cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Quantum Walk in Position Space with Single Optically Trapped Atoms
Creators: name: Karski, Michał
name: Förster, Leonid
name: Choi, Jai-Min
name: Steffen, Andreas
name: Alt, Wolfgang
name: Meschede, Dieter
name: Widera, Artur
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The quantum walk is the quantum analogue of the well-known random walk, which forms the basis for models and applications in many realms of science. Its properties are markedly different from the classical counterpart and might lead to extensive applications in quantum information science. In our experiment, we implemented a quantum walk on the line with single neutral atoms by deterministically delocalizing them over the sites of a one-dimensional spin-dependent optical lattice. With the use of site-resolved fluorescence imaging, the final wave function is characterized by local quantum state tomography, and its spatial coherence is demonstrated. Our system allows the observation of the quantum-to-classical transition and paves the way for applications, such as quantum cellular automata.
description: 7 pages, 4 figures
Black-Box Approaches to Fair Machine Learning
Creators: name: Yeom, Samuel
Publisher: name: Carnegie Mellon University
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 89999 Information and Computing Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: As machine learning models are increasingly used to make consequential decisions involving humans, it is important that the models do not discriminate on the basis of protected attributes such as race and gender. However, the model holder are not the people who bear the brunt of the harm from a discriminatory model, so there is little natural incentive for the model holder to fix a discriminatory model.It would thus be societally beneficial if other entities could also detect or mitigate unfair behavior in these models. Black-box methods, which require only query accessto the model, are well suited for this purpose, as they are feasible to carry out without knowing the full details of the model. In this thesis, I consider three different forms of unfairness and present blackbox methods that address them. The first of the three is proxy use, where somecomponent of a model is a proxy for a protected attribute. The second is the lack of individual fairness, which formalizes the intuitive notion that a model should notmake arbitrary decisions. Finally, a model may have an unrepresentative training set, which can lead the model to exhibit varying degrees of accuracy for different protected groups. For each of these behaviors, I propose one or more methods that can help detect such behavior in models or ensure the lack thereof. These methods require only black-box access to the model, allowing them to be effective even when the model holder is uncooperative. My theoretical and experimental analysis of these methods evidence their effectiveness in this setting, showing that they are usefultechnical tools that can support an effective response against discrimination.
ДИФФЕРЕНЦИАЦИИ УГОЛОВНО-ПРОЦЕССУАЛЬНОЙ ФОРМЫ ПРЕДВАРИТЕЛЬНОГО РАССЛЕДОВАНИЯ
Creators: name: ПРОХОРОВА ЕКАТЕРИНА АЛЕКСАНДРОВНА
name: САМОРОКА ВИКТОР АНАТОЛЬЕВИЧ
name: БАЛАЯНЦ МИХАИЛ СЕРГЕЕВИЧ
Publisher: name: Вестник Московского университета МВД России
Year: 2020
Subjects: ДИФФЕРЕНЦИАЦИЯ УГОЛОВНО-ПРОЦЕССУАЛЬНОЙ ФОРМЫ ПРЕДВАРИТЕЛЬНОГО РАССЛЕДОВАНИЯ
ПРЕДВАРИТЕЛЬНОЕ СЛЕДСТВИЕ
ДОЗНАНИЕ
ДОЗНАНИЕ В СОКРАЩЕННОЙ ФОРМЕ
РЕФОРМИРОВАНИЕ ИНСТИТУТА ДОЗНАНИЯ
DIFFERENTIATION OF THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE FORM OF PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION
PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION
INQUEST
INQUIRY IN ABBREVIATED FORM
REFORMING THE INSTITUTE OF INQUIRY

description: Рассмотрены проблемы дифференциации уголовно-процессуальной формы предварительного расследования. Обоснована необходимость реформирования института дознания, наделения его новыми чертами, соответствующими потребностям современной практики.
Joint IMOTHEP / CAJU workshop on Hybrid Electric Propulsion - IMOTHEP-1
Creators: name: Novelli, Philippe
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: IMOTHEP
aviation
greenaviation
H2020transport
horizoneurope
cinea
caju
climatechange
hep
eu

description: Presentation at the Joint IMOTHEP / CAJU workshop on Hybrid Electric Propulsion (HEP) at Eurocontrol in Brussels (B) on 29 & 30 November 2023.
City Size Distributions For India and China
Creators: name: Gangopadhyay, Kausik
name: Basu, B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This paper studies the size distributions of urban agglomerations for India and China. We have estimated the scaling exponent for the Zipf's law with the Indian census data for the years of 1981-2001 and the Chinese census data for 1990 and 2000. Along with the biased linear fit estimate, the maximum likelihood estimate for the Pareto and Tsallis q-exponential distribution has been computed. For India, the scaling exponent is in the range of [1.88, 2.06] and for China, it is in the interval [1.82, 2.29]. The goodness-of-fit tests of the estimated distributions are performed using the Kolmogorov-Smirnov statistic.
description: 9 pages, 8 figures
НЕКОТОРЫЕ ВОПРОСЫ РАЗГРАНИЧЕНИЯ КОМПЕТЕНЦИИ ПО ОБЕСПЕЧЕНИЮ КОНКУРЕНЦИИ МЕЖДУ ОРГАНАМИ ВНУТРЕННИХ ДЕЛ И ФАС РОССИИ
Creators: name: КЛИМЕНКОВ ИЛЬЯ НИКОЛАЕВИЧ
Publisher: name: Вестник Московского университета МВД России
Year: 2020
Subjects: ФЕДЕРАЛЬНАЯ АНТИМОНОПОЛЬНАЯ СЛУЖБА
КОНКУРЕНЦИЯ
МОНОПОЛИЯ
ОРГАНЫ ВНУТРЕННИХ ДЕЛ
ЗАКОНОДАТЕЛЬСТВО
FEDERAL ANTIMONOPOLY SERVICE
COMPETITION
MONOPOLY
INTERNAL AFFAIRS BODIES
LEGISLATION

