cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Epipleoneura protostictoides Fraser 1946
Creators: name: Pessacq, Pablo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Odonata
Protoneuridae
Epipleoneura
Epipleoneura protostictoides

description: Epipleoneura protostictoides (Fraser, 1946)
(Fig. 29)
 Protoneura protostictoides Fraser 1946: 458 –459 (new species, male description, holotype with S9–10 lost, type material at BMNH).
 Epipleoneura lamina Garrison 1991: 29 (examination of holotype, suggestion of synonymy). Epipleoneura protostictoides von Ellenrieder & Garrison 2008: 28 (retention of the name due to speciose nature of genus).  Garrison et al. 2010 : 352, 353, fig. 2326–2327 (included in list of species, illustrations of genital ligula in ectal and lateral view).
 Diagnosis. Epipleoneura protostictoides is known only from the male holotype, which lacks S9–10. Its genital ligula (Fig. 29), illustrated in Garrison et al. (2010), has a medially narrow segment 3 with sides elevated and apex with a wide U-shaped cleft and lateral corners rounded; postero-lateral projections are directed posteriorly and are pedunculate.
 Distribution. Peru (type locality, Mishuyacu, Loreto Department, approx. 50º52’21”N, 73º13’02”W).
description: Published as part of Pessacq, Pablo, 2014, Synopsis of Epipleoneura (Zygoptera, Coenagrionidae, " Protoneuridae "), with emphasis on its Brazilian species, pp. 201-234 in Zootaxa 3872 (3) on page 227, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3872.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/230974
The Formation of the First Massive Black Holes
Creators: name: Haiman, Zoltán
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Supermassive black holes (SMBHs) are common in local galactic nuclei, and SMBHs as massive as several billion solar masses already exist at redshift z=6. These earliest SMBHs may grow by the combination of radiation-pressure-limited accretion and mergers of stellar-mass seed BHs, left behind by the first generation of metal-free stars, or may be formed by more rapid direct collapse of gas in rare special environments where dense gas can accumulate without first fragmenting into stars. This chapter offers a review of these two competing scenarios, as well as some more exotic alternative ideas. It also briefly discusses how the different models may be distinguished in the future by observations with JWST, (e)LISA and other instruments.
description: 47 pages with 306 references; this review is a chapter in "The First Galaxies - Theoretical Predictions and Observational Clues", Springer Astrophysics and Space Science Library, Eds. T. Wiklind, V. Bromm & B. Mobasher, in press
Explorations into adolescents' perceived maturity with parents and peers
Creators: name: Vytasek, Jovita Maria
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: Many social relationships have the potential to influence perceived maturity. Previous research has not examined the possibility of distinct perceptions emerging from different relationships. This initial investigation focuses on parents and peers as the two groups with which social perceptions of maturity might vary. This investigation also addresses potential changes in perceived maturity over time, and its association with chronological age and gender of the adolescent. Additionally, Moffitt’s (1993) developmental taxonomy and an alternative model for adolescents’ association with deviant peers are tested. Three hundred and twenty six adolescents (129 boys, 197 girls) from a high school in a large urban city in western Canada participated in this study. Students ranged from 12 to 17 years of age and were in grades 8 through 11 at the first wave of data collection. Two waves of data, one year apart, were used. Analyses found support for a differentiation between perceived maturity with parents and peers for about 40% of participants. Changes in perceived maturity over a one-year period were also found for parents (53%) and for peers (52%). Results indicated that there was no statistically significant relationship between chronological age or gender of the adolescent and perceived maturity. Neither Moffitt’s (1993) model nor the alternative model was supported. Implications for the differences in perceived maturity between parents and peers as well as changes in perceived maturity are discussed.
On the wave operators for the Friedrichs-Faddeev model
Creators: name: Isozaki, H.
name: Richard, S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Spectral Theory (math.SP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We provide new formulae for the wave operators in the context of the Friedrichs-Faddeev model. Continuity with respect to the energy of the scattering matrix and a few results on eigenfunctions corresponding to embedded eigenvalues are also derived.
description: 10 pages
Accounting for Intangible Assets: There Is Also an Income Statement
Creators: name: Penman, Stephen H.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2009
Subjects: Managerial economics
Accounting

