cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Risky listening behaviour to music via headphones and its determinants – 7.5 years OHRKAN cohort study
Creators: name: Senninger, Susanne
name: Gerstner, Doris
name: Huß, Jonas
name: Stadler, Antonia
name: Schreiber, Fabian
name: Herr, Caroline
name: Heinze, Stefanie
name: Weilnhammer, Veronika
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Science Policy

description: To examine risky leisure noise exposure from listening to music via headphones and to identify potential determinants with special focus on portable listening devices (PLDs) among adolescents over a period of 7.5-years. Data were collected by questionnaires at four equidistant time points (O1-O4). Music exposure via headphones was calculated based on self-reported volume setting and listening duration. Exceeding 85 dB(A) equivalent for a 40-hour working week was defined as risky noise exposure. Determinants of risky headphone and PLD exposure were investigated using generalised estimating equations and accounting for missing data by multiple imputation. Closed cohort of 2148 students attending 9th grade of any secondary school type in Regensburg (Germany), during 2009 to 2011. Risky noise exposure from headphone usage was almost twice as high in wave O1 and O2 (at age 15 or 18) compared with 20–23-year-olds in O3 and O4. Risky exposure to headphones and PLDs were associated with younger age, low and medium education, single-parent household and smoking, whereas good self-rated hearing showed a protective effect. Additionally, not being born in Germany was associated with risky PLD exposure. Before harmful behaviours become entrenched, starting preventive efforts at a young age is essential.
Chemical characterisation of macromolecular organic matter of air particulat`es
Creators: name: Yerramilli., Subbalakshmi
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

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Ear and hearing outcomes in Aboriginal infants living in an urban Australian area: the Djaalinj Waakinj birth cohort study
Creators: name: Veselinović, Tamara
name: Weeks, Sharon A.
name: Swift, Valerie M.
name: Morrison, Natasha R.
name: Doyle, June E.
name: Richmond, Holly J.
name: Alenezi, Eman M. A.
name: Tao, Karina F. M.
name: Richmond, Peter C.
name: Choi, Robyn S. M.
name: Mulders, Wilhelmina H. A. M.
name: Goulios, Helen
name: Lehmann, Deborah
name: Brennan-Jones, Christopher G.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Describe the ear and hearing outcomes in Aboriginal infants in an Australian urban area. Aboriginal infants enrolled in the Djaalinj Waakinj prospective cohort study had ear health screenings at ages 2-4, 6-8 and 12-18 months and audiological assessment at ∼12 months of age. Sociodemographic, environmental characteristics, otoscopy, otoacoustic emissions, tympanometry and visual reinforcement audiometry data were collected. 125 infants were enrolled in the study; 67 completed audiological assessment, 62, 54, and 58 of whom attended ear screenings at 2-4, 6-8 and 12-18 months. Of the children that attended the audiological assessment, 36.5%, 50% and 64.3% of infants had otitis media (OM) at 2-4, 6-8 and 12-18 months. Using a 10 dB correction factor, 44.8% of infants had hearing loss (HL) (≥ 25 dB HL) at ∼ 12 months of age. More males (X2=5.4 (1df, p = 0.02)) and infants with OM at audiological assessment (X2=5.8 (1df, p = 0.02)) had HL. More infants that used a pacifier at 12-18 months of age had HL (X2=4.7 (1df, p = 0.03)). Aboriginal infants in an urban area have high rates of HL and OM, which requires early surveillance and timely treatment to reduce the medical and developmental impacts of OM and HL.
HEDY Booklet - Life in the AI era - Spanish version
Creators: name: Careglio, Davide
name: Alves Moreira, Ana Isabel
name: Angulo Bahón, Cecilio
name: Casaccio, Federica
name: Dimova, Rozalina
name: Dovramadjiev, Tihomir
name: Jakobi, Antonia
name: Kollar, Csaba
name: Sukhovii, Ievgeniia
name: Szabo, Gyula
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Inteligencia Artificial

