cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Surculus Townes 1970
Creators: name: Araujo, Rodrigo O.
name: Fernandes, Daniell R. R.
name: Pos, Davide Dal
name: Giovanni, Filippo Di
name: Moreira-Muñoz, Andrés
name: Pádua, Diego G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Surculus

description: 18.15 Genus Surculus Townes, 1970 *
Surculus Townes, 1970a: 88.
Type species Surculus oculatus Townes, 1970, by original designation.
description: Published as part of Araujo, Rodrigo O., Fernandes, Daniell R. R., Pos, Davide Dal, Giovanni, Filippo Di, Moreira-Muñoz, Andrés & Pádua, Diego G., 2025, Unveiling the secrets of South American Darwin wasps, part I: a comprehensive checklist of the Chilean Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea), pp. 1-51 in Zootaxa 5631 (1) on page 36, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5631.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/15326657
The combined effect of bonding and particle size variables on the undrained behavior of sandy soil
Creators: name: Ricardo, Richard Vall Ngangu
name: Musaffa Aysen Lav
Publisher: name: Faculty of Engineering, Khon Kaen University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Particle size
Bond
Gradation
Triaxial
Sand
Cemented sands

description: Engineering and Applied Science Research, 49, 4, 459-469
Interim Report on Experiments with Western Kentucky Bank Gravel in Bituminous Concrete
Creators: name: Kentucky Highway Materials Research Laboratory
Publisher: name: Kentucky Transportation Center, University of Kentucky
Year: 1947
Subjects: subject: Transportation Engineering

description: Experiments with Western Kentucky Bank Gravel as an aggregate in bituminous concrete were started in 1944 with a reconstruction project on the Paducah-Smithland Road (R.P. 32-1 SA & R.P. 32-l-SB), U.S. 60 & U.S. 68, in NcCracken County. Eight sections containing four different bituminous materials two different thicknesses of binder course, and variations in the surface course only with regard to a single grade of bitumen applied to Sections 5 to 8 inclusive, were provided in the plans.  The pavement was inspected and photographs were taken in May, 1946, but no formal report was made on the experiment at that time. Another annual inspection was made on June 10 and ll of this year, and photographs as well as samples cut from the bituminous pavement in solid sections were taken as evidence of the condition of the project at this stage. Attempts were made to obtain cores for stability tests, but this proved impossible with the equipment available.  All results of the inspection, sampling, and testing of materials from this project will be included in a later report on experimental bituminous test roads in different parts of the state; for the present, this report is made as a means of showing differences or similarities between Sections 1 and 5 of this project-- the two sections containing MC-5 in the bank gravel binder course.
Adsorption of cationic dye on activated carbon from hydrolyzed Dipterocarpus alatus leaves: Waste from biodiesel production
Creators: name: Warangkana Khangwichian
name: Sudarat Pattamasewe
name: Ratanaporn Leesing
name: Knijnenburg, Jesper T. N.
name: Yuvarat Ngernyen
Publisher: name: Faculty of Engineering, Khon Kaen University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Activated carbon
Dipterocarpus alatus leaves
Chemical activation
Adsorption
Cationic dye

description: Engineering and Applied Science Research, 49, 4, 531-544
Seismic Performance Analysis of the Elevated RC Tanks under Strong Far- and Near-Fault Ground Motions Considering Fluid–Structure Interaction
Creators: name: Karimi Pour, Arash
name: Farsangi, Ehsan Noroozinejad
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2024

description: The elevated reinforced concrete tanks assessed in the current work were the subject of a nonlinear sloshing analysis resulting from fluid–container interactions. The primary response quantity of interest was the height of free surface sloshing. To achieve this aim, the effect of the liquid contents on the seismic behavior of tanks subjected to various sets of far- and near-fault ground motions were measured. The variables considered in this study included bidirectional loading, the earthquake’s frequency content, water sloshing, and the three-dimensional geometry. The primary goal of this work was to analyze these crucial parameters through a parametric analysis using a finite element method considering the influence of nonlinear fluid–structure interactions under the influence of different ground motions. By contrasting the numerical results obtained by previous studies and those of the current investigation, the applicability of the current simulation in seismic analyses of the elevated reinforced concrete tanks was then examined, and significant conclusions were formed. The findings showed that the nonlinearity of sloshing may significantly affect the seismic performance of the liquid–container interactions and that failing to properly account for it may pose a severe threat to these structures’ ability to perform satisfactorily for a particular class of tanks, particularly under the influence of near-fault events.
Enlargement of the Nerve Fibers of Silenced Lumbosacral Motoneurons in Cats
Creators: name: Gordon, Tessa
name: Eldridge, Lynn
name: Aurora, Saljae
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2024

