cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Analysis of transmission mode of a matched fiber Bragg grating interrogation scheme
Creators: name: Wade, Scott
name: Attard, Daniel P.
name: Stoddart, Paul
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: A detailed investigation has been undertaken into the transmission mode of the matched fiber Bragg grating interrogation scheme with respect to its use in optical fiber sensor applications. Analytical and numerical models of the scheme have been developed. Experimental studies presented include the effect of the spectral characteristics of the gratings on system performance, results of strain and compression calibrations, a scheme to correct for intensity fluctuations, and the correction of temperature-induced shifts by collocating sensor and reference gratings. The results are in good agreement with a simplified model of the transmission mode. The analysis provides quantitative relationships between key sensor design parameters, such as sensitivity and measurement range as a function of grating bandwidth.
Nomada armatella Cockerell 1903
Creators: name: Gibbs, Jason
name: Ascher, John S.
name: Rightmyer, Molly G.
name: Isaacs, Rufus
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Apidae
Nomada
Nomada armatella

description: Nomada armatella Cockerell 1903 (ruficornis group)
County records: Kent, Livingston, Midland, Muskegon, Ottawa, Van Buren.
Notes. Cleptoparasite of Andrena regularis and A. vicina (Miliczky & Osgood 1995).
Additional material. Ag. Coll. Mich., C.F.B., Collection C.F. Baker (1 ♀ NMNH) (S. Droege, pers. comm.).
description: Published as part of Gibbs, Jason, Ascher, John S., Rightmyer, Molly G. & Isaacs, Rufus, 2017, The bees of Michigan (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila), with notes on distribution, taxonomy, pollination, and natural history, pp. 1-160 in Zootaxa 4352 (1) on page 55, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4352.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1063854
Compressive strength of tungsten mine waste- and metakaolin-based geopolymers
Creators: name: Nazari, Ali
name: Torgal, F. Pacheco
name: Cevik, A.
name: Sanjayan, Jay
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Neuro-fuzzy approach has been successfully applied to a wide range of civil engineering problems so far. However, this is limited for geopolymeric specimens. In the present study, compressive strength of different types of geopolymers has been modeled by adaptive neuro-fuzzy interfacial systems (ANFIS). The model was constructed by 395 experimental data collected from the literature and divided into 80% and 20% for training and testing phases, respectively. Curing time, Ca(OH)2 content, NaOH concentration, mold type, aluminosilicate source and H2O/Na2O molar ratio were independent input parameters in the proposed model. Absolute fraction of variance, absolute percentage error and root mean square error of 0.94, 11.52 and 14.48, respectively in training phase and 0.92, 15.89 and 23.69, respectively in testing phase of the model were achieved showing the relatively high accuracy of the proposed ANFIS model. By the obtained results, a comparative study was performed to show the interaction of some selected factors on the compressive strength of the considered geopolymers. The discussions findings were in accordance to the experimental studies and those results presented in the literature.
Simulating disc galaxy bulges that are consistent with observed scaling relations
Creators: name: Christensen, C. R.
name: Brooks, A. M.
name: Fisher, Deanne
name: Governato, F.
name: McCleary, J.
name: Quinn, T. R.
name: Shen, S.
name: Wadsley, J.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: We present a detailed comparison between the photometric properties of the bulges of two simulated galaxies and those of a uniform sample of observed galaxies. This analysis shows that the simulated galaxies have bulges with realistic surface brightnesses for their sizes and magnitude. These two field disc galaxies have rotational velocities ̃100 km s-1 and were integrated to a redshift of zero in a fully cosmological δ cold dark matter context as part of high-resolution smoothed particle hydrodynamic simulations. We performed bulge- disc decompositions of the galaxies using artificial observations, in order to conduct a fair comparison to observations. We also dynamically decomposed the galaxies and compared the star formation histories of the bulges to those of the entire galaxies. These star formation histories showed that the bulges were primarily formed before z = 1 and during periods of rapid star formation. Both galaxies have large amounts of early star formation, which is likely related to the relatively high bulge-to-disc ratios also measured for them. Unlike almost all previous cosmological simulations, the realistically concentrated bulges of these galaxies do not lead to unphysically high rotational velocities, causing them to naturally lie along the observed Tully-Fisher relation.
Linear entropy in quantum phase space
Creators: name: Rosales Zarate, Laura
name: Drummond, Peter
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: We calculate the quantum Renyi entropy in a phase-space representation for either fermions or bosons. This can also be used to calculate purity and fidelity, or the entanglement between two systems. We show that it is possible to calculate the entropy from sampled phase-space distributions in normally ordered representations, although this is not possible for all quantum states. We give an example of the use of this method in an exactly soluble thermal case. The quantum entropy cannot be calculated at all using sampling methods in classical symmetric (Wigner) or antinormally ordered (Husimi) phase spaces, due to inner-product divergences. The preferred method is to use generalized Gaussian phase-space methods, which utilize a distribution over stochastic Green's functions. We illustrate this approach by calculating the reduced entropy and entanglement of bosonic or fermionic modes coupled to a time-evolving, non-Markovian reservoir.
Nomada articulata Smith 1854
Creators: name: Gibbs, Jason
name: Ascher, John S.
name: Rightmyer, Molly G.
name: Isaacs, Rufus
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Apidae
Nomada
Nomada articulata

