An Enhanced Federated Content Search Infrastructure for the Humanities and Social Sciences

The general idea and implementation of a federated search infrastructure component that allows querying both full text resources and their linguistic annotations is a prominent part of the CLARIN project and is closely interconnected with the other components of its decentralised European-scale research data infrastructure. Since its beginnings, the Federated Content Search (FCS) has been continuously improved and by now fulfils its original goals that were formulated more than 12 years ago. During the last years, development of the FCS has accelerated massively with newly formulated application scenarios, newly opened up user groups and newly developed tools and user interfaces. This paper gives a summary of the developments of recent years and the topics that are currently being worked on. In addition to the further development of existing modules, this includes in particular the consideration and implementation of new requirements reflecting a rapidly evolving research infrastructure landscape

Production of W± bosons in the semi-muonic channel at forward rapidity in ALICE

Heavy-ion collisions are the unique tool available to investigate strongly interacting matter at high energy density where the formation of a new phase of matter −the quark gluon plasma is expected. The ALICE Muon Spectrometer is specifically designed to study this phase of matter using muonic decay channels in the acceptance region between −4.0 ≤ η ≤ −2.5 (forward rapidity). ALICE has the unique ability to track and identify particle in a wide rapidity range where in the central barrel (| η |< 0.9) the particles are tracked and identified from a transverse momentum (PT ) as low as PT ∼100 MeV/c up to PT ∼100 GeV/c with the PT resolution of about 1% at 50 GeV/c and the impact parameter resolution of about 65 microns at 1 GeV/c. The Forward Muon Spectrometer is composed of 10 tracking chambers, 4 trigger chambers, absorbers as well as the 3 Tm dipole magnet. The PT resolution of the Spectrometer is ∼1% at 20 GeV/c and ∼4% at 100 GeV/c and the muons are tracked from PT as low as ∼500 MeV/c up to 100 GeV/c. This study focuses on the analysis of W± → μ± + νμ+ (ν ̄μ− ) Monte-Carlo data generated using PYTHIA 6.4.21 in the AliROOT framework in proton-proton collisions at 8 TeV and proton-proton experimental data at 7 TeV at forward rapidity. In the analysis of the experimental data the efficiency of the Tracking Chambers is 81±0.5% and 95±0.5% for the Muon Trigger Chambers, while in the simulation the efficiency of the Muon Tracker is ∼80% for the realistic case based on the conditions of 2011 PbPb data taking period and between 95-100% for the ideal case. This study exploits this tracking attributes of ALICE to investigates the feasibility of extracting W± boson in its muonic decay channel at these energies

CONC/11: A computer program for calculating the performance of dish-type solar thermal collectors and power systems

The CONC/11 computer program designed for calculating the performance of dish-type solar thermal collectors and power systems is discussed. This program is intended to aid the system or collector designer in evaluating the performance to be expected with possible design alternatives. From design or test data on the characteristics of the various subsystems, CONC/11 calculates the efficiencies of the collector and the overall power system as functions of the receiver temperature for a specified insolation. If desired, CONC/11 will also determine the receiver aperture and the receiver temperature that will provide the highest efficiencies at a given insolation. The program handles both simple and compound concentrators. The CONC/11 is written in Athena Extended FORTRAN (similar to FORTRAN 77) to operate primarily in an interactive mode on a Sperry 1100/81 computer. It could also be used on many small computers. A user's manual is also provided for this program

Interactive Association Between Molecular Structure Spectral Profiles and Nutrient Utilization and Availability of Leaf, Stem, Pods, and Whole Plant Faba Bean Forage in Ruminants Before and After Rumen Incubation