description: Whether neuromuscular activity influences the size of motor nerves is controversial. All neuromuscular activity in cat hindlimbs was eliminated by spinal cord isolation (SCI), namely, spinal cord transection above and below the medial gastrocnemius (MG) and soleus (SOL) motoneuron pools and L5-S3 dorsal root transection. MG, SOL and sural (SUR) nerves were removed for size measurements, eight months after SCI surgery and from age-matched control cats. Nerve fiber number, the linear relationship between axon size and myelin thickness, and the bimodal distributions of nerve fiber area and diameter were maintained in all three nerves after SCI. The distributions of myelinated sensory fibers were unchanged in SUR nerves in contrast to the myelinated motor fibers in the MG and SOL nerves that were significantly larger. These findings provide evidence that all lumbar motoneurons survive SCI and that their nerve fibers enlarge. Thus, motor nerve fiber size in addition to the properties of the motoneurons and their muscle fibers is dynamic, responding to neuromuscular activity.
Surculus oculatus Townes 1970
Creators: name: Araujo, Rodrigo O.
name: Fernandes, Daniell R. R.
name: Pos, Davide Dal
name: Giovanni, Filippo Di
name: Moreira-Muñoz, Andrés
name: Pádua, Diego G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Surculus
Surculus oculatus

description: 18.15.1 Surculus oculatus Townes, 1970 *
Distribution. Chile: Región de Los Lagos (Townes 1970a; Lanfranco 1974a); Región Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo (Townes 1970a); Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena (Lanfranco 1974a).
description: Published as part of Araujo, Rodrigo O., Fernandes, Daniell R. R., Pos, Davide Dal, Giovanni, Filippo Di, Moreira-Muñoz, Andrés & Pádua, Diego G., 2025, Unveiling the secrets of South American Darwin wasps, part I: a comprehensive checklist of the Chilean Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea), pp. 1-51 in Zootaxa 5631 (1) on page 36, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5631.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/15326657
Save the Bees, Ditch the Plow: A lesson exploring how squash bee abundance is affected by varying levels of soil disturbance.
Creators: name: Lumsden-Cook, Grace
Publisher: name: QUBES Educational Resources
Year: 2022

description: The purpose of this lesson is to explore the effects that three varying degrees of soil disturbance has on the squash bee abundance that is observed. We will learn about the importance of plant-pollinator interactions, and the methods used to analyze pollinator count data. Using R Studio, an open-access software program, we will fit a linear mixed model using the lme4 package, an anova() test. Finally, we will learn about how community-based monitoring efforts can inform future pollinator conservation efforts.
A Census of Low Redshift AGNs
Creators: name: SENARATH, MADHOOSHI RUWANPURA
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Astrophysics
Extragalactic Astronomy

description: Active galactic nuclei (AGNs), powered by the infall of gas towards black holes, are extremely powerful celestial objects, but can be hidden from view and thus missed by astronomical surveys. In this thesis we have searched for AGNs with changing spectra and surveyed for AGNs using infrared light and optical spectroscopy. We have identified two previously unknown “changing look AGNs,” whose spectra have changed during the past twenty years. We have uncovered hundreds of obscured AGNs using infrared light, which would not have been readily identified by optical AGN surveys.
Can Community Engagement Foster Cultural Sustainability? A Study of Historic New England and the Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm
Creators: name: Hopkins, Sarah
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2015

description: Items without attached files are restricted at the request of the author.  To view the items in person please contact Goucher College Special Collections & Archives at archives@goucher.edu or (410) 337-6075 to obtain a complete copy.
description: This Capstone is an in-depth analysis of community engagement at the Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm, a site in Newbury, Massachusetts, administered by Historic New England. This study closely examines the practices at one museum in the context of the current research on community engagement in museums and arts organizations, as well as the role such engagement can play in fostering cultural sustainability. Further, this work sheds light on how the best practices cited in current museum, cultural sustainability, and arts organizations research is being put into practice. Specifically, it serves to show how one institution and other similar institutions can play a vital role in working with local communities to sustain cultural practices and shepherd these traditions into the future.
The History of the Seaconke Pokanoket Wampanoag Nation
Creators: name: Spears Moorehead, Deborah
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2012

