cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Approximation by power series with $\pm 1$ coefficients
Creators: name: Gunturk, C. Sinan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Classical Analysis and ODEs (math.CA)
subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 11B83, 11B85

description: In this paper we construct certain type of near-optimal approximations of a class of analytic functions in the unit disc by power series with two distinct coefficients. More precisely, we show that if all the coefficients of the power series f(z) are real and lie in [-a,a] where a < 1, then there exists a power series Q(z) with coefficients in {-1,+1} such that |f(z)-Q(z)| approaches 0 at the rate exp(-C/|1-z|) as z approaches 1 non-tangentially inside the unit disc. A result by Borwein-Erdelyi-Kos shows that this type of decay rate is best possible. The special case f=0 yields a near-optimal solution to the "fair duel" problem of Konyagin.
description: 8 pages, 1 figure
Kauneus on todellisuuden syvin aistimus
Creators: name: Risku, Juhani
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 120103 Architectural History and Theory
subject: FOS: Civil engineering
subject: 120104 Architectural Science and Technology (incl. Acoustics, Lighting, Structure and Ecologically Sustainable Design)
subject: 120199 Architecture not elsewhere classified
subject: 120301 Design History and Theory
subject: FOS: Arts (arts, history of arts, performing arts, music)
subject: 120302 Design Innovation
subject: 120305 Industrial Design
subject: 120508 Urban Design
subject: FOS: Social and economic geography
subject: 120307 Visual Communication Design (incl. Graphic Design)

description: Artikkeli Kauneus on todellisuuden syvin aistimus avaa kauneuden käsitettä ihmisen, elämän ja maailman kautta.

Kauneus on täydellisyyden, universaalin ja ainutkertaisuuden ihmisymmärryksellinen maksiimi. Kauneudessa on elämän, tilanteen ja hetken maku, mutta mukana on täydellisyyttä rikkova pienenpieni komponentti. Tämä ihmistodellisuuden ulottuvuus, vajavaisuuden ja rosoisuuden aines, tekee liian täydellisestä, symmetrisestä ja runsaasta absoluuttisuudesta todellisuuden nythetken osasen, kauneuden.

Kauneus on elämää edistävän ilmiön sisäänrakennettu ominaisuus, yhteenkokoava käsite, metakäsite, jossa yhdistyvät rakkaus, totuus, hyvyys ja tahto. Kauneus on superlatiivi, jota voi käyttää tavallisessa puheessa ilman liioittelua. Monimutkaisuus, runsaus ja täyteläisyys saavat liittonsa kauneudessa. Valtava yhtäaikainen määrittelyjoukko, jossa entropia ja elämänvastaisuus ovat minimissään, on erityisen harvinainen ilmiö.
Kauneuteen liittyy aina yhtäaikaisena sekä kokemus, ymmärrys että konstruointitaito, kauneuden synnytystaito.
Eroottisuus on kauneuden ihmisulottuvuus ja kauneuden sisäänrakennettu käsittelykokonaisuus.
Kauneus on täysaistinen ilmiö. Aisteihin ei liity havainnon käsittelyä, vaan prosessointi tapahtuu ajattelussa ja tajunnassa.
Kauneuden vastakohta ei ole rumuus, vaan rakkaudettomuus, valhe, petos ja elämänvastaisuus.
Mitä kauneus ei ole? Kauneus ei ole osallisena elämänvastaisissa ajatuksissa ja toimissa.
Inhimillisesti kauneus johtaa toimintaan ja tekoihin, joissa manifestoituu omien taitojen ylittäminen ja siviilirohkeus.

Kauneuden synty: Kauneudessa ei ole mitään yksinkertaista: syntyprosessi on mitä täyteläin, ainekset runsaimpia, kokeminen vaatii koko ihmisen, aistimet, hermojärjestelmän, ymmärryskyvyn ja elämää edistävän asenteen. Ihmisen taitojen ja valmiuksien on oltava ylivertaisella tasolla, tietoisesti tai tiedostamatta. Nerokkuus, ahkeruus ja rohkeus generoivat vielä yhden tason, ensimmäisyyden.

Syntyhetki edellyttää intiimiä yksinoloa, salaista ja pyhää tilannetta. Kauneuden synty on täsmälleen analoginen rakastelulle, sen herkkyydelle ja rajuudelle.
Kauneus ei pyydä anteeksi, se ottaa valtaansa.
Julkaistu lehdessä: Uusi Nainen 12/2002, s. 16-17
Teachers' Pack – All Resources ZIP file – All the World is Our Stage: primary pupils never lost in translanguaging
Creators: name: Villanueva, Eneida Garcia
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 130313 Teacher Education and Professional Development of Educators
subject: FOS: Educational sciences
subject: Education
subject: 130106 Secondary Education
subject: 130105 Primary Education (excl. Maori)
subject: 130302 Comparative and Cross-Cultural Education

