cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Quantum coherence and criticality in irreversible work
Creators: name: Varizi, Adalberto D.
name: Vieira, André P.
name: Cormick, Cecilia
name: Drumond, Raphael C.
name: Landi, Gabriel T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The irreversible work during a driving protocol constitutes one of the most widely studied measures in non-equilibrium thermodynamics, as it constitutes a proxy for entropy production. In quantum systems, it has been shown that the irreversible work has an additional, genuinely quantum mechanical contribution, due to coherence produced by the driving protocol. The goal of this paper is to explore this contribution in systems that undergo a quantum phase transition. Substantial effort has been dedicated in recent years to understand the role of quantum criticality in work protocols. However, practically nothing is known about how coherence contributes to it. To shed light on this issue, we study the entropy production in infinitesimal quenches of the one-dimensional XY model. For quenches in the transverse field, we find that for finite temperatures the contribution from coherence can, in certain cases, account for practically all of the entropy production. At low temperatures, however, the coherence presents a finite cusp at the critical point, whereas the entropy production diverges logarithmically. Alternatively, if the quench is performed in the anisotropy parameter, we find that there are situations where all of the entropy produced is due to quantum coherences.
description: Comments are welcome
Tests of an operational algorithmic urban heat island scheme
Creators: name: Barton, Mark
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: This study presents the tests of an algorithmic scheme to calculate the magnitude of the heat island of the urban canopy layer, on an hourly basis throughout the year. The algorithmic scheme has been developed so that operational climatologists can apply it in all cities. Input requirements for the scheme are readily available meteorological data and simple numerical descriptors of the urban canyon geometry and rural surface conditions. The scheme comprises four components. The first, (ΔT[sub u –r (max)]), is an empirical relation that gives the absolute maximum urban heat island, experienced in a city as a function of its canyon height-to-width ratio in the urban core (Oke, 1981). Three 'phi' terms, (Φ[sub m] Φ[sub w] Φ[sub t]), adjust this maximum downward as a result of the combined effects of rural surface thermal admittance, weather and time of day, respectively. The rural surface thermal admittance effect term, (Φ[sub m]), is derived from the results of an energy balance model (Oke et al., 1991). Two datasets from Uppsala, Sweden and one from Lodz, Poland are used to test the scheme. The nocturnal performance of the scheme is promising. Average predicted nocturnal heat island magnitudes are typically within plus or minus half a degree of the measured heat island, (MAE 0.5 °C), in Lodz, Poland (1998). However, the daytime utility of the scheme is poor. The regular occurrence of small, (~1 °C), daytime heat and cool islands is largely missed. Degradation of performance appears to be due, in part, to the inability of the scheme to produce negative heat islands (cool islands). Given that, applied (pollution) climatologists are primarily concerned with heat island effects when they attain magnitudes of several degrees; this is not considered a significant limitation.
REGIONAL IMPACT OF URBAN WATER USE ON IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE
Creators: name: Lee, John G.
name: Lacewell, Ronald D.
name: Ozuna, Teofilo
name: Jones, Lonnie L.
name: Lee, John G.
name: Lacewell, Ronald D.
name: Ozuna, Teofilo
name: Jones, Lonnie L.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1987
Subjects: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy

description: Linear programming and regional input-output models were applied to estimate the impacts of increased pumping costs for irrigated agriculture due to groundwater depletion principally caused by the expanding urban area of San Antonio, Texas. A biophysical simulator was use to estimate linear programming coefficients of crop yield by irrigation level and timing. The results indicated significant local (county) economic impacts from groundwater mining but insignificant regional impacts. A major improvement on irrigation efficiency would be required to offset the increased pumping costs and reduce water availability associated with increased lifts due to urban expansion.
Enhancing network forensics with particle swarm and deep learning: The particle deep framework
Creators: name: Koroniotis, Nickolaos
name: Moustafa, Nour
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Cryptography and Security (cs.CR)
subject: Neural and Evolutionary Computing (cs.NE)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The popularity of IoT smart things is rising, due to the automation they provide and its effects on productivity. However, it has been proven that IoT devices are vulnerable to both well established and new IoT-specific attack vectors. In this paper, we propose the Particle Deep Framework, a new network forensic framework for IoT networks that utilised Particle Swarm Optimisation to tune the hyperparameters of a deep MLP model and improve its performance. The PDF is trained and validated using Bot-IoT dataset, a contemporary network-traffic dataset that combines normal IoT and non-IoT traffic, with well known botnet-related attacks. Through experimentation, we show that the performance of a deep MLP model is vastly improved, achieving an accuracy of 99.9% and false alarm rate of close to 0%.
description: 2020/3
FARM LEVEL DYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF SOIL CONSERVATION: AN APPLICATION TO THE PIEDMONT AREA OF VIRGINIA
Creators: name: Segarra, Eduardo
name: Taylor, Daniel B.
name: Segarra, Eduardo
name: Taylor, Daniel B.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1987
Subjects: Farm Management

