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DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.2274694
title: The influence of lattice termination on the edge states of the quantum spin Hall insulator monolayer 1T'-WTe_2

description: We study the influence of sample termination on the electronic properties of the novel quantum spin Hall insulator monolayer 1T'-WTe<sub>2</sub>. For this purpose, we construct an accurate, minimal 4-orbital tight-binding model with spin-orbit coupling by employing a combination of density-functional theory calculations, symmetry considerations, and fitting to experimental data. Based on this model, we compute energy bands and 2-terminal conductance spectra for various ribbon geometries with different terminations, with and without magnetic field.

The provided repository contains all code and data to reproduce the results of this study.
DOI: 10.25549/usctheses-c3-176813
title: Page 31
DOI: 10.25911/5c133ea4b3737
title: Mallee Plot Network: Soil Moisture (Probe and Location) Data, Western New South Wales and South Australia, Australia, 2011–2012
title: Mallee Plot Network: Soil Moisture (Probe And Location), 2011–2012

description: The Mallee Plot Network Soil Moisture (Probe and Location) Data Package contains soil moisture data obtained from monitoring tubes for soil moisture probes which were installed at intervals along two transects extending across the catenary sequence from swale to swale across a dune crest in May 2011. <br><br>The Mallee Plot Network research plots commenced in 1996 and were revisited annually for 3 years and then on a decadal basis. A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Mallee Plot Network’s full program is provided at http://dx.doi.org/10.25911/5c133088bc5b9
description: Abstract: The Mallee Plot Network Soil Moisture (Probe and Location) Data Package contains soil moisture data obtained from monitoring tubes for soil moisture probes which were installed at intervals along two transects extending across the catenary sequence from swale to swale across a dune crest in May 2011. <br><br>The Mallee Plot Network research plots commenced in 1996 and were revisited annually for 3 years and then on a decadal basis. A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Mallee Plot Network’s full program is provided at http://dx.doi.org/10.25911/5c133088bc5b9

Sampling method: The study is located in the red aeolian sand dunefield landscape of the Scotia district within Tarawi Nature Reserve (33.44ºS 141.16ºE), Scotia Wildlife Sanctuary (33°17′S 141°05'E) and Danggali Nature Reserve (33° 22' S 140° 45' E) in south-western New South Wales and adjacent area of South Australia (Figure 7.4.1). The study area sits on the south-eastern edge of the Australian arid zone. This location is close to the arid limits of distribution of the mallee woodland biome, which stretches across the temperate semi-arid belt of southern Australia (Noble 1984). Mallee woodlands typically occur within regions receiving 200-500 mm rainfall per year. During 1940-2010, mean annual rainfall at Tarawi Homestead was approximately 240 mm (data summary courtesy of John Warren, Tarawi NR).

Study extent: The Mallee Plot Network research plots commenced in 1996 and were revisited annually for 3 years and then on a decadal basis.

Project funding: Between 2012 and 2018 this project was part of the Long Term Ecological Research Network (LTERN). This work was supported by the Australian Government’s Terrestrial Ecosystems Research Network (www.tern.org.au) – an Australian research infrastructure facility established under the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy and Education Infrastructure Fund–Super Science Initiative through the Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education.
DOI: 10.25549/usctheses-c3-177111
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DOI: 10.25549/usctheses-c3-204014
title: A frequency-based mathematical model of binocular complex cell responses

description: We introduce a new biologically-inspired method for determining binocular disparity from stereo imagery by measuring Disparity Phase Interference (DPI), a sinusoidal pattern created in the Fourier domain when corresponding regions from the left and right images are summed together. We show that the frequency of the DPI sinusoid is proportional to the disparity of the stereo match, and describe our implementation used to recover disparity through the measurement of this frequency. Our technique is shown to improve stereo results around object edges (depth discontinuities), which often cause errors for other stereo-matching algorithms, making sharp depth edges smeared. We accomplish this using a bank of complex Gabor wavelets whose inherent directionality in the Fourier domain allow them to separate DPI frequency by orientation. ❧ We have based this wavelet processing layer upon published neuroscience models of complex-cell processing in the primary visual cortex. Binocular complex cells have been shown to demonstrate binocular sensitivity without actually solving the stereo-correspondence problem. We show that the binocular complex-cell energy model can be represented by a wavelet energy model, a mathematical description that allows us to more precisely characterize the properties and function of these cells. Our wavelet-based description extend the theory behind complex-cell processing, showing that it is possible to create more complicated stereo-vision behaviors such as Border Ownership (BOWN) by using these neuronal models in a DPI-analysis framework.
DOI: 10.25549/usctheses-c3-207627
title: DNA methylation of NOS genes and carotid intima-media thickness in children

