cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Additional file 1 of Evaluation of resistance to pyrethroid and organophosphate adulticides and kdr genotyping in Aedes aegypti populations from Roraima, the northernmost Brazilian State
Creators: name: Ramão Luciano Nogueira Hayd
name: Carrara, Luana
name: Lima, Joel De Melo
name: Almeida, Nathalia Coelho Vargas De
name: Lima, José Bento Pereira
name: Martins, Ademir Jesus
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology

description: Additional file 1: Figure S1. Knockdown curve to 0.05% deltamethrin. Aedes aegypti populations from Boa Vista, Bonfim, Rorainópolis and Pacaraima, collected in 2016 and 2018, additional to the reference lineage Rockefeller. Red dotted line indicates the KdT50.
Comprehensive Evaluation on Consumption Structure of Rural Residents with Principal Component Analysis in China
Creators: name: Guan, Lin
name: Li, Chun Lan
name: Zhang, Bo
name: Guan, Lin
name: Li, Chun Lan
name: Zhang, Bo
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Rural residents
subject: Consumption
subject: Principal component analysis
subject: China

description: In order to make analysis on consumption structure of rural residents, the paper make a principle component analysis on consumption expenditure per capita of rural residents in different areas of 2009 based on statistics of China statistical yearbook of 2010. Selecting a principal component, the paper arranges 31 provinces in China in order. Shanghai lists the 1st place with highest marks; coastal provinces in southeastern part, the Northeast, Beijing and Tianjin are at the top; the northern and central parts with Hebei, Shanxi, Hubei as representatives scores minus which is a little lower than that of average; the western part, such as Guizhou, Xizang, Ganssu and so on are in far behind. The paper also makes analysis on the consumption structure of rural residents and proposes suggestions on how to accelerate consumption of rural residents.
One Size Does Not Fit All: Variation in English Learners’ Programmatic Experiences and Postsecondary Trajectories
Creators: name: Schudde, Lauren
name: Callahan, Rebecca
name: Kwon, Yujin
name: Pack-Cosme, Kimberly
Publisher: name: The University of Texas at Austin
Year: 2024
Subjects: Ever-EL
English learner
long-term EL
bilingual education
waive
language
college student
postsecondary
English language development

description: Although students who have ever been identified as English learners (ever-ELs) during K–12 comprise a growing share of the population, the transient nature of K–12 English Learner (EL) status and services makes it difficult for researchers to follow their educational pipeline. Ever-ELs’ backgrounds and experiences vary considerably, with differences in grade of entry into the U.S. school system, duration in EL status, and, for some, waiving out of English language development services. We use longitudinal state administrative data with repeated measures of EL status to examine the college entrance; college type; and early, intermediate, and long-term college outcomes of Spanish-speaking ever-EL students in Texas. By linking K–12, postsecondary, and workforce data, we control for differences in students’ demographic and academic characteristics and examine the association between their EL programmatic experiences and postsecondary outcomes. Our results offer new insights into the postsecondary trajectories of ever-EL high-school seniors.
Empirical Analysis on the Impacts on Chinese Agro-products Export Caused by Technical Barrier to Trade on Chinese Agro-products Export
Creators: name: Zhao, Qi
name: Zhao, Qi
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Technical barrier to trade
subject: Gravity model
subject: Agro-products
subject: Export
subject: China

description: In view of the impacts on Chinese agro-products export caused by various technical barriers to trade, the academic circles analyzed it from the costs and quantity of exported agro-products. On the basis of the status quo of Chinese agro-products, the gravity model is introduced to analyze the impacts on Chinese agro-product export caused by technical barriers to trade. The results show that as long as the quality of Chinese agro-products can achieve the standard set by developed countries, for one thing, the health of Chinese consumers can be ensured, for another thing, the export of Chinese agro-products will be more smooth, which can provide reference for our government making decisions and solving trade dispute.
Additional file 4 of Are the doctors of the future ready to support breastfeeding? A cross-sectional study in the UK
Creators: name: Biggs, Kirsty V.
name: Fidler, Katy J.
name: Shenker, Natalie S.
name: Brown, Heather
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology

description: Additional file 4. Table of medical students’ ability to correctly identify the benefits of breastfeeding (Table). Word document.
Exponential sensitivity to dephasing of electrical conduction through a quantum dot
Creators: name: Tworzydlo, J.
name: Tajic, A.
name: Schomerus, H.
name: Brouwer, P. W.
name: Beenakker, C. W. J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: According to random-matrix theory, interference effects in the conductance of a ballistic chaotic quantum dot should vanish $\propto(τ_ϕ/τ_{D})^{p}$ when the dephasing time $τ_ϕ$ becomes small compared to the mean dwell time $τ_{D}$. Aleiner and Larkin have predicted that the power law crosses over to an exponential suppression $\propto\exp(-τ_{E}/τ_ϕ)$ when $τ_ϕ$ drops below the Ehrenfest time $τ_{E}$. We report the first observation of this crossover in a computer simulation of universal conductance fluctuations. Their theory also predicts an exponential suppression $\propto\exp(-τ_{E}/τ_{D})$ in the absence of dephasing -- which is not observed. We show that the effective random-matrix theory proposed previously for quantum dots without dephasing explains both observations.
description: 4 pages, 4 figures
Technological Innovation of Agricultural Products Processing Enterprises from the Perspective of Modern Marketing ——A Case of Agricultural Products Processing Enterprises in Hubei Province, China
Creators: name: Yue, Wei
name: Wu, Su-Chun
name: Xu, Yan-Ju
name: Yue, Wei
name: Wu, Su-Chun
name: Xu, Yan-Ju
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Modern marketing
subject: Agricultural products processing enterprises
subject: Technological innovation
subject: China

description: The science and technology development of agricultural products processing enterprises in Hubei Province is analyzed. From the perspective of modern marketing, problems in the research and development work of agricultural products processing enterprises are analyzed from the aspects of market, personal training and technology radiation, which are mainly the lack of close connection with market. Countermeasures for the technological innovation of agricultural products processing enterprises are put forward, such as establishing modern enterprise culture with innovative features, strengthening the market benefits of brand, constructing a comprehensive customer orientation information platform, scientifically predicting and developing the market, doing well in market positioning of enterprise, selecting corresponding technology innovation strategy, taking technological innovation strategy as the basis, realizing the transformation from “4P” marketing combination to “4C”, cultivating technical personnel, and realizing the integration of professional skill and marketing ability.
Security Guarantee of Agriculture Industry Based on the Improvement of Legal System of Peasant Specialized Cooperative
Creators: name: Du, Wen-Jiao
name: Ren, Da-Peng
name: Du, Wen-Jiao
name: Ren, Da-Peng
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Cooperative
subject: Management model of the agriculture industry
subject: Security of agriculture industry
subject: Institutional absence
subject: China

description: Current status of several management models of the agriculture industry is introduced, as well as its impacts on industrial security. The management models are mainly the enterprise-like operation model, “enterprise + peasant household” model, small-scale peasants’ operation model, and peasant specialized cooperative model. Functions of peasant specialized cooperative in ensuring the security of agricultural industry are introduced, which are enhancing the industrial security by organization degree, promoting the industrial security by scale economy formed by cooperative organizations, fully utilizing the resources by the factor allocation capability, and ensuring the industrial security by industrial chain improvement. Development predicaments of the peasant specialized cooperative at present are analyzed, such as small scale, poor economic benefits, and non-standard operation. Analysis shows that institutional absence is the main reason causing these predicaments. And suggestions on improving the cooperatives system in the Law of the People’s Republic of China on Peasants Specialized Cooperatives are put forward, in order to better ensure the security of agriculture industry
Additional file 2 of Are the doctors of the future ready to support breastfeeding? A cross-sectional study in the UK
Creators: name: Biggs, Kirsty V.
name: Fidler, Katy J.
name: Shenker, Natalie S.
name: Brown, Heather
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology

description: Additional file 2. Survey questions on SurveyMonkey. Word document.
In vitro studies of the renin-angiotensin system in human adipose tissue/adipocytes and possible relationship to SARS-CoV-2: a scoping review
Creators: name: Ting, Ryan
name: Dutton, Heidi
name: Sorisky, Alexander
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: Computational Biology

description: The renin-angiotensin system (RAS) operates within adipose tissue. Obesity-related changes can affect adipose RAS, predisposing to hypertension, type 2 diabetes, and possibly severe COVID-19. We evaluated the in vitro research on human adipose RAS and identified gaps in the literature. Medline (Ovid), Embase (Ovid), Web of Science, Scopus, and 1findr were searched to identify relevant studies. Fifty primary studies met our inclusion criteria for analysis. Expression of RAS components (n = 14), role in differentiation (n = 14), association with inflammation (n = 15) or blood pressure (n = 7) were investigated. We found (1) obesity-related changes in RAS were frequently studied (30%); (2) an upswing of articles investigating adipose ACE-2 expression since the COVID-19 pandemic; (3) a paucity of papers on AT2R and Ang (1–7)/MasR which counterbalance Ang II/ART1; (4) weight loss lowered adipose ACE-2 mRNA expression; and (5) angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) reduced deleterious effects of angiotensin II. Overall, these studies link Ang II/ATR1 signalling to impaired adipogenesis and a pro-inflammatory dysfunctional adipose tissue, with ATR1 blockade limiting these responses. ACE-2 may mitigate Ang II effects by converting it to Ang(1–7) which binds MasR. More work is needed to understand adipose RAS in various pathologic states such as obesity and COVID-19 infection.T.
Additional file 3 of Are the doctors of the future ready to support breastfeeding? A cross-sectional study in the UK
Creators: name: Biggs, Kirsty V.
name: Fidler, Katy J.
name: Shenker, Natalie S.
name: Brown, Heather
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology

description: Additional file 3. Medical school curriculum details. Word document.
Hysteresis and competition between disorder and crystallization in sheared and vibrated granular flow
Creators: name: Daniels, Karen E.
name: Behringer, Robert P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Experiments on spherical particles in a 3D Couette cell vibrated from below and sheared from above show a hysteretic freezing/melting transition. Under sufficient vibration a crystallized state is observed, which can be melted by sufficient shear. The critical line for this transition coincides with equal kinetic energies for vibration and shear. The force distribution is double-peaked in the crystalline state and single-peaked with an approximately exponential tail in the disordered state. A linear relation between pressure and volume ($dP/dV > 0$) exists for a continuum of partially and/or intermittently melted states over a range of parameters.
Basis function expansions for galactic dynamics: Spherical versus cylindrical coordinates
Creators: name: Wang, Yougang
name: Athanassoula, E.
name: Mao, Shude
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Aims. The orbital structure of galaxies is strongly influenced by the accuracy of the force calculation during orbit integration. We explore the accuracy of force calculations for two expansion methods and determine which one is preferable for orbit integration. Methods. We specifically compare two methods, one was introduced by Hernquist \& Ostriker (HO), which uses a spherical coordinate system and was built specifically for the Hernquist model, and the other by Vasiliev \& Athanassoula (CylSP) has a cylindrical coordinate system. Our comparisons include the Dehnen profile, its triaxial extension (of which the Hernquist profile is a special case) and a multicomponent system including a bar and disk density distributions for both analytical models and $N$-body realizations.We specifically compare two methods, one was introduced by Hernquist \& Ostriker (HO), which uses a spherical coordinate system and was built specifically for the Hernquist model, and the other by Vasiliev \& Athanassoula (CylSP) has a cylindrical coordinate system. Our comparisons include the Dehnen profile, its triaxial extension (of which the Hernquist profile is a special case) and a multicomponent system including a bar and disk density distributions for both analytical models and $N$-body realizations. Results. For the generalized Dehnen density, the CylSP method is more accurate than the HO method for nearly all inner power-law indices and shapes at all radii. For $N$-body realizations of the Dehnen model, or snapshots of an $N$-body simulation, the CylSP method is more accurate than the HO method in the central region for the oblate, prolate, and triaxial Hernquist profiles if the particle number is more than $5\times 10^5$. For snapshots of the Hernquist models with spherical shape, the HO method is preferred. (Abridged)
description: 14 pages, 17 figures, Accepted for publication in A&A
IL-27 increases energy storage in white adipocytes by enhancing glucose uptake and fatty acid esterification
Creators: name: Scaffidi, Chiara
name: Srdic, Annie
name: Konrad, Daniel
name: Wueest, Stephan
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Computational Biology

description: The cytokine interleukin (IL)-27 has been reported to induce thermogenesis in white adipocytes. However, it remains unknown whether IL-27-mediated adipocyte energy dissipation is paralleled by an elevated energy supply from lipids and/or carbohydrates. We hypothesized that IL-27 increases lipolysis and glucose uptake in white adipocytes, thereby providing substrates for thermogenesis. Unexpectedly, we found that treatment of 3T3-L1 adipocytes with IL-27 reduced intra- and extracellular free fatty acid (FFA) concentrations and that phosphorylation of hormone-sensitive lipase (HSL) was not affected by IL-27. These results were confirmed in subcutaneous white adipocytes. Further, application of IL-27 to 3T3-L1 adipocytes increased intracellular triglyceride (TG) content but not mitochondrial ATP production nor expression of enzymes involved in beta-oxidation indicating that elevated esterification rather than oxidation causes FFA disappearance. In addition, IL-27 significantly increased GLUT1 protein levels, basal glucose uptake as well as glycolytic ATP production, suggesting that increased glycolytic flux due to IL-27 provides the glycerol backbone for TG synthesis. In conclusion, our findings suggest IL-27 increases glucose uptake and TG deposition in white adipocytes.
Willingness of Farmers Joining Professional Cooperatives-------Based on the Questionnaire Survey of Nanjing
Creators: name: Pan, Lu
name: Pan, Lu
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Professional Farmers Cooperatives
subject: Nanjing
subject: China
subject: Logistic Model
subject: Participation Willingness

