cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Phase sensitivity for an unbalanced interferometer without input phase-matching restrictions
Creators: name: Preda, Anca
name: Ataman, Stefan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Cramér-Rao bound and the quantum Fisher information have been tools used extensively for interferometric phase sensitivity. Most scenarios considering a Mach-Zehnder interferometer with two input sources focused on the phase-matched case, when the Fisher information is maximal. Under this constraint, the best sensitivity is achieved for a balanced (50/50) input beam splitter. In this paper, we take a different approach: we allow the beam splitter transmission coefficient as well as the input phase mismatch to be variable parameters. We then search for a pair of these parameters that maximizes the Fisher information. We find that for the double coherent input the maximum Fisher information can always be reached in the unbalanced case for a carefully chosen input phase mismatch. For the coherent plus squeezed vacuum case we find that under certain circumstances a threshold phase mismatch exists, beyond which the optimum Fisher information is found for the degenerate case. For the squeezed-coherent plus squeezed vacuum case we find that the optimum actually occurs when the squeezing angles of the two inputs are in anti-phase.
description: 11 pages, 7 figures
Capacity Utilization of the Rice Milling Industry and Interlinkage in the Rice Market in Ghana
Creators: name: Furuya, Jun
name: Sakurai, Takeshi
name: Furuya, Jun
name: Sakurai, Takeshi
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: International Development
subject: inter linkage
subject: rice milling
subject: capacity utilization
subject: money lending
subject: Ghana

description: Most large-scale millers in the Kumasi area, central Ghana, provide interest-free or low interest loans to farmers under the agreement that the farmers will bring their paddy to the millers. This paper examines the effect of this interlinkage on the efficiency of rice milling. A quadratic short-run cost function was estimated by controlling for self-selection bias using the results of first-stage Probit regression, and capacity utilization was calculated in relation to money lending. The results show that if a miller provides a loan to farmers, the operating rate will increase by 24% and the total cost will decrease by 17%.
Examining pre-service teachers' preparation for inclusive education in the Pacific region and the Solomon Islands
Creators: name: JANINE SIMI
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2019
Subjects: Education

description: With inclusive education gaining ground in countries around the globe, this study investigated how the Solomon Islands prepare pre-service teachers for inclusive education. Comprising of two stages, the first study examined perceptions of deans and principals of higher educations with regard to inclusive education in the South Pacific. Following this, a survey was utilised to determine the impact of a teacher education course on preparedness of pre-service teachers for inclusive education. Findings revealed that the South Pacific is progressing well to the goal of preparing pre-service teachers for inclusion, however, some areas may require additional attention.
Transcription of lncRNA ACoS-AS1 is essential to trans-splicing between SlPsy1 and ACoS-AS1 that causes yellow fruit in tomato
Creators: name: Xiao, Yao
name: Kang, Baoshan
name: Li, Meng
name: Xiao, Liangjun
name: Xiao, Han
name: Shen, Huolin
name: Yang, Wencai
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: Phytoene synthase (PSY) has been considered as an important regulatory enzyme in carotenoids biosynthesis pathway. Previous study finds that the yellow fruit in Solanum lycopersicum var. cerasiforme accession PI 114490 is caused by loss-of-function of SlPSY1 due to trans-splicing between SlPsy1 and an unknown gene transcribed from neighbour opposite strand DNA of SlPsy1. The genomic DNA sequences of SlPsy1 between red and yellow-fruited tomato lines have one single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in the fourth intron and one SSR in the intergenic region. In the current study, the cause of trans-splicing event was further investigated. The data showed that the previously defined unknown gene was a putative long non-coding RNA ACoS-AS1 with three variants in many yellow-fruited tomato lines. The intronic SNP and intergenic SSR were tightly associated with trans-splicing event SlPsy1-ACoS-AS1. However, transgenic tomato lines carrying the genomic DNA of SlPsy1 from PI 114490 did not generate transcripts of ACoS-AS1and SlPsy1-ACoS-AS1 suggesting that only the intronic SNP could not cause the trans-splicing event. Over-expression of SlPsy1-ACoS-AS1 in red-fruited tomato line M82 did not have any phenotype change while over-expression of wild type SlPsy1 resulted in altered leaf colour. Sub-cellular localization analysis showed that SlPSY1-ACoS-AS1 could not enter plastids where SlPSY1 has its enzyme activity. Mutation of ACoS-AS1 in PI 114490 generated by CRISPR/Cas9 techniques resulted in red fruits implying that ACoS-AS1 was essential to trans-splicing event SlPsy1-ACoS-AS1. The results obtained here will extend knowledge to understand the mechanism of trans-splicing event SlPsy1-ACoS-AS1 and provide additional information for the regulation of carotenoids biosynthesis.
Calepitrimerus fopingi Xue, Song & Hong 2006
Creators: name: Xue, Xiao-Feng
name: Han, Xiao
name: Song, Zi-Wei
name: Hong, Xiao-Yue
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Trombidiformes
Eriophyidae
Calepitrimerus
Calepitrimerus fopingi