description: Preparatory activities – Lower Primary (P2–P4)
Teachers’ notes for entire project PPT AlltheWorldisOurStageI with suggested translanguaging activities on ‘Language and Identity’ Worksheet to complete activities contained on PPTPreparatory activities – Upper Primary (P5–P7) Teachers’ notes for entire project PPT AlltheWorldisOurStageII with suggested translanguaging activities on ‘Language and Identity' Worksheet to complete activities contained on PPT P2–P4 Multilingual Performance Twinkle PPT for learning and singing with lyrics, phonetic transcriptions and both spoken and sung audio filesPrintable cards to practicePractice-on-YouTube song-resource bank Old MacDonald PPT for learning and singing with lyrics, phonetic transcriptions and both spoken and sung audio filesPrintable cards to practicePractice-on-YouTube song-resource bank
 P5–P7 Multilingual Performance The Three Wee Piggies PPT with text and audio files to learn and practice scriptPrintable cards to practiceMy Story Logbook
Calendar Sample
A Sliced Wasserstein Loss for Neural Texture Synthesis
Creators: name: Heitz, Eric
name: Vanhoey, Kenneth
name: Chambon, Thomas
name: Belcour, Laurent
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We address the problem of computing a textural loss based on the statistics extracted from the feature activations of a convolutional neural network optimized for object recognition (e.g. VGG-19). The underlying mathematical problem is the measure of the distance between two distributions in feature space. The Gram-matrix loss is the ubiquitous approximation for this problem but it is subject to several shortcomings. Our goal is to promote the Sliced Wasserstein Distance as a replacement for it. It is theoretically proven,practical, simple to implement, and achieves results that are visually superior for texture synthesis by optimization or training generative neural networks.
description: 9 pages, 14 figures, accepted at CVPR 2021
The cognitive advantage in bilingualism : attention and working memory
Creators: name: Marcoux, Caroline
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: This study investigated the effect of bilingualism on the ability to perform on task tapping into executive functions. In particular the ability of 31 French-English bilingual children (age 8-10 years) to perform on inhibition and working memory tasks was compared to that of a group of French monolingual peers. All children completed a task requiring inhibitory skills. In this task, children must ignore spatial cues and select a response that corresponds only to the stimulus color. As well, all children completed two working memory tasks that involved both storage and processing of information. An auditory-verbal working memory task required children to categorize words by size of the referent before recalling an auditorally presented list of words. In a visuo-spatial working memory task children were instructed to remember the location and categorize shapes presented in a 4 x 4 grid. The bilingual children outperformed their monolingual peers on all three tasks. In addition, the bilingual children whose two languages were more balanced performed better than the bilingual children who were dominant in one of their languages on the inhibition task. The results of this study suggest that bilingual children are at an advantage when performing on tasks requiring inhibitory and working memory abilities. Possible mechanisms underlying the observed bilingual advantage are discussed.
Measuring Fluxes of Meteor Showers with the NASA All-Sky Fireball Network
Creators: name: Ehlert, Steven
name: Erskine, Rhiannon Blaauw
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present an algorithm developed to measure the fluxes of major meteor showers as observed in NASA's All-Sky Fireball Network cameras. Measurements of fluxes from the All-Sky cameras not only improve the Meteoroid Environment Office's (MEO's) ability to provide accurate risk assessments from major showers, but also allows the mass distribution of meteoroids within the shower to be constrained. This algorithm accounts for the shower-specific and event-specific exposure time and collecting area of the sky for nights where sufficiently large samples of shower meteors ($\sim 30$ or more from the shower) are observed. The fluxes derived from the All-Sky Fireball Network for the 2015 Geminid, 2016 Perseid and Quadrantid, 2017 Orionid, and 2018 Leonid shower peaks are calculated. All five of these shower fluxes show excellent agreement with expectations from independent measurements at different mass and luminosity limits. For four of these five showers, the measured mass indices are significantly shallower than what is currently assumed by the NASA Meteoroid Environment Office's (MEO's) annual meteor shower forecast. A direct comparison between forecasted and measured fluxes at limiting masses of $\sim 1 \thinspace \mathrm{g}$ shows good agreement for the three showers for which the observations took place near their peak activity.
description: 18 pages, 9 Figures, 2 Tables. Accepted in Planetary and Space Science, Meteoroids 2019 Conference Proceedings Special Issue
Andraca apodecta Swinhoe 1907
Creators: name: Wang, Xing
name: Wang, Min
name: Zolotuhin, Vadim V.
name: Hirowatari, Toshiya
name: Wu, Shipher
name: Huang, Guo-Hua
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Bombycidae
Andraca
Andraca apodecta

