cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Bibliography of empirical studies on neuropsychological assessment of executive functions in substance dependence populations
Creators: name: Vuuren, Jacques Jansen Van
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 170101 Biological Psychology (Neuropsychology, Psychopharmacology, Physiological Psychology)
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: 170106 Health, Clinical and Counselling Psychology

description: Exhaustive reference list of empirical studies (n=390) reporting on neuropsychological assessment of executive functions in substance dependence populations following a rigorous search strategy of MEDLINE, PubMed and PsycINFO. Blinded screening and selection was conducted by two reviewers independently with high agreement: 0.89 for abstracts and 0.85 for full-text articles as measured by Cohen's κ. [date range: articles published up until April 2019]
Comparing Perceptions with Actual Reports of Close Friend’s HIV Testing Behavior Among Urban Tanzanian Men
Creators: name: Mulawa, Marta I.
name: Yamanis, Thespina
name: Balvanz, Peter
name: Kajula, Lusajo J.
name: Maman, Suzanne
Publisher: name: Springer Science+Business Media; AIDS and Behavior
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 42
subject: Health sciences
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Men have lower rates of HIV testing and higher rates of AIDS-related mortality compared to women in sub-Saharan Africa. To assess whether there is an opportunity to increase men’s uptake of testing by correcting misperceptions about testing norms, we compare men’s perceptions of their closest friend’s HIV testing behaviors with the friend’s actual testing self-report using a unique dataset of men sampled within their social networks (n = 59) in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. We examine the accuracy and bias of perceptions among men who have tested for HIV (n = 391) and compare them to the perceptions among men who never tested (n = 432). We found that testers and non-testers did not differ in the accuracy of their perceptions, though non-testers were strongly biased towards assuming that their closest friends had not tested. Our results lend support to social norms approaches designed to correct the biased misperceptions of non-testers to promote men’s HIV testing.
Factors Determining Willingness to Pay for Wetland Conservation: The Case of the Nariva Swamp in Trinidad and Tobago
Creators: name: Pemberton, Carlisle A.
name: Mader-Charles, Kathleen
name: Pemberton, Carlisle A.
name: Mader-Charles, Kathleen
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2004
Subjects: Agricultural and Food Policy
Environmental Economics and Policy
International Development

description: The Nariva Swamp is the largest wetland in the eastern Caribbean, and is situated along the eastern coast of Trinidad. It is the habitat of a diverse array of plants and animals including the Anaconda (Eunectes murinus) and the endangered Manatee (Trichechus manatus). Several human communities surround Nariva Swamp. These activities, from agriculture to the clandestine cultivation of illegal crops have caused the Nariva Swamp to have experienced tremendous changes to its ecology and hydrology. Several studies have been conducted to estimate the WTP of the population of Trinidad and Tobago to conserve the Nariva Swamp. However the factors determining the WTP of the population remain largely unexplained. This study was therefore conducted in an effort to understand the factors that would contribute to the willingness to pay for the conservation of the swamp, and to add to the body of knowledge that exists on the subject of WTP for conservation in developing countries. An open-ended bid question on the maximum WTP was presented to a representative sample of households in Trinidad and responses regressed against ten independent household and choice variables. The results showed that only three choice attributes variables were significant in determining WTP. These were variables scoring the importance of future, bequest and existence values.
Myrmozercon Berlese 1902
Creators: name: Joharchi, Omid
name: Halliday, Bruce
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Mesostigmata
Laelapidae
Myrmozercon

description: Genus Myrmozercon Berlese
 Myrmozercon Berlese, 1902: 699.
description: Published as part of Joharchi, Omid & Halliday, Bruce, 2020, Supplementary descriptions of thirteen species of soil mites (Mesostigmata: Laelapidae), pp. 23-42 in Persian Journal of Acarology 9 (1) on page 32, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v9i1.58256, http://zenodo.org/record/4635118
title: Children's Empowerment in Play
Creators: name: Canning, Natalie
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 2016

