cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: The evolutionary paths to diversity
Creators: name: O'Donovan, Ciara
Publisher: name: University of Reading
Year: 2019

description: At the heart of diversity lies evolution, a continually acting process that has shaped and honed the enormous variety of life forms on Earth. To study evolutionary tempos and modes at a high resolution this thesis uses ancestral state reconstruction. This powerful, statistical method works within the framework of a novel, phylogenetic model which flexibly embraces the temporal and taxonomic complexity of the evolutionary process. Consistently across geographical and morphological data covering a wide range of species from dinosaurs to angiosperms to fish, evolutionary mode is broadly characterised by an overwhelming majority of negligible and small sized changes, interspersed with comparatively rare, exceptionally large ones. However, importantly, evolution is shown to work on a continuous scale without such categorical distinction. At a finer level, the magnitude of evolution’s steps differs depending on the direction of change being selected for, organisms’ biological history and the environment an organism evolves in. Changes to morphology of an exceptional magnitude have contributed to the process of undergoing major evolutionary transitions such as those seen in cetaceans and bats. These exceptional changes also differentially affect speciation and body size evolution depending on the nature of an organism’s environment. The signatures of evolutionary and ecological processes through time are revealed, for the first time showing that global scale movement across a famous evolutionary radiation universally follows an early burst pattern, moderated by speciation. On a larger temporal and taxonomic scale evolutionary changes increase in magnitude constantly through time suggesting that despite physical space filling up, there is no limit to evolutionary potential or to the diversity it creates. Current results spanning varying scales are viewed in the light of historical concepts of adaptive landscapes with leaps between and within peaks and zones, and are reconciled within the framework of this complex biological paradigm.
title: Unintended outcomes of Ethiopia’s state-led development
Creators: name: Neuse, Mark
Publisher: name: University of Reading
Year: 2019

description: Ethiopia’s centralized programmes of economic growth and social development are bringing the nation towards achievement of its goal of becoming “a middle-income country by the year 2025” (MoE, 2015: 11). Significant advances in social programmes have resulted in longer life spans, increased incomes, and a much better educated population. Yet, unexpected outcomes are inadvertently threatening the state. The emergence of a thriving middle class, especially among those employed in service industries in the metropolis of Addis Ababa, has resulted in a demand for better and more comfortable housing. However, residential and other construction has only been possible through the expropriation of land along the periphery of the city and this is displacing hundreds of thousands of smallholders. At the same time, the federal government has considerably increased educational opportunities. Although this has been widely beneficial, it has also resulted in secondary school leavers and university graduates who substantially outnumber current employment opportunities. While issues of developmentally induced ousting and youth unemployment pertain to other areas of Ethiopia, they are occurring particularly rapidly along the periphery of Addis Ababa. Ousted smallholders must quickly adopt new non-farm livelihoods while a better-educated youth cohort must find suitable and proper employment. A sense of groupism has moderated the reactions of smallholders to their ousting even as the frustration of unemployment among youth groups is manifesting in anti-government disturbances. These issues existentially threaten Ethiopia’s political and social order. This thesis explores the reactions of smallholders and students to Ethiopia’s successful social and economic development through a conceptual examination of the role of in situ and ex situ displacement narratives. It finds that different groups have exhibited significantly divergent reactions to their circumstances. It concludes that while Ethiopia’s form of centralized development has undeniably benefitted the nation, those benefits are, themselves, inadvertently resulting in secondary issues which impinge upon stability and individual prosperity.
A density functional theory for symmetric radical cations from bonding to dissociation
Creators: name: Livshits, Ester
name: Baer, Roi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: It is known for quite some time that approximate density functional (ADF) theories fail disastrously when describing the dis-sociative symmetric radical cations R2+. Considering this dissociation limit, previous work has shown that Hartree-Fock (HF) theory favors the R+1--R0 charge distribution while DF approximations favor the R+0.5 -- R+0.5. Yet, general quantum mechanical principles indicate that both these (as well as all intermediate) average charge distributions are asymptotically energy degenerate. Thus HF and ADF theories mistakenly break the symmetry but in a contradicting way. In this letter we show how to construct system-dependent long-range corrected (LC) density functionals that can successfully treat this class of molecules, avoiding the spurious symmetry breaking. Examples and comparisons to experimental data is given for R=H, He and Ne and it is shown that the new LC theory improves considerably the theoretical description of the R2+ bond properties, the long range form of the asymptotic potential curve as well as the atomic polarizability. The broader impact of this finding is discussed as well and it is argued that the widespread semi-empirical approach which advocates treating the LC parameter as a system-independent parameter is in fact inappropriate under general circumstances.
A stellar constraint on Eddington-inspired Born-Infeld gravity from cataclysmic variable binaries
Creators: name: Banerjee, Pritam
name: Garain, Debojyoti
name: Paul, Suvankar
name: Shaikh, Rajibul
name: Sarkar, Tapobrata
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Eddington-inspired Born-Infeld gravity is an important modification of Einstein's general relativity, which can give rise to non-singular cosmologies at the classical level, and avoid the end-stage singularity in a gravitational collapse process. In the Newtonian limit, this theory gives rise to a modified Poisson's equation, as a consequence of which stellar observables acquire model dependent corrections, compared to the ones computed in the low energy limit of general relativity. This can in turn be used to establish astrophysical constraints on the theory. Here, we obtain such a constraint using observational data from cataclysmic variable binaries. In particular, we consider the tidal disruption limit of the secondary star by a white dwarf primary. The Roche lobe filling condition of this secondary star is used to compute stellar observables in the modified gravity theory in a numerical scheme. These are then contrasted with the values obtained by using available data on these objects, via a Monte Carlo error progression method. This way, we are able to constrain the theory within $5σ$ confidence level.
description: 11 Pages, 3 Figures
title: Supervisory control of energy storage in Rubber Tyred Gantry Cranes
Creators: name: Pietrosanti, Stefano
Publisher: name: University of Reading
Year: 2019

