cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Self and followers’ assessment of four key leadership areas: an action research
Creators: name: Solomon, Tesfay
Publisher: name: Journal of Business and Administrative Studies
Year: 2022

description: The aim of this study is to explore how a leader of an organization performs on four key leadership areas as perceived and assessed by himself through reflection and as appraised by his followers and investigate the implications of the findings of the study to leadership in the Ethiopian context. The research is basically a descriptive action research that aims to explore the performance of a leader of a public training and consultancy institute using instruments that measure four key areas of leadership, namely, ten leadership qualities, type of power used by the leader, his role in establishing and leading teams and his emotional intelligence. To this end, two sets of questionnaires for each of the areas of leadership were administered to be filled in by the leader himself and by a sample of his followers drawn from all key divisions of the organization. A total of 20 subjects (about 40% of the total population) including the leader filled in the questionnaires. Findings indicated that on the whole the leader and followers rated differently the leader’s performance on most of the areas of leadership though insignificantly. The leader scored better and higher on most areas compared to others’ rating on his performance. Based on the findings of the study, points of agreement and disagreement between how the leader perceivedhimself and how he is perceived by followers are explored, and actions are suggested to improve as needed.
description: Journal of Business and Administrative Studies, Vol. 3 No. 2 (2012): Journal of Business and Administrative Studies
3 Sange
Creators: name: Olsen, O.
Publisher: name: O. Olsens Forlag, Trykkeri: J.Kr. Myklebusts bogtrykkeri, Trondhjem
Year: 0

description: Innhold: 2 blad.
description: Innhold: [1] Jesus, o hør, Lyt til min bøn naar jeg raaber til dig. [2] Jeg har en ven, som mig ved haanden leder. [3] Jeg har en ven, en trofast hyrde.
Sub-exponential mixing of open systems with particle-disk interactions
Creators: name: Yarmola, Tatiana
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider a class of mechanical particle systems with deterministic particle-disk interactions coupled to Gibbs heat reservoirs at possibly different temperatures. We show that there exists a unique (non-equilibrium) steady state. This steady state is mixing, but not exponentially mixing, and all initial distributions converge to it. In addition, for a class of initial distributions, the rates of converge to the steady state are sub-exponential.
Jeg har en ven, en trofast hyrde
Creators: name: Olsen, O.
Publisher: name: O. Olsens Forlag, Trykkeri: J.Kr. Myklebusts bogtrykkeri, Trondhjem
Year: 0
Subjects: Religion

description: Førstelinje: Jeg har en ven, en trofast hyrde.
description: Innhold: 9 vers.
description: Melodi: Egen melodi
description: Inngår i trykk: 3 Sange [3]
Jeg har en ven, som mig ved haanden leder
Creators: name: Olsen, O.
Publisher: name: O. Olsens Forlag, Trykkeri: J.Kr. Myklebusts bogtrykkeri, Trondhjem
Year: 0
Subjects: Religion

description: Førstelinje: Jeg har en ven, som mig ved haanden leder.
description: Innhold: 7 vers.
description: Melodi: Om hele verden her jeg kunde eie
description: Inngår i trykk: 3 Sange [2]
Jesus, o hør, Lyt til min bøn naar jeg raaber til dig
Creators: name: Olsen, O.
Publisher: name: O. Olsens Forlag, Trykkeri: J.Kr. Myklebusts bogtrykkeri, Trondhjem
Year: 0
Subjects: Religion

description: Førstelinje: Jesus, o hør, Lyt til min bøn naar jeg raaber til dig.
description: Innhold: 6 vers.
description: Inngår i trykk: 3 Sange [1]
New results on the cp rank and related properties of co(mpletely)positive matrices
Creators: name: Shaked-Monderer, Naomi
name: Berman, Abraham
name: Bomze, Immanuel M.
name: Jarre, Florian
name: Schachinger, Werner
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Optimization and Control (math.OC)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 15B48, 90C25, 15A23

description: Copositive and completely positive matrices play an increasingly important role in Applied Mathematics, namely as a key concept for approximating NP-hard optimization problems. The cone of copositive matrices of a given order and the cone of completely positive matrices of the same order are dual to each other with respect to the standard scalar product on the space of symmetric matrices. This paper establishes some new relations between orthogonal pairs of such matrices lying on the boundary of either cone. As a consequence, we can establish an improvement on the upper bound of the cp-rank of completely positive matrices of general order, and a further improvement for such matrices of order six.
description: 15 pages; Following a minor revision: improved set notations, phrasing of some proofs (Cor. 2.1, Prop. 4.2)
Additional file 3 of Health related quality of life, service utilization and costs for patients with Huntington’s disease in Norway
Creators: name: van Walsem, Marleen R.
name: Frich, Jan C.
name: Gómez Castañeda, Monica
name: Howe, Emilie Isager
name: Pihlstrøm, Lasse
name: Andelic, Nada
name: Aas, Eline
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 3.
Lukt for Dagens Straale er mit Öie
Creators: name: (:Unas)
Publisher: name: Trykkeri: Th. Borg, [Trondheim]
Year: 0
Subjects: Tigging

