cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
The effect of the location of the new Higgs doublet on the radiative lepton flavor violating decays in the split fermion scenario
Creators: name: Iltan, E. O.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the branching ratios of the lepton flavor violating processes μ-> eγ, τ-> eγand τ-> μγin the split fermion scenario, with the assumption that the new Higgs doublet is restricted to the 4D brane (thin bulk) in one and two extra dimensions, in the framework of the two Higgs doublet model. We observe that the branching ratios are sensitive to the location of the 4D brane and, in the second case, the width of the thin bulk, especially for the μ-> eγdecay.
description: 26 pages, 11 figures
Search for the $\barΘ^- \to $ K$^-$ $\bar{n}$ with PHENIX
Creators: name: Pinkenburg, C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The PHENIX experiment at RHIC should be sensitive to decays of the the anti--pentaquark $\barΘ^-$ via the K$^-$ $\bar{n}$ channel. Charged kaons can be identified using the standard tracking and time of flight up to a momentum of 1.5 GeV/c. Anti--neutron candidates are detected via their annihilation signal in the highly segmented electromagnetic calorimeter (EMCal). In order to assess the quality of the anti--neutron identification we reconstruct the $\barΣ \to \bar{n}π$. As an additional crosscheck the invariant mass of K$^+$ $\bar{n}$ is reconstructed where no resonance in the pentaquark mass range is expected. At the present time no enhancement at the expected pentaquark mass is observed in dAu collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}} = 200 GeV.
description: 4 pages 5 figures contribution to the proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Ultra-Relativistic Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions (Quark Matter, Oakland, January 11-17, 2004). To appear in the proceedings (Journal of Physics G)
Long run dynamics of productivity growth
Creators: name: MADDISON, A.
Publisher: name: PSL Quarterly Review
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: labour productivity, growth, performance, long-run, development
subject: J24, O47

description: The paper analyses developments in labour productivity over the past century, and examines the factors which explain variations in its pace of growth. Four main phases are distinguished, 1970-1913, 1913-1950, 1950-1970 and the 1970s. The major concern is to explain why the postwar record has been so brilliant by historical standards, and why performance has slackened in the 1970s. JEL: J24, O47
description: PSL Quarterly Review, V. 32, N. 128 (1979)
Supernova Constraints on Models of Neutrino Dark Energy
Creators: name: Li, Hong
name: Feng, Bo
name: Xia, Jun-Qing
name: Zhang, Xinmin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper we use the recently released Type Ia Supernova (SNIa) data to constrain the interactions between the neutrinos and the dark energy scalar fields. In the analysis we take the dark energy scalars to be either Quintessence-like or Phantom-like. Our results show the data mildly favor a model where the neutrinos couple to a phantom-like dark energy scalar, which implies the equation of state of the coupled system behaves like Quintom scenario in the sense of parameter degeneracy. We find future observations like SNAP are potentially promising to measure the couplings between neutrino and dark energy.
description: Typos fixed and references updated. Version pressed in PRD
The balance of payments constraint as an explanation of the international growth rate differences
Creators: name: THIRLWALL, A.P.
Publisher: name: PSL Quarterly Review
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: growth differentials, productivity, exports, income elasticity of demand for imports, balance of payments equilibrium
subject: F32, F41, F43

description: The neo-classical approach to the question of why growth rates differ between countries concentrates on the supply side of the economy using the concept of the production function. While this approach is fruitful, it does little to explain why the growth of factor supplies and productivity differs between countries. The present paper shows how closely the growth experience of several developed countries approximates to the rate of growth exports divided by the income elasticity of demand for imports, which, on certain assumptions, can be regarded as a measure of what the author calls the balance of payments equilibrium growth rate. The hypothesis proposed is that if balance of payments equilibrium must be maintained, a country’s long run growth rate will be determined by the ratio of its rate of growth of exports to its income elasticity of demand for imports. JEL: F32, F41, F43
description: PSL Quarterly Review, V. 32, N. 128 (1979)
Microgaster flavofacialis GRANGER 1949
Creators: name: Madl, M.
name: Achterberg, C. Van
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Braconidae
Microgaster
Microgaster flavofacialis

