cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Καινοτομία επιχειρήσεων και πρόσβαση σε χρηματοδότηση: Μία εμπειρική ανάλυση για ελληνικές επιχειρήσεις
title: Corporate innovation and access to finance: An empirical analysis for Greek companies
Creators: name: Μπουλουγαρη Αγγελικη
Publisher: name: Technical University of Crete
Year: 2023

description: Οι μικροί και μεσαίοι οργανισμοί (ΜμΕ) αναδεικνύονται ως ο κινητήριος μοχλός της οικονομίας, τόσο σε εθνικό όσο και σε ευρωπαϊκό επίπεδο, καθώς συντελούν σε μεγάλο βαθμό στη δημιουργία νέων θέσεων απασχόλησης, ενώ ταυτόχρονα συνιστούν σημαντική πηγή οικονομικής προστιθέμενης αξίας. Ο ρόλος τους εκτείνεται σε πολλούς τομείς, περιλαμβανομένης της ενίσχυσης της απασχόλησης, της αύξησης της ανταγωνιστικότητας και της προώθησης της καινοτομίας, με αποτέλεσμα να συμβάλλουν στην ευημερία της κοινωνίας και τη διατήρηση της κοινωνικής σταθερότητας. Παρά ταύτα, η επιβίωσή τους αντιμετωπίζει σημαντικές προκλήσεις στο σύγχρονο, παγκόσμιο περιβάλλον υψηλής ανταγωνιστικότητας. Απαιτείται συνεχής εκσυγχρονισμός στην παραγωγή και τη διαχείριση, ανάπτυξη καινοτόμων υπηρεσιών και προϊόντων, υιοθέτηση προηγμένων τεχνολογιών,  δικτύωση και συνεργασίες αλλά και πρόσβαση σε συνεχή πληροφόρηση και χρηματοδότηση. Η πρόσβαση σε χρηματοδότηση θα πρέπει να λαμβάνει υπόψη τις ιδιαίτερες ανάγκες των επιχειρήσεων αλλά και να λειτουργεί ως βασικός μοχλός στήριξης της βιώσιμης ανάπτυξης σε βάθος χρόνου. Στο πλαίσιο αυτής της εργασίας, θα εξεταστεί η σχέση μεταξύ της τάσης των ελληνικών επιχειρήσεων για την ανάπτυξη καινοτόμων προϊόντων και υπηρεσιών και των δυσκολιών που αντιμετωπίζουν όσον αφορά την πρόσβαση σε διάφορες πηγές χρηματοδότησης. Τα δεδομένα για την ανάλυση του παρόντος θέματος προέρχονται από την Enterprice Survey της Παγκόσμιας Τράπεζας που έλαβε χώρα το 2018 και εξετάστηκε ένα δείγμα 600 ελληνικών επιχειρήσεων.
description: Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are emerging as the driving force of the economy, both at national and European level, as they contribute to a large extent to the creation of new jobs, while at the same time constituting an important source of economic value added. Their role spans many areas, including boosting employment, increasing competitiveness and promoting innovation, thus contributing to the well-being of society and maintaining social stability. Nevertheless, their survival faces significant challenges in today's highly competitive global environment. It requires continuous modernisation in production and management, the development of innovative services and products, the adoption of advanced technologies, networking and partnerships, and access to continuous information and funding. Access to finance should take into account the specific needs of businesses but also act as a key lever to support sustainable growth over time. This paper will discuss the relationship between the tendency of Greek firms to develop innovative products and services and the difficulty they face in accessing various sources of finance. The data for the analysis of this topic comes from the World Bank's Enterprice Survey that took place in 2018 and examined a sample of 600 Greek firms.
Redundant Canonical and Noncanonical Caenorhabditis elegans p21-Activated Kinase Signaling Governs Distal Tip Cell Migrations
Creators: name: Gossett, Andrea J.
name: Reiner, David J.
name: Goldstein, Bob
name: Der, Channing J.
name: Peters, Eldon C.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2013

description: p21-activated kinases (Paks) are prominent mediators of Rac/Cdc42-dependent and -independent signaling and regulate signal transduction and cytoskeletal-based cell movements. We used the reproducible migrations of the Caenorhabditis elegans gonadal distal tip cells to show that two of the three nematode Pak proteins, MAX-2 and PAK-1, function redundantly in regulation of cell migration but are regulated by very different mechanisms. First, we suggest that MAX-2 requires CED-10/Rac function and thus functions canonically. Second, PIX-1 and GIT-1 function in the same role as PAK-1, and PAK-1 interaction with PIX-1 is required for PAK-1 activity; thus, PAK-1 functions noncanonically. The human Pak-Pix-Git complex is central to noncanonical Pak signaling and requires only modest Rac/CDC-42 input. Unlike the human complex, our results suggest that the C. elegans Pak-Pix-Git complex requires PAK-1 kinase domain activity. This study delineates signaling network relationships in this cell migration model, thus providing potential further mechanistic insights and an assessment of total Pak contribution to cell migration events.
The Development of a Monoclonal Antibody Recognizing the Drosophila melanogaster Phosphorylated Histone H2A Variant (γ-H2AV)
Creators: name: Sekelsky, Jeff
name: Korda Holsclaw, Julie
name: Bellendir, Stephanie P.
name: Hawley, R. Scott
name: Lake, Cathleen M.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2013

