cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Sticky Rice': Variety Inertia in a Technologically Progressive State of India
Creators: name: Joshi, K.
name: Joshi, P.K.
name: Khan, M.T.
name: Kishore, A.
name: Joshi, K.
name: Joshi, P.K.
name: Khan, M.T.
name: Kishore, A.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2018
Subjects: Crop Production/Industries

description: In this paper, we study an interesting case of variety inertia in an otherwise technologically progressive region of India. We examine the high adoption of Pusa 44, an environmentally unsustainable, old rice variety in Punjab, despite the availability of many newer improved varieties and the overall technological advancement of agriculture in the region. We use detailed household data on variety adoption and crop economics, collected from a primary survey conducted in 2017. We find that the stickiness of Pusa 44, i.e. the resistance of rice farmers to adopt newer and more sustainable varieties, is explained by a lack of economic incentives. The private benefits obtained from higher yields of Pusa 44 compared to other varieties, far exceed its immediate costs, as the use of ground water resources is easy and inexpensive. Moreover, farmers perceive yield as the most important of variety traits, which further affects their choice in favour of Pusa 44. Policy intervention is important in this set up where the natural resource cost is not fully realized, and growing Pusa 44 results in negative externalities. We find some evidence that government intervention in the seed supply system can help promote the switch to newer, more sustainable rice varieties. Acknowledgement : We acknowledge the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) for their financial support to conduct this study.
Potential benefits of a novel home-based exercise program for inactive older adults
Creators: name: McCain, Jamie
name: Lees, Marcus
name: Edwards, Jonathon
name: Bouchard, Danielle
Publisher: name: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada
Year: 2022

description: Background: The population is aging and not many older adults are reaching the physical activity guidelines. This study proposed a 3-week home exercise program using a square-stepping exercise (SSE) to help get older adults more active. Purpose: To employ a single case study design to determine if a home-based exercise program for inactive older adults would help overcome barriers and stimulate enablers for regular physical activity at the recommended intensity. Methods: Using embedded mixed methods, 10 inactive older adults over the age of 65 completed the proposed program in conjunction with follow-up interviews. Participants were deemed inactive if they took less than 10,000 steps/day over one week. A pedometer tracked their physical activity at home. Results: Barriers reached during the proposed program were being uncomfortable in a fitness facility and body image. The proposed program enhanced enablers such as the use of home equipment and easy access. The average total steps/day increased by 27% ( p=0.02) and moderate-intensity was reached by 80% of participants when performing the SSE. Conclusion: The exercise program addressed the common barriers to exercise and could increase the physical activity level of inactive older adults especially for those intimidated by a fitness facility setting and concerned with body image. Funding: NA.
description: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada, Vol. 14 No. 3 (2021): Proceedings from the 8th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress
Pattern formation and exotic order in driven-dissipative Bose-Hubbard systems
Creators: name: Wang, Zijian
name: Navarrete-Benlloch, Carlos
name: Cai, Zi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Modern experimental platforms such as supercoducting-circuit arrays call for the exploration of bosonic tight-binding models in unconventional situations with no counterpart in real materials. Here we investigate one of such situations, in which excitations are driven and damped by pairs, leading to pattern formation and exotic bosonic states emerged from a non-equilibrium quantum many-body system. Focusing on a two-dimensional driven-dissipative Bose-Hubbard model, we find that its steady states are characterized by the condensation of bosons around momenta lying on a "Bose surface", a bosonic analogue of the Fermi surface in solid-state systems. The interplay between instabilities generated by the driving, the nonlinear dissipative mode-coupling, and the underlaying lattice effect, allows the system to equilibrate into an exotic superfluid state of bosons condensed on a closed ring in momentum space instead of discrete points. Such an unconventional state with a spatially uniform density distribution goes beyond the traditional scope of pattern formation, and thus has no counterpart in the classical literature. In addition, it is a state connected to several open problems in modern condensed-matter physics, and here we provide the means to stabilize it, opening the way to its experimental study. Moreover, we also provide a concrete experimental implementation of our model in currently-available superconducting-circuit arrays. We also investigate the relaxation spectrum around the condensate, which shows a characteristic purely diffusive behavior.