description: Проанализирована компетенция ФАС России и органов внутренних дел по обеспечению конкуренции в Российской Федерации. Необходимость анализа этой системы обусловлена целями формирования сбалансированной конкурентной среды и исключения картельных сговоров в Российской Федерации. Рассмотрены основные нормативные правовые акты, регулирующие деятельность ФАС России и органов внутренних дел в сфере обеспечения конкуренции; сделан вывод об основных направлениях реализации их компетенции в данной сфере.
Potentials and Pitfalls of Social Capital Ties to Climate Change Adaptation: An exploratory study of Indigenous Peoples in the Philippines
Creators: name: Cuaton, Ginbert
name: Su, Yvonne
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 459999
subject: Other Indigenous studies not elsewhere classified

description: Climate change’s impacts vary across different geographical regions and societies, thus, underpinning the value of context-specific adaptation strategies grounded in local knowledge, social cohesion and community dynamics. This paper explores the potentials and pitfalls of social capital to climate change adaptation – an underexplored area of inquiry on climate change and Indigenous development literature. A qualitative case study design was used to conduct interviews and a focus group discussion with 14 Mamanwas and two government social workers in Eastern Visayas, the Philippines, from 2018 to mid-2019. Our findings suggest that while Mamanwas’ substantial bonding social capital ties contribute to their communal safety from weather extremes and adaptation to climate change, it has also unintentionally resulted in potentially adverse conditions, as can be deduced from their fragile bridging and linking capital ties with the broader community and government institutions. This research argues that social capital constitutes a vital social aspect of adaptation; therefore, policymakers and development workers must account for multiple scales and forms of adaptation, as well as acknowledge the importance of engaging, empowering and incorporating the political voice of Indigenous Peoples in crafting solutions on issues they consider relevant and urgent to their human development.
Five centuries of climate change in Australia: the view from underground
Creators: name: Pollack, Henry N.
name: Huang, Shaopeng
name: Smerdon, Jason E.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2006
Subjects: Earth temperature
Paleoclimatology
Climatic changes

description: Fifty-seven borehole temperature profiles from across Australia are analysed to reconstruct a ground surface temperature history for the past five centuries. The five-hundred-year reconstruction is characterised by a temperature increase of approximately 0.5 K, with most of the warming occurring in the 19th and 20th centuries. The 17th century was the coolest interval of the five-century reconstruction. Comparison of the geothermal reconstruction to the Australian annual surface air temperature time series in their period of overlap shows excellent agreement. The full geothermal reconstruction also agrees well with the low-frequency component of dendroclimatic reconstructions from Tasmania and New Zealand. The warming of Australia over the past five centuries is only about half that experienced by the continents of the Northern Hemisphere in the same time interval.
title: Milk Intake in Early and Late Adulthood and Risk of Osteoporotic Hip Fractures in Utah
Creators: name: Slavens, Melanie Jean
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2006

description: The relationship between milk intake and risk of osteoporotic fractures is uncertain. Associations between milk intake and milk avoidance in relation to osteoporotic hip fracture were examined in the Utah Study of Nutrition and Bone Health (USNBH), a statewide case-control study. Cases were ascertained at Utah hospitals treating 98 percent of hip fractures during 1997-2001 and included 1188 men and women aged 50-89 years. Age- and gender-matched controls were randomly selected from Utah driver's license and Medicare databases (N= 1324). In-person interviews were conducted and participants reported frequency of milk intake per week at age 18 and during pregnancy among women who reported being pregnant. Milk avoidance for a period of more than one year and duration of milk avoidance were also reported. Diet and supplement intake in the one-year period before fracture (cases) or the interview (controls) was assessed using a picture-sort food frequency questionnaire. Milk consumption frequency was categorized into four levels of intake at each life stage. Total calcium intake was categorized into quintiles of distribution of intake. Logistic regression models were used to examine associations between milk intake and milk avoidance and risk of hip fracture while controlling for the potential confounding effects of gender, age, body mass index, alcohol use, smoking, physical activity, estrogen use, and total calorie, protein, calcium, and vitamin D intake. Recent milk intake, milk intake during pregnancy, and milk avoidance duration were not associated with risk of hip fracture. A borderline association was found at age 18 showing a decreased risk of hip fracture among those in the highest quartile (2: 15 cups of milk per week) of milk intake (odds ratio (OR): 0.86, 95 percent confidence interval (Cl): 0.75, 1.00; P = 0.046). Milk avoidance for a year or more was associated with an increased risk of hip fracture compared to those who did not avoid milk (OR: 1.38, 95 percent CI: 1.07, 1.78). A significant interaction was found between milk avoidance and quintile of total calcium intake (P = 0.02). Milk avoidance was associated with a significantly higher risk of hip fracture at the lowest two quintiles of calcium intake (OR: 1.72, 95 percent CI: 1.26, 2.17; P = 0.02 and OR: 1.58, 95 percent CI: 1.01, 2.15; P = 0.01, respectively) but was not associated with elevated risk among those with higher calcium intakes. In conclusion, milk intake during pregnancy for women, and in the year before hip fracture (for cases) or before interview (for controls), was not associated with hip fracture risk. The highest level of milk intake at age 18 was associated with decreased risk of hip fracture. Avoidance of milk for one year or more was associated with hip fracture risk, but only among those with low calcium intake (Q1 and Q2).
ОСОБЕННОСТИ ОРГАНИЗАЦИИ АНТИКОРРУПЦИОННОЙ СИСТЕМЫ БЕЗОПАСНОСТИ В МВД РОССИИ
Creators: name: ПОПОВ СЕРГЕЙ АЛЕКСАНДРОВИЧ
Publisher: name: Вестник Московского университета МВД России
Year: 2020
Subjects: КОРРУПЦИЯ
ТЕОРЕТИЧЕСКИЙ АНАЛИЗ
ПРОТИВОДЕЙСТВИЕ КОРРУПЦИИ
ПРАВООХРАНИТЕЛЬНЫЕ ОРГАНЫ
СИСТЕМА
CORRUPTION
THEORETICAL ANALYSIS
ANTI-CORRUPTION
LAW ENFORCEMENT
SYSTEM

