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Justification of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation for interface wave packets in Maxwell's equations with 2D localization
Creators: name: Tietz, Daniel Paul
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 510

description: Wir untersuchen die Maxwell Gleichungen in zwei Dimensionen am Interface zweier inhomogener Medien mit Kerr-Nichtlinearität und sofortiger Materialantwort. Das zugehörige lineare Problem wird mithilfe der exponentiellen Dichotomie eingehend untersucht. Für das nichtlineare Problem wird die nichtlineare Schrödinger Gleichung als passende Amplitudengleichung für eine approximative Wellenpaketlösung formal hergeleitet. Die Approximationseigenschaften der formalen Approximation werden anschließend auf dem zugehörigen langen Zeitintervall mittels eines Bootstrapping Arguments rigoros bewiesen. Die analytischen Ergebnisse der Arbeit werden durch numerische Verfahren und Beispiele ergänzt.
description: We study the Maxwell equations in two dimensions at the interface of two inhomogeneous media with Kerr nonlinearity and instantaneous material response. The corresponding linear problem is extensively studied with the method of exponential Dichotomy. For the nonlinear problem, we formally derive the nonlinear Schrödinger equation as the amplitude equation for an approximative wave packet solution. Subsequently, the properties of the approximation are proven rigorously on the corresponding long time interval via a bootstrapping argument. The analytical results of this thesis are supplemented by numerical methods and examples.
title: Commemoration and Cult of the Fallen (Canada)
title: Commemoration and Cult of the Fallen (Canada)
Creators: name: Vance, Jonathan F.
Publisher: name: BSB - Bavarian State Library
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: o.P. Kanada
subject: Weltkrieg [1914-1918]
subject: Kriegerdenkmal
subject: o.P. World War, 1914-1918--Canada
subject: World War, 1914-1918--Monuments

description: Some 70,000 Canadians died while in military service during the First World War, a loss that made commemoration imperative. The memory that emerged stressed the values for which the war had been fought and the new sense of national identity that emerged in its wake. This determination to see the war as a positive, nation-building experience and to provide consolation to grieving families persisted through the Second World War and has been restated in recent decades.
description: 1914-1918-Online International Encyclopedia of the First World War
description: 1914-1918-Online International Encyclopedia of the First World War
Colorimetric and ratiometric chemosensor for hydrogen sulfide based on the 1-(2-pyridylazo)-2-naphthol-zinc ions ensemble
Creators: name: Xie, Ziheng
name: Jiang, Huihui
name: Zhang, Xiangmin
name: Wang, Jing
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Plant Biology
subject: Computational Biology

description: This paper reports a colorimetric and ratiometric chemosensor for hydrogen sulfide based on the 1-(2-pyridylazo)-2-naphthol and zinc ions ensemble. The detection strategy was designed based on the hydrogen sulfide-induced dissolution of the ensemble to form more stable zinc sulfide species. Using this strategy, hydrogen sulfide can remove zinc ions from the ensemble and restore the optical signals of the indicator, 1-(2-pyridylazo)-2-naphthol. Upon addition of hydrogen sulfide to the ensemble of 1-(2-pyridylazo)-2-naphthol and zinc ions, the absorption spectra displayed decreasing absorption intensity at 511 and 541 nm and increasing absorption intensity at 398 nm; moreover, the solution exhibited an obvious color change from pink to yellow that could be observed by the naked eye. This ensemble system could detect hydrogen sulfide with a limit of detection of 1.9 µM, and other common anions did not induce distinct changes in either absorption spectra or solution colors.
Activity of Cs (K)-promoted Cu-MgO in the formation of oxygenates from CH₃OH/CO and CO/H₂
Creators: name: Goodarznia, Shahin
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2012

