cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Diabetic patient experiences of public and government messaging and help-seeking during the COVID-19 pandemic
Creators: name: Wood, Lloyd
Publisher: name: University of East London
Year: 2023
Subjects: Diabetes
Type 2 Diabetes
T2DM
Covid-19
Pandemic
Government messaging
Public health
Help-seeking

description: Research indicates that the COVID-19 pandemic has had far-reaching consequences on the global population, impacting on both mental and physical health. Despite the increased risk of severe illness and death from COVID-19, there is a paucity of research exploring the experiences of individuals with underlying health conditions during the pandemic, particularly in relation to government messaging and its impact on help-seeking behaviours. This thesis seeks to address these gaps by focusing on the experiences of people living with Type 2 diabetes during the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK. 

Informed by a critical realist epistemology, this qualitative study employs semistructured interviews with 13 participants to explore how government and public health messaging was experienced and the resultant impact on help-seeking behaviours. Thematic analysis revealed three main themes: 'Diabetes Identity,' 'Becoming [In]visible' and 'Going it Alone.' 

Participants reported experiences of stigmatisation and feelings of shame as a consequence of messaging, along with the psychological impact of losing both social and healthcare support. They also described challenges in grappling with being positioned as 'vulnerable' and the poor differentiation with the use of this label, as well as issues around self-disclosure and a renegotiation of their relationship with their diabetes. 

Recommendations for further research and improvements to government policy and guidelines are provided to better address the importance of considering the unique experiences and challenges faced by individuals with pre-existing health conditions, as well as the need for more inclusive and sensitive public health messaging to minimise stigmatisation and promote help-seeking behaviours.
NPR - AGRICULTURAL SITE ASSESSMENT TOOL: AUTOMATING AND ENHANCING DELIVERY OF MULTIPLE SITE-SPECIFIC DATABASES
Creators: name: Massey, Raymond
name: Lory, John
name: Barnett, Chris
name: Milhollin, Ryan
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession
subject: site-specific
subject: big data
subject: environmental

description: Various government agencies maintain numerous georeferenced databases valuable for agricultural business management. Accessing these databases is oftentimes consuming and frustrating. Reducing the transaction cost of accessing these databases increases their value. Providing visual, educational and regulatory pages associated with the data also increases their value to potential users. Agricultural Site Assessment Tool was developed to allow agricultural producers, bankers and appraisers to quickly access and view information pertaining to a parcel of ground from multiple databases. Outlining a field on an aerial map and pressing a submission request button generates a report containing multiple tables of site specific information for the outlined land. Current reports contain information on location parameters; nearby communities and population estimates; soils; streams; wetlands; watersheds; floodplains; karst geology; threatened and endangered species; land use within 3 miles for past three years; crop productivity indices; temperature, precipitation and wind climatology; and aerial photography. All tables have hyperlinks to maps that identify the location of relevant land features. All tables also contain hyperlinks to educational information, regulatory considerations and possible resource assistance.
description: Twenty-First International Farm Management Congress, Edinburgh, Scotland, July 2-7, 2017
Ancylolomia chrysographellus
Creators: name: Léger, Théo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Crambidae
Ancylolomia
Ancylolomia chrysographellus

description: Ancylolomia chrysographellus(Kollar &
Redtenbacher, 1844)
Figs. 92, 150.
Chilo chrysographellus (Kollar & Redtenbacher, 1844: 494). Type locality: India, Uttarakhand [Himalaya], Mussoorie [Massouri]
= Ancylolomia basistriga Moore, 1886: 382, pl. 184 fig. 1. Type locality: [Sri Lanka] Ceylon, Neuera Eliza. Bleszynski 1970 c: 28 (syn.)
= bassistriga Błeszyński & Collins, 1962: 207
= Jartheza cassimella Swinhoe, 1887: 461, pl. 41 figs. 4, 6. Type locality: India, Mhow. Bleszynski 1970 c: 30 (syn.)
= Jartheza responsella Walker, 1863 b: 184. Type locality: [India, Hindustan], North Hindostan
= Jartheza xylinella Walker, 1863 b: 184-185. Type locality: Nepal. Bleszynski 1970 c: 28 (syn.)
MATERIAL
No material was examined for this species.
DIAGNOSIS
The long and slender cornutus in male genitalia (Fig. 92) places this species in the inornata species group (Bleszynski, 1970). From the other Ancylolomia species, A. chrysographellus can be recognized by the dent-shaped costal process of the valva.
DISTRIBUTION
AFRICA; CHINA; INDIA; INDONESIA; JAPAN; KOREA; MYANMAR; PAKISTAN; PHILIPPINES; SAUDI ARABIA; SRI LANKA; TAIWAN (Khan et al., 1991).
REMARKS
No specimen was investigated for this species. Khan et al. (1991) list the Philippines in the distribution of A. chrysographellus.
description: Published as part of Léger, Théo, 2024, Half of the Diversity Undescribed: Integrative Taxonomy Reveals 32 New Species and a High Cryptic Diversity in the Scopariinae and Crambinae of the Philippines (Lepidoptera: Crambidae), pp. 1-93 in Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists 3 (2) on page 44, DOI: 10.18061/bssb.v3i2.9527, http://zenodo.org/record/15116964
NPR - HAS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FAILED TO DELIVER? (FOR NEW ZEALAND AGRICULTURE)
Creators: name: McEwen, Gavin
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession
subject: Information Technology
subject: Decision Support Tools
subject: Agricultural Software

