cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Thermoelectric transport properties of CaMg2Bi2, EuMg2Bi2, and YbMg2Bi2
Creators: name: May, A. F.
name: McGuire, M. A.
name: Ma, J.
name: Delaire, O.
name: Huq, A.
name: Singh, D. J.
name: Cai, W.
name: Wang, H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The thermoelectric transport properties of CaMg2Bi2, EuMg2Bi2, and YbMg2Bi2 were characterized between 2 and 650K. As synthesized, the polycrystalline samples are found to have lower p-type carrier concentrations than single-crystalline samples of the same empirical formula. These low carrier concentration samples possess the highest mobilities yet reported for materials with the CaAl2Si2 structure type, with a mobility of ~740cm$^2$/V/s observed in EuMg2Bi2 at 50K. Despite decreases in the Seebeck coefficient (α) and electrical resistivity (ρ) with increasing temperature, the power factor (α^2/ρ) increases for all temperatures examined. This behavior suggests a strong asymmetry in the conduction of electrons and holes. The highest figure of merit (zT) is observed in YbMg2Bi2, with zT approaching 0.4 at 600K for two samples with carrier densities of approximately 2x10^{18}cm^{-3} and 8x10^{18}cm^{-3} at room temperature. Refinements of neutron powder diffraction data yield similar behavior for the structures of CaMg2Bi2 and YbMg2Bi2, with smooth lattice expansion and relative expansion in $c$ being ~35% larger than relative expansion in $a$ at 973K. First principles calculations reveal an increasing band gap as Bi is replaced by Sb then As, and subsequent Boltzmann transport calculations predict an increase in αfor a given $n$ associated with an increased effective mass as the gap opens. The magnitude and temperature dependence of αsuggests higher zT is likely to be achieved at larger carrier concentrations, roughly an order of magnitude higher than those in the current polycrystalline samples, which is also expected from the detailed calculations.
Detecting ecosystem level disturbances
Creators: name: Irvine, Robyn L.
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 2004

description: Bibliography: p. 158-188
description: Ecosystem ecologists often face the challenge of detecting perturbations and predicting their consequences. My dissertation research explores the importance of variance to the detection of perturbations in lake and stream ecosystems in three different contexts. First, I test the sensitivity of two commonly used assessment designs (the Before-After­Control-Impact-Paired Series (BACIPS) and the Beyond BACI) to detect a perturbation in a set of stream ecosystems given the empirical variance structure of the invertebrate metrics. Environmental assessments commonly use benthic invertebrates to assess water quality. Both assessment designs are poor at detecting changes with the post-impact disturbance effect size I calculated. However, in my simulation results, the BACIPS design outperformed the Beyond BACI. This is likely due to high temporal variance in the invertebrates. To consistently detect a disturbance, the designs require very low variance in the metrics, or a large effect size. Secondly, I examine the nutrient limitation of the headwaters of the McLeod River and the implications of that limitation for the future of the streams given potential development plans for the watershed. The headwaters are affected by past mining disturbances and there is ongoing interest in developing an open-pit coal mine in the area. My experiments show evidence of nitrogen limitation, which is important since coal mining activity adds nitrogen to watersheds. Thirdly, I assess the level of data resolution required to answer qualitative and quantitative questions about primary production in a set of lakes. Using an information­theoretic approach, I test the ability of 40 models containing variable levels of spatial and temporal complexity to 1) fit the relationship between light and primary productivity in a set of 14 British Columbia (Canada) lakes that were part of a large-scale fertilization experiment, and 2) predict annual primary production. The top-ranked model partitioned the data by lake, year, fertilization status, season and sampling station. When I predicted primary production estimates for my top three models and three commonly used models from the limnological literature, I found that model selection is important for quantitative production predictions, but not necessarily for qualitative assessment of nutrient limitation.
The Three Sisters mountain village: meeting the criteria for sustainability
Creators: name: Antonelli, Amica
Publisher: name: Environmental Design
Year: 2004

description: Bibliography: p. 174-187
description: Currently in the early phases of construction, the Three Sisters Mountain Village is a major resort development within the Town of Canmore that is anticipated to double the community's population in the next ten to fifteen years. The approval process for the development has been lengthy and surrounded by public concern over the magnitude of the project and the environmental impact it will have. The goal of this MDP is to create a feasible strategy for reducing the negative environmental impacts of the Three Sisters Mountain Village. The strategic planning model is applied as the primary framework for critically assessing the development. Through the first step in the strategic planning model, the site analysis, gaps between the developers' actions and the developers' vision of being the most environmentally responsible resort in Rocky Mountains are identified. The following stages of the strategic planning model provide a systematic approach to establishing environmental goals and objectives consistent with the developers' vision statement, and highlighting the most effective actions to take by focusing on key priorities. The environmental initiatives that are recommended address stormwater management, energy and water conservation, air quality, and the sustainable selection of materials. Finally, indicators of sustainability are explored as a means of measuring the success of the developers in achieving their vision. The indicators and thresholds are selected to guide the developers in moving toward being the most environmentally responsible among their peers and provide an initial basis for comparison to other communities. Key Words: Environmental impact, environmental sustainability, development, strategic planning model, goals, indicators.
Afrogamasellus celisi Loots 1969
Creators: name: Castilho, Raphael C.
name: De Moraes, Gilberto J.
name: Halliday, Bruce
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Mesostigmata
Rhodacaridae
Afrogamasellus
Afrogamasellus celisi

