cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
CIVIL CODE MODIFICATIONS CARRIED OUT BY FEDERAL PROVISIONAL MEASURE No. 881/2019
Creators: name: LUCAS AMARAL DASSAN
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Law
subject: FOS: Law

description: A pesquisa correlata tem como finalidade descrever e analisar as modificações concretizadas pela Medida Provisória nº 881/2019 do Governo Federal, concernentes a alterações efetivadas no Código Civil, especificamente quanto aos institutos vinculados à desconsideração da personalidade jurídica, bem como à formação e interpretação dos contratos empresariais e não empresariais. A Medida Provisória nº 881/2019 estabelece um novo balizamento para institutos jurídicos relacionados ao mercado, trazendo verdadeira declaração dos direitos de liberdade econômica, imperando princípios do liberalismo econômico e da intervenção mínima do Estado no mercado. Por este viés, concretiza inovações que dizem respeito a determinadas normas, constituindo e modificando regras e princípios que estão concatenados à livre iniciativa, à sistemática contratual, ao direito urbano, bem como aos impactos regulatórios. [...]
Magnetotransport in a two-dimensional electron gas in the presence of spin-orbit interaction
Creators: name: Wang, X. F.
name: Vasilopoulos, P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We evaluate the transport coefficients of a two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) in the presence of a perpendicular magnetic field and of the spin-orbit interaction (SOI) described only by the Rashba term. The SOI mixes the spin-up and spin-down states of neighboring Landau levels into two new, unequally spaced energy branches. The broadened density of states, as a function of the energy, and the longitudinal resistivity, as a function of the magnetic field, show beating patterns in agreement with observations. The positions of any two successive nodes in the beating pattern approximately determine the strength of the Rashba term. A strong SOI results in a splitting of the magnetoresistance peaks and a doubling of the number of the Hall plateaus. The peak value in derivative of the Hall resistivity reflects the strength of the SOI.
description: Phys. Rev. B (in press)
ANTIVACINE MOVEMENT: THE DISSEMINATION OF AN ILLUSION
Creators: name: ESTHER PEREIRA VASCONCELOS
name: CAIO AUGUSTO SOUZA LARA
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Law
subject: FOS: Law

description: O tema-problema da pesquisa que se pretende desenvolver são os riscos e as consequências do movimento antivacina, as causas de seu crescimento e seus desdobramentos na violação do direito social à saúde. Segundo a OMS, o boicote à vacina tem várias causas, que variam de indivíduo para indivíduo. Para algumas pessoas, o problema reside na segurança das vacinas, principalmente em decorrência de casos isolados em que um cientista mal-intencionado divulgou informações falsas para autopromoção. Outras acreditam que o período entre uma vacina e outra, especialmente no caso das crianças, é muito pequeno e deveria ser mais espaçado. Existem ainda as “teorias da conspiração” que consideram as vacinas como um método de controle populacional utilizado pelos governos e também existem grupos cuja religião se opõe a elas. [...]
NATIONAL MUSEUM - CASE STUDY ABOUT STATE OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM TOMB
Creators: name: JULIANA VIEIRA PELEGRINI
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Law
subject: FOS: Law

description: O tema do presente estudo em tela, visa abordar a obrigação da Administração Pública em relação ao instituto do tombamento e em específico no caso do incêndio ocorrido no Museu Nacional no mês de setembro no Rio de janeiro do presente ano. O artigo irá questionar o Dec- Lei 25 de 30.11.37 e as restrições que são impostas no tombamento de bens históricos vigentes, em específico no artigo 17 e analisar as obrigações em relação à União na preservação de patrimônios tombados presentes no atrigo 19 em seu parágrafo. Será questionado no decorrer do artigo se a Administração Pública foi falha e negligente em relação ao dever de preservar o patrimônio histórico cultural, no caso o Museu Nacional e se ocorreu negligencia por parte do Poder Público, o que pode ser aletrado, modificado, implementado para que esse tipo de tragédia não ocorra mais em nosso país. [...]
From 4D Reduced SYM Integrals to Branched-Polymers
Creators: name: Burda, Zdzislaw
name: Petersson, Bengt
name: Wattenberg, Marc
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We derive analytically one-loop corrections to the effective Polyakov-line operator in the branched-polymer approximation of the reduced four-dimensional supersymmetric Yang-Mills integrals.
description: to be published in Acta Physica Polonica
FATUS (Foreign Agricultural Trade of the United States), January/February 1986
Creators: name: Warden, Tom
name: Warden, Tom
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1986
Subjects: subject: Demand and Price Analysis
subject: Food Security and Poverty
subject: International Development
subject: International Relations/Trade
subject: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods
subject: Commodities
subject: Prices
subject: Exports
subject: Statistical analysis
subject: Food aid
subject: Value
subject: Foreign trade
subject: Imports
subject: U.S. agricultural exports
subject: U.S. agricultural imports
subject: Strong dollar
subject: U.S. consumer demand