description: Calepitrimerus fopingi Xue, Song & Hong, 2006
 Calepitrimerus fopingi Xue, Song & Hong, 2006d: 38–40.
 Type material. 10 females (slide number NJAUAcariEri284), from Lindera glauca (Sieb. & Zucc.) Blume (Lauraceae), The Foping National Natural Reserve, Foping County, Shaanxi Province, P. R. China, 33°30'48' N, 107°58'52' E, elevation 766m, 5 September 2004, coll. Xiao-Feng Xue and Zi-Wei Song.
 New material. 5 females (slide number NJAUAcariEri298), from Lindera glauca (Sieb. & Zucc.) Blume (Lauraceae), Ningshan County, Shaanxi Province, P. R. China, 33°18'43' N, 108°18'33' E, elevation 766m, 6 September 2004, coll. Xiao-Feng Xue and Zi-Wei Song.
 Host. Lindera glauca (Sieb. & Zucc.) Blume (Lauraceae).
 Relation to host. Vagrant.
 Distribution. China (Shaanxi).
description: Published as part of Xue, Xiao-Feng, Han, Xiao, Song, Zi-Wei & Hong, Xiao-Yue, 2012, Eriophyoid mite fauna of Shaanxi Province, China, with descriptions of five new species (Acari: Eriophyoidea) 3292, pp. 1-71 in Zootaxa 3292 (1) on page 28, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3292.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5250127
K-band (24 GHz) VLBI signal path delays caused by the troposphere and ionosphere
Creators: name: Krasna, Hana
name: de Witt, Aletha
name: Jacobs, Christopher S.
name: Gordon, David
name: Soja, Benedikt
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: VLBI
K-band
Troposphere
Ionosphere

description: K-band (24 GHz) Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) reference frame observations, originally motivated by astrometric goals, are now providing accurate geodetic products such as station locations, Earth orientation, and atmospheric parameters. These results from the K-band Astro2Geo VLBI project, launched in 2013, allow for multi-frequency VLBI comparisons as well as multi-technique comparisons.
Effects of Image Formation of Rural Lifescape on Consciousness and Willingness to Protect Rural Farming Villages
Creators: name: Kitani, Shinobu
name: Hasebe, Tadashi
name: Nomura, Noriaki
name: Moore, Richard
name: Kitani, Shinobu
name: Hasebe, Tadashi
name: Nomura, Noriaki
name: Moore, Richard
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: AHP
subject: change of attitude
subject: contingent valuation
subject: CVM
subject: image formation
subject: lifescape
subject: rural farming village

description: The paper aims to evaluate rural farming villages through an ethical view point. The method of evaluation is to grasp respondents' changes of attitudes in a CVM survey, where we show them many photos relating to a Japanese rural farming village. These photos are classified by trilateral images of the village and we ask respondents to make pair-wise comparisons in each set of photos. As a result, we can verify that respondents who have much past experience in a rural farming village would have an image of life and their attitudes for CVM judgment are more prone to be vulnerable to visual information (photos). This means that images of rural lifescape might not be reflected in the values calculated through CVM.
Symposium programme
Creators: name: of Healthcare Management, Graduate School
Publisher: name: Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 420317
subject: Patient safety
classificationCode: 350715
subject: Quality management
classificationCode: 350505
subject: Occupational and workplace health and safety

description: Programme of the Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Research Symposium, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Science, 3 March 2025
Supplement Information from Carotenoid pigmentation in salmon: variation in expression at BCO2-l locus controls a key fitness trait affecting red coloration
Creators: name: S. J. Lehnert
name: K. A. Christensen
name: W. E. Vandersteen
name: D. Sakhrani
name: T. E. Pitcher
name: J. W. Heath
name: B. F. Koop
name: D. D. Heath
name: R. H. Devlin
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: 60408 Genomics

