cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Potential Use of Agile Methods in Selected DoD Acquisitions: Requirements Development and Management
Creators: name: Nidiffer, Kenneth
name: Garcia-Miller, Suzanne
name: Carney, David J.
Publisher: name: Carnegie Mellon University
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: 80309 Software Engineering
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Adoption of methodologies that generally come under the umbrella of "Agile" in the software development community includes consideration of how those adopting Agile methods interface with elements of the acquisition community who provide the requirements and other constraints that govern how the software part of a system will be developed. Several Agile methods have expectations about how requirements are handled that are different from the typical approach used in government acquisition settings. This qualitative research study from the Software Engineering Institute explores issues that practitioners in the field who are actively adopting Agile methods have identified in our interviews about their experience in defining and managing requirements.practices, adapt them to the local context, and adopt them for everyday use.
Developing an IPM program to control the carpenterworm moth and poplar-and-willow borer in irrigated hybrid poplars
Creators: name: Hannon, Eugene R.
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2006
Subjects: Pests -- Integrated control -- Northwest, Pacific

description: Hybrid poplars (Populus spp.) are grown world wide for a variety of uses. In the interior Pacific Northwest they are grown as short rotation woody crops for high-grade wood fiber for the pulp and paper industry or non-structural sawtimber. Given the premiums that can be garnered when poplars are grown for non-structural sawtimber as well as some of the pest management limitations that occur when trees are grown under the guidelines of the Forest Stewardship Council certification, finding low cost and highly effective pest management strategies becomes an imperative. The research reported within this dissertation contributes toward this goal.; In the introduction, I outline both the context of poplars within a short rotation woody crop system and note the major pests found in irrigated poplars in the interior Pacific Northwest. These pests are categorized by feeding damage (i.e. defoliators and wood borers) and for each pest I briefly outline their importance, biology, monitoring methods, and current control tactics. Of the various major pests within the poplar system, I primarily focused on two: The poplar-and-willow borer, Cryptorhynchus lapathi (L.) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) and the carpenterworm moth, Prionoxystus robiniae (Peck) (Lepidoptera: Cossidae).; In chapter one, I report on a study aimed at assessing the variability in C. lapathi to clone preference. Results indicated that C. lapathi were significantly more successful at establishing a population in two clones with Populus trichocarpa x P. deltoides (TxD) parentage (? x ?) than in either the two clones with P. deltoides x P. nigra (DxN) parentage (? x ?), or a single clone of P. deltoides x P. maximowiczii (DxM) parentage (? x ?). In chapter two, I report on a study that comprised several laboratory experiments with the objective of elucidating the effect of temperature on P. robiniae development. In chapter three, I evaluate two degree-day (DD) calculating methods to determine their relative accuracy at predicting biofix of male P. robiniae in irrigated poplar plantations in the interior Pacific Northwest. Additionally, I discuss an expanded survey at 29 locations across North America that indicated the predictive biofix value did not work outside the interior Pacific Northwest.
Carbamothioic S-acid derivative and kigamicins, the activated production of silent metabolites in Amycolatopsis alba DSM 44262Δabm9 elicited by N-acetyl-D-glucosamine
Creators: name: Li, Xiaomei
name: Li, Xiaoman
name: Zhu, Jing
name: Wang, Haoxin
name: Lu, Chunhua
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Mental Health
subject: Plant Biology

description: One new carbamothioic S-acid derivative (1) and five known kigamicin derivatives (2–6) were isolated from the fermentation extract of Amycolatopsis alba DSM 44262Δabm9 elicited by N-acetyl-D-glucosamine. HPLC-DAD-UV analyses indicated that the DSM 44262Δabm9 strain did not produce these metabolites originally and the production of 1–6 was induced by adding 25 mM N-acetyl-D-glucosamine in the culture medium. The structures of 1–6 were identified on the basis of NMR spectroscopic data and high-resolution ESIMS. These results highlight that addition of N-acetyl-D-glucosamine in the microbial culture medium could activate cryptic gene expression, induce and increase the production of new or known secondary metabolites.
Additional file 13 of Two years of psychogeriatric consultations in a nursing home: reasons for referral compared to psychiatrists' assessment
Creators: name: Callegari, Camilla MT
name: Menchetti, Marco
name: Croci, Giovanni
name: Beraldo, Scilla
name: Costantini, Chiara
name: Baranzini, Federico
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Hematology

