cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: The Politics of State-Sponsored Culture in Nineteenth-Century Spain, 1833-1914
Creators: name: Klein, Sarah
Publisher: name: University of Kent
Year: 2022

description: Nineteenth-century Spain is an era characterized by its almost constant state of political upheaval. Spanning from the era of the First Carlist War to the beginning of the First World War, this thesis uncovers the influential trends, continuities and advancements in official state-sponsored cultural initiatives in nineteenth-century Spain. By viewing culture through the lens of the labyrinth of nineteenth-century Spanish politics, this thesis is able to explore various themes such as nationalism, the role of empire, cultural identity, 'Spanishness' and cultural patrimony, amongst others. Challenging the notion of the 'lost' nineteenth century by traditional scholars and critics alike, this thesis shows how the politics and products of state-sponsored culture of the nineteenth century had an enduring impact on the cultural landscape of modern Spain. This thesis is one of the first studies of its kind in the English language and is largely based off of primary material from a Spanish archive that remains underutilised by researchers- the Archivo General de la Administración.
PR - ADOPTION OF PRECISION AGRICULTURE TECHNOLOGY
Creators: name: Griffin, Terry W.
name: Yeager, Elizabeth A.
name: Ibendahl, Gregg
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies
subject: conditional probabilities
subject: dis-adoption
subject: obsolescence

description: Precision agriculture technologies have been available for adoption and utilization at the farm level for several decades. Some technologies have been readily adopted while others were adopted more slowly. An analysis of 621 Kansas Farm Management Association (KFMA) farmer members provided insights regarding adoption of technology. The likelihood that farms adopt specific technology given that other technology had been adopted are reported. Results indicate some technologies were more readily adopted than others. These results are useful to farmers considering investment in technology, retailers targeting potential technology adopters, and manufacturers in supply chain management.
description: Twenty-Second International Farm Management Congress, Tasmania, Australia, March 3-8, 2019
Multi-parton correlations and "exclusive" cross sections
Creators: name: Calucci, G.
name: Treleani, D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In addition to the inclusive cross sections discussed within the QCD-parton model, in the regime of multiple parton interactions, different and more exclusive cross sections become experimentally viable and may be suitably measured. Indeed, in its study of double parton collisions, the quantity measured by CDF was an "exclusive" rather than an inclusive cross section. The non perturbative input to the "exclusive" cross sections is different with respect to the non perturbative input of the inclusive cross sections and involves correlation terms of the hadron structure already at the level of single parton collisions. The matter is discussed in details keeping explicitly into account the effects of double and of triple parton collisions.
description: 18 pages, no figures, corrected typos
On the collider-testability of the type-I seesaw model with 3 right-handed neutrinos
Creators: name: Drewes, Marco
name: Georis, Yannis
name: Klarić, Juraj
name: Wendels, Antony
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: If any heavy neutral leptons are discovered in accelerator-based experiments, key questions will involve their possible connection to neutrino masses or leptogenesis. Working in a renormalisable extension of the Standard Model by three right-handed neutrinos, we address the question of how much information about the fundamental model parameters can be obtained by measuring the branching ratios in the decays of the heavy neutral leptons into individual SM generations. We find that, provided that these branching ratios could be measured with arbitrary precision and assuming kinematically distinguishable right-handed neutrinos, they can be sufficient to pin down all 18 parameters of the model when supplemented with light neutrino oscillation data. When considering a finite statistical uncertainty comparable to that which can be achieved by future lepton colliders like FCC-ee or CEPC in the mass range of tens of GeV, some parameter degeneracies remain, but measurements would still provide powerful consistency checks of the model. In the sub-GeV range a good sensitivity to individual model parameters can be expected for SHiP and potentially for DUNE. This shows the potential of these experiments to not only discover heavy neutral leptons, but play an important role in understanding their role in particle physics and cosmology.
