cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Design communications and its interface with society
Creators: name: Georgiou, Nicholas Mario.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

description: This thesis was scanned from the print manuscript for digital preservation and is copyright the author.
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ALMA observations of the vibrationally-excited rotational CO transition $v=1, J=3-2$ towards five AGB stars
Creators: name: Khouri, T.
name: Vlemmings, W. H. T.
name: Ramstedt, S.
name: Lombaert, R.
name: Maercker, M.
name: De Beck, E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report the serendipitous detection with ALMA of the vibrationally-excited pure-rotational CO transition $v=1, J=3-2$ towards five asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars, $o$ Cet, R Aqr, R Scl, W Aql, and $π^1$ Gru. The observed lines are formed in the poorly-understood region located between the stellar surface and the region where the wind starts, the so-called warm molecular layer. We successfully reproduce the observed lines profiles using a simple model. We constrain the extents, densities, and kinematics of the region where the lines are produced. R Aqr and R Scl show inverse P-Cygni line profiles which indicate infall of material onto the stars. The line profiles of $o$ Cet and R Scl show variability. The serendipitous detection towards these five sources shows that vibrationally-excited rotational lines can be observed towards a large number of nearby AGB stars using ALMA. This opens a new possibility for the study of the innermost regions of AGB circumstellar envelopes.
description: 6 pages, 2 figures, 2 tables, 2016MNRAS.463L..74K
The Moderating Role of Classroom Relationships in the Association Between Peer Defending in School Bullying and Social-Emotional Adjustment.
Creators: name: Lubon, Anouck
name: Finet, Chloe
name: Demol, Karlien
name: Van Gils, Fleur
name: ten Bokkel, Isabel
name: Verschueren, Karine
name: Colpin, Hilde
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Peer Defending
subject: School Bullying
subject: Social-Emotional Adjustment

description: Study on the social-emotional adjustment of defending students, and the moderating role of classroom relationships in the association between defending behavior and later social-emotional adjustment. The enclosed PDF contains all of the necessary information.
The Outsource Employment Services Quality and Customer Satisfaction: The Case of Commercial Nominees
Creators: name: Haile, Solomon
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2018

description: The major objective of this study was to describe the outsource employment service quality and customer satisfaction in selected customers of Commercial Nominees in Addis Ababa using SERVPERF model. Cluster sampling technique used for grouping 24 institutional customers' branches/outlets in five regions. In addition, simple random sampling technique applied to select respondents' customers from the sample frame. The data collection instrument, used in this study, was questionnaire and structured interviews. Primary data collected from outsource employment customers of Commercial Nominees using self-administered questionnaire. The questionnaire contained SERVPERF model with 22 performance statements and the degree of the customers' agreement measured using five point Likert Scale methods. From total population of 2,041 CNs outsource employment institutional customers outlets the study used 773 target population in Addis Ababa, a sample size of 264 questionnaires were administered out of which 246 questionnaires were found to be convenient and used for a comprehensive empirical analysis. The research design used mixed approach and the interpretation of the data conducted by using descriptive and inferential statistics with the help of Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) instrument version 16. In addition, various statistical tools like, frequency, percentage, Cronbach's Alpha, correlation and regression analysis applied, and the following findings identified. The regression analysis shows that all the service quality dimensions have significant influence on customer satisfaction. The correlation analysis also revealed that all service quality dimensions have positive and significant relationship with overall customer satisfaction. The result of the study also showed that, 44.7% of the respondents are not satisfied with the service delivery of the Commercial Nominees. Thus, the company should give strong emphasis to all service quality dimensions for contentiously improving its customer satisfaction
Spectral-domain method of moments for the modal analysis of line waveguides
Creators: name: Lovat, Giampiero
name: Fuscaldo, Walter
name: Moccia, Massimo
name: Castaldi, Giuseppe
name: Galdi, Vincenzo
name: Burghignoli, Paolo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A rigorous full-wave modal analysis based on the method of moments in the spectral domain is presented for line waveguides constituted by two-part impedance planes with arbitrary anisotropic surface impedances. An integral equation is formulated by introducing an auxiliary current sheet on one of the two half planes and extending the impedance boundary condition of the complementary half plane to hold on the entire plane. The equation is then discretized with the method of moments in the spectral domain, by employing exponentially weighted Laguerre polynomials as entire-domain basis functions and performing a Galerkin testing. Numerical results for both bound and leaky line waves are presented and validated against independent results, obtained for isotropic surface impedances with the analytical Sommerfeld-Maliuzhinets method and for the general anisotropic case with a commercial electromagnetic simulator. The proposed approach is computationally efficient, can accommodate the presence of spatial dispersion, and offers physical insight into the modal propagation regimes.
description: 10 pages, 13 figures
A Second Home: Reimagining Chinatown
Creators: name: Tin-U, Sara
Publisher: name: The University of Texas at Austin
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Architecture
subject: FOS: Civil engineering
subject: Chinatown
subject: Asian-American Studies
subject: Environmental Psychology

