cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Additional file 1 of Co-design of a digital dietary intervention for adults at risk of type 2 diabetes
Creators: name: Tay, Brenda S. J.
name: Edney, Sarah M.
name: Brinkworth, Grant D.
name: Cox, David N.
name: Wiggins, Bonnie
name: Davis, Aaron
name: Gwilt, Ian
name: Haveman-Nies, Annemien
name: Ryan, Jillian C.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 1. Characteristics of Co-Design Workshop Participants.
PR - Dairy Farm Ownership Structures And Their Management; Case Study Research
Creators: name: Reekers, Leanne
name: Shadbolt, Nicola M.
name: Dooley, Liz
name: Bewsell, Denise
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Farm Management
subject: Industrial Organization
subject: sharemilking
subject: equity partnerships
subject: case studies

description: The traditional pathway of progression through the New Zealand dairy industry is being challenged; equity partnerships, â€˜megaâ€™ farms, sharemilkers holding multiple contracts, growing acceptability of career paths where land ownership isnâ€™t the ultimate goal and spiralling land values are driving change at such a speed that much of the available information is anecdotal. To clarify understanding of this phenomenon research into contemporary ownership structures was undertaken. This paper reports on qualitative analyses of equity partnerships. The mix of people and interpersonal communication have been identified as critical success factors; when the mix of people differs if partners held common goals and their business structures and procedures enabled trust to develop there were fewer problems than if the mix was â€˜rightâ€™ but trust had not developed. Differing time frames and requirements in regards to investing for growth versus paying dividends can create tension. For some people control, self-employment and teamwork issues are insurmountable and they exit from equity partnerships.
description: Sixteenth International Farm Management Congress, University College Cork, Ireland, July 15-20, 2007
Computation of Neutron Star Structure Using Modern Equation of State
Creators: name: Bordbar, G. H.
name: Hayati, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using the modern equations of state derived from microscopic calculations, we have calculated the neutron star structure. For the neutron star, we have obtained a minimum mass about $0.1 {\rm M_{\odot}}$ which is nearly independent of the equation of state, and a maximum mass between $1.47 {\rm M_{\odot}}$ and $1.98 {\rm M_{\odot}}$ which is strongly dependent on the equation of state. It is shown that among the equations of state of neutron star matter which we have used, the stiffest one leads to higher maximum mass and radius and lower central density. It is seen that the given maximum mass for the Reid-93 equation of state shows a good consistency with the accurate observations of radio pulsars. We have indicated that the thickness of neutron star crust is very small compared to the predicted neutron star radius.
description: 16 pages, 6 figures
PR - Farmersâ€™ Behavioural Inclinations And Their Influence On The Anticipated Response To The Reform Of The Common Agricultural Policy
Creators: name: Rehman, Tahir
name: Garforth, Chris
name: McKemey, Kevin
name: Yates, Chris
name: Rana, Ram
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2007
Subjects: Agricultural and Food Policy

description: Recently the University of Reading has completed a project on behalf of Defra (Department of Food, Environment and Rural Affairs) to understand the behaviour and motivation of farmers in adjusting to the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), particularly to the Single Payment Scheme. This research provides interesting insights into how farmers can be expected to use the Single Payment (SP). In the literature on goals and objectives, the main interest is in ascertaining farmersâ€™ motivations for being in farming. The Reading project has created an â€˜influenceâ€™ model to identify the factors that are likely to determine farmersâ€™ responses, in a differentiated way, to the unprecedented event of the SP. The Reading typology of farmers is a refined set of behavioural types, capable of providing insights into farmersâ€™ intentions with regard to the SP. The project has used data from a survey, which used a postal questionnaire with a stratified (by region and farm type) random sample of 3,000 farmers in England in January 2006. Some 683 useable responses to 25 statements on â€œobjectivesâ€ in farming, and 26 statements on â€œvaluesâ€ were generated. The questionnaire also elicited farmersâ€™ attitudes and likely responses to the introduction of the SP. A set of six behavioural responses were identified through discussion with farmers including a general response of changing oneâ€™s farming system and practices in the next five years, and five specific ways of applying the SP. The analysis of farmersâ€™ responses shows that of the five potential methods of using the SP, the most likely to be adopted is to regard it as a substitute for the previous production-linked subsidies. The respondents felt that family members, business partners, accountants and the farming press would strongly support changing the farming system and practices as a result of the SP, while Defra, land agents and other farmers would be indifferent or against the idea. Amongst all five farmer types the family is the strongest influence. Referents fall into three distinct categories: referents external to the farm business, farming peers, and those that are internal to the business (including family members and business partners). Attitudes, perceived behavioural control and the views of others all have a significant influence on farmersâ€™ behavioural intentions with respect to the use of the SP.
description: Sixteenth International Farm Management Congress, University College Cork, Ireland, July 15-20, 2007
Type II compactifications on manifolds with SU(2) x SU(2) structure
Creators: name: Triendl, Hagen
name: Louis, Jan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We study compactifications of type II theories on SU(2) x SU(2) structure manifolds to six, five and four spacetime dimensions. We use the framework of generalized geometry to describe the NS-NS sector of such compactifications and derive the structure of their moduli spaces. We show that in contrast to SU(3) x SU(3) structure compactifications, there is no dynamical SU(2) x SU(2) structure interpolating between an SU(2) structure and an identity structure. Furthermore, we formulate type II compactifications on SU(2) x SU(2) structures in the context of exceptional generalized geometry which makes the U-duality group manifest and naturally incorporates the scalar degrees of freedom arising in the Ramond-Ramond sector. Via this formalism we derive the structure of the moduli spaces as it is expected from N=4 supergravity.
description: 69 pages, v2 published version
PR - An Initial Study Of The Use Made By Suckler Beef Farmers Of Agricultural Contractors In The Republic Of Ireland
Creators: name: Ruane, Dermot J.
name: Fallon, R.J.
name: Leahy, H.
name: O'Riordan, E.G.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Livestock Production/Industries
subject: Farm Management
subject: farm contractors
subject: suckler beef farmers
subject: farm tasks