description: This thesis identifies and explores how child-initiated, social play supports a process of empowerment for young children. It is underpinned by a sociocultural framework and interpretive approach. It argues that opportunities and experiences in early years settings are socially constructed by the ideas and practices which are generated through cultural influences over time. A case study methodology for the research involved a sample of pre-school children, parents and early years practitioners. Observational video data of child-initiated, social play in a range of English early years contexts, including home environments, were gathered. Semi-structured interviews and video stimulated reviews of selected video sequences were also conducted with parents and early years practitioners. Children were explicitly located at the centre of the research and talk with children about their play preferences was a core element in the study. The video data were subjected to systematic content analysis using operational codes developed based on an analysis of the literature surrounding children’s play. From the analysis, three super-themes, Participation, Voice and Ownership, and five sub-themes, Motivation, Coordination, Imagination, Problem Solving and Empathy, formed the organising structure of a conceptual framework. This was developed for identifying children’s empowerment in play along with a supporting definition of empowerment. The conceptual framework represents a novel ethnographic approach to the study of young children’s empowerment in play. It offers a new way of thinking about children’s play and the way in which it can be observed in early years practice. This thesis argues for a focus on children’s empowerment in play as a new way of planning and reflecting upon pedagogic practice. The conceptual framework and definition offer a detailed way in which children’s empowerment in play can be understood and analysed so that this can extend and develop early years practitioner’s thinking, values and beliefs.
On arithmetic progressions in model sets
Creators: name: Klick, Anna
name: Strungaru, Nicolae
name: Tcaciuc, Adi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this project we show the existence of arbitrary length arithmetic progressions in model sets and Meyer sets in the Euclidean $d$-space. We prove a van der Waerden type theorem for Meyer sets. We show that pure point subsets of Meyer sets with positive density and pure point diffraction contain arithmetic progressions of arbitrary length.
description: 17 pages, 2 figures
Entanglement generation in persistent current qubits
Creators: name: Ralph, J. F.
name: Clark, T. D.
name: Spiller, T. P.
name: Munro, W. J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper we investigate the generation of entanglement between two persistent current qubits. The qubits are coupled inductively to each other and to a common bias field, which is used to control the qubit behaviour and is represented schematically by a linear oscillator mode. We consider the use of classical and quantum representations for the qubit control fields and how fluctuations in the control fields tend to suppress entanglement. In particular, we demonstrate how fluctuations in the bias fields affect the entanglement generated between persistent current qubits and may limit the ability to design practical systems.
description: 7 pages, 4 figures, minor changes in reply to referees comments
Threat of Bioterrorism on Food Safety and Food Security to Caribbean Countries
Creators: name: Badrie, Neela
name: Deisingh, Anil
name: Badrie, Neela
name: Deisingh, Anil
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2004
Subjects: Agricultural and Food Policy
Environmental Economics and Policy
International Development

description: The events of the September 11th 2001 terrorist attack in the United States along with food scares worldwide, have heightened the interest in protecting the Caribbean food supply chain, since it represents a tempting target for bioterrorists. Food terrorism could pose both severe public health and economic impacts. The best defense against food security threats is a real, proactive commitment to food safety. Food security and food safety share an integrated goal of 'prevention to protect' whether the threat/risk is intentional or accidental. Caribbean countries would need to consider a wider range of food security issues from their domestic production and look beyond their trading partners to assure food safety. This paper identifies some potential biological and chemical risks on food safety, steps that could be taken to enhance food security and the impact of the US Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002 on food trade for Caribbean countries.
Additional file 1 of Reconsidering the structure of the questionnaire for eudaimonic well-being using wide age-range Japanese adult sample: An exploratory analysis
Creators: name: Ishii, Yu
name: Sakakibara, Ryota
name: Komoto Kubota, Aiko
name: Yamaguchi, Kazuhiro
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: 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: Science Policy