description: Førstelinje: Lukt for Dagens Straale er mit Öie.
description: Innhold: 3 vers, på 1 blad.
title: Margarida Sá Costa
title: Auto-retrato
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Costa, Margarida Sá
Publisher: name: CICS.NOVA - NOVA FCSH / Húmus
Year: 2019

description: Texto auto-biográfico.
description: Costa, Margarida Sá, Margarida Sá Costa: auto-retrato. Faces de Eva. Estudos sobre a Mulher [online]. 2019, n.º 42, pp. 179-184.
description: ISSN 0874-6885
Evaluation of the Tagelus® TA 100D Sand Filter for Removing Quagga Mussel Veligers (Dreissena rostriformis bugensis) From Lake Water and the Effectiveness of the Safeguard Ultraviolet Radiation System as a Biocide Against Veligers
Creators: name: Delrose, Patricia Kathleen
Publisher: name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Year: 2012

description: The Lake Mead National Recreational Area was created by the construction of the Hoover Dam during the years 1931-1936. In January 2007, the quagga mussel (Dreissena rostriformis bugensis), was found in Lake Mead. This became the first known Dreissenid species in the southwest and the only time a large water system was first infested by the quagga mussel and not the zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha). This invasive species has quickly spread to Lake Mohave and further down the lower Colorado River drainage. The microscopic size (70 µm or larger) of the veliger life stage makes it impossible to see with the unaided eye and difficult to remove from water delivery pipes and fish stocking trucks. This invasive mussel has affected the stocking abilities of the United States Bureau of Reclamation Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program Fish Augmentation Plan. One purpose of this study is to determine if quagga veligers can be completely removed from lake water by a combination of sand, zeolite, and paper filtration. Results for the filtration experiment show that the relative risk of transferring quagga mussels to Willow Beach National Fish Hatchery during a night of larval collections is low. Filtered lake water provides a significant reduction of veligers present in the water compared to the unfiltered lake water (p=.009). The other purpose of this study is to determine if exposure to different doses of ultraviolet radiation can damage or kill veligers. The UV exposure doses were 1, 3, 6, and 12 times through the SafeGUARD UV system. After exposure, 50 veligers were observed at time 0, 24, 48, 72, and 96 hours. Results from the UV study show that at an exposure of 12 times through UV at an observation time of 96 hours there was 100% mortality of veligers observed. It also shows that there is a significant difference in mortality of veligers between cycle 1 and multiple cycles (p< 0.05) while there is no statistical difference between cycles 3, 6, and 12 (p> 0.05). 3:6 (p=.5322), 3:12 (p=.5071), or 6:12 (p=.9688).
Journal of Business and Administrative Studies
Creators: name: Abraham, Metsihet
Publisher: name: Journal of Business and Administrative Studies
Year: 2022

description: Ethiopia’s poor have suffered from the global economic crisis, as the price of goods consumed increase. Rural women and girls bear the greatest burdens of this situation, since they have a role in livestock maintenance and management, crop production and marketing of agricultural produce (EMFA, 2010). Ethiopian women suffer from low literacy levels and poor access to public services, and most of them derive their income from small scale production. Lacks of investment make it difficult for women to earn a living from agriculture. Financially independence of women’s doesn’t always lead in decision making on issues related income utilization and choices of life. This research aimed to assess the influence of small scale business on women’s decision making capacity. For the assessment the case of a credit and saving association in Muketure was taken. Using simple random sampling method 52 members were selected. 10 non-members were included as check. The tools of data collection were interview and questionnaires. Employment opportunities were extremely limited due to gender-based factors. As a result of tradition and a stereotyped gender division of labour between men and women, women and girls were placed in a subordinate position. The lack of access to and control over resources has forced females to bear the burden of poverty, be dependent on men and powerless to make decisions on family’s incomes. Women were subjected to various types of gender based violence. The study showed that the flow of capital in women’s hands has improved their decision making capacity on issues related with the family and community. Women were able to generate income from their business, buy materials for the family, and meet and bargain with people without the consent of their husbands. However, women’s decision making capacity has depended on the family background. The study found out that small scale business has pragmatic and significant impact in improving women’s decision making capacity within the family as well as in the community.
description: Journal of Business and Administrative Studies, Vol. 3 No. 2 (2011): Journal of Business and Administrative Studies
Impact of the orbital uncertainties on the timing of pulsars in binary systems
Creators: name: Caliandro, G. Andrea
name: Torres, Diego F.
name: Rea, Nanda
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The detection of pulsations from an X-ray binary is an unambiguous signature of the presence of a neutron star in the system. When the pulsations are missed in the radio band, their detection at other wavelengths, like X-ray or gamma-rays, requires orbital demodulation, since the length of the observations are often comparable to, or longer than the system orbital period. The detailed knowledge of the orbital parameters of binary systems plays a crucial role in the detection of the spin period of pulsars, since any uncertainty in their determination translates into a loss in the coherence of the signal during the demodulation process. In this paper, we present an analytical study aimed at unveiling how the uncertainties in the orbital parameters might impact on periodicity searches. We find a correlation between the power of the signal in the demodulated arrival time series and the uncertainty in each of the orbital parameters. This correlation is also a function of the pulsar frequency. We test our analytical results with numerical simulations, finding good agreement between them. Finally, we apply our study to the cases of LS 5039 and LS I +61 303 and consider the current level of uncertainties in the orbital parameters of these systems and their impact on a possible detection of a hosted pulsar. We also discuss the possible appearance of a sideband ambiguity in real data. The latter can occur when, due to the use of uncertain orbital parameters, the power of a putative pulsar is distributed in frequencies lying nearby the pulsar period. Even if the appearance of a sideband is already a signature of a pulsar component, it may introduce an ambiguity in the determination of its period. We present here a method to solve the sideband issue.
description: Accepted 2012 September 08 by MNRAS. The paper contains 18 figures and 5 tables
Contextual classification of point cloud data by exploiting individual 3d neigbourhoods
Creators: name: Weinmann, M.
name: Schmidt, Alena
name: Mallet, C.
name: Hinz, Stefan
name: Rottensteiner, Franz
name: Jutzi, B.
Publisher: name: Göttingen : Copernicus GmbH
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Lidar
subject: Laser Scanning
subject: Point Cloud
subject: Features
subject: Classification
subject: Contextual Learning
subject: 3D Scene Analysis
subject: Urban
subject: laser-scanning data
subject: form lidar data
subject: markov networks
subject: random-fields
subject: segmentation
subject: airborne
subject: Konferenzschrift
subject: Dewey Decimal Classification::500 | Naturwissenschaften::550 | Geowissenschaften