description: 31. Afrogamasellus celisi Loots, 1969
 Afrogamasellus celisi Loots, 1969b: 367.
 Afrogamasellus celisi.— Lee, 1970: 34; Hurlbutt, 1974: 570.
TYPE DEPOSITORY: Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgium.
TYPE LOCALITY AND HABITAT: [Democratic Republic of the Congo], near Lubero, Kivu Province, 3 July 1957, in soil.
description: Published as part of Castilho, Raphael C., De Moraes, Gilberto J. & Halliday, Bruce, 2012, 3471, pp. 1-69 in Zootaxa 3471 on page 26
การพัฒนาพฤติกรรมเอื้อสังคมผ่านห้องเรียนดนตรีในโรงเรียนเอกชนนอกระบบ
Creators: name: วรจสมน ปานทองเสม
Publisher: name: ศูนย์นวัตกรรมทางการศึกษา สื่อสิ่งพิมพ์ และสื่อออนไลน์
Year: 2564
Subjects: พฤติกรรมเอื้อสังคม
ห้องเรียนดนตรี
โรงเรียนดนตรีเอกชนนอกระบบ

description: วารสารอิเล็กทรอนิกส์ทางการศึกษา, 16, 1, OJED1601014 (15 หน้า)
Heavy quark effective theory for charmed mesons
Creators: name: Singh, S.
name: Batra, M.
name: Upadhyay, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Within the framework of heavy quark effective theory and chiral perturbation theory, masses and splittings of heavy charm mesons are studied. A mass formula is used for comprehensive analysis of low lying charm meson states.The variation of mass splittings and spin splittings with respect to various symmetry conserving and symmetry breaking parameters have also been focussed.
description: DAE Symposium 2011, Vishakapatnam (A.P)
MPEC 2023-H51 : 2023 HP
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 HP

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.
Kondo effect of an adatom in graphene and its scanning tunneling spectroscopy
Creators: name: Li, Lin
name: Ni, Yang-Yang
name: Zhong, Yin
name: Fang, Tie-Feng
name: Luo, Hong-Gang
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the Kondo effect of a single magnetic adatom on the surface of graphene. It was shown that the unique linear dispersion relation near the Dirac points in graphene makes it more easy to form the local magnetic moment, which simply means that the Kondo resonance can be observed in a more wider parameter region than in the metallic host. The result indicates that the Kondo resonance indeed can form ranged from the Kondo regime, to the mixed valence, even to the empty orbital regime. While the Kondo resonance displays as a sharp peak in the first regime, it has a peak-dip structure and/or an anti-resonance in the remaining two regimes, which result from the Fano resonance due to the significant background leaded by dramatically broadening of the impurity level in graphene. We also study the scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) spectra of the adatom and they show obvious particle-hole asymmetry when the chemical potential is tuned by the gate voltages applied to the graphene. Finally, we explore the influence of the direct tunneling channel between the STM tip and the graphene on the Kondo resonance and find that the lineshape of the Kondo resonance is unaffected, which can be attributed to unusual large asymmetry factor in graphene. Our study indicates that the graphene is an ideal platform to study systematically the Kondo physics and these results are useful to further stimulate the relevant experimental studies on the system.
description: 8 pages, 5 figures
แนวทางของผู้ปกครองในการสร้างสัมพันธภาพกับเด็กวัยอนุบาลในโรงเรียนอนุบาลหฤทัย
Creators: name: พรีม เพชรบุตร
Publisher: name: ศูนย์นวัตกรรมทางการศึกษา สื่อสิ่งพิมพ์ และสื่อออนไลน์
Year: 2564
Subjects: แนวทางผู้ปกครอง
การสร้างสัมพันธภาพ
เด็กวัยอนุบาล

description: วารสารอิเล็กทรอนิกส์ทางการศึกษา, 16, 1, OJED1601015 (13 หน้า)
การส่งเสริมทักษะการด้นสดของนักเรียนเปียโนระดับต้นด้วยแบบฝึกทักษะการเคลื่อนไหวเป็นจังหวะ
Creators: name: ธฤดี อัศวนภ
Publisher: name: ศูนย์นวัตกรรมทางการศึกษา สื่อสิ่งพิมพ์ และสื่อออนไลน์
Year: 2564
Subjects: ทักษะการด้นสด
แบบฝึกหัดทักษะการเคลื่อนไหวเป็นจังหวะ
นักเรียนเปียโนระดับต้น

description: วารสารอิเล็กทรอนิกส์ทางการศึกษา, 16, 1, OJED1601016 (15 หน้า)
Phase transition in the Countdown problem
Creators: name: Lacasa, Lucas
name: Luque, Bartolo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Here we present a combinatorial decision problem, inspired by the celebrated quiz show called the countdown, that involves the computation of a given target number T from a set of k randomly chosen integers along with a set of arithmetic operations. We find that the probability of winning the game evidences a threshold phenomenon that can be understood in the terms of an algorithmic phase transition as a function of the set size k. Numerical simulations show that such probability sharply transitions from zero to one at some critical value of the control parameter, hence separating the algorithm's parameter space in different phases. We also find that the system is maximally efficient close to the critical point. We then derive analytical expressions that match the numerical results for finite size and permit us to extrapolate the behavior in the thermodynamic limit.
description: Submitted for publication
Activating the p53 DNA damage response
Creators: name: Jack, Melissa Trudy
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 2004

