cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Foliensatz: Crashkurs Digitale Langzeitarchivierung - Ebenen-Modelle der LZA (3-Ebenen-Modell von K. Thibodeau & Levels of Digital Preservation der NDSA)
Creators: name: Rudnik, Pia
name: Lindlar, Micky
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Digital Preservation
NDSA Levels of Digital Preservation
Levels of Preservation
LoP
Kenneth Thibodeau
Bitstream Preservation
Logical Preservation
Semantic Preservation
Digitale Langzeitarchivierung
LZA
Crashkurs
Open Educational Resources
Introduction
Einführung
Ebenen der digitalen Langzeitarchivierung

description: Dies ist der Foliensatz zum dreiteiligen Video-Crashkurs "Digitale Langzeitarchivierung - Ebenen-Modelle der LZA (3-Ebenen-Modell von K. Thibodeau & Levels of Digital Preservation der NDSA)". Dieser Crashkurs wurde als Lehrvideo für den Kurs „Vom Konzept zur Praxis – Modelle und Normen der digitalen Langzeitarchivierung“ unter Leitung von Micky Lindlar und Pia Rudnik erstellt, der 2021 vom Zentrum für Bibliotheks- und Informationswissenschaftliche Weiterbildung der Technischen Hochschule Köln ausgerichtet wurde. Die Videos finden sich hier: https://zenodo.org/record/4761919#.YJ5efbczaWU
The Journey from Subsistence to Commercial Viability: The Case of Meru Herbs, Kenya
Creators: name: Yamoah, Fred
name: O’Caoimh, Conall
name: Donnelly, Christina
name: Sawaya, Sally Kimotho
name: Yamoah, Fred
name: O’Caoimh, Conall
name: Donnelly, Christina
name: Sawaya, Sally Kimotho
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Community/Rural/Urban Development
subject: Farm Management
subject: International Relations/Trade
subject: Labor and Human Capital
subject: Marketing
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: Meru herbs
subject: ethical supply chain
subject: value-added in Africa
subject: Commercial viability
subject: international markets

description: The genesis of Meru Herbs, Kenya is traced to a decision to grow plants as a means of providing an alternative source of revenue to pay for a balance due on a water-project about 14 years ago. Such a modest initiative has enabled 600 families to move from subsistence to commercial farming. As a cooperative, Meru Herbs has made significant improvements to their products by moving up the value-chain through processing organic certified ingredients into gourmet foods. Critical factors contributing to the success of Meru Herbs include a creative product-mix designed to overcome logistics costs, customer focused, and strategic partnerships with Friends of Meru Italy and Value Added in Africa which provided provisions for investment and market brand development respectively. The performance of Meru’s own branded tomato sauces, which are the first to bear the Proudly Made in Africa label, enter international markets provide new opportunities and challenges going forward.
description: The IFAMR is published quarterly by the International Food and Agribusiness Management Association. For complete library visit: www.ifama.org
Bounds on scalar leptoquark and scalar gluon masses from S, T, U in the minimal four color symmetry model
Creators: name: Smirnov, A. D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The contributions into radiative correction parameters S, T, U from scalar leptoquark and scalar gluon doublets are investigated in the minimal four color symmetry model. It is shown that the current experimental data on S, T, U allow the scalar leptoquarks and the scalar gluons to be relatively light (with masses of order of 1 TeV or less), the lightest particles are preferred to lie below 400 GeV. In particular, the lightest scalar leptoquarks with masses below 300 GeV are shown to be compatible with the current data on S, T, U at $χ^2 < 3.1 (3.2)$ for $m_H = 115 (300) GeV$ in comparison with $χ^2 = 3.5 (5.0)$ in the Standard Model. The lightest scalar gluon in this case is expected to lie below 850 (720) GeV. The possible significance of such particles in the t-quark physics at LHC is emphasized.
description: 14 pages, 2 figures, to appear in Physics Letters B
ATLAS data quality operations and performance for 2015-2018 data-taking
Creators: name: ATLAS Collaboration
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider reads out particle collision data from over 100 million electronic channels at a rate of approximately $100$ kHz, with a recording rate for physics events of approximately 1 kHz. Before being certified for physics analysis at computer centres worldwide, the data must be scrutinised to ensure they are clean from any hardware or software related issues that may compromise their integrity. Prompt identification of these issues permits fast action to investigate, correct and potentially prevent future such problems that could render the data unusable. This is achieved through the monitoring of detector-level quantities and reconstructed collision event characteristics at key stages of the data processing chain. This paper presents the monitoring and assessment procedures in place at ATLAS during 2015-2018 data-taking. Through the continuous improvement of operational procedures, ATLAS achieved a high data quality efficiency, with 95.6% of the recorded proton-proton collision data collected at $\sqrt{s}=13$ TeV certified for physics analysis.
description: 43 pages in total, author list starting page 27, 6 figures, 7 tables, published in JINST. All figures including auxiliary figures are available at http://atlas.web.cern.ch/Atlas/GROUPS/PHYSICS/PAPERS/DAPR-2018-01/
Practicing Ergonomic Balance in Order to Avoid the Inevitable Addiction to Cheap Labor: The Case of Greenway Farms
Creators: name: Rugani, Vito
name: Goldsmith, Peter D.
name: Rugani, Vito
name: Goldsmith, Peter D.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Labor and Human Capital
subject: Land Economics/Use
subject: Productivity Analysis
subject: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies
subject: labor policy
subject: mechanization
subject: development
subject: Africa