description: The recognition of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) using a phospho-specific antibody to the histone 2A variant has become the gold standard assay for DNA damage detection. Here we report on the development of the first monoclonal antibody to the phospho-specific form of Drosophila H2AV and characterize the specificity of this antibody to programmed DSBs in oocytes and rereplication sites in endocycling cells by immunofluorescence assays and to DSBs resulting from irradiation in both cell culture and whole tissue by Western blot assays. These studies show that the antibody derived in the study is highly specific for this modification that occurs at DSB sites, and therefore will be a new useful tool within the Drosophila community for the study of DNA damage response, DSB repair, meiotic recombination and chemical agents that cause DNA damage.
Unconventional Strong Spin-Fluctuation Effects around the Critical Pressure of the Itinerant Ising-Type Ferromagnet URhAl
Creators: name: Shimizu, Yusei
name: Braithwaite, Daniel
name: Salce, Bernard
name: Combier, Tristan
name: Aoki, Dai
name: Hering, Eduardo N.
name: Ramos, Scheilla M.
name: Flouquet, Jacques
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Resistivity measurements were performed for the itinerant Ising-type ferromagnet URhAl at temperatures down to 40 mK under high pressure up to 7.5 GPa, using single crystals. We found that the critical pressure of the Curie temperature exists at around $P_c$ ~ 5.2 GPa. Near $P_c$, the $A$-coefficient of the $AT^{2}$ Fermi-liquid resistivity term below $T^*$ is largely enhanced with a maximum around 5.2-5.5 GPa. Above $P_c$, the exponent of the resistivity $ρ(T)$ deviates from 2. At $P_c$, it is close to $n = 5/3$, which is expected by the theory of three-dimensional ferromagnetic spin fluctuations for a 2nd-order quantum-critical point (QCP). However, $T_C(P)$ disappears as a 1st-order phase transition, and the critical behavior of resistivity in URhAl cannot be explained by the theory of a 2nd-order QCP. The 1st-order nature of the phase transition is weak, and the critical behavior is still dominated by the spin fluctuation at low temperature. With increasing pressure, the non-Fermi-liquid behavior is observed in higher fields. Magnetic field studies point out a ferromagnetic wing structure with a tri-critical point (TCP) at ~ 4.8-4.9 GPa in URhAl. One open possibility is that the switch from the ferromagnetic to the paramagnetic states does not occur simply but an intermediate state arises below the TCP as suggested theoretically recently. Quite generally, if a drastic Fermi-surface change occurs through $P_c$, the nature of the interaction itself may change and lead to the observed unconventional behavior.
description: 9 pages, 9 figures
Variation in Meiotic Recombination Frequencies Between Allelic Transgenes Inserted at Different Sites in the Drosophila melanogaster Genome
Creators: name: Sekelsky, Jeff
name: McMahan, Susan
name: Kohl, Kathryn P.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2013

description: Meiotic crossovers are distributed nonrandomly across the genome. Classic studies in Drosophila suggest that the position of a gene along a chromosome arm can affect the outcome of the recombination process, with proximity to the centromere being associated with lower crossing over. To examine this phenomenon molecularly, we developed an assay that measures meiotic crossovers and noncrossover gene conversions between allelic transgenes inserted into different genomic positions. To facilitate collecting a large number of virgin females, we developed a useful genetic system that kills males and undesired classes of females. We found that the recombination frequency at a site in the middle of the X chromosome, where crossovers are normally frequent, was similar to the frequency at the centromere-proximal end of the euchromatin, where crossovers are normally infrequent. In contrast, we recovered no recombinants—crossovers or noncrossovers—at a site on chromosome 4 and at a site toward the distal end of the X chromosome. These results suggest that local sequence or chromatin features have a stronger impact on recombination rates in this transgene assay than position along the chromosome arm.
Biomimicry using Embodied Materials in Paper Making Workshops
Creators: name: Findley, Jules
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 120306 Textile and Fashion Design
subject: FOS: Arts (arts, history of arts, performing arts, music)