description: Рассмотрены основные доктринальные подходы к организации антикоррупционной системы безопасности в МВД России; проанализированы нормативные правовые акты в данной сфере; делается вывод об особенностях организации деятельности МВД России в данной сфере.
Final state interactions in the decays J/psi->VPP
Creators: name: Liu, Bochao
name: Buescher, Markus
name: Guo, Feng-Kun
name: Hanhart, Christoph
name: Meißner, Ulf-G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the interplay between crossed channel final state interactions and the constraints from two--particle unitarity for the reactions J/psi->V pi pi and VK\bar K, where V is either omega or phi. Using a model where the parameters are largely constrained by other sources, we find that, although small, crossed channel final state interaction can influence the amplitudes considerably, in special areas of phase space. These results cast doubt on the inapplicability of unitarity constraints on production amplitudes as recently claimed in the literature.
description: 9 figures, 13 pages
Classifying North Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Tracks by Mass Moments
Creators: name: Nakamura, Jennifer A.
name: Lall, Upmanu
name: Kushnir, Yochanan
name: Camargo, Suzana J.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2009
Subjects: Atmosphere

description: A new method for classifying tropical cyclones or similar features is introduced. The cyclone track is considered as an open spatial curve, with the wind speed or power information along the curve considered to be a mass attribute. The first and second moments of the resulting object are computed and then used to classify the historical tracks using standard clustering algorithms. Mass moments allow the whole track shape, length, and location to be incorporated into the clustering methodology. Tropical cyclones in the North Atlantic basin are clustered with K-means by mass moments, producing an optimum of six clusters with differing genesis locations, track shapes, intensities, life spans, landfalls, seasonal patterns, and trends. Even variables that are not directly clustered show distinct separation between clusters. A trend analysis confirms recent conclusions of increasing tropical cyclones in the basin over the past two decades. However, the trends vary across clusters.
Weak KAM aspects of convex Hamilton-Jacobi equations with Neumann type boundary conditions
Creators: name: Ishii, Hitoshi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 35B20, 70H20

description: We establish the stability under the formations of infimum and of convex combinations of subsolutions of convex Hamilton-Jacobi equations, some comparison and existence results for convex and coercive Hamilton-Jacobi equations with the Neumann type boundary condition as well as existence results for the Skorokhod problem. We define the Aubry-Mather set associated with the Neumann type boundary problem and establish some properties of the Aubry-Mather set including the existence results for the ``calibrated'' extremals for the corresponding action functional (or variational problem).
description: 39 pages, 1 figure
Active Galactic Nuclei and Transformation of Dark Matter into Visible Matter
Creators: name: Grib, A. A.
name: Pavlov, Yu. V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The hypothesis that dark matter is converted into visible particles in active galactic nuclei is investigated. If dark matter consists of stable superheavy neutral particles and active galactic nuclei are rotating black holes, then, due to the Penrose process, superheavy particles can decay into unstable particles with larger mass, whose decay into quarks and leptons leads to events in cosmic rays observed by the Auger group. Similar processes of decay of superheavy particles of dark matter into visible matter occurred in the early Universe. Numerical estimates of the processes in active galactic nuclei and in the early Universe are given.
description: 5 pages, LaTeX; v2: one reference added, published version
title: Type 2 Diabetes and the Risk of Osteoporotic Hip Fracture in Utah Men and Women
Creators: name: Bunch, Megan
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2006