description: Greenway Farms is a family business owned by two families located 80km northwest of Johannesburg. It was started by Vincent Sequeira in 1988, as a typical mixed crop market garden. Today, Greenway Farms supplies 40% of Southern Africa’s fresh carrots, and is marketed under the Rugani Carrot brand.
description: The IFAMR is published quarterly by the International Food and Agribusiness Management Association. For complete library visit: www.ifama.org
The Effects of Suburbanization on Nest Ectoparasites and Nest Defense Behavior in the  Wood Thrush
Creators: name: Dalton, Evan N
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2014

description: The Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina) is declining throughout its range, yet is capable of persisting in both contiguous forests and small forest patches surrounded by human suburban development. Thus, it is an ideal species for gaining insight into the effects of suburbanization on migrant songbirds. I investigated two aspects of Wood Thrush nesting ecology: nest ectoparasites and nest defense behavior in order to determine if suburbanization influences either aspect.  Nests from suburban forests had fewer haematophagous mites, though the abundance of haematophagous blowfly larvae did not differ between suburban and contiguous forests. There was no relationship between the abundance of mites and nest site characteristics, though blowfly abundance may be related to nesting substrate species. Parasites had little effect on nestling condition. In regard to nest defense, suburban Wood Thrushes had shorter flight initiation distances and mounted more active defenses during initial nest visits than birds nesting in contiguous forests, suggesting a previously-established sensitization response to human disturbances in suburban birds. I found no consistent shifts in aggression over subsequent nest visits in either habitat type, suggesting that throughout the breeding season, Wood Thrushes neither habituate nor sensitize further to repeated human disturbances. My results suggest that Wood Thrushes nesting in suburban forest patches are subject to fewer nest ectoparasites and defend their nests more aggressively than conspecifics nesting in contiguous forests. These results draw attention to the fact that although Wood Thrushes persist in both rural and suburban habitats, their nesting ecology may be different between these habitat types.
Agribusiness as the Anchor: The Role of KijaniAgro
Creators: name: Cook, Michael L.
name: Savoie, Rebecca
name: Almog, Ronen
name: Cook, Michael L.
name: Savoie, Rebecca
name: Almog, Ronen
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Labor and Human Capital
subject: Land Economics/Use
subject: integrated model
subject: technology transfer
subject: innovation

description: KijaniAgro is a Tanzanian-registered agribusiness that operates on the simple principle and model that Africa can benefit from professional, commercial, successful agribusinesses that are committed to sharing know-how with the farmers, providing access to technology, and creating a network of outgrowers interested in developing an integrated agricultural food producer value chain. The model has evolved into a successful framework. This case reviews the evolution and improvement of this integrative model – Tanzania is the focus of the successful implementation.
description: The IFAMR is published quarterly by the International Food and Agribusiness Management Association. For complete library visit: www.ifama.org
Woolworths Farming for the Future
Creators: name: King, Lucy
name: Thobela, Suzan
name: King, Lucy
name: Thobela, Suzan
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Agricultural Finance
subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: Farm Management
subject: Labor and Human Capital
subject: Land Economics/Use
subject: Farming for the Future
subject: sustainable farming
subject: environment
subject: biodiversity

description: As part of Woolworths Good Business Journey, Farming for the Future was adopted as a holistic and scientific farming approach to produce quality food, improve soil quality, save water, and reduce dependence on synthetic fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides, whilst protecting natural resources and encouraging biodiversity to flourish, all without adding cost to the end product. Today, 98% of Woolworths local primary produce suppliers have adopted these methods and assessments have shown remarkable results. The program is helping build a resilient supply chain within a water scarce country and helping farmers to adapt to climate change and extreme weather patterns. Key success factors include strong partnerships with suppliers and WWF-SA, annual farm assessments, and affordability of produce. There is opportunity to extend the program further within Woolworths own foods business as well as with the rest of the country and Africa.
description: The IFAMR is published quarterly by the International Food and Agribusiness Management Association. For complete library visit: www.ifama.org
Search for R-parity Violating Decays of Supersymmetric Particles in e+e- Collisions at LEP
Creators: name: L3 Collaboration
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A search, in e^+e^- collisions, for chargino, neutralino, scalar lepton and scalar quark pair-production is performed, without assuming R-parity conservation in decays, in the case that only one of the coupling constants lambda_ijk or lambda''_ijk is non-negligible. No signal is found in data up to a centre-of-mass energy of 208GeV. Limits on the production cross sections and on the masses of supersymmetric particles are derived.
Additional file 5.zip
Creators: name: Maldonado, Emanuel
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 80301 Bioinformatics Software
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: 60102 Bioinformatics

