cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION IN AGRICULTURE: MEASUREMENT, EVALUATION, AND IMPLICATIONS FOR TRADE NEGOTIATIONS
Creators: name: International Economics Division
name: International Economics Division
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1987
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Political Economy
subject: agricultural policy
subject: agricultural trade
subject: consumer subsidy equivalent
subject: General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
subject: government intervention
subject: multilateral trade negotiations
subject: producer subsidy equivalent

description: This study analyzed government intervention in the agricultural sectors of the market-oriented countries most active in trade. Levels of assistance or taxation to agricultural producers and to consumers in the form of domestic farm programs and agricultural trade barriers, which are measured by parameters known as producer and consumer subsidy equivalents, were calculated for 1982-84. Findings reveal a tendency for less-developed nations to assist consumers and for developed nations to assist producers. Food grain, dairy product, and sugar producer assistance tended to be higher than assistance to other producers. Results for individual countries and individual commodities gauge the mission facing the new round of multinational trade negotiations to reduce protectionism.
On the propagation of Dirac fermions in graphene with the strain-induced inhomogeneous Fermi velocity
Creators: name: Contreras-Astorga, Alonso
name: Jakubsky, Vit
name: Raya, Alfredo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider systems described by the two-dimensional Dirac equation where the Fermi velocity is inhomogeneous as a consequence of mechanical deformations. We show that the mechanical deformations can lead to deflection and focusing of the wave packets. The analogy with known reflectionless quantum systems is pointed out. Furthermore, with the use of the qualitative spectral analysis, we discuss how inhomogeneous strains can be used to create waveguides for valley polarized transport of partially dispersionless wave packets.
ESTIMATES OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS IN RURAL AMERICA
Creators: name: Ryan, Barry
name: Ryan, Barry
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1987
Subjects: subject: Community/Rural/Urban Development
subject: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy
subject: Wastewater treatment
subject: local government
subject: infrastructure
subject: public facilities

description: This study examines the changes in capital requirements needed to bring rural wastewater treatment systems into compliance with Clean Water Act standards. Results indicate a significant but concentrated reduction in backlog costs and a dramatic increase in service availability between 1978 and 1984. System needs are estimated at $20.2 billion, with residents in the Northeast and in the smallest rural communities facing the highest per capita costs.
Additional file 2 of Molecular typing of Cyclospora cayetanensis in produce and clinical samples using targeted enrichment of complete mitochondrial genomes and next-generation sequencing
Creators: name: Cinar, Hediye
name: Gopinath, Gopal
name: Murphy, Helen
name: Almeria, Sonia
name: Durigan, Mauricio
name: Dajung Choi
name: AhYoung Jang
name: Eunje Kim
name: RaeYoung Kim
name: Seonju Choi
name: Jeongu Lee
name: Yurim Shin
name: Jieon Lee
name: Qvarnstrom, Yvonne
name: Benedict, Theresa
name: Bishop, Henry
name: Silva, Alexandre
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 2: Table S2. List of mitochondrial genome assemblies from the present study. Table S3. Results of mapping and assembly of sequencing reads. Table S4. Variome matrix of mitochondria genome with SNPâ€™s and InDels.
Turbulent Thermalization
Creators: name: Micha, Raphael
name: Tkachev, Igor I.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study, analytically and with lattice simulations, the decay of coherent field oscillations and the subsequent thermalization of the resulting stochastic classical wave-field. The problem of reheating of the Universe after inflation constitutes our prime motivation and application of the results. We identify three different stages of these processes. During the initial stage of ``parametric resonance'', only a small fraction of the initial inflaton energy is transferred to fluctuations in the physically relevant case of sufficiently large couplings. A major fraction is transfered in the prompt regime of driven turbulence. The subsequent long stage of thermalization classifies as free turbulence. During the turbulent stages, the evolution of particle distribution functions is self-similar. We show that wave kinetic theory successfully describes the late stages of our lattice calculation. Our analytical results are general and give estimates of reheating time and temperature in terms of coupling constants and initial inflaton amplitude.
description: 27 pages, 13 figures
Flexible Log File Parsing using Hidden Markov Models
Creators: name: Kuhnert, Nadine
name: Maier, Andreas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We aim to model unknown file processing. As the content of log files often evolves over time, we established a dynamic statistical model which learns and adapts processing and parsing rules. First, we limit the amount of unstructured text by focusing only on those frequent patterns which lead to the desired output table similar to Vaarandi [10]. Second, we transform the found frequent patterns and the output stating the parsed table into a Hidden Markov Model (HMM). We use this HMM as a specific, however, flexible representation of a pattern for log file processing. With changes in the raw log file distorting learned patterns, we aim the model to adapt automatically in order to maintain high quality output. After training our model on one system type, applying the model and the resulting parsing rule to a different system with slightly different log file patterns, we achieve an accuracy over 99%.
Additional file 1 of The influence of the hidden curriculum on the risk of burnout in junior doctors in a palliative medicine rotation – a qualitative exploratory study
Creators: name: Ong, Eng Koon
name: Govindasamy, Ranitha
name: Sim, Wen Shan
name: Krishna, Lalit Kumar Radha
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: Medicine
Science Policy

