cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Causal screening for dynamical systems
Creators: name: Mogensen, Søren Wengel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Other Statistics (stat.OT)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: 62A99, 62M99

description: Many classical algorithms output graphical representations of causal structures by testing conditional independence among a set of random variables. In dynamical systems, local independence can be used analogously as a testable implication of the underlying data-generating process. We suggest some inexpensive methods for causal screening which provide output with a sound causal interpretation under the assumption of ancestral faithfulness. The popular model class of linear Hawkes processes is used to provide an example of a dynamical causal model. We argue that for sparse causal graphs the output will often be close to complete. We give examples of this framework and apply it to a challenging biological system.
description: 13 pages, 3 figures
Cuzcolachesilla García Aldrete 2012, gen. n.
Creators: name: García Aldrete, Alfonso N.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Psocodea
Lachesillidae
Cuzcolachesilla

description: Cuzcolachesilla gen. n.
 Diagnosis. With the characters of the tribe plus the following: Ocelli absent. Phallosome open anteriorly, side struts long, slender. External parameres broad, distally blunt, bearing pores, articulated anteriorly with posterior ends of side struts. Aedeagal arch stout, strongly sclerotized, distally rounded. Endophallus with four large sclerites in a membranous matrix (Fig. 3). Clunium extended posteriorly over the area of the epiproct, the extension clearly divided in two; clunium also with a long, tubular posterior projection on each side, between each paraproct and epiproct, widened distally, apparently hollow, with setae on surface (Fig. 4). Hypandrium bowl-shaped, slightly projected posteriorly, surface setose, with two mesal macrosetae, one near each side.
 Type species: Cuzcolachesilla cashiriariensis n. sp.
description: Published as part of García Aldrete, Alfonso N., 2012, A new genus of Lachesillidae (Psocoptera) from the Peruvian Amazonia, pp. 65-68 in Zootaxa 3303 on page 65
PHENOTYPIC AND MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF FUNGICIDE SENSITIVITY IN SEVERAL PENICILLIUM SPECIES CAUSING BLUE MOLD OF POME FRUITS IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
Creators: name: Pandey, Madan
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2026
Subjects: Pacific Northwest
Blue mold
Penicillium spp.

description: Blue mold, caused by Penicillium spp., poses a substantial threat to apples and pears during storage, resulting in about 50% fruit loss in the Pacific Northwest (PNW). The primary approach to managing blue mold is through postharvest applications of four fungicides, i.e., thiabendazole (TBZ), difenoconazole (DIF), pyrimethanil (PYR), and fludioxonil (FDL). Between 2016 and 2018, a total of 162 Penicillium isolates were collected from decayed apples and pears from multiple packinghouses in the states of Washington and Oregon. These isolates included 31 P. expansum isolates and 131 isolates of 13 other Penicillium species referred to as non-expansum isolates. In vitro conidial germination and mycelial growth inhibition assessments were conducted to establish EC50 values of 162 Penicillium isolates to TBZ, DIF, PYR, and FDL. The results revealed a high in vitro tolerance of several non-expansum isolates compared to P. expansum isolates. Overall, the EC50 values were particularly high (>500 μg/ml) for TBZ and FDL in non-
description: expansum species including P. solitum, P. roqueforti, P. commune, P. paneum, P. crustosum and P. palitans, moderate (>10 μg/ml) for PYR, and low (<2 μg/ml) for DIF. Reduced sensitivity to multiple postharvest fungicides was observed for several Penicillium spp. The recommended label rates of TBZ, PYR, and FDL proved ineffective in inhibiting blue mold decay from at least six Penicillium species on detached apples after five months of storage at 1.5°C. Sequencing of the β-tubulin gene revealed mutations at codon 167 (F167Y) in 16TBZ-resistant isolates of six Penicillium species. Additionally, concurrent mutations were found at codons 198 and 240 in P. roqueforti and P. paneum isolates with high EC50 values. Sequencing of the CYP51, MDL1, NIKA and OS1 genes, known to confer resistance to DIF, PYR, and FDL in other fungi, identified several mutations that were not consistently linked to in vitro sensitivity and will necessitate further investigation. The high in vitro tolerance and the control failure observed on fruit highlight the potential risk posed by several “non-expansum” Penicillium species to pome fruit packers.
Days Suitable for Fieldwork in the US Corn Belt:Climate, Soils and Spatial Heterogeneity
Creators: name: Gramig, Benjamin M.
name: Yun, Seong Do
name: Gramig, Benjamin M.
name: Yun, Seong Do
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: Farm Management
subject: Days Suitable for Fieldwork
subject: Soil Trafficability
subject: Heterogeneity
subject: Panel Estimation Approach

