cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Dance as Living Cultural Heritag - A Transcultural Ethnochoreological Analysis of Egyptian Raqs Sharqi
Creators: name: lacono, Valeria Lo
Publisher: name: Cardiff Metropolitan University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Dance and dance studies

description: This research is concerned with the 2003 UNESCO Convention on Intangible Cultural Heritage, which allows the inscription of activities such as performing arts, skills and traditions into the UNESCO world cultural heritage lists. One practice potentially worthy of consideration for such recognition is raqs sharqi (‘oriental dance’ in Arabic; a style of bellydance), originating in Egypt in the 1920s and now practised worldwide. Egyptian raqs sharqi, in this thesis, is examined in a way that centralises the question of how such forms of heritage are embodied and transmitted by people (within and across cultures) via their practices, experiences and traditions.
The aim is to identify the cultural heritage characteristics of Egyptian raqs sharqi and evaluate if it can be considered heritage and how it locates itself within the field of ICH. In pursuing this aim, this thesis explores the challenges involved in safeguarding Egyptian raqs sharqi as transcultural, living and embodied heritage, whilst critically examining the suitability of separating cultural heritage into tangible and intangible forms. A multidisciplinary, dialogical and holistic framework for dance/heritage is constructed, connecting dance theory, philosophically influenced sociology (particularly the non-dualistic theories of Merleau-Ponty, Bourdieu and Giddens) and cultural heritage studies. An ethnochoreological approach and a qualitative methodology are adopted, analysing formal aspects of dance (including movements and artefacts) and its socio-cultural context, using: analysis of online videos of dance and textual sources; online ethnography and one-to-one interviews.

The result is a reconstruction of Egyptian raqs sharqi history and the current discourse around it. What emerges is a holistic, ever-evolving phenomenon that develops through the interaction of transculturality, tangible and intangible elements and dialectic between individual agency and social structures, change and tradition. These elements influence the authenticity discourse, heritage transmission, threats and opportunities for its safeguarding. Subsequently, a dynamic approach, with four interdependent stages (heritage identification, curation, sharing and promotion) is suggested for its safeguarding. As people are central to this type of heritage, the involvement of members of the public is strongly encouraged, at every stage, through public engagement initiatives.

Thesis completed in 2019.
Detection of a superconducting phase in a two-atom layer of hexagonal Ga film grown on semiconducting GaN(0001)
Creators: name: Zhang, Huimin
name: Sun, Yi
name: Li, Wei
name: Peng, Junping
name: Song, Can-Li
name: Xing, Ying
name: Zhang, Qinghua
name: Guan, Jiaqi
name: Li, Zhi
name: Zhao, Yanfei
name: Ji, Shuaihua
name: Wang, Lili
name: He, Ke
name: Chen, Xi
name: Gu, Lin
name: Ling, Langsheng
name: Tian, Mingliang
name: Li, Lian
name: Xie, X. C.
name: Liu, Jianping
name: Yang, Hui
name: Xue, Qi-Kun
name: Wang, Jian
name: Ma, Xucun
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The recent observation of superconducting state at atomic scale has motivated the pursuit of exotic condensed phases in two-dimensional (2D) systems. Here we report on a superconducting phase in two-monolayer crystalline Ga films epitaxially grown on wide band-gap semiconductor GaN(0001). This phase exhibits a hexagonal structure and only 0.552 nm in thickness, nevertheless, brings about a superconducting transition temperature Tc as high as 5.4 K, confirmed by in situ scanning tunneling spectroscopy, and ex situ electrical magneto-transport and magnetization measurements. The anisotropy of critical magnetic field and Berezinski-Kosterlitz-Thouless-like transition are observed, typical for the 2D superconductivity. Our results demonstrate a novel platform for exploring atomic-scale 2D superconductor, with great potential for understanding of the interface superconductivity.
Enhancing coaches’ experiential learning through 'communities of practice'
Creators: name: Harris, Kerry
Publisher: name: Cardiff Metropolitan University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Learning sciences
Other education not elsewhere classified