description: 40. Andraca apodecta Swinhoe, 1907 (FIGURES 24A–24B, 25C)
Andraca apodecta Swinhoe, 1907, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. 19 (7): 49. TL: “Padang, W. Sumatra”. Lectotype: male (BMNH) [examined]
Andraca apodecta Swinhoe: Holloway, 1976, Malayan Nature Socity: 85; Zolotuhin & Witt, 2009, Entomofauna (Suppl. 16): 261.
Diagnosis. The species is characterized by yellowish-brown wings with pale red ochre and a darker obscure lines and fasciae, and the valva strongly constricted in the apical half.
Specimens examined. [JIANGXI] Qianshan County: 1 female, Jiangxi/Fujian border, Mt. Wuyishan, Zixi town, 1430 m, August 2000, native collector leg. (MWM); [GUANGXI] Longlin County: 2 males and 1 female, Mt. Jinzhongshan, 31.VII.2007, Liu-Sheng Chen leg. (SCAU); [SHAANXI] Shangnan County: 1 male, Yuhuangding, 1500 m, August 2000, native collector leg. (MWM); [YUNNAN] Yao’an County: 1 male, Mt. Sanfengshan, 2200 m, July 2000, native collector leg. (MWM).
Bionomics. Camellia spp. and Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Ktze., 1887= Thea sinensis Linn., 1753 have been listed as larval host plants (Roepke, 1924; Owada et al., 2002).
Distribution. Mainland China (Jiangxi-Fujian border, Guangxi, Shaanxi, Yunnan), Philippines, Indonesia (Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi), Vietnam, Laos, Thailand.
Remarks. The species has only a single generation per year in many areas, but can be found throughout the year on the tropical islands.
description: Published as part of Wang, Xing, Wang, Min, Zolotuhin, Vadim V., Hirowatari, Toshiya, Wu, Shipher & Huang, Guo-Hua, 2015, The fauna of the family Bombycidae sensu lato (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea) from Mainland China, Taiwan and Hainan Islands, pp. 1-138 in Zootaxa 3989 (1) on page 66, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3989.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/238716
Propagation of cosmic rays: nuclear physics in cosmic-ray studies
Creators: name: Moskalenko, I. V.
name: Strong, A. W.
name: Mashnik, S. G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The nuclei fraction in cosmic rays (CR) far exceeds the fraction of other CR species, such as antiprotons, electrons, and positrons. Thus the majority of information obtained from CR studies is based on interpretation of isotopic abundances using CR propagation models where the nuclear data and isotopic production cross sections in p- and alpha-induced reactions are the key elements. This paper presents an introduction to the astrophysics of CR and diffuse gamma rays and discusses some of the puzzles that have emerged recently due to more precise data and improved propagation models. Merging with cosmology and particle physics, astrophysics of CR has become a very dynamic field with a large potential of breakthrough and discoveries in the near future. Exploiting the data collected by the CR experiments to the fullest requires accurate nuclear cross sections.
description: 6 pages, 13 figures, aip style files. Invited review talk at the Int. Conf. on Nuclear Data-2004 (Santa Fe, Sep. 26 - Oct. 1, 2004). To appear in AIP Conf. Proc
Zur Entwicklung der Hauswirtschaften im Verlaufe des Transformationsprozesses in der Ukraine
Creators: name: Nedoborovskyy, Andriy
name: Schulze, Eberhard
name: Nedoborovskyy, Andriy
name: Schulze, Eberhard
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Consumer/Household Economics
subject: Farm Management
subject: Ukraine
subject: household plots
subject: sustainability
subject: gross margins

description: In the course of transition, the role of household plots in agricultural production in Ukraine has grown substantially in importance. The key reason for this is the integration of household plots into large agricultural enterprises. The purpose of this paper is to analyse the economic efficiency of household plots. In addition, the paper aims at testing whether economic theory is able to explain the behaviour of households in this regard. Two important characteristics in the evolution of household plots’ in Ukraine have been identified. One is the integration of household plots into large agricultural enterprises. This improves the efficiency of these plots through access to inputs. The other is that about 22.4 % of household plots farmers, who also worked in the large agricultural enterprises are planning to expand their operation. Although the theories presented in the paper greatly contribute to the explanation of household plots’ behaviour, more research must be done to better explain the reasons for households’ economic activity.
Singularity-free nonexotic compact star in $f(R,T)$ gravity
Creators: name: Yadav, Anil Kumar
name: Mondal, Monimala
name: Rahaman, Farook
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In the present work, we have searched the existence of anisotropic and non-singular compact star in the $f(R,T)$ gravity by taking into account the non-exotic equation of state (EoS). In order to obtain the solutions of the matter content of compact object, we assume the well known barotropic form of EoS that yields the linear relation between pressures and energy density. We propose the existence of non-exotic compact star which shows the validation of energy conditions and stability with in the $f(R,T)$ extended theory of gravity perspective. The linear material correction in the extended theory the matter content of compact star remarkably able to satisfies energy condition. We discuss various physical features of compact star and show that proposed model of stellar object satisfies all regularity conditions and is stable as well as singularity-free.
description: 12 pages, 2 tables, 8 figures. Accepted in Pramana, J. of Phys
Poynting vector, super-Poynting vector, and principal observers in electromagnetism and general relativity
Creators: name: Wylleman, Lode
name: Costa, L. Filipe O.
name: Natário, José
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In electromagnetism, the concept of Poynting vector as measured by an observer is well known. A mathematical analogue in general relativity is the super-Poynting vector of the Weyl tensor. Observers for which the (super-)Poynting vector vanishes are called principal. When, at a given point, the electromagnetic field is non-null, or the gravitational field is of Weyl-Petrov type I or D, principal observers instantaneously passing through that point always exist. We survey characterizations of such observers and study their relation to arbitrary observers. In the non-null electromagnetic case it is known that, given any observer, there is a principal observer which moves relative to the first in the direction of his Poynting vector. Replacing Poynting by super-Poynting yields a possible gravitational analogue; we show that this analogy indeed holds for any observer when the Petrov type is D, but only for a one-dimensional variety of observers when the Petrov type is I. We provide algorithms to obtain the principal observers directly from the electric and magnetic fields (in the electromagnetic case) or electric and magnetic parts of the Weyl tensor (in the gravitational case) relative to an arbitrary observer. It is found that in Petrov type D doubly aligned non-null Einstein-Maxwell fields (which include all classical charged black hole solutions) the Poynting and super-Poynting vectors are aligned, at each point and for each observer, and the principal observers coincide. Our results are illustrated in simple examples.
description: 42 pages, 6 figures. Minor improvements, typos corrected, references added. Matches the final published version
Social Marketing – ein Konzept für die Gestaltung von Politik zur Ausweitung des ökologischen Landbaus in Deutschland?
Creators: name: Kuhnert, Heike
name: Kuhnert, Heike
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Marketing
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: organic farming
subject: social marketing
subject: strategy
subject: marketing-mix
subject: policy design
subject: policy implementation