description: Microgaster flavofacialis GRANGER 1949
 Microgaster flavofacialis n.sp.: GRANGER 1949: 220 (key), 225 (fig. 228), 228 (fig. 244), 233 (descr. ♀, Madagascar).
 Microgaster flavofacialis GRANGER 1949: SHENEFELT 1973: 707 (cat.).
D i s t r i b u t i o n: Madagascar: Prov. Antananarivo: Massif de l'Ankaratra.
Endemic.
description: Published as part of Madl, M. & Achterberg, C. Van, 2014, A catalogue of the Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea) of the Malagasy subregion, pp. 5-220 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 46 (1) on page 145, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4507364
Cold Neutral Gas in a z=4.2 Damped Lyman-alpha System: The Fuel for Star Formation
Creators: name: Howk, J. Christopher
name: Wolfe, Arthur M.
name: Prochaska, Jason X.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discuss interstellar temperature determinations using the excitation equilibrium of the ^2P levels of Si II and C II. We show how observations of the ^2P_3/2 fine structure levels of Si II and C II (which have significantly different excitation energies, corresponding to ~413 and 92 K, respectively) can be used to limit gas kinetic temperatures. We apply this method to the z=4.224 damped Lyman-alpha system toward the quasar PSS1443+27. The lack of significant absorption out of the SiII ^2P_3/2 level and the presence of very strong C II ^2P_3/2 provides an upper limit to the temperature of the C II*-bearing gas in this system. Assuming a solar Si/C ratio, the observations imply a 2-sigma limit T<954 K for this absorber; a super-solar Si/C ratio gives stricter limits, T<524 K. The observations suggest the presence of a cold neutral medium; such cold gas may serve as the fuel for star formation in this young galaxy.
description: Accepted to ApJ Letters; 13 pages, including figures and tables
Space-times produced by a time-dependent scalar field
Creators: name: Pi, S. -Y.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Models of Lorentz/diffeomorphism violation frequently make use of a time-dependent scalar field. We investigate space-times produced by such a field.
description: Presented at PASCOS Meeting 2005
Short-Range Ordered Phase of the Double-Exchange Model in Infinite Dimensions
Creators: name: Fishman, R. S.
name: Popescu, F.
name: Alvarez, G.
name: Maier, Th.
name: Moreno, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using dynamical mean-field theory, we have evaluated the magnetic instabilities and T=0 phase diagram of the double-exchange model on a Bethe lattice in infinite dimensions. In addition to ferromagnetic (FM) and antiferromagnetic (AF) phases, we also study a class of disordered phases with magnetic short-range order (SRO). In the weak-coupling limit, a SRO phase has a higher transition temperature than the AF phase for all fillings p below 1 and can even have a higher transition temperature than the FM phase. At T=0 and for small Hund's coupling J_H, a SRO state has lower energy than either the FM or AF phases for 0.26\le p < 1. Phase separation is absent in the J_H --> 0 limit but appears for any non-zero value of J_H.
description: 11 pages, 3 figures, published version
Temperature dependence of spin-transfer-induced switching of nanomagnets
Creators: name: Krivorotov, I. N.
name: Emley, N. C.
name: Garcia, A. G. F.
name: Sankey, J. C.
name: Kiselev, S. I.
name: Ralph, D. C.
name: Buhrman, R. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We measure the temperature, magnetic-field, and current dependence for the switching of nanomagnets by a spin-polarized current. Depending on current bias, switching can occur between either two static magnetic states or a static state and a current-driven precessional mode. In both cases, the switching is thermally activated and governed by the sample temperature, not a higher effective magnetic temperature. The activation barriers for switching between static states depend linearly on current, with a weaker dependence for dynamic to static switching.
description: 4 pages, 4 figures
Income taxes and the demand for money: a quantitative analysis
Creators: name: TANZI, V.
Publisher: name: PSL Quarterly Review
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: income taxes, demand for money, assets, empirical analysis
subject: E41, E64, H24

description: In a previous paper by the author, the effects that taxes in general and income taxes in particular might have on an individual’s choice between holding money and holding other assets was called to attention. An empirical study was thus performed how this choice could be expected to be affected when an income tax was introduced or was changed. Milton Friedman, while agreeing with the basic hypothesis, later raised serious and justifiable questions about the empirical part of the paper. The present paper, therefore, takes account of Friedman’s objections and subjects the earlier hypothesis to a somewhat more rigorous empirical test. JEL: E41, E64, H24
description: PSL Quarterly Review, V. 32, N. 128 (1979)
Dynamics of laser-induced electroconvection pulses
Creators: name: Giebink, N. C.
name: Johnson, E. R.
name: Saucedo, S. R.
name: Miles, E. W.
name: Vardanyan, K. K.
name: Spiegel, D. R.
name: Allen, C. C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We first report that, for planar nematic MBBA, the electroconvection threshold voltage has a nonmonotonic temperature dependence, with a well-defined minimum, and a slope of about 0.12 V/degree near room temperature. Motivated by this observation, we have designed an experiment in which a weak continuous-wave absorbed laser beam with a diameter comparable to the pattern wavelength generates a locally supercritical region, or pulse, in dye-doped MBBA. Working 10-20% below the laser-free threshold voltage, we observe a steady-state pulse shaped as an ellipse with the semimajor axis oriented parallel to the nematic director, with a typical size of several wavelengths. The pulse is robust, persisting even when spatially extended rolls develop in the surrounding region, and displays rolls that counterpropagate along the director at frequencies of tenths of Hz, with the rolls on the left (right) side of the ellipse moving to the right (left). Systematic measurements of the sample-voltage dependence of the pulse amplitude, spatial extent, and frequency show a saturation or decrease when the control parameter (evaluated at the center of the pulse) approaches ~ 0.3. We propose that the model for these pulses should be based on the theory of control-parameter ramps, supplemented with new terms to account for the advection of heat away from the pulse when the surrounding state becomes linearly unstable. The advection creates a negative feedback between the pulse size and the efficiency of heat transport, which we argue is responsible for the attenuation of the pulse at larger control-parameter values.
description: Figures uploaded at reduced resolution; high-resolution figures available on request. Accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. E
title: Lateritic palaeosols of N.E. Africa: a remote sensing study
Creators: name: Andrews Deller, Margaret Elizabeth
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 2012

