cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Aging in a free-energy landscape model for glassy relaxation
Creators: name: Diezemann, Gregor
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The aging properties of a simple free-energy landscape model for the primary relaxation in supercooled liquids are investigated. The intermediate scattering function and the rotational correlation functions are calculated for the generic situation of a quench from a high temperature to below the glass transition temperature. It is found that the re-equilibration of molecular orientations takes longer than for translational degrees of freedom. The time scale for re-equilibration is determined by that of the primary relaxation as an intrinsic property of the model.
description: 17 pages, 10 figures
University students immunized and not immunized for measles: a comparison of beliefs, attitudes, and perceived barriers and benefits
Creators: name: Pielak, Karen Lee
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: This descriptive comparative study was designed to compare students who were immunized or not immunized during the January 1997 Simon Fraser University (SFU) measles outbreak. The study was prompted by the public health concern regarding 20% of the campus population that was thought to be susceptible to measles, but was not immunized during the outbreak. The theoretical framework guiding this study was the Health Belief Model. The comparison between the immunized and non-immunized student samples was made in terms of age, perceived susceptibility to measles, measles severity, benefits and barriers to immunization, cues to action, health motivation, confidence, knowledge of measles, prior contact with measles, perceived threat, and student area of study at the university. The study also described what nonimmunized students indicated it would have taken for them to be immunized. In October 1997, a self-administered questionnaire was mailed to a random sample of 400 SFU students who were immunized and 400 SFU students who were not. One of the components of this questionnaire developed for the study was the "Immunization Health Belief Model Scale," based on "The Breast Self Examination-Related Health Belief Model Scales" developed by Champion (1993). The following variables were significantly related to being immunized: student age, perceived susceptibility, severity, barriers, cues to action, and threat. Students enrolled in types of study relating to human health were significantly more likely to be immunized. Content analysis of the non-immunized students' descriptions of what it would have taken for them to be immunized reflected themes which substantiated the influence of the variables of perceived susceptibility, barriers, cues to action, and threat. Logistic regression analysis achieved an overall correct prediction rate of 84.7% by including the contribution of the four variables of susceptibility, barriers, cues to action, and health motivation. The study findings were consistent with ones which had been reviewed in the literature and supported the Health Belief Model. The Immunization Health Belief Model Scale was a valuable tool for ascertaining attitudes and beliefs relating to immunization decision-making. Nurses are in pivotal positions to influence immunization-seeking behaviours. Nursing interventions targetted to significant attitudes and beliefs will increase immunization coverage levels and result in improved disease prevention.
Independent Control and Path Planning of Microswimmers with a Uniform Magnetic Field
Creators: name: Amoudruz, Lucas
name: Koumoutsakos, Petros
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Artificial bacteria flagella (ABFs) are magnetic helical micro-swimmers that can be remotely controlled via a uniform, rotating magnetic field. Previous studies have used the heterogeneous response of microswimmers to external magnetic fields for achieving independent control. Here we introduce analytical and reinforcement learning control strategies for path planning to a target by multiple swimmers using a uniform magnetic field. The comparison of the two algorithms shows the superiority of reinforcement learning in achieving minimal travel time to a target. The results demonstrate, for the first time, the effective independent navigation of realistic micro-swimmers with a uniform magnetic field in a viscous flow field.
Analysis of Farm Household Preferences in the Management of Invasive Species: The Case of Miconia in Hawaii
Creators: name: Chan-Halbrendt, Catherine
name: Yang, Fang
name: Thomas, Lynna
name: Pant, Archana
name: Chan-Halbrendt, Catherine
name: Yang, Fang
name: Thomas, Lynna
name: Pant, Archana
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Miconia
subject: invasive species
subject: Hawaii
subject: farmers
subject: Conjoint Choice Experiment
subject: valuation

description: A major threat to Hawaii's ecosystem is the spread of invasive plant species. One such species is Miconia calvescens. Given that this plant was originally introduced to Hawaii by the horticulture industry and has negative effects on agricultural productivity, it is logical to find the farm households' preference for the control of Miconia. Using Conjoint Choice Experiment methodology, this study designed a survey to measure farm households' preferences for Miconia calvescens control program attributes. Results of the surveys indicate that the farm households are willing to support Miconia control programs if they prevent severe soil erosion and loss of biodiversity.
Untitled Item
Creators: name: Djehaiche, Rania
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 90699 Electrical and Electronic Engineering not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
subject: 80503 Networking and Communications
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In wired and wireless technologies, the machine-to-machine (M2M) communication technologies have a significant need. In this paper, we present M2M in the “Smart Home”, one of the most popular usages of M2M. The topic in this research deals with the design and implementation of M2M in the smart-home to provide everybody with the ability to control the house automatically remotely. Our approach proposes a home automation system based on the Arduino UNO/Android platform, where Arduino UNO represents the brain. One of the most important results of this work is creating a smart house that accomplishes several tasks and features like alarm system, automatic door, lighting, gas and fire detection, and temperature acquisition. A simple smartphone remotely controls these functions through our mobile application,” Smart home for all.” The application is based on 2G/3G/4G/Bluetooth technologies. The proposed solution allows controlling the house, ensuring safety and comfort, by using efficacy and cheap sensors (MQ2, LM35, etc.) and shields (Bluetooth HC-06). 
Discovering and Promoting Commodity Health Attributes: Programs and Issues
Creators: name: Carman, Hoy F.
name: Carman, Hoy F.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety
subject: health
subject: nutrition
subject: food
subject: marketing
subject: promotion

