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Toni Onley's "Diary of China Painting Trip 20 February-21 March 1988" : an annotated edition
Creators: name: Lee, Maple
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: The China Diary, Canadian watercolour landscape painter Toni Onley's account of his travel experiences in China from February 20 - March 21, 1988, is one of the many fascinating documents within the Toni Onley fonds at the Special Collections Division of the University of British Columbia Library. In creating an annotated edition of the China Diary, photographs of Onley's fifteen diary illustrations have been included. Also included are references in the extensive annotations and appendices to various items in the collection and their location for further investigation. This edition of the diary can serve as an introductory guide to the UBC Toni Onley fonds as well as a document to further one's knowledge about the artist's life and art. Onley's China Diary contains information about how the artist understands his painting process and how Asian art, culture, and spirituality have influenced his technique and style as a landscape painter. The diary is also valuable for understanding cultural interaction and cultural identity formation, because in the diary, Onley describes his heightened awareness of his Canadian identity and culture as he encounters various aspects of Asian culture. The introduction gives biographical information on Toni Onley, discusses the general development of his artwork, presents some of the criticism Onley has received for his work, contextualizes the diary within Onley's life, and within Canadian culture more generally. A discussion of the value of Onley's collection in the field of Canadian literature is also included in the introduction for the collection contains documents in which Toni Onley readily writes himself into some of the received Canadian narratives of the rugged wilderness adventurer.
The Effect of Unemployment Benefits on Job Search Duration and Post-Unemployment Wage
Creators: name: Shen, Risa
Publisher: name: Carnegie Mellon University
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 140211 Labour Economics
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: 140302 Econometric and Statistical Methods

description: This paper introduces a structural search model that measures the effect of unemployment benefits on a worker's reservation wage. Using data from the National Longitudinal Surveys, survival analysis is used to estimate the effect of unemployment benefits on the duration of search and post-unemployment wages. If a worker's value of remaining unemployed to collect benefits is greater than the value of future wages that comes with a particular job offer, the worker will remain unemployed. The data are split for analysis based on different recessions in United States history. The goal is to see if the elevated rate of long-term unemployment observed in the 2007-2009 recession is a result of a moral hazard problem from the high level of unemployment benefits that were offered in this time period. The results show that higher unemployment benefits lead to longer search durations but do not change post-unemployment wages significantly across all three recessions that were analyzed.
Changes in the subsurface stratification of the Sun with the 11-year activity cycle
Creators: name: Lefebvre, Sandrine
name: Kosovichev, Alexander
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report on the changes of the Sun's subsurface stratification inferred from helioseismology data. Using SOHO/MDI (SOlar and Heliospheric Observatory/Michelson Doppler Imager) data for the last 9 years and, more precisely, the temporal variation of f-mode frequencies, we have computed the variation of the radius of subsurface layers of the Sun by applying helioseismic inversions. We have found a variability of the ``helioseismic'' radius in antiphase with the solar activity, with the strongest variations of the stratification being just below the surface around 0.995$R_{\odot}$. Besides, the radius of the deeper layers of the Sun, between 0.975$R_{\odot}$ and 0.99$R_{\odot}$ changes in phase with the 11-year cycle.
description: 14 pages, 7 figures, accepted in ApJL
The new computer program for three dimensional relativistic hydrodynamical model
Creators: name: Kikola, Daniel
name: Peryt, Wiktor
name: Sinyukov, Yuri M.
name: Slodkowski, Marcin
name: Szuba, Marek
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: An effective computer program for three dimensional relativistic hydrodynamical model has been developed. It implements a new approach to the early hot phase of relativistic heavy-ion collisions. The computer program simulates time-space evolution of nuclear matter in terms of ideal-fluid dynamics. Equations of motions of hydrodynamics are solved making use of finite difference methods. Commonly-used algorithms of numerical relativistic hydrodynamics RHLLE and MUSTA-FORCE have been applied in simulations. To speed-up calculations, parallel processing has been made available for solving hydrodynamical equations. The test results of simulations for 3D, 2D and Bjorken expansion are reported in this paper. As a next step we plan to implement the hadronization algorithm by implementing the continuous particle emission for freeze-out and comparing it with Cooper-Frye formula.
description: Quark Matter 2005 Poster Session Proceeding
PRICE RELATIONSHIPS IN THE U.S. FIBER MARKETS: ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR COTTON INDUSTRY
Creators: name: Pan, Suwen
name: Mohanty, Samarendu
name: Fadiga, Mohamadou L.
name: Pan, Suwen
name: Mohanty, Samarendu
name: Fadiga, Mohamadou L.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2003
Subjects: Demand and Price Analysis