description: Authors’ original file for figure 13
Plug-In Architecture for Mobile Devices
Creators: name: Keshavamurthy, Madhu
name: Kim, Jung Soo
name: Li, Mona
name: Vichaya  Sagetong
Publisher: name: Carnegie Mellon University
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: 80309 Software Engineering
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: This technical note describes plug-in architecture for mobile devices (PAMD)—an architectural specification that extends the function of applications in mobile devices. Users gain major benefits when the functionality of applications that run on these devices can be extended through the addition of new services that don't require changes to the application itself. PAMD provides interoperability between applications and plug-ins without sacrificing the performance of the mobile devices on which they run. Because existing applications can be made PAMD compliant with little modification, the development time and costs of adding functionality to them can be reduced dramatically. As PAMD bears the burden of communicating with plug-ins, application and plug-in developers can develop their own products independently and easily use each other's products. This technical note also describes PAMD's interfaces, how applications and plug-ins interact with them, and the advantages of using PAMD. Also included are several scenarios that explain the architecture and how it can be implemented, and suggestions for extensions that enhance it.
$p-$forms non-minimally coupled to gravity in Randall-Sundrum scenarios
Creators: name: Alencar, G.
name: Jardim, I. C.
name: Landim, R. R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper we study the coupling of $p$-form fields with geometrical tensor fields, namely Ricci, Einstein, Horndeski and Riemann in Randall-Sundrum scenarios with co-dimension one. We consider delta-like and branes generated by a kink and a domain wall. We begin by a detailed study of the Kalb-Ramond (KR) field. The analysis of KR field is very rich since it is a tensorial object and more complex non-minimal couplings are possible. The generalization to $p$-forms can provide more information about the properties and structures that can possibly be universal in the geometrical localization mechanism. The zero mode is treated separately and conditions for localization of zero modes of $p-$forms are found for all the cases above and with this we arrive at the above conclusion about vector fields. Another property that can be tested is the absence of resonances found in the case of vector fields. For this we analyze the possible unstable massive modes for all the above cases via transmission coefficient. Our conclusion is that we have more probability to observe massive unstable modes in the Ricci and Riemann coupling.
description: 28 pages, 13 figures. Accepted for publication in epjc
title: ADCO, Cart. 186 (11 H 71), f. 0227v
Creators: name: de la Côte d'Or, Archives départementales
name: Archives Départementales De La Côte-D'Or
name: Petot, Frédérique
name: Projet CBMA
name: CBMA/CG21/F.PETOT/2012
name: Petot, Frédéric
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Corpus Burgundiae Medii Aevi
subject: Chartes de la Bourgogne du Moyen Âge
subject: LaMOP
subject: Laboratoire de Médiévistique Occidentale de Paris
subject: cartulaire

