cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
CIFRA National Survey: Uruguay October 2000
Creators: name: CIFRA, In Bogliaccini, Juan, And Queirolo Rosario Laboratorio De Opinión Pública And Redes Sociales En Uruguay Collection (Social Networks And Public Opinion Lab Collection)
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2021

description: Recent visits to movie theater; recent books read; recent household purchases; economic situation of family; future financial situation; performance of national institutions; public vs. private capital in public companies; likability of politicians and presidential candidates; Uruguay trading partners; Uruguay as a member of Mercosur, a South American trading bloc; approval of district mayor; approval of Parliament; approval of president Jorge Batlle; approval of Judicial Court; economic situation of the country; recent visits to pharmacy; government regulation on prices of private schools; food purchases; alcohol preferences; recent whiskey purchases; satisfaction of your childrens' education; political spectrum position; past voting history. National Agency for Research and Innovation (ANII) Collection.
Measuring the magnetization of three monolayer thick Co islands and films by X-ray dichroism
Creators: name: Mascaraque, A.
name: Aballe, L.
name: Marco, J. F.
name: Mentes, T. O.
name: Gabaly, F. El
name: Klein, C.
name: Schmid, A. K.
name: McCarty, K. F.
name: Locatelli, A.
name: de la Figuera, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Co islands and films are characterized by x-ray magnetic circular dichroism photoemission electron microscopy (XMCD-PEEM). The spatial resolution capabilties of the technique together with atomic growth control permit obtaining perfectly flat triangular islands with a given thickness (3 ML), very close to an abrupt spin-reorientation transition. The magnetic domain configurations are found to depend on island size: while small islands can be magnetized in a single-domain state, larger islands show more complex patterns. Furthermore, the magnetization pattern of the larger islands presents a common chirality. By means of dichroic spectro-microscopy at the Co L absorption edges, an experimental estimate of the ratio of the spin- and orbital magnetic moment for three monolayer thick films is obtained.
description: 16 pages, three figures
Extreme Variability Quasars in Their Various States. I: The sample selection and composite SDSS spectra
Creators: name: Ren, Wenke
name: Wang, Junxian
name: Cai, Zhenyi
name: Guo, Hengxiao
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Extremely variable quasars (EVQs) are a population of sources showing large optical photometric variability revealed by time-domain surveys. The physical origin of such extreme variability is yet unclear. In this first paper of a series, we construct the largest-ever sample of 14,012 EVQs using photometric data spanning over $>$ 15 years from SDSS and Pan-STARRS1. We divide them into five sub-samples according to the relative brightness of an EVQ during SDSS spectroscopic observation compared to the mean brightness from photometric observations. Corresponding control samples of normal quasars are built with matched redshift, bolometric luminosity and supermassive black hole mass. We obtain the composite SDSS spectra of EVQs in various states and their corresponding control samples. We find EVQs exhibit clearly bluer (redder) SDSS spectra during bright (dim) states, consistent with the "bluer-when-brighter" trend widely seen in normal quasars. We further find the line EWs of broad MgII, CIV and OIII (but not broad Hb which is yet puzzling) gradually decrease from dim state to bright state, similar to the so-called intrinsic Baldwin effect commonly seen in normal AGNs. Meanwhile, EVQs have systematically larger line EWs compared with the control samples. We also see that EVQs exhibit subtle excess in the very broad line component compared with control samples. Possible explanations for the discoveries are discussed. Our findings support the hypothesis that EVQs are in the tail of a broad distribution of quasar properties, but not a distinct population.
description: 25 pages and 21 figures; Accepted for publication in ApJ
STANDARDISED AND CUSTOMISED KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS AND CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS IN HUNGARIAN HOTELS
Creators: name: Komlosi, Edit
name: Gyuracz-Nemeth, Petra
Publisher: name: tourismos
Year: 2014

description: The concept of performance in hospitality industry is regarded somewhat similarly to the other (service) sector organisations: performance is managed and measured according to the financial (hard) and operational, organisational (hard and soft) and human (soft) approaches (Goldsmith et al, 1997; Claver-Corte´s et al, 2007; Klidas et al, 2007; Sainaghi, 2011,). Measuring performance is one way of performance management (Halachmi, 2005). Measuring is important to know where an organisation starts and how it operates presently and where it is heading to (Armstrong and Baron, 2011). To identify what should really be measured and where to start when developing a performance management system an organisation must start to identify its critical success factors (CSFs) and key performance indicators (KPIs) (Rockart, 1979). In this paper we present customised and standardised CSFs and KPIs in a case study based on 4 semistructured interviews carried out with Hungarian hotel managers.
description: tourismos, Vol. 9 No. 1 (2014)
Prey capture by the larger fissipeds : the African lion
Creators: name: Elliott, John Patrick
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: Predation by large fissipeds is examined using the specific example of the African lion. It is found that the lion is able to adjust its strategy and tactics at each phase of prey capture (search, stalk, attack, and subdue) so as to achieve a consistently high overall capture success with different prey and conditions.
Ferite aperte. Riflessioni sulle relazioni tra cultura e politica in Turchia a margine degli eventi del Gezi Parkı
Creators: name: Nocera, Lea
Publisher: name: Firenze University Press
Year: 2014
Subjects: Gezi Parkı; intellectuals; nationalism; Turkey; Turkish contemporary literature

