cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
The effect of drama education on children's attitudes to the elderly and to ageing
Creators: name: Bramwell, Roberta J. T.
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: The objective of this study was to support the claim that drama education is no "mere frill" in the curriculum but is, in fact, important to the formation of attitudes and values in young people. The study moved in two directions. The literature was explored to establish a position on what is intended by the terms "attitude" and "drama education" and to demonstrate a connection between these two terms. Following a review of the literature which demonstrated that there was reason to believe that children's attitudes to ageing and to old people are less than ideal, the two strategies of a practical investigation were begun. In examining the attitudes of Grade 5 children to the elderly and to the ageing, quantitative and qualitative investigations were undertaken. The quantitative investigation employed the Children's Attitude Towards the Elderly (CATE) (Jantz, Seefeldt, Serock, and Galper, 1976) instrument to examine attitudes in one control and two experimental groups. The qualitative investigation consisted of the analyses of: (a) interviews with the teacher, and children of both experimental groups during and after the three units of drama education, (b) pre- and post-drawings by children from these groups, (c) the reflections written in their journals by children of the experimental groups after the drama education units, and (d) field notes taken during participant/observation in the drama classroom. The experimental groups were taught drama employing two different methods. Group A pursued the topic "Young People/Old People" in the drama classroom in child-directed drama, while Group B explored the same topic in teacher-directed drama. The results of both strategies were compared and contrasted under the rubrics of the theoretical positions on "attitudes" and on "drama education" adopted for the study. The research results converged to support the claim that, for the children of both experimental groups, doing drama had asssisted them as they rebuilt their attitudes to old people and to ageing. No such improvement had occurred for the Control Group. Positive attitude change consisted in (a) greater knowledge of old people and ageing, (b) a diminution in the fear of ageing and old people, (c) positive feelings toward the elderly, and (d) identification with the interests, feelings, goals, and means of elderly people. In addition, the qualitative study revealed that some children recognized that drama caused them to re-value the people in their own lives.
Stellar Kinematics in the Complicated Inner Spheroid of M31: Discovery of Substructure Along the Southeastern Minor Axis and its Relationship to the Giant Southern Stream
Creators: name: Gilbert, Karoline M.
name: Fardal, Mark
name: Kalirai, Jasonjot S.
name: Guhathakurta, Puragra
name: Geha, Marla C.
name: Isler, Jedidah
name: Majewski, Steven R.
name: Ostheimer, James C.
name: Patterson, Richard J.
name: Reitzel, David B.
name: Kirby, Evan
name: Cooper, Michael C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present the discovery of a kinematically-cold stellar population along the SE minor axis of the Andromeda galaxy (M31) that is likely the forward continuation of M31's giant southern stream. This discovery was made in the course of an on-going spectroscopic survey of red giant branch (RGB) stars in M31 using the DEIMOS instrument on the Keck II 10-m telescope. Stellar kinematics are investigated in eight fields located 9-30 kpc from M31's center (in projection). A likelihood method based on photometric and spectroscopic diagnostics is used to isolate confirmed M31 RGB stars from foreground Milky Way dwarf stars: for the first time, this is done without using radial velocity as a selection criterion, allowing an unbiased study of M31's stellar kinematics. The radial velocity distribution of the 1013 M31 RGB stars shows evidence for the presence of two components. The broad (hot) component has a velocity dispersion of 129 km/s and presumably represents M31's virialized spheroid. A significant fraction (19%) of the population is in a narrow (cold) component centered near M31's systemic velocity with a velocity dispersion that decreases with increasing radial distance, from 55.5 km/s at R_proj=12 kpc to 10.6 km/s at R_proj=18 kpc. The spatial and velocity distribution of the cold component matches that of the "Southeast shelf" predicted by the Fardal et al. (2007) orbital model of the progenitor of the giant southern stream. The metallicity distribution of the cold component matches that of the giant southern stream, but is about 0.2 dex more metal rich on average than that of the hot spheroidal component. We discuss the implications of our discovery on the interpretation of the intermediate-age spheroid population found in this region in recent ultra-deep HST imaging studies.
description: 23 pages, 16 figures, 2 tables, accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal. Changes from previous version: expanded discussion in sections 4.2 and 7.2, removal of section 7.1.4 and associated figure (discussion moved to section 7.1.2)
Systematic errors in Gaussian Quantum Monte Carlo and a systematic study of the symmetry projection method
Creators: name: Corboz, P.
name: Kleine, A.
name: Assaad, F. F.
name: McCulloch, I. P.
name: Schollwöck, U.
name: Troyer, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Gaussian Quantum Monte Carlo (GQMC) is a stochastic phase space method for fermions with positive weights. In the example of the Hubbard model close to half filling it fails to reproduce all the symmetries of the ground state leading to systematic errors at low temperatures. In a previous work [Phys. Rev. B {\bf 72}, 224518 (2005)] we proposed to restore the broken symmetries by projecting the density matrix obtained from the simulation onto the ground state symmetry sector. For ground state properties, the accuracy of this method depends on a {\it large overlap} between the GQMC and exact density matrices. Thus, the method is not rigorously exact. We present the limits of the approach by a systematic study of the method for 2 and 3 leg Hubbard ladders for different fillings and on-site repulsion strengths. We show several indications that the systematic errors stem from non-vanishing boundary terms in the partial integration step in the derivation of the Fokker-Planck equation. Checking for spiking trajectories and slow decaying probability distributions provides an important test of the reliability of the results. Possible solutions to avoid boundary terms are discussed. Furthermore we compare results obtained from two different sampling methods: Reconfiguration of walkers and the Metropolis algorithm.
description: 11 pages, 14 figures, revised version, new title
Non-Gaussianities in N-flation
Creators: name: Battefeld, Diana
name: Battefeld, Thorsten
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We compute non-Gaussianities in N-flation, a string motivated model of assisted inflation with quadratic, separable potentials and masses given by the Marcenko-Pastur distribution. After estimating parameters characterizing the bi- and trispectrum in the horizon crossing approximation, we focus on the non-linearity parameter $f_{NL}$, a measure of the bispectrum; we compute its magnitude for narrow and broad spreads of masses, including the evolution of modes after horizon crossing. We identify additional contributions due to said evolution and show that they are suppressed as long as the fields are evolving slowly. This renders $\mathcal{N}$-flation indistinguishable from simple single-field models in this regime. Larger non-Gaussianities are expected to arise for fields that start to evolve faster, and we suggest an analytic technique to estimate their contribution. However, such fast roll during inflation is not expected in N-flation, leaving (p)re-heating as the main additional candidate for generating non-Gaussianities.
description: 27 pages, 4 figures, extended references to match version accepted in JCAP
On the mean square of the Riemann zeta-function in short intervals
Creators: name: Ivić, Aleksandar
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 11M06, 11N37