description: Resulting CSV reports compiled from LMAP_S execution of the included example dataset.
Resonance Spin Flavour Precession of Solar Neutrinos After SNO NC Data
Creators: name: Chauhan, Bhag C.
name: Pulido, Joao
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present an analysis of the solar neutrino data assuming the deficit of solar neutrinos to be originated from the interaction of their transition magnetic moments with the solar magnetic field. We perform fits to the rates only and global fits and consider separately the existing data prior to the announcement of the SNO NC results, and present data. Predictions for the Borexino experiment are also derived. The solar field profiles are taken both in the radiation zone and core of the sun, and in the convective zone. The latter are chosen so as to exhibit a rapid increase across the bottom of the convective zone and a moderate decrease towards the surface. Regarding the field profiles in the radiative zone and core, it is found that the data show a preference for those cases in which a strong field rests at the solar centre with a steep decrease thereafter. For these, the quality of the global fits is as good as the one from the best oscillation solutions and the same as for the convective zone profiles examined. It is also found that the $χ^2$ of the fits increases when the most recent data are considered, owing to the smaller errors involved. This in turn provides more precise predictions for Borexino than previous ones, thus resulting in a clearer possible distinction between magnetic moment and the currently favoured oscillation solutions.
description: Latex, 16 pages, 3 eps figures
Intermodal Transit Terminal: Integrating the Future of Transit into the Urban Fabric
Creators: name: Vigneau, Guy
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2019

description: The very foundation of transportation relies on its ability to efficiently move people and goods through a transitional space. Transportation hubs are key to achieving this goal. However, many transit terminals are outdated or poorly designed to fit the needs of the modern world. At the core of this thesis are two overarching questions. First, how do we design intermodal transit terminals so that they successfully integrate into an existing urban fabric? Second, how do we design for innovative modes of transportation, such as hyperloop technology? This thesis explores how architectural design can recover existing transit connections within an urban context and provide new modes of transportation for a faster and more efficient user experience. Exploring the current issues within the transit sector today was a major focus of this research as well as selecting a site within an active city center. Furthermore, research into the emergence of new modes of transportation, like hyperloop technology and autonomous vehicles helped to identify potential transit solutions. Much of this research investigated the history of transit centers in addition to studying several important case studies that facilitated a solution to improving transit connections. Several design options were explored through this research and a selected design was integrated into a final design solution to help lay the path for a more efficient future in transit architecture.
A name for Striolated Puffbird west of the Rio Madeira with revision of the Nystalus striolatus (Aves: Bucconidae) complex. In: Handbook of the Birds of the World, Volume Special Volume: New Species and Global Index [J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott e D. Christie, eds.]. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain, pp. 240-244.
Creators: name: Whitney, Bret M.
name: De Q. Piacentini, Vítor
name: Schunck, Fabio
name: Aleixo, Alexandre
name: De Sousa, Bárbara R. S.
name: Silveira, Luís Fábio
name: Rêgo, Marco Antonio
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Nystalus, new species, taxonomy

description: Description of Nystalus obamai.
The UMass Experimental X-Band Radar (UMAXX): An Upgrade of the CASA MA-1 to Support Cross-Polarization Measurements
Creators: name: Vilardell Sanchez, Jezabel
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2019

