cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Generating Similarity Map for COVID-19 Transmission Dynamics with Topological Autoencoder
Creators: name: Hartono, Pitoyo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: Neural and Evolutionary Computing (cs.NE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: At the beginning of 2020 the world has seen the initial outbreak of COVID-19, a disease caused by SARS-CoV2 virus in China. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared this disease as a pandemic on March 11 2020. As the disease spread globally, it becomes difficult to tract the transmission dynamics of this disease in all countries, as they may differ in geographical, demographic and strategical aspects. In this short note, the author proposes the utilization of a type of neural network to generate a global topological map for these dynamics, in which countries that share similar dynamics are mapped adjacently, while countries with significantly different dynamics are mapped far from each other. The author believes that this kind of topological map can be useful for further analyzing and comparing the correlation between the diseases dynamics with strategies to mitigate this global crisis in an intuitive manner. Some initial experiments with with time series of patients numbers in more than 240 countries are explained in this note.
State Funded Marketing and Promotional Activities to Support a State's Winery Business; Are There Economic Returns?: A Case study using Texas Senate Bill 1370's support of the Texas Wine Industry
Creators: name: Hanagriff, Roger D.
name: Lau, Michael H.
name: Rogers, Sarah L.
name: Hanagriff, Roger D.
name: Lau, Michael H.
name: Rogers, Sarah L.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Marketing
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: Texas Wine
subject: Wine Economics
subject: State Commodity Support
subject: State Agricultural Marketing
subject: State Commodity Marketing

description: Texas wineries responded to a survey regarding their participation in wine marketing activities, annual changes in gross sales and level of sales growth they attribute to TDA’s support and if these funds create positive economic impacts to their winery. The response rate was 53 of the 93 registered wineries or a 57 percent response rate. Senate Bill 1370 funds allocate annually $725,000 to marketing and promotion of Texas wine. Combining the $725,000 and the normal funding of $250,000 identifies $975,000 in annual support to grow economic value. The most often utilized promotional activity is promotional materials and attending TDA supported wine events. Ninety-two percent of Texas wineries recognize an increase in awareness for the Texas wine industry and attribute 49 percent of the increase to state marketing efforts. A portion of TDA marketing funds were directed towards supporting wine events in Texas as they attract large numbers of consumers and allow promotional opportunities. One result found that 68 percent of consumers reported the event encouraged them to buy more Texas wine. Annual Economic Impact Results from supported marketing activities are estimated to create $8.42 per $1 of funding in direct sales increases, $15.33 per $1 of funding in economic impact of increases in sales and $1.54 per $1 of funding in value added impacts (based on IMPLAN Type II Economic Multiplier values). Annual Economic Impact Results from all funding activities are $2.16 per $1 of funding of total direct sales increases, $3.93 per $1 of funding in economic impacts of increases in sales and $.40 per $1 of funding in valued added impacts (based on IMPLAN Type II Economic Multiplier values). It is apparent that both direct and indirect economic results are positive returns to program funding and create economic growth in local economies.
title: Местное самоуправление как часть публичной власти
Creators: name: Баронов, В.
Publisher: name: Новгородский государственный университет имени Ярослава Мудрого (НовГУ)
Year: 2021

description: Статья посвящена рассмотрению проблем становления научных концепций о самоуправлении, а также влияния естественно-правовой и государственной теорий на уровень его независимости. Проводится анализ взаимоотношений местных органов самоуправления с органами государственной власти на уровне регионов и федеральном уровне. Указывается на их взаимозависимость.
Additional file 2 of Azithromycin added to hydroxychloroquine for patients admitted to intensive care due to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)—protocol of randomised controlled trial AZIQUINE-ICU
Creators: name: Duška, František
name: Waldauf, Petr
name: Halačová, Milada
name: Zvoníček, Václav
name: Bala, Jakub
name: Balík, Martin
name: Beneš, Jan
name: Klementová, Olga
name: Kozáková, Irena
name: Kubricht, Viktor
name: Roy, Anne Le
name: Tomáš Vymazal
name: Řehořová, Veronika
name: Černý, Vladimír
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: 60506 Virology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 2. Appendix.
BROILER PRODUCERS’ WILLINGNESS TO PAY TO MANAGE NUTRIENT POLLUTION
Creators: name: Devkota, Nirmala
name: Paudel, Krishna P.
name: Parajuli, Shanta
name: Devkota, Nirmala
name: Paudel, Krishna P.
name: Parajuli, Shanta
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2009
Subjects: Environmental Economics and Policy

description: Economic incentives or disincentives play a major role on encouraging producers to implement environmentally benign production practices. We evaluated producers’ willingness to pay (WTP) value to represent the level of disincentives that motivate farmers to mitigate nutrient pollution. The result obtained by using ordered response model showed that farm size, farm income, and land available to spread litter are major variables that determine the producers’ WTP.