description: Matches published version in JHEP
Determination of masses of the central black holes in NGC524 and NGC2549 using Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics
Creators: name: Krajnovic, Davor
name: McDermid, Richard M.
name: Cappellari, Michele
name: Davies, Roger L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: [abridged] We present observations of NGC524 and NGC2549 with LGS AO obtained at GEMINI North telescope using the NIFS IFU in the K band. The purpose of these observations, together with previously obtained observations with the SAURON IFU, is to determine the masses (Mbh) of the supermassive black holes (SMBH). The targeted galaxies were chosen to have central light profiles showing a core (NGC524) and a cusp (NGC2549), to probe the feasibility of using the galaxy centre as the NGS required for LGS AO. We employ an innovative `open loop' technique. The data have spatial resolution of 0.23" and 0.17" FWHM, showing that high quality LGS AO observations of these objects are possible. We construct axisymmetric three-integral dynamical models which are constrained with both the NIFS and SAURON data. The best fitting models yield Mbh=(8.3 +2.7 -1.3) x 10^8 Msun for NGC524 and Mbh=(1.4 +0.2 -1.3) x 10^7 Msun for NGC2549 (all errors are at the 3 sigma CL). We demonstrate that the wide-field SAURON data play a crucial role in the M/L determination increasing the accuracy of M/L by a factor of at least 5, and constraining the upper limits on Mbh. The NIFS data are crucial in constraining the lower limits of Mbh and in combination with the large scale data reducing the uncertainty by a factor of 2 or more. We find that the orbital structure of NGC524 shows significant tangential anisotropy, while at larger radii both galaxies are consistent with having almost perfectly oblate velocity ellipsoids. Tangential anisotropy in NGC524 coincides with the size of SMBH sphere of influence and the core region in the light profile. We test the accuracy to which Mbh can be measured using seeings obtained from typical LGS AO observations, and conclude that for a typical conditions and Mbh the expected uncertainty is of the order of 50%.
description: 19 pages, 14 figures
Effects of the Generalized Uncertainty Principle on the Inflation Parameters
Creators: name: Nozari, Kourosh
name: Akhshabi, Siamak
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the effects of the generalized uncertainty principle on the inflationary dynamics of the early universe in both standard and braneworld viewpoint. We choose the Randall-Sundrum II model as our underlying braneworld scenario. We find that the quantum gravitational effects lead to a spectral index which is not scale invariant. Also, the amplitude of density fluctuations is reduced by increasing the strength of quantum gravitational corrections. However, the tensor-to-scalar ratio increases by incorporation of these quantum gravity effects. We outline possible manifestations of these quantum gravity effects in the recent and future observations.
description: 11 pages, revised version with new references, Accepted for publication in IJMPD
Signals of composite electroweak-neutral Dark Matter: LHC/Direct Detection interplay
Creators: name: Barbieri, Riccardo
name: Rychkov, Slava
name: Torre, Riccardo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In a strong-coupling picture of ElectroWeak Symmetry Breaking, a composite electroweak-neutral state in the TeV mass range, carrying a global (quasi-)conserved charge, makes a plausible Dark Matter (DM) candidate, with the ongoing direct DM searches being precisely sensitive to the expected signals. To exploit the crucial interplay between direct DM searches and the LHC, we consider a composite iso-singlet vector $V$, mixed with the hypercharge gauge field, as the essential mediator of the interaction between the DM particle and the nucleus. Based on a suitable effective chiral Lagrangian, we give the expected properties and production rates of $V$, showing its possible discovery at the maximal LHC energy with about 100 fb^{-1} of integrated luminosity.
description: 9 pages, 6 figures
PR - MEASURING HOW NZ DAIRY FARMERS REACT TO VOLATILE PRICES BY ANALYSING FARMER RESPONSES OVER A PERIOD OF TIME USING PANEL DATA
Creators: name: Shadbolt, Nicola
name: Siddique, Muhammad Imran
name: Tozer, Peter
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Demand and Price Analysis
subject: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods
subject: New Zealand dairy farmers
subject: panel data
subject: DEA

