cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Convergence of the Iterative Rational Krylov Algorithm
Creators: name: Flagg, Garret
name: Beattie, Christopher
name: Gugercin, Serkan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: The Iterative Rational Krylov Algorithm (IRKA) of [8] is an interpolatory model reduction approach to the optimal $\mathcal{H}_2$ approximation problem. Even though the method has been illustrated to show rapid convergence in various examples, a proof of convergence has not been provided yet. In this note, we show that in the case of state-space symmetric systems, IRKA is a locally convergent fixed point iteration to a local minimum of the underlying $\mathcal{H}_2$ approximation problem.
La glottogeragogia e l’invecchiamento della memoria. Uno sguardo di insieme
Creators: name: Cardona, Mario
Publisher: name: Studi di glottodidattica
Year: 2021
Subjects: Aging of memory; language education of the elderly; education of the elderly; language education model for the elderly

description: Aging has long been thought as the phase of life of the inevitable deterioration of memory. Therefore, learning was considered problematic if not impossible since aging is the phase characterised by what was called “global cognitive decline”. Nevertheless, since the middle of the past century, the state of memory in the elderly was deeply reconsidered. Seeing as memory is made up of different processes which interact each other affecting several brain areas, there is no unitary aging of memory in the elderly. Some types of memory are very sensitive to aging, while others are preserved very well and show no signs of impairment. Then, fom the point of view of language education of the elderly, it is necessary to know the different features of the aging of memory in order to prepare teaching activities and educational paths that take into account the specific characteristics and changes that affects memory over the years. This paper will describe important aspects of the education of the elderly and the features of the aging of memory fundamental for the development of a language education model for the elderly.
description: Studi di glottodidattica, V. 6, N. 1 (2021): Volume 6 numero 1 anno 2021 - Supplemento
Establishing homogeneity of the universe in the shadow of dark energy
Creators: name: Clarkson, Chris
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Assuming the universe is spatially homogeneous on the largest scales lays the foundation for almost all cosmology. This idea is based on the Copernican principle, that we are not at a particularly special place in the universe. Surprisingly, this philosophical assumption has yet to be rigorously demonstrated independently of the standard paradigm. This issue has been brought to light by cosmological models which can potentially explain apparent acceleration by spatial inhomogeneity rather than dark energy. These models replace the temporal fine tuning associated with Lambda with a spatial fine tuning, and so violate the Copernican assumption. While is seems unlikely that such models can really give a realistic solution to the dark energy problem, they do reveal how poorly constrained radial inhomogeneity actually is. So the bigger issue remains: How do we robustly test the Copernican principle independently of dark energy or theory of gravity?
description: 40 pages, 15 figures. Accepted review article to appear in a special volume of the "Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences" about Dark Energy and Dark Matter
Using Wiimote for Single Robot Control: video report
Creators: name: Guo, Cheng
name: Sharlin, Ehud
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: tangible user interfaces
subject: human computer interaction
subject: robotic interaction

description: In this video, we suggest the use of tangible user interfaces (TUIs) for human-robot interaction (HRI) applications. We present an experimental robotic interaction test bed to support our investigation. We use the test bed to explore two HRI-related task-sets: robotic navigation control and robotic posture control. Both tasks were mapped to two different robotic control interfaces: keypad interface which resembles the interaction approach currently common in HRI, and a gesture input mechanism based on Nintendo Wii™ game controllers.
The Overshoot Problem in Inflation after Tunneling
Creators: name: Dutta, Koushik
name: Vaudrevange, Pascal M.
name: Westphal, Alexander
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We show the absence of the usual parametrically large overshoot problem of small-field inflation if initiated by a Coleman-De Luccia (CDL) tunneling transition from an earlier vacuum in the limit of small inflationary scale compared to the tunneling scale. For low-power monomial exit potentials $V(ϕ)\simϕ^n, n<4$, we derive an expression for the amount of overshoot. This is bounded from above by the width of the steep barrier traversed after emerging from tunneling and before reaching a slow-roll region of the potential. For $n\geq 4$ we show that overshooting is entirely absent. We extend this result through binomials to a general potential written as a series expansion, and to the case of arbitrary finite initial speed of the inflaton. This places the phase space of initial conditions for small-field and large-field inflation on the same footing in a landscape of string theory vacua populated via CDL tunneling.
description: 14 pages, 4 figures
Addressing professional suitability in social work education : the experience and approach of field education coordinators
Creators: name: Robertson, Jeanette Suzanne
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: The purpose of this research is to better understand the experience and approach of field education coordinators/directors in addressing student professional suitability in social work education so their insights can inform ongoing conversations within professional education programs on how to exercise ‘gatekeeping’ responsibilities. The study begins with a critical reflection of my five year experience as a coordinator, which leads into a comprehensive review of the literature, followed by an analysis and discussion of information collected from a focus group with eight coordinators from across Canada, and an extensive web-based survey questionnaire administered to all current, and some former social work field education coordinators in Canada. In brief, the results of this study reinforce the perception found in social work literature that gatekeeping predominantly falls to the field component of social work education. Field education coordinators report regularly encountering cases in which student’ behaviours call into question their suitability for the profession. They perceive the field to hold the highest expectation of them to assess and address student professional suitability, followed by faculty, administration, the accreditation body, and students, and they assign a high level of importance to having an approach to addressing such concerns within their practice. They report employing a number of pre- and post-placement measures to addressing suitability concerns. However, current perceptions of gatekeeping as potentially oppressive and contrary to social work values creates tension in their experience that is exacerbated by workload pressures, and by the lack of clear criteria for determining suitability within school policies and accreditation standards. Respondents emphasized that more opportunities for dialogue between coordinators, faculty, administration, and field educators is needed. Also, although the majority reported relative satisfaction with their skills and knowledge, they suggested that further training and education would be beneficial, and strongly recommended that faculty, field, and administration participate in this education. Finally, a number of respondents also expressed the need for more support for their role and the field program in general within their school, and expressed concern for an apparent lack of institutional support for addressing professional suitability.
La memoria a lungo termine nell’invecchiamento. Implicazioni per l’educazione linguistica degli anziani
Creators: name: Cardona, Mario
Publisher: name: Studi di glottodidattica
Year: 2021
Subjects: memory processes; cognitive functions; cognitive and emotional activities; aging; long-term memory and language education for the elderly