Design, Commissioning and Performance of the PIBETA Detector at PSI
Creators: name: Frlez, E.
name: Pocanic, D.
name: Assamagan, K. A.
name: Bagaturia, Yu.
name: Baranov, V. A.
name: Bertl, W.
name: Broennimann, Ch.
name: Bychkov, M. A.
name: Crawford, J. F.
name: Daum, M.
name: Fluegel, Th.
name: Frosch, R.
name: Horisberger, R.
name: Kalinnikov, V. A.
name: Karpukhin, V. V.
name: Khomutov, N. V.
name: Koglin, J. E.
name: Korenchenko, A. S.
name: Korenchenko, S. M.
name: Kozlowski, T.
name: Krause, B.
name: Kravchuk, N. P.
name: Kuchinsky, N. A.
name: Li, W.
name: Lawrence, D. W.
name: Minehart, R. C.
name: Mzhavia, D.
name: Obermeier, H.
name: Renker, D.
name: Ritchie, B. G.
name: Ritt, S.
name: Sakhelashvili, T.
name: Schnyder, R.
name: Sidorkin, V. V.
name: Slocum, P. L.
name: Smith, L. C.
name: Soic, N.
name: Stephens, W. A.
name: Supek, I.
name: Tsamalaidze, Z.
name: VanDevender, B. A.
name: Wang, Y.
name: Wirtz, H. -P.
name: Ziock, K. O. H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We describe the design, construction and performance of the PIBETA detector built for the precise measurement of the branching ratio of pion beta decay, pi+ -> pi0 e+ nu, at the Paul Scherrer Institute. The central part of the detector is a 240-module spherical pure CsI calorimeter covering 3*pi sr solid angle. The calorimeter is supplemented with an active collimator/beam degrader system, an active segmented plastic target, a pair of low-mass cylindrical wire chambers and a 20-element cylindrical plastic scintillator hodoscope. The whole detector system is housed inside a temperature-controlled lead brick enclosure which in turn is lined with cosmic muon plastic veto counters. Commissioning and calibration data were taken during two three-month beam periods in 1999/2000 with pi+ stopping rates between 1.3*E3 pi+/s and 1.3*E6 pi+/s. We examine the timing, energy and angular detector resolution for photons, positrons and protons in the energy range of 5-150 MeV, as well as the response of the detector to cosmic muons. We illustrate the detector signatures for the assorted rare pion and muon decays and their associated backgrounds.
description: 117 pages, 48 Postscript figures, 5 tables, Elsevier LaTeX, submitted to Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A
Two Cleopatras: Appropriation of Cleopatra in Renaissance imagery and portraiture
Creators: name: McKenney, Claire
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: This paper explores conceptions of the classical character Cleopatra in Renaissance literature and society and their manifestations in imagery. While past scholars have traced Renaissance attitudes towards Cleopatra in general, an in depth exploration of particular reinventions of her character in artwork is missing from scholarship. The question I seek to answer is how were images of Cleopatra appropriated in the Renaissance to reflect humanist intellectual and literary developments, as well as broader cultural concerns over the nature of women and love universally? What I found was that the most effective appropriation of Cleopatra involved the use of her multi-faceted character within Quattrocento female profile portraiture. The resulting image, by Piero di Cosimo, is one that reinforces the tensions inherent in Renaissance poetic discourse on love by endowing the image of a particular Renaissance woman, Simonetta Vespucci, with the contradictory character traits of a legendary and exotic ancient one, Cleopatra.
Mind Fit: Evaluation of a community-based wellness program for adolescents experiencing depression and/or anxiety
Creators: name: Kandola, Mahabhir
name: Lau, Erica
name: Crocker, Peter
name: Faulkner, Guy
Publisher: name: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada
Year: 2022

description: Background: Mind Fit is an 8-week, group-based, physical activity and mental wellness program for adolescents experiencing mild-to-moderate symptoms of depression and/or anxiety in British Columbia, Canada offered by the YMCA of Greater Vancouver. Purpose: To conduct an outcome and process evaluation to assess the short-term and 3-month effects on targeted health outcomes and examine the facilitators and barriers related to program implementation. Methods: The sample consisted of 184 adolescents from 10 participating sites (64% female; mean age 15 years). Surveys were administered at baseline, post-program, and 3-months. Interviews were conducted with adolescents and staff post-program. Device-based measures of physical activity were collected at select local sites. Results: There were significant reductions in depression and anxiety from baseline to post-program and 3-month follow-up [PHQ-9 ( p=.001; d=.41), GAD-7 ( p=.000; d=.51) respectively]. Descriptive statistics demonstrated a greater reduction in PHQ-9 and GAD-7 scores at high-implementation sites. There was no self-reported increase in physical activity. Eighty interviews were conducted with adolescents and staff. Facilitators included: strong motivation and staff buy-in, uniqueness of Mind Fit in the community/organization, social connections among participants, supportive instructors, and comprehensive curriculum. Barriers included: available space and equipment, staff training, and adolescent recruitment. Conclusions: Findings demonstrate the effectiveness of community-based, early-interventions delivered ‘at-scale’ to improve the mental health of teens. Identified facilitators and barriers of program implementation and success can be used to inform future development of similar interventions. Funding: YMCA of Greater Vancouver.
description: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada, Vol. 14 No. 3 (2021): Proceedings from the 8th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress
Quantitative functional renormalization-group description of the two-dimensional Hubbard model
Creators: name: Hille, Cornelia
name: Kugler, Fabian B.
name: Eckhardt, Christian J.