description: Since 2006, milk prices, on average, have increased but there has been a great deal of price volatility in global dairy trade prices as well as New Zealand farm gate milk prices. Higher milk price can lead to higher profits if New Zealand dairy farmers respond to these price changes accordingly and adjust their input costs. The prime objective of this paper is to identify how farmers react to volatile prices during this period and this can be done by analysing farmer responses over a period of time using panel data. Farms that were both technical and scale efficient did not significantly change the three inputs (land, labour, and number of cows) but these farms slightly adjusted inputs to find the optimal point of their production. The majority of farms that were only scale efficient substantially varied these three inputs irrespective of price fluctuations and sought optimal scale rather than technical efficiency. Irrespective of price fluctuations, the inefficient farms kept increasing or decreasing inputs and ended up with low technical and scale efficiency.
description: Twenty-Second International Farm Management Congress, Tasmania, Australia, March 3-8, 2019
Calamotropha atkinsoni Zeller 1863
Creators: name: Léger, Théo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Crambidae
Calamotropha
Calamotropha atkinsoni

description: Calamotropha atkinsoni Zeller, 1863
Figs. 102, 160.
Calamotropha atkinsoni Zeller, 1863. Type locality: India, near Calcutta.
= Calamotropha fuscicostella Snellen, 1880: 247. Type locality: Indonesia, Sulawesi [Celebes], Bonthain; Makassar; Maros. Błeszyński, 1961 e: 196 (syn.)
= Crambus holodryas Meyrick, 1933: 444, 445. Type locality: [Thailand] Siam
= Calamotropha atkinsoni malaica Błeszyński, 1961 e: 196, 197, pl. 32 50, pl. 63 fig. 189. Type locality: Singapore
MATERIAL
No material was investigated for this species.
DIAGNOSIS
In male genitalia (Fig. 102), the very short, rounded uncus and the two conspicuous spine-like cornuti on the vesica unambiguously separate this species from other Calamotropha species (Błeszyński, 1961). In female genitalia (Fig. 160), the conspicuous sterigma covered by minute hair forms a chamber surrounding the antrum.
DISTRIBUTION
Ranging from India to the Philippines (Błeszyński, 1961).
REMARKS
Błeszyński (1961) reports this species from the Philippines.
description: Published as part of Léger, Théo, 2024, Half of the Diversity Undescribed: Integrative Taxonomy Reveals 32 New Species and a High Cryptic Diversity in the Scopariinae and Crambinae of the Philippines (Lepidoptera: Crambidae), pp. 1-93 in Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists 3 (2) on page 57, DOI: 10.18061/bssb.v3i2.9527, http://zenodo.org/record/15116964
Production and $β$ decay of rp-process nuclei $^{96}$Cd, $^{98}$In and $^{100}$Sn
Creators: name: Bazin, D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The $β$-decay properties of the N=Z nuclei $^{96}$Cd, $^{98}$In and $^{100}$Sn have been studied. These nuclei were produced at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL) by fragmenting a 120 MeV/nucleon $^{112}$Sn primary beam on a Be target. The resulting radioactive beam was filtered in the A1900 and the newly commissioned Radio Frequency Fragment Separator (RFFS) to achieve a purity level suitable for decay studies. The observed production cross sections of these nuclei are lower than predicted by factors of 10 to 30. The $^{100}$Sn production cross section is 0.25(15) pb, in sharp contrast with the 120 pb lower limit established at 63 MeV/nucleon incident energy of the same primary beam. The deduced half-life of $^{100}$Sn is 0.55$^{+0.70}_{-0.31}$ s, in agreement with previous measurements. Two $β$-decaying states in $^{98}$In were observed with measured half-lives of 47(13) ms and 0.66(40) s. The half-life of $^{96}$Cd, which was the last experimentally unknown waiting point half-life of the astrophysical rp-process, is 1.03$^{+0.24}_{-0.21}$ s. The implications of the experimental T$_{1/2}$ value of $^{96}$Cd on the abundances predicted by rp-process calculations and the origin of A=96 isobars such as $^{96}$Ru are explored.
Exlibris aus der Universitätsbibliothek Rostock
Creators: name: Büsing, Anne
name: Haarländer, Heide
Publisher: name: Universität Rostock
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 020 Library & information sciences
subject: 943 General history of Europe Central Europe Germany

description: Vorstellung einer Auswahl von 100 Exlibris aus dem Bestand der Universitätsbibliothek Rostock
PR - CARBON NEUTRAL BRAZILIAN BEEF: AN ANALYSIS OF ITS ECONOMIC VIABILITY FOR LIVESTOCK SUSTAINABLE INTENSIFICATION
Creators: name: Pereira, Mariana De AragÃ£O
name: De Almeida, Roberto Giolo
name: Laura, Valdemir Antonio
name: Costa, Fernando Paim
name: Alves, Fabiana Villa
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: Livestock Production/Industries
subject: Agroforestry
subject: Economic analysis
subject: Integrated crop-livestock-forestry systems

description: This study analyses the economic viability of Carbon Neutral Brazilian Beef (CNBB), proposed by EMBRAPA, as an alternative for sustainable intensification of beef farming in Brazil. A 12-year cash flow was built for two integrated crop- livestock-forestry systems (ICLF) in the Cerrado region, following the guidelines of CNBB protocol. Both included soybean and cattle, but ICLF1 had 227 eucalyptus trees/ha while ICLF2 had 357 eucalyptus trees/ha. Investment analysis showed both systems were economically viable, with ICLF1, with less trees, performing better than ICLF2. Two scenarios under CNBB protocol, considering premium beef prices and costs assumed either by farmers or by the meat processing companies, indicate CNBB can add value to beef production and generate additional income, while contributing to the environment and to animal welfare. Further analyses must follow, to set the guidelines for additional development of the CNBB market.
description: Twenty-Second International Farm Management Congress, Tasmania, Australia, March 3-8, 2019
Search for New Physics in Electroweak Penguins via B_s Decays
Creators: name: Hofer, L.
name: Scherer, D.
name: Vernazza, L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The discrepancies found in the B->pi K decays between theory and experiment suggest the presence of new physics in the electroweak penguin sector of the theory. We show that this hypothesis can be tested more efficiently including in the analysis the non-leptonic decays B_s->phi pi, B_s->phi rho.
description: 7 pages, 1 figure, LaTeX. Talk given at the Flavianet Workshop on Low energy constraints on extensions of the Standard Model, 23-27 July 2009, Kazimierz, Poland
Generalized Uncertainty Principle theories and their classical interpretation
Creators: name: Bruno, Matteo
name: Segreto, Sebastiano
name: Montani, Giovanni
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this work, we show that it is possible to define a classical system associated with a Generalized Uncertainty Principle (GUP) theory via the implementation of a consistent symplectic structure. This provides a solid framework for the classical Hamiltonian formulation of such theories and the study of the dynamics of physical systems in the corresponding deformed phase space. By further characterizing the functions that govern non-commutativity in the configuration space using the algebra of angular momentum, we determine a general form for the rotation generator in these theories and crucially, we show that, under these conditions, unlike what has been previously found in the literature at the quantum level, this requirement does not lead to the superselection of GUP models at the classical level. Finally, we postulate that a properly defined GUP theory can be correctly interpreted classically if and only if the corresponding quantum commutators satisfy the Jacobi identities, identifying those quantization prescriptions for which this holds true.
description: New submission matching the published version
PR - HOW CAN THE SOUTH AFRICAN BEEF CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM BE ADAPTED TO MEET MODERN CONSUMERSâ€™ DEMANDS
Creators: name: Van Den Heever, M.J.J.
name: Lombard, W.A.
name: Jordaan, H.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Livestock Production/Industries
subject: beef
subject: grading
subject: standard

