cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
NPR - Risks, Attitudes And Sources Of Information Of Large-Scale Corn Belt Farmers
Creators: name: Patrick, George F.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Risk and Uncertainty
subject: risk
subject: risk management
subject: agricultural risk

description: The transfer of innovations and knowledge to farmers can be improved by increased understanding of farmersâ€™ decision making and their sources of information. To assist, farmers attending the Purdue University Top Farmer Crop Workshops (TFCW) have responded to brief questionnaires. Participants in the 1991, 2001 and 2012 TFCWs were asked to rate sources of and managerial responses to risk and the value of different sources of information. Production, marketing or price, financial, legal and human risks were included. TFCW participants are younger, have more years of education and operate much larger than average farms. Likert-type scales from 1 (low) to 5 (high) were used for rating. Not unexpectedly, prices were consistently a highly rated source of risk. The importance of yields declined over time, and there were considerable changes in other rankings. Similar results were found for responses to risk. The increase in importance of crop/revenue insurance was striking. Ratings of value of information sources generally increased from 1991 to 2001 and then declined in 2012. These results suggest that producers themselves, educators and others working with farmers need to review producersâ€™ perceptions frequently because only change is certain.
description: Nineteenth International Farm Management Congress, Warsaw, Poland, 2013
Orbital Hall Conductivity in a Graphene/Haldane and Haldane/Haldane Bilayers
Creators: name: Ghosh, Sovan
name: Chittari, Bheema Lingam
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the orbital Hall conductivity in bilayer graphene (G/G) by modifying one or both the layers as Haldane type ($\rm G/ \tilde G$ : Graphene/Haldane and $\rm \tilde G/ \tilde G$ : Haldane/Haldane) with the inclusion of next nearest neighbour (NNN) hopping strength ($t_2$) and flux ($ϕ$). It is observed that the low energy bands of $\rm G/ \tilde G$ and $\rm \tilde G/ \tilde G$ are isolated with a gap at charge neutrality with the next nearest neighbour (NNN) hopping term $t_2e^{\pm iϕ}$. The time reversal (\textit{TR}) symmetry breaking with $t_2e^{\pm iϕ}$ induces a large orbital magnetic moment ($\vb{m}_n(\vb{k})$) for the $n^{th}$ band in $\rm G/ \tilde G$ and $\rm \tilde G/ \tilde G$ bilayers. This \textit{TR} symmetry breaking, modulated by the $t_2$ strength, leads to the emergence of {\it Orbital Ferromagnetism} and {\it Valley Orbital Magnetism} within the BZ for the Haldane single layer as well for both $\rm G/ \tilde G$ and $\rm \tilde G/ \tilde G$. We show that for the applied longitudinal electric fields, the intrinsic angular momentum ($L^z$) gives the orbital current ($\mathcal{J}^{z,orb}$) along a transverse direction and generates the orbital Hall conductivity (OHC). We further show that the orbital magnetic polarity leads the Haldane single layer to {\it Orbital Chern Insulator} with the quantized OHC in the gap over the occupied bands. Moreover, the accumulation of orbital magnetic moment of the bands in Haldane graphene bilayer shows {\it Quantum Orbital Hall Insulator} and {\it Orbital Chern Insulators}. Similarly, we show that in the hetero-bilayers, one of the layers of the Haldane type generates the orbital magnetism and induces the OHC. We conclude that the isolated bands in Haldane graphene bilayers with external stimuli are of an orbital nature and have various quantum orbital Hall phases.
Exclusive Meson Electroproduction: GPDs, Regge and Dispersion Relations
Creators: name: Goldstein, Gary R.
name: Liuti, Simonetta
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Exclusive pi0 electroproduction from nucleons at large photon virtuality can be described in terms of Generalized Parton Distributions, particularly the chiral odd subset. Chiral odd GPDs are related to transversity and can be accessed experimentally for various special choices of observables. This is accomplished by choosing C-parity odd and chiral odd combinations of t-channel exchange quantum numbers. These GPDs are calculated in a spectator model, and are constrained by boundary functions. Alternatively, the production amplitudes correspond to C-odd Regge exchanges with final state interactions. The helicity structure of the virtual photoproduction amplitudes provides relations between the partonic description via GPDs and the hadronic, Regge description of C-odd processes, all via quark helicity flip. GPDs, in general, are analytic functions of energy variables. Their integrals over unobservable parton momenta thereby satisfy Dispersion Relations (DR). Using DR's could allow the real part of the amplitudes, the integrated GPDs, to be extracted from the more easily measured imaginary parts. However, at non-zero momentum transfer DRs require integration over unphysical regions of the variables. We show that the relevant unphysical region of the non-forward DRs is considerable. This will vitiate the efforts to avoid the actual measurement of the real parts more directly.
description: 5 pages, 4 figures, Spin 2008 contribution, to be published in Proceedings
Otpozdrav i drugom 'SANU-SINU TISUĆLJETNJE KULTURE' od Fiće (Rakinog i Jokinog), šumadijsko-krajiškog Srbina
Creators: name: Vukajlović, Rake Filip
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: SANU
Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti
nauka
Srbija
akademici