description: Supplementary Material 1
STATE-LEVEL COSTS OF PRODUCTION, 1985
Creators: name: McElroy, Robert G.
name: McElroy, Robert G.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1987
Subjects: subject: Agricultural Finance
subject: Production Economics
subject: Costs of production
subject: costs and returns

description: State-level cost-of-production estimates are particularly important in extension research. Official U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates at the State level have not been available due to conceptual and methodological changes in 1983. The costs and returns in this report are consistent with regional and national weighted averages published annually in the Economic Indicators of the Farm Sector: Costs of Production. The estimates are preliminary and subject to revision.
Additional file 2 of Evaluating the effectiveness of various teaching methods on dental plaque removal in children: a quasi-experimental study
Creators: name: Tusi, Somayeh Khoramian
name: Momeni, Zahra
name: Hamdollahpoor, Hajar
name: Parviz, Nastaran
name: Ghorbani, Mahsa
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Supplementary Material 2
Additional file 7 of Assessing health system challenges and opportunities for better noncommunicable disease outcomes: the case of Mauritius
Creators: name: Musango, Laurent
name: Timol, Maryam
name: Premduth Burhoo
name: Shaikh, Faisal
name: Donnen, Philippe
name: Joses Kirigia
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional File 7. Comparison of Mauritius scorecards for individual NCD services with those of 10 European region countries.
LONG-TERM IMPACTS OF FAMINE: ENDURING DISASTERS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR PROGRESS
Creators: name: Mabbs-Zeno, Carl C.
name: Mabbs-Zeno, Carl C.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1987
Subjects: subject: Food Security and Poverty
subject: Public Economics
subject: Famine
subject: food aid
subject: food crisis

description: Famines have numerous stages, each of which is characterized by a time of occurrence, and have various levels of durability, controllability, and reversibility. This report focuses on the relatively durable elements of famine, such as changed population structure, to identify policies which, if implemented before, during, and after the central famine episode, could mitigate long-term problems and take advantage of possible benefits.
Additional file 1 of Repairing boundaries along pathways to tuberculosis case detection: a qualitative synthesis of intervention designs
Creators: name: van Wyk, Susanna S.
name: Medley, Nancy
name: Young, Taryn
name: Oliver, Sandy
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Additional file 1. Search terms. Terms used to search in Medline, Embase and The Cochrane Library.
Halo asphericity and the shear 3-pt function
Creators: name: Ho, Shirley
name: White, Martin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We demonstrate through the use of a simple toy model that asphericity in dark matter halos has a measurable effect on the configuration dependence of the weak lensing shear 3-point function at small scales. This sensitivity provides a way, in principle, to measure the shapes of dark matter halos. The distribution of halo ellipticities should be included in models aiming at a high fidelity prediction of n-point shear correlation statistics.
description: 3 pages, 3 figures. Minor changes to match version accepted by ApJ
THE FEASIBILITY OF A RIVER PORT GRAIN ELEVATOR AT SAVANNA, ILLINOIS
Creators: name: Jones, Clifford D.
name: Brooks, Bruce L.
name: Jones, Clifford D.
name: Brooks, Bruce L.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1980
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: River grain terminals
subject: Feasibility analysis
subject: Cost/return
subject: Grain marketing patterns
subject: Mississippi River grain movement
subject: Illinois
subject: Iowa
subject: Wisconsin

description: This feasibility study of a proposed grain elevator focuses on an 11-county area covering parts of the Mississippi Valley located in northwest Illinois, northeast Iowa, and southwest Wisconsin. Projected estimates of production and exportable surpluses of corn, oats, and soybeans are used involving grain movements based on primary and secondary data from country elevators and truckerdealers. Potential yearly grain flows to the proposed million-bushel river terminal are estimated at 9 to 14 million bushels for 1980, yielding variable investment returns. Estimated yields are 5, 10, and 16 percent when annual grain flows through the river terminal are 9, 11, and 14 million bushels, respectively.
COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS AND U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE NUTRITION EDUCATION PROGRAMS
Creators: name: Weimer, Jon P.
name: Weimer, Jon P.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1981
Subjects: subject: Agricultural Finance
subject: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety
subject: Nutrition
subject: education
subject: cost-effectiveness analyses
subject: evaluation