description: Additional file 1: The Japanese version of the QEWB.
Documentation Status as a Contextual Determinant of HIV Risk Among Young Transgender Latinas
Creators: name: Palazzolo, Sarah L.
name: Yamanis, Thespina
name: De Jesus, Maria
name: Maguire-Marshall, Molly
name: Barker, Suyanna L.
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore the contextual factors that determine or mitigate vulnerability to HIV among Latina transgender women. Documentation status (legal authorization to live in the United States) has been cited by other studies as a barrier to recruitment or engagement in HIV-related care among immigrant Latinos, but not explored as a determinant of HIV risk for transgender immigrant Latinas. Methods: We collaborated with a community-based organization to explore these contextual, including social and structural, factors. In-depth interviews in Spanish captured life histories of eight 18- to 29-year-old transgender Latinas, who collectively self-identify as chicas trans. Codes were assigned deductively from the interview guide, and emerging themes were identified throughout data collection. Results: Most participants migrated to the United States from Central America after experiencing discrimination and violence in their countries of origin. Participants emphasized documentation status as a critical factor in three areas related to social and structural determinants of HIV risk: gender identity expression, access to services, and relationship power dynamics. Chicas trans who gained legal asylum reported greater control over sexual relationships, improved access to services, and less risky employment. Conclusions: Documentation status emerged as a key HIV risk factor for this population. For undocumented transgender Latinas, legal asylum appears to be a promising HIV-related protective factor. Further research could assess whether legal assistance combined with wraparound support services affects HIV prevention for this population.
B^0 -> phi K_S in SUGRA models with CP violations
Creators: name: Arnowitt, R.
name: Dutta, B.
name: Hu, B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We examine the B -> phi K decays within the framework of SUGRA models making use of the improved QCD factorization method of Beneke et al. which allows calculations of non-factorizable contributions. All other experimental constraints (B -> X_S gamma, neutron and electron electric dipole moments, dark matter constraints, etc.) are imposed. We calculate the CP violating parameters S_{phi K_S}, C_{phi K_S} and A_{phi K^{-+}} as well as the branching ratios (BR) of B^0 and B^{+-}, Br[B -> phi K]. We find for the Standard Model(SM) and mSUGRA it is not possible to account for the observed 2.7 sigma deviation between S_{phi K_S} and S_{J/Psi K_S}. In general the BRs are also in 3 sigma disagreement with experiment, except in the parameter region where the weak annihilation terms dominate the decay (and hence where the theory is least reliable). Thus if future data confirm the current numbers, this would represent the first significant breakdown of both the SM and mSUGRA. We show then that adding a SUGRA non-universal A soft breaking left-right term mixing the second and third generations in either the down or up quark sector, all data can be accommodated for a wide range of parameters. The full 6x6 quark mass matrices are used and the SUSY contributions calculated without approximation.
description: 22 pages, 3 figures. Added references. Minor changes, to be published in Phys. Rev. D
Documentation Status as a Contextual Determinant of HIV Risk Among Young Transgender Latinas
Creators: name: Palazzolo, Sarah L.
name: Yamanis, Thespina
name: De Jesus, Maria
name: Maguire-Marshall, Molly
name: Barker, Suyanna L.
Publisher: name: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.; LGBT Health
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 42
subject: Health sciences
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore the contextual factors that determine or mitigate vulnerability to HIV among Latina transgender women. Documentation status (legal authorization to live in the United States) has been cited by other studies as a barrier to recruitment or engagement in HIV-related care among immigrant Latinos, but not explored as a determinant of HIV risk for transgender immigrant Latinas. Methods: We collaborated with a community-based organization to explore these contextual, including social and structural, factors. In-depth interviews in Spanish captured life histories of eight 18- to 29-year-old transgender Latinas, who collectively self-identify as chicas trans. Codes were assigned deductively from the interview guide, and emerging themes were identified throughout data collection. Results: Most participants migrated to the United States from Central America after experiencing discrimination and violence in their countries of origin. Participants emphasized documentation status as a critical factor in three areas related to social and structural determinants of HIV risk: gender identity expression, access to services, and relationship power dynamics. Chicas trans who gained legal asylum reported greater control over sexual relationships, improved access to services, and less risky employment. Conclusions: Documentation status emerged as a key HIV risk factor for this population. For undocumented transgender Latinas, legal asylum appears to be a promising HIV-related protective factor. Further research could assess whether legal assistance combined with wraparound support services affects HIV prevention for this population.
Myrmozercon brachytrichos Joharchi 2017
Creators: name: Joharchi, Omid
name: Halliday, Bruce
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Mesostigmata
Laelapidae
Myrmozercon
Myrmozercon brachytrichos

description: Myrmozercon brachytrichos Joharchi et al., 2017(Figs. 50–51)
 Myrmozercon brachytrichos Joharchi, Arjomandi & Trach, 2017: 726.
 Material examined Holotype borrowed from YIAU.
 Notes
 We now supplement the original description with photomicrographs of the dorsal shield (Fig. 50) and ventral idiosoma (Fig. 51). Joharchi et al. (2017) stated that the tibia of the palp has 11 setae. The palp tibia and tarsus in this species are fused, and the combined tibia/tarsus has 23–24 setae. The holotype has been transferred from YIAU to JAZM (slide number ARS-20191222-15a) to make it more accessible.
description: Published as part of Joharchi, Omid & Halliday, Bruce, 2020, Supplementary descriptions of thirteen species of soil mites (Mesostigmata: Laelapidae), pp. 23-42 in Persian Journal of Acarology 9 (1) on page 36, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v9i1.58256, http://zenodo.org/record/4635118
“He Told Me to Check My Health” : A Qualitative Exploration of Social Network Influence on Men’s HIV Testing Behavior and HIV Self-Testing Willingness in Tanzania
Creators: name: Conserve, Donaldson F.
name: Alemu, Dawit
name: Yamanis, Thespina
name: Maman, Suzanne
name: Kajula, Lusajo
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: Men continue to test for HIV at a low rate in sub-Saharan Africa. Recent quantitative evidence from sub-Saharan Africa indicates that encouragement to test for HIV from men’s network members is associated with higher previous HIV testing and HIV self-testing (HIVST) willingness. Leveraging this positive network influence to promote HIVST among men is a promising strategy that could increase HIV testing. This study investigated the reasons and strategies men used to encourage their peers to test for HIV and the outcomes in order to inform the development of a social network-based HIVST intervention for men called STEP (Self-Testing Education and Promotion). Twenty-three men from networks locally referred to as “camps” were interviewed to explore reasons for encouraging HIV testing, strategies to encourage HIV testing, and outcomes of HIV testing encouragement. Reasons men reported for encouraging their peers to test for HIV included awareness of their peers’ risky sexual behavior, knowing an HIV-positive peer, and having HIV testing experience. Strategies for encouraging testing included engaging in formal and informal conversations and accompanying friends to the clinic. Encouragement outcomes included HIV testing for some men while others remained untested due to lack of privacy in the clinic and fear of HIV stigma. Willingness to self-test for HIV and an interest to educate peers about HIVST were other outcomes of HIV testing encouragement. These findings underscore the potential of leveraging men’s existing HIV testing encouragement strategies to promote HIVST among their peers.
Trade Barriers Within the CSME: The Reality of Under-Development
Creators: name: Sarabjit, Ramesh
name: Sarabjit, Ramesh
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2004
Subjects: Agricultural and Food Policy
Environmental Economics and Policy
International Development

