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EACS 2016 paper - Control Strategies for an Underwater Geotechnical Drilling System
Creators: name: Arriaga, Aldo G.
name: Arroyo, Marcos
name: Pérez, Norma
name: Devincenzi, Marcelo
Publisher: name: The University of Sheffield
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Mechanical Engineering
subject: FOS: Mechanical engineering

description: EACS 2016 Paper No. 180
Submarine geotechnical exploration is a challenging task that is experiencing a paradigm shift due to the application of robotics and automation to (until now) traditional drilling procedures. The MD500 Project is an underwater subsea geotechnical drilling and in situ testing device developed with the goal of retrieving high-quality physical samples of the seabed at study depths of up to 150 m and with a nominal water depth of 500 m. The system applications range in areas of marine activity, such as: port infrastructure, nearshore and offshore, renewable energy projects at sea, oil & gas, mining etc.
The machine is composed of a set of remotely operated devices that must synchronize with each other: drilling rig, stabilizing legs and three manipulators two cartesian robots and one anthropomorphic robot arm. These manipulators can be operated either manually or in a semiautomated mode. The automated routines aim to substitute the actions of the technicians when handling the tubes and rods in the harsh environment for which the machine is envisioned, allowing the operator to focus on the drilling process (which can be semi-automated as well). Some other benefits that can be obtained by automating the processes are reduction in cycle times and increased repeatability —which leads to higher efficiency rates since the cycle times are more consistent and can be predicted more accurately. All these advantages lead to a reduction of the overall operation cost.
In order to accurately control the position of the electro-hydraulic motion systems a set of Fuzzy-Adaptive PID (proportional-integral-derivative) controllers is implemented. The paper presents an overview of the control loops implementation, performance assessment, distributed control network architecture and the logic behind the tool manipulation and the handling sequences and routines of the MD500.
title:  Impact of Personality Traits on Telework Satisfaction Affective Commitment and Turnover Intention Among Teleworkers
Creators: name: Downey, Heather J.
Publisher: name: Old Dominion University
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04zjtrb98
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2006

description: This study examined the usefulness of a six factor personality model for predicting telework satisfaction, affective commitment, and turnover intention in a secondary data analysis of 166 teleworkers. First, structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to test the fit of self-efficacy and methodicalness as first-order factors of conscientiousness. Support was not found for this model; methodicalness and selfefficacy differentially predicted the same outcome suggesting that they are distinct constructs. These results also suggested that a six factor model for personality was appropriate to use in the remaining analyses. Results from multiple regression demonstrated that the combination of personality variables significantly predicted telework satisfaction and turnover intention. Specifically, self-efficacy and methodicalness significantly positively and negatively predicted turnover intentions respectively. Also, neuroticism predicted telework satisfaction. SEM results partially supported the hypotheses. Neuroticism predicted telework satisfaction. In order to replicate the findings of the multiple regression analyses, a second structural model was tested using only methodicalness, self-efficacy, and neuroticism as predictors of turnover intentions and telework satisfaction. Results showed that self-efficacy and methodicalness predicted turnover intentions and that neuroticism predicted telework satisfaction. Both structural models showed good fit and the revised structural model did not fit the data better than the hypothesized model.
EACS 2016 paper - Application of Crescent-Shaped Brace passive resisting system in multi-storey frame structures
Creators: name: Kammouh, Omar
name: Silvestri, Stefano
name: Palermo, Michele
name: Cimellaro, Gian Paolo
Publisher: name: The University of Sheffield
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Mechanical Engineering
subject: FOS: Mechanical engineering

description: EACS 2016 Paper No. 157
The design of building structures that is capable of providing prescribed seismic performances is the fundamental objective of the Performance-Based Seismic Design (PBSD) approach. Matching a particular seismic response requires additional design freedom that the conventional structural elements (beam/column) fail to provide. Here, it is worth to highlight the role of innovative lateral resisting systems such as base isolation and dissipative systems, which can add flexibility to the design and help to achieve prefixed seismic performance objectives. Among different solutions, the seismic design of a two-storey reinforced concrete building equipped with a novel hysteretic device, namely Crescent-Shaped Brace (CSB), is presented. CSBs are characterised by a unique geometrical configuration, leading to an optimized nonlinear force-displacement behaviour that allows the structure to achieve prescribed multiple seismic performances. In this paper, we propose a procedure for the seismic design of the CSB devices within the framework of PBSD. The global behaviour of the devices is studied and verified for a multi-storey shear-type building structure by means of numerical analyses. The results obtained confirm the validity of the proposed design method and the effectiveness of the new hysteretic device. The force-displacement curve of the building matches the objectives curve (i.e. the one corresponding to the predefined performance objectives), thus ensuring the fulfilment of the prescribed multi-seismic performances.
Digitalgestütztes Forschendes Lernen – nah an der zukünftigen Profession
Creators: name: Beyer, Andrea
name: Liebsch, Ann-Catherine
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Research-based Learning
Latin Didactics
Classics

