cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
HYDROPLAN-EU Knowledge Management Framework for Urban Water Asset Management
Creators: name: Vojinovic, Z.
name: Price, R.K.
name: Broek, W. V. Den
Publisher: name: DTU Library, Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Urban drainage asset management
subject: internet-based platform
subject: knowledge dissemination

description: Urban water networks for water supply, sanitation and storm drainage provide important services, the failure of which can be very serious for the urban environment and the population. The sustainability of such assets, which frequently, if not continuously, interact with each other and with other components of urban water cycle (i.e., surface water, groundwater and receiving waters), is therefore an important issue for the asset managers. The services provided by these assets are at risk in three primary respects including structural integrity, hydraulic performance and environmental impact, which indicate the need for a total life cycle approach to managing the network assets, from planning and design, through construction and operation to replacement and disposal. This paper describes a 5th EU Framework project, named Hydroplan-EU, which covers asset management of water supply and drainage networks. This project is important because of the fact that there are more than 20,000 significant wastewater and water supply networks in Europe, most of which do not have associated with them formal asset management practices. In view of the acknowledged need for hundreds of billions of Euros in terms of capital investments in these networks throughout Europe over the next 10 years, and the need for more than 20 billion Euros on asset management activities annually, the introduction and dissemination of an internationally accepted procedure can make significant economic savings, and br
Symptom Cluster Experiences in Patients with Oral Cancer using Mixed Methods
Creators: name: Solomon Sathishkumar, Asha Mathew
Publisher: name: University of Illinois at Chicago
Year: 2022
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: By using a convergent mixed method design, the study employed a novel approach to examining symptom cluster (SC) experiences in patients who have been operated for oral cancer. Quantitatively identified patient subgroups and predictors were triangulated with qualitatively obtained patient perception and contextual insights on SC experiences, thus adding credibility and depth to distinct SC experiences. The quantitative aspect of the study was guided by the Symptom Management Theory, and aimed to identify distinct patient subgroups based on SC experiences using two different statistical methods, assessing concordance between the solutions obtained from these two methods, and determining associations with sociodemographic and clinical characteristics. Symptoms were assessed for 300 patients using the MD Anderson Symptom Inventory - Head & Neck. Based on the 11 most severe symptoms, which were also prevalent in more than or equal to 30% of sample, hierarchical cluster analysis (HCA) identified two subgroups, while latent profile analysis (LPA) identified five distinct subgroups of patients. LPA provided more nuanced information on symptom cluster patterns than HCA. Significant differences were found among the five groups on body mass index, time since diagnosis, time since treatment completion, current use of symptom management medications, cancer stage, and treatment completed. Phenomenological exploration of lived experiences of SCs among 20 patients was conducted. Thematic analysis revealed that time and living with SCs lead to what we describe as a pathway to resigned acceptance. Participants described a shared set of experiences on this pathway that were captured through six themes - Acknowledged Disruptions, Inner Dialogue, Shifting Expectations, Floods of Emotions, Exercising Control, and Resigned Acceptance.
Sonnenfleckenzeichnung, unnummeriert.
Zeichnung von Flecken und Fackelflächen zur Ermittlung der Sonnenaktivität am 29.07.1933, erstellt von Friedrich Buser in der privaten Beobachtungsstation im Prätschli in Arosa
Creators: name: Buser, Friedrich
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1933

description: Bleistiftzeichnung mit Tinte und Farbstift überschrieben, erstellt als Projektionsbildzeichnung in der privaten Beobachtungsstation Prätschli in Arosa. Instrument: 11-cm-Refraktor von Steinheil.
Die Beobachtungen zu Einzelflecken und zu Sonnenfleckengruppen wurden mit Bleistift auf einem Vordruck eingetragen
description: ETH-Bibliothek
Daily patterns of micro-organisms in the foul sewer system of Doncaster, United Kingdom
Creators: name: Rueedi, J.
name: Cronin, A.A.
name: Morris, B.L.
Publisher: name: DTU Library, Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Urban water
subject: Daily pattern
subject: Micro-organisms
subject: Sewage
subject: Seasonal trend
subject: Enterovirus

description: Much is known about short-term changes in sewage volumes because they are often measured in pipeline design studies. Usually, sewage volumes peak in the morning and again in the evening, and leakage rates are expected to change correspondingly. To assess the contaminant load leaking into the subsurface, however, it is important to know the daily evolution of contaminant concentrations. These data are scarce, particularly for pathogenic micro-organisms. This study describes results of raw sewage sampling at three pumping stations for total coliforms, faecal coliforms, faecal streptococci, sulphite-reducing clostridia, coliphage and enteric viruses. The results show that all analysed micro-organisms follow a similar daily pattern, namely high concentrations during the morning, dropping around noon, rising again during the afternoon and then falling again in the evening and nighttime. Concurrent measurement of sewage volumes enabled assessment of total contaminant loads leaving the urban area, estimation of likely daily patterns of toilet/grey water contribution to raw sewage and calculation of daily average loads for urban mass balance modeling. The paper shows how important it is to measure not only daily patterns of sewage volumes but also sewage concentrations because both vary significantly during the day due to different household usage patterns.
Proceedings Ninth Workshop on Mathematically Structured Functional Programming
Creators: name: Gibbons, Jeremy
name: New, Max S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Programming Languages (cs.PL)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: This volume contains the proceedings of the Ninth Workshop on Mathematically Structured Functional Programming (MSFP 2022). The meeting took place on the 2nd of April as a satellite of European Joint Conferences on Theory & Practice of Software (ETAPS 2022). The MSFP workshop highlights applications of mathematical structures to programming applications. We promote the use of category theory, type theory, and formal language semantics to the development of simple and reasonable programs. As the range of papers presented in this year's workshop shows, this continues to be a fruitful interface.
Sonnenfleckenzeichnung, unnummeriert.
Zeichnung von Flecken und Fackelflächen zur Ermittlung der Sonnenaktivität am 06.08.1933, erstellt von Friedrich Buser in der privaten Beobachtungsstation im Prätschli in Arosa
Creators: name: Buser, Friedrich
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1933

