cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
PR - Estimating Input-specific Recommendations For Technically Inefficient Crop Farmers
Creators: name: Matthews, N.
name: GrovÃ©, B.
name: Kundhlande, G.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: technical efficiency
subject: input reccomendations
subject: production functions

description: The main objective of this paper is to demonstrate how data envelopment analysis (DEA) and production function analysis are combined to evaluate the input usage decisions of technically inefficient maize producers and to estimate potential yield gains from reallocating inputs. The data for this research originates from a production cost survey. Two distinct quadratic production functions were estimated for DEA-determined technically efficient and inefficient farmers using a dummy variable approach. Results indicate that the yield gains are large if farmers are able to produce in a technically efficient manner while maintaining current input levels. Results further indicate that even though a producer may be technically inefficient, yield gains and therefore increased profits are possible if such farmers adjust nitrogen application rates. The conclusion is that failure to recognise the fact that DEA-determined technically efficient and inefficient producersâ€™ production processes are characterised by two distinct production functions renders uniform input recommendations inappropriate. In future, extension officers should aim to develop input recommendations taking these inefficiencies into account.
description: Sixteenth International Farm Management Congress, University College Cork, Ireland, July 15-20, 2007
Gamma-Ray Bursts Black hole accretion disks as a site for the vp-process
Creators: name: Kizivat, L. -T.
name: Martinez-Pinedo, G.
name: Langanke, K.
name: Surman, R.
name: McLaughlin, G. C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study proton rich nucleosynthesis in windlike outflows from gamma-ray bursts accretion disks with the aim to determine if such outflows are a site of the vp-process. The efficacy of this vp-process depends on thermodynamic and hydrodynamic factors. We discuss the importance of the entropy of the material, the outflow rate, the initial ejection point and accretion rate of the disk. In some cases the vp-process pushes the nucleosynthesis out to A~100 and produces light p-nuclei. However, even when these nuclei are not produced, neutrino induced interactions can significantly alter the abundance pattern and cannot be neglected.
description: 9 pages, 16 figures, accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. C
Stress Field at a Sliding Frictional Contact: Experiments and Calculations
Creators: name: Scheibert, Julien
name: Prevost, Alexis
name: Debrégeas, Georges
name: Katzav, Eytan
name: Adda-Bedia, Mohktar
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Classical Physics (physics.class-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A MEMS-based sensing device is used to measure the normal and tangential stress fields at the base of a rough elastomer film in contact with a smooth glass cylinder in steady sliding. This geometry allows for a direct comparison between the stress profiles measured along the sliding direction and the predictions of an original \textit{exact} bidimensional model of friction. The latter assumes Amontons' friction law, which implies that in steady sliding the interfacial tangential stress is equal to the normal stress times a pressure-independent dynamic friction coefficient $μ_d$, but makes no further assumption on the normal stress field. Discrepancy between the measured and calculated profiles is less than 14% over the range of loads explored. Comparison with a test model, based on the classical assumption that the normal stress field is unchanged upon tangential loading, shows that the exact model better reproduces the experimental profiles at high loads. However, significant deviations remain that are not accounted for by either calculations. In that regard, the relevance of two other assumptions made in the calculations, namely (i) the smoothness of the interface and (ii) the pressure-independence of $μ_d$ is briefly discussed.
description: 22 pages, 10 figures
PR - Factors Underpinning Improved Productivity In The WA Wheat Industry
Creators: name: Murray-Prior, Roy
name: Rola-Rubzen, M.F.
name: Martin, L.D.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Productivity Analysis
subject: wheat
subject: productivity drivers
subject: yield

description: Wheat yields in the Western Australian wheat industry have risen by about 3.9 percent per year over a period of 20 years. This has coincided with a decline in growing season rainfall over the grain belt. However, in the last few years yields have been highly variable because of fluctuations in rainfall and because two of the three driest years in the last 70 years have occurred during the last five years. Farm managers, consultants, researchers and research funders need to understand the key drivers of improvements in productivity. Researchers from the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia have conducted intensive research on wheat varieties and management practices needed to achieve high wheat yields. These have been combined into recommendations known as High Yield Packages (HYPs) for the regions of the state. The question addressed in this paper is which elements of these packages have been important and what other factors may have contributed to the improvements in productivity. Using graphical, statistical and regression analysis of benchmark data from PlanFarm Consulting group for 1995 to 2004, supported by in-depth qualitative analysis of 40 case study farmers, and a random telephone survey of 100 farmers, key factors associated with yield increases were investigated. The evidence suggests farmers have increased their water use efficiency since 1995 and that improvements in productivity are associated with nitrogen and phosphorous use, herbicide use, higher seeding rates and management performance. There is also qualitative evidence to suggest that the widespread adoption of one pass operations or no-tillage systems has been an important complementary factor.
description: Sixteenth International Farm Management Congress, University College Cork, Ireland, July 15-20, 2007
AP - Modified Marketing Efficiency Criteria For Consideration In Cropping Structure Planning: A Case Of Newly Reclaimed Land Farmers In Egypt
Creators: name: Abdou, Amin I.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Marketing
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: marketing efficiency
subject: cropping
subject: planning

