cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
MOESM4 of Clinical significance of stromal ER and PR expression in periampullary adenocarcinoma
Creators: name: Andersson, Gustav
name: Lundgren, Sebastian
name: Heby, Margareta
name: Nodin, Björn
name: Elebro, Jacob
name: Jirström, Karin
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer

description: Additional file 4: Table S3. Associations of PR expression status (negative vs positive) with patient and tumor characteristics in the entire cohort, intestinal-type tumors and pancreatobiliary-type tumors, allover and stratified by sex.
J/psi Pair Production at the Tevatron
Creators: name: Qiao, Cong-Feng
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The double J/psi production in p\bar{p} collision is revisited. It is found that the J/ψpair production rate at leading order with p_T > 4 GeV in conventional scheme is larger than the rate derived from color-octet mechanism by a factor of five. As the double J/psi production is shown to be attainable with data yet collected at the Tevatron detectors, experimental study on it would be helpful to clarify the validity of the conventional color-singlet description for heavy quarkonium production.
The SOPHIE search for northern extrasolar planets. XVI. HD 158259: A compact planetary system in a near-3:2 mean motion resonance chain
Creators: name: Hara, N. C.
name: Bouchy, F.
name: Stalport, M.
name: Boisse, I.
name: Rodrigues, J.
name: Delisle, J-. B.
name: Santerne, A.
name: Henry, G. W.
name: Arnold, L.
name: Astudillo-Defru, N.
name: Borgniet, S.
name: Bonfils, X.
name: Bourrier, V.
name: Brugger, B.
name: Courcol, B.
name: Dalal, S.
name: Deleuil, M.
name: Delfosse, X.
name: Demangeon, O.
name: D'iaz, R. F.
name: Dumusque, X.
name: Forveille, T.
name: Hébrard, G.
name: Hobson, M.
name: Kiefer, F.
name: Lopez, T.
name: Mignon, L.
name: Mousis, O.
name: Moutou, C.
name: Pepe, F.
name: Rey, J.
name: Santos, N. C.
name: Ségransan, D.
name: Udry, S.
name: Wilson, P. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Since 2011, the SOPHIE spectrograph has been used to search for Neptunes and super-Earths in the Northern Hemisphere. As part of this observational program, 290 radial velocity measurements of the 6.4 V magnitude star HD 158259 were obtained. Additionally, TESS photometric measurements of this target are available. We present an analysis of the SOPHIE data and compare our results with the output of the TESS pipeline. The radial velocity data, ancillary spectroscopic indices, and ground-based photometric measurements were analyzed with classical and $\ell_1$ periodograms. The stellar activity was modeled as a correlated Gaussian noise and its impact on the planet detection was measured with a new technique. The SOPHIE data support the detection of five planets, each with $m \sin i \approx 6 M_\oplus$, orbiting HD 158259 in 3.4, 5.2, 7.9, 12, and 17.4 days. Though a planetary origin is strongly favored, the 17.4 d signal is classified as a planet candidate due to a slightly lower statistical significance and to its proximity to the expected stellar rotation period. The data also present low frequency variations, most likely originating from a magnetic cycle and instrument systematics. Furthermore, the TESS pipeline reports a significant signal at 2.17 days corresponding to a planet of radius $\approx 1.2 R_\oplus$. A compatible signal is seen in the radial velocities, which confirms the detection of an additional planet and yields a $\approx 2 M_\oplus$ mass estimate. We find a system of five planets and a strong candidate near a 3:2 mean motion resonance chain orbiting HD 158259. The planets are found to be outside of the two and three body resonances.
description: Accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Semiclassical quantisation rules for the Dirac and Pauli equations
Creators: name: Keppeler, Stefan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We derive explicit semiclassical quantisation conditions for the Dirac and Pauli equations. We show that the spin degree of freedom yields a contribution which is of the same order of magnitude as the Maslov correction in Einstein-Brillouin-Keller quantisation. In order to obtain this result a generalisation of the notion of integrability for a certain skew product flow of classical translational dynamics and classical spin precession has to be derived. Among the examples discussed is the relativistic Kepler problem with Thomas precession, whose treatment sheds some light on the amazing success of Sommerfeld's theory of fine structure [Ann. Phys. (Leipzig) 51 (1916) 1--91].
description: 36 pages, 2 figures
Higher-Order Corrections to QCD Factorization in B->pi K,pi pi Decays
Creators: name: Neubert, Matthias
name: Pecjak, Ben D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The renormalon calculus is used to calculate the terms of order $β_0^{n-1}α_s^n$ in the perturbative expansions of the Wilson coefficients and hard-scattering kernels entering the QCD factorization formula for hadronic B-meson decays into two light pseudoscalar mesons. The asymptotic behavior of the expansions is analyzed, and a minimal model of power corrections arising from soft ``non-factorizable'' gluon exchange to the B->pi K,pi pi decay amplitudes is obtained, which takes into account the structure of the leading and subleading infrared renormalon singularities. Whereas the resulting power corrections are generally very small, some of the strong-interaction phases of the hard-scattering kernels receive sizeable two-loop corrections. The implications of these findings on CP asymmetries and branching ratios are investigated.
description: 19 pages, 2 figures, journal version published in JHEP
The optimal extraction of water along an arbitrarily configured river system
Creators: name: Coram, Alex
name: Noakes, Lyle
name: Coram, Alex
name: Noakes, Lyle
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy
subject: optimal water usage
subject: river systems
subject: control theory
subject: Pontryagin