description: Supplementary Methods, Tables and Figures
Low-Energy Magnetic Radiation
Creators: name: Frauendorf, S.
name: Beard, M.
name: Mumpower, M.
name: Schwengner, R.
name: Wimmer, K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A pronounced spike at low energy in the strength function for magnetic radiation (LEMAR) is found by means of Shell Model calculations, which explains the experimentally observed enhancement of the dipole strength. LEMAR originates from statistical low-energy M1-transitions between many excited complex states. Re-coupling of the proton and neutron high-j orbitals generates the strong magnetic radiation. LEMAR is predicted for nuclides with $A\approx 132$ participating in the r-process of element synthesis. It increases the reaction rates by a factor of 2.5. The spectral function of LEMAR follows Planck's Law. A power law for the size distribution of the $B(M1)$ values are found.
description: arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1407.1721
Exactly solvable models in 2D semiclassical dilaton gravity and extremal black holes
Creators: name: Zaslavskii, O. B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Previously known exactly solvable models of 2D semiclassical dilaton gravity admit, in the general case, only non-extreme black holes. It is shown that there exist exceptional degenerate cases, that can be obtained by some limiting transitions from the general exact solution, which include, in particular, extremal and ultraextremal black holes. We also analyze properties of extreme black holes without demanding exact solvability and show that for such solutions quantum backreaction forbids the existence of ultraextreme black holes. The conditions,under which divergencies of quantum stresses in a free falling frame can disappear, are found. We derive the closed equation with respect to the metric as a function of the dilaton field that enables one, choosing the form of the metric, to restore corresponding Lagrangian. It is demonstrated that exactly solvable models, found earlier, can be extended to include an electric charge only in two cases: either the dilaton-gravitation coupling is proportional to the potential term, or the latter vanishes. The second case leads to the effective potential with a negative amplitude and we analyze, how this fact affects the structure of spacetime. We also discuss the role of quantum backreaction in the relationship between extremal horizons and the branch of solutions with a constant dilaton.
description: 31 pages. In v.2 typo in Ref. [2] corrected, 4 references added. Accepted in Class. Quant. Grav
Distinguishing between ‘Normal’ and ‘Extreme’ Price Volatility in Food Security Assessment
Creators: name: Huffaker, R.
name: Canavari, M.
name: Muñoz-Carpena, R.
name: Huffaker, R.
name: Canavari, M.
name: Muñoz-Carpena, R.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2016
Subjects: Agribusiness
Demand and Price Analysis

description: Volatile food prices are held to threaten food security worldwide, but controversy over how to distinguish between ‘normal’ and ‘extreme’ volatility compromises threat assessment and identification of countermeasures. Whether food-market dynamics normally stabilize or destabilize prices is the source of controversy. The conventional view is that market dynamics are inherently stable so that price volatility—arising from exogenous shocks—normally stabilizes due to forces of supply and demand. Extended food panics are improbable, reducing need for interventionist public policy. An emergent alternative view is that market dynamics are inherently unstable so that volatility persists endogenously. Interventionist public policy is needed to deal with chronic food panics.
title: PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS RESPONDING DURING NEGATIVE MEMORY RECOLLECTION AND THE HABITUAL USE OF PSYCHOLOGICAL COPING STRATEGIES
Creators: name: Rawn, Kyle
Publisher: name: University of Kentucky Libraries
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: FOS: Psychology

description: Coping represents an important process for stress: how effectively one copes dictates how a person experiences stress. However, research has not yet examined how a person’s long-term coping habits are related to their physiological stress responding during a particular situation. The current study addresses this through examination of skin conductance level (SCL) trajectories and coping tendencies (i.e. habitual use of coping strategies) during an autobiographical interview. 167 college students completed questionnaires assessing their demographics and their frequency of use for fourteen coping strategies. SCL was collected while participants recalled and discussed a negative family memory from their childhood. Multilevel modeling was used to assess whether individual coping tendencies, or habitual use of multiple coping tendencies, indicating coping flexibility, were related to trajectories of SCL during the course of the interview. Results revealed that self-distraction, planning, active coping, humor, use of emotional support, and coping flexibility were related to SCL trajectories. Generally, those reporting higher use of these variables exhibited trajectories of SCL that decrease less steeply and are more stable throughout the interview. These findings suggest that stabilizing SCL, through engaging in more problem-focused coping or coping flexibility, may alleviate the negative mental health outcomes associated with differential SCL responding.
description: © 2021 Kyle P. Rawn
Calepitrimerus taibaicus Xue, Song & Hong 2011
Creators: name: Xue, Xiao-Feng
name: Han, Xiao
name: Song, Zi-Wei
name: Hong, Xiao-Yue
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Trombidiformes
Eriophyidae
Calepitrimerus
Calepitrimerus taibaicus

description: Calepitrimerus taibaicus Xue, Song & Hong, 2011
 Calepitrimerus taibaicus Xue, Song & Hong, 2011b: 43–47.
 Type material. 3 females and 8 males (slide number NJAUAcariEri233), from Ulmus sp. L. (Ulmaceae), Taibai Mountain, Mei County, Shaanxi Province, P. R. China, 34°01'51' N, 107°48'36' E, elevation 2420m, 1 September 2004, coll. Xiao-Feng Xue and Zi-Wei Song.
 Host. Ulmus sp. L. (Ulmaceae).
 Relation to host. Vagrant.
 Distribution. China (Shaanxi).
description: Published as part of Xue, Xiao-Feng, Han, Xiao, Song, Zi-Wei & Hong, Xiao-Yue, 2012, Eriophyoid mite fauna of Shaanxi Province, China, with descriptions of five new species (Acari: Eriophyoidea) 3292, pp. 1-71 in Zootaxa 3292 (1) on page 28, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3292.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5250127
title: A Realist at War: Art & Authenticity in Writing Historical Fiction
Creators: name: Warnes, Diana J
Publisher: name: Griffith University
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: art
subject: World War II, 1939-1945
subject: Australia
subject: modernism