description: U.S. farm product exports dropped a record amount in value and volume in calendar year 1985 to their lowest levels in nearly. a decade. Volume dropped 28 million tons to 118.7 million' tons. U.S. farm imports rose $640 million in value in 1985 to $20 billion~ despite declines in some products. Imports from developing countries accounted for $11. 6 billion compared with $7.9 billion from deve1opE1 countries. The U.S. dollar fell about 20 percent in 1985 from its February peak against major currencies. The decline may slow its pace in 1986 because of more limited foreign government cooperative with the United States to lower the dollar further. Concessiona1 farm exports under U.S. Government-financed programs rose to nearly 7.7.mi11ion tons in fiscal year (FY) 1985 (October 1984-September 1985), about 25 percent over FY 1984 levels. Value increased about 30 percent to almost $1.7 billion. Sub-Saharan Africa was the only region in Africa and the Middle East in which ; U. S. Farm- exports increased in 1985•. Exports to the region rose about 40 percent from 1984 levels 5 primarily as food aid to drought-stricken countries. The United States, France, and the Netherlands remained the top three ' agricultural exporters during 1979-1984~ Brazil moved from fifth to fourth place in 1984 due to sharply increased coffee export values.
Data-driven Network Simulation for Performance Analysis of Anticipatory Vehicular Communication Systems
Creators: name: Sliwa, Benjamin
name: Wietfeld, Christian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Networking and Internet Architecture (cs.NI)
subject: Signal Processing (eess.SP)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: The provision of reliable connectivity is envisioned as a key enabler for future autonomous driving. Anticipatory communication techniques have been proposed for proactively considering the properties of the highly dynamic radio channel within the communication systems themselves. Since real world experiments are highly time-consuming and lack a controllable environment, performance evaluations and parameter studies for novel anticipatory vehicular communication systems are typically carried out based on network simulations. However, due to the required simplifications and the wide range of unknown parameters (e.g., Mobile Network Operator (MNO)-specific configurations of the network infrastructure), the achieved results often differ significantly from the behavior in real world evaluations. In this paper, we present Data-driven Network Simulation (DDNS) as a novel data-driven approach for analyzing and optimizing anticipatory vehicular communication systems. Different machine learning models are combined for achieving a close to reality representation of the analyzed system's behavior. In a proof of concept evaluation focusing on opportunistic vehicular data transfer, the proposed method is validated against field measurements and system-level network simulation. In contrast to the latter, DDNS does not only provide massively faster result generation, it also achieves a significantly better representation of the real world behavior due to implicit consideration of cross-layer dependencies by the machine learning approach.
Criticality versus q in the 2+1-dimensional $Z_q$ clock model
Creators: name: Hove, J.
name: Sudbo, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using Monte Carlo simulations we have studied the $d=3$ $Z_q$ clock model in two different representations, the phase-representation and the loop/dumbbell-gas (LDG) representation. We find that for $q \ge 5$ the critical exponents $α$ and $ν$ for the specific heat and the correlation length, respectively, take on values corresponding to the case $q\to \infty$, where $\lim_{q \to \infty} Z_q = 3DXY$ model, i.e. in terms of critical properties the limiting behaviour is reached already at $q=5$.
description: Minor corrections; journal ref added
Axisymmetric simulations of vertical displacement events in tokamaks: A benchmark of M3D-C$^1$, NIMROD and JOREK
Creators: name: Krebs, I.
name: Artola, F. J.
name: Sovinec, C. R.
name: Jardin, S. C.
name: Bunkers, K. J.
name: Hoelzl, M.
name: Ferraro, N. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A benchmark exercise for the modeling of vertical displacement events (VDEs) is presented and applied to the 3D nonlinear magneto-hydrodynamic codes M3D-C$^1$, JOREK and NIMROD. The simulations are based on a vertically unstable NSTX equilibrium enclosed by an axisymmetric resistive wall with rectangular cross section. A linear dependence of the linear VDE growth rates on the resistivity of the wall is recovered for sufficiently large wall conductivity and small temperatures in the open field line region. The benchmark results show good agreement between the VDE growth rates obtained from linear NIMROD and M3D-C$^1$ simulations as well as from the linear phase of axisymmetric nonlinear JOREK, NIMROD and M3D-C$^1$ simulations. Axisymmetric nonlinear simulations of a full VDE performed with the three codes are compared and excellent agreement is found regarding plasma location and plasma currents as well as eddy and halo currents in the wall.
description: The following article will be submitted to Physics of Plasmas
Foreign Agricultural Trade of the United States, Calendar Year 1985: Supplementary Tables
Creators: name: Fant, Mary L.
name: Fant, Mary L.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1986
Subjects: subject: International Relations/Trade
subject: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods
subject: Agriculture
subject: Exports
subject: Imports
subject: Statistics
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Farm product exports
subject: TSUSA