description: It is proved that, for $T^ε\le G = G(T) \le {1\over2}\sqrt{T}$, $$ \int_T^{2T}\Bigl(I_1(t+G)-I_1(t)\Bigr)^2 dt = TG\sum_{j=0}^3a_j\log^j \Bigl({\sqrt{T}\over G}\Bigr) + O_ε(T^{1+ε}+ T^{1/2+ε}G^2) $$ with some explicitly computable constants $a_j (a_3>0)$ where, for a fixed natural number $k$, $$I_k(t,G) = {1\over\sqrtπ}\int_{-\infty}^\infty |ζ(1/2+it+iu)|^{2k} {\rm e}^{-(u/G)^2} du. $$ The generalizations to the mean square of $I_1(t+U,G) - I_1(t,G)$ over $[T, T+H]$ and the estimation of the mean square of $I_2(t+U,G)-I_2(t,G)$ are also discussed.
description: 19 pages
Microbial Imbalance in Atopic Dermatitis: The Role of the Skin Microbiome in Disease Progression and Treatment
Creators: name: Jenifer Lancy A*
name: Priyanka Anand
name: Sivalakshmi B
name: Nikkisha Sree S
name: Jaisree R
name: Arpita. J
name: Dona. S. Jayan
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Atopic dermatitis, Skin microbiome, Dysbiosis, Staphylococcus aureus, Microbiome therapy, Inflammation.

description: Abstract: -

Background: Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a chronic inflammatory skin condition that is closely associated with an imbalance in the skin microbiome. This imbalance, also known as dysbiosis, leads to the overgrowth of pathogenic microorganisms, particularly Staphylococcus aureus, while beneficial bacteria such as Staphylococcus epidermidis are diminished. The relationship between the microbiome and the immune system plays a crucial role in the pathogenesis and progression of AD.

Objective: The aim of this article is to review the role of the skin microbiome in the development and management of atopic dermatitis. The article explores microbial composition, dysbiosis, immune interactions, environmental and genetic factors, and current therapeutic strategies.

Methods: A comprehensive review of recent studies was conducted to evaluate the impact of the skin microbiome on AD. The review focuses on microbial shifts, the role of S. aureus, immune system interactions, and potential treatments targeting the skin microbiome.

Results: The findings highlight that microbial dysbiosis, particularly the dominance of S. aureus, contributes to the severity of AD. Therapeutic approaches targeting the microbiome, such as the use of probiotics, prebiotics, antimicrobial peptides, and microbiome transplants, show promise in managing AD symptoms.