description: Suggested modifications on marketing efficiency criteria, inducing commodities' prices, extend use to comparison between diversified commodities sustaining choice among different production patterns. They are also used, along with production-marketing joint activities' benefit-cost ratio estimates, to assess the feasibility of undertaking certain marketing procedures by the producers themselves. Applications on a sample of farmers in newly reclaimed land area in Egypt proved feasibility only in few cases where producers were able to transport their produce of fruits to central markets. Farmers' bargaining power should be stronger if to be able to confront exploitation of the oligopolist middlemen, and hence become encouraged to expand production of major vegetables and fruits.
description: Sixteenth International Farm Management Congress, University College Cork, Ireland, July 15-20, 2007
Determination of the cosmic far-infrared background level with the ISOPHOT instrument
Creators: name: Juvela, M.
name: Mattila, K.
name: Lemke, D.
name: Klaas, U.
name: Leinert, C.
name: Kiss, Cs.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The cosmic infrared background (CIRB) consists mainly of the integrated light of distant galaxies. In the far-infrared the current estimates of its surface brightness are based on the measurements of the COBE satellite. Independent confirmation of these results is still needed from other instruments. In this paper we derive estimates of the far-infrared CIRB using measurements made with the ISOPHOT instrument aboard the ISO satellite. The results are used to seek further confirmation of the CIRB levels that have been derived by various groups using the COBE data. We study three regions of very low cirrus emission. The surface brightness observed with the ISOPHOT instrument at 90, 150, and 180 um is correlated with hydrogen 21 cm line data from the Effelsberg radio telescope. Extrapolation to zero hydrogen column density gives an estimate for the sum of extragalactic signal plus zodiacal light. The zodiacal light is subtracted using ISOPHOT data at shorter wavelengths. Thus, the resulting estimate of the far-infrared CIRB is based on ISO measurements alone. In the range 150 to 180 um, we obtain a CIRB value of 1.08+-0.32+-0.30 MJy/sr quoting statistical and systematic errors separately. In the 90 um band, we obtain a 2-sigma upper limit of 2.3 MJy/sr. The estimates derived from ISOPHOT far-infrared maps are consistent with the earlier COBE results.
description: Accepted for publication in A&A, 17 pages
Topological charges in SL(2,R) covariant massive 11-dimensional and Type IIB SUGRA
Creators: name: Callister, Andrew K.
name: Smith, Douglas J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper we construct closed expressions that correspond to the topological charges of the various 1/2-BPS states of the maximal 10 and 11-dimensional supergravity theories. These expressions are related to the structure of the SUSY algebras in curved spacetimes. We mainly focus on IIB SUGRA and 11-dimensional SUGRA in a double M9-brane background, with an emphasis on the SL(2,R) multiplet structure of the charges and how these map between theories. This includes the charges corresponding to the multiplets of 7- and 9-branes in IIB. We find that examining the possible multiplet structures of the charges provides another tool for exploring the spectrum of BPS states that appear in these theories. As a prerequisite to constructing the charges we determine the field equations and multiplet structure of the 11-dimensional gauge potentials, extending previous results on the subject. The massive gauge transformations of the fields are also discussed. We also demonstrate how these massive gauge transformations are compatible with the construction of an SL(2,R) covariant kinetic term in the 11-dimensional Kaluza-Klein monopole worldvolume action.
description: 61 pages, no figures
Two pion scattering, I=0 and disconnected diagrams in Lattice QCD
Creators: name: Liu, Qi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A full, high-statistic I=0 and I=2 $π-π$ scattering calculation including the disconnected diagram is performed on 2+1 flavor, domain wall fermion gauge configurations generated using the Iwasaki gauge action with $β=2.13$, a $16^3\times32$ volume with $L_s=16$ and $a^{-1}=1.73GeV$. Using the same light quark propagators and additional strange quark propagators, we study the $η$ and $η^\prime$ mesons, where disconnected diagrams also make an important contribution. Our $π-π$ calculation shows a good exponentially decaying signal from the disconnected graph, which makes a small contribution to the I=0 scattering amplitude at least for the short times where it can be accurately computed. We are able to resolve the $η$ and $η^\prime$ states and see the pattern of SU(3) flavor symmetry breaking found in Nature.
description: 7 pages, 9 figures, Lattice 2009 Conference Proceedings
Dust Environment Modelling of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
Creators: name: Agarwal, Jessica
name: Mueller, Michael
name: Gruen, Eberhard
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Dust is an important constituent in cometary comae; its analysis is one of the major objectives of ESA's Rosetta mission to comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (C-G). Several instruments aboard Rosetta are dedicated to studying various aspects of dust in the cometary coma, all of which require a certain level of exposure to dust to achieve their goals. At the same time, impacts of dust particles can constitute a hazard to the spacecraft. To conciliate the demands of dust collection instruments and spacecraft safety, it is desirable to assess the dust environment in the coma even before the arrival of Rosetta. We describe the present status of modelling the dust coma of 67P/C-G and predict the speed and flux of dust in the coma, the dust fluence on a spacecraft along sample trajectories, and the radiation environment in the coma. The model will need to be refined when more details of the coma are revealed by observations. An overview of astronomical observations of 67P/C-G is given and model parameters are derived from these data where possible. For quantities not yet measured for 67P/C-G, we use values obtained for other comets. One of the most important and most controversial parameters is the dust mass distribution. We summarise the mass distribution functions derived from the in-situ measurements at comet 1P/Halley in 1986. For 67P/C-G, constraining the mass distribution is currently only possible by the analysis of astronomical images. We find that the results from such analyses are at present rather heterogeneous, and we identify a need to find a model that is reconcilable with all available observations.
description: 34 pages, 12 figures, 5 tables. Revised edition of Agarwal et al. (2007), SSR 128, 79-131
AP - Agriculture In Tasmania And Ireland â€“ Where Are We Heading?
Creators: name: Armstrong, David
name: Henry, Rob
name: Ramsbottom, George
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2007
Subjects: Agribusiness