description: Container terminals are crucial elements in the global trade of goods, however they are also responsible for massive greenhouse gases emissions. One of the key elements in a terminal is the Rubber Tyred Gantry (RTG) crane, which is used to stack containers in the yard. The energy efficiency of this machine can be greatly improved with the use of energy storage by taking advantage of the energy recovered when lowering a container. This thesis presents a study on supervisory control systems for energy storage, designed to determine the instantaneous power output that provides the best benefits with the limited resources provided by the energy storage device. Background research and data analysis provide indication on the energy flows in the system, leading to the development of an RTG crane model, which is validated using data measured on a real crane. The addition of the model of a flywheel energy storage system produces a hybrid RTG crane model, which is used to simulate three proposed supervisory control strategies developed specifically for this application. The characteristics of the supervisory control systems and results from the simulation are compared and analysed in detail in order to determine the quality of the control systems in a real application.
Window Function for Chirped Pulse Spectroscopy with Enhanced Signal-to-noise Ratio and Lineshape Correction
Creators: name: Zou, Luyao
name: Motiyenko, Roman A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability (physics.data-an)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In chirped pulse experiments, magnitude Fourier transform is used to generate frequency domain spectra. The application of window function as a tool for lineshape correction and signal-to-noise ratio (SnR) enhancement is rarely discussed in chirped spectroscopy, with the only exception of using Kaiser-Bessel window and trivial rectangular window. We present a specific window function, called "Voigt-1D" window, designed for chirped pulse spectroscopy. The window function corrects the magnitude Fourier-transform spectra to Voigt lineshape, and offers wide tunability to control the SnR and lineshape of the final spectral lines. We derived the mathematical properties of the window function, and evaluated the performance of the window function in comparison to the Kaiser-Bessel window on experimental and simulated data sets. Our result shows that, compared with un-windowed spectra, the Voigt-1D window is able to produce 100 % SnR enhancement on average.
description: 24 pages in total, 13 pages for main article, and 11 pages for supplementary material. 13 figure in total, 8 figures for main article, and 5 figures for supplementary material. For codes and sample data, see https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4555759
A sexual profile of adults with cystic fibrosis : the sexuality and sexual concerns of adults with cystic fibrosis
Creators: name: Rucker, Bianca M. G.
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: Only in recent years have diagnostic and therapeutic advances lengthened the life expectancy for patients who have cystic fibrosis sufficiently to allow some of them to live into adulthood. Health care professionals have been focusing on survival issues and are only recently beginning to look at quality of life issues, such as sexuality, of these patients. The purpose of the study was to create a sexual profile of adults with cystic fibrosis which would describe their sexuality and sexual concerns. A questionnaire was developed and sent to all of the adult cystic fibrosis patients (19 years of age and older) in British Columbia (50 patients), all of whom attend the Shaughnessy Hospital Adult CF Clinic in Vancouver. The 62% response rate provided data for the sexual profile which indicated that 90% of the respondents were sexually active. Only a small number of subjects reported sexual difficulties in their relationships. Concerns about the impact of CF on their sexuality included: the effect of the potentially limited lifespan on their relationships, practical considerations such as fatigue and coughing during sexual activity, and poor body image. A major issue for CF males is that most of them are infertile due to CF. How and when men should be told about this issue was an important question for the CF Clinic staff. Responses indicated that men thought they should find out from either the physician in the pediatric CF clinic or the physician in the adult CF clinic. Furthermore, 100% of the men suggested that this issue be discussed with males before the age of 19 years. Limitations and recommendations of the research are discussed. A major recommendation is for physicians and other health care professionals in CF clinics to give patients the opportunity to discuss sexual issues.
Evaluating Retail Distribution Strategies During Covid-19 Pandemic in South Africa Using Best Worst Method Multicriteria Decision Technique
Creators: name: Omoruyi, Osayuwamen
name: Dakora, Edward
name: Antwi, Albert
name: Quayson, Matthew
name: Mwanza, Alfred
name: Mabugu, Ramos E.
name: Ndlovu, Leonard
Publisher: name: Hannover : publish-Ing.
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Distribution strategies
subject: retail organisation
subject: Covid-19
subject: MCDM
subject: South Africa
subject: Konferenzschrift
subject: Dewey Decimal Classification::600 | Technik::620 | Ingenieurwissenschaften und Maschinenbau