description: There is a growing consumer segment demanding healthy foods and diets, health and nutrition messages can expand food demand, and governments in the U.S. and EU, faced with increasing obesity and associated health outcomes, want consumers to have reliable information to choose healthy diets. California commodity organizations, charged with expanding the demand for almonds, avocados, strawberries and walnuts, are funding health and nutrition research as a means to discover a unique selling proposition for each product. Research and promotion effects are attracting interest by other commodity groups. Policy and regulatory issues abound.
Topological mirror symmetry with fluxes
Creators: name: Tomasiello, Alessandro
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Motivated by SU(3) structure compactifications, we show explicitly how to construct half--flat topological mirrors to Calabi--Yau manifolds with NS fluxes. Units of flux are exchanged with torsion factors in the cohomology of the mirror; this is the topological complement of previous differential--geometric mirror rules. The construction modifies explicit SYZ fibrations for compact Calabi--Yaus. The results are of independent interest for SU(3) compactifications. For example one can exhibit explicitly which massive forms should be used for Kaluza--Klein reduction, proving previous conjectures. Formality shows that these forms carry no topological information; this is also confirmed by infrared limits and old classification theorems.
description: 35 pages, 5 figures
Determinants of U.S. Textile and Apparel Trade
Creators: name: Amponsah, William A.
name: Ofori-Boadu, Victor
name: Amponsah, William A.
name: Ofori-Boadu, Victor
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: International Relations/Trade
subject: brand equity
subject: brand valuation
subject: real options
subject: food firms
subject: growth option value

description: A gravity model using panel data is applied to determine factors affecting textiles and apparel trade flows into the United States. The study confirms that a nation's aggregate output and per unit productivity serve as important determinants of textiles and apparel trade into the U.S., and the exporting country's depreciating exchange rate as well as its lower prices relative to U.S. prices for textiles and apparel play an important role in determining textiles and apparel trade flows to the U.S. market. Since the WTO's multilateral trade restraining policies of the multi-fibre arrangement (MFA) is found to have slowed down imports, its abrogation in 2005 should lead to greater textiles and apparel imports to the U.S.
Bio-ethanol Production from Wheat in the Winter Rainfall Region of South Africa: A Quantitative Risk Analysis
Creators: name: Richardson, James W.
name: Lemmer, Wessel J.
name: Outlaw, Joe L.
name: Richardson, James W.
name: Lemmer, Wessel J.
name: Outlaw, Joe L.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy
subject: biofuels
subject: ethanol
subject: risk analysis
subject: simulation
subject: economic viability
subject: Simetar
subject: SERF

