cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Ρητορική του μίσους στο διαδίκτυο
Creators: name: Αποστόλου Δήμητρα, Παναγιώτη
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2017
Subjects: Ρητορική του μίσους
Διαδίκτυο
Νομοθεσία
Hate speech
Internet
Legislation

description: Σκοπός της παρούσας διατριβής ήταν η μελέτη της ρητορικής του μίσους , κατά άλλη διατύπωση του μισαλλόδοξου λόγου υπό το πρίσμα της τέλεσης του μέσω του διαδικτύου. Εξετάσαμε την ανωτέρω πρακτική ως ένα κοινωνικό πρωτίστως αλλά και νομικό φαινόμενο. Αρχικά αναλύσαμε τη γενεσιουργό αιτία του φαινομένου , δηλαδή το ρατσισμό προσπαθώντας να προσεγγίσουμε επιστημονικά την ιδεολογία του. Στη συνέχεια παρουσιάσαμε αναλυτικά το μεγάλο συνταγματικό δίλλημα ανάμεσα στην προστασία κατά του ρατσισμού και της ελευθερίας της έκφρασης. Ακόμη αναφερθήκαμε αναλυτικά στο ρόλο που διαδραματίζουν τα μέσα κοινωνικής δικτύωσης και τα μέσα μαζικής επικοινωνίας στη διάδοση του μισαλλόδοξου λόγου. Ένα άλλο θέμα που θίξαμε ήταν το ισχύον νομοθετικό πλαίσιο στην Ελλάδα ενώ ασχοληθήκαμε επιπλέον με τα εγκλήματα μίσους και την αντιμετώπιση της ρητορικής του μίσους σε επίπεδο διεθνούς έννομης ταξης.
description: The aim of the present thesis was the study of hate speech in the light of its conduct on the Internet. We have considered this practice as a social, primarily, but also a legal phenomenon. We first analyzed the root cause of the phenomenon, namely racism, trying to scientifically approach its ideology. We then presented in detail the great constitutional dilemma between protection against racism and freedom of expression. We have also discussed in detail the role played by social media and the media in the spread of intolerant language. Another issue we raised was the current legislative framework in Greece, and we also dealt with the hate crimes and the treatment of the hate speech at the international legal order level.
Changing the branching mechanism of a continuous state branching process using immigration
Creators: name: Abraham, Romain
name: Delmas, Jean-Francois
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We construct a continuous state branching process with immigration (CBI) whose immigration depends on the CBI itself and we recover a continuous state branching process (CB). This provides a dual construction of the pruning at nodes of CB introduced by the authors in a previous paper. This construction is a natural way to model neutral mutation. Using exponential formula, we compute the probability of extinction of the original type population in a critical or sub-critical quadratic branching, conditionally on the non extinction of the total population.
Discolopeus Stiller 2019, gen.n.
Creators: name: Stiller, Michael
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadellidae
Discolopeus

description: Discolopeus gen.n.
 Type species Discolopeus diacaenus sp.n.
Descriptions and illustrations of the genus and its included species were provided by Stiller (2019). In accordance with Article 67.2 of Chapter 15 of the ICZN (1999), the type repositories are as follows. Acronyms are BMNH (The Natural History Museum), London, UK; INHS (Illinois Natural History Survey), Champaign, Illinois, USA; SANC (The National Collection of Insects), Pretoria, RSA.
description: Published as part of Stiller, Michael, 2019, Validation of Discolopeus Stiller, 2019 and corrections to figures, pp. 189-191 in Zootaxa 4585 (1) on page 189, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4585.1.11, http://zenodo.org/record/2636169
Probabilistic Motion Planning for Automated Vehicles
Creators: name: Naumann, Maximilian
Publisher: name: KIT Scientific Publishing
Year: 2020
Subjects: Bewegungsplanung
Planung unter Unsicherheiten
Entscheidungsfindung
Automatisiertes Fahren
POMDP
Motion Planning
Planning under Uncertainty
Decision-Making
Automated Vehicles

