cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Effects of Economic Growth, Trade Openness, Deforestation and Agricultural Trade on African Environmental Quality (1960-2008): A 2SLS Approach
Creators: name: Onoja, Anthony O.
name: Achike, A.I.
name: Onoja, Anthony O.
name: Achike, A.I.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Community/Rural/Urban Development
subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: International Relations/Trade
subject: Africa
subject: Economic Growth
subject: Environmental Kuznet Curve (EKC)
subject: Climate Change
subject: Agricultural Commercialization
subject: Deforestation
subject: Trade Openness
subject: Two Stage Least Squares (2SLS)

description: This study ascertained the effects of agricultural commercialization (agricultural net exports), deforestation as represented by exports of forestry products, economic growth and trade liberalization on the level of green house gas (CO2) emissions in Africa. It relied on World Bank data (economic development indicators) between 1960 and 2008. Two Stage Least Squares (2SLS) regression model (using logged variables) was applied in the study. Standard econometric diagnoses such as specification test, heteroscdasticity, autocorrelation and endogeneity tests were performed and their results validated the model’s use. All variables in the main equation were statistically significant and conformed to theoretical expectations. It was confirmed from our hypotheses tests that agricultural commercialization (p<0.03), forestry trade or deforestation (p<0.01), trade openness (p<0.01) as well as economic growth (p<0.01) all exerted significant influences on the level of CO2 emissions in Africa over the period in review. Surprisingly, urbanization, contrary to earlier researchers’ findings indicated a positive and significant influence on CO2 emission. Hence we recommended that Africa should begin to integrate policies that will reduce pollution especially (CO2 emission) in her drive for agricultural and economic growth. Environmentally efficient technologies that will build up less CO2 in African environment should be developed and adopted by farmers across the continent as they target the export markets; while regional efforts should be made to regulate trade and investment with the aim of reducing the adverse effects of trade activities such as deforestation and pollution of the environment.
Leptusa (Roubaliusa) storkani ROUBAL 1917
Creators: name: Assing, Volker
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Leptusa
Leptusa storkani

description: Leptusa (Roubaliusa) storkani ROUBAL, 1917 (Map 2)
 M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Russia:K r a s n o d a r s k i y K r a y: 3exs.,W-Caucasus, Krasnodar, 35 km NNE Sochi, Babuk-Aul, 43°53'N, 39°49'E, 560 m, Fagus orientalis & Castanea sativa forest, litter and bark sifted, 11.VII.2011, leg. Assing (cAss); 19 exs., 40 km NNE Sochi, S Mt. Fisht, 43°55'N, 39°51'E, 1650 m, beech forest with scattered fir, litter and dead wood sifted, 12.VII.2011, leg. Assing (cAss); 2 exs., 4 km NNW Krasnaya Polyana, Atchishkho Mt., 43°42''N, 40°10'E, 1130 m, beech forest with rhododendron, leaf litter sifted, 19.VII.2011, leg. Assing (cAss); 9 exs., Lagonakskiy Mountains, Matazyk Mountain, 9 km S Guamka, 44°09'N, 39°55'E, 1080 m, 21. V.2014, leg. Pütz (cPüt, cAss); 4 exs., south slopes of Chernogorie Mountains, Otdalyenniy env., 44°05'N, 39°44'E, 780 m, 23. V.2014, leg. Pütz (cPüt, cAss). Georgia: S v a n e t i: 70 exs., Lechkhumi Mts., Sasashi env., Muashi, 42°47'N, 42°59'E, 1390 m, 1.VII.2015, leg. Pütz (cPüt, cAss); 4 exs., north slopes of Svaneti Mts., NW Tsanashi, 42°48'N, 42°40'E, 1360 m, 4.VII.2015, leg. Pütz (cPüt, cAss); 2♀♀, 20 km N Jvari, 42°49'N, 42°02'E, 600 m, 25. VI.2017, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss); 333, 4♀♀, Mazeri, 43°06'N, 42°36'E, 1660 m, 26. VI.2017, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss, MNB); 233, 1 ♀, Ushguli-Lentekhi, 42°52'N, 43°10'E, 1530 m, 1.VII.2017, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss).
C o m m e n t: This species is widespread and evidently common in the West Caucasus region (Map 2). For previous recent records see ASSING (2011); for additional, mostly old records without specified localities see PACE (1989).
description: Published as part of Assing, Volker, 2017, On the Leptusa fauna of the Caucasus region (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), pp. 1049-1074 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 49 (2) on pages 1054-1055, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5183138
Supplementary document for Perfect self-similar beams - 7292279.pdf
Creators: name: Wang, Chenglong
name: Lu, Ronger
name: Zhao, Ruizhi
name: Li, Jialing
name: Zhu, Miao
name: Sun, Xuhui
name: Gao, Bing
name: Ma, Yibing
name: Zhang, Chao
name: QIN, Yi-qiang
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Codes used for the figures in manuscript
A Nonparametric Approach to Multi-product and Product-specific Scale Economies, Economies of Scope, and Cost Efficiency for Kansas Farms
Creators: name: Parman, Bryon
name: Featherstone, Allen
name: Amanor-Boadu, Vincent
name: Parman, Bryon
name: Featherstone, Allen
name: Amanor-Boadu, Vincent
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Farm Management
subject: Industrial Organization
subject: Production Economics
subject: Productivity Analysis
subject: Economies of Scale
subject: Economies of Scope
subject: Multi-product Economies of Scale
subject: Product-specific Economies of Scale
subject: Cost Efficiency