description: Remote sensing data and image processing techniques are used increasingly to aid scientific investigation and address geological problems in areas that are difficult to map by conventional methods. This thesis explores how multi spectral satellite data, supported by traditional geological techniques, facilitate a study of lateritic palaeosols. The work centres on laterites, which are thin but important elements of the Phanerozoic stratigraphy of NE Africa. They immediately pre-date midOligocene flood basalts and, if mapped, can be used to delineate a flood basalt-Iaterite contact and define the pre-30 Ma African Surface and uplift patterns. They have important engineering properties and are key to understanding basement alteration and its associated mineralization. They affect agriculture and groundwater quality and retention - essential in Sub-Saharan Aflica where access to safe water is limited. They dominate the landscape, yet are unmapped and marginalised in the literature. Their geological context supports a laterite-focused remote sensing mapping strategy.

A strategy for geologic mapping of laterites based on their simple mineralogy and spectral characteristics that distinguish them from other rocks is developed. Methods for mapping are presented using Earth Observation data. The outcome is a series of regional geological maps of Eritrea and Ethiopia. These reveal that laterite cover is more extensive than previously thought and enable further lines of research.

The maps provide a means of regional dating of laterites, which, together with ages obtained for overlying flood basalts and new basement cooling ages, indicate a major planation during the Palaeozoic and constrain the timing of associated uplift and erosion. A regional review of Mesozoic-Cenozoic climatic, strati graphic and structural evolution is presented and a model of Neogene deformation of the lateriteflood basalt datum is produced. Finally, laterite maps, petrographic and geochemical evidence are used to access basic essentials of life: clean water, a safe environment and a sustainable economy.
Additional file 1 of Uncovering the mechanism of the effects of Paeoniae Radix Alba on iron-deficiency anaemia through a network pharmacology-based strategy
Creators: name: Ye, Xian-Wen
name: Deng, Ya-Ling
name: Lan-Ting Xia
name: Ren, Hong-Min
name: Zhang, Jin-Lian
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 1: Table 1. Candidate active ingredients of PRA; Table 2. Common targets between PRA and IDA; Table 3. Correlations between components and targets.
Microgaster rufithorax GRANGER 1949
Creators: name: Madl, M.
name: Achterberg, C. Van
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Braconidae
Microgaster
Microgaster rufithorax