description: Bibliography: p. 135-167
description: Some pages are in colour.
description: The mechanism by which p53 activation occurs in response to DNA damage has remained unresolved. The potential role of DNA-PK and an unidentified factor(s) ("Factor X") in signaling DNA damage and activating p53 has been suggested (Woo et al., 1998). Here data are obtained in vitro indicating that "factor X" is the checkpoint kinase 2 (Chk2) protein. Experimental evidence points to a pathway in which DNA-PK and Chk2 act synergistically and sequentially to activate p53 sequence specific DNA binding in vitro, and specifically play a role in the activation of a latent population of p53. In response to genotoxic stress, mammalian cells can activate cell cycle checkpoint pathways to arrest the cell for repair of DNA or induce apoptosis to eliminate damaged cells. Based on the in vitro data obtained, the ability of DNA-PK and Chk2 in mediating these p53 responses was investigated. It has been suggested that Chk2 functions downstream of ATM in G 1 cell cycle arrest. Using Chk2 -/- mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs), it has been observed that unlike ATM-/- or p53 -/- MEFs, these cells behave like normal MEFs in manifesting p21 induction and G 1 arrest upon exposure to ionizing radiation. Therefore Chk2 is not involved in p53 mediated G 1 arrest. The role of Chk2 and DNA-PK were then examined in the p53 dependent apoptotic response using adenovirus ElA expressing MEFs. It is shown that Chk2 -/- and DNA-PK-/-, like p53 -/­cells, did not undergo DNA damage induced apoptosis while ATM -/- cells behaved like normal cells in their ability to invoke an apoptotic response. The role of the serine-15 residue on p53 mediated apoptosis was investigated using p53 S 15A knock in MEFs expressing E 1 A and these cells exhibited an attenuated apoptotic response indicating the contribution of this residue in mediating this response. Finally, the ability of these cells to undergo apoptosis in the absence of protein synthesis suggests that pre-existing, "latent", p53 is sufficient for executing this response. Taken together, these studies indicate that Chk2 and DNA-PK are involved in the activation of latent p53, independently of ATM, and specifically in triggering DNA damage-induced apoptosis.
Mitteilungen des Oberhessischen Geschichtsvereins Gießen 99 (2014)
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
name: Justus Liebig University Giessen
Publisher: name: Universitätsbibliothek Gießen
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: ddc:943

description: Michael Breitbach: Nachruf auf Dr. Rüdiger MackI. Beiträge Dietlind Grabe-Bolz: Feierstunde Hermann-Levi-Saal Dieter Steil: Hermann Levi - Dirigent, Übersetzer und Musiker aus Gießen Heidrun Helwig: Büchner oder nicht Büchner? Eine hitzige Kontroverse Agnes Schmidt: "Was unsren Mädchen Not tut, ist eine ganz gründliche Kenntnis der Weltgeschichte ..": Luise Büchner als Historikerin Bernd Greiten/Manfred Schmidt: Das Schicksal der in Krofdorf geborenen Jüdin Bertha Schmitt Ingfried Stahl: Angenrod im Dritten Reich: Nonkonformismus und Zivilcourage Jeannette van Laak: Sehnsuchtsort Gießen? - Zur Geschichte des Notaufnahmelagers nach dem Mauerbau Lars Witteck: Vom Erstaufnahmelager zur Erstaufnahmeeinrichtung Jürgen Dauernheim: Fußball in Gießen - die Anfänge II. Miszellen Ulrich Ritzerfeld: Die Langsdorfer Verträge (1263) und die Neugestaltung in der Mitte des Reiches Volker Hess: Ein "Guter Ort"? - Einige Ergebnisse einer beiläufigen Spurensuche zum alten jüdischen Friedhof in Staufenberg III. Rezensionen IV. Neue Publikationen V. Vereinsleben VI. Presseberichterstattung VII. Autorinnen und Autoren
Afrodacarellus ruwenzoriensis
Creators: name: Castilho, Raphael C.
name: De Moraes, Gilberto J.
name: Halliday, Bruce
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Mesostigmata
Rhodacaridae
Afrodacarellus
Afrodacarellus ruwenzoriensis

description: 27. Afrodacarellus ruwenzoriensis (Loots, 1969)
 Afrogamasellus ruwenzoriensis Loots, 1969a: 71.
 Afrodacarellus ruwenzoriensis.— Hurlbutt, 1974: 594.
 Afrogamasellus (Foliogamasellus) ruwenzoriensis.— Karg, 1977: 344; Karg & Schorlemmer, 2009: 66.
TYPE DEPOSITORY: Natural History Museum, London, England.
TYPE LOCALITY AND HABITAT: Uganda, near Nyinabitaba, Ruwenzori, alt. 8650 feet, 1952, in soil.
description: Published as part of Castilho, Raphael C., De Moraes, Gilberto J. & Halliday, Bruce, 2012, 3471, pp. 1-69 in Zootaxa 3471 on page 25
A 2-20 GHz Analog Lag-Correlator for Radio Interferometry
Creators: name: Holler, C. M.
name: Jones, M. E.
name: Taylor, A. C.
name: Harris, A. I.
name: Maas, S. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present the design and testing of a 2-20 GHz continuum band analog lag correlator with 16 frequency channels for astronomical interferometry. The correlator has been designed for future use with a prototype single-baseline interferometer operating at 185-275 GHz. The design uses a broadband Wilkinson divider tree with integral thin-film resistors implemented on an alumina substrate, and custom-made broadband InGaP/GaAs Gilbert Cell multipliers. The prototype correlator has been fully bench-tested, together with the necessary readout electronics for acquisition of the output signals. The results of these measurements show that the response of the correlator is well behaved over the band. An investigation of the noise behaviour also shows that the signal-to-noise of the system is not limited by the correlator performance.
description: accepted for publication by IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation & Measurement
Application of simple adaptive beamforming antennas in indoor wireless networks
Creators: name: Jacobsen, Scott
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 2004