description: Items without attached files are embargoed at the request of the author.  To view the items in person please contact Goucher College Special Collections & Archives at archives@goucher.edu or (410) 337-6075 to obtain a complete copy.
description: This narrative is the history of the Seaconke Pokanoket Wampanoag Tribal Nation. (SPWTN) The history of SPWTN is inclusive of many of the Colonial American events that lead up to the founding of United States. The purpose ofthis narrative is to understand the history of the SPWTN through the perspective of a SPWTN's member and for SPWTN to be federally recognized by United States Government. This narrative is a rare and momentous account of history since it is written in the perspective of a Seaconke Pokanoket Wampanoag tribal member who descends from two heroic leaders of the Pokanoket Wampanoag Tribal Nation. The author descends from Massasoit, the great leader who first met and befriended the Pilgrims in 1620, as well as from Annawan, who was the last Pokanoket Wampanoag leader standing at the end of King Philips War. (1675-1676) Scholarly discourse, oral traditions, research, documentations, interviews, cited references, and clarifications of historic Wampanoag homeland will specify how the land is connected to the continuity and sovereignty of the SPWTN. A legal and academic argument concerning the issue of the dispossession of inherited title and ownership of certain land­ based cases will be addressed and discussed in this narrative. Relationships with local governments, as well as interactions with the United States Government will confirm SPWTN continuity and sovereignty from the past to the present. Church records and genealogical evidence of the group's historic identity and continuity as a sovereign tribal nation will be affirmed through, intermarriage within citizenship of SPWTN as well as with other Native American tribal nations. History, archeological artifacts, anthrological evidence, and newspaper clippings will also confirm the continuity of SPWTN from the past to the present. The conclusion of this narrative will explore the corrective possibilities and expectations for the future of the SPWTN.
Culture a la Carte: Semiotic Construction of “Glocal” Identities in Nepal
Creators: name: Shrestha, Lena
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2013

description: Items without attached files are embargoed at the request of the author.  To view the items in person please contact Goucher College Special Collections & Archives at archives@goucher.edu or (410) 337-6075 to obtain a complete copy.
description: As globalization and booming international industries connect peoples around the world, many communities express the desire to assert senses of self as they share their cultures with visitors. They might wish to sustain their culture while enjoying the conveniences and boons of “modern,” global economies and lifestyles. The desire to maintain the old while engaging the new opens dialogue on the questions of identity, representation, and authenticity in cultural performance. Nepal is a land with deep multicultural roots and a multiplicity of ethnic heritages. The preservation of these traditions is crucial for the success of the lucrative – and high-impact – cultural tourism industry there, but an interesting tension also exists. Looking to the past for a form of nostalgic identity can ignore the vast cultural and value-based changes that are occurring. Political upheaval, from monarchy to democratic republic, is one salient example of these changes. Growing insistence on social activism threatens traditional ethnic groups; some people protest that those customs of the past limit opportunities for today. As Nepal develops as a democracy, a desire for a place and identity in the wider global exchange also occurs alongside a variety of cultures that has existed in the region. There is a need for opportunities for both interests to grow safely, in harmony rather than at war. The Capstone applies a theoretical analysis of semiotic structures to explain the process of community identity construction. The existing patterns of construction of ideological structures provide opportunity to use the same methods to create alternative cultural representations that reflect modern communities. The Capstone describes fieldwork observations into Nepali cultures and proposes ideas for partnerships and action to reflect community development goals.
Teluncus Townes 1970
Creators: name: Araujo, Rodrigo O.
name: Fernandes, Daniell R. R.
name: Pos, Davide Dal
name: Giovanni, Filippo Di
name: Moreira-Muñoz, Andrés
name: Pádua, Diego G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Teluncus

description: 18.16 Genus Teluncus Townes, 1970 *
Teluncus Townes, 1970a: 67.
Type species Teluncus decurvus Townes, 1970, by original designation.
description: Published as part of Araujo, Rodrigo O., Fernandes, Daniell R. R., Pos, Davide Dal, Giovanni, Filippo Di, Moreira-Muñoz, Andrés & Pádua, Diego G., 2025, Unveiling the secrets of South American Darwin wasps, part I: a comprehensive checklist of the Chilean Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea), pp. 1-51 in Zootaxa 5631 (1) on page 37, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5631.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/15326657
Are there gains from using information over the surface of implied volatilities?
Creators: name: Guo, B
name: Han, Q
name: Lin, Hai
Publisher: name: Open Access Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 150299 Banking, Finance and Investment not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: We investigate the out-of-sample predictability of implied volatility using the information over the implied volatility surface. We show that implied volatility surface is useful for the out-of-sample forecast of implied volatility up to 1 week ahead. Trading strategies based on the predictability of implied volatility could generate significant risk-adjusted gains after controlling for transaction costs. Significant results also depend on the way of modeling implied volatility surface. We then calibrate a two-factor stochastic volatility option pricing model to implied volatility data. Results show that implied volatility is better explained by both long- and short-term variance factors.
Ocama
Creators: name: Morales, Joanne
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2013