description: Cartulaire général de Cîteaux, dit de Jean de Cirey, t. II (XVe siècle), tome II, Archives départementales de la Côte-d'Or, C
art. 186 (11 H 71). Numérisation en mode image.
description: Relation: http://www.cbma-project.eu/
description: Bibliographic citation: Cartulaire général de Cîteaux, dit de Jean de Cirey, t. II (XVe siècle), tome II, Archives départementales de la
 Côte-d'Or, Cart. 186 (11 H 71), f. 0227v, in Projet CBMA - Corpus Burgundiae Medii Aevi [Ressource en ligne], https://manuscrits.cbma-
project.eu/
description: Provenance: http://www.idref.fr/030974844/id
description: Provenance: https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12228351v
description: Provenance: abbaye de Cîteaux
description: Provenance: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q843261
description: Provenance: https://www.geonames.org/3024876
Imprints of Cosmic Rays in Multifrequency Observations of the Interstellar Emission
Creators: name: Orlando, E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Ever since the discovery of Cosmic Rays (CRs), significant advancements have been made in modeling their propagation in the Galaxy and in the Heliosphere. However, propagation models suffer from degeneracy of many parameters. To complicate the picture the precision of recent data have started challenging existing models. To tackle these issues we use available multifrequency observations of the interstellar emission from radio to gamma rays, together with direct CR measurements, to study local interstellar spectra (LIS) and propagation models. As a result, the electron LIS is characterized without any assumption on solar modulation, and favorite propagation models are put forward. More precisely, our analysis leads to the following main conclusions: (1) the electron injection spectrum needs at least a break below a few GeV; (2) even though consistent with direct CR measurements, propagation models producing a LIS with large all-electron density from a few hundreds of MeV to a few GeV are disfavored by both radio and gamma-ray observations; (3) the usual assumption that direct CR measurements, after accounting for solar modulation, are representative of the proton LIS in our ~1 kpc region is challenged by the observed local gamma-ray HI emissivity. We provide the resulting proton LIS, all-electron LIS, and propagation parameters, based on synchrotron, gamma-ray, and direct CR data. A plain diffusion model and a tentative diffusive-reacceleration model are put forward. The various models are investigated in the inner-Galaxy region in X-rays and gamma rays. Predictions of the interstellar emission for future gamma-ray instruments (e-ASTROGAM and AMEGO) are derived.
description: Minor modifications to reflect the version published in the journal
Pin Component Technology (V1.0) and Its C Interface
Creators: name: Hissam, Scott
name: Ivers, James
name: Plakosh, Daniel
name: Wallnau, Kurt C.
Publisher: name: Carnegie Mellon University
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: 80309 Software Engineering
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Pin is a basic, simple component technology suitable for building embedded software applications. Pin implements the container idiom for software components. Containers provide a prefabricated shell in which custom code executes and through which all interactions between custom code and its external environment are mediated. Pin is a component technology for pure assembly—systems are assembled by selecting components and connecting their interfaces (which are composed of communication channels called pins). This report describes the main concepts of Pin and documents the C-language interface to Pin V1.0.
Polarized anisotropic spectral distortions of the CMB: Galactic and extragalactic constraints on photon-axion conversion
Creators: name: Mukherjee, Suvodip
name: Khatri, Rishi
name: Wandelt, Benjamin D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We revisit the cosmological constraints on resonant and non-resonant conversion of photons to axions in the cosmological magnetic fields. We find that the constraints on photon-axion coupling and primordial magnetic fields are much weaker than previously claimed for low mass axion like particles with masses $m_{\rm a} \lesssim 5\times 10^{-13}\,\text{eV}$. In particular we find that the axion mass range $10^{-14}\,\text{eV} \le m_{\rm a} \le 5\times 10^{-13}\,\text{eV}$ is not excluded by the CMB data contrary to the previous claims. We also examine the photon-axion conversion in the Galactic magnetic fields. Resonant conversion in the large scale coherent Galactic magnetic field results in $100\%$ polarized anisotropic spectral distortions of the CMB for the mass range $10^{-13}\,\text{eV} \lesssim m_{\rm a} \lesssim 10^{-11}\,\text{eV}$. The polarization pattern traces the transverse to line of sight component of the Galactic magnetic field while both the anisotropy in the Galactic magnetic field and electron distribution imprint a characteristic anisotropy pattern in the spectral distortion. Our results apply to scalar as well as pseudoscalar particles. For conversion to scalar particles, the polarization is rotated by $90^{\circ}$ allowing us to distinguish them from the pseudoscalars. For $m_{\rm a} \lesssim 10^{-14} \,\text{eV}$ we have non-resonant conversion in the small scale turbulent magnetic field of the Galaxy resulting in anisotropic but unpolarized spectral distortion in the CMB. These unique signatures are potential discriminants against the isotropic and non-polarized signals such as primary CMB, and $μ$ and $y$ distortions with the anisotropic nature making it accessible to experiments with only relative calibration like Planck, LiteBIRD, and CORE. We forecast for PIXIE as well as for these experiments using Fisher matrix formalism.
description: 36 pages, 11 figures, 2 tables. Matches the published version
Phase I Testbed Description: Requirements and Selection Guidelines
Creators: name: Holibaugh, Robert R.
name: Perry, James M.
name: L. A. Sun
Publisher: name: Carnegie Mellon University
Year: 1988
Subjects: subject: 80309 Software Engineering
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The Application of Reusable Software Components Project has constructed a reuse testbed for conducting software engineering experiments in software reusability. The hardware and system software of the testbed will provide a distributed computing environment with file-server capability for the storage of reusable components and other artifacts of the development process. The testbed will support a variety of domain-independent and domain-dependent reusable components. The testbed will also support tools that foster reuse. This document contains the requirements and selection criteria for the testbed hardware, software, reusable resources, and an environment. For each of these four testbed resources, the requirements are grouped into five areas: support of experiments, maximization of experience and reusability, applicability to problem domains, acceleration of technology transition, and advancing the state of the practice in reuse.
Additional file 14 of Two years of psychogeriatric consultations in a nursing home: reasons for referral compared to psychiatrists' assessment
Creators: name: Callegari, Camilla MT
name: Menchetti, Marco
name: Croci, Giovanni
name: Beraldo, Scilla
name: Costantini, Chiara
name: Baranzini, Federico
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Hematology

description: Authors’ original file for figure 14
Quantum state discrimination: a geometric approach
Creators: name: Markham, D.
name: Miszczak, J. A.
name: Puchala, Z.
name: Zyczkowski, K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We analyse the problem of finding sets of quantum states that can be deterministically discriminated. From a geometric point of view this problem is equivalent to that of embedding a simplex of points whose distances are maximal with respect to the Bures distance (or trace distance). We derive upper and lower bounds for the trace distance and for the fidelity between two quantum states, which imply bounds for the Bures distance between the unitary orbits of both states. We thus show that when analysing minimal and maximal distances between states of fixed spectra it is sufficient to consider diagonal states only. Hence considering optimal discrimination, given freedom up to unitary orbits, it is sufficient to consider diagonal states. This is illustrated geometrically in terms of Weyl chambers.
description: 12 pages, 2 figures
Protected black and Acadian electoral districts in Nova Sctia: a case study in institutionalised surrogate representation
Creators: name: Wigginton, Michael J.
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2021
Subjects: Nova Scotia
Surrogate Representation
Descriptive Representation
Acadians
Protected ridings

