cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Fish IBI Report: 2004 Sampling, Volume 2 - Site Data Summaries
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Water Monitoring and Standards Program, Bureau of Freshwater and Biological Monitoring
Year: 2006

description: This document is the companion volume to the summary (Volume 1) of the 2004 sampling data for the Fish Index of Biotic Integrity (FIBI), an index that measures the health of streams. This document provides more detailed data summaries for each of the sample sites, including site location maps, aerial photography, habitat assessment sheets, site scoring sheets, total numbers of fish species found, and photographs of fish species.Chemical monitoring of aquatic systems only provides a snapshot of conditions at the time of sampling, thus potentially failing to detect instances of acute pollution, non-chemical pollution, and non-point source pollution. The DEP supplements chemical monitoring with biological monitoring, based on the premise that biological communities more accurately reflect long-term environmental conditions and ecosystem health. Collection of data to create the Fish Index of Biotic Integrity (FIBI) started in summer 2000, and supplements ongoing monitoring of benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages at stream stations throughout New Jersey. The FIBI measures stream health based on multiple attributes of the resident fish assemblage. The data is used to help measure water quality and trends in freshwater fish assemblages, as well as serving as an input for the development of further studies of stream health.
The value function of an asymptotic exit-time optimal control problem
Creators: name: Motta, Monica
name: Sartori, Caterina
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Optimization and Control (math.OC)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We consider a class of exit--time control problems for nonlinear systems with a nonnegative vanishing Lagrangian. In general, the associated PDE may have multiple solutions, and known regularity and stability properties do not hold. In this paper we obtain such properties and a uniqueness result under some explicit sufficient conditions. We briefly investigate also the infinite horizon problem.
Rettangoli grigliati. Riflessioni tra isoperimetrie in diversi contesti di apprendimento
Creators: name: Castellini, Antonella
name: Di Paolo, Domenico
name: Fazzino, Alfia Lucia
name: Romano, Gabriella
Publisher: name: Annali online della Didattica e della Formazione Docente
Year: 2022

description: I “rettangoli grigliati” ovvero disegnati in una griglia, hanno una perfetta corrispondenza con i rettangoli proposti da Emma Castelnuovo ottenuti muovendo uno spago ben teso tra il pollice e l’indice delle due mani. Da questo movimento riprodotto su carta quadrettata, possono nascere molte domande durante un laboratorio di matematica: quanti rettangoli si sono ottenuti? Perimetro e area di questi rettangoli variano? Quale sarà l’unità di misura adatta? Perché il perimetro è sempre espresso da un numero pari? Perché l’area non sempre è un numero pari? Quando si forma il quadrato? Esiste una regolarità per griglie di lato n che si può esprimere tramite una formula matematica? L’attività appassiona a qualunque età e permette di introdurre o di consolidare i concetti di isoperimetria e di equivalenza.
description: Annali online della Didattica e della Formazione Docente, V. 14 N. 24 (2022): Processi di insegnamento-apprendimento della Matematica: aspetti significativi
Estimation of quantum states by weak and projective measurements
Creators: name: Das, Debmalya
name: Arvind
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We explore the possibility of using "weak" measurements to carry out quantum state tomography. Given a certain fixed number of copies of identically prepared states of a qubit, we simulate state tomography using weak as well as projective measurements. Due to the collapse of the state after measurement, we cannot re-use the state after a projective measurement. If the coupling strength between the quantum system and the measurement device is made weaker, the disturbance caused to the state can be lowered. This then allows us to re-use the same member of the ensemble for further measurements and thus extract more information from the system. However, this happens at the expense of getting imprecise information from the first measurement. We simulate this scheme for a single qubit and show that under certain circumstances, it can outperform the projective measurement-based tomography scheme. This opens up the possibility of new ways of extracting information from quantum ensembles. We study the efficacy of this scheme for different coupling strengths.
description: Substantial addition and expansion
ANJEC Resource Paper: Site Plan Review - Procedures for Environmental Analysis
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: ANJEC
Year: 1992

description: This ANJEC resource paper explores the planning processes for land use decisions in New Jersey.  The legal authority for site plan reviews, environmental commission involvement, and environmental review procedures are studied.  Charts are also provided which illustrate the divisions of site plan review procedures and which break down the evaluation of environmental impacts.  The guidelines for site inspection visits are also outlined.
Annual Report for 2003 to the City of Brigantine on the Condition of Municipal Ocean Beaches
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey Coastal Research Center
Year: 2004