description: Use of nonparametric frontier estimation has been shown to accurately estimate cost frontiers, cost efficiency, and economies of scope in industries. This research uses the nonparametric approach to estimate scope and efficiency as well as multi-product and product-specific economies of scale for Kansas Farms. We find that small farms have a large cost savings advantage through exploiting economies of scale up to $500k in gross revenues. Large farms however have the best opportunity for cost savings through improving efficiency. We also find that the nonparametric approach can estimate an accurate cost frontier from a single year’s data while the parametric approach may require up to 20 years of price variability to generate a reliable frontier.
description: Nonparametric Productivity Analysis and Efficiency for Kansas Farms
THE COMPLIANCE; THE PUBLIC MANAGEMENT OF THE STATE OF PARANÁ AND ITS FRAMEWORK IN ARTICLE 20 OF THE LINDB
Creators: name: RAFAELA ACCORDI MENDES
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Law
subject: FOS: Law

description: Quando o legislador, em 2018 incluiu na LINDB o artigo 20, afirmando que as esferas administrativas e judiciais deverão motivar seus atos com base no “mundo real” e não em abstrações jurídicas, entende-se que o valor jurídico abstrato deve ainda integrar a motivação de seus atos, mas que, além delas, devem-se levar em conta os efeitos práticos da decisão, sendo então indicadas possíveis alternativas para a sua devida concretização de acordo com os riscos do negócio. Contudo o legislador não deixou de maneira taxativa, quais serão as formas de justificar a nova dinâmica legal. [...]
Innovation Adoption, Farm Productivity and Poverty Status of Rural Smallholder Farm Households in South-East, Nigeria
Creators: name: Iheke, Onwuchekwa Raphael
name: Nwaru, Jude Chukwudi
name: Iheke, Onwuchekwa Raphael
name: Nwaru, Jude Chukwudi
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Food Security and Poverty
subject: Productivity Analysis
subject: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies
subject: Innovation
subject: Adoption
subject: Productivity
subject: Poverty

description: Although many countries have made significant progress in the last decade, poverty and malnutrition continue to be major problems in Sub‐Saharan Africa. Experts estimate that rising food prices have driven about 44 million people into poverty in developing countries since June 2010, as food costs continue to rise. Innovation adoption is key to increasing farm productivity. This necessited this study on innovation adoption, farm productivity and poverty status of rural smallholder farm households in South-Eastern Nigeria. This was premised on the fact that increasing agricultural productivity can increase food availability and access as well as rural incomes as the rural areas are home to 75 percent of Africa’s population, most of whom count agriculture as their major source of income. Data collected using structured questionnaire and interview schedules were analyzed using descriptive statistical tools such as frequency tables, percentages, regression analysis and Chow’s test statistic. Result of data analysis revealed that the most adopted innovations/technologies were use of inorganic fertilizer, improved seed, terracing, crop residue recycling, crop rotation and use animal waste. The significant factors influencing adoption of the innovations/technologies were gender, age, years of formal education attainment, household income, extension contact and membership of cooperative. The Chow’s test revealed that innovation/technology adoption have significant and positive impact on farm productivity. Also, the study revealed improved livelihood or better welfare for innovation adopters than for non-adopters. Therefore, efforts at increasing farm productivity and reducing poverty among farm households should involve policies that would encourage the households to embrace or step up adoption of agricultural innovations should be put in place. This should involve educating and enlightening the farm households on the benefits of these innovation. In this respect, agricultural extension services should be strengthened to provide the informal training that helps to unlock the natural talents and inherent enterprising qualities of the farm households, enhancing his ability to understand and evaluate new production techniques/innovations leading to increased farm productivity and incomes with concomitant reduction in poverty.
Stability of electrodynamically levitated one or many charged droplets in the presence of noise
Creators: name: Singh, Mohit
name: Mayya, Y. S.
name: Thaokar, Rochish
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: Applied Physics (physics.app-ph)
subject: Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability (physics.data-an)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The theory of the effect of external fluctuation force on the stability and spatial distribution of mutually interacting and slowly evaporating charged drops, levitated in an electrodynamic balance, is presented using classical pseudo-potential approach. The theory is supplemented with numerical simulations where the non-homogeneous modified Mathieu equation is solved for single droplet as well as many droplets. The transition from the well ordered Coulombic crystal to randomly distributed liquid like structure is observed above a threshold value of the order parameter. The theory and simulations are found to be in fair agreement with each other. The simulation is aimed at studying the stability of structures for capturing the pollutant particle form the air streams using contactless membrane.
description: 7 pages, 3 figures
Additional file 1: of Ruthenium-containing supramolecular nanoparticles based on bipyridine-modified cyclodextrin and adamantyl PEI with DNA condensation properties
Creators: name: Yan, Fang
name: Wu, Jian-Shuang
name: Liu, Zhi-Li
name: Yu, Hong-Li
name: Wang, Yong-Hong
name: Zhang, Wei-Fen
name: Ding, De-Jun
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences

description: Figure S1. 1H NMR spectra analysis of bipyridine modified cyclodextrin. Figure S2. ESI-MS spectra analysis of bipyridine modified cyclodextrin. Figure S3. 1H NMR spectra analysis of Ru-CD. Figure S4. The stability of PEI-Ada@Ru-CD/DNA nanoparticles (at the N/P ratio of 7.2) in DMEM medium over 24â h. (DOCX 3660â kb)
Simulation for the oblique impact of a lattice system
Creators: name: Kuninaka, Hiroto
name: Hayakawa, Hisao
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The oblique collision between an elastic disk and an elastic wall is numerically studied. We investigate the dependency of the tangential coefficient of restitution on the incident angle of impact. From the results of simulation, our model reproduces experimental results and can be explained by a phenomenological theory of the oblique impact.
description: 30 pages, 9 figures, submitted to J. Phys. Soc. Japan
Abnormal source identification for parabolic distributed parameter systems
Creators: name: Feng, Yun
name: Li, Han-Xiong
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Systems and Control (eess.SY)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: Identification of abnormal source hidden in distributed parameter systems (DPSs) belongs to the category of inverse source problems. It is important in industrial applications but seldom studied. In this paper, we make the first attempt to investigate the abnormal spatio-temporal (S-T) source identification for a class of DPSs. An inverse S-T model for abnormal source identification is developed for the first time. It consists of an adaptive state observer for source identification and an adaptive source estimation algorithm. One major advantage of the proposed inverse S-T model is that only the system output is utilized, without any state measurement. Theoretic analysis is conducted to guarantee the convergence of the estimation error. Finally, the performance of the proposed method is evaluated on a heat transfer rod with an abnormal S-T source.
description: This paper has been accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems
title: Enforcement, extension, and entanglement: Punishing non-payment of financial penalties in Scotland
Creators: name: Cullen, Amy
Publisher: name: University of Glasgow
Year: 2025

description: Taking the neglect of fines and financial penalties within contemporary criminological research as its starting point, this thesis examines fines enforcement as a distinct part of financial punishment processes in contemporary Scottish criminal legal practice. Using empirical evidence from 9 qualitative interviews with practitioners working in community justice in Scotland, this study offers evidence of the processes, practices, and outcomes of fines enforcement action.

The findings indicate that, for those who cannot pay, fines enforcement can involve an extended entanglement with the criminal legal system that can produce significant barriers to progress for those subject to fines enforcement action and/or living with unpaid financial penalties. Contextualising these findings within 40 years of policy and practice developments in Scotland, this thesis demonstrates how different and conflicting principles concerning the nature and purpose of non-custodial alternatives in Scotland have produced a fractured subfield where fines enforcement appears to undermine the goals of community justice.

This project contributes to a wider international resurgence in critical criminological research concerning of fines, financial penalties, and financial punishment, providing an upto-date account of practice in Scotland and demonstrating how findings can be used to inform theorisation about the role of fines enforcement in contemporary legal systems – especially in systems where decarceration and progressive alternatives are promoted as central and formative principles of criminal legal practice.
Additional file 5: of Individualized induction chemotherapy by pre-treatment plasma Epstein-Barr viral DNA in advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma
Creators: name: Zhang, Jian
name: Peng, Hao
name: Li, Wen-Fei
name: Zhang, Yuan
name: Liu, Li-Zhi
name: Tian, Li
name: Lin, Ai-Hua
name: Sun, Ying
name: Ma, Jun
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology
subject: Virology

description: Table S3.Baseline characteristics of selected 1191 pairs with pre-treatment Epstein-Barr virus DNAâ â ¤â 4650 copies/ml. (DOCX 16 kb)
Migrating Scarps as a Significant Driver for Cometary Surface Evolution
Creators: name: Birch, Samuel
name: Hayes, Alexander
name: Umurhan, Orkan
name: Tang, Yuhui
name: Vincent, Jean-Baptiste
name: Oklay, Nilda
name: Bodewits, Dennis
name: Davidsson, Bjorn
name: Marschall, Raphael
name: Soderblom, Jason
name: Moore, Jeff
name: Corlies, Paul
name: Squyres, Steven
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Rosetta observations of 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (67P) reveal that most changes occur in the fallback-generated smooth terrains, vast deposits of granular material blanketing the comet's northern hemisphere. These changes express themselves both morphologically and spectrally across the nucleus, yet we lack a model that describes their formation and evolution. Here we present a self-consistent model that thoroughly explains the activity and mass loss from Hapi's smooth terrains. Our model predicts the removal of dust via re-radiated solar insolation localized within depression scarps that are substantially more ice-rich than previously expected. We couple our model with numerous Rosetta observations to thoroughly capture the seasonal erosion of Hapi's smooth terrains, where local scarp retreat gradually removes the uppermost dusty mantle. As sublimation-regolith interactions occur on rocky planets, comets, icy moons and KBOs, our coupled model and observations provide a foundation for future understanding of the myriad of sublimation-carved worlds.
description: 14 pages, 4 figures, accepted GRL
Chemotherapy-induced mucositis development in a murine model of colitis-associated colorectal cancer
Creators: name: Chartier, Lauren C.
name: Howarth, Gordon S.
name: Mashtoub, Suzanne
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer

description: Objectives: Ulcerative colitis is an incurable inflammatory bowel disease that increases the risk of colorectal cancer (CRC). 5-Fluorouracil (5-FU) is the predominant chemotherapy for CRC patients; however, undesirable side-effects, including mucositis, are common. This study utilised 5-FU-treatment in a model of colitis-associated CRC to develop a pre-clinical setting of intestinal mucositis coincident with manifestation of CRC. Materials/methods: On day 0, female C57BL/6 mice (n = 10/group); (1) saline control, (2) AOM/DSS control, or (3) AOM/DSS + 5-FU were injected with saline or AOM (i.p; 7.4 mg/kg). Groups 2 and 3 underwent cycles of seven days 2%w/v DSS followed by 14 days plain water. After three cycles, 5-FU was administered weekly (i.p; 75 mg/kg) to group 3 for five weeks. Clinical indicators were measured daily and colonoscopy performed at four time-points. Mice were euthanized at 13 weeks (day 91). Intestinal sections were collected for histological and biochemical analyses. p Results: AOM/DSS resulted in bodyweight loss, increased disease activity index, colitis-severity and tumour number compared to saline controls (p p p p p > .05). Conclusion: Weekly 5-FU administration at a dose of 75 mg/kg was insufficient to reduce overall tumour burden or induce intestinal mucositis in the AOM/DSS mouse model.
Livelihood Vulnerability and Migration Decision Making Nexus: The Case of Rural Farm Households in Nigeria
Creators: name: Osawe, Osayanmon Wellington
name: Osawe, Osayanmon Wellington
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: Consumer/Household Economics
Labor and Human Capital

description: This research is a desk-based study that examines the processes of migration decision-making and the livelihood vulnerability that rural farm households face in Nigeria. It focuses on the socio-economic and environmental factors such as how vulnerability at the household level interacts with the decision to migrate some members of the households to other destination using secondary data sources using the concept of household assets characteristics in explaining the link between livelihood vulnerability and migration decisions among rural households in Nigeria. The study argued that household assets mediate between the vulnerability that households experience and their decision to embark on migration as an alternative livelihood strategy and contrary to some findings, the study submitted that migration as a livelihood strategy of households is mainly used as an ex-ante risk management strategy-accumulation of assets rather than as an ex-post coping strategy to deal with stress or shocks confronting households.
THE RIGHT TO COLLECTIVE PROPERTY AND THE CONDEMNATION OF BRAZIL IN THE CASE OF THE XUCURU INDIGENOUS POPULATION BY THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS
Creators: name: EDUARDO CAMBI
name: LETÍCIA DE ANDRADE PORTO
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Law
subject: FOS: Law

description: O direito à propriedade encontra-se consagrado no art. 5º, caput e inc. XXIII, da Constituição Federal de 1988, assim como no art. 21 da Convenção Americana de Direitos Humanos (CADH). Como consequência, estabelece-se que nenhuma pessoa pode ser privada de seus bens, devendo a lei dispor acerca do interesse social envolvendo o uso e gozo da propriedade privada. A metodologia utilizada na presente pesquisa é qualitativa, exploratória, bibliográfica e documental, uma vez que se busca analisar diferentes precedentes da Corte IDH acerca da interpretação alargada do direito à propriedade privada envolvendo terras indígenas.
Leptusa (Neopisalia) gibbera ASSING 2011
Creators: name: Assing, Volker
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Leptusa
Leptusa gibbera

description: Leptusa (Neopisalia) gibbera ASSING, 2011 (Map 7)
 M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Russia:K r a s n o d a r s k i y K r a y: 2exs.,W-Caucasus, 35 km NNE Sochi, Babuk-Aul, 43°53'N, 39°49'E, 560 m, Fagus orientalis & Castanea sativa forest, litter and bark sifted, 11.VII.2011, leg. Assing (cAss); 1 ex., W-Caucasus, 40 km NNE Sochi, S Mt. Fisht, 43°55'N, 39°51'E, 1650 m, beech forest with scattered fir, litter and dead wood sifted, 12.VII.2011, leg. Assing (cAss); 4 exs., south slopes of Chernogorie Mountains, Otdalyenniy env., 44°05'N, 39°44'E, 780 m, 23. V.2014, leg. Pütz (cPüt, cAss); 2♀♀, 1 km NW Ilyich, 44°04'N, 41°22'E, 810 m, 28. V.2014, leg. Pütz (cPüt); 1♀, Lagonakskiy Mountains, Matazyk Mountain, 9 km S Guamka, 44°09'N, 39°55'E, 1080 m, 21. V.2014, leg. Pütz (cPüt).
C o m m e n t: This recently described species was previously known only from the environs of Mezmay in the northwestern Caucasus (ASSING 2011). The currently known distribution is illustrated in Map 7.
description: Published as part of Assing, Volker, 2017, On the Leptusa fauna of the Caucasus region (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), pp. 1049-1074 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 49 (2) on page 1057, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5183138
Description of Chiral Doublets in $A\sim130$ Nuclei and the Possible Chiral Doublets in $A\sim100$ Nuclei
Creators: name: Peng, J.
name: Meng, J.
name: Zhang, S. Q.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The chiral doublets for nuclei in $A\sim100$ and $A\sim130$ regions have been studied with the particle-rotor model. The experimental spectra of chiral partners bands for four N=75 isotones in $A\sim130$ region have been well reproduced by the calculation with the configuration $πh_{11/2}\otimesνh_{11/2}^{-1}$. The possible chiral doublets in $A\sim100$ region have been predicted by the PRM model with the configuration $πg_{9/2}\otimesνg_{9/2}^{-1}$ based on the analysis of the spectra, the $ω$-I relation, the $B(M1)$ and $B(E2)$ transition probabilities, and the structure of the wave functions. The possible chiral doublets for nuclei with asymmetric particle and hole configuration are also discussed.
description: To be published in Physical Review C
CCP PENAL CODE: THE REAL LAW OF BRAZILIAN DRUG TRAFFICKING
Creators: name: WILLIAN HENRIQUE SILVA
name: CAIO AUGUSTO SOUZA LARA
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Law
subject: FOS: Law