description: Significant work in the social sciences has argued the nature of learning as a collaborative, social process (Lave & Wenger, 1991). Similarly, research within coaching has positioned interaction and experience within practical coaching contexts as the principal knowledge source of both novice and experienced coaches (Cushion, Armour & Jones, 2006; Jones, Armour & Potrac, 2004; Potrac, Jones & Armour, 2002). Despite such developments, a dearth of research exists examining the complexities inherent in establishing, developing and facilitating such a social learning environment. This is particularly so in terms of exploring the effectiveness of pedagogical frameworks used to develop coaches' experiential knowledge.
The aim of this PhD thesis was to explore how, through an action research based study, coaches' experiential learning could be harnessed and better developed within Lave and Wenger's (1991) shared "communities of practice" (CoPs).
The study involved two groups of coaches; one of elite and the other of developmental football players. Using an action research methodology, data on coaches' learning were gathered both through on-going observations and focus groups interviews over the course of a nine-month season. The data were inductively analysed and presented as a series of unfolding narratives. The plot hinges on my attempts as a facilitator to encourage the respective groups of coaches to engage and develop within their CoPs. Findings revealed that whilst the developmental coaches were generally positive about participating in a "community of practice" (CoP) and appeared to engage with its processes, the elite coaches were much less cooperative.
The results contribute to the body of evidence-based studies that seek to examine, problematise and build credible pedagogies for coach education, whilst bringing to light the issues associated with the messy nature of such research and the constant everyday demands placed on coaches working at a variety of levels.
Thesis completed in 2010.
GoSam-2.0: a tool for automated one-loop calculations within the Standard Model and beyond
Creators: name: Cullen, G.
name: van Deurzen, H.
name: Greiner, N.
name: Heinrich, G.
name: Luisoni, G.
name: Mastrolia, P.
name: Mirabella, E.
name: Ossola, G.
name: Peraro, T.
name: Schlenk, J.
name: von Soden-Fraunhofen, J. F.
name: Tramontano, F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present the version 2.0 of the program package GoSam for the automated calculation of one-loop amplitudes. GoSam is devised to compute one-loop QCD and/or electroweak corrections to multi-particle processes within and beyond the Standard Model. The new code contains improvements in the generation and in the reduction of the amplitudes, performs better in computing time and numerical accuracy, and has an extended range of applicability. The extended version of the "Binoth-Les-Houches-Accord" interface to Monte Carlo programs is also implemented. We give a detailed description of installation and usage of the code, and illustrate the new features in dedicated examples.
description: replaced by published version and reference added
Development of the HARM model for aviation dosimetry
Creators: name: MOSOTHO, GODFREY
name: Strauss, Du Toit
name: Nndanganeni, R. R.
Publisher: name: North-West University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Heliophysics and space weather

description: Primary galactic cosmic-rays (GCRs) and Solar energetic particles (SEPs) enter the Earth's atmosphere in varying amounts. Due to that, the aircrew and passengers are exposed to ionizing radiation in amounts that depend on severable factors. At the top of the atmosphere and beyond, cosmic radiation is modulated by the geomagnetic field and solar activity. Once ionising radiation, albeit from either GCRs or SEPs, crosses the geomagnetic field and enters the atmosphere, it interacts with the atmospheric molecules in the same manner regardless of where it came from. The High Altitude Radiation Monitor (HARM) model has been in development at the North-West University since January 2021, for calculation of doses of ionizing radiation in the atmosphere. Here we introduce this model, discuss its input parameters and output results, and show its initial results during flights compared with other well known models.
Fort Custer 027
Creators: name: Creator Not Identified.
Publisher: name: Galter Health Science Library & Learning Center
Year: 2019

description: A squad of marching soldiers composed of Paul R. Griffith, Richard B. Capps, Earl R. Crowder, James A. Conner, John E. Blair, Ralph A. Elliot, Stephen W. Ranson, Richard H. Young, and an unidentified officer.
Experimental protocol for high-fidelity heralded photon-to-atom quantum state transfer
Creators: name: Kurz, Christoph
name: Schug, Michael
name: Eich, Pascal
name: Huwer, Jan
name: Müller, Philipp
name: Eschner, Jürgen
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A quantum network combines the benefits of quantum systems regarding secure information transmission and calculational speed-up by employing quantum coherence and entanglement to store, transmit, and process information. A promising platform for implementing such a network are atom-based quantum memories and processors, interconnected by photonic quantum channels. A crucial building block in this scenario is the conversion of quantum states between single photons and single atoms through controlled emission and absorption. Here we present an experimental protocol for photon-to-atom quantum state conversion, whereby the polarization state of an absorbed photon is mapped onto the spin state of a single absorbing atom with >95% fidelity, while successful conversion is heralded by a single emitted photon. Heralded high-fidelity conversion without affecting the converted state is a main experimental challenge, in order to make the transferred information reliably available for further operations. We record >80/s successful state transfer events out of 18,000/s repetitions.
description: 6 pages, 8 figures
A New Design Process Intervention to Promote Efficient, Evidenced, and Safe Development of Patient-Specific Implants and Guides
Creators: name: Peel, Sean
Publisher: name: Cardiff Metropolitan University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Design not elsewhere classified