description: This Masters of Arts Research comprises a creative component, a novella, titled, A Realist at War, which explores the effects of the Second World War on a group of Australian artists and an accompanying exegesis that examines the interrelationship between art and authenticity when researching and writing historical fiction. The act of inserting a fictitious narrative into historical events presented an opportunity to further research the field of historical fiction. Based on the research undertaken for writing A Realist at War, this exegesis will consider the existing literature on methodology for writing historical fiction, particularly analysing contemporary authors that revisit the past in the context of the Second World War. A Realist at War presents a fictional account from 1941, during the Second World War, of two Australian official war artists in North Africa and the Middle East. In Australian art history, the development of art during the Second World War focuses on a core group of modernists, the Heide group, whose members challenged the perceived conservatism of the official war art scheme (Haese, 1981). However, my novella is a fictitious cultural counterpoint to that dominant narrative through the experience of two official war artists, Kurt and George, as told through the letters to a mutual love interest, Meg, who resides in Adelaide, then Owen, South Australia. The experience of the official war artists, considering character, influences, and ambitions, presents a rich era in Australian art and military history to research, analyse, and re-present in a creative act, thus the realisation of the novella, A Realist at War. [...]
Dairy Price commodity in Italy: volatility and forecast after milk quotas
Creators: name: Rosa, F.
name: Weaver
name: Vasciaveo
name: Rosa, F.
name: Weaver
name: Vasciaveo
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2016
Subjects: Agribusiness
Demand and Price Analysis

description: The EU dairy industry is facing an unprecedented change since the removal of milk quotas has exposes the sector to the world competition with strongly organized multinational traders. The basic question of this paper is if the milk quota expiration will have any impact on market equilibria and decisions of agents operating at various market levels. This paper has been preceded by two other papers discussing various issues about dairy market in Italy: market asymmetries and consequences for price transmission and presence of oligopoly competition and consequences for price setting. The present analysis uses the time series analysis of weekly dairy prices to test the market behavior before and after quota regime. Volatility was tested with simple CV, SD indexes and more complexes Arch-Garch models including the breaks and changes in market regime correlated to policy adjustments. Results suggest a moderate change in volatility; our explanation is the Italian dairy sector was for long time protected from world market competition and a consistent amount of raw milk processed for cheese production was managed by the coop organization that transferred to the dairy farms the margins realized at other market levels. The future scenario is more pessimistic in absence of any protection: some structural changes needed to face the world competition could have been postponed in this protected market with the OCM. The expected growth of milk supply after quota will determine a decline in the raw milk price becoming closer to the marginal costs of the most efficient dairy farms in the world. This will cause the exit of a great number of dairy farms, the restructuring of the dairy industry and more concentration at retail level.
The triboelectric sensor based on PDMS/SGO for human running posture and physical fitness health monitoring
Creators: name: Zhang, Shuai
name: Yang, Hailin
name: Li, Jianghua
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Space Science
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Astronomical and Space Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Recently, research about the intelligent sports equipment based on triboelectric sensor for athlete posture monitoring has made progress. However, the exploration of new triboelectric materials remains an important challenge to be faced. Hence, we ingeniously design a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)/silanized graphite oxide (SGO)-based triboelectric nanogenerator (PS-TENG) for running posture and physical health monitoring. The introduction of SGO has improved the electron capture capability of PDMS, thereby achieving high output of PS-TENG. From the results, under an 60 MΩ resistance, the power density of PS-TENG reaches a peak of 1780 mW·m−2. Furthermore, athletes undergo various postures during the running process, so monitoring special postures is very meaningful, such as jogging, long jump, walking, etc. Especially, according to the self-charging mechanism, PS-TENG can indirectly evaluate physical energy analysis during running by storing electrical energy in capacitors. This triboelectric sensor can assist in posture monitoring and physical fitness monitoring during running.
The Quest for the Cosmological Parameters
Creators: name: Plionis, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The following review presents an attempt to discuss various issues of current interest in Observational Cosmology, the selection of which as well as the emphasis given, reflects my own preference and biases. After presenting some Cosmological basics, for which I was aided by excellent text-books, I emphasize on attempts to determine some of the important cosmological parameters; the Hubble constant, the curvature and total mass content of the Universe. The outcome of these very recent studies is that the "concordance" model, that fits the majority of observations, is that with Omega_m+ Omega_Lambda=1, Omega_Lambda ~ 0.7, Ho ~ 70 km/sec Mpc, Omega_B ~ 0.04 and spectral index of primordial fluctuation spectrum, the inflationary value n ~ 1. I apologise before hand for the many important works that I may have omitted.
description: Lecture Notes. Proceedings of the 1st Aegean Cosmology Summer School (2001). 60 pages, 17 figures (various mistakes corrected)
Detectability of atmospheric features of Earth-like planets in the habitable zone around M dwarfs
Creators: name: Wunderlich, F.
name: Godolt, M.
name: Grenfell, J. L.
name: Städt, S.
name: Smith, A. M. S.
name: Gebauer, S.
name: Schreier, F.
name: Hedelt, P.
name: Rauer, H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the detectability of atmospheric spectral features of Earth-like planets in the habitable zone (HZ) around M dwarfs with the future James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). We use a coupled 1D climate-chemistry-model to simulate the influence of a range of observed and modelled M-dwarf spectra on Earth-like planets. The simulated atmospheres served as input for the calculation of the transmission spectra of the hypothetical planets, using a line-by-line spectral radiative transfer model. To investigate the spectroscopic detectability of absorption bands with JWST we further developed a signal-to-noise ratio (S/N) model and applied it to our transmission spectra. High abundances of CH$_4$ and H$_2$O in the atmosphere of Earth-like planets around mid to late M dwarfs increase the detectability of the corresponding spectral features compared to early M-dwarf planets. Increased temperatures in the middle atmosphere of mid- to late-type M-dwarf planets expand the atmosphere and further increase the detectability of absorption bands. To detect CH$_4$, H$_2$O, and CO$_2$ in the atmosphere of an Earth-like planet around a mid to late M dwarf observing only one transit with JWST could be enough up to a distance of 4 pc and less than ten transits up to a distance of 10 pc. As a consequence of saturation limits of JWST and less pronounced absorption bands, the detection of spectral features of hypothetical Earth-like planets around most early M dwarfs would require more than ten transits. We identify 276 existing M dwarfs (including GJ 1132, TRAPPIST-1, GJ 1214, and LHS 1140) around which atmospheric absorption features of hypothetical Earth-like planets could be detected by co-adding just a few transits. We show that using transmission spectroscopy, JWST could provide enough precision to be able to partly characterise the atmosphere of Earth-like TESS planets around mid to late M dwarfs.
description: 18 pages, 10 figures
Price Margins in the Finnish Food Chain
Creators: name: Peltoniemi, Ari
name: Niemi, Jyrki
name: Peltoniemi, Ari
name: Niemi, Jyrki
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Demand and Price Analysis
subject: Food
subject: price margin
subject: primary production
subject: processing
subject: retailing