description: Of the three USDA programs reviewed that have a nutrition education component, only one appears to lend itself immediately to cost-effective analysis—the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program. The other two programs (Nutrition Education and Training, and the Special Supplemental Food Programs for Women, Infants, and Children) are each characterized by a myriad of local education efforts which, individually, do not seem to subscribe to cost-effectiveness analyses but, collectively, may permit comparing alternative nutrition education strategies if result indicators and cost data can be assembled from selected sites.
Industrial Hemp in the United States: Status and Market Potential
Creators: name: USDA
name: USDA
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: Livestock Production/Industries
subject: Marketing
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: industrial hemp
subject: markets
subject: bast fiber
subject: hurds
subject: seed
subject: oil

description: Industrial hemp has been the focus of official interest in several States. However, hemp and marijuana are different varieties of Cannabis sativa, which is classified as a controlled substance in the United States. With Canada now allowing hemp production, questions have been raised about the demand for hemp products. U.S. markets for hemp fiber (specialty textiles, paper, and composites) and seed (in food or crushed for oil) are, and will likely remain, small, thin markets. Uncertainty about longrun demand for hemp products and the potential for oversupply discounts the prospects for hemp as an economically viable alternative crop for American farmers.
Hydrochus robustus Perkins 2021
Creators: name: Perkins, Philip D.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Hydrochidae
Hydrochus
Hydrochus robustus

description: H. robustus species group
Figs. 3, 26, 27, 28, 29, 59, 71
 Members of the H. robustus species group are recognized by the combination of the following characteristics: 1) small to moderate size, ca. 2.10–4.26 mm; 2) male genitalia stout, aedeagus wide in both dorsal/ventral and lateral views, with rounded apex; 3) parameres narrow, apices arcing over aedeagus; 4) pseudoparameres present, in all except H. diffusus, which is tentatively placed in this group. Currently, four species are recognized: H. curvus, H. diffusus, H. radhakishunae, and H. robustus. All four species are only known from southern Brazil and/or Paraguay.
description: Published as part of Perkins, Philip D., 2021, Taxonomy of water beetles in the genus Hydrochus Leach, 1817, from Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay (Coleoptera: Hydrochidae), pp. 1-93 in Zootaxa 4994 (1) on page 13, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4994.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5043261
Grain Marketing Facilities and Practices in South Carolina
Creators: name: Johnson, Thew D.
name: Blackmore, W. Edward
name: Siedschlag, E. W.
name: Richey, Perry S.
name: Johnson, Thew D.
name: Blackmore, W. Edward
name: Siedschlag, E. W.
name: Richey, Perry S.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1956
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Marketing
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: Excerpts from the report: This study was made at the request of the Extension Service of Clemson Agricultural College. Its purpose was to obtain and evaluate information relating to ( 1 ) the quantity and quality of grains marketed in South Carolina, (2) the types and adequacy of grain-handling facilities, (3) the location of such facilities with respect to grain production and consumption areas, (4) the local grain marketing practices, and (5) recommendations for improving the grain marketing system and handling facilities in the various production and consumption areas in the State. A field survey of grain-handling facilities was made during the summer of 1953 through personal interviews with all the principal grain buyers and handlers in the State, as well as many small buyers and processors. Observations were made as to the numbers, sizes, and types of grain-handling facilities, their location in relation to production and consumption areas, and the marketing practices and local customs followed in the receiving, handling, care, and shipping of whole grain. Information was furnished by local grain handlers as to the quantity of each grain of the 1952 crop that was bought from farmers, from local dealers, and from other sources, and the utilization made of each type of grain that was bought.
Hydrochus sculptissimus Perkins 2021
Creators: name: Perkins, Philip D.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Hydrochidae
Hydrochus
Hydrochus sculptissimus

description: H. sculptissimus species group
Figs. 1, 3, 45, 48, 49, 55, 57, 70
 Members of the H. sculptissimus species group are recognized by the combination of the following characteristics: 1) small size, ca. 2.25–2.45 mm; 2) black dorsal color; 3) elytral with costate or raised interseries; 4) pronotum deeply sculptured; 5) male genitalia lacking parameres, and lacking distal piece. Currently, three species are recognized: H. ampliarmus, H. casuarius, and H. sculptissimus. All three species are known only from Brazil (Figs. 55, 57).
description: Published as part of Perkins, Philip D., 2021, Taxonomy of water beetles in the genus Hydrochus Leach, 1817, from Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay (Coleoptera: Hydrochidae), pp. 1-93 in Zootaxa 4994 (1) on page 13, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4994.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5043261
Bilipschitz maps, analytic capacity, and the Cauchy integral
Creators: name: Tolsa, Xavier
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Classical Analysis and ODEs (math.CA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 42B20,30E20