description: Tekst: "Otpozdrav i drugom 'SANU-SINU TISUĆLJETNJE KULTURE' od Fiće (Rakinog i Jokinog), šumadijsko-krajiškog Srbina", je odgovor Vukajlović, Rake Filipa na cirkularnu elektronsku poruku koju je saradnicima nacionalnog Matematičkog instituta (MISANU) Srpske Akademije Nauka i Umetnosti (SANU) uputio 21.04.2023. godine zamenik direktora tog instituta - dopisni član SANU, naučni savetnik prof. dr Miodrag J. Mihaljević. Ova poruka se proširila po delu akademske zajednice, a odnosila se na prvostepenu presudu u predmetu I Osnovnog suda u Beogradu br. 78 P 1697/22, od 13.03. 2023. godine (tužilac Mihaljević - tuženi Vukajlović). Zamenik direktora u toj poruci slavodobitno, s finom dozom skrušenosti, obaveštava svoje 'pučanstvo' da mu je SUD, posle više od godinu dana, tom prvostepenom presudom potvrdio da je častan, pošten i velika naučna šarža. Da to nije baš tako, i da je istina verovatno potpuno suprotna tome, moći će da se uvere svi oni koji ovaj TEKST i njegove priloge pročitaju, pregledaju i eventulano provere. Posebno je interesantna priložena presuda I Osnovnog suda čije obrazloženje karakterišu grube izmišljotine i neistine postupajućeg sudije. Prilozi: Prilog br. 1: Prvostepena presuda okrivljenom F. R. Vukajloviću.pdf; Prilog br. 2: Zahtev za oduzimanje zvanja naučni savetnik M. J. Mihaljeviću.pdf; Prilog br. 3: Neke od kontroverzi u vezi sa dopisnim članom M. J. Mihaljevićem.pdf; Prilog br. 4: Prilog iz nedavne istorije 1996-1998.pdf.
title: Indigenous Knowledge of Human–Polar Bear Coexistence in Churchill, Manitoba
Creators: name: Miller, Katharina
Publisher: name: Vancouver Island University
Year: 2023
Subjects: College of interdisciplinary studies

description: 2023
description: Polar bears (wapusk; nanuq; sas; loor blaan; Ursus maritimus) and people have shared northern coastlines for time immemorial, yet concerns about polar bears coming into communities is increasing. As the Arctic warms and sea ice habitat declines due to climate warming, coexistence strategies between people and polar bears have become increasingly important. This study uses community-based participatory research; coproduction of knowledge; hands back, hands forward; and storytelling to documents Indigenous knowledge of human–polar bear coexistence with Swampy Cree, Sayisi Dene, Caribou Inuit, and Métis people of Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. By coupling deductive time-based themes with inductive thematic analysis, this research documents Indigenous knowledge and provides recommendations as future visions for human–polar bear coexistence in Churchill, Manitoba: protect tourism as an important industry and economy, support proactive management and less invasive research, elevate Indigenous knowledge, improve education and safety awareness, and cultivate a culture of coexistence.
DILAND: An Algorithm for Distributed Sensor Localization with Noisy Distance Measurements
Creators: name: Khan, Usman A.
name: Kar, Soummya
name: Moura, Jose M. F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing (cs.DC)
subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In this correspondence, we present an algorithm for distributed sensor localization with noisy distance measurements (DILAND) that extends and makes the DLRE more robust. DLRE is a distributed sensor localization algorithm in $\mathbb{R}^m$ $(m\geq1)$ introduced in \cite{usman_loctsp:08}. DILAND operates when (i) the communication among the sensors is noisy; (ii) the communication links in the network may fail with a non-zero probability; and (iii) the measurements performed to compute distances among the sensors are corrupted with noise. The sensors (which do not know their locations) lie in the convex hull of at least $m+1$ anchors (nodes that know their own locations.) Under minimal assumptions on the connectivity and triangulation of each sensor in the network, this correspondence shows that, under the broad random phenomena described above, DILAND converges almost surely (a.s.) to the exact sensor locations.
description: Submitted to the IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing. Initial submission on May 2009. 12 pages
NPR - Direct Drilling As A Tool In Conservation Agriculture For Small Farmers
Creators: name: Roberts, Tim
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: conservation agriculture
subject: smallholder
subject: mechanised

