cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
FOREIGN OWNERSHIP OF U.S. AGRICULTURAL LAND THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 1983
Creators: name: DeBraal, J. Peter
name: Majchrowicz, T. Alexander
name: DeBraal, J. Peter
name: Majchrowicz, T. Alexander
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1984
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Land Economics/Use
subject: Agricultural land
subject: foreign landownership
subject: landholdings
subject: land acquisitions
subject: land dispositions

description: Foreigners owned 13.7 million acres of U.S. agricultural land as of December 31, 1983. This is slightly more than 1 percent of all privately held agricultural land and 0.6 percent of all land in the United States. This share is too small to measure the impact on agriculture at the national level. However, some communities in areas of heaviest concentration could be affected. These findings are based on an analysis of reports submitted in compliance with the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act of 1978.
Static and Dynamic Values of Computation in MCTS
Creators: name: Sezener, Eren
name: Dayan, Peter
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Monte-Carlo Tree Search (MCTS) is one of the most-widely used methods for planning, and has powered many recent advances in artificial intelligence. In MCTS, one typically performs computations (i.e., simulations) to collect statistics about the possible future consequences of actions, and then chooses accordingly. Many popular MCTS methods such as UCT and its variants decide which computations to perform by trading-off exploration and exploitation. In this work, we take a more direct approach, and explicitly quantify the value of a computation based on its expected impact on the quality of the action eventually chosen. Our approach goes beyond the "myopic" limitations of existing computation-value-based methods in two senses: (I) we are able to account for the impact of non-immediate (ie, future) computations (II) on non-immediate actions. We show that policies that greedily optimize computation values are optimal under certain assumptions and obtain results that are competitive with the state-of-the-art.
description: Presented in UAI 2020
Arab Unity and Collective Security of the Middle East
Creators: name: Kianfar, Mehdi
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 4408
subject: Political science
subject: FOS: Political science

description: This study is concerned with Arab Unity and Collective Security of the Middle East. It was undertaken in the belief that such an endeavor would be useful both to the leaders and peoples of the Middle East as well as to the policy-makers of the Western Great Powers.
RADIAL DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS OF (METALLIC GLASSES) IRON(40) NITROGEN(40) PHOSPHORUS(14) BORON(6) AND IRON(30) NITROGEN(50) PHOSPHORUS(14) BORON(6)
Creators: name: Malamas, John
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: Although many of the physical properties of the two metallic glasses, Fe(,40)Ni(,40)P(,14)B(,6) and Fe(,30)Ni(,50)P(,14)B(,6) have been measured and published in the literature, the structural properties of these two materials have not yet been determined. The atomic structure of amorphous materials is characterized by the reduced radial distribution function and the radial distribution function (RDF). These functions are determined by measuring the scattering of x-rays, neutrons, or electrons from the materials. For this research, the x-ray scattering from Fe(,40)Ni(,40)P(,14)B(,6) and Fe(,30)Ni(,50)P(,4)B(,6) was measured for values of the scattering parameters, K, from 1 to 17. The measurements were made with a two-theta diffractometer using MoK(alpha) radiation. The data were corrected for absorption, polarization, and multiple scattering. Theoretical Compton scattering corrections were applied. The interference function which is the corrected scattering intensity as a function of K was Fourier transformed, to obtain the reduced radial distribution function. The location of the first peak of this function gives the nearest neighbor distance as r(,1) = 2.54 angstroms, for both metallic glasses. This value is in good agreement with published results on related amorphous materials. The locations of the second and third peaks, which are not well resolved, were determined to be r(,2) = 4.18 and r(,3) = 4.80 for both materials. For comparison to dense random packing of hard spheres (DRPHS) models, r(,2) and r(,3) are expressed in terms of sphere diameters by dividing by r(,1) giving r(,2)/r(,1) = 1.65 and r(,3)/r(,1) = 1.89. These values are in very good agreement with the DRPHS model of Sadoc, Dixmier, and Guinier. The measured densities of Fe(,40)Ni(,40)P(,14)B(,6) and Fe(,30)Ni(,50)P(,14)B(,6) were 7.56 gm/cm('3) and 7.62 gm/cm('3), respectively. These densities and the reduced radial distribution functions were used to calculate the radial distribution functions. The coordination number, CN, which gives the average number of nearest neighbor atoms was calculated for each RDF. The values of CN for Fe(,40)Ni(,40)P(,14)B(,6) and Fe(,30)Ni(,50)P(,14)B(,6) were 11.7 and 11.4, respectively.
Application of fast CCD drift scanning to speckle imaging of binary stars
Creators: name: Fors, O.
name: Horch, E. P.
name: Nunez, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A new application of a fast CCD drift scanning technique that allows us to perform speckle imaging of binary stars is presented. For each observation, an arbitrary number of speckle frames is periodically stored on a computer disk, each with an appropriate exposure time given both atmospheric and instrumental considerations. The CCD charge is shifted towards the serial register and read out sufficiently rapidly to avoid an excessive amount of interframe dead time. Four well-known binary systems (ADS 755, ADS 2616, ADS 3711 and ADS 16836) are observed in to show the feasibility of the proposed technique. Bispectral data analysis and power spectrum fitting is carried out for each observation, yielding relative astrometry and photometry. A new approach for self-calibrating this analysis is also presented and validated. The proposed scheme does not require any additional electronic or optical hardware, so it should allow most small professional observatories and advanced amateurs to enjoy the benefits of diffraction-limited imaging.
description: 8 pages, 8 figures, LaTeX, uses aa.cls. Accepted for publication in A&A
MEASURING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY: A NEW LOOK
Creators: name: Ball, V. Eldon
name: Ball, V. Eldon
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1984
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Productivity Analysis
subject: Total factor productivity
subject: index numbers
subject: outputs
subject: inputs