description: Ground-based radars are instruments commonly used to surveil the precipitation climate of the surrounding areas. Weather events are characterized by collecting backscatter data and analyzing computed products such as the Reflectivity Factor, the Doppler Velocity, the Spectrum Width, the Differential Reflectivity, the Co-polar Correlation Coefficient and the Differential Propagation Phase. The ability of the radar to transmit different polarization waves, such as horizontal and vertical polarization, allow for further analysis of the weather given the capability to perform co-polar and cross-polar measurements. The Linear Depolarization Ratio is another computed product based on the difference in power between the co-polarized and cross-polarized channel used to, for example, classify and characterize the ice crystal types. In order to obtain this variable, the radar has to be able to receive in both horizontal and vertical polarizations but transmit in either of them.
This thesis presents the modifications performed on the MA-1 prototype radar from the CASA (Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere) Engineering Center to support cross-polarization measurement studies. The new radar, now known as UMass eXperimental X-Band (UMaXX) Radar is a dual-polarization radar able to transmit in both horizontal and vertical polarizations or single horizontal polarization and receive in both, making it able to compute LDR. The radar is installed atop of a tower located on Orchard Hill at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where it operates at all times. This thesis also presents the analysis of sample weather phenomena captured with the radar, including rain events and the Hardwick tornado, recorded on October 23rd 2018 and registered by the weather services.
Some geometric correspondences for homothetic navigation
Creators: name: Xu, Ming
name: Matveev, Vladimir
name: Yan, Ke
name: Zhang, Shaoxiang
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: In this paper, we provide conceptional explanations for the geodesic and Jacobi field correspondences for homothetic navigation, and then let them guide us to the shortcuts to some well known flag curvature and S-curvature formulas. They also help us directly see the local correspondence between isoparametric functions or isoparametric hypersurfaces, which generalizes the classification works of Q. He and her coworkers for isoparametric hypersurfaces in Randers space forms and Funk spaces.
description: In version 2, the proofs of some lemmas have been refined or shortened
A Triad of Dilemmas in Sylvia Chang’s Films: Women in Love, Family and Society
Creators: name: Yang, Fanzhe
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2019

description: As one of the most prominent female film directors, Sylvia Chang has always had women as the main subject of her attention. Previous researchers focused on the analysis of female characters, and explored the awakening of female consciousness in her films, but they often ignored the analysis of male characters. Other scholars thought the female consciousness was very limited in her films. In this thesis, from the perspective of female consciousness, I would like to explore how women resolve dilemmas in Chang’s three films, 20 30 40 (2004), Murmur of the Hearts (Niannian念念, 2015) and Love Education (Xiang ai xiang qin 相爱相亲, 2017). I argue Sylvia Chang’s works demonstrate a new perspective of female consciousness: Women’s dilemmas are from the traditional gender roles in love, family and society. They can resolve these dilemmas by searching for self-identity, psychologically transforming, and reconciling. After their rebirth, women, as liberated individuals, can choose what role to fulfill, regardless of whether that choice is traditional or not. During this process, men are not always seen as barriers for women’s growth.
Sequence Analysis of Maize Yellow Stripe3 Candidate Genes
Creators: name: DePaolo, Dennis B
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2014

description: The work presented here focuses on the molecular mechanism of phytosiderophore secretion in graminaceous plants. In maize, yellow stripe3 (ys3) is a mutant that is deficient in its ability to secrete iron-chelating compounds of the mugineic acid family known as phytosiderophores. Phytosiderophores are specific to grasses and are used for the acquisition of iron. Genetic linkage mapping of the ys3 locus lead to a region of interest on chromosome 3 defined by marker UMC1773. The sequence of eleven candidate genes (GRMZM2G390345, GRMZM2G390374, GRMZM2G342821, GRMZM5G800764, GRMZM2G502560, GRMZM5G849435, GRMZM2G105766, GRMZM5G876835, GRMZM2G036976, GRMZM2G502563, miR167g) revealed several small deletions and point mutations within the coding regions of four candidate genes (GRMZM2G390345, GRMZM2G342821, GRMZM2G105766 and GRMZM2G502560). To further investigate these candidate genes, knockout (Mutator) lines were used in an effort to recapitulate the ys3 phenotype. I characterized a GRMZM2G390345 mutant and determined that the mutation in GRMZM2G390345 did not cause the ys3 phenotype. For the three remaining candidate genes, GRMZM2G342821, GRMZM2G105766 and GRMZM2G502560 further analysis is needed. The closest homolog of OsTOM1 (an effluxer of muginieic acid) GRMZM2G603306 which, lies ~7 Mbp outside the linked marker, has also been suggested to be yellow stripe3. Preliminary sequence analysis uncovered a 4 bp insertion within the 9th exon of this gene that shifts the reading frame and leads to a premature stop codon. Three of the genes analyzed remain plausible candidates for yellow stripe3.
Localizable Button Click Rendering via Active Lateral Force Feedback
Creators: name: Xu, Heng
name: Klatzky, Roberta L.
name: Peshkin, Michael A.
name: Colgate, J. Edward
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Human-Computer Interaction (cs.HC)
subject: Robotics (cs.RO)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We have developed a novel button click rendering mechanism based on active lateral force feedback. The effect can be localized because electroadhesion between a finger and a surface can be localized. Psychophysical experiments were conducted to evaluate the quality of a rendered button click, which subjects judged to be acceptable. Both the experiment results and the subjects' comments confirm that this button click rendering mechanism has the ability to generate a range of realistic button click sensations that could match subjects' different preferences. We can thus generate a button click on a flat surface without macroscopic motion of the surface in the lateral or normal direction, and we can localize this haptic effect to an individual finger.
description: Accepted, IEEE Transactions on Haptics
Anaphothrips desleyae Mound & Masumoto 2009, sp. n.
Creators: name: Mound, Laurence A.
name: Masumoto, Masami
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Thysanoptera
Thripidae
Anaphothrips
Anaphothrips desleyae