description: Beef consumption in South Africa increased by 1.6% from 2016 to 2017 and it is expected that the total beef consumption will expand by 19% over the next decade. Most South African consumers focus on affordability followed by health and appearance when buying meat and donâ€™t necessarily look at the meat classification. Research has shown that the South African beef classification system is used as a grading system due to the preference of classes, which defeats the original purpose of the system. The aim of this study is to compare the current red meat classification system used in South Africa to classification and grading systems used in other countries to provide alternatives when amending the shortcomings of the current classification system. Using international classification/grading systems can provide guidance on how to amend the current South African classification system. This study provides an adapted beef grading system adapted according to the Meat Standard Australia system that can be used in South Africa. In the suggested system beef will be graded according to pH measurements and days aged. This study can be used by decision makers when to assist in adapting the current beef classification system.
description: Twenty-Second International Farm Management Congress, Tasmania, Australia, March 3-8, 2019
PR - STATE APPROACHES TO REDUCING AGRICULTURAL NUTRIENT IMPACTS ON WATER QUALITY IN THE UNITED STATES
Creators: name: Hall, Peggy Kirk
name: Essman, Ellen
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy
subject: water quality
subject: nutrient reduction
subject: agricultural nutrient pollution

description: Agricultural nutrients in the wrong places pose threats to water quality in the United States, but the federal government has little control over the issue. States do have authority over nonpoint sources such as agricultural nutrient runoff, but what are they doing to address water quality threats? This paper presents an overview of different approaches states are utilizing to reduce agricultural nutrient impacts on water. Approaches fall into seven categories that range from statewide reduction strategies to nutrient application restrictions and external partnerships. Voluntary incentives remain a priority, but a slight trend toward mandatory requirements exists. The current landscape is well- populated with a diversity of state actions, but funding, impact monitoring and coordination may prove critical to program and policy success.
description: Twenty-Second International Farm Management Congress, Tasmania, Australia, March 3-8, 2019
Quantum polarization spectroscopy of correlations in attractive fermionic gases
Creators: name: Roscilde, T.
name: Rodriguez, M.
name: Eckert, K.
name: Romero-Isart, O.
name: Lewenstein, M.
name: Polzik, E.
name: Sanpera, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We show how spin-spin correlations, detected in a non-destructive way via spatially resolved quantum polarization spectroscopy, strongly characterize various phases realized in trapped ultracold fermionic atoms. Polarization degrees of freedom of the light couple to spatially resolved components of the atomic spin. In this way quantum fluctuations of matter are faithfully mapped onto those of light. In particular we demonstrate that quantum spin polarization spectroscopy provides a direct method to detect the Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov phase realized in a one-dimensional imbalanced Fermi system.
description: 16 pages, 9 figures
PR - IS SHEEP DAIRYING A MORE SUSTAINABLE LAND-USE PARADIGM FOR NEW ZEALAND THAN COW DAIRYING?
Creators: name: Trafford, S.F.
name: Trafford, Guy
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: Sustainability
subject: Sheep dairying
subject: environmental footprint