description: The selective synthesis of C₂ oxygenates, especially ethanol, from C₁ species such as CH₃OH and synthesis gas (CO/H₂) is of interest as the demand for clean fuels, including biofuels, increases. However, over alkali-promoted Cu-ZnO catalysts the synthesis of C₂ oxygenates occurs with very low selectivity. Previous mechanistic studies suggest that the basic properties and the Cu properties of these catalysts are critical in determining the C₂ oxygenate selectivity. However, the possible synergistic effect of these catalyst properties on the selectivity of C₂ oxygenates is poorly understood. In the present study, Cu-MgO catalysts were investigated since MgO possesses noticeably higher basic properties compared to ZnO. Furthermore to address the knowledge gap in the literature with respect to a synergistic effect between catalyst basic properties and Cu properties on the synthesis of C₂ oxygenates from CH₃OH/CO, MgO, Cu-MgO and Cs (K)-promoted-Cu-MgO catalysts were prepared, characterized and tested at 101kPa and 498-523K. The catalysts had intrinsic basicities of 3.9 – 17.0 μmol CO₂.m⁻², SACu° of < 3 m².g⁻¹ and SACu₂₊ of < 2 m².g⁻¹. The results showed that methyl formate was the dominant C₂ oxygenate, while selectivity to ethanol and acetic acid was low (< 5 C-atom%). At SA_Cu° (< 2 m².g⁻¹), there was an optimum basicity (9.5 µmol CO₂.m⁻²) at which the selectivity to C₂ species and methyl formate reached a maximum. Also, at approximately constant specific basicity (384.5 – 415.9 µmol CO₂.g⁻¹), an increase in SA_Cu°, led to an increase in methyl formate yield, whereas no correlation between SA_Cu₂₊ and methyl formate yield was observed. The 0.5wt%Cs-40wt%Cu-MgO catalyst showed the highest selectivity towards C₂ oxygenates at 101 kPa and was used for high pressure studies to investigate oxygenates synthesis from CO/H₂ at typical industrial conditions (6000-9000kPa and 558-598K). CH₃OH was the dominant produced oxygenate (>66 C-atom%). The reaction kinetics of CH₃OH was studied. The Cs-Cu-MgO catalyst was noticeably less active for the synthesis of oxygenates, compared to a conventional Cs-Cu-ZnO catalyst, which was caused by lower Cu dispersion and weaker Cu-metal oxide interaction in the Cs-Cu-MgO compared to Cs-Cu-ZnO, as well as poor electronic-conductivity and lack of hydrogenation-activity of MgO compared to ZnO.
title: Labour, Labour Movements, Trade Unions and Strikes (Great Britain and Ireland)
title: Labour, Labour Movements, Trade Unions and Strikes (Great Britain and Ireland)
Creators: name: Wrigley, Chris
Publisher: name: BSB - Bavarian State Library
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: o.P. Großbritannien
subject: Irland
subject: Weltkrieg [1914-1918]
subject: Arbeiterbewegung
subject: o.P. Great Britain
subject: Ireland
subject: World War, 1914-1918
subject: Labor movement

description: The wartime demand for labour enhanced its economic and political strength. Industry was restructured, with engineering and other war work privileged. Trade unionism was greatly strengthened. The Labour Party’s position was enhanced both by trade union growth and by greater acceptance of collectivism arising from state intervention in the economy.
description: 1914-1918-Online International Encyclopedia of the First World War
description: 1914-1918-Online International Encyclopedia of the First World War
title: CHOUILLY_HYPOGEES 2
Creators: name: Pascal Mora
name: Baillet, Vincent
name: Archeovision
Publisher: name: Archeovision
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: hypogée
subject: Chouilly

description: Necropole de sepultures collectives du Neolithique récent qui s etablit a  flanc de coteau sur la butte de Saran sous la source de la Grifaine
description: 2 fichiers 3D (ply), 1613 fichiers image (jpg), 3 fichiers image (tiff)
The New Homelessness in North America: Histories of Four Cities
Creators: name: O'Flaherty, Brendan Andrew
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 1992
Subjects: Economics
Homelessness

description: This working paper contains four parts. Each is a history of homelessness in a particular city from around 1960 to around 1991. The four cities are Newark, New York, Chicago, and Toronto. The goal of the paper is to describe what happened and when it happened, without any attempt at explaining why. That will come later. Description has to precede explanation.
Production and purification of bioflocculants from newly isolated bacterial species: a comparative decolourization study of cationic and anionic textile dyes
Creators: name: Saha, Swastika
name: Shukla, Sushil Kumar
name: Singh, Hare Ram
name: Pradhan, Kishanta Kumar
name: Jha, Santosh Kumar
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry

description: Bioflocculant-producing bacteria were isolated from various water reservoirs and sediments of the water treatment plant. Four promising strains were identified by standard biochemical methods and 16s rRNA gene sequencing. Bioflocculants were produced in a batch bioreactor of 3 L under optimized conditions. Fourier transformed infrared spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) were used to confirm the chemical and morphological nature of bioflocculants. Anionic and cationic textile dyes congo red (CR) and rhodamine-B (RB) decolourization efficiency by ethanol precipitated bioflocculants were accessed under different values of pH, temperature, dose of flocculant and presence of monovalent, divalent and trivalent cations. Bioflocculants of all the four isolates were found to be highly efficient in decolourization of dye from an aqueous medium with the removal rate up to 99.56%. The removal rate of CR and RB from aqueous medium was largely influenced by the physiochemical condition of the solution viz. pH, temperature, concentration of ions and dose of flocculants. The microbial bioflocculants are biodegradable and highly stable as well as possess abroad range of pH, temperature and ions tolerance range. So, they may be economical and can be greener substitutes for the present harsh chemical-based wastewater effluent treatment methods.
Why Homelessness? Some Theory
Creators: name: O'Flaherty, Brendan Andrew
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 1992
Subjects: Economics
Homelessness

description: During the 1980's, a decade of relative prosperity, the number of people living in the streets, in subway stations, cardboard boxes, bus terminals, or severely derelict buildings probably grew substantially in most American cities. The number of people living in homeless shelters and welfare hotels definitely skyrocketed. By 1990, one person in 200 in New York City was living either on the streets or in a shelter, and each of Manhattan's major transportation terminals had the population of a medium-sized apartment building, but no apartments. Why did this happen? In this paper I will try to give an answer.
title: Prisoners of War (Italy)
title: Prisoners of War (Italy)
Creators: name: Gorgolini, Luca
Publisher: name: BSB - Bavarian State Library
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: o.P. Italien
subject: Weltkrieg [1914-1918]
subject: Kriegsgefangener
subject: o.P. World War, 1914-1918
subject: Italy
subject: Prisoners of war