description: Bleistiftzeichnung mit Tinte und Farbstift überschrieben, erstellt als Projektionsbildzeichnung in der privaten Beobachtungsstation Prätschli in Arosa. Instrument: 11-cm-Refraktor von Steinheil.
Die Beobachtungen zu Einzelflecken und zu Sonnenfleckengruppen wurden mit Bleistift auf einem Vordruck eingetragen
description: ETH-Bibliothek
Sonnenfleckenzeichnung, unnummeriert.
Zeichnung von Flecken und Fackelflächen zur Ermittlung der Sonnenaktivität am 11.07.1933, erstellt von Friedrich Buser in der privaten Beobachtungsstation im Prätschli in Arosa
Creators: name: Buser, Friedrich
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1933

description: Bleistiftzeichnung mit Tinte und Farbstift überschrieben, erstellt als Projektionsbildzeichnung in der privaten Beobachtungsstation Prätschli in Arosa. Instrument: 11-cm-Refraktor von Steinheil.
Die Beobachtungen zu Einzelflecken und zu Sonnenfleckengruppen wurden mit Bleistift auf einem Vordruck eingetragen
description: ETH-Bibliothek
Entandrophragma angolense : Chemical Constituents and Biological Activities
Creators: name: Youn, Isoo
Publisher: name: University of Illinois at Chicago
Year: 2022
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Entandrophragma angolense (Meliaceae) is an African medicinal plant used for the treatment of fever, ulcer, rheumatism, eye inflammation, and swelling. Previous studies have shown anti-ulcer, anti-neoplastic, anti-inflammatory, anti-feedant, and anti-microbial activities of the plant extracts and some of the isolated compounds. These activities can be ascribed to the limonoid and triterpenoid constituents of the plant. The stem bark of Entandrophragma angolense growing in Nigeria was collected and extracted with organic solvents. The extracts were purified to yield forty secondary metabolites, including ten new constituents: three limonoids, one glabretal- and five tirucallane-type triterpenoids, and a catechin glucoside. Of these undescribed structures, 23-O-deethylandirolide S was obtained as a racemic pair of C-23 epimers in 1:1 ratio as estimated by quantitative 1H NMR analysis combined with the global spectral deconvolution method. For all isolates, structural elucidation, including stereochemical assignment, was accomplished by interpretation of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), mass spectrometric (MS), and in some cases electronic circular dichroism (ECD) data. The isolation of 3,4-seco-tirucallane- and glabretal-type triterpenoids highlights the chemotaxonomic significance of these markers. Inhibitory activity of the isolated compounds was evaluated against nitric oxide production in LPS-treated RAW 264.7 cells, followed by inducible nitric oxide synthase protein measurement, and moluccensin O and (-)-catechin were found active. Analgesic activity of the extracts and methyl angolensate was evaluated using a mouse model and the results suggested the analgesic potential of E. angolense for pain management. All isolated compounds were also tested for cytotoxicity against cancer cell lines. Entangolensin F (21) displayed modest activities against MDA-MB-231 (IC50 = 1.9 µM), OVCAR3 (IC50 = 3.1 µM), MDA-MB-435 (IC50 = 3.4 µM) and HT29 (IC50 = 5.9 µM) cells. When tested in a panel of enzymes, including acetylcholinesterase, SARS-CoV 3CLpro, SARS-CoV-2 PLpro, MERS-CoV PLpro, and MMP-14, none of the compounds displayed significant activity. Results obtained from this study have expanded our knowledge about the chemical profile and biological potential of Entandrophragma angolense. Further studies are warranted with the goal of developing this medicinal plant and/or its chemical ingredients into useful medicines for the treatments of diseases such as inflammation, pain crisis, and cancer.
Sonnenfleckenzeichnung, unnummeriert.
Zeichnung von Flecken und Fackelflächen zur Ermittlung der Sonnenaktivität am 16.12.1933, erstellt von Friedrich Buser in der privaten Beobachtungsstation im Prätschli in Arosa
Creators: name: Buser, Friedrich
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1933