description: In Turkey the historical process of political and social change has always seen the involvement of intellectuals, writers and academics. Starting from the most recent events of Gezi Parkı protests, in Istanbul and across Turkey throughout June 2013, this article investigates the role and strategies of Turkish intellectuals and writers in challenging authoritarianism and nationalism on one side, and promoting democratization and freedom rights on the other. Through their mobilization and activism and on a literary level through new tendencies disrupting the national literary canon, intellectuals and writers keep an eye on Turkish politics and question nationalism, the controversial past of the Turkish republic and the collective traumas and memories of the nation.
description: LEA - Lingue e Letterature d'Oriente e d'Occidente, Vol 2 (2013)
Gleeson, M.E. (2021) Teaching content or teaching language? The dilemma facing subject teachers.
Creators: name: Gleeson, Margaret
Publisher: name: Open Access Victoria University of Wellington | Te Herenga Waka
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 130207 LOTE, ESL and TESOL Curriculum and Pedagogy (excl. Maori)
subject: FOS: Educational sciences
subject: 200401 Applied Linguistics and Educational Linguistics
subject: FOS: Languages and literature

description: This paper explores how findings from studies of secondary school subject teachers in New Zealand may have relevance to educators who are currently implementing English as the Medium of Instruction (EMI) policies. Like EMI teachers in Vietnam, secondary school teachers in New Zealand have a mandate to ensure that emergent bilingual (EB) students understand how language is used to make meaning in their subject. The objective in both countries is for students to learn how to use disciplinary language to a high academic standard at the same time as they learn academic subject matter. However, secondary and tertiary subject teachers appear to identify strongly with their subject content and this seems to inform their pedagogical choices more than other influences, even directives to meet the language learning needs of EB students and learning from professional learning and development (PLD) initiatives. Subject teachers may find it challenging to engage with PLD programmes designed to assist them to identify discipline-specific language. They may resist learning about second language acquisition theories or linguistic pedagogies that support EB learners if these do not align to their existing beliefs and practices. Even when subject teachers have engaged in PLD, it may not be easy for them to integrate pedagogical language knowledge. Yet, without an understanding of how language shapes meaning, subject teachers may be unable to take advantage of rich language teaching opportunities in their classes. This session offers insights into content teachers’ beliefs and suggestions about how to address this urgent need to engage them with teaching approaches that connect disciplinary knowledge and language.
The Two-Phase, Two-Velocity Ionized Absorber in the Seyfert 1 Galaxy NGC 5548
Creators: name: Andrade-Velázquez, M.
name: Krongold, Y.
name: Elvis, M.
name: Nicastro, F.
name: Brickhouse, N.
name: Binette, L.
name: Mathur, S.
name: Jiménez-Bailón, E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present an analysis of X-ray high quality grating spectra of the Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 5548 using archival Chandra HETGS and LETGS observations for a total exposure time of 800ks. The continuum emission is well represented by a powerlaw plus a black-body component. We find that the well known X-ray warm absorber in this source consists of two different outflow velocity systems. Recognizing the presence of these kinematically distinct components allows each system to be fitted independently, each with two absorption components with different ionization levels. The high velocity system consists of a component with temperature of 2.7X10^6K and another component with temperature of 5.8X10^5K. The low-velocity system required also two absorbing components, one with temperature of 5.8X10^5K; the other with lower temperature (3.5X10^4K). Once these components are considered, the data do not require any further absorbers. In particular, a model consisting of a continuous radial range of ionization structures is not required. The two absorbing components in each velocity system are in pressure equilibrium with each other. This suggests that each velocity system consists of a multi-phase medium. This is the first time that different outflow velocity systems have been modelled independently in the X-ray band for this source. The kinematic components and column densities found from the X-rays are in agreement with the main kinematic components found in the UV absorber. This supports the idea that the UV and X-ray absorbing gas is part of the same phenomenon. NGC 5548 can now be seen to fit in a pattern established for other warm absorbers: 2 or 3 discrete phases in pressure equilibrium. There are no remaining cases of a well studied warm absorber in which a model consisting of a multi-phase medium is not viable.
description: To appear on The Astrophysical Journal March 1, 2010
CIFRA National Survey: Uruguay March 1999
Creators: name: CIFRA, In Bogliaccini, Juan, And Queirolo Rosario Laboratorio De Opinión Pública And Redes Sociales En Uruguay Collection (Social Networks And Public Opinion Lab Collection)
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2021