description: Full paper presented at the Association of Fashion & Textile Courses (FTC) conference Futurescan 4: Valuing Practice, University of Bolton, UK, 23rd-24th January 2019.
Futurescan 4: Valuing PracticeEdited by: Helena Britt, Kevin Almond, Laura MorganISBN: 978-1-5272-4969-1
Genomic Profiling of Collaborative Cross Founder Mice Infected with Respiratory Viruses Reveals Novel Transcripts and Infection-Related Strain-Specific Gene and Isoform Expression
Creators: name: Schroth, Gary P.
name: Whitmore, Alan C.
name: Katze, Michael G.
name: Baric, Ralph S.
name: Morrison, Juliet
name: Ferris, Martin T.
name: Xiong, Hao
name: Thomas, Matthew J.
name: Green, Richard
name: Peng, Xinxia
name: Pardo-Manuel de Villena, Fernando
name: Tisoncik-Go, Jennifer
name: Gralinski, Lisa E.
name: Heise, Mark T.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: Genetic variation between diverse mouse species is well-characterized, yet existing knowledge of the mouse transcriptome comes largely from one mouse strain (C57BL/6J). As such, it is unlikely to reflect the transcriptional complexity of the mouse species. Gene transcription is dynamic and condition-specific; therefore, to better understand the mouse transcriptional response to respiratory virus infection, we infected the eight founder strains of the Collaborative Cross with either influenza A virus or severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus and sequenced lung RNA samples at 2 and 4 days after infection. We found numerous instances of transcripts that were not present in the C57BL/6J reference annotation, indicating that a nontrivial proportion of the mouse genome is transcribed but poorly annotated. Of these novel transcripts, 2150 could be aligned to human or rat genomes, but not to existing mouse genomes, suggesting functionally conserved sequences not yet recorded in mouse genomes. We also found that respiratory virus infection induced differential expression of 4287 splicing junctions, resulting in strain-specific isoform expression. Of these, 59 were influenced by strain-specific mutations within 2 base pairs of key intron–exon boundaries, suggesting cis-regulated expression. Our results reveal the complexity of the transcriptional response to viral infection, previously undocumented genomic elements, and extensive diversity in the response across mouse strains. These findings identify hitherto unexplored transcriptional patterns and undocumented transcripts in genetically diverse mice. Host genetic variation drives the complexity and diversity of the host response by eliciting starkly different transcriptional profiles in response to a viral infection.
High-Resolution Genetic Mapping in the Diversity Outbred Mouse Population Identifies Apobec1 as a Candidate Gene for Atherosclerosis
Creators: name: Smallwood, Tangi L.
name: Gatti, Daniel M.
name: Weinstock, George M.
name: Pomp, Daniel
name: Jung, Kuo-Chen
name: Bennett, Brian J.
name: Hua, Kunjie
name: Zhao, Liyang
name: Quizon, Pamela
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: Inbred mice exhibit strain-specific variation in susceptibility to atherosclerosis and dyslipidemia that renders them useful in dissecting the genetic architecture of these complex diseases. Traditional quantitative trait locus (QTL) mapping studies using inbred strains often identify large genomic regions, containing many genes, due to limited recombination and/or sample size. This hampers candidate gene identification and translation of these results into possible risk factors and therapeutic targets. An alternative approach is the use of multiparental outbred lines for genetic mapping, such as the Diversity Outbred (DO) mouse panel, which can be more informative than traditional two-parent crosses and can aid in the identification of causal genes and variants associated with QTL. We fed 292 female DO mice either a high-fat, cholesterol-containing (HFCA) diet, to induce atherosclerosis, or a low-fat, high-protein diet for 18 wk and measured plasma lipid levels before and after diet treatment. We measured markers of atherosclerosis in the mice fed the HFCA diet. The mice were genotyped on a medium-density single-nucleotide polymorphism array and founder haplotypes were reconstructed using a hidden Markov model. The reconstructed haplotypes were then used to perform linkage mapping of atherosclerotic lesion size as well as plasma total cholesterol, triglycerides, insulin, and glucose. Among our highly significant QTL we detected a ~100 kb QTL interval for atherosclerosis on Chromosome 6, as well as a 1.4 Mb QTL interval on Chromosome 9 for triglyceride levels at baseline and a coincident 22.2 Mb QTL interval on Chromosome 9 for total cholesterol after dietary treatment. One candidate gene within the Chromosome 6 peak region associated with atherosclerosis is Apobec1, the apolipoprotein B (ApoB) mRNA-editing enzyme, which plays a role in the regulation of ApoB, a critical component of low-density lipoprotein, by editing ApoB mRNA. This study demonstrates the value of the DO population to improve mapping resolution and to aid in the identification of potential therapeutic targets for cardiovascular disease. Using a DO mouse population fed an HFCA diet, we were able to identify an A/J-specific isoform of Apobec1 that contributes to atherosclerosis.
Constraints on Parameter Space from Perturbative Unitarity in Models with Three Scalar Doublets
Creators: name: Moretti, Stefano
name: Yagyu, Kei
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We calculate an $s$-wave amplitude matrix for all the possible 2--to--2 body scalar boson elastic scatterings in models with three scalar doublets, including contributions from the longitudinal component of weak gauge bosons via the Equivalence Theorem Approximation. Specifically, we concentrate on the two cases with two[one] active plus one[two] inert doublet fields, referred to as I(1+2)HDM[I(2+1)HDM], under CP conservation. We obtain three analytically irreducible sub-matrices with the $3\times 3$ form and eighteen eigenvalues for the amplitude matrix as an independent set, where the same formula can be applied to both models. By requiring a perturbative unitarity condition, we can constrain the magnitude of quartic coupling constants in the Higgs potential. This constraint, in particular in the I(1+2)HDM, can be translated into a bound on masses of extra active scalar bosons. Furthermore, when Standard Model-like Higgs boson couplings with weak gauge bosons are deviated from the Standard Model predictions, the unitarity condition provides an upper limit on the masses. We find that stronger upper bounds on the masses of the active CP-even and CP-odd Higgs bosons are obtained under the constraints from the unitarity and vacuum stability conditions, as well as the electroweak $S$, $T$ and $U$ parameters, as compared to those in 2-Higgs Doublet Models with a softly-broken $Z_2$ symmetry.
description: References added, minor modification of texts
Wool & Ull, how the history of British and Icelandic knitting traditions and industry have influenced my practice and teaching
Creators: name: Alexander, Christie
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 120306 Textile and Fashion Design
subject: FOS: Arts (arts, history of arts, performing arts, music)