description: In the first part of the article, the salient features of the experiences of the Italian prisoners of war are highlighted: the high number of soldiers captured and the high number of deaths among the prisoners. Then consideration is given to the suffering they endured in the prison camps, and the causes that led to such a high mortality among their ranks. The second part presents a series of data on the number of foreign soldiers prisoners in Italy, the number of deaths, their distribution with respect to the concentration points and areas of employment. Then there is a description of the episode of the Austro-Hungarian prisoners who in December 1915 were transferred from Serbia to Italy.
description: 1914-1918-Online International Encyclopedia of the First World War
description: 1914-1918-Online International Encyclopedia of the First World War
Burn-Outs: Fire Victims in North Jersey, the Red Cross, and the Housing Market
Creators: name: O'Flaherty, Brendan Andrew
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 1992
Subjects: Economics
Fires--Casualties
Housing
Poor families

description: Poor families who became fire victims in North Jersey between 1987 and 1991 generally found housing quickly, but had to pay a lot more rent. However, a substantial number could not be located after the fire, and so the conclusion must be modified because some may have gone on welfare, left the area, or become homeless. This finding is consistent with the notion that some classes of low quality housing were disappearing in the late 1980's.
Facile synthesize of CdS QDs decorated Bi2MoO6/Bi2Mo3O12 heterojunction photocatalysts and enhanced performance of visible light removal of organic pollutants
Creators: name: Wang, Jingling
name: Lin, Wensong
name: Dong, Manru
name: Xing, Yue
name: Zhang, Qicheng
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Marine Biology

description: In this work, the CdS quantum dots (QDs) decorated Bi2MoO6/Bi2Mo3O12 (BMO) heterojunction photocatalyst (C/BMO) has been successfully synthesized using a facile two-step hydrothermal method. The as-prepared photocatalysts were characterized by XRD, FTIR, XPS, FESEM, TEM, UV-vis DRS, PL and photoelectrochemical measurements to investigate the effects of CdS(QDs) and BMO heterojunction on the structure, morphology, optical and charge carrier transmission characteristics of the photocatalysts. Narrow band gap and superior catalytic activities were found in C/BMO as compared with pure BMO. Moreover, the C/BMO photocatalyst containing twice CdS content (2-C/BMO) exhibits even higher photocatalytic activity and stability. After exposure to visible light for 30 min, the degradation rate of Rhodamine B (RhB), Methylene blue (MB) and Ofloxacin (OFX) by 2-C/BMO reached 95%, 92% and 76%, respectively. Radicals scavenging experiments and electron spin-resonance spectroscopy (ESR) investigations indicated that the superoxide radical anions (∙O2− ), hole (h+) and hydroxyl radicals (•OH) are the dominating active species in the photodegradation processes. ∙O2− and h+ are the key factors in the degradation of RhB and OFX solutions, and •OH is the major determinant in removal of MB. The process and photocatalytic mechanism on 2-C/BMO was discussed. Well absorption of visible light, effective separation of photoelectron-hole pairs and the transportation of photogenerated carriers at the interfaces of ternary semiconductor heterojunction are suggested as the key factors to enhance the photocatalytic performance of the photocatalysts.
Die Bedeutung von Phosphodiesterasen für den Histamineffekt an isolierten Vorhofpräparaten Histamin-H2-Rezeptor-transgener Mäuse
Creators: name: Voss, Rafaela
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 610