description: Political parties; interest in politics; approval of various political figures and groups; closeness to political party; family economic situation; labor unions; internal party elections (presidential primaries); rate kindness of political figures; mutualista (hospital plan); Uruguay economy; disciplining children; dedication to religion; 1994 voting history; proximity to polls; Partido Nacional (National Party) vs. Encuentro Progresista (Frente Amplio) (Broad Front) vs. Partido Colorado (Colorado Party). National Agency for Research and Innovation (ANII) Collection.
Steenrod operations on the modular invariants
Creators: name: Sum, Nguyen
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Algebraic Topology (math.AT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 55S10

description: In this paper, we compute the action of the mod $p$ Steenrod operations on the modular invariants of the linear groups with $p$ an odd prime number.
description: 11 pages
EMERGING RURAL DESTINATIONS: THE CASE STUDY OF FLORINA, WESTERN MACEDONIA, GREECE
Creators: name: Bonarou, Christina
name: Dermetzopoulos, Athanasios
Publisher: name: tourismos
Year: 2014

description: Rural tourism seems to be an appropriate tool for the revitalization of the declining rural areas and the assurance of a sustainable future. For this reason the present paper builds on the viewpoint that the future of rural tourism destinations is inextricably connected to the implementation of best practices. The development of rural tourism in Greece faces a series of major contradictions; taking this into consideration, the case study focus on the emerging rural destination of Florina, in North Western Macedonia that has been awarded by the European Commission as one of the 10 best European destinations for agrotourism (2007). The aim of the paper is to identify and discuss tourism strategies and “good practices” that can clearly improve the quality of tourism offer in equivalent rural areas.
description: tourismos, Vol. 9 No. 1 (2014)
title: Application of Habitat and Occupancy Modeling to a Wood Duck Next Box Program
Creators: name: Carlisle, Jason D.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2011

description: Programs to augment wood duck (Aix sponsa) nesting habitat by providing artificial nest boxes are commonly implemented. In northern Utah, where such programs are relatively new, I proposed a method to identify sites suitable for deployment of next boxes through a combination of habitat and occupancy modeling using site-specific, biotic, and abiotic, data collected from 105 next boxes over one nesting season in Cache County, Utah. An inductive habitat model was first developed which identified possibly suitable habitat (8.74% of county) based on proximity to hydrologic features. Next, based on comparing competing single-species, single-season, occupancy models using a modified Akaike's Information Criterion (AICc), I found that the three variables most affecting wood duck nest box occupancy in the study area were 1) previous establishment of next boxes in the area; 2) the presence of the European starling (Sturnus vulgaris), an exotic and competitive passerine; and 3) the proximity of the nearest hydrologic feature. Using back-calculated estimates of wood duck occupancy of nest boxes, I found that estimated wood duck occupancy was maximized by deploying next boxes nearest to water if European starlings were present and between 40-160 m from water if European starlings were absent. Although the rigor of my occupancy estimates was limited by the study design used, these results can inform nest boxy deployment site selection base on spatial considerations (i.e., placement of nest boxed in relation to water features and historic concentrations of boxes), ecological considerations (i.e., competition with non-target wildlife species), and provide a starting point for future research involving this little-studied wood duck population
Discriminant indicators with generalized inversion symmetry
Creators: name: Yoshida, Tsuneya
name: Okugawa, Ryo
name: Hatsugai, Yasuhiro
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We propose indicators of the discriminant for systems with generalized inversion symmetry which are computed from data only at high-symmetry points in the Brillouin zone. Our approach captures the exceptional points and their symmetry-protected variants without ambiguity arising from the reference energy, which is advantage over the previously known indicators for non-Hermitian systems. As demonstrations, we systematically analyze $3\times 3$-Hamiltonians where the proper choice of the reference energy is not obvious.
description: 8 pages and 3 figures
Field cooling memory effect in Bi2212 and Bi2223 single crystals
Creators: name: Shaltiel, D.
name: von Nidda, H-A. Krug
name: Rosenstein, B.
name: Shapiro, B. Ya.
name: Golosovsky., M.
name: Shapiro, I.
name: Loidl, A.
name: Bogoslavsky, B.
name: Fujii, T.
name: Watanabe, T.
name: Tamegai, T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A memory effect in the Josephson vortex system created by magnetic field in the highly anisotropic superconductors Bi2212 and Bi2223 is demonstrated using microwave power absorption. This surprising effect appears despite a very low viscosity of Josephson vortices compared to Abrikosov vortices. The superconductor is field cooled in DC magnetic field H_{m} oriented parallel to the CuO planes through the critical temperature T_{c} down to 4K, with subsequent reduction of the field to zero and again above H_{m}. Large microwave power absorption signal is observed at a magnetic field just above the cooling field clearly indicating a memory effect. The dependence of the signal on deviation of magnetic field from H_{m} is the same for a wide range of H_{m} from 0.15T to 1.7T.
Disentangling the Nature of the Radio Emission in Wolf Rayet Stars
Creators: name: Montes, Gabriela
name: Perez-Torres, Miguel A.
name: Alberdi, Antxon
name: Gonzalez, Ricardo F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present quasi-simultaneous, multi-frequency VLA observations at 4.8, 8.4, and 22.5 GHz, of a sample of 13 Wolf Rayet (WR) stars, aimed at disentangling the nature of their radio emission and the possible detection of a non-thermal behavior in close binary systems. We detected 12 stars from our sample, for which we derived spectral information and estimated their mass loss rates. From our data, we identified four thermal sources (WR 89, 113, 138, and 141), and three sources with a composite spectrum (similar contribution of thermal and non-thermal emission; WR 8, 98, and 156). On the other hand, from the comparison with previous observations, we confirm the non-thermal spectrum of one (WR 105), and also found evidence of a composite spectrum for WR 79a, 98a, 104, and 133. Finally, we discuss the possible scenarios to explain the nature of the emission for the observed objects.
description: 19 pages, 1 figure, Accepted by ApJ
title: Human Anatomy Lab - Examination of the Cranial Nerves
Creators: name: Falk, Jeanne
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1993