description: There is a growing interest – among consumers, the media, political decision-makers and the food system at large – in more detailed information on the formation of consumer prices for foodstuffs. This paper, based on Finnish case evidence, is an opportunity to increase the transparency of the food chain as well as consumers’ knowledge of its functioning. The aim of this study is to present an analysis of the price margin data for selected food products falling into three sectors: meat products, dairy products and cereal products. More specifically, the objective is to determine the share of consumer food prices taken by each actor along the food supply chain: primary production, processing, and retailing, as well as government taxes.
Climate Database Facilitating Climate Smart Meal Planning for the Public Sector in Sweden
Creators: name: Florén, Britta
name: Amani, Pegah
name: Davis, Jennifer
name: Florén, Britta
name: Amani, Pegah
name: Davis, Jennifer
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2016
Subjects: Agribusiness

description: The climate impact of food consumption corresponds to about 2 tons of CO2 eq. per capita, representing around 25 % of the total consumption-driven climate change impact in Sweden. There are several diverse ongoing trends of food consumption in Sweden, and their primary drivers are environmental and health considerations. The results of a market research carried out by YouGov (2010) indicated that nearly 75 percent of respondents would buy climate-labeled food, and nearly 50 percent of the respondents would be willing to pay a higher price for such a product. The climate impact from meals could be significantly decreased through small changes in recipes by reducing the amount of ingredients with high carbon footprints or substituting them with other ingredients with the same function but lower carbon footprints. By making more climate-conscious choices, e.g. eating more vegetables as well as poultry, egg and seafood instead of red meat, the climate impact per person and year could be reduced by half. Several recent studies suggest that dietary changes can reduce food-related environmental impacts significantly (e.g. Tilman and Clark, 2014; Hallström et al., 2015; Stehfest, 2014; Röös et al., 2015; Bryngelsson et al., 2016). These studies have mainly explored theoretical dietary scenarios, and not what people actually eat; for example, in one study a model-based theoretical diet, which reduced GHGs by 90%, included unrealistic amounts of only seven food items (Macdiarmid, 2012). Still, this information is important when aiming to guide food producers, public authorities and consumers towards more sustainable and healthy options. The national food agency Sweden updated their dietary advice in 2015, which now also takes environmental consideration into account, besides health impact (SLV, 2015).
Climate-friendly Products – to buy or not to buy?
Creators: name: Zander, Katrin
name: Feucht, Yvonne
name: Zander, Katrin
name: Feucht, Yvonne
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Consumer/Household Economics
subject: Food labelling
subject: consumer behaviour
subject: attitude behaviour gap

