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    Replication data and online supplement for: "Resilience in Free/Libre/Open Source Software: Do founder decisions impact development activity after crisis events?"

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    Replication data and online supplement for the Master's thesis, "Resilience in Free/Libre/Open Source Software: Do founder decisions impact development activity after crisis events?" by Wm Salt Hale. Code Overview Data Overview License The documentation provided for this project is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/. The code provided for this project is released under the GNU General Public License version 3 (GNU GPLv3) https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0. The data was collected from the Debian Project. All data provided for this project is released under the GNU General Public License version 3 (GNU GPLv3) https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0 as possible, or the Open Publication License, Draft v1.0 or later (OPLv1+) https://www.debian.org/opl where required. Details on Debian licensing is available on this page: https://www.debian.org/license. Contact Please contact the author with any questions: Wm Salt Hale</a

    Letter from Wm. H. Conser, June 25, 1943

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    Typed correspondence from Wm. H. Conser, President of the Santa Maria Valley Chamber of Commerce, addressed to whom it may concern about Rev. A. A. Heist, Pastor of the Methodist Church. The correspondence discusses the resolutions passed by the Santa Maria Valley Chamber of Commerce.The Bishop James Chamberlain Baker Collection includes letters, documents, and articles about Japanese Americans during World War II. Subjects in the collection include Japanese Americans mass removal, Pearl Harbor and the aftermath, religion, and support from the non-Japanese American community. The collection was digitized and made accessible online by CSUDH Gerth Archives and Special Collections

    A Proposal for WM Interprocess Communication

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    This report proposes and explores an interprocess synchronization and communication mechanism compatible with the proposed WM protection mechanism -- which is a &quot;capability&quot; based mechanism[Den66]. Despite the advantages of capabilities, early capability systems, including one by the author [Wul80], failed to have a major impact on practical security primarily because of the overhead of domain switching [Col88]. Thus, before committing to a capability mechanism for WM, we want to be sure that we don&apos;t make the same mistake again. Thus, this report explores the mechanism in just enough detail to answer whether or not it is practical. Although our main goal is a mechanism for synchronization and communication among protection domains, if possible we would also like a single mechanism that can be used in the place of conventional interrupts, traps, &quot;supervisor calls&quot;, entries to protected subsystems, and simple user-to-user interprocess communication. The mechanism we will explore is much-simplified version of the Ada rendezvous [Ada83] in which the WM hardware performs all of the the necessary housekeeping, but software is still able to specify macroscopic policy decisions. At the outset, we stipulate that what we propose may be &quot;too much to put into hardware&quot;. But it may not. Our purpose here is to define the mechanism is sufficient detail to be able to meaningfully ask and answer the question &quot;is a hardware implementation practical and desirable&quot;

    Current concepts on oxidative/carbonyl stress, inflammation and epigenetics in pathogenesis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

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    Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a global health problem. The current therapies for COPD are poorly effective and the mainstays of pharmacotherapy are bronchodilators. A better understanding of the pathobiology of COPD is critical for the development of novel therapies. In the present review, we have discussed the roles of oxidative/aldehyde stress, inflammation/immunity, and chromatin remodeling in the pathogenesis of COPD. An imbalance of oxidants/antioxidants caused by cigarette smoke and other pollutants/biomass fuels plays an important role in the pathogenesis of COPD by regulating redox-sensitive transcription factors (e.g., NF-κB), autophagy and unfolded protein response leading to chronic lung inflammatory response. Cigarette smoke also activates canonical/alternative NF-κB pathways and their upstream kinases leading to sustained inflammatory response in lungs. Recently, epigenetic regulation has been shown to be critical for the development of COPD because the expression/activity of enzymes that regulate these epigenetic modifications have been reported to be abnormal in airways of COPD patients. Hence, the significant advances made in understanding the pathophysiology of COPD as described herein will identify novel therapeutic targets for intervention in COPD