description: From 1991-2011, the political representation of the Acadian and Black populations of Nova Scotia was ensured via four ‘protected ridings’; electoral districts with population sizes well below median size created for their significant minority presence, a unique initiative that remains little-examined in the literature. Through the reports of the electoral boundaries commissions, I examine the models of representation implicit in this system and use them to further the definition of surrogate representation presented by Jane Mansbridge, finding that what emerged was a system of institutionalised surrogate representation, wherein Acadians and African Nova Scotians throughout the province were represented by the representatives of the protected ridings. Beyond providing an overview of the unique Nova Scotian case, this paper also furthers the literature on surrogate representation by demonstrating that surrogate representation can be sub-divided into two forms, which I categorize as ‘promissory/anticipatory surrogate representation’ and ‘gyroscopic surrogate representation’.
Perspectives on Open Source Software
Creators: name: Hissam, Scott
name: Weinstock, Charles B.
name: Plakosh, Daniel
name: Jayatirtha  Asundi
Publisher: name: Carnegie Mellon University
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: 80309 Software Engineering
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Open source software (OSS) is emerging as the software community's next "silver bullet" and appears to be playing a significant role in the acquisition and development plans of the Department of Defense (DoD) and industry. Yet, as with all previous silver bullets, there are problems with blindly embracing the OSS paradigm. To become familiar with the benefits and pitfalls of using OSS, the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) undertook an internally funded study looking at it from various perspectives: 1) the user of OSS, 2) the developer of OSS, 3) the organizations looking to deploy software systems comprised (partially or completely) of OSS components During the period of this study, members of the SEI technical staff hosted meetings, conducted interviews, participated in open source development activities, workshops, and conferences, and studied available literature on the subject. Through these activities, the authors have been able to support and sometimes refute common perceptions about OSS. This report is the result of their study.
Apple (Malus domestica borkh.) fruit skin disorders and changes in pigment concentrations associated with the disorders
Creators: name: Felicetti, David Andrew
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2007
Subjects: Apples -- Diseases and pests

description: Apple fruit sunburn and 'Fuji' stain cause great economic losses, and are a direct result of pigment changes that cause discoloration. 'Fuji' stain appears during cold storage on the sun-exposed side of apples that have been sunburned. These disorders were characterized with in-depth analyses of compounds involved in apple color development and how changes in the concentrations of these compounds are associated with sunburn and 'Fuji' stain. As severity of sunburn increased in 'Fuji' apples, concentrations of chlorophylls a and b, and idaein decreased. A sudden increase in total quercetin glycosides and β-carotene upon initial sunburn was observed. The hue angle (h°) was highly correlated to the concentrations of total chlorophylls, idaein, and total quercetin glycosides. In a second study, comparison of the sun-exposed side of non-sunburned apples to three different areas of the sun-exposed side of sunburned 'Fuji', 'Gala', 'Delicious', 'Golden Delicious', and 'Granny Smith' apples revealed differential responses of carotenoids to sunburn. β-carotene concentrations in the peel of 'Fuji' and 'Delicious' apples decreased as the distance from the sunburned area increased while in 'Granny Smith' it increased. The chlorophyll concentrations of all five cultivars and the idaein concentration of the red cultivars increased as the distance away from the sunburned area increased, while the quercetin glycoside concentrations decreased. The h° was highly correlated to the chlorophyll, quercetin glycoside, and idaein concentrations (red cultivars only). The h° was also highly correlated to the carotenoid concentration for 'Fuji', 'Delicious' and 'Golden Delicious'. In a third study, discolored peel from apples with 'Fuji' stain was compared to various peel types from apples not exhibiting stain [i.e. sunburned peel, area around sunburned peel (halo), and area around halo (OH); the sun-exposed side of non-stained non-sunburned apples (NSNB) and non-discolored peel outside stained area (OS)]. Concomitant low concentrations of idaein, quercetin glycosides, and epicatechin in peels with stain are in contrast to my earlier studies regarding sunburn and appear to be a unique characteristic of the stained peel of 'Fuji'. Results of these studies demonstrate the important role of pigments in the development of two important apple skin disorders.
Out-of-time-ordered correlators in quantum Ising chain
Creators: name: Lin, Cheng-Ju
name: Motrunich, Olexei I.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Out-of-time-ordered correlators (OTOC) have been proposed to characterize quantum chaos in generic systems. However, they can also show interesting behavior in integrable models, resembling the OTOC in chaotic systems in some aspects. Here we study the OTOC for different operators in the exactly-solvable one-dimensional quantum Ising spin chain. The OTOC for spin operators that are local in terms of the Jordan-Wigner fermions has a "shell-like" structure: after the wavefront passes, the OTOC approaches its original value in the long-time limit, showing no signature of scrambling; the approach is described by a $t^{-1}$ power law at long time $t$. On the other hand, the OTOC for spin operators that are nonlocal in the Jordan-Wigner fermions has a "ball-like" structure, with its value reaching zero in the long-time limit, looking like a signature of scrambling; the approach to zero, however, is described by a slow power law $t^{-1/4}$ for the Ising model at the critical coupling. These long-time power-law behaviors in the lattice model are not captured by conformal field theory calculations. The mixed OTOC with both local and nonlocal operators in the Jordan-Wigner fermions also has a "ball-like" structure, but the limiting values and the decay behavior appear to be nonuniversal. In all cases, we are not able to define a parametrically large window around the wavefront to extract the Lyapunov exponent.
description: Published version; Note added in the Discussion section; 11 pages of main text+6 pages of appendices, 12 figures
Additional file 1 of Two years of psychogeriatric consultations in a nursing home: reasons for referral compared to psychiatrists' assessment
Creators: name: Callegari, Camilla MT
name: Menchetti, Marco
name: Croci, Giovanni
name: Beraldo, Scilla
name: Costantini, Chiara
name: Baranzini, Federico
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Hematology