description: The fully automated analysis of 3D point clouds is of great importance in photogrammetry, remote sensing and computer vision. For reliably extracting objects such as buildings, road inventory or vegetation, many approaches rely on the results of a point cloud classification, where each 3D point is assigned a respective semantic class label. Such an assignment, in turn, typically involves statistical methods for feature extraction and machine learning. Whereas the different components in the processing workflow have extensively, but separately been investigated in recent years, the respective connection by sharing the results of crucial tasks across all components has not yet been addressed. This connection not only encapsulates the interrelated issues of neighborhood selection and feature extraction, but also the issue of how to involve spatial context in the classification step. In this paper, we present a novel and generic approach for 3D scene analysis which relies on (i) individually optimized 3D neighborhoods for (ii) the extraction of distinctive geometric features and (iii) the contextual classification of point cloud data. For a labeled benchmark dataset, we demonstrate the beneficial impact of involving contextual information in the classification process and that using individual 3D neighborhoods of optimal size significantly increases the quality of the results for both pointwise and contextual classification.
Scheduling jobs on two uniform parallel machines to minimize the makespan
Creators: name: Kodimala, Sandhya
Publisher: name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Year: 2013

description: The problem of scheduling n independent jobs on m uniform parallel machines such that the total completion time is minimized is a NP-Hard problem. We propose several heuristic-based online algorithms for machines with different speeds called Q2||Cmax. To show the efficiency of the proposed online algorithms, we compute the optimal solution for Q2||Cmax using pseudo-polynomial algorithms based on dynamic programming method. The pseudo-polynomial algorithm has time complexity O (n T2) and can be run on reasonable time for small number of jobs and small processing times. This optimal offline algorithm is used to benchmark the efficiency of the proposed online algorithms.
Measurement of the inclusive $t\bar{t}$ production cross section in the lepton+jets channel in $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}$= 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector using support vector machines
Creators: name: ATLAS Collaboration
Publisher: name: Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, DESY, Hamburg
Year: 2022
Subjects: top, pair production
higher-order, 2
p p, scattering
lepton
ATLAS
TeV
quantum chromodynamics
CERN Lab
higher-dimensional
CERN LHC Coll
background

description: A measurement of the top quark pair-production cross section in the lepton+jets decay channel is presented. It is based on 4.6 fb$^{-1}$ of $\sqrt{s} = 7$ TeV $pp $ collision data collected during 2011 by the ATLAS experiment at the CERN Large Hadron Collider. A three-class, multidimensional event classifier based on support vector machines is used to differentiate $t\bar{t}$ events from backgrounds. The $t\bar{t}$ production cross section is found to be $\sigma_{t\bar{t}}=168.5 \pm 0.7$(stat.)$^{+6.2}_{-5.9}$(syst.)$^{+3.4}_{-3.2}$(lumi.) pb. The result is consistent with the Standard Model prediction based on QCD calculations at next-to-next-to-leading order.
Modeling a nanocantilever based biosensor using a stochastically perturbed harmonic oscillator
Creators: name: Snyder, Patrick
name: Joshi, Amitabh
name: Serna, Juan D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph)
subject: Classical Physics (physics.class-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Nanoscale biosensors are devices designed to detect analytes by combining biological components and physicochemical detectors. One of the well known methods of constructing these sensors is by using nanocantilevers. These microscopic 'diving boards' are coated with binding probes that have an affinity to a particular amino acid, enzyme or protein in living organisms. When these probes attract some target particles, such as biomolecules, they change the vibrating frequency of the cantilever. This process is random in nature and produces fluctuations in the frequency and damping of the cantilever. In this paper, we studied the effect of these fluctuations using a stochastically perturbed classical harmonic oscillator.
description: 8 pages, 2 figures, uses ws-ijn.cls
Effect of Dehydration on Concomitant Measures of Cognitive Function and Balance
Creators: name: Watson, Stephanie Marie
Publisher: name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Year: 2013