description: This paper presents revised procedures for calculating total factor productivity and measuring productivity growth in U.S. agriculture over the postwar years. Our estimates reflect (1) a disaggregated treatment of outputs and inputs and (2) indexing / procedures that do not im ose a priori restrictions on the structure of production. We find that productivity grew at the average annual rate of 1. 5 percent during the 1948-79 period, compared with the 1.70 percent per year estimated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The similar estimates of productivity growth overshadow some important differences in measurement of individual inputs.
A CROPLAND USE MODEL: THEORY AND SUGGESTIONS FOR ESTIMATING PLANTED ACREAGE RESPONSE
Creators: name: Gallagher, Paul
name: Green, Robert C.
name: Gallagher, Paul
name: Green, Robert C.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1984
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Land Economics/Use
subject: Cropland
subject: acreage response
subject: market equilibrium
subject: land rental market
subject: corn
subject: sorghum
subject: barley
subject: oats
subject: wheat
subject: soybeans

description: This report develops the theory of a cropland use model, reports the results of estimating land devoted to crop production, and shows example applications of the cropland use model in estimating planted acreage response for corn, sorghum, barley, oats, soybeans, and wheat. The model first estimates the total amount of land that will be planted to principal crops and then allocates cropland planted to specific crops. The research is aimed at improving modeling work for major field crops.
Physical activity and mental health in children and adolescent during the COVID-19 pandemic 2020
Creators: name: Nilwatta, Nattaporn
name: Katewongsa, Piyawat
Publisher: name: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada
Year: 2022

description: Background: The prolonged COVID-19 pandemic has caused anxiety in children and adolescents. Restriction of movement have reduced physical activity (PA) opportunities, including playing time. Purpose: This study aims to describe the level of physical activity and anxiety among children and adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: This study employed 2020 datasets of Thailand’s Surveillance on Physical Activity (SPA) and involved a total of 814 persons and 178 persons aged 5–17 years in the analysis, of whom were selected with multi-stages random sampling. Anxiety was measured by questionnaire whereas PA was assessed by using assessment criteria form WHO. Results: The findings showed that, during the severe pandemic, the level of anxiety of children and adolescents. Measured from the mean (SD) increased from 1.31 in May to 2.87 in June. In December, the mean level of anxiety decreased to 2.48, presumably due to various intervention implemented by the government that encouraged behaviors changes which improves mental health. During the pandemic, the prevalence of sufficient MVPA of children and youth continue to decline, from 19.7% in May to 19.3% in June and reached the lowest point in December 17.4%. Conclusions: The containment measures by the government have increased anxiety level and reduced the prevalence of sufficient MVPA among children and adolescents during the Covid-19 pandemic. With the closure of schools and public amenities, children and adolescents are losing the opportunities and venues for active play and PA. Funding: Thai Health Promotion Foundation.
description: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada, Vol. 14 No. 3 (2021): Proceedings from the 8th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress
Quantum droplets of quasi-one-dimensional dipolar Bose-Einstein condensates
Creators: name: Edmonds, Matthew
name: Bland, Thomas
name: Parker, Nick G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: Pattern Formation and Solitons (nlin.PS)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Ultracold dipolar droplets have been realized in a series of ground-breaking experiments, where the stability of the droplet state is attributed to beyond-mean-field effects in the form of the celebrated Lee-Huang-Yang (LHY) correction. We scrutinize the dipolar droplet states in a one-dimensional context using a combination of analytical and numerical approaches, and identify experimentally viable parameters for accessing our findings for future experiments. In particular we identify regimes of stability in the restricted geometry, finding multiple roton instabilities as well as regions supporting quasi-one-dimensional droplet states. By applying an interaction quench to the droplet, a modulational instability is induced and multiple droplets are produced, along with bright solitons and atomic radiation. We also assess the droplets robustness to collisions, revealing population transfer and droplet fission.
description: Expanded and revised version, J. Phys. Commun. in press
Chaetozone Malmgren 1867
Creators: name: Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I.
name: Carrera-Parra, Luis F.
name: Muir, Alexander I.
name: León-González, Jesús Angel De
name: Piotrowski, Christina
name: Sato, Masanori
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Annelida
Polychaeta
Terebellida
Cirratulidae
Chaetozone

