cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
A new latent cure rate marker model for survival data
Creators: name: Kim, Sungduk
name: Xi, Yingmei
name: Chen, Ming-Hui
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Applications (stat.AP)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: To address an important risk classification issue that arises in clinical practice, we propose a new mixture model via latent cure rate markers for survival data with a cure fraction. In the proposed model, the latent cure rate markers are modeled via a multinomial logistic regression and patients who share the same cure rate are classified into the same risk group. Compared to available cure rate models, the proposed model fits better to data from a prostate cancer clinical trial. In addition, the proposed model can be used to determine the number of risk groups and to develop a predictive classification algorithm.
description: Published in at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/09-AOAS238 the Annals of Applied Statistics (http://www.imstat.org/aoas/) by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (http://www.imstat.org)
Magnetoelectric correlations in BiMnO$_3$ whithin Landau theory: comparison with experiment
Creators: name: Howczak, Olga
name: Spalek, Jozef
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discuss a simple phenomenological Landau theory of phase transitions with two coupled single-component order parameters and compare the results with available experimental data. The model corresponds to the case of a ferroic system, in which ferromagnetic and ferroelectric transitions originally occur at temperatures $T_M$ and $T_f$, respectively. For $T_f>T_M$ the magnetoelectric coupling strongly renormalizes the magnetic transition temperature, $T_M\to T_{RM}$ (with $T_{RM}>>T_M$), as well as generates an additional anomaly in ferroelectric subsystem $T_{RM}$. Full susceptibility tensor has also been determined. The concept of \textit{Arrot plot} is replaced by the \textit{Arrot planes} which appear when both types of order coexist. The results are in good overall agreement with experimental data for the ferroelectromagnetic BiMnO$_3$. We also estimate the contribution of Gaussian fluctuations of both order parameters, that lead to corrections to the mean-field specific heat. Those corrections are still insufficient even though other quantities agree quite well with experiment. We calculate the temperature dependence of the coherence length for both types of order as well.
description: 27 pages, 12 figures
Queer Christianity - authentic selves : the negotiation of religious, sexual and gendered identities among lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender attendees of four church congregations in Australia
Creators: name: Fielder, BJ
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: This thesis is about how lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Christians negotiate their religious, sexual and gendered identities. It challenges the assumption that these identities are disparate. Many LGBT Christians, however, do experience internal conflict between their religious world view and their sexual or gendered identity and are confronted with painful self-questioning and struggle. The study investigates the processes through which some LGBT Christians resolve tensions that do occur, and the resulting change to religious practice. The findings are based upon qualitative data from 26 LGBT Christians in the Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) congregations and two individuals involved in the Uniting Church in Australia. The study also draws upon participation in services and social occasions in four congregations of the MCC. Drawing on Taylor (1991); Ahmed (2004), Bourdieu (1990) and queer theory this thesis argues that participants act according to an 'ethic of authenticity' in their desire to express their 'true' sexual, gendered and religious selves. This desire is driven by participants' essentialist understanding of sexuality and gender, and is magnified by the individual's religiosity. In order to live an authentic life, many of the participants enter a process whereby their religious habitus is transformed through relationships, emotions, cognitions, and repetitive ritual practices. A product of this transformation and the desire for authenticity is the enactment of a queer Christian practice. This queer Christian practice, however, also remains somewhat restricted by normative Christian tradition.
Potential of aquacultural sludge treatment for aquaponics: evaluation of nutrient mobilization under aerobic and anaerobic conditions
Creators: name: Monsees, Hendrik
name: Keitel, Jonas
name: Paul, Maurice
name: Kloas, Werner
name: Wuertz, Sven
Publisher: name: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Aquaponics
subject: Phosphate recovery
subject: Nitrate
subject: Sludge
subject: Aerobic
subject: Anaerobic
subject: Nutrient recycling
subject: 630 Landwirtschaft und verwandte Bereiche

description: In recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS), mechanical removal of suspended solids by clarifiers or drum filters provides an organic mixture rich in nutrients. Still, in most traditional RAS, this sludge is discharged directly or following dewatering. Here, the potential recycling of nutrients from sludge is assessed, comparing aerobic and anaerobic mobilization of nutrients experimentally, ultimately aiming at an application in aquaponic systems. Nutrient mobilization processes were studied, monitoring soluble nutrients photometrically in the treatment tanks (NO3--N, NO2--N, total ammonia nitrogen, soluble reactive phosphorus [SRP], K+, Mg2+ and Fe2+), the nutrient composition of the sludge (total phosphorus, Fe, Mn, Al, S, Mg, Ca) by inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry, as well as C:N ratio, total solids (TS) and total suspended solids (TSS). Aerobic treatment (aerated, AT) resulted in a 3.2-fold increase in mean (±SD) SRP from 9.4 (± 0.7) to 29.7 (± 2.1) mg l-1, most likely owing to a decrease in pH. In contrast, in the anaerobic treatment (unaerated, UT), SRP remained unchanged between 9.4 (± 0.7) and 9.3 (± 0.4) mg l-1. Both treatments resulted in increased K+ concentrations from 28.1 (± 1.5) to 36.8 (± 2.3) mg l-1 in AT and to 32.2 (± 2.3) mg l-1 in UT. AT revealed best mobilization of P and K+ without major losses of NO3--N. Thus, aerobic treatment of water-sludge mixture has a high potential for significant improvements of nutrient recycling in aquaponics.
