect of a nearby 2-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) in a GaAs/Al$_{0.33}$Ga$_{0.67}$As heterostructure as a local probe. The great sensitivity of the Hall effect of the 2DEG in such heterostructure is exploited to determine the magnetization of the superconductor due to the Meissner effect and flux trapping. The data is used to determine the lower critical field B$_{c1}$ of the superconductors as a function of temperature. Surprisingly large fluctuations in the magnetization are also observed and attributed to the presence of large flux clusters in the superconductor.
description: 5 pages, 5 figures
title: A Qualitative Study of Women High School Principals' Career Life Histories
Creators: name: Hansen, Jan Bradshaw
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2014

description: Gender inequalities in the workplace continue to plague aspiring career- directed women. In public education, it is established that there are fewer women high school principals than there are men. In a profession predominantly employing women, the question remains, “Where are the women high school administrators”? This study examines the sociopolitical gender systems and psychological dynamics that perpetuate gender inequality. It then discusses the encumbered or constrained choices women make that are burdened or made more complicated by gendered sociopolitical or psychological dynamics. The study is a qualitative study narrowing the life-history method with an innovative career life-history focus. Seven high school women principals were interviewed and then data were transcribed and analyzed. Participants provided an external participant who shared their perspectives of the career life histories of these women principals, which added to the richness of the data analysis. Resumes of the principal participants were collected for triangulation purposes. Finally, a narrative from the data analysis was written. The findings reveal unintentional career journeys. The women in the study were invited to join administrative teams, reluctantly accepted, and embarked on their career journey, psychologically transitioning from teacher to administrator. They navigated through sociopolitical systems and barriers, finding support from family, supervisors, and friends. The women’s new identities led to reconfigured families and brought diversity to high school administrative teams.
title: Control of Grid-Connected Photovoltaic Systems Using Fractional Order Operators
Creators: name: Malek, Hadi
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2014

description: This work presents a new control strategy using fractional order operators in threephase grid-connected photovoltaic generation systems with unity power factor for any situation of solar radiation. The modeling of the space vector pulse width modulation inverter and fractional order control strategy using Park’s transformation are proposed. The system is able to compensate harmonic components and reactive power generated by the loads connected to the system. A fractional order extremum seeking control and “Bode’s ideal cut-off extremum seeking control” are proposed to control the power between the grid and photovoltaic system, to achieve the maximum power point operation. Simulation results are presented to validate the proposed methodology for grid-connected photovoltaic generation systems. The simulation results and theoretical analysis indicate that the proposed control strategy improves the efficiency of the system by reducing the total harmonic distortion of the injected current to the grid and increases the robustness of the system against uncertainties. Additionally, the proposed maximum power point tracking algorithms provide more robustness and faster convergence under environmental variations than other maximum power point trackers.
Elemental Mapping and Micro-Imaging by X-Ray Capillary Optics
Creators: name: Hampai, Dariush
name: Dabagov, Sultan B.
name: Cappuccio, Giorgio
name: Longoni, Antonio
name: Frizzi, Tommaso
name: Giannantonio Cibin
name: Guglielmotti, Valeria
name: Sala, Marco
Publisher: name: INFN Open Access Repository
Year: 2008

description: Many experiments have recently revealed the advantages of "confocal" optical configuration for the  fluorescence studies. Indeed, this peculiar layout enables micro X-ray fluorescence mapping simultaneously with X-ray  imaging. In this letter the results of experimental investigations for novel polycapillary lenses are presented. The recorded image of characterized extended sample (⋍ 3 mm) with a 6  μm spatial resolution, limited by the CCD pixel size, is shown. The use of a second polycapillary lens in the confocal scheme followed by a SDD detector provides an additional option for elemental studies. A prototype of compact XRF spectrometer with a spatial resolution less than 100  μm has been designed.
title: Computational Topics in Lie Theory and Representation Theory
Creators: name: Apedaile, Thomas J.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2014

