cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Orbital evidences for dark-matter-free Milky Way dwarf spheroidal galaxies
Creators: name: Hammer, Francois
name: Yang, Yanbin
name: Arenou, Frederic
name: Wang, Jianling
name: Li, Hefan
name: Bonifacio, Piercarlo
name: Babusiaux, Carine
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The nature of Milky Way dwarf spheroidals (MW dSphs) has been questioned, in particular whether they are dominated by dark matter (DM). Here we investigate an alternative scenario, for which tidal shocks are exerted by the MW to DM-free dSphs after a first infall of their gas-rich progenitors, and for which theoretical calculations have been verified by pure N-body simulations. Whether or not the dSphs are on their first infall cannot be resolved on the sole basis of their star formation history. In fact, gas removal may cause complex gravitational instabilities and near-pericenter passages can give rise to tidal disruptive processes. Advanced precision with the Gaia satellite in determining both their past orbital motions and the MW velocity curve is, however, providing crucial results. First, tidal shocks explain why DM-free dSphs are found preferentially near their pericenter, where they are in a destructive process, while their chance to be long-lived satellites is associated with a very low probability P~ 2 10^-7, which is at odds with the current DM-dominated dSph scenario. Second, most dSph binding energies are consistent with a first infall. Third, the MW tidal shocks that predict the observed dSph velocity dispersions are themselves predicted in amplitude by the most accurate MW velocity curve. Fourth, tidal shocks accurately predict the forces or accelerations exerted at half-light radius of dSphs, including the MW and the Magellanic System gravitational attractions. The above is suggestive of dSphs that are DM-free and tidally shocked near their pericenters, which may provoke a significant quake in our understanding of near-field cosmology.
description: 16 pages, 6 Figures, The Astrophysical Journal in press, version after proof corrections
Additional file 4 of Characterization of Anopheles gambiae D7 salivary proteins as markers of human–mosquito bite contact
Creators: name: Oseno, Brenda
name: Marura, Faith
name: Ogwang, Rodney
name: Muturi, Martha
name: Njunge, James
name: Nkumama, Irene
name: Mwakesi, Robert
name: Mwai, Kennedy
name: Rono, Martin K.
name: Mwakubambanya, Ramadhan
name: Osier, Faith
name: Tuju, James
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 4: Table S2. Identification of the recombinant mosquito salivary antigens by mass spectrometry.
The Identification of Blue Horizontal Branch Stars in the Integrated Spectra of Globular Clusters
Creators: name: Schiavon, Ricardo P.
name: Rose, James A.
name: Courteau, Stephane
name: MacArthur, Lauren
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A major uncertainty in the spectroscopic dating of extragalactic globular clusters concerns the degenerate effect that age and horizontal branch morphology have on the strength of Balmer lines. In this Letter we show that the ratio between the equivalent widths of Hdelta and Hbeta is far more sensitive to horizontal branch morphology than to age, thus making it possible to break the degeneracy. We show that it is possible to distinguish intermediate-age globular clusters from those whose Balmer lines are strengthened by the presence of blue horizontal branch stars, purely on the basis of the clusters' integrated spectra. The degeneracy between age and horizontal branch morphology can be lifted with Hbeta and Hdelta line strengths from spectra with S/N >= 30 per Angstrom, which is typical of current studies of integrated spectroscopy of extragalactic globular clusters.
description: 4 pages. To appear in the Astrophysical Journal Letters
Dynamical decoherence in a cavity with a large number of two-level atoms
Creators: name: Frasca, Marco
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider a large number of two-level atoms interacting with the mode of a cavity in the rotating-wave approximation (Tavis-Cummings model). We apply the Holstein-Primakoff transformation to study the model in the limit of the number of two-level atoms, all in their ground state, becoming very large. The unitary evolution that we obtain in this approximation is applied to a macroscopic superposition state showing that, when the coherent states forming the superposition are enough distant, then the state collapses on a single coherent state describing a classical radiation mode. This appear as a true dynamical effect that could be observed in experiments with cavities.
