cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
D8.3.1 - Dissemination, Communication & Stakeholders Engagement Plan
Creators: name: Pitteros Dimitris
name: Konstantinidis Giorgos
name: Manouselis Nikos
name: Tsaropoulou Francesca
name: Giannelou Iliana
name: Bozou Eva
name: Thanopoulos Charalampos
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: food safety
big data
standards
certification

description: The Dissemination, Communication & Stakeholders Engagement plan of TheFSM aims to give a general
 scope of the activities that will be undertaken during the project lifetime, as well as the way in which
 they will serve to make the project results available to the identified target groups. The document goes
 through the strategy that will be followed by the consortium to communicate the project’s objectives.
 This will be performed through a variety of dissemination channels, such as the project’s website and
 social media as well as a set of public activities and events. For that purpose, specific materials and tools
 will be used by the project partners. Moreover, the responsibilities of each consortium partner are
 extensively analyzed in tandem with the key performance indicators that will be used to assess the
 effectiveness of each performed action.
 The document is structured as follows: Chapter 1 serves as an introduction to the deliverable whereas
 chapter 2 references the dissemination and exploitation KPIs that TheFSM consortium should address.
 Chapter 3 provides an overview of the dissemination strategy, which is based on a series of layers and
 actions, and chapter 4 includes an overview of the digital dissemination channels of TheFSM. Chapter
 5 briefly refers to the offline dissemination channels and events and chapter 6 includes the foreseen
 activities in terms of engagement with SMEs. Chapter 7 presents the plan for the dissemination tools
 and material that will be prepared during the lifetime of the project, and finally chapter 8 concludes
 with collaborations with other initiatives.
Chu tesh ha timiux "he worked hard on the land" : the story of Joeyaska
Creators: name: Joe, Mary Jane
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: This paper provides a history of my great grandfather, Joeyaska; who he was, where he came from, and how he came to acquire 320 acres of land in 1878 near Merritt, in the interior of British Columbia. Joeyaska was considered a Stuwix. From all that is known, Joeyaska was a Stuwix from the Athapaskan group. Joeyaska a warrior, a survivor, a horseman, a family man and protector of his rights passed on to his children and grandchildren his land. Who are the descendants of Joeyaska and what are we doing today in the threat of encroachment by the chief and council of the Lower Nicola Band. How are we defending and carrying on traditional land rights and practises. This paper is a compilation of oral tradition and documented history on Joeyaska, our great grandfather.
Class elicitation session
Creators: name: O'Hagan, Zachary James
name: Rolle, Nicholas Revett
name: Skilton, Amalia Horan
name: Zapana Almanza, Hector
Publisher: name: California Language Archive, University of California, Berkeley
Year: 2016
Subjects: Aymara language