description: Carotid intima-media thickness, a biomarker for atherosclerosis, is associated with cardiovascular disease risk in adults.  Atherosclerosis is a lifelong process that begins in childhood.  Nitric Oxide (NO) plays an important role in cardiovascular health by maintaining and regulating vascular tone and blood flow.  It remains unclear as to how the epigenetic regulation of nitric oxide synthase, the gene responsible for nitric oxide production, affects carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) in children.  Data from a subset of 377 participants from the Children’s Health Study on whom buccal cell DNA and CIMT measurements were collected were analyzed to determine whether DNA methylation in NOS genes was associated with CIMT.  Results showed that an increase in DNA methylation of NOS1 was significantly associated with an increase in CIMT measurements in children.  Our study suggests that DNA methylation of NOS genes is associated with CIMT in children, which may help to advance the understanding of biological processes contributing to atherosclerosis even at an early age.
DOI: 10.7910/dvn/qol1uk/etgara
title: lucas-miranda-script-tf-ad-ufpe-2018.r

description: :unav
DOI: 10.25549/usctheses-c3-158828
title: Dispositions: properties of powers

description: There is an intuitive distinction between dispositional properties—which involve powers to act in certain ways, and non-dispositional ones—which comprise strictly categorical qualities. However, this distinction is resistant to analysis, particularly on the side of dispositions, in ways that to many suggest all dispositions should be explained away in terms of categorical properties. I argue that dispositions cannot be entirely accounted for in this manner. Instead, dispositions are among the most fundamental properties of the world. As such they are crucial components of any successful ontology. ❧ In particular, I maintain that certain kinds of properties are exclusively dispositional. To argue for this position I first detail some important conceptual space in the philosophical literature on dispositions. Doing so involves precisely elucidating several major points of contention. These include epistemological and linguistic concerns regarding the necessary and sufficient conditions for ascriptions of dispositions. In addition certain metaphysical questions about dispositions are at issue—most important whether fundamental properties can be purely dispositional. Ultimately I appeal to a characterization of the scientific project to support the claim that brute powers do exist, and argue that this in turn counts in favor of a related account of dispositions. Along the way I detail more general theories of dispositions reflected by various approaches to answering these contentious questions.
DOI: 10.25549/usctheses-c3-160596
title: Page 78
DOI: 10.7910/dvn/qol1uk/rgw2ml
title: lucas-miranda-bd-tf-ad-ufpe-2018.txt

description: :unav
DOI: 10.25549/usctheses-c3-176808
title: Page 26
DOI: 10.25549/usctheses-c3-177073
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DOI: 10.25549/usctheses-c3-177083
title: Page 88
DOI: 10.15785/sbgrid/636
title: X-Ray Diffraction data from RSV G peptide bound to Fab CB017.5, source of 6BLH structure

description: Complete data set from one single crystal used to solve the structure of the antibody-bound complex.
description: Beam Center: x=218.10, y=214.16
DOI: 10.25549/usctheses-c3-201387
title: Effective strategies for teaching mathematics to African American students

description: As of 2001 with the mandates issued under No Child Left Behind, the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) revised its standards to ensure that all students receive a quality mathematics education (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics [NCTM], 2008). The 2009 report from U.S. Department of Education revealed that there is an increase in the number of minority students offered college preparatory mathematics in secondary schools. When offered the same type and level of classes, African American students continue to lag behind their European-American counterparts on standardized tests in mathematics (U.S. Department of Education, 2009). What is characterized as the achievement gap in the area of mathematics is still prominent between African American and European American secondary students. The context of this issue was examined in this report on a qualitative study of an exemplary school in an urban area with a predominately African American student population. ❧ This qualitative case study sought to document the factors that contributed to high outcomes in mathematics with a particular teacher. A teacher at a small, high performing K–8 school in Southern California with a predominately African American student population was selected as a participant in a case study. By examining the strategies implemented in the classroom of the secondary mathematics teacher at this school, we were able to document which strategies were used in a classroom where African American students were able to succeed in college preparatory mathematics.
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.2265686
title: Coastal Internal Tides