description: Prior studies have unequivocally established a consistent association between osteoporotic hip fracture risk and type 2 diabetes mellitus. One reason this association still remains unclear is primarily due to the limited amount of research conducted in this area. The Utah Study of Nutrition and Bone Health (USNBH) is a case-control study conducted in Utah during the period of 1997-2001 to determine risk factors for osteoporotic hip fracture. All study participants (n = 2590) were determined from Utah residents 50-90 years of age. Cases were determined from 18 Utah hospitals during 1997-2001. Age and gender-matched controls were randomly selected from the Utah Drivers License pool if less than 65 years of age and the Medicare databases if greater than 65 years of age. Logistic regression models were used to determine the association between type 2 diabetes and hip fracture risk. Logistic regression modeling controlled for gender, body mass index, smoking status, alcohol use, physical activity, education level, and estrogen use in women. The risk of hip fracture was associated with type 2 diabetes. The significant correlation was primarily found in females in which the risk of hip fracture increased accompanying diagnosis of type 2 diabetes. Estrogen usage in females decreased (p < 0.0001) hip fracture risk in both former or current users. Physical activity significantly decreased the risk of hip fracture for females (p < 0.0001) and for males (p = 0.001). Smoking and alcohol use may increase the risk of hip fracture, especially in women. This study substantiates the hypothesis that type 2 diabetes mellitus increases the risk of hip fracture.
Magnetobiostratigraphy of the Spathian to Anisian (Lower to Middle Triassic) Kçira section, Albania
Creators: name: Muttoni, Giovanni
name: Kent, Dennis V.
name: Meço, Selam
name: Nicora, Alda
name: Gaetani, Maurizio
name: Balini, Marco
name: Germani, Daniela
name: Rettori, Roberto
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: Geology
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences

description: Magnetobiostratigraphic data are presented from three Early/Middle Triassic Han-Bulog Limestone successions from Kçira, northern Albania. A total of 206 standard palaeomagnetic samples were obtained for thermal demagnetization and statisticalanalysis from the 42, 10 and 5m thick sections. The reversal-bearing characteristic component, carried by haematite and magnetite, defines a composite sequence of six main polarity intervals (Kçln to Kç3r) in which are embedded four short polarity intervals, one at the base of Kçln and three towards the top of Kçlr. The early acquisition of the characteristic remanence is supported by the lateral correlation of magnetozones between sections. The Early/Middle Triassic boundary, approximated by the first occurrence of the conodont Chiosella timorensis, falls close to the Kçlr/Kç2n polarity transition. This is in good agreement with recently published magnetobiostratigraphic data from the coeval Chios (Greece) sections. The palaeomagnetic pole calculated from the Kçira characteristic directions lies close to the Triassic portion of the apparent polar wander path for Laurussia (in European coordinates). However, a 40-45" clockwise rotation of the external zone of the Albano-Hellenic Belt to the south of the Scutari-Pec Line is thought to have occurred since the Early-Middle Miocene. The Kçira pole acquires a West Gondwana affinity when restored for the Neogene clockwise rotation. If the clockwise rotation was entirely related to Neogene tectonics, the Kçira area was evidently associated with West Gondwana and located at 12-16"N of the western Tethys margin.
An essay on the measurement of productivity in ports
Creators: name: Hooper, PG
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: Concern about the high costs incurred in Australian ports has recently been raised at a seminar on 'Shore - Based Shipping Costs' which was convened by the Bureau of Transport Economics (BTE). Although many speakers at the seminar were able to cite factors which have contributed to the current state of affairs, no general explanation of the reasons for the poor performance of the ports sector was advanced. As a reflection of this situation, the Common wealth Minister for Transport announced after the seminar that a national Task Force would be established to investigate the reasons for high costs and delays in Australia's ports. If it is clear that the state of knowledge about ports needs to be advanced, it is not immediately apparent how this might be achieved. This thesis sets out to assess what contribution might be provided by productivity studies which are based upon established economic theory and practice. It is noted that recent developments in this body of theory have been applied successfully in other sectors of the transport industry. This suggests that production theory might also be applied to good effect in the case of ports. Notwithstanding this, there has been very little previous work carried out in the topic. Given this background, the aim of the present study was to explore the relevance of the theory to ports, and to propose fruitful avenues for further applied work. The credit for generating my interest in production theory is due to John Taplin in his capacity as Professor of Transport Economics and to John Madden at the University of Tasmania. Subsequently, Associate Professor David Hensher of Macquarie University has generously given his time as an external supervisor, and I would like to acknowledge my deep gratitude for his advice and encouragement. At the University of Tasmania, assistance has been given by Tony Hocking and Or Nick Groenewold. Finally, this thesis could not have been completed without the encouragement of my wife, Karen, and the forbearance of my children, Saxon, Chenoa, Dyani and Corwin.
Integrated Anisian–Ladinian boundary chronology
Creators: name: Muttoni, Giovanni
name: Nicora, Alda
name: Brack, Peter
name: Kent, Dennis V.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2004
Subjects: Geology, Stratigraphic