description: Bleistiftzeichnung mit Tinte und Farbstift überschrieben, erstellt als Projektionsbildzeichnung in der privaten Beobachtungsstation Prätschli in Arosa. Instrument: 11-cm-Refraktor von Steinheil.
Die Beobachtungen zu Einzelflecken und zu Sonnenfleckengruppen wurden mit Bleistift auf einem Vordruck eingetragen
description: ETH-Bibliothek
STEREODYNAMIC CONTROL OF COLLISION-INDUCED NONADIABATIC DYNAMICS OF NO (A2Σ+) WITH H2, N2, CO, AND H2O: INTERMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS DRIVE COLLISION OUTCOMES
Creators: name: Guardado Sandoval, José Luis
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: conical intersection
potential energy surface
Rydberg state
harpoon mechanism
electronic collisional quenching

description: Nitric oxide (NO) is a radical derived from combustion and atmospheric chemistry with a role in the formation of secondary pollutants. NO concentrations are often determined using laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) on the A2Σ+ ← X2Π transition band. However, the electronic quenching of NO (A2Σ+) resulting from the collision with other molecular species gives rise to competing nonradiative pathways to the electronic ground state of NO. Cross sections and rate constants of NO (A2Σ+) electronic quenching have been experimentally determined for various common molecular collision partners, to correct LIF measurements. Unfortunately, the underlying photochemical mechanisms responsible for the electronic quenching are unclear. In this thesis, we describe the development of high-quality PESs that reveal new physical insights into the intermolecular interactions and conical intersections that facilitate the branching between the nonreactive electronic quenching, reactive electronic quenching, and scattering of NO (A2Σ+) with H2, N2, CO, and H2O. The PESs are calculated at the EOM-EA-CCSD/d-aug-cc-pVTZ//EOM-EA-CCSD/aug-cc-pVDZ and EOM-EA-CCSD/d-aug-cc-pVTZ//EOM-EA-CCSD/aug-cc-pVTZ levels of theory, to secure a balanced treatment of the valence and Rydberg electronic states and an accurate description of the open-shell character of NO. Our PESs show that H2 is incapable of electronically quenching NO (A2Σ+) at low collision energies; instead, the two molecules will likely undergo scattering. The PESs of NO (A2Σ+) with N2 and CO are highly anisotropic while the PESs of NO (A2Σ+) with H2O are highly isotropic. Additionally, the PESs of NO (A2Σ+) with N2, CO, and H2O show evidence of electron transfer from NO (A2Σ+) into the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital of the collision partner, that is, the harpoon mechanism. Finally, our computational results stand in good agreement with the experimental cross sections.
Filtering method for infiltration flow quantification
Creators: name: Vaes, G.
name: Willems, B.
name: Berlamont, J.
Publisher: name: DTU Library, Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Dry weather flow
subject: filter
subject: infiltration flow
subject: quantification
subject: rainfall

description: In Flanders, most of the drainage systems are combined sewer systems, in which waste water and rainfall runoff are drained together. However, not only rainfall runoff enters these pipes. Also other sources of water have a contribution to the flow, as e.g. infiltration of groundwater in the pipe system, inflows from drains, creeks, etc\342\200\246 These flows of relatively clean water also arrive at the treatment plant where the influent is diluted and the treatment efficiency consequently decreases. In order to plan actions to reduce these undesired inflows in the drainage system, it is necessary at first instance to quantify these flows. This paper describes a filter methodology to determine the quantities of these undesired inflows from a time series of the total influent based on the recession times of the different subflows.
Sonnenfleckenzeichnung, unnummeriert.
Zeichnung von Flecken und Fackelflächen zur Ermittlung der Sonnenaktivität am 17.09.1933, erstellt von Friedrich Buser in der privaten Beobachtungsstation im Prätschli in Arosa
Creators: name: Buser, Friedrich
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1933

description: Bleistiftzeichnung mit Tinte und Farbstift überschrieben, erstellt als Projektionsbildzeichnung in der privaten Beobachtungsstation Prätschli in Arosa. Instrument: 11-cm-Refraktor von Steinheil.
Die Beobachtungen zu Einzelflecken und zu Sonnenfleckengruppen wurden mit Bleistift auf einem Vordruck eingetragen
description: ETH-Bibliothek
Analysis method for determining sufficient water vapour retarder in timber-framed walls
Creators: name: Vinha, Juha
name: Vinha, Juha
Publisher: name: 8th Symposium on Building Physics in the Nordic Countries
Year: 2008

description: The moisture performance of timber-framed external wall assemblies with and without a vapour barrier has been the subject of continuous discussion in Finland as well as other countries for several decades. It still remains one of the most hotly contested issues in building physics research. Despite numerous studies, agreement has not been reached on the minimum water vapour resistance that should be required of the interior wall lining of a wall assembly under different conditions. Consequently, different guidelines and regulations for water vapour resistance values of vapor retarders exist also in countries located in highly similar climatic conditions.

This paper presents the new analysis method for determining sufficient water vapour retarder in timber-framed walls. It contains ten years research results examined by laboratory tests, field tests and calculation analyses in Tampere University of Technology, Finland. The basis of this method is that all factors affect to the water vapor diffusion in wall assemblies have been taken into account.