description: Research work on agricultural contractors appears not to have kept pace with other research areas within the field of farm management. Contracting relieves farmers of the burdens associated with direct employment and with short seasonal tasks. Contractors offer farmers flexibility with specialized skills, knowledge and equipment. Time sheet data were collected from 115 spring calving suckler beef farms (75% full time, 25% part-time) over a 12 month period. Agricultural contractors were used by 97% of respondents for an average of 6.7 tasks per farm per annum on a very wide range of tasks. Seasonality of contractor use provided peaks in June-July and in September. Common services were forage conservation fertilizer and slurry spreading, feeding cleaning and harvesting for those with other enterprises. Contractors provided labour-only services or a full range of mechanistic and management services to farmers. Labour-only contractors were frequently farmers themselves or were sourced from corporate organizations.
description: Sixteenth International Farm Management Congress, University College Cork, Ireland, July 15-20, 2007
Possibility of Catastrophic Black Hole Growth in the Warped Brane-World Scenario at the LHC
Creators: name: Casadio, Roberto
name: Fabi, Sergio
name: Harms, Benjamin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper we present the results of our analysis of the growth and decay of black holes possibly produced at the Large Hadron Collider, based on our previous study of black holes in the context of the warped brane-world scenario. The black hole mass accretion and decay is obtained as a function of time, and the maximum black hole mass is obtained as a function of a critical mass parameter. The latter occurs in our expression for the luminosity and is related to the size of extra-dimensional corrections to Newton's law. Based on this analysis, we argue against the possibility of catastrophic black hole growth at the LHC.
description: 9 pages, 5 figures, final version to match published paper
The self-moderation procedure : the development of a procedure to moderate standards between schools using free selection from a bank of objective items.
Creators: name: Palmer, Donald George
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: The Self-Moderation Procedure is a complete system, developed by the author, which allows teachers themselves to moderate their pupils' levels of achievement. In any subject area, the source of items for the special tests used by the teachers is a book (or Bank) of multiple-choice items, which must be written and subjected to pupil trial under the appropriate, controlled conditions. In use, each teacher selects a test of his own choice from the Bank; the test therefore is chosen to suit the teaching emphases and does not, as is usual in many examining systems, itself control those emphases. Involved in the Procedure is a way of treating the pupil answers to each test. By taking into account stored data from previous pupil attempts at the same items, a predicted group score is obtained for each award category (such as \Credit\"). This in combination with the teacher's forecast of the number of pupils he judges to be in each category allows a total predicted class score on the test to be obtained. This is then compared with the actual score which the class gains on the test and that comparison is the basis of the moderation advice. The Procedure was investigated with respect to several aspects of its validity and reliability in connection with three Banks which were currently in use at Grade 10. The studies indicated that Mathematics A Level 3 seemed to be well suited to the Procedure and that Mathematics Level 2 and English Level 3 also gave quite acceptable results based on more limited data from rather less usage. It was concluded that the Procedure had many of the properties of a good assessment system; it seemed to have fewer deficiencies and more good features than most systems currently being used for either external examining or internal moderated assessment."
HARP/ACSIS: A submillimetre spectral imaging system on the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope
Creators: name: Buckle, J. V.
name: Hills, R. E.
name: Smith, H.
name: Dent, W. R. F.
name: Bell, G.
name: Curtis, E. I.
name: Dace, R.
name: Gibson, H.
name: Graves, S. F.
name: Leech, J.
name: Richer, J. S.
name: Williamson, R.
name: Withington, S.
name: Yassin, G.
name: Bennett, R.
name: Hastings, P.
name: Laidlaw, I.
name: Lightfoot, J. F.
name: Burgess, T.
name: Dewdney, P. E.
name: Hovey, G.
name: Willis, A. G.
name: Redman, R.
name: Wooff, B.
name: Berry, D. S.
name: Cavanagh, B.
name: Davis, G. R.
name: Dempsey, J.
name: Friberg, P.
name: Jenness, T.
name: Kackley, R.
name: Rees, N. P.
name: Tilanus, R.
name: Walther, C.
name: Zwart, W.
name: Klapwijk, T. M.
name: Kroug, M.
name: Zijlstra, T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This paper describes a new Heterodyne Array Receiver Programme (HARP) and Auto-Correlation Spectral Imaging System (ACSIS) that have recently been installed and commissioned on the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT). The 16-element focal-plane array receiver, operating in the submillimetre from 325 to 375 GHz, offers high (three-dimensional) mapping speeds, along with significant improvements over single-detector counterparts in calibration and image quality. Receiver temperatures are $\sim$120 K across the whole band and system temperatures of $\sim$300K are reached routinely under good weather conditions. The system includes a single-sideband filter so these are SSB figures. Used in conjunction with ACSIS, the system can produce large-scale maps rapidly, in one or more frequency settings, at high spatial and spectral resolution. Fully-sampled maps of size 1 square degree can be observed in under 1 hour. The scientific need for array receivers arises from the requirement for programmes to study samples of objects of statistically significant size, in large-scale unbiased surveys of galactic and extra-galactic regions. Along with morphological information, the new spectral imaging system can be used to study the physical and chemical properties of regions of interest. Its three-dimensional imaging capabilities are critical for research into turbulence and dynamics. In addition, HARP/ACSIS will provide highly complementary science programmes to wide-field continuum studies, and produce the essential preparatory work for submillimetre interferometers such as the SMA and ALMA.
description: MNRAS Accepted 2009 July 2. 18 pages, 25 figures and 6 tables
The Ghetto and the Disadvantaged Housing Area (DHA) – Livezilor Alley
Creators: name: Catalin Berescu
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: slum, ghetto, Ferentari, Roma, poverty, housing, urban studies