description: The lecture and workshop were held at the "Bundeskongress der Altphilologen 2022". The working group "Digitally supported research-based learning - close to the future profession" was announced as follows: In this working group we will discuss the didactic design of research-based learning and its possible applications in the study of Classics. For this purpose we will deal with the following questions: What is research-based learning? In which phases of research-based learning can digital elements be used? How can it be implemented in teaching? How do we measure success or failure? After an introduction to the underlying theory, we will show how the didactic design of research-based learning can be planned, accompanied and evaluated with digital support and what added value it can have for the development of professional competence of future teachers and researchers. Finally, we would like to discuss the opportunities and challenges of research-based learning with the participants.
title: OFROM: interview avec unine11c15d
Creators: name: Delafontaine, François
name: Moulin, Céline
Publisher: name: COCOON - https://cocoon.huma-num.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Français
subject: fra

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A Framework for the Assessment of Surrogate Models of Psychiatric Disorders: Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder A Case Study
Creators: name: Breviario, Angelica Corey
Publisher: name: Macquarie University
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 500204
subject: History and philosophy of science

description: This thesis examines the efficacy of rodent models for the understanding and treatment of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD). A key tool used within biomedicine are ‘surrogate model’s, which aim to represent a human target system. One area of research using surrogate models is dedicated to researching the aetiology and treatment for AD/HD. There are over 20 distinct rodent models for studying AD/HD; however, the efficacy of these models, as well as surrogate models in general, is a subject of ongoing debate due to limited translation rates from animal studies to human applications. This debate is particularly pronounced in psychiatric disorders like AD/HD, which involve complicated socio-cultural and environmental factors that are challenging to replicate in laboratory settings. This thesis evaluates surrogate models in biomedicine, specifically rodents, by examining their historical development, justifications, and problematic assumptions. To understand how to critique surrogate models, a framework is developed based on common criticisms of surrogate models to assess research validity. I apply the framework to six studies assessing rodents' aetiology and treatment of AD/HD. The six studies reveal limitations in rodent models' ability to capture the construct of AD/HD fully. The sample of studies did not satisfy the requirements for mechanistic explanation set out in this thesis, indicating an area for further refinement. The exploratory function of the models used in the six studies and inconsistent epistemic context compound unknown variables and increase the risk of false positives and negatives. Inconsistent rodent handling and tests of the human AD/HD construct contradict the tenant of such models' uniformity. Finally, the lack of reference to the relevant diagnostic criteria in assessing AD/HD in surrogate models challenges how much the research’s constructs and findings can be associated with human AD/HD.
Cognitive sensor for product moisture [CPS3]
Creators: name: Celikovic, Selma
name: Rehrl, Jakob
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
Cognitive Sensor
Automation
Process Industry
Granule Moisture Estimation
Industry 4.0
Innovation
H2020

description: In a pharmaceutical “from powder to tablet” manufacturing line that uses wet granulation, drying is crucial to produce intermediate granules with well-defined moisture content. However, typically, there is no direct measurement of the granule moisture. Using available sensor data, such as temperature and humidity, as well as a mathematical model, CPS3 aims to estimate an effective granule moisture measurement.
description: https://www.capri-project.com
EACS 2016 paper - Control of structures subjected to earthquake excitation based on non resonance theory
Creators: name: Pnevmatikos, Nikos G.
name: Papagiannopoulos, George A.
name: Hatzigeorgiou, George
Publisher: name: The University of Sheffield
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Mechanical Engineering
subject: FOS: Mechanical engineering

description: EACS 2016 Paper No. 112
One case of the earthquake analysis is the response spectrum analysis. Where the structure is designed to protected by earthquakes which represented from design spectrum. However, very often the real earthquake that applied to structure exceeds the design spectrum. In that case the ductility of structure and the demand capacity are the line of defence to face that situation. As a results damage will occurred in structure and the cost of rehabilitation is unavoidable. An alternative direction which proposed in this paper is to design structure, equipped by control devices, capable to resist the incoming earthquake and remaining in elastic range and thus without damage. The idea is that once the response spectrum of the incoming earthquake is higher than the design spectrum at the eigperiods of the structure the control devices will be activated, in order of milliseconds, and will change the period of structure. In that case the structure will avoid the “resonance” with the incoming earthquake and its response spectrum will lie lower that the design spectrum at the new eig-periods of the structure. From the numerical results it is shown that the above control strategy is efficient in reducing the response of building structures, with small amount of required control power.
EACS 2016 paper - Advanced Methodologies and Techniques for Monuments Preservation:the Trajan Arch in Benevento as a Case of Study
Creators: name: Petti, Luigi
name: Barone, Fabrizio
name: Mammone, Angelo
name: Giordano, Gerardo
name: A.Di Buono
Publisher: name: The University of Sheffield
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Mechanical Engineering
subject: FOS: Mechanical engineering