description: The computer algebra system Maple contains a basic set of commands for working with Lie algebras. The purpose of this thesis was to extend the functionality of these Maple packages in a number of important areas. First, programs for dening multiplication in several types of Cayley algebras, Jordan algebras and Cliord algebras were created to allow users to perform a variety of calculations. Second, commands were created for calculating some basic properties of nite-dimensional representations of complex semisimple Lie algebras. These commands allow one to identify a given representation as direct sum of irreducible subrepresentations, each one identied by an invariant highest weight. Third, creating an algorithm to calculate the Lie bracket for Vinberg's symmetric construction of Freudenthal's Magic Square allowed for a uniform construction of all ve exceptional Lie algebras. Maple examples and tutorials are provided to illustrate the implementation and use of the algebras now available in Maple as well as the tools for working with Lie algebra representations.
Nuclei and chiral dynamics
Creators: name: Schwenk, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Nuclear theory has entered an exciting era. This is due to advances on many fronts, including the development of effective field theory and the renormalization group for nuclear forces, advances in ab-initio methods for nuclear structure, an effort to develop a universal density functional based on microscopic interactions, and the application of large-scale computing resources. I discuss their impact, recent highlights and the frontiers in understanding and predicting nuclei and the structure of strongly-interacting matter based on chiral interactions.
description: 10 pages, 12 figures, plenary talk presented at PANIC08, Eilat, November, 2008
M2-branes, Einstein manifolds and triple systems
Creators: name: Figueroa-O'Farrill, José Miguel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: Rings and Algebras (math.RA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: This is the written version of a talk given on 1 July 2009 at the XXV Max Born Symposium: the Planck Scale, held in Wroclaw, Poland. I review the possible transverse geometries to supersymmetric M2-brane configurations and discuss the representation-theoretic description of their conjectured dual superconformal Chern-Simons theories.
description: 12 pages; V2: reference(s) added
MOESM18 of Common metabolic networks contribute to carbon sink strength of sorghum internodes: implications for bioenergy improvement
Creators: name: Li, Yin
name: Tu, Min
name: Feng, Yaping
name: Wang, Wenqing
name: Messing, Joachim
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Marine Biology

description: Additional file 18. A proposed model for carbon partitioning and sink strength in sorghum internodes.
GEANT4 Low Energy Electromagnetic Models for Electrons and Photons
Creators: name: J. Apostolakis
name: S. Giani
name: M. Maire
name: P. Nieminen
name: M.G. Pia
name: L. Urban
Publisher: name: INFN Open Access Repository
Year: 1999

description: A set of physics processses has been developed in the Geant4 Simulation Toolkit to describe the electromagnetic interactions of photons and electrons with matter down to 250 eV. Preliminary comparisons of the models with experimental data show a satisfactory agreement.
title: Labyrinth Weirs: A Look Into Geometric Variation and Its Effect on Efficiency and Design Method Predictions
Creators: name: Seamons, Tyler Robert
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2014

description: The rehabilitation of dams often requires spillway capacity upgrades. Replacing a less hydraulically efficient linear weir with a labyrinth weir can be an effective way to increase discharge efficiency (discharge at a given upstream head) for a fixed-width channel. Labyrinth weirs are linear weirs folded in plan view to increase total spillway crest length (which in turn increases discharge efficiency within a channel). Labyrinth weirs potentially have limitless geometric configurations. This study was performed to analyze the effects of varying certain geometric parameters on discharge efficiency and design method predictions. Due to limited cross-sectional flow area near the upstream apex, labyrinth weirs experience nappe collision and local submergence that potentially reduce discharge efficiency. The increase of upstream apex width may be a feasible method to decrease the negative effects of nappe interference, which in turn may increase discharge efficiency. This was analyzed in this study by testing a series of eight laboratory scaled labyrinth weirs (with sidewall angles of 12°), with various upstream apex widths. Upstream apex width tests were performed in a fixed and varied channel width setting.
The design method developed by Crookston and Tullis is based on laboratory scaled physical models. This method is very useful in the estimation of performance for geometrically similar prototype labyrinth weirs. However, due to difficulty in obtaining data on completed prototype weirs, design method predictions are rarely verified. To help validate Froude scaling and design method predictions of prototype weirs, a series of physical model tests (with sidewall angles of 15°) were performed with varying scale sizes (0.5 to 3.0 compared to the size of weir used in the design method). To expand the applicability of the design method to common geometric variations, tests were performed on weirs of varying weir height and cycle width (with sidewall angles of 15°). These variations were applied independently and analyzed to determine their effects on discharge efficiency and design method predictions. A correction factor is then presented to be used in conjunction with Crookston and Tullis’s design method for these geometric variations. All conclusions are presented in this thesis.