description: El Booklet es un ensayo que define la posición del proyecto HEDY sobre la vida en la era de la IA y la justificación de esa posición. En este trabajo, describimos y presentamos los resultados de nuestro enfoque para construir nuestra argumentación sobre los desafíos, las oportunidades y el impacto esperado de la IA en cuatro áreas: 1) negocios, 2) gobierno, 3) habilidades y competencias, y 4) personas y estilo de vida. Este enfoque es doble y consiste en recopilar información de dos fuentes: i) Estado del arte a través de la bibliografía, y ii) Interacción con personas. La primera fuente consiste en recopilar el estado actual del conocimiento sobre el impacto de la IA en las cuatro áreas. La segunda fuente es un enfoque mixto que consta de cuestionarios y focus groups realizados en cinco países europeos diferentes con expertos y no expertos en IA. Estas dos fuentes brindan una contribución única en el panorama de la IA al combinar investigaciones de vanguardia con opiniones de diferentes actores sociales y preguntas, inquietudes e ideas debatidas.
Relic Abundance in a Secluded Dark Matter Scenario with a Massive Mediator
Creators: name: Okawa, Shohei
name: Tanabashi, Masaharu
name: Yamanaka, Masato
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The relic abundance of the dark matter (DM) particle $d$ is studied in a secluded DM scenario, in which the $d$ number decreasing process dominantly occurs not through the pair annihilation of $d$ into the standard model particles, but via the $dd \to mm$ scattering process with a subsequently decaying mediator particle $m$. It is pointed out that the cosmologically observed relic abundance of DM can be accomplished even with a massive mediator having a mass $m_m$ non-negligibly heavy compared with the DM particle mass $m_d$. In the degenerated $d$-$m$ case ($m_d=m_m$), the DM relic abundance is realized by adjusting the $dd \to mm$ scattering amplitude large enough and by choosing an appropriate mediator particle life-time. The DM evolution in the early universe exhibits characteristic "terrace" behavior, or two-step number density decreasing behavior, having a "fake" freeze-out at the first step. Based on these observations, a novel possibility of the DM model buildings is introduced in which the mediator particle $m$ is unified with the DM particle $d$ in an approximate dark symmetry multiplet. A pionic DM model is proposed to illustrate this idea in a renormalizable field theory framework.
description: 17 pages, 13 figures, version accepted for publication in PRD
Prethermalization from a low-density Holstein-Primakoff expansion
Creators: name: Marcuzzi, M.
name: Marino, J.
name: Gambassi, A.
name: Silva, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider the non-equilibrium dynamics arising after a quench of the transverse magnetic field of a quantum Ising chain, together with the sudden switch-on of a long-range interaction term. The dynamics after the quantum quench is mapped onto a fully-connected model of hard-core bosons, after a suitable combination of a Holstein-Primakoff transformation and of a low-density expansion in the quasi-particles injected by the quench. This mapping holds for a broad class of initial states and for quenches which do not cross the critical point of the transverse field Ising model. We then study the algebraic relaxation in time of a number of observables towards a metastable, pre-thermal state, which becomes the asymptotic steady state in the thermodynamic limit.
description: 17 pages, 5 figures; close to published version
Pitowsky's Kolmogorovian models and Super-Determinism
Creators: name: Kellner, Jakob
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In an attempt to demonstrate that local hidden variables are mathematically possible, Pitowsky constructed "spin-$\frac12$ functions" and later "Kolmogorovian models", which employs a nonstandard notion of probability. We describe Pitowsky's analysis and argue (with the benefit of hindsight) that his notion of hidden variables is in fact just super-determinism (and accordingly physically not relevant). Pitowsky's first construction uses the Continuum Hypothesis. Farah and Magidor took this as an indication that at some stage physics might give arguments for or against adopting specific new axioms of set theory. We would rather argue that it supports the opposing view, i.e., the widespread intuition "if you need a non-measurable function, it is physically irrelevant".
description: Differences from v1 to v2: correction of typos, added explanations, added citation
E-varieties of E-solid semigroups and locally inverse semigroups
Creators: name: Yow-Tzong., Yeh
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

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Soliton compression and supercontinuum spectra in nonlinear diamond photonics
Creators: name: Melchert, O.
name: Kinnewig, S.
name: Dencker, F.
name: Perevoznik, D.
name: Willms, S.
name: Babushkin, I.
name: Wurz, M.
name: Kues, M.
name: Beuchler, S.
name: Wick, T.
name: Morgner, U.
name: Demircan, A.
Publisher: name: Amsterdam [u.a.] : Elsevier Science
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Diamond
subject: Generalized nonlinear Schrödinger equation
subject: Pulse self-compression
subject: Supercontinuum generation
subject: Dewey Decimal Classification::500 | Naturwissenschaften::550 | Geowissenschaften

description: We numerically explore synthetic crystal diamond for realizing novel light sources in ranges which are up to now difficult to achieve with other materials, such as sub-10-fs pulse durations and challenging spectral ranges. We assess the performance of on-chip diamond waveguides for controlling light generation by means of nonlinear soliton dynamics. The considered silica-embedded diamond waveguide model exhibits two zero-dispersion points, delimiting an anomalous dispersion range that exceeds an octave. Various propagation dynamics, including supercontinuum generation by soliton fission, can be realized in diamond photonics. In contrast to usual silica-based optical fibers, where such processes occur on the scale of meters, in diamond millimeter-scale propagation distances are sufficient. Unperturbed soliton-dynamics prior to soliton fission allow identifying a pulse self-compression scenario that promises record-breaking compression factors on chip-size propagation lengths.
Factors influencing hearing aid use, benefit and satisfaction in adults: a systematic review of the past decade
Creators: name: Mothemela, Bopane
name: Manchaiah, Vinaya
name: Mahomed-Asmail, Faheema
name: Knoetze, Megan
name: Swanepoel, De Wet
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: Medicine
Pharmacology
Biotechnology
Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Science Policy