Comprehensive assessment of the moisture performance of wall assemblies requires establishing the performance criteria and limit values that an assembly must meet, the outdoor and indoor conditions to be used in designing moisture performance, and the assembly solution and used materials as well as their building physical properties. The acceptability of the moisture performance of an external wall assembly depends essentially on all these factors during the service life of a building.

The research results indicate that a plastic vapour barrier behind the interior board is safe in all typical indoor and outdoor air conditions occurring in Finnish climatic conditions. However, a wall may be implemented also without a plastic vapour barrier in the interior wall lining. Then, the required water vapour resistance ratio between the interior and exterior wall linings depends on the sheathing and thermal insulation used. In winter conditions, the minimum water vapour resistance values between the interior and exterior wall linings are typically in the 0 to 80:1 range. The key properties of the layers which improve the moisture performance of a wall assembly are the high thermal resistance and low water vapour resistance of the sheathing.
Tool for selection of windows in dwellings
Creators: name: Svendsen, Svend
name: Svendsen, Svend
Publisher: name: 8th Symposium on Building Physics in the Nordic Countries
Year: 2008

description: The energy performance of dwellings depend of the windows characteristics with respect to the orientation, size and energy performance of the windows. In order to make it easy to select windows for use in dwellings a program has been developed to calculate the energy performance of individual windows in dwellings. The basis of the program is the simplified method desribed in EN 13790.
The thermal transmittance and total solar gain coefficient for the windows are calculated for the actual configuration and sizes of the window based on data on the glazing and the frame of the window. The energy performance of the window during the heating season and the sommer period is calculated for the actual orientation and for the utilisability of solar gain for the actual building.

In the program an overview of the energy performance of different window products in different configuration and sizes are set up for all the relevant orientations of the building.  Based on the overview the best energy performing window design with respect to configuration, size and window product data can be found for the actual building. In this way the full potential of using windows to save energy in buildings can be used in an easy way.
Solar shading system based on daylight directing glass lamellas
Creators: name: Laustsen, Jacob Birck
name: Santos, Inês Dionísio Palma
name: Svendsen, Svend
name: Traberg-Borup, Steen
name: Johnsen, Kjeld
name: Laustsen, Jacob Birck
Publisher: name: 8th Symposium on Building Physics in the Nordic Countries
Year: 2008

description: The overheating problems in office buildings must be solved with efficient solar shadings in order to reduce the energy demand for cooling and ventilation. At the same time the solar shading should not reduce the daylight level in the building on overcast days because it would result in a lower visual comfort level and increased energy consumption for lighting.
The paper describes a new type of solar shading system based on variable lamellas made of solar control glass with high reflectance coating which reduces the solar gain on sunny days and at the same time is able to redirect some of the daylight further into the back of the room where it is needed on overcast days.
Daylight simulations performed in IESve/Radiance show that the maximum effect of redirecting the daylight on overcast days is obtained with a slat angle of 30° with the reflective coating upwards. On sunny days when the solar gain must be reduced the lamellas are turned into vertical position acting as an extra layer of solar control glass that reduces the solar energy gain but still allows a good view out.
Measurements of the daylight performance were carried out on a full scale model of the solar shading system in SBi’s Daylight Laboratory. The results show that the new shading system under overcast conditions reduces the daylight factor, DF, close to the façade while the DF is unchanged or even higher in the back of the office. Under sunny sky conditions the daylight level as well as the heat load is reduced in the office. Compared to traditional solar shading systems with less transparent lamellas the new solar shading system yields a higher DF improving the distribution and exploitation of daylight in the office and furthermore it gives a less obstructed view out.
Daylight simulations in IESve/Radiance on a model similar to SBi’s Daylight Laboratory with the glass lamellas installed was evaluated and compared with the measurements and it was found that IESve/Radiance may be used to evaluate the daylight performance of glass lamellas systems in most situations.

In order to evaluate the effect on indoor temperatures and energy consumption the new solar shading system was mounted in DTU’s Passys test cell in front of a traditional glass façade. The measurements and calculations show that the solar shading system with the lamellas in vertical position reduces the solar gain significantly resulting in an improved indoor thermal climate and a reduction in the energy demand for cooling and ventilation.
Sonnenfleckenzeichnung, unnummeriert.
Zeichnung von Flecken und Fackelflächen zur Ermittlung der Sonnenaktivität am 23.07.1933, erstellt von Friedrich Buser in der privaten Beobachtungsstation im Prätschli in Arosa
Creators: name: Buser, Friedrich
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1933