description: The fundamental problem for any scheme of water management that tries to maximise welfare across a river system is that of determining the optimal allocation at every point. The problem cannot, in general, be avoided by trading water rights because the price will not account for the effect of extraction at any one point on all other points. This article interprets the problem in terms of the indeterminacy that results from missing information on the value of water at internal junctions between rivers. It is then solved in an optimal control theory framework.
Black hole singularities: a new critical phenomenon
Creators: name: Burko, Lior M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The singularitiy inside a spherical charged black hole, coupled to a spherical, massless scalar field is studied numerically. The profile of the characteristic scalar field was taken to be a power of advanced time with an exponent $α>0$. A critical exponent $α_{\rm crit}$ exists. For exponents below the critical one ($αα_{\rm crit}$) an all-encompassing, spacelike singularity evolves, which completely blocks the ``tunnel'' inside the black hole, preventing the use of the black hole as a portal for hyperspace travel.
description: 4 pages, 5 eps figures; An Erratum is added. The main conclusions of the original Letter are unchanged
Population Genetic Analysis of Atlantic Horseshoe Crabs (Limulus polyphemus) in Coastal Massachusetts.
Creators: name: Johnson, Katherine T
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2016

description: Atlantic horseshoe crabs (Limulus polyphemus) have endured decades of intense harvest pressure. Genetics studies have shown evidence of distinct sub-groups spanning the coast, although few fine-scale studies have been done to delineate these groups on a local level. Massachusetts lies directly between two of these sub-groups. With documented differences in prosomal widths of horseshoe crabs from either side of Cape Cod, it is possible that Cape Cod is a barrier to gene flow and that there are two distinct genetic groups within Massachusetts. Regulations currently consider all horseshoe crabs to be of one stock. I examined 6 microsatellite loci from 193 horseshoe crabs collected from 7 locations across Massachusetts between 5 May and 24 June 2010. I also analyzed the prosomal widths of 324 horseshoe crabs from 8 locations across Massachusetts. Data analysis revealed low divergence with a G′ST of 0.005 (95% CI −0.004–0.013) and a G″ST of 0.015 (95% CI −0.014–0.045). Wellfleet Bay showed evidence of divergence from all other sites except Buzzards Bay. Isolation by distance is apparent via the Atlantic Ocean. Phenotypic variation in the prosomal widths of horseshoe crabs shows greater divergence among sites than neutral markers and indicates the presence of additive genetic effects. Low divergence and high heterozygosity indicate that although documented population declines have occurred, effective population size (Ne) is still large enough to maintain allele frequencies. With isolation by distance, divergence is likely to increase over time if populations remain low. Phenotypic divergence shows the possibility of local adaptation and that the implementation of management units (MUs) to the north and south of Cape Cod would be recommended as a conservative measure.
On the design of an innovative solution for increasing hazardous materials transportation safety
Creators: name: Pricop, Emil
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Computers and Society (cs.CY)
subject: Cryptography and Security (cs.CR)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Transportation of hazardous materials represent a high risk operation all over the world. Flammable substances such as oil, kerosene, hydrocarbons, ammonium nitrate or toxic products are shipped every day on busy roads by trucks. An innovative solution for increasing hazardous materials transportation safety is presented in this paper. The solution integrates three systems: one mounted on the truck that can alert authorities in case of an accident, one portable system for quick identification of the carried substances and intervention method and a component for real-time road monitoring. The proposed solution is based on RFID card with a special memory structure presented in this paper
description: Paper presented at the 17th International Conference on System Theory, Control and Computing (ICSTCC 2013), Sinaia, Romania - 11-13 October 2013
Developing An Ecological Sanitation Transect
Creators: name: Kolesinskas, Ian
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2016

