cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Additional file 1 of Magnetic and near-infrared derived heating characteristics of dimercaptosuccinic acid coated uniform Fe@Fe3O4 core–shell nanoparticles
Creators: name: Changhyuk Koo
name: Hwichan Hong
name: Im, Pyung Won
name: Hoonsub Kim
name: Chaedong Lee
name: Xuanzhen Jin
name: Bingyi Yan
name: Wooseung Lee
name: Im, Hyung-Jun
name: Paek, Sun Ha
name: Piao, Yuanzhe
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Inorganic Chemistry

description: Additional file 1: Fig. S1. DLS measurements data of the DMSA coated Fe@Fe3O4 nanoparticles. Hydrodynamic disameter ( above ) were meassured as 18.45nm and its zeta potential ( below ) value is − 23.5mV due to thier carboxylate end. Table S1. Total heat generation and heat conversion efficiency calcuated by simple mathematical method and the result. Table S2. Table about the maximum temperature raise, total heat generation and efficiency from photothermal repeating test. Figure S2. (a) Fe@Fe3O4 in PBS after 48 h (left), redispersed Fe@Fe3O4 by simple agitation (right). (b) Photothermal characterization of the as-prepared Fe@Fe3O4 and Fe@Fe3O4 stored in PBS for 48 hours. The concentration is 10 mg/ml. Table S3. Comparison table between the as-prepared Fe@Fe3O4 nanoparticles and other photothermal nanoparticles reported in literatures.
Additional file 1 of Does internal limiting membrane peeling during epiretinal membrane surgery induce microscotomas on microperimetry? Study protocol for PEELING, a randomized controlled clinical trial
Creators: name: Jean-Baptiste Ducloyer
name: Ivan, Juliette
name: Poinas, Alexandra
name: Lebreton, Olivier
name: Bonissent, Alexandre
name: Fossum, Paul
name: Volteau, Christelle
name: Tadayoni, Ramin
name: Creuzot-Garchet, Catherine
name: Mer, Yannick Le
name: Perol, Julien
name: Fortin, June
name: Chiffoleau, Anne
name: Billaud, Fanny
name: Ivan, Catherine
name: Weber, Michel
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Plant Biology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 1. Informed consent form. The informed consent form given to each patient (French version).
MPEC 2024-T296 : THREE NEW TNOS
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: THREE NEW TNOS

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Implications of a "Fast Radio Burst" from a Galactic Magnetar
Creators: name: Margalit, Ben
name: Beniamini, Paz
name: Sridhar, Navin
name: Metzger, Brian D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A luminous radio burst was recently detected in temporal coincidence with a hard X-ray flare from the Galactic magnetar SGR 1935+2154 with a time and frequency structure consistent with cosmological fast radio bursts (FRB) and a fluence within a factor of $\lesssim 10$ of the least energetic extragalactic FRB previously detected. Although active magnetars are commonly invoked FRB sources, several distinct mechanisms have been proposed for generating the radio emission which make different predictions for the accompanying higher frequency radiation. We show that the properties of the coincident radio and X-ray flares from SGR 1935+2154, including their approximate simultaneity and relative fluence $E_{\rm radio}/E_{\rm X} \sim 10^{-5}$, as well as the duration and spectrum of the X-ray emission, are consistent with extant predictions for the synchrotron maser shock model. Rather than arising from the inner magnetosphere, the X-rays are generated by (incoherent) synchrotron radiation from thermal electrons heated at the same shocks which produce the coherent maser emission. Although the rate of SGR 1935+2154-like bursts in the local universe is not sufficient to contribute appreciably to the extragalactic FRB rate, the inclusion of an additional population of more active magnetars with stronger magnetic fields than the Galactic population can explain both the FRB rate as well as the repeating fraction, however only if the population of active magnetars are born at a rate that is at least two-orders of magnitude lower than that of SGR 1935+2154-like magnetars. This may imply that the more active magnetar sources are not younger magnetars formed in a similar way to the Milky Way population (e.g. via ordinary supernovae), but instead through more exotic channels such as superluminous supernovae, accretion-induced collapse or neutron star mergers.
description: 21 pages, 9 figures; submitted to ApJL; comments welcome!
Bounds on the spectral shift function and the density of states
Creators: name: Hundertmark, Dirk
name: Killip, Rowan
name: Nakamura, Shu
name: Stollmann, Peter
name: Veselic', Ivan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 35J10, 81Q10

description: We study spectra of Schrödinger operators on $\RR^d$. First we consider a pair of operators which differ by a compactly supported potential, as well as the corresponding semigroups. We prove almost exponential decay of the singular values $μ_n$ of the difference of the semigroups as $n\to \infty$ and deduce bounds on the spectral shift function of the pair of operators. Thereafter we consider alloy type random Schrödinger operators. The single site potential $u$ is assumed to be non-negative and of compact support. The distributions of the random coupling constants are assumed to be Hölder continuous. Based on the estimates for the spectral shift function, we prove a Wegner estimate which implies Hölder continuity of the integrated density of states.
description: Latex 2e, 15 pages
Smallholder Farmers and Collective Action: What Determines the Intensity of Participation?
Creators: name: Fischer, Elisabeth
name: Qaim, Matin
name: Fischer, Elisabeth
name: Qaim, Matin
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Community/Rural/Urban Development
subject: Institutional and Behavioral Economics
subject: International Development
subject: collective action
subject: participation intensity
subject: smallholder farmers
subject: Kenya