description: The practice of Direct Drilling has become widely used during the past few decades as a means of conserving soil moisture and combating soil erosion. The most progress has been in the development of suitable large scale planting equipment designed for use in crop production on big farms sometimes extending to thousands of hectares. This tackle requires the largest tractors of several hundred horse power to be able to operate it: something which puts it completely out of reach of the small farmer. The latter may rely on contractors to plough his crop area or even own a small tractor himself. Usually the pre planting operation is with a disc plough followed by a disc harrowing. This can be extremely bad for the soil causing a breakdown of soil structure, the formation of plough pans and accelerated soil erosion. In the last two years a prototype small direct planter has been developed to replace the disc plough for use with smaller tractors, something which has been rather neglected until now. This has been tried with success in Kenya and this presentation discusses work done to date; the challenges faced and the requirements for a large extension input to overcome the inherent resistance to change by farmers and the reasons for the latter. Africa can ill afford to repeat the destruction of soils which has occurred in some other parts of the world and this paper aims to outline one method by which this may be achieved.
description: Nineteenth International Farm Management Congress, Warsaw, Poland, 2013
title: Applying a Health Equity Lens to Virtual Primary Care for Socially Vulnerable Groups During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Creators: name: Dallison, Agnes
Publisher: name: Vancouver Island University
Year: 2023
Subjects: School of humanitarian studies

description: 2023
description: In primary care, patients seek care for all their comorbidities, not just for a solitary, defining, major health condition. Making primary care available to all population segments helps maintain a community's or entire population's health. However, many disaster planning documents do not adequately consider social determinants of health and community diversity that underpin primary care and therefore fall short of planning for primary care delivery during a disaster. Vulnerability to disaster is more than simply physical presence during a natural hazard, but also considers social factors surrounding individuals and communities that dictate how likely they are to be harmed and suffer losses. To understand the utility of virtual primary care in a disaster setting for all groups, including socially vulnerable patients, this study was conducted in Calgary, Alberta, with data obtained from the Mosaic Primary Care Network (MPCN), one of 40 Primary Care Networks in Alberta. The data were collected within MPCN as part of routine research and process evaluation. Two datasets were obtained; one with patient-level data and one with provider-level data. A total of ~531,000 patient encounters were recorded between June 1, 2018, and June 30, 2022, to which a material deprivation index could be applied. Primary care delivery through virtual care favoured higher SES patients that could access technology, possessed digital literacy, and had low-barrier communication abilities. Select social groups were more affected than others; three of the most affected were older, male, and the most materially deprived. Systemic and individual-level barriers were identified. The findings of this study confirm that the individuals that comprise vulnerable groups do indeed engage with primary care differently than non-vulnerable groups and that a pivot to entirely virtual care in disaster situations does not take health equity into account.
Digital Skills of Master Student in the Field of Physical Culture and Sport
Creators: name: ABDYBEKOVA, Nurmira
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: Dipresentasikan oleh Prof. Dr. Nurmira Abdybekova dalam kegiatan Workshop "1st WCU International Conference on Sustainable Development" pada Jumat, 7 Februari 2025 secara hybrid dengan Zoom Meeting.
On the relationship between stochastic turnpike and dissipativity notions
Creators: name: Schießl, Jonas
name: Baumann, Michael H.
name: Faulwasser, Timm
name: Grüne, Lars
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Optimization and Control (math.OC)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: In this paper, we introduce and study different dissipativity notions and different turnpike properties for discrete-time stochastic nonlinear optimal control problems. The proposed stochastic dissipativity notions extend the classic notion of Jan C. Willems to $L^r$ random variables and to probability measures. Our stochastic turnpike properties range from a formulation for random variables via turnpike phenomena in probability and in probability measures to the turnpike property for the moments. Moreover, we investigate how different metrics (such as Wasserstein or Lévy-Prokhorov) can be leveraged in the analysis. Our results are built upon stationarity concepts in distribution and in random variables and on the formulation of the stochastic optimal control problem as a finite-horizon Markov decision process. We investigate how the proposed dissipativity notions connect to the various stochastic turnpike properties and we work out the link between different forms of dissipativity.
NPR - Sugarcane At Umfolozi, South Africa: Contributing To The Sustainability Of An Environmentally And Socially Sensitive Area
Creators: name: Searle, Alex
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: sugarcane
subject: sustainability
subject: environment

