cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Mean-field magnetization relaxation in conducting ferromagnets
Creators: name: Tserkovnyak, Yaroslav
name: Fiete, Gregory A.
name: Halperin, Bertrand I.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Collective ferromagnetic motion in a conducting medium is damped by the transfer of the magnetic moment and energy to the itinerant carriers. We present a calculation of the corresponding magnetization relaxation as a linear-response problem for the carrier dynamics in the effective exchange field of the ferromagnet. In electron systems with little intrinsic spin-orbit interaction, a uniform magnetization motion can be formally eliminated by going into the rotating frame of reference for the spin dynamics. The ferromagnetic damping in this case grows linearly with the spin-flip rate when the latter is smaller than the exchange field and is inversely proportional to the spin-flip rate in the opposite limit. These two regimes are analogous to the "spin-pumping" and the "breathing Fermi-surface" damping mechanisms, respectively. In diluted ferromagnetic semiconductors, the hole-mediated magnetization can be efficiently relaxed to the itinerant-carrier degrees of freedom due to the strong spin-orbit interaction in the valence bands.
description: 4 pages, 1 figure
A description of infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis outbreaks in West Virginia beef herds
Creators: name: Glover, Caleb H.
name: Woolums, Amelia R.
name: Berghaus, Roy D.
name: Smith, Isiah J.
name: Carlson, Linda
Publisher: name: The Bovine Practitioner
Year: 2022

description: Infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis (IBK) is the most important ocular disease of cattle. Prevention and control of the disease can prove challenging, and the list of potential etiologic agents has expanded in recent years. Little has been recently published characterizing IBK outbreaks at the herd level. This case series investigation was conducted to describe the disease characteristics and management practices in herds affected by IBK outbreaks in 1 practice area in West Virginia in 2019. Seven producers were interviewed: 6 cowcalf producers and 1 stocker producer. Producers were asked questions pertaining to disease severity and management, such as herd health protocols and husbandry. In addition, organisms from each of the herds were identified by culture and/or PCR. Results revealed a range of disease incidence as well as similarities and differences in management practices among herds. The interpretability of results is limited due to small sample size and data collection method; however, results suggest that some herds in the area where producers were interviewed experienced severe IBK outbreaks, and that some management practices relevant to IBK were similar between herds. Results also suggest that further study to identify poorly characterized IBK risk factors is warranted.
description: The Bovine Practitioner, Vol. 55 No. 2 (2021)
Priocera migma Opitz 2021, nov.sp.
Creators: name: Opitz, Weston
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cleridae
Priocera
Priocera migma

description: Priocera migma OPITZ nov.sp. (Figs 61, 98, 149)
 HOLOTYPE: ♂. Type locality: Venezuela: Aragua, Rancho Grande, 9-VII-1973, 1100 m, J. Saledo, J. Charigo (FSCA). PARATYPES: 2 specimens. Venezuela: Estado de Aragua, Rancho Grande, 9- VII-1973, 1,100 m, J. Saledo, J. Charigo (WOPC).
 D i a g n o s i s: Cranium bicolored, mostly castaneous, frons and epicranium partially yellow; antennae testaceous, prothorax mostly dark castaneous, pronotal arch yellow, pronotum proper and pronotal collar partially yellow; pterothorax dark castaneous; elytra bicolorous, admixture of brown and yellow, asetiferous punctures brown, concentration of brown coloration in middle 1.3 rd of disc proximal to sutural margin, narrow brown transverse band near apex; legs bicolorous, mostly yellow, femora with brown ring, tibiae mostly yellow, prothoracic and metathoracic tibiae infuscate at base, metathoracic tibia brown, tarsi yellow; abdomen brown.
D e s c r i p t i o n: Size: Length 6.0 mm; width 1.4 mm. Form: As in Fig. 149. Head: Frons broad, wider than length of antennal pedicel (EW /FW 33/30). Thorax: Pronotum finely punctate, with 2 tumescenses (PW /PL 95/115); elytral disc with basal tumescenses, middle of disc depressed, disc sculptured with striate asetiferous punctures that extend beyond basal 1/2, but do not reach elytral apex, latter narrowly rounded (EL /EW 320/70); metathoracic femur capitate. Abdomen: Aedeagus as in Fig. 61.
V a r i a t i o n: Size: Length 5.5-7.0 mm; width 1.2-2.0 mm. The dark brown markings on the elytral disc vary in size.
N a t u r a l h i s t o r y: Specimens were collected during January, May, and July, from 31 to 1,300 m.
D i s t r i b u t i o n (Fig. 89): The species is known from Venezuela.
 E t y m o l o g y: The specific epithet, migma, is a Greek term that translates as "mixture". I refer to the mixture of brown and yellow coloration on the elytral disc.
description: Published as part of Opitz, Weston, 2021, Taxonomic revision of the Western Hemisphere checkered beetle genus Priocera KIRBY (Coleoptera, Cleridae, Clerinae), pp. 1145-1255 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 52 (2) on pages 1187-1188, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5038854
Supplementary Information from Interaction mechanisms quantified from dynamical features of frog choruses
Creators: name: Kaiichiro Ota
name: Ikkyu Aihara
name: Aoyagi, Toshio
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 60801 Animal Behaviour
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Computational Biology
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Supplementary information on the main manuscript
ASSESSMENT OF INVESTMENT IN THE CAFÉ SERVICE SECTOR
OCENA PRZEDSIĘWZIĘCIA INWESTYCYJNEGO W SEKTORZE USŁUG KAWIARNIANYCH
Creators: name: Adamowicz, Mieczyslaw
name: Ziółkowska, Karolina
name: Adamowicz, Mieczyslaw
name: Ziółkowska, Karolina
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Marketing
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: financial analysis; café services; market entry; prospective analysis