description: We report magnetostratigraphic and biostratigraphic data from the Seceda core and the correlative outcrop section from the Dolomites of northern Italy. The Seceda rock succession consists of Tethyan marine limestones and radiometrically dated volcaniclastic layers of the Buchenstein Beds of Middle Triassic age (∼238–242 Ma). The Seceda outcrop section was correlated to coeval sections from the literature using magnetic polarity reversals and a selection of laterally traceable and isochronous lithostratigraphic marker beds. This allowed us to import the distribution of age-diagnostic conodonts, ammonoids, and daonellas from these sections into a Seceda reference stratigraphy for the construction of an integrated biochronology extending across a consistent portion of the Anisian–Ladinian boundary interval. Among the three options selected by the Subcommission for Triassic Stratigraphy to establish the Ladinian Global Stratigraphic Section and Point, we propose to adopt the level containing the base of the Curionii ammonoid Zone at Bagolino (Southern Alps, Italy) because this level is closely associated with a global means of correlation represented by the base of polarity submagnetozone SC2r.2r. The first occurrence of Neogondolella praehungarica in the Dolomites predates slightly the base of the Curionii Zone and can be used to approximate the Anisian–Ladinian boundary in the absence of ammonoids.
ЮРИДИЧЕСКИЕ ПОСЛЕДСТВИЯ КОНФЛИКТА ИНТЕРЕСОВ ПРИ ОСУЩЕСТВЛЕНИИ АДВОКАТОМ ЗАЩИТЫ ПО УГОЛОВНОМУ ДЕЛУ
Creators: name: СМИРНОВ ПАВЕЛ ВАЛЕНТИНОВИЧ
Publisher: name: Вестник Московского университета МВД России
Year: 2020
Subjects: КОНФЛИКТ ИНТЕРЕСОВ
ЗАЩИТА ПО УГОЛОВНОМУ ДЕЛУ
УСТРАНЕНИЕ ОТ УЧАСТИЯ
САМООТВОД
ОБЯЗАННОСТИ ПЕРЕД ДОВЕРИТЕЛЕМ
ПРОБЕЛ В ЗАКОНОДАТЕЛЬСТВЕ
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
DEFENSE IN A CRIMINAL CASE
ELIMINATION FROM PARTICIPATION
SELF-REJECTION
OBLIGATIONS TO THE PRINCIPAL
GAP IN THE LEGISLATION

description: Рассматриваются особенности осуществления адвокатской защиты в рамках уголовного судопроизводства, в частности, обязанности адвоката перед подзащитным в случае выявления конфликта интересов. Проводится обзор законодательства, регулирующего адвокатскую деятельность в этой части, а также выявляются пробелы в законодательном регулировании на основании анализа мнений юристов-исследователей и зарубежной практики. Цель данной статьи - всесторонний анализ ограничений и запретов, существующих в законодательстве Российской Федерации относительно действий адвоката при осуществлении защиты по уголовному делу. Актуальность исследования заключается в том, что в российском законодательстве, регулирующим юридические последствия конфликта интересов в уголовно-правовой деятельности адвоката, обнаруживаются значительные пробелы, что говорит о необходимости его модернизации. По результатам проведенной работы можно сделать вывод о том, что российским законодателем не урегулирован целый ряд вопросов, касающихся устранения адвоката от участия в уголовном деле в случае выявления конфликта интересов и нуждающихся в законодательном закреплении.
title: Microbial Ecology of an Animal Waste-Fueled Induced Blanket Reactor
Creators: name: Curtis, Steven C.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2006

description: Use of an induced blanket reactor (IBR) to break down organic matter into methane is a financially attractive method to reduce the environmental impact of animal or industrial waste. In order to better understand the biological processes involved with the conversion of waste to biogas by an IBR, it is necessary to gain a better understanding of the microorganisms and their roles in the reactor. Molecular techniques based on the isolation of 16S rDNA were used in order to avoid the limitations posed by conventional culture-based techniques. Total DNA was extracted and amplified using universal primers specific to eubacteria and archaea with the purpose of identifying the dominant microorganisms in the IBR. The amplified DNA was separated based on its sequence composition by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE). Several bands were then excised, cloned, and sequenced, in order to characterize the phylogenetic affiliation of many of the microorganisms and create a useful molecular fingerprint. By using this approach, close relatives of several microorganisms that are typical in anaerobic digestion have been identified, including species of Clostridium, Flavobacterium, Bacteroides, Spirochaeta, Methanobrevibacter, and Methanosarcina. Several species were also identified whose role in the reactor is not completely understood, consisting of relatives of Dehalococcoides, Planctomyces, Aequorivita, and Sedimentibacter species. The information obtained in this project may enable refinements that promote desirable reactions and enhance reactor efficiency.
Metal-Enriched Outflows in the Ultra-Luminous infrared Quasar Q1321+058
Creators: name: Wang, Tinggui
name: Zhou, Hongyan
name: Yuan, Weimin
name: Lu, Honglin
name: Dong, Xiaobo
name: Shan, Hongguang
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Quasar outflows may play important role in the evolution of its host galaxy and central black hole. In this paper, we present a detailed study of multiple outflows in the obscured ultra-luminous infrared quasar Q1321+058. The outflows reveal themselves in the complex optical and UV emission line spectrum, with a broad component blueshifted by 1650 km/s and a narrow component by 360 km/s, respectively.The higher velocity component shows ever strong N III] and strong Si III], in addition to strong [O III]5007 and [Ne III]3869 emission lines, suggesting an overabundance of N and Si relative to C. The abundance pattern is consistent a fast chemical enriching process associated with a recent starburst. The outflow extends to several tens to hundred parsecs from the quasar, and covers only a very small sky. We find that the outflow with line emitting gas is energetically insufficient to remove the ISM of the host galaxy. The velocity range and the column density suggest that the outflow might be part of the low ionization broad absorption line region as seen in a small class of quasars. The optical and UV continuum is starlight-dominated and can be modelled with a young-aged (1 Myr) plus an intermediate-aged (~0.5-1 Gyr) stellar populations, suggesting a fast building of the stellar mass in the host galaxy, consistent with the starburst-type metal abundances inferred from the high velocity outflow spectrum. The broad band spectral energy distribution shows that it is an obscured quasar with its bulk emission in the middle infrared. The star formation rate, independently estimated from UV, far-infrared, and emission line luminosity, is much lower than that is required for the co-evolution of the black hole and its host spheroid.
description: 31 pages, accepted to ApJ
Air-ground temperature coupling and subsurface propagation of annual temperature signals
Creators: name: Smerdon, Jason E.
name: Pollack, Henry N.
name: Cermak, Vladimir
name: Enz, John W.
name: Kresl, Milan
name: Safanda, Jan
name: Wehmiller, John F.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2004
Subjects: Earth temperature
Atmosphere
Paleoclimatology
Hydrology