description: Contrary to developments in other parts of the world, South Africa has not developed a bio-ethanol industry. The objective was to quantify the risks and economic viability of a wheat based bio-ethanol plant in the winter rainfall region of South Africa. Monte Carlo simulation of a bio-ethanol plant was used to quantify the risk that investors will likely face. Under the Base scenario a 103 million liter bio-ethanol plant would not offer a reasonable chance of being economically viable. Alternative price enhancing policies were analyzed to determine policy changes needed to make a bio-ethanol plant economically viable in the region.
Many-body localization as a percolation phenomenon
Creators: name: Prelovšek, P.
name: Mierzejewski, M.
name: Krsnik, J.
name: Barišić, O. S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We examine the standard model of many-body localization (MBL), i.e., the disordered chain of interacting spinless fermions, by representing it as the network in the many-body (MB) basis of noninteracting localized Anderson states. By studying eigenstates of the full Hamiltonian, for strong disorders we find that the dynamics is confined up to very long times to disconnected MB clusters in the Fock space. By keeping only resonant contributions and simplifying the quantum problem to rate equations (REs) for MB states, in analogy with percolation problems, the MBL transition is located via the universal cluster distribution and the emergence of the macroscopic cluster. On the ergodic side, our approximate RE approach to the relaxation processes captures well the diffusion transport, as found for the full quantum model. In a broad transient regime, we find an anomalous, i.e., subdiffusivelike, transport, emerging from weak links between MB states.
description: 7 pages, 9 figures
A prototype for dS/CFT
Creators: name: Guijosa, Alberto
name: Lowe, David A.
name: Murugan, Jeff
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider dS_2/CFT_1 where the asymptotic symmetry group of the de Sitter spacetime contains the Virasoro algebra. We construct representations of the Virasoro algebra realized in the Fock space of a massive scalar field in de Sitter, built as excitations of the Euclidean vacuum state. These representations are unitary, without highest weight, and have vanishing central charge. They provide a prototype for a new class of conformal field theories dual to de Sitter backgrounds in string theory. The mapping of operators in the CFT to bulk quantities is described in detail. We comment on the extension to dS_3/CFT_2.
description: 17 pages, revtex4
MASHINA DETALLARIDAGI YEYILISH TURLARI VA ISHQALANISHDA ISHLAYDIGAN DETALLARNI MUSTAHKAMLIGINI OSHIRISH BO'YICHA QILINGAN ISHLAR TAHLILI
Creators: name: Komolov, Azizbek
name: Umarov, Abduraximjon
name: Mannopjonov, Asadbek
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Mashinalar uchun yeyilish jarayonlari va unga tasir qiluvchi omillarni o‘rganishda respublikamiz va horijlik olimlar tomonidan bir qancha ilmiy tadqiqotlar olib borilgan. Jumladan Akademik Sh.U.Yo‘ldoshevning ta’kidlashicha, “Mashinalarda yuzaga keladigan nosozliklarga detallarida turli xil nuqsonlar paydo bo‘lishi va ularning eyilishi sabab bo‘ladi [1]. Ushbu sabablar ichida detallarning yetakchi hisoblanadi. SHuning uchun qishloq xo‘jalik va melioratsiya mashinalarini ishdan chiqishining oldini olishga nosozlikka olib keluvchi detallarni o‘z vaqtida almashtirish yoki ularning eyilishga chidamliligini oshirish orqali erishish mumkin.
StarCraftImage: A Dataset For Prototyping Spatial Reasoning Methods For Multi-Agent Environments
Creators: name: Kulinski, Sean
name: Waytowich, Nicholas R.
name: Hare, James Z.
name: Inouye, David I.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: Multiagent Systems (cs.MA)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Spatial reasoning tasks in multi-agent environments such as event prediction, agent type identification, or missing data imputation are important for multiple applications (e.g., autonomous surveillance over sensor networks and subtasks for reinforcement learning (RL)). StarCraft II game replays encode intelligent (and adversarial) multi-agent behavior and could provide a testbed for these tasks; however, extracting simple and standardized representations for prototyping these tasks is laborious and hinders reproducibility. In contrast, MNIST and CIFAR10, despite their extreme simplicity, have enabled rapid prototyping and reproducibility of ML methods. Following the simplicity of these datasets, we construct a benchmark spatial reasoning dataset based on StarCraft II replays that exhibit complex multi-agent behaviors, while still being as easy to use as MNIST and CIFAR10. Specifically, we carefully summarize a window of 255 consecutive game states to create 3.6 million summary images from 60,000 replays, including all relevant metadata such as game outcome and player races. We develop three formats of decreasing complexity: Hyperspectral images that include one channel for every unit type (similar to multispectral geospatial images), RGB images that mimic CIFAR10, and grayscale images that mimic MNIST. We show how this dataset can be used for prototyping spatial reasoning methods. All datasets, code for extraction, and code for dataset loading can be found at https://starcraftdata.davidinouye.com
description: Published in CVPR 23'
Gianluigi Zenti, President, Academia Barilla SpA - The Changing Consumer: Demanding but Predictable
Creators: name: Hartl, Jochen
name: Hartl, Jochen
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Consumer/Household Economics
subject: Consumer demand
subject: consumer behaviour
subject: Academia Barilla
subject: Italian food

description: It is crucial to understand and predict consumers' behaviour to meet future consumer demands. This report contributes to the discussion by giving an insight into consumers' behaviour from the perspective of Gianluigi Zenti, executive director of Academia Barilla. It is discussed how consumers' choice has changed in particular with regard to Italian food in the US and how Barilla has responded to that challenge.
Performance Improvements through Implementation of Lean Practices: A Study of the U.K. Red Meat Industry
Creators: name: Zokaei, Keivan
name: Simons, David
name: Zokaei, Keivan
name: Simons, David
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Livestock Production/Industries
subject: Lean process
subject: red meat industry
subject: Takt-time
subject: work standardization

