cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Graduate Recital
Creators: name: Starks, Earl Lynn
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1973

description: The primary objective of this report is to gain an increased knowledge of the various musical styles and practices of the periods which this recital report covers. Further it seems reasonable to expect that the student will develop a greater understanding of and appreciation for the composers and compositions contained herein.
Secondary objectives include the effective implementation of the tools of music research and the logical, coherent presentation of information in a formal paper.
It is with these objectives in mind that the writer undertakes the preparation of this report.
State-to-State Differential and Relative Integral Cross Sections for Rotationally Inelastic Scattering of H2O by Hydrogen
Creators: name: Yang, C-H.
name: Sarma, G.
name: Parker, D. H.
name: ter Meulen, J. J
name: Wiesenfeld, L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: State-to-state differential cross sections (DCSs) for rotationally inelastic scattering of H2O by H2 have been measured at 71.2 meV (574 cm-1) and 44.8 meV (361 cm-1) collision energy using crossed molecular beams combined with velocity map imaging. A molecular beam containing variable compositions of the (J = 0, 1, 2) rotational states of hydrogen collides with a molecular beam of argon seeded with water vapor that is cooled by supersonic expansion to its lowest para or ortho rotational levels (JKaKc= 000 and 101, respectively). Angular speed distributions of fully specified rotationally excited final states are obtained using velocity map imaging. Relative integral cross sections are obtained by integrating the DCSs taken with the same experimental conditions. Experimental state-specific DCSs are compared with predictions from fully quantum scattering calculations on the most complete H2O-H2 potential energy surface. Comparison of relative total cross sections and state-specific DCSs show excellent agreement with theory in almost all details
description: 46 pages
title: Η τέταρτη βιομηχανική επανάσταση και η ενσωμάτωση προηγμένων τεχνολογιών στη λειτουργία της εφοδιαστικής αλυσίδας
title: Industry 4.0 and the integration of advanced technologies in supply chain management
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Τσακπίνης, Απόστολος
Publisher: name: Πανεπιστήμιο Πειραιώς
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Διαχείριση αλυσίδας εφοδιασμού
subject: Βιομηχανία 4.0
subject: Τεχνολογία Blockchain
subject: Μεγάλα δεδομένα
subject: Αλγόριθμοι
subject: Μηχανική μάθηση
subject: Διαδίκτυο των Πραγμάτων
subject: Ψηφιακή δίδυμη τεχνολογία

description: Αυτή η συστηματική βιβλιογραφική ανασκόπηση εξετάζει την τρέχουσα κατάσταση της έρευνας σχετικά με την εφαρμογή των τεχνολογιών Industry 4.0 στη διαχείριση της αλυσίδας εφοδιασμού, συμπεριλαμβανομένων των αναλυτικών δεδομένων μεγάλων δεδομένων, της τεχνολογίας blockchain, των αλγορίθμων και της μηχανικής μάθησης. Η ανασκόπηση στοχεύει να εντοπίσει τα ερευνητικά κενά και να προτείνει μελλοντικές ερευνητικές κατευθύνσεις σε αυτόν τον τομέα. Η ανασκόπηση υπογραμμίζει τη σημασία αυτών των τεχνολογιών για την αντιμετώπιση των τρεχουσών προκλήσεων της εφοδιαστικής αλυσίδας, όπως η αύξηση της αποτελεσματικότητας, η μείωση του κόστους, η βελτίωση της διαφάνειας και η ενίσχυση της βιωσιμότητας. Η μελέτη εντοπίζει επίσης περιορισμούς και κενά στην τρέχουσα έρευνα, συμπεριλαμβανομένης της έλλειψης εμπειρικών μελετών, της περιορισμένης εστίασης στις μικρές και μεσαίες επιχειρήσεις και της περιορισμένης εξέτασης των ηθικών και κοινωνικών επιπτώσεων. Με βάση τα εντοπισμένα ερευνητικά κενά, η μελέτη προτείνει μελλοντικές κατευθύνσεις έρευνας, όπως η ανάπτυξη μοντέλων λήψης αποφάσεων που ενσωματώνουν τεχνολογίες Industry 4.0, η εξερεύνηση των δυνατοτήτων της τεχνολογίας blockchain για τη βελτίωση της ιχνηλασιμότητας της αλυσίδας εφοδιασμού και η διερεύνηση ηθικών και κοινωνικών επιπτώσεις αυτών των τεχνολογιών. Συνολικά, αυτή η συστηματική βιβλιογραφική ανασκόπηση συμβάλλει στην καλύτερη κατανόηση του ρόλου των τεχνολογιών Industry 4.0 στη διαχείριση της εφοδιαστικής αλυσίδας και παρέχει έναν οδικό χάρτη για μελλοντική έρευνα σε αυτόν τον τομέα.
title: A Comparison of Selected Characteristics of Two-Year Office Administration and Four-Year Business Education Students at Utah State University
Creators: name: Stocker, Moneice S. G.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1973