description: Bleistiftzeichnung mit Tinte und Farbstift überschrieben, erstellt als Projektionsbildzeichnung in der privaten Beobachtungsstation Prätschli in Arosa. Instrument: 11-cm-Refraktor von Steinheil.
Die Beobachtungen zu Einzelflecken und zu Sonnenfleckengruppen wurden mit Bleistift auf einem Vordruck eingetragen
description: ETH-Bibliothek
Tangled magnetic field model of QPOs
Creators: name: Bretz, Joseph
name: van Eysden, C. A.
name: Link, Bennett
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The highly tangled magnetic field of a magnetar supports shear waves similar to Alfvén waves in an ordered magnetic field. Here we explore if torsional modes excited in the stellar interior and magnetosphere can explain the quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) observed in the tail of the giant flare of SGR 1900+14. We solve the initial value problem for a tangled magnetic field that couples interior shear waves to relativistic Alfvén shear waves in the magnetosphere. Assuming stellar oscillations arise from the sudden release of magnetic energy, we obtain constraints on the energetics and geometry of the process. If the flare energy is deposited initially inside the star, the wave energy propagates relatively slowly to the magnetosphere which is at odds with the observed rise time of the radiative event of $\lesssim 10$ ms. Nor can the flare energy be deposited entirely outside the star, as most of the energy reflects off the stellar surface, giving surface oscillations of insufficient magnitude to produce detectable modulations of magnetospheric currents. Energy deposition in a volume that straddles the stellar surface gives agreement with the observed rise time and excites a range of modes with substantial amplitude at observed QPO frequencies. In general, localized energy deposition excites a broad range of modes that encompasses the observed QPOs, though many more modes are excited than the number of observed QPOs. If the flare energy is deposited axisymmetrically, as is possible for a certain class of MHD instabilities, the number of modes that is excited is considerably reduced.
description: 19 pages, 9 figures, published in MNRAS
Novel Methods to Increase Analytical Efficiency in X-ray Imaging
Creators: name: Judge, William Joseph
Publisher: name: University of Illinois at Chicago
Year: 2022
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Identifying the mechanistic underpinnings of the function of materials, especially irreversible phenomena, at the level of single particles is crucial to improving their performance. While several techniques of nano-scale imaging of complex systems are available, their throughput and value are hindered by the dearth of coding packages directed to enhance experimental runtimes and data analysis. The following thesis details three pythonic codebases/modules to improve intra and post-experimental analysis for the following techniques: nano-Scanning X-Ray Diffraction Microscopy (nSXDM), Bragg Coherent Diffraction Imaging (BCDI), and nano-Computed Tomography (nCT). For nSXDM, the developed Python package allows for routine experimental analysis to be completed through a graphical user interface. We used this package to analyze LiNi0:33Mn0:33Co0:33O2 (NMC111) nano-particles during their first electrochemical cycle. For BCDI, we compared machine learning classification methods for defect identification of a single, 2D BCDI pattern. Our methods lay the groundwork for intra-experimental analysis of nanocrystals. Lastly, we compiled a machine learning suite of old and novel network implementations into a Python package called TomoSuitePY for low-dose projection and sparse-angle computed tomography (CT). Metrics of the sparse-angle network implementations were benchmarked with an experimental dataset containing LiNi0:8Mn0:1Co0:1O2 (NMC811) nano-particles. All aspects of this thesis aim to improve the analysis throughput of X-ray imaging techniques that are otherwise demanding in data volume and computation.
Sonnenfleckenzeichnung, unnummeriert.
Zeichnung von Flecken und Fackelflächen zur Ermittlung der Sonnenaktivität am 24.08.1933, erstellt von Friedrich Buser in der privaten Beobachtungsstation im Prätschli in Arosa
Creators: name: Buser, Friedrich
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1933

description: Bleistiftzeichnung mit Tinte und Farbstift überschrieben, erstellt als Projektionsbildzeichnung in der privaten Beobachtungsstation Prätschli in Arosa. Instrument: 11-cm-Refraktor von Steinheil.
Die Beobachtungen zu Einzelflecken und zu Sonnenfleckengruppen wurden mit Bleistift auf einem Vordruck eingetragen
description: ETH-Bibliothek
Simulation of drying of wood-frame walls submitted to water infiltration
Creators: name: Thivierge, Constance
name: Derome, Dominique
name: Carmeliet, Jan
name: Thivierge, Constance
Publisher: name: 8th Symposium on Building Physics in the Nordic Countries
Year: 2008

description: This paper presents hygrothermal modeling results simulating the drying performance of different wood frame wall configurations submitted to water infiltration in the stud cavity. As rain can be the most important potential source of moisture in wall assemblies, an experimental investigation was previously undertaken at Concordia University to compare the wetting and drying potential of 15 walls subjected to water insertion in the stud cavity within a large Environmental Chamber. The experiment considered three different types of sheathing – oriented strand board (OSB), plywood and fiberboard, two exterior claddings – wood cladding on furring and cement stucco on metallic lath (no air space), and two different interior finish permeances – paint with/without polyethylene sheet.  The moisture distribution in each wall was monitored using moisture content probes and gravimetric measurement and the conditions (exterior and interior) were controlled to reproduce August through November weather conditions for Montreal.
The moisture load consisted in a wetted sill plate inserted into the wall assembly. The initial conditions for the simulation include the measured moisture distribution in the wood sill. The changes in moisture distribution in the wood sill and in the rest of the wall assembly are simulated taking into account proper boundary conditions. The simulation results are compared with the measured results.
It was found that the type of cladding has the most impact on the drying performance. The role of the type of sheathing and of the level of interior finish permeance are also demonstrated and explained.
Sonnenfleckenzeichnung, unnummeriert.
Zeichnung von Flecken und Fackelflächen zur Ermittlung der Sonnenaktivität am 16.08.1933, erstellt von Friedrich Buser in der privaten Beobachtungsstation im Prätschli in Arosa
Creators: name: Buser, Friedrich
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1933