description: In 2001 the Federal Government of Germany formed by Social Democrats and Green Party declared a policy goal of 20 % of organic farming in Germany by 2010. This objective can only be achieved by behavioural changes of the actors within the food supply chain and consumers. Therefore, the proper political strategy has to be developed. The article starts with a theoretical overview of the social marketing approach. Then the social marketing approach is applied to the development of strategies and measures for the growth of organic production in Germany. The article concludes with a discussion of the suitability of the social marketing concept.
Anomalous proximity effect in gold coated (110) $YBa_2Cu_3O_{7-δ}$ films: Penetration of the Andreev bound states
Creators: name: Asulin, Itay
name: Sharoni, Amos
name: Yulli, Ofer
name: Koren, Gad
name: Millo, Oded
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Scanning tunneling spectroscopy of (110) $YBa_2Cu_3O_{7-δ}/Au$ bi-layers reveal a proximity effect markedly different from the conventional one. While proximity-induced mini-gaps rarely appear in the Au layer, the Andreev bound states clearly penetrate into the metal. Zero bias conductance peaks are measured on Au layers thinner than 7 nm with magnitude similar to those detected on the bare superconductor films. The peaks then decay abruptly with Au thickness and disappear above 10 nm. This length is shorter than the normal coherence length and corresponds to the (ballistic) mean free path.
description: 5 prl format pages, 4 figures, to be published in PRL
Study on anisotropic strange stars in $f(\mathbb{T},\mathcal{T})$ gravity
Creators: name: Salako, I. G.
name: Khlopov, M.
name: Ray, Saibal
name: Arouko, M. Z.
name: Saha, Pameli
name: Debnath, Ujjal
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this work, we study the existence of strange star in the background of $f(\mathbb{T},\mathcal{T})$ gravity in the Einstein spacetime geometry, where $\mathbb{T}$ is the torsion tensor and $\mathcal{T}$ is the trace of the energy-momentum tensor. The equations of motion are derived for anisotropic pressure within the spherically symmetric strange star. We explore the physical features like energy conditions, mass-radius relations, modified TOV equations, principal of causality, adiabatic index, redshift and stability analysis of our model. These features are realistic and appealing to further investigation of properties of compact objects in $f(\mathbb{T},\mathcal{T})$ gravity as well as their observational signatures.
description: 16 pages, 19 figures
Home and community literacy experiences of individuals with Down syndrome
Creators: name: Trenholm, Brian
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: Home and community literacy events have a significant impact on literacy development in children. Although there is growing interest about the potential for people with Down syndrome (DS) to become literate, little is known about the literacy events this group experiences. This survey study was conducted to gain a detailed understanding of the home and community literacy experiences of individuals with DS. The data were collected from 224 parent/guardians across Canada to obtain descriptive statistics about the reading and writing experiences of persons with DS in general. The respondents were asked to indicate their literacy goals and priorities for their children with DS, the literacy resources utilized at home and in the community, perceived barriers to literacy attainment, and solutions for alleviating the perceived barriers. The results were grouped according to age when possible, in order to better understand the course of literacy development. Overall, the number of respondents who indicated their children with DS could read and write appeared somewhat higher than in previously published estimates, although the number reporting advanced reading levels was similar to previous reports. The wide range of reading and writing materials observed in use at home appeared to be much greater than the range of materials actually used by children with DS. Relatively few of the parents who read storybooks to their children reported asking higher-level questions, suggesting that some parents might benefit from support in this activity. Many respondents reported using the library and many expressed concerns about the quality and scarcity of literacy programs. The results are discussed with regard to their implications for how parents, caregivers, teachers, and program providers can encourage literacy development in persons with DS, and suggestions for future research are made.
Spin-dependence of Gravity-mediated Dark Matter in Warped Extra-Dimensions
Creators: name: Folgado, Miguel G.
name: Donini, Andrea
name: Rius, Nuria
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the spin-dependence of Dark Matter (DM) particles which interact gravitationally with the Standard Model (SM) in an extra-dimensional Randall-Sundrum scenario. We assume that both the Dark Matter and the Standard Model are confined to the TeV (Infra-red) brane and only interact via gravitational mediators, namely Kaluza-Klein gravitons and the radion. We analyze the different DM annihilation channels and find that it is possible to achieve the presently observed relic abundance of Dark Matter, $Ω_{\rm DM}$, within the freeze-out mechanism for DM particles of spin 0, 1/2 and 1. We study the region of the model parameter space for which $Ω_{\rm DM}$ is achieved and compare it with the different experimental and theoretical bounds. We also consider the impact of the radion in the phenomenology. We find that, for DM particles mass $m_{\rm DM} \in [1,15]$ TeV, most of the parameter space is excluded by the current constraints or will be excluded by the LHC Run III or by the LHC upgrade, the HL-LHC. The presence of the radion does not modify significantly the non-excluded region. The observed DM relic abundance can still be achieved for DM masses $m_{\rm } \in [4,15]$ TeV and $m_{G_1} < 10$ TeV for scalar and vector boson Dark Matter. On the other hand, for spin 1/2 fermion Dark Matter, only a tiny region with $m_{\rm DM } \in [4, 15]$ TeV, $m_{G_1} \in [5,10]$ TeV and $Λ> m_{G_1}$ is compatible with theoretical and experimental bounds.
description: 17 pages, 4 figures. Published version
A density functional study of molecular oxygen adsorption and reaction barrier on Pu (100) surface
Creators: name: Huda, M. N.
name: Ray, A. K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Oxygen molecule adsorptions on a Pu (100) surface have been studied in detail, using the generalized gradient approximation to density functional theory. Dissociative adsorption with a layer by layer alternate spin arrangement of the plutonium layer is found to be energetically more favorable compared to molecular adsorption. Hor2 approach on a bridge site without spin polarization was found to the highest chemisorbed site with energy of 8.787 eV among all the cases studied. The second highest chemisorption energy of 8.236 eV, is the spin-polarized Hor2 or Ver approach at center site. Inclusion of spin polarization affects the chemisorption processes significantly, non-spin-polarized chemisorption energies being typically higher than the spin-polarized energies. We also find that the 5f electrons to be more localized in spin-polarized cases compared to the non-spin-polarized counterparts. The ionic part of O-Pu bonding plays a significant role, while the Pu 5f-O 2p hybridization was found to be rather week. Also, adsorptions of oxygen push the top of 5f band deeper away from the Fermi level, indicating further bonding by the 5f orbitals might be less probable. Except for the interstitial sites, the work functions increase due to adsorptions of oxygen.
Do Japanese birds of a feather flock together? : cultural variation in the similarity-attraction effect
Creators: name: Foster, Julie-Ann B.
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: One of the most well-researched phenomena for explaining interpersonal attraction is the similarity-attraction effect. However, virtually all the research in this area has been done in North America. This led us to hypothesize that there may be cultural differences in the presence or magnitude of the similarity-attraction effect. Our first experiment was designed to replicate the classic similarity-attraction paradigm of the bogus stranger and introduce culture as a variable of interest. We hypothesized that Japanese participants would not base their likeability of a stranger on the perceived similarity of personality traits of that person to the self. Confirming our hypothesis, Euro-Canadian participants demonstrated a strong attraction to strangers they perceive as like themselves on personality traits while Japanese participants did not demonstrate this preference. Evidence for self-esteem or self-consistency explaining this difference did not materialize. In our second study, liking was manipulated and perceived similarity was measured in personality and additional domains. We hypothesized that Euro-Canadians would report that the more they like someone, the more similar they would rate themselves to that person and that Japanese participants would report a more constant similarity rating regardless of how much they like someone. We predicted this same pattern across personality, attitude, activity and demographic domains. Across the domains of personality, activities, and attitudes, Japanese showed a significant similarityattraction effect, although it was consistently weaker than it was for Euro-Canadians. This program of study highlights the cultural variability of the similarity-attraction effect.
Affah.pdf
Creators: name: Raman, Arumugam
name: Affah Mohd Apandi
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 130306 Educational Technology and Computing
subject: FOS: Educational sciences