Conclusion: The skin microbiome plays a critical role in the pathogenesis of atopic dermatitis. Restoring microbial balance through targeted therapies could offer new avenues for effective treatment and management of AD.
A qualitative follow up study of experiences of a sample of recent alumni of the school psychology program of Rutgers: The State University of New Jersey
Creators: name: Passman, Jessica S.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2022

description: This study examined the career experiences of a sample of alumni from the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology (GSAPP) School Psychology Program (PsyD) at Rutgers University currently employed as early career school psychologists in school settings. Data from 14 semi-structured interviews was analyzed using classical content analysis. Findings indicate that GSAPP School Psychology graduates are satisfied with their training and their current employment. Participants reported that they found their practica experiences and coursework in assessment to be among the most helpful aspects of their training. Participants reported that coursework in research was least helpful, and reported that they would have liked additional training in assessment and intervention. Findings emphasize the importance of practicum experiences in preparing students to work as school psychologists, and indicate that additional training in assessment and intervention may also enhance students’ training and preparation for employment.
Rhipicephalus haemaphysaloides Supino 1897
Creators: name: Petney, Trevor N.
name: Boulanger, Nathalie
name: Saijuntha, Weerachai
name: Chitimia-Dobler, Lidia
name: Pfeffer, Martin
name: Eamudomkarn, Chatanun
name: Andrews, Ross H.
name: Ahamad, Mariana
name: Putthasorn, Noppadon
name: Muders, Senta V.
name: Petney, David A.
name: Robbins, Richard G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Ixodida
Ixodidae
Rhipicephalus
Rhipicephalus haemaphysaloides

description: Rhipicephalus haemaphysaloides Supino, 1897
 Rhipicepalus haemaphysaloides is a common parasite of wild and domestic stock throughout continental Southeast Asia. It has also been recorded from monkeys and humans (Walker et al. 2000), and relatively frequently from wild carnivores (Grassman et al. 2004). Immatures feed predominantly on rodents, although insectivores and small carnivores have also been recorded as hosts. It has been reported from Cambodia, Lao PDR, peninsular Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam (Petney and Keirans 1996b; Robbins et al. 1997). The life history of this species under laboratory conditions was described by Bhat and Jacob (1982) and Diyes et al. (2017).
 Males and females are described in Walker et al. (2000). These authors also provide illustrations of the nymphal and larval capitulum.
description: Published as part of Petney, Trevor N., Boulanger, Nathalie, Saijuntha, Weerachai, Chitimia-Dobler, Lidia, Pfeffer, Martin, Eamudomkarn, Chatanun, Andrews, Ross H., Ahamad, Mariana, Putthasorn, Noppadon, Muders, Senta V., Petney, David A. & Robbins, Richard G., 2019, Ticks (Argasidae, Ixodidae) and tick-borne diseases of continental Southeast Asia, pp. 1-89 in Zootaxa 4558 (1) on page 35, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4558.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2613120
Entanglement entropy of the random spin-1 Heisenberg chain
Creators: name: Refael, Gil
name: Moore, Joel E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Random spin chains at quantum critical points exhibit an entanglement entropy between a segment of length L and the rest of the chain that scales as log_2 L with a universal coefficient. Since for pure quantum critical spin chains this coefficient is fixed by the central charge of the associated conformal field theory, the universal coefficient in the random case can be understood as an effective central charge. In this paper we calculate the entanglement entropy and effective central charge of the spin-1 random Heisenberg model in its random-singlet phase and also at the critical point at which the Haldane phase breaks down. The latter is the first entanglement calculation for an infinite-randomness fixed point that is not in the random-singlet universality class. Our results are consistent with a c-theorem for flow between infinite-randomness fixed points. The formalism we use can be generally applied to calculation of quantities that depend on the RG history in s>=1 random Heisenberg chains.
description: Submitted to PRB; references added
Method for Producing High Purity Germane by a Continuous or Semi-Continuous Process US Pat. 9,174,853
Creators: name: Arkles, Barry
name: Timberlake, George
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Germane
Pressure Swing Absorption
Metal Hydrides
Byproduct Hydrogen
Germanium

description: A continuous or semi-continuous process for producing a high purity germane includes (a) preparing a reaction mixture containing hydrogen and crude germane and (b) separating the hydrogen from the crude germane by a pressure swing adsorption process. The pressure swing adsorption process results in a hydrogen-rich product stream and a germane-rich product stream. The method further includes (c) purifying the germane-rich product stream by continuous distillation thereof to remove impurities therefrom and to produce a high purity germane containing less than 0.1 volume percent of impurities.
title: СРАВНИТЕЛЬНЫЙ АНАЛИЗ СОВРЕМЕННЫХ ЕАМ-СИСТЕМ, ИСПОЛЬЗУЕМЫХ В РОССИЙСКОЙ И ЗАРУБЕЖНОЙ ПРАКТИКЕ
Creators: name: Измайлов, Максим
Publisher: name: Новгородский государственный университет имени Ярослава Мудрого (НовГУ)
Year: 2020