description: Sugarcane has been grown on the Umfolozi Flats in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa since 1911 and now occupies an area of approximately 9 000 ha between the Umfolozi and the Msunduzi rivers. The sugar production area is bounded by a large local population and the iSimangaliso Wetland Park, a World Heritage site. This paper considers the value of sustainable sugarcane farming in an environmentally sensitive area with a large rural population. The Umfolozi Flats are eminently suited to sugarcane production due to its deep fertile soils, high heat units and favourable annual rainfall. With a labour intensive milling operation and manual planting and harvesting, job creation is considerable, providing direct employment for 6 000 people and in this way the sugar industry contributes significantly to the local economy. The location of the sugar mill in the midst of the production area, coupled with the utilization of a narrow gauge railway results in a highly efficient transport system with a minimal carbon footprint. Current sugarcane industry research focuses on improving efficiencies in the use of chemical inputs, including fertilisers and herbicides, thereby minimising contamination of the environment. A sustainable farming tool, the Sugarcane Sustainable Farm Management System (SUSFARMSÂ®), which aims to guide growers on critical production, environmental sustainability and social issues is currently being introduced.
description: Nineteenth International Farm Management Congress, Warsaw, Poland, 2013
The grouping problem in distribution-free general linear regression
Creators: name: Pella, Marthinus J
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: An exact distribution-free method is proposed for solving general linear regression problems, which have identically distributed errors and one of the slope parameters of interest. The method reduces the model to simple linear regression form through grouping of observations, and then uses an exact distribution-free method for slope in simple linear regression to test or estimate the parameter of interest. Of course reducing the model involves a loss of efficiency. The choice of an optimal grouping to minimize efficiency loss is discussed.
title: Project Work-From-Home Parent
Creators: name: Bennett, Heather
Publisher: name: Vancouver Island University
Year: 2023
Subjects: School of leadership studies

description: 2023
description: AbstractThis thesis explores how healthcare organizations can facilitate a work-life balance (WLB) for parents who work from home (WFH). The study focuses on female healthcare workers with dependents aged 15 and younger in a private healthcare organization. Employing action research influenced by appreciative inquiry and incorporating principles of positive organizational development, the study employed surveys, interviews, and a focus group to investigate WFH parents' WLB strategies. The research adhered to the Royal Roads University Research Ethics Policy. Key findings highlight the benefits of WFH, such as improved WLB, increased family involvement, and flexibility. However, challenges must be addressed, including work-life boundaries, lack of support, and isolation. Flexibility emerged as a critical factor, and organizations are encouraged to implement flexible work arrangements, support resources, and open communication to enhance WLB. The study underscores the importance of trust, positive management, and unstructured flex time to ensure success. Strategies developed by WFH parents, such as clear communication and dedicated workspaces, offer valuable insights. In conclusion, this study emphasizes the complex nature of WFH on WLB, urging proactive measures to mitigate challenges and foster work-life integration for WFH parents in healthcare organizations.
Two introductory lectures on high energy QCD and heavy ion collisions
Creators: name: Banerjee, Debasish
name: Nayak, Jajati K.
name: Venugopalan, Raju
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: These introductory lectures present a broad overview of the physics of high parton densities in QCD and its application to our understanding of the early time dynamics in heavy ion collisions.
description: Lectures by R. V. at the QGP Winter School, Jaipur, India, Feb. 1st-3rd, 2008
title: Methodological Guide for Cumulative Impacts Management Through Environmental Impact Assessment in Peru
Creators: name: Zegarra, Jose
Publisher: name: Vancouver Island University
Year: 2023
Subjects: School of environment and sustainability

description: 2023
description: The Environmental Impact Assessment has been a great tool to prevent environmental damage, however the individual scope of this tool limits the analysis of the interaction of the impacts with the impacts of neighboring projects, to generate cumulative impacts. The objective of this research is to propose a guide for the management of cumulative impacts through EIA in Peru. To achieve this objective, an analysis of the cumulative impact of international best practices was carried out. Additionally, a comparison has been made of the evolution of legislation in this matter that Canada has had, and the cumulative impact that has occurred in the mining corridor in Peru has been analyzed. Based on this information, a six-step guide has been proposed to include the evaluation of cumulative impacts in EIA, without modifying the current legislation and considering the existing sources of information in Peru.
title: What's it like to be a Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer in High School?
Creators: name: Speirs, Amanda
Publisher: name: Vancouver Island University
Year: 2023
Subjects: School of education and technology

description: 2023
description: British Columbia’s (BC) Ministry of Education have recently implemented Sexual Orientation Gender Identity (SOGI) resources. Yet, the current SOGI resources do not reflect the unique and complex issues related to Indigenous LGBTQ2S+ students. Indeed, there is a gap in the existing research literature about Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer students' experiences in high school. The purpose of this study was to learn about the lived experiences of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer students in a BC high school and how they experience support through their own personal stories. Using a theoretical framework based on intersectionality and queer theory, I conducted semi-structured interviews with three participants and analyzed the data using interpretive phenomenological analysis (IPA). The critical analysis of the semi-structured interviews revealed the importance of family support and kinship, the need for personalized support that reflects their identities and culture, the need to address gender-phobic and queer-phobic bullying, and the need to develop cultural SOGI resources.
NPR- Poles Apart: Management Contributions, Lessons And Aspirations Of Poles And Other East Europeans Working In UK Agriculture
Creators: name: Wibberley, E. John
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Farm Management
subject: management
subject: lessons
subject: aspirations