description: O tema-problema da pesquisa que se pretende desenvolver é a estratégia utilizada pelo Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC) para se tornar a maior facção criminosa da América Latina, conquistando um perigoso prestígio internacional no mundo do crime. A influência da efetividade do sistema estrutural do PCC, frente às outras facções, é notória. Prova disto é a evidente tentativa da Família do Norte em “mimetizar” a facção rival, e levar o exemplo bem-sucedido no mundo do crime em São Paulo para o norte do País, como observado no livro “A Guerra: A Ascensão do PCC e o Mundo do Crime no Brasil” (2018), de Bruno Paes Manso e Camila Nunes Dias. “Ô moleque, a questão não é quem vai ficar impune. A questão é que os dois não ‘tirou’ a vida do seu irmão. Tudo bem, eles ‘tavam’ na hora, mas eles não ‘tirou’ a vida do seu irmão, entendeu cara? Então, a gente é justo e correto. Entendeu moleque?”, são as palavras gravadas a partir de uma interceptação telefônica entre membros do Primeiro Comando da Capital. [...]
Determination of Interaction Potentials in Freeway Traffic from Steady-State Statistics
Creators: name: Krbalek, Milan
name: Helbing, Dirk
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Many-particle simulations of vehicle interactions have been quite successful in the qualitative reproduction of observed traffic patterns. However, the assumed interactions could not be measured, as human interactions are hard to quantify compared to interactions in physical and chemical systems. We show that progress can be made by generalizing a method from equilibrium statistical physics we learned from random matrix theory. It allows one to determine the interaction potential via distributions of the netto distances s of vehicles. Assuming power-law interactions, we find that driver behavior can be approximated by a forwardly directed 1/s potential in congested traffic, while interactions in free traffic are characterized by an exponent of approximately 4. This is relevant for traffic simulations and the assessment of telematic systems.
description: For related work see http://www.helbing.org
Leptusa (Neopisalia) laeviuscula
Creators: name: Assing, Volker
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Leptusa
Leptusa laeviuscula

description: Leptusa (Neopisalia) laeviuscula (HOCHHUTH, 1849)
 M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Iran:13, Mazandaran, 10 km S Part Kola, 36.05°N, 53.29°E, 1750 m, Carpinus eclector, VII.2015, leg. Barimani (cAss).
 C o m m e n t: The known distribution of L. laeviuscula is confined to Azerbaijan, Armenia, and North Iran (SCHÜLKE & SMETANA 2015). The above specimen was collected with an eclector hanging close to a dead trunk of Carpinus betulus.
description: Published as part of Assing, Volker, 2017, On the Leptusa fauna of the Caucasus region (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), pp. 1049-1074 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 49 (2) on page 1057, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5183138
Quantum Inverse Square Interaction
Creators: name: Gupta, Kumar S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Hamiltonians with inverse square interaction potential occur in the study of a variety of physical systems and exhibit a rich mathematical structure. In this talk we briefly mention some of the applications of such Hamiltonians and then analyze the case of the N-body rational Calogero model as an example. This model has recently been shown to admit novel solutions, whose properties are discussed.
description: Talk presented at the conference "Space-time and Fundamental Interactions: Quantum Aspects" in honour of Prof. A.P.Balachandran's 65th birthday, Vietri sul Mare, Italy, 26 - 31 May, 2003, Latex file, 9 pages. Some references added in the replaced version
THE EIKE BATISTA CASE, INSIDER TRADING AND THE BREACH OF THE BRAZILIAN COMPETITION DEFENSE SYSTEM
Creators: name: WAGNER ANDRÉ JOHANSSON
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Law
subject: FOS: Law