description: Let vphi:C rightarrow C be a bilipschitz map. We prove that if E\subset\C is compact, and gamma(E), alpha(E) stand for its analytic and continuous analytic capacity respectively, then C^{-1}γ(E)\leq γ(\vphi(E)) \leq Cγ(E) and C^{-1}α(E)\leq α(\vphi(E)) \leq Cα(E), where C depends only on the bilipschitz constant of vphi. Further, we show that if mu is a Radon measure on C and the Cauchy transform is bounded on L^2(μ), then the Cauchy transform is also bounded on L^2(\vphi_\sharpμ), where vphi_\sharpμis the image measure of mu by vphi. To obtain these results, we estimate the curvature of vphi_\sharpμby means of a corona type decomposition.
description: 62 pages, published version
A SHORT HISTORY OF U.S. AGRICULTURAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS
Creators: name: Porter, Jane M.
name: Bowers, Douglas E.
name: Porter, Jane M.
name: Bowers, Douglas E.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1989
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: International Relations/Trade
subject: GATT
subject: trade liberalization
subject: foreign trade
subject: farm subsidies

description: The U.S. proposal to eliminate domestic farm subsidies worldwide, presented to the Uruguay Round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade negotiations in 1987, is a significant break with past policies. Trade liberalization has been a U.S. goal since the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act of 1934, but, until recently, the United States and many other nations have acted to preserve their own farm subsidies. In the 1980's, slower growth in international farm trade, the threat of trade wars, and higher subsidy costs have led to a reassessment of domestic as well as export subsidies and have created a climate favorable to eliminating subsidies.
Quantum critical properties of Bose-Hubbard models
Creators: name: Sanders, Sören
name: Holthaus, Martin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Mott insulator-to-superfluid transition exhibited by the Bose-Hubbard model on a two-dimensional square lattice occurs for any value of the chemical potential, but becomes critical at the tips of the so-called Mott lobes only. Employing a numerical approach based on a combination of high-order perturbation theory and hypergeometric analytic continuation we investigate how quantum critical properties manifest themselves in computational practice. We consider two-dimensional triangular lattices and three-dimensional cubic lattices for comparison, providing accurate parametrizations of the phase boundaries at the tips of the respective first lobes. In particular, we lend strong support to a recently suggested inequality which bounds the divergence exponent of the one-particle correlation function in terms of that of the two-particle correlation function, and which sharpens to an equality if and only if a system becomes critical.
description: 12 pages, 8 figures
Additional file 2 of Repairing boundaries along pathways to tuberculosis case detection: a qualitative synthesis of intervention designs
Creators: name: van Wyk, Susanna S.
name: Medley, Nancy
name: Young, Taryn
name: Oliver, Sandy
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Additional file 2. Excluded studies. Table S1. A list of excluded studies according to reason for exclusion. Table S2. A list of non-randomized controlled trials excluded. References of excluded studies.
Additional file 6 of Assessing health system challenges and opportunities for better noncommunicable disease outcomes: the case of Mauritius
Creators: name: Musango, Laurent
name: Timol, Maryam
name: Premduth Burhoo
name: Shaikh, Faisal
name: Donnen, Philippe
name: Joses Kirigia
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional File 6. Comparison of Mauritius scorecards for core population-based interventions with those of 10 European region countries.
ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF AGRICULTURAL POLICY REFORMS IN INDUSTRIAL MARKET ECONOMIES
Creators: name: Roningen, Vernon O.
name: Dixit, Praveen M.
name: Roningen, Vernon O.
name: Dixit, Praveen M.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1989
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: International Relations/Trade
subject: multilateral trade liberalization
subject: agricultural policy reform
subject: producer subsidy equivalent (PSE)
subject: consumer subsidy equivalent (CSE)
subject: net trade models
subject: SWOPSIM
subject: economic welfare