description: This report represents statistical summaries of U. S. foreign trade in agricultural products by country during calendar years 1984 and 1985. Exports and imports valued at more than $1 million are shown. u.s. Census Bureau Schedule B and Tariff Schedule (TSUSA) listings are grouped in standardized economic classes or commodity groups.
Antiferromagnetic gap in the Hubbard model
Creators: name: Baier, T.
name: Bick, E.
name: Wetterich, C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We compute the temperature dependence of the antiferromagnetic order parameter and the gap in the two dimensional Hubbard model at and close to half filling. Our approach is based on truncations of an exact functional renormalization group equation. The explicit use of composite bosonic degrees of freedom permits a direct investigation of the ordered low temperature phase. We show that the Mermin--Wagner theorem is not practically applicable for the spontaneous breaking of the continuous spin symmetry in the antiferromagnetic state. The critical behavior is dominated by the fluctuations of composite Goldstone bosons.
description: new discussion of critical behavior 4 pages,2 figures, LaTex
Foreign Agricultural Trade of the United States July/August 1986
Creators: name: Warden, Tom
name: Warden, Tom
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1986
Subjects: subject: International Relations/Trade
subject: Political Economy
subject: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods
subject: Foreign trade
subject: Agricultural Products
subject: Imports
subject: Exports
subject: Statistical reference
subject: Principal markets
subject: Government-financed programs

description: Export value in the first 9 months of fiscal year (FY) 1986 fell $4.7 billion to $20.8-billion compared with the same 1985 period. Import value in the first 9 months climbed 5 percent to $15.9 billion from $15.1 billion in the same months of 1985. The U.S. dollar remained stable in Hay and June against 'j major currencies. Agricultural exports under u.s. Government-financed programs in calendar year 1985 reached their highest level, although the increase over the 1984 level was slight.. Japan will remain the leading single-country market for U.S. agricultural exports in FY 1986, as it has been every year since 1963.
Dynamical modelling of a remarkable four-armed barred spiral galaxy ESO 566-24
Creators: name: Rautiainen, P.
name: Salo, H.
name: Buta, R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: ESO 566-24 is an extraordinary barred galaxy, which has four regularly spaced spiral arms in blue light images. This type of four-armed spiral structure, which is rare among the spiral population, is clearly seen also in near-infrared images, and thus is present in the old stellar population. We have constructed dynamical models of ESO 566-24 in order to understand the cause of its four-armed structure. The disk gravitational potential is determined from near-infrared photometry, and the gas dynamics is modelled as inelastically colliding particles. The resulting morphology and kinematics with different assumed pattern speeds, disk vertical thicknesses and dark halo contributions is compared with observations. Our models can reproduce the main morphological features of this galaxy: the four-armed spiral, and the inner and nuclear rings. The pattern speed of the bar in this galaxy is such that the corotation resonance is well outside the bar radius, the resonance radius is 1.6 +/- 0.3 times the bar radius. The four-armed spiral resides in the region between inner and outer 4/1-resonances. Also, the main kinematical features, including bar-induced deviations from circular rotation, are explained by our models. The best fit is obtained when the dark halo contribution is just enough to make the modelled rotation curve match the observed one. This ``minimum halo'' is rather moderate: luminous matter dominates the rotation curve within the disk region.
description: 19 pages, 12 figures, submitted to MNRAS, for a version with higher resolution figure, see http://cc.oulu.fi/~pertti/eso.ps.gz
Foreign Agricultural Trade of the United States September/October 1986
Creators: name: Warden, Thomas
name: Warden, Thomas
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1986
Subjects: subject: Community/Rural/Urban Development
subject: Demand and Price Analysis
subject: International Relations/Trade
subject: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods
subject: Exports
subject: Foreign trade
subject: Imports
subject: Employment
subject: Values
subject: Income
subject: Interest rates
subject: Currency
subject: U.S. agricultural exports
subject: U.S. interest rates
subject: Farm and nonfarm sectors
subject: Major currencies

description: U.S. agricultural exports for October 1985-August 1986 fell 17 percent from values in the same 11 months of fiscal year (FY) 19B5 to $24.4 billion. Imports climbed to $19.3 billion in the II-month period, a 7-percent gain over those of the same period in 1985. The dollar eased against major currencies as U.S. interest rates declined in August. U.S. agricultural exports generate employment, income, and purchasing power in the farm and nonfarm sectors.
Foreign Agricultural Trade of the United States, Fiscal Year 1986
Creators: name: Harden, Tom
name: Harden, Tom
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1987
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Demand and Price Analysis
subject: International Relations/Trade
subject: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods
subject: Agricultural
subject: Foreign trade
subject: Exports
subject: Prices
subject: Imports
subject: Values
subject: Foreign
subject: Rates
subject: Agricultural exports
subject: Agricultural imports
subject: Government-financed programs

description: This statistical reference summarizes current and historical data on U.S. foreign trade in agricultural products. Tables highlight commodity and country Information, including values, quantities, principal markets for agricultural exports, import sources, and exports through Government-financed programs.
TERRITORIAL CAPITAL OF RURAL AREAS: AN EXAMPLE OF ANALYSIS OF THE POTENTIAL FOR RURAL TOURISM DEVELOPMENT IN SERBIA
Creators: name: Bogdanov, Natalija
name: Janković, Dejan
name: Bogdanov, Natalija
name: Janković, Dejan
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: Community/Rural/Urban Development
International Development
Land Economics/Use