Costs of Marketing Eggs and Labor Output of Selected Cooperatives, Part I, Northeast
Creators: name: Ratcliffe, Harry E.
name: Ratcliffe, Harry E.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1959
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Labor and Human Capital
subject: Livestock Production/Industries
subject: Marketing
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: Production Economics

description: Excerpts from the report: This report is part of a renewed and expanded area study similar to one made in 1950-51. The original study had the following major objectives: (1) to obtain information on costs and labor requirements of the several operations in egg handling, (2) to determine and measure the factors affecting costs, and (3) to check, measure and interpret the findings by applying them to actual operating conditions. This report covers the first of these objectives for eight farmer cooperatives in the Northeastern States and Ohio. It essentially presents comparative statistics of (1) total costs, (2) direct unit costs of 12 individual operations by associations, (3) indirect (overhead) costs by associations, (4) costs by type of packs, and (5) output per man-hour of labor by individual operations for eight cooperatives in the northeastern States and Ohio.
The manifestly gauge invariant Maxwell-Dirac equations
Creators: name: Inglis, Shaun
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: We study the Maxwell-Dirac equations, which model the fermionic relativistic electrodynamics in the case where the fermion field is itself the source of the electromagnetic field. This system is formulated by exploiting that fact that the Dirac equation can be algebraically inverted, and the resulting expression for the vector potential in terms of the spinor fields can be directly substituted into Maxwell's equations. We work in a formalism where the physical states are described by a set of tensor fields, formed from bilinear combinations of (non-Grassmann) spinor fields and Dirac matrices. This results in a set of manifestly gauge invariant equations that lack such unphysical degrees of freedom. Through the use of Fierz expansions on quadratic spinor combinations, and their associated identities, a large set of interrelationships between bilinear fields can be obtained. This permits the description of the Maxwell-Dirac system in terms of tensor current densities, and their quadratic Fierz identities and continuity constraints. The resulting set of self-coupled Maxwell-Dirac equations is mathematically intractable without further constraint. We show how demanding invariance of the bilinear tensor fields under the action of arbitrary subgroups of the Poincar‚àö¬Æ group of rotations, translations and boosts reduces the equations to the point where they are more manageable. In this thesis, we demonstrate in detail how the Maxwell-Dirac equations reduce under several example subgroups. We also develop the gauge invariant bilinear formalism for the stress-energy tensor, which can be used to calculate physical quantities such as the momentum and mass-energy corresponding to a Maxwell-Dirac solution. The calculation is approached from two independent points of view, namely the Belinfante method and the variational method from general relativity, which we find to be in agreement. Finally, by analogy with the method in electromagnetism, we extend the algebraic inversion of the Dirac equation to the case where the spinors are isospin doublets, and the gauge field corresponds to the non-Abelian group SU(2). Following the definition of non-Abelian bilinears and Fierz identities, the inverted form itself is given formally, with the application of a Neumann series required for an explicit expression.
Additional file 2 of Distribution pattern and prognosis of metastatic lymph nodes in cervical posterior to level V in nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients
Creators: name: Jiang, Chaoyang
name: Gao, Hui
name: Zhang, Ling
name: Li, Hua
name: Zhang, Tao
name: Ma, Ji
name: Liu, Bisheng
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Mental Health
subject: Hematology

description: Additional files 2: Supplementary Table 2. Baseline characteristics of patients with metastasis of posterior to level V
The Church of the Gesuati in Venice
Creators: name: O'Kelly, John Brian
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: The purpose of this thesis is to examine in detail one eighteenth-century Venetian church, Sta. Maria del Rosario, or, as it is commonly known, the Gesuati. The church provides an ideal example in the study of Venetian art, not only because its architecture and decorations are entirely eighteenth century, but also because it represents the work of the finest artists of the time. The entire church was designed by Giorgio Massari and every figure and bas-relief scene in the interior was made by Gian Maria Morlaiter. The painted decorations, too, are examples of the work by the leading artists in Venice. Altarpieces here are the work of Giambattista Tiepolo, Giambattista Piazzetta, and Sebastiano Ricci. Four magnificent frescoes, the work of Tiepolo as well, adorn the ceiling. An examination of the Gesuati offers an insight into the nature of religious art in Venice. The traditional preconception of eighteenth-century Venice is that it was a completely decadent, vain world of gay carnivals, and that it was a tourist's paradise, where masks hid the identity of the people, and impressions of the city were to be captured in views painted by Canaletto. To a certain extent, the mood of this colourful world is found in religious art. The light, Palladian church of the Gesuati houses elegant bas-relief scenes depicting the life of Christ and sculptures of Old and New Testament figures. Many of the paintings "breathe'' with space and light. Bright colours and playful putti create the light mood of the Rococo. However, there is, in one altarpiece by Piazzetta, a completely different mood. In his painting, Piezzetta depicts his figures in a religious mystical experience. This mood is, to a certain extent, also conveyed in Tiepolo's altarpiece. In iconographical terms, the Gesuati decorations are serious. Religion does play an important role in eighteenth-century Venice. The Gesuati is a Dominican church, and the Dominicans in Venice had already, by the eighteenth century, been commissioning religious paintings and sculptures for many hundreds of years. The paintings in the Gesuati represent the glory of the Dominican Order and the figures that played an important part in its long history; the sculptures symbolize the victory of faith.
