cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Dual light-responsive shape transformations of a nanocomposite hydrogel sheet enabled by in situ etching shaped plasmonic nanoparticles
Creators: name: Du, Chenguang
name: Yang, Yang
name: Ding, Qiao
name: Guo, Hongyu
name: Nie, Zhihong
Publisher: name: Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
Year: 2024

description: We report here on dual shape transformations of the same thermo-responsive hybrid hydrogel sheet under irradiation of a laser with two different wavelengths (808 nm and 450 nm). By in situ etching the silver nanoprisms in the sheet to silver nanodiscs by using chloride ions (Cl-), two areas with distinct light extinction properties are integrated in a single sheet. The conversion of photon energy to thermal energy in local areas by the silver nanoprisms or nanodiscs under laser irradiation with an appropriate wavelength heats up the sheet locally and causes a local volumetric shrinkage, and hence a volumetric mismatch in different areas in the sheet. The sheet then transforms in a specific way to accommodate this volumetric mismatch. Different patterns of silver nanoprisms and nanodiscs in the sheet are achieved by controlling the delivery patterns of the etchant Cl-. We demonstrate that by designing the distribution pattern of silver nanoprisms and nanodiscs in the sheet, the same hybrid sheet transforms either to a saddle or to a helical twisted shape, while with another type of distribution pattern, it transforms either to a hoof-like or to a boat-like shape under the irradiation of a laser with a wavelength of either 808 nm or 450 nm. We point out that to program arbitrary curvature of the transformed shape of our sheet, the pattern size of silver nanoprisms and nanodiscs (i.e. actuation area) in the sheet needs to be largely reduced, which however limits the heat generated and hence the shape transformations. Factors that affect the sheet's shape transformations are discussed and solutions are suggested to enhance its performance. The hybrid sheet may find applications in soft robotics, for example, as a robotic finger.
The influence of Prosopis juliflora on plant species diversity and community types of vegetation in Afar rangelands, Northeast Ethiopia
Creators: name: Shiferaw, Wakshum
name: Degefa, Habtamu
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Plant Biology

description: The structure and biodiversity of natural vegetative communities are increasingly threatened by invasive species. Prosopis juliflora is a major invasive shrub in Africa, Australia and North America. However, how its invasion is related to plant diversity and composition, and whether this varies with aspect, altitude, slope and anthropogenic disturbances (environmental factors) remains poorly understood. The aims of this study were to evaluate the relationships between P. juliflora invasion, floristic diversity and composition, and environmental factors in the Afar region of northeastern Ethiopia. The research examined two main hypotheses: (1) P. juliflora influences plant communities of the study area (2) native species diversity decreased with changing environmental factors. Sixty-four temporary sample quadrats were placed in woodland vegetation using stratified random sampling. Quadrats measuring 1, 100, and 400 m2 were used to record the abundance and percent cover of herbs, seedlings and saplings and trees, respectively. Physiographic variables and human activities were also recorded in the 400 m2 quadrats. Aspect, slope, grazing intensity, and disturbance showed positive effects on plant species diversity. However, plant diversity and composition were negatively affected by altitude, P. juliflora invasion levels, and anthropogenic factors. Three plant community types were identified using canonical correspondence analysis (CCA) and P. juliflora had a negative relationship with native plant diversity in the third plant community type. Revisiting quadrats or field in the future will provide evidence to support lower plant diversity as a cause or effect of P. juliflora invasion.
Place-based leadership and environmental conflicts in the European Union
Creators: name: Cabras, Ignazio
name: Llavero-Pasquina, Marcel
name: Picaud-Bello, Katia
name: Weber, Gabriel
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Science Policy

description: This paper investigates the relationship between place-based leadership and environmental conflicts. Focusing on France, we examine the development and distribution of environmental conflicts, and compare them with what happens in the European Union. We then select three case studies to analyse the behaviour of different actors or groups involved, examining actions and initiatives that can ignite or help defuse environmental conflicts across local communities. Findings unveil the key role of local scientists in environmental conflicts, and the emergence of non-assigned leaders who utilise interpretive power to influence decision-making processes related to large infrastructural projects approved at local and national levels.
Predictors and Interdependence of Quality of Life in a Random Sample of Long‐Term Young Breast Cancer Survivors and Their Biological Relatives
Creators: name: Northouse, Laurel
name: Raji, Dolapo
name: Katapodi, Maria
name: Koechlin, Helen
name: Rudaz, Marion
name: Ellis, Katrina R.
name: Hecht, Hillary K.
name: Gerido, Lynette Hammond
name: Jones, Carly
Publisher: name: Wiley
Year: 2024