description: The paper examined the price relationship between cotton and polyester. The results provide strong evidence of long term price transmissions and granger causality between cotton and polyester price as well as the asymmetry transmissions for cotton on cotton, cotton on polyester, and polyester on polyester price. However, we did not find any evidence that there exists asymmetry transmission for polyester price on cotton price. Our results also did not support the contemporaneous effects hypothesis between polyester price and cotton price.
Soft-Gluon Production Due to a Gluon Loop in a Constant Chromo-Electric Background Field
Creators: name: Nayak, Gouranga C.
name: van Nieuwenhuizen, Peter
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We obtain an exact result for the soft gluon production and its p_T distribution due to a gluon loop in a constant chromo-electric background field E^a with arbitrary color. Unlike Schwinger's result for e^+e^- pair production in QED which depends only on one gauge invariant quantity, the Electric field E, we find that the p_T distribution of the gluons depend on two gauge invariant quantities, E^aE^a and [d_{abc}E^aE^bE^c]^2.
description: 8 pages latex, Final Version to appear in Phys. Rev. D
A "Lorentz-Poincare"-Type Interpretation of Relativistic Gravitation
Creators: name: Jan
name: Broekaert
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The nature of 'time', 'space' and 'reality' are to large extent dependent on our interpretation of Special (SRT) and General Relativity Theory (GRT). In SRT essentially two distinct interpretations exist; the "geometrical" interpretation by Einstein based on the Principle of Relativity and the Invariance of the velocity of light and, the "physical" Lorentz-Poincaré interpretation with underpinning by rod contractions, clock slowing and light synchronization, see e.g. (Bohm 1965, Bell 1987). It can be questioned whether the "Lorentz-Poincaré"-interpretation of SRT can be continued into GRT. We have shown that till first Post-Newtonian order this is indeed possible (Broekaert 2004). This requires the introduction of gravitationally modified Lorentz transformations, with an intrinsical spatially-variable speed of light $c(r)$, a scalar scaling field $Φ$ and induced velocity field $w$. Still the invariance of the locally observed velocity of light is maintained (Broekaert 2005). The Hamiltonian description of particles and photons recovers the 1-PN approximation of GRT. At present we show the model does obey the Weak Equivalence Principle from a fixed perspective, and that the implied acceleration transformations are equivalent with those of GRT.
description: 5 pages, conference paper, EPS-13, 2005, Bern, Switzerland
Fluctuations relation and external thermostats: an application to granular materials
Creators: name: Bonetto, F.
name: Gallavotti, G.
name: Giuliani, A.
name: Zamponi, F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this note we discuss a paradigmatic example of interacting particles subject to non conservative external forces and to the action of thermostats consisting of external (finite) reservoirs of particles. We then consider a model of granular materials of interest for experimental tests that had recently attracted lot of attentions. This model can be reduced to the previously discussed example under a number of assumptions, in particular that inelasticity due to internal collisions can be neglected for the purpose of measuring the large deviation functional for entropy production rate. We show that if the restitution coefficient in the granular material model is close to one, then the required assuptions are verified on a specific time scale and we predict a fluctuation relation for the entropy production rate measured on the same time scale.
description: 7 pages; updated to take into account comments received on the first version; to appear on J.Stat.Mech.(2006)
THE NEW CARISSA SHIPWRECK: AESTHETIC IMPACT ON COASTAL RECREATION
Creators: name: Freeman, Miranda
name: Dunford, Richard W.
name: Freeman, Miranda
name: Dunford, Richard W.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2003
Subjects: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy

description: This paper uses a combination of techniques, including a stated-preference survey, random utility model, visitor count study, and benefits transfer, to estimate the aesthetic impact of the New Carissa shipwreck on coastal recreation. To our knowledge, this is the first study ever conducted on the recreation impacts of a shipwreck.
[Brev til DKNVS]
Creators: name: Müller, Hans Henrik
name: Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskab (DKNVS)
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1855

description: Oversender noen "oldsaker" som ble funnet i en jordhaug i Soknedals annexsogn samt brev fra presten Bødtker
EFFICACY OF WATER TRADING UNDER ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION AND IMPLICATIONS FOR TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION
Creators: name: Dridi, Chokri
name: Khanna, Madhu
name: Dridi, Chokri
name: Khanna, Madhu
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2003
Subjects: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy

description: The purpose of this paper is to develop a water allocation and technology adoption model under the prior appropriation doctrine that recognizes informational asymmetry among water users and between water users and water authorities. We consider informational asymmetry about the agent's type, defined by a mix of land quality and knowledge. Adverse selection is found to significantly reduce the adoption of modern irrigation technology and to lead to less retirement of poor quality lands than under full information. Further investigation shows that even with asymmetric information, incentives for water trades can exist and lead to additional technology adoption with gains to all parties. Our results suggest that under asymmetric information, even a thin secondary market can improve the allocation of water resources.
A Finite Element Method for Electrowetting on Dielectric
Creators: name: Zhao, Quan
name: Ren, Weiqing
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We consider the problem of electrowetting on dielectric (EWoD). The system involves the dynamics of a conducting droplet, which is immersed in another dielectric fluid, on a dielectric substrate under an applied voltage. The fluid dynamics is modeled by the two-phase incompressible Navier-Stokes equations with the standard interface conditions, the Navier slip condition on the substrate, and a contact angle condition which relates the dynamic contact angle and the contact line velocity, as well as the kinematic condition for the evolution of the interface. The electric force acting on the fluid interface is modeled by Maxwell's equations in the domain occupied by the dielectric fluid and the dielectric substrate. We develop a numerical method for the model based on its weak form. This method combines the finite element method for the Navier-Stokes equations on a fixed bulk mesh with a parametric finite element method for the dynamics of the fluid interface, and the boundary integral method for the electric force along the fluid interface. Numerical examples are presented to demonstrate the accuracy and convergence of the numerical method, the effect of various physical parameters on the interface profile, and other interesting phenomena such as the transportation of droplet driven by the applied non-uniform electric potential difference.
COST SHARING, TRANSACTION COSTS, AND CONSERVATION
Creators: name: Lichtenberg, Erik
name: Smith-Ramirez, Ricardo
name: Lichtenberg, Erik
name: Smith-Ramirez, Ricardo
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2003
Subjects: Agribusiness

description: Conservation subsidies may be awarded for otherwise profitable projects, in which case they do not improve environmental quality. We show that transaction costs involved in such subsidy programs may induce farmers to reduce the size and scope of conservation projects. An empirical study shows that cost sharing in Maryland has resulted in simpler projects that provide no greater environmental protection. Water quality does not appear to be a goal of cost sharing; farm productivity and political considerations do.
Captains at the helm : Shaw's industrialist "heroes"
Creators: name: MacPherson, Trevor Howard
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: The thesis "Captains at the Helm: Shaw's Industrialist 'Heroes'" attempts to isolate and analyse the concept of the Captain of Industry in Bernard Shaw's essays and drama. The discussion begins with an explication of the social philosophy of Thomas Carlyle (Past and Present and Latter-Day Pamphlets) and John Ruskin (Unto This Last and The Political Economy of Art) as it pertains to leadership and the state of society, or, in particular, to the proper/improper management of capital, industry, and labour. While determining the character and role of Carlyle's and Ruskin's ideal industrial managers— the Captain of Industry and Pilot of State, respectively—the discussion parallels and contrasts these figures with Shaw's own views on the subject, especially concerning his definitive piece of political economy, The Intelligent Woman's Guide to Socialism, Capitalism, Sovietism, and Fascism. The main scope of the thesis is to then explore the nature of Shaw's industrialists, as found in his drama, and critique their characteristics and activities in part according to the schema of industrial management proposed by Carlyle and Ruskin, but principally according to Shaw's own philosophies about social evolution, life purpose, and economies in general. Though Shaw never directly states his own conception of the Captain of Industry, this paper attempts to posit an approximate type. The process of doing so involves a composite sketch drawn from the various capitalists and business people appearing in Shaw's drama, in which characters are compared and contrasted so that a Captain of Industry might be discerned as it develops from this collection of business people. The characters analysed are, as they appear in the order of the discussion, Epifania Fitzfassenden in The Millionairess, Henry Bossborn in Why She Would Not, Boss Mangan in Heartbreak House, Tom Broadbent in John Bull's Other Island, and Andrew Undershaft in Major Barbara. As well, the thesis provides biographical and citational appendices on the German armament manufacturer Alfred Krupp and the American steel tycoon Andrew Carnegie, with special notice put upon Carnegie's business philosophies in his collections of essays, The Gospel of Wealth and The Empire of Business.
Effective Field Theory for Two-Body Systems with Shallow S-Wave Resonances
Creators: name: Habashi, J. Balal
name: Sen, S.
name: Fleming, S.
name: van Kolck, U.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Resonances are of particular importance to the scattering of composite particles in quantum mechanics. We build an effective field theory for two-body scattering which includes a low-energy $S$-wave resonance. Our starting point is the most general Lagrangian with short-range interactions. We demonstrate that these interactions can be organized into various orders so as to generate a systematic expansion for an $S$ matrix with two low-energy poles. The pole positions are restricted by renormalization at leading order, where the common feature is a non-positive effective range. We carry out the expansion explicitly to next-to-leading order and illustrate how it systematically accounts for the results of a toy model -- a spherical well with a delta shell at its border.
description: 23 pages, 12 figures
"Nothing About Us Without Us" -Rhetorical Analysis of Greenland's Arctic Policy
Creators: name: Middleton, Alexandra
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Arctic
subject: Polar
subject: Greenland
subject: Geopolitics
subject: Foreign policy
subject: International law