description: 'Lean' is an established industrial paradigm with proven track record in various sectors of the industry (Womack & Jones, 1996). World-class Companies such as Toyota (second biggest global car manufacturer), Porsche (most profitable global OEM), Boeing (largest global aerospace business) and Tesco (third largest global retailer) have adopted Lean at the corporate level. This paper reports on the introduction of 'Lean Thinking' to a new sector - the 'Red Meat Industry' (Food Chain Centre, 2004). This contribution highlights the benefits of lean production techniques in different stages of the red meat value chain and reports 2- 3% potential cost savings at each stage of the chain.
RICE Limits on the Diffuse Ultra-High Energy Neutrino Flux
Creators: name: Kravchenko, I.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present new limits on ultra-high energy neutrino fluxes above 100 PeV based on data collected by the Radio Ice Cherenkov Experiment (RICE) at the South Pole from 1999-2005. We discuss estimation of backgrounds, calibration and data analysis algorithms (both on-line and off-line), procedures used for the dedicated neutrino search, and refinements in our Monte Carlo (MC) simulation, including recent in situ measurements of the complex ice dielectric constant. An enlarged data set and a more detailed study of hadronic showers results in a sensitivity improvement of more than one order of magnitude compared to our previously published results. Examination of the full RICE data set yields zero acceptable neutrino candidates, resulting in 95% confidence-level model dependent limits on the flux (E_ν)^2(dϕ/dE_ν)<10^{-6} GeV/(cm^2s~sr}) in the energy range 10^{17}< E_ν< 10^{20} eV. The new RICE results rule out the most intense flux model projections at 95% confidence level.
description: Submitted to Astropart. Phys
[Elicitation of sentences, text on women taking care during pregnancy]
Creators: name: Santiago Francisco, José
name: McFarland, Teresa
Publisher: name: California Language Archive, University of California, Berkeley
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: tlp

description: 6 WAV files. Corresponds to pp. 127-133 of related field notes. Story is file 006, with transcription and translation on pp. 137-143, 145-149, and 157-159.
IQF Catfish Retail Pack: A Study of Consumers' Willingness to Pay
Creators: name: Quagrainie, Kwamena K.
name: Quagrainie, Kwamena K.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Demand and Price Analysis
subject: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety
subject: catfish marketing
subject: willingness-to-pay

description: The grocery retail channel represents a potential for increased sales for catfish products because of the competitive nature that imported catfish fillets pose at foodservice market channels. The study examined the potential for selling a household-size pack of IQF 6-fillets of catfish through the grocery market channels, and consumers' willingness to pay for the product. Data used were obtained from a survey conducted in selected southern U.S. cities. Results suggest that households will purchase such grocery retail packages and will be willing to pay an average price of $4.37/lb. Important factors found to affect willingness to pay include; fish buying patterns, household size, race, age and gender.
Mn-rich MnSb2Te4: A topological insulator with magnetic gap closing at high Curie temperatures of 45-50 K
Creators: name: Wimmer, S.
name: Sánchez-Barriga, J.
name: Küppers, P.
name: Ney, A.
name: Schierle, E.
name: Freyse, F.
name: Caha, O.
name: Michalicka, J.
name: Liebmann, M.
name: Primetzhofer, D.
name: Hoffmann, M.
name: Ernst, A.
name: Otrokov, M. M.
name: Bihlmayer, G.
name: Weschke, E.
name: Lake, B.
name: Chulkov, E. V.
name: Morgenstern, M.
name: Bauer, G.
name: Springholz, G.
name: Rader, O.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Ferromagnetic topological insulators exhibit the quantum anomalous Hall effect that might be used for high precision metrology and edge channel spintronics. In conjunction with superconductors, they could host chiral Majorana zero modes which are among the contenders for the realization of topological qubits. Recently, it was discovered that the stable 2+ state of Mn enables the formation of intrinsic magnetic topological insulators with A1B2C4 stoichiometry. However, the first representative, MnBi2Te4, is antiferromagnetic with 25 K Néel temperature and strongly n-doped. Here, we show that p-type MnSb2Te4, previously considered topologically trivial, is a ferromagnetic topological insulator in the case of a few percent of Mn excess. It shows (i) a ferromagnetic hysteresis with record high Curie temperature of 45-50 K, (ii) out-of-plane magnetic anisotropy and (iii) a two-dimensional Dirac cone with the Dirac point close to the Fermi level which features (iv) out-of-plane spin polarization as revealed by photoelectron spectroscopy and (v) a magnetically induced band gap that closes at the Curie temperature as demonstrated by scanning tunneling spectroscopy. Moreover, it displays (vi) a critical exponent of magnetization beta~1, indicating the vicinity of a quantum critical point. Ab initio band structure calculations reveal that the slight excess of Mn that substitutionally replaces Sb atoms provides the ferromagnetic interlayer coupling. Remaining deviations from the ferromagnetic order, likely related to this substitution, open the inverted bulk band gap and render MnSb2Te4 a robust topological insulator and new benchmark for magnetic topological insulators.
Prevalence of compact nuclear starbursts in nearby Seyfert galaxies
Creators: name: Kohno, K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present an imaging survey of the CO(1--0), HCN(1--0), and HCO$^+$(1--0) lines in the nearby Seyfert galaxies using the Nobeyama Millimeter Array and RAINBOW Interferometer. Some of the observed Seyfert galaxies including NGC 1068, NGC 1097, NGC 5033, and NGC 5194 exhibit strong HCN(1--0) emission on a few 100 pc scales. The observed HCN(1--0)/CO(1--0) and HCN(1--0)/HCO$^+$(1--0) line ratios in the Seyfert nuclei ($>$0.2 and $>$1.8, respectively) have never been observed in the central regions of nuclear starburst galaxies. On the other hand, the molecular line ratios in the nuclei of NGC 3079, NGC 3227, NGC 4051, NGC 6764, NGC 7479, and NGC 7469 are comparable with those in the nuclear starburst galaxies. We propose that the elevated HCN emission originates from the X-ray irradiated dense molecular tori or XDRs close to the active nuclei. Our HCN/CO and HCN/HCO$^+$ diagrams will provide a new powerful diagnostic of the nuclear power source in active galaxies. Based on our diagnostic, we observe 3 of 5 type-1 Seyferts (6 of 10 in total) host compact nuclear starbursts. Our results are also supported by observations at other wavelengths such as those by L-band PAH spectroscopy. The proposed method will be crucial for investigating extremely dusty nuclei, such as ULIRGs and high-z submm galaxies, because these molecular lines are devoid of dust extinction. As an example, we present the HCN and HCO$^+$ observations of the LIRG NGC 4418, which suggests the presence of a buried active nucleus.
description: Six pages to be published in the proceedings of "The Evolution of Starbursts", typos corrected
Quantum interference effects in Higgs boson pair-production beyond the Standard Model
Creators: name: Das, Biswaranjan
name: Moretti, Stefano
name: Munir, Shoaib
name: Poulose, Poulose
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: New physics frameworks like the Next-to-Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model and the Next-to-2-Higgs-doublet Model contain three neutral CP-even Higgs bosons. It is possible for the heavier two of these states to have masses identical to each other, which can result in a sizeable quantum interference between their propagators in processes they mediate. For both these models, we study the impact of such interference on the pair-production of the lightest of the three scalars, which we identify with the observed 125 GeV Higgs boson, in the gluon-fusion channel at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). We find that the inclusion of these effects can substantially alter the cross section, compared to its value when they are ignored, for this process. Our results illustrate the importance of taking possible quantum interference effects into account not only when investigating the phenomenology of extended Higgs sectors at the future Run(s) of the LHC, but also when imposing its current exclusion bounds on the parameter spaces of these models.
description: 22 pages, 7 figures, 2 table. Some improvements in text, figures and tables. Results unchanged. Version to appear in EPJC
title: Problemy przekładu transformacji frazeologicznych M. Uspieńskiego na język polsk
Creators: name: Kananowicz, Tatiana
Publisher: name: Новгородский государственный университет имени Ярослава Мудрого (НовГУ)
Year: 2021