description: This systematic review examined the audiological and non-audiological factors that influence hearing aid use, benefit and satisfaction in adults based on studies published during the last decade (2010 and 2023). Studies were identified by using PRISMA guidelines for systematic searches on five platforms (Web of Science, Scopus, PubMed, EBSCOhost including CINAHL and Academic Search Complete). The National Institute of Health Quality assessment tool and the Oxford Centre for Evidence Based Medicine tool were used for quality assessment and grading of level of evidence. Forty-six articles were included in the review. A total of 101 significant factors influencing hearing aid use (n = 47), benefit (n = 17) and satisfaction (n = 37) were identified. Clear determinants of hearing aid use, benefit and satisfaction included hearing sensitivity, self-reported hearing difficulty, speech perception, attitude and beliefs. 34 cross-sectional studies in this review were graded level 4, 9 cohort studies rated level 3, and 3 randomised control trials rated level 2. Factors associated with hearing aid outcomes identified in the past decade support previous evidence. New factors like social networks and service-delivery models, have also been identified. These factors require further investigations through high quality studies to further strengthen existing evidence.
Vanishing Viscosity Limit For the 3D Nonhomogeneous Incompressible Navier-Stokes Equations With a Slip Boundary Condition
Creators: name: Chen, Pengfei
name: Xiao, Yuelong
name: Zhang, Hui
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: In this paper, we investigate the vanishing viscosity limit for the 3D nonhomogeneous incompressible Navier-Stokes equations with a slip boundary condition. We establish the local well-posedness of the strong solutions for initial boundary value problems for such systems. Furthermore, the vanishing viscosity limit process is established and a strong rate of convergence is obtained as the boundary of the domain is flat. In addition, it is needed to add some additional condition for density to match well the boundary condition.
description: 14 pages
Characterization of the microstructure and thermomechanical properties of invar 36 coatings deposited by HVOF and cold gas processes
Creators: name: Tillmann, W.
name: Khalil, O.
name: Baumann, I.
Publisher: name: TU Dortmund
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Cold spray (CS)
subject: Coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE)
subject: High-velocity oxygen-fuel (HVOF)
subject: Invar effect
subject: Machine hammer peening (MHP)
subject: Microhardness
subject: 620
subject: 670
subject: Kaltspritzen
subject: Wärmeausdehnung
subject: Hochgeschwindigkeitsflammspritzen
subject: Invar-Legierung
subject: Beschichtung
subject: Maschinelles Oberflächenhämmern
subject: Mikrohärte

description: The effect of impact velocity and temperature of invar particles deposited by high-velocity oxygen fuel (HVOF) and cold spray processes on the microstructure and oxidation content of invar coatings is not fully understood. Additionally, the effect of coating thickness on the coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) of the coated material and the influence of cold working on the coating hardness are also insufficiently investigated. In the present study, invar coatings were deposited at temperatures close to and below the melting point of invar particles to maintain low CTE. It was found that particle impact temperature and velocity strongly affect pore formation and cohesiveness but slightly affect the hardness of invar coatings. Higher particle impact velocities with impact temperatures close to the invar’s melting point enhance highly the cohesiveness of HVOF-invar coatings. Furthermore, invar coatings stabilize the CTE of the coated material up to a temperature of 227 °C. An increment in the coating’s thickness of 150 µm leads to reducing the CTE of the coated material (Al) in the in-plane direction by 7.65%. Applying cold working using 200 kN compression increases the hardness of the treated coatings by 6% while machine hammer peening (MHP) has a slight effect.
description: Journal of thermal spray technology;31(8)
Spin polarization ratios of resistivity and density of states estimated from anisotropic magnetoresistance ratio for nearly half-metallic ferromagnets
Creators: name: Kokado, Satoshi
name: Sakuraba, Yuya
name: Tsunoda, Masakiyo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We derive a simple relational expression between the spin polarization ratio of resistivity, $P_ρ$, and the anisotropic magnetoresistance ratio $Δρ/ρ$, and that between the spin polarization ratio of the density of states at the Fermi energy, $P_{\rm DOS}$, and $Δρ/ρ$ for nearly half-metallic ferromagnets. We find that $P_ρ$ and $P_{\rm DOS}$ increase with increasing $|Δρ/ρ|$ from 0 to a maximum value. In addition, we roughly estimate $P_ρ$ and $P_{\rm DOS}$ for a Co$_2$FeGa$_{0.5}$Ge$_{0.5}$ Heusler alloy by substituting its experimentally observed $Δρ/ρ$ into the respective expressions.
description: 10 pages, 3 figures, 2 tables, to be published in Jpn. J. Appl. Phys
HEDY Booklet - Life in the AI era - Portuguese version
Creators: name: Careglio, Davide
name: Alves Moreira, Ana Isabel
name: Angulo Bahón, Cecilio
name: Casaccio, Federica
name: Dimova, Rozalina
name: Dovramadjiev, Tihomir
name: Jakobi, Antonia
name: Kollar, Csaba
name: Sukhovii, Ievgeniia
name: Szabo, Gyula
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Inteligência Artificial