description: Days suitable for field work (DSFW) is an important piece of data for production agriculture and agricultural extension focused on practical decision making about investment in farm machinery and cropping systems management. It is, however, noteworthy that there has been limited attention paid to DSFW. To fill this gap, this study tries to answer two research questions: (1) what is the trend in DSFW during the planting and harvest period from 1980-2010? (2) what is the accuracy of a predictive econometric model of DSFW based on agro-environmental data? To tackle the economic dimensions of DSFW, we model DSFW consistent with two major approaches in climate change impacts on agriculture: the Ricardian approach and the panel estimation approach. We first specify the regression model of DSFW in panel model from two conceptual approaches: the response function and the factor demand function of cost minimization. Both approaches provide consistent regression specification of fixed and random effects models. We construct an unbalanced panel of weekly DSFW observations, historic weather data, and soil data in five Corn Belt States for 1980-2010 at the Crop Reporting District (CRD) level to implement out-of-sample and in-sample prediction analysis. The results show that the random effects model is the most suitable model to perform climate change response analysis for our data. This paper contributes to the literature in three ways. First, the analytical derivation of two econometric interpretations of DSFW and link them to econometric model specification strategies are easily extended to other agro-environmental analysis. Second, the estimation results for panel models empirically demonstrate that random effects model could be proper model specification taking into account soil effects. Lastly, we discuss that DSFW could be an important constraints for policy corresponding to climate change and its adaptation.
Cuzcolachesilla cashiriariensis García Aldrete 2012, n. sp.
Creators: name: García Aldrete, Alfonso N.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Psocodea
Lachesillidae
Cuzcolachesilla
Cuzcolachesilla cashiriariensis

description: Cuzcolachesilla cashiriariensis n. sp.   (Figs. 1–4)
 Color (in 80% ethyl alcohol). Body tawny brown. Compound eyes black. Wings hyaline, with a light orange hue. Abdomen with transverse, ochre subcuticular rings, less pigmented ventrally.
 Morphology. As in generic diagnosis, plus the following: forewing pterostigma narrow anteriorly, wide posteriorly, almost rectangular; hypandrium bowl-shaped, posterior margin obtusely convex, lateral and posterior margins strongly sclerotized; sparsely ciliated over the surface, with two setae distinctly longer than the others, one near each side. Paraprocts semicircular, with setae as illustrated, sensory fields with 15-16 trichobothria in basal rosettes; epiproct trapeziform, with field of setae on posterior third. Pretarsal claws with minute preapical denticle, pulvillus broad.
 Measurements. FW: 2154, HW: 1708, F: 533, T: 927, t1: 343, t2: 102, ctt1: 17, Mx4: 121, f1: 483, f2: 347, f3: 273, f4: 226, IO: 201, D: 289, d: 194, IO/d: 1.03, PO: 0.67.
 Material studied. Holotype male, 1 paratype male. PERU, Cuzco, Cashiriari (light). 4-22.viii.2005. J. Williams. Deposited in the National Insect Collection (CNIN), Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. México City, México.
 Etymology. The specific name refers to the type locality, Cashiriari.
description: Published as part of García Aldrete, Alfonso N., 2012, A new genus of Lachesillidae (Psocoptera) from the Peruvian Amazonia, pp. 65-68 in Zootaxa 3303 on pages 65-66
Application of a general methodology to understand vulnerability and adaptability of the fisheries for small pelagic species in the Benguela countries: Angola, Namibia and South Africa
Creators: name: KL Cochrane
name: K Ortega-Cisneros
name: JA Iitembu
name: CI Dos Santos
name: WHH Sauer
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: The fisheries for small pelagic species in Angola, Namibia and South Africa fulfil important social and economic roles but have undergone substantial changes in recent years, some of which are likely to be related to climate change. This assessment of vulnerability and possible adaptation options for the main stakeholder groups in these fisheries was based on a framework encompassing ecological, social and economic vulnerability and the broader economic and governance context of the countries. Information was gathered through stakeholder consultations and workshops as well as from published information. Adaptation options were identified primarily through consultation with stakeholders. Namibia was considered to have the most vulnerable fishery because of the poor state of the sardine population and limited alternatives. Angola and South Africa were estimated to be moderately vulnerable for different reasons. Alternative sources of livelihoods are scarce, and the wellbeing of stakeholders is highly dependent on the resilience and adaptive capacity of individual fishing companies. For land-based and sea-going workers (fulltime and permanent), skills improvement to increase their flexibility and employability within and beyond fisheries is a primary adaptation option. Key roles for governments include ensuring effective governance and facilitating sustainable economic development, especially in underdeveloped coastal areas.
Intercolony health evaluation of wild African penguins Spheniscus demersus, in relation to parasites, along the southwest coast of South Africa
Creators: name: MPA Espinaze
name: C Hui
name: L Waller
name: S Matthee
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Clinical parameters of African penguins Spheniscus demersus have been recorded mostly from birds admitted to rehabilitation centres and are typically presented as mean values across a region. It is uncertain whether these values are representative of wild penguins and whether they are influenced by parasite infestations. We assessed general clinical parameters from 793 African penguins (210 adults and 583 chicks) at five South African colonies, in 2016 and 2017, and then established the relationship between those values and parasite infestations. Penguins at Dassen Island had indications of a different health status: lower body condition and total plasma protein, and higher haematocrit and ectoparasite richness. Overall, haematocrit values were lower for the mainland colonies than for the island colonies. All clinical parameters were significantly lower in spring than in autumn/winter. Both ectoparasite and haemoparasite taxon richness were negatively related to haematocrit values, while helminth taxon richness was positively related to body mass and haematocrit. At the Stony Point colony, tick abundance and ectoparasite and haemoparasite taxon richness were associated with lower haematocrit in adults and chicks. This study highlights intercolony variations in the health status of African penguins and potential factors (such as parasite infestations and/or food-resource accessibility) that might affect specific colonies, thereby helping to focus conservation efforts.
Design and testing of a bunch-by-bunch beam position transverse feedback processor
Creators: name: Zhan, Linsong
name: Zhao, Lei
name: Liu, Jinxin
name: Liu, Shubin
name: An, Qi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility (SSRF) is a 3.5 GeV storage ring with a bunch rate of 499.654 MHz, harmonic number of 720, and circumference of 432 meters. SSRF injection works at 3.5 GeV, where the multi-bunch instabilities limit the maximum stored current. In order to suppress multi-bunch instabilities caused by transverse impedance, a bunch-by-bunch transverse feedback system is indispensable for SSRF. The key component of that system is the bunch-by-bunch transverse feedback electronics. An important task in the electronics is precise time synchronization. In this paper, a novel clock synchronization and precise delay adjustment method based on the PLLs and delay lines are proposed. Test results indicate that the ENOB (Effective Number Of Bits) of the analog-to-digital conversion circuit is better than 9 bits in the input signal frequency range from 100 kHz to 700 MHz, and the closed loop attenuation at the critical frequency points is better than 40 dB. The initial commissioning tests with the beam in SSRF are also conducted, and the results are consistent with the expectations.
Kokeshia : MIYAMOTO 1960
Creators: name: Rédei, Dávid
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Schizopteridae
Kokeshia