description: During activities of daily living, there are demands placed on the body both cognitively and physically. These demands are multiplied when performing an athletic endeavor. Many studies have demonstrated the negative impact dehydration has on cognitive and muscle functions, independently. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of dehydration on central nervous system and peripheral nervous system fatigue as expressed through concomitant factors of cognitive function and balance. Subjects were to consist of 20 participates aged 18-35 years old who reported running a minimum of 45 minutes per exercise bout at least 3 times per week. The measurement items were reaction time between an auditory stimulus and a verbal response, as well as errors on a BESS test. Reaction time and BESS testing were administered independently and concomitantly while subjects were euhydrated and dehydrated in separate sessions. Subjects were dehydrated pharmacologically using 40mg of furosemide. Urine specific gravity (USG) and urine color (UC) were used as objective measures of hydration status. Results showed UC is an acceptable method of self-monitoring hydration status. When performed independently, males had better scores than females for BESS errors and reaction time. Divided attention measurements were split evenly in terms of reaction time. In terms of BESS errors, there was an increase in number of errors for the dehydrated condition versus the euhydrated condition. Due to extenuating circumstances, not enough subjects were able to participate to make results statistically significant. However, the results here suggest that future research would be warranted in gender differences and situational scenarios related dehydrations effects on both reaction time and balance.
An efficient method to detect mutual overlap of a large set of unordered images for structure-from-motion
Creators: name: Wang, X.
name: Zhan, Z.Q.
name: Heipke, Christian
Publisher: name: Göttingen : Copernicus GmbH
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 3D reconstruction
subject: Photogrammetry
subject: Graph
subject: Structure from motion
subject: Artificial intelligence
subject: Orientation (computer vision)
subject: Pattern recognition
subject: Computer vision
subject: Pairwise comparison
subject: Feature vector
subject: Computer science
subject: Konferenzschrift
subject: Dewey Decimal Classification::500 | Naturwissenschaften::550 | Geowissenschaften

description: Recently, low-cost 3D reconstruction based on images has become a popular focus of photogrammetry and computer vision research. Methods which can handle an arbitrary geometric setup of a large number of unordered and convergent images are of particular interest. However, determining the mutual overlap poses a considerable challenge. We propose a new method which was inspired by and improves upon methods employing random k-d forests for this task. Specifically, we first derive features from the images and then a random k-d forest is used to find the nearest neighbours in feature space. Subsequently, the degree of similarity between individual images, the image overlaps and thus images belonging to a common block are calculated as input to a structure-from-motion (sfm) pipeline. In our experiments we show the general applicability of the new method and compare it with other methods by analyzing the time efficiency. Orientations and 3D reconstructions were successfully conducted with our overlap graphs by sfm. The results show a speed-up of a factor of 80 compared to conventional pairwise matching, and of 8 and 2 compared to the VocMatch approach using 1 and 4 CPU, respectively.
The Impact of Airport Service Quality Dimension on Overall Airport Experience and Impression
Creators: name: Widarsyah, Redha
Publisher: name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Year: 2013