description: Since long ago investigations about human memory in psychological and neuropsychological fields have assumed that human memory cannot be represented as a unitary concept. Memory skills are to be considered as a set of interacting processes and systems which have particular functional properties and involve several neural areas. The memory processes include operations such as the encoding of input by the sensorial memory and attentional processes, the keeping and elaboration of input by the short-term memory and working memory. These latter operations are essential for developing the cognitive functions useful for learning, reasoning and problem solving. The memory processes also include the phases of information storage and retrieval which make available the information for the necessary cognitive (and emotional) activities which the individual play in interacting with the world. Long-term memory is responsible for the phases of storage and retrieval of information. It has the task of organizing and associating knowledges of a different nature in a stable and functional way for recovering them. This paper intends to describe the main aspects of the long-term memory from the perspective of aging, in order to establish some useful linguistic implications from the point of view of a language education for the elderly.
description: Studi di glottodidattica, V. 6, N. 1 (2021): Volume 6 numero 1 anno 2021 - Supplemento
Comunicaçao do Presiente da República à Naçao
Creators: name: Presidência Da República
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021

description: Communication to the Nation from H.E. Mr. Filipe Jacinto Nyusi, President of the Republic of Mozambique, on the Assessment of the 21 Days of the Implementation of the Measures Decreed, on 5th April 2021, in the Context of the Situation of Public Calamity, within the Context of the Corona Virus Pandemic - COVID -19.
Yellow and Red Supergiants in the Large Magellanic Cloud
Creators: name: Neugent, Kathryn F.
name: Massey, Philip
name: Skiff, Brian
name: Meynet, Georges
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Due to their transitionary nature, yellow supergiants provide a critical challenge for evolutionary modeling. Previous studies within M31 and the SMC show that the Geneva evolutionary models do a poor job at predicting the lifetimes of these short-lived stars. Here we extend this study to the LMC while also investigating the galaxy's red supergiant content. This task is complicated by contamination by Galactic foreground stars that color and magnitude criteria alone cannot weed out. Therefore, we use proper motions and the LMC's large systemic radial velocity (\sim278 km/s) to separate out these foreground dwarfs. After observing nearly 2,000 stars, we identified 317 probable yellow supergiants, 6 possible yellow supergiants and 505 probable red supergiants. Foreground contamination of our yellow supergiant sample was \sim80%, while that of the the red supergiant sample was only 3%. By placing the yellow supergiants on the H-R diagram and comparing them against the evolutionary tracks, we find that new Geneva evolutionary models do an exemplary job at predicting both the locations and the lifetimes of these transitory objects.
description: Accepted for publication in the ApJ
La natura della memoria autobiografica e l’autobiografia linguistica. Il metodo autobiografico nella linguistica educativa per gli anziani
Creators: name: Cardona, Mario
name: Luise, Maria Cecilia
Publisher: name: Studi di glottodidattica
Year: 2021
Subjects: Autobiographical memory; language autobiography; autobiographical method; language education of the elderly