description: Based on the questionnaire survey of farmers in Nanjing city, the research analyzes the influencing factors of farmers’ willingness joining professional cooperatives with Binary Logistic model. Results show that variable factors such as: labors, degrees of education, levels of awareness, development of judgments, have positive relation to the willingness of farmers joining professional cooperatives; gender and financial demands are negative related to willingness of farmers joining professional cooperatives; variable factors, such as ages, degrees of education, numbers of farmers, scale of land, generation experience, specific investment and fluctuations of prices, the estimated parameters of which are not significant. At last, the paper points out that the 2 important ways in accelerating the development of professional cooperatives are: the first is to accelerate the capital accumulation of advanced farmers and strengthen the scaled degrees of agricultural management. The second is to promote the information and techniques accumulation speed of professional farmers to strengthen people’s awareness and confidence.
Complexation of oppositely charged polyelectrolytes: effect of ion pair formation
Creators: name: Kudlay, Alexander
name: Ermoshkin, Alexander V.
name: de la Cruz, Monica Olvera
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Complexation in symmetric solutions of oppositely charged polyelectrolytes is studied theoretically. We include polyion crosslinking due to formation of thermoreversible ionic pairs. The electrostatic free energy is calculated within the Random Phase Approximation taking into account the structure of thermoreversible polyion clusters. The degree of ion association is obtained self-consistently from a modified law of mass action, which includes long-range electrostatic contributions. We analyze the relative importance of the three complexation driving forces: long-range electrostatics, ion association and van der Waals attraction. The conditions on the parameters of the system that ensure stability of the complex with addition of salt are determined.
Agrilus plasoni Obenberger 1917
Creators: name: Jendek, Eduard
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2001
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Buprestidae
Agrilus
Agrilus plasoni

description: Agrilus plasoni species group Medium sized species (6.0­ 10.2 mm); eyes small or medium sized; vertex distinctly wider, rarely as wide as width of eye (DV); pronotal sides arcuate or sublineal, widest in middle; disk with two medial impressions; prehumerus absent or obsolete, not conjoined with basal or lateral pronotal sides; hair­like, sublineal or arcuate; marginal and submarginal carinae not confluent in basal part; elytral disk with ornamental pubescence or toment; apices separately acuminate or with outer, marginal cusp or spina; mentonniere arcuately emarginate or subtruncate; prosternal process subparallel or tapering to tip, without prominent lateral angles; last ventrite arcuate or subacuminate apically. Ventro­lateral sides with patches of whitish toment. Aedeagus (Figs. 1­6): tegmen with membranous lateral corners.
description: Published as part of Jendek, Eduard, 2001, Revision of the Agrilus plasoni species group (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), pp. 1-11 in Zootaxa 13 on page 2, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4616401
Research on Functional characteristics of karst Eco-economic Compound System in Guizhou Province
Creators: name: Luo, Kun-Yan
name: Luo, Kun-Yan
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Eco-economic compound system
subject: Karst region of Guizhou province
subject: Functional characteristics
subject: China

description: Based on the eco-economy theory, this paper analyzed the characteristics of the components of eco-economic compound System of karst region in Guizhou province. The functional characteristics of eco-economic compound system of karst region in Guizhou province were analyzed. The functional characteristics were as follows: low biological production of Guizhou province; weak capacity of ecosystem; slow speed of storage and accumulation of material and serious environmental pollution; low production and efficiency of energy; serious wastes of energy On the basis of functional characteristics of eco-economic compound System in Karst region , some views in terms of maintenance and reconstruction of compound system, were put forward, including laying stress on improving ecological system; choosing and cultivating the advanced species that suit the Karst region; improving the amount and speed of material accumulation, at the same time, introducing into advanced production technologies and management experience; reducing the energy efficiency of each section in economic system and improving the transformation efficiency of energy.
Rounding corners of polygons and the embedded contact homology of T^3
Creators: name: Hutchings, Michael
name: Sullivan, Michael C
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Symplectic Geometry (math.SG)
subject: Geometric Topology (math.GT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 57R58, 57M27