description: Nomada articulata Smith 1854 (erigeronis group)
County records: Allegan, Arenac, Barry, Bay, Berrien, Calhoun, Cheboygan, Clinton, Eaton, Hillsdale, Ingham, Ionia, Isabella, Kalamazoo, Lake, Lapeer, Leelanau, Lenawee, Livingston, Oceana, Ottawa, Sanilac, Shiawassee, Tuscola, Van Buren, Washtenaw.
Notes. Cleptoparasite of Agapostemon virescens and A. sericeus (Abrams & Eickwort 1980, 1981).
description: Published as part of Gibbs, Jason, Ascher, John S., Rightmyer, Molly G. & Isaacs, Rufus, 2017, The bees of Michigan (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila), with notes on distribution, taxonomy, pollination, and natural history, pp. 1-160 in Zootaxa 4352 (1) on page 55, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4352.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1063854
Demand and Price Models for Livestock and Meat
Creators: name: Malone, John W.
name: Malone, John W.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1964
Subjects: subject: Marketing
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: Demand and Price Analysis

description: Proceedings of the Western Farm Economics Association Thirty-seventh Annual Meeting, San Luis Obispo, CA, July 15-17, 1964
Measurement of forces at the tip of a cochlear implant during insertion
Creators: name: Wade, Scott
name: Fallon, James B.
name: Wise, Andrew K.
name: Shepherd, Robert K.
name: James, Natalie L.
name: Stoddart, Paul
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: An optical fiber based sensor has been developed to measure the forces at the tip of an electrode array during insertion into the cochlea. The sensor, utilizing optical fiber Bragg grating technology, was incorporated into a custom designed Pt-banded electrode array for guinea pigs. In vivo experiments were undertaken in which forces at the tip of the array were measured in real time during the insertion. Data was obtained for maximum insertion forces of up to 254 mN. Histology was performed on the excised cochleae with the sensors fixed in position to evaluate the level of insertion trauma. The insertion experiments demonstrated a clear correlation between applied force and collateral tissue damage.
Discussion: Papers by Engel and Williams
Creators: name: Davidson, J.R.
name: Stubblefield, Thomas M.
name: Davidson, J.R.
name: Stubblefield, Thomas M.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1964
Subjects: Livestock Production/Industries

description: Proceedings of the Western Farm Economics Association Thirty-seventh Annual Meeting, San Luis Obispo, CA, July 15-17, 1964
Metabifurcation analysis of a mean field model of the cortex
Creators: name: Frascoli, Federico
name: van Veen, Lennaert
name: Bojak, Ingo
name: Liley, David
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 490105
subject: Dynamical systems in applications

description: Mean field models (MFMs) of cortical tissue incorporate salient, average features of neural masses in order to model activity at the population level, thereby linking microscopic physiology to macroscopic observations, e.g., with the electroencephalogram (EEG). One of the common aspects of MFM descriptions is the presence of a high-dimensional parameter space capturing neurobiological attributes deemed relevant to the brain dynamics of interest. We study the physiological parameter space of a MFM of electrocortical activity and discover robust correlations between physiological attributes of the model cortex and its dynamical features. These correlations are revealed by the study of bifurcation plots, which show that the model responses to changes in inhibition belong to two archetypal categories or 'families'. After investigating and characterizing them in depth, we discuss their essential differences in terms of four important aspects: power responses with respect to the modeled action of anesthetics, reaction to exogenous stimuli such as thalamic input, and distributions of model parameters and oscillatory repertoires when inhibition is enhanced. Furthermore, while the complexity of sustained periodic orbits differs significantly between families, we are able to show how metamorphoses between the families can be brought about by exogenous stimuli. We here unveil links between measurable physiological attributes of the brain and dynamical patterns that are not accessible by linear methods. They instead emerge when the nonlinear structure of parameter space is partitioned according to bifurcation responses. We call this general method 'metabifurcation analysis'. The partitioning cannot be achieved by the investigation of only a small number of parameter sets and is instead the result of an automated bifurcation analysis of a representative sample of 73,454 physiologically admissible parameter sets. Our approach generalizes straightforwardly and is well suited to probing the dynamics of other models with large and complex parameter spaces.
The mesoscopic modeling of burst suppression during anesthesia
Creators: name: Liley, David
name: Walsh, Matthew
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The burst suppression pattern is well recognised as a distinct feature of the mammalian electroencephalogram (EEG) waveform. Consisting of alternating periods of high amplitude oscillatory and isoelectric activity It can be induced in health by deep anaesthesia as well as being evoked by a range of pathophysiological processes that include coma and anoxia. While the electroencephalographic phenomenon and clinical implications of burst suppression have been studied extensively, the physiological mechanisms underlying its emergence remain unresolved and obscure. Because electroencephalographic bursting phenomenologically resembles the bursting observed in single neurons, it would be reasonable to assume that the theoretical insights developed to understand bursting at the cellular ('microscopic') level would enable insights into the dynamical genesis of bursting at the level of the whole brain ('macroscopic'). In general action potential bursting is the result of the interplay of two time scales: a fast time scale responsible for spiking, and a slow time scale that modulates such activity. We therefore hypothesise that such fast-slow systems dynamically underpin electroencephalographic bursting. Here we show that a well known mean field dynamical model of the electroencephalogram, the Liley model, while unable to produce burst suppression unmodified, is able to give rise to a wide variety of burst-like activity by the addition of one or more slow systems modulating model parameters speculated to be major 'targets' for anaesthetic action. The development of a physiologically plausible theoretical framework to account for burst suppression will lead to a more complete physiological understanding of the EEG and the mechanisms that serve to modify ongoing brain activity necessary for purposeful behaviour and consciousness.
Nomada australis Mitchell 1962
Creators: name: Gibbs, Jason
name: Ascher, John S.
name: Rightmyer, Molly G.
name: Isaacs, Rufus
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Apidae
Nomada
Nomada australis