description: A conceptual optimal control theory model which considers farm level decision making with respect to soil management is developed. A simplified version of the theoretical model is applied to the Piedmont area of Virginia. The model includes the productivity impacts of both soil erosion and technological progress. Both the theoretical model and its empirical application are improvements over previous efforts. Results suggest that farmers in the study area can achieve substantial reductions in soil erosion by adopting alternative farming practices.
The flavor of a little Higgs with T-parity
Creators: name: Hubisz, Jay
name: Lee, Seung J.
name: Paz, Gil
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We analyze flavor constraints in the littlest Higgs model with T-parity. In particular, we focus on neutral meson mixing in the K, B, and D systems due to one loop contributions from T-parity odd fermions and gauge bosons. We calculate the short distance contributions to mixing for a general choice of T-odd fermion Yukawa couplings. We find that for a generic choice of textures, a TeV scale GIM suppression is necessary to avoid large contributions. If order one mixing angles are allowed in the extended flavor structure, the mass spectrum is severely constrained, and must be degenerate at the 1-5% level. However, there are still regions of parameter space where only a loose degeneracy is necessary to avoid constraints. We also consider the B(s) system, and identify a scenario in which the mixing can be significantly enhanced beyond the standard model prediction while still satisfying bounds on the other mixing observables. We present both analytical and numerical results as functions of the T-odd fermion mass eigenvalues.
description: 29 pages, 7 figures
Additional file 18 of Cytokine-induced molecular responses in airway smooth muscle cells inform genome-wide association studies of asthma
Creators: name: Thompson, Emma E.
name: Dang, Quynh
name: Mitchell-Handley, Blair
name: Rajendran, Kavitha
name: Ram-Mohan, Sumati
name: Solway, Julian
name: Ober, Carole
name: Ramaswamy Krishnan
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 18. List of QTLs idenfitied in this study that are also BRI GWAS SNPs. eQTLs (lfsr<0.01), meQTLs (lfsr<0.05), and contractile response (co) QTLs (P<0.01) that are also BRI GWAS SNPs (P<0.01).
Seasonality of Milk Production under the Louisville Fall Premium Plan
Creators: name: Foelsch, Gertrude G.
name: Foelsch, Gertrude G.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1954
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Demand and Price Analysis
subject: Livestock Production/Industries
subject: Marketing
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: Excerpts from the report: To provide an incentive for fall production of milk and to ease the spring surplus problem, the Falls Cities Cooperative Milk Producers’ Association, at a public hearing in June 1943, proposed that certain changes be made in the pricing and paying provisions of Federal Milk Marketing Order No. 46. These special provisions for the accumulation of a reserve fund in the spring and for payments out of the fund in the fall constitute the "Louisville Fall Premium Plan.” This new method of seasonal pricing now (August 1953) has been in effect in Louisville for 9 full years. The chief purpose of this report is to show how the fall premium plan operates, and to analyze the seasonal pattern of production in the Louisville area since its inauguration in the spring of 1944. The analysis is based primarily on records that were kept in administering Federal Milk Marketing Order No. 46.
De montis Heclae, qvod praesente anno 1693 exortum, et in hunc usqve diem continuatum est, incendio brevissima, eag[ve] verissima relatio
Creators: name: Þorvarðsson, Árni
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1693

description: Avskrift
description: Originalen finnes i Deichmanske bibliotek, kvartmanuskript 103, bl. 7-10.
En kort Relation historico-physica om den forfærdelige Ild- og Steen-Bierges Spyen, som Hecle-Fiæld begyndte at kaste fra sig sidstl. 5te April Ao 1766 og som endnu til Deels continuerer, med Ild- Røg- og Aske-Støff, samt under-Tiden Jord-Skælve og Bragen, eftersom Vinden staaer, til undertegnede
Creators: name: Jónsso, Einar
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1766

description: Avskrift?
Dynamics and Manipulation of Matter-Wave Solitons in Optical Superlattices
Creators: name: Porter, Mason A.
name: Kevrekidis, P. G.
name: Carretero-González, R.
name: Frantzeskakis, D. J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
subject: Pattern Formation and Solitons (nlin.PS)
subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We analyze the existence and stability of bright, dark, and gap matter-wave solitons in optical superlattices. Then, using these properties, we show that (time-dependent) ``dynamical superlattices'' can be used to controllably place, guide, and manipulate these solitons. In particular, we use numerical experiments to displace solitons by turning on a secondary lattice structure, transfer solitons from one location to another by shifting one superlattice substructure relative to the other, and implement solitonic ``path-following'', in which a matter wave follows the time-dependent lattice substructure into oscillatory motion.
description: 6 pages, revtex, 6 figures, to appear in Physics Letters A; minor modifications from last version
Additional file 3 of Feasibility and content validity of the PERF-FIT test battery to assess movement skills, agility and power among children in low-resource settings
Creators: name: Smits-Engelsman, Bouwien C. M.
name: Bonney, Emmanuel
name: Neto, Jorge Lopes Cavalcante
name: Jelsma, Dorothee L.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: Medicine
Science Policy