description: This study investigates Greenland's Arctic policy, issued in February 2024, through rhetorical analysis, to understand how Greenland envisions its future role in the Arctic, considering geopolitical and cultural historical factors. Utilizing critical policy analysis employing rhetoric, this research examines numerous rhetorical dimensions of Greenland’s Arctic policy document. Findings reveal that Greenland positions itself as a strong, independent actor in Arctic affairs, emphasizing the principle "nothing about us without us." The results demonstrate that Greenland’s Arctic Policy is forward-looking, metaphorical, and assertive, reflecting Greenland's clear vision of its role in Arctic geopolitics and its demand for a significant presence in forums, such as the Arctic Council. This analysis contributes to a broader understanding of policy argumentation byhighlighting the importance of qualitative evidence, ethical considerations, and balanced rhetorical device use in shaping persuasive policy documents. This study offers valuable insights for academic research on policy rhetoric and practical discussions on international relations and Arctic affairs.
The ISO-2MASS AGN survey: On the type-1 sources
Creators: name: Leipski, C.
name: Haas, M.
name: Meusinger, H.
name: Siebenmorgen, R.
name: Chini, R.
name: Scheyda, C. M.
name: Albrecht, M.
name: Wilkes, B. J.
name: Huchra, J. P.
name: Ott, S.
name: Cesarsky, C.
name: Cutri, R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We combined the ISOCAM Parallel Mode Survey at 6.7 micron (LW2 filter) with the Two Micron All Sky Survey in order to obtain a powerful tool to search for AGN independent of dust extinction. Using moderate colour criteria H-K>0.5 and K-LW2>2.7 we have selected a sample of 77 AGN candidates in an effective area of about 10 square degrees. By means of optical spectroscopy we find 24 (30%) type-1 QSOs at redshifts 0.10.8. About one third of the ISO-2MASS QSOs show so red optical colours, that they are missed in optical and UV AGN surveys like SDSS, 2DF, or HES. With a surface density of about 2 deg^(-2) down to R<18 mag the ISO-2MASS QSOs outnumber the 1.35 deg^(-2) of the SDSS quasar survey by 50%; we find a combined optical-IR QSO surface density of 2.7 deg^(-2). Since only two of the ISO-2MASS QSOs have also J-K>2, the inclusion of the ISO mid-infrared photometry significantly extends the capabilities of the pure 2MASS red AGN survey. We suggest that the newly found red AGN resemble young members of the quasar population, and that quasars spend much of their lifetime in a dust enshrouded phase.
description: 5 pages, 5 figures, accepted for publication as A&A Letter
EXPLORING MEAT AND POULTRY RECALL DATA FOR POLICY LESSONS
Creators: name: Teratanavat, Ratapol P.
name: Hooker, Neal H.
name: Salin, Victoria
name: Teratanavat, Ratapol P.
name: Hooker, Neal H.
name: Salin, Victoria
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2003
Subjects: Agricultural and Food Policy

description: Four measures are introduced to evaluate the likelihood of meat and poultry recalls and how firms and FSIS manage such events. These measures include the proportion of product retrieved (recovery rate), time to complete a case, the ratio of recovery rate and completion, and the hazard rate. This research aims to advance our knowledge and understanding of food safety programs by presenting statistical indicators which benchmark the food system. The results from OLS, Negative Binomial, and Cox regression models suggest that limited conclusions can be reached in terms of overall performance and factors that explain the timeliness of recalls. Evidence suggests that smaller plants perform as well as large plants in their recall actions. Also, when the firm discovers the problem recalls are more timely and therefore more effective.
Theory of Charmless Inclusive B Decays and the Extraction of V_{ub}
Creators: name: Lange, Bjorn O.
name: Neubert, Matthias
name: Paz, Gil
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present ``state-of-the-art'' theoretical expressions for the triple differential B->X_u l^- nu decay rate and for the B->X_s gamma photon spectrum, which incorporate all known contributions and smoothly interpolate between the ``shape-function region'' of large hadronic energy and small invariant mass, and the ``OPE region'' in which all hadronic kinematical variables scale with M_B. The differential rates are given in a form which has no explicit reference to the mass of the b quark, avoiding the associated uncertainties. Dependence on m_b enters indirectly through the properties of the leading shape function, which can be determined by fitting the B->X_s gamma photon spectrum. This eliminates the dominant theoretical uncertainties from predictions for B->X_u l^- nu decay distributions, allowing for a precise determination of |V_{ub}|. In the shape-function region, short-distance and long-distance contributions are factorized at next-to-leading order in renormalization-group improved perturbation theory. Higher-order power corrections include effects from subleading shape functions where they are known. When integrated over sufficiently large portions in phase space, our results reduce to standard OPE expressions up to yet unknown O(alpha_s^2) terms. Predictions are presented for partial B->X_u l^- nu decay rates with various experimental cuts. An elaborate error analysis is performed that contains all significant theoretical uncertainties, including weak annihilation effects. We suggest that the latter can be eliminated by imposing a cut on high lepton invariant mass.
description: 45 pages, 4 figures; several minor revisions, more systematic treatment of subleading shape-function effects, numerical results and tables updated; version to appear in Physical Review D
Ulrike Kern; Light and Shade in Dutch and Flemish Art
Creators: name: Modemann, Janina
Publisher: name: Journal für Kunstgeschichte
Year: 2024