description: New Zealand has lead the world in pastoral agriculture for several decades. Its ability to innovate on-farm combined with the application of directed research and science produces products of the highest quality at a good return for the land owner. Technology in the form of computer software applications has been available to New Zealand farmers since the eighties, yet there are few examples where those applications have been fully embraced by the majority. The adoption curve lags other technologies such as artificial insemination, automation, rotational grazing, to name a few. Has information technology failed to deliver on farm? In many cases the answer is affirmative, the potential that exists in utilisation of many excellent software based systems has not occurred. There are certain principles specific to the rural market that need to be applied in order to achieve greater adoption. 1. Make it simple and intuitive 2. Effective, efficient data entry 3. Deliver value to the farm business 4. Refine and focus information delivered
description: Twenty-First International Farm Management Congress, Edinburgh, Scotland, July 2-7, 2017
NPR - THE SOUTH AFRICAN CANEGROWERS ASSOCIATION LARGE SCALE GROWER COSTS SURVEY: THE DYNAMIC USE OF DATA OVER TIME AND THE CHANGES FOR THE FUTURE
Creators: name: Nicholson, Richard John
name: Hurley, Kathy
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession
subject: growers
subject: cost survey
subject: data

description: The South African CANEGROWERS Association (CANEGROWERS) has since 1927 represented growers and provided services to growers in South Africa on all manner of economic, governance and industrial affairs. To do this the Association has needed a strong data gathering and analysis component to the structure to ensure that it can negotiate fairly and accurately on behalf of its constituents. The Large-Scale Grower (LSG) Cost Survey has played a prominent role in the associationâ€™s functions. The cost survey was first implemented in 1932/33 and was done so to assist in the industry Division of Proceeds (DoP). However, since 2000/01 the DoP has been fixed, the data collected is used for a host of other research, analysis, lobbying submissions and reports. These outcomes are all based on the CANEGROWERS objectives to ensure sustainable production environment for all growers. This paper documents the formation of the growersâ€™ association and the importance for growers to collect and analyse data. It also describes the different uses of the data collected and analysis over time from the days of the variable DoP to the present day, where it is used for various applied research, analysis, reports and submissions to accurately represent growers and their economic situation.
description: Twenty-First International Farm Management Congress, Edinburgh, Scotland, July 2-7, 2017
Non-uniqueness of weak solutions for the fractal Burgers equation
Creators: name: Alibaud, Nathael
name: Andreïanov, Boris
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 35L65, 35L67, 35L82, 35S10, 35S30

description: The notion of Kruzhkov entropy solution was extended by the first author in 2007 to conservation laws with a fractional laplacian diffusion term; this notion led to well-posedness for the Cauchy problem in the $L^\infty$-framework. In the present paper, we further motivate the introduction of entropy solutions, showing that in the case of fractional diffusion of order strictly less than one, uniqueness of a weak solution may fail.
description: 23 pages
NPR - THE ROLE OF U. S. SAFETY NET PROGRAMS IN INCENTIVIZING FARM GROWTH: A SIMULATION APPROACH
Creators: name: Richardson, James W.
name: Outlaw, Joe L.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Farm Management
subject: Risk and Uncertainty
subject: farm programs
subject: insurance
subject: farm structure

description: Safety net programs affect farm income and farmers ability to manage risk. Some economists argue that safety net programs benefit large farmers more and accelerate farm consolidation. The purpose of the paper is to test the hypothesis that the U.S. 2014 Farm Bill safety net programs are structurally biased to benefit large crop farms in the United States. A Monte Carlo simulation of 16 pairs of moderate and large farms in principal production regions of the U.S. are analyzed to estimate the $/hectare benefits of farm programs (ARC and PLC) and federal crop insurance. Results of the analysis suggest that for commercial size crop farms, safety net programs provide greater $/hectare benefits to moderate size farms compared to large farms. Additionally, the analysis showed that crop insurance programs are essentially neutral, providing about equal benefits to moderate and large scale crop farms.
description: Twenty-First International Farm Management Congress, Edinburgh, Scotland, July 2-7, 2017
Solar System planetary tests of \dot c/c
Creators: name: Iorio, Lorenzo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: Space Physics (physics.space-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Analytical and numerical calculations show that a putative temporal variation of the speed of light c, with the meaning of space-time structure constant c_ST, assumed to be linear over timescales of about one century, would induce a secular precession of the longitude of the pericenter \varpi of a test particle orbiting a spherically symmetric body. By comparing such a predicted effect to the corrections Δ\dot\varpi to the usual Newtonian/Einsteinian perihelion precessions of the inner planets of the Solar System, recently estimated by E.V. Pitjeva by fitting about one century of modern astronomical observations with the standard dynamical force models of the EPM epehemerides, we obtained \dot c/c =(0.5 +/- 2)\times 10^-7 yr^-1. Moreover, the possibility that \dot c/c\neq 0 over the last century is ruled out at 3-12σlevel by taking the ratios of the perihelia for different pairs of planets. Our results are independent of any measurement of the variations of other fundamental constants which may be explained by a variation of $c$ itself (with the meaning of electromagnetic constant c_EM). It will be important to repeat such tests if and when other teams of astronomers will estimate their own corrections to the standard Newtonian/Einsteinian planetary perihelion precessions.
description: Latex, 12 pages, 1 figure, 3 tables, 23 references. Minor changes. To appear in General Relativity and Gravitation (GRG)
NPR - IMAGINING THE FUTURE: TRANSFERRING KNOWLEDGE TO THE NEXT GENERATION
Creators: name: Paton, Lorna A.
name: Pate, William L.
name: Milne, Catherine E.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession
subject: knowledge
subject: knowledge transfer
subject: knowledge artefacts