description: Additional file 3.
Elucidating the global distribution of reprocessing gas in NGC 1194
Creators: name: Turner, T. J.
name: Reeves, J. N.
name: Braito, V.
name: Yaqoob, T.
name: Kraemer, S. B.
name: Severgnini, P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A joint XMM-Newton and NuSTAR observation was conducted for the bright, local Seyfert 1.9 galaxy, NGC 1194. The hard spectral form of this AGN was modeled using the toroidal reprocessor MYTORUS. The decoupled model form provides a good description of the spectrum, with reflection arising from gas with a global average column density > 4 x 10^24 cm^-2 and transmission of the continuum through an order-of-magnitude lower column. In this model, the reflection strength is a factor ~3 higher than expected from a simple torus. Such a result may indicate that much of the intrinsic X-ray continuum is hidden from view. An alternative model is that of a patchy torus, where 85% of sight-lines are obscured by Compton-thick gas and the remaining 15% by Compton-thin gas. The patchy torus model is based on a solar abundance of Fe and is consistent with X-ray partial-covering results found in other AGN. That a patchy torus model would relieve the issue with the strength of the reflection signature is not an intuitive result: such an insight regarding the geometry of the global reprocessing gas could not have been obtained using ad hoc model components to describe the spectral form.
description: 10 pages, accepted by MNRAS
COST EFFECTIVENESS OF ALTERNATIVE SUBSIDY STRATEGIES FOR SOIL EROSION CONTROL
Creators: name: Park, William M.
name: Sawyer, David G.
name: Park, William M.
name: Sawyer, David G.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1987
Subjects: Farm Management

description: This article reports on analyses of the cost effectiveness of three soil erosion control policy alternatives, specifically 1) uniform-rate cost sharing, 2) variable-rate cost sharing, and 3) fixed subsidy payments per unit reduction in erosion. A brief discussion of the place of these alternative subsidy strategies within the content of the current policy environment is presented. Integer programming is employed to simulate adoption of "best management practices" (BMPs) on a set of representative farms in a case study watershed in response to these alternative subsidy strategies. Conclusions and policy implications are outlined.
Deconfinement and color superconductivity in cold neutron stars
Creators: name: Lugones, G.
name: Bombaci, I.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the deconfinement transition of hadronic matter into quark matter in neutron star conditions in the light of color superconductivity. Deconfinement is considered to be a first order phase transition that conserves color and flavor. It gives a short-lived {($τ\sim τ_{weak}$)} transitory colorless-quark-phase that is {\it not} in $β$-equilibrium. We deduce the equations governing deconfinement when quark pairing is allowed and find the regions of the parameter space (pairing gap $Δ$ versus bag constant $B$) where deconfinement is possible inside cold neutron stars. We show that for a wide region of ($B,Δ$) a pairing pattern is reachable within a strong interaction timescale, and the resulting ``2SC-like'' phase is preferred energetically to the unpaired phase. We also show that although $β$-stable hybrid star configurations are known to be possible for a wide region of the ($B,Δ$)-space, many of these configurations could not form in practice because deconfinement is forbidden, i.e. the here studied non-$β$-stable \emph{intermediate} state cannot be reached.
description: Version to appear in Phys. Rev. D (10 pages, 6 figures)
Towards Efficient Processing and Learning with Spikes: New Approaches for Multi-Spike Learning
Creators: name: Yu, Qiang
name: Li, Shenglan
name: Tang, Huajin
name: Wang, Longbiao
name: Dang, Jianwu
name: Tan, Kay Chen
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Neural and Evolutionary Computing (cs.NE)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Spikes are the currency in central nervous systems for information transmission and processing. They are also believed to play an essential role in low-power consumption of the biological systems, whose efficiency attracts increasing attentions to the field of neuromorphic computing. However, efficient processing and learning of discrete spikes still remains as a challenging problem. In this paper, we make our contributions towards this direction. A simplified spiking neuron model is firstly introduced with effects of both synaptic input and firing output on membrane potential being modeled with an impulse function. An event-driven scheme is then presented to further improve the processing efficiency. Based on the neuron model, we propose two new multi-spike learning rules which demonstrate better performance over other baselines on various tasks including association, classification, feature detection. In addition to efficiency, our learning rules demonstrate a high robustness against strong noise of different types. They can also be generalized to different spike coding schemes for the classification task, and notably single neuron is capable of solving multi-category classifications with our learning rules. In the feature detection task, we re-examine the ability of unsupervised STDP with its limitations being presented, and find a new phenomenon of losing selectivity. In contrast, our proposed learning rules can reliably solve the task over a wide range of conditions without specific constraints being applied. Moreover, our rules can not only detect features but also discriminate them. The improved performance of our methods would contribute to neuromorphic computing as a preferable choice.
description: 13 pages
Towards Incorporating Contextual Knowledge into the Prediction of Driving Behavior
Creators: name: Wirthmüller, Florian
name: Schlechtriemen, Julian
name: Hipp, Jochen
name: Reichert, Manfred
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Robotics (cs.RO)
subject: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Predicting the behavior of surrounding traffic participants is crucial for advanced driver assistance systems and autonomous driving. Most researchers however do not consider contextual knowledge when predicting vehicle motion. Extending former studies, we investigate how predictions are affected by external conditions. To do so, we categorize different kinds of contextual information and provide a carefully chosen definition as well as examples for external conditions. More precisely, we investigate how a state-of-the-art approach for lateral motion prediction is influenced by one selected external condition, namely the traffic density. Our investigations demonstrate that this kind of information is highly relevant in order to improve the performance of prediction algorithms. Therefore, this study constitutes the first step towards the integration of such information into automated vehicles. Moreover, our motion prediction approach is evaluated based on the public highD data set showing a maneuver prediction performance with areas under the ROC curve above 97% and a median lateral prediction error of only 0.18m on a prediction horizon of 5s.
description: the article has been accepted for publication during the 23rd IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Conference (ITSC), 7 pages, 6 figures, 1 table
OPTIMAL ORGANIZATION OF A STATEWIDE LIVESTOCK AUCTION MARKET SYSTEM: THE CASE OF TENNESSEE
Creators: name: McClain, Emily A.
name: McLemore, Dan L.
name: McClain, Emily A.
name: McLemore, Dan L.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1987
Subjects: Livestock Production/Industries