description: Autobiographical memory is an essential part of long-term memory. It intersects cognitive processes, current emotions related to the memory of oneself past, and thought about oneself and one’s goals and purposes. Autobiographical memory joins past with future of an individual. By it everyone forms an idea about himself/herself. Starting from the features of autobiographical memory it is possible to elaborate an autobiographical method. This paper aims to analyse the main features of the autobiographical memory within the perspective of the language education of the elderly. It will especially focus on the model of language autobiography as an educational and training tool for the language education of the adults and elderly.
description: Studi di glottodidattica, V. 6, N. 1 (2021): Volume 6 numero 1 anno 2021 - Supplemento
A Network Analysis of Online Forum Discussions on Executable Acceptance Test Driven Development
Creators: name: Park, Shelly
name: Maurer, Frank
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Network analysis
subject: test driven development
subject: Online Forum Discussions, test driven development

description: We performed a network analysis on an online discussion forum that discussed ideas for the next generation of testing tools for executive acceptance test driven development. We used a social network analysis to discover the underlying core concepts that in building their product vision. We used Edge- Betweenness algorithm to discover what consensus is reached and Degree Centrality algorithm to discover who are the central people facilitating the consensus in the product visioning process. We discovered three core concepts: Exploratory vs. Test automation, Business vs. Technology and Communication. We also discovered that we can identify polarizing issues in the community by identifying the people with different degree centrality in the social network. Our research shows that a social network analysis a good way discover the characteristics of consensus reached during a product visioning process.
title: Potential Security Vulnerabilities in Raspberry Pi Devices with Mitigation Strategies
Creators: name: Tolleson, Briana
Publisher: name: Old Dominion University Libraries
Year: 2023

description: For this research project I used a Raspberry Pi device and conducted online research to investigate potential security vulnerabilities along with mitigation strategies. I configured the Raspberry Pi by using the proper peripherals such as an HDMI cord, a microUSB adapter that provided 5V and at least 700mA of current, a TV monitor, PiSwitch, SD Card, keyboard, and mouse. I installed the Rasbian operating system (OS). The process to install the Rasbian took about 10 minutes to boot starting at 21:08 on 10/27/2023 and ending at 21:18. 1,513 megabytes (MB) was written to the SD card running at (2.5 MB/sec). On Sunday, November 26th, 2023, one of the peripherals seemed to have a circuit trip. I used an Apple USB-C cord and block to connect the PiSwitch to a laptop. This gave enough power for the Raspberry Pi to turn on using the same adapter as before. I referred to the Pi manual often for troubleshooting. The device has five indicator LEDs that provide statuses/feedback. Only two of my lights were turned on which where: ACT which lights up green when the SD card is accessed and PWR—which turns on red—signifying it is hooked up to 3.3V power. After booting up, I was able to get onto the desktop and open up LXTerminal and start entering Linux commands. Due to a lack of resources, I did not have a Wi-Fi dongle to enable network interface wirelessly or an ethernet cable to provide a wired connection.
Addressing the challenge of alienation, identity and moral leadership in a seniors care home.
Creators: name: Nijjar, Muninder Bobby
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: The purpose of this study was to document, critically analyze and understand both my experiences as the supervisor of the support service workers (SSWs) and the experiences of the SSWs in the context of privatization at a care home. The conceptual framework for this study was developed using chiefly the literature on workplace alienation, identity development and moral leadership. Qualitative research methodology was used to collect data. One source of data was from my self-reflection on my own practice and a second source was from the SSWs through focus group and individual interviews. The process of privatization of the SSWs jobs and the subsequent significant reduction in wages and benefits was highly alienating. The educational interventions that I developed to involve the SSWs in the care planning process brought significant positive shifts in the SSWs’ attitude towards their jobs and their workplace identity, diminishing their sense of alienation at the care home. I also experienced significant positive shifts in my engagement, identity and leadership at the care home. The findings of this study demonstrates that educational interventions supported the transition of a group of women alienated at work, considered low-status with minimal influence and outside the care planning process to become a team of women who developed a strong sense of belonging and influence at the care home and are now considered insiders and important contributors to the care planning process. The study also demonstrates my own de-alienation and the shift in my workplace identity from an alienated manager with little influence to an involved leader-educator with significant influence and a healthcare professional who makes a difference in the lives of both residents and the SSWs. The dissertation concludes with a discussion of implications for future research, for leadership practice in care homes, and for my own leadership practice.
Wavelet Helmholtz decomposition for weak lensing mass map reconstruction
Creators: name: Deriaz, E.
name: Starck, J. -L.
name: Pires, S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: To derive the convergence field from the gravitational shear (gamma) of the background galaxy images, the classical methods require a convolution of the shear to be performed over the entire sky, usually expressed thanks to the Fast Fourier transform (FFT). However, it is not optimal for an imperfect geometry survey. Furthermore, FFT implicitly uses periodic conditions that introduce errors to the reconstruction. A method has been proposed that relies on computation of an intermediate field u that combines the derivatives of gamma and on convolution with a Green kernel. In this paper, we study the wavelet Helmholtz decomposition as a new approach to reconstructing the dark matter mass map. We show that a link exists between the Helmholtz decomposition and the E/B mode separation. We introduce a new wavelet construction, that has a property that gives us more flexibility in handling the border problem, and we propose a new method of reconstructing the dark matter mass map in the wavelet space. A set of experiments based on noise-free images illustrates that this Wavelet Helmholtz decomposition reconstructs the borders better than all other existing methods.
description: Accepted for publication in A&A (16 pages, 12 figures)
Energy Efficient Cooperative Routing in Wireless Networks
Creators: name: Dehghan, Mostafa
name: Ghaderi, Majid
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: routing
subject: wireless
subject: Minimum energy routing, cooperative communication, cooperative MIMO, wireless networks