description: Nomada australis Mitchell 1962 (erigeronis group)
County records: Barry, Ingham, Kent, Ottawa.
description: Published as part of Gibbs, Jason, Ascher, John S., Rightmyer, Molly G. & Isaacs, Rufus, 2017, The bees of Michigan (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila), with notes on distribution, taxonomy, pollination, and natural history, pp. 1-160 in Zootaxa 4352 (1) on page 55, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4352.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1063854
Four dimensional chaos and intermittency in a mesoscopic model of the electroencephalogram
Creators: name: Dafilis, Mathew
name: Frascoli, Federico
name: Cadusch, Peter
name: Liley, David
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 490105
subject: Dynamical systems in applications

description: The occurrence of so-called four dimensional chaos in dynamical systems represented by coupled, nonlinear, ordinary differential equations is rarely reported in the literature. In this paper, we present evidence that Liley's mesoscopic theory of the electroencephalogram (EEG), which has been used to describe brain activity in a variety of clinically relevant contexts, possesses a chaotic attractor with a Kaplan-Yorke dimension significantly larger than three. This accounts for simple, high order chaos for a physiologically admissible parameter set. Whilst the Lyapunov spectrum of the attractor has only one positive exponent, the contracting dimensions are such that the integer part of the Kaplan-Yorke dimension is three, thus giving rise to four dimensional chaos. A one-parameter bifurcation analysis with respect to the parameter corresponding to extracortical input is conducted, with results indicating that the origin of chaos is due to an inverse period doubling cascade. Hence, in the vicinity of the high order, strange attractor, the model is shown to display intermittent behavior, with random alternations between oscillatory and chaotic regimes. This phenomenon represents a possible dynamical justification of some of the typical features of clinically established EEG traces, which can arise in the case of burst suppression in anesthesia and epileptic encephalopathies in early infancy.
Density dependence of the stress relaxation function of a simple fluid
Creators: name: Hartkamp, Remco
name: Daivis, Peter J.
name: Todd, Billy
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 490199
subject: Applied mathematics not elsewhere classified

description: We present accurate molecular dynamics calculations of the shear stress relaxation modulus of a simple atomic fluid over a wide range of densities. The high accuracy of the data enables us to study changes in the functional form of the shear relaxation modulus, and the properties that are derived from it, as the density is increased from the ideal gas limit to the upper limit of the fluid range. We show that the shear relaxation modulus of a dilute atomic fluid can be accurately described with a simple functional form consisting of a Gaussian plus a single exponential, whereas the dense fluid exhibits a more complicated relaxation function. The infinite-frequency shear modulus, the zero-shear viscosity, and the zero-shear first normal stress coefficient are calculated from the stress autocorrelation function. The ratio of the first normal stress coefficient to the viscosity is used to calculate the viscoelastic relaxation time. While the viscosity and the infinite-frequency shear modulus both increase monotonically with increasing density, the first normal stress coefficient and the viscoelastic relaxation time both decrease to a minimum at intermediate densities before increasing again. Our results for the viscosity and the first normal stress coefficient in the low-density limit both agree well with the predictions of kinetic theory.
Nomada banksi Cockerell 1907
Creators: name: Gibbs, Jason
name: Ascher, John S.
name: Rightmyer, Molly G.
name: Isaacs, Rufus
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Apidae
Nomada
Nomada banksi

description: Nomada banksi Cockerell 1907 (ruficornis group)
County records: Gladwin, Isabella, Menominee, Midland.
Notes. Possibly a cleptoparasite of Nomada asteris (see Ascher et al., 2014).
description: Published as part of Gibbs, Jason, Ascher, John S., Rightmyer, Molly G. & Isaacs, Rufus, 2017, The bees of Michigan (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila), with notes on distribution, taxonomy, pollination, and natural history, pp. 1-160 in Zootaxa 4352 (1) on page 56, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4352.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1063854
Experimental and numerical investigation of a strongly-forced precessing cylinder flow
Creators: name: Albrecht, Thomas
name: Blackburn, Hugh M.
name: Meunier, Patrice
name: Manasseh, Richard
name: Lopez, Juan M.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 4017
subject: Mechanical engineering
subject: FOS: Mechanical engineering