description: The Richard Stockton College Coastal Research Center established a coastal monitoring program for the City of Brigantine in June 1992. This report for 2003 examines the quarterly changes on the City of Brigantine's beaches through the fall of 2003 and the annual changes between December 31, 2002 and December 1, 2003. An abbreviated analysis of the performance of the 2001 maintenance nourishment of the northern municipal shoreline using the three quarterly cross sections within the project area is included. Also included in this report is the review of Brigantine Inlet as required by the 2001 dredging permit.
Dynamics of Self-Threading Ring Polymers in a Gel
Creators: name: Michieletto, Davide
name: Marenduzzo, Davide
name: Orlandini, Enzo
name: Alexander, Gareth P.
name: Turner, Matthew S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study of the dynamics of ring polymers confined to diffuse in a background gel at low concentrations. We do this in order to probe the inter-play between topology and dynamics in ring polymers. We develop an algorithm that takes into account the possibility that the rings hinder their own motion by passing through themselves, i.e. "self-threading". Our results suggest that the number of self-threadings scales extensively with the length of the rings and that this is substantially independent of the details of the model. The slowing down of the rings' dynamics is found to be related to the fraction of segments that can contribute to the motion. Our results give a novel perspective on the motion of ring polymers in gel, for which a complete theory is still lacking, and may help us to understand the irreversible trapping of ring polymers in gel electrophoresis experiments.
description: 11 pages,14 figures, Soft Matter 2014
Matematica in corsia: un paradosso statistico per educare i futuri cittadini
Creators: name: Brunelli, Fabio
name: Chesi, Francesco
name: Riva, Alfonso
Publisher: name: Annali online della Didattica e della Formazione Docente
Year: 2022

description: La relazione tra efficacia dei vaccini anti Covid-19, ricoverati vaccinati e non vaccinati: quali numeri prendere in con-siderazione? Le riflessioni degli autori su un’attività progettata e sperimentata in due scuole secondarie di primo grado toscane e presentata al Convegno “Quale didattica per favorire l’apprendimento” che si è tenuto a Bologna il 23 aprile 2022.
description: Annali online della Didattica e della Formazione Docente, V. 14 N. 24 (2022): Processi di insegnamento-apprendimento della Matematica: aspetti significativi
Fare matematica: riflessioni su esperienze di didattica laboratoriale
Creators: name: Lognoli, David
name: Provitera, Carla
name: Saponaro, Manuela
name: Spagnolo, Camilla
Publisher: name: Annali online della Didattica e della Formazione Docente
Year: 2022

description: In questo contributo viene presentato lo sviluppo di un’attività laboratoriale di matematica, che consente di comprendere come può essere utilizzata la ricorsività modulare per risolvere problemi reali, nell’ottica delle Indicazioni Nazionali per il primo ciclo. L’attività è stata progettata insieme ai docenti delle classi e ha coinvolto studenti della scuola dell’infanzia, della scuola primaria e della scuola secondaria di primo grado. La discussione e l’analisi dei risultati mettono in luce situazioni di contratto didattico; dalle conclusioni emerge una esplicita riflessione relativa alla necessità di progettare in verticale una didattica di tipo laboratoriale.
description: Annali online della Didattica e della Formazione Docente, V. 14 N. 24 (2022): Processi di insegnamento-apprendimento della Matematica: aspetti significativi
The last Complex WIMPs standing
Creators: name: Bottaro, Salvatore
name: Buttazzo, Dario
name: Costa, Marco
name: Franceschini, Roberto
name: Panci, Paolo
name: Redigolo, Diego
name: Vittorio, Ludovico
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We continue the study of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMP) started in [arXiv:2107.09688], focusing on a single complex electroweak $n$-plet with non-zero hypercharge added to the Standard Model. The minimal splitting between the Dark Matter and its electroweak neutral partner required to circumvent direct detection constraints allows only multiplets with hypercharge smaller or equal to 1. We compute for the first time all the calculable WIMP masses up to the largest multiplet allowed by perturbative unitarity. For the minimal allowed splitting, most of these multiplets can be fully probed at future large-exposure direct detection experiments, with the notable exception of the doublet with hypercharge 1/2. We show how a future muon collider can fully explore the parameter space of the complex doublet combining missing mass, displaced track and long-lived track searches. In the same spirit, we study how a future muon collider can probe the parameter space of complex WIMPs in regions where the direct detection cross section drops below the neutrino floor. Finally, we comment on how precision observables can provide additional constraints on complex WIMPs.
description: 15 pages + appendices, 6 + 6 figures, 1 + 3 tables
The Swedes in New Jersey: Bulletin No. 1
Creators: name: Federal Writers' Project
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1938

description: This booklet on the founding of New Sweden (now the present-day New Jersey area) was prepared for use in the public schools by the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration in New Jersey. The booklet summarizes the voyages of Swedish explorers, relationships with Native people and other settlers, and the establishment of New Sweden.
Inside the Pinelands: A Report by the Pinelands Preservation Alliance, December 2005 - January 2006, Vol. 13, No. 2
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: Pinelands Preservation Alliance (PPA)
Year: 2006