description: To ensure that farm businesses remain competitive and profitable it is essential that knowledge is transferred to the next generation of farmers. Traditional familial transfer of knowledge is becoming less relevant therefore new solutions are required to efficiently transfer knowledge, particularly to new entrants to farming and those returning to farms later in life. Finding effective and efficient ways to transfer informal knowledge to prevent poor decision making that could result in long-term disadvantage is very important. This paper highlights two strategies commonly employed within the construction industry that could be applied in the agricultural sector; the multi-layering of maps and â€˜quick start guides. Both of these have clear merits which include providing clear formats for capturing and sharing knowledge with the ability to be used as a â€˜livingâ€™ document which can be updated as and when new knowledge becomes available. In addition these formats can also be used as a boundary objects to initiate and stimulate the transfer of knowledge which cannot be easily articulated or recorded.
description: Twenty-First International Farm Management Congress, Edinburgh, Scotland, July 2-7, 2017
CP Violation and F-theory GUTs
Creators: name: Heckman, Jonathan J.
name: Vafa, Cumrun
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Recent work on F-theory GUTs has shown that the predicted masses, and magnitudes of the mixing matrix elements in the quark and lepton sectors are in close accord with experiment. In this note we estimate the CP violating phase of the mixing matrices by considering the Jarlskog invariant. We find by carefully treating certain cancellations in the computation of the Jarlskog invariant that |J_quark| ~ alpha_GUT^(3) ~ 6*10^(-5), and that the CP violating phase of the quark sector is large, in accord with experiment. Moreover, we predict (up to order one factors) that |J_lepton| ~ alpha_GUT ~ 4*10^(-2) and that the CP violating phase of the lepton sector is also large.
description: v2: 3 pages, Improved estimate of the Jarlskog invariant involving subtle cancellations, leading to a different conclusion for the CP violating phase
Scott's use of the supernatural in the Waverley novels
Creators: name: Boatright, Mody C. (Mody Coggin), 1896-1970
Publisher: name: The University of Texas at Austin
Year: 1932
Subjects: subject: Walter Scott
subject: Waverly novels
subject: Criticism and interpretation
subject: Supernatural in literature
subject: Supernatural in Walter Scott
subject: Lore in Walter Scott
subject: Novel technique
subject: Scott, Walter, 1771-1832--Waverly novels
subject: Scott, Walter, 1771-1832--Criticism and interpretation
subject: Supernatural in literature

description: This study began as a part of a larger project, namely, an analytical investigation of Scott's narrative technique as exemplified in his novels. As the work progressed, what was originally intended as a subsidiary study assumed in my mind sufficient importance to justify longer and more detailed treatment. The technique of prose fiction has received far less attention than that of the epic, the drama, and the short story. The mass of conflicting dogma concerning novel technique proceeds in part from the relative scarcity of analytical studies of the works of novelists of recognized importance. An inquiry into Scott's use of the supernatural--an attempt to show what lore of superstition he utilized, what aims guided him in the use of such lore, and what technique he employed in shaping it,--should not be without value. Moreover, such an inquiry should furnish a gateway into Scott's mind. Knowing how Scott dealt with the supernatural, we are in better position to define his relation both to the eighteenth and the nineteenth century, and to evaluate more exactly the quality of his imagination
NPR - FARM MANAGEMENT EDUCATION FOR WOMEN: THE ANNIEâ€™S PROJECT PROGRAM
Creators: name: Ehmke, Cole
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Land Economics/Use
subject: women
subject: agriculture
subject: agribusiness