description: This paper evaluates the distribution strategies adopted by South African retailers during the Covid-19 pandemic and how such strategies have been adjusted for a more resilient post-Covid-19 world. Using the Best Worst method multicriteria decision technique and exploiting data collected from decision makers from the retail industry to rank the distribution strategies according to their level of importance, we show that omnichannel distribution strategy ranked highest, followed by direct shipment distribution capability in contributing to the success of retail distribution during the Covid-19 pandemic. On the other hand, inventory pooling, transhipment, centralised or decentralised strategy, and cross-docking ranked lower while retail distribution strategy was lowest ranked. Finally, particular emphasis must be placed on the critical factors identified in the evaluation in terms of their challenging dimension and impact as they pave way for a more capable retail resilience distribution capability.
Action Management – Status, Requirements And Implementation Strategies For SMEs
Creators: name: Kiefer, Jens
name: Rauch, Tara
name: Zeller, Valesca
Publisher: name: Hannover : publish-Ing.
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Process Management
subject: Action Management
subject: Planning and Control
subject: Implementation Strategies
subject: SMEs
subject: Konferenzschrift
subject: Dewey Decimal Classification::600 | Technik::620 | Ingenieurwissenschaften und Maschinenbau

description: Due to its great importance for a successful planning, control and improvement of business processes, action management is long established as essential management process in most companies. However, there is often a strikingly large gap between claim and actual implementation of action management. While internal and external requirements for action management are continuously increasing, its actual implementation - especially in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) - is already often quite incomplete today. First, this paper introduces in the topic field of action management as part of modern management systems. In its analysis part, the paper presents the current implementation status of action management in companies focusing on SMEs and portrays software-technical implementation possibilities. Taking into account the resulting fields of action, possible strategies to implement action management in SMEs' business processes in a more profitable way are presented. In the sense of a socio-technical overall system, not only methodical issues but also information-technical and organizational aspects are discussed. By means of a developed prototype and taking into account a concrete use case from industry, the characteristics, procedure, potentials and current limits of the proposed solution are critically evaluated and recommendations for action are illustrated. Finally, the paper ends with a summary, a discussion and an outlook towards future trends.
High precision quantum control of single donor spins in silicon
Creators: name: Rahman, Rajib
name: Wellard, Cameron J.
name: Bradbury, Forrest R.
name: Prada, Marta
name: Cole, Jared H.
name: Klimeck, Gerhard
name: Hollenberg, Lloyd C. L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Stark shift of the hyperfine coupling constant is investigated for a P donor in Si far below the ionization regime in the presence of interfaces using Tight-binding and Band Minima Basis approaches and compared to the recent precision measurements. The TB electronic structure calculations included over 3 million atoms. In contrast to previous effective mass based results, the quadratic Stark coefficient obtained from both theories agrees closely with the experiments. This work represents the most sensitive and precise comparison between theory and experiment for single donor spin control. It is also shown that there is a significant linear Stark effect for an impurity near the interface, whereas, far from the interface, the quadratic Stark effect dominates. Such precise control of single donor spin states is required particularly in quantum computing applications of single donor electronics, which forms the driving motivation of this work.
description: 5 pages, 2 figures
Charging Dynamics of Electrical Double Layers Inside a Cylindrical Pore: Predicting the Effects of Arbitrary Pore Size
Creators: name: Henrique, Filipe
name: Zuk, Pawel J.
name: Gupta, Ankur
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Porous electrodes are found in energy storage devices such as supercapacitors and pseudocapacitors. However, the effect of electrode-pore-size distribution over their energy storage properties remains unclear. Here, we develop a model for the charging of electrical double layers inside a cylindrical pore for arbitrary pore size. We assume small applied potentials and perform a regular perturbation analysis to predict the evolution of electrical potential and ion concentrations in both the radial and axial directions. We validate our perturbation model with direct numerical simulations of the Poisson-Nernst-Planck equations, and obtain quantitative agreement between the two approaches for small and moderate potentials. Our analysis yields two main characteristic features of arbitrary pore size: i) a monotonic decrease of the charging timescale with an increase in relative pore size (pore size relative to Debye length); ii) large potential changes for overlapping double layers in a thin transition region, which we approximate mathematically by a jump discontinuity. We quantify the contributions of electromigration and charge diffusion fluxes which provide mechanistic insights into the dependence of charging timescale and capacitance on pore size. We develop a modified transmission circuit model that captures the effect of arbitrary pore size and demonstrate that a time-dependent transition-region resistor needs to be included in the circuit. We also derive phenomenological expressions for average effective capacitance and charging timescale as a function of pore-size distribution. We show that the capacitance and charging timescale increase with smaller average pore sizes and with smaller polydispersity, resulting in a gain of energy density at a constant power density. Overall, our results advance the mechanistic understanding of electrical-double-layer charging.
description: 17 pages, 13 figures. Accepted in Soft Matter
title: Il “mito di Napoli” nell’epistolario di Michele Prisco (1939-1962)
Creators: name: Pirro, Alessia
Publisher: name: University of Reading
Year: 2019