description: O Booklet é um ensaio que define a posição do HEDY sobre a vida na era da IA e os argumentos para essa posição. Neste trabalho, descrevemos e apresentamos o referencial teórico estabelecido bem como os desafios, oportunidades e impacto esperado da IA, em quatro áreas: negócios; governança; aptidões e competências; pessoas e estilo de vida. A recolha de informação foi feita sobretudo em duas fontes: i) Pesquisa bibliográfica, e ii) Interação com as pessoas. A primeira permitiu estabelecer o estado atual dos conhecimentos sobre o impacto da IA. A segunda foi uma abordagem mista baseada na realização de questionários e de grupos focais, conduzidos em cinco países europeus, com especialistas e não-especialistas em IA. Estas duas fontes fornecem uma contribuição única no panorama da IA, combinando a investigação de ponta com as opiniões dos diferentes atores sociais e as questões, preocupações e ideias debatidas.
Radio-frequency dielectric measurements at temperatures from 10 to 450 K
Creators: name: Böhmer, Roland
name: Maglione, M.
name: Lunkenheimer, P.
name: Loidl, A.
Publisher: name: The American Institute of Physics.
Year: 1989
Subjects: subject: ultra low temperature
subject: low temperature
subject: high temperature
subject: medium temperature
subject: barrium titanates
subject: potassium compounds
subject: cyanides
subject: fabrication
subject: sample holders
subject: electric impedance
subject: measuring methods
subject: dielectric properties
subject: 530

description: A coaxial air line was constructed to connect a radio-frequency impedance analyzer and a temperature-stabilized sample holder. It is suitable for dielectric measurements in the frequency range 1 MHz–1 GHz and at temperatures between 10 and 450 K. The dielectric dispersion of Fe-doped BaTiO3 and Na-doped KCN is presented. The results demonstrate the capability of this setup when investigating materials with high as well as with low dielectric constants.
12-week combined strength and endurance exercise attenuates CD8+ T-cell differentiation and affects the kynurenine pathway in the elderly: a randomized controlled trial
Creators: name: Boßlau, Tim Konstantin
name: Wasserfurth, Paulina
name: Reichel, Thomas
name: Weyh, Christopher
name: Palmowski, Jana
name: Nebl, Josefine
name: Joisten, Niklas
name: Belen, Sergen
name: Schenk, Alexander
name: Hahn, Andreas
name: Zimmer, Philipp
name: Krüger, Karsten
Publisher: name: London : BioMed Central
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Ageing
subject: CD8+ EMRA T-Cells
subject: Exercise
subject: Insulin Resistance
subject: Kynurenine Pathway
subject: Nutrition
subject: Dewey Decimal Classification::600 | Technik::610 | Medizin, Gesundheit

description: Background: Age-related accumulation of highly differentiated CD8+ effector memory re-expressing CD45RA (EMRA) T-cells and disruption of the kynurenine (KYN) pathway are associated with chronic inflammation and the development of insulin resistance. In this study the aim was to investigate the effects of 12-week combined strength and endurance exercise on CD8+ T-cell differentiation and KYN pathway metabolites. Ninety-six elderly subjects (f/m, aged 50—70) were randomized to a control (CON) or exercise (EX) group. The EX group completed combined strength and endurance training twice weekly for one hour each time at an intensity of 60% of the one-repetition maximum for strength exercises and a perceived exertion of 15/20 for endurance exercises. The EX group was also randomly subdivided into two groups with or without a concomitant balanced diet intervention in order to examine additional effects besides exercise alone. Before and after the intervention phase, the proportions of CD8+ T-cell subsets and levels of KYN pathway metabolites in peripheral blood were determined. Results: The CD8+ EMRA T-cell subsets increased in the CON group but remained almost unchanged in the EX group (p =.02). Plasma levels of kynurenic acid (KA) increased in the EX group and decreased in the CON group (p =.03). Concomitant nutritional intervention resulted in lower levels of quinolinic acid (QA) compared with exercise alone (p =.03). Overall, there was a slight increase in the QA/KA ratio in the CON group, whereas it decreased in the EX group (p >.05). Conclusions: Combined strength and endurance training seems to be a suitable approach to attenuate CD8+ T-cell differentiation in the elderly and to redirect the KYN pathway towards KA. The clinical relevance of these effects needs further investigation.
Selected experimental and modelling approaches for the analysis of solids and liquids using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy
Creators: name: Yaroshchyk., Pavel
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