description: Women are an increasingly visible portion of farmers in the United States, rising to about 14 percent of principal farm operators. The Annieâ€™s Project educational program is dedicated to strengthening women's roles in the modern agricultural enterprise. It is a multi- session educational program (typically six three-hour sessions) for women farmers and ranchers with content from across a range of risk management topics. Its aim is to empower women in agriculture to manage information systems for decision-making processes and to build local social and information networks. This paper describes the Annieâ€™s Project methodology and its implementation in the state of Wyoming.
description: Twenty-First International Farm Management Congress, Edinburgh, Scotland, July 2-7, 2017
New methods for large dynamical range problems in planetary formation
Creators: name: McNeil, D. S.
name: Nelson, R. P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Modern N-body techniques for planetary dynamics are generally based on symplectic algorithms specially adapted to the Kepler problem. These methods have proven very useful in studying planet formation, but typically require the timestep for all objects to be set to a small fraction of the orbital period of the innermost body. This computational expense can be prohibitive for even moderate particle number for many physically interesting scenarios, such as recent models of the formation of hot exoplanets, in which the semimajor axis of possible progenitors can vary by orders of magnitude. We present new methods which retain most of the benefits of the standard symplectic integrators but allow for radial zones with distinct timesteps. These approaches should make simulations of planetary accretion with large dynamical range tractable. As proof of concept we present preliminary science results from an implementation of the algorithm as applied to an oligarchic migration scenario for forming hot Neptunes.
description: 17 pages, 17 figures. Accepted to MNRAS. Minor copyedits made
Conjugacy class fusion from four maximal subgroups of the Monster
Creators: name: Pisani, Anthony
name: Popiel, Tomasz
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Group Theory (math.GR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We determine the conjugacy class fusion from certain maximal subgroups of the Monster to the Monster, to justify the addition of these data to the Character Table Library in the computational algebra system GAP. The maximal subgroups in question are $(\text{PSL}_2(11) {\times} \text{PSL}_2(11)){:}4$, $11^2{:}(5 {\times} 2\text{A}_5)$, $7^2{:}\text{SL}_2(7)$, and $\text{PSL}_2(19){:}2$. Our proofs are supported by reproducible calculations carried out using the Python package mmgroup, a computational construction of the Monster recently developed by Seysen.
description: Parts of the introduction have been edited for clarity
Trocknungsverhältnisse in einem Kammertrockner und Lösungen zur gleichmäßigen, zeitoptimierten Trocknung
Creators: name: Amiry, Faresta
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Trocknung
Gel
Konvektion
Prozessoptimierung

description: Das Ziel dieser Arbeit war die Analyse der Ursache für die ungleichmäßige Trocknung innerhalb der Etage im vorliegenden Kammertrockner, um Lösungsmöglichkeiten zur Reduzierung der Gesamttrocknungszeit aufzufinden. Mit der Angleichung der Trocknungszeit kann die Gesamttrocknungszeit einer Etage reduziert werden. Zu diesem Zweck wurden die Trocknungsverhältnisse messtechnisch ermittelt. Anhand des messtechnisch erfassten Trocknungsverlaufes ist bestimmt worden, dass die Trocknung von Gelen überwiegend stationär vorliegt. Aus dieser Feststellung konnte ein Energiegleichgewicht zwischen Wärmeeintrag in das Gel und Energieaustrag in Form von Dampfdiffusion aufgestellt werden. Neben dem konvektiven Wärmeeintrag wurde eine Wärmeübertragung an der Unterseite einer Etage angenommen, sodass ein Energiegleichgewicht formuliert werden konnte.
 Messungen der Geltemperatur haben das Vorhandensein des Wärmeeintrages über die Unterseite der Gelschicht bestätigt. Außerdem konnte festgestellt werden, dass innerhalb einer Etage unterschiedliche Strömungsverhältnisse und in Strömungsrichtung eine Abkühlung der Lufttemperatur vorliegt.
 Als Ursache für die Temperaturabkühlung wurde ein unzureichender Energieinhalt der Luft angenommen. Ein größerer Energieinhalt wird mit einer Erhöhung der Luftfeuchte oder/und eine Erhöhung des Luftmassenstromes bereitgestellt. Der Verlauf der Temperaturabkühlung der Luft über die überströmte Länge wurde berechnet. Anhand von theoretischen Berechnungen ist gezeigt worden, dass eine Erhöhung des Luftmassenstromes die Abkühlung der Luft reduziert. Die Abweichungen von theoretischen zum gemessenen Wert müssen bei einer Umsetzung in der Praxis berücksichtig werden.
 Zur Lösung für die ungleichmäßigen Strömungsverhältnisse wird der Einbau von Leitblechen empfohlen. Diese konstruktive Lösung in Kombination mit einer Erhöhung der Luftfeuchte bewirkt eine Angleichung der örtlichen Trocknungsgeschwindigkeit, da damit gleichmäßige Trocknungsverhältnisse geschaffen werden. Es wird schließlich für das weitere Vorgehen empfohlen, Untersuchungen zur Reduzierung des Wassergehaltes im Gel vorzunehmen, da hier das Potenzial zur Reduzierung der Gesamttrocknungszeit erheblich ist.
NPR - EVALUATING THE PROSPECTS OF THE ANCHOR BORROWERSâ€™ PROGRAMME FOR SMALL SCALE FARMERS IN NIGERIA
Creators: name: Evbuomwan, Grace Ofure
name: Okoye, Lawrence Uchenna
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Agricultural Finance
subject: Anchor
subject: Borrower
subject: Small Scale Farmer