Direct Measurement of the $W$ Production Charge Asymmetry in $\ppbar$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 1.96$ TeV
Creators: name: The CDF Collaboration
name: Aaltonen, T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present the first direct measurement of the $W$ production charge asymmetry as a function of the $W$ boson rapidity $\yW$ in $\ppbar$ collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 1.96$ $\TeV$. We use a sample of $\wenu$ events in data from 1 $\ifb$ of integrated luminosity collected using the CDF II detector. In the region $|\yW|
description: Accepted to Phys. Rev. Lett
Why do Catholics attend Mass?
Creators: name: Traufler, 1874-, Louis
Publisher: name: University of Notre Dame
Year: 2023

description:
 Series numbering on pt. 2 appears incorrectly as: ser. 1, no. 2.
 1. Because the Mass is the sacrifice of the new law -- 2. Because the Mass is the sublime sacrifice of Christ himself and because the Mass is also the sacrifice of the people and for the people.
Solar cycles: the past evolution influence
Creators: name: Klutsch, Alexis
name: Ferrero, Rubens Freire
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The so-called solar cycle is generally characterized by the quasi-periodic oscillatory evolution of the photospheric spots number. This quasi-periodic pattern has always been an intriguing question. Several physical models were proposed to explain this evolution and many mathematical data analysis were employed to determine the principal frequencies noticeable in the measured data. Both approaches try to predict the future evolution of the solar activity and to understand the physical phenomena producing these cycles. Here we present the analysis of the sunspots number evolution using the time-delay approach. Our results show than the solar cycle can also be characterized by this behavior implying the influence of the past evolution over the present one, suggesting an histeresis mechanism, linked probably with magnetic activity.
description: Submitted to the proceedings of the IAU symposium No. 264, 2009
The evolution of the mass-metallicity relation in galaxies of different morphological types
Creators: name: Calura, F.
name: Pipino, A.
name: Chiappini, C.
name: Matteucci, F.
name: Maiolino, R.
name: -
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: By means of chemical evolution models for ellipticals, spirals and irregular galaxies, we aim at investigating the physical meaning and the redshift evolution of the mass-metallicity relation as well as how this relation is connected with galaxy morphology. {abridged} We assume that galaxy morphologies do not change with cosmic time. We present a method to account for a spread in the epochs of galaxy formation and to refine the galactic mass grid. (abridged) We compare our predictions to observational results obtained for galaxies between redshifts 0.07 and 3.5. We reproduce the mass-metallicity (MZ) relation mainly by means of an increasing efficiency of star formation with mass in galaxies of all morphological types, without any need to invokegalactic outflows favoring the loss of metals in the less massive galaxies. Our predictions can help constraining the slope and the zero point of the observed local MZ relation, both affected by uncertainties related to the use of different metallicity calibrations. We show how, by considering the MZ, the O/H vs star formation rate (SFR), and the SFR vs galactic mass diagrams at various redshifts, it is possible to constrain the morphology of the galaxies producing these relations. Our results indicate that the galaxies observed at z=3.5 should be mainly proto-ellipticals, whereas at z=2.2 the observed galaxies consist of a morphological mix of proto-spirals and proto-ellipticals. At lower redshifts, the observed MZ relation is well reproduced by considering both spirals and irregulars. (abridged)
description: 20 pages, 13 figures, accepted by Astronomy & Astrophysics
Additional file 1: of Anticipatory parental effects in a subtropical lizard in response to experimental warming
Creators: name: Sun, Bao-Jun
name: Wang, Yang
name: Wang, Yong
name: Lu, Hong-Liang
name: Du, Wei-Guo
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Plant Biology

description: Ambient temperatures of sampling site and enclosure site, and the active body temperatures of lizards in enclosures. (DOCX 195 kb)
Teachers : hands up for CCTV in schools
Creators: name: Yorke, AJ