description: A sanitation problem exists for people across the globe: basic human waste collection and treatment is inaccessible to much of the world’s population; and the status-quo gray infrastructure system of sanitation is unsustainable and unsuitable for widespread application. A paradigm shift is needed: this thesis makes the case for developing an Ecological Sanitation Transect to bring back the closed loop that connects consumption, waste excretion, sanitation, and food production. The Ecological Sanitation Transect is a synthesis of ecological sanitation, where human excreta is reused, and the urban transect, where development density is conceptualized along a continuum from rural to urban. Current literature related to transects, sanitation, and the links between them is investigated. An analytical overlay of ecological sanitation strategies onto the transect framework with accompanying visualizations is the resulting integration of these ideas. Case studies from across the transect are detailed. A concluding discussion is followed by directions for future research.
MOESM9 of Optimising the use of caesarean section: a generic formative research protocol for implementation preparation
Creators: name: Bohren, Meghan
name: Opiyo, Newton
name: Kingdon, Carol
name: Downe, Soo
name: BetrÃ¡N, Ana
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Cancer
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 9. Qualitative module 5: Public dissemination of caesarean section rates at a facility-level.
Revisiting Union Decline: An Analysis of Organized Labor's Crisis
Creators: name: Meyers, Nathan
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2016

description: Abstract: I explore the sources of union decline from 1970-2008, inspecting the shifting prominence of different causes at different points in time. Using a relational approach which views labor and capital as actors that gain or lose power at the expense of each other, I find that U.S. union decline is the result of several institutional transformations that benefitted capital relative to labor. Capital was advantaged and labor was disadvantaged due to: 1) the financialization of the economy in the 1980s, 2) weakening protections of labor policy by the 1970s, 3) the reconfiguration of productive capital in the 1970s and 1980s, 4) an anti-union business offensive gaining momentum in the 1970s, and 5) the failure of unions to sufficiently organize new members throughout the entire period. Combined, this confluence of factors led to a steep decline in union membership. Results highlight the complex nature of temporal dynamics in capital-labor power struggles.
Evaluating combined land conservation benefits from perennial pasture: lucerne ( Medicago sativa L.) for management of dryland salinity and herbicide resistance in Western Australia
Creators: name: Doole, Graeme J.
name: Pannell, David J.
name: Doole, Graeme J.
name: Pannell, David J.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Farm Management
subject: Land Economics/Use
subject: dryland salinity
subject: herbicide resistance
subject: lucerne