description: EACS 2016 Paper No. 125
An effective assessment of the static and dynamic structural behavior of historical monuments requires the development and validation of suitable adaptive structural models using high quality experimental data acquired with an effective continuous and distributed monitoring. Furthermore, this adaptive strategy allows an effective evaluation of the health status and of the evolution along the time of a historical monument, providing relevant information to plan appropriate actions for its long-term preservation.
The Trajan Arch in Benevento was chosen as a case of study to develop and apply this new adaptive strategy in cultural heritage preservation. The paper, after a description of the innovative monitoring system, based on state-of-the art mechanical sensors, presents and discusses the results of two tests, comparing the measurements with the predictions of an adaptive structural FEM model developed for the dynamical simulation of the Trajan Arch.
EACS 2016 paper - Active control of a non-smooth nonlinear system using feedback linearisation
Creators: name: Lisitano, Domenico
name: Jiffri, Shakir
name: Bonisoli, Elvio
name: Mottershead, John E.
Publisher: name: The University of Sheffield
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Mechanical Engineering
subject: FOS: Mechanical engineering

description: EACS 2016 Paper No. 148
Partial feedback linearisation is applied to an experimental nonlinear non-smooth mechanical system with three degrees of freedom and opening and closing gaps to produce a piecewise-linear stiffness characteristic. Stepped sine testing shows that the second mode is strongly affected by the nonlinearity whereas the first and third modes remain essentially linear. A mathematical model is tuned to accurately reproduce the nonlinear test behaviour, including jump phenomena. The classical theory of feedback linearisation is then briefly reviewed and feedback gains are determined based on the tuned model with the purpose of pole assignment. The zero dynamics are found to be stable. Closed-loop tests are carried out to assign linear viscous damping ratios to the linearised system. These are measured using the logarithmic decrement and found to be in very good agreement with demanded values.
EACS 2016 paper - A semi-active rocking system for wind turbines under extreme wind loads
Creators: name: Caterino, Nicola
name: Georgakis, Christos T.
name: Mariacristina Spizzuoco
name: Occhiuzzi, Antonio
Publisher: name: The University of Sheffield
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Mechanical Engineering
subject: FOS: Mechanical engineering

description: EACS 2016 Paper No. 189
In the last decades, the negative impact of the use of fossil fuels on the environment has lead to a boom in the production of wind turbines. Then, wind turbine heights are progressively increasing in order to take advantage of the smoother winds at higher altitude. But, this has led to an increased demand to control tower forces. The application of a semi-active (SA) control system is herein proposed and discussed. Its aim is to limit bending moment demand at the base of a wind turbine by relaxing the base restraint of the turbine’s tower, without increasing the top displacement, thanks to the sharp increase of dissipated energy in selected intervals of time and a consequent change in tower dynamic properties. The proposed SA control system reproduces a variable restraint at the base that changes in real time its mechanical properties according to the instantaneous response of the turbine’s tower. This smart restraint is made of a central smooth hinge, elastic springs and SA magnetorheological dampers driven by a properly designed control algorithm. A commercial 105 m tall wind turbine has been assumed as a case study. Several numerical simulations have been performed with reference to an extreme load, aimed at establishing a procedure for the optimal calibration of the control algorithm according to the specific case, finally proving the actual potential of the proposed control technique in reducing the structural demand with respect to the “fixed base” structure.
title: Livestock and sustainable food systems: status, trends, and priority actions
title: Food Systems Summit Brief Prepared by Research Partners of the Scientific Group for the Food Systems Summit July 2021
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Herrero, Mario
name: Mason-D’Croz, Daniel
name: Thornton, Philip K.
name: Fanzo, Jessica
name: Rushton, Jonathan
name: Godde, Cecile
name: Bellows, Alexandra
name: De Groot, Adrian
name: Palmer, Jeda
name: Chang, Jinfeng
name: Van Zanten, Hannah
name: Wieland, Barbara
name: DeClerck, Fabrice
name: Nordhagen, Stella
name: Gill, Margaret
Publisher: name: Center for Development Research (ZEF) in cooperation with the Scientific Group for the UN Food System Summit 2021
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: ddc:630