description: Optimal sizes, number, and locations of Tennessee livestock auction markets were identified as those which minimize the combined costs of assembling and marketing livestock for the state using a separable programming model. The model includes transportation costs, economies of size in market operation, a proxy for reductions in buyers' operating costs attributable to increasing market volumes, and livestock production density, both in and around the state. The model is sufficiently comprehensive and descriptive to be of practical use by policy makers who influence industry change. Results indicate that a reduction in market numbers would lower combined costs.
Inflation: A graceful entrance from Loop Quantum Cosmology
Creators: name: Nunes, N. J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The evolution of a scalar field is explored taking into account the presence of a background fluid in a positively curved Universe in the framework of loop quantum cosmology. Though the mechanism that provides the initial conditions for inflation extensively studied in the literature, is still available in this setup, it demands that the initial kinetic energy of the field be comparable to the energy density of the background fluid if the field is initially situated at the minimum of the potential. It is found, however, that for potentials with a minimum such as the chaotic inflation model, there is an additional mechanism that can provide the correct initial conditions for successful inflation even if initially the kinetic energy of the field is subdominant by many orders of magnitude. In this latter mechanism the field switches direction when the Universe is still in the expanding phase. The kinetic energy gained while the field rolls down the potential is subsequently enhanced when the universe enters the collapsing phase pushing the field one step up the potential. This behavior is repeated on every cycle of contraction and expansion of the Universe until the field becomes dominant and inflation follows.
description: 9 pages, 8 figures, modified abstract and extended introduction
High-Entropy Monoborides: Towards Superhard Materials
Creators: name: Qin, Mingde
name: Yan, Qizhang
name: Wang, Haoren
name: Vecchio, Kenneth S.
name: Luo, Jian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Single-phase high-entropy monoborides (HEMBs) of the CrB prototype structure have been synthesized for the first time. Reactive spark plasma sintering of ball milled mixtures of elemental precursor powders produced bulk (V0.2Cr0.2Nb0.2Mo0.2Ta0.2)B, (V0.2Cr0.2Nb0.2Mo0.2W0.2)B, and (V0.2Cr0.2Nb0.2Ta0.2W0.2)B HEMB specimens of ~98.3-99.5% relative densities. Vickers hardness was measured to be ~22-26 GPa at an indentation load of 9.8 N and ~32-37 GPa at 0.98 N. In particular, the load-dependent hardness of (V0.2Cr0.2Nb0.2Ta0.2W0.2)B is higher than those of ternary (Ta0.5W0.5)B (already considered as superhard) and hardest reported high-entropy metal diborides, and on a par with the classical superhard boride WB4.
description: 29 pages, 3 main plus 8 suppl, figures; 1 main plus 2 suppl. tables
PRICE ENHANCEMENT, RETURNS VARIABILITY, AND SUPPLY RESPONSE IN THE U.S. DAIRY SECTOR
Creators: name: Thraen, Cameron S.
name: Hammond, Jerome W.
name: Thraen, Cameron S.
name: Hammond, Jerome W.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1987
Subjects: Livestock Production/Industries