description: „A small survey was conducted on a sample of persons residing in the Livezilor Alley area. The research was conducted in December 2010, when field operators filled out 240 questionnaires in Livezilor Alley. The questionnaire consisted of 53 questions. The research tool was built in such a way as to be able to render an accurate picture of the way the area’s residents live and perceive everyday life. The eight main topics addressed in the questionnaire include: general information about the household, perception on the area, education, health, housing, employment, good governance and citizens’ safety. Results of the survey are not meant to be representative from a statistical point of view, but offer a snapshot of life in the community. (...) The second chapter deals with an urban and architectural description of the area, followed by a presentation of the housing history and situation. The description of the ghetto in Livezilor Alley is made in the context of disadvantaged housing areas in Romania and of other Roma ghettos from Europe.”
A candidate for the scalar glueball operator within the Gribov-Zwanziger framework
Creators: name: Vandersickel, N.
name: Dudal, D.
name: Sorella, S. P.
name: Verschelde, H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This proceeding gives an overview of the renormalization of $F^2_{μν}$ using the Faddeev-Popov action and the more complicate Gribov-Zwanziger action, which deals with Gribov copies. We show that using the Faddeev-Popov action, $F^2_{μν}$ mixes with other $d=4$ operators. However, due to the BRST invariance of the action, this mixing is not relevant at the level of the correlator, $\Braket {F^2_{μν}(x) F^2_{αβ}(y)}$. In contrast, when turning to the Gribov-Zwanziger action, the mixing of $F^2_{μν}$ with other $d=4$ operator does have consequences at the level of the correlator. This is due to the breaking of the BRST. We then present a possible candidate for a physical operator in the Gribov-Zwanziger framework.
description: 11 pages, proceeding for the International Workshop on QCD Green's Functions, Confinement, and Phenomenology (QCD-TNT09)
PR - Sustainable Family Farming â€“ A Balance Between Economy, Ecology And Commerce
Creators: name: Russell, Noel
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: Farm Management
subject: sustainable family farming
subject: genuine investment