description: Bleistiftzeichnung mit Tinte und Farbstift überschrieben, erstellt als Projektionsbildzeichnung in der privaten Beobachtungsstation Prätschli in Arosa. Instrument: 11-cm-Refraktor von Steinheil.
Die Beobachtungen zu Einzelflecken und zu Sonnenfleckengruppen wurden mit Bleistift auf einem Vordruck eingetragen
description: ETH-Bibliothek
Sonnenfleckenzeichnung, unnummeriert.
Zeichnung von Flecken und Fackelflächen zur Ermittlung der Sonnenaktivität am 30.08.1933, erstellt von Friedrich Buser in der privaten Beobachtungsstation im Prätschli in Arosa
Creators: name: Buser, Friedrich
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1933

description: Bleistiftzeichnung mit Tinte und Farbstift überschrieben, erstellt als Projektionsbildzeichnung in der privaten Beobachtungsstation Prätschli in Arosa. Instrument: 11-cm-Refraktor von Steinheil.
Die Beobachtungen zu Einzelflecken und zu Sonnenfleckengruppen wurden mit Bleistift auf einem Vordruck eingetragen
description: ETH-Bibliothek
A Longitudinal Mixed-Methods Analysis on Asian American and Latinx Young Adult’s Critical Consciousness
Creators: name: Uriostegui, Marbella
Publisher: name: University of Illinois at Chicago
Year: 2022
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Critical consciousness describes how marginalized people learn to analyze their social conditions (critical reflection), develop beliefs about their ability to create social change (critical motivation), and engage in action with the goal of creating a more just society (critical action; Diemer & Rapa, 2016). This study used longitudinal, mixed-methods, and person-centered analytic approaches to accomplish the following aims: (1) define and describe underlying groups of young adults who similarly endorse dimensions of critical consciousness during older adolescence and emerging adulthood; (2) examine relationships between young adults’ contextual resources, sociocultural factors, and critical consciousness class membership at different developmental stages and changes across time; (3) use longitudinal interview data to corroborate the quantitative results. Latent Transition Analysis results suggest a four-class model of critical consciousness comprised of the “Low Critical Consciousness”, “Critical, Inefficacious, Disengaged”, “Efficacious, Action-oriented”, and “High Critical Consciousness” classes. Multinomial logistic regression results suggest that greater parent and peer political socialization and engagement, racial discrimination, and ethnic identity were associated with membership in more critical or engaged classes. Mixed-methods analysis of participants’ qualitative and quantitative results reveal cases of match and mismatch between their respective class’s pattern of critical consciousness and discussions of sociopolitical engagement. This study has implications for expanding theory and research to better understand critical consciousness development among young people of color.
Saliency Guided Inter- and Intra-Class Relation Constraints for Weakly Supervised Semantic Segmentation
Creators: name: Chen, Tao
name: Yao, Yazhou
name: Zhang, Lei
name: Wang, Qiong
name: Xie, Guo-Sen
name: Shen, Fumin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Weakly supervised semantic segmentation with only image-level labels aims to reduce annotation costs for the segmentation task. Existing approaches generally leverage class activation maps (CAMs) to locate the object regions for pseudo label generation. However, CAMs can only discover the most discriminative parts of objects, thus leading to inferior pixel-level pseudo labels. To address this issue, we propose a saliency guided Inter- and Intra-Class Relation Constrained (I$^2$CRC) framework to assist the expansion of the activated object regions in CAMs. Specifically, we propose a saliency guided class-agnostic distance module to pull the intra-category features closer by aligning features to their class prototypes. Further, we propose a class-specific distance module to push the inter-class features apart and encourage the object region to have a higher activation than the background. Besides strengthening the capability of the classification network to activate more integral object regions in CAMs, we also introduce an object guided label refinement module to take a full use of both the segmentation prediction and the initial labels for obtaining superior pseudo-labels. Extensive experiments on PASCAL VOC 2012 and COCO datasets demonstrate well the effectiveness of I$^2$CRC over other state-of-the-art counterparts. The source codes, models, and data have been made available at \url{https://github.com/NUST-Machine-Intelligence-Laboratory/I2CRC}.
description: TMM2022, 11 pages, 5 figures
Sonnenfleckenzeichnung, unnummeriert.
Zeichnung von Flecken und Fackelflächen zur Ermittlung der Sonnenaktivität am 05.10.1933, erstellt von Friedrich Buser in der privaten Beobachtungsstation im Prätschli in Arosa
Creators: name: Buser, Friedrich
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1933

description: Bleistiftzeichnung mit Tinte und Farbstift überschrieben, erstellt als Projektionsbildzeichnung in der privaten Beobachtungsstation Prätschli in Arosa. Instrument: 11-cm-Refraktor von Steinheil.
Die Beobachtungen zu Einzelflecken und zu Sonnenfleckengruppen wurden mit Bleistift auf einem Vordruck eingetragen
description: ETH-Bibliothek
On liquid transport coefficients in materials where liquid water is not present
Creators: name: Nilsson, Lars-Olof
name: Nilsson, Lars-Olof
Publisher: name: 8th Symposium on Building Physics in the Nordic Countries
Year: 2008