description: Chinatowns have long held various meanings for the Chinese diaspora, from connecting with heritage to finding a safe space. Initially, Chinatowns formed in response to anti-Asian policies and discrimination that left many with little resources and support. With increasing anti-Asian sentiment attributed to SARS-COV-2 (Covid-19) and a fast growing Asian population, Austin’s lack of an enclave has become more apparent. Thus, a Second Home aims to investigate the meaning of Chinatowns for the Chinese diaspora as well as expand the typology and idea of a Chinatown by exploring the spectrum of Chinese architecture and hybridizing traditional and modern aspects in the context of Austin, Texas.
Sleep loss and the brain vulnerability to neurodegeneration: behavioral, biochemical and neurohistopathological observations in a rat model
Creators: name: Nasehi, Mohammad
name: Torabi-Nami, Mohammad
name: Zarrindast, Mohammad-Reza
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Dortmund
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: BDNF
subject: corticosterone
subject: dentate gyrus
subject: elevated plus-maze
subject: immunohistochemistry
subject: infliximab
subject: rat(s)
subject: sleep deprivation
subject: 610

description: Background: Experimentally-induced total sleep deprivation (TSD) and chronic partial sleep restriction (CPSR) leads to the emergence of cognitive impairments. This is hypothesized to result from a consequent neuroinflammation which may also hasten the neurodegenerative processes. Neuroinflammatory markers such as tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNFα) are thought to be potential culprits in SD-induced neurodegeneration. Methods: The effect of TSD and CPSR on memory and anxiety-related behaviors (using the Elevated Plus-Maze testretest protocol) and serum level of brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and corticosterone were assessed in male Wistar rats subjected to the modified disk-over-water (DOW)apparatus. In addition, an immunohistochemical (IHC) study was done to possibly detect the amyloid-beta (Aβ) and hyper-phosphorylated tau protein (HPτ) deposition in the dentate gyrus (DG) of the examined rats’ hippocampi. Histomorphology and neuronal numerical density assessments were done at the same level across control and experimental animals. We also studied the above parameters in rats after intraperitoneal injection of the TNFα neutralizing antibody, infliximab (IFX). Results: Rats subjected to TSD and CPSR which did not receive IFX, showed a more pronounced impairment of memory, elevated serum corticosterone and decreased BDNF levels. CPSR rats which underwent delayed brain excision following behavioral testing, showed deposition of the HPτ and revealed the least numerical density in the hippocampal DG neurons. Meanwhile, IHC study revealed no Aβ deposition in the hippocampal DG of all examined rats. Interestingly, treatment with IFX, abrogated sleep restriction-induced cognitive decline, biochemical changes and the immunohistopathology in the hippocampal DG. Conclusions: Taken together, our findings indicated that CPSR (the SD model mimicking shift work) induces not only cognitive and biochemical changes, but also pathology in the hippocampal DG. This is possibly via activation of the inflammatory mechanisms in part through TNFα-dependent pathways.
description: EXCLI Journal ; Vol. 12, 2013
The present state of symbolism in ceramic sculpture and some related arts
Creators: name: Caldow, Sandy.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

description: This thesis was scanned from the print manuscript for digital preservation and is copyright the author.
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Effect of cranberry dietary supplements with different brands on human CYP3A4 enzyme
Creators: name: Bernichi, Bouchra
name: Prachayasittikul, Supaluk
name: Prachayasittikul, Virapong
name: Wanwimolruk, Sompon
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Dortmund
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: cranberry
subject: CYP3A4
subject: dietary supplements
subject: drug interactions
subject: 610

description: The use of dietary supplements has increased dramatically, making drug interactions with those supplements a major concern. Because dietary supplements are not subject to the same regulations as prescription drugs, we hypothesize that the content of their active ingredients may vary among manufacturers, potentially causing a large variation in therapeutic outcome. The current study aimed to test this hypothesis on commonly used cranberry dietary supple-ments. Activity of human CYP3A4 enzyme was used as a parameter to determine the effect of cranberry supplement from nine manufacturers. The content of a cranberry product, equivalent to one capsule, was extracted with methanol. Aliquots of the extract were tested for their ability to inhibit the metabolism of the human CYP3A4 substrate quinine, using an in vitro liver microsomal technique. Human liver microsomes and quinine were incubated with or without (i.e. as control) cranberry extract. Formation of quinine’s metabolite 3-hydroxyquinine, generated by the CYP3A4-mediated reaction was measured by a HPLC method. Of nine cranberry products tested, eight products had little or no effect but only one brand (Nature’s Herbs 600 mg) caused very strong inhibition (67.2 %) of CYP3A4. The reason for this inhibition is unknown. The effect of cranberry was varied and ranged from 4.4 % activation by Ride Aid 800 mg to 67.2% inhibition by Nature’s Herbs 600 mg. Lack of effect on human CYP3A4 activity suggests that use of cranberry dietary supplement is unlikely to cause signif-icant interactions with drugs metabolized by CYP3A4.
description: EXCLI Journal ; Vol. 11, 2012
Quantum Information Processing in the Radical-Pair Mechanism: Haberkorn theory violates the Ozawa entropy bound
Creators: name: Mouloudakis, K.
name: Kominis, I. K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph)
subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Radical-ion-pair reactions, central for understanding the avian magnetic compass and spin transport in photosynthetic reaction centers, were recently shown to be a fruitful paradigm of the new synthesis of quantum information science with biological processes. We show here that the master equation so far constituting the theoretical foundation of spin chemistry violates fundamental bounds for the entropy of quantum systems, in particular the Ozawa bound. In contrast, a recently developed theory based on quantum measurements, quantum coherence measures, and quantum retrodiction, thus exemplifying the paradigm of quantum biology, satisfies the Ozawa bound as well as the Lanford-Robinson bound on information extraction. By considering Groenewold information, the quantum information extracted during the reaction, we reproduce the known and unravel other magnetic-field effects not conveyed by reaction yields.
description: 8 pages, 3 figures
Systematic narrative review on ghosting - Schokkenbroek et al.
Creators: name: Schokkenbroek, Janneke
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Communication
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Breadcrumbing
subject: Ghosting
subject: Online relationship dissolution
subject: Orbiting