description: Microgaster rufithorax GRANGER 1949
 Microgaster rufithorax n.sp.: GRANGER 1949: 220 (key), 225 (fig. 230), 228 (fig. 246), 235 (descr. ♀, Madagascar).
 Microgaster rufithorax GRANGER 1949: SHENEFELT 1973: 726 (cat.).
D i s t r i b u t i o n: Madagascar: Prov. Toliara: Bekily.
Endemic.
description: Published as part of Madl, M. & Achterberg, C. Van, 2014, A catalogue of the Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea) of the Malagasy subregion, pp. 5-220 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 46 (1) on page 145, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4507364
Additional file 1 of Management of complex renal cysts in Canada: results of a survey study
Creators: name: Couture, Félix
name: Finelli, Antonio
name: Tétu, Amélie
name: Bimal Bhindi
name: Breau, Rodney H.
name: Kapoor, Anil
name: Kassouf, Wassim
name: Lavallée, Luke
name: Tanguay, Simon
name: Violette, Philippe D.
name: Richard, Patrick O.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 1. Survey questions.
Feed-forward and its role in conditional linear optical quantum dynamics
Creators: name: Scheel, S.
name: Munro, W. J.
name: Eisert, J.
name: Nemoto, K.
name: Kok, P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Nonlinear optical quantum gates can be created probabilistically using only single photon sources, linear optical elements and photon-number resolving detectors. These gates are heralded but operate with probabilities much less than one. There is currently a large gap between the performance of the known circuits and the established upper bounds on their success probabilities. One possibility for increasing the probability of success of such gates is feed-forward, where one attempts to correct certain failure events that occurred in the gate's operation. In this brief report we examine the role of feed-forward in improving the success probability. In particular, for the non-linear sign shift gate, we find that in a three-mode implementation with a single round of feed-forward the optimal average probability of success is approximately given by p= 0.272. This value is only slightly larger than the general optimal success probability without feed-forward, P= 0.25.
description: 4 pages, 3 eps figures, typeset using RevTex4, problems with figures resolved
Intelligent model predictive control of flexible link robotic manipulators
Creators: name: Fan, Tao
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: This thesis develops and evaluates an intelligent model predictive control (IMPC) strategy for motion control of a flexible link robotic manipulator through analysis, computer simulation, and physical experimentation. The developed IMPC is based on a two-level hierarchical control architecture. This control structure is used to combine the advantages of the conventional model predictive control (MPC) with those of knowledge-based soft control techniques. The upper level of the structure is a fuzzy-rule based intelligent decision-making system. The lower level consists of two modules: a real-time system identification module (which adjusts the model parameters and accommodates payload changes of the manipulator), and a model predictive control (MPC) module (which develops control inputs based on the linear model generated by the system identification module). The upper-level intelligent fuzzy rule-based tuner interacts with the lower level modules. Based on the desired system performance, the state feedback signals, and the knowledge base, the upper-level fuzzy tuner automatically adjusts the tuning parameters of the MPC controller. It is also able to adjust the model structure of the system-identification module, if necessary, to accommodate large model errors, and will increase the robustness of the controller. An explicit, complete, and accurate nonlinear dynamic model of the system is developed using the assumed mode method. More realistic boundary conditions, which represent the balance of moments and shear forces separately, at the ends of each link, are used for the dynamic model development of the system. A computationally efficient multi-stage MPC algorithm with guaranteed stability is developed as well. This algorithm is used by the MPC module to enable real-time implementation of the overall scheme. A fuzzy knowledge base for tuning the MPC controller is developed based on analysis, computer simulations and experimental testing of the prototype flexible-link manipulator system (FLMS). A fuzzy tuner is designed based on this fuzzy knowledge base. The performance of the developed IMPC scheme is evaluated using computer simulations and experiments of the prototype FLMS. The results show that IMPC can more effectively control the motion of a flexible link robot manipulator when compared with conventional MPC.
Eucoilidea guamensis Yoshimoto, n. sp.
Creators: name: Yoshimoto, Carl M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1962
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Hexapoda
Hymenoptera
Figitidae
Eucoilidea
Eucoilidea guamensis

description: 13. Eucoilidea guamensis Yoshimoto, n. sp. (fig. 12). Female: Black; antennae and legs brownish, abdomen fuscous. Front view of head as in figure 12, c; malar space equal to one-half height of eye; hairs on frons evenly spaced, forming two columns at each side extending from antennal fossa to posterior margin of clypeus; middle of frons with two pairs of hairs. Surface of mandible with dense long hairs. Antennal club striate, of eight elliptic segments; antennal segments 1 and 2 subequal in length; segment 3 slightly bent at base, shorter than 4; segments S to 7 equal in length. Pronotal plate twice as broad as deep, subrectangular, median dorsal margin deeply emarginate. Pronotal surface muricate with sericeous hairs. Parapsidal groove distinct. Mesopleuron with a wide, curved groove. Scutellar disc punctate-rugose, rounded as seen from behind. Scutellar cup 1.7 times as long as broad, large, ovate, anterior portion slightly raised and convex, middle of cup with a large depression covering nearly all of posterior part and, lateral margin of cup with minute punctures with hairs. Propodeum with two parallel strongly raised lines; patch of hairs on anterior and lateral areas of propodeum. Petiole sulcate. Abdomen as long as broad; tergite 2 visible only. Length 1.3-1.5 mm.; forewing 1.5-1.6 mm. Male: Unknown. Holotype, female (BISHOP 3338), Umatac, Guam, Oct. 1957, Krauss. Paratypes (BISHOP, U S), female, Umatac, Guam, Oct. 1957, female, Nimitz Beach, Guam, Aug. 1952, Krauss. DISTRIBUTION: Mariana Is. (Guam). This species is related to Bucoilidea micromorpha Perkins of Hawaii, but differs in size and shape of scutellar cup. The pronotal surface is muricate, with interspersed sericeous hairs in guamensis; much smoother with no sericeous hairs in micromorpha.
description: Published as part of Carl M. Yoshimoto, 1962, Hymenoptera: Eucoilinae (Cynipoidea), pp. 89-107 in Insects of Micronesia 19 (3) on page 107, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.268892
The crisis in public finance in Italy
Creators: name: GAMBALE, S.
Publisher: name: PSL Quarterly Review
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Italy, crisis, public finance, imbalances, budget, social security, healthcare
subject: E62, H50, H60