description: Dramatic political changes in Poland and elsewhere in Eastern Europe during the 1980s, culminated in collapse of the Berlin Wall in November 1989. Following this, and EU accession in 2004, new opportunities opened for Poles and other East European citizens to work in UK Agriculture, and to experience entrepreneurship. Apparently, many were attracted initially by superior wages attainable through diligent hard work on British farms. Migrant labour, largely of East European origin, now accounts for almost 90% of the workforce engaged in fieldwork involved in field-scale vegetables, and a majority of dairy milkers and managers, particularly from Poland. In conjunction with research within the CEEC Agri-Policy Project, this paper seeks to contextualise focus research findings among a sample of expatriate Poles and others from Eastern Europe now working within UK Agriculture. Cohorts from within English field-scale horticulture and in the UK dairy sector were to be included. The dairy sector declined to respond, and the field-scale crop sector response was small. Coincidence of wide UK media coverage on immigrants working in the UK may have led some to fear a political agenda for this research rather than its purely managerial interest - on management contributions being given on UK farms, lessons being learned and aspirations for future work. Especially of interest is whether or not Poles intend to return to share their management experience for the benefit of Poland, in the context of projected rural depopulation and current agricultural land use trends there.
description: Nineteenth International Farm Management Congress, Warsaw, Poland, 2013
Encoding cosmological futures with conformal structures
Creators: name: Hoehn, Philipp A
name: Scott, Susan M
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Quiescent cosmology and the Weyl curvature hypothesis possess a mathematical framework, namely the definition of an Isotropic Singularity, but only for the initial state of the universe. A complementary framework is necessary to also encode appropriate cosmological futures. In order to devise a new framework we analyse the relation between regular conformal structures and (an)isotropy, the behaviour and role of a monotonic conformal factor which is a function of cosmic time, as well as four example cosmologies for further guidance. Finally, we present our new definitions of an Anisotropic Future Endless Universe and an Anisotropic Future Singularity which offer a promising realisation for the new framework. Their irregular, degenerate conformal structures differ significantly from those of the Isotropic Singularity. The combination of the three definitions together could then provide the first complete formalisation of the quiescent cosmology concept. For completeness we also present the new definitions of an Isotropic Future Singularity and a Future Isotropic Universe. The relation to other approaches, in particular to the somewhat dual dynamical systems approach, and other asymptotic scenarios is briefly discussed.
description: 35 pages, 9 figures
title: Countering Medical Misinformation on Twitter: Readying Clinicians and Scientists
Creators: name: Johnston, Kelly
Publisher: name: Vancouver Island University
Year: 2024
Subjects: School of communication and culture

description: 2024
description: This thesis explores how clinicians and scientists are using Twitter to counter medical misinformation. Medical misinformation also referred to as fake news, reached an unprecedented level of sharing on social media between 2020 and 2022 due to COVID-19, the global pandemic. Many public health authorities partly blamed misinformation for a lower-than-expected uptake of vaccinations for COVID-19 and for the refusal of many individuals to follow public health orders, like masking. Having more clinicians and scientists on Twitter to provide evidence-based information may help individuals make informed health choices. By conducting semi-structured interviews with 23 Canadian academics made up of clinicians and scientists, it became clear that countering medical misinformation on Twitter is not solely about the words chosen for a post. Countering misinformation requires three things: clarity about the goal or purpose for using Twitter, confidence in the knowledge one possesses and the position they hold, and a clear understanding of the audience. Clinicians and scientists are underrepresented on Twitter. Not knowing what and how to post has been identified by members of these professions as a barrier to adoption. Findings suggest there may be a role for universities to play by offering social media training for new career scientists and as professional development for faculty members. Formal training may help more academics in health and sciences to start a Twitter account, and for those who have an account to share evidence-based information more often.
Ecology-raw data
Creators: name: Franco Rodil, Iván
name: M. Lohrer, Andrew
name: Attard, Karl
name: Thrush, Simon
name: Norkko, Alf
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Raw data. Rodil, I.F., A.M. Lohrer, K.M. Attard, S.F. Thrush, A. Norkko. Positive contribution of macrofaunal biodiversity to secondary production and seagrass carbon metabolism. Ecology
Hausdorff dimensions of escaping sets of transcendental entire functions
Creators: name: Rempe, Lasse
name: Stallard, Gwyneth M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
subject: Complex Variables (math.CV)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 37F10 (primary); 37F35, 30D05 (secondary).