description: Chaetozone Malmgren, 1867 flagellifera Gallardo, 1968: Nha Trang, Vietnam. LACM 313 maotienae Gallardo, 1968: Nha Trang, Vietnam. LACM 309
description: Published as part of Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I., Carrera-Parra, Luis F., Muir, Alexander I., León-González, Jesús Angel De, Piotrowski, Christina & Sato, Masanori, 2014, Polychaete species (Annelida) described from the Philippine and China Seas, pp. 1-68 in Zootaxa 3842 (1) on page 13, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3842.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4928482
Naked active galactic nuclei
Creators: name: Hawkins, M. R. S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper we report the discovery of a new class of active galactic nucleus in which although the nucleus is viewed directly, no broad emission lines are present. The results are based on a survey for AGN in which a sample of about 800 quasars and emission line galaxies were monitored yearly for 25 years. Among the emission line galaxies was the expected population of Seyfert 2 galaxies with only narrow forbidden lines in emission, and no broad lines. However, from the long term monitoring programme it was clear that some 10% of these were strongly variable with strong continuum emission. It is argued that these objects can only be Seyfert 1 galaxies in which the nucleus is viewed directly, but in which broad emission lines are completely absent. We compare these observations with other cases from the literature where the broad line region is reported to be weak or variable, and investigate the possibility that the absence of the broad line component is due to reddening. We conclude that this does not account for the observations, and that in these AGN the broad line region is absent. We also tentatively identify more luminous quasars from our sample where the broad emission lines also appear to be absent. The consequences of this for AGN models are discussed, and a case is made that we are seeing AGN in a transition stage between the fuel supply from a surrounding star cluster being cut off, and the nucleus becoming dormant.
description: 17 pages including 11 figures. Accepted for publication in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Correlation between clinical rotational deformities with transverse plane kinematic gait parameters and Ct rotational profile In Spastic Diplegic Cerebral Palsy
Creators: name: Gad, Mayuri
name: Rathod, Chasanal
name: Nagda, Taral
Publisher: name: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada
Year: 2022

description: Background: Torsional deformities in lower extremities is common among spastic diplegics. In toeing or out toeing are very often seen. In-toeing is caused by one of the three types of deformity: increased femoral anteversion, internal tibial torsion, and metatarsus varus, while out-toeing, the less common form, is caused by femoral retro-version and external tibial torsion. Purpose: To analyse correlation between rotational deformities on clinical evaluation, Gait study and CT study to ascertain the most reliable parameter for decision making before derotation osteotomy. Methods: Cross sectional data of 50 diplegics with GMFCS 1-3, mean age of 15 years were included. Additionally, 10 segments of post-operative femoral and Tibial derotation osteotomy were evaluated for outcome. Data was evaluated with Pearson’s test. Results: A significant correlation was noted between Clinical Rotations and femoral Anteversion (FAV), Thigh Foot Angle (TFA) and tibial torsion (TT) did not corelate significantly. Significant correlation between Gait parameters and Clinical evaluation was present for TFA and Foot progression angle (FPA) and Hip rotation, while the Pelvic and Knee rotations did not corelate. Between the Gait parameters and CT study no correlation was noted. Comparison of pre and post data showed significant outcome. Conclusions: Static and dynamic evaluations together are important for surgical decision making. Clinically increased IR and FAV does warrant a femoral derotation osteotomy while gait kinematics alone should not be considered. For Tibial derotaation, Kinematics and TFA are more reliable for decision making rather than tibial torsion on CT study.
description: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada, Vol. 14 No. 3 (2021): Proceedings from the 8th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress
title: Jacques Leibowitch, "Les expériences d'hypothermie nazie et la recherche non éthique aujourd'hui"
Creators: name: Leibowitch, Jacques
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2020

description: Source: http://www.calames.abes.fr/pub/ms/Calames-20193111031798126
Additional file 1 of Four types of scrapie in goats differentiated from each other and bovine spongiform encephalopathy by biochemical methods
Creators: name: Langeveld, Jan P. M.
name: Pirisinu, Laura
name: Jacobs, Jorg G.
name: Mazza, Maria
name: Lantier, Isabelle
name: Simon, Stéphanie
name: Andréoletti, Olivier
name: Acin, Cristina
name: Esposito, Elena
name: Fast, Christine
name: Groschup, Martin
name: Goldmann, Wilfred
name: Spiropoulos, John
name: Sklaviadis, Theodoros
name: Lantier, Frederic
name: Ekateriniadou, Loukia
name: Papasavva-Stylianou, Penelope
name: Keulen, Lucien J. M. Van
name: Pier-Luigi Acutis
name: Agrimi, Umberto
name: Bossers, Alex
name: Nonno, Romolo
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1. Experimentally generated goat scrapie and BSE isolates, and some control samples used in this study. Table containing details of the reference and control samples used in the study.
Comparison of clinical parameters and 3D gait kinematics of pelvis, hip and knee in crouch gait in Cerebral Palsy
Creators: name: Gad, Mayuri
name: Rathod, Chasanal
name: Nagda, Taral
Publisher: name: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada
Year: 2022