description: 9 pages, no figures. This submission substitutes paper quant-ph/0212148 that was withdrawn. Version accepted for publication in Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular & Optical Physics
Gutzwiller Hybrid Quantum-Classical Computing Approach for Correlated Materials
Creators: name: Yao, Yongxin
name: Zhang, Feng
name: Wang, Cai-Zhuang
name: Ho, Kai-Ming
name: Orth, Peter P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Rapid progress in noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) computing technology has led to the development of novel resource-efficient hybrid quantum-classical algorithms, such as the variational quantum eigensolver (VQE), that can address open challenges in quantum chemistry, physics and material science. Proof-of-principle quantum chemistry simulations for small molecules have been demonstrated on NISQ devices. While several approaches have been theoretically proposed for correlated materials, NISQ simulations of interacting periodic models on current quantum devices have not yet been demonstrated. Here, we develop a hybrid quantum-classical simulation framework for correlated electron systems based on the Gutzwiller variational embedding approach. We implement this framework on Rigetti quantum processing units (QPUs) and apply it to the periodic Anderson model, which describes a correlated heavy electron band hybridizing with non-interacting conduction electrons. Our simulation results quantitatively reproduce the known ground state quantum phase diagram including metallic, Kondo and Mott insulating phases. This is the first fully self-consistent hybrid quantum-classical simulation of an infinite correlated lattice model executed on QPUs, demonstrating that the Gutzwiller hybrid quantum-classical embedding framework is a powerful approach to simulate correlated materials on NISQ hardware. This benchmark study also puts forth a concrete pathway towards practical quantum advantage on NISQ devices.
description: 14 pages, 5 figures
FACTORS THAT PROPEL MALE COLLEGE STUDENTS TOWARD OR AWAY FROM GREEK LIFE IN PARTICULAR UNIVERSITY SETTINGS
Creators: name: Boozer, Harold Edward
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 39
subject: Education
classificationCode: 3902
subject: Education policy, sociology and philosophy

description: The purpose of this study was to identify influences which propel male college students toward or away from Greek organizations in particular university settings. The 1982 study data were elicited through the Greek Membership Opinionnaire (GMO), a 16-item survey tool developed for this study. Each item presents a factor, associated with influencing joining or not joining a college fraternity, cited in the literature. The GMO incorporates five Likert-type response alternatives, "negligible" to "very strong", for respondent use. The study population was composed of Greeks and Independents on four campuses: The American University, a private university; Frostburg State College, a coed liberal arts college; George Mason University, an "emerging" university; and Howard University, a predominately Black university. The study found that the major influences among the 16 presented on the GMO which propelled the 117 Greek pledge respondents to fraternity membership are: (1) "impressions of the present individual members," (2) "fraternities' potential to facilitate social relationships," (3) "social activities sponsored by Greek organizations," and (4) "leadership development opportunity offered by fraternities." The influences which the sample of 135 independents reported as most influential to their decision to remain independent are: (1) "impressions of the present individual members," (2) "time required to complete pledging," (3) the cost of fraternity membership," and (4) "social activities sponsored by Greek organizations." At specific campuses, excepting Howard University, a predominately Black campus, the responses of Greek and independent samples followed a similar pattern. Leadership development opportunities offered by fraternities was a more important reason for joining a fraternity among pledges on the predominately "Black" campus than among those on the predominately "white" campus. The study concluded that how current members are perceived by potential members is the key factor to recruitment. It is people who draw pledges to or propel independents away from Greek organizations. The factors that influence college males to not join a fraternity are somewhat similar despite the general type of institution they attend. At The American University, Frostburg State College, and George Mason University, the affiliation needs of freshmen who join fraternities for group social activities are strongest than those of freshmen who do not.
High sensitivity accelerometry with a feedback-cooled magnetically levitated microsphere
Creators: name: Lewandowski, Charles W.
name: Knowles, Tyler D.
name: Etienne, Zachariah B.
name: D'Urso, Brian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Applied Physics (physics.app-ph)
subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We show that a magnetically levitated microsphere in high vacuum can be used as an accelerometer by comparing its response to that of a commercially available geophone. This system shows great promise for ultrahigh acceleration sensitivities without the need for large masses or cryogenics. With feedback cooling, the transient decay time is reduced and the center-of-mass motion is cooled to \SI{9}{K} or less. Remarkably, the levitated particle accelerometer has a sensitivity down to \SI{3.6e-8}{\mathit{g}/\sqrt{Hz}} and gives measurements similar to those of the commercial geophone at frequencies up to \SI{14}{Hz} despite a test mass that is four billion times smaller. With no free parameters in the calibration, the responses of the accelerometers match within \num{3}\% at \SI{5}{Hz}. The system reaches this sensitivity due to a relatively large particle mass of \SI{0.25}{\upmu g}, a low center of mass oscillation frequency of \SI{1.75}{Hz}, and a novel image analysis method that can measure the displacement with an uncertainty of \SI{1.6}{nm} in a single image.