description: Accounting is often criticized for omitting intangible assets from the balance sheet. With value in firms of today flowing less from tangibles assets and more from so-called intangibles -- brands, distribution systems, supply chains, "knowledge capital," "organization capital" -- accounting is seen as remiss, with high price-to-book ratios as evidence. The remedy often proposed involves booking these intangible assets to the balance sheet. This paper makes the point that accounting is not necessarily deficient in omitting intangible assets from the balance sheet: there is also an income statement, and the value of intangible (and other) assets can be ascertained from the income statement. For example, although The Coca-Cola Company does not report its brand asset on its balance sheet (and trades about five time book value), earnings from the brand flows through its income statement. Thus the firm is readily valued from its earnings; the income statement remedies the deficiency in the balance sheet. Accordingly, accounting that calls for the recognition of "intangible assets" on the balance sheet may be misconceived. The paper explores the case where the income statement perfectly corrects for a deficient balance sheet, and the case where it does not. It then explores whether, in the latter case, accounting in the balance sheet -- by capitalization and amortization of intangible assets or carrying them at fair value -- could remedy the deficiency in the income statement (or makes it worse). The investigation involves an analysis and valuation of Microsoft Corporation and Dell, Inc., two companies presumed to possess a good deal of "intangibles assets." The paper is instructive, not only to those concerned with accounting issues, but also to analysts attempting to value firms with assets missing from the balance sheet. It shows how to handle the accounting information in valuation and how to deal with the perceived deficiencies, real or imagined, with respect to intangible assets. In the case of Microsoft and Dell, the reader can observe at how close one comes to their market valuation by using valuation techniques that use accounting information currently provided by GAAP.
Deliverable D1.2 – Data Management Plan
Creators: name: Viltė Banelytė
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: OpenUP DMP data management plan

description: This document provides the description of what data OpenUP project generates, how it is stored and managed and how it is preserved after the end of the project. PPMI prepared this document as the main partner leading task 1.4 with inputs from other consortium partners and with a review from UoA. This Data Management Plan complies with H2020 requirements and is based on the DMP template provided by the e-Infrastructures Austria project. The plan is updated whenever changes to the project are made due to inclusion of new data sets, changes in consortium policies or other external factors.
A highly magnified supernova at z=1.703 behind the massive galaxy cluster Abell 1689
Creators: name: Amanullah, R.
name: Goobar, A.
name: Clément, B.
name: Cuby, J. -G.
name: Dahle, H.
name: Dahlén, T.
name: Hjorth, J.
name: Fabbro, S.
name: Jönsson, J.
name: Kneib, J. -P.
name: Lidman, C.
name: Limousin, M.
name: Milvang-Jensen, B.
name: Mörtsell, E.
name: Nordin, J.
name: Paech, K.
name: Richard, J.
name: Riehm, T.
name: Stanishev, V.
name: Watson, D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Our ability to study the most remote supernova explosions, crucial for the understanding of the evolution of the high-redshift universe and its expansion rate, is limited by the light collection capabilities of telescopes. However, nature offers unique opportunities to look beyond the range within reach of our unaided instruments thanks to the light-focusing power of massive galaxy clusters. Here we report on the discovery of one of the most distant supernovae ever found, at redshift, z=1.703. Due to a lensing magnification factor of 4.3\pm0.3, we are able to measure a lightcurve of the supernova, as well as spectroscopic features of the host galaxy with a precision comparable to what will otherwise only be possible with future generation telescopes.
description: 19 pages, 4 figures, 1 table, accepted to ApJL
Epipleoneura pereirai Machado 1964
Creators: name: Pessacq, Pablo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Odonata
Protoneuridae
Epipleoneura
Epipleoneura pereirai