description: Let $f$ and $g$ be transcendental entire functions, each with a bounded set of singular values, and suppose that $f$ and $g$ are affinely equivalent (that is, $g \circ ϕ= ψ\circ f$, where $ϕ,ψ:\C\to\C$ are affine). We show that the escaping sets of $f$ and $g$ have the same Hausdorff dimension. Using a result of the second author, we deduce that there exists a family of transcendental entire functions for which the escaping set has Hausdorff dimension equal to one.
description: 9 pages
Evaluation of a warehousing system in western Canada
Creators: name: Pratt, Brian
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: This study evaluates the existing system of distribution facilities for one firm and assesses the feasibility of establishing a.new warehouse. The framework employed for analysis attempts to measure the effects of various changes in the firm's distribution network on cost reduction and sales generation. For measurement of the cost ramifications of various warehouse location alternatives, the study establishes the inputs of market demand, warehouse capacities, and costs of distribution from warehouses to markets that are required. These inputs are then evaluated through use of a linear programme routine which has a sensitivity analysis. To evaluate the sales generation aspects of various locational alternatives, a subjective estimating procedure known as the Delphi is used. The Delphi is used specifically only to measure the relative importance of delivery times and warehouse location for the market at which the proposed warehouse is to be located, however, its general findings are also used for establishing the relative importance of customer service in all markets. The general conclusions of the analysis are that the sales generation impact of warehouses has been overemphasized by the company studied and, as a result, it is not feasible to establish a new warehouse in the location proposed. The analysis also indicates that the firm1s existing distribution network is too decentralized and that substantial savings will result if several warehouses are abandoned.
title: Optimization of a Hydrogen Alternative Aviation Fuel Supply Chain Under Demand and Emissions Constraints - A Case Study of Canada
Creators: name: Poirier, Eric
Publisher: name: Vancouver Island University
Year: 2023
Subjects: School of environment and sustainability

description: 2023
description: The potential of using hydrogen-based alternative aviation fuels, to meet national greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction commitments was investigated using a mixed-integer-linear-program (MILP) optimization model that minimized the total energy consumed “energy intensity” for a hydrogen-based alternative aviation fuel supply chain. The model provided (i) optimal jet fuel blend ratios and, (ii) the number and types of hydrogen production plants that would meet forecasted demand and GHG reduction target constraints. The model was optimized for time horizons of 2035, 2050, 2065, and 2080 in Canada, assessing distribution and resilience scenarios. By 2065, two resilient hydrogen infrastructure pathways emerged: one with 556 polymer-exchange-membrane-electrolysis (PEM), 4 Nuclear-Solid Oxide Electrolysis (SOE), and 2 Steam Methane Reforming Carbon Capture and Storage (SMR-CCS) plants, and another with 24 Alkaline Electrolysis (AE), 7 Nuclear-SOE, and 6 SMR-CCS plants. The 2080 net-zero solution was not found using this model due to GHG emissions in hydrogen production.
Global Lp continuity of Fourier integral operators
Creators: name: Coriasco, Sandro
name: Ruzhansky, Michael
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Functional Analysis (math.FA)
subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 35S30, 42B30, 46E30, 47B34

description: In this paper we establish global Lp regularity properties of Fourier integral operators. The orders of decay of the amplitude are determined for operators to be bounded on $L^p(\Rn)$, $1
description: 20 pages
MIND STEP Project Newsletter / Edition 1 / May 2020
Creators: name: Balazs, Katalin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: individual decision models
agriculture
policy
European Union

description: MIND STEP H2020 project: Modelling Individual Decisions to Support the European Policies related to Agriculture This is the 1st issue of the MINSTEP Project Newsletter edited by Katalin Balazs with inputs from all MIND STEP partners. Here are some highlights what you can find in this issue: What MIND STEP is all about? MIND STEP is an EC funded 4-year Horizon 2020 research and innovation action aiming to improve exploitation of available agricultural and biophysical data and will include the individual decision making (IDM) unit in policy models. From this issue of our newsletter you can get to know: What are the latest developments in our project? The generic slowdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic also affects MIND STEP. Learn more about how our partners work to keep focus on project implementation. What are the latest deliverables in MIND STEP? The first deliverables, including reports on data storage and data processing capacities, on communication and dissemination, and on the MIND STEP Platform were submitted to the EC. Where and how are we networking? Read more how we cooperate with our fellow projects AGRICORE and BESTMAP funded within the same Work Programme Topic RUR-04-2018-2019 and have established the AGRI-MODELS CLUSTER. We also cooperate with the SUPREMA H2020 project. What are the upcoming international events where you can meet us? There are several events on our list, e.g. the 9th AIEAA Conference or the XVI Congress of the European Association of Agricultural Economists (EAAE). We hope you will enjoy delving into the latest info about our project. Thank you for reading! The MIND STEP project team MIND STEP is a European research project aiming to improve exploitation of available agricultural and biophysical data, and will include the individual decision making (IDM) unit in policy models. Project duration: 1 September 2019 - 31 December 2023 Learn more about the project: https://mind-step.eu/ This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement Nr. 817566. This publication reflects only the authors' view and that the European Commission is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains.
Exploring percolation phase transition in the three-dimensional Ising model with machine learning
Creators: name: Guo, Ranran
name: Li, Xiaobing
name: Wang, Rui
name: Chen, Shiyang
name: Wu, Yuanfang
name: Li, Zhiming
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The percolation study offers valuable insights into the characteristics of phase transition, shedding light on the underlying mechanisms that govern the formation of global connectivity within the system. We explore the percolation phase transition in the 3D cubic Ising model by employing two machine learning techniques. Our results demonstrate the capability of machine learning methods in distinguishing different phases during the percolation transition. Through the finite-size scaling analysis on the output of the neural networks, the percolation temperature and a correlation length exponent in the geometrical percolation transition are extracted and compared to those in the thermal magnetization phase transition within the 3D Ising model. These findings provide a valuable way essential for enhancing our understanding of the property of the QCD critical point, which belongs to the same universality class as the 3D Ising model.
description: 9 pages, 6 figures, 1 table, published version
D.1.3.1 SC meeting report
Creators: name: Mannarini, Gianandrea
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020