description: The authors used an 11-region, 22-commodity world net trade model to study the economic implications of agricultural policy reform in industrial market economies. Their analysis shows that elimination of protectionist agricultural policies would drive up world prices for most commodities and that the increases would be closely related to the levels of government assistance. The results also indicate that the United States would improve its agricultural balance of trade, while the European Community and Japan would face considerably larger trade deficits. All three economies, however, would experience income gains from multilateral liberalization, though, on a per capita basis, these gains would be small.
Cotton: Background for 1990 Farm Legislation
Creators: name: Stults, Harold
name: Glade, Edward H.
name: Sanford, Scott
name: Meyer, Leslie A.
name: Stults, Harold
name: Glade, Edward H.
name: Sanford, Scott
name: Meyer, Leslie A.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1989
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: costs and returns
subject: exports
subject: cotton
subject: cotton production
subject: farm programs
subject: policies
subject: program benefits

description: Government programs since the 1930's have supported prices and attempted to adjust cotton acreage and production to meet market needs, with varying degrees of success. The Food Security Act of 1985 is generally considered successful in dealing with the cotton sector despite several problems. The marketing loan provisions of the act helped make cotton competitive in 1987 and some world market share was won back by U.S. cotton. However, in 1988-89 problems with the adjusted world price formula and with the storage terms resulted in owners of cotton holding stocks rather than releasing them to the market even though U.S. stocks were high.
A Cepheid-Based Distance to the Seyfert Galaxy NGC 6814
Creators: name: Bentz, Misty C.
name: Ferrarese, Laura
name: Onken, Christopher A.
name: Peterson, Bradley M.
name: Valluri, Monica
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a Cepheid-based distance to the nearby Seyfert galaxy NGC\,6814 from {\it Hubble Space Telescope} observations. We obtained F555W and F814W imaging over the course of 12 visits with logarithmic time spacing in 2013 August$-$October. We detected and made photometric measurements for 16,469 unique sources across all images in both filters, from which we identify 90 excellent Cepheid candidates spanning a range of periods of $13-84$ days. We find evidence for incompleteness in the detection of candidates at periods <21 days. Based on the analysis of Cepheid candidates above the incompleteness limit, we determine a distance modulus for NGC\,6814 relative to the LMC of $μ_{\rm rel\,LMC}=13.200^{+0.031}_{-0.031}$ mag. Adopting the recent constraint of the distance modulus to the LMC determined by Pietrzynski et al., we find $m-M=31.677^{+0.041}_{-0.041}$ which gives a distance of $21.65 \pm 0.41$ Mpc to NGC 6814.
description: 10 pages, 3 tables and 7 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ
Representations of the South: A Decolonial Analysis of Visual Communication in Crónica Magazines
Creators: name: Rincon Blanco, Jael
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 330304
subject: Design history, theory and criticism

description: This research explores the role of visual communication and design in perpetuating discrimination and inequality, focusing on crónica magazines in Latin America. Using a decolonial lens, the study analyses how these magazines reinforce patriarchal, capitalist, and colonial narratives through their visual language and cultural symbols. Through a collective case study of three magazines, the research reveals how design practices shape societal discourses and cultural meanings. It advocates for inclusive design practices that challenge colonial legacies and amplify marginalised voices. The study also suggests pathways for future research in decolonising design and Latin American design history, emphasising the transformative potential of visual communication in promoting cultural diversity and equity.
Additional file 3 of Repairing boundaries along pathways to tuberculosis case detection: a qualitative synthesis of intervention designs
Creators: name: van Wyk, Susanna S.
name: Medley, Nancy
name: Young, Taryn
name: Oliver, Sandy
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Additional file 3. Data tables. Table S1. Characteristics of included studies. Table S2. Authors’ description of interventions. Table S3. Intervention activities (codes), References.
Marketing Tree Nuts: Trends and Prospects
Creators: name: Powell, Jules V.
name: Berberich, Richard S.
name: Powell, Jules V.
name: Berberich, Richard S.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1956
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Demand and Price Analysis
subject: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety
subject: International Relations/Trade
subject: Marketing
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: Excerpts from the report Introduction: Although tree nuts have been grown and consumed in the United States since colonial times, the production of almonds, filberts, pecans, and English or Persian walnuts on a commercial basis is a relatively new agricultural enterprise. Aided by favorable growing conditions and a ready market, the industry has expanded rapidly, and during the last 25 years total production has more than doubled. Since the early 1930's, the United States has produced more tree nuts than it imported. The rapid expansion of the tree nut industry has been marked by wide fluctuations in the quantities of the various kinds of nuts produced with resulting marketing problems for growers and grower organizations. This publication brings together the information available on the marketing of tree nuts in a form which should be useful to growers and marketers in assessing the prospects for the industry and the role which they will play in it.
Textile Waste Management in Australia: Current Practices and Strategies for Reducing Environmental Impacts
Creators: name: Khan, Mahbuba Imroz
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 401413
subject: Textile technology