description: The inclusion of perennial pasture phases in cropping rotations has been widely promoted throughout Australia for reducing the incidence of dryland salinity. To a lesser extent, they have also been promoted to enhance the management of herbicideresistant weeds. No previous economic analysis of perennial pasture has considered both of these benefits. This study combines a dynamic linear programming model to estimate the magnitude of salinity-related benefits and a complex simulation model to assess the economics of herbicide-resistance management. We present a case study of the perennial pasture lucerne ( Medicago sativa L.) in the Wheatbelt of Western Australia, where the weed annual ryegrass ( Lolium rigidum Gaudin) is resistant to multiple herbicide groups. Sequences incorporating lucerne are the most profitable land use at the standard set of parameter values if (i) annual ryegrass is resistant to all selective herbicides, (ii) the water table is so shallow (approximately < 3.5 m deep) that frequent rotation with perennials is required to avert soil salinisation, (iii) sheep production is highly profitable, or (iv) there is a combination of less extreme cases. The value of perennial pasture is sufficient under these circumstances to overcome its high establishment cost and the displacement of multiple years of crop. Consideration of dryland salinity and herbicide resistance are about equally important in evaluating the economics of lucerne; neither should be neglected.
Theory Status of eps'/eps
Creators: name: Bertolini, Stefano
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: I shortly review the present status of the theoretical calculations of eps'/eps and the comparison with the present experimental results. I discuss the role of higher order chiral corrections and in general of non-factorizable contributions for the explanation of the Delta I = 1/2 selection rule and direct CP violation in kaon decays. Still lacking satisfactory lattice calculations, analytic methods and phenomenological approaches are helpful in understanding correlations among theoretical effects and experimental data. Substantial progress from lattice QCD is expected in the coming years.
description: 15 pages. Invited talk at the Int. Workshop on Heavy Quarks and Leptons, Vietri sul Mare, Italy, May 27 - June 1, 2002. Refs added
MOESM8 of Optimising the use of caesarean section: a generic formative research protocol for implementation preparation
Creators: name: Bohren, Meghan
name: Opiyo, Newton
name: Kingdon, Carol
name: Downe, Soo
name: BetrÃ¡N, Ana
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Cancer
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 8. Qualitative module 4: Labour companionship.
Multi-dimensional Weyl Modules and Symmetric Functions
Creators: name: Feigin, B.
name: Loktev, S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Quantum Algebra (math.QA)
subject: Representation Theory (math.RT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: The Weyl modules in the sense of V.Chari and A.Pressley [CP] over the current Lie algebra on an affine variety are studied. We show that local Weyl modules are finite-dimensional and generalize the tensor product decomposition theorem from [CP]. More explicit results are stated for currents on a non-singular affine variety of dimension $d$ with coefficients in the Lie algebra $sl_r$. The Weyl modules with highest weights proportional to the vector representation one are related to the multi-dimensional analogs of harmonic functions. The dimensions of such local Weyl modules are calculated in the following cases. For $d=1$ we show that the dimensions are equal to powers of $r$. For $d=2$ we show that the dimensions are given by products of the higher Catalan numbers (the usual Catalan numbers for $r=2$). We finally formulate a conjecture for an arbitrary $d$ and $r=2$.
description: LaTeX, 13 pages; more detail added. To appear at Comm. Math. Phys
UNCHARTED HIMALAYAS: DISCOVERING HIDDEN DESTINATIONS TO EASE OVER-TOURISM
Creators: name: Vipan Kumar
name: Ashish Nag
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Himalayan tourism offers the diversity of experience no one else does-pure adrenalincharged outdoor adventures combined with genuine culture immersion. World-famous for its sign- posted treks and hiking routes, Everest Base Camp, Langtang Valley, and the breathtaking vistas of the Annapurna Circuit, untouched valleys, ancient glaciers, and sparkling alpine lakes, to name just a few. For the winter sports lover, there are skiing and snowboarding facilities at Auli and Gulmarg and, for the adventure-seeker, it also hosts heli-skiing on untouched Himachal Pradesh. It is also famous for mountain bike trails across the unexplored Zanskar and Pir Panjal mountains besides water sports including white-water rafting on the Ganga River. It also boasts a unique yak safari. The varied ecosystems here, from alpine meadows to subtropical forests, sustain quite exclusive wildlife; it's an abode for scholars and environmental enthusiasts. It has significant spiritual and cultural importance besides its breathtaking natural features. A travelling destination Tibet, monasteries, fairs and folk art ensure that the tourist develops an intimate interaction with the heritage of the region; the age-old Buddhist traditions portrayed by old monasteries like Tawang in India and Tiger’s Nest in Bhutan; holy places like Amarnath Cave and Vaishno Devi, where each year thousands of pilgrims visit it from all over the globe-give Himalayan tourism a more spiritual dimension. Rest and rejuvenation at hill stations such as Shimla and Manali aptly, for these provide peaceful havens with breathtaking scenery and temperate temperatures. Big summits, such as Mount Everest, offer immense opportunity in terms of inspiration and challenge to mountaineers and photographers. Thus, the Himalayas are a unique place that offers something for every type of travellers by combining diverse ecosystems, exhilarating experiences, spiritual encounters, and rich cultural traditions.
Haliotrematoides caesionis, n. comb.
Creators: name: Kritsky, Delane C.
name: Tingbao, Yang
name: Yuan, Sun
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Platyhelminthes
Monogenea
Dactylogyridea
Ancyrocephalidae
Haliotrematoides
Haliotrematoides caesionis

description: Haliotrematoides caesionis (Yamaguti, 1953) n. comb.
(Figs. 120–125)
 Syn. Haliotrema caesionis Yamaguti, 1953.
 Source of current specimens: Redbelly yellowtail fusilier, Caesio cuning (Bloch) (Caesionidae): off Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia (23 o 27'S, 151 o 55'E), 15 July 2001.
 Type host and locality: Redbelly yellowtail fusilier, Caesio cuning (Bloch) (Caesionidae): Macassar, Indonesia.
 Site of infection: Gills.
 Specimens studied: 27 voucher specimens, USNPC 101375, BMNH 2008.11.19.65-69, QM G230698- 704.
 Previous record (as Haliotrema caesionis): Caesio cuning [as C. kuning (Cuvier & Valenciennes)]: Macassar, Indonesia (Yamaguti 1953).
 Measurements: Body 664 (614–739; n = 16) long; greatest width 94 (79–113; n = 17). Haptor 93 (82–103; n = 16) long, 83 (75–95; n = 16) wide. Pharynx 33 (30–37; n = 17) wide. MCO 50 (45–55; n = 4) long. Ventral anchor 61 (58–64; n = 9) long; dorsal anchor 64 (61–68; n = 8) long. Ventral bar 33 (31–35; n = 6) long; dorsal bar 40 (37–43; n = 7) long. Hook 13 (12–14; n = 25) long. Germarium 65 (52–86; n = 9) long, 27 (22–34; n = 9) wide; testis 89 (75–114; n = 15) long, 41 (30–48; n = 15) wide.
 Remarks: Yamaguti (1953), who described this species as Haliotrema caesionis, provided an adequate description for diagnosis of the species. Present specimens and the original description justify transfer of the species to Haliotrematoides as H. caesionis (Yamaguti, 1953) n. comb. The following information from present specimens supplements the original description: 1) the base of the dorsal anchor is perforated (not shown in the original description); 2) the median notch on the dorsal bar described by Yamaguti (1953) was not present in current specimens; 3) a vesicle containing fine granular material was associated with each shaft of the dorsal and ventral anchors (not mentioned by Yamaguti 1953); 4) the posterior eyespots have an anterolateral lens (apparently not observed by Yamaguti 1953); and 5) the two prostatic reservoirs and the inflated proximal portion of the vas deferens were not observed in present specimens.
 The present finding of H. caesionis on Caesio cuning in Australia represents a new locality record for the helminth.
description: Published as part of Kritsky, Delane C., Tingbao, Yang & Yuan, Sun, 2009, Dactylogyrids (Monogenoidea, Polyonchoinea) parasitizing the gills of snappers (Perciformes, Lutjanidae): Proposal of Haliotrematoides n. gen. and descriptions of new and previously described species from marine fishes of the Red Sea, the eastern and Indo-west Pacific Ocean, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea, pp. 1-51 in Zootaxa 1970 (1970) on pages 43-44
MOESM3 of Clinical significance of stromal ER and PR expression in periampullary adenocarcinoma
Creators: name: Andersson, Gustav
name: Lundgren, Sebastian
name: Heby, Margareta
name: Nodin, Björn
name: Elebro, Jacob
name: Jirström, Karin
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer

description: Additional file 3: Table S2. Associations of ER expression status (negative vs positive) with patient and tumor characteristics in the entire cohort, intestinal-type tumors and pancreatobiliary-type tumors, allover and stratified by sex.
Aircraft Demand Forecasting
Creators: name: Monahan, Kayla M
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2016

description: This thesis aims to forecast aircraft demand in the aerospace and defense industry, specifically aircraft orders and deliveries. Orders are often placed by airline companies with aircraft manufacturers, and then suddenly canceled due to changes in plans. Therefore, at some point during the three-year lead time, the number of orders placed and realized deliveries may be quite different. As a result, orders and deliveries are very difficult to predict and are influenced by many different factors. Among these factors are past trends, macroeconomic indicators as well as aircraft sales measures. These predictor variables were analyzed thoroughly, then used with time series and multiple regression forecasting methods to develop different forecasts for quarterly and annual orders and deliveries. The relative accuracies of forecasts were measured and compared through the use of Theil’s U statistic. Finally, a linear program was used to aggregate multiple forecasts to develop an optimal combination of all forecasts. In conclusion, the methods employed in this thesis are quite effective and produce a wholesome aggregate forecast with an error that is generally quite low for a forecasting task as challenging as this one.
ADDRESSING THE PRINCIPAL-AGENT PROBLEM TO FOSTER COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN SUSTAINABLE TOURISM DEVELOPMENT
Creators: name: Kuldeep Verma
name: Dr. Aditi Rawat
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Sustainable tourism development thrives on the active participation of local communities. Their involvement ensures that tourism not only bolsters the economy but also respects cultural heritage and preserves the environment. However, the Principal-Agent Problem, a concept rooted in economics, has emerged as a significant barrier to genuine community participation in this process. Understanding and addressing this issue is essential to building a sustainable tourism framework that benefits all stakeholders. The Principal-Agent Problem occurs when the goals and interests of the principal (policymakers, tourism authorities, or private developers) and the agent (local communities) diverge, often exacerbated by asymmetric information. In the context of sustainable tourism development, principals often devise top-down strategies, expecting communities to comply and contribute without addressing their specific needs, aspirations, or concerns. This disconnect stifles the potential for collaboration and mutual benefit.
Connecticut Milk Cost of Production Estimates for January, February, and March 2013
Creators: name: Lopez, Rigoberto
name: Rabinowitz, Adam
name: Lopez, Rigoberto
name: Rabinowitz, Adam
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Demand and Price Analysis
subject: Connecticut
subject: milk
subject: production

description: 2013 Connecticut Milk Cost of Production Estimates, Statistical Uniform Price, and Application of Public Act 09-229
Quantum Rabi oscillations in coherent and squeezed coherent states via one- and two-photon transitions
Creators: name: Alexanian, Moorad
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We determine the Rabi oscillations for coherent and squeezed coherent states via one- and two-photon atomic transitions in two- and three-level atoms, respectively. The effect of squeezing coherent states is to reduce the large number of photons of mesoscopic scale to fewer photons and so be able to use numerical solutions with the aid of the Jaynes-Cummings model. We maximize the squeezing of the coherent state by minimizing the ratio of the photon number variance to photon number, thus narrowing the region where revival occurs.
Resiliency and loss: A case study of two clusters of high elevation ice patches in the Greater Yellowstone ecosystem, USA
Creators: name: Reckin, Rachel
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2017
Subjects: climate change
high elevation archaeology
ice patch archaeology
glacial archaeology
cryosphere
paleoclimate