description: Chapter from: AGRI-FOOD SECTOR IN SERBIA: STATE AND CHALLENGES
DIFFUSION OF KNOWLEDGE AND INNOVATIONS IN SERBIAN AGRICULTURE
Creators: name: Čikić, Jovana
name: Petrović, Živojin
name: Čikić, Jovana
name: Petrović, Živojin
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: Agricultural and Food Policy
International Development
Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies

description: Chapter from: AGRI-FOOD SECTOR IN SERBIA: STATE AND CHALLENGES
DEVELOPMENT CHARACTERISTICS OF AGRICULTURAL SECTOR IN SERBIA
Creators: name: Gajic, Milivoj
name: Zekic, Stanislav
name: Gajic, Milivoj
name: Zekic, Stanislav
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: Agricultural and Food Policy
International Development
Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies

description: Chapter from: AGRI-FOOD SECTOR IN SERBIA: STATE AND CHALLENGES
Flux line lattice structure and behaviour in anti-phase boundary free vicinal YBa2Cu3O7-d thin films
Creators: name: Durrell, J. H.
name: Mennema, S. H.
name: Jooss, Ch.
name: Gibson, G.
name: Barber, Z. H.
name: Zandbergen, H. W.
name: Evetts, J. E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Field angle dependent critical current, magneto-optical microscopy, and high resolution electron microscopy studies have been performed on YBa2Cu3O7-d thin films grown on mis-cut substrates. High resolution electron microscopy images show that the films studied exhibited clean epitaxial growth with a low density of anti-phase boundaries and stacking faults. Any anti-phase boundaries (APBs) formed near the film substrate interface rapidly healed rather than extending through the thickness of the film. Unlike vicinal films grown on annealed substrates, which contain a high density of anti-phase boundaries, magneto optical imaging showed no filamentary flux penetration in the films studied. The flux penetration is, however, asymmetric. This is associated with intrinsic pinning of flux strings by the tilted a-b planes and the dependence of the pinning force on the angle between the local field and the a-b planes. Field angle dependent critical current measurements exhibited the striking vortex channelling effect previously reported in vicinal films. By combining the results of three complementary characterisation techniques it is shown that extended APB free films exhibit markedly different critical current behaviour as compared to APB rich films. This is attributed to the role of APB sites as strong pinning centres for Josephson string vortices between the a-b planes.
description: Submitted to Journal of Applied Physics
title: Developing a university learning, teaching and research framework through practice conversations
Creators: name: Harris, Brigitte
name: Childs, Elizabeth
name: Axe, Jo
name: Gorley, Charlotte
Publisher: name: Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education
Year: 2021
Subjects: Higher education
Action research

description: This AAM is deposited under the Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial International Licence 4.0 (CC BY-NC 4.0) and any reuse is allowed in accordance with the terms outlined by the licence. To reuse the AAM for commercial purposes, permission should be sought by contacting permissions@emeraldinsight.com. The definitive version of record is available at https://doi.org/10.1108/JARHE-11-2020-0380.
description: This project engaged faculty, students, alumni, and staff in re-visioning their university’s learning, teaching, and research framework. An extensive consultation process allowed participants to explore, discuss, and critically reflect on effective practice. This action research project provided a process for university community members to engage in practice conversations. In phase 1, focus groups and campus community discussions elicited the diverse perspectives of the community. The design-thinking process of discovery, ideation, and prototyping aligned with the action research cycles to help a working group create a learning and teaching framework prototype based on the findings. In the second phase, surveys were used to elicit community members’ responses to the prototype, which was then refined. The prototype was organized into three overarching categories, each containing several attributes. The attributes of the “Applied and Authentic” category were: interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary; experiential and participatory; flexible and individualized; outcomes based; and openly practiced. The attributes of the “Caring and Community-Based” category were: inclusive and diverse; community-based; supportive; team-based; co-creative; and place and virtual space-based. The attributes of the “Transformational” category were socially innovative; respectful of Indigenous peoples and traditions; impactful; and reflective. This article should interest higher education institutions seeking to engage faculty, staff, students and others in practice conversations to develop a learning, teaching and research strategy. This research demonstrated that fostering practice conversations among diverse community members can be a powerful process for creating a common and integrated vision of excellent learning, teaching, and research practice.
OPTIMAL CROP MIX FOR LAND APPLICATION OF MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER
Creators: name: Young, C. Edwin
name: Bradley, Edward B.
name: Epp, Donald J.
name: Young, C. Edwin
name: Bradley, Edward B.
name: Epp, Donald J.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1978
Subjects: Crop Production/Industries
Environmental Economics and Policy
Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies
Resource /Energy Economics and Policy