description: Collective action has become an important strategy for smallholders in developing countries to remain competitive in rapidly changing markets. However, within farmer groups, the commitment of individual members can vary, as the expected net benefits are not the same for all individuals, and opportunities to free-ride exist. Since the benefits of collective action emerge primarily through the exploitation of economies of scale, low participation rates in joint activities may put a serious threat to the success and viability of farmer groups. This article investigates determinants of smallholder participation intensity and free-riding, using the example of banana groups in Kenya. The results suggest that family labor availability and previous benefits that members received through the groups positively influence their intensity of participation in group meetings and collective marketing. Free-riding can mostly be attributed to structural and institutional conditions, such as group size and the timing of payments. More diversified farmers are less likely to sell collectively. Since smallholders are often highly diversified in their agricultural activities, farmer groups should also diversify, focusing on more than a single crop. Further policy implications are discussed.
A Study of Carbon Substitutions in MgB_2 within the two-band Eliashberg theory
Creators: name: Ummarino, G. A.
name: Daghero, D.
name: Gonnelli, R. S.
name: Moudden, A. H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the effects of C substitutions in MgB_2 within the two-band model in the Eliashberg formulation. We use as input the B-B stretching-mode frequency and the partial densities of states N_{sigma}(EF) and N_{pi}(EF), recently calculated for Mg(B_{1-x}C_{x})_2 at various x values from first-principles density functional methods. We then take the prefactor in the Coulomb pseudopotential matrix, mu, and the interband scattering parameter, Gamma^{sigma pi}, as the only adjustable parameters. The dependence on the C content of Tc and of the gaps (Delta_{sigma} and Delta_{pi}) recently measured in Mg(B_{1-x}C_{x})_2 single crystals indicate an almost linear decrease of mu on increasing x, with an increase in interband scattering that makes the gaps merge at x=0.132. In polycrystals, instead, where the gap merging is not observed, no interband scattering is required to fit the experimental data.
description: 7 pages, 8 figures, RevTex4. Detailed discussion of the results added
Coelophora newporti Mulsant 1850
Creators: name: POORANI, J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Coccinellidae
Coelophora
Coelophora newporti

description: 49. newporti Mulsant, 1850
Distribution: Myanmar; The Philippines.
description: Published as part of POORANI, J., 2023, An illustrated guide to lady beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) of the Indian Subcontinent. Part 1. Tribe Coccinellini, pp. 1-307 in Zootaxa 5332 (1) on page 281, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5332.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/8261502
AGE DIFFERENCES AND MACROECONOMIC EFFECTS ON FOOD STAMP PROGRAM PARTICIPATION
Creators: name: Lim, So Yeong
name: Chen, Susan E.
name: Waldorf, Brigitte S.
name: Lim, So Yeong
name: Chen, Susan E.
name: Waldorf, Brigitte S.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Food Security and Poverty
subject: Food stamps
subject: Age
subject: Macroeconomy
subject: Transition

description: This study examines Food Stamp Program (FSP) participation patterns with an emphasis on macroeconomic effects and age differences. Entry into and exit out of the program are examined with data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation 2004 panel using probit techniques. The results indicate that young adults easily enter the FSP but quickly move out. Older people are hesitant to enter the FSP but they stay on longer compared to their younger counterparts. The estimation results confirm the common belief that economic dynamics and FSP participation are negatively related. When the unemployment rates rise, the likelihood of entry and continuation on food stamps increases. This study also documents that the macroeconomic effects on FSP transitions vary by age.
Redução na tributação indireta de alimentos no Brasil: estimativas preliminares baseadas em um banco de dados em construção para o ano de 2004
Creators: name: Santos, Carliton Vieira Dos
name: Ferreira Filho, Joaquim Bento De Souza
name: Santos, Carliton Vieira Dos
name: Ferreira Filho, Joaquim Bento De Souza
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Agricultural Finance
subject: tributação indireta
subject: alimentos
subject: equilíbrio geral
subject: modelagem regional
subject: indirect taxation
subject: foods
subject: general equilibrium
subject: regional modelling