description: This research examines the relationship between seven airport service dimensions (Access, Services and Facilities, Dining, Shopping, Service Personnel and Security, Environment, and Immigration and Customs) and overall passenger perceptions of service quality. The study used convenience sampling collecting data from a total of 304 travelers who were passengers at four major international airports in the West Coast region of United States - Las Vegas McCarran International, Los Angeles International, San Francisco International, and Seattle-Tacoma International. The data was collected online through Qualtrics with a self-administered questionnaire and it was analyzed using multiple linear regression.
Airport access, environment, dining, and immigration were found to have a significant and positive relationship to passengers' overall perception of airport service quality. Of the four dimensions found to be significant in the study, airport environment was revealed to have the most influence in affecting passengers' perception of airport service quality, followed by access, dining, and finally immigration and customs services. Answers to the qualitative (open-ended) question about passengers' overall experience at their selected airport offered further explanation in addressing specific issues within each airport service dimension. The findings of this study will help airport administrators and local tourism authorities to identify important service dimensions in the airport and to understand the impact each service dimension has on perceptions of overall airport service quality. The findings will also serve as a guide for future studies on the relationship between different service dimensions and overall service quality in the airport industry.
Cell body rocking is a dominant mechanism for flagellar synchronization in a swimming alga
Creators: name: Geyer, Veikko
name: Jülicher, Frank
name: Howard, Jonathon
name: Friedrich, Benjamin M
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Cell Behavior (q-bio.CB)
subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The unicellular green algae Chlamydomonas swims with two flagella, which can synchronize their beat. Synchronized beating is required to swim both fast and straight. A long-standing hypothesis proposes that synchronization of flagella results from hydrodynamic coupling, but the details are not understood. Here, we present realistic hydrodynamic computations and high-speed tracking experiments of swimming cells that show how a perturbation from the synchronized state causes rotational motion of the cell body. This rotation feeds back on the flagellar dynamics via hydrodynamic friction forces and rapidly restores the synchronized state in our theory. We calculate that this `cell body rocking' provides the dominant contribution to synchronization in swimming cells, whereas direct hydrodynamic interactions between the flagella contribute negligibly. We experimentally confirmed the coupling between flagellar beating and cell body rocking predicted by our theory. This work appeared also in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the U.S.A as: Geyer et al., PNAS 110(45), p. 18058(6), 2013.
description: 40 pages, 15 color figures
Journal of Business and Administrative Studies
Creators: name: Mberengwa, Ignatius
name: Daba, Neguse
Publisher: name: Journal of Business and Administrative Studies
Year: 2022

description: In Ethiopia, Addis Ababa City Administration is implementing business process reengineering in order to improve the performance of its public institutions. During the period June to October 2008, experts drawn from different sectors participated in the redesigning and organizing of business processes through shifting from functional /departmental structure to process-centered organizing practices. This study is part of the initial evaluative studies to assess the effect of business process reengineering on the management of human resources in Addis Ababa City Administration. It is based on a sample of 480 employees drawn from various city departments. Focus group discussions, key informant interviews and personal observations were used to collect data for the study. The study results show that the number of employees in the city increased after reengineering. This was due to new posts created during the reengineering process through the decentralization of some processes to the local levels (sub-city and kebele levels) of the city. Study results further show that even though process selection was adequately done in many departments, some activities were not properly regrouped after processes were redesigned which resulted in multiple approvals and delays in decision making. Employee participation during reengineering was weak. The front line employees did not get sufficient information and proper performance evaluation was not undertaken. Managers were not involved in the designing, coaching and advocacy roles, and are still engaged in operational and routine activities. Employee satisfaction was found to be low because there is no incentive system. However, employees’ efforts to achieve the set standards and improve service delivery and their initiation for change improved despite the fact that the system as whole is not automated. Further, accountability and responsibility of management also improved as a result of the BPR.
description: Journal of Business and Administrative Studies, Vol. 3 No. 2 (2011): Journal of Business and Administrative Studies
Emigrantdampskibet "Atlantics" Undergang
Creators: name: (:Unas)
Publisher: name: G.B. Strøm
Year: 0
Subjects: Forlis
Nyheter
Katastrofer
Ulykker

description: Førstelinje: Fra Liverpools Havn vi saa trygge mon gaa.
description: Innhold: 7 vers, på 2 blad.
description: Melodi: En deilig ung Ridder i Lunden mon gaa, eller den danske Pige
description: Prosaberetning før visen
Multi-layer visualization of mobile mapping data
Creators: name: Eggert, D.
name: Sester, Monika
Publisher: name: Göttingen : Copernicus GmbH
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Computer graphics (images)
subject: Point cloud
subject: Artificial intelligence
subject: Parallax
subject: Parallax mapping
subject: Rendering (computer graphics)
subject: Mobile mapping
subject: Computer vision
subject: Immersion (virtual reality)
subject: Visualization
subject: Computer science
subject: Scrolling
subject: Konferenzschrift
subject: Dewey Decimal Classification::500 | Naturwissenschaften::550 | Geowissenschaften

description: Application various different visualization schemes are conceivable. This paper presents a multi-layer based visualization method, enabling fast data browsing of mobile mapping data. In contrast to systems like Google Street View the proposed visualization does not base on 360° panoramas, but on colored point clouds projected on partially translucent images. Those images are rendered as overlapping textures, preserving the depth of the recorded data and still enabling fast rendering on any kind of platform. Furthermore the proposed visualization allows the user to inspect the mobile mapping data in a panoramic fashion with an immersive depth illusion using the parallax scrolling technic.
DEP Bulletin:Volume 36 Issue 12
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: The DEP bulletin is a semi-monthly publication of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. It contains a list of construction permit applications recently filed or acted upon by the Department along with a calendar of events of interest, a schedule of public hearings, and Environmental Impact Statements acted upon during the period.
Social Media Strategy for the Hank Greenspun School of Journalism and Media Studies
Creators: name: Williams, Irene
Publisher: name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Year: 2013