description: The textile industry plays a crucial role in global economies, yet it faces significant environmental challenges, particularly concerning textile waste. This thesis undertakes an examination of sustainability challenges within Australia's textile industry, with a particular focus on textile waste management. The study aims to understand the current state of textile waste, develop a model to track textile flow from consumption to end-of-life stages, estimate textile consumption and waste generation, and evaluate associated environmental impacts, particularly in terms of carbon emissions. Through a comprehensive review of scholarly literature and empirical research, the study identifies critical insights, including insufficient data on textile consumption and waste, inadequacies in processing capacities, and the imperative for enhanced regulatory clarity concerning textile waste legislation. Material Flow Analysis serves as a methodological cornerstone to quantify waste streams, revealing significant volumes directed towards landfills despite recycling efforts. Furthermore, the study conducts a comparative analysis of energy demand and carbon footprints across diverse textile waste management systems in Australia, highlighting the potential of sustainable waste management practices to mitigate environmental impacts. The outcomes underscore the complexity of textile waste management and emphasize the necessity for collaborative efforts to address this exigent concern. This thesis constitutes an original academic contribution, furnishing insights gleaned from empirical research articles that not only deepen scholarly understanding but also offer actionable implications for policy formulation and industry practice aimed at fostering sustainability within the textile industry.
The Space Density of Redshift 5.7 Ly-Alpha Emitters
Creators: name: Martin, Crystal L.
name: Sawicki, Marcin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present results from a blind, spectroscopic search for redshift 5.7 LyA emission-line galaxies at Keck I. Using a band-limiting filter and custom slitmask, the LRIS detector was covered with low resolution spectra in the 8100 - 8250 A atmospheric window which contains no bright night sky emission lines. Nine objects with line fluxes greater than our flux limit of 6e-18 erg/s/cm2 were found in the ~5.1 square arcminute field. Follow up observations indicate none of these are z=5.7 LyA emitters -- a result which places strong limits on evolution scenarios for LyA emitters between redshift 3 and redshift 5.7. In particular, the paucity of z=5.7 LyA emitters raises the question of whether the LyA -selected population plays a significant role in maintaining the ionization of the intergalactic medium at z = 5.7. We argue that if the escape fraction of LyA from galaxies is less than $0.4 f_{LyC}$, where $f_{LyC}$ is the escape fraction of Lyman continuum photons, then the star formation rate in the \lya emitting population is high enough in the no-evolution model (our upper limit) to maintain the ionization of the IGM at z=5.7.
description: Abridged abstract. Submitted to the Astrophysical Journal 2003 July 14
Additional file 1 of Pre-departure PCR testing of travellers for SARS-CoV-2 was an effective tool in limiting transmission in Greenland during the early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic
Creators: name: Møller, Mie
name: Moestrup, Kasper Sommerlund
name: Abelsen, Trine
name: Vedsted, Peter
name: Mølbak, Kåre
name: Koch, Anders
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Supplementary Material 1.
Additional file 1 of The relationship between severe maternal morbidity and a risk of postpartum readmission among Korean women: a nationwide population-based cohort study
Creators: name: Nam, Jin
name: Eun-Cheol Park
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 1: Table S1. General characteristic of study population. Table S2. The association between the incidence of postpartum readmission and risk factors.
Additional file 2 of Oral cavity infection by the SARS-CoV-2: emphasizing the essence of masking and peptide therapeutics
Creators: name: Ibiang, Glory Omini
name: Malachi, Joseph
name: Ibiang, Mercy Omini
name: Chukwudi, Daniel Kenechi
name: Durojaye, Olanrewaju Ayodeji
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: 60506 Virology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 2. Per-residue free energy contribution table for the protein-peptide interaction between TMPRSS2 and the docked therapeutic peptide.
OATS: BACKGROUND FOR 1990 FARM LEGISLATION
Creators: name: Hoffman, Linwood A.
name: Ash, Mark
name: Hoffman, Linwood A.
name: Ash, Mark
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1989
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: International Relations/Trade
subject: production
subject: domestic use
subject: farm programs
subject: farm returns
subject: oats
subject: prices
subject: program effects
subject: world trade