description: Studies have found that the use of blended learning in teaching and learning can improve the quality of education. In this regard, the acceptance of blended learning is considered critical in determining the success of the technology implementation. However, the number of studies that have been conducted to examine the acceptance of blended learning has largely focused on student’s perceptions of blended learning. Few researches have considered teachers’ perceptions as an important element in blended learning especially in Higher Education Institutions. It is questionable whether the technology acceptance models that have been previously developed can be used to examine the acceptance of blended learning by teachers in educational sector. Questions are also raised to the idea that perhaps there may be other factors that play important roles in this context. This concept paper investigates the influencing factors that affecting the adoption of blended learning based on UTAUT2 and TPaCK. A comprehensive understanding of this new framework can assist decision makers to identify the reasons for the acceptance or resistance of blended learning among teachers in the future and support them to enhance the acceptance and usage.
A Systematic Literature Review on Federated Machine Learning: From A Software Engineering Perspective
Creators: name: Lo, Sin Kit
name: Lu, Qinghua
name: Wang, Chen
name: Paik, Hye-Young
name: Zhu, Liming
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Software Engineering (cs.SE)
subject: Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing (cs.DC)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Federated learning is an emerging machine learning paradigm where clients train models locally and formulate a global model based on the local model updates. To identify the state-of-the-art in federated learning and explore how to develop federated learning systems, we perform a systematic literature review from a software engineering perspective, based on 231 primary studies. Our data synthesis covers the lifecycle of federated learning system development that includes background understanding, requirement analysis, architecture design, implementation, and evaluation. We highlight and summarise the findings from the results, and identify future trends to encourage researchers to advance their current work.
description: Published on ACM Computing Survey. Latest version available here: https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3450288
Arkkitehtuurin kritiikki edellyttää arkkitehtuurin määrittelyä
Creators: name: Risku, Juhani
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 120101 Architectural Design
subject: FOS: Arts (arts, history of arts, performing arts, music)
subject: 120103 Architectural History and Theory
subject: FOS: Civil engineering
subject: 120104 Architectural Science and Technology (incl. Acoustics, Lighting, Structure and Ecologically Sustainable Design)
subject: 120199 Architecture not elsewhere classified
subject: 120301 Design History and Theory
subject: 120302 Design Innovation