description: В статье представлены результаты сравнительного анализа основных характеристик современных систем управления активами предприятия (Enterprise Asset Management System, ЕАМ-система) как российского, так и зарубежного производства. Исследование показало, что функционал современных ЕАМ-систем существенно расширился, выйдя за пределы операций по обслуживанию и ремонту основных фондов. Современная стратегия EAM подразумевает систематическую и скоординированную деятельность предприятия, нацеленную на оптимальное управление физическими активами и режимами их работы, на управление рисками и расходами на протяжении всего жизненного цикла для достижения и выполнения стратегических планов. В статье обозначены основные технико-экономические выгоды от внедрения ЕАМ-систем на предприятиях: повышение безопасности, рост производительности, сокращение сроков проведения ремонта, снижение капитальных затрат, снижение расходов на эксплуатацию  оборудования и др.
Ensemble and calibration multiply robust estimation for quantile treatment effect
Creators: name: He, Xiaohong
name: Wang, Lei
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: Medicine
Neuroscience
Biotechnology
Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Quantile treatment effects can be important causal estimands in the evaluation of biomedical treatments or interventions for health outcomes such as birthweight and medical cost. However, the existing estimators require either a propensity score model or a conditional density vector model is correctly specified, which is difficult to verify in practice. In this paper, we allow multiple models for propensity score and conditional density vector, then construct a class of calibration estimators based on multiple imputation and inverse probability weighting approaches via empirical likelihood. The resulting estimators multiply robust in the sense that they are consistent if any one of these models is correctly specified. Moreover, we propose another class of ensemble estimators to reduce computational burden while ensuring multiple robustness. Simulations are performed to evaluate the finite sample performance of the proposed estimators. Two applications to the birthweight of infants born in the United States and AIDS Clinical Trials Group Protocol 175 data are also presented.
Algebraic Quantum Mechanics and Pregeometry
Creators: name: Bohm, D. J.
name: Davies, P. G.
name: Hiley, B. J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Quantum Algebra (math.QA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We discuss the relation between the q-number approach to quantum mechanics suggested by Dirac and the notion of "pregeometry" introduced by Wheeler. By associating the q-numbers with the elements of an algebra and regarding the primitive idempotents as "generalized points" we suggest an approach that may make it possible to dispense with an a priori given space manifold. In this approach the algebra itself would carry the symmetries of translation, rotation, etc. Our suggestion is illustrated in a preliminary way by using a particular generalized Clifford Algebra proposed originally by Weyl, which approaches the ordinary Heisenberg algebra in a suitable limit. We thus obtain a certain insight into how quantum mechanics may be regarded as a purely algebraic theory, provided that we further introduce a new set of "neighbourhood operators", which remove an important kind of arbitrariness that has thus far been present in the attempt to treat quantum mechanics solely in terms of a Heisenberg algebra.
description: This paper was originally written in 1981 and published as a supplement to my Ph.D. thesis. (Davies, P., (1981) The Weyl Algebra and an Algebraic Mechanics. Ph.D thesis, Birkbeck College, University of London.) It is believed to be one of the "lost papers" of David Bohm as it was is not listed among his completed works and is set forth here for historical completeness
Selection of Rye (Secale cereale L.) for Powdery Mildew and Leaf Rust Resistance Through Phenotyping, Target Sequencing, and Association Genetics
Creators: name: Vendelbo, N.M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Secale cereale L.
leaf rust
powdery mildew
fertility control system
male fertility restoration
population study
resistance gene enrichment and sequencing

