Abstract. Adult stakeholders who work with separated child migrants (SCMs) face a substantial challenge to their capacity or remit care amid increasingly hostile immigration environments. This paper explores diverse range of adult stakeholders' understandings the SCMs, filling an important gap in understanding how is conceptualized by those working often complex and contradictory positions. Dra...

Analytical and experimental results with the Digital Integration Sensor (DIS) imaging concept, including dynamic range extension, are reported in this paper. The “quantized” DIS (qDIS) concept is proposed. The continuum between the conventional CMOS APS, the DIS, the qDIS and the QIS is discussed as a sort of roadmap, along with trades in power and performance enhancement.

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Microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC) of mild steel in seawater is an expensive and enduring problem. Little attention has been paid to the role of neutrophilic, lithotrophic, iron-oxidizing bacteria (FeOB) in MIC. The goal of this study was to determine if marine FeOB related to Mariprofundus are involved in this process. To examine this, field incubations and laboratory microcosm exper...

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This is a follow-up study to a previous experiment that evaluated the feasibility of a simple monitoring device, Con-Dis, in assessing perceived well-being (PWB) among elderly people. Additionally, in the present study Con-Dis was used at the same time as blood pressure and heart rate monitors and pedometers to see the possible correlation between PWB, blood pressure, heart rate, and time spent...

During the past decade, requirements within the US defence community for simulation-based tools to support acquisition, planning, (team) training, and analysis, have resulted in a standard for distributed simulation known as DIS (Distributed Interactive Simulation). The potential advantages of distributed simulation technologies are evident: increased flexibility, building on existing software ...

Dis) similarity measure is a significant component of vector model. In content based image retrieval the compatibility of (dis)similarity measure and representation technique is very important for effective and efficient image retrieval. In order to find a suitable dis-similarity measure for a particular representation technique experimental comparison is needed. This paper highlights some of t...

In this note1 we consider effects of a Two-Photon Exchange (TPE) in inclusive DIS and semi-inclusive DIS (SIDIS). In particular, transverse single spin asymmetries are generated in inclusive DIS if more than one photon is exchanged between the lepton and the hadron. We briefly summarize the TPE in DIS in the parton model and extend our approach to SIDIS, where a new leading twist sin(2φ) contri...

The aim of this study was to clarify the relationship between sleep disturbances and depression in daytime workers using a structured interview. A total of 1,184 daytime workers were enrolled. We evaluated difficulty initiating sleep (DIS), difficulty maintaining sleep (DMS), early morning awakening (EMA), and global insomnia scores (ISs) in all participants. As a result, the prevalences of DIS...