description: Livestock are a critically important component of the food system, however, the sector needs a profound transformation to ensure that it contributes to a rapid transition towards sustainable food systems. This paper reviews and synthesises the evidence available on changes in demand for livestock products in the last few decades, and the multiple socio-economic roles that livestock have around the world. We also describe the nutrition, health, and environmental impacts for which the sector is responsible. We propose eight critical actions for transitioning towards a more sustainable operating space for livestock. 1. Shifts in the consumption of animal source foods, recognising that reductions in consumption will be required, especially in communities with high consumption levels, while promoting increases in consumption of vulnerable groups, including the undernourished, pregnant women and the elderly. Diet shifts alone will not produce the deep transformations required, and the following actions need to be deployed at scale at the same time. 2. Continue work towards the sustainable intensification of livestock systems, paying particular attention to animal welfare, food-feed competition, blue water use, disease transmission and perverse economic incentives. 3. Embrace the potential of circularity in livestock systems as a way of partially decoupling livestock from land. 4. Adopt practices that lead to the direct or indirect mitigation of greenhouse gases. 5. Adopt some of the vast array of novel technologies at scale and design the incentive mechanisms for their rapid deployment. 6. Diversify the protein sources available for human consumption and feed, focusing on the high-quality alternative protein sources that have low environmental impacts. 7. Tackle anti-microbial resistance effectively through a combination of technology and new regulations, particularly for the fast- growing poultry and pork sectors and for feedlot operations. 8.Implement true-cost of food and true-pricing approaches to animal source food consumption. The scale of the efforts on these actions will depend on the context and needs of each country or region, however, these actions will need to be deployed simultaneously and in combination to ensure that livestock contribute to sustainable food systems, leaving no-one behind.
EACS 2016 paper - A Practical Design Method for Seismic Strengthening of RC Frames Using Friction-Based Passive Energy Dissipation Devices
Creators: name: Nabid, Neda
name: Hajirasouliha, Iman
name: Petkovski, Mihail
Publisher: name: The University of Sheffield
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Mechanical Engineering
subject: FOS: Mechanical engineering

description: EACS 2016 Paper No. 120 (113)
In this paper, a practical design solution for more efficient design of friction-based passive control systems is suggested, by considering the selected design earthquakes. In general, the effectiveness of the friction-based supplemental dampers is limited to a narrow range of slip loads. In addition, height-wise slip load distribution pattern can notably affect the overall seismic performance of the structures controlled with friction devices. In this study, the efficiencies of five different height-wise slip load distribution patterns for friction-based passive dampers are first compared; and accordingly, a practical solution for slip load distribution is proposed. The studied system consists of a non-structural concrete panel with a friction connection at the top and three more peripheral supports to provide appropriate boundary condition for the concrete wall panel. To assess the effectiveness of the supplemental friction wall system, extensive nonlinear dynamic analyses have been conducted on 3, 5, 10, 15, and 20-storey RC frames subjected to seven real and synthetic spectrum compatible earthquakes. Subsequently, an empirical equation is suggested to design RC frames with friction wall dampers. The preliminary results show that using the proposed equation can significantly improve the seismic performance of the controlled structures.
EACS 2016 paper - A METHOD FOR COMPUTATION OF REALIZABLE OPTIMAL FEEDBACK FOR SEMI-ACTIVE CONTROLLED STRUCTURES
Creators: name: I. Halperin
name: G. Agranovich
name: Y. Ribakov
Publisher: name: The University of Sheffield
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Mechanical Engineering
subject: FOS: Mechanical engineering

description: EACS 2016 Paper No. 118
Semi-active control systems provide an attractive solution for the structural control problem. As known, dividing the controller into two components - a damper controller and a system controller simplifies the control law design. The damper controller generates control forces that track some control signal generated by the system controller. A common approach in damper controllers is to use signal clipping whenever the signals generated by the system controller are not realizable due to the physical control limitations. The present study suggests an algorithm for computation of a realizable optimal control feedback, for vibrating structure. The computed control forces are suitable for realization by semi-active dampers controllers without the need for signal clipping. The e ectiveness of the suggested method is demonstrated by numerical example.
EACS 2016 paper - A new approach to identification of cracks in beams and experimental verification
Creators: name: Chuanchuan Hou
name: Lu, Yong
Publisher: name: The University of Sheffield
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Mechanical Engineering
subject: FOS: Mechanical engineering

description: EACS 2016 Paper No. 168
Cracking is a common type of damage in structural beams. Existing methods for the detection of cracks in beams are most commonly based on representing a crack by a reduction of the bending stiffness over a certain segment. While such representation may be acceptable for slender beams, it can be problematic for relatively thick beams which are typical in civil engineering structures. In the present study an explicit cracked beam element model is adopted, in which the effect of the crack is comprehensively described by a cracked stiffness matrix relating to the crack location and the crack depth. The cracked beam element model is implemented in a finite element model updating framework for the identification of the crack parameters. This paper provides an overview of this new crack identification approach and the verification of the effectiveness of the method from laboratory experiments. In the experimental verification, cracked beam specimens have been tested to extract the modal frequency and mode shape data, and these are compared with the predictions using the cracked beam element model. The measured modal data are also employed to carry out (inverse) crack identification to further verify the effectiveness of using the cracked beam element model for crack damage identification.
Report on Knowledge Exchange
Creators: name: Gatsogianni, Christina
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: This document does not reflect the views of the European Commission. This document is based on insights derived by the RiskPACC consortium. This document is still under review and is subject to change. 