Pressure control using stochastic cell rescaling
Creators: name: Bernetti, Mattia
name: Bussi, Giovanni
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Molecular dynamics simulations require barostats to be performed at constant pressure. The usual recipe is to employ the Berendsen barostat first, which displays a first-order volume relaxation efficient in equilibration but results in incorrect volume fluctuations, followed by a second order or Monte Carlo barostat for production runs. In this paper, we introduce stochastic cell rescaling, a first-order barostat that samples the correct volume fluctuations by including a suitable noise term. The algorithm is shown to report volume fluctuations compatible with the isobaric ensemble and its anisotropic variant is tested on a membrane simulation. Stochastic cell rescaling can be straightforwardly implemented in existing codes and can be used effectively both in equilibration and in production phases.
description: Supporting information included in ancillary files. The article has been accepted by J. Chem. Phys
Additional file 3 of Using provider-focused education toolkits can aid enhanced recovery programs to further reduce patient exposure to opioids
Creators: name: Sarin, Ankit
name: Lancaster, Elizabeth
name: Lee-Lynn Chen
name: Porten, Sima
name: Lee-May Chen
name: Lager, Jeanette
name: Wick, Elizabeth
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 3. Opioid conversion tables.
Ego-motion and Surrounding Vehicle State Estimation Using a Monocular Camera
Creators: name: Hayakawa, Jun
name: Dariush, Behzad
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Understanding ego-motion and surrounding vehicle state is essential to enable automated driving and advanced driving assistance technologies. Typical approaches to solve this problem use fusion of multiple sensors such as LiDAR, camera, and radar to recognize surrounding vehicle state, including position, velocity, and orientation. Such sensing modalities are overly complex and costly for production of personal use vehicles. In this paper, we propose a novel machine learning method to estimate ego-motion and surrounding vehicle state using a single monocular camera. Our approach is based on a combination of three deep neural networks to estimate the 3D vehicle bounding box, depth, and optical flow from a sequence of images. The main contribution of this paper is a new framework and algorithm that integrates these three networks in order to estimate the ego-motion and surrounding vehicle state. To realize more accurate 3D position estimation, we address ground plane correction in real-time. The efficacy of the proposed method is demonstrated through experimental evaluations that compare our results to ground truth data available from other sensors including Can-Bus and LiDAR.
Scaling laws for the movement of people between locations in a large city
Creators: name: Chowell, Gerardo
name: Hyman, James M.
name: Eubank, Stephen
name: Castillo-Chavez, Carlos
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Large scale simulations of the movements of people in a ``virtual'' city and their analyses are used to generate new insights into understanding the dynamic processes that depend on the interactions between people. Models, based on these interactions, can be used in optimizing traffic flow, slowing the spread of infectious diseases or predicting the change in cell phone usage in a disaster. We analyzed cumulative and aggregated data generated from the simulated movements of 1.6 million individuals in a computer (pseudo agent-based) model during a typical day in Portland, Oregon. This city is mapped into a graph with $181,206$ nodes representing physical locations such as buildings. Connecting edges model individual's flow between nodes. Edge weights are constructed from the daily traffic of individuals moving between locations. The number of edges leaving a node (out-degree), the edge weights (out-traffic), and the edge-weights per location (total out-traffic) are fitted well by power law distributions. The power law distributions also fit subgraphs based on work, school, and social/recreational activities. The resulting weighted graph is a ``small world'' and has scaling laws consistent with an underlying hierarchical structure. We also explore the time evolution of the largest connected component and the distribution of the component sizes. We observe a strong linear correlation between the out-degree and total out-traffic distributions and significant levels of clustering. We discuss how these network features can be used to characterize social networks and their relationship to dynamic processes.
description: 18 pages, 10 figures
PRODUCTION TERMINATION AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO MITIGATE NUTRIENT POLLUTION
Creators: name: Devkota, Nirmala
name: Paudel, Krishna P.
name: Devkota, Nirmala
name: Paudel, Krishna P.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2009
Subjects: Environmental Economics and Policy

description: Nutrient runoff from agricultural land can be reduced through production termination to mitigate water pollution. The willingness to accept value to terminate the broiler production is evaluated using sample selection model. The result showed a positive relationship between the decision to participation and stated WTA value indicating the producers are willing to terminate the production but at high cost. The farmer’s perception about government role on water pollution, farm income, information and awareness about other pollution reduction alternatives play a major role on stated WTA amount as well as on participation decision.