description: Michele Prisco (1920-2003) has been removed from the twentieth century literary canon for many years. The reception of his work was affected at first by the left wing hegemony in Italian culture from the mid 1940’s to the mid 1950’s, and later in the 1960’s by the New Avant-Garde. I intend to cast a light on a few key moments of his initial literary output and in particular his interpretation of the “myth of Naples”, a fascinating and at the same time repulsive theme for him. By analysing a specific part of Prisco’s extensive unpublished epistolary (1939-1962) and examining the political, editorial and cultural context in which he wrote his novels and short stories, I aim to contribute to his revival and provide a better understanding of a crucial period in Italian editorial and cultural history. I have focused on four main correspondents: Marino Moretti (1885-1979), a reference for the young Prisco; Gino Montesanto (1922-2009), a writer he was very close to; Leonardo Sciascia (1921-1989), an expert of Southern Italy fiction and historical narrative; Carlo Cassola (1917-1987), an author with whom Prisco discussed the fundamentals of the contemporary novel. Each of them offers a new point of view on the role of Naples in Prisco’s writing and proves once again how essential, intriguing and boundless this cultural area of interest was in the last century.
The warming of Arctic marine environments and the implications to seafloor biodiversity and ecosystem functioning; an investigation of East Greenland's current ecological structure and mechanistic drivers.
Creators: name: Armitage, P.
name: Törnroos-Remes, A.
name: Nordström, M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Benthos
subject: Trait-approach
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Arctic

description: A presentation for AURA symposium conference 2021 showing results from a study investigating epibenthic trait community analyses describing biodiversity, composition, and drivers across a high Arctic continental shelf (Northeast Greenland). Note that the study was working progress at this time and results are not definitive.
Comparative Life Cycle Assessment Of Conventionally Manufactured And Additive Remanufactured Electric Bicycle Motors
Creators: name: Grosse Erdmann, Julian
name: Mahr, Alexander
name: Derr, Patrick
name: Walczak, Philipp
name: Koller, Jan
Publisher: name: Hannover : publish-Ing.
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Remanufacturing
subject: Life Cycle Assessment
subject: Additive Manufacturing
subject: Electric Bicycle Motor
subject: Circular Economy
subject: Konferenzschrift
subject: Dewey Decimal Classification::600 | Technik::620 | Ingenieurwissenschaften und Maschinenbau