description: This is the bimonthly newsletter of the Pinelands Preservation Alliance (PPA), a nonprofit organization working to protect and preserve the resources of the New Jersey Pinelands. Articles featured in this edition include: Hits and Misses: The State of Pinelands Preservation in 2005; Stafford Business Park Development Proposal; So What's the Plan? Part 2: The Preservation Area; 2nd Annual Pine Barrens Hall of Fame Awards Dinner; and Tour de Pines.
Fermiology and Origin of Tc Enhancement in a Kagome Superconductor Cs(V1-xNbx)3Sb5
Creators: name: Kato, Takemi
name: Li, Yongkai
name: Nakayama, Kosuke
name: Wang, Zhiwei
name: Souma, Seigo
name: Matsui, Fumihiko
name: Kitamura, Miho
name: Horiba, Koji
name: Kumigashira, Hiroshi
name: Takahashi, Takashi
name: Yao, Yugui
name: Sato, Takafumi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Kagome metals AV3Sb5 (A = K, Rb, and Cs) exhibit a characteristic superconducting ground state coexisting with charge-density wave (CDW), whereas the mechanisms of the superconductivity and CDW have yet to be clarified. Here we report a systematic ARPES study of Cs(V1-xNbx)3Sb5 as a function of Nb content x, where isovalent Nb substitution causes an enhancement of superconducting transition temperature (Tc) and the reduction of CDW temperature (TCDW). We found that the Nb substitution shifts the Sb-derived electron band at the Gamma point downward and simultaneously moves the V-derived band around the M point upward to lift up the saddle point (SP) away from the Fermi level, leading to the reduction of CDW-gap magnitude and TCDW. This indicates a primary role of the SP density of states to stabilize CDW. The present result also suggests that the enhancement of superconductivity by Nb substitution is caused by the cooperation between the expansion of the Sb-derived electron pocket and the recovery of the V-derived density of states at the Fermi level.
description: 6 pages, 3 figures
LSP Squark Decays at the LHC and the Neutrino Mass Hierarchy
Creators: name: Marshall, Zachary
name: Ovrut, Burt A.
name: Purves, Austin
name: Spinner, Sogee
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The existence of R-parity in supersymmetric models can be naturally explained as being a discrete subgroup of gauged baryon minus lepton number (B-L). The most minimal supersymmetric B-L model triggers spontaneous R-parity violation, while remaining consistent with proton stability. This model is well-motivated by string theory and makes several interesting, testable predictions. Furthermore, R-parity violation contributes to neutrino masses, thereby connecting the neutrino sector to the decay of the lightest supersymmetric particle (LSP). This paper analyzes the decays of third generation squark LSPs into a quark and a lepton. In certain cases, the branching ratios into charged leptons reveal information about the neutrino mass hierarchy, a current goal of experimental neutrino physics, as well as the $θ_{23}$ neutrino mixing angle. Furthermore, optimization of leptoquark searches for this scenario is discussed. Using currently available data, the lower bounds on the third generation squarks are computed.
description: Version accepted to PRD, 57 pages
A Identidade e uma Epistemologia do impossível
Creators: name: Luan de Jesus Lins, Luan de Jesus Lins
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Filosofia
Epistemologia
Conhecimento
Identidade
Psicanálise

description: O presente manuscrito trata-se de um ensaio filosófico acerca da "Identidade" e da "Epistemologia" como temas fundamentais para identificar uma possibilidade real de apreensão da realidade das coisas e do ser. A dúvida parte do princípio que a realidade não possa ser apreendida de forma holística e que, por consequência, a identidade e o Outro torne-se inviável de se definir com a tamanha precisão que, epistemologicamente, nos é creditada. A dúvida final é um pressuposto para novas concepções acerca da identidade, do conhecimento e da formação dos campos de investigação social e humanas. 

De forma breve, o texto trata-se uma introdução aos possíveis e necessários artigos complementares acerca do objetivo principal deste ensaio.
Laboratorio di geometria origami: prime considerazioni su un’indagine esplorativa
Creators: name: Lazzari, Elena
Publisher: name: Annali online della Didattica e della Formazione Docente
Year: 2022

description: Nel presente contributo viene riportata una prima indagine esplorativa che ha lo scopo di individuare punti di forza ed elementi di criticità dell’utilizzo della geometria origami nel processo di insegnamento-apprendimento della matematica. È stato progettato per studenti del primo biennio di scuola secondaria di secondo grado un laboratorio didattico di geometria origami, esposto nel dettaglio del corpo dell'articolo, da affiancare alla trattazione dei fondamenti di geometria euclidea. Si descrive, inoltre, la sperimentazione realizzata in tre classi prime di scuola secondaria di secondo grado, evidenziando le difficoltà riscontrate e gli episodi didatticamente significativi. Grazie all’analisi dei questionari di gradimento sottoposti ai partecipanti, si sono potuti ottenere alcuni risultati relativi alle percezioni degli studenti rispetto al lavoro svolto, utili a delineare meglio i possibili sviluppi futuri della presente ricerca.
description: Annali online della Didattica e della Formazione Docente, V. 14 N. 24 (2022): Processi di insegnamento-apprendimento della Matematica: aspetti significativi
Nuovi approcci nei corsi di Matematica per l’Architettura: connettere forme e formule in geometria attraverso esperienze laboratoriali
Creators: name: Magrone, Paola
name: Spreafico, Maria Luisa
Publisher: name: Annali online della Didattica e della Formazione Docente
Year: 2022