ABSTRACT The general objectives of this study were to: (1) compare structural, physiochemical, and nutritional characterization among faba bean samples (stem, leaf, whole pods, whole plant and whole plant silage) and (2) use different parts of faba bean, whole plant faba bean and whole plant faba bean silage as references to study the effect of rumen digestion on the change of its spectral structure and its association to protein and carbohydrate digestion and metabolism characteristics. The faba bean samples used for this research were from three different plots in Yellow Creek, Saskatchewan with 97 days maturity (late pod stage) and the variety used was CDC Snowdrop. This research consists of three Projects. In Chapter 3, chemical analyses, energy parameters, CNCPS fractions, rumen degradation kinetics, N to energy synchronization, intestinal digestion and metabolizable protein supply prediction with NRC-2001 and DVE/OEB systems were conducted. In Chapter 4, both univariate and multivariate analyses of FTIR spectroscopy were conducted for selected spectral parameters and spectral regions in original and 12 and 24 h incubation residue samples. In Chapter 5, interactive association between nutritional data in Chapter 3 and spectral data in Chapter 4 were studied. Significance was declared at P 0.1) metabolizable protein supply and FMV. But in DVE/OEB system, WP had the highest metabolizable protein supply and FMV; WPL was only numerically higher than silage in metabolizable protein supply and FMV. In Chapter 4, as for protein related spectral parameters, peak height of beta sheet, amide I, peak area of amide II and area ratio of amide I to amide II, spectral intensity was decreased with increasing time of incubation. In other spectral parameters, incubation time was interacted with different types of faba bean samples. As for carbohydrate related spectral parameters of total carbohydrate first peak (TC1) height and cellulosic compounds (CEC) peak height and peak area, spectral intensity was increased after incubated in the rumen. Faba bean samples significantly interacted with incubation time for other spectral profiles. With multivariate analyses, it is found that (1) Original samples can be discriminate from incubation residue samples; (2) 12 and 24 h incubation samples were grouped together. As a result, spectral features were altered during first 12 h of rumen incubation. In Chapter 5, DVE/OEB model compared with NRC-2001 model had stronger correlation with protein related spectral profiles of faba bean. CP, SCP and acid detergent insoluble crude protein (ADICP) had stronger correlation with original samples spectral profiles, NDICP had stronger correlation with incubation residue spectral profiles. In addition, readily digestible carbohydrate fractions had stronger correlation with original samples spectral profiles. Less degradable and undegradable carbohydrate fraction had stronger correlation with 12 and 24 h rumen incubation residue spectral profiles. Furthermore, DVE, effective degradable crude protein (EDCP), FMV, CNCPS carbohydrate subtractions of CB1, CB2 and CC, non-fiber carbohydrate (NFC), starch and total digestible NFC were precisely predicted (regression coefficient greater than 0.90) using original and degradation residues spectral profiles. In general, carbohydrate and protein related spectral features could be used as indicators for faba bean nutritional evaluation in dairy cattle; whole plant faba bean, whole pods faba bean and faba silage can be used as potential feed ingredient for dairy cows

The influence of personality on software quality

Objective of the work is an investigation into the relationship between the personality of a software engineer and the quality of the software she/he has created, primarily in terms of maintainability

Las administraciones independientes en Reino Unido y Estados Unidos y la regulación y supervisión de las telecomunicaciones

36 páginasLa solidez de las instituciones jurídicas que regulan y supervisan el sector de las telecomunicaciones es uno de los elementos fundamentales de la sociedad de la información y el conocimiento. Sociedad, cuya implantación determina hasta el 84% de las diferencias de crecimiento y desarrollo entre regiones y países. Por este motivo, la calidad institucional de los sistemas de regulación y supervisión del sector de las telecomunicaciones es la piedra angular en las reformas puestas en marcha en la práctica total de países de Europa y América, y seguirá siéndolo en la consolidación del denominado Global Administrative Law. A través de este análisis ofrecemos una visión precisa del origen, marco constitucional y progresiva consolidación de las autoridades administrativas independientes, para culminar con las características que definen a la Office of Communications (Ofcom) y la Federal Communications Commission (fcc) como administraciones de regulación y supervisión del sector de las telecomunicaciones en Reino Unido y en Estados Unidos