description: 10 pages, 8 figures
ATTRIBUTIONS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING TIME AS A FUNCTION OF SUBJECT INVOLVEMENT AND TEST OUTCOME (SOCIAL COGNITION, MEMORY, PERCEPTION)
Creators: name: Chen, Hong-Jen
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 52
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology
classificationCode: 5205
subject: Social and personality psychology

description: Attribution theory postulates that human actors and observers process information differently and make different causal judgments about observed behaviors and events. Generally, an actor tends to attribute success internally to his own ability and/or effort, whereas he attributes failure externally to bad luck and/or difficulty of the task. Observers, however, are inclined to see the actor's success as externally determined and his failure as internally determined. Two experiments were designed to show how an observer's personal involvement directly influences his attributions of an actor's test score. It was hypothesized that the magnitude of this effect would depend on the extent of the observer's involvement in the task attempted by the actor. Involvement, in this instance, was manipulated by instructing the observer that he would shortly be assigned the same task. Previous studies have investigated observers' use of information by providing them with personally unimportant (uninvolving) descriptions of an event and the consensus, consistency, and distinctive information combinations (McArthur, 1972). In their daily lives, however, people seldom have access to these summaries of consensus, consistency, and distinctiveness. People frequently use attributed causality for inferences about behavior. These inferences concern that the extent to which an actor's behavior toward a given stimulus in a given set of circumstances will generalize to persons other than the actor (and thus will have high "consensus"), to other stimuli (and thus be low in "distinctiveness"), and to other circumstances (and thus be high in "consistency"). The study, thus, investigated how causal attribution affects generalizability estimates. The results may shed some light on the biases affecting these estimates. In addition, the present study included measures of the information processing-time taken to make causal judgments about an event. The results showed that the time subjects took to (a) read/comprehend and (b) respond to attributional questions corresponded to the type of causal attributions they made as well as the degree of their involvement as observers. These measures suggested that information processing is not the same in actors and observers. The implications of the results in explaining actors' and observers' attributional differences are discussed.
Dislocation Patterning as a Mechanism for Flat Band Formation
Creators: name: Fall, Aziz
name: Dayal, Kaushik
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We compute the second-order correction to the electronic dispersion relation of a free electron gas interacting with an effective electron-dislocation potential, derived from a modern quantized theory of dislocations. Our results demonstrate that dislocation patterning induces anisotropic flat bands in the electronic dispersion under specific strain fields and directions, referred to as ``magic'' parameters. These flat bands acquire non-zero curvature as the strain or direction deviates from these magic parameters.
ATTRIBUTIONS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING TIME AS A FUNCTION OF SUBJECT INVOLVEMENT AND TEST OUTCOME (SOCIAL COGNITION, MEMORY, PERCEPTION)
Creators: name: Chen, Hong-Jen
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: Attribution theory postulates that human actors and observers process information differently and make different causal judgments about observed behaviors and events. Generally, an actor tends to attribute success internally to his own ability and/or effort, whereas he attributes failure externally to bad luck and/or difficulty of the task. Observers, however, are inclined to see the actor's success as externally determined and his failure as internally determined. Two experiments were designed to show how an observer's personal involvement directly influences his attributions of an actor's test score. It was hypothesized that the magnitude of this effect would depend on the extent of the observer's involvement in the task attempted by the actor. Involvement, in this instance, was manipulated by instructing the observer that he would shortly be assigned the same task. Previous studies have investigated observers' use of information by providing them with personally unimportant (uninvolving) descriptions of an event and the consensus, consistency, and distinctive information combinations (McArthur, 1972). In their daily lives, however, people seldom have access to these summaries of consensus, consistency, and distinctiveness. People frequently use attributed causality for inferences about behavior. These inferences concern that the extent to which an actor's behavior toward a given stimulus in a given set of circumstances will generalize to persons other than the actor (and thus will have high "consensus"), to other stimuli (and thus be low in "distinctiveness"), and to other circumstances (and thus be high in "consistency"). The study, thus, investigated how causal attribution affects generalizability estimates. The results may shed some light on the biases affecting these estimates. In addition, the present study included measures of the information processing-time taken to make causal judgments about an event. The results showed that the time subjects took to (a) read/comprehend and (b) respond to attributional questions corresponded to the type of causal attributions they made as well as the degree of their involvement as observers. These measures suggested that information processing is not the same in actors and observers. The implications of the results in explaining actors' and observers' attributional differences are discussed.
The Walk Under the Lindens
Creators: name: Black, G. V. (Greene Vardiman), 1836-1915.
Publisher: name: DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library & Learning Center
Year: 1878
Subjects: subject: Trees
subject: Lindens
subject: Schiller, Friedrich, 1759-1805
subject: Trees
subject: Lindens
subject: Schiller, Friedrich, 1759-1805

description: Translated from the German. Orginal author, Friedrich Schiller
AN ANALYSIS OF ACCIDENT PRONENESS IN THE FIGHTER PILOT
Creators: name: Koz, Joseph P.