description: The issue of barriers to regional trade is a much-debated issue, especially so in the context of the CSME where there is marked sector under-development and a distinction between MDCs and LDCs. Very often the essence of the argument lies in the so-called 'size of economies and levels of development'. The reality is however that within the CSME conscious efforts are made by Member States to achieve higher levels of economic coordination and collaboration and therefore enhanced economic growth and development. In the context of small economies there is undoubtedly need for some measure of trade policy discrimination, even within the CSME where there exists an uneven distribution of resources, and a host of vulnerable sectors and sub sectors. This paper attempts to locate the issue of barriers to regional trade within the context of the CSME. It addresses, the differences in size and levels of development of countries in the Caribbean region, resource endowments, the fragility of economic dependence on primary commodities and core sectors, and the need for trade sector support given increasing pressures to liberalize in the context of ongoing multilateral negotiations. The paper also seeks to explore in a limited context whether the revised Treaty of Chaguaramas adequately addresses issues pertaining to the sanctioning of regional trade barriers in the context of the CSME.
Additional file 2 of Reconsidering the structure of the questionnaire for eudaimonic well-being using wide age-range Japanese adult sample: An exploratory analysis
Creators: name: Ishii, Yu
name: Sakakibara, Ryota
name: Komoto Kubota, Aiko
name: Yamaguchi, Kazuhiro
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: 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: Science Policy

description: Additional file 2: The correlations and confidence intervals between QEWB items and the variables of sex, age, self-esteem, and life satisfaction.
Expanding the UBC Farm Market
Creators: name: Alvarez, Pablo
name: Cheung, Abbie
name: Hartford, Wendy
name: Lauder, Erik
name: Reagh, Jessica
name: Song, Weonseon
name: Tran, Rebecca
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2014

description: The UBC Market Garden is considering expanding their Saturday Farm Market operations into a fully fledged farmer's market. This will help meet the great demand for locally produced food, while providing revenue that will lessen the need for continuous grants to fund the farm. Surveys conducted concerning the potential expansion of vendors showed that people were receptive to the idea of increased variety of products available at the Farm's Market. A farmers’ market satisfies current UBC regulations, while also meeting the guiding principles of the Vision Statement for a Sustainable Food System. Clear procedures for the setup and operation of a farmers’ market will allow for an easy transition for the Saturday Farm Market, while the establishment of the market will aid in solidifying the future of UBC farm as part of the south campus community. Disclaimer: “UBC SEEDS provides students with the opportunity to share the findings of their studies, as well as their opinions, conclusions and recommendations with the UBC community. The reader should bear in mind that this is a student project/report and is not an official document of UBC. Furthermore readers should bear in mind that these reports may not reflect the current status of activities at UBC. We urge you to contact the research persons mentioned in a report or the SEEDS Coordinator about the current status of the subject matter of a project/report.”
Myrmozercon hunteri Joharchi 2015
Creators: name: Joharchi, Omid
name: Halliday, Bruce
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Mesostigmata
Laelapidae
Myrmozercon
Myrmozercon hunteri