name: He, Yuan-Yao
name: Kauch, Anna
name: Honerkamp, Carsten
name: Toschi, Alessandro
name: Andergassen, Sabine
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using a leading algorithmic implementation of the functional renormalization group (fRG) for interacting fermions on two-dimensional lattices, we provide a detailed analysis of its quantitative reliability for the Hubbard model. In particular, we show that the recently introduced multiloop extension of the fRG flow equations for the self-energy and two-particle vertex allows for a precise match with the parquet approximation also for two-dimensional lattice problems. The refinement with respect to previous fRG-based computation schemes relies on an accurate treatment of the frequency and momentum dependences of the two-particle vertex, which combines a proper inclusion of the high-frequency asymptotics with the so-called truncated unity fRG for the momentum dependence. The adoption of the latter scheme requires, as an essential step, a consistent modification of the flow equation of the self-energy. We quantitatively compare our fRG results for the self-energy and momentum-dependent susceptibilities and the corresponding solution of the parquet approximation to determinant quantum Monte Carlo data, demonstrating that the fRG is remarkably accurate up to moderate interaction strengths. The presented methodological improvements illustrate how fRG flows can be brought to a quantitative level for two-dimensional problems, providing a solid basis for the application to more general systems.
description: 19 pages, 21 figures
Two Cleopatras: Appropriation of Cleopatra in Renaissance imagery and portraiture
Creators: name: McKenney, Claire
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 3601
subject: Art history, theory and criticism
classificationCode: 3606
subject: Visual arts

description: This paper explores conceptions of the classical character Cleopatra in Renaissance literature and society and their manifestations in imagery. While past scholars have traced Renaissance attitudes towards Cleopatra in general, an in depth exploration of particular reinventions of her character in artwork is missing from scholarship. The question I seek to answer is how were images of Cleopatra appropriated in the Renaissance to reflect humanist intellectual and literary developments, as well as broader cultural concerns over the nature of women and love universally? What I found was that the most effective appropriation of Cleopatra involved the use of her multi-faceted character within Quattrocento female profile portraiture. The resulting image, by Piero di Cosimo, is one that reinforces the tensions inherent in Renaissance poetic discourse on love by endowing the image of a particular Renaissance woman, Simonetta Vespucci, with the contradictory character traits of a legendary and exotic ancient one, Cleopatra.
Single-Spin Polarization Effects and the Determination of Timelike Proton Form Factors
Creators: name: Brodsky, S. J.
name: Carlson, C. E.
name: Hiller, J. R.
name: Hwang, D. S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We show that measurements of the proton's polarization in electron-positron annihilation to a proton-antiproton pair $e^+ e^- \to p \bar p$ strongly discriminate between the analytic forms of models which fit the proton form factors in the spacelike region. In particular, the single-spin asymmetry normal to the scattering plane measures the relative phase difference between the timelike $G_E$ and $G_M$ form factors. The expected proton polarization in the timelike region is large, of order of several tens of percent.
description: LaTex, 12 pages, 4 figures
Built to Move - Shaping the future of active design through WELL v2.
Creators: name: Williams, Vienna
Publisher: name: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada
Year: 2022

description: Background: Physical inactivity has been a primary focus within the public health community for decades due to its’ contribution to premature mortality and chronic diseases including type II diabetes, cardiovascular disease, depression, stroke, dementia and some forms of cancer.1-3 Despite the widely understood benefits of regular physical activity, the most recent global estimates from 2016 show that nearly a quarter (23%) of the adult population are physically inactive.3 With a rising mantra: “move more, sit less,” the buildings in which we spend our time have an essential role in providing opportunities for movement and tackling the pervasive global challenges of physical inactivity. Description: The WELL Building Standard version 2™ pilot (WELL v2™) is a premier building certification program that focuses on the intersection of health and the built environment across ten categories: Air, Water, Nourishment, Light, Movement, Sound, Materials, Thermal Comfort, Mind and Community. To date, over 4,000 projects have committed to WELL, encompassing over 500 million square feet across 58 countries. The WELL Movement concept integrates physical activity and movement opportunities into the fabric of our buildings and communities. The 12 features in the Movement concept span ergonomic design to physical activity programs and incentives and from staircase activation to end-of-trip facilities, among others. Collectively, these strategies help to support a culture of movement through both design- and policy-based approaches. Strategies are underscored by a rigorous evidence base, evolving best practice, and emerging/innovative design and programming practices throughout the industry. Lessons Learned: During the pilot phase, WELL v2 underwent a 6-month public comment period that allowed the program developers to solicit feedback on the program from project teams and industry experts. During the pilot phase, developers also tracked uptake of WELL features across pilot projects. Conclusions and Implications: Standards and rating systems are guiding the future of our built world and how we interact with the spaces in which we spend our time. They must continue to drive innovation and deliver their impact to all people, all buildings, and all communities. In 2020, program developers addressed feedback from the public comment period and prepared to launch an update to WELL v2 that reflects lessons learned.