description: PURPOSE: Quality of life (QOL) among young breast cancer survivors (YBCS) is often worse than QOL of older breast cancer survivors or age-matched peers without a history of cancer. Families commonly support YBCS, particularly during treatment, but little is known about long-term YBCS and family member QOL. The purpose of this study was to identify demographic, clinical, and psychosocial predictors of physical and mental QOL in YBCS and biological relatives and investigate associations between their QOL (i.e., QOL interdependence).
METHODS: This secondary data analysis includes a random sample of long-term YBCS (≤ 45 years old at diagnosis) and up to two female relatives at baseline (post-treatment) and 18-month follow-up. The sample consists of 189 dyads (YBCS and one relative) and 121 triads (YBCS and two relatives). Actor-partner interdependence models (APIMs) were used to estimate the influence of YBCS's and relatives' demographic, clinical, and psychosocial factors on their own QOL (actor effects) and the other persons' QOL (partner effects).
RESULTS: For YBCS and relatives, QOL at the baseline was associated with their QOL at 18-months. YBCS's perceived cancer risk was associated with their own and relatives' QOL. Older relatives' physical QOL at baseline was associated with younger relatives' physical QOL at follow-up. Age, race, marital status, years since diagnosis, education, out-of-pocket costs of care, routine sources of care, income, family support, fear of recurrence, anxiety, and depression were also significant predictors of QOL.
CONCLUSIONS: Findings revealed independent and interdependent effects on QOL. These predictors point to potential targets of support for families.
TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT01612338.
title: Konzeption und Evaluation einer agilen Methode für die prozessorientierte Studiengangsentwicklung
Creators: name: Härer, Florian
Publisher: name: Universität Stuttgart
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: 330

description: In Deutschland stehen Hochschulorganisationen vor der bildungspolitischen und marktseitigen Forderung, dass sie sich im Rahmen der Gestaltung ihrer Bildungsprodukte öffnen sollen. Dies ermöglicht verschiedenen Akteuren aus hochschulinternen und hochschulexternen Anspruchsgruppen die Möglichkeit, frühzeitig an der Studiengangsentwicklung teilzunehmen, sodass gemeinsam bedarfsgerechtere Bildungsprodukte entwickelt werden. Durch die Integration verschiedener Anspruchsgruppen entstehen Spannungsfelder, die die Durchführbarkeit einer Studiengangsentwicklung beeinträchtigen. Um dieser Herausforderung aus der Perspektive der organisationalen Hochschulforschung zu begegnen, zeigt sich, dass Agilität das Potenzial besitzen kann, diese Durchführbarkeit methodisch zu gewährleisten. Mittels eines qualitativ-explorativen Forschungsdesigns der gestaltungsorientierten Betriebswirtschaftslehre und unter Anwendung eines Forschungsprozesses zur Methodenentwicklung identifiziert die Dissertation 21 Gestaltungsanforderungen, die für die Durchführbarkeit einer prozessorientierten Studiengangsentwicklung notwendig sind. In Anlehnung an das Theorieverständnis des situativen Ansatzes, wird der Grundsatz verfolgt, dass keine universelle Methode für alle Anwendungsfälle existieren kann. Darum werden die Gestaltungsanforderungen situativ priorisiert, um eine situationsabhängige Methode zu ermöglichen. Als relevantes Situationsfeld für die Forschung dienen privat-staatliche Fachhochschulen in Baden-Württemberg, die einen wissenschaftlichen Weiterbildungsstudiengang auf Masterniveau neu entwickeln möchten. Durch den Zusatz einer bergründeten Konstruktionsbasis im Methodenkontext von Design Thinking und der Einschränkung auf die Konzeptphase der Studiengangsentwicklung, wird eine agile Methode situativ konstruiert. Die darauffolgende Methodenevaluation zeigt, dass die konstruierte agile Methode eine ausreichende Durchführbarkeit für die notwendige interne Zusammenarbeit und externe Kooperation zwischen hochschulinternen und hochschulexternen Akteuren im ausgewählten Situationsfeld der Studiengangentwicklung besitzt. Als Implikationen aus den Ergebnissen werden elf situative Gestaltungsempfehlungen abgeleitet und weitere Forschungsbedarfe aufgezeigt.
title: Social Media's Influence on Mental Health
Creators: name: Courtney, Will
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Social Media
subject: Social Networking
subject: Mental Health