description: Among the causes of the crisis in the Italian economy in recent years, the structural imbalance of public finance bears a heavy responsibility. Indeed, the state of public finances was already a cause for considerable concern at the beginning of the 1970s. The present work examines the situation of the main components of the public sector in Italy, with special reference to the causes which have determined it. Among the topics considered are the public sector structure, the state budget, social security, healthcare, public enterprises and local finance authorities. JEL: E62, H50, H60
description: PSL Quarterly Review, V. 32, N. 128 (1979)
Future responsibilities of the Italian industry
Creators: name: MOLINARI, A.
Publisher: name: PSL Quarterly Review
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Italy, industry, agriculture, population, economic recovery, full employment, balance of payments, industrialisation
subject: E24, O14, L52

description: After calling attention to the fact that during the last 50 years Italian agriculture has been unable to absorb the increase of population, the article argues that industry will have to play the leading part in the economic recovery of Italy. Full employment and that substantial increase of industrial exports which are essential for the equilibrium of Italian balance of payments will depend - in the author’s opinion - on carrying out a plan of industrialism. JEL: E24, O14, L52
description: PSL Quarterly Review, V. 1, N. 1 (1947)
title: Conservation and synteny of long non-coding RNAs invertebrate genomes and their identification in novel transcriptomes
Creators: name: Basu, Swaraj
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 2014

description: Long non-coding RNAs (IncRNAs) are a biological entity defined by what they are not, rather than by what they are. This indicates that our knowledge about them is sensibly limited. The aim of my PhD is to gain insights into the evolution and the functions of IncRNAs through computational approaches and the usage of large scale functional genomics dataset. I developed an annotation pipeline, which can effectively identify IncRNAs in entire transcriptomes. The pipeline is able to accurately annotate the coding genes while predicting a conservative estimate of the IncRNA population. It allowed me to show, for the first time, the presence of lncRNA transcription in a diverse range of organisms. Further, I analysed sequence and positional conservation of lncRNAs, demonstrating the presence of short segments of conserved sequence in IncRNAs and the existence of several syntenically conserved non-coding transcripts over large evolutionary distances. However, I also demonstrate that positional conservation of lncRNAs with a flanking coding gene is generally independent from the conservation of the lncRNA expression with respect to the coding gene. Finally, I have characterised the diversity of lncRNA transcription in specific cells and developmental stages of two teleost fishes. In summary, the work presented in the thesis provides novel findings and contributions in the field of lncRNAomics.
The distribution of share capital of Italian banking companies
Creators: name: RIENZI, E.
Publisher: name: PSL Quarterly Review
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Italian banking companies, share capital, distribution, national capital, private capital, foreign capital, Italy
subject: G21

description: The article provides analysis based on the results of a statistical enquiry ordered by the Italian Government to ascertain the distribution of the capital of Italian Limited Companies on December 31, 1945. The subject dealt with is therefore part of a broader enquiry in course of publication. This inquiry, new in Italy, throws valuable light on some controversial aspects of present-day capitalistic structure. Among other things, it ascertains in the case of Italy the degree of concentration of national and private capital, their reciprocal combinations, the connections existing between the several Companies, the extent to which foreign capital is interested in them. JEL: G21
description: PSL Quarterly Review, V. 1, N. 1 (1947)
Microgaster rufotestacea GRANGER 1949
Creators: name: Madl, M.
name: Achterberg, C. Van
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Braconidae
Microgaster
Microgaster rufotestacea