title: Diffuse cavernous haemangioma of the recto-sigmoid colon: CT and MRI findings
Creators: name: Lupescu, Ioana
Publisher: name: EURORAD
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Abdominal imaging
subject: Gastrointestinal tract
subject: Pelvis
subject: CT-Colonography
subject: MR
subject: Haemangioma
subject: Clinical Cases

description: Clinical History: A 59-year-old male patient with clinical suspicion of ulcerative colitis since 1978, without histology, treated intermittently with Sulfasalazine. On admission, the patient presented bloody diarrhoea, weight loss, and fatigability. Physical examination revealed a subponderal and pale patient. Rectal examination showed a smooth, nodular, compressible mass and red blood.

description: 59 years, male
Valley Pumping via Edge States and the Nonlocal Valley Hall Effect in Two-Dimensional Semiconductors
Creators: name: Sekine, Akihiko
name: MacDonald, Allan H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Recent experiments have studied the temperature and gate voltage dependence of nonlocal transport in bilayer graphene, identifying features thought to be associated with the two-dimensional semiconductor's bulk intrinsic valley Hall effect. Here, we use both simple microscopic tight-binding ribbon models and phenomenological bulk transport equations to emphasize the impact of sample edges on the nonlocal voltage signals. We show that the nonlocal valley Hall response is sensitive to electronic structure details at the sample edges, and that it is enhanced when the local longitudinal conductivity is larger near the sample edges than in the bulk. We discuss recent experiments in light of these findings and also discuss the close analogy between electron pumping between valleys near two-dimensional sample edges in the valley Hall effect, and bulk pumping between valleys due to the chiral anomaly in three-dimensional topological semimetals.
description: 12 pages, 11 figures
Neutrino self-polarization effect in matter
Creators: name: Lobanov, Andrey
name: Studenikin, Alexander
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The quasi-classical theory of the spin light of neutrino ($SLν$) in background matter, accounting for the neutrino polarization, is developed. The neutrino transitions $ν_{L}\to ν_{R}$ and $ν_{R}\to ν_{L}$ rates in matter are calculated. It is shown that the $SLν$ in matter leads to the neutrino conversion from active $ν_{L}$ to sterile $ν_{R}$ states (neutrino self-polarization effect in matter).
description: LaTex 9 pages, no figures
Additional file 1 of Azithromycin added to hydroxychloroquine for patients admitted to intensive care due to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)—protocol of randomised controlled trial AZIQUINE-ICU
Creators: name: Duška, František
name: Waldauf, Petr
name: Halačová, Milada
name: Zvoníček, Václav
name: Bala, Jakub
name: Balík, Martin
name: Beneš, Jan
name: Klementová, Olga
name: Kozáková, Irena
name: Kubricht, Viktor
name: Roy, Anne Le
name: Tomáš Vymazal
name: Řehořová, Veronika
name: Černý, Vladimír
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: 60506 Virology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 1. Collaborating institutions/Principal Investigators.
Distinguishing resonance symmetries with energy-resolved photoion angular distributions from ion-pair formation in O$_2$ following two-photon absorption of a 9.3 eV femtosecond pulse
Creators: name: Larsen, Kirk A.
name: Lucchese, Robert R.
name: Slaughter, Daniel S.
name: Weber, Thorsten
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a combined experimental and theoretical study on the photodissociation dynamics of ion-pair formation in O$_2$ following resonant two-photon absorption of a 9.3 eV femtosecond pulse, where the resulting O$^+$ ions are detected using 3-D momentum imaging. Ion-pair formation states of $^3Σ^-_g$ and $^3Π_g$ symmetry are accessed through predissociation of optically dark continuum Rydberg states converging to the B $^2Σ^-_g$ ionic state, which are resonantly populated via a mixture of both parallel-parallel and parallel-perpendicular two-photon transitions. This mixture is evident in the angular distribution of the dissociation relative to the light polarization, and varies with the kinetic energy release (KER) of the fragmenting ion-pair. The KER-dependent photoion angular distribution reveals the underlying two-photon absorption dynamics involved in the ion-pair production mechanism and indicates the existence of two nearly degenerate continuum resonances possessing different symmetries, which can both decay by coupling to ion-pair states of the same total symmetry through internal conversion.
description: 8 pages, 5 figures, 1 table
e+e- pair production from nucleon targets in the resonance region
Creators: name: Soyeur, Madeleine
name: Lutz, Matthias F. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discuss two processes, the $πN \to e^+e^- N$ and the $γN \to e^+e^- N$ reactions, below and close to the vector meson production threshold ($1.40
description: 12 pages, 9 figures, Paper presented at the XXIX Mazurian Lakes Conference on Physics, Piaski, Poland, August 30 - September 6, 2005
Can a State Funded Rural Economic Development Program Positively Impact the State’s Economy? A Case Study Application using Texas Department of Agriculture’s Rural Tourism Economic Development Program
Creators: name: Hanagriff, Roger D.