description: Industrial PhD dissertation by Nikolaj Meisner Vendelbo
Resonance phenomena in asymmetric superconducting quantum interference devices
Creators: name: Polak, T. P.
name: Sarnelli, E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Theory of self induced resonances in asymmetric two-junction interferometer device is presented. In real devices it is impossible to have an ideal interferometer free of imperfections. Thus, we extended previous theoretical approaches introducing a model which contains several asymmetries: Josephson current $ε$, capacitances $χ$ and dissipation $ρ$ presented in an equivalent circuit. Moreover, non conventional symmetry of the order parameter in high temperature superconducting quantum interference devices forced us to include phase asymmetries. Therefore, the model has been extended to the case of $π$-shift interferometers, where a phase shift is present in one of the junctions.
description: accepted to PRB, low quality figures
Additional file 7 of Gene expression profile of the developing endosperm in durum wheat provides insight into starch biosynthesis
Creators: name: Chen, Jiawen
name: Watson-Lazowski, Alexander
name: Kamble, Nitin Uttam
name: Vickers, Martin
name: Seung, David
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Supplementary File 7 (Figures)
Multi-wavelength study of the gravitational lens system RXS J1131-1231: III. Long slit spectroscopy: micro-lensing probes the QSO structure
Creators: name: Sluse, D.
name: Claeskens, J. -F.
name: Hutsemékers, D.
name: Surdej, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: (ABRIDGED) Aims: We discuss and characterize micro-lensing among the 3 brightest lensed images (A-B-C) of the gravitational lens system RXS J1131-1231 (a quadruply imaged AGN) by means of long slit optical and NIR spectroscopy. Qualitative constraints on the size of different emission regions are derived. Methods: We decompose the spectra into their individual emission components using a multi-component fitting approach. A complementary decomposition of the spectra enables us to isolate the macro-lensed fraction of the spectra independently of any spectral modelling. Results: -1. The data support micro-lensing de-amplification of images A and C. Not only is the continuum emission microlensed in those images but also a fraction of the Broad Line emitting Region (BLR).-2. Micro-lensing of a very broad component of MgII emission line suggests that the corresponding emission occurs in a region more compact than the other components of the emission line. -3. We find evidence that a large fraction of the FeII emission arises in the outer parts of the BLR. We also find very compact emitting region in the ranges 3080-3540 A and 4630-4800 A that is likely associated with FeII. -4. The OIII narrow emission line regions are partly spatially resolved. This enables us to put a lower limit of 110h^{-1} pc on their intrinsic size. -5. Analysis of MgII absorption found in the spectra indicates that the absorbing medium is intrinsic to the quasar, has a covering factor of 20%, and is constituted of small clouds homogeneously distributed in front of the continuum and BLRs. -6. Two neighbour galaxies are detected at redshifts z=0.10 and z=0.289. These galaxies are possible members of galaxy groups reported at those redshifts.
description: Accepted by Astronomy and Astrophysics. Small modifications to match the final version
Municipal records keeping in British Columbia : an exploratory survey
Creators: name: Billesberger, Valerie May
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: An exploratory investigation of records keeping practices among villages, towns, districts and cities in British Columbia was conducted to determine how municipalities are currently managing their records. Drawing from literature on records management theory and practice, a model of a records keeping system was developed based on the premise that records pass through a series or continuum of identifiable stages from the moment of their creation to their final disposition. A questionnaire constructed around key elements of the model was distributed by mail to a nonrandom sample of one hundred and forty-four municipalities. Data was acquired on the three general fields of activity considered integral to managing records, namely: records generation and receipt, records classification, and records maintenance. Among the key findings of the survey were a lack of standardized files classification systems, records retention schedules, and records procedures manuals which are identified in records management literature as the core elements of any records keeping system. Based on a response rate of 81% (116/144), it is concluded that among those villages, towns, districts and cities surveyed, most do not have adequate records keeping systems to effectively serve their information needs.
Neutrino mass from future high redshift galaxy surveys: sensitivity and detection threshold
Creators: name: Hannestad, Steen
name: Wong, Yvonne Y. Y.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We calculate the sensitivity of future cosmic microwave background probes and large scale structure measurements from galaxy redshift surveys to the neutrino mass. We find that, for minimal models with few parameters, a measurement of the matter power spectrum over a large range of redshifts has more constraining power than a single measurement at low redshifts. However, this improvement in sensitivity does not extend to larger models. We also quantify how the non-Gaussian nature of the posterior distribution function with respect to the individual cosmological parameter influences such quantities as the sensitivity and the detection threshold. For realistic assumptions about future large scale structure data, the minimum detectable neutrino mass at 95 % C.L. is about 0.05 eV in the context of a minimal 8-parameter cosmological model. In a more general model framework, however, the detection threshold can increase by as much as a factor of three.
description: 15 pages, 4 figures, uses iopart.cls; v2 matches published version
Additional file 6: of Prevalence of depression or depressive symptoms among people living with HIV/AIDS in China: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Creators: name: Wang, Tingting
name: Fu, Hanlin
name: Kaminga, Atipatsa
name: Li, Zhanzhan
name: Guo, Guiping
name: Chen, Lizhang
name: Li, Qiongxuan
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mental Health
subject: Virology

description: â Sensitivity analysis of the prevalence of depression or depressive symptoms among people living with HIV/AIDS in Chinaâ . (PDF 157Â kb)
DFT optimized MoS2 + hBN structures with UV doping
Creators: name: Jones, Leighton
name: Schatz, George C
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 30304 Physical Chemistry of Materials
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 30701 Quantum Chemistry
subject: Radiochemistry
subject: 30799 Theoretical and Computational Chemistry not elsewhere classified
subject: 30207 Transition Metal Chemistry
subject: Computational Chemistry

description: DFT optimized structures of molybdenum disulfide with hexagonal boron nitride layers above and below. Additional structures include various arrangements of sulfur defects with/without oxygen substitutions; both single O atoms and O2 molecules.
Additional file 7: of Prevalence of depression or depressive symptoms among people living with HIV/AIDS in China: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Creators: name: Wang, Tingting
name: Fu, Hanlin
name: Kaminga, Atipatsa
name: Li, Zhanzhan
name: Guo, Guiping
name: Chen, Lizhang
name: Li, Qiongxuan
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: Medicine
Biotechnology
Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Cancer
Science Policy
Mental Health
Virology

description: â Within-instrument heterogeneity analyses of studies reporting on the prevalence of depression or depressive symptoms among people living with HIV/AIDS in China: stratified meta-analyses and meta-regression analysesâ . (DOC 200Â kb)
title: Fibre Modification for Concrete Reinforcement using a Novel Atmospheric Microwave Induced Plasma Torch (MIPT)
Creators: name: Salh, L
Publisher: name: Liverpool John Moores University
Year: 2022