description: Microgaster rufotestacea GRANGER 1949
 Microgaster rufotestaceus n.sp.: GRANGER 1949: 220 (key), 222 (fig. 218), 224 (descr. ♀, Madagascar), 225 (fig. 234).
 Microgaster rufotestaceus GRANGER 1949: SHENEFELT 1973: 726 (cat.).
D i s t r i b u t i o n: Madagascar: Prov. Toliara: Antanimora.
Endemic.
description: Published as part of Madl, M. & Achterberg, C. Van, 2014, A catalogue of the Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea) of the Malagasy subregion, pp. 5-220 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 46 (1) on page 145, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4507364
Generalized figure of merit for qubit readout
Creators: name: D'Anjou, B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Many promising approaches to fault-tolerant quantum computation require repeated quantum nondemolition (QND) readout of binary observables such as quantum bits (qubits). A commonly used figure of merit for readout performance is the error rate for binary assignment in a single repetition. However, it is known that this figure of merit is insufficient. Indeed, real-world readout outcomes are typically analog instead of binary. Binary assignment therefore discards important information on the level of confidence in the analog outcomes. Here, a generalized figure of merit that fully captures the information contained in the analog readout outcomes is suggested. This figure of merit is the Chernoff information associated with the statistics of the analog readout outcomes in one repetition. Unlike the single-repetition error rate, the Chernoff information uniquely determines the asymptotic cumulative error rate for arbitrary readout noise. As a result, non-Gaussian readout noise common in experiments can be described by effective Gaussian noise with the same Chernoff information. Importantly, it is shown that such a universal description persists for the small number of repetitions and non-QND imperfections relevant to real experiments. Finally, the Chernoff information is used to rigorously quantify the amount of information discarded by analog-to-binary conversion. These results provide a unified framework for qubit readout and should facilitate optimization and engineering of near-term quantum devices across all platforms.
description: Main text: 7 pages. Full document: 17 pages. Figures: 3. This version is closest to the published version
Action Model of Infall into the Virgo Cluster
Creators: name: Tully, Brent
name: Mohayaee, Roya
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The observed infall of galaxies into the Virgo Cluster puts strong constraints on the mass of the cluster. A non-parametric fully non-linear description of the infall can be made with orbit reconstructions based on Numerical Action Methods. The mass of the cluster is determined to be $1.2 \times 10^{15} M_{\odot}$. The mass-to-light ratio for the cluster is found to be seven times higher than the mean ratio found across the region within V=3000 km/s.
description: 7 pages, 3 figures, version to appear in "Outskirt of Galaxy Clusters", the proceedings of IAU Colloquim No 195, 2004
Microgaster seyrigi GRANGER 1949
Creators: name: Madl, M.
name: Achterberg, C. Van
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Braconidae
Microgaster
Microgaster seyrigi

description: Microgaster seyrigi GRANGER 1949
 Microgaster seyrigi n.sp.: GRANGER 1949: 219 (key), 222 (fig. 217), 223 (descr. ♀, Madagascar), 225 (fig. 233).
 Microgaster seyrigi GRANGER 1949: SHENEFELT 1973: 729 (cat.).
D i s t r i b u t i o n: Madagascar: Prov. Toliara: Bekily.
Endemic.
description: Published as part of Madl, M. & Achterberg, C. Van, 2014, A catalogue of the Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea) of the Malagasy subregion, pp. 5-220 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 46 (1) on page 146, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4507364
Very Early Optical Afterglows of Gamma-Ray Bursts: Evidence for Relative Paucity of Detection
Creators: name: Roming, P. W. A.
name: Schady, P.
name: Fox, D. B.
name: Zhang, B.
name: Liang, E.
name: Mason, K. O.
name: Rol, E.
name: Burrows, D. N.
name: Blustin, A. J.
name: Boyd, P. T.
name: Brown, P.
name: Holland, S. T.
name: McGowan, K.
name: Landsman, W. B.
name: Page, K. L.
name: Rhoads, J. E.
name: Rosen, S. R.
name: Berk, D. Vanden
name: Barthelmy, S. D.
name: Breeveld, A. A.
name: Cucchiara, A.
name: De Pasquale, M.
name: Fenimore, E. E.
name: Gehrels, N.
name: Gronwall, C.
name: Grupe, D.
name: Goad, M. R.
name: Ivanushkina, M.
name: James, C.
name: Kennea, J. A.
name: Kobayashi, S.
name: Mangano, V.
name: Meszaros, P.
name: Morgan, A. N.
name: Nousek, J. A.
name: Osborne, J. P.
name: Palmer, D. M.
name: Poole, T.
name: Still, M. D.
name: Tagliaferri, G.
name: Zane, S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Very early observations with the Swift satellite of gamma-ray burst (GRB) afterglows reveal that the optical component is not detected in a large number of cases. This is in contrast to the bright optical flashes previously discovered in some GRBs (e.g. GRB 990123 and GRB 021211). Comparisons of the X-ray afterglow flux to the optical afterglow flux and prompt gamma-ray fluence is used to quantify the seemingly deficient optical, and in some cases X-ray, light at these early epochs. This comparison reveals that some of these bursts appear to have higher than normal gamma-ray efficiencies. We discuss possible mechanisms and their feasibility for explaining the apparent lack of early optical emission. The mechanisms considered include: foreground extinction, circumburst absorption, Ly-alpha blanketing and absorption due to high redshift, low density environments, rapid temporal decay, and intrinsic weakness of the reverse shock. Of these, foreground extinction, circumburst absorption, and high redshift provide the best explanations for most of the non-detections in our sample. There is tentative evidence of suppression of the strong reverse shock emission. This could be because of a Poynting-flux-dominated flow or a pure non-relativistic hydrodynamical reverse shock.
description: 22 pages, 5 figures. Accepted for publication in ApJ
Considerations on the dynamics of the Italian inflation
Creators: name: PIETRANERA, G.
Publisher: name: PSL Quarterly Review
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Italy, inflation, lira, inflationist processes, development, structural problem
subject: E31, O11