description: The technological advancement that is continually occurring has brought forth many unique innovations. Social networking is arguably one of the most impactful mediated technologies produced by the Information Age. Social media facilitates a profound approach to communication between humans across the globe. While social media platforms' usage grants countless benefits, researchers hold social media platforms responsible for the decline in mental health, especially adolescent users. Hundreds of thousands of articles published by medical researchers suggest psychological aberration; there has not been enough evidence supporting a direct cause. Qualitative and quantitative methods will be applied to clarify our inquiry to address the questions that prompt us to learn social media's mental health effects. The influence of social media on a user's health will be further analyzed.
PCNA-binding activity separates RNF168 functions in DNA replication and DNA double-stranded break signaling
Creators: name: An, Jing
name: Jhujh, Satpal S
name: Cheng, Xing
name: Nandakumar, Nandana
name: Fradet-Turcotte, Amélie
name: Mutter-Rottmayer, Elizabeth
name: Vaziri, Cyrus
name: Stewart, Grant S
name: Yang, Yang
name: Blanchet, Sophie-Anne
name: Chen, Steve
name: Jayaprakash, Deepika
name: Ariel, Pablo
name: Pearce, Kenneth H
name: Zhou, Pei
name: Reynolds, John J
name: Gao, Yanzhe
name: Anand, Jay Ramanlal
Publisher: name: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Year: 2024

description: RNF168 orchestrates a ubiquitin-dependent DNA damage response to regulate the recruitment of repair factors, such as 53BP1 to DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs). In addition to its canonical functions in DSB signaling, RNF168 may facilitate DNA replication fork progression. However, the precise role of RNF168 in DNA replication remains unclear. Here, we demonstrate that RNF168 is recruited to DNA replication factories in a manner that is independent of the canonical DSB response pathway regulated by Ataxia-Telangiectasia Mutated (ATM) and RNF8. We identify a degenerate Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen (PCNA)-interacting peptide (DPIP) motif in the C-terminus of RNF168, which together with its Motif Interacting with Ubiquitin (MIU) domain mediates binding to mono-ubiquitylated PCNA at replication factories. An RNF168 mutant harboring inactivating substitutions in its DPIP box and MIU1 domain (termed RNF168 ΔDPIP/ΔMIU1) is not recruited to sites of DNA synthesis and fails to support ongoing DNA replication. Notably, the PCNA interaction-deficient RNF168 ΔDPIP/ΔMIU1 mutant fully rescues the ability of RNF168-/- cells to form 53BP1 foci in response to DNA DSBs. Therefore, RNF168 functions in DNA replication and DSB signaling are fully separable. Our results define a new mechanism by which RNF168 promotes DNA replication independently of its canonical functions in DSB signaling.
title: Zum Verhältnis von Demokratie und Krise : eine Untersuchung immanenter Krisenmechanismen der Demokratie
Creators: name: Hanzel, Michael
Publisher: name: Universität Stuttgart
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: 300

description: Die Demokratie ist heute beinahe unbestreitbar in einer Krise. Dies zeigt eine Vielzahl an Krisensymptomen, welche die Politikwissenschaft umfassend dokumentiert. Trotz erheblicher wissenschaftlicher Anstrengungen auf dem Gebiet der Demokratietheorie und empirischen Demokratieforschung, bleiben größere Erfolge bei der Bekämpfung der Krise jedoch aus. Ganz im Gegenteil muss in den vergangenen zwei Jahrzehnten eine Verschärfung der Krise der Demokratie konstatiert werden. Ursächlich ist dies, so die These der Arbeit, auf eine partielle Blindheit der Krisendiagnostik zurückzuführen, welche hauptsächlich auf exogene Krisenursachen fokussiert, wodurch immanente Krisenmechanismen der Demokratie aus dem Blick geraten sind. Die Arbeit hat deshalb zum Ziel eine alternative Perspektive auf die Krise der Demokratie anzubieten, welche gezielt deren immanente Krisenmechanismen beleuchtet. Dazu rekurriert diese auf Argumente und Positionen der zweieinhalbtausendjährigen Ideengeschichte der Demokratietheorie und versucht die reichhaltige Historie demokratischer Krisendiagnostik, welche im aktuellen Diskurs nur spärlich rezipiert wird, für die Analyse der aktuellen Krise der Demokratie anschlussfähig zu machen. Aus wissenschaftlicher Sicht leistet die Arbeit damit einen Beitrag zur präzisen Diagnostik der Krise, indem sie auf den Stellenwert immanenter Krisenmechanismen verweist. Aus gesellschaftspolitischer Sicht bietet sie dadurch eine Chance der Krise der Demokratie zu begegnen, indem sie deren Ursachen systematisch aufzeigt und transparent diskutiert.
GSSO Digital Health Hub Community Dialogue/Hub Development Session Presentation 3
Creators: name: Davison, Kelly
name: Hedderson, Desmond
name: Nair, Rajesh
name: Courtney, Karen
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: The third and final presentation in a series of three supporting the development of the gender, sex and sexual orientation GSSO Digital Health Hub produced for research funded by the Digital Research Alliance of Canada grant proposal titled: Championing the use of Digital Research Infrastructure amongst nursing researchers in Canada: Sex-Gender Digital Health Equity Research Hub proof of concept and knowledge dissemination to national nursing associations.
Wine industry by-products as a source of active ingredients for topical applications
Creators: name: Mazzola, Priscila Gava
name: Paiva-Santos, Ana Cláudia
name: Mascarenhas-Melo, Filipa
name: Marques, Mário Pedro
name: Varela, Carla
name: Cabral, Célia
name: Correia, Fernando
name: Pires, Patrícia C.
name: Correia, Mafalda
name: Makvandi, Pooyan
name: Cefali, Letícia Caramori
name: Veiga, Francisco
name: Gonçalves, Maria Beatriz S.
Publisher: name: Springer Nature
Year: 2024