description: Epipleoneura pereirai Machado, 1964
(Figs. 7, 49, 61)
 Epipleoneura pereirai Machado 1964: 2 –9, figs. 1–3 (new species, description of male and female, illustration of male S 10 in dorsal, lateral and posterior view, pterothorax in lateral view and genital ligula in ectal and lateral view, type material at MIZA). Lencioni 2005: 181, figs. 111 a–c (references, type locality, distribution, described stages, reproduction of original illustrations of male S 10 in lateral and posterior view and female prothorax in dorsal view).  Garrison et al. 2010 : 352, 355, fig. 2351 (included in list of species, illustrations of epiproct in posterior view). Von Ellenrieder 2011: 58, 61, 74 Fig. 2 (included in list of species of Kwamalasamutu Region, new record for Suriname).  Pessacq et al. 2012 : 5 (included in list of Brazilian Protoneuridae, new record for Pará State).
 Specimens examined. 1 ♂, 1 ♀. 1 paratype ♂, Brazil, Amapá State, Serra do Navio (00º54’03”S, 52º00’14”W), Igarapé Água Fria, leg. A.B.M. Machado & P. Pereira, i 1957. 1 paratype ♀, same data but Tirios, leg. A.B.M. Machado & P. Pereira, i 1963.
 Diagnosis. Male cercus (Fig. 7) resembles that of many other species in the genus and is described under E. capilliformis. The cercus inner-basal branch is present, but poorly developed. The epiproct (Figs.7 b–c) has two unusually long and acute branches widely separated at their bases and slightly convergent, that together with the genital ligula morphology differentiates this species from any other. The genital ligula is very similar to that of E. ocuene (see under that species), but in E. pereirai the postero-lateral projection is widely rounded. The female posterior margin of pronotum (Fig. 61) has a medial long and acute lobe directed posteriorly and two short wide lobes at the sides, similar to those of E. venezuelensis and E. fernandezi, but the medial lobe is rounded in these species.
 Distribution. Northern Brazil in the States of Amapá and Pará (type locality, Amapá, Serra do Navio, Macapá County, about 0º52’01”N, 52º01’28”W).
 Notes. In the original description for both female allotype and one female paratype the locality is given as ‘a small stream tributary of “alto rio Paru de Oeste” collected in January of 1963 and deposited in MNRJ; however, the information on the label of the paratype female specimen studied in the MNRJ does not agree with that (see under specimens examined above), I contacted Prof. Machado, who confirmed that the correct type locality is the one given in his paper (Machado 1964), and that the addition of Tiryos (located in Pará State) was actually a mistake.
description: Published as part of Pessacq, Pablo, 2014, Synopsis of Epipleoneura (Zygoptera, Coenagrionidae, " Protoneuridae "), with emphasis on its Brazilian species, pp. 201-234 in Zootaxa 3872 (3) on pages 226-227, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3872.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/230974
Thermodynamics of supercooled water
Creators: name: Holten, V.
name: Bertrand, C. E.
name: Anisimov, M. A.
name: Sengers, J. V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We review the available experimental information on the thermodynamic properties of supercooled ordinary and heavy water and demonstrate the possibility of modeling these thermodynamic properties on a theoretical basis. We show that by assuming the existence of a liquid-liquid critical point in supercooled water, the theory of critical phenomena can give an accurate account of the experimental thermodynamic-property data up to a pressure of 150 MPa. In addition, we show that a phenomenological extension of the theoretical model can account for all currently available experimental data in the supercooled region, up to 400 MPa. The stability limit of the liquid state and possible coupling between crystallization and liquid-liquid separation are discussed. It is concluded that critical-point thermodynamics describes the available thermodynamic data for supercooled water within experimental accuracy, thus establishing a benchmark for further developments in this area.
description: 23 pages, 37 figures
Decision making localization and decentralization in Japanese MNCs: Are there costs of leaving local managers out of the loop?
Creators: name: Beechler, Schon
name: Stephan, John
name: Pucik, Vladimir
name: Campbell, Nigel
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 1995
Subjects: Economics
Commerce

description: This paper reports results on decision making decentralization and localization in a study of 119 Japanese affiliates located in Europe and the U.S. The data indicate that decisions are generally decentralized. However, they also show that Japanese managers are involved in 80% of all decisions, and many decisions are made without any involvement by local managers. Our data also indicate, however, that there are few significant relationships between decision making decentralization or localization and affiliate performance. Implications of the results are discussed.
Supplementary document for Orientation of the NV centers are determined using the cylindrical vector beam array - 6285150.pdf
Creators: name: Li, Ziyan
name: Zhang, Ning
name: guo, ji
name: Guo, Qiang
name: Yu, Tingting
name: Zhang, Mengshi
name: Wang, Guanxue
name: Gao, Xiumin
name: Zhang, Xuedian
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2023
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Detailed parameters
Superdiffusive nonequilibrium motion of an impurity in a Fermi sea
Creators: name: Kim, Hyungwon
name: Huse, David A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We treat the nonequilibrium motion of a single impurity atom in a low-temperature single-species Fermi sea, interacting via a contact interaction. In the nonequilibrium regime, the impurity does a superdiffusive geometric random walk where the typical distance traveled grows with time as $\sim t^{d/(d+1)}$ for the $d$-dimensional system with $d\geq 2$. For nonzero temperature $T$, this crosses over to diffusive motion at long times with diffusivity $D\sim T^{-(d-1)/2}$. These results apply also to a nonzero concentration of impurity atoms as long as they remain dilute and nondegenerate.
description: 5 pages, 1 figure, to appear in Phys. Rev. A
The effects of maternity leave on children's birth and infant health outcomes in the United States
Creators: name: Rossin-Slater, Maya
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2010
Subjects: Families

description: This paper evaluates the impacts of unpaid maternity leave provisions of the 1993 Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) on children's birth and infant health outcomes in the United States. My identification strategy uses variation in pre-FMLA maternity leave policies across states and variation in which firms are covered by FMLA provisions. Using Vital Statistics data and difference-in-difference-in-difference methodology, I find that maternity leave led to small increases in birth weight, decreases in the likelihood of a premature birth, and substantial decreases in infant mortality for children of college-educated and married mothers, who were most able to take advantage of unpaid leave. My results are robust to the inclusion of numerous controls for maternal, child, and county characteristics, state and year fixed effects, and state-year interactions, as well as across several different specifications.
Collateral, Debt Capacity, and Corporate Investment: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Creators: name: Gan, Jie
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2007
Subjects: Commerce