description: Ireland and Tasmania are similarly sized islands with a strong dependence on agricultural exports. Beef and dairy products are the main agricultural exports from Ireland, while beef, dairy products, sheep meat and wool, and processed vegetables are the main agricultural products exported from Tasmania. The pressures facing agriculture in Ireland and in Tasmania are similar: â€¢ Increasing pressure on prices while costs rise. â€¢ Greater focus on the safety, quality, nutritional and convenience aspects of food products, as well as the environmental and ethical issues associated with production of food and fibre. â€¢ Competition for rural land primarily for rural lifestyle benefits, rather than for agricultural use, with the costs of farming land increasing significantly. This paper examines and compares how farmers in Ireland and Tasmania are responding to these pressures. The current response is primarily to increase productivity, per hectare and per labour unit. However, in the longer term more diverse solutions will be necessary.
description: Sixteenth International Farm Management Congress, University College Cork, Ireland, July 15-20, 2007
Yield stress and elastic modulus of suspensions of noncolloidal particles in yield stress fluids
Creators: name: Mahaut, Fabien
name: Chateau, Xavier
name: Coussot, Philippe
name: Ovarlez, Guillaume
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Classical Physics (physics.class-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study experimentally the behavior of isotropic suspensions of noncolloidal particles in yield stress fluids. This problem has been poorly studied in the literature, and only on specific materials. In this paper, we manage to develop procedures and materials that allow us to focus on the purely mechanical contribution of the particles to the yield stress fluid behavior, independently of the physicochemical properties of the materials. This allows us to relate the macroscopic properties of these suspensions to the mechanical properties of the yield stress fluid and the particle volume fraction, and to provide results applicable to any noncolloidal particle in any yield stress fluid. We find that the elastic modulus-concentration relationship follows a Krieger-Dougherty law, and we show that the yield stress-concentration relationship is related to the elastic modulus-concentration relationship through a very simple law, in agreement with results from a micromechanical analysis.
AP - The Role Of Agriculture In The Rural Economy Challenges Facing Agriculture Today
Creators: name: Baker, John R.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Community/Rural/Urban Development
subject: Farm Management
subject: Succession
subject: transfer
subject: management