description: I corsi di matematica del primo anno in architettura mirano a fornire agli studenti il ​​linguaggio scientifico, aumentare il pensiero spaziale, creativo, insieme alla capacità di riconoscere e creare forme e consentire un uso consapevole dei software di progettazione. Tuttavia, i futuri architetti italiani considerano spesso questi corsi marginali nella loro formazione (Pagano & Tedeschini Lalli, 2005). Per superare questa criticità, abbiamo sviluppato un’officina sperimentale di 4 ore seguendo la metodologia DBR (Brown ,1992; Barab & Squire, 2004). Il contenuto didattico è la parabola, familiare agli studenti del primo anno, riscoperta con attività volte a svelare il legame tra forma geometrica e descrizione analitica. Gli studenti piegano (su carta) l'inviluppo di una parabola, ne verificano la proprietà di riflessione, "scoprendo" così la descrizione algebrica della curva e, infine, la applicano ad un problema di luminosità in architettura. Dopo la fase di progettazione, il laboratorio è stato sperimentato con due gruppi di 75 studenti del primo anno del Politecnico di Torino e dell'Università Roma Tre nell'a.a. 2021-22. Il confronto delle nostre note sul campo con l'analisi comparativa delle risposte di un questionario finale ci ha fornito risultati incoraggianti sull'apprendimento concettuale e sul coinvolgimento, con un impatto sulla matematica al di là dell'esempio specifico considerato nell’officina.
description: Annali online della Didattica e della Formazione Docente, V. 14 N. 24 (2022): Processi di insegnamento-apprendimento della Matematica: aspetti significativi
Knowledge of and Willingness towards Cornea Donation among Senior Secondary School Teachers in a Rural Nigerian Community .pdf
Creators: name: Obasuyi, Osamudiamen
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 111301 Ophthalmology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Aims: To determine the knowledge and willingness toward cornea donation and the effect of eye health education on cornea donation among senior secondary school teachers in a Nigerian rural community. Study design: Cross-sectional interventional study design. Place and Duration of Study: Esan Southeast Local Government Area of Edo State, Nigeria between October 2015 and January 2016. Methodology: The study was a cross-sectional interventional study amongst senior secondary school teachers. All permanently employed Senior Secondary School teachers teaching at least one senior secondary school subject in Esan Southeast Local Government Area of Edo State were recruited for the study. They answered questions from a semi-structured questionnaire, and their responses were collated and scored. After that, they listened to a 45minutes to 1hour structured educational talk on eye health and the importance of cornea donation. They also had several reminders in the form of twice-weekly text messages on corneal donation. Sixty (60) days later, they answered the same questions, and we compared their responses. Statistical analysis was done using SPSS v20, and statistical significance was tested using chi-square. A p<0.05 was considered significant. . Results: One hundred and thirty-four (134) teachers in 24 schools out of 28 participated in the study. There were more male than female respondents at a ratio of 2.7:1, and a large percentage of the teachers were less than 30 years old. 86.6% and 93% of teachers, respectively, had poor or inaccurate knowledge of cornea donation and were unwilling to donate their corneas before our intervention. Following eye health education, the number of teachers willing to donate their corneas improved by 30% P < .001, while the teachers’ knowledge improved by 43.1% P < .001. Conclusion: Targeted eye health information and education on the importance of cornea donation improved teachers’ willingness toward corneal donation and their willingness to encourage corneal donation. Utilising this information in formulating an education policy can be essential in driving the increased willingness and improved cornea donation in Nigerian schools.
The Fermionic Dark Matter Higgs Portal: an effective field theory approach
Creators: name: Fedderke, Michael A.
name: Chen, Jing-Yuan
name: Kolb, Edward W.
name: Wang, Lian-Tao
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider fermionic (Dirac or Majorana) cold thermal relic dark-matter coupling to standard-model particles through the effective dimension-5 Higgs portal operators $Λ^{-1} \ \mathcal{O}_{\text{DM}} \cdot H^\dagger H$, where $\mathcal{O}_{\text{DM}}$ is an admixture of scalar $\barχχ$ and pseudoscalar $\barχiγ_5 χ$ DM operators. Utilizing the relic abundance requirement to fix the couplings, we consider direct detection and invisible Higgs width constraints, and map out the remaining allowed parameter space of dark-matter mass and the admixture of scalar and pseudoscalar couplings. We emphasize a subtlety which has not previously been carefully studied in the context of the EFT approach, in which an effect arising due to electroweak symmetry breaking can cause a naïvely pure pseudoscalar coupling to induce a scalar coupling at higher order, which has important implications for direct detection bounds. We provide some comments on indirect detection bounds and collider searches.
description: 22 pages, 8 figures. Published version
Un videogioco per supportare discussioni di classe sul pensiero relazionale
Creators: name: Lemmo, Alice
name: Scafa Urbaez Vilchez, Cintia
Publisher: name: Annali online della Didattica e della Formazione Docente
Year: 2022