description: The first GUTTA Steering Committee (SC) meeting was originally plannned for M08 of the project lifetime (i.e. August 2019), but was postponed to M10 for not interfering with the usual holidays season in both Italy and Croatia and with the reporting phase of the first reporting period (RP1). The SC meeting consisted of two linked but separate events: a public event in the frame of EC- day 2019 and an internal meeting. The Project Partners (PP) had a preliminary ice-breaker city tour and dinner on the previous night. All events took place in Zagreb, Croatia, from October 1 to 2, 2019. Scope of the EC-day event was to disseminate GUTTA project aims and the achieved results. Scope of the internal meeting was to review the status of implementation of the project, discuss criticalities, take decisions, and agree on future steps.
Coexistence of Pairing Tendencies and Ferromagnetism in a Doped Two-Orbital Hubbard Model on Two-Leg Ladders
Creators: name: Xavier, J. C.
name: Alvarez, G.
name: Moreo, A.
name: Dagotto, E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using the Density Matrix Renormalization Group and two-leg ladders, we investigate an electronic two-orbital Hubbard model including plaquette diagonal hopping amplitudes. Our goal is to search for regimes where charges added to the undoped state form pairs, presumably a precursor of a superconducting state.For the electronic density $ρ=2$, i.e. the undoped limit, our investigations show a robust $(π,0)$ antiferromagnetic ground state, as in previous investigations. Doping away from $ρ=2$ and for large values of the Hund coupling $J$, a ferromagnetic region is found to be stable. Moreover, when the interorbital on-site Hubbard repulsion is smaller than the Hund coupling, i.e. for $U'
description: 8 pages, 4 Figs
title: Accountability in the Political/Bureaucratic Interface of the Canadian Federal Government
Creators: name: McCrimmon, Carolyn
Publisher: name: Vancouver Island University
Year: 2023
Subjects: College of interdisciplinary studies