description: Anaphothrips desleyae sp. n.
(Figs 65–68)
 Female macroptera. Body and legs yellow; antennal segment I white, II pale brown, III–V pale brown with base variably yellow, VI–IX brown; fore wing lightly shaded; tergite IX major setae dark. Head with transverse anastomosing lines behind eyes, extending weakly into ocellar triangle; ocellar setae III on anterior margins of ocellar triangle; eyes without pigmented facets. Antennae 9-segmented; segment II with few microtrichia; III–IV with sensorium forked, VI pedicellate, suture between VI–VII transverse. Pronotum with about 20 transverse sculpture lines. Metascutum reticulate (Fig. 65), median setae distant from anterior margin, MCS present. Fore wing first vein with about 9 setae basally, then about 6 setae irregularly placed to wing apex; second vein with about 12–16 setae including 1–2 setae basal to vein fork; clavus with 6–8 marginal setae. Abdominal tergites III–VII smooth medially; laterally with about 8 transverse lines with small triangular microtrichia, lines extend just mesad of S2 setae (Fig. 67); VIII with long, fine posteromarginal comb.
 Measurements (holotype, in microns). Body length 1350. Head, length 75; width across eyes 135. Pronotum, length 115; maximum width 180. Fore wing, length 700; median width 50; first vein longest seta in basal row 15. Tergite IV S1 setae 10. Tergite IX, MD setae 12; PM S1 setae 65. Tergite X PM S1 setae 70. Antennal segments III–IX, 45, 40, 40, 32, 7, 7, 12.
 Male macroptera. Similar to female; tergite IX with one pair of short, stout setae medially, posterolateral margin with one pair of slender setae, posterior margin submedially with pair of slender spine-like processes (Fig. 66); sternites III–VII with C-shaped pore plate (Fig. 68).
 Specimens examined. Holotype male macroptera, Queensland, Indooroopilly, from leaves of unidentified garden vine, 7.iii.2006 (LAM 4849).
Paratypes: 4 males 5 females taken with holotype.
 Comments. The females of this species are similar to those of A. epacrida, and share with that species and A. astrolomi the character state of setae present on the basal stem of the fore wing second vein. However, the fore wing veinal setae are considerably shorter (15 instead of 30), and the pronotal transverse lines of sculpture stronger. The chaetotaxy of tergite IX of males is different (Fig. 66), but the slender spine-like processes on the posterior margin may be homologous with structures in a similar position in the males of A. dubius and A. epacrida.
description: Published as part of Mound, Laurence A. & Masumoto, Masami, 2009, Australian Thripinae of the Anaphothrips genus-group (Thysanoptera), with three new genera and thirty-three new species, pp. 1-76 in Zootaxa 2042 (1) on page 30, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2042.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5313983
Conferencia de Saúl Yurkievich – "Julio Cortázar o el poderes de la fantasía"
Creators: name: Fundación Del Museo De La Plata
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2021
Subjects: Julio Cortázar
Homenaje
Fundación del Museo de la Plata
Conferencia
Saúl Yurkievich

description: Conferencia de Saúl Yurkievich, presentación por Nelly Christmann.
description: Source: Num.Ref. : JC-DY-CAR-04.117
description: Source: Localización del archivo: Centre de Recherches Latino-Américaines (CRLA–Archivos, ITEM UMR8132). MSHS - Bât. A5, 1er étage 5 rue Théodore Lefebvre - TSA21103. 86073 Poitiers cedex 9.
Localization: Fans, the New Frontier
Creators: name: Maroney, Caitlin
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2019

description: The goal of this thesis is to examine the changing influence and role of the audience in the localization of Japanese video games. I examine the history of Japanese video game translation, honing in on Japanese Role-Playing Games, including the influence of Nintendo of America’s polices and how they shifted from translating games to localizing games. I also explore the shift in which the internet and social media has allowed for increased interaction between localizers and fan bases. This can allow for localizers to have a more in-depth knowledge of the expectations of the intended audience of the video game, but has also further fueled the debate of whether or not localization constitutes censorship. Lastly, I do a close analysis of two long running game series and how they are adapting to the new changes with the introduction of social media.
Additional file 6.zip
Creators: name: Maldonado, Emanuel
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 80301 Bioinformatics Software
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: 60102 Bioinformatics