description: I videogiochi stanno diventando un argomento di interesse nell’ambito dell’educazione matematica. Tuttavia, la ricerca in questo campo non sembra evidenziare chiaramente il ruolo che l’ambiente del videogioco potrebbe avere nel supportare i docenti nella promozione dei processi di insegnamento-apprendimento. L’obiettivo di questo lavoro è analizzare come un videogioco educativo possa supportare un insegnante durante discussioni di classe. In particolare, l’oggetto del nostro studio è lo sviluppo del pensiero relazionale, cioè l’utilizzare delle proprietà dei numeri e delle operazioni per manipolare uguaglianze. La ricerca in questo campo mostra che coinvolgere gli studenti in compiti ben progettati non è sufficiente, il ruolo degli insegnanti è centrale soprattutto nell’orchestrare discussioni. All’interno di un percorso sperimentale che ha coinvolto classi quarte della scuola primaria, abbiamo osservato che l’introduzione di un videogioco all’interno del processo di insegnamento-apprendimento della matematica sia una risorsa importante per il docente; in particolare, per anticipare e monitorare i processi messi in campo dagli studenti nel gioco ed utilizzarli durante una discussione di classe.
description: Annali online della Didattica e della Formazione Docente, V. 14 N. 24 (2022): Processi di insegnamento-apprendimento della Matematica: aspetti significativi
Investigating the Isospin Property of $T_{cc}^+$ from its Dalitz Plot Distribution
Creators: name: Shi, Jun
name: Wang, Enke
name: Wang, Qian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Recently, LHCb observed a double-charmed tetraquark candidate $T_{cc}^+$ and claimed its isospin to be zero due to the absence of $T_{cc}^{++}$. However, the absence of the $T_{cc}^{++}$ in LHCb may be due to their low production in $pp$ collisions, thus the isospin of $T_{cc}^+$ still needs to be clarified. We propose an efficient way to investigate the isospin property of $T_{cc}^+$ from the Dalitz plot distribution of $T_{cc}^+\to D^+D^0π^0$. This method can also be applied to other exotic candidates.
Valutare per comprendere le differenze di genere
Creators: name: Bonato, Francesca
name: Giberti, Chiara
Publisher: name: Annali online della Didattica e della Formazione Docente
Year: 2022

description: In Italia, come in molte altre nazioni, il divario nei risultati ottenuti da maschi e femmine nelle prove standardizzate di matematica risulta essere marcato e a favore dei primi. Se si considerano però i risultati in termini di voti scolastici questo divario non risulta o è addirittura a favore delle femmine. In questo contributo rifletteremo sui principali fattori che possono influenzare le differenti performance di maschi e femmine nelle prove standardizzate, tra questi prenderemo in considerazione anche aspetti metacognitivi e fattori legati alle convinzioni di insegnanti, genitori e studenti rispetto alla matematica. I risultati di un questionario proposto a oltre 500 docenti di diversi gradi scolastici ha fatto emergere il ruolo delle convinzioni dei docenti in relazione alle differenze di genere e ci ha permesso di interpretare il divario presente in termini di valutazioni scolastiche anche in termini di convinzioni.
description: Annali online della Didattica e della Formazione Docente, V. 14 N. 24 (2022): Processi di insegnamento-apprendimento della Matematica: aspetti significativi
2003 New Jersey Endangered Beach Nesting Bird (Piping Plover, Least Tern and Black Skimmer): Site Management Report
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), Division of Fish and Wildlife, Endangered and Nongame SpeciesProgram
Year: 2004

description: This report provides a site-by-site summary of monitoring and management efforts undertaken in New Jersey in 2003 for the protection of piping plovers, least terns and black skimmers at all coastal nesting sites. The report is organized on a site-by-site basis, geographically from north to south. Topics addressed for each site include: Monitoring and Patrolling, Fencing/Posting, Predator Exclosures, Predator Control, Beach Management, Coordination/Communication, Beach Nesting Bird Management Plan and Outreach. A table summarizing the species present, the agency responsible for management, and the management techniques used at each site is provided. A map showing the location of 2003 nesting sites is also provided.
The Jersey Sierran, Vol. 31 No. 1
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: New Jersey Chapter of The Sierra Club
Year: 2002

description: This is the quarterly newsletter of the New Jersey Chapter of The Sierra Club. This issue includes articles on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), affordable solar energy, the challenges of sprawl, a roundup of environmental issues before Congress, and much more.
Promuovere l’autovalutazione coi giochi da tavolo: il modello del progetto Numeri e Pedine
Creators: name: Silva, Liliana
name: Maffia, Andrea
Publisher: name: Annali online della Didattica e della Formazione Docente
Year: 2022