description: In motion planning for automated vehicles, a thorough uncertainty consideration is crucial to facilitate safe and convenient driving behavior. This work presents three motion planning approaches which are targeted towards the predominant uncertainties in different scenarios, along with an extended safety verification framework. The approaches consider uncertainties from imperfect perception, occlusions and limited sensor range, and also those in the behavior of other traffic participants.
Self-regulated reionization
Creators: name: Iliev, Ilian T.
name: Mellema, Garrelt
name: Shapiro, Paul R.
name: Pen, Ue-Li
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Recently, we have presented the first large-scale radiative transfer simulations of reionization. Here we present new simulations which extend the source halo mass range downward to 10^8M_solar, to capture the full range of halo masses thought to be primarily responsible for reionization by their star formation following atomic hydrogen radiative cooling and gravitational collapse. Haloes below about 10^9M_solar, however, are subject to Jeans-mass filtering in the ionized regions, which suppresses their baryonic content and their ability to release ionizing radiation. By including these smaller-mass haloes but accounting for their suppression, too, we find that reionization is ``self-regulating,'' as follows. As the mean ionized fraction rises, so does the fraction of the volume within which suppression occurs. Hence, the degree of suppression is related to the mean ionized fraction. Since low-mass haloes with high emissivity achieve a given mean ionized fraction earlier than do those with low efficiency, Jeans-mass filtering compensates for the difference in the emissivity of the suppressible haloes in these two cases. As a result, in the presence of lower-mass source haloes, reionization begins earlier, but the later stages of reionization and the time of overlap are dictated by the efficiency of the higher-mass haloes, independent of the efficiency of the suppressible, lower-mass haloes. Reionization histories consistent with current observational constraints are shown to be achievable with standard stellar sources in haloes above 10^8M_solar. Neither minihalos nor exotic sources are required, and the phenomenon of ``double reionization'' previously suggested does not occur. (abridged)
description: 16 pages, 10 figures, most in color. MNRAS, in print. Replaced to match the accepted version. High-quality images and movies can be found at http://www.cita.utoronto.ca/~iliev/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=reionization_sims
Influence Through Mixing: Hotspots as Benchmarks for Basic Black-Hole Behaviour
Creators: name: Kaplanek, G.
name: Burgess, C. P.
name: Holman, R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Effective theories are being developed for fields outside black holes, often with an unusual open-system feel due to the influence of large number of degrees of freedom that lie out of reach beyond the horizon. What is often difficult when interpreting such theories is the absence of comparisons to simpler systems that share these features. We propose here such a simple model, involving a single external scalar field that mixes in a limited region of space with a `hotspot' containing a large number of hot internal degrees of freedom. Since the model is at heart gaussian it can be solved explicitly, and we do so for the mode functions and correlation functions for the external field once the hotspot fields are traced out. We compare with calculations that work perturbatively in the mixing parameter, and by doing so can precisely identify its domain of validity. We also show how renormalization-group EFT methods can allow some perturbative contributions to be resummed beyond leading order, verifying the result using the exact expression.
description: 29 pages + appendices, 6 figures v2) now published in JHEP, typos fixed
Anemia and Associated Factors among Drought Affected Children Aged 6-59 Months
Creators: name: Haji Aman Deybasso, Shimeles Ololo Sinkie
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2019

description: Background:- Ethiopia had been facing a massive drought worsened by the 2015 El Niño. However, there was paucity of data on prevalence of anemia where food insecurity was heightened due to climate shock. Objective:-The objective of this study was to assess the prevalence of anemia and associated factors among drought affected children aged 6-59 months in Doddota District. Methods: - A community based cross sectional study design was conducted using simple random sampling technique to select the study participants. A structured questionnaire administered to a mother/caregiver, blood sample and Anthropometric data were collected for each child. Bivariate and Multi-variable logistic regression analysis with odds ratio of 95 % confidence interval was used to assess the association between independent and dependent variables. Results:- A total of 422 mothers/children were participated in the study. The overall prevalence of anemia was 48.3% [CI: 43.61, 53.10].The lowest mean haemoglobin level (10.2gm/dl) was observed among children age 6 to 11 months. Except for age group 36 to 47 months, there was a significant mean haemoglobin difference between lower age groups and children age 48 to 59 months(P-value <0.001). In multiple logistic regression analysis, children aged 6 to 11months[AOR= 9.2,(95%CI:3.57, 24.11)], children in rural areas [AOR =2.0,(CI:1.26, 3.27)],children of mothers with no education [AOR =2.7, (95% CI: 1.20, 6.15)],stunted children [AOR= 1.7, (95% CI: 1.01, 3.14)], and children with history of vaccination [AOR=0.10,(95% CI:0.12,0.79)] were found to have a significant association with anemia. Conclusion: -The prevalence of anemia was high compared to WHO cut off points (>40%).Child age, place of residence, maternal educational level, stunting, and vaccination history were the predicting factors of childhood anemia. Key words: Anemia, children, Drought, Doddota, Ethiopia
Η επιβολή περιορισμών στην ιδιωτική αυτονομία των πασχόντων από μεταδοτικά νοσήματα προς όφελος της δημόσιας υγείας
Creators: name: Ευαγγελοπούλου, Ευρυδίκη Θεοχάρη
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2017
Subjects: Μεταδοτικά νοσήματα
Αυτονομία ασθενούς
Δημόσια υγεία
Contagious diseases
Patient autonomy
Public health