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: The purpose of this research is to identify those fighter pilots who have a higher risk of being involved in aircraft accidents. We are interested in showing null hypotheses between accident proneness, and life change units and personality differences, based upon deviance theory and the middle-range theory of Merton. Blood pressure readings are also examined for relevancy. Results indicated that 81 percent of the fighter pilots were correctly identified as accident prone; 96 percent of the pilots were correctly identified as having had aircraft accidents, injury, or illness. In retrospect, if this test had been administered to F-4 fighter pilots over the last 20 years, 71 pilots would have been correctly identified as accident prone before they committed an aircraft accident. If these pilots had been rehabilitated or prevented from flying, as much as half a billion dollars could have been saved in addition to the prevention of injury and loss of life. This test could be applied to other pilots, car accidents, industrial accidents, accidents in the home, etc. The results may differ depending upon the type of accident being investigated, but the principle method of analysis should remain the same.
PT symmetric models in more dimensions and solvable square-well versions of their angular Schroedinger equations
Creators: name: Znojil, Miloslav
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: For any central potential V in D dimensions, the angular Schroedinger equation remains the same and defines the so called hyperspherical harmonics. For non-central models, the situation is more complicated. We contemplate two examples in the plane: (1) the partial differential Calogero's three-body model (without centre of mass and with an impenetrable core in the two-body interaction), and (2) the Smorodinsky-Winternitz' superintegrable harmonic oscillator (with one or two impenetrable barriers). These examples are solvable due to the presence of the barriers. We contemplate a small complex shift of the angle. This creates a problem: the barriers become "translucent" and the angular potentials cease to be solvable, having the sextuple-well form for Calogero model and the quadruple or double well form otherwise. We mimic the effect of these potentials on the spectrum by the multiple, purely imaginary square wells and tabulate and discuss the result in the first nontrivial double-well case.
description: 21 pages, 5 figures (see version 1), amendment (a single comment added on p. 7)
The Decision to Adopt Organic Practices in Malaysia; a Mix-method Approach
Creators: name: Mohamed Haris, Nur Bahiah
name: Garrod, Guy
name: Gkartzios, Menelaos
name: Proctor, Amy
name: Mohamed Haris, Nur Bahiah
name: Garrod, Guy
name: Gkartzios, Menelaos
name: Proctor, Amy
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Farm Management
subject: International Development
subject: Organic Farming
subject: Farmers' Adoption
subject: Logistic Regression
subject: Malaysia

description: Organic agriculture is being promoted globally and is considered to have beneficial impacts on sustainable development. Aside from the importance of organic agriculture for human health and the environment, organic farming also indirectly contributes to income generation, development of new technologies and indigenous knowledge, as well as supporting rural development (Darnhofer, 2005; Scialabba, 2000). In Malaysia, people have recently become more aware of the potential advantages of organic food; however, the adoption rate among farmers is still very low and the number of certified farmers remains small. In fact, the demand from consumers for organic products continues to increase and cannot be met by local producers, hence relying on imports from other countries. In this context, this paper aims to investigate the factors that influence the farmer’s decision to adopt organic farming practices. This study was carried out in all four regions of Peninsular Malaysia (Northern, Central, Southern, and East Coast) which also represent the four highest number of organic farmers that have been listed by the Department of Agriculture (DoA) Malaysia. Logistic regression analysis was estimated to ascertain the factors. The paper intends to explain the decision to adopt or not adopt organic farming with respect to a variety of socio-economic, social and attitudinal factors. The analysis was done using both qualitative and quantitative methods, towards a more comprehensive understanding of the overall situation of organic farming practices in Malaysia. The results indicate that environmental attitudes is the most influential factor, followed by information sharing attitudes, as well as land ownership. These observations can contribute to national policy development in the context of future sustainable development.
New techniques for a measurement of the electron's electric dipole moment
Creators: name: Ho, C. J.
name: Devlin, J. A.
name: Rabey, I. M.
name: Yzombard, P.
name: Lim, J.
name: Wright, S. C.
name: Fitch, N. J.
name: Hinds, E. A.
name: Tarbutt, M. R.
name: Sauer, B. E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The electric dipole moment of the electron (eEDM) can be measured with high precision using heavy polar molecules. In this paper, we report on a series of new techniques that have improved the statistical sensitivity of the YbF eEDM experiment. We increase the number of molecules participating in the experiment by an order of magnitude using a carefully designed optical pumping scheme. We also increase the detection efficiency of these molecules by another order of magnitude using an optical cycling scheme. In addition, we show how to destabilise dark states and reduce backgrounds that otherwise limit the efficiency of these techniques. Together, these improvements allow us to demonstrate a statistical sensitivity of $1.8 \times 10^{-28}$ e cm after one day of measurement, which is 1.2 times the shot-noise limit. The techniques presented here are applicable to other high-precision measurements using molecules.