description: This paper examines how a shock to collateral value, caused by asset market fluctuations, influences the debt capacities and investments of firms. Using a source of exogenous variation in collateral value provided by the land market collapse in Japan, I find a large impact of collateral on the corporate investments of a large sample of manufacturing firms. For every 10 percent drop in collateral value, the investment rate of an average firm is reduced by 0.8 percentage point. Further, exploiting a unique data set of matched bank-firm lending, I provide direct evidence on the mechanism by which collateral affects investment. In particular, I show that collateral losses results in lower debt capacities: firms with greater collateral losses are less likely to sustain their banking relationships and, conditional on lending being renewed, they obtain a smaller amount of bank credit. Moreover, the collateral channel is independent of the contemporaneous influence of worsened bank financial conditions.
title: GPS-Denied Navigation Using Synthetic Aperture Radar
Creators: name: Hathaway, Tucker
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2023

description: In most modern navigation systems, GPS is used to determine the precise location of the vehicle; however, GPS signals can easily be blocked, jammed, or spoofed. These signals can be blocked by canyons or tall buildings. Additionally, adversaries can transmit signals that either make GPS signals difficult to interpret or that imitate real GPS signals and cause a navigation system to think it is somewhere other than its true location. GPS-denied (GPS-D) navigation is the process of navigating in the absence of GPS.
Many methods of performing GPS-D navigation have been proposed and explored. One such method is to use synthetic aperture radar (SAR) to provide information lost in the absence of GPS. SAR is a technique that uses radar to form images. To create high-quality SAR images, precise location information must be used. This thesis explores using the quality of SAR images to improve position accuracy. First, a method of measuring the quality of a SAR image is determined and tested. Next, a GPS-D algorithm is developed that uses this measure of SAR image quality. The algorithm is then tested on multiple sets of SAR data. The results show that the algorithm performs variably depending on the data set and the parameters of the algorithm.
Experimental study and critical review of structural, thermodynamic and mechanical properties of superhard refractory boron suboxide, B6O
Creators: name: Kurakevych, Oleksandr O.
name: Solozhenko, Vladimir L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In the present paper we performed the analysis of available data on structural, thermodynamic and mechanical properties of B6O. Although the compound is known for half a century and has been extensively studied, many properties of this boron-rich solid remain unknown or doubtful. Semi-empirical analysis of our experimental and literature data allowed us to choose the best values of main thermodynamic and mechanical characteristics among previously reported data, to predict the thermoelastic equation of state of B6O, and dependence of its hardness on non-stoichiometry and temperature.
Epipleoneura solitaria De Marmels 1989
Creators: name: Pessacq, Pablo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Odonata
Protoneuridae
Epipleoneura
Epipleoneura solitaria

description: Epipleoneura solitaria De Marmels, 1989
(Figs. 17, 51)
 Epipleoneura solitaria De Marmels 1989: 21 –22, 63, figs. 59–63 (new species, description of male, illustration of male S 10 in dorsal, lateral and posterior view, genital ligula in ectal and lateral view, synthorax in lateral view, type material at MIZA).  Garrison et al. 2010 : 352, 354, figs. 2328–2329, 2335 (included in list of species, illustrations of S 10 in latero-posterior, lateral and posterior view).
 Diagnosis. The cercus, epiproct and genital ligula of this species are unique within the genus. The cercus (Fig. 17) is shorter than S10, without inner-basal branch or tooth, and the dorsal branch is directed dorsally, flattened and its inner surface concave, without apical hook; the ventral branch is small and also flattened dorso-ventrally. The epiproct (Fig. 17 b–c) is long, with two relatively thick branches separated by a small distance and joined at their bases. The apex of segment 3 of genital ligula (Fig. 51) has a rounded lobe on each side and a shallow V medial cleft. The postero-lateral projections are directed laterally and have the peduncle well developed. The epiproct of E. manauensis is similar to that of E. solitaria, but cercus and genital ligula are clearly different. Female unknown.
 Distribution. Southern Venezuela, Amazonas State (type locality, Amazonas State, Río Negro, Canal Ocuene, Río Baría, about 1º20’N, 66º28’W).
description: Published as part of Pessacq, Pablo, 2014, Synopsis of Epipleoneura (Zygoptera, Coenagrionidae, " Protoneuridae "), with emphasis on its Brazilian species, pp. 201-234 in Zootaxa 3872 (3) on pages 227-228, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3872.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/230974
Demographic, socioeconomic, and biological correlates of hypertension in an adult population: evidence from the Bangladesh demographic and health survey 2017–18
Creators: name: Streatfield, Peter Kim
name: Haider, M. Moinuddin
name: Ahsan, Karar Zunaid
name: Chakraborty, Nitai
name: Jamil, Kanta
name: Iqbal, Afrin
name: Khan, Shusmita Hossain
Publisher: name: Springer Nature
Year: 2021