description: Σκοπός της διπλωματικής εργασίας ήταν η εξέταση του ζητήματος των επιβαλλόμενων ορίων στην ιδιωτική αυτονομία των πασχόντων από μεταδοτικά νοσήματα, όταν αυτή έρχεται σε σύγκρουση με τη δημόσια υγεία και κατ’ επέκταση με την προστασία του δημοσίου συμφέροντος. Στην πρώτη ενότητα εξετάστηκε η έννοια και τα είδη των μεταδοτικών νοσημάτων, ούτως ώστε ο αναγνώστης να αντιληφθεί την ιδιαιτερότητα της φύσης τους. Στη συνέχεια, αναφέρθηκαν τα εφαρμοζόμενα κύρια μέτρα πρόληψης, με χαρακτηριστικότερο και σπουδαιότερο αυτών τον εμβολιασμό του πληθυσμού, καθώς και οι βασικές πολιτικές αντιμετώπισης των μεταδοτικών νοσημάτων, τόσο σε επίπεδο Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης όσο και σε παγκόσμια κλίμακα. Στη δεύτερη ενότητα αναλύθηκε το θεσμικό πλαίσιο προστασίας του ασθενούς στην ελληνική έννομη τάξη (αρχή «ενημερωμένης συναίνεσης», δικαίωμα πληροφοριακής αυτοδιάθεσης και ιατρικό απόρρητο). Τέλος, αντικείμενο μελέτης αποτέλεσε η σύγκρουση μεταξύ ιδιωτικής αυτονομίας και δημοσίου συμφέροντος, η οποία είναι δυνατόν να οδηγήσει -αποκλειστικά και μόνο σε εξαιρετικές και επείγουσες συνθήκες- στην επιβολή συγκεκριμένων περιορισμών της πρώτης προς όφελος του δευτέρου.
description: The aim of the present thesis was to examine the issue of the limits imposed on the private autonomy of patients suffering from contagious diseases, when it is in conflict with the public health and by extension, with the protection of the public interest. In the first section, the meaning and the types of contagious diseases were examined, so that the reader perceives their specific nature. Furthermore, the main preventive measures and policies against contagious diseases were mentioned. In the second section, the basic principles regarding the patient’s protection within the Greek legal framework were perused ("informed consent", informational self-determination and medical confidentiality). Finally, the conflict between private autonomy and public interest was studied, which may lead -exclusively in exceptional and urgent circumstances- to the imposition of specific constraints on the former for the benefit of the latter.
The Roles of Integrative Systems in Fighting Corruption in Alamata Woreda, Tigray Regional State
Creators: name: Gosa Setu
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2017

description: Anti-corruption education is an essential tool for fighting corruption, but it is not adequate means of fighting it. The roles of the integrative efforts of different sectors and actors are imperative means of fighting corruption but its roles have not been far studied. Therefore, the objective of this study is to assess the roles of integrative systems in fighting corruption in Alamata Woreda. The data collected through key informants and focused group discussions, as well as secondary sources, were critically analyzed. As a result, the integrative roles of police officers, courts and prosecutors have also contributed very crucial roles to fight corruption in the woreda. Tigray Regional State General Auditor also plays a great role in accounting, financial and material management. In addition to this, strict follow up of higher and middle-level leaders, and follow up of a budget by standing committee from federal parliament and Tigray regional state council have also contributed a great role in fighting corruption. Interim-Audit also plays a vital role to fight corruption in the woreda. In addition to this, the advisor roles of internal auditors are also performing vital activities in fighting corruption. Besides, the managers of the Alamata woreda are strengthening the procurement units with hiring qualified and experienced procurement specialists and implementing accountability mechanisms through enhanced internal auditing capabilities. The business communities of Alamata Woreda in collaboration with the woreda administration and community elders are also contributing their respective roles in fighting corruption in all its forms. It also makes businesses stronger and more ethical. Besides, awareness creation through manuals, directives, rules, and regulations of the government bodies at different levels are also helping the woreda as working tool in fighting corruption. Further, to fight corruption, anti-corruption policies, strategies, and mechanisms must be dynamic, integrated and holistic.
Discolopeus diacaenus Stiller 2019, sp.n.
Creators: name: Stiller, Michael
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadellidae
Discolopeus
Discolopeus diacaenus

description: Discolopeus diacaenus sp.n.
Holotype male in SANC. Paratypes in BMNH, INHS and SANC.
description: Published as part of Stiller, Michael, 2019, Validation of Discolopeus Stiller, 2019 and corrections to figures, pp. 189-191 in Zootaxa 4585 (1) on page 189, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4585.1.11, http://zenodo.org/record/2636169
Predictors of Long Acting and Permanents Contraceptive Methods Utilization among Married Women of Reproductive Age in Adama Town, Oromia Region, South East Ethiopia, 2014
Creators: name: Ashenafi Habtamu Regesu, Gebi Agero Genemo
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2019

description: Back ground: Unintended pregnancy, resulting from unmet need for contraception, threatens the lives and wellbeing of women and their families globally. Long acting and permanents contraceptive methods are safe and cost-effective for women who desire to delay or limit births that do not require daily user compliance, yet they are largely underutilized. Objective: The objective of this study was to assess predictors of long acting and permanent contraceptive methods utilization among married women of reproductive age in Adama town, Oromia Region, South East Ethiopia, 2014. Methods: Community based cross sectional study design was used with qualitative data collection methods of focus group discussion. Quantitative data was entered and cleaned using Epi Info version 3.5 and exported to SPSS version 20 for analysis. Descriptive statistics was done to explore the study variables. To identify the Association between dependent and independent variables logistic regression was done with 95% confidence interval at p- value of 0.05. Result: Overall proportion of long acting and permanent contraceptives methods utilization among married women of reproductive age was 33.8 % and the mean age of the respondents was 28.37 (SD±7.94) years. Of those who had interviewed, 160 (67.7%) reported their all children were planned and when asked if they would like to have more children 144 (61.0%) clients responded in the positive ways, of those who wanted more children 119 (82.6%) wanted their next birth after four to five years. Out of clients interviewed, 178 (75.4%) made joint decision with their partner. Finally, age 40-44 years were almost four times more likely to utilize LAPMs than women whose age were between 15-19 years [AOR = 4.27, CI:2.78-5.78]. Conclusion: This study identified 33.8 % of overall prevalence of long acting and permanent contractive methods utilization in the study area. Women age, desire to have additional children and contraceptive decision making were identified as predictor factors associated with long acting and permanents contraceptive methods utilization. In the mean time we recommend, Adama town Health office should work hard in order to improve the overall level of long acting and permanent contraceptive methods utilization.
Relative clauses, low tones, story transcription
Creators: name: Gomon, Chrystelle Mélanie Doudjon
name: Méyandjui, Marcel Paul Djeke
name: Jarvis, Rebecca
name: Russell, Katherine
name: Kapner, Julianne
name: Kouadio, Timothée
name: Messinger, Renée
Publisher: name: California Language Archive, University of California, Berkeley
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: ebr