description: Domain of vowel lowering; evidentiality; questions; -sa/-sti
Global Properties of X-Ray Flashes and X-Ray-Rich Gamma-Ray Bursts Observed by Swift
Creators: name: Sakamoto, T.
name: Hullinger, D.
name: Sato, G.
name: Yamazaki, R.
name: Barbier, L.
name: Barthelmy, S. D.
name: Cummings, J. R.
name: Fenimore, E. E.
name: Gehrels, N.
name: Krimm, H. A.
name: Lamb, D. Q.
name: Markwardt, C. B.
name: Osborne, J. P.
name: Palmer, D. M.
name: Parsons, A. M.
name: Stamatikos, M.
name: Tueller, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We describe and discuss the spectral and temporal characteristics of the prompt emission and X-ray afterglow emission of X-ray flashes (XRFs) and X-ray-rich gamma-ray bursts (XRRs) detected and observed by Swift between December 2004 and September 2006. We compare these characteristics to a sample of conventional classical gamma-ray bursts (C-GRBs) observed during the same period. We confirm the correlation between Epeak_obs and fluence noted by others and find further evidence that XRFs, XRRs and C-GRBs form a continuum. We also confirm that our known redshift sample is consistent with the correlation between the peak energy in the GRB rest frame (Epeak_src) and the isotropic radiated energy (Eiso), so called the Epeak_src-Eiso relation. The spectral properties of X-ray afterglows of XRFs and C-GRBs are similar, but the temporal properties of XRFs and C-GRBs are quite different. We found that the light curves of C-GRB afterglows show a break to steeper indices (shallow-to-steep break) at much earlier times than do XRF afterglows. Moreover, the overall luminosity of XRF X-ray afterglows is systematically smaller by a factor of two or more compared to that of C-GRBs. These distinct differences between the X-ray afterglows of XRFs and C-GRBs may be the key to understanding not only the mysterious shallow-to-steep break in X-ray afterglow light curves, but also the unique nature of XRFs.
description: 50 pages, 22 figures, Accepted for publication in ApJ
Classical Nuclear Motion in Quantum Transport
Creators: name: Verdozzi, Claudio
name: Stefanucci, Gianluca
name: Almbladh, Carl-Olof
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: An ab initio quantum-classical mixed scheme for the time evolution of electrode-device-electrode systems is introduced to study nuclear dynamics in quantum transport. Two model systems are discussed to illustrate the method. Our results provide the first example of current-induced molecular desorption as obtained from a full time-dependent approach and suggest the use of ac biases as a way to tailor electromigration. They also show the importance of non-adiabatic effects for ultrafast phenomena in nanodevices.
description: 5 pages, 3 figures
Origin of the $ν=1/2$ fractional quantum Hall effect in wide quantum wells
Creators: name: Zhao, Tongzhou
name: Faugno, William N.
name: Pu, Songyang
name: Balram, Ajit C.
name: Jain, J. K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The nature of the fractional quantum Hall effect at $ν=1/2$ observed in wide quantum wells almost three decades ago is still under debate. Previous studies have investigated it by the variational Monte Carlo method, which makes the assumption that the transverse wave function and the gap between the symmetric and antisymmetric subbands obtained in a local density approximation at zero magnetic field remain valid even at high perpendicular magnetic fields; this method also ignores the effect of Landau level mixing. We develop in this work a three-dimensional fixed phase Monte Carlo method, which gives, in a single framework, the total energies of various candidate states in a finite width quantum well, including Landau level mixing, directly in a large magnetic field. This method can be applied to one-component states, as well two-component states in the limit where the symmetric and antisymmetric bands are nearly degenerate. Our three-dimensional fixed-phase diffusion Monte Carlo calculations suggest that the observed 1/2 fractional quantum Hall state in wide quantum wells is likely to be the one-component Pfaffian state supporting non-Abelian excitations. We hope that this will motivate further experimental studies of this state.
String Propagation through a Big Crunch/Big Bang Transition
Creators: name: Tolley, Andrew J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider the propagation of classical and quantum strings on cosmological space-times which interpolate from a collapsing phase to an expanding phase. We begin by considering the classical propagation of strings on space-times with isotropic and anisotropic cosmological singularities. We find that cosmological singularities fall into two classes, in the first class the string evolution is well behaved all the way up to the singularity, whilst in the second class it becomes ill-defined. Then assuming the singularities are regulated by string scale corrections, we consider the implications of the propagation through a `bounce'. It is known that as we evolve through a bounce, quantum strings will become excited giving rise to `particle transmutation'. We reconsider this effect, giving qualitative arguments for the amount of excitation for each class. We find that strings whose physical wavelength at the bounce is less that $\sqrt{α'}$ inevitably emerge in highly excited states, and that in this regime there is an interesting correspondence between strings on anisotropic cosmological space-times and plane waves. We argue that long wavelength modes, such as those describing cosmological perturbations, will also emerge in mildly excited string scale mass states. Finally we discuss the relevance of this to the propagation of cosmological perturbations in models such as the ekpyrotic/cyclic universe.
description: 15 pages
Fundamental limits on constraining primordial non-Gaussianity
Creators: name: Kalaja, Alba
name: Meerburg, P. Daniel
name: Pimentel, Guilherme L.
name: Coulton, William R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the cosmic variance limit on constraining primordial non-Gaussianity for a variety of theory-motivated shapes. We consider general arguments for 2D and 3D surveys, with a particular emphasis on the CMB. A scale-invariant $N$-point correlator can be measured with a signal-to-noise that naively scales with the square root of the number of observed modes. This intuition generally fails for two reasons. First, the signal-to-noise scaling is reduced due to the blurring of the last scattering surface at short distances. This blurring is caused by the combination of projection and damping, but the loss of signal is not due to exponential decay, as both signal and noise are equally damped. Second, the behavior of the $N$-point correlator in the squeezed and collapsed (for $N>3$) limits can enhance the scaling of the signal-to-noise with the resolution, even with a reduced range of momenta probing these limits. We provide analytic estimates for all $N$-point correlators. We show that blurring affects equilateral-like shapes much more than squeezed ones. We discuss under what conditions the optimistic scalings in the collapsed limit can be exploited. Lastly, we confirm our analytical estimates with numerical calculations of the signal-to-noise for local, orthogonal and equilateral bispectra, and local trispectra. We also show that adding polarization to intensity data enhances the scaling for equilateral-like spectra.
description: 39 pages, 6 figures. Added a paragraph on lensing effect. Matches journal version
Relation between transition density and proton inelastic scattering by $^{12}$C target at $E_p =$ 65 and 200 MeV
Creators: name: Furumoto, T.
name: Takashina, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We calculate proton elastic and inelastic scatterings with a microscopic coupled channel (MCC) calculation. The localized diagonal and coupling potentials including the spin-orbit part are obtained by folding a complex $G$-matrix effective nucleon-nucleon interaction with a transition density. This is the first time that the present folding prescription for the spin-orbit part is applied to the proton inelastic scattering, while for the monopole transition only. We apply the MCC calculation to the proton elastic and inelastic (0$^+_2$) scatterings by $^{12}$C target at $E_p$ = 65 and 200 MeV. The role of diagonal and coupling potentials for the central and spin-orbit parts is checked. In addition, the relation between the transition density and the proton inelastic scattering is investigated with the modified wave function and the modified transition density. Namely, we perform the investigation with the artificial drastic change rather than fine structural change. The inelastic cross section is sensitive to the strength and shape of the transition density, but the inelastic analyzing power is sensitive only to the shape of that. Finally, we make clear the property of the inelastic analyzing power derived from the transition density without an ambiguity.
description: 20 pages, 12 figures, accepted in Physical Review C
Peters, George W.: Missionarisches Handeln und biblischer Auftrag
Creators: name: Gensichen, Hans-Werner
Publisher: name: Ökumenische Rundschau
Year: 2025