description: In a circular economy, remanufacturing is crucial in reducing the use of primary raw materials and energy compared to new production. However, poor availability of non-standardized wear components can prevent remanufacturing. Additive manufacturing is a promising alternative to conventional manufacturing or spare part purchase for those wear components required for remanufacturing. However, there is uncertainty regarding the environmental impact of using additive manufacturing for remanufacturing. This paper compares conventional and additive spare parts manufacturing to evaluate the potential environmental savings of remanufacturing electric bicycle motors. Therefore, a reference motor was selected, and its manufacturing processes were modeled in SimaPro using the ecoinvent 3.8 Life Cycle Assessment database and the latest knowledge on processing and manufacturing processes. The results show that conventional production of electric bicycle motors has a climate warming potential of around 28 kg CO2-eq. Additive remanufacturing of electric bicycle motors at the end of their life cycle offers significant environmental savings potential. The extent of savings depends on the condition of the used electric bicycle motor and, accordingly, the number of components that need to be replaced. According to the IPCC method for the electric bicycle motor investigated, the study estimates that approximately 90.4 % savings potential can be achieved in terms of Global Warming Potential.
Exact results on analogue gravity in optical Plebanski-Tamm media
Creators: name: Fiorini, Franco
name: Hernandez, Santiago M.
name: Losada, Edith L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Exact results concerning ray-tracing methods in Plebanski-Tamm media are derived. In particular, Hamilton equations describing the propagation of quasi-plane wave electromagnetic fields in the geometrical optics regime are explicitly written down in terms of the 3-metric representing the properties of the optical analogue, anisotropic medium. We exemplify our results by obtaining the trajectories of light in the resulting analogue medium recreating Gödel's universe.
description: 12 pages, 9 figures, Final version accepted in Phys. Rev. D
A Study of Jingpiao Community and DiaoSu Porcelain Factory Ceramic Art Community from the Perspective of Cultural Change and Development
Creators: name: Chao, Zhang
Publisher: name: Faculty of Painting, Sculpture and Graphic Arts
Year: 2023
Subjects: Jingpiao Community
DiaoSu Porcelain Factory
Cultural Development

description: Silpa Bhirasri (Journal of Fine Arts), 11, 2, 51-88
Resilience Maturity Assessment in Manufacturing Supply Chains
Creators: name: Thomassen, Maria
name: Henriksen, Bjørnar
Publisher: name: Hannover : publish-Ing.
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Maturity assessment
subject: Tool development
subject: Industry 5.0
subject: Digitalization
subject: Supply chain resilience
subject: Konferenzschrift
subject: Dewey Decimal Classification::600 | Technik::620 | Ingenieurwissenschaften und Maschinenbau

description: Industry 5.0 is a new vision for European industry with focus on human centricity, sustainability, and resilience. Due to that most research on Industry 5.0 concentrates on digital technologies, mainly because its relation to Industry 4.0, there is still limited and one-sided understanding of the concept. To enhance the competitiveness of manufacturing industries in Europe, companies need to develop their capabilities not only in digitalization, but also of human centricity, sustainability and resilience. Resilience, the capacity to withstand or to recover quickly from difficulties, is an important aspect due to war, pandemic, energy crisis and climate change crisis. Many manufacturing companies face major challenges in their supply chains, with limited availability of components, lack of critical virgin materials, high-cost growth, and high supply risk exposure. This research seeks to bring further understanding of the resilience dimension of the Industry 5.0 concept. It adds to the limited amount of research available on Industry 5.0. Also, manufacturing companies need to better understand how they can strengthen their resilience in the supply chains. This paper presents a tool that companies may use to evaluate their maturity, and identify improvement areas. The tool is assessed in three companies.
Uniformly root-$N$ consistent density estimators for weakly dependent invertible linear processes
Creators: name: Schick, Anton
name: Wefelmeyer, Wolfgang
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Statistics Theory (math.ST)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 62G07, 62G20, 62M05, 62M10 (Primary)

description: Convergence rates of kernel density estimators for stationary time series are well studied. For invertible linear processes, we construct a new density estimator that converges, in the supremum norm, at the better, parametric, rate $n^{-1/2}$. Our estimator is a convolution of two different residual-based kernel estimators. We obtain in particular convergence rates for such residual-based kernel estimators; these results are of independent interest.
description: Published at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/009053606000001352 in the Annals of Statistics (http://www.imstat.org/aos/) by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (http://www.imstat.org)
Upper chambers in EU parliamentary democracies
Creators: name: Romaniello, Maria
Publisher: name: IMT Alti Studi Lucca
Year: 2014
Subjects: JA Political science (General)