description: Within the past 10 years, communication online has evolved tremendously toward social media. This rapid change has been difficult for higher education institutions (HEI) to adapt to, leaving this important area underexplored. This strategic social media plan was developed to improve internal and external communication for the Hank Greenspun School of Journalism and Media Studies (JMS). By initiating social media platforms, relationships are cultivated with present and future students on Facebook and Twitter. This strategic social media plan develops and maintains Facebook and Twitter pages for JMS and interprets social media site visitation data. These data provide information on users, including interests, demographics, and ways to communicate and build secure relationships. This information can help JMS in many ways by communicating more effectively with students, sharing important news as well as for marketing and recruitment.
The role of fishery inlivelihood security of fishing communities around lake Ziway, Eastern Showa Zone, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia
Creators: name: Mberengwa, Ignatius
name: Bacha, Zelalem
Publisher: name: Journal of Business and Administrative Studies
Year: 2022

description: This study assesses the role of fishery in livelihood security of fishing communities in and around Lake Ziway. It is based on a sample of 125 households randomly selected from seven landing sites of the Lake. Focus group discussions, key informant interviews and personal observations were used to collect data for the study. The study results show that fishing technology on Lake Ziway is artisanal in nature and makes use of traditional rafts and wooden manual boats. The majority of the fishermen are part-time who are also engaged in multiple activities such as cereal production and livestock rearing to sustain their livelihoods. The study also shows that fish contribute to livelihood security by both serving as a major food item and by providing cash income ultimately used for the purchase of a variety of goods and services. Major challenges that impinge on the activity include backward and antiquated fishing equipment, reduced catch of targeted species, increased distance to fishing sites, limited access to credit, and lack of developed processing technology among others. Thus, if some or all of the challenges are tackled, fishing can become an economic pillar of livelihood security in the study area
description: Journal of Business and Administrative Studies, Vol. 3 No. 2 (2011): Journal of Business and Administrative Studies
FICHA DE CÁTEDRA Nº1: INTRODUCCIÓN A LA PERSPECTIVA DE ANÁLISIS DE LOS REGÍMENES AGROALIMENTARIOS
Creators: name: Zorzoli, Facundo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021

description: SEMINARIO DE INVESTIGACIÓN DE GRADO: “AGRICULTURA Y GLOBALIZACIÓN. DEBATES Y PERSPECTIVAS ANTROPOLÓGICAS SOBRE EL AGRONEGOCIO” CARRERA DE CIENCIAS ANTROPOLÓGICAS, FACULTAD DE FILOSOFÍA Y LETRAS, UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES. Documento elaborado en el invierno 2021 exclusivamente para uso y discusión por parte de docentes y estudiantes en el seminario de investigación “Agricultura y globalización. Debates y perspectivas antropológicas sobre el agronegocio” , dictado en FFyL -UBA.
Fuldstændig Beretning om det Skrækkelige Sammenstød paa Themsen
Creators: name: S.K.
Publisher: name: G.B. Strøm
Year: 0
Subjects: Forlis
Nyheter
Katastrofer
Ulykker