description: Ökumenische Rundschau, Bd. 27 Nr. 1 (1978): Ökumenische Rundschau, Band 27, Heft 1
A Survey of the Navy Bean Industry in New South Wales
Creators: name: Kingsland, Alison M.
name: Kingsland, Alison M.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1946
Subjects: Agribusiness

description: Production of navy beans on a commercial scale in Australia was begun as recently as 1940. Since that year, the industry has become well-established, particularly in New South Wales, where the navy, bean crop now forms an important feature of the agriculture of the New England district.
Fractional Spin fluctuations and quantum liquid signature in Gd2ZnIrO6
Creators: name: Singh, Birender
name: Kumar, Deepu
name: Kumar, Vivek
name: Vogl, Michael
name: Wurmehl, Sabine
name: Aswartham, Saicharan
name: Büchner, Bernd
name: Kumar, Pradeep
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Hitherto, the discrete identification of quantum spin liquid phase, holy grail of condensed matter physics, remains a challenging task experimentally. However, the precursor of quantum spin liquid state may reflect in the spin dynamics even in the paramagnetic phase over a wide temperature range as conjectured theoretically. Here we report comprehensive inelastic light (Raman) scattering measurements on the Ir based double perovskite, Gd2ZnIrO6, as a function of different incident photon energies and polarization in a broad temperature range. Our results evidenced the spin fractionalization within the paramagnetic phase reflected in the emergence of a polarization independent quasi-elastic peak at low energies with lowering temperature. Also, the fluctuating scattering amplitude measured via dynamic Raman susceptibility increases with lowering temperature and decreases mildly upon entering into long-range magnetic ordering phase, below 23 K, suggesting the magnetic origin of these fluctuations. This anomalous scattering response is thus indicative of fluctuating fractional spin evincing the quantum spin liquid phase in a three-dimensional double perovskite system.
description: 3 figures
Data-driven dispersive analysis of the $ππ$ and $πK$ scattering
Creators: name: Danilkin, Igor
name: Deineka, Oleksandra
name: Vanderhaeghen, Marc
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a data-driven analysis of the resonant S-wave $ππ\to ππ$ and $πK \to πK$ reactions using the partial-wave dispersion relation. The contributions from the left-hand cuts are accounted for using the Taylor expansion in a suitably constructed conformal variable. The fits are performed to experimental and lattice data as well as Roy analyses. For the $ππ$ scattering we present both a single- and coupled-channel analysis by including additionally the $K\bar{K}$ channel. For the latter the central result is the Omnès matrix, which is consistent with the most recent Roy and Roy-Steiner results on $ππ\to ππ$ and $ππ\to K\bar{K}$, respectively. By the analytic continuation to the complex plane, we found poles associated with the lightest scalar resonances $σ/f_0(500)$, $f_0(980)$, and $κ/K_0^*(700)$ for the physical pion mass value and in the case of $σ/f_0(500)$, $κ/K_0^*(700)$ also for unphysical pion mass values.
description: 14 pages, 6 figures, the version accepted for publication in Physical Review D
Farmers' Willingness to Adopt Salt-Tolerant Forage in South-Eastern Of Tunisia
Creators: name: Chebil, Ali
name: Na, Hafedh
name: Zaibet, Lokman
name: Chebil, Ali
name: Na, Hafedh
name: Zaibet, Lokman
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2007
Subjects: Livestock Production/Industries