description: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada, Vol. 14 No. 3 (2021): Proceedings from the 8th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress
Emission of CO, CI, and CII in W3Main
Creators: name: Kramer, C.
name: Jakob, H.
name: Mookerjea, B.
name: Schneider, N.
name: Bruell, M.
name: Stutzki, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We used the KOSMA 3m telescope to map the core 7'x5' of the Galactic massive star forming region W3Main in the two fine structure lines of atomic carbon and four mid-J transitions of CO and 13CO. The maps are centered on the luminous infrared source IRS5 for which we obtained ISO/LWS data comprising four high-J CO transitions, CII, and OI at 63 and 145 micron. In combination with a KAO map of integrated line intensities of CII (Howe et al. 1991), this data set allows to study the physical structure of the molecular cloud interface regions where the occurence of carbon is believed to change from C+ to C0, and to CO. The molecular gas in W3Main is warmed by the far ultraviolet (FUV) field created by more than a dozen OB stars. Detailed modelling shows that most of the observed line intensity ratios and absolute intensities are consistent with a clumpy photon dominated region (PDR) of a few hundred unresolved clumps per 0.84pc beam, filling between 3 and 9% of the volume, with a typical clump radius of 0.025pc (2.2"), and typical mass of 0.44Msun. The high-excitation lines of CO stem from a 100-200K layer, as also the CI lines. The bulk of the gas mass is however at lower temperatures.
description: (19 pages, 10 figures, accepted by A&A)
Assessing a physical activity intervention in Brazil: are we advancing on physical activity levels?
Creators: name: Faria, Thania
name: Brenner, Stephan
name: Deckert, Andreas
name: Florindo, Alex
name: Mielke, Gregory
Publisher: name: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada
Year: 2022

description: Background: In Brazil, non-communicable diseases were responsible for 75.8% of deaths in 2015, with physical inactivity heavily contributing to increased morbidity and mortality. Purpose: To analyze the effect of a community-based physical activity program, the Health Academy Program, on the practice of leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) among the population living at the Brazilian state capitals. Methods: We pooled individual data from the National Surveillance for Protective and Risk Factors for Chronic Diseases (VIGITEL) between 2006 and 2016 and estimated odds ratios according to levels of exposure at city-level by using a multilevel logistic regression. Confounding variables included year of survey, sex, age and education. We further performed stratified analyses. Results: Total sample was composed of 572,437 individuals. In the initial model, chances of reaching sufficient LTPA was 1.20 times higher among individuals exposed since 2011. In the adjusted analyses, this same likelihood was attenuated to an odds ratio of 1.04. Odds of reaching recommended LTPA was 1.09 times higher among women exposed since 2011 as compared to control. No other statistically significant results were found. Conclusion: The Health Academy Program cannot substantially affect whole populations. Yet it is possible to visualize a positive influence in specific subgroups, pointing to the potential to reduce gender inequity in LTPA practice. We recommend more tailored interventions before indistinctively scaling up the program as a health promotion strategy. Funding: No specific financial support or funding was received to conduct the current study.
description: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada, Vol. 14 No. 3 (2021): Proceedings from the 8th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress
John Singer Sargent's non-Oriental Orientalism
Creators: name: May, Samantha A.
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: John Singer Sargent was one of many Orientalist painters in the nineteenth century. Through his many paintings with this subject matter he and his work should be considered on a different level from his contemporaries. Sargent's work has a consistent focus on the formal elements of line and color, which prove to be of more importance than displaying the overtly sexualized Eastern woman as many of his contemporaries did. Sargent also differs from his contemporaries in that his possible sexual preferences for the male figure also led him to create paintings that while considered Orientalist works lack most Orientalist elements.
Antiferromagnetism at the YBa2Cu3O7 / La2/3Ca1/3MnO3 interface
Creators: name: Haberkorn, N.
name: Guimpel, J.
name: Sirena, M.
name: Steren, L. B.
name: Saldarriaga, W.
name: Baca, E.
name: Gómez, M. E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The magnetic properties of a series of YBa2Cu3O7-x/La2/3Ca1/3MnO3 (YBCO/LC1/3MO) superlattices grown by dc sputtering at high oxygen pressures (3.5 mbar) show the expected ferromagnetic behaviour. However, field cooled hysteresis loops at low temperature show the unexpected existence of exchange bias, effect associated with the existence of ferromagnetic/antiferromagnetic (F/AF) interfaces. The blocking temperature (TB) is found thickness dependent and the exchange bias field (HEB) is found inversely proportional to the FM layer thickness, as expected. The presence of an AF material is probably associated to interface disorder and Mn valence shift towards Mn4+.