description: Much has been researched and written about school curriculum. A number of recent articles have focused attention on the student as an individual learner (Edmund, 1970) and away from "content" emphasis temporarily spurred by the advent of the Russian Sputnik (Cremin, 1961). Virtually every subject in the curriculum has been considered. The overall concern has been the improvement of student learning (Woolf, 1972). Efforts have also been made to increase the relevancy of learning.
Casimir effect in the nonequilibrium steady-state of a quantum spin chain
Creators: name: Cabrera, Diego Luis Gonzalez
name: Racz, Zoltan
name: van Wijland, Frederic
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a fully microscopics-based calculation of the Casimir effect in a nonequilibrium system, namely an energy flux driven quantum XX chain. The force between the walls (transverse-field impurities) is calculated in a nonequilibrium steady state which is prepared by letting the system evolve from an initial state with the two halves of the chain prepared at equilibrium at different temperatures. The steady state emerging in the large-time limit is homogeneous but carries an energy flux. The Casimir force in this nonequilibrium state is calculated analytically in the limit when the transverse fields are small. We find that the the Casimir force range is reduced compared to the equilibrium case, and suggest that the reason for this is the reduction of fluctuations in the flux carrying steady state.
description: 11 pages
title: Recital Report
Creators: name: Stowell, Dan I.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1973

description: While preparing the master's recital the writer had three major objectives: a desire to perform music from the most important periods of clarinet literature; to demonstrate characteristics interpretations of music of each period including styles of phrasing and various types of articulation; to demonstrate the ability to control various technical, dynamic, and tone production problems on the clarinet.
The objectives of this paper are to trace briefly the historical development of the clarinet; to give a short history of each composer whose works were involved in the recital; to give an analytical review of each movement, including form and major themes; and to present some of the technical and interpretive problems of each movement, and solutions to them.
Additional file 3 of Z-ligustilide preferentially caused mitochondrial dysfunction in AML HL-60 cells by activating nuclear receptors NUR77 and NOR1
Creators: name: Liu, Gen
name: Chen, Zhi-gang
name: Yang, Li-rong
name: Rong, Yu-xia
name: Wang, Qin
name: Li, Li
name: Lu, Qian-wei
name: Jiang, Ming-dong
name: Qi, Hong-yi
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 3: Table S3. PCR primer sequence list.
title: Graduate Recital
Creators: name: Ward, Joseph Golden
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1973

description: The performer's presentation of the recital was concerned with finding the most logical order in which to play the instruments, demonstrating technique on the trombone, and improving playing technique on the french horn, baritone and tuba in an attempt to improve the performer's quality of teaching. The performer sincerely believes that any effort put forth to improve the technique on more than a major instrument will improve teaching procedures on all instruments. It is the performer's intention through this report to describe (1) the problems he encountered with improving his technique on the french horn, baritone and tuba; (2) how these problems were overcome for the recital performance; and (3) how this information is related to the improved teaching of these instruments.
title: Killer Fandoms Crime-Tripping & Identity in the True Crime Community
Creators: name: Barnes, Naomie
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2015

description: During Ted Bundy’s 1979 murder trial in Miami, Florida, a “steady and unusual string of spectators” filled the courtroom and lined up outside (“Ted Bundy Groupies” 1979). News reels from the trial show that these spectators were young women around same age as the two sorority sisters Bundy was accused of murdering the year before. Though some of the women admitted to being afraid or unnerved by Bundy, they also admitted that they were fascinated by him, even if they were unsure as to why. Similar cases of attraction to the spectacle surrounding serial and mass murderers shroud killers such as Jeffrey Dahmer, Charles Manson, Richard Ramirez, Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris, Dennis Rader, Ed Gein, John Wayne Gacy, H. H. Holmes and many others throughout the centuries (Schmid 2005; Levin and Fox 1985; P. Jenkins 1994).
This same pattern of fascination—from both male and female spectators— continues in more recent trials for mass killers such as TJ Lane, Dylann Roof, James E. Holmes, and others.2 As unlikely as it may seem, “crime is no longer a bar to celebrity; indeed, it is as close to a guarantee of celebrity as on can find” (Schmid 2005, 10). Their infamous killings are followed by groups of people fascinated with these criminals, victims, and court cases—many times long after the criminal has been imprisoned or is deceased. Those who choose to follow the cases surrounding these murders are often labeled as serial killer or mass murder “fans.”
title: Green logistics για μια βιώσιμη εφοδιαστική αλυσίδα
title: Green logistics for a sustainable supply chain
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Μάντης, Δημήτριος
Publisher: name: Πανεπιστήμιο Πειραιώς
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Sustainability
subject: Green logistics
subject: Supply chain sustainability
subject: Industry 4.0