description: The embedded contact homology (ECH) of a 3-manifold with a contact form is a variant of Eliashberg-Givental-Hofer's symplectic field theory, which counts certain embedded J-holomorphic curves in the symplectization. We show that the ECH of T^3 is computed by a combinatorial chain complex which is generated by labeled convex polygons in the plane with vertices at lattice points, and whose differential involves `rounding corners'. We compute the homology of this combinatorial chain complex. The answer agrees with the Ozsvath--Szabo Floer homology HF^+(T^3).
description: This is the version published by Geometry & Topology on 26 March 2006
The role of AGN activity in the building up of the BCG at z~1.6
Creators: name: Bongiorno, Angela
name: Travascio, Andrea
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: XDCPJ0044.0-2033 is one of the most massive galaxy cluster at z~1.6, for which a wealth of multi-wavelength photometric and spectroscopic data have been collected during the last years. I have reported on the properties of the galaxy members in the very central region (~70kpc x 70kpc) of the cluster, derived through deep HST photometry, SINFONI and KMOS IFU spectroscopy, together with Chandra X-ray, ALMA and JVLA radio data. In the core of the cluster, we have identified two groups of galaxies (Complex A and Complex B), seven of them confirmed to be cluster members, with signatures of ongoing merging. These galaxies show perturbed morphologies and, three of them show signs of AGN activity. In particular, two of them, located at the center of each complex, have been found to host luminous, obscured and highly accreting AGN (lambda=0.4-0.6) exhibiting broad Halpha line. Moreover, a third optically obscured type-2 AGN, has been discovered through BPT diagram in Complex A. The AGN at the center of Complex B is detected in X-ray while the other two, and their companions, are spatially related to radio emission. The three AGN provide one of the closest AGN triple at z>1 revealed so far with a minimum (maximum) projected distance of 10 kpc (40 kpc). The discovery of multiple AGN activity in a highly star-forming region associated to the crowded core of a galaxy cluster at z~1.6, suggests that these processes have a key role in shaping the nascent Brightest Cluster Galaxy, observed at the center of local clusters. According to our data, all galaxies in the core of XDCPJ0044.0-2033 could form a BCG of Mstar ~ 10^{12} Msun hosting a BH of 2 x 10^{8}-10^{9}Msun, in a time scale of the order of 2.5 Gyrs.
description: Proceeding for the IAUS 356: Nuclear Activity in Galaxies Across Cosmic Time. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:2008.11132
Influencing Factors of Householders’ Transferring out Cultivated Land under the Background of Urban and Rural Integration
Creators: name: Zhang, Rui
name: Xiao, Hong-An
name: Zhang, Wen-Xiu
name: Zhang, Rui
name: Xiao, Hong-An
name: Zhang, Wen-Xiu
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Cultivated land transference
subject: Logistic model
subject: Influence
subject: China

description: Factors influencing householders’ transferring out the cultivated land are analyzed from the aspects of farmers’ individual characteristics, farmers’ family features, resources endowment features and external environmental features. And based on the results of the questionnaire survey of 252 households in Chengdu City, the effect of each factor is analyzed through building the dual preference model of Logistic. The result shows that 65.87% of householders have transferred out their cultivated land and proportion of non-agricultural incomes, stability of land ownership, per capita area of cultivated farmland, comminution of cultivated farmland, transferring price and distance to town have relatively significant effect on farmers’ transferring out cultivated land. Non-agricultural industries should be developed with great efforts and reasonable transferring prices of cultivated land fixed. Law on Land Contract in Rural Area is to be practically implemented and the steady peasants’ vocational skill training system and rural social security system established. Moreover, investment in rural infrastructure should be strengthened to improve the transportation conditions in rural area and promote the market development of cultivated land transference effectively.
Private governments, public authority : homeowners’ associations and their impact on local public finance
Creators: name: Cheung, Ronnie King Gi
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: This dissertation examines the impact of homeowners' associations, an increasingly popular innovation in public service provision, on local governments and city residents. An introductory chapter (Chapter 2) outlines the increasing role of the homeowners' association in urban housing development. It overviews the history, motivation and governance of homeowners' associations in American housing markets, and it compares them to other methods of collective decision-making. As local governments have transferred public authority to these private associations, homeowners' associations can be' considered a form of residential private government. The goal of the three papers of the thesis is to examine the interactions between residential private governments, traditional local governments and city, residents. The first paper (Chapter 3) identifies the impact that homeowners' association membership has on local government expenditures. A key contribution is the construction of a thirty-year panel data set of homeowners' associations in California. Estimation results suggest that local governments have lowered their expenditures in response to the increasing membership in private governments. However, the response differs depending on the public service considered. Local governments download services that are highly substitutable by private providers, such as garbage collection and parks, but they do not download services with public good aspects, such as roads and government administration. The second paper (Chapter 4) studies property tax limitations as a motivation for why homeowners' associations have become so popular. The paper is structured in two parts. In the first part, a theoretical model examines how the decision of whether to join a homeowners' association may be altered by the imposition of a property tax limitation. In the second part, an empirical model tests the theoretical implications by using data on homeowners' associations in the era of California's Proposition 13. The third paper (Chapter 5) extends the canonical theoretical model of private government by introducing a housing market. Equilibrium is described in terms of the interaction between homeowners, the homeowners' association and the local government. The relative elasticities of housing and of public goods play a key role in interpreting the equilibrium conditions.
The Pentaquarks in the Linear Molecular Heptaquark Model
Creators: name: Bicudo, P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this talk, multiquarks are studied microscopically in a standard quark model. In pure ground-state pentaquarks the short-range interaction is computed and it is shown to be repulsive. An additional quark-antiquark pair is then considered, and this is suggested to produce linear molecular system, with a narrow decay width. The quarks assemble in three hadronic clusters, and the central hadron provides stability. The possible crypto-heptaquark hadrons with exotic pentaquark flavours, with strange, charmed and bottomed quarks, are predicted.
description: 6 pages, 3 tables, talk presented as the Eighth Workshop on Non-Perturbative Quantum Chromodynamics 7-11 June 2004, Paris, proceedings edited by B. Muller, Chung-I Tan and Y. Gabellini
Yang-Mills action from minimally coupled bosons on R^4 and on the 4D Moyal plane
Creators: name: Loikkanen, Juha
name: Paufler, Cornelius
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 81T13; 58J42; 35S99