description:
Background Bangladesh is well advanced in the epidemiologic transition from communicable to noncommunicable diseases, which now account for two out of three deaths annually. This paper examines the latest nationally representative hypertension prevalence estimates, awareness, treatment, and control—to identify their association with potential correlates. Methods The analyses are based on the recent Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey 2017–18 data. Univariate analyses and bivariate analyses between the outcome variables and individual covariates were carried out. Then chi-square tests were done to see the proportional differences between them. To examine the demographic, socioeconomic and biological factors affecting hypertension, awareness, treatment and control, we used multivariate logistic regression models. Results We found that prevalence of hypertension for females and males together aged 35 or more has risen by half between 2011 (25.7%) to 2017 (39.4%). With the broader age range used in 2017, the prevalence is now 27.5% in the population aged 18 years or more. The factors associated with hypertension included older age, being female, urban residence, higher wealth status, minimal education, higher body mass index and high blood glucose level. Following multivariate analyses, many of these characteristics were no longer significant, leaving only age, being female, nutritional status and elevated blood glucose level as important determinants. Over half (58%) of females and males who were found to be hypertensive were not aware they had the condition. Only one in eight (13%) had the condition under control. Conclusion In the coming years, a rising trend in hypertension in Bangladeshi adults is expected due to demographic transition towards older age groups and increase in overweight and obesity among the population of Bangladesh. With more women being hypertensive than men, a targeted approach catering to high risk groups should be thoroughly implemented following the Multisectoral NCD Action Plan 2018–2025. Acting in close collaboration with other ministries/relevant sectors to bring an enabling environment for the citizens to adopt healthy lifestyle choices is a prerequisite for adequate prevention. While screening the adult population is essential, the public sector cannot possibly manage the ever-expanding numbers of hypertensives. The private sector and NGOs need to be drawn into the program to assist.
Global Phase Space of Coherence and Entanglement in a double-well BEC
Creators: name: Hennig, Holger
name: Witthaut, Dirk
name: Campbell, David K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Pattern Formation and Solitons (nlin.PS)
subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Ultracold atoms provide an ideal system for the realization of quantum technologies, but also for the study of fundamental physical questions such as the emergence of decoherence and classicality in quantum many-body systems. Here, we study the global structure of the quantum dynamics of bosonic atoms in a double-well trap and analyze the conditions for the generation of many-particle entanglement and spin squeezing which have important applications in quantum metrology. We show how the quantum dynamics is determined by the phase space structure of the associated mean-field system and where true quantum features arise beyond this `classical' approximation.
Mathematical modeling of gas production from gas hydrate reservoirs
Creators: name: Shahbazi, Amir
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 2010

description: Bibliography: p. 292-303
description: Enormous quantities of methane gas are trapped in the form of hydrate in permafrost and offshore environments. As a result of increasing world energy demand, gas hydrates, which are natural gas molecules trapped in the structure of solid water molecule are being considered as a potential resource for clean energy. Much interest and research have been devoted in the last two decades towards the mathematical modeling of hydrate decomposition and gas production from hydrate reservoirs. Large resources of hydrate have been explored worldwide, including in the Northwest Territories of Canada, Siberia, Alaska and Japan. The main mechanisms involved in the process of hydrate decomposition and gas production are thermodynamic and kinetics of decomposition, heat transfer by convection and conduction, and gas-water two-phase flow. In addition to finding an appropriate mathematical method to solve the system of nonlinear equations, the treatment of the multi-scale physics that exists in the process of decomposition is one of the challenging aspects of the mathematical modeling. This dissertation has two main components: first, a 3-dimensional four-phase four-component numerical model for simulation of gas production from hydrate reservoirs is developed. The numerical model uses a control volume method to solve the system of nonlinear equations. Capillary pressure along with the relative permeability model is modified to account for the presence of the solid phase (hydrate and ice). Two kinetics models are used to represent reactions that turn hydrate to gas and water and also ice to water and vice versa. The validity of the numerical model is investigated, based on existing analytical and numerical solutions. The multi-scale nature of the problem is studied in both space and time. A new discretization formulation is used to overcome grid dependency of the problem. An operator splitting technique is suggested to separate selection of time steps for each mechanism and speed up the computation operation. In the second part of the thesis, the numerical simulator is used for engineering studies. The issue of ice formation, its effect on gas production and selection of criteria to prevent it are studied. The results suggest that a simple criterion can be defined to avoid freezing in the depressurization technique. The Joule-Thompson cooling effect may reduce the temperature, but it does not violate the ice formation criterion. The Joule-Thompson effect may prevent hydrates from decomposition unless the bottom-hole pressure is reduced to a certain point. Behaviour of type III hydrate reservoirs is investigated with the use of the developed simulator. Two similarity behaviours are identified that may aid in the development of analytical solutions.
Additional file 4 of The prediction of distant metastasis risk for male breast cancer patients based on an interpretable machine learning model
Creators: name: Zhao, Xuhai
name: Jiang, Cong
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Cancer
subject: Plant Biology