description: Subject and purpose of work: The subject of the work is the issue related to making investment decisions on the Polish market of café services in Warsaw. The work contains a theoretical and an empirical part. The aim of the work is to evaluate the effectiveness of different ways of running a café in the form of creating your own brand, a network café franchise or cooperation based on an agency agreement. Materials and methods: The work was based on the problem literature, materials made available by companies offering cooperation in the cafeteria industry and reports from a research company regarding the HoReCa market. A prospective ex-ante analysis has been given the form of a business plan for a newly created coffee shop. Results: The basics of creating a new enterprise were discussed and the undertaking was characterized taking into account the location, competition, employment plan, marketing and risk assessment. A SWOT analysis and financial forecasts were prepared, taking into account capital expenditures, demand forecast, revenues, costs and margins, as well as the analysis of other financial parameters. Conclusions: Available business models offer the investor a wide range of investment options. The choice of a business model depends both on the investor’s expectations and its proneness to risk taking as well as on the location of the planned undertaking.
Systematic review of vaccine efficacy against Mannheimia haemolytica, Pasteurella multocida, and Histophilus somni in North American cattle
Creators: name: Capik, Sarah F.
name: Moberly, Heather K.
name: Larson, Robert L.
Publisher: name: The Bovine Practitioner
Year: 2021

description: Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) continues to greatly affect beef, dairy, and veal production systems. Vaccination against the bacteria involved is common, yet questions remain regarding efficacy. The purpose of this review was to evaluate the evidence for effects of vaccinating United States or Canadian beef, dairy, or veal calves for Mannheimia haemolytica, Pasteurella multocida, or Histophilus somni on BRD-related morbidity, mortality, or postmortem lung lesions. Comprehensive searches were performed of MEDLINE, EMBASE, and CAB Abstracts via OVID. The Bovine Practitioner and references of relevant systematic reviews were searched by hand. Major commercial vaccine producers were queried for additional product information. Peer-reviewed, published after 1979, full text available in English, performed in the US/Canada, control group included, sufficient evidence of randomization/blinding, and correct statistical methods were essential criteria for inclusion in the review. Five studies met the criteria. Of them, 1 investigated a H. somni and M. haemolytica vaccine in feeder calves, 1 studied M. haemolytica vaccination in feeder calves, 1 evaluated a different commercially available M. haemolytica vaccine and 1 experimental M. haemolytica vaccine in young Holstein calves, and 1 investigated multiple vaccines for P. multocida or M. haemolytica or combinations thereof in nursing beef calves. There are too few repeated studies on comparable populations to support further analysis of BRD bacterial vaccine efficacy in North American cattle.
description: The Bovine Practitioner, Vol. 55 No. 2 (2021)
Characterizing the Uncertainty in Cluster Magnetic Fields derived from Rotation Measures
Creators: name: Johnson, Andrew
name: Rudnick, Lawrence
name: Jones, Thomas
name: Mendygral, Peter
name: Dolag, Klaus
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Magnetic fields play vital roles in intracluster media (ICMs), but estimating their strengths and distributions from observations is a major challenge. Faraday rotation measures (RMs) are widely applied to this task, so it is critical to understand inherent uncertainties in RM analysis. In this paper, we seek to characterize those uncertainties given the types of information available today, independent of the specific technique used. We conduct synthetic RM observations through the ICM of a galaxy cluster drawn from an MHD cosmological simulation in which the magnetic field is known. We analyze the synthetic RM observations using an analytical formalism based on commonly used model assumptions allowing us to relate model physical variables to outcome uncertainties. Despite the simplicity of some assumptions, and unknown physical parameters, we are able to extract an approximate magnitude of the central magnetic field within an apparently irreducible uncertain factor approximately 3. Principal, largely irreducible, uncertainties come from the unknown depth along the line of sight of embedded polarized sources, the lack of robust coherence lengths from area-constrained polarization sampling, and the unknown scaling between ICM electron density and magnetic field strength. The RM-estimated central magnetic field strengths span more than an order of magnitude including the full range of synthetic experiments.
description: ApJ, in press
INSTITUTIONAL AND SYSTEMIC DETERMINANTS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF BUSINESS ENTITIES IN THE MARKET OF ACCOMMODATION AND CATERING SERVICES
INSTYTUCJONALNO-SYSTEMOWE UWARUNKOWANIA ROZWOJU PODMIOTÓW GOSPODARCZYCH NA RYNKU USŁUG NOCLEGOWYCH I GASTRONOMICZNYCH
Creators: name: Kuzmicki, Marek
name: Kuzmicki, Marek
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Financial Economics
subject: company; accommodation and catering services; development; institutional and systemic environment