description: Ένας από τους σημαντικότερους κλάδους της εφοδιαστικής αλυσίδας είναι η διοίκηση logistics ο οποίος οργανώνει, εφαρμόζει και ελέγχει την αποτελεσματική ροή των αγαθών από τον προμηθευτή έως και τον τελικό καταναλωτή. Στη σημερινή εποχή έχει αποκτήσει ιδιαίτερο ενδιαφέρον η εφαρμογή οικολογικών δραστηριοτήτων logistics καθώς τα περιβαλλοντικά ζητήματα βρίσκονται σε έξαρση και χρήζουν άμεσης αντιμετώπισης από όλους τους φορείς της εφοδιαστικής αλυσίδας. Όταν αναφερόμαστε στον όρο βιωσιμότητα η πλειοψηφία των ανθρώπων εστιάζει κυρίως στο περιβαλλοντικό τομέα. Ωστόσο, η βιωσιμότητα αφορά και την κοινωνία αλλά και την οικονομία. Για την εφαρμογή φιλικών προς το περιβάλλον διαδικασιών καθοριστικό ρόλο έχει και το κράτος το οποίο μπορεί να επηρεάσει τον τρόπο διεργασίας των επιχειρήσεων. Επίσης, το κράτος μπορεί να έχει υποστηρικτικό, καταναγκαστικό και διαχειριστικό ρόλο. Από την άλλη πλευρά, οι επιχειρήσεις καλούνται να αναδιοργανώσουν τις στρατηγικές τους και να υιοθετήσουν νέες πρακτικές που ταυτόχρονα θα τις κάνουν πιο οικολογικές αλλά και μακροπρόθεσμα κερδοφόρες διατηρώντας πάντα μια καλή φήμη. Τέλος, σύμμαχος στην προσπάθεια αυτή είναι και οι νέες τεχνολογίες της τέταρτης βιομηχανικής επανάστασης (Internet of Things, Blockchain, Big data, AI κ.ά.) που μπορούν να προσφέρουν νέες δυνατότητες παρακολούθησης και βελτιστοποίησης των διαδικασιών μέσα νέα ψηφιακά συστήματα.
Manipulating unpaired Majorana fermions in a quantum spin chain
Creators: name: Saket, Abhinav
name: Hassan, S. R.
name: Shankar, R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We analyse an exactly solvable spin-$1/2$ chain which is a generalised version of Kitaev's honeycomb model. We show that every state of the system has a $2^{N/4}$ fold degeneracy, where $N$ is the number of sites. We present analytic solutions for the zero energy modes of the Majorana fermions. Localised, unpaired Majorana modes occur even in the bulk of the chain and they are bound to kink (anti-kink) $Z_2$ flux configurations. The unpaired Majorana modes can therefore be created and manipiulated if the $Z_2$ flux configurations can be controlled. We delineate the regions in parameter space for homogenous chains where the zero modes occur. We further show that there is a large parameter space for inhomogenous chains where the unpaired modes occur and that their wavefunctions can be tuned if the couplings of the model can be tuned.
description: 8 pages, 5 figures
Capacity of 1-to-K Broadcast Packet Erasure Channels with Channel Output Feedback
Creators: name: Wang, Chih-Chun
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: This paper focuses on the 1-to-K broadcast packet erasure channel (PEC), which is a generalization of the broadcast binary erasure channel from the binary symbol to that of arbitrary finite fields GF(q) with sufficiently large q. We consider the setting in which the source node has instant feedback of the channel outputs of the K receivers after each transmission. Such a setting directly models network coded packet transmission in the downlink direction with integrated feedback mechanisms (such as Automatic Repeat reQuest (ARQ)). The main results of this paper are: (i) The capacity region for general 1-to-3 broadcast PECs, and (ii) The capacity region for two classes of 1-to-K broadcast PECs: the symmetric PECs, and the spatially independent PECs with one-sided fairness constraints. This paper also develops (iii) A pair of outer and inner bounds of the capacity region for arbitrary 1-to-K broadcast PECs, which can be evaluated by any linear programming solver. For most practical scenarios, the outer and inner bounds meet and thus jointly characterize the capacity.
description: 8 pages, 2 figures. Published in Allerton 2010. The journal version of this work was submitted to IEEE Trans IT in May, 2010
Cosmological structure formation with clustering quintessence
Creators: name: Sefusatti, Emiliano
name: Vernizzi, Filippo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study large-scale structure formation in the presence of a quintessence component with zero speed of sound in the framework of Eulerian Perturbation Theory. Due to the absence of pressure gradients, quintessence and dark matter are comoving and can be studied as a unique fluid in terms of the total energy density contrast and the common velocity. In this description the clustering of quintessence enhances the linear term proportional to the velocity divergence in the continuity equation by a factor (1+w) Omega_Q / Omega_m. This is responsible for a rapid evolution of the growth rate at low redshifts, and modifies the standard relation between the velocity divergence and the growth factor. For the total fluid, the solutions for the linear growth function and growth rate can be written in integral forms and admit simple fitting formulae, as in the LambdaCDM case. At second order in perturbation theory, we derive an explicit expression for the kernels F_2 and G_2. They receive modifications of the order of the ratio between quintessence and total energy density perturbations, which affect the corresponding tree-level bispectra. We finally compute the cumulative signal-to-noise in the power spectrum, bispectrum and reduced bispectrum, expected for departures from a LambdaCDM cosmology both in the clustering and smooth quintessence scenarios. The reduced bispectrum, in particular, receives sensible modifications only in the clustering case and can potentially be used to detect or rule out the model.
description: 36 pages, 11 figures. Replaced to match published version. Two figures added and minor revisions
title: Use of Direct Metal Laser Sintering for Tooling in High Volume Production
Creators: name: Hendrickson, Joel W.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2015