description: Least cost solutions for a three million gallon a day land application of municipal wastewater system are estimated for three levels of capital cost subsidy: no subsidy, 7 5 percent, and 85 percent. Irrigation of reed canarygrass is superior of alfalfa, corn, forests, and natural vegetation (weeds). The cost of a full year irrigation of reed canarygrass ranges from $493,000 to $565,000 depending upon the assumed value of reed canarygrass. If the local municipality minimizes its costs while receiving subsidies, inefficiencies result. Total costs to society can increase in excess of 65 percent of the minimum cost solution.
Flatband Line States in Photonic Super-Honeycomb Lattices
Creators: name: Yan, Wenchao
name: Zhong, Hua
name: Song, Daohong
name: Zhang, Yiqi
name: Xia, Shiqi
name: Tang, Liqin
name: Leykam, Daniel
name: Chen, Zhigang
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We establish experimentally a photonic super-honeycomb lattice (sHCL) by use of a cw-laser writing technique, and thereby demonstrate two distinct flatband line states that manifest as noncontractible-loop-states in an infinite flatband lattice. These localized states (straight and zigzag lines) observed in the sHCL with tailored boundaries cannot be obtained by superposition of conventional compact localized states because they represent a new topological entity in flatband systems. In fact, the zigzag-line states, unique to the sHCL, are in contradistinction with those previously observed in the Kagome and Lieb lattices. Their momentum-space spectrum emerges in the high-order Brillouin zone where the flat band touches the dispersive bands, revealing the characteristic of topologically protected bandcrossing. Our experimental results are corroborated by numerical simulations based on the coupled mode theory. This work may provide insight to Dirac like 2D materials beyond graphene.
B Decays at BABAR
Creators: name: Back, J J
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present branching fraction and CP asymmetry results for a variety of B decays based on up to 56.4 fb^-1 collected by the BaBar experiment running near the Upsilon(4S) resonance at the PEP-II e+e- B-factory.
description: 10 pages, 6 figures, presented at QCD02: High Energy Physics International Conference in Quantum Chromodynamics, Montpellier, France, 2-9 Jul 2002
Population pharmacokinetics of levobupivacaine during a transversus abdominis plane block in children
Creators: name: Vincent, Marc
name: Mathieu, Olivier
name: Nolain, Patrick
name: Menacé, Cecilia
name: Khier, Sonia
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Applications (stat.AP)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: BACKGROUND:Levobupivacaine is commonly used during transversus abdominis plane block in pediatric patients. However, the dosing regimen is still empirical, and the pharmacokinetic properties of levobupivacaine are not considered. Here, the pharmacokinetics of levobupivacaine during an ultrasound-guided transversus abdominis plane block were evaluated to optimize dosing regimen, with regard to the between-subject variability and the volume of levobupivacaine injected.METHOD:The clinical trial (prospective, randomized, double-blind study protocol) was conducted in 40 children aged 1 to 5 years, who were scheduled for inguinal surgery. Each patient received 0.4 mg/kg of levobupivacaine with a volume of local anesthesia solution adjusted to 0.2 mL/kg of 0.2% or 0.4 mL/kg of 0.1% levobupivacaine. Blood samples were collected at 5, 15, 20, 25, 30, 45, 60, and 75 min following the block injection. The population pharmacokinetic analysis was performed using the NONMEM software.RESULTS:From the pharmacokinetic parameters obtained, median Cmax, tmax, and area under the concentration versus time curve were 0.315 mg/L, 17 min, and 41 mg/L. min, respectively. Between-subject variability (BSV) of clearance was explained by weight. At the dose regimen of 0.4 mg/kg, none of the infants showed signs of toxicity, but in 13 patients, transversus abdominis plane block failed. After analysis, BSV for absorption rate constant, distribution volume, and clearance were 81%, 47%, and 41%, respectively. Residual unexplained variability was estimated to be 14%.CONCLUSION:For improved efficiency in the pediatric population, the dose of levobupivacaine should be greater than 0.4 mg/kg. Children's weight should be considered to anticipate any risk of toxicity.
Differentially-expressed mRNAs, microRNAs and long noncoding RNAs in intervertebral disc degeneration identified by RNA-sequencing
Creators: name: Li, Zhimin
name: Sun, Yu
name: He, Maolin
name: Liu, Jianwei
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Virology

description: The underlying molecular mechanisms of intervertebral disc degeneration (IDD) remain unclear. This study aimed to identify the crucial molecules and explore the function of noncoding RNAs and related pathways in IDD. We randomly selected three samples each from an IDD and a spinal cord injury group (control) for RNA-sequencing. We identified 463 differentially-expressed long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs), 47 differentially-expressed microRNAs (miRNAs), and 1,334 differentially-expressed mRNAs in IDD. Three hundred fifty-eight lncRNAs as cis-regulators could potentially target 865 genes. Protein–protein interaction (PPI) network analysis confirmed that IL-6, VEGFA, IGF1, MMP9, CXCL8, FGF2, IL1B, CCND1, ITGAM, PTPRC, FOS and PTGS2 were hub genes. We built a competing endogenous RNA (ceRNA) network and identified lncRNA XIST–hsa-miR-4775–PLA2G7 and lncRNA XIST–hsa-miR-424-5p–AMOT/TGFBR3 ceRNA axes. Quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR) was implemented in 15 IDD samples and 15 controls to validate differentially-expressed genes in ceRNA axes. From the ceRNA network, gene ontology (GO) enrichment analysis indicated that noncoding RNAs were associated with several biological processes, including extracellular matrix organization, extracellular structure organization, leukocyte migration, and mesenchyme development. Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway analysis revealed that noncoding RNAs were associated with several pathways including the AGE-RAGE signaling pathway, PI3K-Akt signaling pathway, axon guidance, and osteoclast differentiation. These results indicate that some specific noncoding RNAs and ceRNA axes may be vital during the development of IDD, and may have potential as alternative diagnostic biomarkers as well as novel therapeutic strategies for IDD.
THE PROFITABILITY OF AGRICULTURAL LOANS BY COMMERCIAL BANKS
Creators: name: LaDue, Eddy L.
name: Moss, Jerry L.
name: Smith, Robert S.
name: LaDue, Eddy L.
name: Moss, Jerry L.
name: Smith, Robert S.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1978
Subjects: Agricultural Finance
Financial Economics