description: This paper analyzed the factors that affect farmers' willingness to adopt salt-tolerant forage as forage source for livestock using a Tobit model. The data used for the empirical analysis has been obtained from a survey of 97 farmers in south-eastern Tunisia. The results of this study show that variables related to age, education level, salinity level of water and membership in a farmers' associations do not significantly influence adoption degree of salt-tolerant forage production. However, a positive relationship between off-farm income availability and adoption is found. Finally, the flock size variable, expressed in Standard Livestock Unit, has a significant and positive relationship with adoption. This indicates the need of farmers to cover their forages deficit.
Frequency and time profiles of metric wave isolated Type I solar noise storm bursts at high spectral and temporal resolution
Creators: name: Sundaram, G. A. Shanmugha
name: Subramanian, K. R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Type I noise storms constitute a sizeable faction of the active-Sun radio emission component. Observations of isolated instances of such bursts, in the swept-frequency-mode at metric wavelengths, have remained sparse, with several unfilled regions in the frequency coverage. Dynamic spectra of the burst radiation, in the 30 - 130 MHz band, obtained from the recently commissioned digital High Resolution Spectrograph (HRS) at the Gauribidanur Radio Observatory, on account of the superior frequency and time resolution, have unravelled in explicit detail the temporal and spectral profiles of isolated bursts. Apart from presenting details on their fundamental emission features, the time and frequency profile symmetry, with reference to custom-specific Gaussian distributions, has been chosen as the nodal criterion to statistically explain the state of the source regions in the vicinity of magnetic reconnections, the latent excitation agent that contributes to plasma wave energetics, and the quenching phenomenon that causes damping of the burst emission.
description: 9 pages 7 black and white / grey-scale figures (inclusive of 3 composite). MNRAS - accepted
Dual convolution for the affine group of the real line
Creators: name: Choi, Yemon
name: Ghandehari, Mahya
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Functional Analysis (math.FA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 2020: 43A40, 47B90 (primary), 46J99 (secondary)

description: The Fourier algebra of the affine group of the real line has a natural identification, as a Banach space, with the space of trace-class operators on $L^2({\mathbb R}^\times, dt/ |t|)$. In this paper we study the "dual convolution product" of trace-class operators that corresponds to pointwise product in the Fourier algebra. Answering a question raised in work of Eymard and Terp, we provide an intrinsic description of this operation which does not rely on the identification with the Fourier algebra, and obtain a similar result for the connected component of this affine group. In both cases we construct explicit derivations on the corresponding Banach algebras, verifying the derivation identity directly without requiring the inverse Fourier transform. We also initiate the study of the analogous Banach algebra structure for trace-class operators on $L^p({\mathbb R}^\times, dt/ |t|)$ for $p\in (1,2)\cup(2,\infty)$.
description: v2: AMS-LaTeX, 27 pages, 2 figures. One typo fixed following referee's report; hyperref settings tweaked. To appear in Complex Analysis and Operator Theory
Ten milliparsec-scale structure of the nucleus region in Centaurus A
Creators: name: Horiuchi, Shinji
name: Meier, David L.
name: Preston, Robert A.
name: Tingay, Steven J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present the results of a VLBI Space Observatory Programme (VSOP) observation of the subparsec structure in Centaurus A at 4.9 GHz. Owing to its proximity, our Centaurus A space-VLBI image is one of the highest spatial resolution images of an AGN ever made -- 0.01 pc per beam. The elongated core region is resolved into several components over 10 milli-arcseconds long (0.2 pc) including a compact component of brightness temperature 2.2x10^10K. We analyze the jet geometry in terms of collimation. Assuming the strongest component to be the core, the jet opening angle at ~ 5,000 r_s (Schwarzchild radii) from the core is estimated to be ~ 12 degree, with collimation of the jet to ~ 3 degree continuing out to ~ 20,000 r_s. This result is consistent with previous studies of the jet in M87, which favor MHD disk outflow models. Future space VLBI observations at higher frequencies will probably be able to image the collimation region, within 1,000 r_s of the center of Centaurus A, together with the accretion disk itself.
description: 12 pages, 6 figures, accepted for publication in PASJ, Vol.57 No.6, VSOP special issue
FOLK PEDAGOGY: A CULTURAL APPROACH TO LEARNING
Creators: name: Abılova Aynura Keunimjay qızı Specialty of Elementary education  2nd year student
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Folk pedagogy, rooted in the traditions and cultural practices of diverse communities, represents a unique approach to learning that has often been overlooked in mainstream educational discourse. This article explores the concept of folk pedagogy, examining its cultural foundations, characteristics, and potential implications for formal education. By understanding how communities transmit knowledge through informal channels, educators can gain insights into alternative teaching methods that respect cultural diversity and enhance the learning experience for students.