description: O presente resumo tem por finalidade apresentar levantamento bibliográfico com a finalidade de levantar se o empresário Eike Batista, dono da empresa OGX praticou conduta possível de ser considerada como violadora do Artigo 36 e seus incisos e parágrafos da Lei 12.529/2011- lei que institui o Sistema Brasileiro de Defesa da Concorrência. Esta lei busca prevenir e repreender infrações contra a ordem econômica. A Constituição Federal de 1988 prevê a proteção à livre concorrência em seu Artigo 170, IV, ao tratar da Ordem Econômica. Desde 1994, ano de criação da OMC, com o Tratado de Marrakesh, o mundo globalizado passa a prestar mais atenção às condutas dos atores no comércio Internacional. Em recente decisão, o empresário brasileiro Eike Batista foi condenado pela CVM ao pagamento de multas somadas no valor de R$ 536 milhões por vender ações de sua empresa lucrando com o uso de informações privilegiadas, gerando graves prejuízos a investidores, o que se denomina insider trading. [...]
Additional file 7: of Individualized induction chemotherapy by pre-treatment plasma Epstein-Barr viral DNA in advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma
Creators: name: Zhang, Jian
name: Peng, Hao
name: Li, Wen-Fei
name: Zhang, Yuan
name: Liu, Li-Zhi
name: Tian, Li
name: Lin, Ai-Hua
name: Sun, Ying
name: Ma, Jun
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology
subject: Virology

description: Table S5.Baseline characteristics of 2926 patients with pre-treatment Epstein-Barr virus DNAâ >â 4650 copies/ml. (DOCX 16 kb)
Fibroblast-like Synoviocytes-derived Exosomal PCGEM1 Accelerates IL-1β-induced Apoptosis and Cartilage Matrix Degradation by miR-142-5p/RUNX2 in Chondrocytes
Creators: name: Zeng, Guangxuan
name: Deng, Gang
name: Xiao, Shiliang
name: Li, Fei
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) prostate cancer gene expression marker 1 (PCGEM1) has been revealed to participate in the pathogenesis of osteoarthritis (OA). However, the molecular mechanism of PCGEM1 regulating OA progression has not been fully elucidated. Fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLSs) were isolated from synovium tissues of OA patients (OA-FLSs) and trauma donors (Normal-FLSs). The size and morphology of the isolated exosomes were analyzed by transmission electron microscopy and nanoparticle tracking analysis. Protein levels were analyzed by western blotting. Expression levels of PCGEM1, microRNA-142-5p (miR-142-5p), runt-related transcription factor 2 (RUNX2) mRNA, and OA related genes were assessed by qRT-PCR. Cell proliferation, viability, and apoptosis were evaluated by 3-(4,5-Dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-Diphenyltetrazolium Bromide or flow cytometry assays. The relationship between miR-142-5p and PCGEM1 or RUNX2 was verified by dual-luciferase reporter and/or RNA pull down assays. PCGEM1 was overexpressed in OA cartilages and exosomes from OA-FLSs. Exosomal PCGEM1 from OA-FLSs facilitated IL-1β-induced apoptosis and cartilage matrix degradation in chondrocytes. MiR-142-5p was downregulated while RUNX2 was upregulated in OA cartilages. Exosomal PCGEM1 from OA-FLSs regulated RUNX2 expression by sponging miR-142-5p in IL-1β-induced chondrocytes. MiR-142-5p inhibitor offset exosomal PCGEM1 knockdown-mediated effects on the apoptosis and cartilage matrix degradation of IL-1β-induced chondrocytes. RUNX2 overexpression counteracted the suppressive effect of miR-142-5p mimic on apoptosis and cartilage matrix degradation of IL-1β-induced chondrocytes. Exosomal PCGEM1 from OA-FLSs facilitated IL-1β-induced apoptosis and cartilage matrix degradation in chondrocytes by sequestering miR-142-5p and upregulating RUNX2, which offered new insights into the pathogenesis of OA.
Additional file 1 of Terpene produced by coexpression of the TPS and P450 genes from Lavandula angustifolia protects plants from herbivore attacks during budding stages
Creators: name: Ling, Zhengyi
name: Li, Jingrui
name: Dong, Yanmei
name: Zhang, Wenying
name: Bai, Hongtong
name: Li, Shu
name: Wang, Su
name: Li, Hui
name: Shi, Lei
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Plant Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Supplementary Material 1
On symmetry of traveling solitary waves for dispersion generalized NLS
Creators: name: Bugiera, Lars
name: Lenzmann, Enno
name: Schikorra, Armin
name: Sok, Jérémy
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider dispersion generalized nonlinear Schrödinger equations (NLS) of the form $i \partial_t u = P(D) u - |u|^{2 σ} u$, where $P(D)$ denotes a (pseudo)-differential operator of arbitrary order. As a main result, we prove symmetry results for traveling solitary waves in the case of powers $σ\in \mathbb{N}$. The arguments are based on Steiner type rearrangements in Fourier space. Our results apply to a broad class of NLS-type equations such as fourth-order (biharmonic) NLS, fractional NLS, square-root Klein-Gordon and half-wave equations.
description: 17 pages. Any comments are welcome!
CNO Line Radiation and the X-ray Bowen Fluorescence Mechanism in Optically-Thick, Highly-Ionized Media
Creators: name: Sako, Masao
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Radiative transfer effects due to overlapping X-ray lines in a high-temperature, optically-thick, highly-ionized medium are investigated. One particular example, where the O VIII Ly-alpha doublet coincide in frequency with the N VII Ly-zeta lines is studied in detail to illustrate the effects on the properties of the emergent line spectrum. We solve the radiative transfer equation to study the energy transport of resonance line radiation in a static, infinite, plane-parallel geometry, which is used to compute the destruction/escape probabilities for each of the lines for various total optical thicknesses of the medium, as well as destruction probabilities by sources of underlying photoelectric opacity. It is found that a large fraction of the O VIII Ly-alpha line radiation can be destroyed by N VII, which can result in an reversal of the O VIII Ly-alpha/N VII Ly-alpha line intensity ratio similar to what may be seen under non-solar abundances. Photoelectric absorption by ionized carbon and nitrogen can also subsequently increase the emission line intensities of these ions. We show that line ratios, which are directly proportional to the abundance ratios in optically thin plasmas, are not good indicators of the true CNO abundances. Conversely, global spectral modeling that assumes optically thin conditions may yield incorrect abundance estimates when compared to observations, especially if the optical depth is large. Other potentially important overlapping lines and continua in the X-ray band are also identified and their possible relevance to recent high resolution spectroscopic observations with Chandra and XMM-Newton are briefly discussed.
description: 22 pages; accepted for publication in ApJ
Maximum-entropy theory of steady-state quantum transport
Creators: name: Bokes, P.
name: Godby, R. W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We develop a new theoretical framework for describing steady-state quantum transport phenomena, based on the general maximum-entropy principle of non-equilibrium statistical mechanics. The general form of the many-body density matrix is derived, which contains the invariant part of the current operator that guarantees the non-equilibrium and steady-state character of the ensemble. Several examples of the theory are given, demonstrating the relationship of the present treatment to the widely-used scattering-states occupation schemes at the level of the self-consistent single-particle approximation.
Supplementary Materials
Creators: name: Varney, Chris
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 390303
subject: Higher education