description: Elicitation of contradictions and pronouns in temporal clauses. Translation of Moya story from ebr_syd_20220709.
A gauge-invariant mechanism for quark confinement and a new approach to the mass gap problem
Creators: name: Kondo, Kei-Ichi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We give a gauge-invariant description of the dual superconductivity for deriving quark confinement and mass gap in Yang-Mills theory.
description: 7 pages, proceedings of SCGT06 workshop
Assessment of Challenges to Civics and Ethical Education in Ethiopian Secondary Schools
Creators: name: Gosa Setu Tafese
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2018

description: Civics and Ethical Education was expected to produce responsible citizens and regulate human conduct in a good manner. As a result, it has been apparently introduced to the Ethiopian schools at different grade levels and tertiary level as well. However, challenges to Civics and Ethical Education in Ethiopian particularly, in Secondary School have not been well studied. This article, therefore, employed qualitative research approach to assess the challenges to Civics and Ethical Education in Ethiopian secondary schools. Accordingly, pedagogical gaps, lack of appropriate professionals on the field of the study, less emphasis and attention on developing proper skills of enquiry and communication of the learners, the absence of democratic acting and learning at schools, lack of appropriate and updated teaching methodology and materials, lack of character building, imbalance of the contents of civics and ethics, lack of opportunity of the learners to practice and exercise what they have acquired in class, and existence of unnecessary content redundancy at different grade levels are challenging the very essence and aims of Civics and Ethical Education in Ethiopian secondary schools. Generally, misbehave and abuse power of Parents, Students and Teachers Association and their low involvement in the affairs of their respective schools and improper mode of delivery of Civics and Ethical Education are also slow downing the effort of producing critical, responsible and participatory students. Recommended solutions include school community should be exemplary for students, Civics and Ethical Education curriculum and teaching materials should be developed by appropriate, experienced and qualified experts.
Comparison of dynamical multifragmentation models
Creators: name: Rizzo, J.
name: Colonna, M.
name: Ono, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Multifragmentation scenarios, as predicted by antisymmetrized molecular dynamics (AMD) or momentum-dependent stochastic mean-field (BGBD) calculations are compared. While in the BGBD case fragment emission is clearly linked to the spinodal decomposition mechanism, i.e. to mean-field instabilities, in AMD many-body correlations have a stronger impact on the fragmentation dynamics and clusters start to appear at earlier times. As a consequence, fragments are formed on shorter time scales in AMD, on about equal footing of light particle pre-equilibrium emission. Conversely, in BGBD pre-equilibrium and fragment emissions happen on different time scales and are related to different mechanisms.
Minor Merger Origin for the Circumnuclear Starburst in NGC 7742
Creators: name: Mazzuca, L. M.
name: Sarzi, M.
name: Knapen, J. H.
name: Veilleux, S.
name: Swaters, R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present an emission-line diagnostic analysis of integral-field spectroscopic observations that cover the central kiloparsec of NGC 7742. This Sa galaxy hosts a spectacular nuclear starburst ring and nuclear regions characterized by low-ionization emission. The gas in the ring rotates in the opposite sense to the stars in the galaxy, suggesting a recent merging or acquisition event. The combination of integral-field measurements for the H-alpha + [NII] emission lines from DensePak and the H-beta and [OIII] emission from Sauron allow the construction of diagnostic diagrams that highlight the transition from star formation in the nuclear ring to excitation by high-velocity shocks or by a central AGN towards the center. DensePak measurements for the [SII] line ratio reveal very low gas densities in the nuclear ring, Ne < 100 per cm^3, characteristic of massive HII regions. Comparison with MAPPINGS III models for starbursts with low gas densities show that the ring is of roughly solar metallicity. This suggests that the gas in the nuclear ring originated in a stellar system capable of substantially enriching the gas metallicity through sustained star formation. We suggest that NGC 7742 cannibalised a smaller galaxy rich in metal-poor gas, and that star formation episodes in the ring have since increased the metallicity to its present value.