description: Myrmozercon hunteri Joharchi et al., 2015 (Figs. 52–53)
 Myrmozercon hunteri Joharchi, Babaeian & Seeman, 2015: 550.
 Material examined Holotype (ARS-20191222-12a) borrowed from JAZM.
 Notes
We now supplement the description of this species by adding photomicrographs of the dorsal shield (Fig. 52) and ventral idiosoma (Fig. 53).
description: Published as part of Joharchi, Omid & Halliday, Bruce, 2020, Supplementary descriptions of thirteen species of soil mites (Mesostigmata: Laelapidae), pp. 23-42 in Persian Journal of Acarology 9 (1) on page 36, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v9i1.58256, http://zenodo.org/record/4635118
PROCESNE A STRUKTURALNE ZMENY V POLNOHOSPODARSKO-POTRAVINARSKOM KOMPLEXE
PROCESSIONAL AND STRUCTURAL CHANGES IN THE AGRO-FOOD COMPLEX
Creators: name: Gozora, Vladimir
name: Gozora, Vladimir
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Financial Economics
subject: reform
subject: transformation process
subject: restructuralization
subject: privatization
subject: entrepreneurial structure

description: The goal of the contribution is to characterize the processional and structural changes of the enterprise economic basis, to identify its strenghts and weaknesses and to outline the ways of increasing the enterprise efficiency and economic prosperity. Research results show the gradual improvement of economic situation in the agro-food complex. The losses decrease while the efficiency of the agro-food subjects increases. Credits and debts also indicate partial decreases. The enterpreneurial subjects use dynamic organizational structures, purposefully enter the cooperative forms and integration entrepreneurial structures. In spite of these facts it is necesary to increase the qualification level of top managers, working and technological discipline of the employees, to speed up the material and financial flows, and to improve the support and protection governmental policy. The renovation of the machinery park requires 16-18 bn Slovak crowns. The same amount of money is required by the food-processing industry.
“He Told Me to Check My Health” : A Qualitative Exploration of Social Network Influence on Men’s HIV Testing Behavior and HIV Self-Testing Willingness in Tanzania
Creators: name: Conserve, Donaldson F.
name: Alemu, Dawit
name: Yamanis, Thespina
name: Maman, Suzanne
name: Kajula, Lusajo
Publisher: name: American Journal of Men's Health
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 42
subject: Health sciences
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Men continue to test for HIV at a low rate in sub-Saharan Africa. Recent quantitative evidence from sub-Saharan Africa indicates that encouragement to test for HIV from men’s network members is associated with higher previous HIV testing and HIV self-testing (HIVST) willingness. Leveraging this positive network influence to promote HIVST among men is a promising strategy that could increase HIV testing. This study investigated the reasons and strategies men used to encourage their peers to test for HIV and the outcomes in order to inform the development of a social network-based HIVST intervention for men called STEP (Self-Testing Education and Promotion). Twenty-three men from networks locally referred to as “camps” were interviewed to explore reasons for encouraging HIV testing, strategies to encourage HIV testing, and outcomes of HIV testing encouragement. Reasons men reported for encouraging their peers to test for HIV included awareness of their peers’ risky sexual behavior, knowing an HIV-positive peer, and having HIV testing experience. Strategies for encouraging testing included engaging in formal and informal conversations and accompanying friends to the clinic. Encouragement outcomes included HIV testing for some men while others remained untested due to lack of privacy in the clinic and fear of HIV stigma. Willingness to self-test for HIV and an interest to educate peers about HIVST were other outcomes of HIV testing encouragement. These findings underscore the potential of leveraging men’s existing HIV testing encouragement strategies to promote HIVST among their peers.
Additional file 3 of Reconsidering the structure of the questionnaire for eudaimonic well-being using wide age-range Japanese adult sample: An exploratory analysis
Creators: name: Ishii, Yu
name: Sakakibara, Ryota
name: Komoto Kubota, Aiko
name: Yamaguchi, Kazuhiro
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: 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: Science Policy

description: Additional file 3: The results of ESEM with the items and the factor labels added.
Technologies for supporting high-order geodesic mesh frameworks for computational astrophysics and space sciences
Creators: name: Florinski, V.
name: Balsara, D. S.
name: Garain, S.
name: Gurski, K. F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Many important problems in astrophysics, space physics, and geophysics involve flows of (possibly ionized) gases in the vicinity of a spherical object, such as a star or planet. The geometry of such a system naturally favors numerical schemes based on a spherical mesh. Despite its orthogonality property, the polar (latitude-longitude) mesh is ill suited for computation because of the singularity on the polar axis, leading to a highly non-uniform distribution of zone sizes. The consequences are (a) loss of accuracy due to large variations in zone aspect ratios, and (b) poor computational efficiency from a severe limitations on the time stepping. Geodesic meshes, based on a central projection using a Platonic solid as a template, solve the anisotropy problem, but increase the complexity of the resulting computer code. We describe a new finite volume implementation of Euler and MHD systems of equations on a triangular geodesic mesh (TGM) that is accurate up to fourth order in space and time and conserves the divergence of magnetic field to machine precision. The paper discusses in detail the generation of a TGM, the domain decomposition techniques, three-dimensional conservative reconstruction, and time stepping.
description: 41 pages, 18 figures
Cosmological Implications of the Very High Redshift GRB 050904
Creators: name: Price, P. A.
name: Cowie, L. L.
name: Minezaki, T.
name: Schmidt, B. P.
name: Songaila, A.
name: Yoshii, Y.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report near simultaneous multi-color (RIYJHK) observations made with the MAGNUM 2m telescope of the gamma ray burst GRB 050904 detected by the SWIFT satellite. The spectral energy distribution shows a very large break between the I and J bands. Using intergalactic transmissions measured from high redshift quasars we show that the observations place a 95% confidence lower limit of z=6.18 on the object, consistent with a later measured spectroscopic redshift of 6.29 obtained by Kawai et al. (2005) with the Subaru telescope. We show that the break strength in the R and I bands is consistent with that measured in the quasars. Finally we consider the implications for the star formation history at high redshift.
description: Accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal. Expanded introduction and discussion
Myrmozercon karajensis Joharchi 2011
Creators: name: Joharchi, Omid
name: Halliday, Bruce
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Mesostigmata
Laelapidae
Myrmozercon
Myrmozercon karajensis