description: Subject and purpose of work: The aim of this article is to determine the influence of the institutional and systemic environment on the development of enterprises providing accommodation and catering services in Lublin province. Materials and Methods: The direct questionnaire and computer-assisted method of data collection CAWI were used to carry out research. Results: The research conducted in 2007 and 2013 shows that there was a positive change in the institutional and systemic environment, with improved access to capital and EU aid programs, along with government policy, local government policy and promotion, as well as tourism and business development organizations. Conclusions: Entrepreneurs expect greater involvement of the state in activities that encourage the increase of the competitiveness of enterprises. The issue of simplifying the tax system and reducing the existing taxes is particularly important.
TERRITORIAL MARKETING AS A METHOD OF CREATING NEW VALUES OF A TERRITORIAL UNIT BASED ON THE EXAMPLE OF DOBRA SZCZECIŃSKA MUNICIPALITY IN THE WEST POMERANIAN PROVINCE
MARKETING TERYTORIALNY JAKO SPOSÓB NA WYKREOWANIE NOWYCH WARTOŚCI JEDNOSTKI TERYTORIALNEJ NA PRZYKŁADZIE GMINY DOBRA SZCZECIŃSKA W WOJEWÓDZTWIE ZACHODNIOPOMORSKIM
Creators: name: Kondratowicz-Pozorska, Jolanta
name: Kondratowicz-Pozorska, Jolanta
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Community/Rural/Urban Development
subject: Marketing
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: territorial marketing; Szczecin Dobra; sustainable development; added value

description: Subject and purpose of work: The subject of the study is to show that the method of managing a municipality, taking into account the marketing philosophy, creates additional values for a given municipality. The purpose of the work is to show that Dobra Szczecińska Municipality, being a territorial unit, has developed a certain manner of managing and directing local resources, which, using territorial marketing, has created a unique and inimitable character of the location. Materials and methods: Scientific literature, source materials from the Municipal Office of Dobra Szczecińska as well as all statistics and studies available online were used. Literature review and analysis, as well as deductive and inductive methods were applied as research tools. Results: It has been proved that Dobra Szczecińska is a municipality with its own identity, possesses its own unique image, cares about the municipality’s product and satisfies the needs of its residents and entrepreneurs. Conclusions: The municipality was justifiably ranked 23rd in the 2016 Ranking, because the local authorities make every effort to ensure that the residents and entrepreneurs believe that they live and operate in the best place in West Pomeranian Province. The analysis of the collected material confirmed that Dobra Szczecińska municipality is rightly called a good one because it develops in accordance with the principles of sustainable development.
Evaluating the environmental survivability of Mannheimia haemolytica on various potential fomites
Creators: name: Ruffin, Robert P.
name: Lawhon, Sara D.
name: Lubbers, Brian V.
name: Capik, Sarah F.
Publisher: name: The Bovine Practitioner
Year: 2021

description: Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in beef and dairy cattle in North America. Of the significant bacteria implicated in BRD cases, Mannheimia haemolytica is the most common microbe isolated in clinical cases, yet little is known about its environmental survivability. The objective of this study was to examine relative survivability of M. haemolytica on metal, wood, and plastic under varying environmental conditions. Microenvironments were constructed at approximately 37℉ (3℃), 71℉ (22℃), and 97℉ (36℃) using plastic containers and monitored for temperature and humidity. Stainless steel, polypropylene, and wood spheres were inoculated with M. haemolytica, placed in each microenvironment, and cultured for viable bacteria at 0, 2, 6, 24, and 48 h after inoculation. Presence or absence of growth of M. haemolytica was confirmed by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry. Both wood and plastic materials supported the recovery of viable bacteria for a much longer duration than stainless steel. Additionally, increased temperature and decreased humidity lowered bacterial viability. These results demonstrate that both material and environment are factors related to M. haemolytica survival, which has potential biosecurity implications when managing BRD in beef and dairy operations.
description: The Bovine Practitioner, Vol. 55 No. 2 (2021)
Measurement of the extragalactic background light spectral energy distribution with VERITAS
Creators: name: VERITAS Collaboration
name: Abeysekara, A. U.
name: Archer, A.
name: Benbow, W.
name: Bird, R.
name: Brill, A.
name: Brose, R.
name: Buchovecky, M.
name: Christiansen, J. L.
name: Cui, W.
name: Daniel, M. K.
name: Falcone, A.
name: Feng, Q.
name: Fernandez-Alonso, M.
name: Finley, J. P.
name: Fortson, L.
name: Furniss, A.
name: Gent, A.
name: Giuri, C.
name: Gueta, O.
name: Hanna, D.
name: Hassan, T.
name: Hervet, O.
name: Holder, J.
name: Hughes, G.
name: Humensky, T. B.
name: Johnson, C. A.
name: Kaaret, P.
name: Kertzman, M.
name: Kieda, D.
name: Krause, M.
name: Krennrich, F.
name: Kumar, S.
name: Lang, M. J.
name: Maier, G.
name: Moriarty, P.
name: Mukherjee, R.
name: Nievas-Rosillo, M.
name: O'Brien, S.
name: Ong, R. A.
name: Pfrang, K.
name: Pohl, M.
name: Prado, R. R.
name: Pueschel, E.
name: Ragan, K.
name: Reynolds, P. T.
name: Ribeiro, D.
name: Richards, G. T.
name: Roache, E.
name: Rovero, A. C.
name: Sadeh, I.
name: Santander, M.
name: Sembroski, G. H.
name: Shahinyan, K.
name: Sushch, I.
name: Weinstein, A.
name: Wells, R. M.
name: Wilcox, P.
name: Wilhelm, A.
name: Williams, D. A.
name: Williamson, T. J
name: Zitzer, B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The extragalactic background light (EBL), a diffuse photon field in the optical and infrared range, is a record of radiative processes over the Universe's history. Spectral measurements of blazars at very high energies ($>$100 GeV) enable the reconstruction of the spectral energy distribution (SED) of the EBL, as the blazar spectra are modified by redshift- and energy-dependent interactions of the gamma-ray photons with the EBL. The spectra of 14 VERITAS-detected blazars are included in a new measurement of the EBL SED that is independent of EBL SED models. The resulting SED covers an EBL wavelength range of 0.56--56 $μ$m, and is in good agreement with lower limits obtained by assuming that the EBL is entirely due to radiation from cataloged galaxies.
description: Accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal
Integrability of the russian doll BCS model
Creators: name: Dunning, Clare
name: Links, Jon
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We show that integrability of the BCS model extends beyond Richardson's model (where all Cooper pair scatterings have equal coupling) to that of the russian doll BCS model for which the couplings have a particular phase dependence that breaks time-reversal symmetry. This model is shown to be integrable using the quantum inverse scattering method, and the exact solution is obtained by means of the algebraic Bethe ansatz. The inverse problem of expressing local operators in terms of the global operators of the monodromy matrix is solved. This result is used to find a determinant formulation of a correlation function for fluctuations in the Cooper pair occupation numbers. These results are used to undertake exact numerical analysis for small systems at half-filling.
description: 14 pages, 7 figures, latex
Assessment of the evolution of the proportion of respiratory and enteric pathogens and diseases in pre-weaned unvaccinated dairy heifers from Québec, Canada
Creators: name: Denis-Robichaud, José
name: Tremblay Cléroux, Marie-Ève
name: Buczinski, Sébastien
name: Gauthier, Marie-Lou
name: Dubuc, Jocelyn
name: Francoz, David
Publisher: name: The Bovine Practitioner
Year: 2021