description: Nel presente contributo è presentato il ruolo assunto dall’autovalutazione nell’ambito del progetto “Numeri e Pedine”, fondato sulla ricerca-formazione svolta negli ultimi due anni con insegnanti di matematica della scuola primaria provenienti da tutta Italia. Dopo una breve introduzione sulla scelta e le caratteristiche dei giochi considerati, saranno analizzati l’importanza attribuita ai modelli di autovalutazione attraverso l’uso del gioco da tavolo e di come questo prospetto possa condurre al miglioramento non solo dell’apprendimento matematico dei bambini e delle bambine, ma anche degli insegnanti di matematica nel loro lavoro quotidiano. Saranno infine proposte alcune piste di lavoro che potrebbero essere integrate nei prossimi anni nel progetto presentato e che permetteranno sempre più di riflettere non solo sulle abilità matematiche (e non) sviluppate da bambine e bambini, ma anche sul lavoro sull’errore quale strumento di miglioramento e perfezionamento se sfruttato adeguatamente.
description: Annali online della Didattica e della Formazione Docente, V. 14 N. 24 (2022): Processi di insegnamento-apprendimento della Matematica: aspetti significativi
Interplay of hydrogen bonding and molecule-substrate interaction in self-assembled adlayer structures of a hydroxyphenyl-substituted porphyrin
Creators: name: Smykalla, Lars
name: Shukrynau, Pavel
name: Mende, Carola
name: Rüffer, Tobias
name: Lang, Heinrich
name: Hietschold, Michael
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The formation of hydrogen-bonded organic nano-structures and the role of the substrate lattice thereby were investigated by scanning tunneling microscopy. The self-organization of 5,10,15,20-tetra(p-hydroxyphenyl)porphyrin (H2THPP) molecules leads to two molecular arrangements on Au(111). One of these is characterized by pair-wise hydrogen bonding between hydroxyl groups and a low packing density which enables a rotation of individual molecules in the structure. A different interaction with stronger chain-like hydrogen bonding and additional interactions of phenyl groups was observed for the second structure. The influence of the substrate on the epitaxial behavior is demonstrated by the adsorption of H2THPP on the highly anisotropic Ag(110) substrate. There, several balances between the occupation of favorable adsorption positions and the number of hydrogen bonds per molecule were found. The molecules form molecular chains on Ag(110) and also assemble into two-dimensional periodic arrangements of differently sized close-packed blocks similar to the second type of supramolecular ordering found on Au(111). Dispersion corrected Density Functional Theory calculations were applied to understand the adsorption and complex epitaxy of these molecules. It is shown that the azimuthal orientation of the saddle-shape deformed molecule plays an important role not only for the intermolecular but also for the molecule-substrate interaction.
description: 14 pages, 10 figures
Valutazione formativa oltre la distanza: lo scambio di feedback nella classe virtuale
Creators: name: Del Zozzo, Agnese
name: Garzetti, Marzia
Publisher: name: Annali online della Didattica e della Formazione Docente
Year: 2022

description: L’obiettivo di questo articolo è quello di valorizzare l’esperienza di insegnanti e studenti maturata durante il primo lockdown causato dalla pandemia di Covid-19. Attraverso l’analisi di alcune scelte compiute da un’insegnante nel contesto della Didattica A Distanza, mettiamo in evidenza l’emergere di pratiche di valutazione formativa in classe. Nello specifico, descriviamo ed utilizziamo uno strumento di analisi delle pratiche di valutazione formativa adattate a contesti di didattica online per far emergere tale fenomeno e valorizzare il lavoro dell’insegnante considerata. Osserviamo, prima, come l’uso di determinati software per la didattica, come ad esempio Google Classroom, modifichi lo scambio di feedback tra studenti e insegnanti, e successivamente, come questo possa, a seconda delle scelte compiute dal docente, favorire la valutazione formativa.
description: Annali online della Didattica e della Formazione Docente, V. 14 N. 24 (2022): Processi di insegnamento-apprendimento della Matematica: aspetti significativi
A Unified Theory of Adaptive Subspace Detection. Part II: Numerical Examples
Creators: name: Addabbo, Pia
name: Orlando, Danilo
name: Ricci, Giuseppe
name: Scharf, Louis L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Signal Processing (eess.SP)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
subject: G.3
subject: 62-11