description: Authors’ original file for figure 1
Food texture and perception
Creators: name: Chauvin, Maite Andrea
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2007
Subjects: Food Analysis

description: The most complete system of sensory texture determination is the General Foods Sensory Texture Profiling Technique (Brandt et al. 1963; Szczesniak et al. 1963). The first objective of the current research was to validate, through a multidimensional (MDS) representation, the standard texture scales presented for select foods in the General Foods Sensory Texture Profiling Technique. MDS is highly instructive in quantitatively assessing the perceptions of naive panelists' qualitative textural differences of food, as well as a good statistical instrument to graphically validate existing food texture scales. The selected textures of standard foods were rated similarly using MDS and food standard texture scales.; The second objective was to study the sensory textural attributes of apples and pears, and the relationships between human sensory perception, instrumental firmness, and tensile material properties of apples and pears. Significant correlations were observed among the sensory texture attributes of crispness, firmness and fracturability for apples and pears (r> 0.88). Differences in juiciness perception of apples and pears were attributed to differences in cell structure. When correlating sensory to instrumental determinations, the Sinclair iQ"!System texture assessment tool provided acceptable correlations of apple firmness (r = 0.79 to 0.82). Guss pressure sensor provided significant correlations of apple (r = 0.78 to 0.83) and pear (r = 0.83) firmness. Tensile determinations predicted crispness in apples (r = 0.88) and pears (r = 0.85) well.; The third objective was to establish a standard texture scale for dry and wet crisp, crunchy, and crackly foods. The relationship between acoustical and oral sensation of crispness, crunchiness and crackliness of selected standard foods was also evaluated. A consumer study of the newly developed texture scales was validated through MDS. The developed standard scales for crispness, crunchiness and crackliness for dry and wet foods provide individuals interested in auditory texture evaluation a starting point to assist in training panelists in descriptive analysis of food texture. MDS output demonstrated that crispness, crunchiness and crackliness are distinguishable sensory texture attributes that belong to selected discernible concepts and may be accurately recognized by the sole presence of auditory cues.
When is a degree not a degree? Wage differences associated with foreign credential recognition for Canadian immigrants
Creators: name: Wilson, Clara
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2019