description: Metal 3D printing has caught the attention of many large industries. There have been stories of great success using metal 3D printing. Some of the largest industries to successfully use metal 3D printing are aerospace and medical. These industries have succeeded with metal 3D printing because of their need for light and complex parts. These success stories lead other industries to investigate how metal 3D printing or Direct Metal Laser Sintering (DMLS) can help them. Industries that are involved in high volume production ask how they can take advantage of the complexity and customization that is available with 3D printing. This report explores the feasibility of using metal 3D printing in high volume production applications.
There are many differences in 3D printed metal parts and parts made from traditional methods. The material properties of three DMLS materials are tested and compared to published values and wrought material in this report. Some of the material properties that are tested are: tensile strength, yield strength, Young’s modulus, elongation-at-break, toughness, hermeticity, and hardness. Hydroburst of thin walled vessel and microstructure are also examined.
The comparison of these properties shows that the tensile strength, yield strength, Young’s modulus, hardness and elongation-at-break for these three materials are the some order magnitude as wrought material and published values. They do vary from expected results in some cases but they have relatively tight groupings.
In most cases the toughness of DMLS parts is 1/3 that of the wrought material, except for in the case of the maraging steel, the toughness of the DMLS part is three times higher than the wrought material.
The hermeticity and hydroburst results for the DMLS parts are as would be expected from the wrought material.
This report explains the specific design techniques that should be followed to get advantage in 3D printed parts. These techniques include understanding build orientation to reduce support structure, reduce build time and to maximize the parts per build. The geometry of the part can be modified to change how the part deforms while it is being built. A minimum wall thickness of .5 mm is recommended because of this.
There is an advantage in using DMLS for complex tooling in high volume production. With DMLS the complexity of the part is free, so it is often advantageous to create complexity by combining parts, making custom parts or making the part smaller or lighter weight. As people start-using DMLS for tooling in high volume production, these advantages will become clearer. This leads to a new way of thinking. Designers will have freedom to design parts that have never been possible before.
title: Designing a Clarifier to Recover Wastewater Algae Biomass for Production of Biofuels
Creators: name: Martinez, Elizabeth
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2015

description: The Logan Lagoons, Logan City’s Wastewater Treatment Facility ensures 15 million gallons of wastewater are cleaned and filtered each day. With the implementation of new and stricter wastewater effluent standards, the city of Logan now has to guarantee the phosphorous concentration in the effluent is also reduced. Algal biomass produced and harvested from the lagoons has been proven to affect the way nitrogen and phosphorous are removed, while having the potential to be converted to biofuels. Therefore, implementing a secondary type clarifier in the Logan Lagoons would produce treated water with a reduced phosphorous concentration, and algae feedstock for biofuel production.
While several factors influence clarifier design, the settling characteristics of flocculent algae in wastewater were the main focus of this project. Sedimentation columns were used to calculate surface overflow rate, detention time and algae percent settling. The addition of chemicals and variation of zeta potential, to promote flocculation and higher algae percent settling, were also studied.
Preliminary results revealed a large fraction of the algae can be settled by means of sedimentation prior to chemical dosing. A suspended settling efficiency of 40%-60% with a detention time of 2-2.8 hours was attained and a surface overflow rate between 51-69 ft/day was calculated. Furthermore, a pH of 8-11 influenced a neutral zeta potential, increasing algae percent settling and phosphorous removal even further. A brief discussion about other factors that affect algae percent settling and future tests for a complete scale-up procedure are also included in this report.
title: Design, Requirements, and Challenges of a Human-Robot Imitation System
Creators: name: Stoeva, Darja
name: Gelautz, Margrit
Publisher: name: TU Wien
Year: 2022
Subjects: human-robot interaction
body motion
imitation

description: Body motion is an important aspect in human-robot interactions. Giving robots the ability to imitate human motion can be beneficial for research on robot motion in a variety of applications. Furthermore, such a human-robot imitation system has the potential to provide a platform to investigate the facilitation of different types of trust in human-robot interactions. The goal of this paper is to describe the framework of a human-robot imitation system and investigate the system requirements imposed by different interaction settings. Several applications of imitation systems are discussed, along with their important characteristics and required features. Furthermore, open challenges for designing and developing human-robot imitation systems are discussed.
Comparison of Random Waypoint & Random Walk Mobility Model under DSR, AODV & DSDV MANET Routing Protocols
Creators: name: Aslam, Muhammad Zaheer
name: Rashid, Abdur
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Networking and Internet Architecture (cs.NI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: C.2.1

description: Mobile Adhoc Network is a kind of wireless ad hoc network where nodes are connected wirelessly and the network is self configuring. MANET may work in a standalone manner or may be a part of another network. In this paper we have compared Random Walk Mobility Model and Random Waypoint Mobility Model over two reactive routing protocols Dynamic Source Routing (DSR) and Adhoc On-Demand Distance Vector Routing (AODV) protocol and one Proactive routing protocol Distance Sequenced Distance Vector Routing (DSDV) Our analysis showed that DSR, AODV & DSDV under Random Walk and Random Way Point Mobility models have similar results for similar inputs however as the pause time increases so does the difference in performance rises. They show that their motion, direction, angle of direction, speed is same under both mobility models. We have made their analysis on packet delivery ratio, throughput and routing overhead. We have tested them with different criteria like different number of nodes, speed and different maximum number of connections.
description: 10 pages 14 figures
MOESM7 of Xiao-ai-ping injection adjunct with platinum-based chemotherapy for advanced non-small-cell lung cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Creators: name: Feng, Fanchao
name: Huang, Jingyi
name: Wang, Zhichao
name: Zhang, Jiarui
name: Han, Di
name: Wu, Qi
name: He, Hailang
name: Zhou, Xianmei
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Ecology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer

description: Additional file 7: Table S1 Criteria used to assess methodological score.
One-step green synthesis of water-soluble fluorescent carbon dots and its application in the detection of Cu2+
Creators: name: Sanni, Saheed
name: Moundzounga, Theo
name: Oseghe, Elemena
name: Haneklaus, Nils
name: Viljoen, Elvera
name: Brink, Hendrik
Publisher: name: University of Pretoria
Year: 2022
Subjects: Environmental engineering not elsewhere classified
Environmentally sustainable engineering

description: Dataset for a journal article titled 'One-Step Green Synthesis of Water-Soluble Fluorescent Carbon Dots and Its application in the detection of Cu2+' published on Nanomaterials Journal.
Renewable biowaste-derived carbon dots have garnered immense interest owing to their exceptional optical, fluorescence, chemical, and environmentally friendly attributes, which have been exploited for the detection of metals, non-metals, and organics in the environment. In the present study, water-soluble fluorescent carbon dots (CDs) were synthesized via facile green microwave pyrolysis of pine-cone biomass as precursors, without any chemical additives. The synthesized fluorescent pine-cone carbon dots (PC-CDs) were spherical in shape with a bimodal particle-size distribution (average diameters of 15.2 nm and 42.1 nm) and a broad absorption band of between 280 and 350 nm, attributed to a π-π* and n-π* transition. The synthesized PC-CDs exhibited the highest fluorescent (FL) intensity at an excitation wavelength of 360 nm, withmaximum emission of 430 nm. The synthesized PC-CDs were an excellent fluorescent probe for the selective detection of Cu 2+ in aqueous solution, amidst the presence of other metal ions. The FL intensity of PC-CDs was exceptionally quenched in the presence of Cu 2+ ions, with a low detection limit of 0.005 μg/mL; this was largely ascribed to Cu 2+ ion binding interactions with the enriched surface functional groups on the PC-CDs. As-synthesized PC-CDs are an excellent, cost effective, and sensitive probe for detecting and monitoring Cu 2+ metal ions in wastewater.
The Spitzer Survey of Stellar Structure in Galaxies (S^4G)
Creators: name: Sheth, Kartik
name: Regan, Michael
name: Hinz, Joannah L.
name: de Paz, Armando Gil
name: Menéndez-Delmestre, Karín
name: Muñoz-Mateos, Juan-Carlos
name: Seibert, Mark
name: Kim, Taehyun
name: Laurikainen, Eija
name: Salo, Heikki
name: Gadotti, Dimitri A.
name: Laine, Jarkko
name: Mizusawa, Trisha
name: Armus, Lee
name: Athanassoula, E.
name: Bosma, Albert
name: Buta, Ronald J.
name: Capak, Peter
name: Jarrett, Thomas H.
name: Elmegreen, Debra M.
name: Elmegreen, Bruce G.
name: Knapen, Johan H.
name: Koda, Jin
name: Helou, George
name: Ho, Luis C.
name: Madore, Barry F.
name: Masters, Karen L.
name: Mobasher, Bahram
name: Ogle, Patrick
name: Peng, Chien Y.
name: Schinnerer, Eva
name: Surace, Jason A.
name: Zaritsky, Dennis
name: Comerón, Sébastien
name: de Swardt, Bonita
name: Meidt, Sharon E.
name: Kasliwal, Mansi
name: Aravena, Manuel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Spitzer Survey of Stellar Structure in Galaxies S^4G is an Exploration Science Legacy Program approved for the Spitzer post-cryogenic mission. It is a volume-, magnitude-, and size-limited (d < 40 Mpc, |b| > 30 degrees, m_(Bcorr) < 15.5, D25>1') survey of 2,331 galaxies using IRAC at 3.6 and 4.5 microns. Each galaxy is observed for 240 s and mapped to > 1.5 x D25. The final mosaicked images have a typical 1 sigma rms noise level of 0.0072 and 0.0093 MJy / sr at 3.6 and 4.5 microns, respectively. Our azimuthally-averaged surface brightness profile typically traces isophotes at mu_3.6 (AB) (1 sigma) ~ 27 mag arcsec^-2, equivalent to a stellar mass surface density of ~ 1 Msun pc^-2. S^4G thus provides an unprecedented data set for the study of the distribution of mass and stellar structures in the local Universe. This paper introduces the survey, the data analysis pipeline and measurements for a first set of galaxies, observed in both the cryogenic and warm mission phase of Spitzer. For every galaxy we tabulate the galaxy diameter, position angle, axial ratio, inclination at mu_3.6 (AB) = 25.5 and 26.5 mag arcsec^-2 (equivalent to ~ mu_B (AB) =27.2 and 28.2 mag arcsec^-2, respectively). These measurements will form the initial S^4G catalog of galaxy properties. We also measure the total magnitude and the azimuthally-averaged radial profiles of ellipticity, position angle, surface brightness and color. Finally, we deconstruct each galaxy using GALFIT into its main constituent stellar components: the bulge/spheroid, disk, bar, and nuclear point source, where necessary. Together these data products will provide a comprehensive and definitive catalog of stellar structures, mass and properties of galaxies in the nearby Universe.
description: Accepted for Publication in PASP, 14 pages, 13 figures
title: Exploring the Situated Vulnerabilities of Robots for Interpersonal Trust in Human-Robot Interaction
Creators: name: Hannibal, Glenda
name: Weiss, Astrid
Publisher: name: TU Wien
Year: 2022
Subjects: human-robot interaction
interpersonal trust
event approach
vulnerability
expert interviews
ethics
engagement