description: Short paper presented at the Association of Fashion & Textile Courses (FTC) conference Futurescan 4: Valuing Practice, University of Bolton, UK, 23rd-24th January 2019.
Futurescan 4: Valuing PracticeEdited by: Helena Britt, Kevin Almond, Laura MorganISBN: 978-1-5272-4969-1
MPEC 2023-P04 : 2023 NJ6
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: 2023 NJ6

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.
The Traditional Textile Art of India: Preserving and Reviving the Glorious Heritage
Creators: name: Simrita Singh
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 120306 Textile and Fashion Design
subject: FOS: Arts (arts, history of arts, performing arts, music)

description: p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica} Full paper presented at the Association of Fashion & Textile Courses (FTC) conference Futurescan 4: Valuing Practice, University of Bolton, UK, 23rd-24th January 2019.
Futurescan 4: Valuing PracticeEdited by: Helena Britt, Kevin Almond, Laura MorganISBN: 978-1-5272-4969-1
Origin of the spin reorientation transitions in (Fe$_{1-x}$Co$_{x}$)$_{2}$B alloys
Creators: name: Belashchenko, Kirill D.
name: Ke, Liqin
name: Däne, Markus
name: Benedict, Lorin X.
name: Lamichhane, Tej Nath
name: Taufour, Valentin
name: Jesche, Anton
name: Bud'ko, Sergey L.
name: Canfield, Paul C.
name: Antropov, Vladimir P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Low-temperature measurements of the magnetocrystalline anisotropy energy $K$ in (Fe$_{1-x}$Co$_{x}$)$_{2}$B alloys are reported, and the origin of this anisotropy is elucidated using a first-principles electronic structure analysis. The calculated concentration dependence $K(x)$ with a maximum near $x=0.3$ and a minimum near $x=0.8$ is in excellent agreement with experiment. This dependence is traced down to spin-orbital selection rules and the filling of electronic bands with increasing electronic concentration. At the optimal Co concentration, $K$ depends strongly on the tetragonality and doubles under a modest 3% increase of the $c/a$ ratio, suggesting that the magnetocrystalline anisotropy can be further enhanced using epitaxial or chemical strain.
description: 4 pages + supplementary material, 6 figures. Accepted in Applied Physics Letters
title: Landscape planning to achieve sustainability : the IztacciÌ�huatl-PopocateÌ�petl region, Mexico, case study
Creators: name: Manuel. ChaÌ�ves-CorteÌ�s, Juan
Publisher: name: University of Liverpool Repository
Year: 2023

description: The overall goal of this thesis is to investigate the applicability of a landscape planning methodology that is founded on an ecosystem-based approach and focused on the delineation of ecologically sensitive areas. Its design is concerned with an ecosystem-based management approach as part of a broader landscape planning process that is intended to achieve environmental sustainability objectives; the key idea is that an ecosystem/landscape scale may well be the most important for the attainment of sustainability. Considering this, this research supports the idea that the employment of a network of watershed-ecosystem units provides an appropriate framework for planning towards sustainability at the landscape scale. In addition, the design of this methodology also gives room to solve theoretical and practical problems. The main theoretical problem is related to the generation of overall schemes that are consistent with holistic-multidimensional viewpoints about patterns and processes in landscapes. On the other hand, two practical problems are also confronted: the need to employ ecological principles and spatial concepts in landscape planning and the development of strategies to define and delineate areas of interest to planners. In this research this point is focused on the delineation of ecologically sensitive areas. In order to test the application of the planning methodology to a real-life context, the Iztaccihuatl-Popocatepetl volcanoes National Park region of Mexico was selected. This region is recognised as a typical example of a fragile mountain region. The major contributions of the thesis are related to theoretical and practical issues in an ecosystem-based management approach. In practical terms, results derived from the practical case study provide important inputs (database, diagnosis and proposals) to improve the planning process of the Iztaccihuatl-Popocatepetl region. Also, this methodological approach can be useful to solve the problems linked to fragile mountain ecosystems. It is concluded that ecosystem-based management is taking shape as an ecologically well-founded potential landscape planning approach, capable of playing the role of creating more sustainable regional systems and of searching for enduring multifunctional landscapes for the future.
Quantitative Trait Locus Mapping Methods for Diversity Outbred Mice
Creators: name: Simecek, P.
name: Churchill, G. A.
name: Palmer, A.
name: Chesler, E. J.
name: Broman, K. W.
name: Svenson, K. L.
name: Valdar, W.
name: Cheng, R.
name: Shabalin, A.
name: Goodwin, N.
name: Gatti, D. M.
name: Pomp, D.
name: Wu, L.-Y.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: Genetic mapping studies in the mouse and other model organisms are used to search for genes underlying complex phenotypes. Traditional genetic mapping studies that employ single-generation crosses have poor mapping resolution and limit discovery to loci that are polymorphic between the two parental strains. Multiparent outbreeding populations address these shortcomings by increasing the density of recombination events and introducing allelic variants from multiple founder strains. However, multiparent crosses present new analytical challenges and require specialized software to take full advantage of these benefits. Each animal in an outbreeding population is genetically unique and must be genotyped using a high-density marker set; regression models for mapping must accommodate multiple founder alleles, and complex breeding designs give rise to polygenic covariance among related animals that must be accounted for in mapping analysis. The Diversity Outbred (DO) mice combine the genetic diversity of eight founder strains in a multigenerational breeding design that has been maintained for >16 generations. The large population size and randomized mating ensure the long-term genetic stability of this population. We present a complete analytical pipeline for genetic mapping in DO mice, including algorithms for probabilistic reconstruction of founder haplotypes from genotyping array intensity data, and mapping methods that accommodate multiple founder haplotypes and account for relatedness among animals. Power analysis suggests that studies with as few as 200 DO mice can detect loci with large effects, but loci that account for <5% of trait variance may require a sample size of up to 1000 animals. The methods described here are implemented in the freely available R package DOQTL.
Fast-Forward: Proposals for a Light and Restorative Fashion Alternative
Creators: name: Goldsworthy, Kate
name: Politowicz, Kay
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 120306 Textile and Fashion Design
subject: FOS: Arts (arts, history of arts, performing arts, music)