description: Borehole-based reconstructions of ground surface temperature (GST) have been widely used as indicators of paleoclimate. These reconstructions assume that heat transport within the subsurface is conductive. Climatic interpretations of GST reconstructions also assume that GST is strongly coupled to surface air temperature (SAT) on timescales of decades and longer. We examine these two assumptions using records of SAT and subsurface temperature time series from Fargo, North Dakota; Prague, Czech Republic; Cape Henlopen State Park, Delaware; and Cape Hatteras National Seashore, North Carolina. The characteristics of downward propagating annual temperature signals at each site clearly indicate that heat transport can be described as one-dimensional conduction in a homogeneous medium. Extrapolations of subsurface observations to the ground surface yield estimates of annual GST signals and allow comparisons to annual SAT signals. All annual GST signals are modestly attenuated and negligibly phase shifted relative to SAT. The four sites collectively demonstrate that differences between annual GST and SAT signals arise in both summer and winter seasons, in amounts dependent on the climatic setting of each site.
Unconventional magnetism in small gold organic molecules
Creators: name: Carrascal, Diego
name: Fernandez-Seivane, Lucas
name: Ferrer, Jaime
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a theoretical study of the magnetic properties of dicyclopentadienyl metallocene and phthalocyanine molecules, that contain the transition metal atoms M = Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ir, Pt and Au. Our most important prediction is that gold and copper molecules are magnetic. We find that the magnetism of these molecules is fairly unconventional: the gold atom itself is weakly magnetic or even non-magnetic. Its role is rather to induce magnetism in the surrounding carbon and nitrogen atoms, producing a sort of spin density wave.
description: 4 pages, 5 figures
К ВОПРОСУ О ПРОТИВОДЕЙСТВИИ МОЛОДЕЖНОМУ ЭКСТРЕМИЗМУ В РОССИИ
Creators: name: АКИМОВА ГАЛИНА ВЯЧЕСЛАВОВНА
Publisher: name: Вестник Московского университета МВД России
Year: 2020
Subjects: ЭКСТРЕМИЗМ
МОЛОДЕЖЬ
МОЛОДЕЖНЫЙ ЭКСТРЕМИЗМ
ПРОТИВОДЕЙСТВИЕ
ПРЕСТУПНОСТЬ
EXTREMISM
YOUTH
YOUTH EXTREMISM
COUNTERACTION
CRIME

description: Рассматриваются общие и практические вопросы организации и осуществления противодействия молодежному экстремизму. Приводятся статистические данные и теоретические положения. Определяются приоритетные направления противодействия молодежному экстремизму силами подразделений МВД РФ.
Continental Coring of the Newark Rift
Creators: name: Olsen, Paul E.
name: Kent, Dennis V.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 1990
Subjects: subject: Geophysics
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences

description: The entire Late Triassic record of the Newark continental rift of New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania will be drilled to recover about 7000 m of continuous core under the National Science Foundation's Continental Lithosphere Program. Unlike the relatively well-known postrift sedimentary succession of continental margins, there is hardly any continental rift sequence known in the detail necessary for quantitative tectonic or stratigraphic models. The Newark basin is one of the most accessible and most studied rifts in the world. While much has been learned over the 150 years of study by piecing together the record from discontinuous outcrops [Manspeizer, 1988; Olsen et al., 1989], inevitable uncertainties in correlation and facies relationships have hampered the development of a comprehensive tectonic and stratigraphic history.
title: Smoking, Anemia, and Risk of Oral Clefts in Utah
Creators: name: Moss, Melinda Michelle
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2006

description: Cigarette smoke contains sufficient carbon monoxide to induce maternal and fetal hypoxia. Hypoxia is a known teratogen, and consequently maternal smoking has been the focus of many studies on adverse birth outcomes, including cleft lip and palate. Current literature of epidemiological studies on smoking and clefts suggests a modest but statistically significant increase in risk of clefting associated with maternal smoking. A biological condition that may also contribute to hypoxia is anemia. Data from the Utah Child and Family Health Study was used to assess the effects of hypoxia-inducing conditions, maternal smoking, anemia, and their interaction, on the risk of having a child with a cleft. Smoking during the first trimester and hemoglobin levels ofless than 12.0 g/dL were the defined risk exposures and logistic regression modeling was used to test the hypotheses. Smoking during the first trimester of pregnancy was associated with increased risk of clefting; however, anemia did not appear to be associated with clefting in this population, and there was also no apparent additional increase in risk for those mothers who both smoked and were anemic. Prospects for future studies include using populations that have higher rates of anemia and smoking to gain more statistical power, and using more sensitive measures of red blood cell health other than hemoglobin. From a public health perspective, evidence from this study would suggest that efforts to promote smoking cessation in women of child-bearing years is of considerable importance.
title: The Effect of Exopolysaccharide-producing Streptococcus thermophilus MR1C on Functionality in High Moisture Cheddar-type Cheese
Creators: name: Singleton, Tyler J.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2007