description: The peripheral nervous system consists of twelve pairs of cranial nerves, 31 pairs of spinal nerves, and the nerves of the autonomic nervous system. The cranial nerves are the nerves that leave the brain directly. These nerves control various actions and sensations such as sight, smell, .chewing, and swallowing, and will be the focus of this week's lab.
Of the twelve pairs of cranial nerves, two pairs arise from the forebrain, ten pairs arise from the midbrain and brain stem, and all but the Vagus nerve innervates the structures in the head and neck. Each cranial nerve pair is designated with a Roman numeral in reference to the order in which the nerves are positioned from the front to the back of the brain. The names given to the nerves indicate the structures innervated or the principle functions of the nerves.
This experiment will be conducted in pairs. Each student will test the other and record all data.
REGIONAL AIRPORTS, TOURISM AND DEVELOPMENT: TWO PORTUGUESE CASE STUDIES
Creators: name: Vaz, Margarida
name: Silva, Jorge
name: Baltazar, Emília
name: Marques, Tiago
Publisher: name: tourismos
Year: 2014

description: Air transport underwent profound changes in recent decades. Some airport facilities were privatized although others remained under public control, all pursuing commercial purposes through specialization/diversification of its business models, which proved to be quite profitable for infrastructures above a certain traffic threshold. For smaller ones, public funding proved indispensable to their survival. Stockholders, including tourism organizations, saw increased potential for regions with investment realizations in regional airports. This paper presents the Portuguese case studies of Évora and Bragança, and illustrates different models of attracting investments to develop regional airports, thus attracting air services and facilitating economic development, tourism in particular.
description: tourismos, Vol. 9 No. 1 (2014)
Gravitationally coupled magnetic monopole and conformal symmetry breaking
Creators: name: Edery, Ariel
name: Fabbri, Luca
name: Paranjape, M. B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider a Georgi-Glashow model conformally coupled to gravity. The conformally invariant action includes a triplet of scalar fields and SO(3) non-Abelian gauge fields. However, the usual mass term $μ^2 ϕ^2$ is forbidden by the symmetry and this role is now played by the conformal coupling of the Ricci scalar to the scalar fields. Spontaneous symmetry breaking occurs via gravitation. The spherically symmetric solutions correspond to localized solitons (magnetic monopoles) in asymptotically anti-de-Sitter (AdS) space-time and the metric outside the core of the monopole is found to be Schwarzschild-AdS. Though conformal symmetry excludes the Einstein-Hilbert term in the original action, it emerges in the effective action after spontaneous symmetry breaking and dominates the low-energy/long-distance regime outside the core of the monopole.
description: Theory Canada IV conference proceeding; to appear in Can. J. Phys
title: Analysis of SAT and ISAT Scores for Madison School District in Rexburg, Idaho
Creators: name: Palmer, Holly Dawn
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2020