description: LMAP_S case study analyses of the Cephalopoda mitochondrial genes.
Configurational entropy and instability of tachyonic braneworld
Creators: name: Lee, Chong Oh
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider tachyonic braneworld with a bulk cosmological constant and investigate a configurational entropy of various magnitudes of scale factor. It is found that for a bulk negative/zero cosmological constant, the configurational entropy has a global minimum when the magnitude of scale factor reaches the critical value. This result seems to have intriguing implications such that an accelerated rate of the universe and cosmological inflation rate for radiation/matter domination are able to be determined by such critical value. We also find that the configurational entropy almost monotonically decreases for a bulk positive cosmological constant as the magnitude of scale factor grows up. We find an exact solution of tachyonic braneworld in a bulk de Sitter space. It is shown that such system under scalar perturbations is stable for some constraint relation. Furthermore, we also find that tachyonic braneworld model with a bulk negative/zero cosmological constant is always stable under scalar perturbations.
description: 9 pages, 18 figures, typos corrected, added comments, version to appear in PLB
Inclusive Agribusiness Models for Africa: The Case of an Innovative Initiative by TechnoServe in Zimbabwe
Creators: name: Mutema, Maxwell
name: Chiromo, Pamela
name: Mutema, Maxwell
name: Chiromo, Pamela
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Community/Rural/Urban Development
subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: Farm Management
subject: Food Security and Poverty
subject: International Relations/Trade
subject: Labor and Human Capital
subject: Land Economics/Use
subject: Production Economics
subject: private sector
subject: value chain
subject: Inclusive agribusiness
subject: innovation
subject: fighting poverty

description: Despite the fact that agriculture has immense potential to contribute towards the developmental agenda in rural Africa it is often neglected by governments as evidenced by unclear land and agricultural policies and under-investment. The Maputo Declaration in 2003 sanctioned that agriculture must become the economic engine driving development, and governments should consistently invest at least 10% of their total budget to this sector. However, not many African countries have achieved this target or have even gotten near it, as most countries have only obtained 5% of the target. Based on TechnoServe Zimbabwe’s work with Better Agriculture Private Limited, a private Zimbabwe agribusiness company, this case study provides a clear testimony of how the private sector, can play a pivotal role in changing the lives of those who in desperate need.
description: The IFAMR is published quarterly by the International Food and Agribusiness Management Association. For complete library visit: www.ifama.org
Weak Lensing and Dark Energy
Creators: name: Huterer, Dragan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the power of upcoming weak lensing surveys to probe dark energy. Dark energy modifies the distance-redshift relation as well as the matter power spectrum, both of which affect the weak lensing convergence power spectrum. Some dark-energy models predict additional clustering on very large scales, but this probably cannot be detected by weak lensing alone due to cosmic variance. With reasonable prior information on other cosmological parameters, we find that a survey covering 1000 sq. deg. down to a limiting magnitude of R=27 can impose constraints comparable to those expected from upcoming type Ia supernova and number-count surveys. This result, however, is contingent on the control of both observational and theoretical systematics. Concentrating on the latter, we find that the {\it nonlinear} power spectrum of matter perturbations and the redshift distribution of source galaxies both need to be determined accurately in order for weak lensing to achieve its full potential. Finally, we discuss the sensitivity of the three-point statistics to dark energy.
description: 16 pages, revtex. Peacock-Dodds PS used for all w, which weakens the constraints. Tomography sec. expanded, estimate included of how well systematics need to be controlled
Playing by the Rules:  A Look into the Relationship between Regime Type and War Crimes
Creators: name: Anderson, Kelsey
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2019

description: The current literature tends to looks at regimes in only two categories; democracy and autocracy. Recognizing that this limits the scope of what is measured, and limited the practical applicability of this research, I chose to combine the current research on war crimes with more modern research on how to measure regime type. I integrate James Morrow and Heyran Jo’s comprehensive dataset on war crimes from 1900 to 1991 with Carston Anckar and Cecilia Fredriksson’s dataset on Political Regimes of the World, and run statistical tests to determine the relationship between these more specific categories of regime type and the types of war crimes they commit. I find that the historical relationship between more specific regime types and certain measurements of war crimes provide few clear answers, but does give us a clear argument against a dichotomous measure of regime type. The relationships seen here provide the basis for more in-depth future research into the characteristics of different regimes, and their behavior in times of war.
Dilatometric study of Ni2+xMn1-xGa under magnetic field
Creators: name: Vasil'ev, A. N.
name: Estrin, E. I.
name: Khovailo, V. V.
name: Bozhko, A. D.
name: Ischuk, R. A.
name: Matsumoto, M.
name: Takagi, T.
name: Tani, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A study of polycrystalline and single crystalline Ni$_{2+x}$Mn$_{1-x}$Ga alloys by means of dilatometric and strain gage techniques shows that large strain can be induced in the temperature range of the martensitic transformation by application of an external magnetic field. The biggest strain induced by magnetic field was observed in the samples of chemical compositions where the structural and magnetic transitions couple, i.e. occur at the same temperature.
description: 3 pages, 5 figures, revtex4
Live to Play: Musical Labor, Branding, and the Percussive Marketplace
Creators: name: Beltran, Alexander S
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2019