description: This paper is devoted to the performance analysis of the detectors proposed in the companion paper where a comprehensive design framework is presented for the adaptive detection of subspace signals. The framework addresses four variations on subspace detection: the subspace may be known or known only by its dimension; consecutive visits to the subspace may be unconstrained or they may be constrained by a prior probability distribution. In this paper, Monte Carlo simulations are used to compare the generalized likelihood ratio (GLR) detectors derived in [1] with estimate-and-plug (EP) approximations of the GLR detectors. Remarkably, the EP approximations appear here for the first time (at least to the best of the authors' knowledge). The numerical examples indicate that GLR detectors are effective for the detection of partially-known signals affected by inherent uncertainties due to the system or the operating environment. In particular, if the signal subspace is known, GLR detectors tend to outperform EP detectors. If, instead, the signal subspace is known only by its dimension, the performance of GLR and EP detectors is very similar.
description: 10 pages, 10 figures
Link Prediction in Complex Networks: A Mutual Information Perspective
Creators: name: Tan, Fei
name: Xia, Yongxiang
name: Zhu, Boyao
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Social and Information Networks (cs.SI)
subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Topological properties of networks are widely applied to study the link-prediction problem recently. Common Neighbors, for example, is a natural yet efficient framework. Many variants of Common Neighbors have been thus proposed to further boost the discriminative resolution of candidate links. In this paper, we reexamine the role of network topology in predicting missing links from the perspective of information theory, and present a practical approach based on the mutual information of network structures. It not only can improve the prediction accuracy substantially, but also experiences reasonable computing complexity.
description: 16 pages
Anomalous Behaviors of Quantum Emitters in Non-Hermitian Baths
Creators: name: Gong, Zongping
name: Bello, Miguel
name: Malz, Daniel
name: Kunst, Flore K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Both non-Hermitian systems and the behaviour of emitters coupled to structured baths have been studied intensely in recent years. Here we study the interplay of these paradigmatic settings. In a series of examples, we show that a single quantum emitter coupled to a non-Hermitian bath displays a number of unconventional behaviours, many without Hermitian counterpart. We first consider a unidirectional hopping lattice whose complex dispersion forms a loop. We identify peculiar bound states inside the loop as a manifestation of the non-Hermitian skin effect. In the same setting, emitted photons may display spatial amplification markedly distinct from free propagation, which can be understood with the help of the generalized Brillouin zone. We then consider a nearest-neighbor lattice with alternating loss. We find that the long-time emitter decay always follows a power law, which is usually invisible for Hermitian baths. Our work points toward a rich landscape of anomalous quantum emitter dynamics induced by non-Hermitian baths.
description: 5 pages, 3 figures. Revised version. Part of a *joint submission*. Please see also the companion full paper entitled "Bound states and photon emission in non-Hermitian nanophotonics" arXiv:2205.05490
Bound states and photon emission in non-Hermitian nanophotonics
Creators: name: Gong, Zongping
name: Bello, Miguel
name: Malz, Daniel
name: Kunst, Flore K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We establish a general framework for studying the bound states and the photon-emission dynamics of quantum emitters coupled to structured nanophotonic lattices with engineered dissipation (loss). In the single-excitation sector, the system can be described exactly by a non-Hermitian formalism. We have pointed out in the accompanying letter [Gong \emph{et al}., arXiv:2205.05479] that a single emitter coupled to a one-dimensional non-Hermitian lattice may already exhibit anomalous behaviors without Hermitian counterparts. Here we provide further detail on these observations. We also present several additional examples on the cases with multiple quantum emitters or in higher dimensions. Our work unveils the tip of the iceberg of the rich non-Hermitian phenomena in dissipative nanophotonic systems.
description: 21 pages, 15 figures. Revised version. Part of a *joint submission*. Please see also the companion letter entitled "Anomalous Behaviors of Quantum Emitters in Non-Hermitian Baths" arXiv:2205.05479
Riflessioni su alcune problematiche relative al processo di insegnamento-apprendimento: dagli “errori” degli studenti alle convinzioni dei docenti
Creators: name: D'Amore, Bruno
Publisher: name: Annali online della Didattica e della Formazione Docente
Year: 2022

description: In questo testo proponiamo un’analisi di alcuni errori tipici degli studenti offrendo un tentativo elementare di giustificazione di essi, basandoci su atteggiamenti degli insegnanti. Lo scopo è quello di proporre una riflessione critica sul processo di insegnamento-apprendimento.
description: Annali online della Didattica e della Formazione Docente, V. 14 N. 24 (2022): Processi di insegnamento-apprendimento della Matematica: aspetti significativi
Electric and magnetic response of hot QCD matter
Creators: name: Steinert, T.
name: Cassing, W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the electric conductivity as well as the magnetic response of hot QCD matter at various temperatures $T$ and chemical potentials $μ_q$ within the off-shell Parton-Hadron-String Dynamics (PHSD) transport approach for interacting partonic systems in a finite box with periodic boundary conditions. The response of the strongly-interacting system in equilibrium to an external electric field defines the electric conductivity $σ_0$ whereas the response to a moderate external magnetic field defines the induced diamagnetic moment $μ_L$ ($T, μ_q$) as well as the spin susceptibility $χ_S(T, μ_q)$. We find a sizeable temperature dependence of the dimensionless ratio $σ_0/T$ well in line with calculations in a relaxation time approach for $T_c \! < \! T < \! 2.5 \!\, T_c$ as well as an increase of $σ_0$ with $μ_q^2/T^2$. Furthermore, the frequency dependence of the electric conductivity $σ(Ω)$ shows a simple functional form well in line with results from the Dynamical QuasiParticle Model (DQPM). The spin susceptibility $χ_S(T,μ_q)$ is found to increase with temperature $T$ and to rise $\sim μ_q ^2/T^2$, too. The actual values for the magnetic response of the QGP in the temperature range below 250 MeV show that the QGP should respond diamagnetically in actual ultra-relativistic heavy-ion collisions since the maximal magnetic fields created in these collisions are smaller than $B_c(T)$ which defines a boundary between diamagnetism and paramagnetism.
description: 11 pages, 14 figures. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1302.0906, matches published version
1997 Census of Agriculture, New Jersey State and County Highlights
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: New Jersey Agricultural Statistics Service, New Jersey Department of Agriculture
Year: 2002