description: This research investigates the design of a novel microwave induced plasma torch for the surface modification of non-corrosive fibres. The system was developed to reduce the equipment cost, and production time needed in the conventional plasma treatment. To generate a consistent and low-cost microwave plasma jet at atmospheric pressure, a waveguide-based applicator at 5.8GHz was used. The system uses a microwave signal generator connected to a traveling wave tube to provide the required power. The applicator consists of a nozzle section and a tuning section to decrease the reflected power. Argon gas flows through the copper nozzle, and the high electrical field due to the microwave power, between the gas nozzle and an aperture in the waveguide, causes the gas to become a plasma that flows as a jet through the aperture and into the atmosphere. The effect of plasma treatment on surface characterisation of fibres was performed using contact angle measurement, scanning electron microscopy and atomic force microscope and the results are presented and analysed. Thus, the optimised plasma condition for each separate fibre is utilised. Fibres treated with optimised plasma condition were further used in investigating the fibre-matrix interfacial properties. Furthermore, the effect of the plasma treatment on the flexural behaviour of cementitious composites was investigated using three-point bending. The results show some improvement in the fibre surface properties, so there is a potential of using the developed plasma system in the production of construction composites.
title: ТЕОРЕТИЧЕСКИЕ АСПЕКТЫ МАНИПУЛЯЦИИ В ДЕЛОВОМ ОБЩЕНИИ
Creators: name: Паршуков, Алексей
Publisher: name: Новгородский государственный университет имени Ярослава Мудрого (НовГУ)
Year: 2020

description: Исследование теоретических аспектов и реализация прикладных задач организации эффективного делового общения – построения действенных внутрифирменных коммуникаций и установления плодотворного взаимодействия с партнерами и клиентами – становятся все более актуальными для менеджмента современных предприятий. При этом в управленческой практике конструктивно используется такой метод психологического воздействия на человека или группу людей как манипуляция. В статье рассматриваются общие подходы и особенности авторских взглядов (А.Ю. Панасюк, А.Я. Кибанова, Д.К. Захарова, В.Г. Коноваловой, Р. Чалдини, Э. Берна, М.Е. Литвак) на манипуляцию как категорию социально-психологических воздействий, представленные в научных и научно-практических работах по психологии, маркетингу, менеджменту. Уточняется природа термина «манипуляция», приводятся примеры манипулятивного делового воздействия. Отмечается, что, несмотря на негативную окраску термина, использование манипуляций в деловом общении признается нормальным явлением, с которым каждый сотрудник сталкивается практически ежедневно, в том числе в качестве инициатора.
title: СРАВНИТЕЛЬНЫЙ АНАЛИЗ МЕТОДИК ОЦЕНКИ ФИНАНСОВОГО СОСТОЯНИЯ ПРЕДПРИЯТИЯ
Creators: name: Сергеева, Татьяна
name: Калинихина, Екатерина
Publisher: name: Новгородский государственный университет имени Ярослава Мудрого (НовГУ)
Year: 2020

description: Одной из наиболее важных характеристик финансово-хозяйственной деятельности предприятия во внешней среде является его финансовое состояние. Факторами оценки финансового состояния считаются платежеспособность и финансовая устойчивость. Важность и приоритетность проведения анализа платежеспособности и финансовой устойчивости предприятия не вызывают сомнения, поскольку именно он помогает определить вероятность расчета по обязательствам за счет результатов собственной финансово-хозяйственной деятельности, спрогнозировать уровень доходности совокупного капитала, а также оценить степень зависимости предприятия от внешних источников финансирования и вероятность его банкротства. Существует множество методик оценки финансового состояния экономического субъекта, которые отличаются друг от друга как системой показателей, используемых для объективной оценки финансового положения, так и этапами его проведения. Статья содержит сравнительный анализ методик оценки финансового состояния предприятия таких авторов, как О.А. Толпегина, Г.В. Савицкая, Т.И. Григорьева, В.И. Бариленко, А.Д. Шеремет. На основе анализа был сделан вывод, что произвести более глубокую и комплексную диагностику финансового состояния предприятия позволяют методики ученых-экономистов О.А. Толпегиной и Г.В. Савицкой. Авторы считают необходимым производить расчет показателей ликвидности, платежеспособности, чистых активов и финансовой устойчивости.
Displacement Echoes: Classical Decay and Quantum Freeze
Creators: name: Petitjean, Cyril
name: Bevilaqua, Diego V.
name: Heller, Eric J.
name: Jacquod, Philippe
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Motivated by neutron scattering experiments, we investigate the decay of the fidelity with which a wave packet is reconstructed by a perfect time-reversal operation performed after a phase space displacement. In the semiclassical limit, we show that the decay rate is generically given by the Lyapunov exponent of the classical dynamics. For small displacements, we additionally show that, following a short-time Lyapunov decay, the decay freezes well above the ergodic value because of quantum effects. Our analytical results are corroborated by numerical simulations.
Additional file 1 of Determinants of diabetes ketoacidosis among diabetes mellitus patients at North Wollo and Waghimra zone public hospitals, Amhara region, Northern Ethiopia
Creators: name: Addisu Getie
name: Wondmieneh, Adam
name: Melaku Bimerew
name: Getnet Gedefaw
name: Asmamaw Demis
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 60506 Virology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 1: Table S1. Behavioral and clinical characteristics of Diabetes mellitus patients admitted in North Wollo and Waghimra Zone public hospitals, 2020.
Additional file 3 of Cold exposure protects against medial arterial calcification development via autophagy
Creators: name: Li, Fu-Xing-Zi
name: Liu, Jun-Jie
name: Xu, Feng
name: Shan, Su-Kang
name: Zheng, Ming-Hui
name: Lei, Li-Min
name: Lin, Xiao
name: Guo, Bei
name: Li, Chang-Chun
name: Wu, Feng
name: Tang, Ke-Xin
name: Cao, Ye-Chi
name: Wu, Yun-Yun
name: Duan, Jia-Yue
name: Wu, Yan-Lin
name: He, Si-Yang
name: Chen, Xi
name: Yuan, Ling-Qing
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: Virology