description: Items without attached files are embargoed at the request of the author.  To view the items in person please contact Goucher College Special Collections & Archives at archives@goucher.edu or (410) 337-6075 to obtain a complete copy.
description: Ocama, which means "listen" is a two part project regarding the importance of sustaining Taino culture. The first part is a manuscript created from the voices of twenty-one Taino people. It is a community portrait that conveys the strength of Taino culture and identity. The second part of the project is a reflective paper about my experience throughout the project.
Cov2clusters : genomic clustering of SARS-CoV-2 sequences
Creators: name: Sobkowiak, Benjamin
name: Kamelian, Kimia
name: Zlosnik, James E. A.
name: Tyson, John
name: Silva, Anders G. D.
name: Hoang, Linda M. N.
name: Prystajecky, Natalie
name: Colijn, Caroline
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2023

description: Background: The COVID-19 pandemic remains a global public health concern. Advances in sequencing technologies has allowed for high numbers of SARS-CoV-2 whole genome sequence (WGS) data and rapid sharing of sequences through global repositories to enable almost real-time genomic analysis of the pathogen. WGS data has been used previously to group genetically similar viral pathogens to reveal evidence of transmission, including methods that identify distinct clusters on a phylogenetic tree. Identifying clusters of linked cases can aid in the regional surveillance and management of the disease. In this study, we present a novel method for producing stable genomic clusters of SARS-CoV-2 cases, cov2clusters, and compare the accuracy and stability of our approach to previous methods used for phylogenetic clustering using real-world SARS-CoV-2 sequence data obtained from British Columbia, Canada. Results: We found that cov2clusters produced more stable clusters than previously used phylogenetic clustering methods when adding sequence data through time, mimicking an increase in sequence data through the pandemic. Our method also showed high accuracy when predicting epidemiologically informed clusters from sequence data. Conclusions: Our new approach allows for the identification of stable clusters of SARS-CoV-2 from WGS data. Producing high-resolution SARS-CoV-2 clusters from sequence data alone can a challenge and, where possible, both genomic and epidemiological data should be used in combination.
Are tightened trading rules always bad? Evidence from the Chinese index futures market
Creators: name: Lin, Hai
name: Wang, Y
Publisher: name: Open Access Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington
Year: 2022
Subjects: Economics

description: This paper investigates the impact of tightened trading rules on the market efficiency and price discovery function of the Chinese stock index futures in 2015. The market efficiency and the price discovery of Chinese stock index futures do not deteriorate after these rule changes. Using variance ratio and spectral shape tests, we find that the Chinese index futures market becomes even more efficient after the tightened rules came into effect. Furthermore, by employing Schwarz and Szakmary [J. Futures Markets, 1994, 14(2), 147–167] and Hasbrouck [J. Finance, 1995, 50(4), 1175–1199] price discovery measures, we find that the price discovery function, to some extent, becomes better. This finding is consistent with Stein [J. Finance, 2009, 64(4), 1517–1548], who documents that regulations on leverage can be helpful in a bad market state, and Zhu [Rev. Financ. Stud., 2014, 27(3), 747–789.], who finds that price discovery can be improved with reduced liquidity. It also suggests that the new rules may effectively regulate the manipulation behaviour of the Chinese stock index futures market during a bad market state, and then positively affect its market efficiency and price discovery function.
Culturalsustainability.org
Creators: name: Guild, Jessica
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2013

description: Items without attached files are restricted at the request of the author.  To view the items in person please contact Goucher College Special Collections & Archives at archives@goucher.edu or (410) 337-6075 to obtain a complete copy.
description: Culturalsustainability.org is founded in the spirit of fostering support and networking opportunities for professionals practicing the methodologies associated with cultural sustainability, a professional practice dedicated to community empowerment and social justice. The innovative professionals using cultural sustainability work with the goal of creating compassionate and holistic understandings between people and places. Whether this understanding comes from successfully teaching and passing on important folk life traditions or campaigning for an environmental cause, the critical heart of this work has to do with respect, listening, and learning. The website is a platform where those interested in learning more about this concept can connect to information, and also functions as a place for continued learning and networking. The website endeavor is 100% member supported and funded, in the hope that this will be a useful resource for the growing practice of cultural sustainability.
Forecasting Corporate Bond Returns with a Large Set of Predictors: An Iterated Combination Approach
Creators: name: Lin, Hai
name: Wu, C
name: Zhou, G
Publisher: name: Open Access Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington
Year: 2022
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Using a comprehensive return data set and an array of 27 macroeconomic, stock, and bond predictors, we find that corporate bond returns are highly predictable based on an iterated combination model. The large set of predictors outperforms traditional predictors substantially, and predictability generated by the iterated combination is both statistically and economically significant. Stock market and macroeconomic variables play an important role in forming expected bond returns. Return forecasts are closely linked to the evolution of real economy. Corporate bond premia have strong predictive power for business cycle, and the primary source of this predictive power is from the low-grade bond premium.
Teluncus decurvus Townes 1970
Creators: name: Araujo, Rodrigo O.
name: Fernandes, Daniell R. R.
name: Pos, Davide Dal
name: Giovanni, Filippo Di
name: Moreira-Muñoz, Andrés
name: Pádua, Diego G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Teluncus
Teluncus decurvus