description: This paper explores the use of sustainability as a performance criterion in a family farming context. The proposed measure, adapted from one that has been considered by many authors for use at aggregate economy level, is focused on the need to ensure non-declining farm family welfare through time, and is based on measuring the change in the value of all productive assets controlled by the farm business using accounting prices that represent the impact on family welfare of a marginal change in the asset endowment. These accounting prices encompass the effects of prevailing technology, market conditions, ecological system characteristics and the political and economic context within which the business operates, as well as asset scarcity and substitution possibilities. The resulting measure, referred to as â€˜genuine investmentâ€™ can be used to test whether any proposed plan for the farm business can support sustainable family welfare. Optimal farmer decision making is not assumed. The analysis focuses on how the measure might be implemented where the principal threat to farm business sustainability derives from economic, ecological and commercial considerations and the particular issues that emerge in these circumstances. Practical issues related to implementing this measure are also discussed.
description: Sixteenth International Farm Management Congress, University College Cork, Ireland, July 15-20, 2007
PR - Historic Residual Returns To Farm Land, Labour And Management, Saskatchewan: 1926-2005
Creators: name: Schoney, R.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Land Economics/Use
subject: Labor and Human Capital
subject: residual return to land
subject: labour and management
subject: farmland

description: One of the more enduring and useful farm business management benchmarks has been the â€œResidual Return to Land, Labour and Managementâ€ (RLLM). Historically, it has been used as a return to the two residual claimants â€“farmland and family labour and management. It also can be used as a starting point for several other benchmarks. Two measures of RLLM are examined, one based on regional farm level data (microdata approach) and the other based on provincial income and expense statistics (the aggregate approach). While they result in similar 1926-1999 means, they result in somewhat different patterns because of the differing relative impacts of drought and new crops such as canola. Nevertheless, they both show the narrowing margin of the residual, particularly after 1980. Cost shares are also used to delineate a series of agricultural epochs.
description: Sixteenth International Farm Management Congress, University College Cork, Ireland, July 15-20, 2007
PR - An Exploration Of Language For Biodiversity And Regeneration In Australian Agriculture
Creators: name: Scott, Pennie
name: Watson, Geoff
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Labor and Human Capital
subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: gender
subject: economic rationalism
subject: agro-ecological paradigms

description: The language of words is the most commonly used tool in person to person communication and this in turn profoundly reflects and creates an individualâ€™s belief systems and behaviours. In the arena of sustainable production systems for food and fibre and the â€˜managementâ€™ of natural resources, there is a plethora of information provided by organisations dedicated to researching and communicating new land use methods for farmers to implement. However to date, the uptake of new methods has been frustratingly low resulting in the on-going degradation of Australiaâ€™s fragile landscapes while exploitative farming practices continue. A key issue is whether the language of current policies is appropriate to influence the belief systems of decision makers in exploitative agriculture in order to achieve a shift towards more sustainable and regenerative outcomes. Research is currently in the early stages to distinguish the different â€˜languagesâ€™ present in Australian culture, especially in agri-culture. Initial evaluation reveals that the hegemonic language is economic rationalism (hereon known as â€˜eco-ratâ€™) emanating from neo-liberal economic policies. â€˜Eco-ratâ€™ is characterised by espoused masculinity, viz. competitiveness, control, reductionism, power and domination and is counter-productive to sustainable production practices. Conversely, the language of sustainability and regeneration is feminine - nurturing, holistic, supportive and nature-cyclical. An integral component of this research is to identify specific paradigms in Australia that characterise exploitative (industrialised) farmers and paradigms that characterise regenerative / conservation landholders. A key characteristic of such paradigms is the level and extent of each personâ€™s vocabulary, building on Wittgensteinâ€™s notion that â€œthe limits of my language are the limits of my mindâ€™. Are there differences between the vocabularies of landholders engaged in regenerative farming compared to those who use more industrialised methods of production? For example when contemporary advertisements for high input agriculture are analysed, farming is commonly portrayed as a competitive â€˜battleâ€™. In polemic essay style, this paper explores and characterises the underlying belief systems and vocabularies that perpetuate the paradigms of â€˜stubble-burnersâ€™ in broadacre cropping enterprises, and compares these to those of regenerative farmers â€“ with the implication that these distinct paradigms can influence the development of very different land use practices.
description: Sixteenth International Farm Management Congress, University College Cork, Ireland, July 15-20, 2007
Additional file 4 of Impacts of chronic disease prevention programs implemented by private health insurers: a systematic review
Creators: name: Wanni Arachchige Dona, Sithara
name: Angeles, Mary Rose
name: Hall, Natasha
name: Watts, Jennifer J.
name: Peeters, Anna
name: Hensher, Martin
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 4.
PR - Strategic Management Of Farm Businesses: The Role Of Strategy Tools With Particular Reference To The Balanced Scorecard
Creators: name: Shadbolt, Nicola M.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Farm Management
subject: strategic management
subject: strategy tools
subject: balanced scorecard