description: The issues of farmland acquisition, tenure and succession are of great importance for agricultural families, their successors and the rural communities in which they live. As the age of farm/ranch operators increases, we see agricultural assets held in fewer and older hands. In the next 20 years, a majority of farm businesses will change hands. The transfer of a farm business requires assets, income and management be transferred to the successor generation. Methods of transferring assets and income are well documented. The process for transferring management is however more problematic. Recent research has shown this is to be an international issue. The authors will survey available educational material and teaching methods to select the best curriculum and practices to facilitate the transfer of management from the owner generation to the successor generation. Further, the authors will illustrate the teaching of the materials through a demonstration of the best practices.
description: Sixteenth International Farm Management Congress, University College Cork, Ireland, July 15-20, 2007
Additional file 3 of Pediatric tuina for the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms in preschool children: study protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial
Creators: name: Chen, Shu-Cheng
name: Yu, Juan
name: Suen, Lorna Kwai-Ping
name: Sun, Yan
name: Pang, Ya-Zheng
name: Wang, Dong-Dong
name: Zhao, Wen-Xia
name: Yeung, Wing-Fai
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Mental Health

description: Additional file 3: Sample of a pediatric tuina prescription.
AP - Agriculture And Agri-food Canadaâ€™s Benchmark For Success 2006
Creators: name: Clark, Vere
name: Rodier, Monique
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Farm Management
subject: Agricultural benchmarking
subject: financial ratios
subject: farm business management

description: Benchmarking can be a major tool to help improve the performance of individual farm operations. It helps the farm manager identify strengths and weaknesses, make better business decisions and take advantage of future opportunities. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada has developed an innovative and unique interactive tool that allows producers to compare the financial performance of their farm with that of other Canadian operations similar in size, type and region. The tool guides producers through the completion of simplified income statements and balance sheets. From the information provided by producers, a series of financial ratios are calculated for their farm operation and compared against industry benchmarks for three ranges (i.e. top 25%, mid-point and bottom 25%). This comparison is provided for five categories of financial ratios: efficiency, liquidity, debt management, asset management and profitability. The tool has the following characteristics: - Ability to input up to five years (1999-2003) of financial information - Access to up to five years of financial industry benchmark information - Graphics to display trend, and combined benchmarking and trend analyses - Industry benchmarks for 14 regions of Canada, 10 commodity groups and 8 income categories - A financial tutorial that explains how to use the tool and defines financial terms and ratios. This applied paper provides specific information about this tool and, through full examples, shows how this financial tool works.
description: Sixteenth International Farm Management Congress, University College Cork, Ireland, July 15-20, 2007
The role of business in sustainable development : a study of corporate social responsibility and the Australian mining sector
Creators: name: Punnoose, D
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: This thesis explores the role of business in sustainable development. The study reviews much of the academic literature on sustainability, sustainable development, corporate social responsibility and related practices. The study then focuses on the interpretation and implementation of sustainable development, corporate social responsibility and related practices in the Australian mining sector. The case study of a leading Australian mining company is analysed to comprehend the stance on corporate social responsibility, sustainable development and the steps taken towards it. The findings indicate that the company has a commitment towards sustainable development and initiatives are being taken towards achieving it.
AP - Farmers And Advisors Attitudes Towards The Environmental Stewardship Scheme
Creators: name: Cross, M.
name: Franks, J.R.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: agri-environment schemes
subject: stewardship
subject: advisor(s)

description: Attitudes of 25 farmers and 9 advisors towards the Environmental Stewardship Scheme (ESS) in North Norfolk are reported. Simplicity and ease of entering the ELS is contrasted with difficulties associated with applying for the HLS. Advisors rank environmental improvement less important than farmers, and their advice tends to reflect their specialist training. FWAG was the exception. There was support for an intermediate scheme to bridge CSS and ELS, and HLS: this would assist smaller farms and those participating in the CSS. This may increase â€œpeople additionalityâ€ â€“ which should become a key measure of success for agri-environmental schemes (AES).
description: Sixteenth International Farm Management Congress, University College Cork, Ireland, July 15-20, 2007
AP - Agriculture And Agri-food: Canadaâ€™s Renewal Programs
Creators: name: Drozdowski, Joseph
name: Rodier, Monique
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Farm Management
subject: farm management
subject: renewal programs
subject: training