description: Este artigo analisa os efeitos potenciais de uma redução dos tributos indiretos sobre os principais produtos alimentícios consumidos pelas famílias, em nível nacional e regional. A análise é implementada com o uso de um modelo aplicado de equilíbrio geral inter-regional calibrado para o ano de 2004. Os resultados da simulação mostram que uma política como esta conduz a um aumento no nível de atividade econômica nas regiões mais pobres do País e tem o potencial de beneficiar relativamente mais as classes de rendas mais baixas em todas as regiões, especialmente nas mais pobres: Norte e Nordeste. O impacto negativo sobre a arrecadação de tributos indiretos em quase todas as regiões revela-se como a principal limitação desse tipo de política. --------------------------This paper analyzes the potential effects of a reduction in indirect taxes on the main food products in Brazil. The analysis is carried out with the aid of an inter-regional computable general equilibrium model of Brazil, with year 2004 data. The results show that such a policy generates an increase in activity level in the poorest regions in the country, and has potential to beneffit relativelly more the poorer families in the poorer regions: North and Northeast. The negative impact over indirect tax collection in all regions would be the main difficulty regarding this kind of policy, since the poorer states rely heavier on indirect taxes on food than the richer states.
Additional file 1 of Age-dependent effects of body mass index across the adult life span on the risk of dementia: a cohort study with a genetic approach
Creators: name: Karlsson, Ida K.
name: Lehto, Kelli
name: Gatz, Margaret
name: Reynolds, Chandra A.
name: Aslan, Anna K. Dahl
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Cardiology

description: Additional file 1. Supplementary information about BMI data cleaning, Dementia data in the Swedish Twin Registry, and PGS calculation in the Swedish Twin Registry. Table S1. Age group characteristics for the analysis sample. Table S2. ICD codes used to identify dementia. Table S3. ATC-codes for identification of dementia medication. Table S4. Risk of incident dementia in relation to 5 units higher body mass index measured at different age categories in the Swedish Twin Registry and the Health and Retirement Study, stratified by sex. Table S5. Risk of incident dementia in relation to 5 units higher body mass index measured at different age categories in the Health and Retirement Study, stratified by ethnicity. Table S6. Risk of incident dementia in relation to being underweight, overweight, or obese at different age categories in the Swedish Twin Registry and the Health and Retirement Study. Table S7. Cause specific hazard rate ratios of dementia in relation to 5 units higher body mass index measured at different age categories in the Swedish Twin Registry and the Health and Retirement Study. Figure S1. Flow chart of the sample. Figure S2. Collections of BMI information in the Swedish Twin Registry.
A INFLUÊNCIA DA PRODUÇÃO INTERNA E DAS IMPORTAÇÕES ORIZÍCOLAS DO MERCOSUL NO PREÇO INTERNO DO ARROZ COM CASCA
Creators: name: Sonaglio, Claudia Maria
name: Zamberlan, Carlos Otavio
name: Coronel, Daniel Arruda
name: Silva, Angelita Freitas Da
name: Farias, Giuliana Mendonca De
name: Sonaglio, Claudia Maria
name: Zamberlan, Carlos Otavio
name: Coronel, Daniel Arruda
name: Silva, Angelita Freitas Da
name: Farias, Giuliana Mendonca De
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Mercosul
subject: setor orizícola
subject: preço
subject: Mercosur
subject: orizícula sector
subject: price

description: O setor primário brasileiro é de grande importância para sua economia e a lavoura orizícola gaúcha está inserida nesse contexto, também com grande relevância, pois tem significativo número de produtores que auferem seus rendimentos dessa atividade. Entretanto, há uma redução de rentabilidade no setor atribuída às Importações Mercosulinas que, alegam os produtores brasileiros, pressionam os preços internos. Também, o crescimento da produção interna pode causar o mesmo efeito. Esse trabalho busca provar que o arroz importado do Mercosul e a Produção Gaúcha de arroz exercem influencia no preço interno e que as relações entre as variáveis ocorrem de forma curvilinear e não podem ser analisadas por métodos lineares. Para tanto, fez-se uso da estatística descritiva, análise de correlação e de modelos de regressão Linear, semi-Logarítmica, Quadrática e Cúbica. Concluiu-se que existem influências entre as variáveis e que as relações são lineares para produção e preços e curvilíneas para importações e preços.----------------------------------The primary Brazilian sector is of great importance for its economy and the rice farming of Rio Grande do Sul is inserted in this context, also, with a great relevance because it has a significant number of producers that have profits from this activity. However, there is a reduction of profitability in the sector due to the Imports Mercosulinas that press the internal prices, according to the Brazilian producers. Also, the growth of the internal production may cause the same effect. This paper aim to prove that the imported rice from Mercosur and the rice production from Rio Grande do Sul have influence on the internal price and that the relations between the variables take place in the curvilinear form and cannot be analyzed by linear methods. For this, it was used descriptive statistic, analysis of correlation and of models of linear, semi-logarithmic, quadratic and cubic regression. It was concluded that there are influences between the variables and that the relations are linear for production and prices and curvilinear for imports and prices.
PRONAF A SALVAÇÃO DA LAVOURA OU PROBLEMA? UMA ANÁLISE DO NÍVEL DE SATISFAÇÃO DOS PRODUTORES
Creators: name: Coronel, Daniel Arruda
name: Sonaglio, Claudia Maria
name: Angelo, Helena Dezordi
name: Zamberlan, Carlos Otavio
name: Silva, Angelita Freitas Da
name: Coronel, Daniel Arruda
name: Sonaglio, Claudia Maria
name: Angelo, Helena Dezordi
name: Zamberlan, Carlos Otavio
name: Silva, Angelita Freitas Da
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods
subject: Pronaf
subject: Satisfação dos produtores
subject: análise fatorial
subject: Satisfaction of the producers
subject: factorial analysis