description: Histamin verursacht am humanen Herzen und an transgenen Mäusen, die den H2-Rezeptor überexprimieren (H2-TG), einen positiv inotropen Effekt (PIE) sowie einen positiv chronotropen Effekt (PCE). Um zu untersuchen, ob dieser Effekt von Phosphodiesterasen (PDEs) antagonisiert werden kann, wurden Kontraktionsexperimente an isolierten Vorhofpräparaten von H2-TG durchgeführt. Es wurde der Einfluss von spezifischen PDE-Hemmern auf die Histamin-vermittelten Effekte untersucht. Sowohl PDE3- als auch PDE4-Hemmung konnten die Potenz von Histamin auf den PIE bei H2-TG linken Vorhofpräparaten erhöhen. Der PCE von Histamin an H2-TG rechten Vorhofpräparaten konnte nur durch die gemeinsame Hemmung der PDE2+PDE4 erhöht werden. Die Daten suggerieren, dass der PCE von Histamin im H2-TG-Vorhof von PDE2+PDE4 reguliert wird, während dem PIE von Histamin durch PDE3+PDE4 entgegengewirkt wird. Diese Arbeit liefert Beispiele für funktionelle Kompartimente und vertieft Wissen zur Bedeutung von Histamin am Herzen.
description: Histamine exerts positive inotropic effects (PIE) and positive chronotropic effects (PCE) on human hearts and transgene mice, which overexpress the H2-receptor (=H2-TG). To determine whether these effects are antagonized by phosphodiesterases (PDEs), contractile studies were done in isolated atrial preparations of H2-TG. The influence of specific PDE-inhibitors on the histamine-mediated effects was analysed. Inhibition of PDE3 as well as PDE4 could increase the potency of histamine on the PIE on H2-TG left atrial preparations. The PCE of histamine on right atrial preparations could only be increased by joint inhibition of PDE2 and PDE4. The data suggest that the PCE of histamine in H2-TG atrium is regulated by PDE2 and PDE4, whereas the PIE of histamine are diminished by PDE3 and PDE4. This study shows examples of functional compartments and deepens our knowledge of the role of histamine in the heart.
Genomic Characterization of Arcobacter butzleri Strains Isolated from Various Sources in Lithuania
Creators: name: Uljanovas, Dainius
name: Gölz, Greta
name: Fleischmann, Susanne
name: Kudirkiene, Egle
name: Kasetiene, Neringa
name: Grineviciene, Audrone
name: Tamuleviciene, Egle
name: Aksomaitiene, Jurgita
name: Alter, Thomas
name: Malakauskas, Mindaugas
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Arcobacter butzleri
subject: genomic diversity
subject: pangenome
subject: antimicrobial and heavy metal resistance
subject: virulence genes
subject: whole-genome sequencing
subject: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie::579 Mikroorganismen, Pilze, Algen
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Arcobacter (A.) butzleri, the most widespread species within the genus Arcobacter, is considered as an emerging pathogen causing gastroenteritis in humans. Here, we performed a comparative genome-wide analysis of 40 A. butzleri strains from Lithuania to determine the genetic relationship, pangenome structure, putative virulence, and potential antimicrobial- and heavy-metal-resistance genes. Core genome single nucleotide polymorphism (cgSNP) analysis revealed low within-group variability (≤4 SNPs) between three milk strains (RCM42, RCM65, RCM80) and one human strain (H19). Regardless of the type of input (i.e., cgSNPs, accessory genome, virulome, resistome), these strains showed a recurrent phylogenetic and hierarchical grouping pattern. A. butzleri demonstrated a relatively large and highly variable accessory genome (comprising of 6284 genes with around 50% of them identified as singletons) that only partially correlated to the isolation source. Downstream analysis of the genomes resulted in the detection of 115 putative antimicrobial- and heavy-metal-resistance genes and 136 potential virulence factors that are associated with the induction of infection in host (e.g., cadF, degP, iamA), survival and environmental adaptation (e.g., flagellar genes, CheA-CheY chemotaxis system, urease cluster). This study provides additional knowledge for a better A. butzleri-related risk assessment and highlights the need for further genomic epidemiology studies in Lithuania and other countries.
Big-City Governments
Creators: name: O'Flaherty, Brendan Andrew
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 1995
Subjects: subject: Political science
subject: FOS: Political science
subject: Economics
subject: Municipal government

description: Big-city governments are a fact of American life. Over 7.3 million people live in the 309 square miles in which New York City's government provides municipal services, and in 1989 74% of American employment in the fur goods industry, 35% of the American employment of securities brokers and dealers, and 22% of the American employment of entertainers took place within these boundaries [Vilain, 1991]. Even the 25th largest city in 1992, Austin TX, had 492,000 people in an area of 218 square miles. A political history of twentieth century America without, for instance, John Purroy Mitchell, Fiorello LaGuardia, Frank Hague, Anton Cermak , the Richard Daley's, and Carl Stokes would be seriously incomplete.
Less Crime May Be Worse
Creators: name: O'Flaherty, Brendan Andrew
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 1993
Subjects: Economics
Victims of crimes

description: The probability of being a crime victim, conditional on engaging in risky activity, acts like a tax on the risky activity. The higher the probability, the greater the loss to potential victims in consumer surplus. Higher conditional probabilities, however, do not always increase actual crime; sometimes the decrease in risky activity more than offsets the increase in conditional probability. Under these circumstances, less crime is associated with greater welfare loss.
Itinerant and local-moment magnetism in strongly correlated electron systems
Creators: name: Schmitt, Sebastian
name: Grewe, Norbert
name: Jabben, Torben
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Detailed analysis of the magnetic properties of the Hubbard model within dynamical mean-field theory (DMFT) is presented. Using a RPA-like decoupling of two-particle propagators we derive a universal form for susceptibilities, which captures essential aspects of localized and itinerant pictures. This expression is shown to be quantitatively valid whenever long-range coherence of particle-hole excitations can be neglected, as is the case in large parts of the phase diagram where antiferromag- netism is dominant. The applicability of an interpretation in terms of the two archetypical pictures of magnetism is investigated for the Hubbard model on a body-centered cubic lattice with additional next-nearest neighbor hopping t'. For large values of the Coulomb interaction, local-moment mag- netism is found to be dominant, while for weakly interacting band electrons itinerant quasiparticle magnetism prevails. In the intermediate regime and for finite t' an re-entrant behavior is discovered, where antiferromagnetism only exists in a finite temperature interval.
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title: Women's Mobilisation for War (Canada)
title: Women's Mobilisation for War (Canada)
Creators: name: Glassford, Sarah
Publisher: name: BSB - Bavarian State Library
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Frau
subject: Weltkrieg [1914-1918]
subject: o.P. Kanada
subject: o.P. World War, 1914-1918
subject: Woman
subject: Canada