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) in public places has become a widely accepted method of surveillance for the purpose of public safety and crime management (Moran, 1998). Over recent years, increased public concern, media attention and political pressure over high levels of disruptive behaviour and violence in schools have prompted educators to search for new and more effective methods of combating the problem (Christie, Petrie and Christie, 1998). One of the methods explored has been the introduction of CCTV into the educational environment. The practice has since become increasingly widespread in many countries, including The United States of America and The United Kingdom (The United States Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2002: Association of Teachers and Lecturers, 2008). This increase is reflected in Australia where the number of schools implementing CCTV surveillance has continued to rise (Australian Education Union, 2003). It would appear that this trend is set to continue as an increasing number of Australian schools implement CCTV. This raises questions regarding the purpose of the increase and the effectiveness of CCTV for the purpose. As there is currently no research available to address those questions, the purpose of this project was to identify the perceptions of key stakeholders in education on the use of CCTV in schools. To determine the perceptions of key stakeholders, a sample of six participants were purposefully selected to include principals, early childhood and primary teachers. The participants shared their perceptions during individual, semi-structured interviews. It was established through this research that a perception exists that CCTV in schools has the potential to contribute to significant improvements to school safety and performance. In addition to the identification of the perceived benefits of CCTV, the research also established several serious concerns over the process of management and control of CCTV within the school environment. As a result of the findings of the study it was recommended that there is a significant need for further consultation with key stakeholders in education prior to the discussion of future decisions regarding the implementation of CCTV surveillance in schools.
Jet Observables of Parton Energy Loss in High-Energy Nuclear Collisions
Creators: name: Zhang, Ben-Wei
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: While strong attenuation of single particle production and particle correlations has provided convincing evidence for large parton energy loss in the QGP, its application to jet tomography has inherent limitations due to the inclusive nature of the measurements. Generalization of this suppression to full jet observables leads to an unbiased, more differential and thus powerful approach to determining the characteristics of the hot QCD medium created in high-energy nuclear collisions. In this article we report on recent theoretical progress in calculating jet shapes and the related jet cross sections in the presence of QGP-induced parton energy loss. (i) A theoretical model of intra-jet energy flow in heavy-ion collisions is discussed. (ii) Realistic numerical simulations demonstrate the nuclear modification factor $R_{AA}(p_T)$ evolves continuously with the jet cone size $R^{\max}$ or the acceptance cut $ω_{\min}$ - a novel feature of jet quenching. The anticipated broadening of jets is subtle and most readily manifested in the periphery of the cone for smaller cone radii.
description: Proceedings for Quark Matter 2009, updated version with minor corrections
L’accesso alle tecnologie innovative nel settore salute tra universalità e limiti organizzativi (con una postilla sull’emergenza sanitaria)
Creators: name: Aperio Bella, Flaminia
Publisher: name: P.A. Persona e Amministrazione
Year: 2020

description: Lo scritto analizza alcune delle ricadute giuridiche che discendono dalla combinazione tra l’erompere dell’innovazione tecnologica nel settore sanitario e la distribuzione differenziata delle risorse su base regionale cercando di trarre, nella postilla finale, alcuni insegnamenti dall’emergenza sanitaria da SARS-CoV-2 che si è abbattuta sull’Italia e sul mondo intero. The analysis aims to examine some of the legal consequences stemming from the spread of technological innovation in the health sector, having regard to the unequal distribution of resources on a regional basis. The final addendum is focused on the lessons to be learned from the dramatic challenge of the SARS-CoV-2 virus pandemic that Italy and the entire world are currently facing.
description: P.A. Persona e Amministrazione, N. 1 (2020)
title: Program terapeutyczny usprawniający percepcję prozodii mowy
title: Therapy Program to Improve the Perception of Speech Prosody
Creators: name: Wysocka, Marta
name: Kwaterkiewicz, Magdalena
Publisher: name: Logopedia 47-1, 2018
Year: 2018

description: Zaburzenia prozodyczne, ze względu na liczne funkcje pełnione przez zjawiska prozodyczne
w komunikacji, prowadzą do powstawania utrudnień w jej przebiegu. Występują one u osób z różnego typu zaburzeniami mowy, słuchu i głosu. Warunkiem efektywności logopedycznych oddziaływań
terapeutycznych w przypadkach dysprozodii jest odpowiedni, dostosowany do potrzeb i możliwości
pacjenta wybór postępowania, umożliwiający mu opanowanie kompetencji i sprawności niezbędnych do rozumienia zjawisk prozodycznych i umiejętnego posługiwania się nimi w komunikacji.
W artykule zaprezentowano autorski program służący usprawnianiu percepcji zjawisk prozodycznych. Klasyfikacji i opisu poszczególnych rodzajów ćwiczeń dokonano na podstawie opublikowanych w literaturze danych dotyczących fonetycznej i fonologicznej charakterystyki zjawisk prozodycznych i pełnionych przez nie funkcji, zaburzeń prozodycznych oraz postępowania terapeutycznego w przypadkach dysprozodii.