description: The wine industry is responsible for a considerable amount of waste produced by agricultural activities worldwide, which impacts both the economic sector and the environment through pollution and ecosystem imbalance. There are several examples of by-products generated during the winemaking process, such as grape pomace, vine leaves, grape stalks, or wine lees. These can be recovered and reused by the cosmetic industry, which is actively seeking natural and greener products. There are active ingredients that come from by-products that have relevant bioactive properties such as antioxidant, antiaging, anti-hyperpigmentation, or cellular protection. Therefore, the use of by-products from the wine industry as a source of active ingredients for topical application has attracted attention from the scientific community, overcoming some of the drawbacks of the winemaking process. Further research into extraction processes and methods is essential, as they directly influence the quality and quantity of recovered active ingredients. While current cosmetic products on the market undergo safety and cytotoxicity testing, it is important to evaluate the effects of pesticide treatments applied before pruning and the toxicity of the by-products to ensure the safety of future formulations. This review addresses a critical discussion on this subject, assessing the potential benefits of their use in topical formulations.
Developing a microsatellite markers-based parentage test for Camelus dromedarius
Creators: name: NOUAIRIA, Ghada
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 300999
subject: Veterinary sciences not elsewhere classified
classificationCode: 310599
subject: Genetics not elsewhere classified

description: Abstract – Although Tunisian cameline population counts more than 80 thousands heads, individual identification of these animals is often absent. This is a limiting factor to the accurate selection and genetic improvement efforts. With an efficiency approaching 100 %, parentage testing by genetic markers is a reliable and concluding scientific means to overcome these issues. The present work evaluates twenty microsatellites to develop a reliable paternity test in Camelus dromedarius. After testing the markers on a total of 130 animals, we estimated for each marker, polymorphism, pairwise linkage disequilibrium and Hardy Weinberg equilibrium. A panel of 38 samples presenting 17 trios (sire, dam, and their offspring) was used to evaluate different sets of microsatellites as parentage tests and optimize the number of markers for economic reasons while retaining an assignment rate exceeding 99 %. Finally, a list of 12 microsatellites proved higher than 99% of exclusion power when one parent is unknown parent and 98% when both parents are unknown, was proposed as an efficient and economic parentage test for Camelus dromedarius.
title: Paper: Office of Policy Development and Research Special Studies, "New Communities Policy Options Paper," June 20, 1975
Creators: name: Office Of Policy Development And Research Special Studies
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Planned communities

description: Textual: Paper, copy; 10.5” x 8” (25.4 cm x 20.3 cm)
description: Paper from the Office of Policy Development and Research Special Studies, a portion of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, entitled "New Communities Policy Options Paper" dated June 20, 1975. This paper details the development of policy for H.U.D concerning new communities within the realm of national growth. Within this paper, possible legislation is mentioned. Planned Community Archives Collection, 483.02
title: Mozilla Digital Memory Bank
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Digital history
subject: Internet history

description: The WARC file must be opened using a program like Webrecorder.io. The ZIP contains a static version of the website.
description: With support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and the Mozilla Foundation, The Mozilla Digital Memory Bank collected and preserved digital texts, images, audio, video, personal narratives, and oral histories related to Mozilla, its products, and its community of developers, testers, and users. The Mozilla Digital Memory Bank was part of CHNM’s ECHO project, which, since 2001, worked to develop new ways of collecting, preserving, and presenting the history of science, technology, and industry online. Building on CHNM’s earlier work on the September 11 Digital Archive and the Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, the Mozilla Digital Memory Bank aimed to create a resource for generations of students, teachers, scholars, and members of the general public interested in the history of the Internet, open source software, and Mozilla. Hosted at mozillamemory.org.
title: Mexican Drug Violence: Why the Merida Initiative, Gun Bans and Border Controls Will Fail and Drug Reform is the Solution
Creators: name: Hoskin, Ryan
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Mexico
subject: Border control