description: Studies demonstrate that producers who develop business plans and skills are significantly more likely to be successful and maintain profitability in the face of changing market realities. However, finding ways to encourage greater use of farm business planning and management tools can be a challenge. Agriculture and Agri-food Canada (AAFC) has developed a set of Renewal programs to assist producers to access skills, knowledge, and advice in the field of farm business management. Since 2003/2004, two major types of programs are available to producers, the first type being the Canadian Farm Business Advisory Services (CFBAS) and the Planning and Assessment for Value-Added Enterprises (PAVE); and the other being the Canadian Agricultural Skills Service (CASS). Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada has used various models to deliver these programs. For instance, Renewal advisory services are provided by private business consultants and the federal Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada has partnered with provincial governments, other federal departments and third parties to deliver the CASS program. This applied paper presents a policy background, a description of these programs, how they work using different delivery models, the feedback received from participants, and the lessons learned.
description: Sixteenth International Farm Management Congress, University College Cork, Ireland, July 15-20, 2007
Combined Aerial Cooperative Tethered Carrying and Path Planning for Quadrotors in Confined Environments
Creators: name: Stamatopoulos, Marios-Nektarios
name: Koustoumpardis, Panagiotis
name: Seisa, Achilleas Santi
name: Nikolakopoulos, George
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Robotics (cs.RO)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In this article, a novel combined aerial cooperative tethered carrying and path planning framework is introduced with a special focus on applications in confined environments. The proposed work is aiming towards solving the path planning problem for the formation of two quadrotors, while having a rope hanging below them and passing through or around obstacles. A novel composition mechanism is proposed, which simplifies the degrees of freedom of the combined aerial system and expresses the corresponding states in a compact form. Given the state of the composition, a dynamic body is generated that encapsulates the quadrotors-rope system and makes the procedure of collision checking between the system and the environment more efficient. By utilizing the above two abstractions, an RRT path planning scheme is implemented and a collision-free path for the formation is generated. This path is decomposed back to the quadrotors' desired positions that are fed to the Model Predictive Controller (MPC) for each one. The efficiency of the proposed framework is experimentally evaluated.
Ravulizumab: A Review in Atypical Haemolytic Uraemic Syndrome
Creators: name: Syed, Yahiya Y.
Publisher: name: Adis Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: Medicine

description: Funding The preparation of this review was not supported by any external funding. Authorship and Conflict of interest Yahiya Y. Syed is a salaried employee of Adis International Ltd/Springer Nature, and declares no relevant conflicts of interest. All authors contributed to the review and are responsible for the article content. Ethics approval, Consent to participate, Consent to publish, Availability of data and material, Code availability Not applicable.
Additional information about this Adis Drug Review can be found here

AbstractRavulizumab ( Ultomiris®), a humanized monoclonal antibody that inhibits complement protein C5, is indicated for the treatment of atypical haemolytic uraemic syndrome (aHUS) in several countries, including the USA and those of the EU. Ravulizumab has been re-engineered from eculizumab to extend its terminal elimination half-life, resulting in a more convenient maintenance dosage regimen of once every 4–8 weeks compared with once every 2–3 weeks for eculizumab. In single-arm phase 3 trials, ravulizumab resolved thrombotic microangiopathy in 54% and 78% of treatment-naïve adult and paediatric patients with aHUS, respectively, within 26 weeks. Ravulizumab was also effective in patients with postpartum aHUS and paediatric patients who responded to eculizumab and later switched to ravulizumab. Ravulizumab was generally well tolerated, with no unexpected safety events. The most common treatment-related adverse events with ravulizumab in treatment-naïve patients include headache, diarrhoea and vomiting. With its convenient once every 4–8 weeks maintenance regimen, ravulizumab is an important treatment option for aHUS in adult and paediatric patients.
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Superfluid vortex unpinning as a coherent noise process, and the scale invariance of pulsar glitches
Creators: name: Melatos, Andrew
name: Warszawski, Lila
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The scale-invariant glitch statistics observed in individual pulsars (exponential waiting-time and power-law size distributions) are consistent with a critical self-organization process, wherein superfluid vortices pin metastably in macroscopic domains and unpin collectively via nearest-neighbor avalanches. Macroscopic inhomogeneity emerges naturally if pinning occurs at crustal faults. If, instead, pinning occurs at lattice sites and defects, which are macroscopically homogeneous, we show that an alternative, noncritical self-organization process operates, termed coherent noise, wherein the global Magnus force acts uniformly on vortices trapped in a range of pinning potentials and undergoing thermal creep. It is found that vortices again unpin collectively, but not via nearest-neighbor avalanches, and that, counterintuitively, the resulting glitch sizes are scale invariant, in accord with observational data. A mean-field analytic theory of the coherent noise process, supported by Monte-Carlo simulations, yields a power-law size distribution, between the smallest and largest glitch, with exponent $a$ in the range $-2\leq a \leq 0$. When the theory is fitted to data from the nine most active pulsars, including the two quasiperiodic glitchers PSR J0537$-$6910 and PSR J0835$-$4510, it directly constrains the distribution of pinning potentials in the star, leading to two conclusions: (i) the potentials are broadly distributed, with the mean comparable to the standard deviation; and (ii) the mean potential decreases with characteristic age. An observational test is proposed to discriminate between nearest-neighbor avalanches and coherent noise.
description: 39 pages, 11 figures. Accepted for publication in ApJ
AP - RightRisk: Risk Management Training For Agricultural Managers In The Rural United States
Creators: name: Hewlett, John P.
name: Tranel, Jeffrey E.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Risk and Uncertainty
subject: rural family
subject: enterprise management
subject: risk management