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Rigidity of quasisymmetric mappings on self-affine carpets
Creators: name: Käenmäki, Antti
name: Ojala, Tuomo
name: Rossi, Eino
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Classical Analysis and ODEs (math.CA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 28A80, 37F35, 30C62, 30L10

description: We show that the class of quasisymmetric maps between horizontal self-affine carpets is rigid. Such maps can only exist when the dimensions of the carpets coincide, and in this case, the quasisymmetric maps are quasi-Lipschitz. We also show that horizontal self-affine carpets are minimal for the conformal Assouad dimension.
description: 20 pages, 4 figures
Optimal waveform for the entrainment of oscillators perturbed by an amplitude-modulated high-frequency force
Creators: name: Novičenko, Viktor
name: Ratas, Irmantas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems (nlin.AO)
subject: Pattern Formation and Solitons (nlin.PS)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We analyze limit cycle oscillators under perturbation constructed as a product of two signals, namely, an envelope with a period close to natural period of an oscillator and a high-frequency carrier signal. A theory for obtaining an envelope waveform that achieves the maximal frequency interval of entrained oscillators is presented. The optimization problem for fixed power and maximal allowed amplitude is solved by employing the phase reduction method and the Pontryagin's maximum principle. We have shown that the optimal envelope waveform is a bang-bang-type solution. Also, we have found "inversion" symmetry that relates two signals with different powers, but the same interval of entrained frequencies. The theoretical results are confirmed numerically on FitzHugh-Nagumo oscillators.
A new strategy to achieve high resolution separation of peptides with novel capillary electrophoretic and capillary electrochromatographic systems
Creators: name: Yang., Yuanzhong
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

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การจัดการเรียนรู้วิชาพระพุทธศาสนาโดยใช้ปรากฎการณ์เป็นฐานเพื่อส่งเสริม ทักษะทางสังคม ของนักเรียนชั้นมัธยมศึกษาปีที่ 2 โรงเรียนกาวิละวิทยาลัย จังหวัดเชียงใหม
Creators: name: ชนิษฎา นาคธูป
Publisher: name: สถาบันเทคโนโลยีภาคตะวันออกแห่งสุวรรณภูมิ (สทส)
Year: 2023
Subjects: การจัดการเรียนรู้โดยใช้ปรากฎการณ์เป็นฐาน
ทักษะทางสังคม
ศาสนสัมพันธ์
สันติวิธี
แผนการจัดการเรียนรู้

description: วารสารวิชาการ สถาบันเทคโนโลยีภาคตะวันออกแห่งสุวรรณภูมิ, 2, 1, 30-44
Interaction of spin-polarized atoms with a surface studied by optical-reflection spectroscopy
Creators: name: Suter, Dieter
name: Grafström, Stefan
Publisher: name: The American Physical Society
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: 530

description: We present an experiment for the investigation of the interaction of spin-polarized Na atoms with a dielectric surface. A laser beam, which is resonant with an atomic transition, probes the spin polarization near the surface. It is reflected at the surface and the change of its polarization is measured. Our analysis takes into account that the spin polarization is reduced near the surface because of surface-induced spin relaxation. The theory shows that strong wall relaxation leads to a clear modification of the shape and strength of the optical line. The dependence of the line shape on the angle of incidence immediately below the critical angle of total internal reflection provides a sensitive tool for the quantitative determination of the depolarization probability ɛ per wall collision. Measurements performed at a Pyrex glass surface provide a clear experimental confirmation of the theory and yield a value of ɛ≊0.5. The case of weak wall relaxation is exemplified by experimental results from a silicone-coated glass surface, which are equally well reproduced by the theory. The method offers the prospect of using surface-induced spin relaxation for the study of surface properties and atom-surface interactions for various surfaces.
Atmospheric neutrinos, $nu_e-nu_s$ oscillations, and a novel neutrino evolution equation
Creators: name: Akhmedov, Evgeny
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: If a sterile neutrino nu_s with an eV-scale mass and a sizeable mixing to the electron neutrino exists, as indicated by the reactor and gallium neutrino anomalies, a strong resonance enhancement of nu_e-nu_s oscillations of atmospheric neutrinos should occur in the TeV energy range. At these energies neutrino flavour transitions in the 3+1 scheme depend on just one neutrino mass squared difference and are fully described within a 3-flavour oscillation framework. We demonstrate that the flavour transitions of atmospheric nu_e can actually be very accurately described in a 2-flavour framework, with neutrino flavour evolution governed by an inhomogeneous Schroedinger-like equation. Evolution equations of this type have not been previously considered in the theory of neutrino oscillations.
description: 10 pages, 2 figures. v2: typos corrected. v3: some equations in section 2 reordered, section 3 expanded, figures enhanced and figure captions improved following referee's suggestions. Matches JHEP version
Integral matrices as diagonal quadratic forms
Creators: name: Lee, Jungin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 15A24, 15B36