description: In this paper, we explore physical layer cooperative communication in order to design network layer routing algorithms that are energy efficient. We assume each node in the network is equipped with a single omnidirectional antenna and that multiple nodes are able to coordinate their transmissions in order to take advantage of spatial diversity to save energy. Specifically, we consider cooperative MIMO at physical layer and multi-hop routing at network layer, and formulate minimum energy routing as a joint optimization of the transmission power at the physical layer and the link selection at the network layer. Using dynamic programming, we compute the energy consumption of the optimal cooperative routing in different network scenarios, which shows energy savings of up to 55%, compared with the optimal non-cooperative routing. As the network becomes larger, however, finding optimal routes becomes computationally intractable as the complexity of the dynamic programming approach increases as O(22n), where n is the number of nodes in the network. As such, we develop two greedy routing algorithms that have complexity of O(n2), and yet achieve significant energy savings. Simulation results indicate that the proposed greedy algorithms perform almost as good as the optimal algorithm and achieve energy savings of more than 50% in the simulated scenarios.
title: Rising Threat - Deepfakes and National Security in the Age of Digital Deception
Creators: name: Kone-Sow, Dougo
Publisher: name: Old Dominion University Libraries
Year: 2023

description: This paper delves into the intricate landscape of deepfakes, exploring their genesis, capabilities, and far-reaching implications. The rise of deepfake technology presents an unprecedented threat to American national security, propagating disinformation and manipulation across various media formats. Notably, deepfakes have evolved from a historical backdrop of disinformation campaigns, merging with the advancements of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to craft convincing but false multimedia content.

Examining the capabilities of deepfakes reveals their potential for misuse, evidenced by instances targeting individuals, companies, and even influencing political events like the 2020 U.S. elections. The paper highlights the direct threats posed by deepfakes to national security, illustrating scenarios where manipulated content leads to civil unrest and jeopardizes governmental stability.

President Joe Biden's Executive Order 14110 is a pivotal step in addressing the deepfake menace, offering directives aimed at fortifying national security, safeguarding privacy, and enforcing AI safety standards.

Additionally, the paper delves into strategies and emerging technologies proposed to mitigate the threats posed by deepfakes. It emphasizes the importance of media literacy, critical thinking, and collaborative efforts across academia, industry, and government agencies to develop proactive measures against evolving deepfake technology.

This comprehensive overview illuminates the urgency for ongoing research, emphasizing the collective effort needed to combat deepfakes and ensure the safety and advancement of American citizens and global society.
title: Bulkhead Riprap Repair (NWS-2018-1001, Boeing)
titleType: AlternativeTitle
title: Endangered Species Act Section 7(a)(2) Biological Opinion and Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act Essential Fish Habitat Response for the shoreline refurbishment at Boeing’s Developmental Center and Thompson sites along the Lower Duwamish Waterway Seattle, Washington (NWS-2018-1001)
Creators: name: United States. National Marine Fisheries Service. West Coast Region
Publisher: name: United States. National Marine Fisheries Service. West Coast Region
Year: 2021