description: 18.16.1 Teluncus decurvus Townes, 1970 *
Distribution. Chile: Región de Los Lagos (Townes 1970a); Región Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo (Townes 1970a).
description: Published as part of Araujo, Rodrigo O., Fernandes, Daniell R. R., Pos, Davide Dal, Giovanni, Filippo Di, Moreira-Muñoz, Andrés & Pádua, Diego G., 2025, Unveiling the secrets of South American Darwin wasps, part I: a comprehensive checklist of the Chilean Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea), pp. 1-51 in Zootaxa 5631 (1) on page 37, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5631.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/15326657
Global risk spillover and the predictability of sovereign CDS spread: International evidence
Creators: name: Srivastava, S
name: Lin, Hai
name: Premachandra, IM
name: Roberts, H
Publisher: name: Open Access Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 140299 Applied Economics not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: 140199 Economic Theory not elsewhere classified
subject: 150299 Banking, Finance and Investment not elsewhere classified

description: Using an error correction model, we document strong evidence of Granger causality in mean from the S&P option market to the sovereign CDS market in 98% of the 56 sovereigns we investigate. Tests under conditional heteroskedasticity provide further evidence of the risk spillover effect from the S&P index option market to the CDS market in mean, variance, and value-at-risk. The strong spillover effect during the recent financial crisis implies that global shocks first affect the S&P option market and then spill over to the sovereign CDS market. We demonstrate that our results are quite robust.
Global risk spillover and the predictability of sovereign credit default swap: An international evidence
Creators: name: Lin, Hai
name: Premachandra, I
name: Roberts, H
name: Srivastava, S
Publisher: name: Open Access Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 140299 Applied Economics not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: 140199 Economic Theory not elsewhere classified
subject: 150299 Banking, Finance and Investment not elsewhere classified

description: © 2015 Elsevier Inc. Using an error correction model, we document strong evidence of Granger causality in mean from the S&P option market to the sovereign CDS market in 98% of the 56 sovereigns we investigate. Tests under conditional heteroskedasticity provide further evidence of the risk spillover effect from the S&P index option market to the CDS market in mean, variance, and value-at-risk. The strong spillover effect during the recent financial crisis implies that global shocks first affect the S&P option market and then spill over to the sovereign CDS market. We demonstrate that our results are quite robust.
Home on the Range: How Women Sustained and Enriched Their Lives on Ranches
Creators: name: Cloudt, Cherie Ann
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2013

description: Items without attached files are restricted at the request of the author.  To view the items in person please contact Goucher College Special Collections & Archives at archives@goucher.edu or (410) 337-6075 to obtain a complete copy.
description: This study describes and analyzes the perspectives and attitudes of elder ranch women from the central part of Arizona, specifically, Yavapai County. These women's sense of place and role as working ranch women is described in rich narrative and compared to contemporary ranch women's roles. The primary methods used to gather the data included in-depth interviews, family history, and photos. The participants were chosen as they were all acquainted with my mother and had led similar lifestyles. The ranch stories revealed a lifestyle that modeled sustainability within an agricultural mileu and could possibly serve as examples of sustainability to others.
Longevity risk and survivor derivative pricing
Creators: name: Dawson, P
name: Lin, Hai
name: Liu, Y
Publisher: name: Open Access Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 150299 Banking, Finance and Investment not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: Purpose – Longevity risk, that is, the uncertainty of the demographic survival rate, is an important risk for insurance companies and pension funds, which have large, and long-term, exposures to survivorship. The purpose of this paper is to propose a new model to describe this demographic survival risk. Design/methodology/approach – The model proposed in this paper satisfies all the desired properties of a survival rate and has an explicit distribution for both single years and accumulative years. Findings – The results show that it is important to consider the expected shift and risk premium of life table uncertainty and the stochastic behaviour of survival rates when pricing the survivor derivatives. Originality/value – This model can be applied to the rapidly growing market for survivor derivatives.
Study of the Effect of Blended Coarse Aggregate on Air Entrained Concrete Second Progress Report
Creators: name: Kentucky Highway Materials Research Laboratory
Publisher: name: Kentucky Transportation Center, University of Kentucky
Year: 1947
Subjects: subject: Transportation Engineering