description: In this paper, we investigate the conditions under which a diagonal quadratic form $\sum_{i=1}^{m}a_i X_i^2$ represents every $n \times n$ integral matrix, where $a_i$ ($1 \leq i \leq m$) are integers. For $n=2$, we give a necessary and sufficient condition. Also we give some sufficient conditions for each $n \geq 2$ where $a_i$ ($1 \leq i \leq m$) are pairwisely coprime.
description: 5 pages
Heterogenization of homogeneous catalysts by VPI-5 for use in aqueous media
Creators: name: Yang., Zheng-Ping
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

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PoDIUM 1st Newsletter (July 2023)
Creators: name: ERTICO
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: newsletter
PoDIUM
CCAM
PDI

description: PoDIUM's Newsletter #1 (July 2023) Discover PoDIUM's vision and objectives to reach higher levels of vehicle automation and foster the development of advanced Connected, Cooperative and Automated Mobility (CCAM) solutions. - General Information
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title: An Evaluation of Injury Incidence and Typology in Industry
Creators: name: Brooks, Shirlee Ann
Publisher: name: Old Dominion University Libraries
Year: 1988

description: In a retrospective study, 84 subjects treated for industrial injuries at one urgent care center during one calendar year were analyzed. The parameters evaluated were type of industry engaged in, type of injury sustained, and body part affected by the injury. All subjects were categorized within these parameters. Statistical analysis was performed by frequency distribution and Chi Square. Results obtained showed a statistically significant difference in distribution of various types of injuries that affected different body parts. It also revealed a significant difference in the distribution of types of injuries incurred by workers in different types of industry. It failed, however, to delineate any difference in the body part affected between different occupations. Further studies are recommended, using a prospective approach, larger sample size, longer time period, and multiple centers.
Sensors for Detection of Misbehaving Nodes in MANETs
Creators: name: Klenk, Andreas
name: Kragl, Frank
name: Schlott, Stefan
name: Weber, Michael
Publisher: name: Gesellschaft für Informatik
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Intrusion Detection
subject: MANETs
subject: 004

description: The fact that security is a critical problem when implementing mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) is widely acknowledged. One of the different kinds of misbehavior a node may exhibit is selfishness. A selfish node wants to preserve its resources while using the services of others and consuming their resources. One way of preventing selfishness in a MANET is a detection and exclusion mechanism. In this paper, we focus on the detection and present different kinds of sensors that will find selfish nodes. First we present simulations that show the negative effects which selfish nodes cause in MANET. In the related work section we will analyze the detection mechanisms proposed by others. Our new detection mechanisms that we describe in this paper are called activity-based overhearing, iterative probing, and unambiguous probing. Simulation-based analysis of these mechanisms show that they are highly effective and can reliably detect a multitude of selfish behaviors.
description: Lecture Notes in Informatics;P-46
Electronic contribution to thermal expansion of transition metals and superconductors
Creators: name: Yahaya., Muhammad
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

description: This thesis was scanned from the print manuscript for digital preservation and is copyright the author.
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Stochastic epidemic dynamics on extremely heterogeneous networks
Creators: name: Parra-Rojas, César
name: House, Thomas
name: McKane, Alan J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph)
subject: Populations and Evolution (q-bio.PE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Networks of contacts capable of spreading infectious diseases are often observed to be highly heterogeneous, with the majority of individuals having fewer contacts than the mean, and a significant minority having relatively very many contacts. We derive a two-dimensional diffusion model for the full temporal behavior of the stochastic susceptible-infectious-recovered (SIR) model on such a network, by making use of a time-scale separation in the deterministic limit of the dynamics. This low-dimensional process is an accurate approximation to the full model in the limit of large populations, even for cases when the time-scale separation is not too pronounced, provided the maximum degree is not of the order of the population size.
description: 22 pages, 8 figures
Acoustic confinement in superlattice cavities
Creators: name: Garcia-Sanchez, Daniel
name: Déleglise, Samuel
name: Thomas, Jean-Louis
name: Atkinson, Paola
name: Lagoin, Camille
name: Perrin, Bernard
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The large coupling rate between the acoustic and optical fields confined in GaAs/AlAs superlattice cavities makes them appealing systems for cavity optomechanics. We have developed a mathematical model based on the scattering matrix that allows the acoustic guided modes to be predicted in nano and micropillar superlattice cavities. We demonstrate here that the reflection at the surface boundary considerably modifies the acoustic quality factor and leads to significant confinement at the micropillar center. Our mathematical model also predicts unprecedented acoustic Fano resonances on nanopillars featuring small mode volumes and very high mechanical quality factors, making them attractive systems for optomechanical applications.
description: 7 pages, 4 figures
title: An Assessment of the Characteristics and Attrition Rates of Physical Therapist Assistant Educational Programs
Creators: name: Bayliss, Pamela Ann
Publisher: name: Old Dominion University Libraries
Year: 1989