 

This report outlines the key outcomes and objectives of the T3.6 “Case Study Knowledge Exchange” initiative aimed at enhancing the exchange of knowledge and best practices between Civil Protection Authorities (CPAs) and their respective communities. Three KEEs were held in different regions, accommodating the six case studies of the project, in Paris, in Padova and in Rafina, where participants from various backgrounds collaboratively exchanged ideas and perceptions. These events served as a critical platform for:

Knowledge Synthesis: Highlighting effective solutions and addressing challenges identified in local workshops of Lab Phases I and II held during the first two years of the project.

Collaborative Strengthening: Facilitating new connections among participants and enhancing collaborations for effective civil protection measures.

Continual Improvement: Informing ongoing and future initiatives both within and outside the project by focusing on lessons learned and best practices.

The events focused on five main areas: the overview of lab activities, progress updates on technical solutions, solutions inside and outside RiskPACC, lessons learned, and challenges encountered during the workshops.

The KEEs emphasized structured dialogue sessions and interactive exercises which provided a platform for participants to:

Engage in discussions addressing issues raised in local workshops, ensuring that participant voices were heard and valued.

Collaborate on developing best-practice solutions to the problems identifiedduring the exchanges.

Establish a collaborative action plan with mechanisms for sustained dialogue, ensuring that insights and solutions can be carried forward beyond the events.

Overall, the D3.8 Case Study Knowledge Exchange fostered the ground for sharing ideas and establishing ongoing collaboration between CPAs and their communities. The outcomes of these exchanges are intended to enhance resilience, inform future initiatives and promote a culture of continuous improvement and innovation in civil protection practice, emphasising the critical role of collaboration in effectively managing risk and enhancing community preparedness.
PASTA-4-PHT: A Pipeline for Automated Security and Technical Audits for the Personal Health Train
Creators: name: Welten, Sascha Martin
name: Kindermann, Karl
name: Polat, Ahmet
name: Görz, Martin
name: Jugl, Maximilian
name: Neumann, Laurenz
name: Neumann, Alexander Tobias
name: Lohmöller, Johannes
name: Pennekamp, Jan
name: Decker, Stefan Josef
Publisher: name: RWTH Aachen University
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Cryptography and Security (cs.CR)
subject: Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing (cs.DC)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: 32 Seiten (2024). doi:10.48550/arXiv.2412.01275
title: OFROM: interview avec unine11c14m
Creators: name: Delafontaine, François
name: Moulin, Céline
Publisher: name: COCOON - https://cocoon.huma-num.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Français
subject: fra

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Creators: name: Delafontaine, François
name: Moulin, Céline
Publisher: name: COCOON - https://cocoon.huma-num.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Français
subject: fra

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EACS 2016 paper - A FLUID INERTER WITH VARIABLE INERTANCE PROPERTIES
Creators: name: N.D.J. Smith
name: Wagg, David
Publisher: name: The University of Sheffield
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Mechanical Engineering
subject: FOS: Mechanical engineering

description: EACS 2016 Paper No. 199
The inerter is a novel dynamic device that is the subject of substantial research interest as a passive vibration control device. In this paper we present results from the design and testing of a novel type of fluid inerter system where the inertance can be varied. This variable inertance is achieved by having a fluid filled cylinder that induces flow in a helical pipe system. The parameters of the helical pipe system can be adjusted to give different amounts of inertial force depending on the requirements. Tests were carried out on the inerter system, and it was shown that with the maximum inertance set-up for this system, the sensitivity of output force to input velocity was approximately 500N force for a 1Hz increase in excitation frequency.
EACS 2016 paper - A comparison of online and offline experimental substructuring methods for the simulation of complex linear dynamic systems
Creators: name: Bursi, Oreste S.
name: Salandra, Vincenzo La
name: Abbiati, Giuseppe
name: Caracoglia, Luca
Publisher: name: The University of Sheffield
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Mechanical Engineering
subject: FOS: Mechanical engineering