description: The article presents an analysis of the growth of the inflation of the lira during the several phases of the war and during the first post-war period down to the beginning of 1947, rectifying, on the strength of some recent statistical returns, some factual errors which have been published abroad. The analysis concludes by calling attention to the historical significance of the inflationist processes in Italy and to their character, which is that of phenomena not natural to a backward and laborious development of capitalism. Considered from this standpoint, the problem of the inflation of the lira ceases to be an exclusively financial and economic problem, and tends to become also a sociological question of difficult structural transformation. JEL: E31, O11
description: PSL Quarterly Review, V. 1, N. 1 (1947)
title: Making decisions in mental healthcare : a phenomenological study
Creators: name: Wharne, Simon James
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 2014

description: People who are involved within the decision-making processes of mental healthcare understand and respond to distress in differing ways with important consequences for clinical practice. Within different knowledge systems, rational decision-making is thought to be impeded by biological, psychological or social constraints, implying different rights and responsibilities. Mental health practitioners seek to enable rational decision-making which improves lives. But some people resist and/or fail to act in their own interests. This study asks how mental health service users are involved in decisions; how do their workers understand this and what does this mean for policy and practice. The use of an innovative research methodology in this field of study is evaluated. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with sixteen participants who had varying kinds of involvement m mental healthcare; service users, workers and family carers. Audio recordings of interviews were transcribed and analysed using an existentially informed hermeneutic phenomenological approach. All participants described a feeling of being under scrutiny, struggling to maintain personal coherence when explaining their decisions. Their reasonableness or irrationality switched about alarmingly when various medical, psychological or social means of understanding were promoted. 'Being in relation to others ' generated containment which could feel supportive, or oppressive. Some participants felt that control was exercised over them, rather than their mental illness. The expression of freewill could be interpreted negatively as a lack of insight, or for workers, with a lack of professionalism. In this thesis I argue that rather than relying on rational healthcare systems and contested causal theories, the embodied, interpersonal and human qualities of decisions should be recognised. Theoretical models are needed, within which notions of freewill and autonomy are understood and promoted. I highlight the value of phenomenological methods in understanding the complex, often contested, understandings of all parties involved in decision-making in mental healthcare.
Damage tolerance of bonded composite aircraft repairs for metallic structures
Creators: name: Clark, Randal John
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: This thesis describes the development and validation of methods for damage tolerance substantiation of bonded composite repairs applied to cracked plates. This technology is used to repair metal aircraft structures, offering improvements in fatigue life, cost, manufacturability, and inspectability when compared to riveted repairs. The work focuses on the effects of plate thickness and bending on repair life, and covers fundamental aspects of fracture and fatigue of cracked plates and bonded joints. This project falls under the UBC Bonded Composite Repair Program, which has the goal of certification and widespread use of bonded repairs in civilian air transportation. This thesis analyses the plate thickness and transverse stress effects on fracture of repaired plates and the related problem of induced geometrically nonlinear bending in unbalanced (single-sided) repairs. The author begins by developing a classification scheme for assigning repair damage tolerance substantiation requirements based upon stress-based adhesive fracture/fatigue criteria and the residual strength of the original structure. The governing equations for bending of cracked plates are then reformulated and line-spring models are developed for linear and nonlinear coupled bending and extension of reinforced cracks. The line-spring models were used to correct the Wang and Rose energy method for the determination of the long-crack limit stress intensity, and to develop a new interpolation model for repaired cracks of arbitrary length. The analysis was validated using finite element models and data from mechanical tests performed on hybrid bonded joints and repair specimens that are representative of an in-service repair. This work will allow designers to evaluate the damage tolerance of the repaired plate, the adhesive, and the composite patch, which is an airworthiness requirement under FAR (Federal Aviation Regulations) 25.571. The thesis concludes by assessing the remaining barriers to certification of bonded repairs, discussing the results of the analysis, and making suggestions for future work. The developed techniques should also prove to be useful for the analysis of fibre-reinforced metal laminates and other layered structures. Some concepts are general and should be useful in the analysis of any plate with large in-plane stress gradients that lead to significant transverse stresses.
VLBA Astrometry of Compact Radio Sources in the Spitzer First-Look Survey
Creators: name: Wrobel, J. M.
name: Garrett, M. A.
name: Condon, J. J.
name: Morganti, R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The NRAO Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) was used at 1.4 GHz to image 20 compact sources in the inner 1-degree radius of the Spitzer VLA First-Look Survey. Twelve sources were detected with the VLBA, with peak flux densities above 2 mJy at 9-mas resolution. The positions of these VLBA detections have been measured in the International Celestial Reference Frame (ICRF) to 1-sigma accuracies of 8 mas East-West and 4 mas North-South. These positions can help anchor ancillary data for the First-Look Survey to the ICRF and are being reported quickly to the community.
description: 11 pages, 3 figures. To appear in the 2004 July issue of the Astronomical Journal
Consumers' Response to the Information Provided about Contamination of the Food by Radioactive Materials
Creators: name: Hangui, Shin-Ichi
name: Hangui, Shin-Ichi
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Risk and Uncertainty
subject: radioactive materials
subject: scientific information
subject: consumer behavior
subject: choice experiments