description: Planar particle image velocimetry (PIV) and direct numerical simulations (DNS) of the flow in a precessing cylinder of height-to-radius ratio of 1.835 are presented for a nutation angle of 15° and a Reynolds number 6430 based on the cylinder's angular frequency. We find excellent agreement in terms of time-averaged velocity profiles and Kelvin mode amplitudes during the initial development and in the asymptotic state. In the experiment, a rapid transition to a disordered state follows a brief appearance of azimuthal structures with a predominant wavenumber m = 9 . In the DNS, the transition occurs later than in the experiment, and shows dominance of a triad of azimuthal wavenumbers m = 1 , 4 , 5 during the transient evolution. Adding a small random perturbation to the simulation after the forced mode is established accelerates transition to flow dominated by m = 9 which eventually transitions to a disordered state, consistent with observations from PIV. The breaking of rotoreflection (inversion) symmetry of the system is found to be critical in establishing evolution paths to the disordered and asymmetric asymptotic state.
Nomada bella Cresson 1863
Creators: name: Gibbs, Jason
name: Ascher, John S.
name: Rightmyer, Molly G.
name: Isaacs, Rufus
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Apidae
Nomada
Nomada bella

description: Nomada bella Cresson 1863 (ruficornis group: bidentate mandible)
County records: Jackson, Lapeer, Monroe, Ottawa.
description: Published as part of Gibbs, Jason, Ascher, John S., Rightmyer, Molly G. & Isaacs, Rufus, 2017, The bees of Michigan (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila), with notes on distribution, taxonomy, pollination, and natural history, pp. 1-160 in Zootaxa 4352 (1) on page 56, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4352.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1063854
The long and the short of it: modelling double neutron star and collapsar Galactic dynamics
Creators: name: Kiel, Paul D.
name: Hurley, Jarrod
name: Bailes, Matthew
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Understanding the nature of galactic populations of double compact binaries (where both stars are a neutron star or black hole) has been a topic of interest for many years, particularly the coalescence rate of these binaries. The only observed systems thus far are double neutron star systems containing one or more radio pulsars. However, theorists have postulated that short-duration gamma-ray bursts may be evidence of coalescing double neutron star or neutron star-black hole binaries, while long-duration gamma-ray bursts are possibly formed by tidally enhanced rapidly rotating massive stars that collapse to form black holes (collapsars). The work presented here examines populations of double compact binary systems and tidally enhanced collapsars. We make use of binpop and binkin, two components of a recently developed population synthesis package. Results focus on correlations of both binary and spatial evolutionary population characteristics. Pulsar and long-duration gamma-ray burst observations are used in concert with our models to draw the conclusions that (i) double neutron star binaries can merge rapidly on time-scales of a few million years (much less than that found for the observed double neutron star population), (ii) common-envelope evolution within these models is a very important phase in double neutron star formation and (iii) observations of long gamma-ray burst projected distances are more centrally concentrated than our simulated coalescing double neutron star and collapsar Galactic populations. Better agreement is found with dwarf galaxy models although the outcome is strongly linked to the assumed birth radial distribution. The birth rate of the double neutron star population in our models ranges from 4 to 160 Myr-1 and the merger rate ranges from 3 to 150 Myr-1. The upper and lower limits of the rates result from including electron-capture supernova kicks to neutron stars and decreasing the common-envelope efficiency, respectively. Our double black hole merger rates suggest that black holes should receive an asymmetric kick at birth.
The Analysis of Separate Price and Advertising Responses to Retail Grocery Specials
Creators: name: Morris, James L.
name: Firch, Robert S.
name: Morris, James L.
name: Firch, Robert S.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1967
Subjects: Demand and Price Analysis

description: Proceedings of the Western Farm Economics Association Fortieth Annual Meeting, Las Cruses, NM, July 19-21, 1967
Nomada besseyi Swenk 1913
Creators: name: Gibbs, Jason
name: Ascher, John S.
name: Rightmyer, Molly G.
name: Isaacs, Rufus
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Apidae
Nomada
Nomada besseyi