description: Although climate change is reported to be an important issue for European citizens, market relevance of climate-friendly labelled products remains limited. Various barriers such as low knowledge, distrust in labels, time preference and uncertainty/risk prevent consumers from acting according to their ethical attitudes. The aim of this contribution is to better understand the factors which influence consumers’ purchase behaviour of climate-friendly labelled products with emphasis on knowledge, trust in labels and time preference. Based on the data obtained by an online survey with 6007 respondents in six European countries (DE, ES, FR, IT, NO, UK) in July 2015 a multinomial regression was conducted. Dependent variable was the actual buying frequency of climate-friendly food. Higher subjective knowledge had a positive impact while lack of trust in labels negatively influenced the probability of purchasing climate-friendly products. Test persons with higher time preference were less likely to buy climate-friendly products and vice versa. This is in line with theoretical considerations according to which the present saving of money and pleasure gains are valued higher than the possible benefits resulting of less future impacts of climate change. In contrast, the effects of different indicators of risk attitudes were ambiguous.
eFLEET-POBEG: Madrid Central map for simulation.
Creators: name: Ruiz de Gauna, David Eneko
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 400703
subject: Autonomous vehicle systems
classificationCode: 460903
subject: Information modelling, management and ontologies
classificationCode: 460304
subject: Computer vision
classificationCode: 350902
subject: Intelligent mobility
classificationCode: 460407
subject: System and network security
classificationCode: 401101
subject: Air pollution modelling and control

description: The following file generated within this thesis are presented:
madridcentral.shp: File with Madrid Central map for simulation with geodata.
Supplementary Information from Rational time investment during collective decision making in Temnothorax ants
Creators: name: Sasaki, Takao
name: Stott, Benjamin
name: Pratt, Stephen C.
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 170299 Cognitive Science not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: 60801 Animal Behaviour

description: The study of rational choice in humans and other animals typically focuses on decision outcomes, but rationality also applies to decision latencies, especially when time is scarce and valuable. For example, the smaller the difference in quality between two options, the faster a rational actor should decide between them. This is because the consequences of choosing the inferior option are less severe if the options are similar. Experiments have shown, however, that humans irrationally spend more time choosing between similar options. In this study, we assessed the rationality of time investment during nest-site choice by the rock ant, Temnothorax albipennis. Previous studies have shown that collective decision-making allows ant colonies to avoid certain irrational errors. Here we show that the same is true for time investment. Individual ants, like humans, irrationally took more time to complete an emigration when choosing between two similar nests than when choosing between two less similar nests. Whole colonies, by contrast, rationally made faster decisions when the options were more similar. We discuss the underlying mechanisms of decision-making in individuals and colonies and how they lead to irrational and rational time investment, respectively.
Initial Data for Black Holes and Black Strings in 5d
Creators: name: Sorkin, Evgeny
name: Piran, Tsvi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We explore time-symmetric hypersurfaces containing apparent horizons of black objects in a 5d spacetime with one coordinate compactified on a circle. We find a phase transition within the family of such hypersurfaces: the horizon has different topology for different parameters. The topology varies from $S^3$ to $S^2 \times S^1$. This phase transition is discontinuous -- the topology of the horizon changes abruptly. We explore the behavior around the critical point and present a possible phase diagram.
description: 4 pp, 3 figs. v3: Discussion extended including know variouse choices of the source. The value of $\zeta_c$, errors and typos are corrected. Conclusions clarified but ain't changed. More references added. Accepted for publication in PRL
Cough presentation in primary care and the identification of chronic cough: a need for diagnostic clarity?
Creators: name: Holden, Sarah E.
name: Morice, Alyn
name: Birring, Surinder S.
name: Jenkins-Jones, Sara
name: Langerman, Haya
name: Weaver, Jessica
name: Currie, Craig J.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Objective: To investigate patterns of presentation of cough in primary care and develop an algorithm to identify probable and possible chronic cough (CC). Methods: This retrospective observational study used routine English primary care data and linked hospital data. Patients with ≥1 cough event in the study period (March 2014–February 2015) were selected. Index date was that of the earliest cough event in this period. Adults (aged ≥18 years) were classified as having probable CC if they had an explicit CC diagnosis; as having possible CC if they had ≥3 cough events recorded over 8–26 weeks; or, otherwise, as having acute cough. Underlying conditions associated with CC were identified. Results: 198,151 people were identified. 56.5% were female; median age was 47.0 years. The prevalence of cough in the study year was 17.6%. Of the 150,213 identified adults, 1600 (1.1%), 10,913 (7.3%) and 137,718 (91.7%) were classified as having probable CC, possible CC or acute cough, respectively. Compared with probable CC and acute cough, a higher percentage of possible CC cases had a record on or prior to index date indicative of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (30.6% versus 10.1% and 9.7%), gastro-esophageal reflux disease (32.6% versus 24.9% and 21.1%) or asthma (45.9% versus 27.6% and 27.9%). Prevalences of probable and possible CC were 0.18% and 1.2%, respectively. Conclusions: The prevalence of CC was lower than reported in previous studies. People with possible CC had higher rates of underlying conditions associated with CC. These observations may suggest poor recognition and/or under-recording of CC in primary care.
Callyntrotus duchesneae Xue, Song & Hong 2011
Creators: name: Xue, Xiao-Feng
name: Han, Xiao
name: Song, Zi-Wei
name: Hong, Xiao-Yue
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Trombidiformes
Eriophyidae
Callyntrotus
Callyntrotus duchesneae