description: Do Canadian immigrants who require foreign credential recognition face significant wage penalties compared to similar immigrants who obtain their credentials in Canada? The following analysis employs a multiple regression model of immigrants’ wages to answer this question, within the broader context of economic and ethnic discrimination against immigrants. Using individual level microdata from the 2016 Canadian census, the results show that foreign credential recognition requirements do have significant negative impacts on wages for Canadian immigrants, particularly for those belonging to visible minority groups. The results are stratified by six fields of study (architecture and urban planning, education, engineering and geoscience, law, social work, and health care) and there are significant differences in wages between immigrants who studied in Canada and immigrants who studied abroad across all fields. The findings also indicate that women face larger wage penalties than men. These results show that immigrants’ foreign education is not valued as highly as Canadian education, suggesting that immigrants who are educated outside of Canada face discrimination or underemployment in Canada’s labour market. ‘Upskilling’ by obtaining additional education in Canada can, in most cases, remove the wage penalty for immigrants in the selected fields of study. However, the qualitative research on this subject indicates that few immigrants to Canada have the resources to pursue the additional education necessary to close this wage gap. The policy implications of this research suggest that services such as childcare, stipends, and language training can greatly benefit immigrants, particularly women, who are in the process of recertifying their foreign credentials in Canada.
Wounded quark emission function at the top RHIC energy
Creators: name: Barej, Michał
name: Bzdak, Adam
name: Gutowski, Paweł
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The wounded nucleon and quark emission functions are extracted for different centralities in d+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s}=200\ \text{GeV}$ using Monte Carlo simulations and experimental data. The shape of the emission function depends on centrality in the wounded nucleon model, whereas it is practically universal (within uncertainties) in the wounded quark model. Predictions for $dN_{ch}/dη$ distributions in p+Au and $^3$He+Au collisions are presented.
description: 9 pages, 5 figures; requested predictions for p+Al, p+Au, d+Au and 3He+Au added in Appendix A
Gedächtnisstrategien im Förderunterricht Über die Durchführung und Wirksamkeit des Strategietrainings MEMO mit einer Gruppe von Schülerinnen und Schüler
Creators: name: Reber, Rahel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Sonderpädagogik
Gedächtnis
Förderunterricht
Masterarbeit

description: In der vorliegenden Masterarbeit wurde untersucht, ob das Gedächtnisstrategietraining MEMO zur Förderung der Gedächtnisleistung erfolgreich in einer Gruppe eingesetzt werden kann. Das als Einzeltraining konzipierte Programm wurde dafür und für den Einsatz im Rahmen individueller Förderlektionen entsprechend angepasst. Zur Validierung wurde das Training mit vier Mittelstufenschülerinnen und -schülern mit Lernschwierigkeiten im Herbst des Schuljahres 17/18 durchgeführt. Mittels Vor- und Nachtests, Informationen aus vor und nach den Trainingssequenzen geführten Interviews, sowie Beobachtungen aus dem Forschungstagebuch, konnte gezeigt werden, dass alle vier Kinder ihr Wissen zu Gedächtnisstrategien auf- und auszubauen vermochten. Obwohl sich beim Arbeitsgedächtnis keine messbaren Erfolge zeigten, konnte eine Verbesserung der allgemeinen Gedächtnisleistung erreicht werden.
The influence of organizational justice on the perceived likelihood of whistle-blowing
Creators: name: Seifert, Deborah Lynn
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2006
Subjects: Auditing, Internal -- Moral and ethical aspects

description: This research effort contributes to the extant accounting literature by examining, in an experimental setting, the perceived likelihood of employees internally reporting fraud in response to fair or unfair whistle-blowing procedures (procedural justice), interactions with management (interactional justice), and outcomes (distributive justice). Whistle-blowing within the organization (internal) versus outside the organization (external) is of interest because it enhances corporate governance by allowing for the non-public resolution of ethical violations (Sarbanes-Oxley 2002; Hooks et al. 1994; Miceli and Near 1992). Participants in this study included two hundred seventy-three internal auditors who were members of the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) and 244 four management accountants who were members of the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA). A positive relationship was predicted and found between fair whistle-blowing procedures and an increase in the perceived likelihood of reporting wrongdoing. The same relationship was found for fair interactions with management during whistle-blowing and fair outcomes (i.e., the cessation of the reported wrongdoing); The highest perceived likelihood of reporting was posited and found when all whistleblowing circumstances were fair; and, the converse was predicted and found when all whistle-blowing circumstances were unfair. In mixed fairness whistle-blowing situations, a higher perceived likelihood of reporting was expected and found when outcomes were fair versus when they were not. A comparison of the responses of management accountants and internal auditors across the individual justice circumstances unexpectedly revealed that the overall perceived likelihood of reporting did not significantly vary between internal auditors and management accountants. Management accountants indicated a significantly higher likelihood of reporting than internal auditors in only one circumstance -- interactionally fair whistle-blowing. Management accountants may have been seeking interactional fairness to allay fears of retribution since they are less likely than internal auditors to be protected by their job role.
Additional file 2 of Two years of psychogeriatric consultations in a nursing home: reasons for referral compared to psychiatrists' assessment
Creators: name: Callegari, Camilla MT
name: Menchetti, Marco
name: Croci, Giovanni
name: Beraldo, Scilla
name: Costantini, Chiara
name: Baranzini, Federico
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Hematology