description: A common way to describe moisture transport in materials is to include one term in the flux equation for “liquid flow”, that has moisture content as the transport potential. The transport coefficient, the diffusivity, is usually expressed as a monotonously increasing function of moisture content or RH. This is discussed in the paper and shown to be a crude over-simplification. Contradicting examples are taken from literature and comparisons are made with moisture profile measurements in two cases with temperature gradients in wood and in concrete.
Harmonic Oscillators of Mathematical Biology: Many Faces of a Predator-Prey Model
Creators: name: Koshkin, Sergiy
name: Meyers, Isaiah
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
subject: Populations and Evolution (q-bio.PE)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 37N25 34C15 37G15 34C26 92C60 92C80

description: We show that a number of models in virus dynamics, epidemiology and plant biology can be presented as ``damped" versions of the Lotka-Volterra predator-prey model, by analogy to the damped harmonic oscillator. The analogy deepens with the use of Lyapunov functions, which allow us to characterize their dynamics and even make some estimates.
description: 15 pages, 10 figures. Mathematics Magazine, April 2022
Sonnenfleckenzeichnung, unnummeriert.
Zeichnung von Flecken und Fackelflächen zur Ermittlung der Sonnenaktivität am 21.08.1933, erstellt von Friedrich Buser in der privaten Beobachtungsstation im Prätschli in Arosa
Creators: name: Buser, Friedrich
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1933

description: Bleistiftzeichnung mit Tinte und Farbstift überschrieben, erstellt als Projektionsbildzeichnung in der privaten Beobachtungsstation Prätschli in Arosa. Instrument: 11-cm-Refraktor von Steinheil.
Die Beobachtungen zu Einzelflecken und zu Sonnenfleckengruppen wurden mit Bleistift auf einem Vordruck eingetragen
description: ETH-Bibliothek
Water absorption in two-layer masonry systems - properties, profiles and predictions
Creators: name: Johansson, Peter
name: Nilsson, Lars-Olof
name: Johansson, Peter
Publisher: name: 8th Symposium on Building Physics in the Nordic Countries
Year: 2008

description: Non-steady state water transport through two different mortars on lime-sand bricks has been studied to assess the possibilities of predicting moisture conditions in two-layer masonry systems in the super-hygroscopic range. Overlapping sorption and suction curves were determined by sorption balances and suction plates for the three materials. Moisture-dependent diffusivities were evaluated from series of capillary suction tests with different initial conditions. Predictions with RH as transport potential were then compared with the results from separate experiments on masonry systems exposed to water, where moisture content profiles were measured gravimetrically. The comparison was quite good. The capillary suction test technique to evaluate diffusivities at low moisture contents was shown to be somewhat uncertain. Another conclusion was that suction curves at absorption are urgently required, but are difficult to obtain.
Sonnenfleckenzeichnung, unnummeriert.
Zeichnung von Flecken und Fackelflächen zur Ermittlung der Sonnenaktivität am 30.07.1933, erstellt von Friedrich Buser in der privaten Beobachtungsstation im Prätschli in Arosa
Creators: name: Buser, Friedrich
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1933

description: Bleistiftzeichnung mit Tinte und Farbstift überschrieben, erstellt als Projektionsbildzeichnung in der privaten Beobachtungsstation Prätschli in Arosa. Instrument: 11-cm-Refraktor von Steinheil.
Die Beobachtungen zu Einzelflecken und zu Sonnenfleckengruppen wurden mit Bleistift auf einem Vordruck eingetragen
description: ETH-Bibliothek
Higher energy modes of Fractional quantum Hall Effect
Creators: name: Das, Debashis
name: Indra, Moumita
name: Majumder, Dwipesh
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We have calculated the energy spectra for almost all the filling fractions in the Jain series low energy fundamental mode as well as higher energy modes using composite fermion theory. The nature of the low energy mode and higher energy mode is nearly identical to the roton mode. We have observed that, these series of filling fractions $ν=\frac{n}{2pn+1}$ possess $n$ number of roton minima in their higher energy mode.
description: 9 pages, 3 figures
CHARACTERIZATION AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF SOLAR SHADING DEVICES
Creators: name: Svendsen, Svend
name: Birck Laustsen, Jacob
name: Santos, Ines
name: Santos, Ines
Publisher: name: 8th Symposium on Building Physics in the Nordic Countries
Year: 2008