description: Preregistration of study protocol for scoping review on ghosting
Blood pressure profile in contiuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis patients
Creators: name: Bain, Arba’iyah
name: Cader, Rizna Abdul
name: Gafor, Halim Abdul
name: Ibrahim, Suriani
name: Kong, Norella C.T.
name: Mohd, Rozita
name: Wan Haslina, W.H.
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Dortmund
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: ambulatory blood pressure monitoring
subject: cardiovascular mortality
subject: continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis
subject: diabetes mellitus
subject: dipping
subject: diurnal variation
subject: pulse pressure
subject: 610

description: Background: Cardiovascular mortality is the leading cause of death in end stage renal disease. Despite being on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD), blood pressure (BP) remains poorly controlled. A higher pulse pressure and non dipping are associated with increased cardiovascular mortality. We studied BP control and the prevalence of non dipping in CAPD patients. Methods: All patients undergoing CAPD at our institution who met the inclusion criteria were recruited. We compared BP control and dipping status in diabetic and non diabetic pa-tients on CAPD. We also determined whether BP and peritoneal membrane permeability were associated. Results: Forty six patients with a mean age 45 ± 13 years were enrolled. Diabetic patients were older (mean age 54 ± 13 vs. 40 ± 11 yrs, p <0.001), had a lower mean diastolic BP (80 ± 14 vs. 90 ± 14 mmHg, p = 0.025) and a higher mean pulse pressure (59 ± 17 vs. 49 ± 14 mmHg, p = 0.035). They were also non dippers (n = 15 vs. n = 1, p = 0.007). The low and low average transporters tended to have a higher systolic BP (p = 0.054) and a higher pulse pressure (p = 0.058). On multivariate analysis, age was the main predictor of pulse pressure. Conclusion: Despite being on chronic maintenance PD, BP was not well controlled. Diabetic patients had a higher pulse pressure and were non dippers thereby increasing their cardiovascular risk. We should therefore optimize BP control and aim to restore the nocturnal dip in these patients.
description: EXCLI Journal ; Vol. 11, 2012
The Effect of Relationship Marketing on Credit Customer Retention: the case of Selected Commercial Banks in Ethiopia
Creators: name: Kassa, Aboset
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2017

description: This research is conducted to investigate the effect of relationship marketing on customer retention. . It is casual research type. Data were collected through the five point's likert scales of questionnaires. The questionnaire was physically distributed to credit customers of Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE), Bank of Abyssinia (BoA) and Wugagen Bank (WB) who. Out of 358 customers 337 customers were completed and collected. Descriptive, correlation and regression analysis methods were used to analyze the collected data by using SPSS software version 20 and Questionnaires reliability was estimated by calculating Cronbach's Alpha. Descriptive analysis tools such as frequency, percentage, to present results statistical analysis tools such as correlation coefficient was worked out and used to explore the relationships between variables. Regression analysis was performed to study the effect of independent variables on customer retention. Research findings indicates that there is a significant relation between customer relationship marketing components including trust, Commitment, customer satisfaction, conflict handling and communication on customer retention and also to regression testing that all variables were examined simultaneously on customer retention; results showed that all components have a significant effect on customer retention in the following order, commitment, trust, conflict handling, communication and satisfaction. It is also concluded that there is significance difference between public and private banks in terms of their CRM and customer retention practice, were privet banks practice CRM in a better manner. The researcher has recommended that commercial banks in Ethiopia need to improve their practice of Relationship Marketing in order to retain their customers in all levels dimensions of RM ; trust, commitment, communication, conflict handling and satisfaction
Neural Posterior Estimation with guaranteed exact coverage: the ringdown of GW150914
Creators: name: Crisostomi, Marco
name: Dey, Kallol
name: Barausse, Enrico
name: Trotta, Roberto
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We analyze the ringdown phase of the first detected black-hole merger, GW150914, using a simulation-based inference pipeline based on masked autoregressive flows. We obtain approximate marginal posterior distributions for the ringdown parameters, namely the mass, spin, and the amplitude and phases of the dominant mode and its first overtone. Thanks to the locally amortized nature of our method, we are able to calibrate our posteriors with injected simulations, producing posterior regions with guaranteed (i.e. exact) frequentist coverage of the true values. For GW150914, our calibrated posteriors provide only mild evidence (~ 2 sigma) for the presence of an overtone, even if the ringdown is assumed to start at the peak of the amplitude.
description: 9 pages, 2 figures, clarifications and references added, published version
Neuroprotective effect of nitric oxide donor isosorbide-dinitrate against oxidative stress induced by ethidium bromide in rat brain
Creators: name: Abdel-Salam, Omar M.E.
name: Khadrawy, Yasser Ashry
name: Mohammed, Nadia A.
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Dortmund
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: ethidium bromide
subject: isosorbide dinitrate
subject: rat brain
subject: toxic demyelination
subject: 610