description: 12 pages, 2 figures, 1 table, submitted to Applied Physics Letters
Flux-based statistical prediction of three-body outcomes
Creators: name: Kol, Barak
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The gravitational three-body problem is a rich open problem, dating back to Newton. It serves as a prototypical example of a chaotic system and has numerous applications in astrophysics. Generically, the motion is non-integrable and susceptible to disintegration, and for negative total energy the decay outcome is a free body flying apart from a binary. Since Poincaré, the problem is known to be chaotic and is believed to lack a general deterministic solution. Instead, decades ago a statistical solution was marked as a goal. Yet, despite considerable progress, all extant approaches display two flaws. First, probability was equated with phase space volume, thereby ignoring the fact that significant regions of phase space describe regular motion, including post-decay motion. Secondly and relatedly, an adjustable parameter, the strong interaction region, which is a sort of cutoff, was a central ingredient of the theory. This paper introduces remedies and presents for the first time a statistical prediction of decay rates, in addition to outcomes. Based on an analogy with a particle moving within a leaky container, the statistical distribution is presented in an exactly factorized form. One factor is the flux of phase-space volume, rather than the volume itself, and it is given in a cutoff-independent closed-form. The other factors are the chaotic absorptivity and the regularized phase space volume. The situation is analogous to Kirchhoff's law of thermal radiation, also known as greybody radiation. In addition, an equation system for the time evolution of the statistical distribution is introduced; it describes the decay rate statistics while accounting for sub-escape excursions. Early numerical tests indicate a leap in accuracy.
description: 32 pages. Version prepared for publication
Neoliberal capitalist ideology, climate culpability, physical inactivity, and NCD mortality in 124 countries
Creators: name: Lee, Eun-Young
name: Masuda, Jeffrey
Publisher: name: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada
Year: 2022

description: Background: Physical inactivity is known as a top cause of global NCD-mortality. However, physical inactivity may be as much of an outcome of broader structural factors than within individual volitional control. Objective: To examine the relationship between neoliberal capitalist ideology (hereafter, neoliberal ideology) and non-communicable diseases (NCD)-mortality in 124 countries, focusing on the degree to which climate culpability and physical inactivity are implicated in explaining that relationship. Methods: The economic freedom of the world index of the Fraser Institute (representing neoliberal ideology), CO2 emissions (metric tons/capita) from the World Bank (representing climate culpability), and the World Health Organization’s age-adjusted physical inactivity and NCD-mortality data were used. Covariates included gross domestic product (GDP)/capita, the country-level prevalence of obesity, tobacco smoking, and alcohol consumption. Results: Neoliberal ideology was positively associated with NCD, and such association was most pronounced in less culpable countries. Neoliberal ideology was also positively associated with NCD-mortality, after controlling for GDP, climate culpability, and tobacco smoking, regardless of different levels of physical inactivity. However, when alcohol consumption was accounted for, physical inactivity moderated the association between neoliberal ideology and NCD-mortality. Conclusions: Neoliberal ideology was consistently associated with NCD-mortality, regardless of physical inactivity. Also, NCD-mortality was also higher in countries that are less culpable for climate change. Our findings offer preliminary evidence-based support for a shift in thinking toward the fundamental determinants of health and calls for an upstream shift in climate change mitigation interventions to improve population health through the creation of equitable global political and economic systems. Funding: The authors received no financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this work.
description: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada, Vol. 14 No. 3 (2021): Proceedings from the 8th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress
The First CO Map of a Low Surface Brightness Galaxy
Creators: name: O'Neil, K.
name: Schinnerer, E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using the Owens Valley Radio Observatory Millimeter-Wavelength Array (OVRO) we have obtained the first CO map of a low surface brightness (LSB) galaxy. The studied galaxy, UGC 01922, was chosen for these observations because both of its previous CO detection with the IRAM 30m telescope and its classification as a Malin 1 `cousin' - an LSB galaxy with M_HI > 10^10 Msol. The OVRO map detected approximately 65% of the CO(1-0) flux found earlier with the single dish measurements, giving a detected gas mass equivalent to M_H2 = 1.1X10^9 Msol. The integrated gas peak lies at the center of the galaxy and coincides with both the optical and 1.4 GHz continuum emission peaks. The molecular gas extends well beyond the OVRO beam size (~4'' or 3 kpc), covering ~25% of the optical bulge. In all, perhaps the most remarkable aspect of this map is its unexceptional appearance. Given that it took over ten years to successfully detect molecular gas in any low surface brightness system, it is surprising that the appearance and distribution of UGC 01922's CO is similar to what would be expected for a high surface brightness galaxy in the same morphological class.