description: RightRisk is an Extension education program offered across the rural United States since its inception in 2002. Team members offer these programs using portable computer labs and web-based software to managers located in remote locations from the bottom of the Grand Canyon to the windswept-plains of Wyoming. Program offerings have expanded beyond the risk simulation â€“ Ag Survivor â€“ to include a ten-step process for strategic risk management with accompanying tools for implementation. Additional courses covering other dimensions of risk management have been developed, including: Feasibility of Alternative Rural Enterprises, Taxes for Agricultural Enterprises, and a two-module course entitled A Lasting Legacy. Alternative scenarios, covering various agricultural enterprises, make the simulation relevant to managers of rural farms and ranches. This flexibility and broad relevance of the fundamental concepts presented make these educational programs appealing for application in other rural areas.
description: Sixteenth International Farm Management Congress, University College Cork, Ireland, July 15-20, 2007
Resonantly driven wobbling kinks
Creators: name: Oxtoby, O. F.
name: Barashenkov, I. V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Pattern Formation and Solitons (nlin.PS)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The amplitude of oscillations of the freely wobbling kink in the $ϕ^4$ theory decays due to the emission of second-harmonic radiation. We study the compensation of these radiation losses (as well as additional dissipative losses) by the resonant driving of the kink. We consider both direct and parametric driving at a range of resonance frequencies. In each case, we derive the amplitude equations which describe the evolution of the amplitude of the wobbling and the kink's velocity. These equations predict multistability and hysteretic transitions in the wobbling amplitude for each driving frequency -- the conclusion verified by numerical simulations of the full partial differential equation. We show that the strongest parametric resonance occurs when the driving frequency equals the natural wobbling frequency and not double that value. For direct driving, the strongest resonance is at half the natural frequency, but there is also a weaker resonance when the driving frequency equals the natural wobbling frequency itself. We show that this resonance is accompanied by translational motion of the kink.
description: 19 pages in a double-column format; 8 figures
Ravulizumab: A Review in Atypical Haemolytic Uraemic Syndrome
Creators: name: Syed, Yahiya Y.
Publisher: name: Adis Journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: Medicine

description: Funding The preparation of this review was not supported by any external funding. Authorship and Conflict of interest Yahiya Y. Syed is a salaried employee of Adis International Ltd/Springer Nature, and declares no relevant conflicts of interest. All authors contributed to the review and are responsible for the article content. Ethics approval, Consent to participate, Consent to publish, Availability of data and material, Code availability Not applicable.
Additional information about this Adis Drug Review can be found here