description: Este artigo demonstra conceitos e modelos relacionados à mensuração da satisfação de clientes, focando a satisfação dos agricultores do Assentamento Itamarati I, com relação aos financiamentos do Pronaf (Programa de fortalecimento da agricultura familiar) adquiridos no Banco do Brasil de Ponta Porã-MS. Para isso foram entrevistados 179 assentados. A metodologia utilizada envolveu uma fundamentação teórica embasada em pesquisa bibliográfica, que abordou os principais conceitos relacionados ao tema, como Satisfação do Consumidor e Índices de Satisfação do Consumidor, sendo aplicado neste artigo o índice Americano (ACSI). Posteriormente, foi desenvolvida uma pesquisa descritiva de corte transversal, com levantamento dos dados de modo quantitativo. Também foi efetuada a validação da pesquisa através da aplicação da análise fatorial, pela análise de adequação (KMO) e esfericidade (Bartlett’s). A pesquisa foi concluída verificando a satisfação dos agricultores com o Pronaf, bem como com os intermediários do programa, o Banco do Brasil e a Assistência Técnica, analisando os pontos fortes e fracos do programa, chegando a um modelo de satisfação com o Pronaf. ---------------------------------This article demonstrates concepts and models related to clients’ measurement of their satisfaction, focusing on the satisfaction of the settled agriculturists from Itamarati I, related to the Pronaf (Program of reinforcement of familiar agriculture) acquired in the Bank of Brazil from Ponta Porã-MS. For this purpose, 179 settled were interviewed. The methodology used involved a theoretical basis relied on bibliographical research, that approached the main concepts related to the theme, as consumer satisfaction and level of consumer satisfaction, been applied the American Index (ACSI) in this article). Later on, a cross-sectional descriptive research was developed, through a quantitative survey. Also it was effected the validation of the research through the application of the factorial analysis, for the analysis of adaptation (KMO) and sphericity (Bartlett's).The conclusion was done by checking the agriculturists satisfaction with the Pronaf, as well as with the intermediaries of the program, the Bank of Brazil and the Technical Back-up. Also it was analyzed the strong and the weak points of the program, reaching a model of satisfaction with the Pronaf.
Individual bull variations on sperm acrosome reaction, sperm-zona binding, in-vitro embryo production, and preimplantation embryo apoptosis and gene expression
Creators: name: Giritharan, Gnanaratnam
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: The overall objective of this study was to develop in-vitro tests to predict fertility of bulls in the field. The specific objectives were to investigate 1) the bull effect on sperm acrosome reaction, sperm-zona binding and in vitro embryo production (experiment 1), 2) the effect of sperm pre-incubation time and sperm concentration of bulls on in-vitro fertilization (experiment 2), 3) the bull effect on apoptosis and expression of Bcl-2, Bax, p53, interferon tau and heat shock protein-70 genes in bovine preimplantation embryos produced in-vitro (experiment 3), and 4) the correlation between the above in-vitro tests and the field fertility data. In the first experiment, prefreeze motility, acrosome reaction at 0 h, increase in acrosome reaction at 4 h and sperm-zona binding were different (p<0.05) among bulls. Significant correlations were observed between individual sperm parameters. None of the in-vitro tests was correlated with non-return rates (field fertility data). In the second experiment, significant bull effects were observed on fertilization, when using short and long sperm pre-incubation time with normal and high sperm:oocyte ratio. When using normal sperm:oocyte ratio (25,000:1), the percent difference in normally fertilized zygotes between short and long sperm pre-incubation times showed high degree of correlation with non-return rates (r = 0.90; p<0.05) of the experimental bulls. In the third experiment, significant bull effects (P<0.01) were observed on cleavage and morula to blastocyst development rates; percentage of apoptotic, live and dead cells; and expression levels of heat shock protein 70 and interferon tau genes in morula to blastocyst stage embryos. The expression levels of Bax, Bcl-2 and p53 genes in morula to blastocyst stage embryos were not different among bulls. The field fertility measured by 60-90 day non-return rate was highly correlated with relative abundance of Bcl-2 mRNA transcripts (r = -0.93) and the ratio of Bax to Bcl-2 gene expression (r = 0.84). The findings of this study conclude that variations exist among individual bulls in sperm acrosome reaction, sperm-zona binding and in-vitro embryo production, apoptosis, and interferon tau and heat shock protein 70 gene expression. Combinations of some of these sperm parameters may be potentially useful for the accurate prediction of bull fertility in the field.
Coelophora nitidicollis Kapur 1963
Creators: name: POORANI, J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Coccinellidae
Coelophora
Coelophora nitidicollis