description: The quest to tackle the problems bedevilling the agricultural sector and help Nigeria get out of the current recession occasioned by over dependence on oil revenue, necessitated the launch of the Anchor Borrowersâ€™ Programme (ABP) in 2015. It involves the provision of farm inputs in kind and cash (for farm labour) to smallholder farmers (SHF) to boost production of the targeted commodities. At harvest, the SHF supply his/her produce to the Agro-processor (referred to as the Anchor) who pays the cash equivalent to the farmerâ€™s account. The ABP concept is like the contract farmer concept which has been found to be effective in other countries like India. The success of the pilot project which was carried out in Kebbi State for rice has been very remarkable. About 78,000 rural farmers in Kebbi State benefitted from the programme, which used integrated rice millers as buyers to ensure that there was a ready market for the produce. Yields as high as 7.5 to 8.0 tonnes per hectare were obtained by farmers compared with less than 2.0 tonnes per hectare previously obtained and smallholder farmers were made Naira millionaires in Kebbi State in 2016.
description: Twenty-First International Farm Management Congress, Edinburgh, Scotland, July 2-7, 2017
Periodicals Relating to Dairying Received in the U. S. Department of Agriculture
Creators: name: Wright, Muriel F.
name: Wright, Muriel F.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1926
Subjects: Livestock Production/Industries

description: Excerpt from the Introduction: This bibliography was compiled in response to a request for a list showing the extent of the files of current dairy periodicals in the U. S. Department of Agriculture. Only such publications as are on file either in the Library of the Department or in the Division of Agricultural Cooperation of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics have been included. The list includes periodicals devoted entirely or in part to dairying, organs of cooperative associations, and organs of private commercial firms.
description: Contents: Part 1. Dairying Periodicals; Part 2. Agricultural Papers Having a Section Devoted to Dairying; Part 3. Publications Issuing Current Prices of Dairy Products
NPR - POTENTIAL BUSINESS FORMS FOR AGRICULTURAL JOINT VENTURES
Creators: name: Ferrell, Shannon L.
name: Jones, Rodney
name: Fanning, Jacob
name: Reed, Garrett
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Joint venture
subject: partnership
subject: limited liability company

description: Joint venture agreements continue to grow in popularity as farmers look for ways to gain efficiencies, integrate horizontally or vertically within their sector, or take advantage of opportunities they otherwise could not access on their own. While joint ventures can create a number of advantages, they should be carefully planned in advance and entered into under the framework of a formal agreement. Those agreements can take the form of contractual arrangements, partnerships, or a number of limited liability entity forms. This article presents some of the considerations farmers and agribusinesses should evaluate in selecting a joint venture form, and provides an outline of the factors joint venture members should address in their agreement, including the joint ventureâ€™s scope, formation, membership, management, â€œbuy-sellâ€ triggers and mechanisms, policies and procedures, and termination issues.
description: Twenty-First International Farm Management Congress, Edinburgh, Scotland, July 2-7, 2017
Scalable noise characterization of syndrome-extraction circuits with averaged circuit eigenvalue sampling
Creators: name: Hockings, Evan T.
name: Doherty, Andrew C.
name: Harper, Robin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Characterising the performance of noisy quantum circuits is central to the production of prototype quantum computers and can enable improved quantum error correction that exploits noise biases identified in a quantum device. We develop a scalable noise characterisation protocol suited to characterising the syndrome extraction circuits of quantum error correcting codes, a key component of fault-tolerant architectures. Our protocol builds upon averaged circuit eigenvalue sampling (ACES), a framework for noise characterisation experiments that simultaneously estimates the Pauli error probabilities of all gates in a Clifford circuit and captures averaged spatial correlations between gates implemented simultaneously in the layers of the circuit. By rigorously analysing the performance of noise characterisation experiments in the ACES framework, we derive a figure of merit for their expected performance, allowing us to optimise their experimental design and improve the precision to which we estimate noise given fixed experimental resources. We demonstrate the scalability and performance of our protocol through circuit-level numerical simulations of the entire noise characterisation procedure for the syndrome extraction circuit of a distance-25 surface code with over 1000 qubits. Our results indicate that detailed noise characterisation methods are scalable to near-term quantum devices. We release our code in the form of the Julia package QuantumACES.
description: 15 pages + 16 page appendix, 22 figures, minor updates
NPR - USING DAIRY ADVISORY TEAMS FOR BENCHMARKING AND DECISION MAKING
Creators: name: Holden, Lisa
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Farm Management
subject: Industrial Organization
subject: Dairy advisory teams
subject: benchmarking
subject: decision making

description: A dairy advisory team is a group of farm advisors working together with a dairy farm family towards a common purpose. Teams need structure and a designated facilitator to work well. This paper outlines the steps to creating an advisory team and shows the impact of dairy advisory teams on goal setting, benchmarking and decision making for improved performance on the farm. Dairy producers had the opportunity to participate in online training on the basics of team operation while facilitators learned about various tools in both case-based workshops and a webinar series. Following team formation and training, dairy producers were asked about their use of tools in decision making as well as successes and struggles with the team. Of the 330 teams that formed between 2011 and 2015 a subset of 47 (14%) provided information about their team. The monthly monitor tool was used in only 42% of the teams, but other similar benchmarking tools were being used by most teams. Nearly all teams used detailed production information, but less than half used financial information with the team. Teams were successful at improving communication and decision making with dairy farm businesses.
description: Twenty-First International Farm Management Congress, Edinburgh, Scotland, July 2-7, 2017
NPR - MANAGING PROGRESS THROUGH FARMER NETWORKS: EXMOOR HILL FARMING NETWORK, UK
Creators: name: Knight, D.
name: Wibberley, E.J.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Farm Management
subject: Farmers
subject: Networks
subject: Groups