description: This research identified drivers and barriers to routine National Health Service (NHS) adoption of Computer Aided Design (CAD) and Additive Manufacturing (AM) for the production of patient-specific devices. It proposed and verified a design process intervention, which aimed to overcome the most important barriers and better exploit the drivers. The data generated and recorded in this work spanned qualitative and quantitative findings from fourteen real-world clinical case studies, a fully-realised structure for a Quality Management System (QMS), prototyping of a design intervention in a paper-based format, and verification of its intended impacts with three users across commercial and clinical contexts. Key barriers to routine adoption were identified as being the nature of existing publications, evolving regulatory requirements, poor awareness of design or design control, and inconsistent approaches to procuring custom devices.
The literature featured necessarily short clinical follow-up, and often reported on design and fabrication methods in very poor detail – to the detriment of reproducibility. Health economics evidence was scarce. In the short to medium term future, new regulatory requirements will compel all institutions, including hospitals, to implement a Quality Management System for the design of medical devices. As such, generalisable procedures, forms, and records for compliance with the BS EN ISO 13485 quality standard were devised, and used as the foundation of the design intervention. The QMS-led design intervention form aimed to: create fully-populated product requirements lists before commencing modelling; introduce project management, identification, traceability, review, verification, and feedback activities; improve the confidence and experience of the designer or acting designer; and prompt record keeping in-line with the requirements of ISO 13485. It achieved all of these aims, at least as far as could be ascertained within the research constraints. Further expansion and verification of the framework is required in future – across different specific surgeries and across more users.

Thesis completed in 2018.
Northwestern University Woman's Medical School and its Predecessors, 1870-1902
Creators: name: Sims, Ronald H
Publisher: name: Galter Health Science Library & Learning Center
Year: 2019

description: One in a series of Galter Health Sciences Library posters featured as an adjunct to the U.S. National Library of Medicine's traveling exhibit, Changing the face of Medicine - Celebrating America's Women Physicians. [on display at Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Lurie Medical Research Building, Chicago, IL from December 9, 2009-January 3, 2010]. The exhibit was organized by the National Library of Medicine and was sponsored by the Galter Health Sciences Library, the Institute for Womens Health Research and the Northwestern Medical Women Faculty Organization. Sponsoring units presented posters during the exhibit demonstrating how women have changed the face of medicine at Northwestern. In addition, a panel of notable Northwestern women discussed their contributions to medicine and health care in the areas of research, education, and clinical care in Hughes Auditorium on December 7, 2009 at 3:00PM. The panel members were: Neena B. Schwartz, PhD, Teresa W. Woodruff, PhD, Erica Marsh, MD, MSCI, and Candace Tingen, BS, BA. A reception followed at 4:30PM.
Separating Regular Languages with First-Order Logic
Creators: name: Place, Thomas
name: Zeitoun, Marc
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Formal Languages and Automata Theory (cs.FL)
subject: Logic in Computer Science (cs.LO)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Given two languages, a separator is a third language that contains the first one and is disjoint from the second one. We investigate the following decision problem: given two regular input languages of finite words, decide whether there exists a first-order definable separator. We prove that in order to answer this question, sufficient information can be extracted from semigroups recognizing the input languages, using a fixpoint computation. This yields an EXPTIME algorithm for checking first-order separability. Moreover, the correctness proof of this algorithm yields a stronger result, namely a description of a possible separator. Finally, we generalize this technique to answer the same question for regular languages of infinite words.
Kähler Geometry on Hurwitz Spaces
Creators: name: Naumann, Philipp
Publisher: name: Deutsche Mathematiker-Vereinigung
Year: 2018

description: The classical Hurwitz space $\mathcal{H}^{n,b}$ is a fine moduli space for simple branched coverings of the Riemann sphere $\mathbb{P}^1$ by compact hyperbolic Riemann surfaces. In the article we study a generalized Weil-Petersson metric on the Hurwitz space, which was introduced in [R.~Axelsson, I.~Biswas, G.~Schumacher, K\"ahler structure on Hurwitz spaces, Manuscripta Math. 147, 63-79 (2015)]. For this purpose, Horikawa's deformation theory of holomorphic maps is refined in the presence of hermitian metrics in order to single out distinguished representatives. Our main result is a curvature formula for a subbundle of the tangent bundle on the Hurwitz space obtained as a direct image. This covers the case of the curvature of the fibers of the natural map $\mathcal{H}^{n,b} \to \mathcal{M}_g$.
description: DOCUMENTA MATHEMATICA, Vol 23 (2018), p. 1829-1861
The maternal cardiovascular system at rest and in response to functional haemodynamic testing during healthy pregnancy
Creators: name: Meah, Victoria
Publisher: name: Cardiff Metropolitan University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Reproductive medicine not elsewhere classified
Other biomedical and clinical sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Healthy pregnancy results in significant maternal cardiac adaptation to match the increased circulatory demands of the developing fetoplacental unit. Specifically, cardiac output, heart rate (HR), stroke volume (SV) and end-diastolic volume (EDV) increase, whereas mean arterial pressure and systemic vascular resistance decrease. Despite a large body of research, there is a lack of consensus over the magnitude and timing of these adaptations in pregnancy. Additionally, previous studies have reported reduced systolic function in the late stages of pregnancy, indicating that gestation may negatively influence left ventricular pumping capacity. Testing the ability of the maternal heart to respond to additional physiological challenge may elucidate how cardiac function is affected by healthy pregnancy.
 This thesis investigated cardiovascular adaptation and functional responses before, during and after healthy pregnancy. Firstly, a series of meta-analyses were completed to characterise global cardiac function across healthy gestation. These analyses showed that resting cardiac output is elevated during pregnancy, peaking late in the third trimester but reducing towards term. Secondly, a comprehensive assessment of cardiac structure and function was completed in healthy nonpregnant, pregnant and postpartum females at rest. The significantly greater cardiac output in pregnant females was result of significantly higher HR and SV. The greater SV was result of significantly higher EDV and systolic functional parameters (longitudinal and circumferential left ventricular strain), the latter of which may be linked to greater sympathetic activity. Finally, the functional cardiovascular responses of the aforementioned groups to sustained isometric handhold and submaximal aerobic exercise were tested. During both challenges, systolic function of pregnant females remained significantly greater. In conclusion, healthy pregnancy alters the function of the maternal heart through lower afterload, greater preload and enhanced systolic function. Additionally, healthy pregnant females in the late second trimester have adequate functional responses to increased demand and altered haemodynamic load.