description: This study investigated the effect of systemic administration of isosorbide-dinitrate (ISDN) on oxidative stress and brain monoamines in a toxic model of brain demyelination evoked by intracerebral injection (i.c.i) of ethidium bromide (10 μl of 0.1 %). Rats received saline (control) or ISDN at 5 or 10 mg/kg for 10 days prior to injection of ethidium bromide. Rats were euthanized one day later, and then the levels of reduced glutathione (GSH), lipid peroxidation (malondialdehyde; MDA), nitric oxide (nitrite/nitrate), acetylcholinesterase (AChE) activity, paraoxonase activity as well as monoamine levels (serotonin, dopamine and noradrenaline) were assessed in the brain cortex in different treatment groups. The i.c.i of ethidium bromide resulted in increased oxidative stress in the cortex one day after its injection; (i) MDA increased by 36.9 %; (ii) GSH decreased by 20.8 %, while (iii) nitric oxide increased by 60.3 %; (iv) AChE and paraoxonase activities in cortex decreased by 35.9 % and 29.4 %, respectively; (v) serotonin was significantly increased. In ethidium bromide-treated rats, pretreatment with ISDN at 10 mg/kg decreased cortical MDA by 23.9 %. Reduced glutathione was increased by 25.1 % ISDN at 10 mg/kg, while nitric oxide showed a 32.8 and 41.7 % decrease after 5 and 10 mg/kg of ISDN, respectively. Acetylcholinesterase activity increased by 24.3 % by 10 mg/kg of ISDN. Paraoxonase activity showed further decrease by 72.2 and 83.8 % after treatment with 5 and 10 mg/kg of ISDN, respectively. The administration of ISDN decreased the level of serotonin and noradrenaline compared with the ethidium bromide only treated group. Overall, the present findings suggest neuroprotective effect of ISDN against oxidative stress in this model of chemical demyelination.
description: EXCLI Journal ; Vol. 11, 2012
Entanglement partners and monogamy in de Sitter universes
Creators: name: Nambu, Yasusada
name: Yamaguchi, Koji
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate entanglement of local spatial modes defined by a quantum field in a de Sitter universe. The introduced modes show dis-entanglement behavior when the separation between two regions where local modes are assigned becomes larger than the cosmological horizon. To understand the emergence of separability between these local modes, we apply the monogamy inequality proposed by S. Camalet. We embed the focusing bipartite mode defined by the quantum field in a pure four-mode Gaussian state, and identify its partner modes. Then applying a Gaussian version of the monogamy relation, we show that the external entanglement between the bipartite mode and its partner modes constrains the entanglement of the bipartite mode. Thus the emergence of separability of local modes in the de Sitter universe can be understood from the perspective of entanglement monogamy.
description: 22 pages, accepted version in Phys. Rev. D
On the real roots of $σ$-Polynomials
Creators: name: Brown, Jason
name: Erey, Aysel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: The $σ$-polynomial is given by $σ(G,x) = \sum_{i=χ(G)}^{n} a_{i}(G)\, x^{i}$, where $a_{i}(G)$ is the number of partitions of the vertices of $G$ into $i$ nonempty independent sets. These polynomials are closely related to chromatic polynomials, as the chromatic polynomial of $G$ is given by $\sum_{i=χ(G)}^{n} a_{i}(G)\, x(x-1) \cdots (x-(i-1))$. It is known that the closure of the real roots of chromatic polynomials is precisely $\{0,~1\} \bigcup [32/27,\infty)$, with $(-\infty,0)$, $(0,1)$ and $(1,32/27)$ being maximal zero-free intervals for roots of chromatic polynomials. We ask here whether such maximal zero-free intervals exist for $σ$-polynomials, and show that the only such interval is $[0,\infty)$ -- that is, the closure of the real roots of $σ$-polynomials is $(-\infty,0]$.
description: 9 pages, 6 figures
title: Beyond the joints in rheumatoid arthritis
title: effects of adalimumab on hematologic and lipid indices
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Hussein, H.
name: Mohd Shahrir, M.S.
name: Sakthiswary, R.
name: Shahril, N.S.
name: Syahrul Sazliyana, S.
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Dortmund
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: adalimumab
subject: anemia
subject: lipid profile
subject: rheumatoid arthritis
subject: 610