description: Førstelinje: Man har sagt og fremdeles man siger:.
description: Innhold: 8 vers, på 2 blad.
description: Melodi: Farvel mit Fødeland jeg byder
description: Prosaberetning før visen. S.K. Forfatterens initialier. Nevnt skip: SS Princess Alice, SS Bywell Castle, Metis, Wentworth
Additional file 1 of Clinical practice guideline adaptation for risk-based caries management in 18–55 year-old Iranian adults
Creators: name: Pakdaman, A.
name: Gholizadeh, N.
name: Kharazifard, M. J.
name: Eshrati, M.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1. Title of data: Search strategies used for identifying further guidelines, recent systematic reviews and local data based on PubMed advance search. Description of data: Describing search strategies that were used for identifying further guidelines, recent systematic reviews and local data based on PubMed advance search.
Additional file 1 of Association of Medicaid expansion and 1115 waivers for substance use disorders with hospital provision of opioid use disorder services: a cross sectional study
Creators: name: Chang, Ji Eun
name: Cronin, Cory E.
name: Lindenfeld, Zoe
name: Pagán, José A.
name: Franz, Berkeley
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 1: Appendix Table 1. Sample state policy characteristics.
Ultra High Energy Particles Propagation and the Transition from Galactic to Extra-Galactic Cosmic Rays
Creators: name: Aloisio, Roberto
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discuss the basic features of the propagation of Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays in astrophysical backgrounds, comparing two alternative computation schemes to compute the expected fluxes. We also discuss the issue of the transition among galactic and extra-galactic cosmic rays using theoretical results on fluxes to compare different models.
description: 6 pages, 6 .eps figures, invited talk given at the 'International Symposium on Future Directions in UHECR Physics', 13-16 February 2012, CERN, Geneva (Switzerland)
Massive open star clusters using the VVV survey II. Discovery of six clusters with Wolf-Rayet stars
Creators: name: Chené, A. -N.
name: Borissova, J.
name: Bonatto, C.
name: Majaess, D. J.
name: Baume, G.
name: Clarke, J. R. A.
name: Kurtev, R.
name: Schnurr, O.
name: Bouret, J. -C.
name: Catelan, M.
name: Emerson, J. P.
name: Feinstein, C.
name: Geisler, D.
name: de Grijs, R.
name: Hervé, A.
name: Ivanov, V. D.
name: Kumar, M. S. N.
name: Lucas, P.
name: Mahy, L.
name: Martins, F.
name: Mauro, F.
name: Minniti, D.
name: Bidin, C. Moni
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Context: The ESO Public Survey "VISTA Variables in the Vía Láctea" (VVV) provides deep multi-epoch infrared observations for an unprecedented 562 sq. degrees of the Galactic bulge, and adjacent regions of the disk. In this survey nearly 150 new open clusters and cluster candidates have been discovered. Aims: This is the second in a series of papers about young, massive open clusters observed using the VVV survey. We present the first study of six recently discovered clusters. These clusters contain at least one newly discovered Wolf-Rayet (WR) star. Methods: Following the methodology presented in the first paper of the series, wide-field, deep JHKs VVV observations, combined with new infrared spectroscopy, are employed to constrain fundamental parameters for a subset of clusters. Results: We affirm that the six studied stellar groups are real young (2-7 Myr) and massive (between 0.8 and 2.2 10^3 Msol) clusters. They are highly obscured (Av ~ 5-24 mag) and compact (1-2 pc). In addition to WR stars, two of the six clusters also contain at least one red supergiant star. We claim the discovery of 8 new WR stars, and 3 stars showing WR-like emission lines which could be classified WR or OIf. Preliminary analysis provides initial masses of ~30-50 Msol for the WR stars. Finally,we discuss the spiral structure of the Galaxy using as tracers the six new clusters together with the previously studied VVV clusters.
description: 17 pages, 8 figurs, accepted in A&A
Journal of Business and Administrative Studies
Creators: name: Kassahun, Tilaye
Publisher: name: Journal of Business and Administrative Studies
Year: 2022

description: This paper intends to outline an academic scorecard that serves as a strategic framework for measuring institutional performance in Ethiopia. It gives major emphasis for producing initial portfolio of key performance indicators that will serve as a springboard for measuring performance in academic institutions. The study relied on meta-analysis of existing BSC-related literature in business and mission-driven organizations across the globe with an intention of benchmarking the best practices in the area. A comprehensive analysis and synthesis of an extant literature resulted in an architectural blueprint of BSC for academic institutions operating in Ethiopia. This has been built around five strategic themes that serve as pillars of excellence for HEIs (viz., academic excellence, diversity of student community, outreach and engagement, resource management, and networking and partnership) and four perspectives, which are different views of what drives the institution and those which provide a framework for measurement of its performance. The identified perspectives include the stakeholders, the internal business process, financial stewardships, and learning, innovation and development (LID). A number of strategic objectives and measurement metrics have been forwarded under each perspective in line with the HEI’s mission. The researcher expects that such BSC framework will arouse a great deal of interest in opening discussions and debates among academics, HEIs officials, policy makers, reform consultants and others in a way they serve as a good ground for developing common understanding and outlining a skeleton of academic scorecard to be standardized for more or less uniform application in the Ethiopian HEIs.
description: Journal of Business and Administrative Studies, Vol. 2 No. 1 (2010): Journal of Business and Administrative Studies
Conifold transitions via affine geometry and mirror symmetry
Creators: name: Castano-Bernard, Ricardo
name: Matessi, Diego
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: Symplectic Geometry (math.SG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 14J32, 14J33, 53D37

description: Mirror symmetry of Calabi-Yau manifolds can be understood via a Legendre duality between a pair of certain affine manifolds with singularities called tropical manifolds. In this article, we study conifold transitions from the point of view of Gross and Siebert. We introduce the notions of tropical nodal singularity, tropical conifolds, tropical resolutions and smoothings. We interpret known global obstructions to the complex smoothing and symplectic small resolution of compact nodal Calabi-Yaus in terms of certain tropical $2$-cycles containing the nodes in their associated tropical conifolds. We prove that the existence of such cycles implies the simultaneous vanishing of the obstruction to smoothing the original Calabi-Yau \emph{and} to resolving its mirror. We formulate a conjecture suggesting that the existence of these cycles should imply that the tropical conifold can be resolved and its mirror can be smoothed, thus showing that the mirror of the resolution is a smoothing. We partially prove the conjecture for certain configurations of nodes and for some interesting examples.
description: 82 pages, 28 figures. Published version. The main conjecture (Conjecture 8.3) has been reformulated. We added Section 9.5 where we partially prove the conjecture in an example. Improved exposition
Vitamin D Status and Bone Mineral Density in Triathletes
Creators: name: Konstantarakis, Michelle
Publisher: name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Year: 2013