description: The purpose of this study was to determine the student attrition rate in physical therapist assistant programs accredited by the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) at the time of the study and to identify factors which may affect student attrition. The survey instrument was designed to gather data on student attrition rates for the classes which graduated in 1984, 1985, and 1986 and on program characteristics such as admission policies and curricular requirements. The mean student attrition rates were 32%, 28.6%, and 26.4% in 1984, 1985 and 1986, respectively. There were no significant differences identified via Chi Square (p<.05) between the student attrition rate and the program characteristics evaluated. An unexpected finding of this study was the diversity between programs identified in characteristics such as admissions policies and procedures and curricular requirements.
Studies of microalgae from Antarctic hypersaline lakes
Creators: name: Xu., Xin Qing
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

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Branes and integrable lattice models
Creators: name: Yagi, Junya
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This is a brief review of my work on the correspondence between four-dimensional $\mathcal{N} = 1$ supersymmetric field theories realized by brane tilings and two-dimensional integrable lattice models. I explain how to construct integrable lattice models from extended operators in partially topological quantum field theories, and elucidate the correspondence as an application of this construction.
description: 16 pages. Invited review article for Modern Physics Letters A. v2: published version
TESS Experiments: The Effects of Exposure to Women Candidates on Adolescents’ Political Attitudes
Creators: name: Campbell, David
name: Wolbrecht, Christina
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2023

description: Time-sharing Experiments for the Social Sciences (TESS) offers researchers the opportunity to capture the internal validity of experiments. Investigators submit proposals, and TESS fields successful proposals for free on a representative sample of adults in the United States. This experiment was conducted to gauge the impact of exposure to women political candidates on not only political engagement, but attitudes about the responsiveness of the political system and beliefs about the political capacities of women among adolescents. The total 803 respondents age 13 to 17 were randomly assigned to read one of three fictional stories (non-partisan, Democratic, or Republican) highlighting the large number of women who ran in the 2020 elections across the country, and for many different offices, or to a control group that received no story, in order to observe respondent attitudes in the absence of any information about the 2020 elections. Respondents were then asked questions to measure their attitudes on political engagement, political responsiveness, gender roles, leadership traits, and sexist attitudes. This allowed for analysis across treatments based on partisanship exposure, personal partisanship, and gender.
Non-monotone algorithms in optimization and their applications
Creators: name: Xiao., Yi
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

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MPEC 2023-S148 : 2023 RR29
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: 2023 RR29

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.
Evidence for a Quasi-Two-Dimensional Proton Glass State in Cs5H3(SO4)4 · xH2O Crystals
Creators: name: Fedoseev, A. I.
name: Gvasaliya, S. N.
name: Lushnikov, S. G.
name: Schmidt, V. H.
name: Tuthill, G. F.
Publisher: name: The American Physical Society
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: 530

description: Physical Review Letters
A Foot in Both Camps: A Constructivist Grounded Theory Study Exploring the Experience of Nurses who Became Homeopaths
Creators: name: Worsley, Sandra Jean
Publisher: name: Central Queensland University
Year: 2020
Subjects: Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM)
Health care
Homeopathy
Nurses

description: This research aimed to understand the factors attracting qualified nurses to the practice of homeopathy and the influence if any, their respective identities as nurses and homeopaths had on their nursing and homeopathic practice. Using constructivist grounded theory methodology, data was collected via semi-structured interviews with fifteen registered nurses, who were also registered homeopaths, from three states of Australia. Data from the study resulted in the development of a substantive theory, the ‘Theory of Congruent Positioning’, which proposes that the nurses in this study were attracted to the practice of homeopathy through a process of experiential and transformative learning, whereby they connected with the core tenets of homeopathic philosophy. The ‘Theory of Congruent Positioning’ also provides insights into how the respective nursing and homeopathic identities of the nurses in this study influenced their respective nursing and homeopathic practice.
Fine-tuning challenges for the matter bounce scenario
Creators: name: Levy, Aaron M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A bouncing universe with a long period of contraction during which the average density is pressureless (the same equation of state as matter) as cosmologically observable scales exit the Hubble horizon has been proposed as an explanation for producing a nearly scale-invariant spectrum of adiabatic scalar perturbations. A well-known problem with this scenario is that, unless suppressed, the energy density associated with anisotropy grows faster than that of the pressureless matter, so the matter-like phase is unstable. Previous models introduce an ekpyrotic phase after the matter-like phase to prevent the anisotropy from generating chaotic mixmaster behavior. In this work, though, we point out that, unless the anisotropy is suppressed first, the matter-like phase will never start and that suppressing the anisotropy requires extraordinary, exponential fine-tuning.
description: 6 pages, 3 figures
title: An Analysis of Selected Family Life Education Curricula
Creators: name: Butler, Phoebe Terry
Publisher: name: Old Dominion University Libraries
Year: 1989