description: Rezension zu: Ulrike Kern; Light and Shade in Dutch and Flemish Art (Art Theory 1400–1800, hrsg. von Michèle-Caroline Heck); Turnhout: Brepols Publishers 2014; 224 S., 55 farb. u. 55 s/w-Abb.; ISBN 978-2-503-54944-6
description: Journal für Kunstgeschichte, Bd. 24 Nr. 2 (2020): Journal für Kunstgeschichte
Peierls versus Holstein models for describing electron-phonon coupling in perovskites
Creators: name: Yam, Yau-Chuen
name: Moeller, Mirko M.
name: Sawatzky, George A.
name: Berciu, Mona
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We use the Momentum Average approximation together with perturbative approaches, in the appropriate limits, to study the single polaron physics on a perovskite lattice inspired by BaBiO3. We investigate electron-phonon coupling of the Peierls type whereby the motion of ions modulates the values of the hopping integrals between sites, and show that it cannot be mapped onto the simpler one-band Holstein model in the whole parameter space. This is because the dispersion of the Peierls polaron has sharp transitions where the ground-state momentum jumps between high-symmetry points in the Brillouin zone, whereas the Holstein polaron always has the same ground-state momentum. These results imply that careful consideration is required to choose the appropriate model for carrier-lattice coupling in such complex lattices.
BENEFITS OF REDUCING DOMESTIC WELL NITRATE CONTAMINATION FROM CONCENTRATED ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATIONS: A NATIONAL MODEL OF GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION
Creators: name: Lazo, Jeffrey K.
name: Waldman, Donald M.
name: Ottem, Thomas D.
name: Wheeler, William J.
name: Lazo, Jeffrey K.
name: Waldman, Donald M.
name: Ottem, Thomas D.
name: Wheeler, William J.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2003
Subjects: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy

description: This paper presents an analysis of benefits to private drinking water well users from regulatory changes for concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs). Combining a statistical model of groundwater quality with benefit estimates based on values available from the literature, we develop aggregate national benefit estimates for reduced well water contamination from changes in CAFO regulations. The statistical model is developed to explore truncation and selection issues. We conduct a sensitivity analysis of aggregate benefit estimates to model estimation and benefits transfer values.
IGR J16393-4643: a new heavily-obscured X-ray pulsar
Creators: name: Bodaghee, A.
name: Walter, R.
name: Heras, J. A. Zurita
name: Bird, A. J.
name: Courvoisier, T. J. -L.
name: Malizia, A.
name: Terrier, R.
name: Ubertini, P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: An analysis of the high-energy emission from IGR J16393-4643 (=AX J1639.0-4642) is presented using data from INTEGRAL and XMM-Newton. The source is persistent in the 20-40 keV band at an average flux of 5.1x10^-11 ergs/cm2/s, with variations in intensity by at least an order of magnitude. A pulse period of 912.0+/-0.1 s was discovered in the ISGRI and EPIC light curves. The source spectrum is a strongly-absorbed (nH=(2.5+/-0.2)x10^23 atoms/cm2) power law that features a high-energy cutoff above 10 keV. Two iron emission lines at 6.4 and 7.1 keV, an iron absorption edge >7.1 keV, and a soft excess emission of 7x10^-15 ergs/cm2/s between 0.5-2 keV, are detected in the EPIC spectrum. The shape of the spectrum does not change with the pulse. Its persistence, pulsation, and spectrum place IGR J16393-4643 among the class of heavily-absorbed HMXBs. The improved position from EPIC is R.A. (J2000)=16:39:05.4 and Dec.=-46:42:12 (4" uncertainty) which is compatible with that of 2MASS J16390535-4642137.
description: 8 pages, 9 figures, accepted for publication in A&A
Zu Asmussens Äußerungen über die politische Bedeutung der ökumenischen Bewegung
Creators: name: Visser 'T Hooft, Willem Adolph
Publisher: name: Ökumenische Rundschau
Year: 2025