description: When the first progress report on this study of blended aggregate was prepared in January, 1947, only three of the nine groups of samples in Series I had completed the durability tests, and specimens in four of the seven groups composing Series II had not even been prepared. In contrast, at the present all samples in Series I have completed the durability tests thus concluding the results pertaining to Ohio River gravel from Louisville, and specimens in three groups of Series II (applicable to glacial gravel) have finished the durability tests. Further than that, several additional groups of samples which form a part of the over-all study of combined aggregate materials have been prepared in the interim, and some of these were placed in durability tests several weeks ago. These, however, are of doubtful ultimate value because of defects in operation of equipment, and for that reason--plus the fact that nothing of significance has shown up in the tests--they are not given consideration in this report.  As shown in Table I, where the results are summarized, only four sets (or two groups) of specimens were able to withstand freezing and thawing for 200 cycles - the maximum duration of test or point at which beams were removed if failure had not occurred previously. These samples were in Series I, Group G, where the mix contained 100 percent limestone coarse aggregate and 4.3 percent air, and Series II, Group A, "which had 100 percent glacial gravel and 6.1 percent air in the mix. Apparently, the unusual durability of the latter must be dependent upon its high air content, because mixes with the same aggregate but only 1.7 percent air (Series C) or even 4.1 nercent air (Series B) could withstand not more than 172 cycles. Thus, for practical purposes all mixes except those with 100 percent limestone and "air entrainment" failed in less than 200 cycles.
Outline of Research for Adhesion of Bituminous Materials to Mineral Aggregates
Creators: name: Kentucky Highway Materials Research Laboratory
Publisher: name: Kentucky Transportation Center, University of Kentucky
Year: 1947
Subjects: subject: Transportation Engineering

description: The primary object of this proposed research is to investigate existing procedures or develop new means for evaluating the adhesive capacity of bituminous materials when applied to mineral aggregates. This includes bituminous materials in combination with additives or so-called anti-stripping agents; hence, the scope of the project includes:      A study of aggregates for hydrophyllic or hydrophobic properties as related to different types of bitumen, and the selection of a standard aggregate by which the adhesion of bituminous materials themselves may be judged.     Comparison of grades and sources of bituminous materials with respect to power of adhesion to (or tendencies to strip from) different aggregates, both when used separately and when combined with anti-stripping agents.     Evaluation of different products sold commercially as additives to prevent stripping.  The ultimate aim is to establish acceptance tests and specifications that can be applied to both the bituminous materials and the additives.
Information diffusion and the predictability of New Zealand stock market returns
Creators: name: Lin, Hai
name: Quill, D
Publisher: name: Open Access Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 140299 Applied Economics not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: 150199 Accounting, Auditing and Accountability not elsewhere classified
subject: 150299 Banking, Finance and Investment not elsewhere classified

description: This paper examines the impact of international predictors from liquid markets on the predictability of excess returns in the New Zealand stock market using data from May 1992 to February 2011. We find that US stock market return and VIX contribute significantly to the out-of-sample forecasts at short horizons even after controlling for the effect of local predictors, while the contribution by Australian stock market return is not significant. We further demonstrate that the predictability of New Zealand stock market returns using US market predictors could be explained by the information diffusion between these two countries.
Research with Mulches for Roadside Grasses
Creators: name: Kentucky Highway Materials Research Laboratory
Publisher: name: Kentucky Transportation Center, University of Kentucky
Year: 1947
Subjects: subject: Transportation Engineering

description: At the January 27, meeting of our Research Board,experiments with mulches for roadside grasses as proposed by a committee of the Highway Research Board, National Research Council, was discussed. The matter – as noted in item 7 of the minutes of that meeting – was directed to Professor Shaver and me with a request by Mr. Cutler that we confer with men in the Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Kentucky, and at our next meeting report on the practicability of these experiments.  On the afternoon of March 7, Prof. N.R. Elliott, Acting Head of the Department of Horticulture at the University, Prof. Shaver, and I had a conference in our Research Laboratory. Prof. Elliott reviewed the proposed experiments, commented on the favorable and unfavorable aspects, and in general made counter proposals which he though could be correlated with the Highway Research Board objectives but which would be more suited to conditions peculiar to Kentucky.  These suggestions are outlined on the attached sheet, the original of which was prepared by Prof. Elliott. Further appears to be in order before more specific action regarding experiments can be taken.
Supplementary document for Single-shot ranging and velocimetry with a CW lidar far beyond the coherence length of the CW laser - 5543317.pdf
Creators: name: Bayer, Mustafa
name: Li, Xun
name: Guentchev, George
name: Torun, Rasul
name: Velazco, Jose
name: Boyraz, Ozdal
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Theoretical Derivation and Extended Experimental results
Effective and Efficient Delivery of Genome-Based Testing-What Conditions Are Necessary for Health System Readiness?
Creators: name: Husereau, Don
name: Steuten, Lotte
name: Muthu, Vivek
name: Thomas, David M.
name: Spinner, Daryl S.
name: Ivany, Craig
name: Mengel, Michael
name: Sheffield, Brandon
name: Yip, Stephen
name: Jacobs, Philip
name: Sullivan, Terrence
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2024