description: This thesis undertakes an examination of the branding and sponsorship practices of the Vic Firth Drumstick Company, and explores some of the ways that percussion music broadly, and percussionists specifically, may be impacted by the Vic Firth Company’s strategic marketing and sponsorship efforts. The thesis investigates some of the specific methods Vic Firth uses to interact with percussionists and consumers, presenting the methods and the motivations behind them as compatible with neoliberal economic ideas and policies. Vic Firth’s branding strategies reflect myriad economic factors facing individual percussionists; emphasis on personal branding and artistic authenticity, the necessity of entrepreneurial skills to create economic viability, and the desire for personal connection, networking, and alliance with other percussionists are all part of the zeitgeist the company is attempting to tap into.
By examining some of the specific ways Vic Firth crafts and curates their brand, including the creation of signature sticks and mallets, a tiered sponsorship program, aggressive media production, and direct marketing to percussionists through social media, I bring into focus the scope of Vic Firth’s brand and its potential effects on the larger percussive and musical landscape.
Commercial Agricultural Production in Tanzania: Mountainside Farms Limited
Creators: name: Simpson, John Y.
name: Cheong, Qing Yang
name: Simpson, John Y.
name: Cheong, Qing Yang
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Agricultural Finance
subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Farm Management
subject: International Relations/Trade
subject: Labor and Human Capital
subject: Land Economics/Use
subject: Marketing
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: Tanzania
subject: Africa
subject: agribusiness
subject: barley

description: Mountainside Farms Limited (“MFL”) is one of the largest commercial cereal farming operations in Tanzania. Based on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro, MFL owns approximately 9,500 contiguous acres (3,845 ha) of which 6,350 acres is under cultivation between wheat and malting barley, with the remaining land used for sheep rearing, indigenous forest and infrastructure. MFL is a strategic supplier of malting barley to Tanzania Breweries Limited (“TBL”), part of the SABMiller plc group, supplying up to 30% of the brewer’s locally sourced Barley. Started in 2000 by Managing Director Luke Edwards, the key to the company’s success has been its scalable management platform – allowing significant production volume to be achieved in a region where average farm sizes are typically 1-3ha. This management platform is a combination of both commercial production systems (classically seen in developed agricultural markets such as Australia and the US) – allowing external institutional capital to be invested, and of local Tanzanian agricultural practices (a significant employment and training program is undertaken by the company), allowing MFL to operate successfully with local communities and stakeholders. The company is now looking at further investment opportunities to capitalize on the management platform they have built; options considered by the company’s board of directors include diversification on MFL’s land on Kilimanjaro by planting avocados to feed into a local pack-house that exports to supermarkets in Europe and starting an out-grower barley program in other areas of Tanzania also suited to Barley production.
description: The IFAMR is published quarterly by the International Food and Agribusiness Management Association. For complete library visit: www.ifama.org
Molecular systematics and taxonomic revision of the Lineated Woodcreeper complex (Lepidocolaptes albolineatus: Dendrocolaptidae), with description of a new species from southwestern Amazonia. In J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal & D. Christie (Eds), Handbook of the Birds of the World. Special Volume: New Species and Global Index, pp.248-252. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona
Creators: name: Elinete Batista Rodrigues
name: Aleixo, Alexandre
name: Whittaker, Andrew
name: Naka, Luciano N.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Lepidocolaptes, new species, taxonomy

description: Description of Lepidocolaptes fatimalimae
The Impact of Supply Chain Management Practice on Organizational Performance: The Case of Ileys Enterprises in Burao, Somaliland.
Creators: name: Abdijibar, Bashir Hassan
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Supply Chain
Supply Chain Management
Organizational
Organizational Performance

description: Abstract

The purpose of this study investigate the imapct of supply chain management (SCM) practices on an organizational performance case of ILEYS Enterprises in Burao, Somaliland. The research aims to analyze the relationship between inventory management, strategic supplier partnership, and level of information sharing, and their impact on organizational performance. Data was collected from 212 respondents through questionnaires and analyzed using SPSS version 27.0.1.0. Findings tell that all independent variables - inventory management, strategic supplier partnership, and level of information sharing - display a positive correlation with organizational performance. Pearson correlation analysis indicates statistically significant relationships between these variables and organizational performance at a 99% confidence level. Moreover, examination of normality, linearity, homoscedasticity, and multi-collinearity tests confirms no issues with assumption tests. Regression analysis demonstrates that 82.3% of the variance in organizational performance is explained by SCM practices collectively, indicating a strong relationship between these practices and organizational performance. The standardized beta coefficients highlight inventory management as the most influential factor, followed by strategic supplier partnership and level of information sharing. Additionally, ANOVA results underscore the significant predictive power of SCM practices in determining organizational performance. Conclusions drawn from the study emphasize the positive and statistically significant effect of SCM practices on organizational performance. Recommendations include prioritizing high-quality Inventory management, empowering employees in strategic supplier partnership processes, and enhancing information sharing practices to sustain organizational performance. Future research suggestions entail exploring the impact of SCM practices across different sectors and considering additional factors that may influence organizational performance. Overall, the study underscores the importance of SCM practices in enhancing the organizational perofrmance of ILEYS Enterprises in Burao, Somaliland.
An insurance model to cover losses due to highly contagious animal disease in the Finnish pig sector
Creators: name: Niemi, Jarkko K.
name: Heikkilä, Jaakko
name: Myyrä, Sami
name: Niemi, Jarkko K.
name: Heikkilä, Jaakko
name: Myyrä, Sami
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Health Economics and Policy
subject: animal disease
subject: risk management
subject: insurance