description: Purpose: The purposes of this study were first to assess the vitamin D status and bone mineral density (BMD) in male and triathletes (N=15), female triathletes (N=13), and non-athletes (N=14), and to determine if circulating vitamin D was correlated with body composition, BMD, dietary calcium and vitamin D intake in triathletes. The second purpose was to determine if triathletes have a different level of serum vitamin D, body composition, BMD, dietary calcium and vitamin D intake then non-athletes. The third purpose was to determine if BMD was correlated with body composition (body mass, percent body fat, BMI) in triathletes.
Methods: 25(OH)D vitamin concentrations were measured in 38 triathletes (15 male/13 female) and 14 non-athletes (male/female). Dietary intake of vitamin D and calcium was assessed via questionnaire, and Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry (DEXA) measured body composition and bone mineral density of the dual femur, and lumbar spine. Blood samples were collected via finger lancet extracting 600 ?L of blood and 25(OH)D was determined using a commercially available ELISA kit. Using SPSS, the data were analyzed using Pearson's r and one-way ANOVA.
Results: Sufficient 25(OH)D concentrations were found in both the triathletes and non-athletes and averaged 62.8 + 23.9, 67.5 + 14.3, 64.7 + 25.3 ng/mL (mean + SD) in female triathletes, male triathletes, and non-athletes respectively. Vitamin D status was not correlated (p > 0.05) with total body bone density (r = - 0.019) or bone density in the lumbar spine (r = 0.101), dual femur (r = -0.042), or ward's triangle (r = 0.097). An inverse relationship between 25(OH)D concentration and body fat was found to be significant in the male triathlete group (r = -0.730, p = 0.002) and in the control group (r = -0.573, P = 0.032). Body mass was significantly correlated with bone density in the lumbar spine (r = 0.338, p = 0.027) and wards triangle (r = 0.366, p = 0.016). When correlations were adjusted between subject groups, the relation between body mass and bone mineral density (r = 0.685, p = 0.007), duel femur (r = 0.653, p = 0.011), lumbar spine (r = 0.718, p = 0.004), and wards triangle (r = 0.617, p = 0.029) were significant in the control group.
Conclusion: The current study demonstrates that healthy triathletes and non-athletes can achieve adequate to optimal 25(OH)D concentration through routine sun exposure and dietary sources. Maintaining a healthy weight, particularly with a lower body fat percentage could also increase ones vitamin D status.
Energetics of discrete selectivity bands and mutation-induced transitions in the calcium-sodium ion channels family
Creators: name: Kaufman, I.
name: Luchinsky, D. G.
name: Tindjong, R.
name: McClintock, P. V. E.
name: Eisenberg, R. S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph)
subject: Biomolecules (q-bio.BM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: We use Brownian dynamics simulations to study the permeation properties of a generic electrostatic model of a biological ion channel as a function of the fixed charge $Q_f$ at its selectivity filter. We reconcile the recently-discovered discrete calcium conduction bands M0 ($Q_f$=1e), M1 (3e), M2 (5e) with the set of sodium conduction bands L0 (0.5-0.7e), L1 (1.5-2e) thereby obtaining a completed pattern of conduction and selectivity bands v $Q_f$ for the sodium-calcium channels family. An increase of $Q_f$ leads to an increase of calcium selectivity: L0 (sodium selective, non-blocking channel) -> M0 (non-selective channel) -> L1 (sodium selective channel with divalent block) -> M1 (calcium selective channel exhibiting the anomalous mole fraction effect). We create a consistent identification scheme where the L0 band is identified with the eukaryotic (DEKA) sodium channel, and L1/L2 (speculatively) with the bacterial NaChBac channel. The scheme created is able to account for the experimentally observed mutation-induced transformations between non-selective channels, sodium-selective channels, and calcium-selective channels, which we interpret as transitions between different rows of the identification table. By considering the potential energy changes during permeation, we show explicitly that the multi-ion conduction bands of calcium and sodium channels arise as the result of resonant barrier-less conduction. Our results confirm the crucial influence of electrostatic interactions on conduction and on the Ca/Na valence selectivity of calcium and sodium ion channels. The model and results could be also applicable to biomimetic nanopores with charged walls.
description: 16 pages, 17 figures, 2 tables, 75 references
A Tale of Two PCs: An Evaluation of Access Platforms for the Blind Utilizing the "Blackboard Learn" Learning Management System
Creators: name: Lambert, Robert
Publisher: name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Year: 2013

description: This study examined the usability of a learning management system with different access software for people who are blind or have low vision. Due to the versatility of an individual's position within the academic setting, both the student's and the instructor's roles within this environment were examined. Also, due to the versatility of accessible options to the user, multiple access environments were used in the study as well. The intended outcome was to determine what the usability is with various screen access solutions for users who are blind. The current landscape was explored, along with literature from other sources. The results were highly dependent on the screen access software, and the platform. Some pieces of software reacted well to parts of the website, others did not. Each screen access solution had a different result.