description: 22 pages, 11 figures
MSX Mid infrared imaging of massive star birth environments. II: Giant HII regions
Creators: name: Conti, Peter S
name: Crowther, Paul A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We conduct a Galactic census of Giant HII regions, based on the all sky 6cm dataset of Kuchar & Clark, plus the kinematic distances obtained by Russeil. From an inspection of mid-IR Mid-course Space Experiment (MSX) and far-IR IRAS Sky Survey Atlas images we identify a total of 56 GHII regions in the Milky Way, of which 15% (65%) can be seen at optical (near-IR) wavelengths.The mid to far-IR fluxes from each GH {\sc ii} region are measured, and sample the thermal emission from the ubiquitous dust present within the exciting clusters of OB stars, arising from the integrated luminosity of the hot stars heating the cluster dust, for which we obtain log L(IR)=5.5-7.3 L_sun. The mid-IR 21micron spatial morphology is presented for each GHII region, and often indicates multiple emission sources, suggesting complicated cluster formation. IR colour-colour diagrams are presented, providing information about the temperature distribution and optical depth of the dust. For the clusters of our study, the dust is not optically thick to all the stellar radiation, thus the measured infra-red luminosity is lower than the L(bol). As the dust environment of a cluster begins to dissipate, the thermal emission and its optical depth ought to decrease even before the stars appreciably evolve. We see evidence of this in our empirical relationship between the integrated IR and Lyman continuum luminosities.
description: 11 pages, 3 figures (+ 10 figures for electronic edition). Accepted for MNRAS. Substantive revisions, including sample selection, based on referees comments
Disorder dependent spin-orbit torques in L10 FePt single layer
Creators: name: Zheng, S. Q.
name: Meng, K. K.
name: Liu, Q. B.
name: Miao, J.
name: Xu, X. G.
name: Jiang, Y.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report spin-orbit torques (SOT) in L10-ordered perpendicularly magnetized FePt single layer, which is significantly influenced by disorder. Recently, self-induced SOT in L10-FePt single layer has been investigated, which is ascribed to the composition gradient along the film normal direction. However, the determined mechanisms for magnetization switching have not been fully studied. With varying growth temperatures, we have prepared FePt single layers with same thickness (3 nm) but with different disordering. We have found that nearly full magnetization switching only happens in more disordered films, and the magnetization switching ratio becomes smaller as increasing L10 ordering. The method for deriving effective spin torque fields in the previous studies cannot fully explain the spin current generation and self-induced SOT in L10-FePt single layer. Combined with Magneto-Optical Kerr Effect microscopy and anomalous Hall effect measurements, we concluded that the disorder should determine the formation of domain walls, as well as the spin current generation.
description: arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1411.3249 by other authors
Determinants of off-farm work and its effect on agricultural input intensity
Creators: name: Abdul-Salam, Yakubu
name: Roberts, Deborah
name: Abdul-Salam, Yakubu
name: Roberts, Deborah
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Farm Management
subject: Off-farm work
subject: Fertiliser
subject: Crop protection
subject: Input intensity
subject: Environment

description: Off-farm work is a common phenomenon among farm household members in industrialised nations. In Scotland, it is expected to grow partly due to Brexit induced uncertainty in agricultural policy and markets. Previous research has linked the phenomenon to farmers’ production choices with some research findings suggesting that it increases the uptake of low input intensity pro-environmental farming methods but the overall evidence is mixed. An understanding of the influence of the expected growth in off-farm work on farmer production choices and its impact on the intensity of input use is of interest given the increasing policy emphasis being given to supporting sustainable agricultural production methods. Using Scotland’s Farm Accounts Survey data, we examine the determinants of off-farm work and investigate its effects on two measures of agricultural intensity namely fertiliser and crop protection expenditures per hectare. We find that tenanted farmers managing relatively small farms are more likely to be involved in off-farm work. We also find that farmers with very high levels of off-farm work are significantly less intensive in the use of fertilisers but there is no evidence of any impact of off-farm work on their intensity of use of crop protection products. It follows that an increase in the proportion of farmers with off-farm work brought about by Brexit may have the unintended (positive) consequence of reducing the intensity of inorganic fertiliser use in agriculture, thereby making the sector more environmentally sustainable.
Pre- and post-operative orders on urologic cases
Creators: name: Creator not identified.