description: The practical value of studying trust in human-robot interaction (HRI) rests on the assumption that people will, in the long-term, accept, interact, and collaborate more with robots that they trust or consider trustworthy. We propose in this book chapter to take our event approach to interpersonal trust in HRI and we argue why focusing on robot vulnerabilities will benefit current discussions on trust in robots and their perceived trustworthiness. On a theoretical level, we first argue that it is important to challenge the often negative view of the conceptual relationship between interpersonal trust and vulnerability in HRI as it has mainly comes to represent overexposure. Moreover, identifying robot-specific vulnerabilities is essential when exploring interpersonal trust in interactions between humans and robots (or HRI) because it overlaps but is not identical to those important to a human-centered perspective. To empirically explore robot vulnerabilities, we present the results of eight semi-structured expert interviews with experienced leaders in robotics. Based on these interviews, we identify the various robot vulnerabilities mentioned by the experts to present a systematic overview. Furthermore, we discuss how the experts interpreted the notion of vulnerability in relation to robots specifically and dive more into how malicious human behavior can be problematic when aiming to ensure mutual interpersonal trust in HRI. Moreover, we aim in this book chapter to lay down our motivation and arguments for why taking into account robot vulnerabilities provide a crucial and broader perspective on mutual trust in HRI, which is fundamental to strengthening interaction, collaboration and engagement between humans and robots.
title: Discussing Economic Factors' Effects on Personal Saving Rate
Creators: name: Wang, Zhong
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2015

description: Business capital and investment are increasingly moving abroad as globalization occurs, and worldwide economic integration is accordingly strengthened. The extremely low personal saving rate in the United States and the extremely high personal saving rate in China are always a concern for economists. This project uses data from the United States and economic and econometric methodologies to analyze and discuss several economic factors that affect the U.S. personal saving rate. The result shows that the housing and stock market booms, an increasing interest rate, and a decrease in the ratio of workers to retirees cause the decrease in personal saving rate, and there is strong evidence that an increased social security tax also leads to a decrease in personal saving rate.
title: Adaptive Task Sharing between Humans and Collaborative Robots in a Manufacturing Environment
Creators: name: Schmidbauer, Christina
name: Schlund, Sebastian
Publisher: name: TU Wien
Year: 2022
Subjects: Collaborative Robots
flexible production systems
manufacturing
task allocation
task sharing

description: Collaborative robots (referred to as cobots) can have a significant potential impact on manufacturing processes by enabling new task allocation possibilities, resulting in improved economic efficiency and human factors/ergonomics. In this chapter, a method for sharing tasks adaptively between humans and cobots is designed, developed, demonstrated, and evaluated. State-of-the-art task allocation approaches and their shortcomings regarding flexibility and human factors/ergonomics are presented. The three parts of the proposed adaptive task sharing method, i.e., task analysis, assignment, and visualization, are specifically described. Also, case studies are demonstrated, and the obtained results are evaluated. A discussion, conclusion, and the research outlook on human–robot interaction in future manufacturing processes conclude this chapter.
Application Of Hmm-Viterbi Model For Identification Of Epitopic Signature Within Screened Protein-Antigens Of Hepatitis C Virus Amit Joshi1, Nillohit Mitra Ray2, Rahul Badhwar3, Tapobrata Lahiri4 Vikas Kaushik5
Creators: name: Joshi, Amit
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 60102 Bioinformatics
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Antigenic drift in epitopic part of a virus, especially for Hepatitis C Virus is a well-known fact. However, this problem can be overcome due to the fact that the epitopes are dispersed amongst a few proteins that are already filtered out by researchers. Minor changes or variation in the sequential structure of this protein group results in amendment of their epitope structures which ultimately renders any vaccine or drug ineffective against the target organism. Therefore the problem is reduced to first revisiting the identification steps of altered sequences of these 10 proteins which is quite achievable experimentally and secondly identification of epitopic part out of these altered peptide sequences. Hidden Markov models (HMMs) have been comprehensively deployed in analysis of bio-molecular sequences. The work presented in this paper deals with the recognition step of epitopes through probabilistic machine learning model Viterbi of HMM and achieved significantly high efficiency towards this direction. As a consequence, a considerably high precision was obtained for T-cell based linear epitope recognition.
Unconventional precipitation and martensitic transformation behaviour of Ni-rich NiTi alloy fabricated via laser-directed energy deposition
Creators: name: Kang, Jingtao
name: Li, Ruidi
name: Zheng, Dan
name: Wu, Huiting
name: Wang, Minbo
name: Niu, Pengda
name: Li, Jian
name: Liu, Xinyan
name: Lai, Duan
name: Yuan, Tiechui
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Neuroscience
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Science Policy