description: Nomada besseyi Swenk 1913 (vincta group)
County records: Kalamazoo.
Notes. According to S. Droege, N. besseyi may be a junior synonym of N. graenicheri (Cockerell 1905b), a species known from relatively few specimens from Wisconsin and Ontario (Wolf & Ascher 2009) and recently reported from Minnesota (S. Droege, pers. comm.). Specimens from Michigan identified as N. besseyi in a revision (Broemeling & Moalif 1988) closely match images of the N. graenicheri holotype deposited at the NMNH. Broemeling & Moalif (1988) did not treat N. graenicheri in their revision of this group (as subgenus Pachynomada) and it was misplaced in the ruficornis species group by Alexander & Schwarz (1994). Members of this species group are cleptoparasites of Andrena (Callandrena s. l.) (Broemeling & Moalif 1988)
Material examined. Kalamazoo Co.: Gull Lake Biol. Sta. (KBS), 6 Aug. 1959, R.L. Fischer (1 ♀ 1 ♂ MSUC): Gull Lake Biol. Sta. (KBS), 14 Aug.1965, R.L. Fischer (2 ♀ 1 ♂ MSUC).
Additional material. Kalamazoo Co.: Gull Lake Biol. Sta. (KBS), 27 Jul. 1963, G.C. Eickwort (BBSL): Gull Lake Biol. Sta. (KBS), 12 Aug.1965, R.L. Fischer (BBSL).
description: Published as part of Gibbs, Jason, Ascher, John S., Rightmyer, Molly G. & Isaacs, Rufus, 2017, The bees of Michigan (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila), with notes on distribution, taxonomy, pollination, and natural history, pp. 1-160 in Zootaxa 4352 (1) on page 56, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4352.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1063854
N-body models of extended star clusters
Creators: name: Hurley, Jarrod
name: Mackey, A. Dougal
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: We use direct N-body simulations to investigate the evolution of star clusters with large size-scales with the particular goal of understanding the so-called extended clusters observed in various Local Group galaxies, including M31 and NGC 6822. The N-body models incorporate a stellar mass function, stellar evolution and the tidal field of a host galaxy. We find that extended clusters can arise naturally within a weak tidal field, provided that the tidal radius is filled at the start of the evolution. Differences in the initial tidal filling factor can produce marked differences in the subsequent evolution of clusters and the size-scales that would be observed. These differences are more marked than any produced by internal evolution processes linked to the properties of cluster binary stars or the action of an intermediate-mass black hole, based on models performed in this work and previous work to date. Models evolved in a stronger tidal field show that extended clusters cannot form and evolve within the inner regions of a galaxy, such as M31. Instead, our results support the suggestion that many extended clusters found in large galaxies were accreted as members of dwarf galaxies that were subsequently disrupted. Our results also enhance the recent suggestion that star clusters evolve to a common sequence in terms of their size and mass.
Nomada bethunei Cockerell 1903
Creators: name: Gibbs, Jason
name: Ascher, John S.
name: Rightmyer, Molly G.
name: Isaacs, Rufus
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Apidae
Nomada
Nomada bethunei

description: Nomada bethunei Cockerell 1903 (ruficornis group)
County records: Kalamazoo, Midland, Wayne.
description: Published as part of Gibbs, Jason, Ascher, John S., Rightmyer, Molly G. & Isaacs, Rufus, 2017, The bees of Michigan (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila), with notes on distribution, taxonomy, pollination, and natural history, pp. 1-160 in Zootaxa 4352 (1) on page 56, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4352.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1063854
Estimation of the Leakage of Output and Income from a Regional Economy Using Input-Output Analysis
Creators: name: Doeksen, Gerald A.
name: Little, Charles H.
name: Doeksen, Gerald A.
name: Little, Charles H.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1967
Subjects: Community/Rural/Urban Development

description: Proceedings of the Western Farm Economics Association Fortieth Annual Meeting, Las Cruses, NM, July 19-21, 1967
The Role of SAN as a Dominican Credit Institution
Creators: name: Norvell, Douglas G.
name: Wehrly, James S.
name: Norvell, Douglas G.
name: Wehrly, James S.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1967
Subjects: Agricultural Finance

description: Proceedings of the Western Farm Economics Association Fortieth Annual Meeting, Las Cruses, NM, July 19-21, 1967
REFLEXÕES SOBRE A POLÍTICA EXTERNA E AS RELAÇÕES INTERNACIONAIS NO CONTEXTO DA AMÉRICA DO SUL:
Creators: name: Machado, ANDREIA De Bem
Publisher: name: Internet Latent Corpus Journal
Year: 2024