description: Ökumenische Rundschau, Bd. 6 Nr. 2 (1957): Ökumenische Rundschau, Band 6, Heft 2
Fire history and ecology of remnant forest patches in the Sub-Boreal Pine-Spruce zone of central British Columbia
Creators: name: Vera, Paula
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: When a fire burns a substantial area of forest, it often leaves patches unburned. No published study appears to have addressed the question of whether or not there are patches that have never been burned by fires within the last few hundred years in British Columbia. Published studies have only partially addressed the question of whether or not there are some landscape factors that prevented fire from killing trees within the unburned patches. To address these questions, a project commenced in 1999 in the SBPSxc biogeoclimatic subzone with 2 main objectives - to determine (1) if there are some forest patches within lodgepole pine forests in this subzone in central B.C. that have not burned during the last 200-300 years, and (2) if forest patches within these lodgepole pine forests that did not burn at the time when the surrounding forests were most recently burned, have some characteristics that caused them not to burn. It was determined that in 24 of 26 patches studied, the most recent fire within the patch was the same one that established the surrounding forest. All patches had burned within the last 200-300 years. It is not completely certain why trees in the study patches escaped being killed during the fire that established the surrounding forest. It appears that lower tree density and basal area within the patches at the time of the fire may have been important. Other factors such as topographic features, soil moisture, and crown fuels do not appear to have been important.
Transformation of the innovation process in the food industry by introducing lean/agile new product development processes
Creators: name: Arjmand, Amir
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This research redefines New Product Development (NPD) for SMEs in the Australian food service industry (FSI) by integrating a lean/agile hybrid approach to the stage-gate (SG) process. The study emphasizes innovation, efficiency and adaptability in response to evolving customer demands and market complexities. By integrating lean waste-reduction principles and agile flexibility, the enhanced five-stage SG model improves NPD outcomes. A case study highlights real-world application, showcasing improvements in development time, customer engagement and success rates. Organizational restructuring and advanced data management further support innovation, offering a scalable framework for SMEs to boost competitiveness and responsiveness in the FSI.
The Rising Cost of Diabetes Care: Annual Variations in Expenditures, Decomposed by Price and Utilization
Creators: name: Thakrar, Ashish
Publisher: name: Carnegie Mellon University
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 140208 Health Economics
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: 140302 Econometric and Statistical Methods

description: This project aims to analyze health care spending for patients with diabetes from 2006 to 2010. We begin by reviewing descriptive data on rising health care costs and the rising prevalence of diabetes nationwide, with a focus on the state of Florida. In our analysis, we use inpatient hospital data from Florida to construct an index that measures changes in health expenditures for diabetics. Based on these calculations, inpatient hospital spending on diabetes increased 23% for those insured by Medicaid, 25% for those insured by Medicare, and 10% for those with private insurance. We decompose these expenditure indexes into price and quantity components to understand whether increased spending is driven by higher prices or increased utilization. These indices are further broken down into age and sex cohorts. Overall we find significant variation in price and quantity changes, with the highest price increases for Medicaid recipients and greatest utilization increases for those with private insurance. Shifts in expenditures for females were generally driven by increased utilization, while shifts in expenditures for men were driven by price increases.
FRENCH QUALITY AND ECO-LABELING SCHEMES: DO THEY ALSO BENEFIT THE ENVIRONMENT?
Creators: name: Dobbs, Thomas L.
name: Nguyen, Genevieve
name: Bertramsen, Sherry K.
name: Legagneux, Bruno
name: Dobbs, Thomas L.
name: Nguyen, Genevieve
name: Bertramsen, Sherry K.
name: Legagneux, Bruno
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2003
Subjects: Environmental Economics and Policy

description: The environmental effects of various 'quality' and 'eco-labeling' programs in the Midi-Pyrenees region of the south of France are analyzed, using factor analysis, analysis of variance, and qualitative analysis. Implications for agri-environmental policies on both sides of the Atlantic are discussed.
Strange quarks in quenched twisted mass lattice QCD
Creators: name: Abdel-Rehim, Abdou M.
name: Lewis, Randy
name: Woloshyn, R. M.
name: Wu, Jackson M. S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Two twisted doublets, one containing the up and down quarks and the other containing the strange quark with an SU(2)-flavor partner, are used for studies in the meson sector. The relevant chiral perturbation theory is presented, and quenched QCD simulations (where the partner of the strange quark is not active) are performed. Pseudoscalar meson masses and decay constants are computed; the vector and scalar mesons are also discussed. A comparison is made to the case of an untwisted strange quark, and some effects due to quenching, discretization, and the definition of maximal twist are explored.
description: 37 pages, 12 figures, accepted for publication
FORWARD SHIPPING OPTIONS FOR GRAIN BY RAIL: A STRATEGIC RISK ANALYSIS; SUMMARY
Creators: name: Priewe, Steven R.
name: Wilson, William W.
name: Priewe, Steven R.
name: Wilson, William W.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1997
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: railroads
subject: grain merchandising
subject: logistics
subject: simulation
subject: risk analysis

description: Grain hauling railroads began offering shipping alternatives in the late 1980s that have made transportation decisions more strategic. Shippers now confront alternatives ranging from nearby and unguaranteed ordering to various durations of forward and guaranteed shipment. A dynamic stochastic simulation model was developed to analyze grain shipping and merchandising strategies that integrate these alternatives.
The Feasibility of a Cooperatively Owned Large-Scale Hog Farrowing System in North Dakota
Creators: name: Bedker, Gary M.
name: Dunn, Edward V.
name: Petry, Timothy A.
name: Bedker, Gary M.
name: Dunn, Edward V.
name: Petry, Timothy A.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1976
Subjects: Agribusiness
Production Economics