description: 50. nitidicollis Kapur, 1963a
Distribution: India (Sikkim).
description: Published as part of POORANI, J., 2023, An illustrated guide to lady beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) of the Indian Subcontinent. Part 1. Tribe Coccinellini, pp. 1-307 in Zootaxa 5332 (1) on page 281, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5332.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/8261502
New Brown Dwarfs and an Updated Initial Mass Function in Taurus
Creators: name: Luhman, K. L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: I have performed a search for young low-mass stars and brown dwarfs (BDs) in 2 regions encompassing a total area of 4 deg^2 in the Taurus star-forming region, discovering 15 new members of Taurus. In addition, I present 7 new members outside of these areas from the initial stage of a survey of all of Taurus. These 22 objects exhibit spectral types of M4.5-M9.25 and masses of 0.3-0.015 M_sun according to the theoretical evolutionary models of Baraffe and Chabrier, 7 of which are likely to be BDs. Emission in H(alpha), He I, Ca II, [O I], and [S II] and excess emission in optical and near-IR bands among some of these objects suggest the presence of accretion, outflows, and circumstellar disks. The results from the 4 deg^2 survey have been combined with previous studies of Taurus to arrive at an IMF for a total area of 12.4 deg^2. As in the previous IMFs for Taurus, the updated IMF peaks at a higher mass (0.8 M_sun) than the mass functions in IC 348 and Orion (0.1-0.2 M_sun). Meanwhile, the deficit of BDs in Taurus appears to be less significant (x1.4-1.8) than found in earlier studies (x2) because of a slightly higher BD fraction in the new IMF for Taurus and a lower BD fraction in the new spectroscopic IMF for the Trapezium from Slesnick and coworkers. The spatial distribution of the low-mass stars and BDs discovered in the two new survey areas closely matches that of the more massive members. Thus, on the degree size scales (~3 pc) probed to date, there is no indication that BDs form through ejection.
description: 35 pages, The Astrophysical Journal, 2004, v617 (December 20)
RUMO A UM NOVO PACTO SOCIAL NA AGRICULTURA: A EXPERIÊNCIA RECENTE DOS CONTRATOS TERRITORIAIS DE EXPLORAÇÃO NA FRANÇA.
Creators: name: Anjos, Flávio Sacco Dos
name: Caldas, Nadia Velleda
name: Arranz, Ana Velasco
name: Estradaq, Eduardo Moyano
name: Anjos, Flávio Sacco Dos
name: Caldas, Nadia Velleda
name: Arranz, Ana Velasco
name: Estradaq, Eduardo Moyano
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Farm Management
subject: Contratos territoriais na agricultura
subject: multifuncionalidade
subject: desenvolvimento rural
subject: Territorial contracts in agriculture
subject: multifuncionality
subject: rural development

description: O artigo analisa a implementação dos contratos territoriais de exploração (CTE´s) na agricultura francesa. Esta modalidade de contrato foi criada em 1999, durante o Governo de Leonel Jospin, pelo Ato de Orientação Agrícola, com o objetivo de introduzir mudanças tanto no âmbito das políticas agrícolas quanto no plano das estratégias dos agricultores. Através dos CTE´s agricultores e administrações públicas conceberam um novo pacto social com suas implicações sobre o mundo rural e sobre o meio ambiente. Lamentavelmente, os CTE´s não receberam apoio suficiente do ponto de vista social e econômico e, portanto, não puderam resistir à oposição imposta pelo lobby das corporações agrárias francesas (Federação Nacional dos Produtores Agrícolas e Centro Nacional dos Jovens Agricultures).--------------------------------This article focuses on the implementation of the Territorial Farm Contracts (CTE´s) in French agriculture. During the Lionel Jospin’s government, this kind of contracts was created by the 1999 Agricultural Orientation Act in order to introduce changes in both the farming policy and individual strategies of farmers. Unfortunately, the CTEs did not receive sufficient social and economic support and could not resist the opposition from the French corporative agrarian lobby (FNSEA and CNJA).
Probing the QCD equation of state with thermal photons in nucleus-nucleus collisions at RHIC
Creators: name: d'Enterria, David
name: Peressounko, Dmitri
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Thermal photon production at mid-rapidity in Au+Au reactions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 200 GeV is studied in the framework of a 2D+1 hydrodynamical model that describes efficiently the bulk identified hadron spectra at RHIC. The combined thermal plus NLO pQCD photon spectrum is in good agreement with the yields measured by the PHENIX experiment for all Au+Au centralities. Within our model, we demonstrate that the correlation of the thermal photon slopes with the charged hadron multiplicity in each centrality bin provides direct empirical information on the underlying degrees of freedom and on the equation of state, $s(T)/T^3$, of the strongly interacting matter.
description: Version to appear in EPJ-C (extended discussion and refs. and a few corrections)
Análise da Evolução e da Estrutura da Siderurgia Brasileira e do Uso de Carvão Vegetal no período de 1980 a 2006
Creators: name: Carvalho, Thais Hortense De
name: Bacha, Carlos Jose Caetano
name: Carvalho, Thais Hortense De
name: Bacha, Carlos Jose Caetano
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy
subject: Siderurgia
subject: Carvão
subject: Brasil
subject: Indústria
subject: teel Industry
subject: Charcoal
subject: Brazil
subject: Industry