description: Canadian women responded to and experienced the Great War in ways ranging from patriotic enthusiasm to pacifism and internment. The war years disrupted some conventional gender norms, but did not fundamentally transform them. Women’s labour was vital to the national war effort, and was often presented as having earned women the right to vote.
description: 1914-1918-Online International Encyclopedia of the First World War
description: 1914-1918-Online International Encyclopedia of the First World War
Forecast verification for extreme value distributions with an application to probabilistic peak wind prediction
Creators: name: Friederichs, Petra
name: Thorarinsdottir, Thordis L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Applications (stat.AP)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Predictions of the uncertainty associated with extreme events are a vital component of any prediction system for such events. Consequently, the prediction system ought to be probabilistic in nature, with the predictions taking the form of probability distributions. This paper concerns probabilistic prediction systems where the data is assumed to follow either a generalized extreme value distribution (GEV) or a generalized Pareto distribution (GPD). In this setting, the properties of proper scoring rules which facilitate the assessment of the prediction uncertainty are investigated and closed-from expressions for the continuous ranked probability score (CRPS) are provided. In an application to peak wind prediction, the predictive performance of a GEV model under maximum likelihood estimation, optimum score estimation with the CRPS, and a Bayesian framework are compared. The Bayesian inference yields the highest overall prediction skill and is shown to be a valuable tool for covariate selection, while the predictions obtained under optimum CRPS estimation are the sharpest and give the best performance for high thresholds and quantiles.
Review of Yoshio Suzuki’s “Difficulties and Challenges, Japan’s Post-War History of Monetary Policy and Economic Trends”
Creators: name: Patrick, Hugh T.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Monetary policy
Economics
Banks and banking

description: This is a book review edited by Hugh Patrick of a significant book in Japanese on postwar monetary policy by Dr. Yoshio Suzuki, who for many years played a leading intellectual role at the Bank of Japan. The review is based on a substantive summary provided by Dr. Suzuki. The book discusses the post‐war economic performance of Japan in the context of monetary policy and its implementation. For the Bank of Japan, these 70 years are indeed a repetitive succession of difficulties and challenges, and of resulting successes and failures. The book has three sections: ”Japanese Economy and Monetary Policy in the Developing Period”; “Setbacks of the Japanese Economy”; and “New Challenges of Monetary Policy.”
Vergleich der operativen Behandlung von Patienten mit einzelnen und multiplen Hirnmetastasen zwischen 2006 und 2017 an der Universitätsklinik und Poliklinik für Neurochirurgie der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
Creators: name: Maldonado Méndez, Jhonnel Alejandro
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 610

description: Ziel: Die Rolle der Neurochirurgie bei multiplen Metastasen ist umstritten. Wir evaluieren die Überlebenszeiten bei Patienten mit Hirnmetastasen. Methoden: 114 Patienten mit Hirnmetastasen zwischen 2006 und 2017 wurden analysiert. Op. Indikationen: Gewebediagnose, neurologisches Defizit, Hydrocephalus und intratumorale Blutung. Überlebenszeiten von Patienten mit EHM (n=70) und MHM (n=44), Verbesserung des Defizits, Morbidität und Mortalität wurden evaluiert. Ergebnisse: Es gab keinen signifikanten Unterschied zwischen den Überlebenszeiten. Wir sahen eine Verbesserung des neurologischen Defizits bei SHM von 97 % und MHM von 87 %. Die Sterblichkeitsrate betrug 1,7 % und Morbidität 11 %. Schlussfolgerung: Neurochirurgie verbessert die Überlebenszeit und Lebensqualität, kann bei MHM in Betracht gezogen werden.
description: Objective: The role of neurosurgery remains controversial in case of multiple metastases. We evaluate the survival times in patients with single and multiple brain metastasis. Methods: 114 Patients suffering from BM treated between 2006-2017 were analyzed. Indications for surgery were tissue diagnosis, neurological deficit, CSF obstruction, and intratumoral hemorrhage. Survival times of patients with SBM (n=70) and MBM (n=44), improvement of neurological deficit, morbidity and mortality were evaluated. Results: There was no significant difference between median survival times. We observed an Improvement of neurological deficit in SBM of 97% in MBM 87%. Mortality rate was 1,7 % and morbidity 11 % Conclusion: Neurosurgery can increase survival times, improve quality of life and can be considered in MBM.
title: Generalgouvernement Belgien
title: Generalgouvernement Belgien
Creators: name: Roolf, Christoph
Publisher: name: BSB - Bavarian State Library
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: o.P. Belgien
subject: Besetzung
subject: Weltkrieg [1914-1918]
subject: o.P. Belgium--History--German occupation, 1914-1918