description: Myrmozercon karajensis Joharchi et al., 2011 (Figs. 54–62)
 Myrmozercon karajensis Joharchi, Halliday, Saboori & Kamali, 2011: 29.
 Material examined Holotype (ARS-20191222-2a) borrowed from JAZM.
 Notes
 Joharchi et al. (2011) described M. karajensis from nest of Camponotus sp. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Iran. We have re-examined the holotype of this species, and now provide some additional illustrations to support the original description (Figs. 54–62). The original description of this species shows two pairs of setae in the soft skin posterior to the dorsal shield, J5 and Z5 (Joharchi et al. 2011, Fig. 19). The posterior margin of the shield is irregular and poorly defined in places, so the exact placement of these setae is difficult to determine. The holotype appears to have four pairs of setae in the soft skin posterior to the shield (Fig. 57). They also stated that the tibia of the palp has 12 setae. The palp tibia and tarsus in this species are fused, and the combined tibia/tarsus has 23–24 setae.
description: Published as part of Joharchi, Omid & Halliday, Bruce, 2020, Supplementary descriptions of thirteen species of soil mites (Mesostigmata: Laelapidae), pp. 23-42 in Persian Journal of Acarology 9 (1) on page 36, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v9i1.58256, http://zenodo.org/record/4635118
The DIRAC code for relativistic molecular calculations
Creators: name: Saue, Trond
name: Bast, Radovan
name: Gomes, Andre Severo Pereira
name: Jensen, Hans Jørgen Aagaard
name: Visscher, Lucas
name: Aucar, Ignacio Agustın
name: Di Remigio, Roberto
name: Dyall, Kenneth G.
name: Eliav, Ephraim
name: Faßhauer, Elke
name: Fleig, Timo
name: Halbert, Loıc
name: Hedegård, Erik Donovan
name: Helmich-Paris, Benjamin
name: Iliaš, Miroslav
name: Jacob, Christoph R.
name: Knecht, Stefan
name: Laerdahl, Jon K
name: Vidal, Marta L.
name: Nayak, Malaya K
name: Olejniczak, Małgorzata
name: Olsen, Jógvan Magnus Haugaard
name: Pernpointner, Markus
name: Senjean, Bruno
name: Shee, Avijit
name: Sunaga, Ayaki
name: van Stralen, Joost N. P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: DIRAC is a freely distributed general-purpose program system for 1-, 2- and 4-component relativistic molecular calculations at the level of Hartree--Fock, Kohn--Sham (including range-separated theory), multiconfigurational self-consistent-field, multireference configuration interaction, coupled cluster and electron propagator theory. At the self-consistent-field level a highly original scheme, based on quaternion algebra, is implemented for the treatment of both spatial and time reversal symmetry. DIRAC features a very general module for the calculation of molecular properties that to a large extent may be defined by the user and further analyzed through a powerful visualization module. It allows the inclusion of environmental effects through three different classes of increasingly sophisticated embedding approaches: the implicit solvation polarizable continuum model, the explicit polarizable embedding, and frozen density embedding models. DIRAC was one of the earliest codes for relativistic molecular calculations and remains a reference in its field.
description: The following article has been submitted to The Journal of Chemical Physics. After it is published, it will be found at https://aip.scitation.org/toc/jcp/current
Creative Industries in Colombia. An overlook on Taxation (2018).pdf
Creators: name: Guasca, Nicolas
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 190599 Visual Arts and Crafts not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Arts (arts, history of arts, performing arts, music)
subject: 199999 Studies in the Creative Arts and Writing not elsewhere classified
subject: 190499 Performing Arts and Creative Writing not elsewhere classified
subject: 190407 Music Performance
subject: 190205 Interactive Media
subject: 190299 Film, Television and Digital Media not elsewhere classified
subject: 190201 Cinema Studies