description: Oats acreage has trended downward since the 1950's. Domestic production has not met domestic needs, thereby spurring imports. Production has declined due, in part, to current Government programs. Oats have rapidly become a specialty feed mostly for race and pleasure horses. Human food consumption of oats, once a stable component of disappearance, has begun to grow. Exports have become very small. Price support loans have been available to oats producers since 1945. However, deficiency and diversion payments were not made to them until 1983. Program costs in fiscal year 1989 are estimated at $40 million, about 5 percent of the 1988 crop value.
On the Hardy-Littlewood majorant problem
Creators: name: Green, Ben
name: Ruzsa, Imre
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Classical Analysis and ODEs (math.CA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Consider a trigonometric polynomial f of degree N, and associate to it the polynomial F in which each coefficient of f is replaced by its absolute value. F is called the majorant of f. We show that the L^3 norm of f can be larger than that of F by a power of N. Similar examples could be constructed in which 3 is replaced by any p > 2 not equal to an even integer. This provides a negative answer to a question, the "Hardy-Littlewood majorant problem", which has been the object of some study. Had the answer been affirmative, there would have followed exciting results connected with the restriction and Kakeya conjectures.
description: 8 pages
Enhancing Generative Artificial Intelligence Algorithms through Evolutionary Computing
Creators: name: Liu, Zheping
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 461103
subject: Deep learning
classificationCode: 461101
subject: Adversarial machine learning

description: Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) has emerged as a transformative technology, enabling the creation of realistic data and facilitating numerous applications in image generation, text synthesis, and predictive modeling. Despite significant progress, challenges persist in optimizing the performance and efficiency of generative algorithms, particularly in the context of Generative Adversarial Networks(GANs) and diffusion models.
This thesis addresses these challenges through a comprehensive investigation into evolutionary approaches for enhancing the effectiveness and efficiency of generative AI algorithms. Beginning with a thorough review of foundational concepts in generative AI, transfer learning, and knowledge distillation,the thesis identifies key research gaps and outlines the research questions driving the inquiry.
The primary research questions explored in this thesis are:
• How can the training time of EvolutionaryGANs(E-GANs) be shortened without compromising performance?
• How can knowledge distillation techniques be integrated with E-GANs to improve convergence speedand resource efficiency?
• What novel approaches can be developed to optimize the noises cheduler in diffusion models, thereby enhancing sampling speed and quality?
The study begins with an extensive review of foundational concepts in generative AI, transfer learning, and knowledge distillation, identifying critical research gaps and areas for improvement. Through a series of innovative methodologies and rigorous experiments, this thesis introduces several groundbreaking solutions. It presents the Partial Transfer Training-based E-GAN (PT-EGAN) and the Knowledge Distillation Evolutionary GAN (KDE-GAN), which significantly reduce training time and improve convergence speed of Evolutionary GANs while maintaining high-quality output. Additionally, a novel evolutionary approach is developed to optimize the noise scheduler in diffusion models,resulting in enhanced sampling efficiency and performance.
Overall, this thesis contributes to advancing the field of generative AI by introducing novel evolutionary approaches that improve both the performance and efficiency of state-of-the-art generative algorithms. These findings offer valuable insights for researchers and practitioners seeking to leverage generativeAI for various real-world applications, from image synthesis to predictive modeling.
Additional file 1 of Expression of angiogenic markers in jawbones and femur in a rat model treated with zoledronic acid
Creators: name: Li, Jing Wen
name: Wang, Jing Yi
name: Yu, Ru Qing
name: Huo, Lei
name: Zheng, Li Wu
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Physiology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 1: Figure S1. Gross observation of healing of the extraction site on right maxillary first molar in ZAtreated groups and control groups. ZAs: Delayed soft tissue healing could be observed (yellow arrow); ZAm: Suspicious of bone exposure on the site of the extraction socket (yellow arrow); ZAl, Cs, Cm Cl: Optimal healing of soft tissue on the extraction site. Blue arrows indicate normal healing after tooth extraction. M2: Maxillary second molar. Figure S2. Gross observation of healing of the extraction site on right mandibular first molar in ZA-treated groups and control groups. ZAs: Delayed soft tissue healing on the extraction site (yellow arrow); ZAm: Suspicious infection and bone exposure on the extraction area (yellow arrow); ZAl: Suspicious bone exposure on the extraction site (yellow arrow); Cs: Slightly delayed healing of soft tissue (yellow arrow); Cm, Cl: Optimal healing of soft tissue on the extraction site (blue arrow). M2: Mandibular second molar. Figure S3. Amplification plot for housekeeping gene GAPDH (a) and target gene CD31 (c); Standard curve for GAPDH (b), R2 = 0.998, and target gene CD31(d). R2 = 0.997. R2: correlation coefficient. Figure S4. Amplification plot for target gene VEGFA (a) and VEGFR-2 (c); Standard curve for VEGFA (b), R2 = 0.994, and VEGFR-2 (d). R2 = 0.997. R2: correlation coefficient. Figure S5. Relative quantity of CD31, VEGFR-2 and VEGFA in bone biopsies (femur (a, d, g); mandible (b, e, h); and maxilla (c, f, i)) of 2 weeks and 4 weeks post-operation. Values are normalized to GAPDH expression. Difference is considered significant at *p
Asymptotic approximations for eigenvalues and eigenfunctions of a spectral problem in a thin graph-like junction with a concentrated mass in the node
Creators: name: Mel'nyk, Taras A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 35B25, 47A75, 35B40, 35C20, 74K30