name: Lau, Michael H.
name: Hanagriff, Roger D.
name: Lau, Michael H.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Community/Rural/Urban Development
subject: Marketing
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: tourism
subject: economic development
subject: Texas tourism
subject: state sponsored tourism

description: In this paper, we review the tourism impact from supported tourism events and measure their economic value to the local economy. The economic values are the result of visitor spending and extrapolated to total event attendance creates economic values from the state-supported event. Communities receiving funding were responsible for collecting visitor surveys to measure consumer spending as well as the community completing a survey to record the investment cost of the event. The results were that state support represented 14 percent of the total event investment and total event value from visitor spending was $7.8 million for 31 events. The state percent share in value represents $1.1 million and considering the program-expended funds of $147,276 there is a $7.50 return for every $1 of state funding. Economic impacts from the funds add additional value and measure total economic value to Texas. We conclude that state supported programs focusing in the area of partial marketing support can create positive return on investment value of state funding.
ПРОБЛЕМЫ ВЗАИМОДЕЙСТВИЯ АДВОКАТУРЫ И ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОЙ ВЛАСТИ РЕСПУБЛИКИ УЗБЕКИСТАНА
Creators: name: Жураев, Анваржон
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Адвокатура играет ключевую роль в обеспечении прав граждан и справедливости в судебных процессах. Однако в Республике Узбекистан адвокатская деятельность сталкивается с рядом системных проблем, связанных с взаимодействием с государственными органами, что ограничивает её независимость и эффективность. В статье рассматриваются основные проблемы взаимодействия адвокатуры и государственной власти в Узбекистане, такие как ограниченная независимость адвокатов, недостаточная защита адвокатской тайны, трудности в получении доступа к правосудию и давление со стороны правоохранительных органов. Автором проведен правовой анализ данных проблем и предложены пути их решения через реформирование законодательства и усиление гарантий адвокатской независимости. Данная статья направлена на обсуждение необходимости создания правовых механизмов для защиты адвокатуры и развития правовой системы, способной обеспечить справедливость и равенство перед законом.
Analysis of B_d^0 -> phi K^{*0} decay mode with supersymmetry
Creators: name: Giri, A. K
name: Mohanta, R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Motivated by the recent measurement of low longitudinal polarization fraction in the decay mode $\B \to ϕK^{*0}$, which appears not to be in agreement with the standard model expectation, we analyze this mode in the minimal supersymmetric standard model with mass insertion approximation. Within the standard model, with factorization approximation, the longitudinal polarization is expected to be $f_L \sim 1-{\cal O}(1/m_b^2)$. We find that this anomaly can be explained in the minimal supersymmetric standard model with either $LR$ or $RL$ mass insertion approximation.
description: 18 pages, 3 figures, title changed, version to appear in EPJC
Tachyon dynamics of the black disc limit in the hard small $x$ processes in QCD
Creators: name: Blok, B.
name: Frankfurt, L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the effective field theory (EFT) which gives the approximate description of the scattering of the two hard small dipoles in the small $x$ processes in QCD near the black disc limit(BDL). We argue that the perturbative QCD approaches predict the existence of tachyon and visualize it in the approximation where $α'_P=0$ . We demonstrate that the high energy behavior of the cross-section depends strongly on the diffusion law in the impact parameter plane. On the other hand, almost threshold behavior of the cross section of the hard processes and multiplicities, i.e. fast increase of cross sections (color inflation), melting of ladders into color network and softening of the longitudinal distributions of hadrons are qualitatively insensitive to the value of diffusion in the impact parameter space. We evaluate $α'_P$ near the black disk limit and find significant $α'_P$ as the consequence of the probability conservation.