description: Bibliography: p. 88-91
description: Indoor wireless computer networks based upon the Institute of Electrical and Elec­tronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 suite of standards are increasingly being deployed to enable mobile data services. As these networks evolve, the underlying technolo­gies enabling these networks will need to improve in order to meet ever-increasing demands on the networks' performance. Areas for improvement include range, data throughput, and interference mitigation. One way of improving the performance of 802.11 devices is through the use of adaptive antennas. These antennas are capable of dynamically adjusting their perfor­mance to suit particular wireless communication environments such that the highest possible signal fidelity is always maintained. One particularly appropriate adaptive antenna for 802.11 networks is the electronically steerable passive array radiator (ESPAR) antenna as it offers reasonable performance without prohibitive costs. This thesis evaluates the deployment of an ESPAR antenna in an 802.11 net­work. The ESPAR antenna is discussed along with relevant information on wireless communications and the 802.11 standards. An ESPAR antenna prototype has been fabricated and a test system created for evaluating the effect of an ESPAR antenna on 802.11 systems' bit error rate performance. Both the prototype and measurement system are presented along with results from measurements performed in a typical urban office. Conclusions are provided along with suggestions for future research in this area.
Afrogamasellus Loots & Ryke 1968
Creators: name: Castilho, Raphael C.
name: De Moraes, Gilberto J.
name: Halliday, Bruce
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Mesostigmata
Rhodacaridae
Afrogamasellus

description: Genus Afrogamasellus Loots & Ryke, 1968
 Afrogamasellus Loots & Ryke, 1968: 2 (described in Rhodacaridae Oudemans).
 Afrogamasellus.— Loots, 1969a: 60; Loots, 1969b: 359; Loots, 1969c: 182; Lee, 1970: 30; Hurlbutt, 1974: 568; Karg, 1977: 343; Loots, 1979: 2; Karg, 2003b: 26; Karg & Schorlemmer, 2009: 65.
 Afrogamasellus (Afrogamasellus).— Karg & Schorlemmer, 2009: 65.
 Type species: Cyrtolaelaps (Gamasellus) franzi Loots & Ryke, 1968, by original designation.
 Afrogamasellus (Podalogamasellus) Karg, 1977: 345 (described in Rhodacaridae Oudemans).
 Afrogamasellus (Podalogamasellus).— Karg, 2003b: 26; Karg & Schorlemmer, 2009: 65.
 Type species: Gamasellus tetrastigma Berlese, 1916a, by original designation.
 Afrogamasellus (Jugulogamasellus) Karg, 1977: 345 (described in Rhodacaridae Oudemans) [objective junior synonym of Afrogamasellus (Afrogamasellus)].
 Type species: Cyrtolaelaps (Gamasellus) franzi Loots & Ryke, 1968, by original designation.
 Karg (1977) designated as the type of Afrogamasellus (Jugulogamasellus) the species designated by Loots & Ryke (1968) as the type of Afrogamasellus, which makes that subgenus an objective junior synonym of Afrogamasellus (Afrogamasellus).
description: Published as part of Castilho, Raphael C., De Moraes, Gilberto J. & Halliday, Bruce, 2012, 3471, pp. 1-69 in Zootaxa 3471 on page 26
Informal measures of processing speed and working memory and their relationship to the Wechsler intelligence scale for children-IV
Creators: name: Jager, Kelly Ann
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 2004