description: The objective of this study was to describe the proportion of enteric and respiratory pathogens and diseases in unvaccinated pre-weaned dairy heifers, in their first 2 weeks of life (exam 1), and at 4- to 8-weeks old (exam 2). Heifers from 20 dairy herds were examined and sampled twice for respiratory and enteric pathogens and diseases. Respiratory health score and ultrasonographic lung consolidation were assessed, and nasopharyngeal swabs, blood samples, and feces samples were collected. The prevalence for each disease and pathogen was described, and the difference between exams 1 and 2 was assessed. A total of 198 heifers were included at exam 1, and 182 of them were examined again at exam 2. At exam 1, the prevalence of respiratory diseases (positive clinical score or presence of lung consolidation) and diarrhea was 18% and 23%, respectively. At exam 2, the prevalence of respiratory diseases and diarrhea was 62% and 13%, respectively. Heifers were less likely to have respiratory diseases and pathogens at exam 1 than exam 2, and were more likely to have diarrhea at exam 1 than exam 2. These results help in understanding the dynamic of respiratory and enteric pathogens and diseases.
description: The Bovine Practitioner, Vol. 55 No. 2 (2021)
Nomada fucata Panzer 1798
Creators: name: Gérard, Maxence
name: Fiordaliso, William
name: Ferrais, Louise
name: Fournier, Chloé
name: Hairault, Malo
name: Lheureux, Lise
name: Rosa, Paolo
name: Ghisbain, Guillaume
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Apidae
Nomada
Nomada fucata