description: Artikkeli "Arkkitehtuurin kritiikki edellyttää arkkitehtuurin määrittelyä" määrittelee ensin arkkitehtuurin, sitten kritiikin ja kriitikon arkkitehtuurin kontekstissa.

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Arkkitehtiopiskelija 2/2002
Conservation, Dissipation, and Ballistics: Mesoscopic Physics beyond the Landauer-Buettiker Theory
Creators: name: Green, Frederick
name: Das, Mukunda P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The standard physical model of contemporary mesoscopic noise and transport consists in a phenomenologically based approach, proposed originally by Landauer and since continued and amplified by Buettiker (and others). Throughout all the years of its gestation and growth, it is surprising that the Landauer-Buettiker approach to mesoscopics has matured with scant attention to the conservation properties lying at its roots: that is, at the level of actual microscopic principles. We systematically apply the conserving sum rules for the electron gas to clarify this fundamental issue within the standard phenomenology of mesoscopic conduction. Noise, as observed in quantum point contacts, provides the vital clue.
description: 10 pp 3 figs, RevTeX
Andraca gongshanensis Wang, Zeng & Wang 2011
Creators: name: Wang, Xing
name: Wang, Min
name: Zolotuhin, Vadim V.
name: Hirowatari, Toshiya
name: Wu, Shipher
name: Huang, Guo-Hua
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Bombycidae
Andraca
Andraca gongshanensis

description: 42. Andraca gongshanensis Wang, Zeng & Wang, 2011 (FIGURES 24G, 25E)
Andraca gongshanensis Wang, X., Zeng & Wang, M., 2011, ZooKeys 127: 36, fig 1E, 2E. TL: China, Yunnan Province, Gongshan Mt. Holotype: male (SCAU) [examined].
Diagnosis. This species is characterized by the darker brownish-gray wings with lighter yellow bands, an apically constricted and truncate valva, and a sacculus lacking a strong subapical protuberance.
Specimens examined. [YUNNAN] Gongshan County (Mt. Gongshan): 1 male, Holotype deposited in SCAU, 22.VII.2006, Min Wang & Xiao-Ling Fan Leg.; 2 males, paratypes deposited in SCAU, 21.VII.2006, Min Wang & Xiao-Ling Fan leg.; 1 male, paratype deposited in HUNAU, 23.VII.2006, Min Wang & Xiao-Ling Fan leg.; 2 males, Mt. Gongshan, 20.VII.2013, Min Wang leg. (SCAU).
Bionomics. The adults live in high mountains and fly in summer.
Distribution. Mainland China (Yunnan).
Remarks. The species is endemic to Yunnan Province, with all known specimens collected from only the type locality.
description: Published as part of Wang, Xing, Wang, Min, Zolotuhin, Vadim V., Hirowatari, Toshiya, Wu, Shipher & Huang, Guo-Hua, 2015, The fauna of the family Bombycidae sensu lato (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea) from Mainland China, Taiwan and Hainan Islands, pp. 1-138 in Zootaxa 3989 (1) on page 67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3989.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/238716
A magnetic white-dwarf accretion model for the anomalous X-ray pulsar 4U 0142+61
Creators: name: Borges, Sarah V.
name: Rodrigues, Claudia V.
name: Coelho, Jaziel G.
name: Malheiro, Manuel
name: Castro, Manuel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The quiescent emission of the anomalous X-ray pulsar (AXP) 4U 0142+61 extends over a broad range of energy, from radio up to hard X-rays. In particular, this object is unique among soft gamma-ray repeaters (SGRs) and AXPs in presenting simultaneously mid-infrared emission and pulsed optical emission. In spite of the many propositions to explain this wide range of emission, it still lacks one that reproduces all the observations. Filling this gap, we present a model to reproduce the quiescent spectral energy distribution of 4U 0142+61 from mid-infrared up to hard X-rays using plausible physical components and parameters. We propose that the persistent emission comes from a magnetic accreting white dwarf (WD) surrounded by a debris disk. This model assumes that: (i) the hard X-rays are due to the bremsstrahlung emission from the post-shock region of the accretion column; (ii) the soft X-rays are originated by hot spots on the WD surface; and (iii) the optical and infrared emissions are caused by an optically thick dusty disk, the WD photosphere, and the tail of the postshock region emission. In this scenario, the fitted model parameters indicate that 4U 0142+61 harbors a fast-rotator magnetic near-Chandrasekhar WD, which is very hot and hence young. Such a WD can be the recent outcome of a merger of two less massive WDs. In this case, 4U 0142+61 can evolve to an SN Ia and hence can give hints of the origin of these important astrophysical events. Additionally, we also present a new estimate of 4U 0142+61 distance, 3.78 (errors: +0.12 / -0.18 kpc), based on the measured Hydrogen column density and new interstellar extinction 3D maps.
description: ApJ accepted
Innovation and environmental awareness based on the example of the Voestalpine Group: THE SECRETS OF SUCCESSFUL CORPORATE MANAGEMENT
Creators: name: Merai, Gyorgyi
name: Szucs, Csaba
name: Marsalek, Sandor
name: Merai, Gyorgyi
name: Szucs, Csaba
name: Marsalek, Sandor
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: innovation
subject: research
subject: human resources
subject: corporate management
subject: code of conduct
subject: protection of the environment
subject: innováció
subject: kutatás
subject: humán erőforrás
subject: vállalatvezetés
subject: magatartáskódex
subject: környezetvédelem