description: This code will plot the baroclinic fluxes.
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.2265687
title: Coastal Internal Tides

description: This code will plot the baroclinic fluxes.
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.2284635
title: USP Zf-UBD Crystallography Pipeline Pt. 2

description: Growth and purification of protein constructs of USP Zf-UBD’s, designed and cloned in previous experiments, for X-ray structure determination.
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.2284636
title: USP Zf-UBD Crystallography Pipeline Pt. 2

description: Growth and purification of protein constructs of USP Zf-UBD’s, designed and cloned in previous experiments, for X-ray structure determination.
DOI: 10.15785/sbgrid/635
title: X-Ray Diffraction data from RSV G peptide bound to Fab CB002.5, source of 6BLI structure

description: Complete data set from one crystal used to solve the structure of the G peptide-Fab complex.
description: Beam Center: x=212.76, y=212.07
DOI: 10.25549/usctheses-c3-177090
title: Page 95
DOI: 10.25549/usctheses-c3-202245
title: Investigating Chinese speakers' acquisition of telicity in English

description: This dissertation is concerned with Chinese speakers’ acquisition of telicity in L2 English. Telicity is a semantic notion having to do with whether an event has an inherent endpoint or not. Most existing work on L2 telicity is conceptualized within an L1-transfer framework and examines learning situations where L1 and L2 differ on whether and how the Direct Object plays a role in telicity computation (e.g., Slabakova 2000, 2001, 2005; Gabriele, 2010; Kaku-MacDonald, 2009). ❧ This dissertation is inspired by such prior work but explores additional issues by examining not only the role of the Direct Object, but also constructions where other elements in the sentence contribute to telicity, including the Goal PPs, Adjectival Resultatives, and the Locatum construction. A series of three sentence-rating experiments examined these constructions, and the results yield insights into the different factors affecting telicity acquisition: learnability (Chapter 2), transparency in form-meaning mapping (Chapter 3), and the role of underlying syntactic operations (Chapter 4). ❧ It was found that for native Mandarin speakers learning English, un-learning an L1-based but L2-incompatible telicity interpretation proved to be comparatively challenging, which can be attributed to the absence of negative evidence. Furthermore, even in situations where L1 and L2 do not differ in their telicity, participants were more likely to arrive at the correct telicity interpretation of a sentence in the L2 in situations where the construction encoding telicity was more transparent – in terms of its form-meaning mapping – than in situations where the construction was less so. Moreover, telicity was easier to learn when it was marked on the verb than when it was marked on the noun. Lastly, unlike what has been found for child learners (Hodgson, 2006, 2009, 2010), the L2 learners in this research did not show sensitivity to the differences between covert versus overt syntactic operations that are responsible for telicity computation. ❧ In sum, by investigating a wider range of constructions than has hitherto been examined, this dissertation shows that a multiplicity of factors (and not just the Direct Object) contribute to the acquisition of telicity.
DOI: 10.21227/san1-mq21
title: DISE Delhi primary to upper-primary level schools in academic session 2012-2013

description: Archival bundle of District Information System for Education (DISE) Delhi primary to upper-primary level schools in academic session 2012-2013.DISEis a school-level dataset consisting of government-recognized schools. It is a joint initiative of the Government of India, UNICEF and the National University of Education and Planning (NUPEA).
DOI: 10.25549/usctheses-c3-497975
title: Low temperature physical adsorption
DOI: 10.17632/y479yf5vcz.1
title: Data for: Fluid-driven resetting of titanite following ultrahigh-temperature metamorphism in southern Madagascar