description: 11 pages, 2 figures
Additional file 1 of Using provider-focused education toolkits can aid enhanced recovery programs to further reduce patient exposure to opioids
Creators: name: Sarin, Ankit
name: Lancaster, Elizabeth
name: Lee-Lynn Chen
name: Porten, Sima
name: Lee-May Chen
name: Lager, Jeanette
name: Wick, Elizabeth
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 1. Established ERAS protocols
Birth of Closed Strings and Death of Open Strings during Tachyon Condensation
Creators: name: Hashimoto, Koji
name: Ho, Pei-Ming
name: Wang, John E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The tremendous progress achieved through the study of black holes and branes suggests that their time dependent generalizations called Spacelike branes (S-branes) may prove similarly useful. An example of an established approach to S-branes is to include a string boundary interaction and we first summarize evidence for the death of open string degrees of freedom for the homogeneous rolling tachyon on a decaying brane. Then, we review how to extract the flat S-brane worldvolumes describing the homogeneous rolling tachyon and how large deformations correspond to creation of lower dimensional strings and branes. These S-brane worldvolumes are governed by S-brane actions which are on equal footing to D-brane actions, since they are derived by imposing conformality on the string worldsheet, as well as by analyzing fluctuations of time dependent tachyon configurations. As further examples we generalize previous solutions of the S-brane actions so as to describe multiple decaying and nucleating closed fundamental strings. Conceptually S-brane actions are therefore different from D-brane actions and can provide a description of time dependent strings/branes and possibly their interactions.
description: 15 pages, 7 eps figures; invited review for Modern Physics Letters A, including new solutions for S-brane actions. v2 published version, minor typos corrected
High-Field Ultrasonic Study of Quadrupole Ordering and Crystal Symmetry Breaking in CeRhIn5
Creators: name: Kurihara, R.
name: Miyake, A.
name: Tokunaga, M.
name: Hirose, Y.
name: Settai, R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We performed an ultrasonic measurement for the heavy-fermion compound CeRhIn$_5$ to investigate the origin of the field-induced anisotropic phase in high magnetic fields. The transverse elastic constant $C_\mathrm{T} = (C_{11} - C_{12})/2$ and the ultrasonic attenuation coefficient $α_\mathrm{T}$ show clear anomaly at $B^\star = 28.5$ T, which was discussed as the electronic nematic transition point. In addition, $C_\mathrm{T}$ exhibits acoustic de Haas-van Alphen oscillation below 28.5 T. These elastic anomalies around $B^\star$ indicate an electric quadrupole ordering of $O_{x^2-y^2}$ accompanied by $B_\mathrm{1g}$ crystal symmetry breaking and Fermi surface reconstruction due to the quadrupole-strain coupling, which results from itinerant $4f$ electrons and the $p$-$f$ hybridized state.
Distribution of Local Government Revenue Sources and Citizen Well-Being
Creators: name: Amanor-Boadu, Vincent
name: Zereyesus, Yacob Abrehe
name: Ross, Kara L.
name: Amanor-Boadu, Vincent
name: Zereyesus, Yacob Abrehe
name: Ross, Kara L.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Community/Rural/Urban Development
subject: Local government
subject: revenues
subject: tax
subject: citizen well-being

description: The paper aims at examining how sources and distribution of revenue at the local government level influence the economic well-being of citizens. The results of this study help to illuminate the effect of revenue sources on local government efforts on economic development and their capacity to influence the well-being of their citizens. We hypothesized that the distribution of local government revenue influenced the wealth status of its citizens. Three empirical proxy measures for citizen well-being were used in the estimation of three different panel data models. Results from the estimations suggest that local government revenue generated from its citizens (e.g., taxes, insurance and charges) have more influence on citizen well-being than non-citizen generated revenue sources (e.g., inter-governmental transfers). The analysis provides insights into how economic development policies may be conceived in local governments, especially small communities, to ensure sustained economic prosperity of its citizens.
Redox-Governed Charge Doping Dictated by Interfacial Diffusion in Two-Dimensional Materials
Creators: name: Park, Kwanghee
name: Kang, Haneul
name: Koo, Seonghyun
name: Lee, DaeEung
name: Ryu, Sunmin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Controlling extra charge carriers is pivotal in manipulating electronic, optical, and magnetic properties of various two-dimensional (2D) materials. Nonetheless, the ubiquitous hole doping of 2D materials in the air and acids has been controversial in its mechanistic details. Here we show their common origin is an electrochemical reaction driven by redox couples of oxygen and water molecules. Using real-time photoluminescence imaging of WS2 and Raman spectroscopy of graphene, we capture molecular diffusion through the 2D nanoscopic space between 2D materials and hydrophilic substrates, and show that the latter accommodate water molecules also serving as a hydrating solvent. We also demonstrate that HCl-induced doping is governed by dissolved O2 and pH in accordance with the Nernst equation. The nanoscopic electrochemistry anatomized in this work sets an ambient limit to material properties, which is universal to not only 2D but also other forms of materials.