description: Strategic management has been described as being different from other levels of management in several ways. It is non-routine, non-programmable, unique and creative, more ambiguous, uncertain and complex than â€˜operationalâ€™ management and yet it has the greatest impact on the future of the business. There are a number of strategy tools available that can be used by farm businesses to guide strategic thinking, strategic decision-making and strategy implementation. The range of strategy tools used by rural professionals is not wide; of particular note is the observed misuse of the SWOT analysis with subsequent poor identification of external opportunities. The use of the balanced scorecard (BSC) tool is described and how it has been adapted for use in farm and ranching businesses discussed. To be successful, both farm and non-farm businesses can and have utilised the flexibility provided by the BSC tool to design a framework that fits their purpose and delivers to their vision.
description: Sixteenth International Farm Management Congress, University College Cork, Ireland, July 15-20, 2007
Network-induced multistability through lossy coupling and exotic solitary states
Creators: name: Hellmann, Frank
name: Schultz, Paul
name: Jaros, Patrycja
name: Levchenko, Roman
name: Kapitaniak, Tomasz
name: Kurths, Jürgen
name: Maistrenko, Yuri
Publisher: name: [London] : Nature Publishing Group UK
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: alternative energy
subject: detection method
subject: equipment
subject: electricity
subject: mathematical model
subject: power grid
subject: 500

description: The stability of synchronised networked systems is a multi-faceted challenge for many natural and technological fields, from cardiac and neuronal tissue pacemakers to power grids. For these, the ongoing transition to distributed renewable energy sources leads to a proliferation of dynamical actors. The desynchronisation of a few or even one of those would likely result in a substantial blackout. Thus the dynamical stability of the synchronous state has become a leading topic in power grid research. Here we uncover that, when taking into account physical losses in the network, the back-reaction of the network induces new exotic solitary states in the individual actors and the stability characteristics of the synchronous state are dramatically altered. These effects will have to be explicitly taken into account in the design of future power grids. We expect the results presented here to transfer to other systems of coupled heterogeneous Newtonian oscillators.
PR - Dairy Farm Business Analysis; Current Approaches And A Way Forward
Creators: name: Shadbolt, Nicola
name: Newman, Matthew
name: Lines, Ivan
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Industrial Organization
subject: liquidity
subject: profitability
subject: wealth creation

description: In 2003 a voluntary-based industry group, calling itself the KPI Working Group, formed to discuss and address the fragmented approach to measurement of business performance that existed in the dairy industry. The objective they set themselves was to develop a coordinated approach to provide sound, robust data and consistent benchmark calculations which would provide increased clarity of data for the dairy industry and benchmarks that could be relied upon. Group discussion related to the need to provide farmers and wider industry players with timely information on liquidity, profitability and wealth creation/loss as it occurs on farm from year to year. Critical areas that required consistency in how they were determined included the value of family labour and management, changes in feed inventory and the value of land and buildings. Indicators of success for both the property and the farming businesses was needed to ensure a holistic evaluation was made of overall investment strategy. The research provides a useful example of how inter-disciplinary groups can work towards a common goal and suggests a framework for farm analysis that could be used internationally.
description: Sixteenth International Farm Management Congress, University College Cork, Ireland, July 15-20, 2007
QCD Factorization Based on Six-Quark Operator Effective Hamiltonian from Perturbative QCD and Charmless Bottom Meson Decays $B_{(s)}\to ππ,πK, KK$
Creators: name: Su, Fang
name: Wu, Yue-Liang
name: Yang, Yi-Bo
name: Zhuang, Ci
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The charmless bottom meson decays are systematically investigated based on an approximate six quark operator effective Hamiltonian from perturbative QCD. It is shown that within this framework the naive QCD factorization method provides a simple way to evaluate the hadronic matrix elements of two body mesonic decays. The singularities caused by on mass-shell quark propagator and gluon exchanging interaction are appropriately treated. Such a simple framework allows us to make theoretical predictions for the decay amplitudes with reasonable input parameters. The resulting theoretical predictions for all the branching ratios and CP asymmetries in the charmless $B^0, B^+, B_s\to ππ, πK, KK$ decays are found to be consistent with the current experimental data except for a few decay modes. The observed large branching ratio in $B\to π^0π^0$ decay remains a puzzle though the predicted branching ratio may be significantly improved by considering the large vertex corrections in the effective Wilson coefficients. More precise measurements of charmless bottom meson decays, especially on CP-violations in $B\to K K$ and $B_s\to ππ, πK, KK$ decay modes, will provide a useful test and guide us to a better understanding on perturbative and nonperturbative QCD.
description: 36 pages, 5 figures, typos corrected
PR - Defining New Clientele For University Outreach In The West
Creators: name: Tranel, Jeffrey E.
name: Hewlett, John P.
name: Weigel, Randolph
name: Ehmke, Cole
name: Rahman, Tauhidur
name: Teegerstrom, Trent
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2007
Subjects: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods

description: The rural West has experienced dramatic demographic and economic transformations over the past decade. The make-up of farm operators has altered significantly and enterprises are increasingly at greater production, financial, marketing, human, and institutional risks. Given the importance of University Outreach education to the future of agriculture, a better understanding of the make-up of farm operators and their perceived threats are required in order to design effective risk management education. A statistically valid survey was conducted in 2006 of farmers and ranchers in Arizona, Colorado, and Wyoming in cooperation with the National Agricultural Statistics Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The questionnaire was designed to discover the demographics, preferences for learning methodologies, greatest threats, and information demands of todayâ€™s farmers. Empirical analyses were conducted using survey data of 2,645 farm operators. This paper presents preliminary results based on initial analysis.
description: Sixteenth International Farm Management Congress, University College Cork, Ireland, July 15-20, 2007
Additional file 3 of Impacts of chronic disease prevention programs implemented by private health insurers: a systematic review
Creators: name: Wanni Arachchige Dona, Sithara
name: Angeles, Mary Rose
name: Hall, Natasha
name: Watts, Jennifer J.
name: Peeters, Anna
name: Hensher, Martin
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 3.
Additional file 2 of Impacts of chronic disease prevention programs implemented by private health insurers: a systematic review
Creators: name: Wanni Arachchige Dona, Sithara
name: Angeles, Mary Rose
name: Hall, Natasha
name: Watts, Jennifer J.
name: Peeters, Anna
name: Hensher, Martin
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 2.
MFA [i.e. MFA Studies] submission
Creators: name: Panevin, Alexander
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: In attempting to combine words and images, pieces of literature and poetry, I came up with the idea of developing a cookery book (which I would like to write, illustrate and design). I see this as capable of providing an elaborate metaphor for a culture, in this case that of Russia. In preparing this book I will be using the selected works of Russian writers such as Nabokov, Bulgakov, Tolstoy, Pushkin, Gogol, Chekhov and others, searching for images and descriptions of food, of meals and of manners which can be incorporated into a recipe book. I would like not so much to illustrate the dishes themselves but rather to explore in illustrations particular historical epochs and to examine the culture and traditions of the time as well as showing the individuality of each writer.
NEOWISE Data Processing and Color Corrections for Near-Earth Asteroid Observations
Creators: name: Myers, Samuel A.
name: Howell, Ellen S.
name: Fernández, Yanga R.
name: Marshall, Sean E.
name: Magri, Christopher
name: Vervack, Ronald J.
name: Hinkle, Mary L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer and NEOWISE missions are a key source of thermal data for near-Earth asteroids (NEAs). These missions, which utilized a space-based platform in Earth orbit, produced thermal images across four different wavelength bands, W1 - W4, with effective wavelengths of 3.4, 4.6, 12, and 22 μm respectively. Despite its use for NEA observations though, the mission architecture was originally designed to observe stars. Thus, careful data analysis methods are crucial when working with NEA data to account for the differences between these objects. However, detailed information on how to work with these data can be difficult to find for users unfamiliar with the mission. The required information is well documented, but locating it can be challenging, and many details, such as specifics about color corrections, are not fully explained. Therefore, in this work, we provide a set of "lessons learned" for working with NEOWISE data, outline the basics of how to retrieve and process NEOWISE data for NEA investigations, and present an empirical method for color correction determination. We highlight the importance of this process by processing data for three NEAs, finding that nearly half of all available observations should be discarded. Finally, we present simple thermal model results based on different levels of data analysis to highlight how data processing can affect model results.
description: 12 pages, 7 figures, 4 tables
Flow simulation of a collagen solution in syringes with different geometries
Creators: name: Syntouka, Ioanna Marina
name: Riches, Philip
name: Busby, Grahame
name: Kazakidi, Asimina
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018

description: In recent years, cell therapy has emerged as a promising therapeutic strategy for many diseases, including Parkinson’s disease. To increase cell viability, biomaterials are often used as scaffolds to facilitate cell deposition, through injection, to the site of interest. However, fluid forces acting on the cells during injection may lead to cell disruption or death. This study aims to develop a novel device for the delivery of a cell-embedded collagen hydrogel, forming in situ. Here, we discuss computational results on constricted channels representing the connection between the syringe barrel and the needle to gain insight into the effect of syringe geometry.
PR - Agricultural and Non-agricultural Rural Employment In The EU: Issues And Strategies, With Special Reference To Accession and Candidate Countries
Creators: name: Turner, Martin M.
name: Wibberley, E. John
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Labor and Human Capital
subject: rural depopulation
subject: labour
subject: diversification