description: Archaeologists worldwide know very little about the immense ecosystem changes already underway in the mountains and the threats that anthropogenic climate change poses to high elevation cultural resources. So how do we proceed? What do we prioritize? Is high elevation ice resilient to these changing climates, and if so, how much? How much time do we have before mid-latitude high elevation ice disappears entirely? This paper comments on the impacts of climate change to high elevation cultural resources, particularly ice patches, whose presence as a constant source of water is vital to the general appeal of high elevations for human occupation. Beyond their ecological importance, ice patches can also preserve ancient organic artifacts and paleobiological material for over 10,000 years. And they are melting rapidly thanks to anthropogenic climate change. This paper offers a case study of two groups of archaeologically productive high elevation ice patches from the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, analyzing their resiliency in the face of warming temperatures and changing climates. Ultimately, I conclude that high elevation patches of ice and snow may be losing their resiliency to warmer temperatures as their ancient ice melts, making them ever more vulnerable to climate change. Ice patch researchers are in a race against time to identify productive ice patches and recover any fragile artifacts or paleobiological material they may contain before they melt completely. For many of these patches, this would be their first complete melt since the early Holocene.
Architecture for Science: Space as an Incubator to Nurture Research
Creators: name: Mohammad Shafiee, Maryam
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2014

description: This thesis will study how scientific research environments should be designed, specifically addressing the issues beyond mere needs of research scientists. Assuming that the purpose of research is to create new knowledge and foster discoveries, as well as positively influence the community in its processes and results, this thesis will explore the potential of the influence of this building typology that has not been previously considered enough. The objectives of the thesis are on one hand, the changes in science disciplines and their reflections in the evolution among this building type, on the other hand, the impacts of research environment on scientific evolution. The question is, beyond support, can architecture promote and nurture science and enlighten scientists toward a new understanding of scientific activities? Based on this research, it is assumed that good science happens in spaces that are transparent and dynamically communicative. The methodologies, which will be used to address these objectives, include literature review, exploration of case studies, surveys and interviews with scientists about their use of the laboratory buildings, and the design of a prototype building for scientific research.
Slepton Oscillation at Large Hadron Collider
Creators: name: Hisano, Junji
name: Kitano, Ryuichiro
name: Nojiri, Mihoko M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Measurement of Lepton-Flavor Violation (LFV) in the minimal SUSY Standard Model (MSSM) at Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is studied based on a realistic simulation. We consider the LFV decay of the second-lightest neutralino, $\tildeχ^0_2 \to \tilde{l} l' \to l l' \tildeχ^0_1$, in the case where the flavor mixing exists in the right-handed sleptons. We scan the parameter space of the minimal supergravity model (MSUGRA) and a more generic model in which we take the Higgsino mass $μ$ as a free parameter. We find that the possibility of observing LFV at LHC is higher if $μ$ is smaller than the MSUGRA prediction; the LFV search at LHC can cover the parameter range where the $μ\to e γ$ decay can be suppressed by the cancellation among the diagrams for this case.
description: 29 pages, 10 figures
Influence of Inoculum Preparation upon Sensitivity of Common Food Borne Pathogens to Emulsion Based Antimicrobials
Creators: name: Murray, Dillon SD
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2016

description: Antimicrobial optimization procedures use the most resistant bacterial culture that could be present in the food to determine the levels of treatment needed to ensure safety. These procedures usually only focus on one method of preparing these inoculums for testing despite prior research showing that the preparation of the culture can influence how the culture reacts to a treatment. In this work, planktonic cells grown in a liquid media and sessile cells grown on a similar solid media were subjected to identical emulsion based antimicrobial systems. The cultures were monitored over time and their numbers periodically enumerated. Weibullian destruction models were used to characterize bacterial death and the different inoculum preparations were separated using ANOVA statistical tests. Using these models highly significant differences between the different sessile and planktonic methods of growth were found. This difference was also found to not be related to the production of curli used in biofilm formation. These results suggest that the methods of inoculum preparation can be a significant factor in bacterial survival, a factor that should be included in food antimicrobial optimization procedures.
The Origin of Inequality. Origini 3, edited by Andrea Cardarelli, Alberto Cazzella and Marcella Frangipane
Creators: name: Barker, Graeme
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2017
Subjects: origins of inequality
egalitarianism
progressivist models
agriculture
sedentism
surplus
population pressure