description: Kokeshia Miyamoto, 1960
 Kokeshia Miyamoto, 1960: 163. Type species: Kokeshia esakii Miyamoto, 1960, by original designation.
 Kokeshia: MIYAMOTO (1960) (original description, nymphs); MIYAMOTO (1961) (alimentary tract); EMSLEY (1969) (morphology, systematics, subfamily placement, catalogue); ŠTYS (1970) (morphology, systematics); ŠTYS (1985) (new species, morphology, systematics); REN & ZHENG (1992) (new species); KERZHNER (1995) (catalogue).
description: Published as part of Rédei, Dávid, 2008, Two new species of Kokeshia from India and Thailand (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Schizopteridae), pp. 241-250 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 48 (2) on page 242, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5340888
Accounting for linefish dependency in management of the South African small pelagic fishery
Creators: name: D Parker
name: JC Coetzee
name: H Winker
name: CD Van Der Lingen
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: To further implement an ecosystem approach to management of the small pelagic fishery in South Africa, we attempted to develop functional relationships between spatialised time-series of the biomass of three small pelagic fish species and the catch per unit effort (CPUE) of four linefish species (i.e. species caught on hook and line, excluding longlines) that could be used to account for the forage needs of dependent predators. Granger causality tests indicated significant effects of anchovy Engraulis encrasicolus biomass on silver kob Argyrosomus inodorus and yellowtail Seriola lalandi CPUE, significant effects of sardine Sardinops sagax biomass on geelbek Atractoscion aequidens CPUE, but no significant effects of biomass of west coast redeye round herring Etrumeus whiteheadi and east coast redeye round herring Etruemus wongratanai on any linefish CPUE. Sequential t-test analysis of regime shift (STARS) indicated temporal matching in regimes between anchovy biomass east of Cape Agulhas (EoCA) and yellowtail west coast (west of Cape Point) CPUE, and between sardine biomass EoCA and geelbek southwest coast (Cape Point to Cape Infanta) CPUE. Convergent cross mapping found no causality for anchovy biomass EoCA on yellowtail west coast CPUE but causality in the reverse direction. A high degree of causality in both directions for sardine biomass EoCA and geelbek southwest coast CPUE was observed, indicating strong predator–prey interaction, and a highly significant linear relationship between sardine biomass EoCA in yearn–1 and geelbek southwest coast CPUE in yearn was obtained. This functional relationship should be considered for inclusion as a proxy for ecosystem state in management procedures that adopt the ecosystem approach to fisheries for the South African small pelagic fishery.
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title: Means for assessing the similarity between the draft of a scientific article and the set of publications from a particular scientific journal
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Publisher: name: ÐÐÐÐÐ¢ÐÐ¥-ÐÐ ÐÐ¡Ð¡
Year: 2024
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text similarity measure
natural language processing