description: EACS 2016 Paper No. 122Online hybrid (numerical/physical) dynamic substructuring simulations (HDS) on an as-built/isolated viaduct and on a petrochemical piping subject to non-stationary seismic loading have shown their potential for efficient realistic dynamic analysis of almost any type of structural system. Moreover, owing to ever faster and more accurate testing equipment, dynamic substructure coupling developed in mechanical engineering through a number of different offline experimental substructuring methods operating both in time, e.g. the impulse-based substructuring (IBS), and frequency domains. Numerous studies have dealt with the above-mentioned methods and with associated error/uncertainty propagations issues. Nonetheless, there is still a paucity of publications devoted to: i) the comparison of the performances of these methods from an error/uncertainty perspective; ii) the possibility of their exploitation in a complementary way to both improve and speed up the overall experiment/simulation. In this paper, we compare the performances of these methods including standard time integration schemes and the coupling algorithm of subdomains based on an advanced parallel finite element tearing interconnecting algorithm. Moreover, we include typical random uncertainties coming from devices and operators exploited in the analysed methods. Main results and comparisons based on Monte Carlo sampling of three- and five-DoF linear systems point out that the HDS method exhibits better performances with respect to phase and energy errors whilst the IBS slightly prevails on coefficients of variation of coupling node displacements.
Examining the Effect of Demographic Factors on Rezoning and Upzoning Approval Rates in Raleigh, North Carolina
Creators: name: Barrientos, Marco
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2024

description: Exclusionary land-use decisions have historically been wielded by wealthy white homeowners as a tool of racial and income-based discrimination, preventing the construction of dense, affordable development within single-family neighborhoods. In the face of rising housing costs, municipalities have turned toward rezoning residential land to allow for increased density, otherwise known as residential upzoning, in order to meet demand for housing and improve affordability. Recent studies suggest that the approval of rezoning and upzoning requests may be inequitable, disproportionately occurring in lower-income communities of color. This thesis examines whether this trend exists in the city of Raleigh, North Carolina, using demographic characteristics of census tracts to predict the rate of rezoning and upzoning approvals, focusing specifically on variables of race, income, education, and homeownership. I confirm few of the findings of previous studies so far as related to the relationship between income and rezoning and upzoning proposals and fail to find significant relationships between demographic characteristics and the rate of rezoning and upzoning approval. Failing to accept my hypothesis, this thesis concludes with a discussion on how the City of Raleigh’s efforts to equitably upzone many single-family neighborhoods might be setting the city apart from cites examined in past studies and provide neighboring municipalities with a pathway for equitable development.
title: Enhanced Pyroelectric Performance of Lead-Free Zn-Doped Na1/2Bi1/2TiO3-BaTiO3 Ceramics
Creators: name: Patel, Satyanarayan
name: Kodumudi Venkataraman, Lalitha
name: Saurabh, Nishchay
Publisher: name: MDPI
Year: 2022

description: Lead-free Na₁/₂Bi₁/₂TiO₃-BaTiO₃ (NBT-BT) has gained revived interest due to its exceptionally good high power properties in comparison to commercial lead-based piezoelectrics. Recently, Zn-modified NBT-BT-based materials as solid solution and composites have been reported to exhibit enhanced depolarization temperatures and a high mechanical quality factor. In this work, the pyroelectric properties of Zn-doped NBT-6mole%BT and NBT-9mole%BT ceramics are investigated. The doped compositions of NBT-6BT and NBT-9BT feature a relatively stable pyroelectric property in a wide temperature range of ~37 K (300–330 K) and 80 K (300–380 K), respectively. A threefold increase in detector figure of merit is noted for 0.01 mole Zn-doped NBT-6mole% BT at room temperature in comparison to undoped NBT-6mole%BT and this increase is higher than those of major lead-free materials. A broad range of the temperature-independent behavior for the figures of merit was noted (303–380 K) for Zn-doped NBT-6mole% BT, which is 30 K higher than the undoped material. The large pyroelectric figures of merit and good temperature stability renders Zn-doped NBT-BT an ideal candidate for pyroelectric detector and energy harvesting applications.
Supplementary Table 4 from SBE6: a novel long-range enhancer involved in driving sonic hedgehog expression in neural progenitor cells
Creators: name: Benabdallah, Nezha S.
name: Gautier, Philippe
name: Betul Hekimoglu-Balkan
name: Lettice, Laura A.
name: Shipra Bhatia
name: Bickmore, Wendy A.
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Developmental Biology
subject: 60408 Genomics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: The expression of genes with key roles in development is under very tight spatial and temporal control, mediated by enhancers. A classic example of this is the sonic hedgehog gene (Shh) that plays a pivotal role in the proliferation, differentiation and survival of neural progenitor cells both in vivo and in vitro. Shh expression in the brain is tightly controlled by several known enhancers that have been identified through genetic, genomic and functional assays. Using chromatin profiling during the differentiation of embryonic stem cells to neural progenitor cells, here we report the identification of a novel long-range enhancer for Shh-Shh-brain-enhancer-6 (SBE6) that is located 100 kb upstream of Shh and that is required for the proper induction of Shh expression during this differentiation programme. This element is capable of driving expression in the vertebrate brain. Our study illustrates how a chromatin-focused approach, coupled to in vivo testing, can be used to identify new cell-type specific cis-regulatory elements and points to yet further complexity in the control of Shh expression during embryonic brain development.
Do Authoritarian Birds of a Feather Flock Together? An Analysis of European Authoritarians and their Relationship with Russia and Putin
Creators: name: Guskiewicz III, Robert
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2024