description: The COVID-19 pandemic forced introductory lab courses to shift to an online format. This implementation involved a shift in emphasis in learning goals towards transferable lab skills and involved a range of activities, including PhET simulations, video data collection, analysis of data sets, and open-ended free response conceptual questions. In this study, we examined student perceptions of aspects of the online lab activities and learning outcomes. We find that synchronous attendance is more likely to produce positive learning outcomes and that activities associated with data analysis are perceived to be more difficult. We discuss structural flaws with the learning management systems that can exacerbate student perceptions.
Additional file 8: of Individualized induction chemotherapy by pre-treatment plasma Epstein-Barr viral DNA in advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma
Creators: name: Zhang, Jian
name: Peng, Hao
name: Li, Wen-Fei
name: Zhang, Yuan
name: Liu, Li-Zhi
name: Tian, Li
name: Lin, Ai-Hua
name: Sun, Ying
name: Ma, Jun
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology
subject: Virology

description: Table S6.Baseline characteristics of selected 945 pairs with pre-treatment Epstein-Barr virus DNAâ >â 4650 copies/ml. (DOCX 16 kb)
Improving critical thinking about treatment claims, evidence and choices. Development and evaluation of an intervention to improve the ability of parents of primary school children in Uganda to critically appraise the trustworthiness of claims about treatment effects and make informed health choices
Creators: name: Semakula, Daniel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020

description: This work was implemented under four main objectives. The first was to develop a mass media intervention to improve the ability of parents of primary school children in Uganda to critically appraise the trustworthiness of claims about the effects of treatments. The second and third were to evaluate the effects of this intervention immediately and a year after implementation, respectively. The last one was to investigate factors that might influence the impact, implementation and scaling up of the intervention, and any other effects.
description: Daniel Semakula defended this thesis for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor) December 2, 2020 at Institute of Health and Society, University of Oslo.
Holography, Entropy and Extra Dimensions
Creators: name: Hong, Deog Ki
name: Hsu, Stephen D. H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We show that higher dimensional models (brane worlds) in which the scale of quantum gravity $M_*$ is much smaller than the apparent scale $M_P \sim 10^{19}$ GeV are in conflict with bounds arising from holography and black hole entropy. The thermodynamic entropy of astrophysical black holes and sub-horizon volumes during big bang nucleosynthesis exceed the relevant bounds unless $M_* > 10^{(4-6)}$ TeV, so a hierarchy relative to the weak scale is unavoidable. We discuss the implications for extra dimensions as well as holography.
description: 9 pages, LaTeX; Clarified use of covariant bound and corrected geometry of ADD black holes. Main conclusions unchanged. To appear in PLB
An upper bound for the first nonzero Neumann eigenvalue
Creators: name: Verma, Sheela
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Let $\mathbb{M}$ denote a complete, simply connected Riemannian manifold with sectional curvature $K_{\mathbb{M}} \leq k$ and Ricci curvature $\text{Ric}_{\mathbb{M}} \geq (n-1)K$, where $k,K \in \mathbb{R}$. Then for a bounded domain $Ω\subset\mathbb{M}$ with smooth boundary, we prove that the first nonzero Neumann eigenvalue $μ_{1}(Ω) \leq \mathcal{C} μ_{1}(B_{k}(R))$. Here $B_{k}(R)$ is a geodesic ball of radius $R > 0$ in the simply connected space form $\mathbb{M}_{k}$ such that vol$(Ω)$ = vol$(B_{k}(R))$, and $\mathcal{C}$ is a constant which depends on the volume, diameter of $Ω$ and the dimension of $\mathbb{M}$.
LOVE HAS NO GUIDANCE: ADOPTION OF CHILDREN BY HOMOFACTIVE COUPLES
Creators: name: GABRIEL PARREIRA TAVARES VICENTE
name: CAIO AUGUSTO SOUZA LARA
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Law
subject: FOS: Law