description: O presente trabalho analisa a evolução e estrutura da siderurgia brasileira e do uso do carvão vegetal no período de 1980 a 2006. Os objetivos específicos são: 1) analisar a evolução da produção, consumo, exportação e importação dos principais produtos elaborados por esta indústria, separando os que usam carvão vegetal e os que usam carvão mineral; e 2) caracterizar a estrutura da indústria (número de produtores, número de consumidores, tipos de produtos selecionados, entre outras variáveis). Em relação ao primeiro objetivo deste trabalho, evolução da indústria siderúrgica, contatou-se que o Brasil vem aumentando sua capacidade produtiva e sua inserção no mercado internacional. Quanto ao segundo objetivo específico deste trabalho, estrutura da indústria, observou-se a presença de 28 usinas, integradas ou semi-integradas, distribuídas em 10 estados brasileiros e controladas por 10 grupos empresariais. Ainda vale salientar a concentração da produção nacional de aço bruto no Sudeste e a crescente concentração da produção em poucos grupos, seguindo uma tendência mundial de fusões e aquisições no setor. No entanto, não se observa grande diferença de poder de mercado entre os grupos siderúrgicos.------------------------------The present paper analyses the evolution and structure of Brazilian Steel Industry and the use of charcoal in time period from 1980 to 2006. The specific objectives are: 1) analyze the evolution of production, consumption, exports, and imports of main product of this industry, separating the products that are made of charcoal and the ones made of coal; and 2) describe the industry structure (number of producers, number of consumers, types of selected products, and another variables). In relation to the first specific objective of this paper, steel industry evolution, Brazil is increasing its productive capacity and its insertion in the international market. Concerning to the second specific objective of this work, industry structure, Brazil has 28 steel mills, integrated or semi-integrated, distributed in 10 Brazilian states and controlled by 10 business groups. In addition to, it is possible to observe the concentration of steel domestic production in southeast and the crescent concentration of the sector, following the word tendency of merges and acquisitions in this sector. However, there is no evidence about big difference of market share among among steel industry groups.
Climate Change, Risk and Grain Production in China
Creators: name: Holst, Rainer
name: Yu, Xiaohua
name: Grun, Carola
name: Holst, Rainer
name: Yu, Xiaohua
name: Grun, Carola
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: Risk and Uncertainty
subject: Agriculture
subject: grain production
subject: climate change
subject: production risk
subject: China

description: This paper employs the production function-based method proposed by Just and Pope (1978, 1979) to explicitly analyze production risk in the context of Chinese grain farming and climate change, and test for a potential endogeneity of climate factors in Chinese grain production. Our results indicate that China might, at least in the short run, become a net beneficiary of climate change. In particular, we find that increases in annual average temperature increase mean output at the margin and at the same time lead to a reduction of production risk. Further calculations suggest that a 1 °C increase in annual average temperature would entail an economic benefit of $1.1 billion due to the increasing mean output. Furthermore, a Hausman test reveals no endogeneity of climate variables in Chinese grain production.
Additional file 1 of The global burden and attributable risk factor analysis of acute myeloid leukemia in 195 countries and territories from 1990 to 2017: estimates based on the global burden of disease study 2017
Creators: name: Yi, Ming
name: Anping Li
name: Linghui Zhou
name: Chu, Qian
name: Yongping Song
name: Wu, Kongming
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: Hematology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 1: Table S1. Top 20 countries or territories with most incidence cases in 1990. Table S2. Top 20 countries or territories with most death cases in 1990. Table S3. Top 20 countries or territories with highest DALY in 1990. Table S4. Top 20 countries or territories with highest ASIR in 1990. Table S5. Top 20 countries or territories with highest ASDR in 1990. Table S6. Top 20 countries or territories with highest age-standardized DALY rate in 1990. Table S7. Top 20 countries or territories with most incidence cases in 2017. Table S8. Top 20 countries or territories with most death cases in 2017. Table S9. Top 20 countries or territories with highest DALY in 2017. Table S10. Top 20 countries or territories with highest ASIR in 2017. Table S11. Top 20 countries or territories with highest ASDR in 2017. Table S12. Top 20 countries or territories with highest age-standardized DALY rate in 2017. Table S13. Top 10 countries or territories with the most rapid increase in ASIR. Table S14. Top 10 countries or territories with the most rapid increase in ASDR. Table S15. Top 10 countries or territories with the most rapid increase in age-standardized DALY rate. Figure S1. The contribution ratio of four risk factor for AML-related death from 1990 to 2017 in the globe and different regions. Figure S2. The contribution ratio of four risk factor for AML-related DALY from 1990 to 2017 in the globe and different regions.
Photosensitive Gaseous Detectors for Cryogenic Temperature Applications
Creators: name: Periale, L.
name: Peskov, V.
name: Iacobaeus, C.
name: Lund-Jensen, B.
name: Picchi, P.
name: Pietropaolo, F.
name: Rodionov
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: There are several proposals and projects today for building LXe Time Projection Chambers (TPCs) for dark matter search. An important element of these TPCs are the photomultipliers operating either inside LXe or in vapors above the liquid. We have recently demonstrated that photosensitive gaseous detectors (wire type and hole-type) can operate perfectly well until temperatures of LN2. In this paper results of systematic studies of operation of the photosensitive version of these detectors (combined with reflective or semi-transparent CsI photocathodes) in the temperature interval of 300-150 K are presented. In particular, it was demonstrated that both sealed and flushed by a gas detectors could operate at a quite stable fashion in a year/time scale. Obtained results, in particular the long-term stability of photosensitive gaseous detectors, strongly indicate that they can be cheap and simple alternatives to photomultipliers or avalanche solid-state detectors in LXe TPC applications.
description: Submitted to the Proceedings of the PSD-7 Conf. in Liverpool, UK
Coelophora saucia
Creators: name: POORANI, J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Coccinellidae
Coelophora
Coelophora saucia