description: One of the main characteristics of market economies is market competition where companies have to deliver and achieve the best possible results amid continuous challenges. It is always worth learning from the best performers. The voestalpine Group is a market leader steel producing company and a world market leader in a variety of segments. It is characterised by advanced innovation in the fields of engineering, energy management and the protection of the environment, for which it has already earned international recognition and awards. We have made an effort to collect the factors in innovation, research, human resources management, and the protection of the environment that enabled voestalpine Group to achieve outstanding economic success. The voestalpine Group surpasses its competitors in terms of dynamism, the ability to react quickly, flexibility and by employing outstanding experts; furthermore, it also pays special attention to public relations. The company may be a role model to other enterprises, especially in Hungary. ---------------------------------------------------- A piacgazdaságok egyik legfontosabb jellemzője a piaci verseny, ahol a vállalatoknak helyt kell állniuk, ha lehet az élmezőnyben, a folyamatos kihívások mellett. Tanulni a legjobbaktól érdemes. A voestalpine-konszern élen jár az acélipari vállalatok között, világpiac-vezető több szegmensben is. Magas fokú innováció jellemzi műszaki, energiagazdálkodási és környezetvédelmi területen is, ezért több nemzetközi elismerésben is részesült, díjakat nyert. Az innováció és kutatás, a humánerőforrás-menedzsment és a környezetvédelem területén igyekeztünk összegyűjteni azokat a tényezőket, amelyek hozzájárulnak a voestalpine-konszern kiemelkedő gazdasági sikereihez. A konszern a dinamika, a gyors reakcióképesség, a rugalmasság, valamint a kiváló szakemberek alkalmazása terén múlja felül versenytársait, de nagy gondot fordít a vevői kapcsolatokra is. Tevékenysége példaértékű lehet a hazai vállalatok számára.
Long-Run Trends in the Farm Size Distribution in Israel: The Role of Part-Time Farming
Creators: name: Kimhi, Ayal
name: Tzur, Nitzan
name: Kimhi, Ayal
name: Tzur, Nitzan
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2011
Subjects: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods

description: This article proposes a nonparametric analysis in which the change in the distribution of farm size between two periods is decomposed into several components, and the contributions of subgroups of farms to this change are analyzed. Using data on Israeli family farms, we analyze the changes in the farm size distribution in two separate time periods that are characterized by very different market conditions, focusing on the different contributions of full-time farms and part-time farms to the overall distributional changes. We find that between 1971 and 1981, a period characterized by stability and prosperity, the farm size distribution has shifted to the right with relatively minor changes in higher moments of the distribution. On the other hand, between 1981 and 1995, a largely unfavorable period to Israeli farmers, the change in the distribution was much more complex. While the overall change in the size distribution of farms was smaller in magnitude than in the earlier period, higher moments of the distribution were not less important than the increase in the mean. Between 1971 and 1981 the contributions of full-time farms and part-time farms to the change in the size distribution are quite similar. Between 1981 and 1995, however, full time farms contributed mostly to the growth in the average farm size, while average farm size among part-time farms actually decreased, and their contribution to the variance of farm size was quantitatively larger.
The Dwarf LSB Galaxy Population of the Virgo Cluster II. Colours and HI line observations
Creators: name: Sabatini, S.
name: Davies, J.
name: van Driel, W.
name: Baes, M.
name: Roberts, S.
name: Smith, R.
name: Linder, S.
name: O'Neil, K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In order to investigate the nature of dwarf Low Surface Brightness (LSB) galaxies we have undertaken a deep B and I band CCD survey of a 14 sq degree strip in the Virgo Cluster and applied a Fourier convolution technique to explore its dwarf galaxy population down to a central surface brightness of 26 B mag/sq arcsec and a total absolute B mag of ~ -10. In this paper we carry out an analysis of their morphology, (B-I) colours and atomic hydrogen content. We compare these properties with those of dwarf galaxies in other environments to try and assess how the cluster environment has influenced their evolution. Field dwarfs are generally of a more irregular morphology, are bluer and contain relatively more gas. We assess the importance that various physical processes have on the evolution of cluster dwarf galaxies (ram pressure stripping, tidal interactions, supernova driven gas loss). We suggest that enhanced star formation triggered by tidal interactions is the major reason for the very different general properties of cluster dwarfs: they have undergone accelerated evolution.
description: 16 pages, 12 figures. MNRAS accepted
An analysis of the Peruvian jungle cocoa farmers: Acopagro cooperative vs. intermediaries – a case of study
Creators: name: Higuchi, Angie
name: Moritaka, Masahiro
name: Fukuda, Susumu
name: Higuchi, Angie
name: Moritaka, Masahiro
name: Fukuda, Susumu
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Community/Rural/Urban Development
subject: Farm Management
subject: Cooperative
subject: socio-economic characteristics
subject: logistic model
subject: multiple regression function
subject: cocoa production
subject: marketing channel
subject: farmers’ organization