description: Nomada fucata Panzer, 1798
Conservation status
LC
description: Published as part of Gérard, Maxence, Fiordaliso, William, Ferrais, Louise, Fournier, Chloé, Hairault, Malo, Lheureux, Lise, Rosa, Paolo & Ghisbain, Guillaume, 2025, Wild bee diversity of the National Park of the Semois Valley (Belgium), pp. e 144223 in Biodiversity Data Journal 13 on page e144223, DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.13.e144223
Spectroscopic identification of DENIS-selected brown dwarf candidates in the Upper Scorpius OB association
Creators: name: Martin, Eduardo L.
name: Delfosse, Xavier
name: Guieu, Sylvain
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present low-resolution (R=900) optical (576.1--1,051.1 nm) spectroscopic observations of 40 candidate very low-mass members in the Upper Scorpius OB association. These objects were selected using the $I$, $J$ and $K$ photometry available in the DENIS database. We have derived spectral types and we have measured H$α$ and NaI doublet (at 818.3 and 819.5 nm) equivalent widths. We assess the youth of the objects by comparing them to their older counterparts of similar spectral type in the Pleiades cluster and the field. Our analysis indicates that 28 of our targets are young very low-mass objects, and thus they are strong candidate members of the OB association. The other 12 DENIS sources are foreground M dwarfs or background red giants. Our sample of spectroscopic candidate members includes 18 objects with spectral types in the range M6.5 and M9, which are likely young brown dwarfs. We classify these candidates as accreting/non accreting using the scheme proposed by Barrado y Navascués & Mart\'ın (2003). We find 5 substellar-mass candidate cluster members that are still undergoing mass accretion, indicating that the timescale for accretion onto brown dwarfs can be as long as 5 Myr in some cases.
description: Accepted for publication in The Astronomical Journal, January 2004
Advanced chemical state studies of oxide films by lab-based HAXPES combining soft and hard X-ray sources
Creators: name: Siol, S.
name: Mann, J.
name: Newman, J.
name: Miyayama, T.
name: Watanabe, K.
name: Schmutz, P.
name: Cancellieri, C.
name: Jeurgens, L. P. H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The greater information depth provided in Hard X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (HAXPES) enables non-destructive analyses of the chemistry and electronic structure of buried interfaces. Moreover, for industrially relevant elements like Al, Si and Ti, the combined access to the Al 1s, Si 1s or Ti 1s photoelectron line and its associated Al KLL, Si KLL or Ti KLL Auger transition, as required for local chemical state analysis on the basis of the Auger parameter, is only possible with hard X-rays. Until now, such photoemission studies were only possible at synchrotron facilities. Recently however, the first commercial XPS/HAXPES systems, equipped with both soft and hard X-ray sources, have entered the market, providing unique opportunities for monitoring the local chemical state of all constituent ions in functional oxides at different probing depths, in a routine laboratory environment. Bulk-sensitive shallow core-levels can be excited using either the hard or soft X-ray source, whereas more surface-sensitive deep core-level photoelectron lines and associated Auger transitions can be measured using the hard X-ray source. As demonstrated for thin Al2O3, SiO2 and TiO2 films, the local chemical state of the constituting ions in the oxide may even be probed at near constant probing depth by careful selection of sets of photoelectron and Auger lines, as excited with the combined soft and hard X-ray sources. We highlight the potential of lab-based HAXPES for the research on functional oxides and also discuss relevant technical details regarding the calibration of the kinetic binding energy scale.
Retrospective evaluation of excess death loss in feedlot cattle associated with in-feed tylosin application programs
Creators: name: Rutten-Ramos, Stephanie C.
name: Simjee, Shabbir
name: Bargen, Jason L.
name: Vogel, Gary J.
Publisher: name: The Bovine Practitioner
Year: 2021

description: Daily feedlot records from steer and heifer lots slaughtered between January 2015 and December 2020 were evaluated for timing of tylosin programs and death events. Tylosin applications were described as Any/None (1/0) in the first 30 days-on-feed, Any in the middle feeding period, and Any/None (1/0) in the last 30 days-on-feed. The final analysis included 125,520 lots of cattle with 18,814,224 head placed. By year, week of the year, week on feed, sex type, hundred-weight at placement and tylosin program, weekly deaths were summarized as deaths per thousand head fed (Deaths_K). Using continuously fed tylosin lots as baseline for each summarized category, excess Deaths_K were calculated for each program. For each hundredweight group, mixed analysis of variance models were developed to assess differences in excess Deaths_K across tylosin programs. Overall, cattle not fed tylosin in the first 30 d in the feedlot experienced higher Deaths_K than cattle that were. Differences in excess death loss across tylosin programs were greater among cattle placed under 800 lb (363 kg) compared to heavier cattle.
description: The Bovine Practitioner, Vol. 55 No. 2 (2021)
Detailed Design Report SW Marine Drive and 16th Avenue
Creators: name: Ayache, Mohamed
name: Bateman, Michael
name: Hanni, Juliana
name: Hedaya, Yazan
name: Kostur, Katherine
name: New, Zachary
name: Sodhi, Navnoor
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2024