description: Bibliography: p. 87-94
description: This study examined the relationship between informal measures of working memory and processing speed and the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-IV (WISC-IV). The study consisted of twenty-three children ranging from six to twelve years old. The informal measures include two working memory tasks (Opposites Test, Mr. Cucumber) and one processing speed task (inspection time). Pearson product moment correlations between the informal measures and the WISC-IV index and Full Scale IQ scores were calculated with age partialled out of the analysis. The correlations were tested for statistical significance at .05. All of the correlations between the verbal working memory task (Opposites) and the WISC-IV index and FSIQ scores were statistically significant. The correlations between the spatial working memory task (Mr. Cucumber) and the Perceptual Reasoning Index, Working Memory Index, and the Opposites test were statistically significant. The correlations between the inspection time task and all of the WISC-IV index and FSIQ scores were not statistically significant. In addition, the test-retest reliability of the inspection time task was statistically significant (.66). These findings are discussed in terms of theories of intelligence and implications for the classroom.
Near-infrared Observations of Be/X-ray Binary Pulsar A0535+262
Creators: name: Naik, Sachindra
name: Mathew, Blesson
name: Banerjee, D. P. K.
name: Ashok, N. M.
name: Jaiswal, Rajeev R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present results obtained from an extensive near-infrared spectroscopic and photometric observations of the Be/X-ray binary A0535+262/HDE 245770 at different phases of its ~111 day orbital period. This observation campaign is a part of the monitoring programme of selective Be/X-ray binary systems aimed at understanding the X-ray and near-IR properties at different orbital phases, especially during the periastron passage of the neutron star. The near-IR observations were carried out using the 1.2 m telescope at Mt. Abu IR observatory. Though the source was relatively faint for spectroscopic observations with 1.2 m telescope, we monitored the source during the 2011 February--March giant outburst to primarily investigate whether any drastic changes in the near-IR JHK spectra take place at the periastron passage. Changes of such a striking nature were expected to be detectable in our spectra. Photometric observations of the Be star show a gradual and systematic fading in the JHK light curves since the onset of the X-ray outburst that could suggest a mild evacuation/truncation of the circumstellar disc of the Be companion. Near-IR spectroscopy of the object shows that the JHK spectra are dominated by the emission lines of hydrogen Brackett and Paschen series and HeI lines at 1.0830, 1.7002 and 2.0585 micron. The presence of all hydrogen emission lines in the JHK spectra, along with the absence of any significant change in the continuum of the Be companion during X-ray quiescent and X-ray outburst phases suggest that the near-IR line emitting regions of the disc are not significantly affected during the X-ray outburst.
description: 10 Pages, 5 Figures, Accepted for publication in Res. in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Afrogamasellus evansi Loots 1969
Creators: name: Castilho, Raphael C.
name: De Moraes, Gilberto J.
name: Halliday, Bruce
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Mesostigmata
Rhodacaridae
Afrogamasellus
Afrogamasellus evansi

description: 33. Afrogamasellus evansi Loots, 1969
 Afrogamasellus evansi Loots, 1969b: 377.
 Afrogamasellus evansi.— Lee, 1970: 34; Hurlbutt, 1974: 570.
TYPE DEPOSITORY: Natural History Museum, London, England.
TYPE LOCALITY AND HABITAT: Uganda, near Nyinabitaba, Ruwenzori, alt. 8650 feet, 1952, in soil.
description: Published as part of Castilho, Raphael C., De Moraes, Gilberto J. & Halliday, Bruce, 2012, 3471, pp. 1-69 in Zootaxa 3471 on page 27
Urban development and transportation: a spatial-temporal analysis
Creators: name: Jensen, John F.N.
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 2004

description: Bibliography: p. 156-167
description: A spatial-temporal approach based on historical transportation and land use data for Calgary, Alberta was applied to test whether transportation system performance has a quantifiable, although temporally lagged, influence on the timing and spatial character of Distribution-Logistics-Warehousing (DL W) land use development. This produced several findings. 1) There is an inverse relationship between DL W land development and transportation system performance. However, there are inconsistencies whereby some destinations are more influential than others suggesting that accessibility is spatially uneven. 2) Results of temporal analysis reveal a 5-10 year temporal lag in the relationship. Current DL W land development patterns demonstrate a relationship with traffic conditions at least five years in the past. 3) There is a congestion threshold below which congestion is not significant. This threshold indicates that traffic does not become an important factor until it generates a 2 to 3 % global increase in travel time above free flow conditions.
Electron Correlation via Frozen Gaussian Dynamics
Creators: name: Elliott, Peter
name: Maitra, Neepa T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the accuracy and efficiency of the semiclassical Frozen Gaussian method in describing electron dynamics in real time. Model systems of two soft-Coulomb-interacting electrons are used to study correlated dynamics under non-perturbative electric fields, as well as the excitation spectrum. The results show that a recently proposed method that combines exact-exchange with semiclassical correlation to propagate the one-body density-matrix holds promise for electron dynamics in many situations that either wavefunction or density-functional methods have difficulty describing. The results also however point out challenges in such a method that need to be addressed before it can become widely applicable.
Afrogamasellus franzi
Creators: name: Castilho, Raphael C.
name: De Moraes, Gilberto J.
name: Halliday, Bruce
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Mesostigmata
Rhodacaridae
Afrogamasellus
Afrogamasellus franzi

description: 34. Afrogamasellus franzi (Ryke & Loots, 1966)
 Cyrtolaelaps (Gamasellus) franzi Ryke & Loots, 1966: 124.
 Afrogamasellus franzi.— Loots & Ryke, 1968: 2; Lee, 1970: 33; Loots, 1971: 3; Hurlbutt, 1974: 571. Afrogamasellus (Jugulogamasellus) franzi.— Karg, 1977: 345.
TYPE DEPOSITORY: Institute for Zoological Research of the Potchefstroom University, Potchefstroom, South Africa.
 TYPE LOCALITY AND HABITAT: Kenya, on western side of Mount Meru, alt. 2600 m, 9 July 1962, in moss and litter in a Hagenia forest [Rosaceae].
description: Published as part of Castilho, Raphael C., De Moraes, Gilberto J. & Halliday, Bruce, 2012, 3471, pp. 1-69 in Zootaxa 3471 on page 27
To the theory of the Universe evolution
Creators: name: Meierovich, Boris E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Self-consistent account of the most simple non-gauge vector fields leads to a broad spectrum of regular scenarios of temporal evolution of the Universe completely within the frames of the Einstein's General relativity. The longitudinal non-gauge vector field is "the missing link in the chain", displaying the repulsive elasticity and allowing the macroscopic description of the main features of the Universe evolution. The singular Big Bang turns into a regular inflation-like state of maximum compression with the further accelerated expansion at late times. The parametric freedom of the theory allows to forget the troubles of fine tuning. In the most interesting cases the analytical solutions of the Einstein's equations are found.
description: 25 pages, 9figures
Pictures of history: the scenographic construction of Clifford Odets' 1938 play "Rocket to the Moon"
Creators: name: Johnsen, Jessie Leigh
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 2004