description: New Zealandâ€™s economy is dependent on cow dairyingâ€™s contribution of approx. $7.8 billion to total GDP. However, it faces ratcheting pressure for more regulatory controls as the result of intense public scrutiny of its environmental footprint, predominantly relating to water supply and quality. Sheep dairying is being heralded as a potentially profitable export industry with a significantly lighter footprint while capitalising on the longstanding skills and infrastructural base of a historic, national sheep farming industry. Yet, there is limited definitive information available as to whether sheep dairying can/ does deliver its promise with regard to environmental and other benefits. This paper explores a range of literature/data that outlines the benefits of sheep comparative to cow dairying in the New Zealand context and compares findings to those of an ongoing, commercial research project (Charing Cross Sheep Dairy) established in 2011 in the Canterbury region. It also explores benefits to communities, and animal welfare.
description: Twenty-Second International Farm Management Congress, Tasmania, Australia, March 3-8, 2019
On the Disappearance of the Broad-Line Region in Low-Luminosity Agns
Creators: name: Elitzur, Moshe
name: Ho, Luis C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The disk-wind scenario for the broad-line region (BLR) and toroidal obscuration in active galactic nuclei predicts the disappearance of the BLR at low luminosities. In accordance with the model predictions, data from a nearly complete sample of nearby AGNs show that the BLR disappears at luminosities lower than $5\times\E{39} (M/10^7\Mo)^{2/3}$ erg s$^{-1)$, where $M$ is the black hole mass. The radiative efficiency of accretion onto the black hole is $\la \E{-3}$ for these sources, indicating that their accretion is advection-dominated.
description: ApJ Letters, to be published
PR - THE SHIFTING LANDSCAPE OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN AUSTRALIAN AGRICULTURE
Creators: name: Murfet, S.E.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Labor and Human Capital
subject: Workforce
subject: Strategic
subject: Human

description: Many of the conversations in the agriculture sector have centred on the challenges of attracting and retaining human capital, particularly at mid-level management. This Paper considers the interconnections between strategic human resource management and its alignment to the broader business objectives. As smaller farms are gradually being acquired by larger corporate farming businesses to achieve scale, smaller operations are competing for the same talent as the more significant players. To improve successful strategic human resources outcomes, agricultural employers need to: 1. Understand future trends that will inform strategies about how to attract, retain and develop human capital. 2. Acknowledge that growth of the sector is dependent on recruiting smart, motivated and adaptive people; and 3. Becoming an â€˜industry of choiceâ€™ for current and potential employees. The challenge of growing the farmgate value of Australian agriculture to a $100 billion sector by 2050 is a complex and multi-dimensional equation that requires the industryâ€™s workforce to navigate emerging trends both internally and externally. Ultimately, the growth relies on a commitment from industry employers to professionalise the approach to managing and developing talent as a matter of priority.
description: Twenty-Second International Farm Management Congress, Tasmania, Australia, March 3-8, 2019
Preparation of MgX/Al2O3-Y Sorbent for Highly Efficient Simultaneous Removal of Hydrogen Fluoride and Hydrogen Chloride under Low-Temperature Environment
Creators: name: Feng, Jiayu
name: Li, Kai
name: Ning, Ping
name: Wang, Chi
name: Sun, Xin
name: Wang, Fei
name: Gao, Peng
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: In this study, a series of Mg-modified γ-Al2O3 sorbents have been introduced to simultaneously remove HCl and HF in a low-temperature environment. These sorbents were prepared by impregnation, and the effects of Mg loading amount and calcination temperature on the performance of the sorbent were investigated. The optimal sorbent (modified by 15 wt% Mg and calcined at 400℃, Mg15/Al2O3-400) exhibited the highest adsorption capacity of all the sorbents tested, 37.89 mg(HF)•gsorbent-1 and 34.54 mg(HCl)•gsorbent-1, respectively. Taking into account an excellent HF(HCl) capacity of the Mg15/Al2O3-400, these sorbents are very promising HF(HCl)sorbents usable in a low-temperature environment. The role of MgO loaded on γ-Al2O3 was investigated by Brunauer−Emmet−Teller (BET) method, X-ray diffractometer (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM-EDS), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), temperature-programmed desorption of CO2 (CO2-TPD), and thermogravimetric analysis (TG-DTG). The results revealed that MgO acted as a “leading role” to promote the adsorption activity of the sorbents. BET analysis demonstrated that the Mg modification process did not seriously change the pore type of the γ-Al2O3. CO2-TPD results revealed that the calcination temperature will significantly affect the number and strength of the basic sites on the surface of the sorbent. In addition, XRD and XPS analysis indicated that the consumption of MgO and the accumulation of reaction products on the surface and pores are the main reasons for the deactivation of the sorbent.
PR - HOW SUSTAINABLE SHORT FOOD SUPPLY CHAINS ARE? A QUANTITATIVE ASSESMENT APPROACH
Creators: name: Malak-Rawlikowska, Agata
name: Majewski, Edward
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Industrial Organization
subject: sustainability
subject: short food supply chains
subject: quantitative assessment