description: Interest in the feasibility of a cooperatively owned large-scale hog farrowing system has been shown by hog producers in North Dakota. The producers realize the problems in securing a continuous supply of disease free feeder pigs of uniform quality during fluctuating price periods. Lack of published data concerning large-scale farrowing systems makes decisions regarding the feasibility and negotiation with lending institutions difficult. The research for this report was conducted under North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station Projects 1350 and 3337. The research was supported in part by grants from the Business and Industrial Development Department and the Economic Development Administration (Grant Project Number 05-6-01402). Special assistance in conducting the study and preparing the report was provided through the Research and Extension Rural Development Project at North Dakota State University.
Towards an algebraic approach to the discretisation of fermions
Creators: name: de Beauce, Vivien
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A discretisation scheme for differential geometry is applied to the problem of constructing lattice actions, the naive and staggered action are thus derived. It is found that after specifying an ansatz for the space of fields, the corresponding lattice action is obtained. The gauging procedure, and the applicability of the method to twisted super-symmetry on a lattice is outlined. Some comments on the QED axial anomaly are made, for the theory in which the lattice projection operator is not inserted.
description: 6 pages
75. The local mass density
Creators: name: Perryman, Michael
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022

description: Stars in the Galactic disk 'bounce' slowly up and down around its mid-plane as a result of the force exerted by the matter comprising the disk itself. The detailed stellar motions depend on the total disk mass, both visible and dark matter. The Gaia data are throwing new light on the disk structure and its dark matter content.
What's the Deal with Free Shipping?
Creators: name: Zeylikman, Lyubov
Publisher: name: Carnegie Mellon University
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 140206 Experimental Economics
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: Economics

description: E-commerce giants like Amazon Prime and Zappos are known for their offering of unconditional free shipping on purchases. However, while the results are clear, the reasons why this phenomenon occurs are not. We develop an experimental model based on Michael Lewis’ and Yinghui Yang’s findings which support that medium thresholds for free shipping incentivize consumers to buy higher quantities of goods more than low, high, and free shipping thresholds. In our model we also include a fixed shipping rate condition with no option to earn free shipping. We report the results of an experiment to test the effects of offering varied schedules for earning free shipping in a simulated online shopping environment. 34 Carnegie Mellon students participated in an experiment with a given endowment and shopping list, to purchase items across 3 periods, per 6 different conditions. The performance during the experiment was judged based on whether the participant performed optimally. Results are in agreement with the model, supporting that the medium threshold condition incentivizes participants to buy higher quantities of goods more than other conditions.
VALUE-ADDED WHEAT PRODUCT TRADE
Creators: name: Onnen, Jennifer M.
name: Wilson, William W.
name: Onnen, Jennifer M.
name: Wilson, William W.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: International Relations/Trade
subject: Bakery
subject: international trade
subject: market size
subject: market growth
subject: shift-share analysis
subject: market share
subject: exports
subject: value-added.

description: This study evaluated international trade of value-added wheat products. Analyzed were market size and growth rate by country for each product group. Shift share analysis was used to examine changes in market shares for each value-added wheat product group. Major international exporters were identified for each product group, and market shares held by the major exporters for specific importing markets were analyzed.
Impacts of Energy Development on Secondary Labor Markets: A Study of Seven Western Counties
Creators: name: Halstead, John M.
name: Leistritz, F. Larry
name: Halstead, John M.
name: Leistritz, F. Larry
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1983
Subjects: Labor and Human Capital
Resource /Energy Economics and Policy