description: Data collected from a sample of New York banks were used to assess factors expected to influence the profitability of the various loan programs of commercial banks. Loan loss and loan service costs were lower for farm loans than for either installment or commercial loans. Although not required to maintain compensating balances, farmer time and demand deposits represented 23 percent of outstanding loan balances. The high rate of turnover on farm mortgage loans resulted in an average loan repayment period of 6.2 years, only 40 percent of the original financing period. Lower farm loan costs indicate that banks could charge 3/4 percent lower interest on farm loans than commercial loans.
The age, life expectancy, and space density of Post Common Envelope Binaries
Creators: name: Schreiber, M. R.
name: Gaensicke, B. T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a sample of 30 well observed Post Common Envelope Binaries (PCEBs). Deriving the cooling age of the white dwarfs, we show that the PCEB population is dominated by young systems. Having calculated the orbital evolution of the systems under the assumption of two different prescriptions for the angular momentum loss, we find that most of the systems have not yet completed a significant fraction of their PCEB life time. We therefore predict the existence of a large population of old PCEBs containing cold white dwarfs (T_eff<15000 K). Our calculations show that nearly half of the PCEBs in our sample will evolve into a semi-detached configuration and start mass transfer in less than the Hubble-time. These systems are thus representative for progenitors of the current CV population. Only one of them (V471 Tau) will evolve into a long-period (Porb>4h) CV, and a significant fraction of the systems will start mass transfer in the period gap. Having estimated the distances of the PCEBs in the sample, we derive a space density of ~6-30x1e-6 [pc-3], depending on the assumed angular momentum loss prescription. Taking into account the evolutionary time scales we compute a lower limit for the CV space density, predicted by the currently known PCEB population of ~10 x 1e-5 [pc-3]. Finally, we discuss possible observational selection effects and conclude that the observed PCEB population is probably highly incomplete.
description: 18 pages including 11 figures; accepted for publication in A&A
Additional Methods from Extinction debt in local habitats: quantifying the roles of random drift, immigration and emigration
Creators: name: Yongbin Wu
name: Youhua Chen
name: Shui-Ching Chang
name: Chen, You-Fang
name: Tsung-Jen Shen
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 60102 Bioinformatics
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Computational Biology
subject: 10202 Biological Mathematics
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Description of a full immigration stochastic model; Proof of the concave property of the time-dependent solution of total biodiversity loss when both the immigration and emigration rates are zero; Comparison between the proposed species loss model (Eq. 8 in the main text) and Sgardeli et al.-derived model
Augmented Random Search for Quadcopter Control: An alternative to Reinforcement Learning
Creators: name: Tiwari, Ashutosh Kumar
name: Nadimpalli, Sandeep Varma
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: Robotics (cs.RO)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Model-based reinforcement learning strategies are believed to exhibit more significant sample complexity than model-free strategies to control dynamical systems,such as quadcopters.This belief that Model-based strategies that involve the use of well-trained neural networks for making such high-level decisions always give better performance can be dispelled by making use of Model-free policy search methods.This paper proposes the use of a model-free random searching strategy,called Augmented Random Search(ARS),which is a better and faster approach of linear policy training for continuous control tasks like controlling a Quadcopters flight.The method achieves state-of-the-art accuracy by eliminating the use of too much data for the training of neural networks that are present in the previous approaches to the task of Quadcopter control.The paper also highlights the performance results of the searching strategy used for this task in a strategically designed task environment with the help of simulations.Reward collection performance over 1000 episodes and agents behavior in flight for augmented random search is compared with that of the behavior for reinforcement learning state-of-the-art algorithm,called Deep Deterministic policy gradient(DDPG).Our simulations and results manifest that a high variability in performance is observed in commonly used strategies for sample efficiency of such tasks but the built policy network of ARS-Quad can react relatively accurately to step response providing a better performing alternative to reinforcement learning strategies.
description: 10 pages. 11 figures, Published in International Journal of Information Technology and Computer Science(IJITCS), http://www.mecs-press.org/ijitcs
Polarized Raman study of the phonon dynamics in Pb(Mg$_{1/3}$Nb$%_{2/3} $)O$_{3}$ crystal
Creators: name: Svitelskiy, Oleksiy
name: Toulouse, Jean
name: Ye, Z. -G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Pb(Mg$_{1/3}$Nb$_{2/3}$)O$_{3}$ is one of the simplest representatives of the class of lead relaxors and often serves as a model system for more complicated compounds. In this paper we analyse both polarized and depolarized Raman scattering spectra, measured in the temperature range between 1000 and 100 K, by multiple peak decomposition. Basing on this analysis, we present the picture of transformations in the crystal and the nature of the spectral lines. According to our model, the formation of the Fm3m symmetry in the chemically ordered regions as well as the appearance and freezing of the polar nanoregions are the consequences of the same phenomenon: ion off-centered displacements and their reorientational thermal motion. The lowering temperature progressively limits this motion from eight to four, two and only one site. Raman scattering exists due to the presence of the Fm3m and polar clusters. It is a product of the multiphonon interaction process, mediated by the presence of the dynamic and static disorder.
description: 11 pages, 8 figures
Exploring the disparate impact of factors that influence college completion of first-generation students relative to their non-first-generation peers
Creators: name: Moreno, Toni Danielle
name: 0000-0003-4194-5417
Publisher: name: The University of Texas at Austin
Year: 2020
Subjects: First generation
College completion
College graduation
Post secondary education
Higher education