description: We consider bosons on Euclidean R^4 that are minimally coupled to an external Yang-Mills field. We compute the logarithmically divergent part of the cut-off regularized quantum effective action of this system. We confirm the known result that this term is proportional to the Yang-Mills action. We use pseudodifferential operator methods throughout to prepare the ground for a generalization of our calculation to the noncommutative four-dimensional Moyal plane (also known as noncommutative flat space). We also include a detailed comparison of our cut-off regularization to heat kernel techniques. In the case of the noncommutative space, we complement the usual technique of asymptotic expansion in the momentum variable with operator theoretic arguments in order to keep separated quantum from noncommutativity effects. We show that the result from the commutative space R^4 still holds if one replaces all pointwise products by the noncommutative Moyal product.
description: 37 pages, v2 contains an improved treatment of the theta function in Appendix A.3
Multi-splitter interaction for entanglement distribution
Creators: name: McAneney, H.
name: Paternostro, M.
name: Kim, M. S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In protocols of distributed quantum information processing, a network of bilateral entanglement is a key resource for efficient communication and computation. We propose a model, efficient both in finite and infinite Hilbert spaces, that performs entanglement distribution among the elements of a network without local control. In the establishment of entangled channels, our setup requires only the proper preparation of a single elected element. We suggest a setup of electromechanical systems to implement our proposal.
description: 4 pages, 2 figures, RevTeX4; discussion on quantum state transfer added
Additional file 1 of Are the doctors of the future ready to support breastfeeding? A cross-sectional study in the UK
Creators: name: Biggs, Kirsty V.
name: Fidler, Katy J.
name: Shenker, Natalie S.
name: Brown, Heather
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology

description: Additional file 1. Patient Information Sheet. Word document.
Research on the Balanced Development of China’s Urbanization and Industrialization in Eastern, Central, Western and Northeastern Regions
Creators: name: Hou, Xiao-Wei
name: Hou, Xiao-Wei
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Urbanization， Industrialization， Coordination， Regions， China

description: According to the relationship between urbanization development and industrialization development since the opening up and reform of China, the quantitative analysis of I/U and N/U is conducted. The results show that the overall level of China’s urbanization lags behind that of the industrialization, and this phenomenon of lag tends to dwindle. In 2003, the relationship between China’s urbanization and industrialization was most balanced, but after 2003, the phenomenon of urbanization lagging behind industrialization tends to distend gradually again; being that the development of urbanization is influenced by natural basis and policy, different regions have different cases. In the eastern and central region, the urbanization lags behind industrialization; in the northeastern region, the urbanization preponderate over industrialization; in the western region, the level of urbanization is not high, but it develops along with the industrialization in tandem. The regional difference of urbanization and industrialization requires that different should implement different policies. The eastern region still has great developmental space, and it should implement the strategy of urbanization as soon as possible; on the basis of expanding the current urban scale and improving quality, the central region should quicken the development of central cities; the western region should choose the path of concentrated-type urbanization; the three northeastern provinces should give priority to improving the quality of local industrialization vigorously and promoting the rapid upgrade of industrial structure, so as to propel the balanced development of urbanization and industrialization.
Additional file 1 of The clinical significance of the T2-FLAIR mismatch sign in grade II and III gliomas: a population-based study
Creators: name: Corell, Alba
name: Vega, Sandra Ferreyra
name: Nickoleta Hoefling
name: Carstam, Louise
name: Smits, Anja
name: Bontell, Thomas Olsson
name: Björkman-Burtscher, Isabella M.
name: Carén, Helena
name: Asgeir Store Jakola
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1: Supplementary material. “Data discordant cases T2-FLAIR mismatch sign”
The role of nitrogen related defects in high-k dielectric oxides: Density functional studies
Creators: name: Gavartin, J. L.
name: Foster, A. S.
name: Bersuker, G. I.
name: Shluger, A. L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using ab initio density functional total energy and molecular dynamics simulations, we study the effects of various forms of nitrogen post deposition anneal (PDA) on the electric properties of hafnia in the context of its application as a gate dielectric in field effect transistors (FET). We consider the atomic structure and energetics of nitrogen containing defects which can be formed during the PDA in various N-based ambients: N2, N+2, N, NH3, NO, N2O. We analyse the role of such defects in fixed charge accumulation, electron trapping and in the growth of the interface SiOx layer. We find that nitrogen anneal of the oxides leads to an effective immobilization of native defects such as oxygen vacancies and interstitial oxygen ions, which may inhibit growth of silica layer. Nitrogen in any form effectively incorporates into the pre-existing oxygen vacancies and, therefore may decrease the concentration of shallow electron traps. However, nitrogen in any form is unlikely to significantly reduce the fixed charge in the dielectric.
description: 14 pages, 8 figures, 6 tables. Submitted to Journal of Applied Physics
Radial flow has little effect on clusterization at intermediate energies in the framework of the Lattice Gas Model
Creators: name: Das, C. B.
name: Shi, L.
name: Gupta, S. Das
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Lattice Gas Model was extended to incorporate the effect of radial flow. Contrary to popular belief, radial flow has little effect on the clusterization process in intermediate energy heavy-ion collisions except adding an ordered motion to the particles in the fragmentation source. We compared the results from the lattice gas model with and without radial flow to experimental data. We found that charge yields from central collisions are not significantly affected by inclusion of any reasonable radial flow.
description: 8 pages, 2 figures, submitted to PRC; Minor update and resubmitted to PRC
Integrative bioinformatics analysis to screen key genes and signalling pathways related to ferroptosis in obesity
Creators: name: Li, Ming-Ke
name: Xing, Chang
name: Ma, Lan-Qing
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Computational Biology