description: 5 pages, including 3 figures and 3 tables. also available online at http://www.gb.nrao.edu/~koneil. Accepted by ApJL
Ultra-uniform Nanocrystalline Materials via Two-Step Sintering
Creators: name: Dong, Yanhao
name: Yang, Hongbing
name: Zhang, Lin
name: Li, Xingyu
name: Ding, Dong
name: Wang, Xiaohui
name: Li, Ju
name: Li, Jiangong
name: Chen, I-Wei
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Nanocrystalline metals and ceramics with <100 nm grain sizes and superior properties (e.g., mechanical strength, hardness, fracture toughness and stored dielectric energy) are of great interest. Much has been discussed about achieving nano grains, but little is known about maintaining grain-size uniformity that is critical for material reliability. An especially intriguing question is whether it is possible to achieve a size distribution narrower than what Hillert[1] theoretically predicted for normal grain growth, a possibility suggested, for growth with a higher growth exponent, by the generalized mean-field theory[2] of Lifshitz, Slyozov, Wagner (LSW)[3,4] and Hillert but never realized in practice. We demonstrate that this can be achieved in bulk materials with an appropriately designed two-step sintering route that (a) takes advantage of the large growth exponent in the intermediate sintering stage to form a most uniform microstructure despite porosity remaining, and (b) freezes the grain growth thereon while continuing densification to reach full density. The resultant dense bulk Al2O3 ceramic has an average grain size of 34 nm and a much narrower size distribution than Hillert's prediction. Bulk Al2O3 with a grain-size distribution narrower than the particle-size distribution of starting powders was also demonstrated using this strategy, as were highly uniform bulk engineering metals and ceramics of either high purity and high melting points (Mo and W-Re) or highly complex compositions (core-shell BaTiO3 and 0.87BaTiO3-0.13Bi(Zn2/3(Nb0.85Ta0.15)1/3)O3).
John Singer Sargent's non-Oriental Orientalism
Creators: name: May, Samantha A.
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 3601
subject: Art history, theory and criticism
classificationCode: 3606
subject: Visual arts

description: John Singer Sargent was one of many Orientalist painters in the nineteenth century. Through his many paintings with this subject matter he and his work should be considered on a different level from his contemporaries. Sargent's work has a consistent focus on the formal elements of line and color, which prove to be of more importance than displaying the overtly sexualized Eastern woman as many of his contemporaries did. Sargent also differs from his contemporaries in that his possible sexual preferences for the male figure also led him to create paintings that while considered Orientalist works lack most Orientalist elements.
Fission Fragment Excitation Energy Sharing Beyond Scission
Creators: name: Bulgac, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A simplified, though realistic, model describing two receding and accelerating fission fragments, due to their mutual Coulomb repulsion, shows that fission fragments share excitation energy well after they ceased to exchange nucleons. This mechanism leads to a lower total kinetic energy of the fission fragments, particularly if the pygmy resonances in the fission fragments are excited. Even though the emphasis here is on fission, similar arguments apply to fragments in heavy-ion reactions.
description: 5 pages, 2 figures
"Exact" Welfare Measures in Agricultural Policy Analysis
Creators: name: Larson, Douglas M.
name: Larson, Douglas M.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1986
Subjects: Agricultural and Food Policy
Demand and Price Analysis

description: A Procedure for obtaining compensating and equivalent variations directly through integration of the Slutsky equation for a properly estimated demand system is developed. Unlike methods which integrate the ordinary demand using Roy's Identity to obtain the indirect utility function, this procedure is easily extended to analysis of multiple price changes.
Septic surgery
Creators: name: Creator not identified.
Publisher: name: DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library & Learning Center
Year: 1940
Subjects: subject: Septic Surgery
subject: Sepsis
subject: Surgical Equipment
subject: Surgical Instruments
subject: Cross Infection
subject: Surgical Procedures, Operative
subject: Cross Infection/prevention & control
subject: Sepsis/prevention & control

description: Equipment, instruments and materials to prevent sepsis after surgery.
The Application of General Equilibrium Models to Analyze U.S. Agriculture
Creators: name: Adelman, Irma
name: Robinson, Sherman
name: Adelman, Irma
name: Robinson, Sherman
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1986
Subjects: Agricultural and Food Policy
Agricultural Finance
Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession

description: This study starts from a Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) based on 1982 U.S. data,, using a sector aggregation designed for examining agriculture. Multipliers are derived which measure the impact on demand and institutional incomes of .changes in government expenditure and exports. To explore the nature of intersectoral and inter-institutional structure, a multiplier decompositon is derived which separates the total multiplier into components measuring the contribution of input-output linkages and net-SAM linkages. The decomposition calculations indicate that leakages from agriculture to the rest of the economy are very large and that leakages back into agriculture from the rest of the economy are very small. Input-output effects typically account for only 15 percent of the overall multiplier on agricultural gross output. Policy experiments with increases in agricultural exports, income increases in agriculture resulting from transfers, increases in nonagricultural exports, and increases in economywide household incomes are presented. We find that increases in agricultural value added are most sensitive to transfers, next most to agricultural exports, and least to measures designed to improve economywide prosperity. Extensions of the SAM framework to a Computable General Equilibrium model are discussed. We conclude that such an extension is a desireable next step in the research agenda.