description: Supplementary Material 3
What is the optimum stellar rotation rate for a collapsar?
Creators: name: Lee, William H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider low angular momentum, neutrino cooled accretion flows onto newborn black holes in the context of the collapsar model for long Gamma Ray Bursts, and find a considerable energy release for rotation rates lower than those usually considered. The efficiency for the transformation of gravitational binding energy into radiation is maximized when the equatorial angular momentum l0 ~ 2 Rg c, where Rg is the Schwarzschild radius.
description: To appear in the proceedings of the conference "SWIFT and GRBs: Unveiling the relativistic universe", Il Nuovo Cimento"
Tutte polynomial, subgraphs, orientations and sandpile model: new connections via embeddings
Creators: name: Bernardi, Olivier
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 05C30

description: For any graph G with n edges, the spanning subgraphs and the orientations of G are both counted by the evaluation T_G(2,2)=2^n of its Tutte polynomial. We define a bijection $Φ$ between spanning subgraphs and orientations and explore its enumerative consequences regarding the Tutte polynomial. The bijection $Φ$ is closely related to a recent characterization of the Tutte polynomial relying on a combinatorial embedding of the graph G, that is, on a choice of cyclic order of the edges around each vertex. Among other results, we obtain a combinatorial interpretation for each of the evaluations T_G(i,j), 0\leq i,j \leq 2 of the Tutte polynomial in terms of orientations. The strength of our approach is to derive all these interpretations by specializing the bijection $Φ$ in various ways. For instance, we obtain a bijection between the connected subgraphs of G (counted by T_G(1,2)) and the root-connected orientations. We also obtain a bijection between the forests (counted by T_G(2,1)) and outdegree sequences which specializes into a bijection between spanning trees (counted by T_G(1,1)) and root-connected outdegree sequences. We also define a bijection between spanning trees and recurrent configurations of the sandpile model. Combining our results we obtain a bijection between recurrent configurations and root-connected outdegree sequences which leaves the configurations at level 0 unchanged.
description: 49 pages, a lot of figures
title: ‘Piggy in the middle' A dialogical approach to the policing of protest and the balancing of human rights
Creators: name: Smith, M
Publisher: name: Liverpool John Moores University
Year: 2021

description: The right to peacefully protest is an intrinsic part of a democratic society and embedded in UK history and tradition. The police are responsible for managing public order and facilitating peaceful protest, and this has not been without criticism. On occasions the police have found themselves in opposition to protest groups and there have been incidents of disorder as a result. In response, the development of police liaison officers in the UK has presented the police with a tactic that provides a gateway for dialogue between the police and those involved in protest, both prior to and during an event. There has been scant research into the use of dialogue between the police and protesters and the deployment of liaison officers. This research supports and contributes to this sparse body of research by providing further evidence of the value of dialogue between protesters and the police and advocates the role of Police Liaison Teams (PLT) as the conduit between protesters and police decision-making commanders. The right to peaceful protest however is not absolute and must be balanced with the rights of those upon whom the protest may impact, such as businesses and local communities. The role of the police is as arbitrators in managing this legislative balancing act, however there is a dearth of research into the role that the police undertake in balancing competing qualified human rights in protest events. This research seeks to address this lacuna by arguing that implementing a dialogical approach allows the police to balance such competing rights. Using semi-structured interviews with forty-eight police commanders, liaison officers, members of protest groups, businesses and other interested parties, this thesis provides evidence over two contrasting case studies; the policing of the badger cull in Devon and Cornwall and the policing of an English Defence League (EDL) march in Liverpool. This research argues that the police are emplaced not in opposition to those wishing to protest but as “piggy in the middle,” arbitrating between all interested parties and balancing the competing human rights of all those affected by the protest event. In addition to utilising the Elaborated Social Identity Model and the Flashpoints Model, both approaches which are further explored, the thesis also considers procedural justice theory as a base for examining dialogical policing. Further, this research argues that all three approaches are epistemologically compatible and combined provide a sound theoretical foundation from which a dialogical approach with both protest groups and other interested parties may be analysed. Furthermore, this thesis argues that there is value for all interested parties in engaging in dialogue and proposes that the application of a dialogical approach assists the police to balance the rights of all those engaged in the event and reduce conflict, by providing an open, proportionate and procedurally fair response.
title: ГЕНДЕРНЫЙ АНАЛИЗ КОНФЛИКТОВ И ИХ РАЗРЕШЕНИЕ (на англ.)
Creators: name: Алексейчук, Сандра-Даниела
Publisher: name: Новгородский государственный университет имени Ярослава Мудрого (НовГУ)
Year: 2020