Publisher: name: DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library & Learning Center
Year: 1940
Subjects: subject: Urologic Cases
subject: Urologic Surgical Procedures
subject: Preoperative Care
subject: Drainage
subject: Urinary Catheterization
subject: Postoperative Care
subject: Urinary Catheterization/methods

description: Pre- and post-operative care for patients undergoing urologic surgery. Includes instructions on using the catheter table, insertion and management of the urinary catheter.
On the formation of cold fronts in massive mergers
Creators: name: Mathis, H.
name: Lavaux, G.
name: Diego, J. M.
name: Silk, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using adiabatic hydrodynamical simulations, we follow the evolution of two symmetric cold fronts developing in the remnant of a violent z=0.3 massive cluster merger. The structure and location of the simulated cold fronts are very similar to those recently found in X-ray cluster observations, supporting the merger hypothesis for the origin of at least some of the cold fronts. The cold fronts are preceded by an almost spherical bow shock which originates at the core and disappears after 1.6 Gyr. The cold fronts last longer and survive until z=0. We trace back the gas mass constituting the fronts and find it initially associated with the two dense cores of the merging clusters. Conversely, we follow how the energy of the gas of the initial merging cores evolves until z=0 from the merging and show that a fraction of this gas can escape from the local potential well of the sub-clumps. This release occurs as the sub-clumps reach their apocentre in an eccentric orbit and is due to decoupling between the dark matter and part of the gas in the sub-clump because of, first, heating of the gas at first close core passage and of, second, the effect of the global cluster pressure which peaks as the centrifugal acceleration of the sub-clump is maximal. The fraction of the gas of the sub-clump liberated in the outbound direction then cools as it expands adiabatically and constitutes the cold fronts.
description: 18 pages, 19 figures, submitted to MNRAS, all figures are available at high resolution at http://www-astro.physics.ox.ac.uk/~hxm/ColdFronts/
Additional file 5 of Characterization of Anopheles gambiae D7 salivary proteins as markers of human–mosquito bite contact
Creators: name: Oseno, Brenda
name: Marura, Faith
name: Ogwang, Rodney
name: Muturi, Martha
name: Njunge, James
name: Nkumama, Irene
name: Mwakesi, Robert
name: Mwai, Kennedy
name: Rono, Martin K.
name: Mwakubambanya, Ramadhan
name: Osier, Faith
name: Tuju, James
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 5: Table S3. Kruskal–Wallis test comparing differences in responses to salivary gland antigens between the sites.
AN ANALYSIS OF ACCIDENT PRONENESS IN THE FIGHTER PILOT
Creators: name: Koz, Joseph P.
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 52
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology
classificationCode: 5205
subject: Social and personality psychology

description: The purpose of this research is to identify those fighter pilots who have a higher risk of being involved in aircraft accidents. We are interested in showing null hypotheses between accident proneness, and life change units and personality differences, based upon deviance theory and the middle-range theory of Merton. Blood pressure readings are also examined for relevancy. Results indicated that 81 percent of the fighter pilots were correctly identified as accident prone; 96 percent of the pilots were correctly identified as having had aircraft accidents, injury, or illness. In retrospect, if this test had been administered to F-4 fighter pilots over the last 20 years, 71 pilots would have been correctly identified as accident prone before they committed an aircraft accident. If these pilots had been rehabilitated or prevented from flying, as much as half a billion dollars could have been saved in addition to the prevention of injury and loss of life. This test could be applied to other pilots, car accidents, industrial accidents, accidents in the home, etc. The results may differ depending upon the type of accident being investigated, but the principle method of analysis should remain the same.
AN ANALYSIS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA'S FOREIGN POLICY WITH RESPECT TO THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA 1948 TO 1982: AN ARAB PERSPECTIVE
Creators: name: Askari, Yassar
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 44
subject: Human society
classificationCode: 4408
subject: Political science
subject: FOS: Political science

description: Canadian Middle East relations have been marked by a reserve atypical of leading Western powers. However, despite Canada's low profile in the Middle East prior to 1956, three significant developments had already drawn the nation into the region's affairs: the creation of the United Nations and the General Assembly's specialized committees and peacekeeping forces relevant to the area, the advent to the area, the advent of European Zionism and the Jewish dilemma stemming from Nazi persecutions of World War II, and the creation of the State of Israel at the dire expense of the Palestinian inhabitants. Canada's relations with Middle Eastern countries have not reflected Canadian interests of the first priority, but have been a function of at least five other factors: (1) the nation's internal economic and political power configuration; (2) its advocacy of the United Nations' efforts in the region; (3) its ties to NATO, the British Commonwealth, and to France; (4) its relationship to the United States; and (5) the relatively recent establishment of bilateral relations with certain Arab states and very recent discussions of the future status of the Palestinians which have been partially necessitated by the need to restore Canada's credibility as a non-partisan actor as regards the affairs of the area. The successive governments of Canada from 1948 to 1982 will, through their policies, inform one as to the country's perception of its national interest in the Middle East. Through an historical presentation of Middle Eastern affairs, one is able to focus on the relationship between event and policy and is aided in formulating a judgment as to the appropriateness of Canadian policy in the region. The oil embargo--and the threat is posed to Canada's economy, the United Nations resolutions concerning the inalienable rights of the Palestinians, the Crime Congress fiasco--and the vocal opposition of Arab-Canadian interest groups, and the Arab denouncement of the Camp David Accords, drew into sharp focus the antithetical nature of a Canadian-Middle East foreign policy which was demonstrably pro-Israel. International circumstances and the national pursuit of Canadian national interests in the region were factors which would contribute to a more balanced Canadian-Middle East foreign policy.