description: This study analyses numerically an animal disease insurance scheme and how it could be operationalized. We focus on animal producer’s incentives to choose an insurance policy and on the feasibility of the insurance system as a whole. We develop a simple simulation model where the producer chooses whether to take an insurance policy at a given price, and the insurance provider simultaneously decides the price of the scheme. We find that producer interest towards such insurance products is limited. Uptake of insurance could be increased through collective actions such as group insurance or through support for the cost of insurance.
Fault-tolerant Quantum Error Correction on Near-term Quantum Processors using Flag and Bridge Qubits
Creators: name: Lao, Lingling
name: Almudever, Carmen G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Fault-tolerant (FT) computation by using quantum error correction (QEC) is essential for realizing large-scale quantum algorithms. Devices are expected to have enough qubits to demonstrate aspects of fault tolerance in the near future. However, these near-term quantum processors will only contain a small amount of noisy qubits and allow limited qubit connectivity. Fault-tolerant schemes that not only have low qubit overhead but also comply with geometrical interaction constraints are therefore necessary. In this work, we combine flag fault tolerance with quantum circuit mapping, to enable an efficient flag-bridge approach to implement FT QEC on near-term devices. We further show an example of performing the Steane code error correction on two current superconducting processors and numerically analyze their performance with circuit level noise. The simulation results show that the QEC circuits that measure more stabilisers in parallel have lower logical error rates. We also observe that the Steane code can outperform the distance-3 surface code using flag-bridge error correction. In addition, we foresee potential applications of the flag-bridge approach such as FT computation using lattice surgery and code deformation techniques.
description: 11 pages, 14 figures, comments are most welcome
Recruiting problems and the shortage of junior corporate farm managers: the role of gender-specific assessments and life aspirations
Creators: name: Lehberger, Mira
name: Hirschauer, Norbert
name: Lehberger, Mira
name: Hirschauer, Norbert
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Labor and Human Capital
subject: Farm management succession
subject: gender
subject: occupational choice
subject: rational choice
subject: theory of planned behaviour

description: Replacements for corporate farm managers are increasingly hard to find. At the same time, a large pool of potential managers is hardly exploited: young female professionals. Focusing on the supply side of the labour market for managers, we investigate how gender-specific life aspirations impact occupational intention. Our analysis of survey data from agricultural students shows that the women are less inclined to become farm managers than the men for two main reasons: first, they expect less internal benefits (inner contentment, fun) from such a position. Second, they believe to be less suited to meet the professional requirements.
Effects of TeV Scale Gravity on e^+e^- --> W^+ W^-
Creators: name: Poulose, P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the process e^+e^- --> W^+W^- to probe low-scale gravity at high energy linear colliders. A characteristic signature of extra-dimensions models is the forward-backward asymmetry due to the interference of spin-2 graviton and spin-1 SM gauge boson exchange terms, even when right-polarised electron beam is used. Our analysis shows that larger than 5% asymmetry is possible at a linear collider with \sqrt{s}=500 (800) GeV if the mass scale, M_S is smaller than 2.7 (4.5) TeV. W^- polarisation factors measured with a few percent accuracy will also be able to put similar limits on M_S.
description: 8 pages including figures
The impact of cattle foot and mouth disease in the Brazilian economy
Creators: name: Alves, Alexandre Florindo
name: Guilhoto, Joaquim José Martins
name: Alves, Alexandre Florindo
name: Guilhoto, Joaquim José Martins
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Health Economics and Policy
subject: Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD)
subject: scenarios
subject: input-output models

description: This paper aims to assess the economic impact of Cattle Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) outbreaks in Brazil for 2006. This is done by using an input-output system for Brazilian economy and two basic scenarios: one which considers FMD outbreaks and decreases in exports and other which considers the status change for FMD-free without vaccination. In the first scenario the results show a decrease of total output in the Brazilian economy between R$ 3.3 billion and R$ 10.2 billion, while in the second scenario the results show an increase of total output between R$ 3.8 billion and R$ 12.5 billion.