description: O tema-problema da pesquisa que se pretende desenvolver é a flexibilização da legislação brasileira para adoção de crianças e adolescentes por casais homoafetivos, o que é dificultado em nossa sociedade por paradigmas preconceituosos. Francisco Daudt, médico, psicanalista, utiliza-se da frase que ilustra a problemática central da pesquisa. Segundo o autor: “É preciso distinguir pais verdadeiros e pais genéticos”. Há muito tempo as famílias são consideradas aquelas que envolvem a união de um homem e uma mulher que geram filhos, formando um padrão socialmente aceito que é tomado como verdade cultural absoluta, contudo nem sempre o amor acontece entre pessoas do sexo oposto criando a partir dessas outras relações novos tipos de organizações familiares quebrando o paradigma tradicional do conceito de família. Referente aos novos conceitos de família pode-se afirmar que essas são constituídas por pessoas unidas por relações de afeto independendo de parentesco sanguíneo, esse novo conceito surge já que surgem novas formas de se relacionar cada vez mais presentes no contexto da sociedade atual. [...]
Condensation vs Ordering: From the Spherical Models to BEC in the Canonical and Grand Canonical Ensemble
Creators: name: Crisanti, A.
name: Sarracino, A.
name: Zannetti, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper we take a fresh look at the long standing issue of the nature of macroscopic density fluctuations in the grand canonical treatment of the Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC). Exploiting the close analogy between the spherical and mean-spherical models of magnetism with the canonical and grand canonical treatment of the ideal Bose gas, we show that BEC stands for different phenomena in the two ensembles: an ordering transition of the type familiar from ferromagnetism in the canonical ensemble and condensation of fluctuations, i.e. growth of macroscopic fluctuations in a single degree of freedom, without ordering, in the grand canonical case. We further clarify that this is a manifestation of nonequivalence of the ensembles, due to the existence of long range correlations in the grand canonical one. Our results shed new light on the recent experimental realization of BEC in a photon gas, suggesting that the observed BEC when prepared under grand canonical conditions is an instance of condensation of fluctuations.
description: 9 pages, 3 figures, to appear in Physical Review Research
Leptusa (Neopisalia) xanthopyga EPPELSHEIM 1880
Creators: name: Assing, Volker
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Leptusa
Leptusa xanthopyga

description: Leptusa (Neopisalia) xanthopyga EPPELSHEIM, 1880 (Map 8)
M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d Georgia: 233, Algeti National Park, W Manglisi, 41°42'N, 44°21'E, 1120 m, 11.VII.2015, leg. Brachat & Meybohm (cAss).
C o m m e n t: Previously, this species was known from Svanetia, Martkopi, and Krasnaya Polyana in the West Caucasus region (PACE 1989). The known distribution is illustrated in Map 8.
description: Published as part of Assing, Volker, 2017, On the Leptusa fauna of the Caucasus region (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), pp. 1049-1074 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 49 (2) on page 1059, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5183138
Systematic search for stellar pulsators in the eclipsing binaries observed by Kepler
Creators: name: Gaulme, Patrick
name: Guzik, Joyce A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Eclipsing binaries (EBs) are unique targets for measuring precise stellar properties and constrain stellar evolution models. In particular, it is possible to measure at the percent level masses and radii of both components of a double-lined spectroscopic EB. Since the advent of high-precision photometric space missions (MOST, CoRoT, Kepler, BRITE, TESS), the use of stellar pulsation properties to infer stellar interiors and dynamics constitutes a revolution for low-mass star studies. The Kepler mission has led to the discovery of thousands of classical pulsators such as $δ$ Scuti and solar-like oscillators (main sequence and evolved), but also almost 3000 EBs with orbital periods shorter than 1100 days. We report the first systematic search for stellar pulsators in the entire Kepler eclipsing binary catalog. The focus is mainly aimed at discovering $δ$ Scuti, $γ$ Doradus, red giant, and tidally excited pulsators. We developed a data inspection tool (DIT) that automatically produces a series of plots from the Kepler light-curves that allows us to visually identify whether stellar oscillations are present in a given time series. We applied the DIT to the whole Kepler eclipsing binary database and identified 303 systems whose light curves display oscillations, including 163 new discoveries. A total of 149 stars are flagged as $δ$ Scuti (100 from this paper), 115 stars as $γ$ Doradus (69 new), 85 stars as red giants (27 new), 59 as tidally excited oscillators (29 new). There is some overlap among these groups, as some display several types of oscillations. Despite many of these systems are likely to be false positives, i. e., when an EB light curve is blended with a pulsator, this catalog gathers a vast sample of systems that are valuable for a better understanding of stellar evolution.
description: 19 pages, 10 figures, 1 table, accepted in A&A