description: Introduction: Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFα) is a multifunctional cytokine which plays a pivotal role in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Apart from its well recognized pro-inflammatory properties, it is known to interfere with lipid metabolism and erythropoiesis. Materials and Methods: We evaluated the effects of adalimumab on hematologic, lipid and inflammatory parameters using data from patients on adalimumab 40 mg fortnightly from 2 centers in Malaysia. Mean changes in laboratory values from baseline to Weeks 4, 12 and 24 were compared using paired T test and Wilcoxon signed-rank test. Results: We studied 18 patients with RA who were on adalimumab 40 mg fortnightly. The inflammatory markers i.e. erythrocyte sedimentation rate and C reactive protein showed significant changes as early as at week 4 compared to baseline with p values of 0.003 and 0.005, respectively. From a baseline of high disease activity with a mean Disease Activity Score using 28 joint counts (DAS 28) of 5.3, there was a steady improvement in the disease activity and remission was achieved at week 24 with a DAS 28 of 2.4. The hemoglobin level improved at week 12 (p=0.013) and this was sustained till week 24. As opposed to previous studies, the LDL level significantly decreased at week 12 (p=0.015) and this change persisted till week 24 (p=0.001). The total cholesterol showed a similar pattern as the LDL. Conclusions: The pharmacodynamics of adalimumab therapy in rheumatoid arthritis extend beyond the joints with favorable effects on haemoglobin and lipid profile.
description: EXCLI Journal ; Vol. 11, 2012
New Etymologies for PIE *hewis (bird), *howis (sheep), *howyom (egg), *hews (dawn), et al.
Creators: name: Gheorghiu, Alexandru
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Proto-Indo-European reconstruction, Proto-Indo-European language, Historical linguistics, Latin, Ancient Greek, Germanic, Celtic, Indo-Iranian
PIE bird, PIE sheep, PIE dawn, PIE egg, avis, aetos, eagle
History of Europe, Neolithic Europe, Basque, Indo-European etymology, Eurasian linguistics
Pre-Proto-Indo-European, Eteo-Indo-European

description: A new work investigating many PIE roots in a whole new way. As well as the case of Indo-Iranian *mrgas="wild animal, bird" and Germano-Celtic *markos="horse". And more.
The Assessment Of Marketing Mix Elements In Promoting Customer Satisfaction: A Case Study On Habesha Brewery Share Company
Creators: name: G/Senbet, Yohanne
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2019

description: The marketing mix is the means by which marketing objectives of the organization will be achieved and comprises of product, price, promotion and place of the marketing activities. Companies can win the competition by doing a better job in order to satisfy the customers' needs and wants, and customer-centered companies are adopt at building customers not just building a product. This study focuses on the assessments of marketing mix elements in prompting customer satisfaction of the Habesha Brewery Share Company. The main objective of the study was that to find out whether customers are satisfied with regard to the four controllable variable marketing mix factors (product, price promotion and place/distribution). Such study helps the factory to be aware of its customer's satisfaction level that will move in parallel with the changing customers need and want. The necessary data have been collected using primary sources of data collection (Questionnaires) from a total of 384 respondents. The data were processed, analyzed and interpreted usingDescriptive statistics (mean and St. Deviation). This study concludes that customers are satisfied with the promotion and place attributes more than price and product attributes. From the finding we can noted that Habesha beer customers are highly satisfied with its promotion attributes and least satisfied with its product attributes. soI recommended that the factory mustassure the quality of its products and other product related attributes (like packaging & labeling) in order to win customers' satisfaction and consequentlyachieve a competitive advantage and long run survival.
Studies on antioxidant activity, volatile compound and fatty acid composition of different parts of Glycyrrhiza echinata L.
Creators: name: Aktumsek, Abdurrahman
name: Çakmak, Yavuz Selim
name: Duran, Ahmet
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Dortmund
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: antioxidant activity
subject: essential oil
subject: fatty acid
subject: Glycyrrhiza echinata
subject: 610