description: WCRO-2019-03625
Pulsar timing analysis in the presence of correlated noise
Creators: name: Coles, W.
name: Hobbs, G.
name: Champion, D. J.
name: Manchester, R. N.
name: Verbiest, J. P. W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Pulsar timing observations are usually analysed with least-square-fitting procedures under the assumption that the timing residuals are uncorrelated (statistically "white"). Pulsar observers are well aware that this assumption often breaks down and causes severe errors in estimating the parameters of the timing model and their uncertainties. Ad hoc methods for minimizing these errors have been developed, but we show that they are far from optimal. Compensation for temporal correlation can be done optimally if the covariance matrix of the residuals is known using a linear transformation that whitens both the residuals and the timing model. We adopt a transformation based on the Cholesky decomposition of the covariance matrix, but the transformation is not unique. We show how to estimate the covariance matrix with sufficient accuracy to optimize the pulsar timing analysis. We also show how to apply this procedure to estimate the spectrum of any time series with a steep red power-law spectrum, including those with irregular sampling and variable error bars, which are otherwise very difficult to analyse.
description: Accepted by MNRAS
Storing events to retell them (Commentary on Suddendorf and Corballis: 'The evolution of foresight')
Creators: name: Dessalles, Jean-Louis
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Neurons and Cognition (q-bio.NC)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Episodic memory is certainly a unique endowment, but its primary purpose is something other than to provide raw material for creative synthesis of future scenarios. Remembered episodes are exactly those which are worth telling. The function of episodic memory, in our view, is to accumulate stories that are relevant to recount in conversation.
description: jld-07051403
Collocated Intergenerational Console Gaming
Creators: name: Voida, Amy
name: Greenberg, Saul
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Gaming
subject: Wii
subject: Playstation
subject: Intergenerational gaming, console games, video games, Wii, Playstation

description: We present results from a multi-generational study of collocated group console gaming. We examine the intergenerational gaming practices of four generations of gamers, from ages 3 to 83 and, in particular, the roles that gamers of different generations take on when playing together in groups. Our findings highlight the extent to which existing gaming technologies are amenable to interactions within collocated intergenerational groups and the broader set of roles that have emerged in these computer-mediated interactions than have previously been documented by studies of more traditional collocated, intergenerational interactions. We articulate attributes of the games that encourage intergenerational interaction.
title: Developing a management area for Hawaiʻi pelagic false killer whales
Creators: name: Oleson, Erin M.
Publisher: name: Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (U.S.)
Year: 2023

description: NOAA technical memorandum NMFS PIFSC ; 150
description: In 2010, NMFS convened the False Killer Whale Take Reduction Team (FKW TRT) as a response to unsustainable levels of bycatch of the Hawaiʻi pelagic stock of false killer whales by the Hawaiʻi-based deep-set longline fishery. Since that time, with an assessment based on the Hawaian Islands EEZ only, there has been a notable spatial mismatch in the assessment approach for this stock. The Hawaiʻi-based deep-set fishery area has been expanding to the northeast on the high seas (outside of the Hawaiian Islands EEZ) over the last two decades (Woodworth-Jefcoats et al. 2018). Following the implementation of the Take Reduction Plan in 2012, this fishing area shift has also been accompanied by an increase in MSI on the high seas (Carretta et al 2023, Appendix). With an assessment approach currently based on the Hawaiian Islands EEZ, the impact of the deep-set fishery on the portion of the stock outside of U.S. waters cannot be assessed or managed effectively. Therefore, we have defined a new management area that accounts for what is known about the distribution of Hawaiʻi pelagic false killer whales outside the Hawaiian Islands EEZ. This report serves to provide the rationale for the proposed management area along with additional information about the datasets available to support this boundary choice and other management areas that were considered.
Toward Direct Detection of Hot Jupiters with Precision Closure Phase: Calibration Studies and First Results from the CHARA Array
Creators: name: Zhao, M.
name: Monnier, J. D.
name: Che, X.
name: Pedretti, E.
name: Thureau, N.
name: Schaefer, G.
name: Brummelaar, T. ten
name: Merand, A.
name: Ridgway, S. T.
name: McAlister, H.
name: Turner, N.
name: Sturmann, J.
name: Sturmann, L.
name: Goldfinger, P. J.
name: Farrington, C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Direct detection of thermal emission from nearby hot Jupiters has greatly advanced our knowledge of extrasolar planets in recent years. Since hot Jupiter systems can be regarded as analogs of high contrast binaries, ground-based infrared long baseline interferometers have the potential to resolve them and detect their thermal emission with precision closure phase - a method that is immune to the systematic errors induced by the Earth's atmosphere. In this work, we present closure phase studies toward direct detection of nearby hot Jupiters using the CHARA interferometer array outfitted with the MIRC instrument. We carry out closure phase simulations and conduct a large number of observations for the best candidate υ And. Our experiments suggest the method is feasible with highly stable and precise closure phases. However, we also find much larger systematic errors than expected in the observations, most likely caused by dispersion across different wavelengths. We find that using higher spectral resolution modes (e.g., R=150) can significantly reduce the systematics. By combining all calibrators in an observing run together, we are able to roughly recalibrate the lower spectral resolution data, allowing us to obtain upper limits of the star-planet contrast ratios of υ And b across the H band. The data also allow us to get a refined stellar radius of 1.625\pm0.011 R\odot. Our best upper limit corresponds to a contrast ratio of 2.1\times10^3:1 with 90% confidence level at 1.52μm, suggesting that we are starting to have the capability of constraining atmospheric models of hot Jupiters with interferometry. With recent and upcoming improvements of CHARA/MIRC, the prospect of detecting emission from hot Jupiters with closure phases is promising.
description: 30 pages, including 9 figures and 4 tables. Published in PASP in August 2011
title: A habitat-based spatial density model for harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) off Oregon and Washington based on 2021-2022 aerial surveys
Creators: name: Forney, Karin A.
Publisher: name: Southwest Fisheries Science Center (U.S.)
Year: 2023