description: В статье исследуется малоизвестный аспект изучения конфликтов и примирения, а также делается акцент на необходимость его критического пересмотра. Женщины рассмотрены в контексте жертв, комбатантов и миротворцев; уделено особое внимание Резолюции 1325 (2000) Совета Безопасности ООН о женщинах, мире, безопасности. Женщины рассмотрены, скорее, как субъекты, чем объекты. Приведены некоторые неформальные практики посредничества, пропаганды, урегулирования конфликтов и примирения. Обращено внимание на преимущества инклюзивной политики, которая включает в себя справедливое правосудие и практику помощи потерпевшим. Вопросы гендерной проблематики и проблем вооруженных конфликтов, их разрешение во многом пересекаются. Анализ гендерных аспектов важен для более глубокого понимания причин возникновения войн, моделей насилия, эффективности мирных процессов и последствий в постконфликтный период. В статье не только представлены работы, посвященные женщинам, миротворчеству и поддержанию мира, они контекстуализированы в рамках более глубоких тем гендера и войны, сексуального насилия в конфликтах, женщин и миростроительства, мужественности в миротворческих операциях, гендерного представительства в секторах национальной безопасности, сексуальной эксплуатации и надругательства в миротворческих операциях.
Optimizing Water Supply through Reservoir Conversion and Storage of Return Flow- A Case Study at Joe Pool Lake
Creators: name: Sekar, Srividya
name: Daghighi, Amin
name: Chen, Victoria
name: Clingenpeel, Glenn
name: Zhang, Yu
name: Rosenberger, Jay Michael
name: Boskabadi, Azam
Publisher: name: Texas Water Journal
Year: 2022

description: Maintaining an adequate water supply is one of the key challenges faced by the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, where increasing population and rising water demand have elevated the vulnerability of the communities to water shortages. In this paper, we conducted a preliminary study exploring the possibility of converting flood storage in the Joe Pool Lake (JPL) as a means to improve water supply reliability and achieve better cost efficiency. This study employs a mixed integer linear programming (MILP) approach that considers the costs of meeting conversion demand and supply requirements over the northern portion of the Trinity River Basin. It includes trade-offs between capturing and storing natural flow versus return flow from the treatment facilities of the Trinity River Authority (TRA). A set of hypothetical prices and demand figures with the record drought of 1940-1996 considered to test the LP model. The optimal strategy yields expansion of JPL and associated storage-diversion on an annual basis. Also, the outcomes of the analyses suggest that, while the conversion would have a positive impact on water availability, storing the return flow might not produce sufficient cost savings; unless higher prices were imposed on the stored-return flow.
description: Texas Water Journal, Vol. 13 No. 1 (2022): Texas Water Journal
Faculty papers : appraisal for acquisition and selection
Creators: name: Fournier, Frances Margaret
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: In the past, little has been written about the systematic acquisition of faculty papers, which are important sources for documenting not only the faculty members themselves, but also universities and the academic disciplines. This thesis investigates the theoretical and practical issues involved in the appraisal for acquisition and selection of faculty papers. The work of the professor is analyzed in terms of the competences that he exercises in carrying out the functions of the university. Interviews with academics verify the functional analysis, confirm the existence of documents predicted by it, and alert the archivist to professors' attitudes that could affect the acquisition of the faculty papers. The account of the interviews is followed by a discussion of various questions concerning the ownership of faculty papers and the most appropriate repositories for them. To further resolve the problems identified, and to lay the groundwork for an acquisition plan, a report is made on interviews and correspondence with archivists from universities and subject discipline history centers and repositories. These sources illustrate current archival practices. It is concluded that most faculty papers belong in a university archives, although there is an important role for the subject discipline history center and repository. The latter institutions offer a different outlook than can be reached through a documentation plan that is focused on one university. To provide a framework for the acquisition of faculty papers, it is suggested that a university-wide records policy be drafted, as the necessary foundation on which to base an archival mandate, an acquisition policy, and a plan for the appraisal for acquisition of faculty papers. Finally, the appraisal for selection of faculty papers is analyzed and seen to be primarily a process of weeding rather than the elimination of whole series.