description: Bibliography: p. 80-83
description: Some pages are in colour.
description: In documenting the set and costume design for Clifford Odets' play Rocket to the Moon (produced by the University of Calgary and performed at the University Theatre in October, 2003), this paper explores the concept of historical representation in performance. According to both Constantin Stanislavski's methodology for actor training and Bertolt Brecht's dramaturgical philosophies, scenic design for the theatre takes on a role that goes far beyond the basic function of indicating time and place. Even though Odets' play takes place during a specific time in history, the play is less a representation of an era, than a representation of how Odets viewed the era. Therefore, the nature in which the environment of the play was crafted carried the potential of affecting the play's interpretation, first by the actors, and then, consequently by the audience itself.
Characterization of the mel-26, the post-meiotic inhibitor of MEI-1/MEI-2 microtubule severing activity in caenorhabditis elegans
Creators: name: Johnson, Jacque-Lynne F.A.
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 2004

description: Bibliography: p. 109-127
description: Some pages are in colour.
description: In the Caenorhabditis elegans embryo, the meiotic and mitotic spindles form within thirty minutes of one another in the same cytoplasm; yet these two spindles are very different in size and structure. Genes have been identified that have an essential role in oocyte meiotic and early mitotic spindle formation. It was previously determined that mei-1 and mei-2 are essential for meiosis and that mel-26 is the post-meiotic inhibitor of mei-1 and mei-2. mei-1 and mei-2 encode a microtubule severing activity. This thesis focuses on the development of an anti-MEL-26 antibody, to determine where and when MEL-26 is localized in the early embryo and to discover more about its interaction with MEI-1/MEI-2. This work contributed to the identification of MEL-26 as a component of a novel E3 ubiquitin ligase complex involved in targeting MEI-1 for ubiquitin-mediated degradation following meiosis.
Afrogamasellus franzoides Hurlbutt 1974
Creators: name: Castilho, Raphael C.
name: De Moraes, Gilberto J.
name: Halliday, Bruce
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Mesostigmata
Rhodacaridae
Afrogamasellus
Afrogamasellus franzoides

description: 35. Afrogamasellus franzoides Hurlbutt, 1974
 Afrogamasellus franzoides Hurlbutt, 1974: 573.
TYPE DEPOSITORY: unknown.
TYPE LOCALITY AND HABITAT: Tanzania, upper part of a valley between the Morogoro Regional Forestry Office and Mount Lupanga, Morogoro, alt. 3600 feet, 12 June 1966, in soil under tree.
description: Published as part of Castilho, Raphael C., De Moraes, Gilberto J. & Halliday, Bruce, 2012, 3471, pp. 1-69 in Zootaxa 3471 on page 27
Midterm Outcome Evaluation of Government-Led Endeavors to Eliminate Hepatitis C (HCV) as a Public Health Threat by 2030 in Malaysia
Creators: name: Keat, CHAN Huan
name: HASSALI Muhamed Azmi
name: MD SAID Rosaida
name: OMAR Haniza
name: ABD MUTALIB Noor Aliza
name: DE ROZARIO Frederick Walter
name: ABU HASSAN Muhammad Radzi
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Midterm
Outcome
Government-Led Endeavors
Hepatitis C
Public Health
Threat
Malaysia

description: Introduction Malaysia has been actively battling hepatitis C since 2016, primarily through partnerships with access-oriented nonprofit organizations and drug price control by compulsory licensing of sofosbuvir, a patented direct-acting antiviral. This study evaluated the impact of such initiatives on the treatment coverage, health expenditure of the government, and clinical outcomes of patients. Methods The data contributed by 144 public hospitals across the country was used to assess the trend changes in the number of hepatitis C patients treated and the corresponding drug expenditure between 2013 and 2019 (before and after government-driven interventions). The information on the effectiveness of the sofosbuvir-daclatasvir regimen was also gathered from medical records of hepatitis C patients, who sought care from 16 selected hospitals between April 2018 and March 2020. Results While the number of hepatitis C patients receiving treatment increased by >10 times (from 299 in 2013 to 3,116 in 2019; p<0.001), drug expenditure on hepatitis C relative to the overall health expenditure was not significantly expanded over time (p=0.094). Treatment completion was reported in 91.1% of the 1,797 patients studied for their clinical outcomes, who recorded a sustained virologic response (complete cure) rate of 95.4% (95% CI: 94.2, 96.7%). Treatment outcomes varied across neither viral genotypes nor cirrhosis status. Nevertheless, an age ≥50 years elevated the treatment failure risk (adjusted OR: 2.13; 95% CI: 1.16, 3.92). Conclusion The findings demonstrate the sustainability and scalability of the existing hepatitis C care model in Malaysia, along with the great real-world effectiveness of the treatment. [Disclaimer: Abstract text might vary slightly from what is displayed in the e-poster]
description: This poster was submitted to the 14th National Conference for Clinical Research (NCCR) in August 18-20, 2021. https://nccrconference.com.my/ This poster is also shortlisted for 14th Dr Wu Lien-Teh Youth Investigator Awards. Following are the links for the presentation slides on Zenodo Repository and Slideshare: Zenodo Repository : https://zenodo.org/record/5348475 Slideshare : https://www.slideshare.net/ICRInstituteForClini/midterm-outcome-evaluation-of-governmentled-endeavors-to-eliminate-hepatitis-c-as-a-public-health-threat-by-2030-in-malaysia
Adaptive mesh generation for terrain modeling and other applications
Creators: name: Apu, Russel Ahmed
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 2004