description: Background: Crouch gait pattern in Cerebral Palsy is defined as flexion of hip, knee with excessive dorsiflexion of ankle, however less importance is given to the Pelvic tilts either anterior or posterior, which could be due to contracture of Rectus and hamstring respectively. Purpose: The aim of the study is to correlate the clinical parameters with Gait kinematics of Pelvis, hip and knee in crouch gait in cerebral palsy. Methods: 64 patients of SDCP with crouch gait pattern (Males 47, females 17), with an average age group of 14.2 years, GMFCS level 2 and 3 were included in this study. These patients underwent a 3D gait analysis. Results: The presence of Hip FFD in 16.7% or absence in 83.3% did not have any significance to the anterior tilt (p-value 0.806). A positive prone rectus test was noted in 26/64 (40%), but these patients did not have a significant anterior tilt (p-value 0.076). The posterior pelvic tilt was statistically significant (p-value 0.028) when correlated with presence of knee FFD, 25/36 (69.4%). The double pelvic bump pattern was positive in 36 patients (55.64%) and on correlating it with Hip FFD, 16% had presence of FFD and 38% had positive prone rectus test. although the cross tabulation correlation of Anterior pelvic tilt with double bump pattern with Positive prone rectus was not significant (P-value 0.99). Conclusions: The comparison of clinical parameters and 3D Gait kinematics proves that clinical signs of hamstring contractures have a significant posterior pelvic tilt; However a Hip FFD and a Rectus or iliospoas spasticity/contracture does not necessarily cause anterior tilt or double bump and hence these gait parameters should be cautiously used in decision making for the treatment of hip FFD or Rectus contracture.
description: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada, Vol. 14 No. 3 (2021): Proceedings from the 8th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress
STATE LAWS RELATING TO THE OWNERSHIP OF U.S. AGRICULTURAL LAND BY ALIENS AND BUSINESS ENTITIES
Creators: name: Schian, Dale C.
name: Schian, Dale C.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1984
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Land Economics/Use
subject: Aliens
subject: corporations
subject: family farm corporations
subject: foreign investment
subject: land acquisition
subject: landownership
subject: reporting requirements
subject: State laws
subject: statutes

description: A significant number of States have laws directed at the ownership of U.S. land by aliens and business entities. These laws vary greatly from State-to- State in the degree of their severity. Thirty States have some type of law restricting alien ownership of land. Ten States require aliens to report their landholdings within the State. Fifteen States restrict business entities from owning land or engaging in the business of farming. Eleven States have laws requiring business entities to report their landholdings within the State. An individual State may be included in more than one of the above categories.
Additional file 2 of Four types of scrapie in goats differentiated from each other and bovine spongiform encephalopathy by biochemical methods
Creators: name: Langeveld, Jan P. M.
name: Pirisinu, Laura
name: Jacobs, Jorg G.
name: Mazza, Maria
name: Lantier, Isabelle
name: Simon, Stéphanie
name: Andréoletti, Olivier
name: Acin, Cristina
name: Esposito, Elena
name: Fast, Christine
name: Groschup, Martin
name: Goldmann, Wilfred
name: Spiropoulos, John
name: Sklaviadis, Theodoros
name: Lantier, Frederic
name: Ekateriniadou, Loukia
name: Papasavva-Stylianou, Penelope
name: Keulen, Lucien J. M. Van
name: Pier-Luigi Acutis
name: Agrimi, Umberto
name: Bossers, Alex
name: Nonno, Romolo
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 2. Overview of the application of seven different biochemical analyses in goat and control samples. Table containing goat sample sets used in the specific type of analyses performed.
FORECASTING WIC PROGRAM FOOD COSTS
Creators: name: Matsumoto, Masao
name: Matsumoto, Masao
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1984
Subjects: subject: Demand and Price Analysis
subject: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety
subject: WIC Program
subject: Food prices
subject: Price indices
subject: Food programs

description: Prices of commodities used in the Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) have moved in a manner divergent from CPI indices. A price index specifically related to commodities used in the WIC program is developed in order to more accurately forecast WIC program food costs. The WIC composite index is clearly superior to other more general price indices for forecasting short-term program food cost behavior.
RADIAL DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS OF (METALLIC GLASSES) IRON(40) NITROGEN(40) PHOSPHORUS(14) BORON(6) AND IRON(30) NITROGEN(50) PHOSPHORUS(14) BORON(6)
Creators: name: Malamas, John
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 51
subject: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
classificationCode: 5104
subject: Condensed matter physics