description: Health systems internationally must prepare for a future of genetic/genomic testing to inform healthcare decision-making while creating research opportunities. High functioning testing services will require additional considerations and health system conditions beyond traditional diagnostic testing. Based on a literature review of good practices, key informant interviews, and expert discussion, this article attempts to synthesize what conditions are necessary, and what good practice may look like. It is intended to aid policymakers and others designing future systems of genome-based care and care prevention. These conditions include creating communities of practice and healthcare system networks; resource planning; across-region informatics; having a clear entry/exit point for innovation; evaluative function(s); concentrated or coordinated service models; mechanisms for awareness and care navigation; integrating innovation and healthcare delivery functions; and revisiting approaches to financing, education and training, regulation, and data privacy and security. The list of conditions we propose was developed with an emphasis on describing conditions that would be applicable to any healthcare system, regardless of capacity, organizational structure, financing, population characteristics, standardization of care processes, or underlying culture.
Xenolytus Forster 1869
Creators: name: Araujo, Rodrigo O.
name: Fernandes, Daniell R. R.
name: Pos, Davide Dal
name: Giovanni, Filippo Di
name: Moreira-Muñoz, Andrés
name: Pádua, Diego G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Xenolytus

description: 18.17 Genus Xenolytus Förster, 1869
Xenolytus Förster, 1869: 174.
Type species Xenolytus rufipes Cameron, 1906, by subsequent designation by Viereck (1914: 153).
description: Published as part of Araujo, Rodrigo O., Fernandes, Daniell R. R., Pos, Davide Dal, Giovanni, Filippo Di, Moreira-Muñoz, Andrés & Pádua, Diego G., 2025, Unveiling the secrets of South American Darwin wasps, part I: a comprehensive checklist of the Chilean Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea), pp. 1-51 in Zootaxa 5631 (1) on page 37, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5631.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/15326657
Translating functional characteristics of dietary fibre to clinical value in patients with irritable bowel syndrome
Creators: name: SO, DANIEL
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 111199 Nutrition and Dietetics not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110307 Gastroenterology and Hepatology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Irritable bowel syndrome is a common disorder with symptoms of abdominal pain and compromised gut functioning. Some types of dietary fibre may help improve aspects of gut function but may also worsen symptoms. We identified two specific fibres, one from sugarcane and another from corn, with characteristics potentially suitable for these patients. We then showed that these fibres, when used together with a common therapeutic diet (low FODMAP diet), were well-tolerated and improved multiple aspects of gut function. Additionally, using novel technologies, we showed the fibres changed how the gut bacteria behaved in different areas of the colon.
Study of the Properties of Coarse Aggregates
Creators: name: Young, James L.
Publisher: name: Kentucky Transportation Center, University of Kentucky
Year: 1947
Subjects: subject: Transportation Engineering

description: Research Project C-22 is an investigation of the geologic aspects of limestone aggregate that might cause failure if used in highway construction. This represents work being carried on at the Highway Materials Research Laboratory in Lexington. The end point of this work is to determine the cause or causes of failure and provide a test that will delete faulty materials from construction work.  In order to evaluate the engineering aspect of the author's work, a study ef the physical tests of these same aggregates is to be made. A correlation between Laboratory Analysis and performance Surveys of these same aggregates in roads should be sufficient to make pertinent observations.  Limestone varies in any and all proportions of its basic constituents, with the introduction of some new minerals from time to time. As defined, limestone should be composed of calcium carbonate plus some small amount of impurities. The variation in amount and types of impurity give a limestone its characteristics and this variation is so unique that very rarely will two limestones be identical. The variation in minerals is complex, inasmuch as two different minerals having the same elements, may have entirely different reactions to any influence brought upon them. As to the limits set on the name "limestone", the presence of 50% carbonate material should assign a rock as limestone. A chemical analysis, although helpful, will not be a positive criterion as the analysis tells only the compounds present and not the way in which they are combined.  It seems a reasonable hypothesis that the impurities present are the dominant agents in any failure of limestone aggregate and a careful comparative study of these impurities should show whether the premise is well founded. This, then, is the main objective of the study.
Outline of Proposed Research for "Study of the Relationship Between Subgrade California Bearing Ratios and Pumping of Rigid Pavements"
Creators: name: Kentucky Highway Materials Research Laboratory
Publisher: name: Kentucky Transportation Center, University of Kentucky
Year: 1947
Subjects: subject: Transportation Engineering