description: Dairy producers operating in the U.S. have been protected against market price variability by the federal price support program for over 35 years. During the late 1970s tax outlays to operate this program grew at a rapid rate. While many authors have addressed the economic implications of the existing dairy price support program, few have explicitly considered the relationship between risk aversion, capital investment, milk production, and support price policy in this process. This paper considers the role of uncertainty and risk-averse behavior and suggests that these elements are crucial to an economic analysis of the current program and future dairy policy issues.
COMPETITIVE BIDDING ON IMPORT TENDERS: THE CASE OF MINOR OILSEEDS
Creators: name: Wilson, William W.
name: Diersen, Matthew A.
name: Wilson, William W.
name: Diersen, Matthew A.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2001
Subjects: International Relations/Trade

description: A common and noteworthy application of auctions and bidding is that of tendering for imports, used for both price determination and the allocation of purchases among sellers. In this study we develop a model to evaluate bidding strategies and competition and apply it to Egyptian oilseeds imports. Generally, bids could be explained with a relatively high degree of confidence using accessible data. In addition, there appear to be groups of bidders characterized by differences in their bid functions. These statistical results were used to determine optimal bids and evaluate the effects of several critical variables. The results are particularly interesting for understanding sellers' bidding strategies and competition among rivals, as well as impacts of specific variables on optimal bids and payoffs to sellers.
Cross-View Image Retrieval -- Ground to Aerial Image Retrieval through Deep Learning
Creators: name: Khurshid, Numan
name: Hanif, Talha
name: Tharani, Mohbat
name: Taj, Murtaza
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Cross-modal retrieval aims to measure the content similarity between different types of data. The idea has been previously applied to visual, text, and speech data. In this paper, we present a novel cross-modal retrieval method specifically for multi-view images, called Cross-view Image Retrieval CVIR. Our approach aims to find a feature space as well as an embedding space in which samples from street-view images are compared directly to satellite-view images (and vice-versa). For this comparison, a novel deep metric learning based solution "DeepCVIR" has been proposed. Previous cross-view image datasets are deficient in that they (1) lack class information; (2) were originally collected for cross-view image geolocalization task with coupled images; (3) do not include any images from off-street locations. To train, compare, and evaluate the performance of cross-view image retrieval, we present a new 6 class cross-view image dataset termed as CrossViewRet which comprises of images including freeway, mountain, palace, river, ship, and stadium with 700 high-resolution dual-view images for each class. Results show that the proposed DeepCVIR outperforms conventional matching approaches on the CVIR task for the given dataset and would also serve as the baseline for future research.
description: International Conference on Neural Information Processing (ICONIP-2019)
Additional file 1 of Feasibility and content validity of the PERF-FIT test battery to assess movement skills, agility and power among children in low-resource settings
Creators: name: Smits-Engelsman, Bouwien C. M.
name: Bonney, Emmanuel
name: Neto, Jorge Lopes Cavalcante
name: Jelsma, Dorothee L.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: Medicine
Science Policy

description: Additional file 1.
Some Oriental manuscripts in the Friedsam Library of St. Bonaventure University
Creators: name: Clemons, James T.
Publisher: name: Oriens christianus : Hefte für die Kunde des christlichen Orients
Year: 2024

description: Oriens christianus : Hefte für die Kunde des christlichen Orients, Bd. 51 (1967): Oriens christianus, Band 51
Additional file 12 of Cytokine-induced molecular responses in airway smooth muscle cells inform genome-wide association studies of asthma
Creators: name: Thompson, Emma E.
name: Dang, Quynh
name: Mitchell-Handley, Blair
name: Rajendran, Kavitha
name: Ram-Mohan, Sumati
name: Solway, Julian
name: Ober, Carole
name: Ramaswamy Krishnan
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 12. Summaries of GWAS for bronchial responsiveness in the Hutterites. Q-Q plot of GWAS results for bronchical responsiveness index (BRI) in the Hutterites (N=964) and Manhattan plot of GWAS results for bronchical responsiveness index (BRI) in the Hutterites (N=964).
Meeting Dairy Market Sanitation Requirements Economically: A Preliminary Report
Creators: name: Fenzau, C. J.
name: Van Arsdall, R. N.
name: Fenzau, C. J.
name: Van Arsdall, R. N.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1954
Subjects: Farm Management
Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety
Labor and Human Capital
Livestock Production/Industries
Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies

description: Excerpts from the report Introduction: Research and experience have established the value to dairy farmers of good sanitation practices, the importance of prompt and adequate cooling of milk, and the need for careful operation and cleaning of milking and milk-handling equipment. But how do the different features of farm dairy buildings and equipment influence the quality of milk as reflected by laboratory tests? And what is the most economical investment in buildings, equipment, and use of labor that is consistent with production of milk of a quality acceptable for consumption in fluid form? The study reported here was undertaken on several farms to obtain answers to the two questions listed above. Conditions were established that would enable operators to follow desirable sanitation and management practices, using a combination of buildings and facilities which represents a substantial reduction in investment and in annual cost. These conditions would also reduce the amount of labor needed.
REPRESENTATIONS OF MULTI-ATTRIBUTE GRAIN QUALITY
Creators: name: DeVuyst, Eric A.
name: Johnson, D. Demcey
name: Nganje, William E.
name: DeVuyst, Eric A.
name: Johnson, D. Demcey
name: Nganje, William E.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2001
Subjects: Crop Production/Industries