description: Testing is an integral part of measuring education. If used properly SAT scores can be compared across the nation, and statewide tests can compare different school districts to each other if done properly to avoid certain pitfalls (Fetler, 1991). However, if tests do not have a significant impact on a student, their motivation to take the test will be low and test quality cannot be assumed. When the state funds two separate tests for their students but only one has a significant impact on the student, how should the scores for each test be used, and is it okay to compare the two tests. This analysis focuses in on Madison school District in Rexburg, Idaho where there has been a long-standing tradition of giving students the right to opt-out of the statewide test, the Idaho Standardized Achievement test (ISAT), without there being any consequences to the students in that regard. As the state also gives each student the opportunity to take the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), which doubles as a graduation requirement and a college entrance exam, the district typically uses those scores to assess the aptitude of the students year to year. This study compares the scores from the two tests to see if they align, using transformed scores and a paired t-test, as well as generalized linear model to observe if gender has any impact on the relationship between the two scores.
Some notes on the vector-valued extension of Littlewood--Paley--Rubio de Francia inequality for Walsh functions
Creators: name: Tselishchev, Anton
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Functional Analysis (math.FA)
subject: Classical Analysis and ODEs (math.CA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: J. L. Rubio de Francia proved the one-sided Littlewood--Paley inequality for arbitrary intervals in $L^p$, $2\le p
description: 13 pages
AGRITOURISM POTENTIAL OF GREENHOUSE ENTERPRISES ESTABLISHED AT DIKILI-KAYNARCA REGION IN IZMIR-TURKEY
Creators: name: Ataberk, Emre
name: Meric, Mehmet Kamil
name: Kaplanoglu, Emre
Publisher: name: tourismos
Year: 2021

description: Availability of geothermal water resources, suitability of climate for greenhouse plant cultivation and high potential of tourism increases the applicability of agritourism in Kaynarca Region, in Turkey. Closeness and connectivity of region to both Bergama and Dikili, which have high cultural tourism attraction and improvements in cruise tourism, respectively, would provide the integration of agritourism to other tourism types. Therefore, an alternative tourism can be uncovered and both national and international tourism demand can be increased in area. In this study, determination of the available potential of greenhouse enterprises of Kaynarca Region in Turkey, related to agritourism has been presented.
description: tourismos, Vol. 9 No. 1 (2014)
L’esperienza bellica in “The Send-off”  di Wilfred Owen: una prospettiva filologica
Creators: name: Natali, Ilaria
Publisher: name: Firenze University Press
Year: 2014
Subjects: First World War; post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); “The Send-off” manuscripts; Wilfred Owen

description: Due to his untimely death in battle, Wilfred Owen was never able to publish his poems; his surviving work consists only of interrupted compositional processes. As a philological study of “The Send-Off” reveals, the available documentation is often problematic: Owen’s writing procedure is characterized by a non-linear path, dotted with a stream of unresolved textual possibilities. Through an analysis of the main tendencies which characterize “The Send-Off”, this article proposes to explore some new aspects of the texts. In particular, it sheds new light on a web of connections among recurring ideas and themes in the poem, which offers a complex and multifaceted picture of both the war experience and its effects on the soldiers.
description: LEA - Lingue e Letterature d'Oriente e d'Occidente, Vol 2 (2013)
WORKAHOLISM IN TOURISM SECTOR: THE CASE OF TAIWAN
Creators: name: Lee, Hung-Wen
name: Fotiadis, Anestis
Publisher: name: tourismos
Year: 2014