description: The nature and development of Farming Networks is briefly reviewed giving consideration to their pros and cons. Their role in enabling farmers to deliver wider Ecosystem Security on a landscape scale for public benefit and due reward is proposed. Ecosystem Security includes food, water, energy, carbon capture, landscape maintenance, farm livelihoods, and ultimately the stability of Society. The paper indicates substantial advantages through Farming Networks for improving farm management on each participant holding. The case of the Exmoor Hill Farming Network (EHFN) is considered from its history through its precursor organisation, The Exmoor Hill Farm Project (EHFP), and its subsequent range of activities. These have included significant formation of various Farmer Groups within EHFN. Farmer perceptions of the value of EHFN are reported together with recommendations for future activities. The possible Constitution and practice of EHFN is given brief consideration. The use of Farming Networks in strategic management is advocated for international implementation. It is stressed that such Farming Networks must be voluntarily embraced and run by farmers themselves, rather than imposed by other agencies for their convenience or in any way to erode farmer sovereignty in the management of farming.
description: Twenty-First International Farm Management Congress, Edinburgh, Scotland, July 2-7, 2017
Entropic uncertainty relations - A survey
Creators: name: Wehner, Stephanie
name: Winter, Andreas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Uncertainty relations play a central role in quantum mechanics. Entropic uncertainty relations in particular have gained significant importance within quantum information, providing the foundation for the security of many quantum cryptographic protocols. Yet, rather little is known about entropic uncertainty relations with more than two measurement settings. In this note we review known results and open questions.
description: 12 pages, revtex
NPR - A GLASS HALF FULL? â€“ THE IMPACT OF EMERGING FRESH WATER QUALITY POLICY ON THE FUTURE OF NEW ZEALAND FARMING
Creators: name: Matheson, L.A.
name: Parker, L.
name: Carroll, M.E.S.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy
subject: diffuse contaminants
subject: fresh water policy
subject: mitigations

description: The last decade has seen a significant local and central government policy response to the issue of declining fresh water quality in New Zealand, much of it as a result of diffuse nutrient, sediment and bacterial contamination. The correlation between agriculture and diffuse contaminant loss is now well recognised by the scientific and agricultural sectors alike. The subsequent requirement that policy changes have for New Zealand farmers to take greater responsibility for their impact on fresh water quality certainly presents a significant challenge to farmers will necessitate substantial farm system change. The necessary extent of change appears achievable, but the associated costs of mitigation are going to have to be largely internalised by farm businesses. A renewed focus on productivity and innovation and the recognition of the wider benefits that such farm system changes will have on our own communities will need to underpin this necessary transition to how we farm into the future.
description: Twenty-First International Farm Management Congress, Edinburgh, Scotland, July 2-7, 2017
The impacts of urbanization on tropical lotic meiofaunal communities
Creators: name: Hunter, Raymond
name: Santiago-Vera, Josue
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019

description: As the human population grows each year, metropolitan areas rapidly expand and have severe consequences on the surrounding environment. Urbanization especially tends to have negative impacts on the flora and fauna of streams surrounding or in these areas. Meiofauna can reveal changes in stream condition by looking at their community composition. Lotic meiofauna are heterotrophic organisms smaller than 1mm and are trophic links between bacteria and macroinvertebrates. To understand how urbanization impacts low trophic level organisms of aquatic ecosystems, this study looks at community structures of meiofauna along an urban gradient in the Río Piedras watershed of Puerto Rico.
Development of a nursing assessment tool to evaluate the home hemodialysis patient
Creators: name: Albers, Jo Ann,
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: The purpose of this study was to construct a nursing assessment tool to assist the nurse in evaluating the home hemodialysis patient's level of functioning and his need for follow up care. Relevant variables for inclusion in the tool were isolated from: a review of the literature on the problems encountered by the hemodialysis patient; a review of twenty patient records; nine semi-structured interviews with patients who had been rated by dialysis personnel as having made excellent, adequate or poor adjustments; and a questionnaire submitted to eleven dialysis nurses who were asked to name those factors they used when rating a patient poorly adjusted or well adjusted, A three category rating system was used for forty-eight items in the tool. A score of one on any item indicated the least need for follow up care and a score of three the greatest need. Five dialysis experts agreed the tool contained the appropriate variables which are important in determining the level of functioning and needs for follow up care of the home hemodialysis patient. A reliability testing using four pairs of nurses to assess twenty patients was significant at the .05 level indicating the patient rating provided by the tool is independent of the rater.
title: Gradient robust methods for nearly incompressible materials
Creators: name: Basava, Seshadri
Publisher: name: UNSPECIFIED
Year: 2023

description: Mixed finite elements for incompressible Navier-Stokes equations have seen a great success in mathematical fluid dynamics [16, 50, 35, 24, 21], to name a few. However, the dependency on pressure causes numerical instability. Linke [39], proposed a cure for this by introducing the gradient-robust interpolation operator π div.