description: Grain quality is typically measured via several attributes. As these attributes vary across shipments and time, grain quality can be described using multivariate probability or frequency distributions. These distributions are important in modeling blending opportunities inherent in various grain shipments. For computational reasons, it is usually necessary to represent these distributions with a small set of discrete points and probabilities. In this analysis, we suggest a representation method based on Gaussian quadrature. This approach maintains the blending opportunities available by preserving moments of the distribution. The Gaussian quadrature method is compared to a more commonly used representation in a barley blending model.
The experience of men providing at-home care for a dying loved one
Creators: name: Bidgood, Darcee
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: The primary purpose of this study was to examine the experience of men who provide care to a dying loved one at home. A qualitative research method, Interpretive Description, was used as the experience had not previously been fully examined. The sample was taken from a larger study examining the social context of home-based palliative caregiving and thus, was a secondary analysis of the original data. Analysis of the data from 13 male caregivers provided a rich description of their experience of caring for a dying loved one at home. Three main themes including (a) leading in, (b) moving into action, and (c) outcomes of male caregiving emerged from the analysis and included several sub-themes. Findings suggest men entered the caregiving role in several ways: previous knowledge of caregiving, support for them as caregivers, a lack of other desirable options, and a strong sense of duty. As they became caregivers the men moved into action by developing strategies and ways of caring for their loved one, some of which were influenced by gender. Caregiving men became informed, learned and did the required tasks, assembled needed equipment, dealt with challenges, and tried to advocate for their dying loved one and themselves. Men also had to take care of themselves, which involved getting help, setting boundaries, and taking time off. A few men were unable and unsupported to take care and had less satisfactory experiences. Several outcomes were identified as a result of caregiving, including the rewards and toll of caregiving for men, outcomes for family members who were supporting the caregiver and outcomes for the dying person. Study findings point to a need to examine the structures and services currently in place and suggest improvements that could be made to more fully support men in a palliative caregiving role.
Additional file 2 of Feasibility and content validity of the PERF-FIT test battery to assess movement skills, agility and power among children in low-resource settings
Creators: name: Smits-Engelsman, Bouwien C. M.
name: Bonney, Emmanuel
name: Neto, Jorge Lopes Cavalcante
name: Jelsma, Dorothee L.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: Medicine
Science Policy

description: Additional file 2.
Bandgap modulation of narrow-gap carbon nanotubes in a transverse electric field
Creators: name: Gunlycke, D.
name: Lambert, C. J.
name: Bailey, S. W. D.
name: Pettifor, D. G.
name: Briggs, G. A. D.
name: Jefferson, J. H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We propose a method to modulate the bandgaps in quasi-metallic carbon nanotubes using a transverse electric field. Unlike previous investigations, we include curvature effects of the nanotubes by incorporating both $π$- and $σ$-orbitals in our tight-binding calculations. The calculations show that the small curvature-induced bandgaps decrease quadratically with electric field amplitude to zero. As the electric field amplitude continues to increase, the bandgap then expands in a similar manner to that presented in earlier studies. The bandgap dependence is verified by analytical calculations, which also agree with preceding analyses for the limit of no curvature.
description: 6 pages, 2 figures, accepted to Europhysics Letters
Copie af Understyrmanden Cornelius Seehusens holdne Journal paa Reisen med Hr. Hans Egede fra Colonien Norder efter som er begyndt d. 22 Februarij 1724 og endet d 21 Martij samme Aar
Creators: name: Seehusen, Cornelius
name: Egede, Hans
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 0

description: Avskrift ca 1770.
FEEDER CATTLE PRICE SLIDES
Creators: name: Brorsen, B. Wade
name: Coulibaly, Nouhoun
name: Richter, Francisca G.-C.
name: Bailey, DeeVon
name: Brorsen, B. Wade
name: Coulibaly, Nouhoun
name: Richter, Francisca G.-C.
name: Bailey, DeeVon
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2001
Subjects: Demand and Price Analysis