description: A política externa e as relações internacionais na América do Sul são influenciadas por uma série de fatores, incluindo a história colonial da região, as características geográficas, as relações econômicas e os interesses políticos dos países envolvidos. A América do Sul é composta por 12 países independentes que compartilham uma herança histórica comum de colonização europeia e uma série de desafios econômicos e políticos, incluindo a desigualdade social, a corrupção e a instabilidade política. Nos últimos anos, a região tem passado por transformações significativas, como o surgimento de novos líderes políticos e mudanças nas políticas econômicas e sociais. Assim, surge a seguinte problemática: “Quais as reflexões sobre política externa e relações internacionais no contexto da América do Sul?”. Para responder a essa problemática, foi traçado o seguinte objetivo: refletir, à luz da revisão bibliométrica, sobre a política externa e relações internacionais no contexto da América do Sul. Para tanto, foi realizada uma busca bibliométrica na base de dados Web of Science (WoS). Como resultado, o estudo destaca a importância de se continuar pesquisando sobre política externa e relações internacionais na América do Sul, especialmente diante dos desafios atuais, como a pandemia de COVID-19, a crise econômica e as mudanças políticas em curso na região.
description: Internet Latent Corpus Journal, vol. 14 n.º 1 (2024): .
title: Face Verification Across Age Progression using Enhanced Convolution Neural Network
title: Face Verification Across Age Progression using Enhanced Convolution Neural Network
titleType: Other
Creators: name: SIPIJ
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: This paper proposes a deep learning method for facial verification of aging subjects. Facial aging is atexture and shape variations that affect the human face as time progresses. Accordingly, there is a demandto develop robust methods to verify facial images when they age. In this paper, a deep learning methodbased on GoogLeNet pre-trained convolution network fused with Histogram Orientation Gradient (HOG)and Local Binary Pattern (LBP) feature descriptors have been applied for feature extraction andclassification. The experiments are based on the facial images collected from MORPH and FG-Netbenchmarked datasets. Euclidean distance has been used to measure the similarity between pairs of featurevectors with the age gap. Experiments results show an improvement in the validation accuracy conductedon the FG-NET database, which it reached 100%, while with MORPH database the validation accuracy is99.8%. The proposed method has better performance and higher accuracy than current state-of-the-artmethods
MOCCA code for star cluster simulations - ii. comparison with n-body simulations
Creators: name: Giersz, M.
name: Heggie, D. C.
name: Hurley, Jarrod
name: Hypki, A.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: We describe a major upgrade of a Monte Carlo code that has previously been used for many studies of dense star clusters.We outline the steps needed in order to calibrate the results of the newMonte Carlo code against N-body simulations for large-N systems, up to N=200 000. The new version of the Monte Carlo code (called MOCCA), in addition to the features of the old version, incorporates the direct Fewbody integrator for three- and four-body interactions, and a new treatment of the escape process based on work by Fukushige & Heggie. Now stars that fulfil the escape criterion are not removed immediately, but can stay in the system for a certain time that depends on the excess of the energy of the star above the escape energy. These stars are termed potential escapers.With the addition of the Fewbody integrator the code can follow all interaction channels that are important for the rate of creation of various types of objects observed in star clusters, and it is ensured that the energy generation by binaries is treated in a manner similar to in the N-body model. There are at most three new parameters that have to be adjusted against N-body simulations for large N: two (or one, depending on the chosen approach) connected with the escape process, and one responsible for the determination of the interaction probabilities. The values adopted for the free parameters have at most a weak dependence on N. They allow MOCCA to reproduce N-body results with reasonable precision, not only for the rate of cluster evolution and the cluster mass distribution, but also for the detailed distributions of mass and binding energy of binaries. In addition, the code can follow the rate of formation of blue stragglers and black hole-black hole binaries. The code computes interactions between binaries and single stars up to amaximum separation fpmax, and it is found that MOCCA needs a large value of fpmax to obtain agreement with the N-body simulations. In spite of some limitations, such as its spherical symmetry, a Monte Carlo code such as MOCCA is at present the most advanced code for simulations of real star clusters. It can follow the cluster evolution at a level of detail comparable to that in an N-body code, but orders of magnitude faster.
Inter-organisational collaboration and knowledge-work: a contingency framework and evidence from a megaproject in Spain
Creators: name: Hetemi, Ermal
name: Ordieres, Joaquin
name: Nuur, Cali
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases

description: This paper provides an exploratory understanding of the process of knowledge-work in the inter-organisational setting of a large-scale infrastructure project. Taking a process perspective, it explores why an autonomous project-owner organisation in the rail industry sector finds difficulties to transform and exploit the project network-related knowledge in a coopetitive context. The paper builds on a case study of a High-speed Rail Line (HSL) project in Spain. Based on the longitudinal qualitative secondary analysis, the authors put forth a contingency framework that proposes four contexts linking the transformation and exploitation of the knowledge from the inter-organisational network to the project-owner organisation; whether (i) the interplay between industrial setting and the project arrangement empowers product or process knowledge and (ii) the senior, and programme management awareness to feed-forward learning relies on individual- or institutionalised-based learning. These four contexts and their underlying conditions pose different knowledge-work related problems and suggest implications for practice in inter-organisational collaboration and beyond.
Multiple stellar-mass black holes in globular clusters: theoretical confirmation
Creators: name: Sippel, A. C.
name: Hurley, Jarrod
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: While tens or hundreds of stellar-remnant black holes (BHs) are expected to form in globular star clusters, it is still unclear how many of those will be retained upon formation, and how many will be ejected through subsequent dynamical interactions. No such BHs have been found in any Milky Way globular cluster until the recent discovery of stellar-mass BHs in the globular cluster M22 (NGC 6656) with now an estimated population of 5-100 BHs. We present a direct N-body model of a star cluster of the same absolute and dynamical age as M22. Imposing an initial retention fraction of ≈ 10 per cent for BHs, 16 stellar-remnant BHs are retained at a cluster age of 12 Gyr, in agreement with the estimate for M22. Of those 16 BHs, two are in a binary system with a main-sequence star each while also one pure BH binary is present. We argue that multiple BHs can be present in any Milky Way cluster with an extended core radius, such as M22 or the model presented here.
Nomada composita Mitchell 1962
Creators: name: Gibbs, Jason
name: Ascher, John S.
name: Rightmyer, Molly G.
name: Isaacs, Rufus
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Apidae
Nomada
Nomada composita