description: Full paper presented at the Association of Fashion & Textile Courses (FTC) conference Futurescan 4: Valuing Practice, University of Bolton, UK, 23rd-24th January 2019.
Futurescan 4: Valuing PracticeEdited by: Helena Britt, Kevin Almond, Laura MorganISBN: 978-1-5272-4969-1
Hidden Order as a Source of Interface Superconductivity
Creators: name: Moor, Andreas
name: Volkov, Anatoly F.
name: Efetov, Konstantin B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Interfacial superconductivity is observed in a variety of heterostructures composed of different materials including superconducting and nonsuperconducting (at appropriate doping and temperatures) cuprates and iron-based pnictides. The origin of this superconductivity remains in many cases unclear. Here, we propose a general mechanism of interfacial superconductivity for systems with competing order parameters. We assume that parameters characterizing the material allow formation of another order like charge- or spin-density wave competing and prevailing superconductivity in the bulk (hidden superconductivity). Diffusive electron scattering on the interface results in a suppression of this order and releasing the superconductivity. Our theory is based on the use of Ginzburg--Landau equations applicable to a broad class of systems. We demonstrate that the local superconductivity appears in the vicinity of the interface and the spatial dependence of the superconducting order parameter~$Δ(x)$ is described by the Gross--Pitaevskii equation. Solving this equation we obtain quantized values of temperature and doping levels at which~$Δ(x)$ appears. Remarkably, the local superconductivity shows up even in the case when the rival order is only slightly suppressed and may arise also on the surface of the sample (surface superconductivity).
description: 9+ pages, 3 figures; typos corrected
MPEC 2023-P05 : 2023 LM6
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: 2023 LM6