Convergence or Divergence? Analysis of Regional Development Convergence in Hungary
Creators: name: Bakucs, Zoltan
name: Bakucs, Zoltan
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2018
Subjects: Agricultural and Food Policy
International Development

description: The enlargement of the European Union (EU) led to an increase in regional development differences, challenging the EU structural policy. Whilst there are a wealth of papers discussing international and across EU development convergence, the issue seems under-researched at national level, especially when small territorial units are considered. This paper aims to partially fill this gap, by using low aggregation (Local Administrative Unit 1, LAU1) territorial data between 2002 and 2013 - a period that comprises Hungary’s EU accession and also the years of the recent global financial crisis. We employ a novel approach to circumvent the lack of income, productivity or competitiveness data at LAU1 level by deriving two Regional Development Indices (RDI) resting on the estimation of an internal migration functions. Once the RDIs are estimated, we proceed to a test sigma, beta and unit root convergence. Further, we assess the probabilities of LAU1 region specific RDIs of changing their positions within distributional quartiles. Results regional divergence and low mobility of regions with rather bleak consequences for Hungarian and indeed European cohesion aims.
The Importance of Moral Intensity: An Application to Ethical Food Issues
Creators: name: Bennett, Richard
name: Pfuderer, Simone
name: Bennett, Richard
name: Pfuderer, Simone
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2018
Subjects: Agricultural and Food Policy
Food Security and Poverty

description: In this study we analyse moral decision making in a food related setting. Jones (1991) argues that ethical issues vary in their perceived moral intensity, where moral intensity is “the extent of issuerelated moral imperative in a situation”. According to Jones, moral intensity is an issue-related construct that is made up of six main components: magnitude of consequences, social consensus, probability of effect, temporal immediacy, proximity and concentration of effect. The moral intensity of an issue affects all stages of moral decision making. We measure the relative importance of different dimensions of moral intensity in a food related setting. We carry out a survey to investigate the impact of varying components of moral intensity in two setting where a food producer sells potentially harmful products. The aim is to measure how changes in these dimensions impact on individuals’ assessment of these dimensions as well as two stages in the ethical decision process.. We find a complexity of issues relating to how people consider morality in food production and consumption and the importance of the specific context to moral decision making.
title: A study into the reflective capability of Hungarian primary teachers with differing levels of experience
Creators: name: Sherwin, Helen
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 2011

description: This case study explored the reflective capability of Hungarian primary teachers of English to uncover how beginner teachers can be helped to reflect more effectively. The participants consisted of three groups of teachers with differing levels of experience: three “beginner” teachers, three “accomplished beginners” (experienced Hungarian, beginner English teachers), three “experienced” teachers. Reflection was viewed as a complex, cognitive skill and was investigated within a framework that combined research traditions of reflection and cognitive skill acquisition. The cognitive and metacognitive skills teachers used to analyse their teaching both pre and post-lesson were compared. Data from semi-structured interviews, diaries and observational field notes was analysed using a combination of qualitative and quantitative analytic strategies. Findings revealed that the experienced teachers reflected in a more critically aware and informative manner than the beginner/accomplished beginner teachers whose overall reflective capability appeared to be constrained by problems they experienced with reasoning skills such as problem solving. Also, the accomplished beginners (experienced teachers retraining to teach a new subject) reflected in ways similar to the beginner teachers and did not use the pedagogic reasoning skills developed through teaching their specialist subject of Hungarian, to help themselves reflect on their English teaching. All beginner and accomplished beginner teachers claimed their reflective capability developed during the study, something they attributed to co-planning lessons with an experienced practitioner. The main conclusion drawn from this study was that both Hungarian beginner teachers and accomplished beginners may need very structured assistance in developing the strategic thinking skills underpinning reflection before effective reflection can occur. Co-planning was suggested as a framework within which such assistance could be provided.