description: The following article provides an overlook of how creative industries in Colombia are supported by the government.
‘Maybe they should regulate them quite strictly until they know the true dangers’ : A focus group study exploring UK adolescents’ views on e-cigarette regulation
Creators: name: Weishaar, Heide
name: Trevisan, Filippo
name: Hilton, Shona
Publisher: name: Society for the Study of Addiction
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 42
subject: Health sciences
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Background and aims: Regulation of electronic cigarettes has moved to the top of the addiction policy agenda, as demonstrated by the recent focus across the United Kingdom on introducing age-of-sale restrictions. However, the views of those affected by such regulation remain largely unexplored. This paper presents the first detailed qualitative exploration of adolescents’ perceptions of existing, and opinions about potential e-cigarette regulation. Methods: Sixteen focus groups, including a total of 83 teenagers between the ages of 14 and 17 years, were conducted in deprived, mixed and affluent urban areas in Scotland and England between November 2014 and February 2015. Transcripts were imported into Nivivo 10, coded thematically and analysed. Results Participants critically considered existing evidence and competing interests in regulatory debates and demonstrated sophisticated understanding of the advantages and disadvantages of regulation. They overwhelmingly supported strong e-cigarette regulation and endorsed restrictions on sales to minors, marketing and e-cigarette use in public places. Concern about potential health harms of e-cigarette use and marketing increasing the acceptability of vaping and smoking led these adolescents to support regulation. Conclusions: In focus group discussions, a sample of UK adolescents exposed to particular communications about e-cigarettes supported strict regulation of e-cigarettes, including banning sales to minors and use in indoor public areas.
An empirical investigation of patent and trademark ownership propensity and intensity in the U.S. food and drink industry
Creators: name: Grashuis, Jasper
name: Dary, Stanley Kojo
name: Grashuis, Jasper
name: Dary, Stanley Kojo
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Marketing
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies
subject: food and drink industry
subject: intellectual property
subject: patents
subject: trademarks
subject: panel analysis

description: We use patent and trademark ownership data to study product, process, and marketing innovation by 157 manufacturers in the U.S. public food and drink industry. For the 2000-2014 period, most patented innovations relate to processes for manufacturing and designs for marketing, whereas patented innovations in food and drink products or compositions are relatively few. Meanwhile, intellectual property in general is more often protected by trademark ownership. Empirically, we specify a panel logistic model and a panel negative binomial model to study the relationship of firm characteristics to the propensity and intensity of patent and trademark ownership, respectively. In each model, firm size exhibits a significant and positive relationship to the propensity and intensity of patented innovations in products, processes, and marketing. Past innovation, past income, and firm age also have a positive relationship to patent and trademark ownership in most models, whereas leverage is only estimated to negatively relate to the propensity and intensity of trademark ownership. We use our main findings and conclusions to inform research, management, and policy implications.
‘Maybe they should regulate them quite strictly until they know the true dangers’ : A focus group study exploring UK adolescents’ views on e-cigarette regulation
Creators: name: Weishaar, Heide
name: Trevisan, Filippo
name: Hilton, Shona
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: Background and aims: Regulation of electronic cigarettes has moved to the top of the addiction policy agenda, as demonstrated by the recent focus across the United Kingdom on introducing age-of-sale restrictions. However, the views of those affected by such regulation remain largely unexplored. This paper presents the first detailed qualitative exploration of adolescents’ perceptions of existing, and opinions about potential e-cigarette regulation. Methods: Sixteen focus groups, including a total of 83 teenagers between the ages of 14 and 17 years, were conducted in deprived, mixed and affluent urban areas in Scotland and England between November 2014 and February 2015. Transcripts were imported into Nivivo 10, coded thematically and analysed. Results Participants critically considered existing evidence and competing interests in regulatory debates and demonstrated sophisticated understanding of the advantages and disadvantages of regulation. They overwhelmingly supported strong e-cigarette regulation and endorsed restrictions on sales to minors, marketing and e-cigarette use in public places. Concern about potential health harms of e-cigarette use and marketing increasing the acceptability of vaping and smoking led these adolescents to support regulation. Conclusions: In focus group discussions, a sample of UK adolescents exposed to particular communications about e-cigarettes supported strict regulation of e-cigarettes, including banning sales to minors and use in indoor public areas.
Analyzing job satisfaction and preferences of employees: the case of horticultural companies in Germany
Creators: name: Meyerding, Stephan G.H.
name: Meyerding, Stephan G.H.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Consumer/Household Economics
subject: Labor and Human Capital
subject: social sustainability
subject: human resources management
subject: employee well-being
subject: horticulture
subject: vitamin model