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.
Entropy relations and the application of black holes with cosmological constant and Gauss-Bonnet term
Creators: name: Xu, Wei
name: Wang, Jia
name: Meng, Xin-he
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Based on the entropy relations, we derive thermodynamic bound for entropy and area of horizons of Schwarzschild-dS black hole, including the event horizon, Cauchy horizon and negative horizon (i.e. the horizon with negative value), which are all geometrical bound and made up of the cosmological radius. Consider the first derivative of entropy relations together, we get the first law of thermodynamics for all horizons. We also obtain the Smarr relation of horizons by using the scaling discussion. For thermodynamics of all horizons, the cosmological constant is treated as a thermodynamical variable. Especially for thermodynamics of negative horizon, it is defined well in the $r<0$ side of spacetime. The validity of this formula seems to work well for three-horizons black holes. We also generalize the discussion to thermodynamics for event horizon and Cauchy horizon of Gauss-Bonnet charged flat black holes, as the Gauss-Bonnet coupling constant is also considered as thermodynamical variable. These give further clue on the crucial role that the entropy relations of multi-horizons play in black hole thermodynamics and understanding the entropy at the microscopic level.
description: 12 pages, 0 figures, references added. Accepted for publication in Physics Letters B
Small RNA Expression from the Human Macrosatellite DXZ4
Creators: name: Magnuson, Terry
name: Pohlers, Michael
name: Calabrese, J. Mauro
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: Small noncoding RNAs play several roles in regulating gene expression. In the nucleus, small RNA-Argonaute complexes recruit epigenetic modifying activities to genomic sites. This pathway has been described in mammals primarily for the germline; however, its role in somatic cells is less characterized. Here, we describe in human somatic cells a potential link between the expression of small RNAs from the macrosatellite DXZ4 and Argonaute-dependent DNA methylation of this locus. DXZ4 was found to express a wide range of small RNAs potentially representing several classes of small RNAs. A subpopulation of these RNAs is bound by Argonaute. Moreover, we show AGO association with DXZ4 and that the Argonaute proteins AGO-1 and PIWIL4 may play a role in DNA methylation of DXZ4. We hypothesize that the RNAs are involved in Argonaute-dependent methylation of DXZ4 DNA.
Magnetic relaxation and correlating effective magnetic moment with particle size distribution in maghemite nanoparticles
Creators: name: Pisane, Kelly L.
name: Despeaux, Emily C.
name: Seehra, Mohindar S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The role of particle size distribution inherently present in magnetic nanoparticles (NPs) is examined in considerable detail in relation to the measured magnetic properties of oleic acid-coated maghemite (γ-Fe$_2$O$_3$) NPs. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) of the sol-gel synthesized $γ$-$Fe$$_2$$O$$_3$ NPs showed a log-normal distribution of sizes with average diameter $$= 7.04 nm and standard deviation $σ$= 0.78 nm. Magnetization, $M$, vs. temperature (2 K to 350 K) of the NPs was measured in an applied magnetic field $H$ up to 90 kOe along with the temperature dependence of the ac susceptibilities, $χ$$'$ and $χ$$"$, at various frequencies, $f$$_m$, from 10 Hz to 10 kHz. From the shift of the blocking temperature from $T$$_B$ =35 K at 10 Hz to $T$$_B$ = 48 K at 10 kHz, the absence of any significant interparticle interaction is inferred and the relaxation frequency $f$$_o$= 2.6 x 10$^{10}$ Hz and anisotropy constant $K$$_a$= 5.48 x 10$^5$ ergs/cm$^3$ are determined. For $T$ < $T$$_B$, the coercivity $H$$_C$ is practically negligible. For $T$ > $T$$_B$, the data of $M$ vs. $H$ up to 90 kOe at several temperatures are analyzed two different ways: (i) in terms of the modified Langevin function yielding an average magnetic moment per particle $μ$$_p$=7300 (500) $μ$$_B$; and (ii) in terms of log-normal distribution of moments yielding $$= 6670 $μ$$_B$ at 150 K decreasing to $$= 6100 $μ$$_B$ at 300 K with standard deviations $σ$ $\approx$ $$$/2$. The above two approaches yield consistent and physically meaningful results as long as the width parameter, $s$, of the log-normal distribution is less than 0.83.
description: Submitted to the Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
Fluid Milk Consumption Continues Downward Trend, Proving Difficult to Reverse
Creators: name: Stewart, Hayden
name: Kuchler, Fred
name: Stewart, Hayden
name: Kuchler, Fred
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2022

description: Fluid cow’s milk has long been a grocery staple for most U.S. households. However, as dietary habits change, individuals are drinking less milk on average. The USDA, Economic Research Service (ERS) Food Availability (Per Capita) Data System shows that U.S. daily per capita consumption of fluid milk decreased over each of the past seven decades. Between 1990 and 2000, it fell from 0.78 cup to 0.69 cup (an 11.5-percent decline). By 2010, it was down to 0.62 cup (10.1 percent lower than it had been in 2000). Compared with each of the previous six decades, U.S. daily per person fluid milk consumption fell at its fastest rate in the 2010s. In 2019, it was 0.49 cup (20.7 percent lower than in 2010).
Fast-Forward: Proposals for a Light and Restorative Fashion Alternative
Creators: name: Goldsworthy, Kate
name: Politowicz, Kay
Publisher: name: FUTURESCAN
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 120306 Textile and Fashion Design
subject: FOS: Arts (arts, history of arts, performing arts, music)

description: Full paper presented at the Association of Fashion & Textile Courses (FTC) conference Futurescan 4: Valuing Practice, University of Bolton, UK, 23rd-24th January 2019.
Futurescan 4: Valuing PracticeEdited by: Helena Britt, Kevin Almond, Laura MorganISBN: 978-1-5272-4969-1
The Feeding Zones of Terrestrial Planets and Insights into Moon Formation
Creators: name: Kaib, Nathan A.
name: Cowan, Nicolas B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: [Abridged] We present an extensive suite of terrestrial planet formation simulations that allows quantitative analysis of the stochastic late stages of planet formation. We quantify the feeding zone width, Delta a, as the mass-weighted standard deviation of the initial semi-major axes of the planetary embryos and planetesimals that make up the final planet. The size of a planet's feeding zone in our simulations does not correlate with its final mass or semi-major axis, suggesting there is no systematic trend between a planet's mass and its volatile inventory. Instead, we find that the feeding zone of any planet more massive than 0.1M_Earth is roughly proportional to the radial extent of the initial disk from which it formed: Delta a~0.25(a_max-a_min), where a_min and a_max are the inner and outer edge of the initial planetesimal disk. These wide stochastic feeding zones have significant consequences for the origin of the Moon, since the canonical scenario predicts the Moon should be primarily composed of material from Earth's last major impactor (Theia), yet its isotopic composition is indistinguishable from Earth. In particular, we find that the feeding zones of Theia analogs are significantly more stochastic than the planetary analogs. Depending on our assumed initial distribution of oxygen isotopes within the planetesimal disk, we find a ~5% or less probability that the Earth and Theia will form with an isotopic difference equal to or smaller than the Earth and Moon's. In fact we predict that every planetary mass body should be expected to have a unique isotopic signature. In addition, we find paucities of massive Theia analogs and high velocity moon-forming collisions, two recently proposed explanations for the Moon's isotopic composition. Our work suggests that there is still no scenario for the Moon's origin that explains its isotopic composition with a high probability event.
description: 16 pages, 22 figures, accepted for publication in Icarus; fixed typos
Aspects of data interoperability via ontologies in DOME4.0 and OntoCommons projects
Creators: name: Chiacchiera, Silvia
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: ontology
standard
data management
global workshop
ontology commons ecosystem
FAIR