AbstractRavulizumab ( Ultomiris®), a humanized monoclonal antibody that inhibits complement protein C5, is indicated for the treatment of atypical haemolytic uraemic syndrome (aHUS) in several countries, including the USA and those of the EU. Ravulizumab has been re-engineered from eculizumab to extend its terminal elimination half-life, resulting in a more convenient maintenance dosage regimen of once every 4–8 weeks compared with once every 2–3 weeks for eculizumab. In single-arm phase 3 trials, ravulizumab resolved thrombotic microangiopathy in 54% and 78% of treatment-naïve adult and paediatric patients with aHUS, respectively, within 26 weeks. Ravulizumab was also effective in patients with postpartum aHUS and paediatric patients who responded to eculizumab and later switched to ravulizumab. Ravulizumab was generally well tolerated, with no unexpected safety events. The most common treatment-related adverse events with ravulizumab in treatment-naïve patients include headache, diarrhoea and vomiting. With its convenient once every 4–8 weeks maintenance regimen, ravulizumab is an important treatment option for aHUS in adult and paediatric patients.
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WTO rules on Agreement on Agriculture : legal assessment on the agreement regarding agricultural export subsidies
Creators: name: Purananda, Surapan
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: This thesis examines and assesses the World Trade Organization rules on the Agreement on Agriculture, which came into effect in 1995. This thesis focuses, in particular, on the part of the Agreement dealing with agricultural export subsidies. The aim of this thesis is to assess whether the rules concerning export subsidies on agricultural products will operate successfully. Under the Agreement, the use of export subsidies on agricultural products can be continued but participating countries are required to commit themselves to reduce both the value of export subsidies and the volume of subsidized exports. The participating countries have also agreed not to apply export subsidies to agricultural products not subsidized in the \base period\" (1986-1990). However the Agreement allows some flexibility to participating countries to subsidize their agricultural products or export their subsidized products during \"the implementation period\" (1995-2000). This thesis begins in part A with the general considerations of export subsidies and their relation with international agricultural trade. It is then followed by the history of agricultural export subsidies under the old GATT regime in part B. Part B discusses the regulations used to control agricultural export subsidies - \"equitable share\" standard and the problem and the failure of the terms which led to the new criteria in the new WTO rules - An Agreement on Agriculture. In part C the thesis discusses the new WTO regime. In particular the history of negotiation leading to the Agreement legal aspects of the Agreement and the policies of the US and the EU on agricultural export subsidies will be discussed. In the final part an assessment and comparison between the old GATT rules and the new WTO rules will be made with a view to assessing the future operation of the new WTO rules. This thesis argues that the US and the EU which are the two major parties to the success or the failure of the attempt to discipline agricultural export subsidies still retain export subsidies programs as their major tools to achieve export goals. In fact the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations was concluded as a result of the compromise between the US and the EU to some extent under pressure from other interested groups. In addition this thesis identifies a number of loopholes in the agreement on agricultural export subsidies. These loopholes could potentially be interpreted to allow participating countries to circumvent their commitments under the Agreement so giving a subsidizing country an advantage over its agricultural trade competitors. Finally this thesis argues that the new WTO criteria to control agricultural export subsidies are more practical than the old GATT standard but certain provisions of the Agreement on agricultural export subsidies need to be modified."
Longitudinal Rescaling and High-Energy Effective Actions
Creators: name: Orland, Peter
name: Xiao, Jing
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Under a rescaling of longitudinal coordinates $x^{0,3}$ by a factor $λ$ which is taken to zero, the classical QCD action simplifies dramatically. This is the high-energy limit, as $λ$ is of order $s^{-1/2}$, where $s$ is the center-of-mass energy squared of a hadronic collision. We find the quantum corrections to the rescaled action at one loop, in particular finding the anomalous powers of $λ$ in this action, for $λ$ close to unity. The method is an integration over high-momentum components of the gauge field. This is a Wilsonian renormalization procedure, and counterterms are needed to make the sharp-momentum cut-off gauge invariant. Our result for the quantum action is found, assuming that the logarithm of $λ$ is small, which is essential for the validity of perturbation theory. If $λ$ is sufficiently small (so that its logarithm is large), then the perturbative renormalization group breaks down. This is due to uncontrollable fluctuations of the longitudinal chromomagnetic field.
description: Version to appear in Physical Review D
Political society in Cumberland and Westmorland 1471-1537
Creators: name: Purkiss, EWF
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: This thesis is intended as an exploration of the administrative and social structures that existed in political society in Cumberland and Westmorland between 1471 and 1537. It has been conceived as a counterpoint to the work of scholars who have undertaken similar research into the networks of authority and political communities in other periods and regions. It will examine the far northwest of England in the context of the upheavals that were occurring in government and society throughout the kingdom at this time and it will highlight degrees of change and continuity apparent in regional administrative and social networks. The thesis will discuss the impact of the region's distance from the capital and its position as a frontier zone with regards to the effectiveness of royal authority and the persistence of feudal administrative and tenurial structures.
A Multivariate Variance Components Model for Analysis of Covariance in Designed Experiments
Creators: name: Booth, James G.
name: Federer, Walter T.
name: Wells, Martin T.
name: Wolfinger, Russell D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Methodology (stat.ME)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Traditional methods for covariate adjustment of treatment means in designed experiments are inherently conditional on the observed covariate values. In order to develop a coherent general methodology for analysis of covariance, we propose a multivariate variance components model for the joint distribution of the response and covariates. It is shown that, if the design is orthogonal with respect to (random) blocking factors, then appropriate adjustments to treatment means can be made using the univariate variance components model obtained by conditioning on the observed covariate values. However, it is revealed that some widely used models are incorrectly specified, leading to biased estimates and incorrect standard errors. The approach clarifies some issues that have been the source of ongoing confusion in the statistics literature.
description: Published in at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/09-STS294 the Statistical Science (http://www.imstat.org/sts/) by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (http://www.imstat.org)
AP - Enterprising Rural Families: Helping Families Manage Rural Enterprises For Success
Creators: name: Hewlett, John P.
name: Weigel, Randy R.
name: Taylor, William R.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Risk and Uncertainty
subject: rural family
subject: enterprise management
subject: risk management