description: Although many of the physical properties of the two metallic glasses, Fe(,40)Ni(,40)P(,14)B(,6) and Fe(,30)Ni(,50)P(,14)B(,6) have been measured and published in the literature, the structural properties of these two materials have not yet been determined. The atomic structure of amorphous materials is characterized by the reduced radial distribution function and the radial distribution function (RDF). These functions are determined by measuring the scattering of x-rays, neutrons, or electrons from the materials. For this research, the x-ray scattering from Fe(,40)Ni(,40)P(,14)B(,6) and Fe(,30)Ni(,50)P(,4)B(,6) was measured for values of the scattering parameters, K, from 1 to 17. The measurements were made with a two-theta diffractometer using MoK(alpha) radiation. The data were corrected for absorption, polarization, and multiple scattering. Theoretical Compton scattering corrections were applied. The interference function which is the corrected scattering intensity as a function of K was Fourier transformed, to obtain the reduced radial distribution function. The location of the first peak of this function gives the nearest neighbor distance as r(,1) = 2.54 angstroms, for both metallic glasses. This value is in good agreement with published results on related amorphous materials. The locations of the second and third peaks, which are not well resolved, were determined to be r(,2) = 4.18 and r(,3) = 4.80 for both materials. For comparison to dense random packing of hard spheres (DRPHS) models, r(,2) and r(,3) are expressed in terms of sphere diameters by dividing by r(,1) giving r(,2)/r(,1) = 1.65 and r(,3)/r(,1) = 1.89. These values are in very good agreement with the DRPHS model of Sadoc, Dixmier, and Guinier. The measured densities of Fe(,40)Ni(,40)P(,14)B(,6) and Fe(,30)Ni(,50)P(,14)B(,6) were 7.56 gm/cm('3) and 7.62 gm/cm('3), respectively. These densities and the reduced radial distribution functions were used to calculate the radial distribution functions. The coordination number, CN, which gives the average number of nearest neighbor atoms was calculated for each RDF. The values of CN for Fe(,40)Ni(,40)P(,14)B(,6) and Fe(,30)Ni(,50)P(,14)B(,6) were 11.7 and 11.4, respectively.
Towards tensor-based reliability analysisof complex safety-critical systems
Creators: name: Dániel, Szekeres
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021

description: The failure of complex safety-critical cyber-physical systems can endanger human lives, or cause a high amount of financial loss. Throughout the development of such systems, taking extra-functional requirements - like safety, reliability and performance - into account is of utmost importance. These kinds of requirements are mostly quantitative, meaning that they give target values for some metrics of the system that must be achieved. Achieving these values must be assured already in the design phase, when no usable instance of the system under development is available for measurement, only a model describing its behavior. The reliability and availability metrics are derived using a stochastic model explicitly describing the randomness inherent in the behavior of the system. In my work, I focus on a widely used stochastic modeling formalism called fault trees. This formalism is based on the decomposition of the system-level error: it describes the system-level error as a logic function of the error of the system's elementary components. To calculate the necessary metrics from the model, like mean time to first failure, a lower level analysis model must be derived from it, that can be handled mathematically. When creating and analyzing this low-level model, the problem of state-space explosion arises: even though the high-level engineering model is of tractable size, the size of the corresponding analysis model is exponential in the original one's size. Because of this, the scalability of widespread explicit analysis methods is limited. A possible solution to this problem is storing the linear equation system that needs to be solved during the analysis in a concise approximate form using tensor representation methods, and seeking the solution in the same format. I examined the applicability of Tensor Train (TT) methods for fault tree in my work. I use decision diagram-based state space representation for the derivation of the compressed form, which is widely used in symbolic model checking. There are several different iterative algorithms for solving equation systems in the TT format to perform the necessary calculations. Throughout my work I compare and extend these methods for the solution of problems arising in the analysis of fault trees. I verify the correctness of the theoretical results through measurements performed on large fault trees, using not just the iterative TT algorithm, but widely used explicit methods as well.
Localisation of Fermions to brane: Codimension $d \geq 2$
Creators: name: Nahm, W.
name: Tchrakian, D. H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate $4+d$ dimensional fermionic models in which the system in codimension-$d$ supports a topologically stable solution, and in which the fermion may be localised to the brane, with power law in 'instanton' backgrounds and exponentially in 'soliton' backgrounds. When the fermions are isoscalars, the mechanism fails, while for isospinor fermions it is successful. As backgrounds we consider instantons of Yang--Mills and sigma models in even codimensions, solitons of sigma models in odd codimensions, as well as solitons of Higgs and Goldstone models in all codimensions.
description: 20 pages latex; expanded
Cirriformia Hartman 1936
Creators: name: Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I.
name: Carrera-Parra, Luis F.
name: Muir, Alexander I.
name: León-González, Jesús Angel De
name: Piotrowski, Christina
name: Sato, Masanori
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Annelida
Polychaeta
Terebellida
Cirratulidae
Cirriformia