description: W artykule omawiane są problemy przekładu na język polski wybranych transformacji frazeologicznych, występujących w powieści M. Uspieoskiego „Кого за смертью посылать”. Analizie translatorycznej została poddana seria przekładowa – nieprofesjonalne przekłady fragmentu powieści, nadesłane przez dziewiętnastu tłumaczy-uczestników 12. Konkursu Translatorycznego, zorganizowanego w Instytucie Rusycystyki i Studiów Wschodnich Uniwersytetu Gdaoskiego w roku akademickim 2020-2021. Analizę oparto na koncepcji śladu frazeologicznego, zgodnie z którą przez ślad frazeologiczny rozumie się zarówno poddany transformacji frazeologizm, jak i wszystkie inne elementy tekstu, na które ów frazeologizm rozprzestrzenia swoje „działanie” – każdą aktualizację danego frazeologizmu w tekście utworu.
Agribusiness Firm Reactions to Regulations: The Case of Investments in Traceability Systems
Creators: name: Heyder, Matthias
name: Hollmann-Hespos, Thorsten
name: Theuvsen, Ludwig
Publisher: name: CentMA
Year: 2010
Subjects: investment behaviour; traceability; tracking and tracing; agribusiness; food industry

description: The regulatory framework of food production has changed a lot in recent years. As a result, traceability of food products has become mandatory in the European Union, nonetheless leaving room for more advanced solutions.
This study answers the question what exactly determines firms' investments in traceability systems by first developing a theoretical framework - the so-called Tracking and Tracing System Investment Model - and then analyzing empirical data from the German food industry that provide in-depth insights into companies' investment behaviour.
Altogether, 234 companies representing more than fifteen different sub‐sectors of the food‐processing industry participated in an online survey. The results show that German food firms can be divided into four clusters based on their dominant motives for investing (or not investing) in traceability systems. Moreover, the results of a partial‐least squares (PLS) analysis provide a good understanding of the major factors influencing the investment behaviour of companies concerning tracking and tracing systems.
description: International Journal on Food System Dynamics, Vol 1, No 2 (2010)
Harsha de Silva, Director, E-development Labs (private) Limited and Senior Economist, LIRNEasia - Agricultural Market Development through Information and Communication Technology (ICT): A Developing Country Experience
Creators: name: Oyewumi, Olubukola Ayodeju
name: Oyewumi, Olubukola Ayodeju
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Information and communication technology (ICT)
subject: agricultural markets
subject: market information