description: Bibliography: p. 113-121
description: The thesis presents a real-time adaptive dynamic framework to model and render large terrain structures in real-time using the conventional 3D hardware. Terrain modeling is a highly regarded problem in the real-time rendering of three dimensional computer graphics. A terrain is a geometric representation of a landscape that has a large number of geometric primitives. Rendering terrain models using conventional algorithms is inefficient on a standard rendering hardware. The thesis provides data structures and corresponding algorithms for the efficient dynamic viewer dependent representation and rendering of large geometric models. The thesis utilizes the adaptive dynamic mesh model known as the Real-Time Optimally Adapting Mesh (ROAM) for terrain modeling and rendering. The main contribution of the thesis is a modified ROAM based model that offers better quality and higher efficiency by proposing a number of augments to the existing model. Efforts were made to improve the limitations of this model and extend the idea for the representation of larger data structures. Another major contribution of the thesis is the introduction of a novel adaptive dynamic mesh model called Adaptive Loop Subdivision. This new model is capable of rendering virtually infinitely large terrain meshes and offer an original smoothness control technique. Finally, the thesis provides efficient representation of the introduced models to solve real-world problems. A novel approach for motion planning based on the original dynamic mesh model called Adaptive Spatial Memory is presented. Experimental results and analysis confirm that the models and algorithms presented are effective and more efficient compared to other dynamic mesh models.
Afrogamasellus kahusiensis Loots 1969
Creators: name: Castilho, Raphael C.
name: De Moraes, Gilberto J.
name: Halliday, Bruce
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Mesostigmata
Rhodacaridae
Afrogamasellus
Afrogamasellus kahusiensis

description: 37. Afrogamasellus kahusiensis Loots, 1969
 Afrogamasellus kahusiensis Loots, 1969b: 372.
 Afrogamasellus kahusiensis.— Lee, 1970: 34; Hurlbutt, 1974: 570.
TYPE DEPOSITORY: Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgium.
TYPE LOCALITY AND HABITAT: [Democratic Republic of the Congo], Kaleke, northeast of Kahusi, Kivu Province, 29 June 1951, in soil.
description: Published as part of Castilho, Raphael C., De Moraes, Gilberto J. & Halliday, Bruce, 2012, 3471, pp. 1-69 in Zootaxa 3471 on page 27
Tradeoff between noise and banding in a quantum adder with qudits
Creators: name: Agrawal, Gaurang
name: Konar, Tanoy Kanti
name: Lakkaraju, Leela Ganesh Chandra
name: De, Aditi Sen
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Quantum addition based on the quantum Fourier transform can be an integral part of a quantum circuit and proved to be more efficient than the existing classical ripple carry adder. Our study includes identifying the quantum resource required in a quantum adder in any arbitrary dimension and its relationship with the performance indicator in the presence of local noise acting on the circuit and when a limited number of controlled rotation operations is permitted, a procedure known as banding. We analytically prove an upper bound on the number of the controlled rotation gates required to accomplish the quantum addition up to an arbitrary defect in the fidelity between the desired and imperfect output. When the environment interacts with individual qudits, we establish a connection between quantum coherence and fidelity of the output. Interestingly, we demonstrate that when banding is employed in the presence of noise, approximate circuits of constant depth outperform circuits with a higher number of controlled rotations, establishing a complementary relationship between the approximate quantum adder and the strength of the noise. We exhibit that utilizing magnetic fields to prepare an initial state that evolves according to a one-dimensional spin chain for a specific amount of time can be a potential technique to implement quantum addition circuits in many-body systems.
description: v1:17 pages, 12 figures; v2:19 pages, 14 figures, v3: 19 pages, 14 figures, close to the published version
Magnetic fields in central stars of planetary nebulae?
Creators: name: Jordan, Stefan
name: Bagnulo, Stefano
name: Werner, Klaus
name: O'Toole, Simon J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Most of the planetary nebulae (PN) have bipolar or other non-spherically symmetric shapes. The presence of a magnetic field in the central star may be the reason for this lack of symmetry, but observational works published in the literature have so far reported contradictory results. We try to correlate the presence of a magnetic field with the departures from the spherical geometry of the envelopes of planetary nebulae. We determine the magnetic field from spectropolarimetric observations of ten central stars of planetary nebulae. The results of the analysis of the observations of four stars was previously presented and discussed in the literature, while the observations of six stars, plus additional measurements for a star previously observed, are presented here for the first time. All our determinations of magnetic field in the central planetary nebulae are consistent with null results. Our field measurements have a typical error bar of 150-300 G. Previous spurious field detections obtained with FORS were probably due to the use of different wavelength calibration solutions for frames obtained at different position angles of the retarder waveplate. Currently, there is no observational evidence for the presence of magnetic fields with a strength of the order of hundreds Gauss or higher in the central stars of planetary nebulae.
description: 5 pages, 2 figures, accepted for publication by Astronomy and Astrophysics
Television outside the box: the case of PrideVision TV
Creators: name: Johnston, Dawn Elizabeth Belle
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 2005