description: NOAA technical memorandum NMFS-SWFSC ; 691
description: This study presents new abundance estimates for harbor porpoise, Phocoena phocoena, within shelf waters of the outer coasts of Oregon and Washington, USA. Habitat-based spatial density models were developed to estimate the abundance of three harbor porpoise stocks in this region, based on aerial surveys conducted during August-September 2021 and 2022.
title: Project Instructions: EX-23-01, EXPRESS Shakedown - ROV & Mapping
Creators: name: Morrow, Thomas
Publisher: name: United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Office of Ocean Exploration and Research
Year: 2023

description: Operations will include the use of the ship’s deepwater mapping systems (Kongsberg EM 304 multibeam, EK60/EK80 split-beam sonars, Knudsen 3260 Chirp sub-bottom profiler, and Teledyne acoustic Doppler current profilers), expendable bathythermograph (XBTs) in support of multibeam sonar mapping operations, conductivity, temperature, depth profiler (CTD) casts, NOAA Ocean Exploration’s two-body ROV system (Deep Discoverer and Seirios), and a highbandwidth satellite connection for continuous ship-to-shore communications. Operations will focus on exploring deep waters (greater than 200 m for mapping operations and 250 m for ROV operations) in U.S. and international waters off the west coast of California, Oregon, and Washington states.
title: AMAPPS Spring 2023 Research Cruise Report
Creators: name: Dias, Laura Aichinger
Publisher: name: Southeast Fisheries Science Center (U.S.)
Year: 2023

description: Southeast Fisheries Science Center reference document ; PRBD-2023-05
description: As part of the Atlantic Marine Assessment Program for Protected Species (AMAPPS), the Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) conducted shipboard surveys of the U.S. waters of the Western North Atlantic (WNA) from approximately the 200m isobath out to the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). The survey was conducted between January 23 and April 28, 2023 onboard the NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter, for a total of 44 days at sea split into three survey legs.
The Proximity Toolkit and ViconFace: The Video
Creators: name: Diaz-Marino, Rob
name: Greenberg, Saul
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: User interfaces
subject: design tools and techniques
subject: Toolkits, proximity, situated interaction

description: Proximity Toolkit is a toolkit that simplifies the exploration of interaction techniques based on proximity and orientations of people, tools, and large digital surfaces. ViconFace is a fun demonstration application built atop of this toolkit. A cartoon face on a large display tracks a person moving around it, and visually and verbally responds to that person’s proximity, orientation and wand use. The accompanying video illustrates all this in action.
Two-component model in quantum statistical framework compared with multiplicity distributions in proton-proton collisions at energies up to $\sqrt {s}$ = 7 TeV
Creators: name: Ghosh, Premomoy
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Proton-proton collisions at new high energies ($\sqrt {s} =$ 2.36 and 7 TeV) at LHC resulted into greater mean multiplicities ($$) of charged particles in the mid-rapidity region than estimated ones by different models and event generators. Another significant observation in multiplicity data is the change in slope in the distribution of primary charged hadrons in symmetric pseudorapidity interval $|η|
description: 6 pages 7 figures. Published in Physics Letters B. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1107.1291
Dynamical models for the Ion Channel Switch (ICS) biosensor
Creators: name: Moradi Monfared, Sahar
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: This thesis derives dynamical models that explain the operation of a solid phase immunoassay biosensor, the Ion Channel Switch (ICS) biosensor. The ICS biosensor unlike similar biosensors admits multiple surface chemical reactions which make the mathematical models significantly more complex than models used to describe alike biosensors. A two dimensional partial differential equation describes the distribution of the analyte through out the ﬂow chamber. The interaction of analyte and the immobilized species at the biosensor electrode is modeled through the boundary condition at the bottom of the ﬂow chamber. This boundary condition couples the partial differential equation to a set of nonlinear ordinary differential equations which are used to describe the surface chemical reactions. This model produces accurate results particularly when the rate of transport of analyte to the biosensor surface is comparable to the rate of reactions occurring at the biosensor surface. However, when the rate of mass transport is much faster than the reaction rates, the dynamics of the ICS biosensor can be accurately described by a system of nonlinear ordinary differential equations in which analyte concentration is assumed constant. Accuracy of the derived mathematical models are veriﬁed by comparing the simulated biosensor response to that obtained from an experimental run of the ICS biosensor.
title: Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program : Priority Workshop Report for the Northeast Deep-sea Coral Initiative, 2023-2026
Creators: name: McDonald, Kathryn
Publisher: name: Deep-Sea Coral Research and Technology Program (U.S.)
Year: 2023