description: Calderon’s military tactics, along with U.S. aid through the Merida initiative, may succeed at suppressing the current outbreak of violence. However, these policies do not address the root causes of drug cartel violence. As long as prohibitionist drug policies are in place, drug profits will remain high. To maintain these profits, cartels must acquire weapons, whether through legal channels or black markets. No gun legislation will prevent this: the financial incentive is too great. Violence will become cyclical as cartels compete for market share. Combative efforts to suppress violence only disperse and postpone the externalities associated with the drug war, never eliminating them. Meanwhile, strict border enforcement remains logistically impossible and fiscally unsustainable, especially given the integration of the U.S. and Mexican economies through NAFTA.
title: War for Peace: Neoconservative Networks, Strategic Issue Framing, and the Making of a War
Creators: name: Cole, Benjamin R.
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Iraq

description: This paper begins by considering various theoretical models that have been or could be applied to presidential decision making on similar issues, identifying the weaknesses that necessitate use of the framing model. Part II describes Garrison’s three-component model and highlights its strengths and weaknesses vis-à-vis alternatives. The nature of the neoconservative movement is also discussed, and the movement is codified as a policy advocacy coalition. Part III puts the puzzle together, analyzing the consonance of the neoconservative frame with the unique perspectives of Cheney and Rumsfeld, and identifies why alternative frames failed to resonate with (or even reach) these men. The conclusion summarizes the paper’s findings and discusses consequences of this cognitive consonance.
title: Resisting Reliability Degradation through Proactive Reconfiguration
Creators: name: Cooray, Deshan
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Software architecture
subject: Reliability
subject: Context-awareness
subject: Mobility
subject: Self-adaptive software

description: Situated software systems are an emerging class of systems that are predominantly pervasive, embedded, and mobile. They are marked with a high degree of unpredictability and dynamism in the execution context. At the same time, such systems often need to satisfy strict reliability requirements. Most current software reliability analysis approaches are not suitable for situated software systems. We propose an approach geared to such systems, which continuously furnishes refined reliability predictions at runtime by incorporating various sources of information. The reliability predictions are leveraged to proactively place the software in the optimal configuration with respect to changing conditions. Our approach considers two representative architectural reconfiguration decisions that impact the system’s reliability: reallocation of components to processes and changing the architectural style. We have realized the approach as part of a framework intended for mission-critical settings, called REsilient SItuated SofTware system (RESIST), and evaluated it using a mobile emergency response system.
title: Researching Practitioner Skills in Conflict Resolution
Creators: name: Acland, Andrew
Publisher: name: School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution
Year: 1996

description: “The purpose of this paper is to present some informal observations and reflections around the subject of micro decision-making using as a vehicle the blend of cognitive and behavioral psychology which goes under the forbidding name of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP). Micro decision-making describes the minutiae of intervenes' behavior: of what intervenes actually do moment to moment. Under this broad umbrella can be clustered choice of language, of posture and movement, of analytical focus: how intervenes use - consciously or more often unconsciously - their faculties and their physiology. NLP, whose origins and approach is described later, is an appropriate vehicle for exploring the subject because it is based on close attention to human behavior and on the details of how people influence each other.”
WorldFAIR Project (D1.2) Data Management Plan (Living document)
Creators: name: Delipalta, Alexandra
name: O'Connor, Ryan
name: Asmi, Ari
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: research data
WorldFAIR
CODATA

description: WorldFAIR Project Data Management Plan.  Project Deliverable D1.2 for EC WIDERA-funded project "WorldFAIR: Global cooperation on FAIR data policy and practice".

Visit WorldFAIR online at http://worldfair-project.eu.

WorldFAIR is funded by the EC HORIZON-WIDERA-2021-ERA-01-41 Coordination and Support Action under Grant Agreement No. 101058393.
title: Report on the Proposed First Stage Rail Rapid Transit System, ca. 1963
Creators: name: Washington Area Metropolitan Transit Commission
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Rapid rail
subject: National Capital Transportation Agency
subject: Mass transit
subject: Washington, DC

description: Report: typescript, loose pages, 11" x 8.5" (29.7 cm x 21.6 cm)
description: Washington Area Metropolitan Area Transit Commission Report regarding a proposed first stage for rapid rail transit in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. C. Harrison Mann, Jr. Collection 2.05
WorldFAIR Project (D1.2) Data Management Plan (Living document)
Creators: name: Asmi, Ari
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: research data
WorldFAIR
CODATA

description: WorldFAIR Project Data Management Plan.  Project Deliverable D1.2 for EC WIDERA-funded project "WorldFAIR: Global cooperation on FAIR data policy and practice".

Visit WorldFAIR online at http://worldfair-project.eu.