description: n the Peruvian jungle, there are two main cocoa marketing channels: the intermediaries and the cooperative. The Acopagro Cooperative, a Peruvian organization, for example, has contributed to the shift from illegal crops like cocoa to an alternative crop like cocoa which gives small scale farmers a sustainable welfare. A survey of 243 farmers in Juanjui, San Martin-which is the main cocoa production area in Peru-was carried out between December 2009-January 2010. This study analyzes Peruvian cocoa farmers’ socio-economic characteristics as these attributes affect their decision-making process in the cocoa commercialization for their self-improvement and evaluates if the farmers’ participation in Acopagro or not influences the increment of the cocoa production. Policy makers and farmers’ organizations should consider these results in order to contribute to improve the competitiveness of the farmers’ marketing channels not only towards the development of these organizations’ but also to that of their communities as a whole.
Andraca melli Zolotuhin & Witt 2009
Creators: name: Wang, Xing
name: Wang, Min
name: Zolotuhin, Vadim V.
name: Hirowatari, Toshiya
name: Wu, Shipher
name: Huang, Guo-Hua
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Bombycidae
Andraca
Andraca melli

description: 43. Andraca melli Zolotuhin & Witt, 2009 (FIGURES 24D, 25F)
Andraca melli Zolotuhin & Witt, 2009, Entomofauna Suppl. 16: 262, pl. 2, fig. 14; color pl. 24, figs. 11, 12. TL: “ China, Prov. Guangdong, Mahn-tsi-shan”. Holotype: male (ZMHU) [examined].
Andraca bipunctata Walker, 1865; Chu & Wang, 1993: 241, fig. 25, pl. 2, fig. 25; Chu & Wang, 1996: 55, fig. 39, pl. 3, fig. 7.
Diagnosis. This species is a small species characterized by a brownish-green coloration, the bluntly pointed forewing, and a bluntly triangular uncus bearing long hairs.
Specimens examined. [JIANGXI] Yingtan City: 1 female, paratype, Mts. Wuyishan, Jiangxi-Fujian border, 50 km southeast of Yingtan, 1600 m, 27˚55’N, 117˚25’E, May 2002, Siniaev & local collector leg. (MWM); [GUANGDONG] Ruyuan County (Nanling National NR): 2 males, 23.VI.2007, larvae collected in the field and reared to adults by Liu-Sheng Chen (SCAU); 2 males and 1 female, paratypes, R. Mell leg. (MWM); 1 male, paratype, 40 km west of Guangzhou, 80 m, 23–24.III.1999, G. Müller leg. (MWM); [HAINAN] Wuzhishan City (Mts. Heling, 1000–1800 m): 1 female, paratype, late February to early May 2000, J.L. Li leg. (MWM); 1 male, late February to early May 2000, J.L. Li leg. (MWM); [SICHUAN] Luding County: 1 female, Mts. Gongga-Shan, 2300 m, 29˚41’N, 101˚58’E, 15.IX–04.X.2005, Siniaev & his team leg. (MWM); Dujiangyan City: 1 male, Mts. Qingcheng, 70 km west of Chengdu, 1360 m, 26–30.VIII.2004, S. Murzin leg. (MWM).
Bionomics. Larvae feed on Fraxinus pennsylvanica Marshall, 1785 (Oleaceae), Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Ktze., 1887 and Camellia oleifera Abel.,1818 (both Theaceae), Ternstroemia japonica Thunb., 1794 and Pentaphylax euryoides Gardner & Champion, 1849 (both Pentaphylacaceae).
Distribution. Mainland China (Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi, Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan) and Hainan, northern Vietnam, northern Thailand, Myanmar.
Remarks. This species is restricted to the Indo-Burmese region.
description: Published as part of Wang, Xing, Wang, Min, Zolotuhin, Vadim V., Hirowatari, Toshiya, Wu, Shipher & Huang, Guo-Hua, 2015, The fauna of the family Bombycidae sensu lato (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea) from Mainland China, Taiwan and Hainan Islands, pp. 1-138 in Zootaxa 3989 (1) on page 68, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3989.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/238716