description: Ferroptosis is closely associated with the development of disease in the body. However, there are few studies on ferroptosis-related genes (FRGs) in obesity. Therefore, key genes and signalling pathways related to ferroptosis in obesity were screened. Briefly, the RNA sequencing data of obesity and the non-obesity human samples and 259 FRGs were downloaded from GEO database and FerrDb database, respectively. The obesity-related module genes were firstly screened by weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA) and crossed with differentially expressed genes (DEGs) of obesity/normal samples and FRGs to obtain obesity-ferroptosis related (OFR) DEGs. Then, key genes were screened by PPI network. Next, the correlation of key genes and differential immune cells between obesity and normal samples were further explored by immune infiltration analysis. Finally, microRNA (miRNA)-messenger RNA (mRNA), transcription factor (TF)-mRNA networks and drug-gene interaction networks were constructed. As a result, 17 OFR DEGs were obtained, which mainly participated in processes such as lipid metabolism or adipocyte differentiation. The 4 key genes, STAT3, IL-6, PTGS2, and VEGFA, constituted the network. M2 macrophages, T cells CD8, mast cells activated, and T cells CD4 memory resting had significant differences between obesity and normal samples. Moreover, 51 miRNAs and 164 drugs were predicted for 4 key genes. All in all, this study has screened 4 FRGs, including IL-6, VEGFA, STAT3, and PTGS2, in obesity patients.
Crowgirl’s amazing adventure scrapbook
Creators: name: Shoemaker, Kathryn E.
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: This is a story about the different kinds of thinking and spiritual celebration that children use to deal with death and grief. Two young girls, Lunamoon and Crowgirl become close friends at a children's residential cancer treatment centre. The girls and four other children form a small gang and name themselves 'The Googlegobbets.' Using storytelling, art, literature, music, drama, and celebrations 'The Googlebgobbets' support each other as they deal with pain, fear, anger, and grief. The novel begins when thirteen year old, Karen, tells her best friend, Nora that she's off to 'Chemo Camp' for her summer vacation. At the camp Karen immediately becomes close friends with nine year old roommate, Crowgirl. Inspired by Crowgirl's nickname she chooses a nickname, Lunamoon. Lunamoon has a curable form of cancer that she rightly believes she can beat. Crowgirl is terminally ill and relatively at peace with her impending death. However, Lunamoon is shocked to learn that Crowgirl's mother rarely visits. Raised by an agnostic parent, Lunamoon tries to create a kind of eternity, a forever in her imagination with cues in the real world that will refresh her memories of Crowgirl on a daily basis. Lunamoon moves from magical thinking to imaginative story telling as a means of dealing with the imminent death of her friend. She can't understand Crowgirl's mother as there is no clear reason for her behaviour. As well Lunamoon must face the unfairness of all their illnesses. She hears Crowgirl say, "...life is good." but she feels that life is unfair. Will Lunamoon ever understand Crowgirl's feeling? Perhaps she won't, at least not entirely.
Agrilus chujoi Y. Kurosawa 1985
Creators: name: Jendek, Eduard
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2001
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Buprestidae
Agrilus
Agrilus chujoi