description: After the German Army had occupied wide areas of Belgium, the “Imperial Government General in Belgium” was established on 23 August 1914 with a governor-general at its head. Organized into a military administration (the “Government General”) and a civil administration (''Zivilverwaltung'') the land was administrated and exploited in favor of the German war effort until November 1918.
description: 1914-1918-Online International Encyclopedia of the First World War
description: 1914-1918-Online International Encyclopedia of the First World War
title: Press/Journalism (Australia)
title: Press/Journalism (Australia)
Creators: name: Trembath, Richard
Publisher: name: BSB - Bavarian State Library
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: o.P. Australien
subject: Weltkrieg [1914-1918]
subject: Presse
subject: Journalismus
subject: o.P. World War, 1914-1918--Australia
subject: Press
subject: Journalism

description: This article examines the Australian press in the First World War. It concentrates on several key areas, in particular censorship, economic problems, war reporting and the media’s relationship with the government. The article presents the argument that Australian war correspondents, like their international counterparts, did not report the true nature of the fighting in the Middle East or on the Western Front. The Australian government, while imposing tough censorship regulations, did not direct press opinion, which was throughout the war largely in accordance with pro-war policies.
description: 1914-1918-Online International Encyclopedia of the First World War
description: 1914-1918-Online International Encyclopedia of the First World War
Structure optimisation to improve the delivery efficiency and cell selectivity of a tumour-targeting cell-penetrating peptide
Creators: name: Cao, Xue-Wei
name: Yang, Xu-Zhong
name: Du, Xuan
name: Fu, Long-Yun
name: Zhang, Tao-Zhu
name: Shan, Han-Wen
name: Zhao, Jian
name: Wang, Fu-Jun
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer

description: Cell-penetrating peptide (CPP) is used for the delivery of biomacromolecules across the cell membrane and is limited in cancer therapy due to the lack of cell selectivity. Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) has been widely used in clinical targeted therapy for tumours. Here, we reported a novel tumour targeting cell-penetrating peptide (TCPP), EHB (ELBD-C6H) with 20-fold and 3000-fold greater transmembrane ability and tumour cell selectivity than our previously reported S3-HBD and classic CPP TAT, respectively. In this new TCPP, a specific alpha helix structure was inserted into a repeated amino acid (AA) sequence formed by tandem multiple selected key AA residues of vaccinia growth factor (VGF), and this sequence was then fused to a tailored heparin binding domain sequence (C6H) derived from heparin-binding epidermal growth factor-like growth factor to intensify its targeting delivery ability. EHB could carry anticancer proteins such as MAP30 (Momordica Antiviral Protein 30 kDa) into EGFR-overexpressing cancer cell and inhibit cell growth, but it had a greatly reduced interaction with normal cells. These results indicated that EHB, as a novel efficient TCPP for the selective delivery of drug molecules into cancer cells, would help to improve the efficacy and safety of anti-tumour drugs.
title: Botha, Louis
title: Botha, Louis
Creators: name: Samson, Anne
Publisher: name: BSB - Bavarian State Library
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: o.P. Botha, Louis
subject: Botha, Louis, 1862-1919

description: Louis Botha, Boer General and Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa, served throughout the war. Following the 1914 Afrikaner rebellion, he commanded the troops in German South West Africa, won the 1915 general election and organized contingents for Europe and East Africa. He signed the 1919 Versailles agreement.
description: 1914-1918-Online International Encyclopedia of the First World War
description: 1914-1918-Online International Encyclopedia of the First World War
title: Science and Technology (Italy)
title: Science and Technology (Italy)
Creators: name: Scartabellati, Andrea
name: Ratti, Felicita
Publisher: name: BSB - Bavarian State Library
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: o.P. Italien
subject: Weltkrieg [1914-1918]
subject: Technik
subject: o.P. World War, 1914-1918--Technology
subject: Italy

description: The article analyses the events which occurred in the Italian scientific world during the First World War. It investigates, in particular, the following aspects: the role of scientists as national intellectuals at the service of the war effort (research and propaganda); the organizational environment with particular regard to the structures established after 1915 to coordinate the scientific world and industrial enterprise; the studies and technological achievements of scientific research applied to the war effort.
description: 1914-1918-Online International Encyclopedia of the First World War
description: 1914-1918-Online International Encyclopedia of the First World War
Central­‐Local Relations and Change in Japan’s Prefectural Elections
Creators: name: Hong, Jean Xiaojun
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Political science
subject: FOS: Political science