Simple scheme for expanding a polarization-entangled W state by adding one photon
Creators: name: Gong, Yan-Xiao
name: Zou, Xu-Bo
name: Huang, Yun-Feng
name: Guo, Guang-Can
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We propose a simple scheme for expanding a polarization-entangled W state. By mixing a single photon and one of the photons in an n-photon W state at a polarization-dependent beam splitter (PDBS), we can obtain an (n+1)-photon W state after post-selection. Our scheme also opens the door for generating n-photon W states using single photons and linear optics.
description: 3 pages, 2 figures
A WENO algorithm for radiative transfer with resonant scattering: the time scale of the Wouthuysen-Field Coupling
Creators: name: Roy, Ishani
name: Qiu, Jing-Mei
name: Shu, Chi-Wang
name: Fang, Li-Zhi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We develop a numerical solver for the integral-differential equations, which describes the radiative transfer of photon distribution in the frequency space with resonant scattering of Lyalpha photons by hydrogen gas in the early universe. The time-dependent solutions of this equation is crucial to the estimation of the effect of the Wouthuysen-Field (WF) coupling in relation to the 21 cm emission and absorption at the epoch of reionization. The resonant scattering leads to the photon distribution in the frequency space to be piecewise smooth containing sharp changes. The weighted essentially nonoscillatory (WENO) scheme is suitable to handle this problem, as this algorithm has been found to be highly stable and robust for solving Boltzmann equation. We test this numerical solver against analytic solutions of the evolution of the photon distribution in rest background, analytic solution in expanding background without resonant scattering and formation of local Boltzmann distribution around the resonant frequency with the temperature same as that of atom for recoil. We find that evolution of photon distribution undergoes three phases; profile is similar to the initial one, a flat plateau (without recoil) or local Boltzmann distribution (with recoil) forms around the resonant frequency, and finally the distribution around the resonant frequency is saturated when the photons from the source is balanced by the redshift of the expansion. This result indicates that the onset of the W-F coupling should not be determined by the third phase, but by the time scale of the second phase. We found that the time scale of the W-F coupling is equal to about a few hundreds of the mean free flight time of photons with resonant frequency, and is independent of the Sobolev parameter if this parameter is much less than 1.
description: 20 pages, 13 figures
Integrated Operations... Hamilton Farm Bureau Cooperative
Creators: name: Abrahamsen, Martin A.
name: Abrahamsen, Martin A.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1959
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Financial Economics
subject: Livestock Production/Industries
subject: Marketing
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: Excerpts from the report: This is the third in a series of case studies by Farmer Cooperative Service on the integrated operations of cooperatives. It is the first such study, however, that deals specifically with the integration process as it has been developed by a local association. As such, it gives some indication of the ability of these organizations to adjust to the impacts of changing technology. Also, it focuses attention on the impacts of integration on production practices and marketing methods that local cooperatives must recognize and deal with if they are to serve members effectively. The Hamilton Farm Bureau Cooperative, Inc., Hamilton, Mich., (hereafter referred to as HFBC), a local cooperative organized in 1920 by 140 farmers, now has nearly 2,000 active patrons. In 1958 it reported an annual volume of nearly $6 million. Assets totaled about $1 million, with over 95 percent of these accounted for by net worth. It primarily operates within a 10-mile radius of Hamilton, Mich. It thus largely serves farmers in the eastern half of Allegan County.
Maximal extension of the Schwarzschild spacetime inspired by noncommutative geometry
Creators: name: Arraut, I.
name: Batic, D.
name: Nowakowski, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We derive a transformation of the noncommutative geometry inspired Schwarzschild solution into new coordinates such that the apparent unphysical singularities of the metric are removed. Moreover, we give the maximal singularity-free atlas for the manifold with the metric under consideration. This atlas reveals many new features e.g. it turns out to describe an infinite lattice of asymptotically flat universes connected by black hole tunnels.
description: 17 pages LaTex, 2 figures
The use of wearable ambient displays to enhance awareness of physical activity
Creators: name: Burns, PJ
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: There has been extensive research into using computers to help people to monitor their physical activity. Most existing self-monitoring approaches employ high complexity, high-engagement interfaces with a focus on numbers, text and graphics. An alternative are low-complexity interfaces - those that employ simple metaphors to convey information - such as ambient displays. Research has shown that these interfaces could be equally effective in assisting users to monitor and subsequently change their behaviour. Engagement with existing smartphone-based or fixed ambient displays presupposes that the user is also engaged in some other unrelated activity (looking at a phone or walking past a screen), limiting their usefulness. Wearable ambient displays that are persistently visible to the user could overcome this problem, and have the additional benefit that they help to engage the wearer with others in discussions around the information displayed. Using a design process facilitated by accessible rapid prototyping tools such as 3D printing, I developed a wearable device that could track the user's level of physical activity and, implementing a novel ambient display design, provide the user with information about their own activity levels and those of others. I evaluated the final device in a user study with 40 participants over six weeks. The results, both qualitative and quantitative, indicated that participants were able to engage with the ambient visualisation and it motivated them to think about and discuss physical activity. Further research is needed to establish the potential for long-term behaviour change.