Thesis completed in 2017.
Receiving a mental health diagnosis - An exploration of service users’ experiences and staff responses to emergent themes
Creators: name: Burchett, Nicole
Publisher: name: Cardiff Metropolitan University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Mental health services

description: In recent years, the personal and financial cost of mental illness has gained attention in the UK. Research indicates mental illness will affect one in four of the population at some point in their lives. This statistic is recognised in the increasing pressure on mental health services, which have historically been underfunded. Rhetoric surrounding the lack of investment, has led to a drive to ensure parity of esteem between physical and mental health services. To achieve full parity, it is essential this translates into the field of research. Although literature on mental illness is vast, the specific experience of receiving a mental health diagnosis has received little attention. This is an area of importance as it is an experience that can change people’s lives and impact on their identity. The current research, based in South Wales, gave voice to both service users and staff. Therefore it contributes to the knowledge base on the experience of receiving a diagnosis from two perspectives. This is achieved through the implementation of a novel concurrent multi-method design that incorporates a Research Advisory Panel of people with lived experience of mental illness.
In-depth interviews and Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis were used to capture the experience of the service user (Study 1). Emergent themes from this analysis were taken to staff focus groups and Thematic Analysis was conducted (Study 2). Study 1 findings evidenced the ‘bitter sweet’ nature of receiving a diagnosis, where support could be accessed but diagnosis did not mean cure and was accompanied by stigma. Study 2 indicated staff were aware of the service users’ journey, however they highlight the problems in the healthcare system that led to difficulties in fulfilling their roles and supporting recovery. Synthesising these two sets of findings resulted in ‘Recommendations for practice’ which emphasised: the importance of the relationship between the service user and staff, the opportunity at diagnosis to positively ‘frame’ new knowledge and the need for a community approach to mental illness.

Thesis completed in 2018.
Structure of Dark Matter in Galaxies
Creators: name: Trott, Cathryn Margaret
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2004

description: The origin, nature and distribution of dark matter in the universe form

some of the biggest questions in modern astrophysics. Dark matter is distributed

on a wide range of scales in the universe. This thesis concentrates

on galactic scales, attempting to lower the veil and probe the structure of

dark matter in galaxies.

The mass distribution of the lensing galaxy 2237+0305 is studied and a

combination of photometric, lensing and kinematic data used to constrain

the contribution of the luminous and dark mass components to the system.

The galaxy is best- tted with a softened isothermal-like halo (inner logarithmic

slope 0, outer slope {2.5), and a sub-maximal disk. The kinematic

model requires further improvement for this result to be rigorous, however

the density profiles produced in N-body simulations are not preferred over

a halo with a constant density core (r ~ 1 kpc). The results suggest that

the combination of lensing, kinematic and photometric data provides the

strongest constraints on the distribution of dark matter in galaxies.

Subhalos of dark matter, orbiting within the potential of our Galaxy, will

interact gravitationally with the stars in the disk if they pass within their

region of influence. Subhalos can be detected by signatures in the phasespace

distribution of the stellar disk. Such signatures and their magnitudes

are calculated for subhalos with mass and distribution expected from N-body

simulations. The capabilities of the ESA satellite GAIA are used as the potential detection thresholds. Uncertainties in the distances to stars combined with the expected steep mass function of dark matter subhalos and

the rareness of their passage through the stellar disk, make their detection unlikely with the GAIA satellite.