description: The purpose of this study was to examine the content of family life education curricula in Virginia's public schools and determine its appropriateness for the mentally handicapped students. It was the intent of this study to determine if existing curricula were designed to address the needs of mentally handicapped students according to a standard curricula designed by the American Association for Health, Physical Education and Recreation and the Sex Information and Education Council of the United States. The 15 participants of this study were selected from a random sample of 69. The response rate was 20.2%.

A letter soliciting family life education curricula was submitted to 69 randomly selected public school districts in October, 1988 to which 33 schools responded, but only 15 had curricula available. The other school districts reported that they were in the process of revising their curricula to meet the newly established standards of learning adopted by the State Department of Education.

The study consisted of comparing each curriculum's content to the standard. Means were then calculated for each content and subtopic area. The results of the study suggest that none of the schools have designed their curricula with the needs of the mentally handicapped in mind.
Probing the Higgs self coupling via single Higgs production at the LHC
Creators: name: Degrassi, Giuseppe
name: Giardino, Pier Paolo
name: Maltoni, Fabio
name: Pagani, Davide
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We propose a method to determine the trilinear Higgs self coupling that is alternative to the direct measurement of Higgs pair production total cross sections and differential distributions. The method relies on the effects that electroweak loops featuring an anomalous trilinear coupling would imprint on single Higgs production at the LHC. We first calculate these contributions to all the phenomenologically relevant Higgs production ($gg{\rm F}$, VBF, $WH$, $ZH$, $t\bar tH$) and decay ($γγ$, $WW^{*}/ZZ^{*}\to 4f$, $b\bar b$, $ττ$) modes at the LHC and then estimate the sensitivity to the trilinear coupling via a one-parameter fit to the single Higgs measurements at the LHC 8 TeV. We find that the bounds on the self coupling are already competitive with those from Higgs pair production and will be further improved in the current and next LHC runs.
description: 34 pages, 13 figures, 5 tables; V2: New appendix A added on the comparison with the Effective Field Theory approach; V3: Journal version
Resource partitioning and the role of competition in structuring lichenostomus honeyeater (and manorina melanophrys communities in southern Victoria
Creators: name: Wykes., Boyd John
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

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title: G Art. 5; StGB § 90 a Abs. 1 Nr. 2
title: »Schwarz-Rot-Senf« für die Fahne der Bundesrepublik Deutschland bedeutet keine Verunglimpfung des Staates und seiner Symbole
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Vormbaum, Moritz
Publisher: name: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: 340 Recht

description: Dieser Beitrag ist mit Zustimmung des Rechteinhabers aufgrund einer (DFG-geförderten) Allianz- bzw. Nationallizenz frei zugänglich.
NFDI4Earth Knowledge Hub - Concept (NFDI4Earth Deliverable D4.3.2)
Creators: name: Degbelo, Auriol
name: Henzen, Christin
name: Grieb, Jonas
name: Klammer, Ralf
name: Weiland, Claus
name: Bernard, Lars
name: Müller-Pfefferkorn, Ralph
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: NFDI
NFDI4Earth
NFDI4Earth Deliverable
NFDI4Earth Knowledge Hub

description: Digital Research products from the Earth System Sciences (ESS) are increasingly difficult to find. There is a need for tools that automate their discovery. The Knowledge Hub is one component of the NFDI4Earth architecture that addresses that gap. It will collect information on various ESS research products and serve as the central information source for other NFDI4Earth components (OneStop4All, Living Handbook, EduTrain). This deliverable introduces the vision for the Knowledge Hub within NFDI4Earth and presents our concepts regarding its implementation and continuous evaluation. The deliverable primarily addresses the technical base of the Knowledge Hub. Strategies on elaborating the content of the Knowledge Hub will be provided by the cooperating NFDI4Earth measures (M1.3, M2.2, M3.1, and M3.2).
description: This work has been funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) through the project NFDI4Earth (DFG project no.460036893, https://www.nfdi4earth.de/) within the German National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI, https://www.nfdi.de/).