description: German horticulture, as well as horticulture and agriculture in other industrialized countries, faces increasing skilled labor shortage. Additionally family run businesses in horticulture and agriculture are lacking a new generation of entrepreneurs, leading to increased structural change. Insights about job attributes attractiveness as well as their impact on job satisfaction lead to a more transparent environment in which employers and employees can make better-informed decisions and redesign the professional environment, resulting in increased job satisfaction, performance and career sustainability. For this purpose, a survey was undertaken from August 2013 to February 2015 through a questionnaire examining the preferences and perception of employees (N=229) regarding job characteristics. The theoretical background of the study is Warr’s vitamin model, which assumes non-linear relationships between job characteristics and job satisfaction. The strongest connections with job satisfaction among employees are with future prospects and conflict between work-and-family. The study is one of the first of its kind to provide a detailed overview of job satisfaction of different groups of employees in German horticulture.
Examining Demand Elasticities for Differentiated Yogurt
Creators: name: Mohammed, Rezgar
name: Murova, Olga
name: Chidmi, Benaissa
name: Mohammed, Rezgar
name: Murova, Olga
name: Chidmi, Benaissa
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Demand and Price Analysis
subject: yogurt
subject: demand
subject: elasticity
subject: quaids
subject: Meta-analysis

description: This article applies the quadratic almost ideal demand system model to a scanner data from Eau Claire, Wisconsin and Pittsfield, Massachusetts retailers augmented with consumer characteristics to analyze consumer choices and estimate demand elasticities in a differentiated yogurt market after the introduction of Chobani brand in 2005. Choices are made at the brand level and at the style level. Main brands of Chobani, Dannon, Yoplait and the private level are used at the brand level while brands are grouped to the Greek and non-Greek yogurt at the style level. Empirical results show that consumers’ loyalty for Dannon and Yoplait brands are more than the new brand of Chobani which the latter has the highest own-price elasticity among yogurt brands. Demand is price elastic at the style level with almost same magnitude for both styles. Unlike at the brand level, at the style level, the substitution among groups is symmetric. A majority of groups are expenditure elastic with the highest magnitude for Chobani among brands. Finally, demand estimates are used to analyze the variation in own-price elasticities at the style level using the meta-analysis. The difference in price sensitivity between different groups of consumers suggests that retailers can have area-specific pricing.
Interaction model for magnetic holes in a ferrofluid layer
Creators: name: Toussaint, Renaud
name: Akselvoll, Jørgen
name: Flekkøy, Eirik G.
name: Helgesen, Geir
name: Skjeltorp, Arne T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Nonmagnetic spheres confined in a ferrofluid layer (magnetic holes) present dipolar interactions when an external magnetic field is exerted. The interaction potential of a microsphere pair is derived analytically, with a precise care for the boundary conditions along the glass plates confining the system. Considering external fields consisting of a constant normal component and a high frequency rotating in-plane component, this interaction potential is averaged over time to exhibit the average interparticular forces acting when the imposed frequency exceeds the inverse of the viscous relaxation time of the system. The existence of an equilibrium configuration without contact between the particles is demonstrated for a whole range of exciting fields, and the equilibrium separation distance depending on the structure of the external field is established. The stability of the system under out-of-plane buckling is also studied. The dynamics of such a particle pair is simulated and validated by experiments.
description: 15 pages, 11 figures (18 with subfigures). to appear in Phys. Rev. E
Additional file 1 of Respiratory effects of lung recruitment maneuvers depend on the recruitment-to-inflation ratio in patients with COVID-19-related acute respiratory distress syndrome
Creators: name: Zerbib, Yoann
name: Lambour, Alexis
name: Maizel, Julien
name: Kontar, Loay
name: De Cagny, Bertrand
name: Soupison, Thierry
name: Bradier, Thomas
name: Slama, Michel
name: Brault, Clément
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Hematology

description: Additional file 1. Method E1: Esophageal pressure measurement; Method E2: Ventilatory ratio calculation; Table E1: Lung recruitment maneuver and titration of the optimal positive end-expiratory pressure; Table E2: Effects of lung recruitment maneuver according to lung recruitability, in patients with positive end-expiratory transpulmonary pressure; Table E3: Hemodynamic changes during lung recruitment maneuver according to lung recruitability; Figure E1: Protocol for the lung recruitment maneuver in patient #12; Figure E2: Study flow chart; Figure E3: The receiver operating characteristic curve for the prediction of lung recruitment after the lung recruitment maneuver based on the recruitment-to-inflation ratio.