description: The main purpose of this paper is to examine the question of whether or not it would be beneficial for the tourism sector to recruit workaholic employees since they might be more suitable for this type of industry. A total of 2,000 questionnaires were distributed to employees working in the tourism industry in Taiwan and 420 valid samples were returned with a return rate of 21%, from them 82 were identified as workaholics. Workaholism in our research is differentiated in three categories: low-level, high-level and burnout workaholics and it’s analysed by their relationship with work achievement and enjoyment, work involvement and inner work drivers. The core findings indicate that there are significant differences between high-level workaholism and the other categories. Therefore, it is suggested that tourism managements should select employees with high-level workaholism and this paper can serve as an indicator to assess recruiting procedures in the future.
description: tourismos, Vol. 9 No. 1 (2014)
Quickest detection in coupled systems
Creators: name: Hadjiliadis, Olympia
name: Schaefer, Tobias
name: Poor, H. Vincent
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: This work considers the problem of quickest detection of signals in a coupled system of N sensors, which receive continuous sequential observations from the environment. It is assumed that the signals, which are modeled a general Ito processes, are coupled across sensors, but that their onset times may differ from sensor to sensor. The objective is the optimal detection of the first time at which any sensor in the system receives a signal. The problem is formulated as a stochastic optimization problem in which an extended average Kullback- Leibler divergence criterion is used as a measure of detection delay, with a constraint on the mean time between false alarms. The case in which the sensors employ cumulative sum (CUSUM) strategies is considered, and it is proved that the minimum of N CUSUMs is asymptotically optimal as the mean time between false alarms increases without bound.
description: 6 pages, 48th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Shanghai 2009 December 16 - 18
Energy metabolism in carp white muscle
Creators: name: Driedzic, William Richard
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: The myotomal muscle of fish is largely composed of two tissue types, usually referred to as the red and white fibers. On the basis of histochemical and biochemical properties it is generally accepted that white muscle has a metabolism which is predominantly anaerobically based, utilizing glycogen as its fuel source and that red muscle functions largely aerobically burning fats and/or carbohydrates. In carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) the red fibers are found as a thin superficial layer below the skin and the white fibers make up the mass of the underlying myotome. Thus, in this species it is possible to rapidly obtain an homogenous sample of white muscle allowing the analysis of labile metabolites. This study investigates the control of glycolysis in white muscle and the source and function of anaerobic NH₄⁺ production by white muscle. The concentrations of key metabolites were determined in muscle before exercise and after maximal activity. During exercise there was an increase in levels of glucose-6-phosphate, fructose-6-phosphate and fructose-1-6-di-phosphate which, along with a decrease in ATP levels, could account for the increase in glucolytic flux by activation of phosphofructokinase and pyruvate kinase. It was found that after maximal activity the concentration of ATP decreased by about 65%, ADP decreased slightly, while AMP remained low and unchanged. Consequently the level of the free adenylate pool decreased. Simultaneously there was an increase in the concentration of IMP (inosine monophosphate) and NH₄⁺. The increase in IMP level and the decrease in adenylate pool were essentially in 1:1 stoichiometry, a result showing that the adenylate pool was decreased by the reaction catalyzed by 5' AMP deaminase. However, the increase in free NH₄⁺ was less than the decrease in the adenylate pool. The concentration of free amino acids was also determined in white muscle, before and after severe environmental hypoxia. During the hypoxic period the total amount of nitrogen in the amino acid pool increased and there was a tendency for an increase in the total number of free amino acids. On the basis of this study it is possible to construct a fairly comprehensive metabolic scheme for nitrogen metabolism in carp white muscle during anaerobic work. The energy required for work is ultimately derived from the hydrolysis of ATP. When ATP levels cannot be maintained the content of ADP increases and as this occurs the level of AMP also increases due to the equilibrium relationship of the adenylates. As the work load on the tissue exceeds its aerobic capabilities GTP (guanosine triphosphate) levels drop, 5' AMP deaminase is activated and the adenylate pool is decreased. NH₄⁺ released from AMP is subsequently incorporated into the free amino acid pool.
CIFRA National Survey: Uruguay April 1999
Creators: name: CIFRA, In Bogliaccini, Juan, And Queirolo Rosario Laboratorio De Opinión Pública And Redes Sociales En Uruguay Collection (Social Networks And Public Opinion Lab Collection)
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2021

description: Cable TV; approval of various political figures and groups; internal party elections (presidential primaries); treatment of women in the workplace; family economic situation; interest in politics; rate kindness of political leaders; Uruguay economy; AFAP (Administradoras de Fondos de Ahorro Previsional, Pension Savings Fund Administrators, companies that administer retirement funds); judiciary funds; Partido Nacional (National Party) vs. Encuentro Progresista (Frente Amplio) (Broad Front) vs. Partido Colorado (Colorado Party) vs. Nuevo Espacio (New Space); reading habits; Feria del Libro (Book Fair) in Laboratorio Tecnológico del Uruguay (LATU) (Technological Laboratory of Uruguay); book purchases; rate kindness of political figures; crimes for minors (juveniles); lowering age of criminal responsibility from 18 to 16; 1994 voting history; 1999 (next) election voting preferences. National Agency for Research and Innovation (ANII) Collection.
AN ANALYSIS OF SUSTAINABLE OPERATING PRACTICES IN MIAMI, FLORIDA HOTELS AND RESORTS
Creators: name: Loman Scanlon, Nancy
name: Fan, Xuefei
Publisher: name: tourismos
Year: 2021