description: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program convened a two-day science priorities workshop on May 2-3, 2023 at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. Fifty-eight participants representing NOAA offices, other federal agencies, the state of Maine, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, non-governmental organizations, and academic institutions, met to build partnerships and set research priorities for the program’s four-year (2023-2026) Northeast Deep-Sea Coral Initiative. The workshop opened by introducing both the Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program and the Northeast Deep-Sea Coral Initiative. The purpose, structure, and goals of the initiative were summarized, then other stakeholders active in deep-sea research were invited to present an overview outlining their mission-specific goals and objectives, previous and ongoing deep-sea coral and sponge research efforts, and the tools and technologies available for potential collaborations.
Boletín Fármacos: Farmacovigilancia 2023; 26(3)
Creators: name: Salud y Fármacos
Publisher: name: Salud y Fármacos
Year: 2023
Subjects: Medicamentos
Farmacovigilancia
Alertas, seguridad y retiros del mercado
Interacciones fármaco-fármaco
Interacciones fármaco-medicina tradicional
Interacciones fármaco-alimento
Reacciones adversas
Covid-19
Solicitudes y retiros del mercado
Solicitudes y cambios al etiquetado/ficha técnica
Precauciones

description: Boletín Fármacos es un boletín electrónico de la organización Salud y Fármacos (https://www.saludyfarmacos.org/) que se publica cuatro veces al año: febrero, mayo, agosto y noviembre.

El Boletín Fármacos: Farmacovigilancia incluye artículos y notas informativas sobre la seguridad de los medicamentos. Abarca temas de investigación; alertas por la solicitud y/o retirada del mercado de medicamentos; los cambios a las etiquetas fichas técnicas de los medicamentos; información sobre posibles interacciones fármaco-fármaco, fármaco-medicina tradicional, fármaco-alimento, reacciones adversas; y algunos otros informes de farmacovigilancia. Está sección suele incluir traducciones de los reconocidos boletines: Worst Pills, Best Pills (Public Citizen), Therapeutics Initiative, y Prescrire.

Este documento corresponde al 2023, Vol. 26, N°3.
Secret Key Agreement over Two-Way Broadcast Channels
Creators: name: Ahmadi, Hadi
name: Safavi-Naini, Rei
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Theoretic security
subject: broadcast channels
subject: Information theoretic security, Key agreement, Secrecy capacity, Broadcast channels

description: Wyner, and later Csisz´ar-and-K¨orner, studied the problem of secure communication over noisy channels. They proved that positive rates for one-way secure communication are achievable provided that the eavesdropper’s channel is noisier than the main channel. This paper considers the problem of information-theoretically secure key agreement when Alice and Bob are connected by a two-way noisy broadcast channel: that is, each party has access to a noisy broadcast channel that they can use for sending messages. We define secrecy capacity (for key agreement) of twoway broadcast channels and obtain a lower bound by presenting three key agreement protocols. In the first two protocols the key is effectively determined by one of the parties and securely delivered over the noisy channels. The third protocol, however, uses a novel interactive channel coding technique that results in a shared key which is a noisy version of the initiator’s message. We apply our results to the case that the noisy channels are binary symmetric and derive expressions for the secrecy capacities of the three protocols. We show that by using interactive coding, in some cases, it is possible to establish a secure key even if the main channel is 10 times noisier than the eavesdropper’s channels. Our results have theoretical and practical significance. We discuss our results and future work.
title: Drought Assessment in a Changing Climate : Priority Actions and Research Needs
Creators: name: Parker, Britt A.
Publisher: name: United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Climate Program Office
Year: 2023