description: Our team is pleased to present our proposed redesign for the West 16th Avenue and Southwest (SW) Marine Drive intersection. Our design focuses on enhancing safety, improving traffic flow, and creating a more inclusive environment for road users. By implementing a roundabout design, the authors aim to address the current challenges of the intersection while setting a precedent for future intersection redesigns in Metro Vancouver and beyond. The author’s design choices were made carefully, considering present and future traffic volumes, and aiming to optimize intersection footprint and prioritize active transportation. The roadway geometry incorporates 30-metre approach curves to slow down approaching vehicles safely, while a 50 m radius exit curve facilitates smooth acceleration onto SW Marine Drive. Furthermore, by enhancing pedestrian pathways and implementing physically separated bicycle lanes, our group aims to create a safer and more accessible environment for non-motorized road users. This aligns with our commitment to promoting sustainable transportation solutions and fostering a more equitable transportation system. The roundabout design also includes a gateway structure to improve aesthetics, and a stormwater management system to minimize environmental impact and enhance sustainability. Scheduled for completion by September 12th, 2024, this transformative project represents a significant investment in our community’s transportation infrastructure. The project’s total cost is estimated at 4.4 million dollars. The group's dedication to innovation and excellence is evident in every aspect of our design, from the optimized roadway geometry to the integration of cutting-edge stormwater management techniques. Disclaimer: “UBC SEEDS provides students with the opportunity to share the findings of their studies, as well as their opinions, conclusions and recommendations with the UBC community. The reader should bear in mind that this is a student project/report and is not an official document of UBC. Furthermore readers should bear in mind that these reports may not reflect the current status of activities at UBC. We urge you to contact the research persons mentioned in a report or the SEEDS Coordinator about the current status of the subject matter of a project/report.”
The Distances to Open Clusters from Main-Sequence Fitting. I. New Models and a Comparison to the Properties of the Hyades Eclipsing Binary vB 22
Creators: name: Pinsonneault, M. H.
name: Terndrup, D. M.
name: Hanson, R. B.
name: Stauffer, J. R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In the first of a new series of papers on open cluster distances, we use updated stellar evolution models to construct an isochrone appropriate for the Hyades, and compare it with the Hyades eclipsing binary system vB 22. We find that the absolute and relative luminosities of the two stars are in good agreement with the model, but the radii do not match the values inferred from eclipse data. We present evidence that there is a consistency problem with the flux ratios and the inferred radii, and discuss possible theoretical effects that could be responsible for the mismatch in the radii. We derive a helium abundance for the Hyades of Y = 0.271 \pm 0.006, which is equal within the errors to the Sun's initial helium abundance even though the Hyades is considerably more metal-rich.
description: Accepted for publication in Astrophysical Journal
Wealth distribution under the spread of infectious diseases
Creators: name: Dimarco, G.
name: Pareschi, L.
name: Toscani, G.
name: Zanella, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: General Economics (econ.GN)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: We develop a mathematical framework to study the economic impact of infectious diseases by integrating epidemiological dynamics with a kinetic model of wealth exchange. The multi-agent description leads to study the evolution over time of a system of kinetic equations for the wealth densities of susceptible, infectious and recovered individuals, whose proportions are driven by a classical compartmental model in epidemiology. Explicit calculations show that the spread of the disease seriously affects the distribution of wealth, which, unlike the situation in the absence of epidemics, can converge towards a stationary state with a bimodal form. Furthermore, simulations confirm the ability of the model to describe different phenomena characteristics of economic trends in situations compromised by the rapid spread of an epidemic, such as the unequal impact on the various wealth classes and the risk of a shrinking middle class.
title: Gender effects and aggressive challenging behaviour in people with learning disabilities
Creators: name: Spencer, Alison
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 1999

description: Background and Aims Recent research has highlighted the importance of the causal attributions and emotional reactions of staff in determining their responses to challenging behaviour. Although it has been suggested that men and women may differ in their emotional reactions and that female clients may receive more intrusive interventions, services remain gender-blind. The aims of this research were to investigate any gender differences in the perceptions and responses of staff with regard to aggressive challenging behaviour and to determine whether the gender of the client had any impact on their responses. Design and Participants A between subject factorial design was used where the factors were the gender of the participants and the gender of the vignettes. Sixty-four male participants and sixty-four female participants were recruited from residential homes, day centres and a diploma course. Half of the male and female participants received a male vignette and half received a female vignette. Measures The questionnaire consisted of measures of causal attributions, intervention behaviour and emotional reactions to challenging behaviour and a short section on demographic details. Results Female participants were more supportive of the behavioural model in comparison to male participants and reported intervening in a more gentle, calming way. When presented with a male vignette, participants appeared to consider the challenging behaviour to be more serious. However, overall very few sugnificant differences were found between the gender of the vignettes, possible reflecting a tendency of participants to be 'gender-blind'. Implications Clinical psychologists need to consider the causal attributions and emotional reactions of staff when designing intervention plans and delivering training programs. It is also important to question whether male and female clients receive a different input from services and the extent to which services are gender-blind in relation to challenging behaviour.
Colletes cunicularius
Creators: name: Gérard, Maxence
name: Fiordaliso, William
name: Ferrais, Louise
name: Fournier, Chloé
name: Hairault, Malo
name: Lheureux, Lise
name: Rosa, Paolo
name: Ghisbain, Guillaume
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Colletidae
Colletes
Colletes cunicularius

description: Colletes cunicularius (Linnaeus, 1761)
Conservation status
LC
description: Published as part of Gérard, Maxence, Fiordaliso, William, Ferrais, Louise, Fournier, Chloé, Hairault, Malo, Lheureux, Lise, Rosa, Paolo & Ghisbain, Guillaume, 2025, Wild bee diversity of the National Park of the Semois Valley (Belgium), pp. e 144223 in Biodiversity Data Journal 13 on page e144223, DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.13.e144223
Multi-Band Superconductivity and the Steep Band -- Flat Band Scenario
Creators: name: Bussmann-Holder, Annette
name: Keller, Hugo
name: Simon, Arndt
name: Bianconi, Antonio
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The basic features of multi-band superconductivity and its implications are derived. In particular, it is shown that enhancements of the superconducting transition temperature take place due to interband interactions. In addition, isotope effects differ substantially from the typical BCS scheme as soon as polaronic coupling effects are present. Special cases of the model are polaronic coupling in one band as realized e.g., in cuprates, coexistence of a flat band and a steep band like in MgB2, crossovers between extreme cases. The advantages of the multiband approach as compared to the single band BCS model are elucidated and its rather frequent realization in actual systems discussed
description: 16 pages, 9 figures
Priocera quadrinotata SCHENKLING 1900
Creators: name: Opitz, Weston
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cleridae
Priocera
Priocera quadrinotata