description: Differences in texture at any particular stage of ripening depend upon differences in the basic structure and the extent to which the basic structure is modified by physical parameters. Thus, very young cheeses of the same variety differ in texture because of variations in pH and in salt, moisture, and fat content. How well a cheese melts and shreds depend on its texture and physical parameters. Streptococcus thermophilus MR1C produces an exopolysaccharide (EPS) that is tightly associated with the bacterial cell wall. Addition of S. thermophilus MR1C to the cheese make will increase the moisture of the cheese 2-3% and thus affect the texture, melt, and shreddability of that cheese.
To determine the effect of S. thermophilus MR1C on the texture, melt, and shreddability of cheese, two stirred-curd cheeses with equivalent physical parameters using BPS-producing S. thermophilus MR1C or non-BPS-producing S. thermophilus DM10 adjunct cultures were produced. Because MR1C cheese would increase moisture, the curd size, wash water temperature, and pH at salting had to be altered in order to make the physical parameters the same for both cheeses.
The MR1C cheese was harder and had a higher fracture stress than the DM10 cheese. The MR1C cheese was also more adhesive, but only for one of the two trials. Even with adjustments in the method of manufacture, the MR1C cheese still had a slightly higher SM and pH, which may be partly responsible for the differences between the two cheeses. There were no differences between the MR1C cheese and the DM1 0 cheese in shreddability as determined by fines, stickiness, and gumminess. Cheese produced without a streptoccus adjunct culture was more cohesive and had fewer fines than the MR1C or DM10 cheese.
О РОЛИ АДМИНИСТРАТИВНЫХ РЕГЛАМЕНТОВ В ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТИ ОРГАНОВ ВНУТРЕННИХ ДЕЛ РОССИЙСКОЙ ФЕДЕРАЦИИ
Creators: name: ГУСЕВА СВЕТЛАНА ГЕННАДЬЕВНА
name: КОНЯХИНА ТАТЬЯНА ЯКОВЛЕВНА
name: СКВОРЦОВА АННА ПЕТРОВНА
Publisher: name: Вестник Московского университета МВД России
Year: 2020
Subjects: РОССИЙСКАЯ ФЕДЕРАЦИЯ
ЗАКОНОДАТЕЛЬСТВО
НОРМАТИВНЫЙ ПРАВОВОЙ АКТ
КОНСТИТУЦИЯ РОССИЙСКОЙ ФЕДЕРАЦИИ
ФЕДЕРАЛЬНЫЙ КОНСТИТУЦИОННЫЙ ЗАКОН РФ
ФЕДЕРАЛЬНЫЙ КОНСТИТУЦИОННЫЙ ЗАКОН РФ «О ПРАВИТЕЛЬСТВЕ РОССИЙСКОЙ ФЕДЕРАЦИИ» ОТ 14 МАЯ 1997 Г.
ФЕДЕРАЛЬНЫЙ ЗАКОН
ФЕДЕРАЛЬНЫЙ ЗАКОН «О ПОЛИЦИИ» ОТ 28 ЯНВАРЯ 2011 Г.
ИСПОЛНИТЕЛЬНАЯ ВЛАСТЬ
ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ ОРГАН
ФЕДЕРАЛЬНОЕ МИНИСТЕРСТВО
МИНИСТЕРСТВО ВНУТРЕННИХ ДЕЛ РОССИЙСКОЙ ФЕДЕРАЦИИ
АДМИНИСТРАТИВНЫЙ РЕГЛАМЕНТ
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
LEGISLATION
NORMATIVE LEGAL ACT
CONSTITUTION OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL LAW OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL LAW OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION «ON THE GOVERNMENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION» OF MAY 14 1997
FEDERAL LAW
FEDERAL LAW «ON POLICE» OF JANUARY 28 2011
EXECUTIVE POWER
STATE BODY
FEDERAL MINISTRY
MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS

description: На основе анализа юридической литературы и законодательства об административных регламентах в деятельности органов внутренних дел Российской Федерации обосновано несколько суждений: в теории и в законодательстве термины «орган внутренних дел» и «полиция» необходимо соотносить как родовидовые: орган внутренних дел включает в себя и полицию; организация и деятельность органов внутренних дел может быть урегулирована в Федеральном законе «Об органах внутренних дел в Российской Федерации»; деятельность органов внутренних дел следует рассматривать как совокупность полномочий, а не функций; правотворческий опыт регулирования отдельных «функций» органов внутренних дел посредством принятия подзаконных нормативных правовых актов об административных регламентах - оценивать негативно.
K-tree: Large Scale Document Clustering
Creators: name: De Vries, Christopher M.
name: Geva, Shlomo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Information Retrieval (cs.IR)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: Data Structures and Algorithms (cs.DS)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: H.3.3