description: Rural unemployment and rural depopulation are common concerns of European countries, especially the new EU accession and candidate countries. The context for this paper is the substantial change in labour requirements, opportunities and responses of the labour force following the collapse of communism, coupled with the current emphasis on market liberalisation. Associated changes in the structure of farming are reviewed, with special reference to a commonly observed polarisation between small, semi-subsistence farms (sometimes operating as â€˜hobbyâ€™ farms) and the far fewer emergent large, commercial farms. Diversification into alternative farm-based economic activities - such as agri-tourism and various types of ecotourism, on-farm processing of raw farm products â€“ is considered. Using recent data, the paper explores the current issues involved in rural employment in Europe. A digest of trends in a number of countries is presented and an exploration of common and contrasting elements follows, together with diagrams/illustrations. In particular, these data are reviewed in relation to The Lisbon Strategy of 2000 and the actual trends measured since that date in a selection of countries. Issues of unemployment, hidden unemployment, under-employment and â€˜the grey economyâ€™ are covered. Changes in labour migration patterns are discussed in relation to the social, contractual and economic consequences of these changes. Contrasts are presented between employment opportunities for rural and urban, male and female, oldest and youngest, well-educated and less educated (especially in regard to appropriate rural vocational education and training). Shortcomings of The Lisbon Strategy are examined and a case is made for some alternative strategy elements in the light of environmental, livelihood and international relations imperatives. These concomitant matters demand management with ingenuity, determination and long-term vision. The paper concludes by suggesting recommended management approaches for both policy-makers and rural enterprise practitioners.
description: Sixteenth International Farm Management Congress, University College Cork, Ireland, July 15-20, 2007
Paleoecology of postglacial sediments in the Fraser lowland region of British Columbia
Creators: name: Mathewes, Rolf Walter
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: The postglacial vegetation history of the University of British Columbia Research Forest and the Yale area in the Fraser Lowland region was investigated using percentage and absolute pollen analysis, macrofossil analysis, and radiocarbon dating. A marine clay deposit from the U.B.C. Forest records the oldest (12,690 ± 190 B.P.) assemblage of terrestrial plant remains so far recovered from the postglacial of south-coastal British Columbia. Lodgepole pine dominated this early vegetation, although some fir, spruce, alder and herbs were also present. Four lakes were also studied paleoecologically. The oldest is Marion L., where a previously undescribed pollen assemblage of Pinus aontortat Salixt and Shepherdia is recorded in clay older than 12,350 ± 190 B.P. By at least 11,000 B.P., the three other lakes were also accumulating pollen-rich deposits, dominated in the early-stages by Pinus eontortat Abiest Piaea and Alnus, The first evidence of cedar (Thuja and perhaps Chamaecyparis) history in southwestern British Columbia is presented from pollen and macrofossil analyses. Pollen of Douglas-fir began a rapid increase about 10,500 B.P. at all four lakes, probably in response to a climatic amelioration. Between approximately 10,000 B.P. and 8,000 B.P. in the Yale area, pollen assemblages suggest that the climate was relatively warm and dry, although natural succession, topography, and fires might account for the increase of non-arboreal vegetation observed in the interval. At Marion and Surprise lakes nearer the coast, palynological evidence of a similar xerothermic interval is slight, probably reflecting an ameliorating oceanic influence. Evidence of warm and dry conditions is restricted to this period between 10,000 B.P. and 8,000 B.P., in contrast to the classical concept of a Hypsithermal interval between 8,500 and 3,000 B.P. in the Pacific Northwest.
Additional file 1 of Antihypertensive treatments and risks of lung Cancer: a large population-based cohort study in Hong Kong
Creators: name: Li, Jinhui
name: Lam, Amy S. M.
name: Yau, Sarah T. Y.
name: Yiu, Karen K. L.
name: Tsoi, Kelvin K. F.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 1.
Offene Bildung - Open Educational Resources
Creators: name: Hapke, Thomas
name: Rajski, Beate
name: Bieler, Detlev
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: #OAWeek
#OAWeek2016
OER
HOOU
Hamburg Open Online University