description: The purpose of this investigation is to determine the relationship between the pumping of rigid pavements and the modified California Bearing Ratio of the subgrade soil beneath the pavement. Ultimately, the objective is to combine data from this research with those from other related studies and provide a design criteria for eliminating or minimizing, in the most economical way, pumping of rigid pavements, particularly when soils of uncertain quality are encountered.
Predictions of corporate bond excess returns
Creators: name: Lin, Hai
name: Wang, J
name: Wu, C
Publisher: name: Open Access Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 150299 Banking, Finance and Investment not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: In this paper, we investigate the predictability of corporate bond excess returns using a comprehensive data sample for the period from January 1973 to December 2010. We find that corporate bond returns are more predictable than stock returns, and the predictability tends to be higher for low-grade bonds and short-maturity bonds. A forward rate factor captures substantial variations in expected bond excess returns. Furthermore, liquidity factors and a bond's credit spread have predictive power on corporate bond excess returns. Combining these variables with traditional predictors significantly improves the performance of the predictive model for corporate bond returns.
Analyse der Datenerhebung nach ElektroG über das Berichtsjahr 2013 zur Vorbereitung der EU-Berichtspflicht 2016
Creators: name: Wagner, Jörg
name: Lange, Ulrike
name: Günther, Marko
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Elektrogerät/Elektronikgerät
subject: Recyclingquote
subject: Abfallexport
subject: Recycling
subject: Berichtswesen
subject: Meldepflicht nach ElektroG
subject: Elektro- und Elektronikgeräte
subject: In Verkehr gebrachte Mengen
subject: Rücknahmemengen
subject: Verwertungsquoten
subject: Altmaterialwiederverwendung
subject: Berichterstattung
subject: Abfall | Ressourcen
subject: Waste | Resources

description: Im Rahmen der Berichtspflicht über das Elektro(nik)geräte und -altgeräteaufkommen in Deutschland erfolgte im vorliegenden Bericht die Analyse und Aggregation der Daten der stiftung ear und des Statistischen Bundesamtes (Destatis) für das Jahr 2013. Insgesamt brachten Hersteller 1.609 Millionen Elektro(nik)geräte (b2b+b2c) auf den Markt. Dies ist der geringste Wert seit Beginn der Dokumentation im Jahr 2006. Die Auswertung derRücknahmemengen beider Meldewege zeigt, dass die gemeldeten b2c-Mengen sich im Vergleich zu den Vorjahren zwar anpassen, jedoch in 7 von 10 Kategorien teilweise signifikant geringere Mengen über die stiftung ear gemeldet werden.
The pricing of accruals quality in credit default swap spreads
Creators: name: Alam, P
name: Pu, X
name: Hettler, B
name: Lin, Hai
Publisher: name: Open Access Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 140299 Applied Economics not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: 150199 Accounting, Auditing and Accountability not elsewhere classified
subject: 150299 Banking, Finance and Investment not elsewhere classified

description: We examine the association between accounting information risk, measured with accruals quality (AQ), and credit spreads, primarily measured with credit default swap (CDS) spreads. Theoretically, AQ measures the precision with which accruals map into cash flows. Better AQ implies a more precise estimate of future cash flows and, we predict, a reduction in credit spreads due to resulting lower uncertainty regarding the ability to meet debt interest and principal payments. In support of this hypothesis, we find a negative relationship between AQ and CDS spreads whereby better AQ is associated with lower CDS spreads. Additionally, we investigate the components of total AQ and find that innate AQ is more strongly associated with CDS spreads than is discretionary AQ. We further show that AQ moderates the market's pricing of earnings: the relationship between earnings and CDS spreads weakens as AQ worsens. Together, our results indicate that accounting information risk is priced in credit spreads and that the CDS market responds not only to the level of earnings, but the quality thereof as well.
Xenolytus bitinctus
Creators: name: Araujo, Rodrigo O.
name: Fernandes, Daniell R. R.
name: Pos, Davide Dal
name: Giovanni, Filippo Di
name: Moreira-Muñoz, Andrés
name: Pádua, Diego G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Xenolytus
Xenolytus bitinctus

description: 18.17.1 Xenolytus bitinctus (Gmelin, 1790)
Distribution. Afrotropical, Australasian, Indomalay, Nearctic, Neotropical, Palaearctic (Eastern, Western); Chile: Región de Valparaíso (De Santis 1967).
description: Published as part of Araujo, Rodrigo O., Fernandes, Daniell R. R., Pos, Davide Dal, Giovanni, Filippo Di, Moreira-Muñoz, Andrés & Pádua, Diego G., 2025, Unveiling the secrets of South American Darwin wasps, part I: a comprehensive checklist of the Chilean Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea), pp. 1-51 in Zootaxa 5631 (1) on page 37, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5631.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/15326657