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description: This paper sets the problem of creating a tool for assessing the similarity of a scientific article manuscript to a set of articles published in a given scientific journal. We considered the existing tools for the similarity assessing of scientific works. The paper shows the feasibility of such an intellectual assistant for the scientific publications' author. We identified the areas of possible use.
Gain in Stochastic Resonance: Precise Numerics versus Linear Response Theory beyond the Two-Mode Approximation
Creators: name: Casado-Pascual, Jesús
name: Denk, Claus
name: Gómez-Ordóñez, José
name: Morillo, Manuel
name: Hänggi, Peter
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In the context of the phenomenon of Stochastic Resonance (SR) we study the correlation function, the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and the ratio of output over input SNR, i.e. the gain, which is associated to the nonlinear response of a bistable system driven by time-periodic forces and white Gaussian noise. These quantifiers for SR are evaluated using the techniques of Linear Response Theory (LRT) beyond the usually employed two-mode approximation scheme. We analytically demonstrate within such an extended LRT description that the gain can indeed not exceed unity. We implement an efficient algorithm, based on work by Greenside and Helfand (detailed in the Appendix), to integrate the driven Langevin equation over a wide range of parameter values. The predictions of LRT are carefully tested against the results obtained from numerical solutions of the corresponding Langevin equation over a wide range of parameter values. We further present an accurate procedure to evaluate the distinct contributions of the coherent and incoherent parts of the correlation function to the SNR and the gain. As a main result we show for subthreshold driving that both, the correlation function and the SNR can deviate substantially from the predictions of LRT and yet, the gain can be either larger or smaller than unity. In particular, we find that the gain can exceed unity in the strongly nonlinear regime which is characterized by weak noise and very slow multifrequency subthreshold input signals with a small duty cycle. This latter result is in agreement with recent analogue simulation results by Gingl et al. in Refs. [18, 19].
description: 22 pages, 5 eps figures, submitted to PRE
Assessing the Contribution of Agricultural Productivity to Food Security levels in Sub-Saharan African countries
Creators: name: Ogundari, Kolawole
name: Awokuse, Titus
name: Ogundari, Kolawole
name: Awokuse, Titus
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety
subject: Food Security and Poverty
subject: agricultural productivity
subject: food security
subject: cross-country
subject: sub-Saharan Africa