description: There is an on-going scientific and policy debate how to utilize the local food systems and Short Food Supply Chains (SFSC) in order to provide beneficial solutions to the society and rural areas. Producers that participate in these systems are supposed to gain a higher share of the value added and contribute to the development of local territories. It is believed, that local food systems and shortened food supply chains provide also benefits to the natural environment. However, to date, very little empirical evidence exists on the quantitative impact of varied types of food supply chains. Given the shortcomings in the literature this presentation focuses on the quantitative assessment of economic, environmental and social sustainability of selected Short Food Supply Chains. The evaluation of an impact of SFSC draws upon a set of indicators developed within the Strength2Food project. This contribution presents the first preliminary results of case studies conducted in Poland and France. A variety of products were investigated to explore and compare diverse value chains. Our results confirm that farmers usually participate in more than one chain, diversifying distribution channels. Some farmers participate both in short and long channels. In economic terms, (price premium, added value) SFSCs are found to be more beneficial for farmers, while it seems that â€žlong supplyâ€ channels generate less negative environmental impacts per unit of production measured by carbon footprint. Our findings also suggest that farmers participating in SFSC perceive a greater bargaining power in comparison to their counterparts involved in longer market chains
description: Twenty-Second International Farm Management Congress, Tasmania, Australia, March 3-8, 2019
Weak complementarity from discrete symmetries
Creators: name: Merlo, Luca
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The neutrino oscillation data find a good approximation in the so-called tri-bimaximal pattern. Recently a paper appeared showing that also the bimaximal pattern, which is already ruled out by the measurements, could be a very good starting point in order to describe the lepton mixing. In this paper I review both the flavour structures and then I present an explicit flavour model based on the discrete group S4, in which the PMNS mixing matrix is of the bimaximal form in first approximation and after it receives corrections which bring it in agreement with the data. The resulting spectrum of light neutrinos shows a moderate normal hierarchy and is compatible, within large ambiguities, with the constraints from leptogenesis as an explanation of the baryon asymmetry in the Universe.
description: 5 pages, 1 figure; Proceeding for the XXXIII International Conference of Theoretical Physics: ``USTRON09 -- Matter to the Deepest: Recent Developments in Physics of Fundamental Interactions''
Experimental and Numerical Study of Microcavity Filling Regimes for Lab-on-a-Chip Applications
Creators: name: Nagel, Luise
name: Lippert, Anja
name: Leonhardt, Ronny
name: Tolle, Tobias
name: Zhang, Huijie
name: Maric, Tomislav
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The efficient and voidless filling of microcavities is of great importance for Lab-on-a-Chip applications. However, predicting whether microcavities will be filled or not under different circumstances is still difficult due to the local flow effects dominated by surface tension. In this work, a close-up study of the microcavity filling process is presented, shedding light on the mechanisms of the filling process using experimental insights accompanied by 3D numerical simulations. The movement of a fluid interface over a microcavity array is investigated optically under consideration of different fluids, capillary numbers, and cavity depths, revealing a regime map of different filling states. Moreover, the transient interface progression over the cavities is analyzed with attention to small-scale effects such as pinning. Besides the visual analysis of the image series, quantitative data of the dynamic contact angle and the interface progression is derived using an automated evaluation workflow. In addition to the experiments, 3D Volume-of-Fluid simulations are employed to further investigate the interface shape. It is shown that the simulations can not only predict the filling states in most cases, but also the transient movement and shape of the interface. The data and code associated with this work are publicly available at Bosch Research GitHub and at the TUDatalib data repository.
description: Published at International Journal of Multiphase Flow
Jiji Public Opinion Survey #2261
Creators: name: Jiji Press
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2022

description: Occupation; political party; reasons for supporting political party; Sato cabinet support; reasons for supporting Sato cabinet; better or worse off versus last year; consumer prices; business trend; Japan free world or communist bloc; favorite countries; countries you dislike; government tobacco monopoly; increase in tobacco prices; smoking health effects; prohibiting smoking; smoking; educational attainment for your daughter; purse compared to last year; use of given money; household purchases; household spending.
PR - EMPOWERING FARMERS TO NEGOTIATE THE LEGAL LANDSCAPE OF FUTURE FARMING TECHNOLOGIES
Creators: name: Wiseman, Leanne
name: Sanderson, Jay
name: Davey, Lucas
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies
subject: Digital Farming
subject: Legal Challenges
subject: Knowledge

description: This paper describes the changing legal landscape that farmers must navigate when adopting digital farming technologies and modernising their farming enterprises. The digital transformation that is taking place on farms and the enormous amount of farm data that is now being collected, used and stored has highlighted a new range of skills that farmers will need into the future. While the need for digital literacy of farmers has been recognised and is being acted upon with a range of training programs and model smart farms, little attention is being paid to the increasingly complex legal environment that these digital farming technologies bring. Along with digital literacy, farmers also need awareness of their rights and obligations that are created under the new legal arrangements that accompany digital farming technologies. Legal awareness and understanding is now an indispensable tool for digital farming. Empowering farmers with legal awareness of the range of legal issues arising from data licensing agreements, competition and privacy law will reduce the vulnerability that many farmers experience as their industry rapidly transforms. Knowledge of law is power and when farmers are aware of their legal rights and obligations, the commercial relationships within digital farming will hopefully become more transparent, thus more equitable. Ultimately, once trust is re-established between farmers and the broader agri- supply chain, digital farming relationships will be transformed.
description: Twenty-Second International Farm Management Congress, Tasmania, Australia, March 3-8, 2019
PR - DEVELOPMENT OF A COST-EFFECTIVE WATER PRODUCTIVITY ACCOUNTING TOOL FOR AGRICULTURE
Creators: name: Tingley-Holyoak
name: Pisaniello, John
name: Buss, Peter
name: Wiersma, Ben
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy
subject: water accounting
subject: water productivity
subject: user-friendly technology