description: This study sought to understand the mechanisms explaining the differential influence of background characteristics, level of collegiate involvement, external factors of influence, and level of college satisfaction on time-to-completion of first-generation college students compared to their non-first-generation peers. The analysis was based on secondary data, taken from one mid-sized, rural, public 4-year institution, comprised of matching Beginning College Survey of Student Engagement (BCSSE), National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE), grade point average (GPA), retention, and graduation student information (N=401). Survival analysis techniques were used to explore the guiding research questions of whether there were differences between first generation and non-first-generation students. Based on the findings from the study it can be concluded that the extent of the difference in time-to-graduation between first-generation graduates and their non-first-generation peers is statistically significant. Further, background characteristics, level of collegiate involvement, amount of time exerted on outside factors, and college satisfaction do influence time-to-graduation rates differently for first-generation students as compared to their non-first-generation peers.
WATER-RAIL RATE COMPETITION AND THE COMPETITIVE POSITION OF THE NORTHEASTERN POULTRY INDUSTRY
Creators: name: Spilka, Walter
name: Kenyon, David E.
name: Shabman, Leonard A.
name: Spilka, Walter
name: Kenyon, David E.
name: Shabman, Leonard A.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1978
Subjects: Livestock Production/Industries
Resource /Energy Economics and Policy

description: Differential grain transportation rates between the Northeast and South have been identified as a possible source of comparative disadvantage for Northeastern broiler producers. Low cost barge transportation into the South provides competition for railroads resulting in generally low transportation rates in the South. Barge transportation is low cost in part because the Federal improvements of waterways have resulted in a toll-free waterway system. Solutions for a transportation model were found with and without the subsidy. The results indicate that subsidy removal is unlikely to affect interregional broiler production and consumption.
Ceroptres kovalevi Belizin 1973
Creators: name: Lobato-Vila, Irene
name: Kang, Minjoon
name: Roca-Cusachs, Marcos
name: Kim, Ilkwon
name: Jung, Sunghoon
name: Pujade-Villar, Juli
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Cynipidae
Ceroptres
Ceroptres kovalevi