description: The study investigates the effect of agricultural productivity on different food security measures in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). We identify food security indicators with per capita total food available in tonnes and per capita nutrient supply (e.g., calories and proteins), while agricultural–value-added per hectare and cereal production per hectare are taken as measures of agricultural productivity in the study. Using a panel data covering 41 countries from 1980-2009, we employ both the dynamic and linear models. The empirical results from both models show that an increase in agricultural productivity contributes positively and significantly to all measures of food security considered in the study. Thus suggesting that the key to improving food security is by boosting the current level of agricultural productivity growth in SSA. Accordingly, we contend that policies geared toward increasing government investment in agricultural research and development (R&D) would likely raise agricultural productivity and subsequently food security levels in the region.
Electron helicity-dependence in (e,e'p) reactions with polarized nuclei and the fifth response function
Creators: name: Amaro, J. E.
name: Donnelly, T. W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The cross section for electron-induced proton knockout reactions with polarized beam and target is computed in a DWIA model. The analysis is focused on the electron helicity-dependent (HD) piece of the cross section. For the case of in-plane emission a new symmetry is found in the HD cross section, which takes opposite values for specific opposing pairs of nuclear orientations, explaining why the fifth response (involving polarized electrons, but unpolarized nuclei) is zero for this choice of kinematics. Even when this symmetry breaks down in the case of nucleon emission out of the scattering plane, it is shown that it is still present in the separate response functions. A physical explanation of these results is presented using a semi-classical model of the reaction based on the PWIA and on the concept of a nucleon orbit with its implied expectation values of position and spin.
description: 38 pages, 15 PS figures
Study of the sensitivity to CKM angle $γ$ under simultaneous determination from multiple $B$ meson decay modes
Creators: name: Ticó, J. Garra
name: Gibson, V.
name: Haines, S. C.
name: Jones, C. R.
name: Kenzie, M.
name: Lovell, G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Several methods exist to measure $CP$ violation observables related to the CKM unitarity triangle angle $γ$ using $B$ meson decays. These observables are different for every $B$ meson decay considered, although the information they contain on $γ$ is encoded in a similar way for all of them. This paper describes a strategy for a simultaneous measurement of $γ$ using several $B$ meson decays that takes into account possible correlations between them. Sensitivity studies demonstrate that the simultaneous analysis of several $B$ meson decay modes results in smaller uncertainties and improved statistical behaviour compared to a combination of standalone measurements.
Numerical simulations of radiation from blazar jets
Creators: name: Moderski, R.
name: Sikora, M.
name: Blazejowski, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a description of our numerical code BLAZAR. This code calculates spectra and light curves of blazars during outbursts. The code is based on a model in which the non-thermal flares in blazars are produced in thin shells propagating down a conical jet with relativistic velocities. Such shells may represent layers of a shocked plasma, enclosed between the forward and reverse fronts of an internal shock. In the model adopted by us, the production of non-thermal radiation is assumed to be dominated by electrons and positrons which are accelerated directly, rather then injected by pair cascades. The code includes synchrotron emission and inverse-Compton process as the radiation mechanisms. Both synchrotron photons and external photons are included as the seed photons for Comptonization. At the present stage, the code is limited to treat the inverse Compton process only within the Thomson limit and is specialized to model radiation production in the flat spectrum radio quasars. As an example, we present the results of modeling an outburst in 3C 279 - the most extensively monitored gamma-ray - bright quasar.
description: Replaced with revised version (significant changes); 12 pages, 5 figures, accepted for publication in A&Ap
title: Software architecture for data storage concepts within future mobile telecommunication systems
Creators: name: Diehl, Andreas
Publisher: name: University of Plymouth
Year: 2007

description: File taken down at request of author
description: In current mobile telecommunication networks, databases and the subscriber data is distributed among multiple network domains and database systems. The heterogeneous data storage concept is based on the permanent evolution of the mobile networks and the support of different kinds of network technologies. Dependent on the particular network domain and the dedicated technology, distributed subscriber data has to be accessed via specialised protocols.This thesis proposes a novel software architecture for the next generation profile register (NGPR) - an approach to provide subscriber information using a logically centralised register for subscriber data from several mobile network domains. The NGPR subscriber data model supports a network-independent layer that references to different kinds of network-specific data (such as subscribed services, user related data and run-time data). Appropriate adapters ensure the reusage of network-independent data for several specific mobile core domains or administrative systems. This thesis includes an UMTS interoperability concept for the SS7 (signaling system no. 7) and IP-based domains by utilising the service-oriented architecture (SOA). SOA concepts provide the flexibility to integrate different network-specific domains by data services. The data services (based on web services technology) are supported in a conventional way and by a binary mode in order to improve performance for the telecommunication networks. The service framework of the NGPR manages data services in general and links requests from the mobile domains to relevant subsets of subscriber data. NGPR data services support network-specific and generic interfaces that are proposed within concepts of the next generation networks or UMTS release 6. Based on SOA, the NGPR architecture provides subscriber data convergence and simplified data access. Therefore, several specialised and generic network domains can be directly supported by the network-independent layer of the NGPR. Especially administrative systems and network nodes of closed domains are supposed to take advantage of the interoperability concept and the converged data of the NGPR.
Additional file 7: of Prognostic accuracy of the serum lactate level, the SOFA score and the qSOFA score for mortality among adults with Sepsis
Creators: name: Liu, Zhiqiang
name: Meng, Zibo
name: Li, Yongfeng
name: Zhao, Jingyuan
name: Wu, Shihong
name: Gou, Shanmiao
name: Wu, Heshui
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: Medicine
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Developmental Biology
Science Policy

description: Table S4. qSOFA (Quick SOFA) Criteria (DOCX 12 kb)
ЖИСМОНИЙ ТАРБИЯ ТАЪЛИМИ, УНИНГ ВАЗИФАЛАРИ ВА ХУСУСИЯТЛАРИ
Creators: name: Ҳамраев, Элдорбек
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Ушбу мақолада жисмоний тарбия таълимиб унинг вазифалари ва хусусиятлари ҳаракат фаолиятини ўқитишда ҳаракат малакаси шакллантириш, кўникма вужудга келиши ҳақида маълумот берилади.
MOESM2 of Capillary blood as an alternative specimen for enumeration of percentages of lymphocyte subsets
Creators: name: Supanart Srisala
name: Nutkridta Pongsakul
name: Thiantip Sahakijpicharn
name: Suradej Hongeng
name: Somchai Chutipongtanate
name: Nopporn Apiwattanakul
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Ecology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Additional file 2: Table S2. Head to head comparison of median and mean percentages of lymphocyte subsets with regard to total lymphocyte count in venous and capillary blood (nâ =â 40 for both capillary and venous blood samples).
How Algerian teachers engage with the values embedded across the second-generation curriculum
Creators: name: Abid, Meriem
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: values education
character education
embedding values
EFL teachers
English language Curriculum
Second Generation curriculum
policymaking