description: Nomada composita Mitchell 1962 (ruficornis group)
County records: Benzie, Chippewa, Grand Traverse, Lake, Ottawa, Presque Isle, Schoolcraft, Van Buren.
description: Published as part of Gibbs, Jason, Ascher, John S., Rightmyer, Molly G. & Isaacs, Rufus, 2017, The bees of Michigan (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila), with notes on distribution, taxonomy, pollination, and natural history, pp. 1-160 in Zootaxa 4352 (1) on page 57, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4352.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1063854
Stars on the run: escaping from stellar clusters
Creators: name: Moyano Loyola, G. R. I.
name: Hurley, Jarrod
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: A significant proportion of Milky Way stars are born in stellar clusters, which dissolve over time so that the members become part of the disc and halo populations of the Galaxy. In this work, we will assume that these young stellar clusters live mainly within the disc of the Galaxy and that they can have primordial binary percentages ranging from 0 per cent to as high as 70 per cent. We have evolved models of such clusters to an age of 4 Gyr through N-body simulations, paying attention to the stars and binaries that escape in the process. We have quantified the contribution of these escaping stars to the Galaxy population by analysing their escape velocity and evolutionary stage at the moment of escape. In this way, we could analyse the mechanisms that produced these escapers, whether evaporation through weak two-body encounters, energetic close encounters or stellar evolution events, e.g. supernovae. In our models, we found that the percentage of primordial binaries in a star cluster does not produce significant variations in the velocities of the stars that escape in the velocity range of 0–20 km s−1. However, in the high-velocity 20–100 km s−1 range the number of escapers increased markedly as the primordial binary percentage increased. We could also infer that dissolving stellar clusters such as those that we have modelled can populate the Galactic halo with giant stars for which the progenitors were stars of up to 2.4 M⊙. Furthermore, choices made for the velocity kicks of remnants do influence the production of hyper-velocity stars – and to a lesser extent stars in the high-velocity range – but once again the difference for the 99 per cent of stars in the 0–20 km s−1 range is not significant.
The Technological and Labor Induced Adjustment Process of Commercial Farms in the Sacramento Canning Tomato Area
Creators: name: Wildermuth, John R.
name: Carter, Harold O.
name: Wildermuth, John R.
name: Carter, Harold O.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1967
Subjects: Consumer/Household Economics
Labor and Human Capital

description: Proceedings of the Western Farm Economics Association Fortieth Annual Meeting, Las Cruses, NM, July 19-21, 1967
Wettability of natural superhydrophobic surfaces
Creators: name: Webb, Hayden
name: Crawford, Russell
name: Ivanova, Elena
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Since the description of the ‘Lotus Effect' by Barthlott and Neinhuis in 1997, the existence of superhydrophobic surfaces in the natural world has become common knowledge. Superhydrophobicity is associated with a number of possible evolutionary benefits that may be bestowed upon an organism, ranging from the ease of dewetting of their surfaces and therefore prevention of encumbrance by water droplets, self-cleaning and removal of particulates and potential pathogens, and even to antimicrobial activity. The superhydrophobic properties of natural surfaces have been attributed to the presence of hierarchical microscale (> 1 μm) and nanoscale (typically below 200 nm) structures on the surface, and as a result, the generation of topographical hierarchy is usually considered of high importance in the fabrication of synthetic superhydrophobic surfaces. When one surveys the breadth of data available on naturally existing superhydrophobic surfaces, however, it can be observed that topographical hierarchy is not present on all naturally superhydrophobic surfaces; in fact, the only universal feature of these surfaces is the presence of a sophisticated nanoscale structure. Additionally, several natural surfaces, e.g. those present on rose petals and gecko feet, display high water contact angles and high adhesion of droplets, due to the pinning effect. These surfaces are not truly superhydrophobic, and lack significant degrees of nanoscale roughness. Here, we discuss the phenomena of superhydrophobicity and pseudo-superhydrophobicity in nature, and present an argument that while hierarchical surface roughness may aid in the stability of the superhydrophobic effect, it is nanoscale surface architecture alone that is the true determinant of superhydrophobicity.
Willingness to Pay, Consumer's Surplus and the Constant Marginal Utility of Income Assumption
Creators: name: Butcher, Walter R.
name: Butcher, Walter R.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1967
Subjects: Consumer/Household Economics