description: This report provides agricultural statistics for the state of New Jersey, both as a whole and broken down by county. 1997 statistics are compared to data gathered in 1992 and 1987. Information includes amount of farmland, average size of farms, market value of agricultural products sold, and also individual crop/livestock figures.
Quantum mechanics and the manifestation of the world
Creators: name: Mohrhoff, Ulrich
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: History and Philosophy of Physics (physics.hist-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Quantum theory's irreducible empirical core is a probability calculus. While it presupposes the events to which (and on the basis of which) it serves to assign probabilities, and therefore cannot account for their occurrence, it has to be consistent with it. It must make it possible to identify a system of observables that have measurement-independent values. What makes this possible is the incompleteness of the spatiotemporal differentiation of the physical world. This is shown by applying a novel interpretive principle to interfering alternatives involving distinctions between regions of space. Applying the same interpretive principle to alternatives involving distinctions between things makes it safe to claim that the macroworld comes into being through a progressive differentiation of a single, intrinsically undifferentiated entity. By entering into reflexive spatial relations, this entity gives rise to (i) what looks like a multiplicity of relata if the reflexive quality of the relations is not taken into account, and (ii) what looks like a substantial expanse if the spatial quality of the relations is reified. The necessary distinction between two domains (classical and quantum, or macro and micro) and their mutual dependence is best understood as a distinction between the manifested world and its manifestation.
description: 13 pages, 1 eps figure, previous title "Manifesting the Quantum World (the Short Version)"; paper presented at Berge Fest, a conference celebrating the 60th birthday of Berge Englert (Centre for Quantum Technologies, National University of Singapore, 22--25 April 2014); to appear in Quantum Studies: Mathematics and Foundations
A single-field-period quasi-isodynamic stellarator
Creators: name: Jorge, R.
name: Plunk, G. G.
name: Drevlak, M.
name: Landreman, M.
name: Lobsien, J. -F.
name: Mata, K. Camacho
name: Helander, P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A single-field-period quasi-isodynamic stellarator configuration is presented. This configuration, which resembles a twisted strip, is obtained by the method of direct construction, that is, it is found via an expansion in the distance from the magnetic axis. Its discovery, however, relied on an additional step involving numerical optimization, performed within the space of near-axis configurations defined by a set of adjustable magnetic-field parameters. This optimization, completed in 30 seconds on a single cpu core using the SIMSOPT code, yields a solution with excellent confinement, as measured by the conventional figure of merit for neoclassical transport, effective ripple, at a modest aspect ratio of eight. The optimization parameters that led to this configuration are described, its confinement properties are assessed, and a set of magnetic-field coils is found. The resulting transport at low collisionality is much smaller than that of W7-X, and the device needs significantly fewer coils thanks to the reduced number of field periods.
description: 13 pages, 9 figures
MPEC 2023-P32 : 2023 PB
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: 2023 PB

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
A Qualitative Investigation into How the Practice of Coaching Impacts Students and Coaches in a Bahraini Context
Creators: name: Fitzgerald, Ruth
Publisher: name: University of East London
Year: 2023

description: Cultural intelligence and cultural competence are much needed skills is our ever changing world. As coaching psychology continues to spread around the globe, culturally sensitive coaching practice is a prerequisite. Culture influences our perceptions, however over the years, psychology has been accused of being culture blind in the sense that the research which has been conducted and the resulting psychological theories and models, have been based upon Western cultural norms. This study pertains to coaching in Bahrain and seeks to explore the experience of Bahraini university students who engage in a coaching skills programme and also the experience of Western coaches who practice in Bahrain. Two studies were undertaken. The methodology used for both studies was interpretative phenomenological analysis, as this is well suited to cultural research and allows for an in-depth exploration of the richness of individual experience. Study one gathered data from Bahraini university students (n=7) through a focus group interview and study two gathered data from Western coaches who practice in Bahrain (n=5). Results of both studies were integrated and there were a number of concordant findings which specifically pertain to coaching practice in Bahrain. Both studies found that family, culture and religion have a powerful influence upon both the perceptions and the practice of coaching in Bahrain and that cultural sensitivity is vital for Western coaches who wish to practice in Bahrain. The integration of psychological approaches such as indigenous psychology, existential psychology and transpersonal psychology into coaching practice may contribute to culturally sensitive coaching practice in Bahrain.