The statistical mechanics of self-gravitating systems provide interesting

insights into their behaviour. A spherically symmetric, static dark matter

halo is studied using a statistical mechanical approach. The gravitational

potential is artificially softened to mimic the conditions under which N-body

simulations are performed, and the behaviour of the system compared with

that for a purely gravitational potential. The system exhibits a low temperature

phase, not accessible with pure gravity, which exists at energies probed

by many simulations. Consequently, there is no obvious reason to expect

agreement between simulated and observed profiles unless the gravitational

potential is appreciably softened in nature.
Nilsson-SU3 selfconsistency in heavy N=Z nuclei
Creators: name: Zuker, A. P.
name: Poves, A.
name: Nowacki, F.
name: Lenzi, S. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: It is argued that there exist natural shell model spaces optimally adapted to the operation of two variants of Elliott' SU3 symmetry that provide accurate predictions of quadrupole moments of deformed states. A selfconsistent Nilsson-like calculation describes the competition between the realistic quadrupole force and the central field, indicating a {\em remarkable stability of the quadruplole moments}---which remain close to their quasi and pseudo SU3 values---as the single particle splittings increase. A detailed study of the $N=Z$ even nuclei from $^{56}$Ni to $^{96}$Cd reveals that the region of prolate deformation is bounded by a pair of transitional nuclei $^{72}$Kr and $^{84}$Mo in which prolate ground state bands are predicted to dominate, though coexisting with oblate ones,
description: Replacement I) Title simplified. II) Major revision: structure of paper kept but two thirds totally rewritten (same number of pages); 20 references added
The internationalisation of Higher Education - opportunities and constraints (A case study of the PhD journey in Tourism Studies)
Creators: name: Bettinson, Emma
Publisher: name: Cardiff Metropolitan University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Higher education

description: This study explores the role of the PhD and internationalisation in expanding and diversifying the canon of knowledge in Tourism Studies. A community of mainly white, middle class, male, Anglophone, western academics, it has been widely argued, has traditionally produced tourism knowledge. However, the large number of international research students in Tourism Studies in the UK appear to provide an opportunity for intercultural knowledge exchange and the creation of body of knowledge which embraces multiple worldviews and perspectives. However, there is little evidence that tourism knowledge is developing in this way and this study explores the PhD journey and the constraints which surround it. The research took place in two phases. The first consisted in exploratory conversations with supervisors and students in the three UK Higher Education Institutions with the greatest numbers of doctoral students in Tourism. These conversations explored the factors influencing the PhD journey. The second phase of research built upon key themes that had emerged from the first phase and involved in-depth interviews with six students and six supervisors at the same three institutions. Analysis was informed by critical language awareness, in order to identify how language conventions and practices are invested with power relations. Results showed that the PhD journey and, ultimately, the creation of knowledge is a very personal and passionate process which is influenced by many factors. It is an isolated journey for both home and international students with few opportunities for intercultural exchange. It highlighted the powerful role of gatekeepers, such as supervisors, sponsors, external examiners and journal editors, in the journey and the legitimisation of tourism knowledge. The study showed an increased focus on skills training within the doctorate, limiting opportunities for extending knowledge and meaning the dominant voices will remain entrenched in the canon of tourism knowledge.
Analytic Torsion for Families
Creators: name: Goette, Sebastian
Publisher: name: Universität Regensburg
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: 510 Mathematik

description: These are notes for the series of lectures on \analytic torsion for families" I gave at the workshop \smooth ¯bre bundles and higher torsion" in GÄottingen in 2003. The notes are basically a summary of the original article [BL] by Bismut and Lott, together with some introductory and motivational remarks.
Flavor signatures of isosinglet vector-like down quark model
Creators: name: Alok, Ashutosh Kumar
name: Banerjee, Subhashish
name: Kumar, Dinesh
name: Sankar, S. Uma
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider a model where the standard model is extended by the addition of a vector-like isosinglet down-type quark b'. We perform a chi square fit to the flavor physics data and obtain the preferred central values along with errors of all the elements of the measurable 3 X 4 quark mixing matrix. The fit indicates that all the new-physics parameters are consistent with zero and the mixing of the b' quark with the other three is constrained to be small. The current flavor physics data rules out possibility of detectable new physics signals in most of the flavor physics observables. We also investigate possible deviations in the standard model Wtb couplings and bottom quark coupling to Higgs boson. We find that these deviations are less than a percent level which is too small to be observed at the LHC with current precision.
description: Version accepted for publication in Nuclear Physics B
p-Adic Deformation of Motivic Chow Groups
Creators: name: Langer, Andreas
Publisher: name: Deutsche Mathematiker-Vereinigung
Year: 2018