description: The article reviews The Origins of Inequality, a collection of essays brought together by Andrea Cardarelli, Alberto Cazzella and Marcella Frangipane following a series of seminars on this theme at the University of Roma La Sapienza. The volume was formally presented at the university in May 2017 as the focus of a discussion of its theme by a philosopher (Giacomo Marramao), economic historian (Monika Poettinger), cultural anthropologist (Alessandro Lupo) and archaeologist (Graeme Barker). The review is an edited version of Graeme Barker’s contribution, which he structured in terms of the book‘s evidence of how the research agenda has developed in the 20 years since Gary Feinman summarised it in his final chapter in the book he edited with Douglas Price, The Foundations of Social Inequality (New York: Plenum Press, 1995).
Analytic Planetary Transit Light Curves and Derivatives for Stars with Polynomial Limb Darkening
Creators: name: Agol, Eric
name: Luger, Rodrigo
name: Foreman-Mackey, Daniel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We derive analytic, closed-form solutions for the light curve of a planet transiting a star with a limb darkening profile which is a polynomial function of the stellar elevation, up to arbitrary integer order. We provide improved analytic expressions for the uniform, linear, and quadratic limb-darkened cases, as well as novel expressions for higher order integer powers of limb darkening. The formulae are crafted to be numerically stable over the expected range of usage. We additionally present analytic formulae for the partial derivatives of instantaneous flux with respect to the radius ratio, impact parameter, and limb darkening coefficients. These expressions are rapid to evaluate, and compare quite favorably in speed and accuracy to existing transit light curve codes. We also use these expressions to numerically compute the first partial derivatives of exposure-time averaged transit light curves with respect to all model parameters. An additional application is modeling eclipsing binary or eclipsing multiple star systems in cases where the stars may be treated as spherically symmetric. We provide code which implements these formulae in C++, Python, IDL, and Julia, with tests and examples of usage.
description: 57 pages, 18 figures. Accepted to AJ
Oceanic Anoxia Event 2 (~94 Ma) in the U.S. Western Interior Sea: High Resolution Foraminiferal Record of the Development of Anoxia in a Shallow Epicontinental Sea
Creators: name: Parker, Amanda L
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2016

description: The Upper Cretaceous Tropic Shale of southern Utah captures critical oceanographic changes that occurred during Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 (OAE 2) and the transgression of the Greenhorn Sea. We investigated the response of planktic and benthic foraminifera in a shallow (<100 >m) marine environment stressed by the onset of OAE 2 during the Cenomanian-Turonian boundary (CTB; 93.9 Ma) to determine the oceanographic mechanisms controlling the observed turnovers in the foraminiferal record. This study is based on high-resolution quantitative foraminifera counts and isotope paleoecology (d18O and d13C) from a 40-m outcrop. The OAE 2 interval is identified by a distinctive d13Corg signature and by correlation of bentonites and limestones across the seaway.
Results of assemblage analyses indicate discrete intervals of environmental perturbations across the CTB interval. At the onset of OAE 2, surface waters were dominated by planktic Guembelitra cenomana with minor species of Heterohelix. Benthic abundances increase and were initially dominated by oxygen tolerant infaunal Neobulimina albertensis. Epifaunal Gavelinella dakotaensis briefly proliferated during the core of the OAE 2 and coinciding with the planktic “Heterohelix shift” and increasing accumulation of organic matter. The peak of OAE 2 at ~17 m is marked by a rapid shift to infaunal Neobulimina dominance. We suspect incursion of oxygen-poor Tethyan intermediate waters with peak transgression during the early Turonian, coupled with high productivity in surface waters resulted in the rapid depletion of benthic oxygen. The foraminiferal record reveals strong cyclicity in planktic/benthic ratio resembling parasequences that correlate to the GSSP in central Colorado.
Connecticut Milk Cost of Production Estimates for April, May, and June 2013
Creators: name: Lopez, Rigoberto
name: Rabinowitz, Adam
name: Lopez, Rigoberto
name: Rabinowitz, Adam
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Demand and Price Analysis
subject: Connecticut
subject: milk
subject: production

description: 2013 Connecticut Milk Cost of Production Estimates, Statistical Uniform Price, and Application of Public Act 09-229
MOESM6 of Optimising the use of caesarean section: a generic formative research protocol for implementation preparation
Creators: name: Bohren, Meghan
name: Opiyo, Newton
name: Kingdon, Carol
name: Downe, Soo
name: BetrÃ¡N, Ana
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Cancer
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 6. Qualitative module 2: Decision-aids for mode of birth.
Mitigating climate change effects on cultural heritage?
Creators: name: Martens, Vibeke Vandrup
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2017
Subjects: climate change
arctic archaeology
cultural heritage management
preservation