description: Cirriformia Hartman, 1936 chrysodermoides Pillai, 1965: Manat, Dagupan City, Luzon, Philippines. RTS 23, NHM AN03 1965.33.4-8
description: Published as part of Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I., Carrera-Parra, Luis F., Muir, Alexander I., León-González, Jesús Angel De, Piotrowski, Christina & Sato, Masanori, 2014, Polychaete species (Annelida) described from the Philippine and China Seas, pp. 1-68 in Zootaxa 3842 (1) on page 14, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3842.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4928482
Thinking in 3D : The Effect of 3D Boxes on Waste Sorting Accuracy
Creators: name: Cho, Stanley
name: Du, Jose
name: Huang, Jianchao
name: Leung, Casper
name: Wu, Michael
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2019

description: Waste sorting accuracy has long been a problem for sustainable waste management. One proposed solution is the placement of 3D signage as a guide for people to sort waste. Previous literature found that 3D signage had zero to a minimal increase in sorting accuracy. This study examines the impact of additional 3D boxes on sorting accuracy at the UBC AMS Nest. The study was conducted over the course of two weeks, with one week for each of the conditions. A waste sorting station by Pie R Squared was observed during lunch hours from 12-2pm over the course of two weeks with one week allocated for each condition. In the control condition, the sorting station only had 2D signage while 3D signage was added along with the 2D signage in the experimental condition. Data was collected in the form of photographs of the top of each waste bin. The results from statistical data analysis showed the difference between the two conditions to be insignificant. We concluded that 3D boxes are cost-inefficient based on the results of this study and previous studies, and suggest utilizing a manned, food court style waste sorting station as an alternative solution to sorting accuracy. Disclaimer: “UBC SEEDS provides students with the opportunity to share the findings of their studies, as well as their opinions, conclusions and recommendations with the UBC community. The reader should bear in mind that this is a student project/report and is not an official document of UBC. Furthermore readers should bear in mind that these reports may not reflect the current status of activities at UBC. We urge you to contact the research persons mentioned in a report or the SEEDS Coordinator about the current status of the subject matter of a project/report.”
Vetting of 384 TESS Objects of Interest with TRICERATOPS and Statistical Validation of 12 Planet Candidates
Creators: name: Giacalone, Steven
name: Dressing, Courtney D.
name: Jensen, Eric L. N.
name: Collins, Karen A.
name: Ricker, George R.
name: Vanderspek, Roland
name: Seager, S.
name: Winn, Joshua N.
name: Jenkins, Jon M.
name: Barclay, Thomas
name: Barkaoui, Khalid
name: Cadieux, Charles
name: Charbonneau, David
name: Collins, Kevin I.
name: Conti, Dennis M.
name: Doyon, Rene
name: Evans, Phil
name: Ghachoui, Mourad
name: Gillon, Michael
name: Guerrero, Natalia M.
name: Hart, Rhodes
name: Jehin, Emmanuel
name: Kielkopf, John F.
name: McLean, Brian
name: Murgas, Felipe
name: Palle, Enric
name: Parviainen, Hannu
name: Pozuelos, Francisco J.
name: Relles, Howard M.
name: Shporer, Avi
name: Socia, Quentin
name: Stockdale, Chris
name: Tan, Thiam-Guan
name: Torres, Guillermo
name: Twicken, Joseph D.
name: Waalkes, William C.
name: Waite, Ian A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
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: We present TRICERATOPS, a new Bayesian tool that can be used to vet and validate TESS Objects of Interest (TOIs). We test the tool on 68 TOIs that have been previously confirmed as planets or rejected as astrophysical false positives. By looking in the false positive probability (FPP) -- nearby false positive probability (NFPP) plane, we define criteria that TOIs must meet to be classified as validated planets (FPP < 0.015 and NFPP < 10^-3), likely planets (FPP < 0.5 and NFPP < 10^-3), and likely nearby false positives (NFPP > 10^-1). We apply this procedure on 384 unclassified TOIs and statistically validate 12, classify 125 as likely planets, and classify 52 as likely nearby false positives. Of the 12 statistically validated planets, 9 are newly validated. TRICERATOPS is currently the only TESS vetting and validation tool that models transits from nearby contaminant stars in addition to the target star. We therefore encourage use of this tool to prioritize follow-up observations that confirm bona fide planets and identify false positives originating from nearby stars.
description: Accepted to AJ
The fourth moment of the zeta-function
Creators: name: Ivić, Aleksandar
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 11M06

description: An overview of results and problems concerning the asymptotic formula for $\int_0^T|ζ(1/2+it)|^4dt$ is given, together with a discussion of modern methods from spectral theory used in recent work on this subject.
description: 12 pages
IMPACTS OF TECHNOL GY AIIPTION ON THE U.S. RICE ECONOMY - THE CASE OF HIGH YIELDING SEMIDWARFS
Creators: name: Ito, Shoichi
name: Grant, Warren R.
name: Rister, M. Edward
name: Ito, Shoichi
name: Grant, Warren R.
name: Rister, M. Edward
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1986
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies
subject: Technology
subject: Rice economy
subject: Lemont
subject: Newbonnet
subject: semidwarfs