description: We introduce K-tree in an information retrieval context. It is an efficient approximation of the k-means clustering algorithm. Unlike k-means it forms a hierarchy of clusters. It has been extended to address issues with sparse representations. We compare performance and quality to CLUTO using document collections. The K-tree has a low time complexity that is suitable for large document collections. This tree structure allows for efficient disk based implementations where space requirements exceed that of main memory.
description: 2 pages, SIGIR 2009
title: Catalase Activity Mediates the Inhibitory Actions of 24,25 Dihydroxyvitamin D3
Creators: name: Peery, Sven L.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2006

description: The steroid hormone 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 [1,25(OH)2D3] rapidly stimulates the uptake of phosphate in isolated chick intestinal cells , while the steroid 24,25- dihydroxyvitamin D3 [24,25(OH)2D3] inhibits the rapid stimulation by l,25(OH)2D3. Earlier work in this laboratory has indicated that a cellular binding protein for the 24,25(OH)2D3 is the enzyme catalase. Since binding resulted in decreased catalase activity and increased H2O2 production, studies were undertaken to determine if pro-oxidant conditions mimicked the inhibitory actions of 24,25(OH)2D3, and anti-oxidant conditions prevented the inhibitory actions of 24,25(OH)2D3. An antibody against a putative 24,25(OH)2D3 binding protein was found to neutralize the inhibitory effect of the steroid on 1,25(OH)2D3-mediated 32P uptake (P2D3, each in Cells exposed to hormone alone again showed an increased accumulation of 32P from T=5-10 min, while cells treated with catalase inhibitor and hormone had uptake levels that were indistinguishable from controls. We tested whether inactivation of protein kinase C (PKC), the signaling pathway for 32P uptake, occurred. Incubation of cells with 100 nM phorbol-13-myristate (PMA) increased 32P uptake to 143% of controls, while cells pretreated with 50 μM H2O2 prior to PMA did not exhibit increased uptake. Likewise, PMA significantly increased PKC activity at T=1-3 min (P2O2 prior to PMA did not. It is concluded that catalase has a central role in mediating rapid responses to steroid hormones.
ТРУДОВАЯ ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТЬ И УЧЕБА ИНОСТРАННЫХ ГРАЖДАН В КОРОЛЕВСТВЕ НИДЕРЛАНДОВ
Creators: name: ПРУДНИКОВА ТАТЬЯНА АНАТОЛЬЕВНА
Publisher: name: Вестник Московского университета МВД России
Year: 2020
Subjects: ИНОСТРАННЫЙ ГРАЖДАНИН
ТРУДОВАЯ ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТЬ
МИГРАЦИОННЫЕ ПРОЦЕССЫ
РЕГУЛИРОВАНИЕ
МИГРАНТЫ
УЧЕБА
РАЗРЕШЕНИЕ
ПРАВИЛА
УБЕЖИЩЕ
FOREIGN CITIZEN
LABOR ACTIVITY
MIGRATION PROCESSES
REGULATION
MIGRANTS
STUDY
PERMISSION
RULES
ASYLUM

description: Раскрываются особенности трудовой деятельности иностранных граждан и лиц без гражданства, получения разрешения на работу, в том числе и для квалифицированных специалистов в Королевстве Нидерландов.
Low Code Development Platform Adoption: A Research Model
Creators: name: Kaess, Sebastian
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Information Systems
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Although Low Code Development Platforms (LCDP) promise efficiency and effectiveness improvements for organisations when adopted, research on LCDP adoption lacks a theoretical foundation. This research-in-progress paper proposes a research model to explain LCDP adoption. The research model combines two theoretical lenses, including social and technical factors referring to the socio-technical systems theory, complementing the environmental factors captured in the Technology – Environment – Organisation model. As single factors may not be sufficient to explain LCDP adoption, this paper introduces combinations of factors that balance social, technical, and environmental factors. In this stage, the paper’s contribution to research is a first theoretically grounded but tentative model to explain LCDP adoption. The expected results of this study provide combinations of factors to indicate one or more paths for LCDP adoption.
Operator mixing and three-point functions in N=4 SYM
Creators: name: Georgiou, George
name: Gili, Valeria L.
name: Russo, Rodolfo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the three-point functions between two BPS and one non-BPS local gauge invariant operators in N=4 Super Yang-Mills theory. In particular we show, in explicit 1-loop examples, that the operator mixing discussed in arXiv:0810.0499 plays an important role in the computations of the correlators and is necessary to cancel contributions that would violate the constraints following from the superconformal and the bonus U(1)_Y symmetries. We analyse the same type of correlators also at strong coupling by using the BMN limit of the AdS_5xS^5 string theory. Again the mixing between states with different types of impurities is crucial to ensure the cancellation of various amplitudes that would violate the constraints mentioned above. However, on the string side, we also find some examples of interactions between one non-BPS and two BPS states that do not satisfy expectations based on the superconformal and the bonus U(1)_Y symmetries.
description: 28 pages, 5 figures
Prospects for Systemic Change across Academic Libraries
Creators: name: Neal, James G.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2011
Subjects: Library science

description: "Charles J. Henry, in the January/February 2011 column for the E-Content department, challenged readers to focus on a fundamental repositioning, consolidation, and convergence and to steer away from isolation and adhocracy in the future development of the academy and its critical components. I will focus here on the academic library, and argue further that primal innovation, a basic commitment to risk and experimentation, and deconstruction—breaking down the current incoherence and rebuilding according to new axioms—are the essential instruments. Understanding and acting on the critical trends affecting academic library progress is essential. After that, translating those influences into bold and systemic change is imperative."