description: Ceroptres kovalevi Belizin, 1973
Ceroptres kovalevi Belizin, 1973. Revue d’Entomologie d’URSS 52 (1): 37. Type material: ZIN [type material examined by the first and the last authors in Lobato-Vila & Pujade-Villar (2019)].
Ceroptres masudai Abe, 1997. Appl. Entomol. Zool. 32 (1): 253. Type material: KPU according to Abe (1997). Synonymized by Lobato-Vila & Pujade-Villar (2019: 33).
Material examined (1♀). Newly reared material deposited in UB with the following data: KOR: 14, Daejeon, Chungnam National University campus (South Korea), Ex. asexual galls of Plagiotrochus kunugiphagus, Q. acutissima, (30.ix.2017) 16–31.x.2017, Roca-Cusachs leg.
Distribution. Far Eastern Russia, Japan, South Korea and Eastern mainland China (Belizin 1973; Abe 1997; Abe et al. 2007; Wang et al. 2012; Lobato-Vila & Pujade-Villar 2019; this paper).
Biology. Originally reared from an unknown gall (Belizin 1973). According to Pénzes et al. (2012), previosuly reared from galls of Andricus kashiwaphilus Abe, 1998, A. mukaigawae (Mukaigawa, 1913) and Ussuraspis nervosa Kovalev, 1965 collected in Japan and Far Eastern Russia (Abe 1997; Melika 2012); from galls of Andricus targionii Kieffer, 1903 and A. pseudoflos (Monzen, 1954) in Japan (Abe 1997; Abe et al. 2007); from leaf galls of an undescribed Ussuraspis species in Far Eastern Russia (Melika 2012) and, occasionally, from galls of Andricus hakonensis (Ashmead, 1904) (= A. attractus Kovalev, 1965, = A. symbioticus Kovalev, 1965) (Wachi & Abe 2010). The galls from which C. kovalevi (= C. masudai) has been reared have been collected on Quercus dentata Thunb. and Q. serrata Murray (Abe 1997; Abe et al. 2007; Wang et al. 2012). The new material included in this paper was reared from asexual galls of Plagiotrochus kunugiphagus (Ide & Abe, 2015) (new combination after Pujade-Villar et al. 2020) on Quercus acutissima Carruth.
description: Published as part of Lobato-Vila, Irene, Kang, Minjoon, Roca-Cusachs, Marcos, Kim, Ilkwon, Jung, Sunghoon & Pujade-Villar, Juli, 2020, Taxonomic assessment of the inquiline fauna (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae Synergini, Ceroptresini) reared from cynipid galls on oaks (Quercus spp.) from South Korea, pp. 179-198 in Zootaxa 4860 (2) on page 182, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4860.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/4413681
A COMPARISON OF MARKETING STRATEGIES FOR POTATOES IN UPSTATE NEW YORK
Creators: name: Young, Ralph
name: Tomek, William G.
name: Young, Ralph
name: Tomek, William G.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1978
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Marketing
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: A long-standing problem in agricultural marketing is the question of "optimal" marketing patterns for a seasonally produced crop. When futures markets exist, agricultural economists have often recommended their use to improve marketing decisions, but farmer use of futures as an aid to marketing is not common. This paper considers the potential benefits to upstate New York farmers of hedging using Maine potato futures contracts. Benefits are defined in terms of the mean and variance of returns from alternative marketing strategies for potatoes. A portfolio approach is implicit in the analysis which also relies, in part, on the formulation of a simple price-forecasting model.
Supplementary document for High-responsivity, self-driven visible-near infrared Sb2Se3 nanorod array photodetector - 5528121.pdf
Creators: name: Zhang, Yusong
name: Zhang, Yiran
name: Ma, haiya
name: Feng, Yang
name: Wang, Shufang
name: Li, Zhiqiang
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplemental Document
ANTIDUMPING MEASURES
Creators: name: MAYARA REBELO
name: SANDRA MACIEL-LIMA
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Law
subject: FOS: Law

description: O intuito do presente texto é apresentar, de modo não exaustivo, a importância da intervenção estatal no domínio econômico, em específico sob o controle do comércio internacional, através de instrumentos de defesa comercial, como as medidas antidumping. Com a intensa expansão comercial entre os países, faz-se necessário que haja medidas inibidoras de práticas desleais, de tal modo que, seja possibilitado a todos uma base justa de concorrência, coibindo condutas que causem prejuízo aos empresários e trabalhadores que estejam alocados no país. As normativas que tratam sobre esse controle sofreram alterações relevantes, introduzidas principalmente através da Portaria SECEX nº 41/2013 e do Decreto nº 8.058/2013. [...]
Additional file 1 of Human umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cells ameliorate experimental colitis by normalizing the gut microbiota
Creators: name: Yang, Fan
name: Ni, Beibei
name: Liu, Qiuli
name: He, Fangping
name: Li, Li
name: Zhong, Xuemei
name: Zheng, Xiaofan
name: Lu, Jianxi
name: Chen, Xiaoyan
name: Lin, Huizhu
name: Xu, Ruixuan
name: He, Yizhan
name: Zhang, Qi
name: Zou, Xiaoguang
name: Chen, Wenjie
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 1: Fig. S1 Surface marker expression and characterization of human umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stromal cells (hUC-MSCs). hUC-MSCs at passage 3 were analysed using flow cytometry, and their osteogenic and adipogenic differentiation was confirmed using Alizarin red staining and Oil Red O, respectively. Flow cytometric analysis of surface markers (a. CD90, b. CD19, c. CD11b, d. HLA-DR, e. CD34, f. CD45, g. CD105, h. CD73), i. fibroblast-like morphology of MSCs, j. osteogenic differentiation (Alizarin red staining), k. Adipogenic differentiation (Oil Red Ostaining).
A framework for second order eigenvector centralities and clustering coefficients
Creators: name: Arrigo, Francesca
name: Higham, Desmond J.
name: Tudisco, Francesco
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Social and Information Networks (cs.SI)
subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability (physics.data-an)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We propose and analyse a general tensor-based framework for incorporating second order features into network measures. This approach allows us to combine traditional pairwise links with information that records whether triples of nodes are involved in wedges or triangles. Our treatment covers classical spectral methods and recently proposed cases from the literature, but we also identify many interesting extensions. In particular, we define a mutually-reinforcing (spectral) version of the classical clustering coefficient. The underlying object of study is a constrained nonlinear eigenvalue problem associated with a cubic tensor. Using recent results from nonlinear Perron--Frobenius theory, we establish existence and uniqueness under appropriate conditions, and show that the new spectral measures can be computed efficiently with a nonlinear power method. To illustrate the added value of the new formulation, we analyse the measures on a class of synthetic networks. We also give computational results on centrality and link prediction for real-world networks.