description: The study explored the perspectives of Algerian English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Middle School teachers on their perspectives regarding the implementation of values permeating theSecond-Generation curriculum. In Algeria, this is an issue which far has received little attention in the discourse. The Second-Generation curriculum reform has infused values across the national curriculum with the aim of fostering cultural and national ideals and encouraging learning tolerance toward foreign languages and cultures. Focusing on the perspectives of EFL middle school teachers, the study captured how these teachers reflected on their understanding of the national values embedded in the Second-Generation curriculum, how they deliver these values in their teaching and challenges they face when delivering these values in their teaching. This was a qualitative study that adopted mixed method research design. Data was collected from semi-structured interviews with middle schools EFL teachers (n16), and an online survey completed by 64 teachers. The data gathered from the online survey was analysed descriptively.Thematic analysis, using NVIVO12 software were employed for the data gathered through semi-structured interviews. The findings indicated that while Algerian EFL middle schoolteachers had good understanding of the rationale for the values embedded in the Second-Generation curriculum, they were concerned about the introduction of these in the early years of middle school. The findings suggested also that teachers teach these values implicitly, as it is recommended by the stakeholders (educators and policymakers), using different methods for instance, role modelling, storytelling, and vivid examples. Some teachers agreed that this policy of promoting values education was not effectively applied as it was neither examined nor implemented effectively. Thus, this resulted in many limitations. There were also number of challenges that the teachers face during the enactment of the core values, among these challenges is the lack of effective training and lack of teachers’ agency in policy making and curriculum reform. The limitations and challenges resulted in reform failure and teachers resisting the new reform.
Online Tools for Data Collection
Creators: name: Thangiah, Raja
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 461006
subject: Library studies

description: A researcher will require many data-gathering tools and techniques which may vary in their complexity, design, administration and interpretation. Each tool or technique is appropriate for the collection of certain type of evidence or information. Online tools are used in the research nowadays very popular one and vibrant for research in all types of surveys. It was taking less time to receive the surveys and easy to analyzed the results. Internet connection is must for sending the online tool. This study deals with comparison of the data collection in many ways, advantages on online surveys, types of online questions, how to increase response rates through online survey, and some important tools for online tool collection. It concluded that online tools are very important role in the research and development area and also in the business surveys.
Flexible-fuel automobiles and CO2 emissions in Brazil: a semiparametric analysis using panel data
Creators: name: Almeida, Alexandre N.
name: Santos, Augusto S.
name: Halmenschlager, Vinícius
name: Gilio, Leandro
name: Diniz, Tiago B.
name: Ferreira, Alexandre A. S.
name: Almeida, Alexandre N.
name: Santos, Augusto S.
name: Halmenschlager, Vinícius
name: Gilio, Leandro
name: Diniz, Tiago B.
name: Ferreira, Alexandre A. S.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: flex-fuels vehicles
subject: CO2 emissions
subject: semiparametric models
subject: Brazil

description: The objective of this paper is to investigate the relationship between the fleet of flex-fuels vehicles and CO2 emissions in Brazil. We analyzed the robustness of parametric and semiparametric analyses using a panel data set at the state level from 1998 to 2013. In both analyses, we find that there is a strong negative correlation between CO2 emissions and flex-fuels vehicles. Moreover, our results also suggest that there are: 1) there is evidence of an Environment Kuznets Curve for flex-fuel vehicles; 2) a negative relationship between sugar cane cropped area (due to carbon sequestration) and CO2 emissions and; 3) a positive relationship between livestock and CO2 emissions.
Defect-induced magnetism and Yu-Shiba-Rusinov states in twisted bilayer graphene
Creators: name: Lopez-Bezanilla, Alejandro
name: Lado, Jose L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Atomic defects have a significant impact in the low-energy properties of graphene systems. By means of first-principles calculations and tight-binding models we provide evidence that chemical impurities modify both the normal and the superconducting states of twisted bilayer graphene. A single hydrogen atom attached to the bilayer surface yields a triple-point crossing, whereas self-doping and three-fold symmetry-breaking are created by a vacant site. Both types of defects lead to time-reversal symmetry-breaking and the creation of local magnetic moments. Hydrogen-induced magnetism is found to exist also at the doping levels where superconductivity appears in magic angle graphene superlattices. As a result, the coexistence of superconducting order and defect-induced magnetism yields in-gap Yu-Shiba-Rusinov excitations in magic angle twisted bilayer graphene.
Schule – Berufsausbildung – Arbeitsmarkt
Creators: name: Fitzenberger, Bernd
name: Bonin, Holger
name: Hillerich, Annette
Publisher: name: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: J24
subject: I28
subject: I21
subject: Übergang Schule-Beruf
subject: Berufsbildungsforschung
subject: Berufsorientierung
subject: Datenbedarf
subject: 070 Publizistische Medien, Journalismus, Verlagswesen
subject: 330 Wirtschaft