description: The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident brought about extensive diffusion of radioactive materials. Although the contamination by the radioactive material of food has been suppressed to a low level, since the radioactive material is a hazard which had not been faced until now, consumers are worried and confused. The scientific information about the radioactive material in food was summarized as a slide show, and how consumers' behavior would change with these slide shows was analyzed. The cucumber was chosen as the representative of agricultural products for the consumers who live in Fukushima Prefecture, the metropolitan area, and the Kansai region, and the research was done by the Internet. The agricultural products from Fukushima are avoided by consumers and the slide show was changing consumers' preference. Although this paper shows the validity of scientific information dissemination, the fact that consumers' evaluation to a slide show was divided shows the difficulty of such communication about a radioactive material. It will be effective to offer objective data to the consumers whose anxiety grade is comparatively small.
Comparison of the Research Trend of the 28th IAAE Conference in Brazil with That of Previous Conferences
Creators: name: Ohe, Yasuo
name: Ohe, Yasuo
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession
subject: IAAE（International Association of Agricultural Economists）
subject: research trend
subject: agricultural economics

description: This study reviews the trend in research by focusing on papers presented at the 28 th IAAE, International Association of Agricultural Economists, a conference held in Brazil in 2012, in comparison with those presented at previous IAAE conferences. The IAAE conference is the largest among international meetings for agricultural economists; thus, reviewing papers at this conference is useful to grasp the current research trends in agricultural economics worldwide. The study has also considered the significance of the IAAE Brazilian conference in terms of the international contribution by Japanese agricultural economists because, for the first time, a Japanese economist has served as the president of IAAE and presided over this conference. The review revealed the following points. First, the number of poster presentations increased from previous conferences, indicating the stimulation of participation by young researchers. Second, the number of sessions of oral presentation increased in the fields of development economics and resource/environmental economics. These two fields accounted for about a half of the total number of oral sessions. Market-related topics also increased to attain nearly a 20%share of the oral presentations. There was an expansion of topics, especially in the arena of resource/environmental economics. In conclusion, it is safe to say that agricultural economics is widening its field toward the economics of rural resource management from the field of traditional production-oriented economics.
On national incom
Creators: name: GINI, C.
Publisher: name: PSL Quarterly Review
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: National income, methodology, policy, Pigou, taxation
subject: E01

description: The article discusses national income as it presents itself in pathological periods, and as seen more especially in the light of post-war experiences. From the statistical-theoretical angle where practical interests and economic inquiries converge and bring into focus the real problems of income, consumption, savings, investments, and their mutual relations, we find that even the most subtle premises of methodology need to be studied when framing plans for solving the problems of present day reconstruction and taxation. English-speaking students of such questions will note with interest the references the author makes to Pigou’s recent work on “Income” and the restatement of the opinions the author himself had occasion to sustain before the Royal Statistical Society in London in 1939. JEL: E01
description: PSL Quarterly Review, V. 1, N. 2 (1947)
Land Rental Development in Rural Jiangsu, China: Transaction Cost-saving Effects via the Rural Shareholding Cooperative System
Creators: name: Ito, Junichi
name: Bao, Zongshun
name: Ni, Jing
name: Ito, Junichi
name: Bao, Zongshun
name: Ni, Jing
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Land Economics/Use
subject: Chinese agriculture
subject: land rental
subject: transaction costs
subject: rural shareholding cooperatives

description: Preceding studies demonstrate that there are two important prerequisites that facilitate land rental in agriculture; one is outmigration of farm labor, and the other is the securement of farmers' land rights. This is especially true for the counties and/or regions where the farm sector is overemployed and farmland has yet to be privatized. Considering these empirical findings quite tenable, this paper pays special attention to rural shareholding cooperatives (RSCs) that have been established recently in rural China. Our econometric analyses suggest that RSCs play an important role in reducing transaction costs associated with land-use right movements, and thereby encourage land rental/consolidation activities and new entry of non-farm-household entities into farm management. Worthy of emphasis is the fact that RSCs help clarify farmers' property rights, through which they become better able to transfer their land-use rights without any hesitation.