description: This research study seeks to identify trends in the application of operating practices that result in the reduction and conservation of water, energy and waste output by thirty six hotels and resort facilities in the tropical climate of Miami, Florida, U.S.A. This paper addresses stakeholder issues that pressure hotels in the U.S.A. to fully engage in sustainable operating practices to include the meeting and conventions market requirements for evidence of sustainable operating practices. This study seeks to identify a profile of the operating activities of sustainably operated hotels and resort lodging properties in the area surrounding Miami, Florida based on lodging subgroup classifications.
description: tourismos, Vol. 9 No. 1 (2014)
An effective field theory approach to two trapped particles
Creators: name: Stetcu, I.
name: Rotureau, J.
name: Barrett, B. R.
name: van Kolck, U.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discuss the problem of two particles interacting via short-range interactions within a harmonic-oscillator trap. The interactions are organized according to their number of derivatives and defined in truncated model spaces made from a bound-state basis. Leading-order (LO) interactions are iterated to all orders, while corrections are treated in perturbation theory. We show explicitly that next-to-LO and next-to-next-to-LO interactions improve convergence as the model space increases. In the large-model-space limit we regain results from a pseudopotential. Arbitrary scattering lengths are considered, as well as a generalization to include the non-vanishing range of the interaction.
description: 27 pages, 12 figures
Approximating the ground state of gapped quantum spin systems
Creators: name: Hamza, Eman
name: Michalakis, Spyridon
name: Nachtergaele, Bruno
name: Sims, Robert
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider quantum spin systems defined on finite sets $V$ equipped with a metric. In typical examples, $V$ is a large, but finite subset of Z^d. For finite range Hamiltonians with uniformly bounded interaction terms and a unique, gapped ground state, we demonstrate a locality property of the corresponding ground state projector. In such systems, this ground state projector can be approximated by the product of observables with quantifiable supports. In fact, given any subset, X, of V the ground state projector can be approximated by the product of two projections, one supported on X and one supported on X^c, and a bounded observable supported on a boundary region in such a way that as the boundary region increases, the approximation becomes better. Such an approximation was useful in proving an area law in one dimension, and this result corresponds to a multi-dimensional analogue.
Posetal Games: Efficiency, Existence, and Refinement of Equilibria in Games with Prioritized Metrics
Creators: name: Zanardi, Alessandro
name: Zardini, Gioele
name: Srinivasan, Sirish
name: Bolognani, Saverio
name: Censi, Andrea
name: Dörfler, Florian
name: Frazzoli, Emilio
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Multiagent Systems (cs.MA)
subject: Robotics (cs.RO)
subject: Systems and Control (eess.SY)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: Modern applications require robots to comply with multiple, often conflicting rules and to interact with the other agents. We present Posetal Games as a class of games in which each player expresses a preference over the outcomes via a partially ordered set of metrics. This allows one to combine hierarchical priorities of each player with the interactive nature of the environment. By contextualizing standard game theoretical notions, we provide two sufficient conditions on the preference of the players to prove existence of pure Nash Equilibria in finite action sets. Moreover, we define formal operations on the preference structures and link them to a refinement of the game solutions, showing how the set of equilibria can be systematically shrunk. The presented results are showcased in a driving game where autonomous vehicles select from a finite set of trajectories. The results demonstrate the interpretability of results in terms of minimum-rank-violation for each player.
description: 8 pages
Deep Neural Networks for Automatic Grain-matrix Segmentation in Plane and Cross-polarized Sandstone Photomicrographs
Creators: name: Das, Rajdeep
name: Mondal, Ajoy
name: Chakraborty, Tapan
name: Ghosh, Kuntal
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Grain segmentation of sandstone that is partitioning the grain from its surrounding matrix/cement in the thin section is the primary step for computer-aided mineral identification and sandstone classification. The microscopic images of sandstone contain many mineral grains and their surrounding matrix/cement. The distinction between adjacent grains and the matrix is often ambiguous, making grain segmentation difficult. Various solutions exist in literature to handle these problems; however, they are not robust against sandstone petrography's varied pattern. In this paper, we formulate grain segmentation as a pixel-wise two-class (i.e., grain and background) semantic segmentation task. We develop a deep learning-based end-to-end trainable framework named Deep Semantic Grain Segmentation network (DSGSN), a data-driven method, and provide a generic solution. As per the authors' knowledge, this is the first work where the deep neural network is explored to solve the grain segmentation problem. Extensive experiments on microscopic images highlight that our method obtains better segmentation accuracy than various segmentation architectures with more parameters.
MYSTERY AND THRILLER TOURISM IN EUROPEAN CULTURAL DESTINATIONS
Creators: name: Strielkowski, Wadim
name: Kasl Kollmannova, Denisa
Publisher: name: tourismos
Year: 2021

description: Our paper describes the potential of the mystery and thriller tourism in European cultural destinations and in using this sub-section of dark tourism to get young people keen in unveiling and exploring European cultural heritage. Moreover, it demonstrates the use of in-depth focus groups held with residents and tourists for determining their preferences for mystery and thriller mobile apps involving the dark cultural heritage of the city of Prague. Our results demonstrate the potential of interactive game-like app and reveal that in order to be successful they should contain a narrative, an interactive, GPS-based map, a virtual tour, a “treasure hunt” game with a possibility to play on-line. Furthermore, as to the mode of payment and the price, our results yield that the potential app should be offered at both App Store and Android Market Play for 2.99 EUR or less.
description: tourismos, Vol. 9 No. 1 (2014)
Striped antiferromagnetism and electronic structures of SrFeAsF and their implications
Creators: name: Zhu, Li-Fang
name: Liu, Bang-Gui
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate structural, magnetic, and electronic properties of SrFeAsF as a new parent for superconductors using state-of-the-art density-functional theory method. Calculated results show that striped antiferromagnetic order is the magnetic ground state in the Fe layer and interlayer magnetic interaction is tiny. Calculated As and Sr positions are in agreement with experiment. There are only two uniaxially-dispersed bands near the Fermi level. The valent charge is mainly in the Fe and F layers, and the magnetic moment is confined to the Fe atoms. Inter-Fe-spin couplings is due to superexchange through As atoms. These are useful to understanding the SrFeAsF and should have helpful implications to doped samples.
description: 5 pages with figures included
title: A Report on a Pilot Study on Cattle Grazed Patches in Herbaceous Vegetation
Creators: name: Povilaitis, Victor
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1984