We construct necessary assumptions and conditions needed to choose the suitable finite dimensional subspace of H_div (Ω; Rd ), given a stable inf-sup finite element pair solving the linear elasticity problem. We use Raviart-Thomas (RT_1) and Brezzi-Douglas-Marini (BDM_2) elements for Q_2 × DGQ_1 and Q_2 × DGP_1 finite element pairs respectively.

For computation, we use C++ based open source finite element libraries deal.II [5] and DOpElib [25]. We develop the FEValuesInterpolated class, which is derived from FEValues class of deal.II. Our class gives the value of π_div v_h , while the latter gives v_h. In case of linear elasticity, under the influence of external thermal force, we show that the gradient-robust method gives a well represented solution with fewer elements, compared to the non-gradient robust techniques for both incompressible and nearly incompressible materials. As an extension of our work [9], we show that, for phase-field fracture models under the effect of external thermal force, a well represented solution of displacement and fracture propagation for gradient-robust methods can be obtained with fewer elements, compared to non-gradient robust techniques.
NPR - ESTABLISHING VALUE CHAINS FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; UZBEKISTAN. A CASE STUDY
Creators: name: Matthews, Henry
name: Ahrorov, Fahrod
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: International Development
subject: Value Chains
subject: Uzbekistan
subject: enabling environment

description: Countries of the former Soviet Union have significant agricultural sectors which have underperformed since the collapse of the system in 1991. While Uzbekistan was designated as a cotton producing area, a crop it continues to grow, it has significant unrealised potential in the production of fruit and vegetables. The disintegration of the previous system removed the support system and infrastructure necessary for agricultural development. The current system is characterised by low levels of production, caused by a removal of choice from farmerâ€™s decision making and a lack of technical knowledge, an inadequate infrastructure, limited value adding opportunities and restricted access to capital. Motivated by a decline in oil prices and a returning migrant workforce the government has an opportunity and a need to facilitate the development of value chains and a more sustainable farming system. This could be achieved by giving farmers greater choice in enterprise selection and guaranteeing security of tenure, investment in infrastructure, training programmes, removing the regulatory burden for small businesses and providing a fit for purpose extension service.
description: Twenty-First International Farm Management Congress, Edinburgh, Scotland, July 2-7, 2017
Ancylolomia orchidea Bleszynski 1970
Creators: name: Léger, Théo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Crambidae
Ancylolomia
Ancylolomia orchidea

description: Ancylolomia orchidea Bleszynski, 1970
Figs. 33, 93, 151.
Ancylolomia orchidea Bleszynski, 1970: 35, figs. 11, 15. Type locality: Philippines, Luzon, Benguet, Baguio, 5000’
MATERIAL
Specimen examined: 2 ♂ (detailed information in Table S1; https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.b8gtht7mh).
SIMILAR SPECIES
Ancylolomia westwoodi Zeller, 1863.
DIAGNOSIS
In male genitalia (Fig. 93), the following characters separate this species from the widespread A. westwoodi: the prominent thorn-like projections at midlength of uncus dorsum reach 2/3 of the uncus length and show no dorsal bump, while the projection is slightly less than half the uncus length and shows a marked dorsal bump in the form of A. westwoodi found in the Philippines. Furthermore, the saccus anterior margin is conspicuously incurved, while it is straight or slightly rounded in A. westwoodi specimens from the Philippines. In female genitalia (Fig. 151), A. orchidea lacks the bag-shaped sclerites and the interspersed sclerotization on the antrum (Bleszynski, 1970b).
DISTRIBUTION
PHILIPPINES: Luzon (Cordillera central), Panay (Iloilo). Collected at altitudes between 400 and 2000 m.
DNA BARCODING
The species delimitation analysis recovered two MOTUs, one for the specimen from North Luzon and one for the specimen from Panay. A p-distance of 6.9% is observed between samples MFNLEP-PYRALPHIL07-F08 (Panay) and MFNLEP-PYRALPHIL08-D12 (Luzon, Ifugao).
description: Published as part of Léger, Théo, 2024, Half of the Diversity Undescribed: Integrative Taxonomy Reveals 32 New Species and a High Cryptic Diversity in the Scopariinae and Crambinae of the Philippines (Lepidoptera: Crambidae), pp. 1-93 in Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists 3 (2) on pages 44-48, DOI: 10.18061/bssb.v3i2.9527, http://zenodo.org/record/15116964
NPR - KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT AT THE SOUTH AFRICAN CANE GROWERS ASSOCIATION
Creators: name: Moll, J.K.Q.
name: Hurly, K.M.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession
subject: knowledge management
subject: information management
subject: innovation