description: This thesis investigates the relationship between authoritarian attitudes among European citizens and their views towards Russia and President Vladimir Putin following the 2022 invasion of Ukraine. The central research question asks whether individuals with stronger authoritarian tendencies are more likely to harbor favorable opinions of Russia and Putin in the wake of this geopolitical event. Utilizing data from the 2022 Pew Research Center's Global Values Survey, this study employs Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) bivariate and multivariate regressions. The dependent variables measured favorability of both Russia and Putin. The independent variable was produced from the 2022 Chapel Hill Expert Survey measuring political party GAL/TAN's (green-alternative-libertarian/traditional-authoritarian-nationalist)  that the individual respondent affiliated with. Control variables include orthodoxy, education, income, and respondent country. Findings reveal a significant albeit minor influence of authoritarianism on favorability ratings towards Russia and Putin. However, noteworthy disparities emerge in multivariate OLS regressions, particularly with respect to country constants, leading to in-depth case studies of Germany, Poland, and Hungary. These case studies elucidate the role of political party cues and leadership influence in shaping the attitudes of European authoritarians towards Russia and its leadership.
title: 02_1078
Creators: name: Wesley Baldwin, John
name: Baldwin, John W.
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: LaMOP
subject: Laboratoire de Médiévistique Occidentale de Paris

description: L'ensemble de ces notes ont été crée par John Baldwin lors d'une de ses premières périodes de résidence à Paris. Ces documents comprennent tous les magistri qu’il avait pu rencontrer dans ses sources. Aux XIIème et XIIIème siècles, les universités n'existant pas encore, le titre de magister s'il évoque certainement une compétence n'est pas rattaché de façon systématique au passage par les écoles. De surcroît, les magistris sont le plus souvent désignés par leur seul prénom. La lecture de ces données est donc difficile et suppose un long travail pour tenter d'identifier un individu auquel on pourrait rattacher plusieurs mentions. John Baldwin avait donc renoncé à utiliser ces données pour donner un prolongement à sa magnifique étude sur les gradués d'université et leur emploi par les Capétiens et les Plantagenêts. Néanmoins, il a conservé ces données et elles sont potentiellement très utile dans le cadre de Studium, comme le sont toutes les mentions dans les volumes des Fasti Ecclesiae Gallicanae de chanoines portant ce titre de magister sans autres précisions. L'ampleur des dépouillements rend ces données très utiles et nous devons une grande reconnaissance à John Baldwin pour avoir pris la peine de faire photocopier ses fiches et de nous les avoir transmises amicalement.
Les données ainsi que les images des fiches sont accessibles sur le site Internet à l'adresse suivante : http://studium-baldwin.lamop.fr/.
Les transcriptions des fiches ont été effectuées par des étudiants de Paris 1 Panthéon - Sorbonne mais elles n'ont pas été corrigées par la suite.
description: Relation: https://lamop.hypotheses.org/
title: OFROM: interview avec unine11c12d
Creators: name: Delafontaine, François
name: Claivaz, Amélie
Publisher: name: COCOON - https://cocoon.huma-num.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Français
subject: fra

description: Conforms to: Praat textgrid
description: Conforms to: doi:10.34847/cocoon.69c4fa74-f324-3ddb-9f1a-580867fd5826
description: Conforms to: doi:10.34847/cocoon.69c4fa74-f324-3ddb-9f1a-580867fd5826
description: Source: https://nakala.fr/10.34847/nkl.ce6bn573.v2#6afa40229cb2c1ef81f1f0201dca469932fcf2ad
Identifying Factors that Influence Well-Being in PhD Students at Pharmacy Programs
Creators: name: Anderson, Emili
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2024