WorldFAIR is funded by the EC HORIZON-WIDERA-2021-ERA-01-41 Coordination and Support Action under Grant Agreement No. 101058393.
title: Against the tide: Immigration into Ireland from continental Europe 1945-1990
Creators: name: Farrell, Patricia
Publisher: name: University of Galway
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Immigration
subject: Ireland
subject: Arts, Social Sciences & Celtic Studies
subject: History

description: Immigration to Ireland in the second half of the Twentieth Century has been largely overlooked, particularly immigration from continental Europe. This examination of the motivation, experiences and impact of Europeans in the period before Maastrict and Nice opened the borders in Europe sheds new light on received historiograpy of Ireland in the late twentieth century.
APPLICATION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN THE PROCESS OF IMPLEMENTING ENGLISH LANGUAGE FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES
Creators: name: Burieva, Umida
name: Burieva, Kibriyo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: The following research paper represents an investigation of the modern advances in the field of artificial intelligence. From the beginning of computers' invention, people starts tying to create perfect machines that could replace human beings in every aspect of life. Invention of complex robots which could avoid human interference, promote scientists light up with idea of machines which can make decisions, plan schedules an even set goals for people. Many governments such as United States, South Korea, China, Japan and Western countries have funded research projects with billions of dollars in the field of artificial intelligence. Scientists all over the world were willing to create a program, which gives the basic information of the artificial intelligence, and the advancements made in the field.
title: Public priorities on locally-driven sea level rise planning on the East Coast of the United States
Creators: name: Carpenter, Adam Thomas
Publisher: name: PeerJ Environmental Science
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Sea level rise
subject: Climate change
subject: Preparedness

description: Sea level rise poses a substantial concern to communities worldwide. Increased inundation, storm surge, saltwater intrusion, and other impacts create challenges which will require considerable planning to address. Recognizing the broad and differing scope of sea level rise issues and the variability of policy options to address them, local planning frameworks are necessary in addition to tools and resources available from state and federal governments. To help assess priorities and preferences on sea level rise planning, a survey of 503 persons affiliated with coastal communities on the East Coast of the United States was conducted in December 2017. This survey studied key aspects locally-driven sea level rise plans, including planning priorities, funding options, methods to resolve conflict, and potential responses. Six key findings address these and other concerns to provide the foundation of a locally driven framework for public officials.
title: Digital Campus Podcast - Episode 41 – Interview With Stan Katz
Creators: name: Center For History And New Media
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 2009

description: Originally published by the Center for History and New Media through the Digital Campus podcast (http://digitalcampus.tv). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/).
description: While Tom was out on paternity leave, Dan and Mills took the opportunity to interview Stan Katz (Princeton University). For those who don’t know Stan, he is the past president of the American Council of Learned Societies, an accomplished legal historian and Vice President for Research of the American Historical Association, and a lifetime Chicago [...]
title: Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Regarding Malaria Transmission and Prevention in an Indigenous Maijuna Community: A Qualitative Study in the Peruvian Amazon
Creators: name: Hogan, Kathryn
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Peru
subject: Malaria
subject: Indigenous
subject: Qualitative
subject: Peruvian Amazon

description: In 2018, the World Health Organization reported 228 million cases of malaria worldwide, which led to 405,000 deaths. Over 90% of incident malaria cases in Peru are localized in the Department of Loreto, and many who reside there live in rural, subsistence farming communities that are geographically isolated from existing healthcare services. Therefore, the emphasis on preventive behaviors, such as sleeping under an insecticide treated bed net, using indoor residual spraying in households, as well as early treatment seeking is vital to decreasing transmission. However, the uptake of these behaviors is often dependent upon local malaria knowledge, beliefs, and the idea that malaria is embedded and unavoidable in society. This exploratory case study used semi-structured interviews to examine the knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to malaria prevention among the indigenous Maijuna people of Sucusari, Loreto, Peru. We interviewed 33 community members and performed 31 malaria rapid diagnostic tests. All test results were negative for malaria. Themes that emerged were confusion surrounding malaria transmission, knowledge of methods to prevent malaria, changes in malaria cases over time, treatment-seeking as a common behavior, the belief that medications are effective, and the lifetime use of bed nets. These results should be used as a foundation for further studies among communities in the Peruvian Amazon that have limited access to health services, where culturally resonant, community-based health programming is essential to improving health.
title: La Enseñanza y el Aprendizaje de Español como Lengua Extranjera en Tailandia: Expectativas de Profesores y Motivaciones de Alumnos
Creators: name: Iampramoon, Thammanoon
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Spanish language
subject: Language education