description: One of the fundamental characteristics of a well functioning market is the ability to transmit useful information to decision makers at the micro-level, which will ultimately culminate in the development of effective macro-level policies. A key assumption in economics is that market information is readily available to role players in business and marketing. In reality however, farmers in the developing world, unlike their developed countries counterpart, are still faced with the challenge of accessing credible market information. Market information is an essential component of agricultural production, distribution and marketing. The availability of timely and accurate market information to farmers by means of fast and effective modern information technologies has enormous potential of greatly enhancing agricultural production, investment, financial and strategic decisions. The objective of this executive interview is to show how information and communication technology (ICT - enabled agricultural market information service can improve productivity, bargaining power and market profitability of rural farmers in developing countries). Dr. Harsha de Silva, the architect and implementer of Govi Gnana Service (an agricultural knowledge service: GGS) in Sri Lanka shares his views and experience. The interview was conducted at the 15th Annual World Food and Agribusiness Forum, Symposium and Case Conference in Chicago, USA.
Stand and tree dynamics in uneven-aged interior Douglas-fir stands
Creators: name: Nienaber, Gordon Wesley
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: The Interior Douglas-fir Biogeoclimatic Zone covers 4 million hectares in the southern interior of British Columbia. This zone is dominated by interior Douglas-fir forests which are valued for their timber, wildlife, range and recreational values. Interior Douglas-fir can be found growing naturally in uneven-aged structured stands; a structure that forest managers often want to maintain for its ability to sustain multiple values. However, the growth dynamics in these stands are complex and little is known about the interactions that occur among the individual trees of varying ages and sizes. The objectives of this study are to address this lack of understanding at both the individual tree and stand levels. Data were collected at an installation of permanent sample plots established in uneven-aged stands of interior Douglas-fir at the Knife Creek Block of the Alex Fraser Research Forest, near William's Lake, B.C. These data were used to explore growth trends that may be attributed to the differences in stand structures among the plots. These data were also used to assess several competition indices representing a range of complexity in order to investigate the growth dynamics within the study stands. The competition indices were evaluated by testing non-linear regressions that used the indices and dbh to predicting dbh growth. The performance of the regressions were then compared to the performance of a base regression that used dbh alone. It was found that the growth of the various stand level attributes measured was similar among the plots despite the differences in stand structures. The assessment of the competition indices revealed that the least complicated of the individual tree level indices tended to produce the best performance. The distance dependent indices consistently performed better than the distance independent indices. From the analysis results it was inferred that a relationship of relative symmetry, also termed resource depletion, exists among the study trees. This implies that competition occurs mainly for below ground resources. The relationship between the trees was found to be two-sided due to the influence that small trees had on larger trees.
The ecology of star clusters and intermediate mass black holes in the Galactic bulge
Creators: name: Zwart, Simon Portegies
name: Baumgardt, Holger
name: McMillan, Stephen L. W.
name: Makino, Junichiro
name: Hut, Piet
name: Ebisuzaki, Toshi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We simulate the inner 100pc of the Milky-Way Galaxy to study the formation and evolution of the population of star clusters and intermediate mass black holes. For this study we perform extensive direct N-body simulations of the star clusters which reside in the bulge, and of the inner few tenth of parsecs of the super massive black hole in the Galactic center. In our N-body simulations the dynamical friction of the star cluster in the tidal field of the bulge are taken into account via (semi)analytic soluations. The N-body calculations are used to calibrate a (semi)analytic model of the formation and evolution of the bulge. We find that about 10% of the clusters born within 100pc of the Galactic center undergo core collapse during their inward migration and form intermediate-mass black holes (IMBHs) via runaway stellar merging. After the clusters dissolve, these IMBHs continue their inward drift, carrying a few of the most massive stars with them. We predict that region within about 10 parsec of the SMBH is populated by about 50IMBHs of some 1000Msun. Several of these are expected to be accompanied still by some of the most massive stars from the star cluster. We also find that within a few milliparsec of the SMBH there is a steady population of several IMBHs. This population drives the merger rate between IMBHs and the SMBH at a rate of about one per 10Myr, sufficient to build the accumulate majority of mass of the SMBH. Mergers of IMBHs with SMBHs throughout the universe are detectable by LISA, at a rate of about two per week.
description: 26 pages, ApJ in press. Old title: The Galactic center welcomes black hole immigrants
The Impact of Temperature Change on Energy Demand: A Dynamic Panel Analysis
Creators: name: De Cian, Enrica
name: Lanzi, Elisa
name: Roson, Roberto
name: De Cian, Enrica
name: Lanzi, Elisa
name: Roson, Roberto
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy
subject: Energy Demand
subject: Cooling Heating Effect
subject: Temperature
subject: Dynamic Panel