description: Bibliography: p. 162-170
description: In Canada, activist movements permeate and shape media, public policy, popular culture and cultural identities; one arena where this has been particularly vibrant is in the struggle to make queer culture visible. In the midst of growing public support for same-sex marriage, and an explosion of success for television shows like Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, it seems that queer sexuality is becoming an institution in Canadian media and culture. Nowhere is this more true than in the world of digital television, where Canada's Pride Vision TV has become the world's first gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender television station to broadcast around the clock, 365 days a year. As a big-budget, corporately sponsored premium cable channel, Pride Vision has the resources to be highly influential in and about Canada's queer community - raising many questions about how television programming can constitute activism. Through a case study of Toronto-based Pride Vision TV, this dissertation explores the ways in which Canadian queer activists are re-imagining social activism by using niche-market television for identity formation, community visibility, and political and cultural progress.
The AMBRE project: A new synthetic grid of high-resolution FGKM stellar spectra
Creators: name: de Laverny, P.
name: Recio-Blanco, A.
name: Worley, C. C.
name: Plez, B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Large grids of synthetic spectra covering a widespread range of stellar parameters are mandatory for different stellar and (extra-)Galactic physics applications. Such large grids can be used for the automatic parametrisation of stellar spectra such as that performed within the AMBRE project for which the main goal is the stellar atmospheric parameters determination for the few hundreds of thousands of archived spectra of four ESO spectrographs. To fulfil the needs of AMBRE and future similar projects, we have computed a grid of synthetic spectra over the whole optical domain for cool to very cool stars of any luminosity with metallicities varying from 10-5 to 10 times the solar metallicity, and considering large variations in the chemical content of the α-elements. New generation MARCS model atmospheres and the Turbospectrum code for radiative transfer have been used. We have also taken into account as complete as possible atomic and molecular linelists. A new grid of 16783 high resolution spectra over the wavelength range 3000 to 12000 Å has been computed with a spectral resolution always larger than 150000. Normalised and absolute flux versions are available over a wide range of stellar atmospheric parameters for stars of FGKM spectral types. The covered parameters are 2500K\leqTeff\leq8000K, -0.5\leqlog(g)\leq5.5dex, -5.0\leq[M/H]\leq+1.0 dex and five different values of the enrichment in α-elements have been considered (0.0, \pm0.2 dex and \pm0.4 dex around the standard values). This grid is made publicly available through the POLLUX database (about 50% of the spectra are already included in this database) and in FITS format upon request to the authors.
description: Accepted by A&A
Explanation of Macropathinae mitochondrial gene arrangment from Fossil calibrated phylogenies of Southern cave wētā show dispersal and extinction confound biogeographic signal
Creators: name: Dowle, Eddy J.
name: Trewick, Steven A.
name: Morgan-Richards, Mary
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 310499
subject: Evolutionary biology not elsewhere classified

description: characterisation of the control region that lies (as in other Orthoptera) between the large ribosomal RNA subunit (16S, rrnL) and a cluster of tRNAs adjacent to NADH deyhydrogenase2 (NAD2)
Afrogamasellus lootsi Hurlbutt 1974
Creators: name: Castilho, Raphael C.
name: De Moraes, Gilberto J.
name: Halliday, Bruce
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Mesostigmata
Rhodacaridae
Afrogamasellus
Afrogamasellus lootsi

description: 41. Afrogamasellus lootsi Hurlbutt, 1974
 Afrogamasellus lootsi Hurlbutt, 1974: 578.
TYPE DEPOSITORY: unknown.
TYPE LOCALITY AND HABITAT: Tanzania, adjacent to Morogoro River, Morogoro, alt. 550 m, 15 February 1968, on dead leaves, twigs and in humus under bushes and trees.
description: Published as part of Castilho, Raphael C., De Moraes, Gilberto J. & Halliday, Bruce, 2012, 3471, pp. 1-69 in Zootaxa 3471 on page 28
Demographic and life-history responses of an over-exploited bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus) population to zero harvest regulations.
Creators: name: Johnston, Fiona D.
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 2005

description: Bibliography: p. 153-165
description: The study of an over-exploited bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus) population after the introduction of zero harvest regulations, demonstrated the ability of this population to recover from overharvest. Adult abundance increased 25 fold over a decade and approached a carrying capacity, providing an opportunity to characterize the demographics and life history traits of a threatened species. Density-dependent changes in survival, growth, maturation and spawning frequency were observed. Density-dependent survival of juvenile bull trout prior to age-1 was found to be the primary factor limiting further population growth. However, density-dependent adult survival and changes in maturation and fecundity may also have influenced population dynamics. Density-dependent changes in life history characteristics also provided insight into how energetic tradeoffs between growth and reproduction differ between the genders. The importance of all life stages in the management of species with complex life histories was demonstrated in this study.