description: Additional file 4.
Epipleoneura spatulata Racenis 1960
Creators: name: Pessacq, Pablo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Odonata
Protoneuridae
Epipleoneura
Epipleoneura spatulata

description: Epipleoneura spatulata Rácenis, 1960
(Fig. 26)
 Epipleoneura spatulata Rácenis 1960: 35 –37, figs. 3a–b (new species, description of male, illustration of male S 10 in posterior and lateral view, type material at MIZA).  Garrison et al. 2010 : 352, 355, fig. 2352 (included in list of species, illustrations of epiproct in posterior view).
 Diagnosis. The cercus of this species (Fig.26) is similar to that of E. angeloi, E. haroldoi, E. manauensis, and E. williamsoni, and is described under the first species. Epipleoneura spatulata is most similar to E. williamsoni and E. angeloi (Figs. 23 and 24) in general conformation of cercus and epiproct but can be distinguished from them by the shorter cercus, the ventral branch directed posteriorly and flattened dorso-ventrally and the shorter epiproct branches. Genital ligula not described. Female unknown.
 Distribution. Southern Venezuela, Amazonas State (type locality, Minisia de Orinoco, about 03º56’N, 67º26’W).
 Notes. In my brief visit to MIZA (Venezuela) in 2009, I examined the holotype of E. spatulata in order to include it in a cladistics analysis. I registered the presence of a small black spine close to apex on inner margin of cercus dorsal branch, a character also found in E. albuquerquei, E. angeloi, and E. williamsoni, the last two closely related species. Unfortunately, I only made a schematic drawing of its genital ligula that does not allow for clear identification of specific characters.
description: Published as part of Pessacq, Pablo, 2014, Synopsis of Epipleoneura (Zygoptera, Coenagrionidae, " Protoneuridae "), with emphasis on its Brazilian species, pp. 201-234 in Zootaxa 3872 (3) on page 228, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3872.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/230974
Interfacial phenomena of bitumen and water at elevated temperatures and pressures
Creators: name: Rajayi, Maryam
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 2010

description: Bibliography: p. 202-220
description: Some pages are in colour.
description: The main objectives of this research project are to develop an X-ray transparent cell and investigate the interfacial properties of bitumen and water at elevated temperatures and pressures using the computed tomography technology (CT). Interfacial properties under investigation are the contact angle and the interfacial tension of the system of bitumenÂ­water-quartz. A visual, a micro CT, and a CT cells have been designed and constructed. A series of visual experiments have been executed using the visual cell and a digital camera. These were the preliminary tests necessary for further experiments performed at ambient conditions. In the next step, two series of micro CT experiments have been accomplished at elevated temperatures and pressures. The CT model was tested, but no experiments have been completed. Knowledge about the interfacial phenomena between bitumen and water at high temperatures and pressures facilitates and improves the recovery of bitumen from oil sands using thermal methods.
The prospects for industrial cooperation between the United States and Japan
Creators: name: Beechler, Schon
name: Ranis, Sheri
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 1993
Subjects: Economics
Commerce

description: As part of an extensive research project on the competitiveness of US and Japanese firms in three key industries (automobiles, semiconductors and pharmaceuticals) the research team undertook an examination of what some consider to be the inverse of competition, the possibilities for cooperation between the US and Japanese industries and firms. The series of questions that we asked was as follows: is there room for cooperation between US and Japanese companies and/or industries to further the cause of fair competition? Can the energy that is currently being put into breaking down barriers be usefully turned to building bridges?
Further validation of a measure to assess school-wide positive behaviour support
Creators: name: Hume, Amanda Elise
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: This study assessed aspects of construct validity of the School-wide Universal Behaviour Sustainability Index- School Teams (SUBSIST), a measure evaluating critical features of the school context related to sustainability of SWPBS systems. Two-hundred and seventeen schools were administered the measure. Construct validity of the measure was examined by determining whether SUBSIST scores were associated with features that are predictive of sustained SWPBS implementation, and whether the SUBSIST differentiated between different types of schools. First, analyses were performed to identify any differences in school features based on sustainability score. Results showed that higher sustainability scores were associated with increased frequency of school team meetings, presentation of SWPBS data to school staff, access to an external coach/consultant, and greater number of years sustaining SWPBS. Second, a two-step cluster analysis was performed to classify schools based on responses to the 39 SUBSIST items. A two cluster solution was obtained, with schools in one cluster (n = 139) obtaining significantly higher scores on SUBSIST items than schools in the other cluster (n = 78). The most critical item that contributed to cluster formation was use of data for decision making. These results are discussed with regard to previous and future research, limitations, and implications for sustaining SWPBS systems.
Cratocentrus decoratus
Creators: name: Madl, Michael
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Chalcididae
Cratocentrus
Cratocentrus decoratus