description: Enterprising Rural Families is a course designed to assist families manage their rural enterprises for success. It was conceived by Extension educators in the United States working with collaborators in Queensland Australia and British Columbia Canada. A robust model describes the interlinking and overlap of individual, family, business systems, and the community surrounding them. At the core is the rural family enterprise. Originally developed as an online course with supporting electronic monthly newsletter, the team has developed CD-based modules for distribution and presentation in other venues. Strategic Management focuses on assisting families define and achieve the success they desire. The Resource Inventory course is designed to aid in resource identification and assessment. Enterprising Rural Families provides hands-on solutions to issues faced by rural enterprise managers everywhere. As such, the course is especially relevant to areas intent on rural revitalization.
description: Sixteenth International Farm Management Congress, University College Cork, Ireland, July 15-20, 2007
Additional file 2 of Pediatric tuina for the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms in preschool children: study protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial
Creators: name: Chen, Shu-Cheng
name: Yu, Juan
name: Suen, Lorna Kwai-Ping
name: Sun, Yan
name: Pang, Ya-Zheng
name: Wang, Dong-Dong
name: Zhao, Wen-Xia
name: Yeung, Wing-Fai
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Mental Health

description: Additional file 2: World Health Organization Trial Registration Data Set.
AP - Competitiveness Of Milk Production In Ireland
Creators: name: Hopps, Alan
name: Maher, John
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Industrial Organization
subject: milk production
subject: competitiveness

description: This paper seeks to examine the competitiveness of milk production at farm level in Northern and Southern Ireland where different dairying regimes have existed in relation to milk quota policy. Competitiveness is a comparative concept and thus the profitability of dairy farms has been compared with the average wage rate in the country. Full economic costs of milk production in Ireland have also been examined. Data from dairy farms is collected in two separate on-line benchmarking databases in Ireland â€“ e-profit monitor in the Republic of Ireland and Dairy Benchmarking in Northern Ireland. Results from these systems have been compared to those from other countries through European Dairy Farmers (EDF) (the authors represent their countries on the EDF Scientists Team for Research and Analysis). E-profit monitor includes approximately 8% of the dairy cows in Southern Ireland while the equivalent figure for Dairy Benchmarking in Northern Ireland is 10%. Results have shown that Irish cash costs per litre of milk (both North and South) are competitive in Europe. If imputed charges for owned land, capital and family labour are applied, the competitive advantage of Irish milk production is less pronounced.
description: Sixteenth International Farm Management Congress, University College Cork, Ireland, July 15-20, 2007
Network analysis identifies weak and strong links in a metapopulation system
Creators: name: Rozenfeld, Alejandro F.
name: Arnaud-Haond, Sophie
name: Hernandez-Garcia, Emilio
name: Eguiluz, Victor M.
name: Serrao, Ester A.
name: Duarte, Carlos M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Populations and Evolution (q-bio.PE)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Quantitative Methods (q-bio.QM)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The identification of key populations shaping the structure and connectivity of metapopulation systems is a major challenge in population ecology. The use of molecular markers in the theoretical framework of population genetics has allowed great advances in this field, but the prime question of quantifying the role of each population in the system remains unresolved. Furthermore, the use and interpretation of classical methods are still bounded by the need for a priori information and underlying assumptions that are seldom respected in natural systems. Network theory was applied to map the genetic structure in a metapopulation system using microsatellite data from populations of a threatened seagrass, Posidonia oceanica, across its whole geographical range. The network approach, free from a priori assumptions and of usual underlying hypothesis required for the interpretation of classical analysis, allows both the straightforward characterization of hierarchical population structure and the detection of populations acting as hubs critical for relaying gene flow or sustaining the metapopulation system. This development opens major perspectives in ecology and evolution in general, particularly in areas such as conservation biology and epidemiology, where targeting specific populations is crucial.
description: 26 pages. To appear in PNAS. An additional movie can be found at http://ifisc.uib-csic.es/publications/publication-detail.php?indice=1863