description: The aim of the Ecosystem Ontology [1] is to provide a light formal vocabulary to support the integration of multiple web-based sources of data and services, in the area of materials and manufacturing. It includes concepts such as: platform, catalogue, dataset, service, topic, and offerin, and is aligned to the EMMO. It complements the Semantic Data Exchange Ontology, where concepts from DCAT are mapped to the richer framework of EMMO. The Ecosystem Ontology is used by core components of the DOME 4.0 platform, as the front end user interface (e.g., the available filtering options and fields for registration), the semantic broker , and connectors to other platforms. Whenever possible, pre existing assets, including formal semantic artefacts and standard knowledge sources (e.g., books) have been re used, including: EuroSciVoc , RoMM , DCAT, MSM, EVMPO and the FAIRsharing Data formats catalogue.
Farmers’ Use of Contracts Has Declined Over Last 25 Years
Creators: name: Whitt, Christine
name: Whitt, Christine
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2022

description: A contract governing the production of agricultural commodities is a legal agreement between a farm operator (or producer) and another person or firm (a contractor or integrator) to produce a specific type, quantity, and quality of crops or livestock. The use of contracts, instead of traditional cash sales, is one tool producers use to manage income risks. Other strategies include diversifying production, hedging through futures markets, participating in Federal crop insurance, and investing in on-farm storage. Producers also use contracts to guarantee they are compensated appropriately for higher quality products, to create specific outlets for their products, and to provide assurance for debt financing.
title: Prehistoric landscapes in North Wales
Creators: name: Rees. Williams, Samuel
Publisher: name: University of Liverpool Repository
Year: 2023

description: This thesis evaluates man's physical imprint on the natural landscape of North Wales in the prehistoric period and considers what imprint remains from his activities. Man's imprint can be classed under four main headings, namely, that arising from domestic, ritual, economic and defensive activities. Such diverse activities afford opportunities to consider multiple features together, thereby illuminating coordinated action between regions and emerging tribal groups. The investigations have emphasised the importance of open coastal and estuarine landfalls, from the Neolithic period onwards, and routes leading inland from them, especially along river valleys. Settlements tended to form clusters along them, the research suggesting that the earliest small upland sites were probably of the Beaker period. Late Neolithic and Bronze Age ritual is well attested, but the research also reveals the ritual importance of watersheds and running water in these periods. Constructional skills developed rapidly, even to developing an architectural awareness. A consideration of structures from the Bronze and Iron Ages suggested guidelines for distinguishing between unexcavated, and therefore not otherwise dated, structures from these periods. Some buildings, together with some other factors, strongly suggest the practice of transhumance in North Wales from as early as the Neolithic; while the layout of some settlements, believed to be Iron Age, suggest the development of partible inheritance among families, with the consequent multiple sub-division of land.Research into the siting of hill-forts has revealed observational and defensive networks, both coastal and inland, including along some identifiable tribal boundaries. Some hill-forts are now seen to have been collecting points and storage depots for goods, temporarily held for onward transmission, or for longer periods for redistribution, perhaps for other tribes as well as for local groups. These investigations suggest that the North Wales landscape, excluding the effects of modem industry and mechanized farming, with their attendant land enclosures, had changed little since prehistoric times and the pattern of the ancient landscape can still be discerned.
A Survey of Imprinted Gene Expression in Mouse Trophoblast Stem Cells
Creators: name: Calabrese, J. Mauro
name: Yee, Della
name: Schertzer, Megan D.
name: Starmer, Joshua
name: Magnuson, Terry
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2015

description: Several hundred mammalian genes are expressed preferentially from one parental allele as the result of a process called genomic imprinting. Genomic imprinting is prevalent in extra-embryonic tissue, where it plays an essential role during development. Here, we profiled imprinted gene expression via RNA-Seq in a panel of six mouse trophoblast stem lines, which are ex vivo derivatives of a progenitor population that gives rise to the placental tissue of the mouse. We found evidence of imprinted expression for 48 genes, 31 of which had been described previously as imprinted and 17 of which we suggest as candidate imprinted genes. An equal number of maternally and paternally biased genes were detected. On average, candidate imprinted genes were more lowly expressed and had weaker parent-of-origin biases than known imprinted genes. Several known and candidate imprinted genes showed variability in parent-of-origin expression bias between the six trophoblast stem cell lines. Sixteen of the 48 known and candidate imprinted genes were previously or newly annotated noncoding RNAs and six encoded for a total of 60 annotated microRNAs. Pyrosequencing across our panel of trophoblast stem cell lines returned levels of imprinted expression that were concordant with RNA-Seq measurements for all eight genes examined. Our results solidify trophoblast stem cells as a cell culture-based experimental model to study genomic imprinting, and provide a quantitative foundation upon which to delineate mechanisms by which the process is maintained in the mouse.
Developmental Analysis of Spliceosomal snRNA Isoform Expression
Creators: name: Lu, Zhipeng
name: Matera, A. Gregory
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2015