description: Priocera quadrinotata SCHENKLING, 1900 (Figs 71, 98, 161)
 Priocera quadrinotata SCHENKLING, 1900: 386.
 LECTOTYPE: ♂. Jatahy, Prov. Goyas, Bresil, Sept. á Nov. 97 (Goias, Jatai, Brazil) (SDEI). Paralectotypes: 5 specimens. Brazil: Estado do Goias, Jatai,?-IX-XI-1897 (FMNH, 1); Jatai, Donelier (SDEI, 2); Jatai, Sept.á Nov.97 (BMNH, 1; SDEI,1). CORPORAAL 1950:100. Schenkling did not select a holotype, therefore, I invoke Recommendation 73F of the ICZN (1999) and designate a lectotype for this nominal species.
 A d d i t i o n a l m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d (Fig.98): Inadditiontothetypes, I examined 31 specimens from: Brazil: Estado do Minas Gerais, Pedra Azul,?- XI-1971, Oliveira; Estado do Mato Grosso, Rio Caraguata,?- XII- 1950, 400 m, F. Plaumann; Corumba, no other information; Diamantino, Fazenda Rio Arinos,?- IX-1983, Eurides Furtado; idem,?- X-1983, Eurides Furtado; Villa Vera,?- I-1973, M. Alvarenga; Estado do Bahia, Chapada, no other information; Nova Conquista,?- XII-1969, F. M. Oliveira; Estado do Pará, Jacareacanga,?- VI-1969, F. R. Barber; Serra Norte, Mah Games, 18-21-IX-1985, 2 m, J. Dias; Estado do Goias, Goias, Rio Verde,?-?- 1908, G. A. Baer; Jatai, collection date and collector not noted; Estado do Rio de Janeiro,?-XII-?, collector not noted. Specimens are deposited in: AMNH, BMNH, CASC, CMNC, CMNH, EMEC, FMNH, MNHN, SDEI, and WOPC.
D i a g n o s i s: Forebody black, except pronotal collar castaneous; antennae, pterothorax, and abdomen castaneous; elytra tricolored, each elytron with 4 yellow markings, two near the middle, one near base, one near apex, apical yellow marking does not touch epipleural or sutural margins; basal 1/2 of disc castaneous, disc mostly black in posterior 1/2.
R e d e s c r i p t i o n: Size: Length 8.0 mm; width 1.8 mm. Form: As in Fig. 161. Head: Frons about as long as antennal pedicel; EW/FW 40/10. Thorax: Pronotum finely punctate, with 2 tumescenses, slight fissure at middle (PW/PL 85/120); elytral disc sculptured with striate, asetiferous punctures in basal 1/2, elytral apex narrowly rounded (EL/EW 340/70); metathoracic femur gradually increasing in diameter to femoral apex. Abdomen: Pygidium emarginate along distal margin; phallobasic loop longer than phallobase; aedeagus as in Fig. 71.
V a r i a t i o n: Size: Length 6.0-9.0 mm; width 1.5-2.0 mm. Other than body size, the available specimens are quite homogeneous.
N a t u r a l h i s t o r y: Specimens were collected during January, September, October, November, and December, at altitudes that range from 2 to 400 m.
description: Published as part of Opitz, Weston, 2021, Taxonomic revision of the Western Hemisphere checkered beetle genus Priocera KIRBY (Coleoptera, Cleridae, Clerinae), pp. 1145-1255 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 52 (2) on page 1195, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5038854
title: Temperature and dietary lysine levels for laying broiler breeder hens
Creators: name: Al-Saffar, Abdulameer
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 2001

description: The specific objectives of this project were; to examine and explain the response of laying broiler breeders to different constant and cycling ambient temperatures, to different dietary concentrations of lysine and the temperature x dietary lysine interactions. A quantitative literature review indicated that there was a curvilinear (P<0.001) response in most egg production variable by egg-laying strains kept in different ambient temperatures. A second quantitative evaluation of literature indicated that increases in dietary amino acid concentrations given to egg-laying strains of hens gave small increases (P<0.001) in egg laying performance until an asymptote was reached. Little information is available on these responses in laying meat-line (broiler breeds) hens. Four feeding experiments were performed to examine and explain the response of laying broiler brœders to different constant and cycling temperatures, to different dietary concentrations of lysine and the temperature x lysine interactions. Two experiments used small flocks of floor-housed breeders in which egg production and egg composition, hatchability and chick quality variables were examined. Two further experiments were conducted in which breeder hens were caged individually and egg production, egg composition, blood physiology and carcass composition variables were examined. The egg production (egg mass output and egg weight) response of broiler breeds hens to different ambient temperatures was similar to that previously demonstrated for egg-laying strain birds, but there were no (P>0.05) effects on hatchability or chick quality. Increasing dietary lysine concentrations tended (P<0.1) to give a curvilinear response in egg mass outputs although the shape of the response curve was different to that of egg-laying strains. Different dietary lysine concentrations did not affect (P>0.05) hatchability or chick quality. Increasing dietary lysine increased (P=0.044) blood lysine concentration and increased (P=0.026) blood haematocrit values in birds kept at 21°C but not in those kept at 32°C. There was a similar temperature x lysine interaction (P= 0.031) in carcass protein composition and a trend (P<0.1) for this same interaction in body weight change of the hens in two experiments.
Counting statistics and microreversibility in stochastic models of transistors
Creators: name: Gu, Jiayin
name: Gaspard, Pierre
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Multivariate fluctuation relations are established in three stochastic models of transistors, which are electronic devices with three ports and thus two coupled currents. In the first model, the transistor has no internal state variable and particle exchanges between the ports is described as a Markov jump process with constant rates. In the second model, the rates linearly depend on an internal random variable, representing the occupancy of the transistor by charge carriers. The third model has rates nonlinearly depending on the internal occupancy. For the first and second models, finite-time multivariate fluctuation relations are also established giving insight into the convergence towards the asymptotic form of multivariate fluctuation relations in the long-time limit. For all the three models, the transport properties are shown to satisfy Onsager's reciprocal relations in the linear regime close to equilibrium as well as their generalizations holding in the nonlinear regimes farther away from equilibrium, as a consequence of microreversibility.
Comparison of frontal-sinus and poll shot locations as secondary methods for euthanizing dairy cattle with a penetrating captive bolt gun
Creators: name: Robbins, Jesse A.
name: Williams, Rachel
name: Derscheid, Rachel J.
name: Boyum, Brett
name: Spangler, Conrad
Publisher: name: The Bovine Practitioner
Year: 2021