description: 51. saucia (Mulsant, 1850)
Distribution: India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Karnataka, Kerala, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, West Bengal); Nepal; Myanmar; Thailand; China; The Philippines; Korea; Japan.
description: Published as part of POORANI, J., 2023, An illustrated guide to lady beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) of the Indian Subcontinent. Part 1. Tribe Coccinellini, pp. 1-307 in Zootaxa 5332 (1) on page 281, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5332.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/8261502
Additional file 2 of Environmental and biotic factors affecting freshwater snail intermediate hosts in the Ethiopian Rift Valley region
Creators: name: Beekam Kebede Olkeba
name: Boets, Pieter
name: Mereta, Seid Tiku
name: Mesfin Yeshigeta
name: Geremew Muleta Akessa
name: Argaw Ambelu
name: Goethals, Peter L. M.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 2: Table S2. Output of the zero-inflated Poisson regression model.
Malaria and National Income: Examining a Two Way Causal Relationship
Creators: name: Datta, Saurabh
name: Reimer, Jeffrey J.
name: Datta, Saurabh
name: Reimer, Jeffrey J.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Health Economics and Policy
subject: International Development
subject: Labor and Human Capital
subject: antipoverty
subject: GDP
subject: health
subject: economic growth
subject: malaria
subject: simultaneous equations

description: Simple plots of data show that malaria has a negative correlation with national income per capita, whether looking across countries at a point in time, or looking at a single country over time. Some countries have been able to move from an equilibrium characterized by low income and high malaria, to a new equilibrium with higher income and lower rates of malaria. This study develops and estimates a simultaneous equations model to explain these changes. We distinguish three potential causal chains: (a) the ability for decreases in malaria to increase income, (b) the ability for increases in income to reduce malaria (reverse causality), and (c) external factors that may lead to both higher income and lower malaria (incidental association). We find that changes in income have a much stronger effect on malaria than the other way around. While a 1% rise in the number of malaria cases per million decreases income per capita by less than 0.01%, a 1% rise in income per capita decreases the number of malaria cases per million by more than 1.1%. If income were just 1% higher in the 100 countries of the sample, 603,189 cases of malaria could be averted annually.
Additional file 1 of Environmental and biotic factors affecting freshwater snail intermediate hosts in the Ethiopian Rift Valley region
Creators: name: Beekam Kebede Olkeba
name: Boets, Pieter
name: Mereta, Seid Tiku
name: Mesfin Yeshigeta
name: Geremew Muleta Akessa
name: Argaw Ambelu
name: Goethals, Peter L. M.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 1: Table S1. Output of the logistic regression model.
Distribution of Benefits and Adoption of Bt Cotton in Pakistan: Ex-ante Analysis
Creators: name: Nazli, Hina
name: Sarker, Rakhal
name: Meilke, Karl D.
name: Orden, David
name: Nazli, Hina
name: Sarker, Rakhal
name: Meilke, Karl D.
name: Orden, David
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies
subject: Bt cotton
subject: economic surplus model
subject: Pakistan