description: Pre-mRNA splicing is a critical step in eukaryotic gene expression that contributes to proteomic, cellular, and developmental complexity. Small nuclear (sn)RNAs are core spliceosomal components; however, the extent to which differential expression of snRNA isoforms regulates splicing is completely unknown. This is partly due to difficulties in the accurate analysis of the spatial and temporal expression patterns of snRNAs. Here, we use high-throughput RNA-sequencing (RNA-seq) data to profile expression of four major snRNAs throughout Drosophila development. This analysis shows that individual isoforms of each snRNA have distinct expression patterns in the embryo, larva, and pharate adult stages. Expression of these isoforms is more heterogeneous during embryogenesis; as development progresses, a single isoform from each snRNA subtype gradually dominates expression. Despite the lack of stable snRNA orthologous groups during evolution, this developmental switching of snRNA isoforms also occurs in distantly related vertebrate species, such as Xenopus, mouse, and human. Our results indicate that expression of snRNA isoforms is regulated and lays the foundation for functional studies of individual snRNA isoforms.
Er3+-doped Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3 Ferroelectric Thin Films with Enhanced Electrical Properties and Strong Green Up-conversion Luminescence
Creators: name: Zhou, Hong
name: Wang, Shanshan
name: Wu, Guangheng
name: Zhu, Xiaoli
name: Wang, Xiaoxia
name: Pan, Anlian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Ferroelectric materials with up-conversion luminescence (UCL) properties have potential opto-electric applications for display and sensing etc. Here, we demonstrate strong green UCL and enhanced electrical properties in Er3+-doped Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3 thin films. The thin films are prepared via using a modified chemical solution deposition method. These thin films are phase-pure and crystallized in perovskite structure. The largest remnant polarization (Pr) and highest dielectric constant are obtained from Na0.5Bi0.49Er0.01TiO3 thin films, and their values are 0.22 C/m2 and 1166, respectively. Meanwhile, strong green UCL at 525 nm and 548 nm are observed in Er3+-doped thin films. They are attributed to 2H11/2 to 4I15/2 and 4S3/2 to 4I15/2 transitions of Er3+ ions. These thin films have potentials in optoelectrical device applications.
description: This paper has been withdrawn by the author due to a crucial sign error in figure 4(a)
Adult Obesity Prevalence Increased During the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Creators: name: Restrepo, Brandon
name: Restrepo, Brandon
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2022

description: In 2017–2018, 42.4 percent of U.S. adults experienced obesity, according to data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. As the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic unfolded in 2020, studies using limited online surveys found evidence of weight gain among U.S. adults, suggesting that behavior changes during the pandemic exacerbated an already existing adult obesity epidemic. However, because the pandemic surveys did not represent the overall U.S. adult population, findings derived from them did not fully show how much obesity rates changed for adults during the pandemic.
Magnetohydrodynamic Simulation of the X2.2 Solar Flare on 2011 February 15: II. Dynamics Connecting the Solar Flare and the Coronal Mass Ejection
Creators: name: Inoue, S.
name: Hayashi, K.
name: Magara, T.
name: Choe, G. S.
name: Park, Y. D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We clarify a relationship of the dynamics of a solar flare and a growing Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) by investigating the dynamics of magnetic fields during the X2.2-class flare taking place in the solar active region 11158 on 2011 February 15, based on simulation results obtained from Inoue et al. 2014. We found that the strongly twisted lines formed through the tether-cutting reconnection in the twisted lines of a nonlinear force-free field (NLFFF) can break the force balance within the magnetic field, resulting in their launch from the solar surface. We further discover that a large-scale flux tube is formed during the eruption as a result of the tether-cutting reconnection between the eruptive strongly twisted lines and these ambient weakly twisted lines. Then the newly formed large flux tube exceeds the critical height of the torus instability. The tether-cutting reconnection thus plays an important role in the triggering a CME. Furthermore, we found that the tangential fields at the solar surface illustrate different phases in the formation of the flux tube and its ascending phase over the threshold of the torus instability. We will discuss about these dynamics in detail.
description: 38 pages, 14 figures, accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal
The Traditional Textile Art of India: Preserving and Reviving the Glorious Heritage
Creators: name: Simrita Singh
Publisher: name: FUTURESCAN
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 120306 Textile and Fashion Design
subject: FOS: Arts (arts, history of arts, performing arts, music)

description: Full paper presented at the Association of Fashion & Textile Courses (FTC) conference Futurescan 4: Valuing Practice, University of Bolton, UK, 23rd-24th January 2019.
Futurescan 4: Valuing PracticeEdited by: Helena Britt, Kevin Almond, Laura MorganISBN: 978-1-5272-4969-1