description: The essential oil compound, fatty acid composition and the in vitro antioxidant activity of the root and aerial of Glycyrrhiza echinata L., a medicinal plant growing in Turkey, have been studied. The antioxidant capacity tests were designed to evaluate the antioxidant activities of methanol extracts. Total phenolic and flavonoid concentrations of each extract were also determined by using both Folin-Ciocalteu reagent and aluminum chloride. The aerial part was found to possess the highest total phenolic content (146.30 ± 4.58 mg GAE/g) and total antioxidant capacity (175.33 ± 3.98 mg AE/g). The essential oil from root and aerial parts was analyzed by gas chromatography mass spectroscopy (GC-MS) systems. The major components identified were n-hexadecanoic acid, hexahydro farnesyl acetone, α-caryophyllen, hexanal and phytol. In fatty acid profiles of plant, palmitic, stearic, oleic and linoleic acid were detected as the main components. The results of this study have shown that the extracts G. echinata are suitable as a natural antioxidant and food supplement source for pharmacological and food industries due to their beneficial chemical composition and antioxidant capacity.
description: EXCLI Journal ; Vol. 11, 2012
New Etymologies for PIE *hewis (bird), *howis (sheep), *howyom (egg), *hews (dawn), et al.
Creators: name: Gheorghiu, Alexandru
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Proto-Indo-European reconstruction, Proto-Indo-European language, Historical linguistics, Latin, Ancient Greek, Germanic, Celtic, Indo-Iranian
PIE bird, PIE sheep, PIE dawn, PIE egg, avis, aetos, eagle
History of Europe, Neolithic Europe, Basque, Indo-European etymology, Eurasian linguistics
Pre-Proto-Indo-European, Eteo-Indo-European, Poseidon, Demeter, Damater, Getae

description: A new work investigating many PIE roots in a whole new way. As well as the case of Indo-Iranian *mrgas="wild animal, bird" and Germano-Celtic *markos="horse". And more.
description: Very well updated 2nd version. Explaining PIE *dher="to hold; hold firm", PIE *dherg="firm, strong, supporting", PIE *dhers="brave, bold". New etymology for Ge/Gaia and for Getae, and Gethuon/Geteion/Keteion. Citing Poseidon and horses as more evidence for my etymology of *markos="wild horse/horse" from "to flow; water; to run; to fly" and more. If "ge-pattalos" meant "earth-penis" rather than "root-penis"…but if "ge" meant "root", then that links up with gethuon/geteion="a kind of onion", and offers a very likely etymology for Ge/Gaia, as explained in this work.
Ecological art : holistic approaches to the new
Creators: name: Higgins, David.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

description: This thesis was scanned from the print manuscript for digital preservation and is copyright the author.
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Initial energy density of $\sqrt{s}=$ 7 and 8 TeV p+p collisions at the LHC
Creators: name: Csanad, Mate
name: Csorgo, Tamas
name: Jiang, Ze-Fang
name: Yan, Chun-Bin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Results from the RHIC and LHC experiments show, that in relativistic heavy ion collisions, a new state of matter, a strongly interacting perfect fluid is created. Accelerating, exact and explicit solutions of relativistic hydrodynamics allow for a simple and natural description of this medium. A finite rapidity distribution arises from these solutions, leading to an advanced estimate of the initial energy density of high energy collisions. These solutions can be utilized to describe various aspects of proton-proton collisions, as originally suggested by Landau. We show that an advanced estimate based on hydrodynamics yields an initial energy density in $\sqrt{s}=7$ and 8 TeV p+p collisions at LHC on the same order as the critical energy density from lattice QCD, and a corresponding initial temperature around the critical temperature from QCD and the Hagedorn temperature. The multiplicity dependence of the estimated initial energy density suggests that in high multiplicity pp collisions at the LHC, there is large enough initial energy density to create a non-hadronic perfect fluid.
description: 18 pages, 4 figures. Accepted for publication in the Special Issue "Quark-Gluon Plasma in the Early Universe and in Ultra-Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collisions" of Universe (ISSN 2218-1997)
Reconstructing dynamics of complex systems from noisy time series with hidden variables
Creators: name: Yan, Zishuo
name: Gui, Lili
name: Xu, Kun
name: Lan, Yueheng
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems (nlin.AO)
subject: Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability (physics.data-an)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Reconstructing the equation of motion and thus the network topology of a system from time series is a very important problem. Although many powerful methods have been developed, it remains a great challenge to deal with systems in high dimensions with partial knowledge of the states. In this paper, we propose a new framework based on a well-designed cost functional, the minimization of which transforms the determination of both the unknown parameters and the unknown state evolution into parameter learning. This method can be conveniently used to reconstruct structures and dynamics of complex networks, even in the presence of noisy disturbances or for intricate parameter dependence. As a demonstration, we successfully apply it to the reconstruction of different dynamics on complex networks such as coupled Lorenz oscillators, neuronal networks, phase oscillators and gene regulation, from only a partial measurement of the node behavior. The simplicity and efficiency of the new framework makes it a powerful alternative to recover system dynamics even in high dimensions, which expects diverse applications in real-world reconstruction.
description: 23 pages,23 figures
The ESO UVES/FEROS Large Programs of TESS OB pulsators. I. Global stellar parameters from high-resolution spectroscopy
Creators: name: Serebriakova, Nadya
name: Tkachenko, Andrew
name: Gebruers, Sarah
name: Bowman, Dominic M.
name: Van Reeth, Timothy
name: Mahy, Laurent
name: Burssens, Siemen
name: IJspeert, Luc
name: Sana, Hugues
name: Aerts, Conny
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Modern stellar structure and evolution theory experiences a lack of observational calibrations for the interior physics of intermediate- and high-mass stars. This leads to discrepancies between theoretical predictions and observed phenomena mostly related to angular momentum and element transport. Analyses of large samples of massive stars connecting state-of-the-art spectroscopy to asteroseismology may provide clues on how to improve our understanding of their interior structure. We aim to deliver a sample of O- and B-type stars at metallicity regimes of the Milky Way and the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) galaxies with accurate atmospheric parameters from high-resolution spectroscopy, along with a detailed investigation of line-profile broadening, for future asteroseismic studies. After describing the general aims of our two Large Programs, we develop dedicated methodology to fit spectral lines and deduce accurate global stellar parameters from high-resolution multi-epoch UVES and FEROS spectroscopy. We use the best available atmosphere models for three regimes covered by our global sample, given its breadth in terms of mass, effective temperature, and evolutionary stage. Aside from accurate atmospheric parameters and locations in the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, we deliver detailed analyses of macroturbulent line broadening, including estimation of the radial and tangential components. We find that these two components are difficult to disentangle from spectra with signal-to-noise ratios below 250. Future asteroseismic modelling of the deep interior physics of the most promising stars in our sample will improve the existing dearth of such knowledge for large samples of OB stars, including those of low metallicity in the LMC.
description: Accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Density Functional Theory Calculation
Creators: name: Smith, Janet
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: Density functional theory (DFT) is a computational quantum mechanical modeling used in physics, chemistry, and materials science to evaluate the electronic structure (or nuclear structure, principally the ground state) of many-body systems, in particular atoms, molecules, and the condensed phases. A many-electron system's properties can be determined using functionals, i.e., functions of another function. In the case of DFT, these are functionals of the spatially dependent electron density. DFT is among the most popular and versatile methods available in condensed-matter physics, computational physics, and computational chemistry.
New Etymologies for PIE *hewis (bird), *howis (sheep), *howyom (egg), *hews (dawn), et al.
Creators: name: Gheorghiu, Alexandru
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Proto-Indo-European reconstruction, Proto-Indo-European language, Historical linguistics, Latin, Ancient Greek, Germanic, Celtic, Indo-Iranian
PIE bird, PIE sheep, PIE dawn, PIE egg, avis, aetos, eagle
History of Europe, Neolithic Europe, Basque, Indo-European etymology, Eurasian linguistics
Pre-Proto-Indo-European, Eteo-Indo-European, Poseidon, Demeter, Damater, Getae
Ge, Gaia, Ga, Gaius