description: Since the late 1960's, the term station (Goddard 1968), feeding station (Novellie 1978, Underwood 1982), and feeding site (Underwood 1983) have been used to describe the area in front of a foraging animal in which it can access forage without moving its front legs. The area is a hypothecial semicircle in front of the grazing animal, but the vegetation actually impacted by defoliation may be considered a "grazed patch," which may be the sum of several feeding stations. As animals graze the vegetation in an area, grazed patches are created. Presently, it is undocumented if such patches influence the behavior of grazing animals during subsequent grazing events. A pilot study was therefore conducted to explore the effect of grazed patches on grazing distribution. The purpose of the study was to determine if cattle remove more phytomass from patches of grazed vegetation in a relatively homogeneous environment (in terms of species composition, topography, soils, and climate).
Observation of heteronuclear atomic Efimov resonances
Creators: name: Barontini, G.
name: Weber, C.
name: Rabatti, F.
name: Catani, J.
name: Thalhammer, G.
name: Inguscio, M.
name: Minardi, F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Efimov effect represents a cornerstone in few-body physics. Building on the recent experimental observation with ultracold atoms, we report the first experimental signature of Efimov physics in a heteronuclear system. A mixture of $^{41}$K and $^{87}$Rb atoms was cooled to few hundred nanoKelvins and stored in an optical dipole trap. Exploiting a broad interspecies Feshbach resonance, the losses due to three-body collisions were studied as a function of the interspecies scattering length. We observe an enhancement of the three-body collisions for three distinct values of the interspecies scattering lengths, both positive and negative. We attribute the two features at negative scattering length to the existence of two kind of Efimov trimers, namely KKRb and KRbRb.
description: 4 pages, 4 figures
Using a Game-Like Procedure as a Test of Executive Functions in Children
Creators: name: Hay, Emily
Publisher: name: University of East London
Year: 2023
Subjects: executive functions
concept formulation
neuropsychological assessment
cognitive assessment
child-friendly assessment
culturally fair assessment

description: Concept Formation (CF) is an important skill necessary for academic performance, everyday functioning, and lifelong achievements (Blair & Razza, 2007). CF difficulties have been associated with social disadvantage possibly due to reduced learning opportunities (Blair, 2002). CF difficulties have also been associated with certain neurodevelopmental disorders, such as autism-spectrum disorder (Kim et al., 2020). Importantly, research has shown that early intervention can support development of CF skills and improve quality of life (Pasnak, 2006). Despite its importance there are few assessments suitable for children, and assessments available in the UK often advantage English-speaking examinees who are familiar with Western culture.

The Alien Game was piloted by Pavitt (2017) and evidence was found to support its utility as a more culturally fair and child-friendly assessment of CF. This study aimed to further develop the Alien Game by improving the stimuli, developing a scoring procedure, and exploring concurrent and predictive validity.

Thirty-four children aged 8-11 years took part in this second pilot study, and five measures of performance in the Alien Game were identified. Performance was not found to correlate with verbal abilities, and speaking English as a first language did not support performance. A significant correlation was found between WISC-IV Matrix Reasoning (Wechsler, 2003) and performance, providing evidence of concurrent validity. No relationship was found between performance in the Alien Game and scores obtained via teacher-rated CHEXI (Thorell & Nyberg, 2008), so predictive validity could not be established. Importantly, children appeared to be engaged with the game and provided positive feedback.

Overall, these findings provide support for the Alien Game as a more culturally-fair and child-friendly measure of CF, which has clinical implications as an affordable and easy to administer screening tool. Early identification of CF difficulties can allow for targeted learning plans to be established to support children to develop this important skill.
SERVICE QUALITY OF TOURIST GUIDES AND THEIR ROLE IN TRAVEL AGENCY MARKETING
Creators: name: Markovic, Jelica
name: Petrovic, Marko
Publisher: name: tourismos
Year: 2014

description: Tourist guides are in direct contact with the tourists on the group package tours. They play an important role in creating tourist experience and the perception of a destination and travel company. For that reason, the purpose of this study was to determine customers’ perceptions of service provided by tourist guides in group package tours which were organized by Serbian travel agencies. Research model used 16 items of service quality which were grouped into four dimensions. The paper provided results and indicated the items of tourist guide service quality that should be improved. Further, it was explored how the four service factors were related to reputation of travel agency and word-of-mouth marketing. The results of regression analysis showed that dimensions of service quality of tourist guides influence the reputation of a travel agency and word-of-mouth marketing, whereby the importance of tourist guides in group package tours was again confirmed.
description: tourismos, Vol. 9 No. 1 (2014)