Cooperation Theory and the Environment: A Case Study of Climate Change and Ozone Depletion
Creators: name: Lewis, Evan Scot
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: Climate change and ozone depletion are instructive examples of the difficulties that must be overcome to achieve cooperation in the global commons. Several factors affect the prospects of cooperation for global environmental issues. Broadly defined, these economic, political ecological and geopolitical factors are important to understand why and how cooperative outcomes emerge in an anarchic world system in which the incentives for free-riding are numerous. The purpose of this thesis is to better understand why these factors matter and to construct an appropriate theoretical framework for the purpose of detailed analysis.
Structure of Cosmological CP Violation via Neutrino Seesaw
Creators: name: Barger, V.
name: Dicus, Duane A.
name: He, Hong-Jian
name: Li, Tianjun
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The cosmological matter-antimatter asymmetry can originate from CP-violating interactions of seesaw Majorana neutrinos via leptogenesis in the thermal phase of the early universe. Having the cosmological CP-phase for leptogenesis requires at least two right-handed Majorana neutrinos. Using only the low energy neutrino observables we quantitatively reconstruct a minimal neutrino seesaw. We establish a general criterion for minimal seesaw schemes in which the cosmological CP-phase is {\it completely} reconstructed from the low energy CP-phases measured by neutrino oscillation and neutrinoless double-beta decay experiments. We reveal and analyze two distinct classes of such minimal schemes that are shown to be highly predictive. Extension of our reconstruction formalism to a three-heavy-neutrino seesaw is discussed.
description: 9pp, Version in Phys. Lett. B
Sex, sexual orientation, and body dissatisfaction: Results from the Canadian Community Health Survey 2017-2018
Creators: name: Lee, Mikyung
name: Lee, Eun-Young
Publisher: name: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada
Year: 2022

description: Background: Sex differences in body dissatisfaction is well-documented. However, sexual orientation is seldom considered despite its potential influence on body dissatisfaction. Purpose: To examine associations between sex, sexual orientation, and body dissatisfaction among young Canadians (15-29 years). Methods: Self-reported, cross-sectional data from Canadian Community Health Survey 2017-2018 were used. Exposures included sex (female/male) and sexual orientation (bisexual/heterosexual/homosexual), outcome included body dissatisfaction (dissatisfied/satisfied), and covariates included body mass index and socioeconomic factors. Logistic regressions were performed, and probability survey sampling weights were applied to all analyses. Results: Of 4,701 included respondents, 9.9% reported body dissatisfaction, with a stark sex difference (13.7% in females and 6.3% in males). The prevalence of body dissatisfaction among individuals who identify as heterosexual, bisexual and homosexual were 9.0%, 20.1% and 20.6%, respectively. After adjusting for covariates, the odds of being very dissatisfied/dissatisfied were greater in females compared to males (OR 2.81, 95%CI 2.08-3.79). Individuals with non-heterosexual orientation (bisexual: OR 2.35, 95% CI 1.24-4.45, homosexual: OR 4.02, 95%CI 2.12-7.62) were more likely to report body dissatisfaction compared to their heterosexual counterparts. Conclusions: Young Canadians who identify as females or members of sexual minority reported higher body dissatisfaction than their counterparts. Given that body dissatisfaction is negatively linked to poor mental health, future health promotion efforts should address body dissatisfaction in these population groups. Furthermore, investigating body dissatisfaction among those who are at the marginalizing intersection between sex and sexual minority (e.g., female who identify as bisexual) would help better identify the population group that are most vulnerable. Funding: The authors received no financial support for the research, authorship, and submission of this abstract.
description: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada, Vol. 14 No. 3 (2021): Proceedings from the 8th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress
Standing time with and without ambulation and mortality over 6 years of follow-up: the WHI OPACH Study
Creators: name: Jain, Purva
name: Bellettiere, John
name: Glass, Nicole
name: LaMonte, Michael
name: Di, Chongzi
name: LaCroix, Andrea
Publisher: name: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada
Year: 2022

description: Background: Previous studies have shown that self-reported time spent standing is associated with reduced risk of mortality. No previous studies have examined this association using objectively measured standing. Purpose: To study the longitudinal relationship between objectively measured standing with and without ambulation and all-cause mortality among older women. Methods: This was a prospective cohort study of 5,878 older (median age=80 years), racially diverse, community-dwelling women in the Objective Physical Activity and Cardiovascular Health Study. This study used a valid machine learning algorithm to categorize up to 7 days of ActiGraph GT3X+ accelerometer data into time spent standing with and without ambulation. (1) Multivariable Cox proportional hazards models estimated mortality risk overall and effect modification by age, BMI, MVPA, sedentary time, physical functioning, and race-ethnicity. Results: There were 691 deaths in 26,649 person-years of follow-up through March 31, 2018. In fully adjusted models, mortality risk was lower among those with more standing (quartile (Q) 4 vs. Q1 HR=0.63; 95% CI=0.49-0.81, p-trend=0.003) and more standing with ambulation (Q4 vs. Q1 HR=0.50; 95% CI=0.35-0.71, p-trend<0.001). Associations of standing with ambulation and mortality were also stronger only among women with above-median sedentary time (HR=0.51; 95% CI=0.38-0.68) compared to women with below-median sedentary time (HR=0.80; 95% CI=0.59-1.07; p-interaction=0.02). Conclusions: Our results suggest that greater time spent standing with or without ambulation is associated with lower risk of mortality among older women. Older women can be encouraged to increase their movement at this end of spectrum. Standing, specifically for older adults, is a safe and feasible behavior that can contribute to a healthy lifestyle and should be promoted as an exercise target. Funding: This work was supported by The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute provided funding for the OPACH study (grant number RO1 HL105065 to AZL). Funding also came from training grants provided by the National Institutes of Health (grant numbers T32HL079891-11 and TL1TR001443 to JB). The Women’s Health Initiative program was funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, US Department of Health and Human Services (contract numbers HHSN268201600018C, HHSN268201600001C, HHSN268201600002C, HHSN268201600003C, and HHSN268201600004C).