description: In this study, we report an unconventional precipitation and martensitic transformation behaviour of directly aged Ni-rich NiTi alloys fabricated via laser-directed energy deposition (LDED). Ni4Ti3 particles precipitate uniformly under all ageing conditions and no traditional multiple-step martensitic transformations are observed. We conclude this unique behaviour to the intrinsic characteristics of the LDED technique, which are metastable microstructures and high residual stresses. On the one hand, these features make grain boundaries no longer a fevered location for precipitation and, on the other hand, significantly suppress the martensitic transformation when ageing at low temperatures (300°C/400°C). As the aging temperature increase (500°C), residual stresses release significantly, accompanied by the growth of Ni4Ti3 precipitates from several nanometres to 452 ± 181 nm with increased interparticle spacing. At the same time, reverse martensitic transformations change from two-step (B19′ → R → B2) to single-step (B19′ → B2).
title: Influence of a Soil Microfloral Crust on Hydrologic and Chemical Properties of Soils in Southeastern Utah
Creators: name: Loope, Walter L.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1972

description: Cryptogamic soil crusts within the Colorado Plateau were studied to determine their effect on infiltration rates, potential sediment production, permeability, and several chemical properties of the soil. Six different crust stages were identified. Undisturbed soil cores were used to determine intrinsic permeability under three treatments and disturbed soil samples were analyzed for pH, percent organic matter, soil texture, Ca+Mg content and total conductivity.
It was found that the cryptogamic crust had little effect on soil chemical properties. Analysis of undisturbed soil core data indicates that high cryptogamic cover tends to decrease intrinsic permeability; this effect was reinforced when cores were irrigated. Data obtained with the Rocky Mountain infiltrometer indicated that sites with any degree of cryptogamic cover had significantly higher infiltration rates than chained areas (no lichen cover). Patterns of sediment production indicate a potential for increased sediment once the crust has been disturbed.
title: Educational Opportunities for Pregnant Students in Selected Utah Schools
Creators: name: Bergeson, Pearl
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1974

description: Education of women has been neglected in many ways throughout history. In recent decades educational opportunities for women have been greatly expanded. Women have become leaders in education and compose the majority of public school teachers. In spite of these strides in women's education, and growing educational provisions for both men and women, some special groups remain neglected.
This investigator is particularly concerned with one special group: School-age girls who are pregnant. Special educational needs of most school-age pregnant girls are not being met. These young women often face insurmountable difficulties in the schools.
Negative-sequence current control of hybrid cascaded three-level and multilevel power converter for high voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission
Creators: name: Yoo, Paul
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2023

description: High voltage direct current transmission (HVDC) is used for massive transmission of electricity over long distances in the form of direct current (DC). HVDC power systems enable utilities to transfer bulk power, to efficiently integrate clean renewable energies, to interconnect grids, and to improve overall network performance with low losses. The latest generation of HVDC systems make use of modular multilevel converter (MMC) topologies to convert high voltage efficiently. Hybrid converter topologies combine the basic two- or three-level converter topologies with MMC topologies to reduce the number of semiconductor switches in the current-conducting path, consequently reducing semiconductor losses. The hybrid converter investigated in this thesis is a hybrid 3-level converter (H3LC) which has been shown to have DC-fault blocking capabilities and remains compact while having less semiconductor losses than the conventional hybrid 2-level converter. The aim of this thesis is to provide a method that will optimize the H3LC operation during the event of a grid voltage imbalance. The research challenge undertaken is to integrate a sequence analyzer and controller technology that was proven to have worked for other converter topologies with an emerging hybrid multilevel converter, i.e., H3LC. This thesis presents an unbalanced PCC current regulation control method with positive and negative-sequence component analyzers and an auxiliary controller for the H3LC. A sequence component analyzer is first used to separate the signals measured from the grid at the PCC into its positive and negative sequence components. With the extracted sequence components, the negative sequence current can be found and controlled. The main controller is used to regulate the positive-sequence current at the PCC with respect to the reference current while the proposed auxiliary controller is used to suppress any negative-sequence currents at the PCC. The integration of the developed technology and the H3LC is implemented and, a simulation imitating an unbalanced grid voltage case is performed for proof of concept. This thesis explores the unbalanced current regulation scheme by outlining the underlying principles and simulating case studies for operations under different modes with a detailed equivalent model of the H3LC in a MATLAB® Simulink environment.
title: The Development of an Advisers' Handbook for FBLA and PBL Chapters in Utah
Creators: name: Linn, Diane K.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1975