description: Proceedings of the Western Farm Economics Association Fortieth Annual Meeting, Las Cruses, NM, July 19-21, 1967
My Road Ahead study protocol: A randomised controlled trial of an online psychological intervention for men following treatment for localised prostate cancer
Creators: name: Wootten, Addie C
name: Abbott, Jo-Anne
name: Chisholm, Katherine E
name: Austin, David W
name: Klein, Britt
name: McCabe, Marita
name: Meyer, Denny
name: Costello, Anthony J
name: Murphy, Declan G
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Background: there is a need for psychosocial interventions for men with prostate cancer to promote adaptive coping with the challenges and distress associated with diagnosis, treatment and recovery. In addition, interventions are needed that help to overcome barriers to psychosocial treatment such as limited face-to-face psychosocial support services, a shortage of adequately trained professionals, geographical distance, perceived and personal stigma and a preference for consumer-centric and self-directed learning. My Road Ahead is an online cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) intervention for prostate cancer. This protocol describes a randomised controlled trial (RCT) that will evaluate the efficacy of this online intervention alone, the intervention in combination with a moderated online forum, and the moderated online forum alone. Methods/design: This study utilises a RCT design with three groups receiving: 1) the 6-module My Road Ahead intervention alone; 2) the My Road Ahead intervention plus a moderated online forum; and 3) the moderated online forum alone. It is expected that 150 men with localised prostate cancer will be recruited into the RCT. Online measures will assess men's psychological distress as well as sexual and relationship adjustment at baseline, post-intervention, 3 month follow-up and 6 month follow-up. The study is being conducted in Australia and participants will be recruited from April 2012 to Feb 2014. The primary aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of My Road Ahead in reducing psychological distress. Discussion: To our knowledge, My Road Ahead is the first self-directed online psychological intervention developed for men who have been treated for localised prostate cancer. The RCT will assess the efficacy of this intervention in improving psychological well-being, sexual satisfaction, relationship satisfaction and overall quality of life. If successful, this intervention could provide much needed support to men receiving treatment for localised prostate cancer in a highly accessible manner.
Protocol for the RT Prepare Trial: a multiple-baseline study of radiation therapists delivering education and support to women with breast cancer who are referred for radiotherapy
Creators: name: Halkett, G.
name: O'Connor, M.
name: Aranda, S.
name: Jefford, M.
name: Spry, N.
name: Shaw, T.
name: Moorin, R.
name: Schofield, Penelope
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Introduction There is limited evidence to guide the preparation of patients for radiotherapy. This paper describes the protocol for an evaluation of a radiation therapist led education intervention delivered to patients with breast cancer in order to reduce psychological distress. Methods A multiple-baseline study is being used. Usual care data is being collected prior to the start of the intervention at each of three sites. The intervention is delivered by radiation therapists consulting with patients prior to their treatment planning and on the first day of treatment. The intervention focuses on providing sensory and procedural information to patients and reducing pretreatment anxiety. Recruitment is occurring in three states in Australia. Eligible participants are patients who have been referred for radiotherapy to treat breast cancer. 200 patients will be recruited during a usual care phase and, thereafter, 200 patients in the intervention phase. Measures will be collected on four occasions—after meeting with their radiation oncologist, prior to treatment planning, on the first day of treatment and after treatment completion. The primary hypothesis is that patients who receive the radiotherapy preparatory intervention will report a significantly greater decrease in psychological distress from baseline to prior to radiotherapy treatment planning in comparison with the usual care group. Secondary outcome measures include concerns about radiotherapy, patient knowledge of radiotherapy, patient preparedness and quality of life. Patient health system usage and costs will also be measured. Multilevel mixed effects regression models will be applied to test for intervention effects. Ethics Ethics approval has been gained from Curtin University and the three recruiting sites. Dissemination Results will be reported in international peer reviewed journals. Trial registration number Australian and New Zealand Clinical Trials Registration: ACTRN12611001000998.
Nomada cressonii Robertson 1893
Creators: name: Gibbs, Jason
name: Ascher, John S.
name: Rightmyer, Molly G.
name: Isaacs, Rufus
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Apidae
Nomada
Nomada cressonii

description: Nomada cressonii Robertson 1893 (ruficornis group)
County records: Allegan, Antrim, Kent, Leelanau, Livingston, Missaukee, Oakland, Ottawa, Van Buren, Washtenaw, Wexford.
Notes. Cleptoparasite of Andrena crataegi, A. vicina and A. regularis (Miliczky & Osgood 1995; Osgood 1989).
description: Published as part of Gibbs, Jason, Ascher, John S., Rightmyer, Molly G. & Isaacs, Rufus, 2017, The bees of Michigan (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila), with notes on distribution, taxonomy, pollination, and natural history, pp. 1-160 in Zootaxa 4352 (1) on page 57, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4352.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1063854
Extension Participation in Research Studies--An Example
Creators: name: Brant, William L.
name: Walker, Odell L.
name: Brant, William L.
name: Walker, Odell L.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1967
Subjects: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession
Research Methods/ Statistical Methods

description: Proceedings of the Western Farm Economics Association Fortieth Annual Meeting, Las Cruses, NM, July 19-21, 1967