description: NOAA technical memorandum OAR CPO ; 002
description: This report was developed as part of a Drought Assessment in a Changing Climate Technical Working Meeting co-hosted by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Climate Hubs and held in Boulder, CO, on February 28–March 1, 2023. The technical workshop gathered scientists and practitioners from federal, tribal, state, and local agencies and academic institutions to consider research questions and priority actions that could advance drought assessment practices to account for a changing climate.
SSOS: A Moving Object Image Search Tool for Asteroid Precovery
Creators: name: Gwyn, Stephen. D. J.
name: Hill, Norman
name: Kavelaars, J. J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: It is very difficult to find archival images of solar system objects. While regular archive searches can find images at a fixed location, they cannot find images of moving targets. Archival images have become increasingly useful to galactic and stellar astronomers the last few years but, until now, solar system researchers have been at a disadvantage in this respect. The Solar System Object Search (SSOS) at the Canadian Astronomy Data Centre allows users to search for images of moving objects. SSOS accepts as input either a list of observations, an object designation, a set of orbital elements, or a user-generated ephemeris for an object. It then searches for images containing that object over a range of dates. The user is then presented with a list of images containing that object from a variety of archives. Initially created to search the CFHT MegaCam archive, SSOS has been extended to other telescope archives including Gemini, Subaru/SuprimeCam, HST, several ESO instruments and the SDSS for a total of 6.5 million images. The SSOS tool is located on the web at: http://www.cadc.hia.nrc.gc.ca/ssos
description: Accepted for publication in PASP. Service available at: http://www.cadc.hia.nrc.gc.ca/ssos
title: Sources of human-related injury and mortality for U.S. Pacific West Coast marine mammal stock assessments, 2017-2021
Creators: name: Carretta, James V.
Publisher: name: Southwest Fisheries Science Center (U.S.)
Year: 2023

description: NOAA technical memorandum NMFS-SWFSC ; 690
description: This report contains 1994 cases of human-caused SI and NSI of marine mammals occurring in U.S. West Coast waters during 2017-2021 (Table 1, Appendix 1), for species included in the Pacific Marine Mammal Stock Assessments (SARs) (Carretta et al. 2023). Subsistence and directed takes, such as gray whales taken by Russian natives, are not included in this report, but are reported in published SARs. All data in this report and previously-published reports (e.g. Carretta et al. 2022) are available for download at Github as CSV files (see ʻData Availabilityʻ section).
An Extended Review on Story Test Driven Development
Creators: name: Park, Shelly
name: Maurer, Frank
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Testing
subject: Agile software development
subject: Story Test Driven Development, Executable Acceptance Test Driven Development, Requirements, Systematic Review, Empirical software engineering

description: This paper presents a systematic review of studies on story-test driven development. Our findings suggest that there are many lessons learned papers that provide anecdotal evidence about the benefits and issues related to the story test driven development. We categorized these findings into seven themes: cost, time, people, code design, testing tools, what to test and test automation. We analyzed research papers to find out how many of these anecdotal findings were critically examined by researchers and analyzed the gaps in between. The analysis can be used by researchers as a ground for further empirical investigation.
title: Protected species interactions in Pacific Islands Region longline and purse seine fisheries inside Pacific Island Remote Area Exclusive Economic Zones
Creators: name: Crigler, Emily
Publisher: name: Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (U.S.)
Year: 2023

description: PIFSC data report ; DR-23-21
description: This data report contains an annual summary of Pacific Islands Region (PIR) longline and
purse seine fisheries effort and protected species interactions inside Pacific Remote Island
Area (PRIA) Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ)s.
Boletín Fármacos: Prescripción, Farmacia y Utilización 2023; 26(3)
Creators: name: Salud y Fármacos
Publisher: name: Salud y Fármacos
Year: 2023
Subjects: Prescripción
Farmacia
Utilización
Distribución
Uso adecuado de medicamentos
Novedades sobre la covid
Herramientas útiles
Innovación
Resistencia antimicrobiana
Cannabis medicinal
Farmacia y dispensación

description: Boletín Fármacos es un boletín electrónico de la organización Salud y Fármacos (https://www.saludyfarmacos.org/) que se publica cuatro veces al año: febrero, mayo, agosto y noviembre.

El Boletín Fármacos: Prescripción, Farmacia y Utilización informa sobre el rol que diferentes actores (prescriptor, distribuidor, farmacéutico y paciente) y actividades (prescripción, distribución, dispensación y utilización) tienen en el uso adecuado de medicamentos, e incluye recomendaciones para mejorar estos procesos. El volumen incluye las secciones de Prescripción, Farmacia y Distribución, y Utilización. En la sección de Utilización se incluye información sobre como la producción, el consumo o la mala disposición de los remanentes de medicamentos, tanto de consumo humano como en agropecuaria, contamina en el medio ambiente.

Este documento corresponde al 2023, Vol. 26, N°3.
Flächennutzung von PV-Freiflächenanlagen
Creators: name: Böhm, Jonas
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: DFNS 2023

description: Ich werde eine Auswertung des aktuellen Flächenbedarfs von PV-Freiflächenanlagen vorstellen und eine Abschätzung des zukünftigen Bedarfs von PV-Freiflächenanlagen geben. Zudem werde ich kurze Einblicke in den Vergleich der Flächenenergieerträge verschiedener erneuerbarer Energien auf landwirtschaftlichen Flächen geben.