description: Despite widespread calls for political change stemming from public dissatisfaction over a plethora of evidence of backdoor dealings and how politics has been run, intent to thoroughly reform the political system is not evident among parties. In this paper, I investigate why this is so among local parties. I argue that one largely overlooked reason is the restrictions on local governments in the form of central local relations. Because local governments depend on the center for funds and administrative support to implement many policies and carry out public works projects, they cannot afford to endanger their relations with the central government and are thus cautious when responding to public demands for administrative reform. They are also circumscribed by what local governments can carry out given their limited administrative and financial powers. In the first part of this paper, I look at the intent of parties to affect change by examining local party manifestos from the LDP and the DPJ across 23 prefectures. Local  party manifestos  began to be used in 2003 and has been increasingly in elections ever since. My inquiry is made based on an analysis of local party manifesto content. Policy proposals are categorized into various groups, and the compositions of manifestos are compared across parties. I establish that local parties look beyond voters’ preferences and their own ideological positions when proposing policies. Specifically, central‐local relations are also taken into  account. In the  second part, I investigate how the contents of LDP local  party manifestos vary with the strength of central­-local  relations. First, I compare the parties of local politicians in prefectural assemblies with the parties of national politicians in their respective Lower House election districts to determine the degree of matching between parties of local and national politicians. Next, I draw from the analysis of local party manifestos in the previous section and examine it in view of the degree of congruity between parties of local and national politicians. Results indicate that prefectures with closer central-local relations (as approximated by the degree of matching between parties of local prefectural assembly politicians and Lower House politicians) have a lower proportion of policies that deal with administrative and political reform. This confirms my hypothesis that local governments in prefectures with stronger central-­local ties are more restrained than local governments in prefectures with weaker ties, and therefore are less likely to propose policies advocating administrative reform.
On the hyperbolicity and causality of the relativistic Euler system under the kinetic equation of state
Creators: name: Calvo, Juan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 83A99

description: We show that a pair of conjectures raised in [11] concerning the construction of normal solutions to the relativistic Boltzmann equation are valid. This ensures that the results in [11] hold for any range of positive temperatures and that the relativistic Euler system under the kinetic equation of state is hyperbolic and the speed of sound cannot overcome $c/\sqrt{3}$.
description: 6 pages. Abridged version; full version to appear in Commun. Pure Appl. Anal
title: March, Peyton Conway
title: March, Peyton Conway
Creators: name: Tracy, Jared M.
Publisher: name: BSB - Bavarian State Library
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: o.P. March, Peyton C.
subject: o.P. March, Peyton Conway, 1864-1955

description: General Peyton C. March developed the role and prominence of the relatively new position of U.S. Army Chief of Staff. March rivaled General of the Armies John J. Pershing in importance and influence during World War I.
description: 1914-1918-Online International Encyclopedia of the First World War
description: 1914-1918-Online International Encyclopedia of the First World War
Curvature properties of pseudo-sphere bundles over paraquaternionic manifolds
Creators: name: Vilcu, Gabriel Eduard
name: Voicu, Rodica Cristina
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: In this paper we obtain several curvature properties of the twistor and reflector spaces of a paraquaternionic Kähler manifold and prove the existence of both positive and negative mixed 3-Sasakian structures in a principal SO(2,1)-bundle over a paraquaternionic Kähler manifold.
Essays on Leadership Selection and Public Goods Provision in Self-Help Organizations
Creators: name: Grossman, Guy
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Political science
subject: FOS: Political science

description: This dissertation examines the relationship between leadership selection and public goods provision in self-help organizations. Leadership selection is defined as the rules for selecting leaders, as well as the factors that determine the quality of the leadership class. Self-help organizations are defined as relatively small-size voluntary groups that are created to provide goods and services to members and that select their leader via democratic procedures. Examples include micro-lending and micro-insurance groups, common-pool resource groups, women and artisan cooperatives and farmer associations. The dissertation focuses on Uganda's recent largest development project: the Agriculture Productivity Enhancement Project (APEP). USAID funded, APEP's stated goal is to expand rural economic opportunities by supporting the transition of smallholder producers into commercial farming. During the project's lifespan (2005-2009), APEP helped about 60,000 small-scale producers to organize into over 200 farmer associations (i.e. cooperatives). Importantly, the success of these farmer associations in overcoming social dilemmas and in providing goods and services to their members, varied tremendously. Why are some groups more successful than others in overcoming the social dilemmas inherent in public goods production? To explain this variation, the dissertation uses a range of disciplinary perspectives --- drawn mainly from political science, economics, social psychology and sociology --- as well as a diverse set of methodological tools.
title: Civilian and Military Power (Newfoundland)
title: Civilian and Military Power (Newfoundland)
Creators: name: Baker, Melvin
Publisher: name: BSB - Bavarian State Library
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Weltkrieg [1914-1918]
subject: Militär
subject: Politik
subject: o.P. Newfoundland [Insel]
subject: o.P. World War, 1914-1918
subject: Newfoundland, Island of (N.L.)
subject: Politics and government

description: A government-appointed civilian organization, the Newfoundland Patriotic Association (NPA), administered Newfoundland’s war effort for three years under the leadership of Governor Sir Walter Davidson. Davidson consulted regularly with his Prime Minister, Sir Edward Morris, in all decision-making matters. Funding for the Association whose mandate it was to maintain the Newfoundland regiment, came from its own fund raising efforts as well as from the Newfoundland Legislature. In July 1917, Newfoundland politicians formed a unity coalition government and gave control of the war effort to the newly established Department of Militia. In 1918, Newfoundland adopted conscription to maintain personnel for the Regiment, whose ranks were severely depleted in several battles.
description: 1914-1918-Online International Encyclopedia of the First World War
description: 1914-1918-Online International Encyclopedia of the First World War
Characterization of gas-liquid two-phase flow in a proton exchange membrane fuel cell
Creators: name: Anderson, Ryan
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2012