description: 19 pages, 4 figures
The hysteresis loop area of the Ising model
Creators: name: Zhu, Han
name: Dong, Shuai
name: Liu, J. -M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The hysteresis of the Ising model in a spatially homogeneous AC field is studied using both mean-field calculations and two-dimensional Monte Carlo simulations. The frequency dispersion and the temperature dependence of the hysteresis loop area are studied in relation to the dynamic symmetry loss. The dynamic mechanisms may be different when the hysteresis loops are symmetric or asymmetric, and they can lead to a double-peak frequency dispersion and qualitatively different temperature dependence.
description: 4 pages, 4 figures, accepted for publication in Physical Review B
Influence of a repump laser on a nearly degenerate four-wave-mixing spectrum in atomic vapors
Creators: name: Jiang, Wei
name: Chen, Qun-feng
name: Zhang, Yong-sheng
name: Guo, G. -C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The influence of a repump laser on a nearly degenerate four-wave-mixing (NDFWM) spectrum was investigated. We found the amplitude and line shape of the NDFWM depended strongly on the detuning of the repump field. A five-peak structure was observed. And at some certain repump detuning a dip appeared at the central peak. A rough analysis was proposed to explain this effect.
A Circular Planetary Nebula around the OH/IR Star OH 354.88-0.54 (V1018 Sco)
Creators: name: Cohen, Martin
name: Parker, Quentin A
name: Chapman, Jessica
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: New deep, high-resolution H-alpha imagery from the UK Schmidt Telescope (UKST) Unit's H-alpha survey of the Southern Galactic Plane reveals the presence of a faint, highly circular, planetary nebula surrounding a very long period variable star (now known as V1018 Sco), first discovered as a 1612-MHz OH maser, OH 354.88-0.54. The nebular phase-lag distance, diameter, and radial velocity are 3.2kpc, 0.3pc, and 13km/s, respectively. Combining the maser attributes with near-, mid-, and far-infrared data and with our optical spectrum of the ring we conclude that the object was an intermediate mass AGB star (initial stellar mass >4Msun in which the fast wind has recently turned on, ionizing previously shed circumstellar material. Hence, we speculate that we may be witnessing a hitherto unobserved phase of PN evolution, in which a PN has only recently started to form around a star that is unequivocally still in its AGB
description: Accepted for publication in MNRAS 12 pages, 8 figures
Haploinsufficiency of PTEN augments the chemotactic response of lymphocytes, alters gene expression, and results in autoimmunity
Creators: name: Fox, Joanne
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: The ability of the cell to respond to physiological cues and integrate signals from outside sources is important for normal cellular function. The generation of second messengers is a central mechanism by which the cell activates signal transduction cascades that mediate cellular responses. Phosphatidylinositol lipid species (PIP) act as important second messengers in the membrane. Phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase (PI3K) and PTEN are responsible for regulating levels of PIP species and thus, are implicated in the control of many important cellular processes. Regulation of cellular activation is particularly important in the immune system where abnormal activation of lymphocytes can lead to developmental defects, impaired ability to defend against infection, and disease. In support of this, we and others have demonstrated that mice lacking a single allele of Pten develop an autoimmune disease that worsens with age. We observed increased lymph node size, splenomegaly, and elevated levels of serum immunoglobulins in Pten +/- mice. No evidence of major developmental defects were found in Pten +/- lymphocytes, however increased responsiveness of both B and T cells was detected. In the immune system, migration to specialized microenvironments ensures the proper development, differentiation, survival, elimination and activation of lymphocytes. The complex network of celhcell interactions that occurs during an immune response is also controlled by migratory events. Thus, we examined the role of Pten in the control of lymphocyte migration. We found that Pten +/- lymphocytes had an augmented chemotactic response to stromal cell derived factor-1 (SDF-1). We also demonstrated increased phosphorylation of protein kinase B (PKB) in response to SDF-1. Stimulation of lymphocytes with SDF-1 led to changes in gene expression. The expression of a subset of genes was altered in Pten +/- T cells. These observations provide evidence of a regulatory role for PTEN in lymphocytes and implicate PTEN in the dysregulation of the immune system that occurs during autoimmunity.