description: The rapid adoption of new Southern developed semidwarf high yielding varieties is having tremendous impacts on all segments of the U.S. rice economy. This will tend to improve the position of rice growers in the South relative to producers in California, increase deficiency payments and rice exports, and benefit rice consumers due to lower rice prices.
Nature and Measure of Entanglement in Quantum Phase Transitions
Creators: name: Somma, Rolando
name: Ortiz, Gerardo
name: Barnum, Howard
name: Knill, Emanuel
name: Viola, Lorenza
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Characterizing and quantifying quantum correlations in states of many-particle systems is at the core of a full understanding of phase transitions in matter. In this work, we continue our investigation of the notion of generalized entanglement [Barnum et al. Phys. Rev. A 68, 032308 (2003)] by focusing on a simple Lie-algebraic measure of purity of a quantum state relative to an observable set. For the algebra of local observables on multi-qubit systems, the resulting local purity measure is equivalent to a recently introduced global entanglement measure [Meyer and Wallach, J. Math. Phys. 43, 4273 (2002)]. In the condensed-matter setting, the notion of Lie-algebraic purity is exploited to identify and characterize the quantum phase transitions present in two exactly solvable models: the Lipkin-Meshkov-Glick model, and the spin-1/2 anisotropic XY model in a transverse magnetic field. For the latter, we argue that a natural fermionic observable-set arising after the Jordan-Wigner transformation, better characterizes the transition than alternative measures based on qubits. This illustrates the usefulness of going beyond the standard subsystem-based framework while providing a global disorder parameter for this model. Our results show how generalized entanglement leads to useful tools for distinguishing between the ordered and disordered phases in the case of broken symmetry quantum phase transitions. Additional implications and possible extensions of concepts to other systems of interest in condensed matter physics are also discussed.
description: 48 pages, 14 encapsulated eps color figures, REVTeX4 style. Expanded and clarified discussion of the critical behavior in the isotropic XY model in Section VI; added discussion on valence bond solid states in Appendix B; expanded bibliography
Additional file 3 of Four types of scrapie in goats differentiated from each other and bovine spongiform encephalopathy by biochemical methods
Creators: name: Langeveld, Jan P. M.
name: Pirisinu, Laura
name: Jacobs, Jorg G.
name: Mazza, Maria
name: Lantier, Isabelle
name: Simon, Stéphanie
name: Andréoletti, Olivier
name: Acin, Cristina
name: Esposito, Elena
name: Fast, Christine
name: Groschup, Martin
name: Goldmann, Wilfred
name: Spiropoulos, John
name: Sklaviadis, Theodoros
name: Lantier, Frederic
name: Ekateriniadou, Loukia
name: Papasavva-Stylianou, Penelope
name: Keulen, Lucien J. M. Van
name: Pier-Luigi Acutis
name: Agrimi, Umberto
name: Bossers, Alex
name: Nonno, Romolo
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 3. ISS-WB of goat TSE brain samples from different geographical regions with antibodies P4 and SAF84. Figure of ISS-WB with mAbs P4 and SAF84 on the set of goat study samples.
The effect of virtual challenge on physical activity and mental health among university students
Creators: name: Ari Wibowo, Rakhmat
name: Sofro, Zaenal Muttaqien
name: Wasityastuti, Widya
name: Utomo, Prattama Santoso
name: Budi Dharma, I. Gusti Bagus
name: Agustiningsih, Denny
Publisher: name: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada
Year: 2022

description: Background: Containment measures during the COVID-19 pandemic led to decreased physical activity (PA) and increased mental distress among university students. Utilizing technology to deliver PA intervention during the pandemic offered a wider reach than face-to-face intervention. Purpose: To examine the feasibility and the effect of a three-week virtual challenge based on self-determination theory (SDT) on PA level and mental distress among university students. Methods: A one-group quasi-experimental study was conducted among 73 students. We examined participants' PA using the Global Physical Activity Questionnaire v.2, mental distress using the WHO self-reporting questionnaire 20 and the motivational process in PA using The Behavioral Regulation in Exercise Questionnaire 3 before the challenge and at the end of the challenge. Wilcoxon signed ranked tests were used to determine whether there were changes in outcome measures. Weighted linear regression was used to identify behavior regulations as correlates of PA. Results: We over recruited by 558% and identified incompatibility problems, lost to follow up, and implausible GPAQ values in eight, seven, and three participants. Among students who were previously insufficiently active, there were 210 minutes increase in weekly moderate-vigorous PA (z=4.008, p< .001) and 3 points decrease in mental distress (z=-2.594, p=0.009). Integrated regulation predicted PA level at the end of the challenge [R square 0.384, F(1,53)=33.056, adjusted R square 0.373, p< .001]. Conclusion: Virtual challenge based on SDT could increase PA level through increasing integrated regulation and decrease mental distress among university students.
description: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada, Vol. 14 No. 3 (2021): Proceedings from the 8th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress
Design-based research approach of technology-supported physical education for increasing physical activity of university students: Study Protocol
Creators: name: Sultoni, Kuston
name: Peralta, Louisa
name: Cotton, Wayne
Publisher: name: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada
Year: 2022