Standing before French Administrative Courts and Environmental protection: not specific enough for an effective access to Justice?
Creators: name: Chevalier, Emile
Publisher: name: P.A. Persona e Amministrazione
Year: 2020

description: In environmental matters, under the influence of Aarhus Convention, access to court is now a core pillar for the effectiveness of environmental legislation. In the French system, the standing conditions for a claim for judicial review before the French administrative courts are usually regarded as being easily fulfilled, since the French administrative case law adopts an interest-based approach to standing. This notion is interpreted in a rather extensive manner and in such way that the requirement has been deemed as satisfied as soon as there is a link between the challenged act and the personal situation of the applicant. But, applied in environmental matters, the enforcement of those standing requirements is restrictive, since it may be rather complex to prove the existence of an individual interest to challenge an act which impacts species or biodiversity. Indeed, due to the collective dimension of environmental protection, access to judicial review for individuals might be widely impaired. Doing so, the French conception of intérêt à agir does not seem to be in compliance with high standards applicable to access to justice to review administrative action. However, despite the development of International and European standards, it is rather unlikely that the French conception may change in order to take into account the specificity of the question of access to justice in environmental matters.
description: P.A. Persona e Amministrazione, N. 1 (2020)
Beyond history: a study of Saltykov's The history of a town
Creators: name: Petro, Peter
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: The purpose of this work is to show the evolution of The History of a Town and analyze its satirical form and thus to elucidate the obscure points that until recently prevented the recognition of The History of a Town (Istoriya odnogo goroda, 1869-1870, from now on, mentioned as The History) as a major work of Mikhail Evgrafovich Saltykov-Shchedrin (1826-1889), a work that came into the Russian literature after the time of the Great Reforms and which expressed the spirit of the time, understanding of the historical process and aimed deeper beyond the satirical rendering of the historical facts. Considered by most of the critics as a kind of parody of Russian history, where a provincial town, Glupov, stands for Russia and whose governors are caricatures of Russian sovereigns and ministers, this work survived the onslaught of various interpretations. Shortly after its first appearance it generated much controversy and grounds for suspicion as to whether it was not more than a parody of Russian history and the characters that appear in it more than mere caricatures of the House of Romanov and their ministers. After the heated polemics and discussions so typical of the period of the publication of Saltykov's satiric chronicle subsided, neglect descended upon it, to cover it for several decades. The interest in Saltykov's works increased after the books were dusted and rediscovered by the Soviet propagandists who also gave an impetus to a serious study of Saltykov's work, which, with a few exceptions, lacked both in objectivity and in assertion of the chronicle's significance beyond the historically ramified period which The History ostensibly covered. An attempt will be made here to show that Saltykov tried, successfully, to transcend the temporary framework of a definite situation of the period between 1731-1826 in order to give us an insight into the relationship of the governors and the governed, encompassing the epoch highlighted by the reform of 1961 and the decade that followed it. This study will also undertake an analysis of Saltykov's technique of satire and humour, as well as the gradual development of his technique and ideas in the course of the decade preceding the publication of The History.
High-Redshift SDSS Quasars with Weak Emission Lines
Creators: name: Diamond-Stanic, Aleksandar M.
name: Fan, Xiaohui
name: Brandt, W. N.
name: Shemmer, Ohad
name: Strauss, Michael A.
name: Anderson, Scott F.
name: Carilli, Christopher L.
name: Gibson, Robert R.
name: Jiang, Linhua
name: Kim, J. Serena
name: Richards, Gordon T.
name: Schmidt, Gary D.
name: Schneider, Donald P.
name: Shen, Yue
name: Smith, Paul S.
name: Vestergaard, Marianne
name: Young, Jason E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We identify a sample of 74 high-redshift quasars (z>3) with weak emission lines from the Fifth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and present infrared, optical, and radio observations of a subsample of four objects at z>4. These weak emission-line quasars (WLQs) constitute a prominent tail of the Lya+NV equivalent width distribution, and we compare them to quasars with more typical emission-line properties and to low-redshift active galactic nuclei with weak/absent emission lines, namely BL Lac objects. We find that WLQs exhibit hot (T~1000 K) thermal dust emission and have rest-frame 0.1-5 micron spectral energy distributions that are quite similar to those of normal quasars. The variability, polarization, and radio properties of WLQs are also different from those of BL Lacs, making continuum boosting by a relativistic jet an unlikely physical interpretation. The most probable scenario for WLQs involves broad-line region properties that are physically distinct from those of normal quasars.
description: Updated to match version published in ApJ. 20 pages, 12 figures
New insights on the ecophysiology and ichthyotoxicity of the dinoflagellate Alexandrium catenella from Chilean fjords
Creators: name: Mardones S‚àö¬8nchez, JI
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) are common natural phenomena along the Chilean coast. In southern fjords, the dinoflagellate Alexandrium catenella is the most studied species because of its production of saxitoxin and analogues responsible for Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning (PSP). Despite its deleterious effects on the local shellfish and finfish aquaculture industry, little is known about the dinoflagellate's ecology in this complex fjord ecosystem. In the present study in vitro experiments were conducted to determine: i) the role of A. catenella resting cysts in bloom dynamics; ii) physiological response of vegetative cells to `pCO_2``/pH` variations; and iii) the cytolytic potency of its exudate compounds against fish gill cells. Cyst experiments newly revealed a short cyst dormancy period (minimum 69 days) and highly variable reproductive compatibility determined by the geographical origin of isolates and their population genetic distances. Excystment processes were strongly driven by environmental factors, such as salinity and irradiance, which therefore provide important clues to understand regional bloom events. These results suggest a more important role for resting cysts in bloom dynamics in the Chilean fjords than previously thought. Exposure of A. catenella to variations in `pCO_2``/pH` resulted in optimum growth and dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) uptake at near equilibrium pH (8.0). Reduced cell size and enhanced chain formation occurred at high `pH``/low` `pCO2`. These results point to morphological and physiological adaptations by A. catenella against wide natural `pCO_2``/pH` fluctuations, and suggests a negligible impact of future ocean acidification scenarios on Alexandrium bloom dynamics in southern fjords. Our results on the potency of cytolytic toxins produced by A. catenella assessed on a rainbow trout gill cell line assay showed that pure PST fractions (C1&C2, STX, GTX 1&4) had insignificant lytic activity compared to the synergistic interaction between reactive oxygen species (ROS) and polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA). The novel application of non-invasive microelectrode ion flux measurement (MIFE) techniques on fish gill cells revealed that A. catenella metabolites from lysed cultures affected gill cell `K^+` channels by generating a strong efflux from the cell membrane, but again this was not caused by PST fractions. Cellular potassium efflux is known to generate cell shrinkage and cell death, and might be a key factor to explain fish gill damage from A. catenella. This study newly elucidated key aspects of the ecophysiology and the fish-killing mechanisms of A. catenella in the Chilean fjords. These results have important implications for the way the salmon industry should manage and mitigate future algal bloom events.
Pew Internet & American Life/Gates Foundation Poll: Library Services Survey
Creators: name: Pew Research Center
name: Foundation, The Gates
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2021

description: Community rating (1); internet, email use and access (7); electronic device ownership (5); reading books in past year (4); opinions about public libraries (7); visiting public library or bookmobile (16); public library website (16); family public library use (1); public library services, programs (30); public library staff (3); library card (1); changes in public library use (3); using computer at public library (12); public library e-books (2); reading aloud to young children (1); importance of print books for children (1); child(ren)’s public library use (10).
Additional file 1: of Divergent evolution of rice blast resistance Pi54 locus in the genus Oryza
Creators: name: Zhang, Lin
name: Nakagomi, Yusuke
name: Endo, Takashi
name: Teranishi, Mika
name: Hidema, Jun
name: Sato, Shusei
name: Higashitani, Atsushi
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology
subject: Virology

description: Figure S1. Selection and identification of Pi54 alleles using primer set Pi54 MAS. Figure S2. Alignment of the divergent regions from Sasanishiki and Nipponbare. Figure S3. Detection of divergent structures at the Pi54 locus in modern O. sativa cultivars. Figure S4. DNA sequences of Pi54 alleles. Figure S5. Alignment of Helitron-N91 and the 143â bp insertion in Nipponbare. Table S1. Primer sets for PCR amplification. Table S2. Primer sets for identification of Nipponbare and Sasanishiki type species. Table S3 Primers for sequencing. Table S4. Primers for sequencing the genes flanking the 25,061â bp region in Sasanishiki. Accession codes. Sequence data of Sasanishiki the Pi54 locus. Table S5. Transposable elements in the flanking regions of Pi54, #5, #10 and #11. Table S6. Genes Orthologous to a mobile unit on chromosome 1 in Oryza species. (PDF 1280 kb)
Autodeterminazione del paziente, obiezione di coscienza e obblighi di servizio pubblico: brevi considerazioni sulla struttura del diritto alla salute
Creators: name: Cavallaro, Maria Cristina
Publisher: name: P.A. Persona e Amministrazione
Year: 2020

description: L’articolo ha ad oggetto il tema del diritto alla salute e dei conseguenti oneri organizzativi che gravano sulla amministrazione sanitaria. In particolare, l’attenzione è rivolta a quelle prestazioni che riguardano le c.d. questioni eticamente sensibili, dall’interruzione volontaria di gravidanza alla richiesta di sospensione del trattamento sanitario, rispetto alle quali, a fronte della richiesta del paziente, l’operatore sanitario potrebbe sollevare obiezione di coscienza. Al riguardo, dall’analisi della giurisprudenza costituzionale e amministrativa, emerge la possibilità di considerare una diversa struttura del diritto alla salute, come diritto di libertà la cui realizzazione implica l’erogazione di una prestazione da parte del soggetto pubblico. This article talks about the right to health and the consequent obligations that rest on sanitary administration. In particular, it focuses on all that issues that are considerate as morally sensitive, like abortion or asking for stopping sanitary treatment, and when a patient ask for this treatment, the doctor may act as conscientious objector. On this point, there’s the possibility, as the case administrative and constitutional law established, that exist another different structure of the right to health, considered now as right of freedom that it’s realized by the public subject’s obligation.