description: A theoretical model is developed to explain the economics of determining price slides for feeder cattle. The contract is viewed as a dynamic game with continuous strategies where the buyer and seller are the players. The model provides a solution for the price slide that guarantees an unbiased estimate of cattle weight. An empirical model using Superior Livestock Auction (SLA) data shows price slides used are smaller than those needed to cause the producer to give unbiased estimates of weight. Consistent with the model's predictions, producers slightly underestimate cattle weights.
Super-enhancement focusing of Teflon sphere
Creators: name: Yue, Liyang
name: Wang, Zengbo
name: Yan, Bing
name: Monks, James N.
name: Joya, Yasir
name: Dhama, Rakesh
name: Minin, Oleg V.
name: Minin, Igor V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A Teflon (Polytetrafluoroethylene, PTFE) sphere can be used as a focusing lens in the applications of imaging and sensing due to its low-loss property in the terahertz (THz) band. In this paper, we analytically calculated field intensities and focusing parameters for Teflon spheres at different low-loss levels and then discovered a super-enhancement focusing effect in the spheres with particular size parameters, which can stimulate about 4000 times stronger field intensity than that for incident radiation as well as the great potential of overcoming diffraction limit despite high sensitivity to the magnitude of Teflon loss. A subsequent analysis of scattering amplitudes proved that the strong scattering of a single order mode in the internal electric or magnetic field is the main factor causing this phenomenon.
description: 12 pages, 6 figures
Skipper-CCD for quantum microscopy: status and plans
Creators: name: Magnoni, Agustina Gabriela
name: Rodrigues, Darío
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Skipper CCD
Quantum Metrology
Sub-shot-noise measurement

description: Skipper-CCD is able to measure the charge in each pixel, repeatedly, in a non-destructive way. As a result, the readout noise can be reduced as much as desired [Tiffenberg et al, 2017]. It allows the precise counting of the number of electrons in each pixel ranging from empty pixel to more than 1900 electrons [Rodrigues et al. 2021]. In addition, they account for very high quantum efficiency (above 90% in the visible range), extremely low dark current (less than 1 electron per pixel per day), and high resolution (pixel size of 15 microns by 15 microns). There are many promising applications of this sensor on Quantum Imaging. In particular, they can provide the same resolution and Noise Reduction Factor in Quantum Microscopy using a factor of hundreds of fewer photons per pixel than the current best achievement in this field [Samantaray et al, 2017]. The same advantage can be expressed as an order of magnitude better resolution at the same number of photons per pixel. This presents a valuable impact of the Quantum Microscopy applications in biology and chemistry when avoiding damaging the sample is required [Taylor et al, 2012]. During this talk, we will present the status and plans for the implementation of Skipper-CCD in this field. Tiffenberg et al. Single-Electron and Single-Photon Sensitivity with a Silicon Skipper CCD. Phys. Rev. Lett.,119,13,131802,2017,10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.131802 Rodrigues et al. Absolute measurement of the Fano factor using a Skipper-CCD. arXiv:2004.11499v3 Samantaray, N., Ruo-Berchera, I., Meda, A. et al. Realization of the first sub-shot-noise wide-field microscope. Light Sci Appl 6, e17005 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/lsa.2017.5 Taylor, M., Janousek, J., Daria, V. et al. Biological measurement beyond the quantum limit. Nature Photon 7, 229–233 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2012.346
Additional file 10 of Cytokine-induced molecular responses in airway smooth muscle cells inform genome-wide association studies of asthma
Creators: name: Thompson, Emma E.
name: Dang, Quynh
name: Mitchell-Handley, Blair
name: Rajendran, Kavitha
name: Ram-Mohan, Sumati
name: Solway, Julian
name: Ober, Carole
name: Ramaswamy Krishnan
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 10. Methylation levels among cases at baseline (vehicle) look more like controls following IL-13+IL-17 stimulation. Comparison of methylation levels at the 260 DMPs in controls following IL-13+IL-17 exposure to methylation levels among cases and controls at baseline (vehicle treated).
EXPORT SUBSIDIES AND PROFIT-SHIFTING IN VERTICAL MARKETS
Creators: name: Sheldon, Ian M.
name: Pick, Daniel H.
name: McCorriston, Steve
name: Sheldon, Ian M.
name: Pick, Daniel H.
name: McCorriston, Steve
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2001
Subjects: International Relations/Trade