description: Callyntrotus duchesneae Xue, Song & Hong, 2011
 Callyntrotus duchesneae Xue, Song & Hong, 2011b: 40–43.
 Type material. 4 females (slide number NJAUAcariEri343), from Duchesnea indica (Andrews) Focke (Rosaceae), Changqing Nature Reserve, Yang County, Shaanxi Province, P. R. China, 33°35'23' N, 107°32'26' E, elevation 1083m, 9 August 2005, coll. Xiao-Feng Xue and Zi-Wei Song.
 Host. Duchesnea indica (Andrews) Focke (Rosaceae).
 Relation to host. Vagrant.
 Distribution. China (Shaanxi).
description: Published as part of Xue, Xiao-Feng, Han, Xiao, Song, Zi-Wei & Hong, Xiao-Yue, 2012, Eriophyoid mite fauna of Shaanxi Province, China, with descriptions of five new species (Acari: Eriophyoidea) 3292, pp. 1-71 in Zootaxa 3292 (1) on page 28, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3292.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5250127
Supplementary Material from Variation at an adhesin locus suggests sociality in natural populations of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Creators: name: Oppler, Zachary J.
name: Parrish, Meadow E.
name: Murphy, Helen A.
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Evolutionary Biology

description: All the supporting figures and tables are contained in this document.
Calvittacus regiae Xue, Song & Hong 2006
Creators: name: Xue, Xiao-Feng
name: Han, Xiao
name: Song, Zi-Wei
name: Hong, Xiao-Yue
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Prostigmata
Eriophyidae
Calvittacus
Calvittacus regiae

description: Calvittacus regiae Xue, Song & Hong 2006
 Calvittacus regiae Xue, Song & Hong 2006d: 34–36.
 Type material. 9 females and 1 male (slide number NJAUAcariEri352), from Juglans regia L. (Juglandaceae), Changqing Nature Reserve, Huayang Town, Yang County, Shaanxi Province, P. R. China, 34°41'57' N, 107°37'09' E, elevation 2187m, 10 August 2005, coll. Xiao-Feng Xue & Zi-Wei Song.
 New material. 9 females and 1 male (slide number NJAUAcariEri367), from Juglans regia L. (Juglandaceae), Maoping town, Yang County, Shaanxi Province, P. R. China, 33°31'08' N, 107°40'14' E, elevation 898m, 11 August 2005, coll. Zi-Wei Song and Xiao-Feng Xue; 2 females and 1 male (slide number NJAUAcariEri303), from Juglans regia L. (Juglandaceae), Ningshan County, Shaanxi Province, P. R. China, 33°18'43' N, 108°18'33' E, elevation 766m, 7 September 2004, coll. Xiao-Feng Xue and Zi-Wei Song; 7 females (slide number NJAUAcariEri399), from Juglans regia L. (Juglandaceae), Cuihua Mountain, Xi' an City, Shaanxi Province, P. R. China, 34°59'40' N, 109°00'04' E, elevation 901m, 15 August 2005, coll. Xiao-Feng Xue & Zi-Wei Song.
 Host. Juglans regia L. (Juglandaceae).
 Relation to host. Vagrant.
 Distribution. China (Shaanxi).
description: Published as part of Xue, Xiao-Feng, Han, Xiao, Song, Zi-Wei & Hong, Xiao-Yue, 2012, Eriophyoid mite fauna of Shaanxi Province, China, with descriptions of five new species (Acari: Eriophyoidea) 3292, pp. 1-71 in Zootaxa 3292 (1) on page 29, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3292.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5250127
Tracking vegetation degradation and recovery in multiple mining areas in Beijing, China, based on time-series Landsat imagery
Creators: name: Han, Yue
name: Ke, Yinghai
name: Zhu, Lijuan
name: Feng, Hui
name: Zhang, Qun
name: Sun, Zhao
name: Zhu, Lin
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified

description: Monitoring of the vegetation change trajectory in mining areas is crucial to understand ecosystem degradation induced by mining activities and to evaluate the effectiveness of ecological restoration. Beijing, the capital of China, is rich in mineral resources and has had many small-scale mine sites. In this study, we aimed to propose a new method to automatically characterize vegetation degradation and recovery trajectory for multiple mine sites. First, the method constructs temporal composites of the Normalized Differential Vegetation Index (NDVI) on a pixel-by-pixel basis using Landsat satellite observations on the Google Earth Engine platform; second, the Pettitt test and Sen+Mann–Kendall analysis are used to identify the year of change and pre- and post-change trends; then, the time-series NDVI is classified into five vegetation trajectory types [recovery (R), degradation (D), degradation–recovery (D–R), recovery–degradation (R–D), and no change (NC)] and 13 subtypes; and finally, the recovery status of the mine sites is analyzed. The method was applied to track vegetation change in 500 mine sites in the Beijing mountainous area and compared to widely used the LandTrendr algorithm. The results showed that our method achieved satisfactory accuracies in trajectory type classification with an overall accuracy of 91.10%. The year of change detected by the Pettitt test was generally consistent with historical Google Earth high resolution imagery. Compared to the LandTrendr algorithm, our method yielded much less omission and commission errors of R, D, R–D, and D–R types and had better capability in identifying gradual recovery or degradation. As the method required few parameters, it is suitable for automatic trajectory monitoring of multiple mine sites. In the study area, 1469.07 ha out of 3746.25 ha of the mine sites have been recovered from 2000 to 2019. The recovery mainly occurred during 2009–2013, around the same time when the Green Mine Construction Campaign was launched in Beijing. 622.62 ha of the mine sites have experienced degradation probably due to illegal mining activities. Our results are expected to support evaluation of mine restoration effects and detection of illegal mine sites.
Excited-state dynamics of molecules with classically driven trajectories and Gaussians
Creators: name: Ibele, Lea M.
name: Nicolson, Angus
name: Curchod, Basile F. E.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
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: Developmental Biology

description: Simulating the dynamics of a molecule initiated in an excited electronic state constitutes a rather challenging task for theoretical and computational chemistry, as such dynamics leads to a strong coupling between nuclear motion and electronic states, that is, a breakdown of the Born–Oppenheimer approximation. This New Views article proposes a brief overview on recent theoretical developments aiming at simulating the excited-state dynamics of molecules – nonadiabatic molecular dynamics – focusing in particular on strategies employing travelling basis functions to portray the dynamics of nuclear wavefunctions. We start by discussing the central equations for nonadiabatic molecular dynamics in a Born–Huang representation. We then propose a comparison between two commonly employed strategies to simulate the excited-state dynamics of molecular systems in their full configuration space, Ab Initio Multiple Spawning (AIMS) and Trajectory Surface Hopping (TSH). The equations of motion for the two techniques are compared and used to contrast their respective description of phenomena involving the decoherence of nuclear wavepackets. Some recent works and developments of the AIMS method are then summarised. This New Views article ends with a highlight on the Exact Factorisation of the molecular wavefunction and how this approach contrasts with the more conventional Born–Huang picture when it comes to the description of photophysical and photochemical processes.
Primate Face Identification in the Wild
Creators: name: Shukla, Ankita
name: Cheema, Gullal Singh
name: Anand, Saket
name: Qureshi, Qamar
name: Jhala, Yadvendradev
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: Image and Video Processing (eess.IV)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: Ecological imbalance owing to rapid urbanization and deforestation has adversely affected the population of several wild animals. This loss of habitat has skewed the population of several non-human primate species like chimpanzees and macaques and has constrained them to co-exist in close proximity of human settlements, often leading to human-wildlife conflicts while competing for resources. For effective wildlife conservation and conflict management, regular monitoring of population and of conflicted regions is necessary. However, existing approaches like field visits for data collection and manual analysis by experts is resource intensive, tedious and time consuming, thus necessitating an automated, non-invasive, more efficient alternative like image based facial recognition. The challenge in individual identification arises due to unrelated factors like pose, lighting variations and occlusions due to the uncontrolled environments, that is further exacerbated by limited training data. Inspired by human perception, we propose to learn representations that are robust to such nuisance factors and capture the notion of similarity over the individual identity sub-manifolds. The proposed approach, Primate Face Identification (PFID), achieves this by training the network to distinguish between positive and negative pairs of images. The PFID loss augments the standard cross entropy loss with a pairwise loss to learn more discriminative and generalizable features, thus making it appropriate for other related identification tasks like open-set, closed set and verification. We report state-of-the-art accuracy on facial recognition of two primate species, rhesus macaques and chimpanzees under the four protocols of classification, verification, closed-set identification and open-set recognition.
description: arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1811.00743