description: 4 figures
Qubit Heating Near a Hotspot
Creators: name: Kaplanek, G.
name: Burgess, C. P.
name: Holman, R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Effective theories describing black hole exteriors contain many open-system features due to the large number of gapless degrees of freedom that lie beyond reach across the horizon. A simple solvable Caldeira-Leggett type model of a quantum field interacting within a small area with many unmeasured thermal degrees of freedom was recently proposed in arXiv:2106.09854 to provide a toy model of this kind of dynamics against which more complete black hole calculations might be compared. We here compute the response of a simple Unruh-DeWitt detector (or qubit) interacting with a massless quantum field $ϕ$ coupled to such a hotspot. Our treatment differs from traditional treatments of Unruh-DeWitt detectors by using Open-EFT tools to reliably calculate the qubit's late-time behaviour. We use these tools to determine the efficiency with which the qubit thermalizes as a function of its proximity to the hotspot. We identify a Markovian regime in which thermalization does occur, though only for qubits closer to the hotspot than a characteristic distance scale set by the $ϕ$-hotspot coupling. We compute the thermalization time, and find that it varies inversely with the $ϕ$-qubit coupling strength in the standard way.
description: 16 pages + appendices, 1 figure v2) now published in JHEP, typos fixed
Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Image Synthesis with Contrast-Aware Generative Adversarial Networks
Creators: name: Denck, Jonas
name: Guehring, Jens
name: Maier, Andreas
name: Rothgang, Eva
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Image and Video Processing (eess.IV)
subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: A Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) exam typically consists of the acquisition of multiple MR pulse sequences, which are required for a reliable diagnosis. Each sequence can be parameterized through multiple acquisition parameters affecting MR image contrast, signal-to-noise ratio, resolution, or scan time. With the rise of generative deep learning models, approaches for the synthesis of MR images are developed to either synthesize additional MR contrasts, generate synthetic data, or augment existing data for AI training. However, current generative approaches for the synthesis of MR images are only trained on images with a specific set of acquisition parameter values, limiting the clinical value of these methods as various sets of acquisition parameter settings are used in clinical practice. Therefore, we trained a generative adversarial network (GAN) to generate synthetic MR knee images conditioned on various acquisition parameters (repetition time, echo time, image orientation). This approach enables us to synthesize MR images with adjustable image contrast. In a visual Turing test, two experts mislabeled 40.5% of real and synthetic MR images, demonstrating that the image quality of the generated synthetic and real MR images is comparable. This work can support radiologists and technologists during the parameterization of MR sequences by previewing the yielded MR contrast, can serve as a valuable tool for radiology training, and can be used for customized data generation to support AI training.
Optical probe of electrostatic doping in an n-type Mott insulator
Creators: name: Nakamura, M.
name: Sawa, A.
name: Sato, H.
name: Akoh, H.
name: Kawasaki, M.
name: Tokura, Y.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Electrostatic doping into an $n$-type Mott insulator Sm$_{2}$CuO$_{4}$ has been successfully achieved with use of the heterojunction with an $n$-type band semiconductor Nb-doped SrTiO$_{3}$. The junction exhibits rectifying current-voltage characteristics due to the interface band discontinuity and the formation of depleted region. The application of reverse bias electric field on this junction enables the field-effect electron doping (presumably up to 6% per Cu atom) to the Mott insulator. The electro-modulation absorption spectroscopy could clearly show a large modification of the Mott-gap state accompanying the spectral weight transfer to the lower-energy region, reminiscent of formation of a metallic state.
description: 4 figures
MPEC 2024-T87 : 2024 TK1
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: 2024 TK1