description: Cratocentrus decoratus (KLUG, 1834)
Cratocentrus decoratus (KLUG, 1834): STEFFAN 1959: 311 (key ♀), 312 (tax., Djibouti without locality).
D i s t r i b u t i o n: no exact locality.
Cratocentrus decoratus is known from the Afrotropical (Cape Verde, Djibouti, Sudan) and Palaearctic (Egypt, Saudi Arabia) regions.
description: Published as part of Madl, Michael, 2018, A preliminary catalogue of the Hymenoptera (Insecta) of the Republic of Djibouti, pp. 907-967 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 50 (2) on page 912, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3776452
Parameterized Complexity on a New Sorting Algorithm: A Study in Simulation
Creators: name: Kumar, Prashant
name: Kumari, Anchala
name: Chakraborty, Soubhik
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Computation (stat.CO)
subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Sundararajan and Chakraborty (2007) introduced a new sorting algorithm by modifying the fast and popular Quick sort and removing the interchanges. In a subsequent empirical study, Sourabh, Sundararajan and Chakraborty (2007) demonstrated that this algorithm sorts inputs from certain probability distributions faster than others and the authors made a list of some standard probability distributions in decreasing order of speed, namely, Continuous uniform < Discrete uniform < Binomial < Negative Binomial < Poisson < Geometric < Exponential < Standard Normal. It is clear from this interesting second study that the algorithm is sensitive to input probability distribution. Based on these pervious findings, in the present paper we are motivated to do some further study on this sorting algorithm through simulation and determine the appropriate empirical model which explains its average sorting time with special emphasis on parameterized complexity.
description: 14 pages
Arbitrage and Equilibrium in Economies with Infinitely Many Securities and Commodities
Creators: name: Chichilnisky, Graciela
name: Heal, Geoffrey M.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 1992
Subjects: Economics

description: Welfare economics and finance have each evolved their own equilibrium concepts. In welfare economics this is the concept of a competitive general equilibrium: in finance, it is the absence of arbitrage opportunities. These concepts emerged independently and were initially seen as quite distinct. Each plays an absolutely central role in its field, both in the theory and in practical applications. In the 1980s researchers in both fields began to investigate the connections between the two concepts.
Low-temperature structure of xi'-Al-Pd-Mn optimized by ab-initio methods
Creators: name: Frigan, Benjamin
name: Santana, Alejandro
name: Engel, Michael
name: Schopf, Daniel
name: Trebin, Hans-Rainer
name: Mihalkovic, Marek
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We have studied and resolved occupancy correlations in the existing average structure model of the complex metallic alloy xi'-Al-Pd-Mn [Boudard et al., Phil. Mag. A, 74, 939 (1996)], which has approximately 320 atoms in the unit cell and many fractionally occupied sites. Model variants were constructed systematically in a tiling-decoration approach and subjected to simulated annealing by use of both density functional theory and molecular dynamics with empirical potentials. To obtain a measure for thermodynamic stability, we reproduce the Al-Pd-Mn phase diagram at T=0K, and derive an enthalpy of formation for each structure. Our optimal structure resolves a cloud of fractionally occupied sites in pseudo-Mackay clusters. In particular, we demonstrate the presence of rotational degrees of freedom of an Al9 inner shell, which is caged within two icosahedrally symmetric outer shells Al30 and Pd12. Outside these clusters, the chemical ordering on a chain of three nearby sites surprisingly breaks the inversion symmetry of the surrounding structure, and couples to an Al/vacancy site nearby. Our refined tiling-decoration model applies to any structure within the epsilon-phases family, including the metastable decagonal quasicrystalline phase.
description: 14 pages, 13 figures, 2 tables
Double arc–continent collision record in the Latest Mesozoic–Cenozoic tectonic history of the Himalayan–Tibetan orogenic belt in Western Pakistan
Creators: name: Ullah, Inayat
name: Xue, Chuandong
name: Yang, Tiannan
name: Furnes, Harald
name: Dilek, Yildirim
name: Wang, Wei
name: Ghaffar, Abdul
Publisher: name: Geological Society of London
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 3705
subject: Geology
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences

description: Supplementary Table 4. Age (66 Ma) corrected bulk Sr–Nd isotopic data for the mafic rocks from the RasKoh Arc, west Pakistan.
Additional file 1 of Epidemiology and prevalence of tobacco use in Tehran; a report from the recruitment phase of Tehran cohort study
Creators: name: Shafiee, Akbar
name: Oraii, Alireza
name: Jalali, Arash
name: Alaeddini, Farshid
name: Saadat, Soheil
name: Masoudkabir, Farzad
name: Tajdini, Masih
name: Ashraf, Haleh
name: Omidi, Negar
name: Heidari, Amirhossein
name: Shamloo, Alireza Sepehri
name: Sadeghian, Saeed
name: Boroumand, Mohamamdali
name: Vasheghani-Farahani, Ali
name: Karimi, Abbasali
name: Franco, Oscar H.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1: Supplementary Table S1. Baseline characteristics of the Tehran Cohort Study participants. Supplementary Table S2. Prevalence of current and former cigarette, waterpipe, and pipe use in the Tehran Cohort study, stratified by age and sex.
Observational Constraints on Gauge Field Production in Axion Inflation
Creators: name: Meerburg, P. Daniel
name: Pajer, Enrico
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Models of axion inflation are particularly interesting since they provide a natural justification for the flatness of the potential over a super-Planckian distance, namely the approximate shift-symmetry of the inflaton. In addition, most of the observational consequences are directly related to this symmetry and hence are correlated. Large tensor modes can be accompanied by the observable effects of a the shift-symmetric coupling $ϕF\tilde F$ to a gauge field. During inflation this coupling leads to a copious production of gauge quanta and consequently a very distinct modification of the primordial curvature perturbations. In this work we compare these predictions with observations. We find that the leading constraint on the model comes from the CMB power spectrum when considering both WMAP 7-year and ACT data. The bispectrum generated by the non-Gaussian inverse-decay of the gauge field leads to a comparable but slightly weaker constraint. There is also a constraint from mu-distortion using TRIS plus COBE/FIRAS data, but it is much weaker. Finally we comment on a generalization of the model to massive gauge fields. When the mass is generated by some light Higgs field, observably large local non-Gaussianity can be produced.
description: 38 pages, 13 figures
Hydrogen production via catalytic steam gasification of residual oil in sagd depleted sand
Creators: name: Pineda-Perez, Luis Alberto
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 2010

description: Bibliography: p. 102-108
description: Many pages are in colour.
description: Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) bitumen production reaches a point where the steam/oil ratio becomes uneconomical. Noticeable hydrocarbon resources are still locked within the reservoir when this point is reached. For this study an Athabasca core was selected. A first objective was to assemble a laboratory set-up that simulates field SAGD hydrocarbon depletion. In this way, a hydrocarbon depleted core was produced for the next step of the investigation. The second and more important objective aims to demonstrate the feasibility of producing Hydrogen from the SAGD remaining hydrocarbons. To this end, Catalytic Steam Gasification was studied. An euthectic Ca/K catalyst was evaluated. Results showed a slight upgrading of the produced oil was achieved in a short residence time/low temperature SAGD laboratory process. Hydrogen was selectively produced by gasification in the temperature range 550-600°C. Estimated 86%wt. conversion was determined for gasification, based on the amount of non-gasified hydrocarbons remaining in the core.
Cloning and functional analysis of two sterol-C24-methyltransferase 1 (SMT1) genes from Paris polyphylla
Creators: name: Guan, Hong-Yu
name: Su, Ping
name: Zhao, Yu-Jun
name: Zhang, Xia-Nan
name: Dai, Zhu-Bo
name: Guo, Juan
name: Tong, Yu-Ru
name: Liu, Yu-Jia
name: Hu, Tian-Yuan
name: Yin, Yan
name: Gao, Lin-Hui
name: Gao, Wei
name: Huang, Lu-Qi
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: The biosynthetic pathways of phytosterols and steroidal saponins are located in two adjacent branches which share cycloartenol as substrate. The rate-limiting enzyme S-adenosyl-L-methionine-sterol-C24-methyltransferase 1 (SMT1) facilitates the metabolic flux toward phytosterols. It catalyzes the methylation of the cycloartenol in the side chain of the C24-alkyl group, to generate 24(28)-methylene cycloartenol. In this study, we obtained two full-length sequences of SMT1 genes from Pari polyphylla, designated PpSMT1-1 and PpSMT1-2. The full-length cDNA of PpSMT1-1 was 1369 bp long with an open reading frame (ORF) of 1038 bp, while the PpSMT1-2 had a length of 1222 bp, with a 1005 bp ORF. Bioinformatics analysis confirmed that the two cloned SMTs belong to the SMT1 family. The predicted function was further validated by performing in vitro enzymatic reactions, and the results showed that PpSMT1-1 encodes a cycloartenol-C24-methyltransferase, which catalyzes the conversion of cycloartenol to 24-methylene cycloartenol, whereas PpSMT1-2 lacked this catalytic activity. The tissue expression patterns of the two SMTs revealed differential expression in different organs of Paris polyphylla plants of different developmental stage and age. These results lay the foundation for detailed genetic studies of the biosynthetic pathways of steroid compounds, which constitute the main class of active substances found in P. polyphylla.