description: This poster presents the potential impact of Bt cotton adoption in Pakistan. The size and distribution of economic benefits from the commercial adoption of Bt cotton in Pakistan are examined under four hypothetical scenarios. The adjusted economic surplus model is used to measure total benefits and their distribution between producers, consumers and technology innovators. To account for uncertainty in key parameters, the stochastic simulation techniques is applied. The results show that the total net benefits of adopting Bt cotton in Pakistan are large. As a result of increase in production, farmers get considerable benefits despite a decline in price. The share of benefits to innovators is small. The results indicate that the total cost of adopting latest Bt technology to the government of Pakistan is less than the benefits that farmers and consumers of all cotton-textile chain can receive. This is true even if the decline in pesticide expenditure and increase in yield are not very large.
Exploring the Statically Screened $G3W2$ Correction to the $GW$ Self-Energy: Charged Excitations and Total Energies of Finite Systems
Creators: name: Förster, Arno
name: Visscher, Lucas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Electron correlation in finite and extended systems is often described in an effective single-particle framework within the $GW$ approximation. Here, we use the statically screened second-order exchange contribution to the self-energy ($G3W2$) to calculate a perturbative correction to the $GW$ self-energy. We use this correction to calculate total correlation energies of atoms, relative energies, as well as charged excitations of a wide range of molecular systems. We show that the second-order correction improves correlation energies with respect to the RPA and also improves relative energies for many, but not all considered systems. While the full $G3W2$ contribution does not give consistent improvements over $GW$, taking the average of $GW$ and $GW + G3W2$ generally gives excellent results. Improvements over quasiparticle self-consistent $GW$, which we show to give very accurate charged excitations in small and medium molecules by itself, are only minor. $G_0W_0$ quasiparticle energies evaluated with eigenvalue and orbitals from range-separated hybrids, however, are tremendously improved upon: The second-order corrected $G_0W_0$ outperforms all existing $GW$ methods for the systems considered herein and also does not come with substantially increased computational cost compared to $G_0W_0$ for systems with up to 100 atoms.
description: Revised version as accepted by Physical review B (Phys. Rev. B 2022, 105, 125121, 10.1103/PhysRevB.105.125121) Compared to our first submission, a programming mistake in our first implementation has been corrected leading to different (better) results
Influence of Collisions with Hydrogen on Titanium Abundance Determinations in Cool Stars
Creators: name: Sitnova, T. M.
name: Yakovleva, S. A.
name: Belyaev, A. K.
name: Mashonkina, L. I.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We performed the non-local thermodynamic equilibrium (non-LTE) calculations for Ti I-II with the updated model atom that includes quantum-mechanical rate coefficients for inelastic collisions with hydrogen atoms. We have calculated for the first time the rate coefficients for bound-bound transitions in inelastic collisions of titanium atoms and ions with hydrogen atoms and for the charge-exchange processes: Ti I + H Ti II + H- and Ti II + H Ti III + H-. The influence of these data on non-LTE abundance determinations has been tested for the Sun and four metal-poor stars. For Ti I and Ti II, the application of the derived rate coefficients has led to an increase in the departures from LTE and an increase in the titanium abundance compared to that, obtained with approximate formulas for the rate coefficients. In metal-poor stars, we have failed to achieve consistent non-LTE abundances from lines of two ionization stages. The known in the literature discrepancy in the non-LTE abundances from Ti I and Ti II lines in metal-poor stars cannot be solved by improvement of the rates of inelastic processes in collisions with hydrogen atoms in non-LTE calculations with classical model atmospheres.
description: Published in Astronomy Letters
Universal correlations in percolation
Creators: name: Ziff, Robert M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discuss correlations in percolation and recent contributions of Xiaojun Tan, Youjin Deng and Jesper Lykke Jacobsen in their paper "N-cluster correlations in four- and five-dimensional percolation," Frontiers of Physics 15, 41501 (July, 2020). This is a View and Perspective in Frontiers of Physics.
Economic Performance of Bt Cotton Varieties in Pakistan
Creators: name: Nazli, Hina
name: Sarker, Rakhal
name: Meilke, Karl D.
name: Orden, David
name: Nazli, Hina
name: Sarker, Rakhal
name: Meilke, Karl D.
name: Orden, David
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies
subject: Bt cotton
subject: economic performance
subject: Pakistan
subject: Bahawalpur
subject: Mirpur Khas

description: Farmers in Pakistan have been growing cotton that contains the first generation of Bt gene since 2002. The cultivation of these varieties, although formally unapproved and unregulated, increased rapidly after 2005. In 2007, nearly 60 percent of the cotton area was under BT varieties. This paper examines the economic performance of Bt cotton in Pakistan based on data collected through a structured questionnaire survey in January-February 2009 in two districts (Bahawalpur and Mirpur Khas). The extent of the impact of Bt cotton on costs of production and yield gains are different across the two districts with their diverse agro-climatic conditions and pest pressures. Seed expenditures increase in both districts, but a decline in the number of bollworm sprays and hence in the expenditure for pesticides is observed and total pesticide control costs (for bollworms and non bollworm pests) declines in both districts. Total production costs decline in Bahawalpur but rise in Mirpur Khas. The yield increases are higher in Mirpur Khas as well, resulting in total revenue and gross margins improving more than in Bahawalpur. The results are similar to other studies of Bt cotton in India and suggest gains for Pakistan from progressing to a regulated national market for Bt cotton technologies.