description: 2023
description: Abstract The overall objective of this dissertation is to expand the existing research on accountability relationships, mechanisms and practices among selected entities at the pivotal point where politics and the bureaucracy intersect. The research is unique in the sense that it was conducted through the lens of a former public service executive with over twenty years’ working experience in the federal public service. This positionality afforded a deeper understanding of perspectives and commentary offered by academics, practitioners, and former senior officials both elected and non-elected. The methodologies of historical analysis and narrative inquiry were applied to the extensive literature on accountability relationships, mechanisms and practices. The result is a comprehensive synthesis of the story of accountability. The synthesis begins with an exploration of its roots in the Canadian version of the Westminster model of government. What follows is a look at the institutions that play a major role in how accountability relationships play out and how accountability mechanisms are enforced. This critical analysis included both the evolution of the institutions as well as the transformation of the environment in which accountability is practiced. Accountability regimes were analyzed for Parliament, the Offices of the Prime Minister, the Privy Council, Treasury Board Secretariat, the Office of the Auditor General, and departmental deputy ministers. For each of these entities, a framework was developed to systematically discern and connect authorities, accountability relationships and mechanisms used to hold elected and non-elected senior officials accountable. The work builds upon decades of research by academics and practitioners. Accordingly, it fills a gap in academic literature through the critical examination and synthesis, from multiple sources, of the complicated, multidimensional, and dynamic accountability relationships, both internal to government and within Parliament. Another important outcome of the research was the identification and compilation of a vast array of accountability mechanisms that had not been studied in a comprehensive way. Consequently, the research makes a distinctive contribution to the overall study and practice of accountability in the political/bureaucratic interface of the Canadian federal government. KEYWORDS: Accountability, Canadian federal government, political/bureaucratic interface
MSCMNet: Multi-scale Semantic Correlation Mining for Visible-Infrared Person Re-Identification
Creators: name: Hua, Xuecheng
name: Cheng, Ke
name: Lu, Hu
name: Tu, Juanjuan
name: Wang, Yuanquan
name: Wang, Shitong
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The main challenge in the Visible-Infrared Person Re-Identification (VI-ReID) task lies in how to extract discriminative features from different modalities for matching purposes. While the existing well works primarily focus on minimizing the modal discrepancies, the modality information can not thoroughly be leveraged. To solve this problem, a Multi-scale Semantic Correlation Mining network (MSCMNet) is proposed to comprehensively exploit semantic features at multiple scales and simultaneously reduce modality information loss as small as possible in feature extraction. The proposed network contains three novel components. Firstly, after taking into account the effective utilization of modality information, the Multi-scale Information Correlation Mining Block (MIMB) is designed to explore semantic correlations across multiple scales. Secondly, in order to enrich the semantic information that MIMB can utilize, a quadruple-stream feature extractor (QFE) with non-shared parameters is specifically designed to extract information from different dimensions of the dataset. Finally, the Quadruple Center Triplet Loss (QCT) is further proposed to address the information discrepancy in the comprehensive features. Extensive experiments on the SYSU-MM01, RegDB, and LLCM datasets demonstrate that the proposed MSCMNet achieves the greatest accuracy.
Enfolding bodies : a visual investigation that refigures the relationship between maternity and form
Creators: name: Portlock, KL
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: This project investigates representations of the maternal body as an embodied subject. The ritualistic nature of the art making process and the use of repetition through form is significant to the development of this project and references the 'accumulated touch' central to acts of mothering. 1. The aim is to represent maternity through forms that emphasise its meaning and capacities and whereby the active process of labor, nurture and care are suggested. These are conceptualized as complementary and interrelated. Motifs have been employed that highlight the organic complexity of the body and, which take into account ideas about subjectivity. Through focus on personal experiences of pregnancy and motherhood I wish to affirm the bonds between mother and child and how I define myself through the unities, labor and associations within this significant relationship. 2. While the subject intertwines mothering with nature my argument does not describe an essentialist view of women. The aim, instead, is to highlight the 'unnaturalness' of entrenched cultural and social structures that present idealistic and sentimental representations of maternity and mothering. It offers an alternate view, one that speaks of the profound isolation and solitary nature of the experience. 3. The project is placed in context with the art practices and installation processes employed by contemporary artists as Kiki Smith, Louise Bourgeoise and Ann Hamilton, Luce lrigaray and Elizabeth Grosz. It references traditional and ritualistic art practices of Balinese women with particular emphasis on the craft of offerings and ceremonial ornaments. 4. The outcome of the research project is a group of sculptural works and assemblages that present an inclusive approach to the positioning of motherhood through interpretations of nature. The exegesis chronicles the practical, theoretical and conceptual inquiries placed in context through discussions of historical, literary and contemporary art practice.
Phase sensitive Brillouin scattering measurements with a novel magneto-optic modulator
Creators: name: Fohr, F.
name: Serga, A. A.
name: Schneider, T.
name: Hamrle, J.
name: Hillebrands, B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A recently reported phase sensitive Brillouin light scattering technique is improved by use of a magnetic modulator. This modulator is based on Brillouin light scattering in a thin ferrite film. Using this magnetic modulator in time- and space Brillouin light scattering measurements we have increased phase contrast and excluded influence of optical inhomogeneities in the sample. We also demonstrate that the quality of the resulting interference patterns can be improved by data postprocessing using the simultaneously recorded information about the reference light.
Instability-induced fermion production in quantum field theory
Creators: name: Berges, J.
name: Pruschke, J.
name: Rothkopf, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Nonequilibrium instabilities are known to lead to exponential amplification of boson occupation numbers for low momentum modes on time scales much shorter than the asymptotic thermal equilibration time. We show for Yukawa-type interactions that this growth induces very efficient fermion production, which proceeds with the maximum primary boson growth rate. The description is based on a 1/N expansion of the 2PI effective action to NLO including boson-fermion loops, which are crucial to observe this phenomenon. For long enough amplification in the boson sector, fermion production terminates when the thermal occupancy is reached in the infrared. At higher momenta, where boson occupation numbers are low, the fermion modes exhibit a power-law regime with exponent two.
description: 19 pages, 16 figures, Phys.Rev.D version, minor corrections
Fundamental Parameters of Cepheids: Masses and Multiplicity
Creators: name: Evans, Nancy Remage
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Masses determined from classical Cepheids in binary systems are a primary test of both pulsation and evolutionary calculations. The first step is to determine the orbit from ground-based radial velocities. Complementary satellite data from Hubble, FUSE, IUE, and Chandra provide full information about the system. A summary of recent results on masses is given. Cepheids have also provided copious information about the multiplicity of massive stars, as well as the distribution of mass ratios and separations. This provides some important constraints for star formation scenarios including differences between high and low mass results and differences between close and wide binaries.