Keywords: Folk pedagogy, Cultural approach to learning, Informal learning networks, Storytelling, Oral tradition, Experiential learning, Apprenticeships, Community involvement, Cultural sensitivity
The Role of Specialized Agricultural Credit Institutions in the Development of the Rural Finance Sector: Case of Credit Clubs in Armenia
Creators: name: Aleksandryan, Mariana
name: Urutyan, Vardan E.
name: Hovhannisyan, Vardges
name: Aleksandryan, Mariana
name: Urutyan, Vardan E.
name: Hovhannisyan, Vardges
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2007
Subjects: Agricultural Finance

description: The paper aims at studying the challenges of agricultural finance in Armenia. Strengthening the rural credit markets and institutions in Armenia is of paramount importance. The study reviews and analyzes the outcomes of the Agricultural Credit Club Program implemented by the US Department of Agriculture Marketing Assistance Program in Armenia. The study identifies the attitudes and perceptions of member farmers relating to the level of interest rates and access to credit. The findings provided clear indications of the challenges facing the improvement or even development of rural financial markets and agricultural credit institutions from the demand side of agricultural credits. The study concentrates on several important issues like: problems with loan collateralization in rural areas, land reform and property rights, transaction costs for monitoring rural credits, the role of government in rural credit and finance markets, and the role of specialized agricultural credit institutions like credit clubs. The research was based on surveys and interviews. Surveys have been conducted among credit club members to identify and measure the benefits of such a rural credit cooperative initiative. Based on findings, certain recommendations have been proposed regarding the rural finance and credit mechanisms.
Holographic insulator/superconductor phase transitions with excited states
Creators: name: OuYang, Liang
name: Wang, Dong
name: Qiao, Xiongying
name: Wang, Mengjie
name: Pan, Qiyuan
name: Jing, Jiliang
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We construct a family of solutions of the holographic insulator/superconductor phase transitions with the excited states in the AdS soliton background by using both the numerical and analytical methods. The interesting point is that the improved Sturm-Liouville method can not only analytically investigate the properties of the phase transition with the excited states, but also the distributions of the condensed fields in the vicinity of the critical point. We observe that, regardless of the type of the holographic model, the excited state has a higher critical chemical potential than the corresponding ground state, and the difference of the dimensionless critical chemical potential between the consecutive states is around 2.4, which is different from the finding of the metal/superconductor phase transition in the AdS black hole background. Furthermore, near the critical point, we find that the phase transition of the systems is of the second order and a linear relationship exists between the charge density and chemical potential for all the excited states in both s-wave and p-wave insulator/superconductor models.
description: 23 pages, 8 figure, 6 tables
Securite Sanitaire Des Aliments: Fausse Alerte Et Vraie Crise
Creators: name: Cahuzac, Eric
name: Hassan, Daniel
name: Monier-Dilhan, Sylvette
name: Cahuzac, Eric
name: Hassan, Daniel
name: Monier-Dilhan, Sylvette
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety
subject: food safety
subject: information
subject: risk

description: These last years, a fall in consumer's confidence in food safety encouraged false alerts which sometimes led to actual crisis. This paper studies a crisis due to an alert concerning a risk of listeria on a raw milk camembert brand. The investigation relies on individual data. Two results of risk economy are confirmed. Firstly, information has asymmetric effects, according its positive or negative aspects. Secondly, punctual alerts have only temporary effects on consumption. In this crisis, education and consumer's habits did not pay any role.
Vibration-induced Kondo tunneling through metal-organic complexes with even electron occupation number
Creators: name: Kikoin, K.
name: Kiselev, M. N.
name: Wegewijs, M. R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate transport through a mononuclear transition-metal complex with strong tunnel coupling to two electrodes. The ground state of this molecule is a singlet while the first excited state is a triplet. We show that a modulation of the tunnel-barrier due to a molecular distortion which couples to the tunneling induces a Kondo-effect, provided the discrete vibrational energy compensates the singlet/triplet gap. We discuss the single-phonon and two-phonon assisted co-tunneling and possible experimental realization of the theory.
description: 4 pages, 3 eps figures
Lower bounds for the first Laplacian eigenvalue of geodesic balls of spherically symmetric manifolds
Creators: name: Bessa, Gregorio Pacelli
name: Barroso, Cleon S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We obtain lower bounds for the first Laplacian eigenvalues of geodesic balls of spherically symmetric manifolds. These lower bounds are only $C^{0}$ dependent on the metric coefficients.
description: 7 Pages, written in Latex. Revised version of the paper "Curvature free lower bounds for the first eigenvalue of normal geodesic balls"
The Compliance Decision with Food Quality Standards on Primary Producer Level; A Case Study of the EUREPGAP Standard in the Moroccan Tomato Sector
Creators: name: Chemnitz, Christine
name: Chemnitz, Christine
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2007
Subjects: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety

description: Within a trading system which is increasingly determined by food quality standards the concern exists that small producers possibilities for participation on international trade diminish. However, most concerns base on theoretical considerations and little empirical evidence exists. This paper empirically analyzes the compliance decision of Moroccan tomato producers with the EUREPGAP standard based on results of 63 interviews. By comparing the decision process of certified and non certified producers the most important drivers for certification are identified. Theoretically the analysis bases on the decision model of Rogers (2003) which was developed to analyze the decision process to adopt technical innovations. Results of the survey open up interesting opportunities for interpretation. 1) No results are found that small producers were particularly disadvantaged in the compliance process. 2) Less-organized or less integrated farmers tend to be disfavored since especially forward integration in form of being a member in a cooperative changes the cost of compliance. 3) Forward integration tens to be of particular importance not only because of decreasing cost of compliance but as well because of a direct access to information on the buyers requirements. The survey explores that using the term small as a synonym for less organized, less educated and technically less advanced production tends to be false when looking at small producers in the export value chain. These producers are small in relative terms and often larger in size as well as in capital and human capital than small producers producing for the domestic market.
Kendo Headgear Concussion Safety Evaluation
Creators: name: Applied Science and Computer Science Publications
Publisher: name: Applied Science and Computer Science Publications(ascs-Pub)
Year: 2023

description: Abstract: Concussions present a potential risk in various contact sports, including the martial art of kendo. While there are regulations implemented on the production quality of shinai, the bamboo-based swords used in kendo, there is a lack of active standards enforced by an independent governing body for kendo armor to prevent head injuries like concussions. Interestingly, two separate independent governing bodies exist to regulate and ensure the quality of commercially-sold shinai, but none for armor. This study aimed to answer two important questions: firstly, whether high-end kendo helmets offer superior protection against concussions compared to entry-level helmets, and secondly, whether adding extra padding inserts to the helmets enhances overall concussion protection. To conduct the study, we asked several kendo practitioners and one non-practitioner to deliver a series of head strikes using a shinai on a mannequin wearing different kendo helmets, both with and without additional protective padding. Our objective was to measure the force of each strike and assess the associated risk of concussion. The results indicated that both types of helmets sustained linear accelerations well below the threshold for the risk of concussion, which is set at 62.4g force. Notably, there were no statistical differences regarding impact forces received between the helmets (p-value equals 0.13). Interestingly, we found that commercial helmet padding inserts did not significantly reduce the risk of concussion. In fact, one of the commercially made helmet inserts performed worse than using a helmet alone (p-value is less than 0.01). In summary, our study suggests that investing in an entry-level kendo helmet with a 4-mm stitch pattern can offer comparable concussion protection to a high-end helmet with a 2-mm stitch pattern. As for commercially available padding inserts, their potential to provide additional concussion protection remains inconclusive and further studies are needed. Implementing a standardized evaluation process can aid consumers in making informed decisions when selecting protective gear to prevent concussions. 

Keywords: Kendo; Concussion; Sports Safety; Kendo Gear
Bright tripartite entanglement in triply concurrent parametric oscillation
Creators: name: Bradley, A. S.
name: Olsen, M. K.
name: Pfister, O.
name: Pooser, R. C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We show that a novel optical parametric oscillator, based on concurrent $χ^{(2)}$ nonlinearities, can produce, above threshold, bright output beams of macroscopic intensities which exhibit strong tripartite continuous-variable entanglement. We also show that there are {\em two} ways that the system can exhibit a new three-mode form of the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen paradox, and calculate the extra-cavity fluctuation spectra that may be measured to verify our predictions.
description: title change, expanded intro and discussion of experimental aspects, 1 new figure. Conclusions unaltered
Collective Voluntary Approaches to Food Safety with Heterogeneous Firms: Monitoring and Design?
Creators: name: Bignebat, Celine
name: Rouviere, Elodie
name: Bignebat, Celine
name: Rouviere, Elodie
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety
subject: Voluntary Approaches
subject: Food Safety
subject: Collective Action
subject: Heterogeneity

description: Collective quality management systems are well known instruments to manage the quality and/or the safety of foodstuffs. They can be considered as voluntary approaches to food safety. In environmental economics some empirical studies emphasize that firms entering into a collective voluntary program behave differently because their motivations differ. To the best of our knowledge, there is no formal discussion on the effectiveness of a collective voluntary program in which firms adopt different behaviour once they entered the program. Starting from this two strand of literature, we extend the analytical framework of collective voluntary approaches considering heterogeneous firms and applying it to food safety issues. We show that according to firm's heterogeneity, in some situations increasing the number of inspections is useless and the effectiveness of the collective program is only reliant on its minimal requirements. We econometrically test our theoretical propositions on the case of the safety self-monitoring agreement, which exists on one of the most important import market of fresh produce in France. Our results lead us to discuss the design these new regulatory instruments and its relative cost-effectiveness from a societal point of view.
Causes of Efficiency Change in Transition: Theory and Cross-Country Survey Evidence from Agriculture
Creators: name: Vranken, Liesbet
name: Swinnen, Johan F.M.
name: Vranken, Liesbet
name: Swinnen, Johan F.M.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2007
Subjects: Farm Management
Productivity Analysis