description: A new work investigating many PIE roots in a whole new way. As well as the case of Indo-Iranian *mrgas="wild animal, bird" and Germano-Celtic *markos="horse". And more.
description: This 3rd version has an updated 4th section. The rest of the work was not added to. But the 2nd version has updates throughout the work, and those updates are included in this 3rd version. Explaining PIE *dher="to hold; hold firm", PIE *dherg="firm, strong, supporting", PIE *dhers="brave, bold". New etymology for Ge/Gaia and for Getae, and Gethuon/Geteion/Ketion. Citing Poseidon and horses as more evidence for my etymology of *markos="wild horse/horse" from "to flow; water; to run; to fly" and more. In this 3rd version, I detail my earlier previously unpublished and much more likely etymology of Ge/Gaia/Ga, and Gethuon/Geteion/Ketion, an etymology that includes Ketus ("whale"), and revises the etymology of Getae as well: note that this is also the original etymology of Getae from my notebook, which I had altered in the 2nd version, but today (Nov 24th) I realized again that that earlier one from my notebook is better.
New Etymologies for PIE *hewis (bird), *howis (sheep), *howyom (egg), *hews (dawn), et al.
Creators: name: Gheorghiu, Alexandru
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Proto-Indo-European reconstruction, Proto-Indo-European language, Historical linguistics, Latin, Ancient Greek, Germanic, Celtic, Indo-Iranian
PIE bird, PIE sheep, PIE dawn, PIE egg, avis, aetos, eagle
History of Europe, Neolithic Europe, Basque, Indo-European etymology, Eurasian linguistics
Pre-Proto-Indo-European, Eteo-Indo-European, Poseidon, Demeter, Damater, Getae
Ge, Gaia, Ga, Gaius, PIE *Hekwos, PIE horse