description: For a smooth projective scheme $Y$ over $W(k)$ we consider an element in the motivic Chow group of the reduction $Y_{m}$ over the truncated Witt ring $W_{m}(k)$ and give a ``Hodge'' criterion - using the crystalline cycle class in relative crystalline cohomology - for the element to lift to the continuous Chow group of the associated $p$-adic formal scheme $Y_\bullet$. The result extends previous work of Bloch-Esnault-Kerz on the $p$-adic variational Hodge conjecture to a relative setting. In the course of the proof we derive two new results on the relative de Rham-Witt complex and its Nygaard filtration, and work with a relative version of syntomic complexes to define relative motivic complexes for a smooth lifting of $Y_{m}$ over the ind-scheme $\text{Spec }W_{\bullet}(W_{m}(k))$.
description: DOCUMENTA MATHEMATICA, Vol 23 (2018), p. 1863-1894
Designing Change in a Higher Education Institution
Creators: name: Madden, Heather
Publisher: name: Cardiff Metropolitan University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Higher education

description: The silo effect in higher education institutions refers to the rigid reporting structures and decentralisation, which have become barriers to providing staff and students with essential information and services. Changing the processes and procedures that support the delivery of student services in higher education would result in improving the experience for everyone, for example, reducing the time spent transferring their calls or making them visit several campus buildings to resolve a query. Connecting cross-functional teams to define problems and design solutions, has proved challenging because of the time-restricted academic calendar and its cycles of demanding administrative processing.
 This thesis joins a minimal but vibrant conversation on the use of Service Design tools and techniques, to improve the student and staff experience at a higher education institution in Cork, Ireland. Service Design can help to conquer the political and cultural divides in higher education institutions and reshape a traditional organisation, into an innovative, proactive, efficient and user-centred one. This research began in March 2013, using a practice-based action research approach to deliver organisational change.

Seven action research cycles, implemented over four years, assessed how a Design Thinking methodology could be used to analyse and improve services at each stage of the Student Lifecycle and embed this approach as a long-term sustainable change enabler. Each cycle of action improved some practice, implemented prototypes and adopted new ideas. The combination of knowledge generated from all cycle’s, presents important questions and delivers valuable lessons, on how to introduce Design Thinking into a higher education institution. Although Service Design can help organisations to design and implement new kinds of value across many sectors, the transition to using its tools and approaches can be difficult. Removing the initial barriers by reducing unfamiliar terminology and using an appropriate toolset, allows Service Design to be placed in the context of the organisation. Involvement of staff at all levels, from management to front-line, ensures that the service is understood in its entirety, and the support is there to xv implement true change, in a collaborative way. In the short term, quick-wins provide incentives to continue on the change journey, while long term evaluation provides feedback on improvements, highlighting those service elements that still require change.

Thesis completed in 2017.
Matrix Factorizations and Curves in $\mathbb {P}^4$
Creators: name: Schreyer, Frank-Olaf
name: Tanturri, Fabio
Publisher: name: Deutsche Mathematiker-Vereinigung
Year: 2018

description: Let $C$ be a curve in ${\mathbb P}^4$ and $X$ be a hypersurface containing it. We show how it is possible to construct a matrix factorization on $X$ from the pair $(C,X)$ and, conversely, how a matrix factorization on $X$ leads to curves lying on $X$. We use this correspondence to prove the unirationality of the Hurwitz space ${\mathcal H}_{12,8}$ and the uniruledness of the Brill--Noether space ${\mathcal W}^1_{13,9}$. Several unirational families of curves of genus $16 \leq g \leq 20$ in ${\mathbb P}^4$ are also exhibited.
description: DOCUMENTA MATHEMATICA, Vol 23 (2018), p. 1895-1924
The solution of an open XXZ chain with arbitrary spin revisited
Creators: name: Murgan, Rajan
name: Silverthorn, Christopher
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Bethe ansatz solutions for an open XXZ spin chain with arbitrary spin with N sites and nondiagonal boundary terms are revisited. The anisotropy parameter, for cases considered here, has values η= i πr/q, where r and q are positive integers with q restricted to odd integers. Numerical results are presented to support the solutions.
description: 22 pages; v2: references added; Some comments added; revised version with more sections, numerical results and updated references
Basis Light-Front Quantization Approach to Positronium
Creators: name: Wiecki, Paul
name: Li, Yang
name: Zhao, Xingbo
name: Maris, Pieter
name: Vary, James P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present the first application of the recently developed Basis Light-Front Quantization (BLFQ) method to self-bound systems in quantum field theory, using the positronium system as a test case. Within the BLFQ framework, we develop a two-body effective interaction, operating only in the lowest Fock sector, that implements photon exchange, neglecting fermion self-energy effects. We then solve for the mass spectrum of this interaction at the unphysical coupling $α=0.3$. The resulting spectrum is in good agreement with the expected Bohr spectrum of non-relativistic quantum mechanics. We examine in detail the dependence of the results on the regulators of the theory.
description: Figures and discussion have been extended to reflect additional calculations
Additional file 1 of Economic evaluation of peritoneal dialysis and hemodialysis in Thai population with End-stage Kidney Disease
Creators: name: Assanatham, Montira
name: Pattanaprateep, Oraluck
name: Chuasuwan, Anan
name: Vareesangthip, Kriengsak
name: Supasyndh, Ouppatham
name: Lumpaopong, Adisorn
name: Susantitaphong, Paweena
name: Limkunakul, Chutatip
name: Ponthongmak, Wanchana
name: Chaiyakittisopon, Kamolpat
name: Thakkinstian, Ammarin
name: Ingsathit, Atiporn
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 1: Appendix A. Hospital’s list.
Biextensions of 1-Motives by 1-Motives
Creators: name: Bertolin, Cristiana
Publisher: name: Universität Regensburg
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: 510 Mathematik