description: Table A.1 LA-ICP-MS titanite data Table A.2 LA-ICP-MS data for reference materials Table A.3 LA-ICP-MS monazite data Table A.4 EPMA major element analyses from sample 12G Table A.5 LA-ICP-MS Pb-isotope analyses of clinopyroxene
DOI: 10.25549/usctheses-c3-160570
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DOI: 10.25549/usctheses-c3-160591
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DOI: 10.25549/usctheses-c3-175107
title: Fair and ballanced in Fallujah?: how the New York Times betrayed civilian victims during an American attack on an Iraqi city

description: This paper argues that the New York Times coverage of the Second Battle of Fallujah in late 2004 and early 2005 virtually ignored evidence of massive civilian casualties. Via a close reading of all Times articles published on the offensive at the time, and interviews with journalists involved in the coverage, the paper explores how and why Times journalists in Iraq may have treated the actions of the US occupiers differently than those of the “insurgents” they were fighting in Fallujah. The appendix also includes interviews with veteran foreign correspondents not directly involved in the coverage.
DOI: 10.25549/usctheses-c3-202867
title: The evolution of social and semantic networks in epistemic communities

description: This study describes and tests a model of scientific inquiry as an evolving, organizational phenomenon. Arguments are derived from organizational ecology and evolutionary theory. The empirical subject of study is an epistemic community of scientists publishing on a research topic in physics: the string theoretic concept of “Dbranes.” ❧ The study uses evolutionary theory as a means of predicting change in the way members of the community choose concepts to communicate acceptable knowledge claims. It is argued that the pursuit of new knowledge is risky, because the reliability of a novel knowledge claim cannot be verified until after substantial resources have been invested. Using arguments from both philosophy of science and organizational ecology, it is suggested that scientists can mitigate and sensibly share the risks of knowledge discovery within the community by articulating their claims in legitimate forms, i.e., forms that are testable within and relevant to the community. ❧ Evidence from empirical studies of semantic usage suggests that the legitimacy of a knowledge claim is influenced by the characteristics of the concepts in which it is articulated. A model of conceptual retention, variation, and selection is then proposed for predicting the usage of concepts and conceptual co-occurrences in the future publications of the community, based on its past.  Results substantially supported hypothesized retention and selection mechanisms. Future concept usage was predictable from previous concept usage, but was limited by conceptual carrying capacity as predicted by density dependence theory. Also as predicted, retention was stronger when the community showed a more cohesive social structure. Similarly, concepts that showed structural signatures of high testability and relevance were more likely to be selected after previous usage frequency was controlled for. By contrast, hypotheses for variation mechanisms were not supported. Surprisingly, concepts whose structural position suggested they would be easiest to discover through search processes were used less frequently, once previous usage frequency was controlled for. ❧ The study also makes a theoretical contribution by suggesting ways that evolutionary theory can be used to integrate findings from the study of science with insights from organizational communication. A variety of concrete directions for future studies of social and semantic network evolution are also proposed.
DOI: 10.25549/usctheses-c3-160532
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DOI: 10.25549/usctheses-c3-160572
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DOI: 10.25549/usctheses-c3-177115
title: Page 120
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.2285764
title: Victimized Twice

description: Data for a labor market field experiment of employer discrimination against crime victims in Sweden.
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.2285765
title: Victimized Twice