description: A new work investigating many PIE roots in a whole new way. As well as the case of Indo-Iranian *mrgas="wild animal, bird" and Germano-Celtic *markos="horse". And more.
description: 4th with more added. The 4th and 3rd version have a 4th section. Explaining PIE *dher="to hold; hold firm", PIE *dherg="firm, strong, supporting", PIE *dhers="brave, bold". New etymology for Ge/Gaia and for Getae, and Gethuon/Geteion/Ketion. Citing Poseidon and horses as more evidence for my etymology of *markos="wild horse/horse" from "to flow; water; to run; to fly" and more. In this 3rd version, I detail my earlier previously unpublished and much more likely etymology of Ge/Gaia/Ga, and Gethuon/Geteion/Ketion, an etymology that includes Ketus ("whale"), and revises the etymology of Getae as well: note that this is also the original etymology of Getae from my notebook, which I had altered in the 2nd version, but on Nov 24th I realized again that that earlier one from my notebook is better.
Syncretic images : an exploration of the synergies between art, science and computer aided modelling
Creators: name: Rashleigh, Mark.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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New Etymologies for PIE *hewis (bird), *howis (sheep), *howyom (egg), *hews (dawn), et al.
Creators: name: Gheorghiu, Alexandru
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Proto-Indo-European reconstruction, Proto-Indo-European language, Historical linguistics, Latin, Ancient Greek, Germanic, Celtic, Indo-Iranian
PIE bird, PIE sheep, PIE dawn, PIE egg, avis, aetos, eagle
History of Europe, Neolithic Europe, Basque, Indo-European etymology, Eurasian linguistics
Pre-Proto-Indo-European, Eteo-Indo-European, Poseidon, Demeter, Damater, Getae
Ge, Gaia, Ga, Gaius, PIE *Hekwos, PIE horse

description: A new work investigating many PIE roots in a whole new way. As well as the case of Indo-Iranian *mrgas="wild animal, bird" and Germano-Celtic *markos="horse". And more.
description: 5th version: This is a rushed update which I will soon expand upon. in the 3rd section of this 5th version I added several important new etymologies which I will detail much more in the next update.
Broadband VLA Spectral Line Survey of a Sample of Ionized Jet Candidates
Creators: name: Sanchez-Tovar, E.
name: Araya, E. D.
name: Rosero, V.
name: Hofner, P.
name: Kurtz, S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The study of the interaction between ionized jets, molecular outflows and their environments is critical to understanding high-mass star formation, especially because jets and outflows are thought to be key in the transfer of angular momentum outwards from accretion disks. We report a low-spectral resolution VLA survey for hydrogen radio recombination lines, OH, NH$_3$, and CH$_3$OH lines toward a sample of 58 high-mass star forming regions that contain numerous ionized jet candidates. The observations are from a survey designed to detect radio continuum; the novel aspect of this work is to search for spectral lines in broadband VLA data (we provide the script developed in this work to facilitate exploration of other datasets). We report detection of 25$\,$GHz CH$_3$OH transitions toward ten sources; five of them also show NH$_3$ emission. We found that most of the sources detected in CH$_3$OH and NH$_3$ have been classified as ionized jets or jet candidates and that the emission lines are coincident with, or very near ($\lesssim 0.1$ pc) these sources, hence, these molecular lines could be used as probes of the environment near the launching site of jets/outflows. No radio recombination lines were detected, but we found that the RMS noise of stacked spectra decreases following the radiometer equation. Therefore, detecting radio recombination lines in a sample of brighter free-free continuum sources should be possible. This work demonstrates the potential of broadband VLA continuum observations as low-resolution spectral line scans.
description: 38 pages, 19 figures. Accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
A Comparative Analysis of Recent Financial Crashes and Contagions
Creators: name: Srinivasan, Rohit
Publisher: name: The University of Texas at Austin
Year: 2023
Subjects: Finance
Crypto
Contagion

description: This thesis examines the 2022 Crypto Crash in the context of financial contagions and asset crashes, aiming to understand the presence or absence of contagion and identify the factors that differentiate the crypto crash from other financial crashes. We address the research question: Was there a financial contagion present in the 2022 Crypto Crash, and if not, what factors prevented a contagion from occurring?
Topological depletions and sub-leading scalings across topological phase transitions
Creators: name: Sun, Fadi
name: Ye, Jinwu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: It remains an open problem if there are universal scaling functions across a topological quantum phase transition (TPT) without an order parameter, but with extended Fermi surfaces (FS ). Here, we study a simple system of fermions hopping in a cubic lattice subject to a Weyl type spin-orbit coupling (SOC). As one tunes the SOC parameter at the half filling, the system displays Weyl fermions and also various TPT due to the collision of particle-particle or hole-hole Weyl Fermi Surface (WFS). At the zero temperature, the TPT is found to be a third order one whose critical exponent is determined. We derive the scaling functions of the specific heat, compressibility and magnetic susceptibilities. In contrast to all the previous cases in quantum or topological transitions, although the leading terms are non-universal and cutoff dependent, the sub-leading terms satisfy universal scaling relations. The sub-leading scaling leads to the topological depletions (TD) which show non-analytic and non-Fermi liquid corrections in the quantum critical regime, can be easily distinguished from the analytic leading terms and detected experimentally. One can also form a topological Wilson ratio from the TD of two conserved quantities such as the specific heat and the compressibility. As a byproduct, we also find Type II Weyl fermions appearing as the TPT due to the collision of the extended particle-hole WFS. Experimental realizations and detections in cold atom systems and materials with SOC are discussed.
description: 5 pages + 3 pages SM, 5 + 3 figures, REVTEX4-1