    Tools of using social media in business-to-business marketing and branding

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    Tässä opinnäytetyössä tarjotaan ohjeita yrityksille kuinka he voivat paremmin markkinoida ja brändätä tuotteitansa. Nämä ohjeet koostuvat erilaisten sosiaalisen median alustojen hyödyntämisestä, joista pääasiassa keskitytään Instagramin ja YouTuben hyödyntämiseen toimeksiantajan pyynnöstä. Tämä opinnäytetyö on tehty WM-Plast Oy:n pyynnöstä ja heidän omistamaa Evermatic -tuotelinjaa ajatellen. WM-Plast Oy on suomalainen yritys, jonka päätoimipiste sijaitsee Suomessa Kankaanpäässä. Tämä työ tehtiin osana oppilasprojektia jossa yritykselle toteutettiin markkinatutkimus vuoden 2019 aikana. Yhtenä markkinatutkimuksen loppupäätelmistä todettiin yrityksen huono näkyvyys sosiaalisen median kanavissa ja yritys ilmaisi halunsa kehittää tätä opinnäytetyön avulla. Tämän työn tarkoitus on siis ohjata WM-Plast tuottamaan parempaa mainontaa tuotteilleen. Tutkimalla näitä markkinointimetodeja, pyritään tarjoamaan tietoa siitä minkälaisia mahdollisuuksia nämä alustat tarjoavat, mitä eri vaihtoehtoja WM-Plast voi hyödyntää harjoittaessaan online-markkinointia, ja mitä tämä voisi tuottaa yritykselle tulevaisuudessa. Tämän tutkimuksen metodina käytettiin määrällistä tutkimusta. Työ on rakennettu niin että ensimmäiset kappaleet käyvät läpi markkinointi- ja brändäysmahdollisuuksia näiltä sivustoilta. Tämän lisäksi kirjoittaja käy läpi terminologiaa ja eri tavoitteita yrityksen näkökulmasta. Lopuksi tutkimuksen jälkeen kirjoittaja tarjoaa ehdotuksia, kuinka näitä asioita pystyttäisiin hyödyntämään yrityksen nykyisen markkinoinnin osana tai lisänä.In this bachelor thesis, the author will provide an outline for companies on how they can utilize different tools in their efforts when marketing and branding their products in social media. These tools consist of different kinds of social platforms, and the main focus will be set on Instagram and Youtube as requested by the commissioning Company. The thesis is done based on the request of WM-Plast and their Evermatic line of products. WM-Plast oy is a Finnish company based in Kankaanpää, Finland. The author was part of a project where a group of students provided market research for the commissioning company during the year 2019, and as one of the results from the project noticed that there was a need for the company to improve appearance on social media to provide better promotion for their products. By researching these different marketing methods, the author aims to offer insight on what these kinds of channels are capable of, what different options the company has when applying online marketing, and what this could generate for the commissioning company. The methodology of this thesis is to first inspect the marketing and branding capabilities of these sites. Explaining the terms in-depth and what the actual targets should be from a business perspective. This is done through quantitative research and will be concluded by giving suggestions on how this can be implemented in the current marketing strategy of WM-Plast Oy

    Spatial Metaphors of Ambiguity in Roman Culture

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    This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from the Paideia Institute via the link in this recordThis chapter takes a somewhat different approach to the topic of ambiguity in Latin literature from the others in this volume. Taking as a given that Latin speakers were mindful of the capacity of some words, phrases, and even whole sentences to convey multiple different meanings, other chapters examine a range of literary settings where lexical or syntactic ambiguities appear to be exploited deliberately by Latin authors for imaginative aims. I equally assume an awareness of ambiguity on the part of Latin speakers, but in this paper I interrogate how they conceived of this and other types of multiplicity of meaning.1 In other words, I look at how Latin speakers went about representing ambiguity to themselves and how they understood ambiguity as part of their experience generally. I start by showing that Latin speakers’ conventional understanding of ambiguity is delivered metaphorically via the image of PATHS DIVERGING. I also show, however, that in certain technical contexts the image of CENTRALITY is used, permitting the delineation of two different kinds of ambiguous meaning relations. I go on to argue that what provides the motivation for, and thus makes sense of, these twin images is Latin’s regular conceptualization of “meaning” itself in terms of a linear spatial metaphor. I conclude by suggesting that Latin’s spatial metaphorics of ambiguity anticipate certain aspects of contemporary linguistic theory – but also more than this: that it constituted a feature of Roman society’s signifying order, contributing to the valuation of this phenomenon in the culture