description: While well-being initiatives have become increasingly important in graduate education to prevent
burnout, there is limited research in Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) students in pharmacy programs. The
purpose of this study is to explore factors influencing well-being and burnout as well as identify recommendations for pharmacy programs to improve PhD student well-being. This study is one of the first to identify factors influencing graduate student well-being and burnout. Findings highlight curriculum and research factors as well as relationship dynamics influence graduate student burnout and well-being. Findings can be used to inform actionable recommendations for pharmacy programs to improve the well-being of PhD students.
Supplementary data list from SBE6: a novel long-range enhancer involved in driving sonic hedgehog expression in neural progenitor cells
Creators: name: Benabdallah, Nezha S.
name: Gautier, Philippe
name: Betul Hekimoglu-Balkan
name: Lettice, Laura A.
name: Shipra Bhatia
name: Bickmore, Wendy A.
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Developmental Biology
subject: 60408 Genomics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: The expression of genes with key roles in development is under very tight spatial and temporal control, mediated by enhancers. A classic example of this is the sonic hedgehog gene (Shh) that plays a pivotal role in the proliferation, differentiation and survival of neural progenitor cells both in vivo and in vitro. Shh expression in the brain is tightly controlled by several known enhancers that have been identified through genetic, genomic and functional assays. Using chromatin profiling during the differentiation of embryonic stem cells to neural progenitor cells, here we report the identification of a novel long-range enhancer for Shh-Shh-brain-enhancer-6 (SBE6) that is located 100 kb upstream of Shh and that is required for the proper induction of Shh expression during this differentiation programme. This element is capable of driving expression in the vertebrate brain. Our study illustrates how a chromatin-focused approach, coupled to in vivo testing, can be used to identify new cell-type specific cis-regulatory elements and points to yet further complexity in the control of Shh expression during embryonic brain development.
Care Coordination in High Need Children: Structure and Process from Billed Medical Notes
Creators: name: Cassandra Twisdale
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2024

description: Introduction: Youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities, complex medical conditions, and psychiatric conditions have high healthcare needs compared to other children, but often have higher rates of unmet needs. Care coordination can help address unmet needs by addressing care through collaboration. This study seeks to describe elements of billed care coordination to facilitate broader billing for care coordination in practices and research using real-world administrative data.
Methods: Billed medical notes involving care coordination for children with intellectual and 
developmental disabilities, three or more complex chronic conditions, and psychiatric conditions
seen annually from 2015-2019 were extracted (N=19). A literature review was conducted to identify common features of care coordination services. Medical notes were coded for potential structure and process aspects of a care coordination visit. Illustrative quotes were collected, and medical notes were analyzed for key themes. Two team members developed a coding manual, coded each record, and met periodically to discuss and reconcile differences. Collaborators provided input to describe the sample, clinical practice, and research implications of the data.
Results: Structures of care coordination notes involved timing, billing codes, and standard 
phrasing. Key themes of processes identified include medical specialists, identification of family structure, addressing the challenges of moving, assessment for state and federal benefits, school communication, parent communication, assessment of basic needs, mental health, vaccines, and direct patient follow-up. Some themes were linked to billing requirements while other themes involved aspects of addressing medical and non-medical needs.
Conclusion: Findings provide insight into the structures and processes of real practice care coordination that has not been well described before. Billed care coordination medical notes involve themes that support high quality care coordination. Inclusion of key themes related to 
structure and process of care coordination to support billing of these services has the potential to help provide high need children with wholistic care.
Modeling intermittent dosing strategies for HIV prevention in persons who inject drugs
Creators: name: Dobbs, Andrea
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2024

description: Background: Persons who inject drugs (PWID) are a highly stigmatized population at risk for intravenous human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission. Currently only tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) + emtricitabine (FTC) as a daily regimen is approved for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). An improved formulation, tenofovir alafenamide fumarate (TAF) + FTC, is only approved for PrEP in individuals at risk for colorectal HIV transmission. Additionally, many PrEP users prefer non-daily dosing strategies; yet, there remains no updated studies investigating if TAF + FTC and intermittent or event driven dosing strategies are efficacious in PWID. 

Methods: Previously established population pharmacokinetic (PK) and pharmacodynamic (PD) models developed with NONMEM were used to predict the concentration of active metabolites for TDF, FTC or TAF in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs). Monte Carlo simulations were performed to describe the relationship between PBMC drug concentrations and protection, defined as concentrations preventing >90% of HIV transmissions. TDF + FTC and TAF + FTC combination therapies, and TAF monotherapy were studied, and assessed if four-day per week, three-day per week, two-day per week or 2-1-1 dosing strategies provided protection against >90% of HIV transmission. 

Results: TAF + FTC combination therapy provided a longer duration of protection with fewer doses compared to TDF + FTC, as two-day per week versus three-day per week dosing regimens, respectively, provided >90% protection against intravenous HIV transmission. TAF monotherapy using the 2-1-1 dosing strategy provides 168 hours of >90% protection against intravenous HIV transmission.

Conclusions: This data suggests that intermittent dosing strategies are a feasible option for PWID with TAF + FTC providing maximal protection with fewer doses. Clinical or real-world observational studies are needed to establish if intermittent dosing provides protection against intravenous HIV transmission.