description: This study examines the interaction between export subsidies and profit-shifting in a vertical production system consisting of agricultural commodity production, and intermediate and final good processing, where the latter two stages may be characterized by imperfect competition. Using a model with general functional forms for demand, comparative statics indicate that an export subsidy to an unprocessed agricultural commodity, under certain circumstances, can have greater profit-shifting effects at the final processing stage compared to an export subsidy targeted at the final processed good.
XMM-Newton X-ray spectroscopy of the high-mass X-ray binary 4U1700-37 at low flux
Creators: name: van der Meer, A.
name: Kaper, L.
name: Di Salvo, T.
name: Mendez, M.
name: van der Klis, M.
name: Barr, P.
name: Trams, N. R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present results of a monitoring campaign of the high-mass X-ray binary system 4U 1700-37/HD 153919, carried out with XMM-Newton in February 2001. The system was observed at four orbital phase intervals, covering 37% of one 3.41-day orbit. The lightcurve includes strong flares, commonly observed in this source. We focus on three epochs in which the data are not affected by photon pile up: the eclipse, the eclipse egress and a low-flux interval in the lightcurve around orbital phase phi ~0.25. The high-energy part of the continuum is modelled as a direct plus a scattered component, each represented by a power law with identical photon index (alpha ~1.4), but with different absorption columns. We show that during the low-flux interval the continuum is strongly reduced, probably due to a reduction of the accretion rate onto the compact object. A soft excess is detected in all spectra, consistent with either another continuum component originating in the outskirts of the system or a blend of emission lines. Many fluorescence emission lines from near-neutral species and discrete recombination lines from He- and H-like species are detected during eclipse and egress. The detection of recombination lines during eclipse indicates the presence of an extended ionised region surrounding the compact object. The observed increase in strength of some emission lines corresponding to higher values of the ionisation parameter xi further substantiates this conclusion.
description: 15 pages, 7 figures, accepted for publication in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Exchange interactions and temperature dependence of the magnetization in half--metallic Heusler alloys
Creators: name: Sasioglu, E.
name: Sandratskii, L. M.
name: Bruno, P.
name: Galanakis, I.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the exchange interactions in half-metallic Heusler alloys using first-principles calculations in conjunction with the frozen-magnon approximation. The Curie temperature is estimated within both mean-field (MF) and random-phase-approximation (RPA) approaches. For the half-Heusler alloys NiMnSb and CoMnSb the dominant interaction is between the nearest Mn atoms. In this case the MF and RPA estimations differ strongly. The RPA approach provides better agreement with experiment. The exchange interactions are more complex in the case of full-Heusler alloys Co$_2$MnSi and Co$_2$CrAl where the dominant effects are the inter-sublattice interactions between the Mn(Cr) and Co atoms and between Co atoms at different sublattices. For these compounds we find that both MF and RPA give very close values of the Curie temperature slightly underestimating experimental quantities. We study the influence of the lattice compression on the magnetic properties. The temperature dependence of the magnetization is calculated using the RPA method within both quantum mechanical and classical approaches.
description: New figures and discussion
Experimental constraints on the ordinary chondrite shock darkening caused by asteroid collisions
Creators: name: Kohout, T.
name: Petrova, E. V.
name: Yakovlev, G. A.
name: Grokhovsky, V. I.
name: Penttilä, A.
name: Maturilli, A.
name: Moreau, J. -G.
name: Berzin, S. V.
name: Wasiljeff, J.
name: Danilenko, I. A.
name: Zamyatin, D. A.
name: Muftakhetdinova, R. F.
name: Heikkilä, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Shock-induced changes in ordinary chondrite meteorites related to impacts or planetary collisions are known to be capable of altering their optical properties. Thus, one can hypothesize that a significant portion of the ordinary chondrite material may be hidden within the observed dark C/X asteroid population. The exact pressure-temperature conditions of the shock-induced darkening are not well constrained. Thus, we experimentally investigate the gradual changes in the chondrite material optical properties as a function of the shock pressure. A spherical shock experiment with Chelyabinsk LL5 was performed in order to study the changes in its optical properties. The spherical shock experiment geometry allows for a gradual increase of shock pressure from $\sim$15 GPa at a rim toward hundreds of gigapascals in the center. Four distinct zones were observed with an increasing shock load. The optical changes are minimal up to $\sim$50 GPa. In the region of $\sim$50--60 GPa, shock darkening occurs due to the troilite melt infusion into silicates. This process abruptly ceases at pressures of $\sim$60 GPa due to an onset of silicate melting. At pressures higher than $\sim$150 GPa, recrystallization occurs and is associated with a second-stage shock darkening due to fine troilite-metal eutectic grains. The shock darkening affects the ultraviolet, visible, and near-infrared (UV, VIS, and NIR) region while changes to the MIR spectrum are minimal. Shock darkening is caused by two distinct mechanisms with characteristic pressure regions, which are separated by an interval where the darkening ceases. This implies a reduced amount of shock-darkened material produced during the asteroid collisions.
Two-loop sunset diagrams with three massive lines
Creators: name: Kniehl, B. A.
name: Kotikov, A. V.
name: Onishchenko, A.
name: Veretin, O.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper, we consider the two-loop sunset diagram with two different masses, m and M, at spacelike virtuality q^2 = -m^2. We find explicit representations for the master integrals and an analytic result through O(epsilon) in d=4-2epsilon space-time dimensions for the case of equal masses, m = M.
description: 11 pages
Additional file 11 of Cytokine-induced molecular responses in airway smooth muscle cells inform genome-wide association studies of asthma
Creators: name: Thompson, Emma E.
name: Dang, Quynh
name: Mitchell-Handley, Blair
name: Rajendran, Kavitha
name: Ram-Mohan, Sumati
name: Solway, Julian
name: Ober, Carole
name: Ramaswamy Krishnan
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 11. Contractile measurements do not significantly differ between cases and controls or among treatment groups. Comparison of contractile measurements in IL-13 and/or IL-17A-exposed cells.