description: Authors’ original file for figure 2
Performance Results of CMMI-Based Process Improvement
Creators: name: Gibson, Diane L.
name: Goldenson, Dennis
name: Kost, Keith
Publisher: name: Carnegie Mellon University
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: 80309 Software Engineering
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: There is a widespread demand for factual information about the impact and benefits of process improvement based on Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) models. Much has been learned since the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) published a special report on this topic over two years ago. There now is evidence that process improvement using the CMMI Product Suite can result in improvements in schedule and cost performance, product quality, return on investment, and other measures of performance outcome. This technical report summarizes much of the publicly available empirical evidence about the performance results that can occur as a consequence of CMMI-based process improvement. In addition, the report contains a series of brief case descriptions that were created with collaboration from representatives from 10 organizations that have achieved notable quantitative performance results through their CMMI-based improvement efforts. The report is meant for members of engineering process groups, middle and first-line management, and other potential process improvement participants who wish to learn more about how CMMI can contribute to measurable improvements It also may be useful for executives and senior managers who are faced with decisions about the allocation of scarce resources for improvement efforts.
Zeolitic imidazolate framework-coated acoustic sensors for room temperature detection of carbon dioxide and methane
Creators: name: Devkota, Jagannath
name: Kim, Ki-Joong
name: Ohodnicki, Paul R.
name: Culp, Jeffrey T.
name: Greve, David W.
name: Lekse, Jonathan W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Applied Physics (physics.app-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 78-05

description: Integration of nanoporous materials such as metal organic frameworks (MOFs) with sensitive transducers can result robust sensing platforms for monitoring gases and chemical vapors for a range of applications. Here, we report on an integration of the zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 (ZIF-8) MOF with surface acoustic wave (SAW) and thickness shear mode quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) devices to monitor carbon dioxide(CO2)and methane (CH4) at ambient conditions. The MOF was directly coated on the custom fabricated Y-Z LiNbO3 SAW delay lines (operating frequency,f0 = 436 MHz)and AT-cut Quartz TSM resonators (resonant frequency, f0 = 9 MHz) and the devices were tested for various gases in N2 at ambient condition. The devices were able to detect the changes in CO2 or CH4 concentrations with relatively higher sensitivity to CO2, which was due to its higher adsorption potential and heavier molecular weight. The sensors showed full reversibility and repeatability which were attributed to the physisorption of the gases into the MOF and high stability of the devices. Both types of the sensors showed linear responses relative to changes in the binary gas compositions thereby allowing to construct calibration curves which correlated well with the expected mass changes in the sorbent layer based on mixed-gas gravimetric adsorption isotherms measured on bulk samples.For 200 nm thick films, the SAW sensitivity to CO2 and CH4 were 1.44x10^-6/vol-%, respectivel yagainst the QCM sensitivities 0.24x10^-6/vol-% and 1x10^-8/vol-%,respectively which were evaluated as the fractional change in the signal. The SAW sensors were also evaluated for 100 nm - 300 nm thick films, the sensitivities of which were found to increase with the thickness due to the increased number of pores for adsorption of larger amount of gases. Also, the SAW devices had a good wireless response for detecting gases remotely.
description: 32 pages (double spacing), 10 figures, 2 tables, regular paper accepted to publish in Nanoscale for publication
Additional file 3 of Two years of psychogeriatric consultations in a nursing home: reasons for referral compared to psychiatrists' assessment
Creators: name: Callegari, Camilla MT
name: Menchetti, Marco
name: Croci, Giovanni
name: Beraldo, Scilla
name: Costantini, Chiara
name: Baranzini, Federico
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Hematology