description: This thesis explores two-phase flow phenomena relevant to water management in PEM fuel cells. Particularly, pressure drop hysteresis is explored in depth, which occurs when the gas and liquid flow rates are increased and decreased along a set path but exhibit different pressure drops. The hysteresis effect is explored here experimentally in three studies: non-operating cold model to study hydrodynamics, non-operating hot model at fuel cell operating conditions to study increasingly relevant hydrodynamics, and an operating study to explore pressure drop hysteresis in an active cell. This is the first time pressure drop hysteresis has been studied in a PEM fuel cell. A specially designed visualization fuel cell, allowing for observation into the cathode flow field channels, is utilized to further understand these results. The pressure drop hysteresis occurs because liquid water accumulates in the cathode flow channels during the descending approach. The cathode air stoichiometry and temperature play a major role, as lower stoichiometries and lower temperatures lead to more water accumulation in the channels, which increases the hysteresis problem. The gas diffusion layer is not a main parameter affecting pressure drop hysteresis. Additionally, several other variables are studied through the three experimental setups to understand the hysteresis behavior. This thesis then examines anode water removal (AWR) as a diagnostic tool to determine maximum fuel cell performance in the absence of mass transfer limitations on the cathode. By exacerbating cathode flooding and using a variety of cathode GDLs, large voltage increases occur through the AWR process when the cathode GDL is under flooding conditions. Larger voltage gains occur during the AWR process with the use of GDLs without an MPL when the cathode gas stream is fully humidified. Both studies, pressure drop hysteresis and AWR, improve overall fuel cell performance by better understanding water management in PEM fuel cells. Understanding the pressure drop hysteresis is important to limit the parasitic power losses associated with higher pressure drops, and AWR is a novel tool researchers can use to evaluate new GDLs in terms of their ability to prevent voltage losses due to flooding.
Insights into the role of an Arabidopsis nuclear matrix binding protein AHL22 in chromatin regulation and hypocotyl growth
Creators: name: Xu, Linhao
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 630

description: The nuclear matrix is a nuclear compartment with diverse functions in chromatin regulation and transcription. However, how this structure influences epigenetic modifications and gene expression in plants is largely unknown. Here we showed that a nuclear matrix binding protein, AHL22, together with two transcriptional repressors FRS7 and FRS12, regulates hypocotyl elongation by suppressing the expression of a group of SMALL AUXIN UP RNA genes (SAURs) in Arabidopsis thaliana. The repression of SAURs depended on the attachment of SAUR loci to the nuclear matrix. In addition, the AHL22 complex recruited the histone deacetylase HDA15 to SAUR loci, leading to the removal of H3ac at SAUR loci. Taken together, our results indicate that MAR-binding proteins act as a hub for chromatin and epigenetic regulators, and illustrate a novel mechanism by which nuclear matrix attachment to chromatin regulates histone modifications, transcription, and hypocotyl elongation.
description: Die Kernmatrix ist ein Kernkompartiment mit diversen Funktionen bei der Chromatinregulierung und -transkription. Wie diese Struktur epigenetische Modifikationen und die Genexpression in Pflanzen beeinflusst, ist jedoch weitgehend unbekannt. Hier haben wir gezeigt, dass ein Kernmatrix-Bindungsprotein, AHL22, zusammen mit zwei transkriptionellen Repressoren FRS7 und FRS12 die Hypokotylverlängerung reguliert, indem es die Expression einer Gruppe von SMALL AUXIN UP RNA-Genen (SAURs) in Arabidopsis thaliana unterdrückt. Die Unterdrückung von SAURs hing von der Anheftung von SAUR-Loci an die Kernmatrix ab. Darüber hinaus rekrutierte der AHL22-Komplex die Histon-Deacetylase HDA15 an SAUR-Loci, was zur Entfernung von H3ac an SAUR-Loci führte. Zusammengenommen zeigen unsere Ergebnisse, dass MAR-bindende Proteine als Knotenpunkt für Chromatin und epigenetische Regulatoren fungieren und einen neuartigen Mechanismus veranschaulichen, durch den die Anheftung der Kernmatrix an Chromatin Histonmodifikationen, Transkription und Hypokotylverlängerung reguliert.
On Multi-Step Sensor Scheduling via Convex Optimization
Creators: name: Huber, Marco F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Applications (stat.AP)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Effective sensor scheduling requires the consideration of long-term effects and thus optimization over long time horizons. Determining the optimal sensor schedule, however, is equivalent to solving a binary integer program, which is computationally demanding for long time horizons and many sensors. For linear Gaussian systems, two efficient multi-step sensor scheduling approaches are proposed in this paper. The first approach determines approximate but close to optimal sensor schedules via convex optimization. The second approach combines convex optimization with a \BB search for efficiently determining the optimal sensor schedule.
description: 6 pages, appeared in the proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Cognitive Information Processing (CIP), Elba, Italy, June 2010