Factors influencing Nutrient Management Practices on Agricultural Catchment Farms
Creators: name: McCormack, Michele
name: Buckley, Cathal
name: McCormack, Michele
name: Buckley, Cathal
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2018
Subjects: Agricultural and Food Policy

description: The Agricultural sector will play a key role in reaching the goals set out in The Water Framework Directive 2000/60/EC (WFD). Although some progress has been made the 2015 deadline for reaching the goals of maintaining “high” status waterbodies and increasing the status of all other water bodies to at least “good” water status has passed without success and the timeline for these objectives moved forward to the next two cycles 2021/2027. Now more than ever policymakers need to understand the motivations of key participants of which farmers play an important role. This study investigates whether the use of a Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) can be useful in predicting farmer acceptance of two nutrient management practices, soil testing and nutrient management planning which have the potential to contribute to water quality improvements. Factor analysis on a survey of farmers involved in Teagasc Agricultural Catchments Programme (ACP) reveals two specific variables which are hypothesised to be fundamental determinants of user acceptance, Perceived Usefulness (PU) and Perceived Ease of Use (PEOU). Both variables are found to be significant in predicting farmer intention to use and are subsequently included in a model to investigate key drivers of convergence to optimal soil phosphorus levels. The research suggests that farmers who converge to optimal P levels (soil P index 3) from soil P index 4 perceive soil testing and nutrient management planning “useful” and “easy to use” but there is no significant relationship on farms operating below optimal levels of soil P index 1 and 2.
Incorporating preferences into a healthy and sustainable diet
Creators: name: Chalmers, Neil
name: Revoredo-Giha, Cesar
name: Chalmers, Neil
name: Revoredo-Giha, Cesar
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety
subject: Food Consumption
subject: Preferences
subject: Nutrition
subject: Sustainability

description: Sustainable diets are defined as “nutrient-dense, affordable, culturally acceptable, and sparing of the environment” (Drewnowski, 2017). Whilst diets which cover the nutrient and environmental aspects have been studied in detail, there has been little work on also incorporating acceptability (i.e. consumer preferences). This study estimates sustainable diets using the Green et al (2015) dietary models (quadratic programming based) with the following data: national diet and nutrition survey, dietary reference values, Kantar Worldpanel prices and carbon footprints. The diet models were estimated for eight UK demographic groups alongside estimation of the respective demand systems in order to incorporate own price elasticities. The results suggest that sustainable diets for all the demographic groups are to an extent possible based on the nutrient constraints used, with the largest emission reductions (relative to the baseline diet emissions) of 45 per cent for males aged 19 to 50 and aged 50 plus.
AN ANALYSIS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA'S FOREIGN POLICY WITH RESPECT TO THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA 1948 TO 1982: AN ARAB PERSPECTIVE
Creators: name: Askari, Yassar
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: Canadian Middle East relations have been marked by a reserve atypical of leading Western powers. However, despite Canada's low profile in the Middle East prior to 1956, three significant developments had already drawn the nation into the region's affairs: the creation of the United Nations and the General Assembly's specialized committees and peacekeeping forces relevant to the area, the advent to the area, the advent of European Zionism and the Jewish dilemma stemming from Nazi persecutions of World War II, and the creation of the State of Israel at the dire expense of the Palestinian inhabitants. Canada's relations with Middle Eastern countries have not reflected Canadian interests of the first priority, but have been a function of at least five other factors: (1) the nation's internal economic and political power configuration; (2) its advocacy of the United Nations' efforts in the region; (3) its ties to NATO, the British Commonwealth, and to France; (4) its relationship to the United States; and (5) the relatively recent establishment of bilateral relations with certain Arab states and very recent discussions of the future status of the Palestinians which have been partially necessitated by the need to restore Canada's credibility as a non-partisan actor as regards the affairs of the area. The successive governments of Canada from 1948 to 1982 will, through their policies, inform one as to the country's perception of its national interest in the Middle East. Through an historical presentation of Middle Eastern affairs, one is able to focus on the relationship between event and policy and is aided in formulating a judgment as to the appropriateness of Canadian policy in the region. The oil embargo--and the threat is posed to Canada's economy, the United Nations resolutions concerning the inalienable rights of the Palestinians, the Crime Congress fiasco--and the vocal opposition of Arab-Canadian interest groups, and the Arab denouncement of the Camp David Accords, drew into sharp focus the antithetical nature of a Canadian-Middle East foreign policy which was demonstrably pro-Israel. International circumstances and the national pursuit of Canadian national interests in the region were factors which would contribute to a more balanced Canadian-Middle East foreign policy.