description: Esta investigación tiene como objetivo encontrar las razones por las cuales los estudiantes deciden aprender español, las expectativas de los profesores hacia los estudiantes y los procesos de enseñanza y el aprendizaje del español en Tailandia. Se intenta incorporar las últimas teorías de aprendizaje de ELE para proporcionar un marco teórico con el cual explicar la enseñanza actual del idioma en Tailandia y tratar de hacer sugerencias para mejorarla. La investigación está basada en un estudio experimental realizado a través de entrevistas y cuestionarios a 8 profesores tailandeses, 5 profesores hispanohablantes y 76 estudiantes tailandeses en diferentes niveles de español en dos universidades, complementados con las observaciones hechas por el investigador en catorce clases de español. Los resultados de esta investigación proporcionan información válida sobre qué motivaciones tienen los estudiantes para aprender español, cuáles son las expectativas de los profesores sobre sus clases y estudiantes, y la efectividad de la metodología de enseñanza.
title: Investigating the Augmented Reality Sandbox: An Exploration of the Development and Implementation of a Reproducible STEM Resource in Secondary Education Geoscience
Creators: name: Pollack, Carolyn F
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Augmented reality
subject: Augmented Reality Sandbox
subject: High school earth science
subject: ARS
subject: STEM education and ARS
subject: STEM resources high school

description: This investigation explores the effect of integrating an Augmented Reality Sandbox (ARS) into instruction on topography in a secondary level Earth science course, where it is used to explore the comprehension of spatial concepts by students. The conceptual framework is defined by an examination of the development of integrated science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education in the American education system, the role of engagement in the learning process, and the evolution of augmented reality in teaching and learning. The study includes two samples of assessment score data collected from two sections of a course varied by instructional style, and the data are processed both as a whole and piecewise. Methods include the two-sample t-test, the Ftest for determining equality of variances, and the two-proportion Z-test. The findings show no difference between the mean scores of the two groups, but that students in the class taught with an ARS integrated into their lessons demonstrated higher rates of success on three distinctly spatial questions, whereas students in the class without the ARS showed higher rates of success on two questions that are less based in spatial concepts and more in watershed science. Weaknesses abound in the first iteration of action research on this topic, several of which are explained in conclusion. Future work in several areas is identified, including additional classroom testing for validation of current results, exploration of additional instructional settings for the ARS, and qualitative assessment of recorded interactions of the students with the ARS.
title: Article: David Lerman, "Will Bypass Handle Traffic," June 11, 1986
Creators: name: Lerman, David
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Reston (Va.)
subject: Burke (VA)
subject: Springfield (VA)

description: Textual: Article, copy; 11” x 8.5” (27.9 cm x 21.6 cm)
description: Article by David Lerman entitled "Will Bypass Handle Traffic" dated June 11, 1986 from The Connection. This article discusses a proposed bypass from Springfield, Virginia through Reston, Virginia. This bypass, known today as Fairfax County Parkway, was constructed from 1987 through 2001. In this article, Lerman address concerns of residents from Burke and Reston concerning the design of the bypass. Most were concerned that the four-lane bypass couldn't handle the daily traffic projected. Many believed it would have to be extended to six lanes in the future. Some residents addressed concerns over the size of the median and desired it be reduced from forty-two to eighteen feet. Planned Community Archives Collection, 638.02.02
Automatic knowledge acquisition from superconductivity information in literature
Creators: name: Mitsui, Kento
name: Sasaki, Yutaka
name: Asahi, Ryoji
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified

description: In this study, we developed a natural language processing model for extracting information solely from the abstracts of literature on superconducting materials, with the aim of making predictions for materials science. Using a dataset of tagged documents (annotations) on superconductivity, the DyGIE++ framework was employed for the simultaneous extraction of the named entities, relations, and events. Additionally, a model was developed for classifying the subject material in the abstracts. After training with 1,000 annotated abstracts, the model extracted information, such as the material composition, superconducting transition temperature, doping information, and process information, automatically from 48,565 abstracts registered in the Scopus database since 1937. The numbers of extracted entries concerning superconducting materials and transition temperatures were 43,944 and 24,075, respectively, i.e. equivalent to the number of entries in the existing databases. Machine learning models were constructed to predict physical and chemical properties. For example, the superconducting transition temperatures were predicted for compositions, with a mean absolute error of 15 K. In addition, the doping information indicated that the superconducting transition temperature was correlated with the choice of dopant and doping site.
title: Disruption of a Movement: A Network Analysis of the Assassination of Benazir Bhutto
Creators: name: Shue, Mitchell Y.
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Network
subject: Bhutto
subject: Democratization
subject: Pakistan
subject: Social movements
subject: Network analysis