description: Let S be a scheme and let Gi (i = 1; 2; 3) be an extension of an abelian S-scheme Ai by a S-torus Yi(1): We ¯rst sketch the proof of the following result: In the topos Tfppf , the category of biextensions of (G1;G2) by G3 is equivalent to the category of biextensions of (A1;A2) by Y3(1). Using this result, we de¯ne the notion of biextension of 1-motives by 1-motives. If M(S) denotes what should be the Tannakian category generated by 1-motives over S (in a geometrical sense), as a candidate for the morphisms of M(S) from the tensor product of two 1- motives M1 ­M2 to another 1-motive M3; we propose the isomorphism classes of biextensions of (M1;M2) by M3.
Additional file 1 of Detection of Toxocara species larvae in four Iranian free-range broiler farms
Creators: name: Shokri, Elham
name: Haniloo, Ali
name: Zibaei, Mohammad
name: Pezeshki, Ali
name: Mansori, Kamyar
name: Taira, Kensuke
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 1 Supplementary Fig. 2. Full-length gel images of PCR assay. Analysis of PCR products of Toxocara species larvae by electrophoresis on 1.5% agarose gels. (A) Lane C+: Positive control with standard DNA, lane M: 100-bp DNA ladder, lane C-: negative control without DNA, lanes 1-7: infected tissues. The 330-bp fragments are specific for Toxocara canis (lanes 1, 3, 5, and 6). (B) The figure shows tissues infected with Toxocara cati. 100-bp molecular size marker (M), positive control (C+) with standard DNA, and negative control (C-). Amplification of 600-bp Toxocara DNA in tissue samples from free-range broiler chickens (lanes 2, 5, 6, 8, 10-12, and 16).
The organisational climate of preschools and associated characteristics - A study of a group of preschools in England
Creators: name: Saunders, Sue
Publisher: name: Cardiff Metropolitan University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Early childhood education
Educational administration, management and leadership
Other education not elsewhere classified

description: This study investigated the organisational climate of 26 preschools in England using a multi stage mixed methods design. Data collection included an initial questionnaire administered to all preschools, followed by a second questionnaire and interview process focusing upon preschools at the opposite ends of the climate continuum (high climate n= 6, low climate n = 5). Using data from the Early Childhood Work Environment Survey, ECWES, (Bloom, 2010), preschool and staff variables showed no statistically significant association with the overall assessment of organisational climate. However, the data did reveal a significant statistical difference between staff from the high and low climate groups across each of the separate ECWES ten climate dimensions. In addition, there was a significant statistical difference between the perception of support staff and teachers in the low climate group across several climate dimensions. Questionnaire and interview data revealed low pay as a variable, which was perceived negatively by many staff. However, the processes which differentiated to the greatest extent between the high and low climate groups, on a day to day basis, were social and operational in nature. The high climate preschools had transparent and effective organisational processes in place, which created a strong social system, where subsystems within the school were connected. In this positive environment staff felt supported, and there was an atmosphere where all staff worked harmoniously together with a collective drive to address problems and adapt to change. Preschools with smaller staff numbers, and where there was a discrete educational focus upon early years, appeared best suited to achieving these ends.
 Future implications of this study appear twofold. The first suggests a need for greater communication across preschool subsystems for high levels of climate to be established. The second is a broader strategy and involves policy makers addressing the low levels of remuneration, and the heavy workload, which the constant drive for change has created for many staff. While the effective management and operational systems within high climate preschools were found to mitigate against such external challenges, where these systems were not in place organisational climate was negatively impacted upon.