description: This paper presents an empirical study of energy demand, in which demand for a series of energy goods (Gas, Oil Products, Coal, Electricity) is expressed as a function of various factors, including temperature. Parameter values are estimated econometrically, using a dynamic panel data approach. Unlike previous studies in this field, the data sample has a global coverage, and special emphasis is given to the dynamic nature of demand, as well as to interactions between income levels and sensitivity to temperature variations. These features make the model results especially valuable in the analysis of climate change impacts. Results are interpreted in terms of derived demand for heating and cooling. Non-linearities and discontinuities emerge, making it necessary to distinguish between different countries, seasons, and energy sources. Short- and long-run temperature elasticities of demand are estimated.
title: COVID-19: a crisis of the female self-employed
Creators: name: Graeber, Daniel
name: Kritikos, Alexander S.
name: Seebauer, Johannes
Publisher: name: Universität Potsdam
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 330 Wirtschaft

description: We investigate how the economic consequences of the pandemic, and of the government-mandated measures to contain its spread, affect the self-employed – particularly women – in Germany. For our analysis, we use representative, real-time survey data in which respondents were asked about their situation during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our findings indicate that among the self-employed, who generally face a higher likelihood of income losses due to COVID-19 than employees, women are 35% more likely to experience income losses than their male counterparts. Conversely, we do not find a comparable gender gap among employees. Our results further suggest that the gender gap among the self-employed is largely explained by the fact that women disproportionately work in industries that are more severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Our analysis of potential mechanisms reveals that women are significantly more likely to be impacted by government-imposed restrictions, i.e. the regulation of opening hours. We conclude that future policy measures intending to mitigate the consequences of such shocks should account for this considerable variation in economic hardship.
description: CEPA Discussion Papers; 27
Regulatory Framework and Private Innovation: The Case of Animal Welfare Friendly Beef Supply Chain in Italy
Creators: name: Arfini, Filippo
name: Mancini, Maria Cecilia
Publisher: name: CentMA
Year: 2010
Subjects: animal welfare; private innovation; regulatory framework

description: The paper examines innovation in the agrifood sector through an analysis of relationships between public institutions and the private sector. The first part is theoretical and analyses the roles played by public and private actors in innovation. The second part is a case study of the beef supply chain of COOP, the biggest retailer on the Italian market. It exemplifies product innovation driven by a regulatory framework and shows how organisation and structural renewal required by animal welfare legislation can lead to voluntary initiatives and additional innovation along the supply chain. The case study also features the role of institutions in communications and shows how market awareness drives improvement in organisation of production chains.
description: International Journal on Food System Dynamics, Vol 1, No 2 (2010)
Decoherence effects in non-classicality tests of gravity
Creators: name: Rijavec, Simone
name: Carlesso, Matteo
name: Bassi, Angelo
name: Vedral, Vlatko
name: Marletto, Chiara
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The experimental observation of a clear quantum signature of gravity is believed to be out of the grasp of current technology. However, several recent promising proposals to test the possible existence of non-classical features of gravity seem to be accessible by the state-of-art table-top experiments. Among them, some aim at measuring the gravitationally induced entanglement between two masses which would be a distinct non-classical signature of gravity. We explicitly study, in two of these proposals, the effects of decoherence on the system's dynamics by monitoring the corresponding degree of entanglement. We identify the required experimental conditions necessary to perform successfully the experiments. In parallel, we account also for the possible effects of the Continuous Spontaneous Localization (CSL) model, which is the most known among the models of spontaneous wavefunction collapse. We find that any value of the parameters of the CSL model would completely hinder the generation of gravitationally induced entanglement.
Design and Implementation of M2M-Smart Home Based on Arduino-UNO
Creators: name: Djehaiche, Rania
name: Aidel, Salih
name: Benziouche, Nihad
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 90699 Electrical and Electronic Engineering not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
subject: 80503 Networking and Communications
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In wired and wireless technologies, the machine-to-machine (M2M) communication technologies have a significant need. In this paper, we present M2M in the “Smart Home”, one of the most popular usages of M2M. The topic in this research deals with the design and implementation of M2M in the smart-home to provide everybody with the ability to control the house automatically remotely. Our approach proposes a home automation system based on the Arduino UNO/Android platform, where Arduino UNO represents the brain. One of the most important results of this work is creating a smart house that accomplishes several tasks and features like alarm system, automatic door, lighting, gas and fire detection, and temperature acquisition. A simple smartphone remotely controls these functions through our mobile application,” Smart home for all.” The application is based on 2G/3G/4G/Bluetooth technologies. The proposed solution allows controlling the house, ensuring safety and comfort, by using efficacy and cheap sensors (MQ2, LM35, etc.) and shields (Bluetooth HC-06). 
Carbon Sequestration with Reforestations and Biodiversity-Scenic Values
Creators: name: Caparros, Alejandro
name: Cerda, Emilio
name: Ovando, P.
name: Campos, Pablo
name: Caparros, Alejandro
name: Cerda, Emilio
name: Ovando, P.
name: Campos, Pablo
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: Optimal Control
subject: Forests
subject: Carbon
subject: Sequestration
subject: Biodiversity
subject: Scenic
subject: Stated Preferences
subject: Carbon Accounting