description: Background: Promoting physical activity for university students is essential because physical activity levels decrease in this life transition. Providing technology-supported university courses targeting student’s physical activity levels can be a viable option to combat the problem. However, it is still unclear how and what technologies could be supported in the university course setting. Purpose: This study aims to create a series of design principles for technology-supported university courses to increase the physical activity levels of university students. The design principles would be a guideline for designing a technology-supported course underpinned by theoretical and empirical principles and knowledge of the affordance of current technology. Methods: The proposed theoretical framework underpinning the research program is a seven-phase design-based research approach. However, these seven phases will corporate four separate but aligned studies. These are a (1) systematic review, (2) qualitative focus group study, (3) pilot study, and (4) randomised controlled trial study. Ethical approvals for phase 1 to phase 3 have been obtained. This study will take place in Bandung, Indonesia. Discussions: The purpose of this protocol is to detail the plan for conducting four aligned studies incorporate a seven-phase design-based research approach of technology-supported physical education course for increasing university students’ physical activity levels in a comprehensive, transparent manner, contributing to the methodological evidence base in this field. Funding: The primary author (KS) is supported by the Indonesia Endowment Fund for Education Scholarship (Lembaga Pengelola Dana Pendidikan: 202001222015860) under a doctoral degree scholarship.
description: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada, Vol. 14 No. 3 (2021): Proceedings from the 8th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress
Ophryotrocha Claparede & Mecznikow 1869
Creators: name: Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I.
name: Carrera-Parra, Luis F.
name: Muir, Alexander I.
name: León-González, Jesús Angel De
name: Piotrowski, Christina
name: Sato, Masanori
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Annelida
Polychaeta
Eunicida
Dorvilleidae
Ophryotrocha

description: Ophryotrocha Claparède & Mecznikow, 1869 japonica Paxton & Åkesson, 2010: near Amakusa Marine Biological Laboratory, Japan. AM W36869, W36870–36871, SMNH 8029 kagoshimaensis Miura, 1997: Kagoshima Bay, Japan. NSMT 358, USNM 172810, LACM 1848–1850 wubaolingi Miura, 1997: Kagoshima Bay, Japan. NSMT 357, USNM 172809, LACM 1843–1847
description: Published as part of Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I., Carrera-Parra, Luis F., Muir, Alexander I., León-González, Jesús Angel De, Piotrowski, Christina & Sato, Masanori, 2014, Polychaete species (Annelida) described from the Philippine and China Seas, pp. 1-68 in Zootaxa 3842 (1) on page 14, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3842.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4928482
Effective forms of the Sato--Tate conjecture
Creators: name: Thorner, Jesse
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We prove effective forms of the Sato-Tate conjecture for holomorphic cuspidal newforms which improve on the author's previous work (solo and joint with Lemke Oliver). We also prove an effective form of the joint Sato-Tate distribution for two twist-inequivalent newforms. Our results are unconditional because of recent work of Newton and Thorne.
description: 19 pages. The condition that the level be squarefree is removed
Technology-supported university courses for increasing University Students' physical activity levels: A systematic review and set of design principles for future practice
Creators: name: Sultoni, Kuston
name: Peralta, Louisa
name: Cotton, Wayne
Publisher: name: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada
Year: 2022

description: Background: Physical activity levels tend to decrease as adolescents’ transition to adulthood. University course-based interventions utilising technology are a promising idea to combat this decrease. Purpose: This review aims to systematically identify, critically appraise, and summarise the best available evidence regarding technology-supported university courses that aim to increase student’s physical activity levels. The second aim is to create initial design principles that will inform future practice in the area Methods: Data Sources: CINAHL, ERIC, MEDLINE, ProQuest, PsycINFO, Scopus, SPORTDiscus, Web of Science. Search dates from January 2010 to December 2020. Study Inclusion: RCT or non-RCT or quasi-experimental studies describing university course-based interventions using technology that aim to increase the physical activity levels of university students. Data Extraction: Source (country), methods, participants, interventions, theoretical frameworks and type of technologies, outcome and measurement instrument, and results. Data Synthesis: Systematic review. Results: A total of 1939 articles were identified through databases. Six studies met the inclusion criteria. Conclusions: Four of the six included studies reported significant increases in university students’ physical activity levels. An analysis of the six included studies identified four design principles that future course designers could utilise as they develop technology-supported university courses that aim to increase the physical activity levels of university students. Further work is required to test the effectiveness of these four design principles. Funding: The primary author (KS) is supported by the Indonesia Endowment Fund for Education Scholarship (Lembaga Pengelola Dana Pendidikan: 202001222015860) under a doctoral degree scholarship.
description: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada, Vol. 14 No. 3 (2021): Proceedings from the 8th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress