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Social Metadata for Libraries, Archives and Museums. Part 3: Recommendations and Readings
No full textRecommendations on social metadata features most relevant to libraries, archives, and museums and an annotated reading list of the literature the research group consulted during our research. We believe it is riskier to do nothing and become irrelevant to our user communities than to start using social media features
Shiro Aoki, Mary Murakami, Kay Yoshimura.
No full textPhoto of Mary Murakami (center) and two Japanese American friends, Shiro Aoki (left) and Kay Yoshimura
Shiro Aoki, Dick Imamura, Kay Yoshimura, and Mary Murakami.
No full textPhoto of Mary Murakami (center) with Shiro Aoki, Dick Imamura and Kay Yoshimura, Japanese American friends of Wallace Doi, probably on Kauai in 1946 around the time of Wallace and Mary\u27s wedding
Newborn care practices in rural Bangladesh
No full textBackground: Neonatal mortality is high in Bangladesh. Most of the neonatal deaths are preventable through simple and cost-effective essential newborn care interventions. Studies to document the determinants of unhealthy newborn care practices are scarce.Objective: The objective of this study is to describe the pattern of neonatal care practices andtheir determinants in rural Bangladesh.Methodology: This study is based on baseline data of a community-based intervention to assess impact of limited postnatal care services on maternal and neonatal health-seeking behavior. Data from 510 women, who had a live birth at home 1 year prior to survey, of six randomly selected unions of an Upazila (subdistrict) were analyzed.Results: Majority of the respondents were at an age group of 20–34 years. Only 6% had delivery by skilled providers. Immediate drying and wrapping, and giving colostrums to newbornswere almost universal. Unhealthy practices, like unclean cord care (42%), delayed initiation of breastfeeding (60%), use of prelacteals (36%), and early bathing (71%) were very common. Muslims were more likely to give early bath (adjusted odds ratio [OR]: 2.01; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.13–3.59; P=0.018) and delay in initiating breastfeeding (adjusted OR: 1.45;95% CI: 1.18–1.78; P,0.001) to newborns. Practice of giving prelacteals was associated with teenage mothers (adjusted OR: 2.26; 95% CI: 1.19–4.28; P=0.013) and women’s lack of education (adjusted OR: 2.64; 95% CI: 1.46–4.77; P=0.001).Conclusion: Unhealthy neonatal care practices are widespread in rural Bangladesh. Continued education to the community and home delivery attendants on essential newborn care could benefit newborn survival in Banglades
Parametric design of developable structure based on yoshimura origami pattern
No full textOrigami is an ancient art form and can be divided into rigid and non-rigid origami. Rigid origami is suitable for the design of building structures because the panels are not twisted and deformed during the folding process. Currently, rigid origami structures are generally built with steel. However, compared with natural, non-polluting wood, steel has a high energy consumption and a high environmental impact. Based on this situation, this paper designs a developable wooden building structure using the Yoshimura origami model. First, the Jacobian matrix method was used to analyze the degree of freedom of the basic unit of the Yoshimura origami pattern, following which the motion trajectory required by the target structure was obtained. Secondly, by analyzing the relationship between the plane angle α and dihedral angle θ, three interaction rules were obtained, and the formula for determining the structure size was established by using the plane angle α, dihedral angle θ, the number of valley folds n and the unit length l. Subsequently, two enhancement schemes, the quadrangle enhancement scheme and the triangle enhancement scheme, were proposed to increase the height of the structure. After comparing the deformation and failure types of origami structures based on Cross-Laminated Timber, a triangular reinforcement scheme was chosen to increase the height of the structure. Finally, a new connection method was developed that allowed the origami structure to be practically applied. This research demonstrates the possibility of developing a timber structure based on Yoshimura origami
Evidence of carrier accumulation effects on the response enhancement in thin-film electrochromic devices
No full textHigh Quality Consistent Digital Curved Rays via Vector Field Rounding
No full textWe consider the consistent digital rays (CDR) of curved rays, which approximates a set of curved rays emanating from the origin by the set of rooted paths (called digital rays) of a spanning tree of a grid graph. Previously, a construction algorithm of CDR for diffused families of curved rays to attain an O(√{n log n}) bound for the distance between digital ray and the corresponding ray is known [Chun et al., 2019]. In this paper, we give a description of the problem as a rounding problem of the vector field generated from the ray family, and investigate the relation of the quality of CDR and the discrepancy of the range space generated from gradient curves of rays. Consequently, we show the existence of a CDR with an O(log ^{1.5} n) distance bound for any diffused family of curved rays
A Multi-Language Comparison of Influences on Author Verification using Character N-Grams
No full textWe create a new multi-language corpus for author verification based on Wikipedia talkpages, and evaluate the influence that differences in topic and time have on character n-gram author profiles. Topic alignment between two texts is found to increase author verification precision, and an authors writing style is found to change over time, but not more significantly after 3 years than after 1 year.Information ArchitectureWISElectrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Scienc
Probolomyrmex maryatiae Eguchi, Yoshimura & Yamane, 2006, sp. nov.
No full textProbolomyrmex maryatiae sp. nov. (Figs. 5A-D, 9E, 10E) Holotype: worker belonging to colony Eg97-BOR-587, Gunong Rara, Sabah, Malaysia, 25/ii/1997, Eg (ITBC).Paratypes: 4 workers from the same colony to which the holotype belongs (MCZC, MHNG, ACEG, SKYC). Nontype material examined. MALAYSIA: Sabah: Sepilok Forest [general coll.: SKY27/viii/1995]; Sarawak: Tower Region, Lambir N. P., Miri [general coll.: SKY, 15/i/1993, 1/iii/1997]. Eguchi's informal species code " Probolomyrmex sp. eg-4" applies to this species. Worker. HL, 0.54-0.58 mm; HW, 0.35-0.36 mm; SL, 0.33-0.37 mm; CI, 60-67; SI, 92-106; WL, 0.75-0.84 mm; PW, 0.26-0.29 mm; DPtW, 0.16-0.19 mm; DPtI, 61-66; PtH, 0.26-0.29 mm; PtNL, 0.25-0.29 mm; LPtI, 96-104 (N=5). Body ferruginous brown. Head in full-face view with weakly convex sides and very shallowly concave occipital border. Eye absent. Antenna relatively short; relative lengths of antennal segments II-XII as seen in Fig. 10E; antennal segment III shorter than IV. Dorsal outline of mesosoma almost straight; posterior margin of propodeal dorsum in dorsal view strongly concave; posterior face of propodeum margined laterally with a well-developed translucent lamella which in profile forming an obtuse angle in upper portion. Petiole including subpetiolar process as long as or a little longer than high, in profile with relatively gentle anterior slope and (weakly) concave posterior outline (above the articulation with gaster); posterodorsal margin of petiolar node in dorsal view weakly and broadly concave; subpetiolar process developed, with conspicuous anteroventral and posteroventral projections; the anteroventral projections relatively thick and not translucent. Abdominal segment III (gastral segment I) in profile relatively short, relatively gently narrowed anteriad in the anterior 3/4; abdominal sternum III weakly convex behind the midlength. Recognition. Four Oriental and Australian species are morphologically very similar to each other: this species, P. greavesi Taylor, P. salomonis Taylor, and P. vieti sp. nov. The difference between this species and P. vieti is given in the key. It is separated from P. greavesi as follows: in the worker the petiole in profile has a relatively steep anterior slope and straight posterior outline (above the articulation with gaster). Probolomyrmex maryatiae is barely separated from P. salomonis (holotype worker deposited in MCZC was examined) as follows: in the worker of the former the anterior portion of the subpetiolar process projects strongly and the posterodorsal margin of the petiolar node is relatively broadly concave. In contrast, in the worker of P. salomonis the anteroventral portion of the subpetiolar process forms a round corner and the posterodorsal margin of the petiolar node is relatively narrowly concave. Distribution. Known only from Borneo.Published as part of Eguchi, K., Yoshimura, M. & Yamane, S., 2006, The Oriental species of the ant genus Probolomyrmex (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Proceratiinae)., pp. 1-35 in Zootaxa 1376 on pages 26-2
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