description: P.A. Persona e Amministrazione, N. 1 (2020)
La dimensione organizzativa dell’accoglienza degli immigrati nella prospettiva del diritto ad una “buona amministrazione”: il ruolo degli enti locali nel bilanciamento degli interessi della persona immigrata e delle comunità “ospitanti”
Creators: name: Interlandi, Margherita
Publisher: name: P.A. Persona e Amministrazione
Year: 2020

description: L’approccio emergenziale e securitario della gestione dei flussi immigratori ha dato vita ad un sistema di accoglienza che, già prima del decreto legge n. 113/2018 (cd. decreto “Salvini”), evidenziava rilevanti criticità, soprattutto sul piano dei servizi di prima necessità. Con la conseguenza di pregiudicare, altresì, le condizioni di vita delle comunità locali, che, dinanzi all’ingresso incontrollato di persone immigrate, invocano protezione e sicurezza, altrettanto meritevoli di tutela. Con il presente saggio si intende analizzare i profili organizzativi dell'accoglienza umanitaria delineando la necessità di uscire dalla dimensione “eccezionale” degli interventi di assistenza umanitari e di riconoscere agli enti locali un ruolo più incisivo nella organizzazione dell’accoglienza degli immigrati e dei processi di integrazione sociale. La prospettiva accolta é quella di bilanciare e contemperare gli interessi in gioco, al fine di assicurare effettiva protezione sia alla persona immigrata, che ha diritto ad una accoglienza dignitosa, e sia alle comunità ospitanti, che rivendicano il diritto ad una amministrazione efficiente, in grado di gestire i problemi derivanti dalla presa in carico dei bisogni di un flusso consistente di stranieri. The emergency and securitarian approach in the management of migration flows gave birth to a reception system that, even before the decree law n. 113/2018 (so called “Salvini” decree), highlighted significant issues, especially in terms of essential services. With the consequence of affecting, also, life condition of local communities that, before the uncontrolled arrival of immigrants ask for protection and security, equally worth of protection. With the present essay, we aim to analyze the organizational profiles of the humanitarian reception outlining the need to come out from a “exceptional” component of the immigrants reception and social integration processes. The welcomed perspective aim to balance the interest involved in order to ensure an effective protection both to the immigrant, who is entitled to a dignified reception, and both to the host communities that claim the right to an efficient administration, able to manage the issues arising from the taking charge of consistent flow migrants needs.
description: P.A. Persona e Amministrazione, N. 1 (2020)
The race for supersymmetry: using mT2 for discovery
Creators: name: Barr, Alan J.
name: Gwenlan, Claire
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We describe how one may employ a very simple event selection, using only the kinematic variable mT2, to search for new particles at the LHC. The method is useful when searching for evidence of models (such as R-parity conserving supersymmetry) which have a Z2 parity and a weakly-interacting lightest parity-odd particle. We discuss the kinematic properties which make this variable an excellent discriminant against the great majority of Standard Model backgrounds. Monte Carlo simulations suggest that this approach could be used to discover supersymmetry with somewhat smaller integrated luminosities (or perhaps lower center-of-mass energies) than would be required for other comparable analyses.
description: 8 pages
On the Measurement of the Unitarity Triangle Angle gamma from B^0 -> DK^{*0} Decays
Creators: name: Gershon, Tim
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The decay B^0 -> DK^{*0} is well-known to provide excellent potential for a precise measurement of the Unitarity Triangle angle gamma in future experiments. It is noted that the sensitivity can be significantly enhanced by studying the amplitudes relative to those of the flavour-specific decay B^0 -> D_2^{*-}K^+, which can be achieved by analyzing the B^0 -> Dπ^-K^+ Dalitz plot.
description: 5 pages, 3 figures. v2 as published