description: The Lisbon Treaty and the Early Warning System represent the culmination of a long process of European treaties reform,
among whose aims was to increase the EU democratic legitimacy. Which was not only undertaken through the enlargement of the European Parliament’s functions,
but also through a greater involvement of National Parliaments in the EU decision-making process. However, the Treaty of Lisbon reaffirms the EU blindness
toward the internal constitutional setting of its Member States and National Parliaments are treated equally, notwithstanding their powers and functions.
Hence, the role of upper houses appears reinforced, because regardless of the internal constitutional setting of its Member States, the Early Warning System
establishes an equal distribution of votes between the two houses of the parliament. Hence, the 13 Member States with a bicameral system cannot liberally
assign the two votes according to the internal repartition of competencies, but rather the houses must have one vote each. The aim of this research is to
explore the impact of the Europeanisation process on upper houses and to assess their value in the Europeanisation discourse. Scrutinising the Italian, the
UK and the German upper houses, the research stresses on the differential impact of Europeanisation and it elucidates that the diverse participation patterns
reflect the profound heterogeneity of the institutional landscape of National Parliaments. In this respect, the research argues that the upper chambers which
are more likely to promptly adapt to the impact of the Europeanisation process, both in terms of structural and procedural organisation and of active
involvement in the EU decision-making process, are those characterised by two basic features: the non-partisan membership and the territorial representation
of interests. However, it goes without saying that formal powers and party affiliation remain two essential factors. Moreover, as for the issue of executive
accountability, the research, beyond the classical political cleavage, affirms the central role of upper chambers in taking the Government into account.
In fact, the lack of the confidence vote assures the impartiality of the upper house, which is more likely to act independently from the executive.
An introduction to East Greenland's functional structure: An epibenthic community assessment and their associated traits and drivers.
Creators: name: Armitage, P.
name: Törnroos-Remes, A.
name: Nordström, M. C.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Benthos
subject: Trait-approach
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Arctic

description: A presentation for ICYMARE youth conference 2021 showing results from a study investigating epibenthic trait community analyses describing biodiversity, composition, and drivers across a high Arctic continental shelf (Northeast Greenland). Note that the study was working progress at this time and results are not definitive.
„Die unbeschreibliche Beherrschung und Ruhe in Haltung und Geberden"
Creators: name: Brändli, Sabina
Publisher: name: Österreichische Zeitschrift für Geschichtswissenschaften
Year: 1997

description: Österreichische Zeitschrift für Geschichtswissenschaften, Bd. 8 Nr. 2 (1997): leibhaft
Thiophene-benzothiadiazole based donor–acceptor–donor (D-A-D) bolaamphiphiles, self-assembly and photophysical properties
Creators: name: Chang, Qing
name: Ma, Tao
name: Ding, Wei
name: Zhang, Lin
name: Cheng, Xiaohong
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Bolaamphiphilies with D-A-D type π-conjugated rigid cores composed by thiophenes as donors (D) and benzothiadiazole (BTD) as central acceptor (A) have been synthesised. Their self-assemblies and photophysical properties were investigated by polarising optical microscope, differential scanning calorimetry, X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy. Such compounds can self-assemble into honeycomb cylinder mesophases with Colhex∆/p6mm and Colsqu/p4mm lattices in their pure states as well as organogels with different morphologies in organic solvents. Their absorption spectra cover nearly the entire visible light range and their band gaps are relatively low. Tetrathiophene BTD based bolaamphilphiles (BT4/n) with higher D/A ratios than the bisthiophene BTD bolaamphilphiles (BT2/n) can self-assemble into more ordered nanostructures in both bulk states and solution. Both the absorption and emission peaks of BT4/n are strongly red shifted. The influence of the molecular conformation, the conjugated core length, as well as the D/A ratio on the self-assemble and photophysical characteristics of such D-A-D bolaamphiphiles are discussed.
Methodical Implementation Of Digital Data Consistency In Assembly Lines Of A Learning Factory
Creators: name: Knott, Marius
name: Schmelter, Tobias
name: Nowak, Tom
name: Prinz, Christopher
name: Kuhlenkötter, Bernd
Publisher: name: Hannover : publish-Ing.
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: digitalisation
subject: industry 4.0
subject: production data acquisition
subject: factory planning
subject: machine learning
subject: learning factories
subject: demonstrator
subject: Konferenzschrift
subject: Dewey Decimal Classification::600 | Technik::620 | Ingenieurwissenschaften und Maschinenbau