description: Primary producers need strategies and tools to assist in monitoring water use with a view to improving physical and financial productivity. Farm accounting systems, if present, lack the sophistication to allow growers to analyse the use, loss and productivity of water to identify areas of potential water savings. Also, emerging farm technologies do not readily link to business systems to provide the optimal real-time financial decision making data. Findings of desk-based technology benchmarking suggest best-practice elements required include production â€˜hotspotâ€™ identification and real-time sensory data integration that allows for strategic allocation to all direct and indirect water use drivers. Key actor interview and producer demand surveys highlight demand exists for a cost-effective integrated water productivity tool, especially in regions where there is a large proportion of irrigated farming. The paper provides preliminary demonstration of how the crucial link can be made between producersâ€™ business systems and resource technology.
description: Twenty-Second International Farm Management Congress, Tasmania, Australia, March 3-8, 2019
A modified local Weyl law and spectral comparison results for $δ'$-coupling conditions
Creators: name: Bifulco, Patrizio
name: Kerner, Joachim
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Spectral Theory (math.SP)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 34L05, 81Q35, 34L15, 34L20

description: We study Schrödinger operators on compact finite metric graphs subject to $δ'$-coupling conditions. Based on a novel modified local Weyl law, we derive an explicit expression for the limiting mean eigenvalue distance of two different self-adjoint realisations on a given graph. Furthermore, using this spectral comparison result, we also study the limiting mean eigenvalue distance comparing $δ'$-coupling conditions to so-called anti-Kirchhoff conditions, showing divergence and thereby confirming a numerical observation in [arXiv:2212.12531].
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description: 12 pages, 1 figure; comments are welcome!
PR - PEOPLE OF FUTURE AGRICULTURE: TRUST AND SUCCESSION IN FAMILY BUSINESSES
Creators: name: Bell, Catherine
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Institutional and Behavioral Economics
subject: Risk and Uncertainty
subject: family business
subject: succession
subject: trust

description: Intergenerational transfer, or succession, is often a goal for family businesses in general, and family farms in particular. This challenging objective is aided or hindered by interpersonal trust between family members. The purpose of this study is to gain an understanding of the role of trust in succession so that those involved can observe the intergenerational behavioral patterns and estimate the source of trust/mistrust, or they can evaluate the trust issues and predict what behavioral patterns to expect. This meta study of the qualitative research literature on family businesses and succession revealed recurring patterns of intergenerational behavior as it relates to the essential component of trust. Character and competence influence the ability of business founders/predecessors and their children/successors to work within an area of trust, shaping intergenerational relationships and producing characteristic family business behavior patterns. Four typical interactive patterns include long-term stability, authoritarian rule, nepotism and sibling rivalry. Family member trust directly affects, and is affected by, family relationships, which, in turn influence both business performance, and the likelihood of successful intergenerational succession for the business itself.
description: Twenty-Second International Farm Management Congress, Tasmania, Australia, March 3-8, 2019
The Synergy between Deep X-ray and Infrared Surveys: AGN and Star Formation Activity
Creators: name: Mullaney, J. R.
name: Alexander, D. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We explore the connections between the infrared and X-ray properties of AGNs. Using the well constrained infrared SEDs of a sample of local (i.e., z < 0.1) sample of X-ray AGNs, we develop new diagnostics that exploit 24um and 70um flux densities to identify AGN-dominated systems at z<1.5 and measure their total infrared luminosities. We apply these diagnostics to the X-ray detected AGNs in the Chandra Deep Field South and, in doing so, reveal that the infrared to X-ray luminosity ratio was a factor of ~12 higher in the early Universe compared to today. We explore possible explanations for this dramatic evolution and demonstrate how forthcoming Herschel observations will discriminate between these scenarios and, while doing so, identify potential Compton-thick AGNs. Summary of Mullaney et al., MNRAS, 401, 995 (2010).
description: 6 pages, 3 figures. To appear in Proceedings of "X-ray Astronomy 2009: Present Status, Multi-Wavelength Approach and Future Perspectives", Bologna, Italy, September 7-11, 2009, AIP, eds. A. Comastri, M. Cappi, and L. Angelini
Freeze-Drying of Foods: A List of Selected References
Creators: name: Corridon, Geraldine A.
name: Corridon, Geraldine A.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1963
Subjects: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety
Production Economics
Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies

description: Excerpts from Introduction: Although not a new processing method, freeze-drying has been of interest to the food industry for a relatively short time. Previous to 1940 little work had been done with this drying technique as applied to its possibilities in the food field. During and after World War II individuals and governments of several European countries became interested in freeze-drying as a food-preservation method. In more recent years much of the basic food freeze-drying research work has been done in Chicago by the Quartermaster Food and Container Institute for the Armed Forces, Research and Engineering Command. This bibliography has been compiled as an early step in the economic appraisal of freeze-drying. Begun as a means of surveying literature pertaining to freeze-drying, it soon became evident that a comprehensive search of literature should be done in a systematic and professional manner. It is hoped that this bibliography will aid those searching available literature on the subject of freeze-drying of food. It should help fill the needs of many interested in this rapidly expanding field.
An evaluation of patterns : a study of the out-of-house patterns of the Acadia Park clusters (University of British Columbia)
Creators: name: Puni, Krishan Parkash
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: In his recent publications Christopher Alexander and his colleagues are mainly concerned with the description of what they call patterns. In 'A Pattern Language Which Generates Multi-Service Centers', these authors have stated that such patterns are tentative and based on much conjecture. They suggest that they need criticism and improvement. The authors further point out that these patterns do not establish an exact geometry of relationship to one another as they are studied and described in isolation. Thus the interrelationship between patterns and their geometry may vary from place to place. This thesis is an evaluation of such patterns, and therefore can be seen as an extension of the design method initiated by Christopher Alexander and the Center for Environmental Structure. The author believes that when patterns (the component parts of which are pre-designed to prevent specific conflicting tendencies from occurring) are combined to form a cohesive whole, they may not fulfil the purpose for which they were initially designed. The Acadia Park Clusters, the housing for married students at the University of British Columbia Campus was selected for the evaluation of patterns. The thesis looks at the out-of-house patterns of this project. Since this project was designed in the conventional architectural way and not according to the Pattern Language Method, an inventory of out-of-house patterns had at first to be abstracted from the design elements. The anticipated behavior of users relevant to these patterns was then posited. These positions became the hypotheses on which the created inventory of patterns was evaluated. The author has gathered this data empirically by recording over a period of three weeks the activities of the participants and their characteristics in their natural settings. The data shows that certain patterns fail to achieve their initial purpose when combined to form a cohesive whole. The study also points out that the physical arrangement of one pattern to another influences the intensity of use. It also suggests that when two patterns overlap, new tendencies develop. This study confirms the importance of evaluating patterns after they are combined to form a cohesive whole. It proves that this is necessary for their improvement and for the design of new patterns. If this sort of follow-up does not become a natural part of the design process, a communication breakdown between architect and user is bound to occur.
PR - A CASE STUDY OF THE EVOLUTION OF SUCCESSION AND GOVERNANCE ON A NEW ZEALAND DAIRY FARM
Creators: name: Pangborn, M.C.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: New Zealand dairy
subject: governance
subject: succession

description: Alderbrook Farm Ltd. (AFL) was established as a 50-50 sharemilking partnership in 1987. Since the initiation of operations, the business has grown to be a self-contained business of two farms and support blocks milking 1,200 cows on a farming area of 550 hectares near Christchurch, New Zealand (NZ). Previous publications have described the growth in dairying in Canterbury (Pangborn et al. 2015) and the growth of this business (Pangborn 2012). The process through which the farm established a succession plan and further developed a governance structure to oversee the operation is explored. It was clear that involving a facilitator at the onset to improve communication and give all family members a â€˜voiceâ€™ was critical. After establishment, it was equally important to establish a plan that developed a purpose, mission and goals for the business. Further, a governance structure was adopted to oversee the plan. To date, the process has allowed the pursuit of the purpose of the plan; however, succession has come at a cost to the financial stability of the existing farm business.
description: Twenty-Second International Farm Management Congress, Tasmania, Australia, March 3-8, 2019
Lathrobium
Creators: name: Peng, Zhong
name: Li, Qi-Li
name: Shen, Liang
name: Gu, Fu-Kang
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Lathrobium

description: Lathrobium sp.
 Material studied. China: Zhejiang: 1 ♀, Qingyuan County, Baishanzu Natural Reserve, 27°45'26''N 119°12'08''E, 1730 m, 02.V.2014, Peng, Song, Yan & Yu leg. (SNUC); 2 ♀♀, Qingyuan County, Baishanzu Natural Reserve, 27°45'N 119°12'E, 1500 m, 23.V.2008, Tang & YZhu leg. (SNUC); 1 ♀, Qingyuan County, Baishanzu Natural Reserve, 27°45'N 119°12'E, 1200–1350 m, 05.V.2004, Hu, Tang & YZhu leg. (SNUC).
 Comment. The above micropterous females represent an undescribed species distinguished from the other species known from Donggong Mountains by smaller body size, the light brown coloration, the slender pronotum, and the female secondary
description: Published as part of Peng, Zhong, Li, Qi-Li, Shen, Liang & Gu, Fu-Kang, 2015, On the Lathrobium fauna of the Donggong Mountains, eastern China, pp. 245-263 in Zootaxa 3905 (2) on page 262, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3905.2.6, http://zenodo.org/record/245085