description: Humane euthanasia is a crucial component of dairy farm animal welfare programs. When using either a gunshot or captive bolt, the frontal-sinus area is well established as the primary shot location, but a secondary shot is often used as well. The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of 2 different secondary shot locations. Cattle from a commercial dairy operation (n = 44) were randomly assigned to receive a secondary shot in the frontal-sinus or poll location and clinical signs of consciousness were assessed. A subsample of adult cattle heads (n = 6) were also evaluated to assess the extent of trauma. With the exception of heartbeat, all signs of sensibility were absent immediately following the first frontal-sinus shot and remained absent until confirmation of death, regardless of treatment (P > 0.05). Relatively fewer animals shot in the poll location had a heartbeat 5 min after being shot (P = 0.03). Pathology results on the subsample of adult cattle showed poll shots rarely penetrated beyond the cerebrum and only 1 of 6 animals had a severed brainstem. We conclude the frontal-sinus and poll locations are similarly effective secondary shot locations, and brainstem damage may not be necessary for irreversible insensibility and death.
description: The Bovine Practitioner, Vol. 55 No. 2 (2021)
Lasioglossum leucopus
Creators: name: Gérard, Maxence
name: Fiordaliso, William
name: Ferrais, Louise
name: Fournier, Chloé
name: Hairault, Malo
name: Lheureux, Lise
name: Rosa, Paolo
name: Ghisbain, Guillaume
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Halictidae
Lasioglossum
Lasioglossum leucopus

description: Lasioglossum leucopus (Kirby, 1802)
Conservation status
NT
description: Published as part of Gérard, Maxence, Fiordaliso, William, Ferrais, Louise, Fournier, Chloé, Hairault, Malo, Lheureux, Lise, Rosa, Paolo & Ghisbain, Guillaume, 2025, Wild bee diversity of the National Park of the Semois Valley (Belgium), pp. e 144223 in Biodiversity Data Journal 13 on page e144223, DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.13.e144223
Superfield formalism for the one loop effective action and CP(N) model in three dimensions
Creators: name: Cho, Jin-Ho
name: Hahn, Sang-Ok
name: Oh, Phillial
name: Park, Cheonsoo
name: Park, Jeong-Hyuck
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: To obtain the one loop effective action for a given superfield theory, one encounters the notion such as the `supertrace' of a differential operator on superspace. We develop, in a systematic way for the superspace of arbitrary dimension, a method to determine the supertrace precisely. We present a formula to express the supertrace explicitly as the superspace integral, which enables us to write the one loop effective action within the superfield formalism and still maintain the manifest supersymmetry. In the second part of the paper, we apply the result to a three dimensional N=1 supersymmetric CP(N) model in the auxiliary superfield formalism. The model contains a novel topological interaction term. We show in the large N limit the one loop effective action is given by the supersymmetric Maxwell-Chern-Simons theory.
description: 1+12 pages, No figure
Factors influencing administrative personnel and veterinarian turnover and compensation packages in rural mixed-animal practices over a 5-year period
Creators: name: Gilliam, Gabryelle
name: White, Brad
name: Dodd, Charles C.
Publisher: name: The Bovine Practitioner
Year: 2021

description: Personnel management is one of the keys to developing and maintaining a successful veterinary practice. The research objective was to identify factors influencing administrative personnel and veterinarian turnover, as well as compensation packages of owners, new associates, and 10-year associates. A web-based questionnaire was sent to AVC and AABP list-serves consisting of approximately 2,007 members; 125 complete responses were received. Multivariable models were created using factors identified as associated with the outcome variables with a significance level of P < 0.05. Lower administrative personnel turnover was associated with the presence of veterinarian retirement plans, asset protection plans, new associate compensation packages, and the number of veterinarians leaving the practice. Lower veterinarian turnover was associated with veterinarian ownership and the number of administrative personnel leaving the practice. Higher owner compensation packages were associated with longer practice establishment, use of marketing plans, and more veterinarian annual vacation days. Higher compensation packages for 10-year associates were associated with the number of administrative personnel, more all-veterinarian and all-staff meetings, fewer veterinarian hours per week, more hiring of administrative personnel, and fewer administrative personnel leaving the practice. Administrative personnel and veterinarian turnover were impacted by business management practices and number of personnel.
description: The Bovine Practitioner, Vol. 55 No. 2 (2021)