description: The possibility of acquiring data in production and manufacturing processes is almost limitless. But especially small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) lack the knowledge to successfully integrate digital tools and use real-time production data for critical decision-making. Numerous initiatives already exist to inform and support SMEs in Germany, funded at various levels by municipal, federal, and state entities. These initiatives offer expertise in digitalisation and provide diverse activities to support SMEs across different industrial sectors. To make abstract concepts such as artificial intelligence (AI) or digitalisation more tangible, demonstrations and practical best practice showcases demonstrate methodological approaches for facilitating independent implementation initiatives within SMEs. However, most of these activities primarily showcase rudimentary and isolated technological implementations, with limited integration into the complex environment of a manufacturing company. This paper focuses on a holistic methodical brownfield implementation of a demonstrator for digital data consistency in an assembly line of a learning factory by applying an extended methodology for implementing demonstrators and its validation by industrial participants. It stresses the complexity of production data acquisition in a practical environment and illustrates a best-practice showcase. Key performance indicators are visualized by acquiring, storing, and cross-linking data points. The demonstrator is implemented and evaluated by SMEs' representatives, to show promising potential for sustainable knowledge transfer into the SMEs.
Subdiffusion and many-body quantum chaos with kinetic constraints
Creators: name: Singh, Hansveer
name: Ware, Brayden
name: Vasseur, Romain
name: Friedman, Aaron J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the spectral and transport properties of many-body quantum systems with conserved charges and kinetic constraints. Using random unitary circuits, we compute ensemble-averaged spectral form factors and linear-response correlation functions, and find that their characteristic time scales are given by the inverse gap of an effective Hamiltonian$-$or equivalently, a transfer matrix describing a classical Markov process. Our approach allows us to connect directly the Thouless time, $t_{\text{Th}}$, determined by the spectral form factor, to transport properties and linear response correlators. Using tensor network methods, we determine the dynamical exponent, $z$, for a number of constrained, conserving models. We find universality classes with diffusive, subdiffusive, quasilocalized, and localized dynamics, depending on the severity of the constraints. In particular, we show that quantum systems with 'Fredkin constraints' exhibit anomalous transport with dynamical exponent $z \simeq 8/3$.
description: 4 pages, 2 figures plus 26 pages supplemental material, v2: additional results, new XNOR constraint
Additional file 1 of Maresin1 alleviates liver ischemia/reperfusion injury by reducing liver macrophage pyroptosis
Creators: name: Li, Tong
name: Zeng, Houshuai
name: Xian, Wenjing
name: Cai, Hongxing
name: Zhang, Jianbo
name: Zhou, Shiji
name: Yang, Yingxue
name: Luo, Min
name: Zhu, Peng
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Physiology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Additional file 1: Table S1. Sequences of shRNA. Table S2. Primer sequences for qRT-PCR in study.
Os estudos de avaliação comparada sobre a educação cívica e a sua influência na decisão sobre políticas educativas  ⌈The comparative assessment studies on civic education and their influence in decision-making on educational policies⌉
Creators: name: Lopo, Teresa Teixeira
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: avaliação comparada ⌈comparative assessment⌉; educação cívica ⌈civic education⌉; política educativa ⌈education policy⌉; decisão política ⌈political decision⌉

description: Paper presented at the I International Congress Humanism, Human Rights and Global Citizenship, ULHT, Lusófona University, Lisbon, 30, 31 May and 1 June 2019.
description: Funding: FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia; Grant Number: PTDC/CED-EDG/30084/2017
Transforming AC-Powered Production Machines For Operation In DC Microgrids: From Methodology To Realization
Creators: name: Hölderle, Dietmar
name: Hecker, Janosch
name: Sauer, Alexander
Publisher: name: Hannover : publish-Ing.
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: DC-Microgrid
subject: production machines
subject: AC-DC transformation
subject: industrial microgrids
subject: grid efficiency
subject: Konferenzschrift
subject: Dewey Decimal Classification::600 | Technik::620 | Ingenieurwissenschaften und Maschinenbau

description: Abstract: Manufacturing processes play a major role in the emission of greenhouse gases. To achieve the international goal of climate neutrality, it is a must to decrease the amount of energy consumed by factories and their production machines. A promising approach is to improve grid efficiency and reduce voltage converter losses by using DC microgrids (DC-MGs). Furthermore, DC-MGs have proven suitable for an efficient integration of renewable energy producers and prosumers with energy recuperation capabilities. To establish DC-MGs successfully in production environments, it is necessary to provide solutions for DC-MG integration of AC-powered machines. This paper describes how to enable production machines originally designed for AC-grid use to be operated on industrial DC-MGs. The article focuses on a methodology for AC-DC transformation of machines, including definition of specifications, system analysis, and redesign. The methodology is described using the example of an injection-moulding machine. Finally, the results of the transformation process are evaluated.
title: Luigi Meneghello e Carlo Dionisotti: una biografia intellettuale di due espatriati in Inghilterra
Creators: name: Pozzolo, Marta
Publisher: name: University of Reading
Year: 2024