description: The South African Cane Growers Association has served growers since 1927, and has accumulated a wealth of industry knowledge and information. However, increasingly competitive environments and the pace of technology have made it evident that the active management of knowledge and information is needed. This paper outlines the Associationâ€™s initial learnings in establishing a knowledge and information management (KM) department, highlighting key lessons learned. A KM Strategy is essential to determine how the KM program can inform best serve the organisationâ€™s objectives. Being a broad discipline, the KM program needs to involve all aspects of the organisation, and given its long lifecycle its character may change from one year to the next as its focus moves from one issue to the next. The most important lesson learned is that knowledge is more than a material asset to be stored and moved around, but resides in the creative and adaptive capabilities of staff, their relationships with other stakeholders, and the prevailing organisational culture. An organisation needs to carefully consider what it is doing and how it does it, and consider whether it can do it better.
description: Twenty-First International Farm Management Congress, Edinburgh, Scotland, July 2-7, 2017
Transverse motions in CSOs?
Creators: name: Stanghellini, Carlo
name: Dallacasa, Daniele
name: Venturi, Tiziana
name: Tao, An
name: Xiao-Yu, Hong
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The measurement of proper motions in CSOs is a powerful tool to determine the dynamical evolution of the newly born extragalactic radio sources. We observed 3 CSOs with the VLBA in 2004 and in 2006 to monitor changes in their structure and measure the separation velocity of the hot spots. It is important to increase the size of the samples of CSOs with measured expansion velocity to test the existance of frustrated objects, and put stringent constraints on the current models. We found for all the three objects observed a transverse motion of the hotspots, and we suggest as the more likey explanation a precession in the jet axis. This behaviour likely inhibits or at least slows down the radio source growth because the head of the hotspot continuously hits new regions of the ISM. Therefore these radio sources may represent an old population of GPS/CSOs.
description: 4 pages, 3 figures. Accepted for publication in Astronomische Nachrichten
Vector dark domain wall solitons in a fiber ring laser
Creators: name: Zhang, H.
name: Tang, D. Y.
name: Zhao, L. M.
name: Knize, R. J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Pattern Formation and Solitons (nlin.PS)
subject: Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We observe a novel type of vector dark soliton in a fiber ring laser. The vector dark soliton consists of stable localized structures separating the two orthogonal linear polarization eigenstates of the laser emission and is visible only when the total laser emission is measured. Moreover, polarization domain splitting and moving polarization domain walls (PDWs) were also experimentally observed.
description: 14 pages
Additional file 6: of Elucidating the transcriptional program of feline injection-site sarcoma using a cross-species mRNA-sequencing approach
Creators: name: Wei, Qi
name: Ramsey, Stephen
name: Larson, Maureen
name: Berlow, Noah
name: Ochola, Donasian
name: Shiprack, Christopher
name: Kashyap, Amita
name: Séguin, Bernard
name: Keller, Charles
name: Löhr, Christiane
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Physiology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer

description: Table S4. Quantification of protein expression of BARX1 in fibroblasts and FISS cells. Columns as follows: “27 kDA BARX1”, integrated intensity of the BARX1 band at 27 kDa; “40 kDa Memcode”, integrated intensity of the normalization control chain at 40 kDa; “BARX1/Mem”, ratio of intensity of the band at 27 kDa to the intensity of the band at 40 kDa, for the indicated row; “FISS/fibrobl”, ratio of “BARX1/Mem” for the indicated row, to “BARX1/Mem” for the first row (“cat01 fibrob.”). Rows as follows: “cat01 fibrobl.”, fibroblasts from skin sample from cat01; “cat04 FISS”, cells derived from FISS tumor sample from cat04; “cat05 FISS”, cells derived from FISS tumor sample from cat05. (DOCX 44 kb)
NPR - GRAZING LEGUME FORAGES TO CHANGE FARM PROFITABILITY
Creators: name: Stevens, David
name: Casey, Marie
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Livestock Production/Industries
subject: Grazing
subject: investment returns
subject: Lucerne

description: Two case study farms illustrate the complexity and power of introducing grazing legumes into farm systems. Lucerne (Medicago sativa) is documented in a very dry environment while red clover (Trifolium pratense) is used in a wet environment. Grassland pasture production was approximately 1950 and 10400 kg DM/ha/annum in the two environments respectively. The lucerne and red clover produced 6900 and 14400 kg DM/ha/annum by comparison. Introducing lucerne as a grazing legume into 8% of the grazing area increased net annual cash flow from $62,000 to $147,000 per annum, and increased the return on capital invested in livestock from 7 to 13% p.a.. Introducing red clover into 5% of the grazing area increased net annual cash flow from $211,000 to $352,000, though saw a slight reduction in return on capital invested in livestock from 23 to 21% p.a.. The lucerne was used to improve the lactation performance of the ewe flock. The red clover was used to increase the live weight and reproductive success of young stock to drive whole flock performance. In both cases extra spring growth from the legumes was able to spare feed elsewhere on the farm, alleviating feed shortages, or increasing productivity of other stock classes.
description: Twenty-First International Farm Management Congress, Edinburgh, Scotland, July 2-7, 2017