description: Das duale Ausbildungssystem in Deutschland gilt im internationalen Vergleich als vorbildlich. Gleichwohl gelingt vielen Jugendlichen kein reibungsloser Einstieg in den Arbeitsmarkt. Etliche Unternehmenkonstatieren einen Rückgang der Ausbildungsreife und Berufsorientierung junger Menschen; gleichzeitig geht deren Interesse an einer Ausbildung zurück. Holger Bonin, Bernd Fitzenberger und Annette Hillerich vermitteln einen Überblick über die sich sehr dynamisch entwickelnde Literatur in der ökonomischen Berufsbildungsforschung, deren Vertreter sich in neueren Arbeiten sehr stark mit dem Entscheidungsverhalten von jungen Menschen befassen. Ein besonderes Interesse gilt Maßnahmen der Berufsorientierung, wozu die Autoren ausgewählte Ergebnisse einer Fallstudie aus der Region Freiburg vorstellen. Angesichts der noch bestehenden Erkenntnislücken beschreiben sieden Bedarf an aussagekräftigen Längsschnittdaten und skizzieren ein Konzept für ein regional geclustertes Übergangspanel.
Optical Potentials in Kaonic Atoms
Creators: name: Garcia-Recio, C.
name: Nieves, J.
name: Oset, E.
name: Ramos, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A microscopic optical potential based on a chiral model is used as a starting point for studying kaonic atoms levels. We add to this potential a phenomenological part fitted to the experimentally known shifts and widths of kaonic levels. This fitted potential is used to predict deeply bound atomic levels, as well as nuclear levels. Comparison with the predictions of other optical models found in the literature is done. Also the effects on the kaonic atoms levels of certain known non-local contributions to the optical potential are also analyzed.
description: Corrected misprints on fitted parameters. 4 pag., 2 fig., 1 table. Contribution to "Mesons and Light Nuclei 01", 2001, Prague, Czech Republic
AN ANALYSIS OF THE CHARACTERISTICS AND PRACTICES OF SELECTED ALABAMA SMALL LIVESTOCK PRODUCERS: A FOCUS ON PRODUCTION AND PROCESSING
Creators: name: Bartlett, Jannette R.
name: Jahan, Mst Nusrat
name: Tackie, David Nii O.
name: Adu-Gyamfi, Akua
name: Quarcoo, Francisca A.
name: Bartlett, Jannette R.
name: Jahan, Mst Nusrat
name: Tackie, David Nii O.
name: Adu-Gyamfi, Akua
name: Quarcoo, Francisca A.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Livestock Producers
subject: Small Producers
subject: Characteristics and Practices
subject: Production and Processing

description: The study assessed the characteristics and practices of small livestock producers, emphasizing production and processing. Data were obtained from a convenience sample of 121 small producers from South Central Alabama, and analyzed using descriptive statistics, including chisquare tests. The socioeconomic factors showed most were part-time farmers; middle-aged producers; producers with at most a two-year/technical degree or some college education, and producers with $40,000 or less annual household income. A majority practiced rotational grazing, fed a combination of forage (direct from pasture), hay and concentrate, and about half conducted soil tests regularly. Furthermore, many had goats with parasite problems that were treated these primarily with anthelmintics; most sold live animals. The chi-square tests showed that farming status, gender, race/ethnicity, education, and household income had statistically significant relationships with production and processing characteristics. Socioeconomic factors should be considered in programs assisting producers in the study area.
IMPROVING AGRICULTURAL WORKERS FOOD SAFETY KNOWLEDGE THROUGH AN ONLINE CURRICULUM
Creators: name: Shaw, Angela M.
name: Dzubak, John
name: Strohbehn, Catherine
name: Naeve, Linda
name: Shaw, Angela M.
name: Dzubak, John
name: Strohbehn, Catherine
name: Naeve, Linda
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession
subject: Food Safety Education
subject: University Farms
subject: Pilot Study
subject: Online Training