description: Data for a labor market field experiment of employer discrimination against crime victims in Sweden.
DOI: 10.7910/dvn/lhuibo/bbg1kh
title: oobErrRF.m
DOI: 10.7910/dvn/lhuibo/mlntf8
title: computeSRSbyRbf.m
DOI: 10.7910/dvn/lhuibo/oapp2i
title: getVecsPerCat.m
DOI: 10.25549/usctheses-c3-141472
title: Page 205
DOI: 10.25549/usctheses-c3-176822
title: Page 40
DOI: 10.7910/dvn/lhuibo/6zceha
title: mainCrossVal.m
DOI: 10.7910/dvn/lhuibo/exnjae
title: trainRF.m
DOI: 10.7910/dvn/lhuibo/o7dplk
title: predictML.m
DOI: 10.7910/dvn/lhuibo/qpkzob
title: readData.m
DOI: 10.7910/dvn/lhuibo/s8e1sm
title: bayesOptRF.m
DOI: 10.7910/dvn/lhuibo/uz2nnn
title: computeRS.m
DOI: 10.7910/dvn/lhuibo/xtk1qy
title: license.txt
DOI: 10.25549/usctheses-c3-160563
title: Page 45
DOI: 10.7910/dvn/lhuibo/blcmhx
title: Zambia_data.xlsx
DOI: 10.7910/dvn/lhuibo/jecwn8
title: computeFoldSizes.m
DOI: 10.7910/dvn/lhuibo/qlyxqm
title: computeF1.m
DOI: 10.7910/dvn/lhuibo/raji2t
title: README.txt
DOI: 10.7910/dvn/lhuibo/rumjbx
title: getFoldVectors.m
DOI: 10.7910/dvn/lhuibo/vrpk9j
title: Zambia_data dictionary.docx
DOI: 10.7910/dvn/lhuibo/ym7a7x
title: computeROC.m
DOI: 10.25549/usctheses-c3-170642
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DOI: 10.25549/usctheses-c3-177103
title: Page 108
DOI: 10.7910/dvn/lhuibo/0lrcjf
title: plotROC.m
DOI: 10.7910/dvn/lhuibo/68iip8
title: oneHotEncode.m
DOI: 10.7910/dvn/lhuibo/gsi2u1
title: oneHotDecode.m
DOI: 10.7910/dvn/lhuibo/haiy0n
title: README.txt
DOI: 10.7910/dvn/lhuibo/izpsn4
title: plotPR.m
DOI: 10.7910/dvn/lhuibo/pxxjw6
title: randSortAndGroup.m
DOI: 10.7910/dvn/lhuibo/we29m9
title: plotParamsRF.m
DOI: 10.7910/dvn/lhuibo/yoinha
title: trainSVM.m
DOI: 10.7910/dvn/lhuibo/zyxuqz
title: trainLR.m
DOI: 10.25549/usctheses-c3-160593
title: Page 75
DOI: 10.25549/usctheses-c3-89334
title: Skill sets and attributes of school district superintendent candidates

description: This qualitative study investigated the perceptions of 8 superintendents and 8 school board members who were involved in the hiring of the superintendents. The study addressed the important skills and attributes that the superintendents perceived they had and for which they were hired. The study then addressed the important skills and attributes that the school board members perceived the candidates possessed to be hired as superintendents. The area of specific interest was the both the differences and commonalities of the perceptions. ❧ This study was a comparison of the perceptions and ideas of superintendents working in school districts and school board members who hired them to the superintendents position; 8 on-the-job school superintendents and 8 school board members created the participant sampling. All interviews were based on the protocol that focused on the skill sets the candidate possessed. The superintendents were able to provide information on the skill set they felt they possessed and were chosen for to take on the district superintendent’s position. Likewise, the school board members provided insightful information on the skill set that they perceived the candidate possessed and was hired because of those skills. ❧ In order to keep the interview focused, a comprehensive list of skill sets and attributes was emailed to all of the interviewees, who were allowed to keep the list in front of them throughout the interview so as to help them recall the skills and attributes. The skills and attributes were the following: personnel management, public relations, school finance, policy formulation, collective negotiations, curriculum/instructional development, communication, clear vision, change agent, risk taking, physical/mental health, social architect/networking, celebrates diversity, authentic/credible, ethical/honest, integrity/trustworthy, fortitude, effective management, personal accountability, political acuity, clear vision, relentless focus, strong leadership, resource management, and decision making. ❧ The findings concluded that school board members’ perceptions were similar to the views of the superintendents. Both groups agreed that the following skills were important to the hiring of the candidate: (a) displayed leadership skills and a vision, (b) was perceived as a change agent, (c) could communicate with all stakeholders, (d) had good public relations skills, and (e) was an effective manager.
DOI: 10.7910/dvn/lhuibo/2y8igy
title: parseData.m
DOI: 10.7910/dvn/lhuibo/etwap9
title: computeSRSbyDistrict.m
DOI: 10.7910/dvn/lhuibo/j2mc3p
title: computePR.m
DOI: 10.7910/dvn/lhuibo/xshuny
title: trainNB.m
DOI: 10.25549/usctheses-c3-170646
title: Page 136
DOI: 10.25549/usctheses-c3-170647
title: Page 137