description: The Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) and Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) organizations serve the business youth of today--the business leaders of tomorrow. These organizations, founded by Hamden L. forkner, have been in existence since 1942. The first FBLA chapter was chartered at Johnson City, Tennessee; and the first PBL chapter was charted at Iowa State Teachers College, Cedar Falls, (now the University of Northern Iowa).1
Chapter growth has been rapid with the latest figures showing 4,587 FBLA chapters and 461 PBL chapters now in existence in 44 states and 3 territories.2
The Utah state chapter of FBLA and PBL was chartered in 1971; there are now 34 FBLA and 8 PBL local chapters in Utah.3 Because of the rapid growth in Utah, as well as in other states, the need exists for an organized set of guidelines by which local chapters can function and toward which advisers may refer for advice and suggestions for chapter operations. It is this need with which the following study will deal. As a result of this study, a handbook will be developed that will be unique for Utah and FBLA and PBL chapters.
title: Agency in Sociotechnical Systems: How to Enact Human–Robot Collaboration
Creators: name: Zafari, Setareh
name: Köszegi, Sabine Theresia
Publisher: name: TU Wien
Year: 2022
Subjects: artificial agents
responsibility attribution
human–robot interaction
new ways of working

description: As artificial agents are introduced into diverse workplaces, basic configurations underlying the organization of work undergo a fundamental change. This implies that the work we do is subject to alteration along with who does the work that opens new social challenges. Questions regarding the extent of acceptance of these agents in work settings as well as the consequences of collaborating with artificial agents on human agents indicate the need to better understand the mechanisms that underpin a collaborative sociotechnical system. This book chapter discusses how the interplay between humans and artificial agents enables human–robot collaboration as a new way of working. Thus, we first focused on the agents and their interactive processes in the system to analyze how agency is ascribed to nonhuman entities. Thereafter, the results of two experiments are presented to reflect on the impact of attributing agency to an artificial agent on humans. This study provides recommendations for the design of artificial agents and organizational strategies in terms of which social practices and changes in the working context are required to provide possibilities for successful collaborations.
title: A Follow-Up Study of Students Completing 1 Year or less in the Weber State college Secretarial Science certificate of Proficiency Program
Creators: name: Roberts, Donna M.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1975

description: Along with other curricular changes in the postsecondary schools of today has come an added emphasis upon business and business subjects. Elaborating on this specific statement concerning business subjects, Veon notes that it is the responsibility of the school and of the instructors to provide the student with the high quality vocational education that will enable that student to have a successful life by securing a good initial job and adapting himself to that vocation.1
Accordingly, in the past few years Weber State College has developed one-year and two-year programs in Secretarial Science designed to meet the specific vocational needs of students seeking employment in secretarial work. These programs circumvent the normal general education courses typically required for degree programs and lead instead to one-year Certificates of Proficiency or a two-year Certificate of Completion. Specific requirements for completion of these programs are outlined in Appendix A. Although these programs have been carefully designed to meet the minimum vocational requirements for successful secretaries very few students completed these programs.
π0-h± Jet Correlations in d+Au Collisions at √sNN = 200 GeV
Creators: name: Xia, Bing
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: jet
π0
correlations
cronin effect
modification
centrality
azimuthal

description: In this study,π0-h± azimuthal correlations and the per trigger yields in d+Au collisions at √sNN = 200 GeV are measured and compared with p+p collisions at the same energy. We report the measured jet properties, such as the jet yields, width and observed some clear suppression and delicate enhancement in jet modifications in central d+Au collisions.
title: Visual and Physical Plausibility of Object Poses for Robotic Scene Understanding
Creators: name: Bauer, Dominik
name: Patten, Timothy Michael
name: Vincze, Markus
Publisher: name: TU Wien
Year: 2022
Subjects: robot vision
object pose estimation
object pose refinement
hypothesis verification
explainability

description: Humans use the relations between objects in a scene to determine how they may interact with, grasp and manipulate them. For robots, such an object-based scene understanding not only allows interaction with objects but also allows humans to interpret the robot’s perception and actions. To gain a higher-level understanding of an observed scene, knowledge of the objects’ poses is crucial. The poses, when combined with 3D models of the objects, allow for easy derivation of the interactions between objects, enabling reasoning about occlusion, collisions, support and, finally, manipulation by the robot. However, most related work does not consider scene-level object interactions but rather focuses on finding the pose of a single object in a given frame. Object interactions are considered only to augment training data or in post hoc verification steps. In contrast, we show that such scene-level information should be exploited during the estimation of the object poses themselves. Our main assumption is that all object hypotheses need to be plausible in terms of their visual observation and the physical scene in which they exist. In this chapter, we present our work on investigating the exploitation of this visual and physical plausibility for robust, accurate estimation and understandable explanation of object poses.
title: An Administrative Plan for Extension Library Service in Utah
Creators: name: Samples, Dana Andrew
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1975

description: A free society that is information oriented and technologically complex requires a well informed, highly educate citizenry. The constant growth of knowledge further means that this educative process be a continuous, life-long endeavor. No longer can education be thought of as an entry point; instead, it must represent a constant evolutionary process throughout life.
A few universities long ago recognized the off campus extension of higher education as a legitimate public service responsibility. New York in 1891 and Wisconsin in 1906 made provision for extending the scope of the university to embrace a full range of adult educational needs and interests. other states and universities acquiesced, expecially in the educational boom years after 1945.