description: A one-hour online food safety curriculum was developed to inform university farm workers on food safety hazards associated with production and harvesting of fresh produce. The farm curriculum consists of five sections (food safety importance, pre-harvest hazards, post-harvest hazards, personal hygiene, and regulations). Engagement activities and a user manual were developed to support the curriculum. Curriculum content was validated by an expert panel and a convenience panel of farm workers. The developed curriculum was piloted at two land grant universities (n=50). Multiple-choice quizzes were used to assess knowledge changes in each of the sections. Results indicated significant knowledge gains at both universities for all sections except the personal hygiene section. This pilot study provides evidence that an online format is effective in improving food safety knowledge. Because knowledge is a prerequisite for behavior, this curriculum can assist with mitigating food safety risk on university and other research farms.
MOESM1 of Capillary blood as an alternative specimen for enumeration of percentages of lymphocyte subsets
Creators: name: Supanart Srisala
name: Nutkridta Pongsakul
name: Thiantip Sahakijpicharn
name: Suradej Hongeng
name: Somchai Chutipongtanate
name: Nopporn Apiwattanakul
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Ecology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Additional file 1: Table S1. Gating strategies for all lymphocyte subsets. All cells were initially gated from the CD45+ population, and then gated from the lymphocyte population, as determined by FSC/SSC plot.
Lucanidae Latreille 1804
Creators: name: Slay, Michael E.
name: Skelley, Paul E.
name: Taylor, Steven J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Lucanidae

description: Lucanidae    Lucanus placidus Say.  Gardner (1986) reported a specimen from Missouri: Wright Co.: Bill Dyer Lead Mine Cave, “… collected from the leaves below the shallow pit entrance.” Lucanus placidus is widespread in the central US and, like most lucanids, their larvae feed on various decaying plant materials (Ratcliffe and Paulsen 2008). This is considered an accidental collection.
description: Published as part of Slay, Michael E., Skelley, Paul E. & Taylor, Steven J., 2012, New Records ofOnthophagus cavernicollisHowden and Cartwright (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from Ozark Caves, with a Review of Scarabaeoids Reported from North American Caves, pp. 187-199 in The Coleopterists Bulletin 66 (3) on page 193, DOI: 10.1649/072.066.0302, http://zenodo.org/record/10108085
USING TECHNOLOGY TO SERVE THE AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY IN THE WESTERN CAPE PROVINCE OF SOUTH AFRICA
Creators: name: Naidoo, Pavarni
name: Sandenbergh, Lise
name: Bonato, Maud
name: Strauss, Johann
name: Wallace, Mike
name: Roux, Andre
name: Martin, Shaheed
name: Trautmann, Ilse
name: Cloete, Schalk
name: Naidoo, Pavarni
name: Sandenbergh, Lise
name: Bonato, Maud
name: Strauss, Johann
name: Wallace, Mike
name: Roux, Andre
name: Martin, Shaheed
name: Trautmann, Ilse
name: Cloete, Schalk
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies
subject: Technology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Conservation Agriculture
subject: Remote Sensing
subject: Information Dissemination

description: The Western Cape Department of Agriculture has a team of agricultural experts using novel approaches to address the challenges faced by South African agriculture. The objective of this paper is to describe some of the innovative research and technologies, and methods of technology transfer, used to better serve the agricultural community. The spectrum of technologies implemented includes new research on breeding (biotechnology); new approaches to conservation agriculture; remote sensing satellite and spatial information for improved decision making, such as the spatial intelligence project and FruitLook; Agricultural Integrated Management System; and technology to manage and disseminate information, such as smart (digital) pen and paper technology and Agri-Touch. The paper is an introduction to some of the cutting-edge research and technologies and new methods of communication, information dissemination and decision making support that serves the agricultural community in a tangible way.
An overdetermined linear equations-based time calibration method for fast sampling ASICs
Creators: name: Cheng, Boyu
name: Zhao, Lei
name: Qin, Jiajun
name: Chen, Han
name: Guo, Yuxiang
name: Liu, Shubin
name: An, Qi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A novel time calibration method for waveform sampling application specific integrated circuits (ASICs) based on switched capacitor arrays (SCAs) is proposed in this paper. Precision timing extraction using SCA ASICs has been proved to be a promising technique in many high energy physics experiments. However, such ASICs suffer from irregular sampling intervals caused by process variations. Therefore, careful calibration is required to improve the time resolution of such systems. We evaluated the limitation of a popular method using the proportionality between voltage amplitude and sampling interval of adjacent switched-capacitor cells responding to either a sawtooth wave or a sine wave. The new time calibration method presented here utilizes the relationship between sampling intervals and the known input signal period to establish overdetermined linear equations, and the roots of these equations correspond to the actual sampling intervals. We applied this new method to a pulse timing test with an ASIC designed by our team, and the test results indicate that the new time calibration method is effective.