description: Agrilus chujoi Kurosawa (Figs. 1, 7) Agrilus chujoi Kurosawa, 1985: 149 ­151, Fig. 6 a, 6 b. Holotype ♂, NSMT: “Tsushima [island] [p] N., Nii [34 ° 24 'N, 129 ° 19 'E] 14. [h] vii. 1969 Y. Kurosawa [p] \ HOLOTYPE [p] Agrilus chujoi Y. Kurosawa, 1985 [h]”. Described from 17 specimens. Remarks. This species along with A. huashanus sp. nov. is well distinguished by adsutural, oval, mazarine spot in apical third of elytra (PDV). Akiyama & Ohmomo (1997: 31) stated Pueraria thunbergiana as the host plant. Material examined North Korea: 1 ♂, EJCB: “Keijô [= Soul, 37 ° 34 'N, 127 °00'E], Corea, 7. VIII. 1933 ”; 1 ex, EJCB: “D. P. R. Korea, Okryu valley, Kumgansan Mts. [38 ° 36 'N, 128 ° 13 'E; M. Kozánek pers. com.], lgt. M. Kozánek”. South Korea: 3 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, EJCB: “ Corée, Kosan [=?Kwangsan­gun (second order administrative district), 35 ° 10 'N, 126 ° 45 'E], Chass. indigènes”. Japan: 1 ♀, EJCB: “Mt. Ooboshi, Tsushima Is[lands]. [34 ° 20 'N, 129 ° 20 'E] 17. VII. 1976, N. Nishikawa leg.”. Distribution. “ China (S. Manchuria)” without particular specification (Akiyama & Ohmomo 1997: 31); Korean peninsula; Japan (Tsushima islands).
description: Published as part of Jendek, Eduard, 2001, Revision of the Agrilus plasoni species group (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), pp. 1-11 in Zootaxa 13 on pages 2-3, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4616401
description: {"references": ["Kurosawa, Y. (1985) Notes on the Oriental species of the Coleopterous family Buprestidae (IV). Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, Series A (Zoology), 11 (3), 141 - 170.", "Akiyama, K. & Ohmomo, S. (1997) A check list of the Japanese Buprestidae. Gekkan-Mushi, Supplement 1, 1 - 67."]}
Arrays of widely spaced atomic steps on Si(111) mesas due to sublimation
Creators: name: Chang, Kee-Chul
name: Blakely, Jack M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Steps with spacings of microns form on top of mesas fabricated on Si(111) that is annealed at temperatures where sublimation becomes important. Upon annealing, mesas first develop ridges along their edges, effectively creating craters which then become step-free by a step flow process described in the literature. Due to the miscut of the average surface from (111), ridge breakdown occurs on one edge of each mesa as sublimation proceeds. The breakdown point then acts as a source of steps which spread out over the mesa surface. The distribution of steps in the resulting step train depends on the sublimation rate, direct step-step interaction and the diffusive exchange of atoms among the steps. Computer simulations using BCF (Burton, Cabrera and Frank) theory provide insight into the controlling processes. The results suggest that self-organization of the wide terrace distributions in the low step density area occurs under sublimation. We compare the experimental and predicted step distributions.
description: 11 pages, 3 figures with 7 subfigures revised for submission to Surface Science
Form factors and branching ratio for the B -> l nu gamma decay
Creators: name: Khan, Mariam Saleh
name: Aslam, M. Jamil
name: Gilani, Amjad Hussain Shah
name: Riazuddin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Form factors parameterizing radiative leptonic decays of heavy mesons $% (B^{+}\to γl^{+}ν_{l}) $ for photon energy are computed in the language of dispersion relation. The contributing states to the absorptive part in the dispersion relation are the multiparticle continum, estimated by quark triangle graph and resonances with quantum numbers $1^{-}$ and $1^{+}$ which includes $B^{*}$ and $B_{A}^{*}$ and thier radial excitations, which model the higher state contributions. Constraints provided by the asymptotic behavior of the structure dependent amplitude, Ward Identities and gauge invariance are used to provide useful information for parameters needed. The couplings $g_{BB^{*}γ}$ and $% f_{BB_{A}^{*}γ}$ are predicted if we restrict to first radial excitation; otherwise using these as an input the radiative decay coupling constants for radial excitations are predicted. The value of the branching ratio for the process $B^{+}\to γμ^{+}ν_μ$ is found to be in the range $0.5\times 10^{-6}$. A detailed comparison is given with other approaches.
description: 22 pages+two ps figures; Paper has been throughly revised and Sudakov resummation has been discussed; published version
Ability Fostering of Constructing New Socialist Village in Western Regions
Creators: name: Liu, Li
name: Liu, Li
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Internal ability
subject: Industrialization
subject: New advantage
subject: Western regions
subject: China

description: The thesis expounds that constructing new socialist village in western regions needs to foster internal developmental ability, external support ability, environmental gestation ability and incentive ability. In terms of internal developmental ability, we should foster new type of farmers and realize the transformation of rural industry and management model; in terms of external support ability, we should strengthen infrastructure construction and reinforce the role of industrialization and urbanization in supporting and promoting village; in terms of environmental gestation ability, we should deepen the transformation of rural economic system, social security system, register census and employment system; in terms of incentive ability, we should take the sustainable development as objective to foster new advantage, use the income of resources industry to support agriculture and connect industry, and foster advantageous agricultural products.