description: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada, Vol. 14 No. 3 (2021): Proceedings from the 8th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress
Pre-equilibrium Neutron Emission in Fission or Fragmentation
Creators: name: Bulgac, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Fissioning nuclei and fission fragments, nuclear fragments emerging from energetic collisions, or nuclei probed with various external fields can emit one or more pre-equilibrium neutrons, protons, and potentially other heavier nuclear fragments. I describe a formalism which can be used to evaluate the pre-equilibrium neutron emission probabilities and the excitation energies of the remnant fragments.
description: 8 pages, 3 figures
Monitoring the build-up of hydrogen polarization for polarized Hydrogen-Deuteride (HD) targets with NMR at 17 Tesla
Creators: name: Ohta, T.
name: Fujiwara, M.
name: Hotta, T.
name: Ide, I.
name: Ishizaki, K.
name: Kohri, H.
name: Yanai, Y.
name: Yosoi, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report on the frozen-spin polarized hydrogen--deuteride (HD) targets for photoproduction experiments at SPring-8/LEPS. Pure HD gas with a small amount of ortho-H2 (~0.1%) was liquefied and solidified by liquid helium. The temperature of the produced solid HD was reduced to about 30 mK with a dilution refrigerator. A magnetic field (17 T) was applied to the HD to grow the polarization with the static method. After the aging of the HD at low temperatures in the presence of a high-magnetic field strength for 3 months, the polarization froze. Almost all ortho-H2 molecules were converted to para-H2 molecules that exhibited weak spin interactions with the HD. If the concentration of the ortho-H2 was reduced at the beginning of the aging process, the aging time can be shortened. We have developed a new nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) system to measure the relaxation times (T1) of the 1H and 2H nuclei with two frequency sweeps at the respective frequencies of 726 and 111 MHz, and succeeded in the monitoring of the polarization build-up at decreasing temperatures from 600 to 30 mK at 17 T. This technique enables us to optimize the concentration of the ortho-H2 and to efficiently polarize the HD target within a shortened aging time.
description: 6 pages, 5 figures
PRIVATE SECTOR GRAIN MARKETING IN SENEGAL'S PEANUT BASIN
Creators: name: Newman, Mark D.
name: NDoye, Ousseynou
name: Sow, P. Alassane
name: Newman, Mark D.
name: NDoye, Ousseynou
name: Sow, P. Alassane
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1986
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: International Development
subject: Marketing
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This paper examines grain market organization, marketing functions, costs and margins in Senegal. Survey data on private sector sales volumes, storage, transportation and financing indicate costs and margins exceeding government guidelines, but not necessarily excessive. Implications for policy choices involving private, public and parastatal market participants are examined.
Sex Modification in Cucurbits
Creators: name: Gondrala sharanya1, Baddigam Kasi Reddy2 and Dumpapenchala Vijayreddy3,4
Publisher: name: trends in Agriculture Science
Year: 2024

description: Cucurbits, a vital crop group within the Cucurbitaceae family, display diverse sex forms ranging from hermaphroditism to monoecy, offering unique breeding opportunities. This article explores the evolution and manipulation of sex expression in cucurbits, emphasizing genetic and non-genetic factors. Environmental elements like temperature and photoperiod, alongside cultural practices, can influence sex ratios. The role of plant growth regulators (PGRs), such as ethylene and gibberellins, is discussed in the context of enhancing female flower production to optimize yields. Genetic interventions, including the use of gynoecious lines and molecular markers, have revolutionized hybrid seed production, offering cost-effective methods for increasing fruit yield. The development of molecular markers for early sex identification, combined with biotechnology, is crucial in improving cucurbit breeding programs. This synthesis highlights the advancements in sex manipulation strategies that promise to enhance the productivity and sustainability of cucurbit crops.