description: Studies on efficiency changes in transition agriculture yield mixed results. This paper develops both a theoretical model and an empirical analysis of how distribution of efficiency scores changes with the various stages of transition. We use a unique set of representative farm survey data to calculate farm level efficiency scores, compare the efficiency distributions of different transition countries and correlate these with various indicators of particular reforms. Our study indicates that, in particular, general institutional reforms and reforms focused on market institutions and on reducing market imperfections in input and output markets have an important positive impact on farm efficiency.
Impact of the Euro Med Free-Exchange Agreement on the Agro-Food Firms in Tunisia
Creators: name: Ben Youssef, Meriem
name: Ben Youssef, Meriem
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2007
Subjects: International Relations/Trade

description: The Tunisian agro-food sector is characterized by the prevalence of small and middle-sized firms, which requires a restructuration to contribute to the development of the agriculture and deal with the processes of liberalisation of agro-food industry. After studying the association agreement between Tunisia and the European Union, we must say that the process of exchanges liberalisation of the agro-food products is conveyed by the operational strategies of the firms to research competitiveness by the control of the costs or the differentiation of the product. This obliges to interest us in exports like a crenel of development of the tunisian agro-food sector.
Fiddling while carbon burns: why climate policy needs emission pervasive pricing as well as technology promotion
Creators: name: Pezzey, John C.V.
name: Jotzo, Frank
name: Quiggin, John C.
name: Pezzey, John C.V.
name: Jotzo, Frank
name: Quiggin, John C.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: greenhouse gas emissions
subject: abatement
subject: emission taxes
subject: emissions trading
subject: technology policy
subject: innovation
subject: Asia-Pacific Partnership
subject: AP6

description: Effective climate policy requires global emissions of greenhouse gases to be cut substantially, which in energy sectors can be achieved by lower emissions supply technologies, greater energy use efficiency, and substitution in demand. For policy to be efficient requires fairly uniform, pervasive emission pricing from taxes, permit trading, or hybrid combinations of the two, as well as significant government support for low-emission technologies. We compare the kind of technology-focused climate policies currently adopted by Australia and the USA, the 'Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate' (AP6), against this ideal policy yardstick. We find they omit the need for emission pricing to achieve abatement effectively and efficiently; they over-prescribe which abatement actions should be used most; they make unrealistic assumptions about how much progress can be achieved by voluntarism and cooperation, in the absence of either adequate funding or mandatory policies; and they unjustifiably contrast technology-focused policy and the Kyoto Protocol approach as the only two policies worth considering, and thus ignore other important options.
Target Detection and Segmentation in Circular-Scan Synthetic-Aperture-Sonar Images using Semi-Supervised Convolutional Encoder-Decoders
Creators: name: Sledge, Isaac J.
name: Emigh, Matthew S.
name: King, Jonathan L.
name: Woods, Denton L.
name: Cobb, J. Tory
name: Principe, Jose C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We propose a framework for saliency-based, multi-target detection and segmentation of circular-scan, synthetic-aperture-sonar (CSAS) imagery. Our framework relies on a multi-branch, convolutional encoder-decoder network (MB-CEDN). The encoder portion of the MB-CEDN extracts visual contrast features from CSAS images. These features are fed into dual decoders that perform pixel-level segmentation to mask targets. Each decoder provides different perspectives as to what constitutes a salient target. These opinions are aggregated and cascaded into a deep-parsing network to refine the segmentation. We evaluate our framework using real-world CSAS imagery consisting of five broad target classes. We compare against existing approaches from the computer-vision literature. We show that our framework outperforms supervised, deep-saliency networks designed for natural imagery. It greatly outperforms unsupervised saliency approaches developed for natural imagery. This illustrates that natural-image-based models may need to be altered to be effective for this imaging-sonar modality.
description: Submitted to IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering
Parametric instabilities and their control in advanced interferometer GW detectors
Creators: name: Zhao, C.
name: Ju, L.
name: Degallaix, J.
name: Gras, S.
name: Blair, D. G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A detailed simulation of Advanced LIGO test mass optical cavities shows that parametric instabilities will excite acoustic modes in the test masses in the frequency range 28-35 kHz and 64-72 kHz. Using nominal Advanced LIGO optical cavity parameters with fused silica test masses, parametric instability excites 7 acoustic modes in each test mass, with parametric gain R up to 7. For the alternative sapphire test masses only 1 acoustic mode is excited in each test mass with R ~ 2. Fine tuning of the test mass radii of curvature cause the instabilities to sweep through various modes with R as high as ~2000. Sapphire test mass cavities can be tuned to completely eliminate instabilities using thermal g-factor tuning with negligible degradation of the noise performance. In the case of fused silica test mass, instabilities can be minimized but not eliminated.
description: 5 pages, 4 figures
Stealth dark energy in scordatura DHOST theory
Creators: name: Gorji, Mohammad Ali
name: Motohashi, Hayato
name: Mukohyama, Shinji
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A stealth de Sitter solution in scalar-tensor theories has an exact de Sitter background metric and a nontrivial scalar field profile. Recently, in the context of Degenerate Higher-Order Scalar-Tensor (DHOST) theories it was shown that stealth de Sitter solutions suffer from either infinite strong coupling or gradient instability for scalar field perturbations. The sound speed squared is either vanishing or negative. In the first case, the strong coupling scale is zero and thus lower than the energy scale of any physical phenomena. From the viewpoint of effective field theory, this issue is naturally resolved by introducing a controlled detuning of the degeneracy condition dubbed scordatura, recovering a version of ghost condensation. In this paper we construct a viable dark energy model in the scordatura DHOST theory based on a stealth cosmological solution, in which the metric is the same as in the standard $Λ$CDM model and the scalar field profile is linearly time-dependent. We show that the scordatura mechanism resolves the strong coupling and gradient instability. Further, we find that the scordatura is also necessary to make the quasi-static limit well-defined, which implies that the subhorizon observables are inevitably affected by the scordatura. We derive the effective gravitational coupling and the correction to the friction term for the subhorizon evolution of the linear dark matter energy density contrast as well as the Weyl potential and the gravitational slip parameter. In the absence of the scordatura, the quasi-static approximation would break down at all scales around stealth cosmological solutions even if the issue of the infinite strong coupling is unjustly disregarded. Therefore previous estimations of the subhorizon evolution of matter density contrast in modified gravity in the literature need to be revisited by taking into account the scordatura effect.
description: 33 pages, typos corrected, published version
Resource Rent Mechanisms in Australian Primary Industries: Some Observations and Issues
Creators: name: Rodgers, Trudi
name: Webster, Stewart
name: Rodgers, Trudi
name: Webster, Stewart
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy
subject: resource rents
subject: taxation
subject: revenue
subject: minerals
subject: fisheries
subject: government