description: This study attempts to determine key characteristics of these secondary workers in seven counties of four states, and the implications that the results of these surveys have on planning for socioeconomic impact management.
Simulating quantum correlations as a distributed sampling problem
Creators: name: Degorre, Julien
name: Laplante, Sophie
name: Roland, Jérémie
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: It is known that quantum correlations exhibited by a maximally entangled qubit pair can be simulated with the help of shared randomness, supplemented with additional resources, such as communication, post-selection or non-local boxes. For instance, in the case of projective measurements, it is possible to solve this problem with protocols using one bit of communication or making one use of a non-local box. We show that this problem reduces to a distributed sampling problem. We give a new method to obtain samples from a biased distribution, starting with shared random variables following a uniform distribution, and use it to build distributed sampling protocols. This approach allows us to derive, in a simpler and unified way, many existing protocols for projective measurements, and extend them to positive operator value measurements. Moreover, this approach naturally leads to a local hidden variable model for Werner states.
description: 13 pages, 2 figures
THE ANALYSIS OF PHRASEOLOGISMS WITH GASTRONOMIC COMPONENTS IN ENGLISH AND UZBEK LANGUAGES
Creators: name: Malikov, Ulugbek
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: This research compares and analyzes food-related phrases in English and Uzbek. These phrases often have meanings beyond what the words directly say, reflecting cultural and linguistic differences. By studying how these expressions are structured, used, and what they mean culturally, this research aims to find both similarities and differences between the two languages.The results help us better understand how different cultures use language and the values that are a part of it.
Optimization of Lattice QCD codes for the AMD Opteron processor
Creators: name: Koma, Miho
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report our experience of the optimization of the lattice QCD codes for the new Opteron cluster at DESY Hamburg, including benchmarks. Details of the optimization using SSE/SSE2 instructions and the effective use of prefetch instructions are discussed.
description: 5 pages, 4 figures, espcrc2.cls, Proceedings of X International Workshop on Advanced Computing and Analysis Techniques in Physics Research (ACAT 2005), DESY Zeuthen, Germany, May 22 - 27, 2005
Higgs physics and CP violation
Creators: name: Wu, Yue-Liang
name: Zhou, Yu-Feng
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The CP violation in $K$ and B decays are discussed with the emphasize on the precise prediction for $ε'/ε$ and the new physics effects from a class of models with additional Higgs doublets and fermions. The contributions from standard model with two-Higgs-doublet (S2HDM) to $K$, $B$ mixing and decays are briefly reviewed. The possible large effects on CP violation in $B\to ϕK$ is discussed in an extended standard model with both an additional Higgs doublet and fourth generation quarks (S2HDM4). We show that although the S2HDM and the Standard model with fourth generation quarks alone are not likely to largely change the effective $\sin 2β$ from the decay of $B \to ϕK_S $, the S2HDM4 model can easily account for the possible large deviation of $\sin 2 β$ without conflicting with other experimental constraints.
description: Talk given at ICHEP04, August 16, 2004,Beijing. 4 pages. Typos corrected
EffectsofHighintensityIntervalTrainingUsingtheElevationTrainingMaskontheAerobicCapacityandHeartRateVariabilityforTrainedAthletes-1.pdf
Creators: name: Abdelsattar, Mohamed
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 170114 Sport and Exercise Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of high intensity interval training (HIIT) using the elevation training mask (ETM) on the aerobic capacity (VO2max) and heart rate variability (HRV) for trained athletes. Accordingly, the HRV investigated parameters in this research are mean of the time interval between R-Rms of the QRS complex, High frequency peak (HFPeak)(0.15-0.4 Hz), Low frequency peak (LFPeak) (0.04-0.15 Hz). 12 physically active male soccer players from University of Mansoura were accepted to participate in this study (mean + SD: 21.58+ 0.67 years, 177.8+7.11 cm, 71.33 + 6.65 kg). Individuals were randomly assigned to a mask group (MG) and a control group (CG). An eight week HIIT program was applied three times per week on both MG and CG. Post-test protocol was performed four days after the last training session. Results indicates significant differences between pre-and post-measurements in VO2max (p<0.05) with both MG and CG for post-measurement. MG showed significant differences between pre-and post-measurements in VO2max (p<0.05), HRrest (p<0.05), HRV Mean RR, (p<0.05) and LFPeak (p<0.05) for the post measurements, while there are no significant difference between pre-and post-measurements in HFPeak. There are statistical significant differences between MG and CG in VO2max (p<0.05), HRrest (p<0.05) and HRVMean RR (p<0.05) for the Mask group, while there were no significant difference between MG and CG for HFPeak and LFPeak. The current study concluded improvement of VO2max, a reduction in HRrest, changes in HRV (mean RR time intervals) and LF Peak compared to the CG under the training conditions of the present research.
Receptivity and transition in a wave boundary layer over random bottom topography
Creators: name: Önder, Asim
name: Liu, Philip L. -F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Direct numerical simulations are conducted to study the receptivity and transition mechanisms in a solitary wave boundary layer developing over randomly organized wave-like bottom topography. The boundary layer flow shows a selective response to broadband perturbations from the bottom, and develops streamwise-elongated streaks. When the streaks reach high amplitudes, they indirectly amplify streamwise-elongated vortices through modulating small-scale fluctuations and pressure fields. These stronger vortices in turn stir the boundary layer more effectively and further intensify streaks via the lift-up mechanism. This nonlinear feedback loop increases the sensitivity of the boundary layer to the roughness level and yields dramatic variations among cases sharing the same Reynolds number with differing roughness height. Three different local breakdown scenarios are observed depending on the amplitude of the streaks: (i) two-dimensional wave instabilities in the regions with weak streaks; (ii) inner shear-layer instabilities in the regions with moderate-amplitude streaks; (iii) rapidly growing outer shear-layer instabilities in the regions with highly elevated high-amplitude streaks. Inner instabilities have the slowest growth rate among all transition paths, which confirms the previous predictions on the stabilising role of moderate-amplitude streaks (Önder & Liu, J. Fluid. Mech., vol. 896, 2020, A20).
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Creators: name: Schult, Aage Claudius
name: Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskab (DKNVS)
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1855

description: Tilbyr VS en søyle som skal ha stått ved et nå nedbrent hus hvor angivelig Tordenskjold skal ha vært født