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Σύνθεση μικροταινιακών κατευθυντικών συζευκτών και διαιρετών ισχύος και δημιουργία γραφικού περιβάλλοντος χρήστη με το λογισμικό MATLAB
Creators: name: Αμοιρίδης, Πέτρος Αναστασίου
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2017
Subjects: Σύνθεση μικροκυματικών διατάξεων
Συζεύκτης Ισχύος
Διαιρέτης Ισχύος
Branch-line hybrid, Wilkinson Power Coupler, Coupled line directional coupler
MATLAB (MATrix LABoratory)
Graphical User Interface - GUI

description: Η σχεδίαση σύνθετων μικροκυματικών διατάξεων, βάση των απαιτούμενων αρχικών προδιαγραφών λειτουργίας τους, είναι μια πολύπλοκη διαδικασία που απαιτεί την χρήση σύγχρονων λογισμικών ηλεκτρομαγνητικής ανάλυσης, μοντελοποίησης και προσομοίωσης. Ωστόσο, για το αρχικό στάδιο σχεδιασμού απλών μικροκυματικών διατάξεων, που συνήθως αποτελούν επιμέρους τμήματα ολοκληρωμένων συστημάτων, απαιτείται ένας άμεσος και προσεγγιστικός υπολογισμός των γεωμετρικών χαρακτηριστικών τους, ο οποίος θα δώσει στον σχεδιαστή την δυνατότητα να εξάγει χρήσιμα συμπεράσματα για την επίδραση των επιμέρους παραμέτρων στη λειτουργία της διάταξης, αλλά και την περαιτέρω βελτίωσή της στη συνέχεια. Η αρχική αυτή σύνθεση βασίζεται σε απλές στατικές λύσεις κλειστής μορφής, που είναι κατά βάση προσεγγιστικές και ισχύουν κυρίως για χαμηλές συχνότητες. Αντικείμενο της παρούσας διπλωματικής εργασίας είναι η δημιουργία μιας εφαρμογής υπολογισμού των παραμέτρων σχεδίασης και προσομοίωσης βασικών μικροκυματικών διατάξεων, με χρήση του λογισμικού MATLAB (MATRix LABoratory) και του ενσωματωμένου εργαλείου MATLAB GUIDE για τη δημιουργία γραφικού περιβάλλοντος χρήστη (Graphical User Interface - GUI)
description: The design of composite microwave devices, based on their required initial operating specifications, is a complex process that requires the use of modern software for electromagnetic analysis, modeling and simulation. However, for the initial stage of designing simple microwave devices, which are usually integral parts of integrated systems, a direct and approximate calculation of their geometric characteristics is required to enable the designer to extract useful conclusions on the effect of the individual parameters on the operation the layout, but also to further improve it afterwards. This initial synthesis is based on simple static closed form solutions, which are essentially approximate and are mainly applied to low frequencies. The subject of this diploma thesis is to create an application for calculating and simulating basic microwave design parameters using MATLAB (MATRIX LABoratory) and the built-in MATLAB GUIDE tool to create a GUI.
ÐArcher: Detecting On-Chain-Off-Chain Synchronization Bugs in Decentralized Applications
Creators: name: Zhang, Wuqi
name: Wei, Lili
name: Li, Shuqing
name: Liu, Yepang
name: Cheung, Shing-Chi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Software Engineering (cs.SE)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: D.2.5

description: Since the emergence of Ethereum, blockchain-based decentralized applications (DApps) have become increasingly popular and important. To balance the security, performance, and costs, a DApp typically consists of two layers: an on-chain layer to execute transactions and store crucial data on the blockchain and an off-chain layer to interact with users. A DApp needs to synchronize its off-chain layer with the on-chain layer proactively. Otherwise, the inconsistent data in the off-chain layer could mislead users and cause undesirable consequences, e.g., loss of transaction fees. However, transactions sent to the blockchain are not guaranteed to be executed and could even be reversed after execution due to chain reorganization. Such non-determinism in the transaction execution is unique to blockchain. DApp developers may fail to perform the on-chain-off-chain synchronization accurately due to their lack of familiarity with the complex transaction lifecycle. In this work, we investigate the challenges of synchronizing on-chain and off-chain data in Ethereum-based DApps. We present two types of bugs that could result in inconsistencies between the on-chain and off-chain layers. To help detect such on-chain-off-chain synchronization bugs, we introduce a state transition model to guide the testing of DApps and propose two effective oracles to facilitate the automatic identification of bugs. We build the first testing framework, DArcher, to detect on-chain-off-chain synchronization bugs in DApps. We have evaluated DArcher on 11 popular real-world DApps. DArcher achieves high precision (99.3%), recall (87.6%), and accuracy (89.4%) in bug detection and significantly outperforms the baseline methods. It has found 15 real bugs in the 11 DApps. So far, six of the 15 bugs have been confirmed by the developers, and three have been fixed. These promising results demonstrate the usefulness of DArcher.
description: Accepted by the 29th ACM Joint European Software Engineering Conference and Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering (ESEC/FSE 2021)
THE MAGNITUDE OF ANAEMIA AND THE ASSOCIATION OF NUTRITIONAL STATUS AND DIETARY INTAKE AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN IN SOUTHEAST OF OROMIA REGION, ETHIOPIA: A COMMUNITY BASED CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY
Creators: name: Abebe Ferede And Roza Amdemikae
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2019

description: Objective: This study aimed to determine the magnitude of anaemia and the association of nutritional status and dietary intake among pregnant women in Southeast of Oromia region, Ethiopia: Methods: Community based cross-sectional study was conducted. Sample size was determined using Gpower computer software. Multistage sampling method was used to select districts, households and 825 pregnant women. Blood samples were taken by using Microcuvettes and analyzed with HemoCue Hb 301®Analyzer. Maternal nutrition status, dietary sources and meal frequency and iron/folic supplementation were assessed using questionnaires and measurements. Data were entered with EpiData 3.0 version and analyzed by SPPS version 20. Results: Eight hundred eight study participants were involved in this study and the rest 17 of them were sick and not included in the study. The prevalence of anaemia among pregnant women was 355(43. 94 %). On multivariate analysis, Mid Upper Aram Circumference <21cm had Adjusted Odds Ratio (AOR): 2.9 and Confidence Interval (CI): 2.4-3.2), Illiterate-primary level education (AOR: 4.1, 95%CI: 3.9-5.1), monthly income (AOR: 3.6, 95% CI: 3.1-4.5), not supplied iron/folate (AOR: 8.3, 95%CI: 7.1-12.5) were statistically significant association with anaemia and twice meal frequency among study participants had 4.7 times risk of anaemia compared to those had quadric meal (OR: 4.78 CI: 3.57- 6.44). Conclusions: High prevalence of anaemia (43.94%) was found among pregnant women in the study area. maternal age malnutrition, illiterate-primary education, income, not supplied iron/folate were risk factors for developing anaemia. Therefore, it is essential to strength the implementation of Essential Nutritional Action and increase accessibility and quality of antenatal care.
A REVIEW ON THE DIVERSE EFFECTS OF D-PINITOL
Creators: name: P.Anandakumar, M.K.Vanitha
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2018