description: Authors’ original file for figure 3
Performance Property Theories for Predictable Assembly from Certifiable Components (PACC)
Creators: name: Hissam, Scott
name: Klein, Mark H.
name: Lehoczky, John
name: Merson, Paulo F.
name: Moreno, Gabriel A.
name: Wallnau, Kurt C.
Publisher: name: Carnegie Mellon University
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: 80309 Software Engineering
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: This report develops a queueing-theoretic solution to predict, for a real-time system, the average-case latency of aperiodic tasks managed by a sporadic server. The report applies this theory to a model problem drawn in the domain of industrial robot control. In this model problem, a controller with hard periodic deadlines is "open" to third-party plug-in extensions. The sporadic server is used to limit the invasiveness of aperiodic tasks on the controller's hard deadlines. The theory developed in this report is used to predict the average-case latency of a plug-in managed by a sporadic server.
Performance of Compiler-Assisted Memory Safety Checking
Creators: name: Keaton, David
name: Seacord, Robert
Publisher: name: Carnegie Mellon University
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: 80309 Software Engineering
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Buffer overflows affect a large installed base of C code. This technical note describes the criteria for deploying a compiler-based memory safety checking tool and the performance that can be achieved with two such tools whose source code is freely available. The note then describes a modification to the LLVM compiler to enable hoisting bounds checks from loops and functions. This proof-of-concept prototype has been used to demonstrate how these optimizations can be performed reliably on bounds checks to improve their performance. However, the performance of bounds propagation is the dominant cost, and the overall runtime cost for bounds checking for C remains expensive, even after these optimizations are applied. Nevertheless, optimized bounds checks are adequate for non-performance-critical applications, and improvements in processor technology may allow optimized bounds checking to be used with performance-critical applications.
A Near-Infrared Period-Luminosity Relation for Miras in NGC 4258, an Anchor for a New Distance Ladder
Creators: name: Huang, Caroline D.
name: Riess, Adam G.
name: Hoffmann, Samantha L.
name: Klein, Christopher
name: Bloom, Joshua
name: Yuan, Wenlong
name: Macri, Lucas M.
name: Jones, David O.
name: Whitelock, Patricia A.
name: Casertano, Stefano
name: Anderson, Richard I.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present year-long, near-infrared Hubble Space Telescope WFC3 observations of Mira variables in the water megamaser host galaxy NGC 4258. Miras are AGB variables that can be divided into oxygen- (O-) and carbon- (C-) rich subclasses. Oxygen-rich Miras follow a tight (scatter $\sim 0.14$ mag) Period-Luminosity Relation (PLR) in the near-infrared and can be used to measure extragalactic distances. The water megamaser in NGC 4258 gives a geometric distance to the galaxy accurate to 2.6% that can serve to calibrate the Mira PLR. We develop criteria for detecting and classifying O-rich Miras with optical and NIR data as well as NIR data alone. In total, we discover 438 Mira candidates that we classify with high confidence as O-rich. Our most stringent criteria produce a sample of 139 Mira candidates that we use to measure a PLR. We use the OGLE-III sample of O-rich Miras in the LMC to obtain a relative distance modulus, $μ_{4258} - μ_{LMC} = 10.95 \pm 0.01 $ (statistical) $\pm 0.06 $ (systematic) mag in good agreement with the relative distance determined using Cepheids. These results demonstrate the feasibility of discovering and characterizing Miras using the near-infrared with the Hubble Space Telescope and the upcoming James Webb Space Telescope and using them to measure extragalactic distances and determine the Hubble constant.
description: 19 pages, 19 figures
Multinacionales y derecho a la salud : fundamento, contenido y alcance de las obligaciones de las farmacéuticas en materia de tutela del acceso a medicamentos
Creators: name: Martínez, Alexander Cruz
Publisher: name: Universidad Externado de Colombia
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Derecho a la salud
subject: Derechos humanos
subject: Formas farmaceuticas
subject: Multinacionales
subject: Farmacéuticas
subject: Suprapoderes
subject: Obligaciones vinculantes
subject: Derecho al acceso a medicamentos

description: El presente trabajo de investigación aborda los abusos por parte de las empresas farmacéuticas multinacionales en el campo de la salud y el acceso a medicamentos, y explora sus causas e impactos en los derechos de las personas. Destaca, además, que a pesar de del Pacto Internacional de Derechos Económicos, Sociales y Culturales, los Estados son inoperantes para hacer cumplir sus obligaciones debido al poder económico y político de estas empresas. La investigación se centra en la imposición de obligaciones jurídicas a las multinacionales respecto al acceso a medicamentos como medio para la realización del derecho a la salud. Plantea que el fundamento se encuentra en principios generales del derecho, como la buena fe y la dignidad humana, entre otros, aplicables tanto en el ámbito internacional como nacional. Se propone que estas obligaciones abarquen la disponibilidad, accesibilidad, aceptabilidad y calidad de los medicamentos, siguiendo los criterios definidos por la Organización Mundial de la Salud. El estudio también presenta un modelo matemático de alerta temprana que evalúa el poder de las farmacéuticas. Se argumenta que estas obligaciones son necesarias para contener, humanizar y corresponsabilizar a las empresas en la realización del derecho a la salud.
description: This research paper addresses the abuses committed by multinational pharmaceutical companies in the field of health and access to medicines and explores their causes and impacts on people's rights. It also highlights that despite the existence of the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, states are ineffective in enforcing their obligations due to the economic and political power wielded by these companies. The research focuses on the imposition of legal obligations on multinational corporations concerning access to medicines to uphold the right to health. It asserts that the foundation for these obligations lies in general principles of law, such as good faith and human dignity, among others, which are applicable both internationally and nationally. It is proposed that these obligations encompass the availability, accessibility, acceptability, and quality of medicines, following the criteria defined by the World Health Organization. Additionally, the study presents an early warning mathematical model that assesses the influence of pharmaceutical companies. It argues that these obligations are necessary to restrain, humanize, and hold companies jointly accountable for the realization of the right to health.