description: Poster zu Offene Bildung + Open Educational Resources. Überblick und Materialien.
Additional file 1 of Impacts of chronic disease prevention programs implemented by private health insurers: a systematic review
Creators: name: Wanni Arachchige Dona, Sithara
name: Angeles, Mary Rose
name: Hall, Natasha
name: Watts, Jennifer J.
name: Peeters, Anna
name: Hensher, Martin
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 1.
Influence of entrance channels on formation of superheavy nuclei in massive fusion reactions
Creators: name: Feng, Zhao-Qing
name: Li, Jun-Qing
name: Jin, Gen-Ming
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Within the framework of the dinuclear system (DNS) model, the production cross sections of superheavy nuclei Hs (Z=108) and Z=112 combined with different reaction systems are analyzed systematically. It is found that the mass asymmetries and the reaction Q values of the combinations play a very important role on the formation cross sections of the evaporation residues. Both methods by solving the master equations along the mass asymmetry degree of freedom (1D) and along the proton and the neutron degrees of freedom (2D) are compared each other and with the available experimental results.
description: 10 pages, 5 figures
PR - Efficiency Of Rice Farmers In Nigeria: Potentials For Food Security And Poverty Alleviation
Creators: name: Umeh, J.C.
name: Ataborh, E.M.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Food Security and Poverty
subject: Productivity Analysis
subject: rice farmers
subject: efficiency
subject: food security

description: Self-sufficiency in rice production has eluded Nigeria for a long time despite over 36 years of efforts by the Government of Nigeria towards its realization. Chains of economic activities in the Nigerian rice industry like harvesting, parboiling, drying, milling/threshing etc are largely executed by women and children. Government of Nigeria has therefore not relented in her effort to develop the rice enterprise as this will put money and food into the hands of the very vulnerable segment of the Nigerian society. This study examines the efficiency of rice farmers in Nigeria, identifying the inefficiency variables in an effort to eliminate wastes and thus set the crop sub-sector on the path of growth and development. The trend analysis identified a huge rice supply deficit, huge rice import bills and very low rice productivity in Nigeria. Thus while Nigeria and other developing economies grapple with the problem of food/rice production the developed economies face other issues like quality and safety of food. In contrast, trend analysis results for developed agricultural economy indicates high productivity trend. Nigeriaâ€™s rice productivity problems occurred despite over 4.9 million hectares of available land suitable for rice production in Nigeria. Primary data were then collected form randomly sampled 300 rice farmers in Kogi State Nigeria using a structured questionnaire. The data were analyzed using the Stochastic Frontier production function. Further findings of the study indicated that the elasticity of mean value of rice output with respect to farm size (0.74), labour use (0.14), fertilizer (0.24), were of increasing function. The returns to scale value of 1.82 for significant elasticities was realized indicating a sub-optimal rice production process. The firm-specific indices of technical efficiency vary widely between 0.7 x 10-8 and 0.91 with a mean of 0.54. Technical efficiency in rice production in Nigeria could be increased by 46% through better management and use of available resources. The study indicated that this could be achieved through farmer specific factors including age, farming experience, household size, education and improved rice variety. Key recommendations of the study include access to improved rice variety, access to improved rice processing technology and access to markets and extension services.
description: Sixteenth International Farm Management Congress, University College Cork, Ireland, July 15-20, 2007
Partial cross mapping eliminates indirect causal influences
Creators: name: Leng, Siyang
name: Ma, Huanfei
name: Kurths, Jürgen
name: Lai, Ying-Cheng
name: Lin, Wei
name: Aihara, Kazuyuki
name: Chen, Luonan
Publisher: name: [London] : Nature Publishing Group UK
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: detection method
subject: feasibility study
subject: mapping method
subject: methodology
subject: nonlinear system
subject: 500

description: Causality detection likely misidentifies indirect causations as direct ones, due to the effect of causation transitivity. Although several methods in traditional frameworks have been proposed to avoid such misinterpretations, there still is a lack of feasible methods for identifying direct causations from indirect ones in the challenging situation where the variables of the underlying dynamical system are non-separable and weakly or moderately interacting. Here, we solve this problem by developing a data-based, model-independent method of partial cross mapping based on an articulated integration of three tools from nonlinear dynamics and statistics: phase-space reconstruction, mutual cross mapping, and partial correlation. We demonstrate our method by using data from different representative models and real-world systems. As direct causations are keys to the fundamental underpinnings of a variety of complex dynamics, we anticipate our method to be indispensable in unlocking and deciphering the inner mechanisms of real systems in diverse disciplines from data.
Additional file 1 of Synthaser: a CD-Search enabled Python toolkit for analysing domain architecture of fungal secondary metabolite megasynth(et)ases
Creators: name: Gilchrist, Cameron L. M.
name: Chooi, Yit-Heng
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: Additional file 1: Fig. S1. Schema of the synthaser JSON rule file. Fig. S2. Synthaser visualisation of domain architectures of non-reducing polyketide synthase (NR-PKS)sequences involved in meroterpenoid biosynthesis showing gaps in N-terminal regions of BAV69313.1 andEAU29529.1. Fig. S3. Extract from multiple sequence alignment of N-terminal regions of non-reducing polyketidesynthase (NR-PKS) sequences involved in meroterpenoid biosynthesis showing conservation of the starterunit:ACP transacylase (SAT) domain active site GXCXG motif.