description: D-Pinitol, a mono-methylated form of D-chiro-inositol, was identified as an active principle in soy foods and legumes. Mature and dried soybean seeds contain up to 1% D-pinitol. D-pinitol functions in plants as an osmolyte by improving the tolerance to drought stress or heat stress. Pinitol has well-known insulinlike eﬀects. In addition, D-pinitol possess multifunctional properties, including feeding stimulant, antiinflammatory, cardioprotective, anti-hyperlipidemic and creatine retention promotion properties. Recent studies have shown potential chemotherapeutic efficacy against cancers of the lung, bladder and breast. In addition, D-pinitol has been reported to reduce metastasis of human lung cancers. This review is an attempt to summarize the different effects of D-Pinitol in a brief manner.
The NMSSM Close to the R-symmetry Limit and Naturalness in $h \to aa$ Decays for $m_a<2\mb$
Creators: name: Dermisek, Radovan
name: Gunion, John F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Dominant decay of a SM-like Higgs boson into particles beyond those contained in the minimal supersymmetric standard model has been identified as a natural scenario to avoid fine tuning in electroweak symmetry breaking while satisfying all LEP limits. In the simplest such extension, the next-to-minimal supersymmetric model, the lightest CP-even Higgs boson can decay into two pseudoscalars. In the scenario with least fine tuning the lightest CP-even Higgs boson has mass of order 100 GeV. In order to escape LEP limits it must decay to a pair of the lightest CP-odd Higgs bosons with Br(h -> aa)>.7 and m_a<2m_b (so that a -> τ^+ τ^- or light quarks and gluons). The mass of the lightest CP-odd Higgs boson is controlled by the soft-trilinear couplings, A_λ(m_Z) and A_κ(m_Z). We identify the region of parameter space where this situation occurs and discuss how natural this scenario is. It turns out that in order to achieve m_a < 2 m_b with A_λ(m_Z), A_κ(m_Z) of order the typical radiative corrections, the required tuning of trilinear couplings need not be larger than 5-10 %. Further, the necessity for this tuning can be eliminated in specific SUSY breaking scenarios. Quite interestingly, Br(h -> aa) is typically above 70 % in this region of parameter space and thus an appropriately large value requires no additional tuning.
description: 33 pages, 25 figures
Discolopeus lissus Stiller 2019, sp.n.
Creators: name: Stiller, Michael
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadellidae
Discolopeus
Discolopeus lissus

description: Discolopeus lissus sp.n.
Holotype male in SANC. Paratypes in BMNH, INHS and SANC.
description: Published as part of Stiller, Michael, 2019, Validation of Discolopeus Stiller, 2019 and corrections to figures, pp. 189-191 in Zootaxa 4585 (1) on page 189, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4585.1.11, http://zenodo.org/record/2636169
Challenges to the Implementation of Community Policing in Mekelle City Administration
Creators: name: Gosa Setu And Angesom Tekle
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2017

description: Community policing is aimed at discovering and resolving community problems though a number of challenges are affecting it. But these challenges are inadequate in the scientific literature. Consequently, the objective of this paper is to assess the challenges that are affecting the implementation of community policing in Mekelle City based on primary and secondary data. Both qualitative and quantitative research approaches were employed. The data collected through key informants and focus group discussion were analyzed critically.183 questionnaires from the 188 questionnaire were found eligible for analysis. The findings show that inadequacy of know-how about community policing, low public trust in the police, weak police-community relations, low participation of community in community policing initiatives, insufficient media coverage of community policing activities, low participation of business community, frequent staff rotation, lack of sufficient resource to support community policing activities are the challenges that are affecting the implementation of community policing in Mekelle City Administration. Therefore, to ensure the success of community policing the important actions to be necessarily taken is to develop the awareness of the community about the practice of community policing.
Regular braneworlds with nonlinear bulk-fluids
Creators: name: Antoniadis, Ignatios
name: Cotsakis, Spiros
name: Klaoudatou, Ifigeneia
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We construct a regular five-dimensional brane-world with localised gravity on a flat 3-brane. The matter content in the bulk is parametrised by an analog of a non-linear fluid with equation of state $p=γρ^λ$ between the `pressure' $p$ and the `density' $ρ$ dependent on the 5th dimension. For $γ$ negative and $λ>1$, the null energy condition is satisfied, and the geometry is free of singularities within finite distance from the brane, while the induced four-dimensional Planck mass is finite.
description: 37 pages, 6 figures, final version matches published one
Exploring Complex Networks through Random Walks
Creators: name: Costa, Luciano da Fontoura
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability (physics.data-an)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Most real complex networks -- such as protein interactions, social contacts, the internet -- are only partially known and available to us. While the process of exploring such networks in many cases resembles a random walk, it becomes a key issue to investigate and characterize how effectively the nodes and edges of such networks can be covered by different strategies. At the same time, it is critically important to infer how well can topological measurements such as the average node degree and average clustering coefficient be estimated during such network explorations. The present article addresses these problems by considering random and Barabási-Albert (BA) network models with varying connectivity explored by three types of random walks: traditional, preferential to untracked edges, and preferential to unvisited nodes. A series of relevant results are obtained, including the fact that random and BA models with the same size and average node degree allow similar node and edge coverage efficiency, the identification of linear scaling with the size of the network of the random walk step at which a given percentage of the nodes/edges is covered, and the critical result that the estimation of the averaged node degree and clustering coefficient by random walks on BA networks often leads to heavily biased results. Many are the theoretical and practical implications of such results.
description: 5 pages, 5 figures
Discolopeus colopeus Stiller 2019, sp.n.
Creators: name: Stiller, Michael
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadellidae
Discolopeus
Discolopeus colopeus