description: This paper presents an optimal control model to analyze reforestations with two different species, including commercial values, carbon sequestration and biodiversity or scenic values. We solve the model qualitatively with general functions and discuss the implications of partial or total internalization of environmental values, showing that internalizing only carbon sequestration may have negative impacts on biodiversity-scenic values. To evaluate the practical relevance, we compare reforestations in the South-west of Spain with cork-oaks (a slow growing native species) and with eucalyptus (a fast growing alien species). We do the analysis with two different carbon crediting methods: the Carbon Flow Method and the Ton Year Accounting Method. With the .first method forest surface increases more, but using mainly eucalyptus. With the second, additional reforestations are done mainly using cork-oaks. We value the impact on visitors of these reforestations using stated preferences methods, showing that when these values are internalized cork-oaks are favored.
Inflationary Cosmology: Exploring the Universe from the Smallest to the Largest Scales
Creators: name: Guth, Alan H.
name: Kaiser, David I.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Understanding the behavior of the universe at large depends critically on insights about the smallest units of matter and their fundamental interactions. Inflationary cosmology is a highly successful framework for exploring these interconnections between particle physics and gravitation. Inflation makes several predictions about the present state of the universe -- such as its overall shape, large-scale smoothness, and smaller-scale structure -- which are being tested to unprecedented accuracy by a new generation of astronomical measurements. The agreement between these predictions and the latest observations is extremely promising. Meanwhile, physicists are busy trying to understand inflation's ultimate implications for the nature of matter, energy, and spacetime.
description: 16 pages, 4 figures, written for "Einstein's Legacy" issue of Science magazine
Neue rechtliche Regeln zum Text- und Data-Mining
Creators: name: Brettschneider, Peter
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Text- und Data-Mining
§ 60d UrhG
Urheberrecht

description: Text- und Data-Mining ist als methodischer Ansatz aus der Forschung nicht mehr wegzudenken. Eine urheberrechtliche Regelung wurde daher bereits 2018 durch das Urheberrechts-Wissensgesellschafts-Gesetz [UrhWissG] eingeführt. Im Sommer 2021 werden – bedingt durch die Digital-Single-Market-Richtlinie der EU [Richtlinie (EU) 2019/790] – grundlegend überholte Regeln für Text- und Data-Mining in Kraft treten. Die Präsentation stellt die neuen Regeln vor [1.], hinterfragt, ob es gelungen ist, Abhilfe für die Schwachstellen der bisherigen Regelung in § 60d UrhG zu schaffen [2.] und geht abschließend – im Hinblick auf das Schwerpunktthema der Konferenz – auf Auswirkungen der Novellierung auf die Möglichkeiten zur Nachnutzung von Forschungsdaten ein [3.]. Illustriert wird dies anhand konkreter Anwendungsbeispiele aus der Forschungs- und Bibliothekspraxis. Einleitend werden die wesentlichen Neuerungen präsentiert, die mit der Umsetzung der Richtlinie (EU) 2019/790 einhergehen:Erläutert werden insbesondere das neue Jedermann-Recht in § 44b UrhG-E, das Text- und Data-Mining auch außerhalb des Bereichs der nicht-kommerziellen wissenschaftlichen Forschung ermöglicht, sowie der Wegfall von Lösch- und Vergütungspflichten. Anschließend werden behobene, bleibende und neue Schwachstellen thematisiert: Dabei stehen das Erfordernis eines rechtmäßigen Zugangs zum Ursprungsmaterial, der systematische Download aus Datenbanken sowie Behelfe gegen technische Schutzmaßnahmen im Vordergrund. Diesbezüglich zeichnet die Präsentation ein differenziertes Bild: Während sich die Rechtslage im Hinblick auf die Durchsetzung der Text-und-Data-Mining-Schranken gegenüber technischen Schutzmaßnahmen bei digitalen Inhalten deutlich verbessert, droht die Befugnis von Rechteinhabern, technische Maßnahmen zur Wahrung ihrer Netze und Datenbanken zu ergreifen, die Regelung in der Anwendungspraxis zu untergraben. Im letzten Teil des Vortrages wird die Frage gestellt, inwiefern sich die Regeln zum Teilen und Archivieren von Forschungsdaten verbessert haben. Hier eröffnen sich neue Chancen: So wird eine zeitlich unbegrenzte Speicherung ebenso möglich wie die Nachnutzung von Daten zur Anschlussforschung. Trotzdem bleiben in § 60d Abs. 5 UrhG-E zahlreiche Aspekte der Nachnutzung offen: Wem und unter welchen Bedingungen darf Einsicht in Forschungsdaten aus Text- und Data-Mining-Projekten gewährt werden? Dürfen auch Personen, die in das ursprüngliche Forschungsvorhaben nicht involviert waren, zum Zweck der Anschlussforschung Zugriff auf Daten erhalten?