description: In the decision process of office building design it is important to take the effect of solar shading devices into account as they have a large influence on indoor climate and energy consumption. However there is often neither sufficient optical data available nor calculation tools that can determine the optimal use of solar shadings and their effect on indoor climate and energy consumption in a satisfactory way. Normally the optical properties are given as fixed values and the dependency of the specific combination with the actual glazing is not taken into account.
Therefore a new calculation program, LightCalc, was developed. In combination with the program BuildingCalc, LightCalc simulates the performance of solar shading devices used in a building in a realistic way taking into account the variation of the optical properties over the day and year.
The paper describes a user-friendly method, based on the use of the programs WIS and BuildingCalc/LightCalc, of how to evaluate the performance of different solar shading devices during an early design phase of a building. The window systems combining glazing and shading devices are characterized in WIS giving the transmittance and reflectance as functions of the profile angle. BuildingCalc/LightCalc allows to define a simple model of the building in which the windows systems characterized in WIS may be integrated. Heating, cooling, lightning and solar shading may be dynamically controlled and the energy and daylight performances of the building, as well as the indoor thermal climate, may be evaluated.
A case study of a landscaped office building in which different solar shading devices are tested for two different cities (Copenhagen and Lisbon) is presented. Examples and suggestions of how to overcome the lack of information available about thermal and optical properties of solar shading devices are included in the paper.
Sonnenfleckenzeichnung, unnummeriert.
Zeichnung von Flecken und Fackelflächen zur Ermittlung der Sonnenaktivität am 25.07.1933, erstellt von Friedrich Buser in der privaten Beobachtungsstation im Prätschli in Arosa
Creators: name: Buser, Friedrich
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1933

description: Bleistiftzeichnung mit Tinte und Farbstift überschrieben, erstellt als Projektionsbildzeichnung in der privaten Beobachtungsstation Prätschli in Arosa. Instrument: 11-cm-Refraktor von Steinheil.
Die Beobachtungen zu Einzelflecken und zu Sonnenfleckengruppen wurden mit Bleistift auf einem Vordruck eingetragen
description: ETH-Bibliothek
Air leakages through multilayer building constructions. A practical and statistical theoretic approach
Creators: name: Aurlien, Tormod
name: (Coauthors Contacted, Prob. From A Mathematic Institute), ()
name: Aurlien, Tormod
Publisher: name: 8th Symposium on Building Physics in the Nordic Countries
Year: 2008

description: A fairly common situation is that repair of building parts that have been identified as leaky, results in little reduction of measured leakages, after repair work has been performed. This causes a large degree of frustration both for the builder and the customer. The easy explanation of the phenomena is that “the air finds its new ways after the old paths have been blocked”. A deeper understanding is needed if one wants repair work to cause a real improvement.
The problem is demonstrated with practical situations, illustrated by results from measurements and thermographic images.
A simple mathematical model including statistical uncertainty distribution is presented.
Sonnenfleckenzeichnung, unnummeriert.
Zeichnung von Flecken und Fackelflächen zur Ermittlung der Sonnenaktivität am 28.08.1933, erstellt von Friedrich Buser in der privaten Beobachtungsstation im Prätschli in Arosa
Creators: name: Buser, Friedrich
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1933

description: Bleistiftzeichnung mit Tinte und Farbstift überschrieben, erstellt als Projektionsbildzeichnung in der privaten Beobachtungsstation Prätschli in Arosa. Instrument: 11-cm-Refraktor von Steinheil.
Die Beobachtungen zu Einzelflecken und zu Sonnenfleckengruppen wurden mit Bleistift auf einem Vordruck eingetragen
description: ETH-Bibliothek
Development of Novel Sustainable Biogeochemical Cover for Mitigating Fugitive Landfill Gas Emissions
Creators: name: K C, Jyoti
Publisher: name: University of Illinois at Chicago
Year: 2022
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Municipal Solid Waste Landfills are the third largest source of anthropogenic methane emissions in the US. Apart from methane, MSW landfills are source of carbon dioxide emissions as well as odor. Methane and carbon dioxide are major greenhouse gases and primary contributor to the global climate change. Moreover, hydrogen sulfide, which is a major odor causing component at the landfills, is a highly toxic gas and can cause adverse health effects at concentrations as low as 2-5 parts per million (ppm) and lethal effects at 1000-2000 ppm. The modern engineered landfills are provided with gas collection systems, however, they are not hundred percent effective in capturing landfill gas due to limited radius of influence of the gas well. Hence, there is a need for development of an alternative landfill cover system which is economically feasible and environmentally sustainable and can capture landfill gases efficiently. Therefore, this research introduces a sustainable biogeochemical cover system which can capture three major components of landfill gas: methane, carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide by integrating biochar amended soil and basic oxygen furnace steel slag in the landfill cover system. The potential of the BOF slag to remove carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide is tested through a series of laboratory batch and column experiments. Methane removal potential of the biochar amended soil is tested under dynamic landfill gas conditions through large scale column experiments. Moreover, techniques to improve methane oxidation in biochar amended soil is evaluated by activating biochar with methanotrophic bacterial culture consortium. The overall interaction of gas flow, methane oxidation, carbonation and sulfidation reactions, and microbial activity is assessed through a series of large-scale column experiments by simulating various biogeochemical cover profiles exposed to dynamic landfill gas conditions. The activity of methanotrophic bacterial communities in the biogeochemical cover system is investigated through DNA based 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing and quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR). Functional performance of biogeochemical cover system is compared with conventional soil cover system by performing infiltration analysis, methane emissions analysis and slope stability analysis. Finally, life cycle impact assessment is performed to assess the overall environmental impacts of the biogeochemical cover and compare with the conventional soil cover system. The proposed biogeochemical cover system shows promise in mitigating all three components of landfill gas (methane, carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide). The proposed cover also shows functional equivalency to the conventional soil cover system and provides environmental benefits by reducing greenhouse gas emissions and global warming.