description: Resource rents represent a return to the community for the exclusive use of resources and therefore are quite distinct from the recovery of governmental regulatory or operating costs. While the current framework for resource rents in Australian primary industries is providing financial benefit for Australian governments, it is uncertain whether the current policy settings are providing an appropriate community return. This paper discusses the theory underpinning resource rents and conducts a multijurisdictional comparison focusing on the minerals and fisheries industries to aid analysis of the role resource rent taxation plays in the existing management of Australian primary industries.
The future of remedies : Moving beyond divided legal and equitable remedies in Canadian law
Creators: name: Lynch, Lorna
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: This work examines the scope of the divide between legal and equitable jurisdictions in Canadian law. It focuses in particular on the divide between legal and equitable remedies, which continues to mold the remedial approach in modem Canada. It is concluded is that the strict separation between legal and equitable remedies is detrimental to legal evolution. The judicial system must strive to serve justice by embracing a flexible and responsive remedial approach. The retention of a division between law and equity inhibits the legal response to the demands of an evolving society. Arguments based in history no longer justify a restrictive and divided remedial jurisdiction. It is accepted that history and precedent cannot be abandoned altogether. A division between law and equity must be maintained on some level but the scope of this division needs re-evaluation. The distinction between legal and equitable rights does not in itself necessitate a division in remedies. Rather, it is time to move towards a flexible framework of remedies, which is responsive to the particular circumstances of the dispute, irrespective of the historical origins of particular measures. It is noted in Chapter 1 that a remedial approach influenced by an intermingling of legal and equitable principles, is evident in recent Canadian jurisprudence. In particular, a resurgence of equitable themes and the expansion of specific equitable remedies, has occurred. Therefore, it is the aspects of equity's remedial jurisdiction that are focused on in the body of this work. Chapter 2 provides a brief historical outline of the origins of equity's remedial jurisdiction. This outline highlights the equitable themes, which retain significance in a modem context and must shape the remedial approach of the future. In the latter half of Chapter 2 the fusion of the administration of law and equity under the Judicature Acts is examined. It is concluded that a mingling of legal and equitable doctrine has occurred in the wake of this fusion and remedial law must embrace this development. The Canadian judiciary has taken some active steps towards breaking down the divide between legal and equitable remedies. These steps are identified in Chapters 3 and 4, with reference to the evolution of the constructive trust and equitable compensation respectively. These remedies have expanded beyond their historical limitations and have mingled with legal doctrine. The jurisprudence supports a flexible remedial approach that rejects the strict confines of history. It is concluded that a move beyond the divide between legal and equitable remedies must not be resisted. Remedies must be loosened from their historical anchors to shape a responsive remedial approach in Canadian law.