description: To more accurately understand the impact of the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto on the democratization movement in Pakistan, this thesis study provides a network-oriented analysis of those individuals associated with her either personally, as participants in the movement, or in some other non-obvious way. By using publicly available news sources and data visualization software, this thesis shows the shape of the social network and identifies change agents, opinion leaders, and other actors and groups who might play key roles in the network. The analysis reveals what effect her assassination has had on the shape of the democratization network and on the network’s ability to recover, grow, and develop in order to advance the cause of democracy in Pakistan. While many individuals and small groups became detached from the network when the former Prime Minister was assassinated, based solely on topology, the surviving network showed no signs of imminent collapse or weakness. The subject of this study is intentionally narrow, but the implications and applications of this type of network-oriented analysis in the field of conflict analysis and resolution are numerous. By making use of well-known and widely accepted network theories, together with software tools and algorithms to visualize relationships between individuals and groups, researchers and practitioners can better understand what happens when key individuals and groups are added to or removed from a network. Will the network collapse? Can it repair itself? Will it grow at an increased or decreased rate? Answers to these types of questions form a basis of understanding that can help researchers and practitioners decide what tactical or strategic adjustments might be needed to continue or expand conflict resolution efforts and interventions, or perhaps to even anticipate conflict escalation.
La riforma della società per azioni nel pensiero di Sylos Labini e dei suoi contemporanei (Corporate Law Reform in Sylos Labini’s Thought and His Contemporaries’)
Creators: name: Stella Richter, Mario
Publisher: name: Moneta e Credito
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Sylos Labini, Corporate Law, Italy
subject: B31, K21, K23

description: L'articolo descrive il diritto societario in Italia nel dopoguerra, secondo Paolo Sylos Labini e Tullio Ascarelli.

Questa è la versione riveduta di un discorso tenuto alla conferenza "Paolo Sylos Labini e la politica delle riforme", tenutasi all'Università La Sapienza di Roma il 4 dicembre 2015, organizzata dall'Accademia dei Lincei e dall'Economia civile.

The article describes corporate law in Italy in the Postwar period, as viewed by Paolo Sylos Labini and Tullio Ascarelli.

This is the revised version of a speech given at the conference "Paolo Sylos Labini e la politica delle riforme", held at Sapienza University of Rome on 04 December 2015, organized by the Accademia dei Lincei and Economia civile.

JEL code: B31, K21, K23
description: Moneta e Credito, V. 69, N. 274 (2016): giugno
Strategy for building training set for neural-network potentials for ionic diffusion in solids: example for hydride-ion diffusion in LaHO
Creators: name: Iskandarov, Albert
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Hematology

description: Solid ionic conductors represent an important class of materials for many practical applications, such as fuel cells, batteries and hydrogen storage. Molecular dynamics (MD) modeling is a powerful tool to perform large-scale simulations to study ionic trajectories at the atomic level. However, since MD is critically dependent on the potential of interatomic interactions, it is of utter importance to have the potential that can successfully reproduce experimental aspects of ionic diffusion, such as conductivity and activation energy. In this paper, we present our strategy for building a training set for neural-network potentials (NNPs) that allow to attain a good agreement between MD and experimental results. To prove validity of the strategy, we developed NNP for LaHO, novel H− conductor and explicitly illustrated that the diffusion of the H− ions in LaHO is attributed to the defect formation and migration.
title: Social Networking Sites as Employment Tools
Creators: name: Igoe, Jennifer M.
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Social Networking
subject: Employment
subject: Facebook
subject: LinkedIn

description: Social networking sites have steadily gained in popularity since their introduction more than 10 years ago. As people increasingly count co-workers and other acquaintances among their networked “friends” on such sites, a natural extension is to use the sites as employment tools. However, while social networking sites are starting to support employment search and recruiting practices, many of their users remain unaware of their inherent professional networking capabilities. This thesis presents preliminary findings about the use of social networking sites by both employers and job-seekers, and provides an exploration of what these findings say about the rhetorical use of social networking sites—including a consideration of the implications and issues associated with the fusion of professional and social networking.
CO2 adsorption on the (111) surface of fcc-structure high entropy alloys
Creators: name: Hinuma, Yoyo
name: Mori, Kohsuke
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Space Science
subject: Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Medicine
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: High entropy alloys (HEAs), obtained by alloying five or more elements, can exhibit unique characteristics. The CO2 adsorption capabilities of fcc structure HEAs consisting of five elements among Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ru, Rh, Pd, Ag, Ir, Pt, and Au were evaluated by conducting first-principles calculations of the CO2 adsorption energy. HEAs could be categorized into ‘binding’, ‘less binding’, and ‘inconclusive’ HEAs, where there were 27, 23, and 10 HEAs each, respectively, out of 60 randomly chosen HEAs. ‘binding’ HEAs are defined as having low CO2 adsorption energy sites of less than −0.08 eV, which is difficult to attain with elementary substances or binary alloys. These low adsorption energy, or more active, sites are found near on-top positions of the HEA surface, whereas CO2 does not adsorb at such positions in ‘less binding’ HEAs. Calculating CO2 adsorption energies could be a useful tool to check whether a specific HEA is ‘binding’ or ‘less binding’ prior to conducting extensive experiments.