Thesis completed in 2018.
Stop-mass prediction in naturalness scenarios within MSSM-25
Creators: name: AbdusSalam, Shehu S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The "top-down" approach to minimal supersymmetric standard model (MSSM) phenomenology provides model-dependent indications for a natural stop mass. The approach is based on specific assumptions about the supersymmetry-breaking energy scale and parameters degeneracies. In order to determine robust predictions we update the stop-mass prediction within the MSSM with 25 parameters (MSSM-25) by including electroweak fine-tuning as "naturalness data" during the Bayesian fits of the parameters to experimental data. The approximately prior-independent results show that imposing naturalness, taken here to mean a 25% to 100% fine-tuning, predicts a 1-2 TeV stop mass. The posterior distributions for the neutralino-proton cross sections indicate better prospects for probing the associated neutralino cold dark matter (CDM) with future upgrades of the detection facilities.
description: v3: accepted for publication in International Journal of Modern Physics A; minor changes in text, Fig.1 and Fig.3
Biofield Energy Healing Treatment Based Herbomineral Formulation on Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines Expression in Murine Dendritic and Splenocyte cells
Creators: name: Strassman, Karen Mie
Publisher: name: SMN - The ScienceMedia Network
Year: 2019
Subjects: Natural Sciences

description: The utilization and demand of self-medication with herbomineral-based formulations have increased day-by-day across the globe over the last decade. A new proprietary herbomineral formulation was prepared with the mixture of minerals (zinc, magnesium, and selenium) and the herbal root extract of ashwagandha. The current study was undertaken to evaluate the Biofield Energy Healing (The Trivedi Effect®) on the test herbomineral formulation using murine dendritic cells (DCs) and splenocytes in vitro. The formulation was divided into two parts, one part was control without any Biofield Energy Treatment, while the other part was defined as the Biofield Energy Treated sample, which received the Biofield Energy Healing Treatment remotely from eighteen renowned Biofield Energy Healers. The effect of the Biofield Energy Treated formulation in murine cells was monitored with an estimation of pro-inflammatory cytokines levels such as tumor necrosis factor (TNF-α), macrophage inflammatory protein-1α (MIP-1α) and interleukin (IL-1β) in cell culture supernatants along with estimations of non-cytotoxic concentrations of the test formulation by MTT assay. The Biofield Treated formulation showed 114.2%, 122.6%, 141.2%, 127.8%, and 114.1% cell viability at concentrations 1.05, 5.2, 10.5, 25.6, and 51.2 µg/mL, respectively in DCs. Similarly, the Biofield Energy Treated and untreated formulations showed more than 100% cell viability in mice splenocytes at 5 µg/mL. The level of TNF-α in DCs was significantly (p≤0.05) inhibited by 19.21% in the Biofield Treated formulation at concentration 5.2 µg/mL as compared to the untreated test formulation. The level of MIP-1α in LPS induced mice splenocyte cells was reduced by 15.35% in the Biofield Energy Treated formulation at 0.0105 µg/mL as compared to the untreated formulation. Similarly, the level of IL-1β in LPS induced mice splenocyte cells was significantly (p≤0.05) reduced by 31.59% in the Biofield Treated formulation at 1.05 µg/mL as compared to the untreated formulation. Altogether, the results suggest that The Trivedi Effect® (Biofield Energy Healing Treatment) showed significant down-regulation of the tested pro-inflammatory cytokines expression and potentiated the immunosuppressive effect of the treated formulation to modulate the immune system. These data also suggest that the Biofield Treated test formulation can be used for autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, stress management and anti-aging by improving overall health.
Physicality in the Design and Development of Computer Embedded Products
Creators: name: Hare, Joanna
Publisher: name: Cardiff Metropolitan University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Design not elsewhere classified

description: Computers have become commonplace in our daily lives; they are embedded within so many products that they have largely become invisible. Furthermore, computers are used to aid in the design of those products and it is possible for the entire design process to be performed digitally. But humans are physical beings; evolved to have an innate understanding of the physical world. In contrast, this digital world is very new. This research is an exploration of physicality in relation to the design and development of computer embedded products. Physicality is loosely defined for this thesis as the physical aspects or qualities of both an object and its interaction; this includes our physical bodies in relation to that object. The physical manifestations, or prototypes, used during the design of computer embedded products need to appear responsive to a user’s action. These prototypes can be made interactive through embedding electronics within the prototype or ‘faking’ the interaction.
At the core of this research are two extensive studies for which a series of prototypes were created to answer the research question: can a better understanding of physicality help in the creation of more effective low-fidelity physical interactive prototypes? These studies uncovered significant new knowledge into the role of physicality in the design of computer embedded products. Specifically, the notion of active and passive physicality is proposed. Results suggest that, with a better understanding of active and passive physicality, designers can make more effective interactive prototypes for early stage user trials. Comparison of all the prototypes constructed revealed insights suggesting that the most effective prototypes balance both active and passive physicality equally. In addition, the notion of physicality can demonstrate why, in these studies; paper prototyping, screen based prototypes and even Arduino prototypes produced unsatisfactory user data.

Thesis completed in 2014