description: Discolopeus colopeus sp.n.
Holotype male in SANC. Paratypes in BMNH, INHS and SANC.
description: Published as part of Stiller, Michael, 2019, Validation of Discolopeus Stiller, 2019 and corrections to figures, pp. 189-191 in Zootaxa 4585 (1) on page 189, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4585.1.11, http://zenodo.org/record/2636169
Assessment of Neonatal Mortality in Women Who Gave Birth Recently: A Community Based Cross Sectional Study in Lume District of Oromia Region, Eastern Ethiopia
Creators: name: Shitaye Etana, Legesse Tadesse W
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2018

description: Introduction: Childhood mortality often used as a specific health indicator where child health programs were given low attention; especially neonatal health lacks adequate information in the study setup. This study aimed to assess neonatal mortality and factors affecting health care utilization. Methods: A cross sectional study design was employed in Lume District using Multistage sampling technique. Five rural kebele (sub unit of administration) were selected using simple random sampling and systematic random sampling technique to select study population. Structured questionnaire used to collect data and analyzed by SPSS version 20. Result: Nineteen neonatal death per one thousand live birth happened. Mothers who live in urban were two times sought health institution for delivery than rural mothers [AOR=1.9, 95% CI: (1.1, 4.0)]. Merchant mothers were three times more likely to seek professional help than daily laborer [AOR=3.0, 95% CI: (1.1, 14.5). Mothers who road was accessible were 2.8 times more likely to seek health institution for their neonate than non-road accessible mother [AOR=2.8, 95% CI: (1.2, 6.4). Neonatal sickness and neonatal death were negatively associated with mothers seeking health institution [AOR=0.02, 95% CI: (0.1, .02) and [AOR=0.07, 95% CI: (.01, .8) respectively. Conclusion and recommendation: In this study it is learnt that neonatal mortality is low and institutional delivery was high. Road accessibility, residence, occupation of the mother, neonatal sickness, neonatal death and postnatal care were significantly associated with utilization of mother’s modern health institution for last delivery
A Lindblad model for a spin chain coupled to heat baths
Creators: name: Dhahri, Ameur
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study a XY model which consists of a spin chain coupled to heat baths. We give a repeated quantum interaction Hamiltonian describing this model. We compute the explicit form of the associated Lindblad generator in the case of the spin chain coupled to one, two and several heat baths. We further study the properties of quantum master equation such as approach to equilibrium, local equilibrium states, entropy production and quantum detailed balance condition.
description: 20 pages
An analysis of the Pomak language based on fieldwork research data
Creators: name: Κεχαγιά Σερβέρ, Αχμέτ Σεδάτ
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2017
Subjects: Πομακικά
Μορφολογία
Διάλεκτοι
Pomak
Morphology
Dialects

description: The aim of this dissertation is to present the minority language of Pomak spoken by approximately 30,000 people according to the latest national census (ELSTAT 2011) in the geographic region of Thrace and predominantly in the prefecture of Xanthi, through authentic audio recordings and to conduct a linguistic analysis based on the recorded data with particular emphasis on morphophonological and lexicosyntactic aspects. It attempts to delve into this marginally studied minority language and analyze the subtleties, complexities and some dialectal differences and similarities while providing native speaker insight and intuitions about phonological, morphological, lexical, and syntactical phenomena that appear in the recordings.
description: Σκοπός αυτής της διατριβής είναι να παρουσιάσει την μειονοτική γλώσσα των Πομακικών που ομιλείται από 30.000 περίπου κατοίκους σύμφωνα με την πιο πρόσφατη απογραφή πληθυσμού (ΕΛΣΤΑΤ 2011) στην γεωγραφική περιοχή της Θράκης και κυρίως στον νομό Ξάνθης, μέσω αυθεντικών ακουστικών καταγραφών και να διεξάγει μια γλωσσολογική ανάλυση βασισμένη στα καταγεγραμμένα δεδομένα με ιδιαίτερη έμφαση σε μορφοφωνολογικά και λεξικοσυντακτικά στοιχεία. Προσπαθεί να διεισδύσει σε αυτήν την σε περιορισμένο βαθμό μελετημένη μειονοτική γλώσσα και να αναλύσει τις λεπτότητες, περιπλοκότητες και κάποιες διαλεκτικές διαφορές και ομοιότητες ενώ παρέχει και άποψη φυσικού ομιλητή και διαισθήσεις για φωνολογικά, μορφολογικά, λεξιλογικά, και συντακτικά φαινόμενα που εμφανίζονται στις καταγραφές.
description: Theoretical and Applied Linguistics