description: How fast do archaeological deposits, soil features and artefacts degrade? Is it possible to preserve archaeological remains in situ without significant loss of information potential? Modern archaeology and heritage management needs to prepare for and respond to modern climate change, causing higher temperatures, increased and more concentrated precipitation events and changes from snow to rain which may lead to an irrevocable loss of information. This paper suggests sets of threshold levels and threat evaluations of heritage sites, possible mitigation and management strategies, on a basis of archaeological observations and results of palaeoecological and geochemical analyses of archaeological deposits from rural sites in northernmost Norway, combined with climate data and continuous monitoring of soil temperature, moisture and redox potential in sections. This data, collected in an interdisciplinary research project, constitutes the basic research material for evaluations of conservation state and preservation conditions. Decay studies indicate that many site types may be at risk with the predicted climate change. The results have consequences for heritage management of a large number of sites from all periods.
DEVELOPING BAT-WATCHING TOURISM IN THE HIMALAYAN REGION
Creators: name: Devendra Singh
name: KC, Junaid
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Bat-watching tourism is a unique and exciting activity where people observe bats in their natural habitats. This niche form of tourism not only allows visitors to enjoy the beauty of these nocturnal creatures but also educates them about bats' crucial role in maintaining ecosystems. Bats are vital pollinators, seed dispersers, and nutrient cyclers, making them essential for the health of various habitats. Despite their ecological significance, bats remain largely misunderstood due to their nocturnal behavior and misconceptions. Bat-watching tourism has been successfully developed in places like the Congress Avenue Bridge in Texas, USA, and Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico, where millions of bats emerge at dusk, creating a mesmerizing spectacle.
High Performance Solution of Skew-symmetric Eigenvalue Problems with Applications in Solving the Bethe-Salpeter Eigenvalue Problem
Creators: name: Penke, Carolin
name: Marek, Andreas
name: Vorwerk, Christian
name: Draxl, Claudia
name: Benner, Peter
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: Data Structures and Algorithms (cs.DS)
subject: Mathematical Software (cs.MS)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: G.1.3; G.4
subject: 65Y05, 15B57

description: We present a high-performance solver for dense skew-symmetric matrix eigenvalue problems. Our work is motivated by applications in computational quantum physics, where one solution approach to solve the so-called Bethe-Salpeter equation involves the solution of a large, dense, skew-symmetric eigenvalue problem. The computed eigenpairs can be used to compute the optical absorption spectrum of molecules and crystalline systems. One state-of-the art high-performance solver package for symmetric matrices is the ELPA (Eigenvalue SoLvers for Petascale Applications) library. We extend the methods available in ELPA to skew-symmetric matrices. This way, the presented solution method can benefit from the optimizations available in ELPA that make it a well-established, efficient and scalable library, such as GPU support. We compare performance and scalability of our method to the only available high-performance approach for skew-symmetric matrices, an indirect route involving complex arithmetic. In total, we achieve a performance that is up to 3.67 higher than the reference method using Intel's ScaLAPACK implementation. The runtime to solve the Bethe-Salpeter-Eigenvalue problem can be improved by a factor of 10. Our method is freely available in the current release of the ELPA library.
Measurement of the Beam-Spin Azimuthal Asymmetry Associated with Deeply-Virtual Compton Scattering
Creators: name: HERMES Collaboration
name: Airapetian, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The beam-spin asymmetry in hard electroproduction of photons has been measured for the first time. The data have been accumulated by the HERMES experiment at DESY using the HERA 27.6 GeV longitudinally polarized positron beam and an unpolarized hydrogen gas target. The asymmetry in the azimuthal distribution of the produced photons in the angle phi relative to the lepton scattering plane was determined with respect to the helicity state of the incoming positron beam. The beam-spin analyzing power in the sin(phi) moment was measured to be -0.23 +/- 0.04(stat) +/- 0.03(syst) in the missing-mass range below 1.7 GeV. The observed asymmetry is attributed to the interference of the Bethe-Heitler and deeply-virtual Compton scattering processes.
description: 6 pages, 5 figures, revised experimental description
Integrated Solar Technologies with Outdoor Pedestrian Bridge Superstructure Decking
Creators: name: Racz, Richard K
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2016

description: Solar technology has been a major topic in sustainable design for many years. In the last five years, however, the solar technology industry has seen a rapid growth in installations and technological advances in cell design. Combined with a rapidly declining overall system cost, the idea of introducing solar technology into a wider range of applications is becoming a focus for engineers and scientists around the world. So many variables which alter solar energy production, such as the sun and surrounding environment, determine whether a solar design is beneficial. This thesis presents a bridge deck surface integrated with solar cells tested under all AASHTO LRFD pedestrian bridge loadings. A detailed solar analysis of the University of Massachusetts’s campus is presented to determine if solar integration is even plausible for the Northeastern United States with the energy limitations created by the deck integration, as well as an economic evaluation of the deck design. The purpose of this thesis was to determine if a walking surface could be integrated with solar technology and be a plausible alternative to conventional walking surfaces, while providing a source of sustainable power.