description: A spectral problem is considered in a thin $3D$ graph-like junction that consists of three thin curvilinear cylinders that are joined through a domain (node) of the diameter $\mathcal{O}(\varepsilon),$ where $\varepsilon$ is a small parameter. A concentrated mass with the density $\varepsilon^{-α}$ $(α\ge 0)$ is located in the node. The asymptotic behaviour of the eigenvalues and eigenfunctions is studied as $\varepsilon \to 0,$ i.e. when the thin junction is shrunk into a graph. There are five qualitatively different cases in the asymptotic behaviour $(\varepsilon \to 0)$ of the eigenelements depending on the value of the parameter $α.$ In this paper three cases are considered, namely, $α=0,$ \ $α\in (0, 1),$ and $α=1.$ Using multiscale analysis, asymptotic approximations for eigenvalues and eigenfunctions are constructed and justified with a predetermined accuracy with respect to the degree of $\varepsilon.$ For irrational $α\in (0, 1),$ a new kind of asymptotic expansions is introduced. These approximations show how to account the influence of local geometric inhomogeneity of the node and the concentrated mass in the corresponding limit spectral problems on the graph for different values of the parameter $α.$
description: 45 pages, 3 figures
Additional file 1 of Copper-enriched automotive brake wear particles perturb human alveolar cellular homeostasis
Creators: name: Parkin, James G. H.
name: Dean, Lareb S. N.
name: Bell, Joseph A.
name: Easton, Natasha H. C.
name: Edgeway, Liam J.
name: Cooper, Matthew J.
name: Ridley, Robert
name: Conforti, Franco
name: Wang, Siyuan
name: Yao, Liudi
name: Li, Juanjuan
name: Raj, Helen Vethakan
name: Downward, Julian
name: Gerlofs-Nijland, Miriam
name: Cassee, Flemming R.
name: Wang, Yihua
name: Cook, Richard B.
name: Jones, Mark G.
name: Davies, Donna E.
name: Loxham, Matthew
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Physiology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer

description: Additional file1
Additional file 1 of Premorbid functional status as an outcome predictor in intensive care patients aged over 85 years
Creators: name: Pietiläinen, Laura
name: Bäcklund, Minna
name: Hästbacka, Johanna
name: Reinikainen, Matti
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Cancer
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1. The outcome in the two age groups according to premorbid functional status
Highly tunable polarization-engineered two-dimensional electron gas in $ε$-AlGaO3 / $ε$-Ga2O3 heterostructures
Creators: name: Ranga, Praneeth
name: Cho, Sung Beom
name: Mishra, Rohan
name: Krishnamoorthy, Sriram
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Applied Physics (physics.app-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report on the modeling of polarization-induced two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) formation at $ε$-AlGaO3 / $ε$-Ga2O3 heterointerface and the effect of spontaneous polarization (Psp) reversal on 2DEG density in $ε$-Ga2O3 /$ε$-AlGaO3 / $ε$-Ga2O3 double heterostructures. Density-functional theory (DFT) is utilized to calculate the material properties of $ε$-Ga2O3 and $ε$-AlGaO3 alloys. Using Schrodinger-Poisson solver along with DFT calculated parameters, the 2DEG density is calculated as a function of barrier type and thickness. By optimizing the layer thicknesses of $ε$-Ga2O3/$ε$-AlGaO3/$ε$-Ga2O3 heterostructures, charge contrast ratios exceeding 1600 are obtained. This computational study indicates the high potential for $ε$-Ga2O3-based heterostructure devices for non-volatile memories and neuromorphic applications.
Additional file 4 of Assessing health system challenges and opportunities for better noncommunicable disease outcomes: the case of Mauritius
Creators: name: Musango, Laurent
name: Timol, Maryam
name: Premduth Burhoo
name: Shaikh, Faisal
name: Donnen, Philippe
name: Joses Kirigia
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional File 4. Scores pertaining to degree of health system challenge for NCD population-based interventions.