Prediction of the analyzing power for $\vec{p}$+$^{6}$He elastic scattering at 200 MeV from $\vec{p}$+$^{4}$He elastic scattering at 200 MeV
Creators: name: Ishii, Masahiro
name: Iseri, Yasunori
name: Yahiro, Masanobu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We apply the cluster-folding (CF) model for $\vec{p}+^{6}$He scattering at 200 MeV, where the potential between $\vec{p}$ and $^{4}$He is fitted to data on $\vec{p}+^{4}$He scattering at 200 MeV. For $\vec{p}+^{6}$He scattering at 200 MeV, the CF model reproduces measured differential cross section with no free parameter, We then predict the analyzing power $A_y(q)$ with the CF model, where $q$ is the transfer momentum. Johnson, Al-Khalili and Tostevin construct a theory for one-neutron halo scattering, taking (1) the adiabatic approximation and (2) neglecting the interaction between a valence neutron and a target, and yield a simple relationship between the elastic scattering of a halo nucleus and of its core under certain conditions. We improve their theory with (3) the eikonal approximation in order to determine $A_y(q)$ for $^{6}$He from the data on $A_y(q)$ for $^{4}$He. The improved theory is accurate, when approximation (1)--(3) are good. Among the three approximations, approximation (2) is most essential. The CF model shows that approximation (2) is good in $0.9 < q < 2.4$ fm$^{-1}$. In the improved theory, the $A_y(q)$ for $^{6}$He is the same as that for $^{4}$He. In $0.9 < q < 2.4$ fm$^{-1}$, we then predict $A_y(q)$ for $\vec{p}+^{6}$He scattering at 200 MeV from measured $A_y(q)$ for $\vec{p}+^{4}$He scattering at 200 MeV. We thus predict $A_y(q)$ with the model-dependent and the model-independent prescription. The ratio of differential cross sections measured for $^{6}$He to that for $^{4}$He is related to the wave function of $^{6}$He. We then determine the radius between $^{4}$He and the center-of-mass of valence two neutrons in $^{6}$He. The radius is 5.77 fm.
Limit groups for relatively hyperbolic groups, II: Makanin-Razborov diagrams
Creators: name: Groves, Daniel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Group Theory (math.GR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 20F65, 20F67, 20E08, 57M07

description: Let Gamma be a torsion-free group which is hyperbolic relative to a collection of free abelian subgroups. We construct Makanin-Razborov diagrams for Gamma. We also prove that every system of equations over Gamma is equivalent to a finite subsystem, and a number of structural results about Gamma-limit groups.
description: Published by Geometry and Topology at http://www.maths.warwick.ac.uk/gt/GTVol9/paper54.abs.html
Protein phosphatase 2A activators under investigation for smoking-related chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and related disorders
Creators: name: Antoniu, Sabina
name: Rascu, Setfan
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterized by progressive inflammation during therapy. Cystic fibrosis (CF), alpha-one antitrypsin deficiency (AATD), and non-CF bronchiectasis are also chronic respiratory disorders with inflammation and progression that share many similarities with COPD. Therefore, various anti-inflammatory approaches are currently being investigated, and protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) activators may represent one such approach. Systematic review of papers published from 2000-to date on the anti-inflammatory role of endogenous PP2A, the consequences of its inhibition by smoking, and the beneficial effects of its activation in COPD. PP2A activation is a plausible therapeutic approach in COPD and related disorders, such as CF, AATD, and non-CF bronchiectasis, although the available evidence is still mostly experimental. Metformin repurposing and consideration of inhalation for some of the molecules discussed in this study are promising approaches.
Farm Level Nonparametric Analysis of Profit Maximization Behavior with Measurement Error
Creators: name: Zereyesus, Yacob Abrehe
name: Featherstone, Allen M.
name: Langemeier, Michael R.
name: Zereyesus, Yacob Abrehe
name: Featherstone, Allen M.
name: Langemeier, Michael R.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Production Economics
subject: nonparametric analysis
subject: profit maximization
subject: measurement error
subject: technological change

description: This paper tests the farm level profit maximization hypothesis using a nonparametric production analysis approach allowing for measurement error in the input and output variables. All farms violated Varian’s deterministic Weak Axiom of Profit Maximization (WAPM). The magnitude of minimum critical standard errors required for consistency with profit maximization, convex technology production was smaller after allowing technological change during the sample period. Results indicate strong support for the presence of technological change during the sample period.
Spin-dependent quasiparticle reflection and bound states at interfaces with itinerant antiferromagnets
Creators: name: Bobkova, I. V.
name: Hirschfeld, P. J.
name: Barash, Yu. S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a formulation of the quasiclassical theory of junctions between itinerant antiferromagnets (AF) and s-wave (sSC) and d-wave superconductors (dSC). For the simplest two-sublattice antiferromagnet on a bipartite lattice, we derive Andreev-type equations and show that their solutions lead to a novel channel of quasiparticle reflection. In particular, quasiparticles in a normal metal with energies less than or comparable to the antiferromagnetic gap experience spin-dependent retroreflection at antiferromagnet-normal metal (AF/N) transparent (100) and (110) interfaces. A relative phase difference of pi between up spin and down spin quasiparticle reflection amplitudes is shown to lead to zero-energy interface bound states on AF/sSC interfaces. For an sSC/AF/sSC junction, these bound states are found to be split, due to a finite width of the AF interlayer, and carry the supercurrent. At AF/dSC interfaces we find no zero-energy bound states for both interface orientations we considered, in contrast with the case of (110) impenetrable surface of a dSC.