    Contradiction of Ideas in George Bernard Shaws Mrs Warrens Profession

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    Mrs Warrens Profession categorized as play unpleasant by its author George Bernard Shaw, is one of world most famous and controversial plays. The play, unlike other play during its era, uses the corruption and hypocrisy from the upper class of Victorian Era society as the theme. The play is purposed by the author as a scathing criticism to its theme. This purpose is materialized on the ideas represented by the two major female characters in the play. Uniquely, these ideas differs greatly to one on another until it looks like a there is decent contradiction on it. From this point, this paper aims at finding out ideas represented by the two major female characters. There are two major female characters being analyzed, Vivie Warren, a Cambridge graduate and Mrs Warren, both Vivie Warrens estranged mother and a brothel owner. The finding of the major female characters ideas takes lengthy but worthful steps. The writer first has to read the script of the play five times. The first and second one are to know the overall of the drama and take notes of interesting things on the play. When the writer does those two steps above he also selects the narrations and dialogs in the play are related to the topics and also reads and analyzes other books and sources related to the topics of the thesis. Those steps above are essential to gather data that will be used to reveal setting, characters, plot and, theme of the play in order to do the analysis. He later read the play three more times to group the topics on the play, categorizes the idea of the major female characters and make sure all ideas are on its correct place

    Letter from Reverend Monsignor Wm. Ralph Harvey, Pastor Emeritus, to Lillian Baker, March 1, 1985

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    Letter to Lillian Baker from Reverend Harvey expressing support for her movement against redress and reparations for Japanese and Americans of Japanese descent incarcerated during World War II and recounting his experiences with the incarcerees who were loyal to Japan and their activities.The Japanese American Relocation Collection is composed of ephemera related to the relocation program during World War II. Items include the official government report of Manzanar Relocation Center, a photo album, post-war activism materials related to preserving and remembering the camps, various clippings, and documents. The strength of this collection is found in its many perspectives on the controversial relocation program and how it has been presented since World War II

    The Medical Men of New Jersey in Essex District, from 1666 to 1866

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    This book gives brief biographies about the Medical Men of New Jersey in Essex District, from 1666 to 1866. The book was written by J. Henry Clark, A.M., M.D. who was President and historian of the district medical society in Newark, N.J. The book was published for the author and was for sale at book stores and by Dr. Wm. T. Mercer & Sons, No. 224 Broad St. The book was printed at the Evening Courier Office in 1867

    The Influence of Working Memory Load of Binding on Selective Attention

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    PURPOSE: Ample studies have documented that working memory (WM) load has a comprehensive influence on selective attention in perception. Moreover, the influence of WM on selective attention is modulated by the type of WM subsystem, by revealing opposite modulation by central executive and visual WM. However,&nbsp; no study so far has examined the influence of WM load of binding on selective attention. Moreover, there are two opposite views as to this issue: On the one hand, an independent episodic buffer is suggested to be in charge of binding with the attention from of central executive, suggesting that binding load will functions as a type of central executive; on the other hand, recent studies revealed that object-based attention plays a key role in both visual WM and binding representation in WM, implying that binding load will serve as a type of visual WM load. To this end, we examined the influence of WM load of binding on selective attention by requiring the participants to memorize two or five bindings in WM. METHODS: Critically, a low load perceptual task was interpolated in the maintenance phase of WM. The low load perceptual task contained either a low-priority target or was an response competition task. RESULTS: In three experiments, we found that high WM load of binding led to reduced detection of low-priority target (Experiments 1-2), and less interference from the distractor in the response competition task (Experiment 3). CONCLUSION: These results suggest that WM load of binding is similar to visual WM load, serving as a type of perceptual load and hence competing resources with the perceptual task.&nbsp;</p
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