description: In 1947 the literary historian Carlo Dionisotti (1908-1998) and the novelist Luigi Meneghello (19222007) took the decision to expatriate, leaving Italy behind and settling in England for the rest of their professional lives. This decision was linked to the disillusionment engendered by the postwar Italian political scene, more specifically by the failure of the Partito d’Azione (where both were militants) to effectively contribute to the political renewal of the country. It is perhaps not by chance that Meneghello and Dionisotti’s departures coincided with the dissolution of the Partito d’Azione. Placing the dispatrio and the spiemontizzazione – as Meneghello and Dionisotti respectively referred to it – as a watershed in their biographies, this PhD offers a deep insight on each of their intellectual experiences, both in Italy and England. By firstly analysing the roots of their expatriation, this research investigates to what extent the fascist regime’s educational policy had forged them as individuals, influencing their future choices, from a political and professional perspective. Secondly, this work sheds light on how both engaged with English society, in cultural, linguistic and academic terms: by changing the monocentric approach traditionally used to study Meneghello and Dionisotti, most of the times restricted to the Italian context, this research will instead assess their role as transnational intellectuals, underlining how fundamental the influence of the cultural translation was in their published works and personal correspondence. In line with the recent transnational and interdisciplinary trend undertaken within Italian Studies, this PhD thesis therefore aims to examine how the cross-cultural encounter with a foreign country helped them to shape their reflections on the interplay between localism, regionalism, and transnationalism in their work. This expatriation in fact, not only marked a pivotal moment in their professional career, establishing them as influential academics within the British scene, but also contributed to their theoretical and literary outcomes and creative practices. Making extensive use of their published work and personal archives, I shall also compare and contrast the intellectual biographies of Carlo Dionisotti and Luigi Meneghello, within the context of the intellectual Italian post-war diaspora in Great Britain, placing this work as a stepping stone for the analysis of this hitherto unexplored trend.
Bright multiplexed source of indistinguishable single photons with tunable GHz-bandwidth at room temperature
Creators: name: Davidson, Omri
name: Finkelstein, Ran
name: Poem, Eilon
name: Firstenberg, Ofer
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Narrowband single photons that couple well to atomic ensembles could prove essential for future quantum networks, but the efficient generation of such photons remains an outstanding challenge. We realize a spatially-multiplexed heralded source of single photons that are inherently compatible with the commonly employed D2 line of rubidium. Our source is based on four-wave mixing in hot rubidium vapor, requiring no laser cooling or optical cavities, and generates single photons with high rate and low noise. We use Hong-Ou-Mandel interference to verify the indistinguishability of the photons generated in two different (multiplexed) channels. We further demonstrate a five-fold tunability of the photons' temporal width. The experimental results are well reproduced by a theoretical model.
Marshall McLuhan, Die mechanische Braut. Volkskultur des industriellen Menschen. Aus dem Amerikanischen, mit Anmerkungen und einem Essay von Rainer Höltschl, Jürgen Reuß, Fritz Böhler und Martin Baltes, Dresden: Verlag der Kunst 1996.
Creators: name: Holzer, Anton
Publisher: name: Österreichische Zeitschrift für Geschichtswissenschaften
Year: 1997

description: Österreichische Zeitschrift für Geschichtswissenschaften, Bd. 8 Nr. 2 (1997): leibhaft
Hans Medick, Weben und Überleben in Laichingen 1650-1900. Lokalgeschichte als Allgemeine Geschichte, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 1996. Ulrich Pfister, Zürcher Fabriques. Protoindustrielles Wachstum vom 16. zum 18. Jahrhundert, Zürich.
Creators: name: Cerman, Markus
Publisher: name: Österreichische Zeitschrift für Geschichtswissenschaften
Year: 1997

description: Österreichische Zeitschrift für Geschichtswissenschaften, Bd. 8 Nr. 2 (1997): leibhaft
Friedrich Stadler, Studien zum Wiener Kreis. Ursprung, Entwicklung und Wirkung des Logischen Empirismus im Kontext, Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp 1997.
Creators: name: Müller, Albert
Publisher: name: Österreichische Zeitschrift für Geschichtswissenschaften
Year: 1997

description: Österreichische Zeitschrift für Geschichtswissenschaften, Bd. 8 Nr. 2 (1997): leibhaft
Diagnostica avanzata in sistemi meccanici complessi
Creators: name: Quaremba, Giuseppe
Publisher: name: Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
Year: 2010

description: L’analisi vibrazionale di fenomeni transienti a durata molto breve viene oggi  effettuata attraverso tecniche classiche basate sullo studio degli spettri e più in generale a mezzo varianti della Fast Fourier Transform (FFT).
Il limite di queste tecniche è che sono applicabili a fenomeni vibrazionali periodici. La maggior parte dei fenomeni vibrazionali di origine meccanica oggetto della presente ricerca, che interessa vari  campi, non sono periodici.
Per poter analizzare tali tipologie vibrazionali si ricorre, quindi,  ad un artificio numerico che presuppone che tali fenomeni siano lentamente variabili nel tempo oppure quasi-stazionari.
Per fenomeni, però, di durata molto brevi, non è possibile applicare questa ipotesi di lavoro.
L’obiettivo di questa ricerca è, quindi, lo studio, la messa a punto e la verifica di metodi e tecniche alternative di analisi che possano essere adoperate nelle condizioni appena descritte.