description: 5 pages
Gender and Ethnicity Classification based on Palmprint and Palmar Hand Images from Uncontrolled Environment
Creators: name: Matkowski, Wojciech Michal
name: Kong, Adams Wai Kin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Soft biometric attributes such as gender, ethnicity or age may provide useful information for biometrics and forensics applications. Researchers used, e.g., face, gait, iris, and hand, etc. to classify such attributes. Even though hand has been widely studied for biometric recognition, relatively less attention has been given to soft biometrics from hand. Previous studies of soft biometrics based on hand images focused on gender and well-controlled imaging environment. In this paper, the gender and ethnicity classification in uncontrolled environment are considered. Gender and ethnicity labels are collected and provided for subjects in a publicly available database, which contains hand images from the Internet. Five deep learning models are fine-tuned and evaluated in gender and ethnicity classification scenarios based on palmar 1) full hand, 2) segmented hand and 3) palmprint images. The experimental results indicate that for gender and ethnicity classification in uncontrolled environment, full and segmented hand images are more suitable than palmprint images.
description: Accepted in the International Joint Conference on Biometrics (IJCB 2020), scheduled for Sep 28-Oct 1, 2020
Functional Characterization of E3 Ubiquitin Ligase Tripartite Motif Containing 9 (TRIM9) as a Novel Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 5 (mGluR5)-Interacting Protein
Creators: name: Kiani, Sina Alexander
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa | University of Ottawa
Year: 2024
Subjects: mGluR5
signaling
neurodegeneration
immunoprecipitation
protein-protein interaction
ubiquitination
proteosomal inhibition

description: À la demande de l'auteur, le résumé a été retiré en raison de la nature confidentielle de la thèse. Il sera ajouté une fois la période d'embargo terminée. At the author’s request, the abstract has been removed due to the confidential nature of the thesis. It will be added once the embargo period has passed.
Sub-TeV Singlet Scalar Dark Matter and Electroweak Vacuum Stability with Vector Like Fermions
Creators: name: Borah, Debasish
name: Roshan, Rishav
name: Sil, Arunansu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study a scalar singlet dark matter (DM) having mass in sub-TeV regime by extending the minimal scalar singlet DM setup by additional vector like fermions. While the minimal scalar singlet DM satisfies the relic and direct detection constraints for mass beyond TeV only, presence of its portal coupling with vector like fermions opens up additional co-annihilation channels. These vector like fermions also help in achieving electroweak vacuum stability all the way up to Planck scale. We find that for one generation of vector like quarks consisting of a $SU(2)_L$ doublet and a singlet, scalar singlet DM with mass a few hundred GeV can indeed satisfy relic, direct detection and other relevant constraints while also making the electroweak vacuum absolutely stable. The same can be achieved by introducing vector like leptons too, but with three generations. While the model with vector like quarks is minimal, the three generations of vector like lepton doublet and neutral singlet can also give rise to light neutrino mass at one loop level.
description: 38 pages, 16 figures and 3 tables, The accepted version in PRD
A note on equivariant normal forms of Poisson structures
Creators: name: Miranda, Eva
name: Zung, Nguyen Tien
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Symplectic Geometry (math.SG)
subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 53D17

description: We prove an equivariant version of the local splitting theorem for tame Poisson structures and Poisson actions of compact Lie groups. As a consequence, we obtain an equivariant linearization result for Poisson structures whose transverse structure has semisimple linear part of compact type.
description: 14 pages
Geographical Indication Protection in South Africa with Particular Reference to Wines and to the EU
Creators: name: Van Der Merwe, Andries
name: Van Der Merwe, Andries
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety
subject: International Relations/Trade
subject: Coercion
subject: Common Law
subject: European Union
subject: Geographic Indicators
subject: South Africa

description: Based on the international legal framework as established by the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), the author discusses the approach to GI protection under South African law. While South Africa has not introduced a registration system with regard to GIs, it relies, amongst other approaches, on common law approaches to defending GIs. The author further explains that certain GIs that are now protected under the EU registration regime have long been used in the South African trade environment, to the effect of having become generic. It is against this background that the author argues that in light of the strong negotiating position of the EU, the Europeans, when negotiating the free trade agreement with South Africa, in fact coerced South African negotiators into accepting the terms of the EU with regard to certain GIs. The author concludes that it may be useful for jurisdictions like South Africa to associate with other New World economies to ensure a better bargaining position during negotiations, except where such negotiations deal with purely localized issues.