cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Sharing contested space : participation in the planning of UBC’s University Boulevard area
Creators: name: Whitelaw, Peter
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: Rooted in democracy, the field of public participation has a long history and continues to evolve. In- the last fifty years, a huge number of approaches have been created to involve the interested community in decision making. Most recently, contingent strategies and deliberative techniques have drawn the attention of practitioners; so too has the systematic evaluation of participatory processes. The goal of this thesis is to take advantage of these recent developments by building and testing an evaluation framework for public participation that is principled, robust, and responsive to different points of view. A comprehensive, contingent evaluative framework is developed based on recent community involvement literature and applied to the University Boulevard Neighbourhood Planning process at the University of British Columbia (UBC). For each criterion in the framework, data was collected from interviews, documents, media reports, and participant observation, and triangulated to maximize objectivity. Combining the results for each criterion led to broader conclusions, recommendations for UBC, and lessons for evaluators. Overall, UBC staff responsible for the consultation process with the community put many of the right elements in place: the process was representative, inclusive,, and informative, and was flexible when challenged. However, staff lacked commitment to adopted planning policy and faced time pressure, encouraging them to limit the influence of the community in order to obtain approval quickly. The evaluation of implementation showed that the process was not a credible attempt to involve community members in making planning decisions, and highlighted significant issues with governance of planning at UBC. At the end of the day, the process was only marginally successful, failing to meet many internal goals and meeting few broader social goals despite the eventual approval of a plan for the area. UBC should give the interested community more influence, and enhance accountability, transparency and objectivity if they are to improve results from planning processes. Overall, the evaluation framework was appropriate to the case study and could be applied elsewhere. Evaluators should be aware of constraints from resources, timing, and access to information in applying the model, and should develop a clearer understanding of the links between contextual factors and process characteristics if they are to improve on this method.
Incidence of Agro-Climate Variability over Grass-Fed Cattle Markets.
Creators: name: Lanfranco, Bruno A.
name: Castano, Jose Pedro
name: Lanfranco, Bruno A.
name: Castano, Jose Pedro
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Demand and Price Analysis
subject: Livestock Production/Industries
subject: cattle prices
subject: climate variability
subject: agro-ecological conditions
subject: seasonal effects
subject: price formation
subject: differentiated products

description: The objective of this study was the quantification of the effects of intra-annual and seasonal agro-climate variability over market conditions, for “open sky” livestock production systems such as those prevailing in Uruguay. Permanent conditions (soil type, including productivity and water storage capacity), pastures seasonal average growth cycles) will be discriminated from not permanent conditions (intra-annual and seasonal climate variability), identifying regional patterns using iso-price maps. The magnitude of the effects of the selected variables is reflected by their marginal contribution to the price received by cattle lots in the market at a certain point in time. Almost eight years of available per-lot trading information from live cattle video auctions is utilized to construct confidence intervals over the average price patterns. Information about abnormal intra-annual and seasonal variability, especially the occurrence of extreme events, will be used for monitoring unexpected changes and sudden short term cattle price movements.
description: The marginal contribution of each of the selected variables was quantified in terms of premiums and discounts and mapped as dynamic iso-price regions that illustrate geographic and seasonal permanent price patterns for feeder cattle, as well as changing market conditions derived from unexpected climate and weather variability. The graphic representation of how price patterns may change with climate variability allows for a better understanding of short term market disequilibrium derived from this type of variability. This may help cattle operators and producers improve farm management and making informed decisions.
Broadening of the drumhead mode spectrum due to in-plane thermal fluctuations of two-dimensional trapped ion crystals in a Penning trap
Creators: name: Shankar, Athreya
name: Tang, Chen
name: Affolter, Matthew
name: Gilmore, Kevin
name: Dubin, Daniel H. E.
name: Parker, Scott
name: Holland, Murray J.
name: Bollinger, John J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Two-dimensional crystals of ions stored in Penning traps are a leading platform for quantum simulation and sensing experiments. For small amplitudes, the out-of-plane motion of such crystals can be described by a discrete set of normal modes called the drumhead modes, which can be used to implement a range of quantum information protocols. However, experimental observations of crystals with Doppler-cooled and even near-ground-state-cooled drumhead modes reveal an unresolved drumhead mode spectrum. In this work, we establish in-plane thermal fluctuations in ion positions as a major contributor to the broadening of the drumhead mode spectrum. In the process, we demonstrate how the confining magnetic field leads to unconventional in-plane normal modes, whose average potential and kinetic energies are not equal. This property, in turn, has implications for the sampling procedure required to choose the in-plane initial conditions for molecular dynamics simulations. For current operating conditions of the NIST Penning trap, our study suggests that the two dimensional crystals produced in this trap undergo in-plane potential energy fluctuations of the order of $10$ mK. Our study therefore motivates the need for designing improved techniques to cool the in-plane degrees of freedom.
description: 17 pages, 10 figures
The Initial Mass Function toward the low-mass end in the Large Magellanic Cloud with HST/WFPC2 Observations
Creators: name: Gouliermis, D.
name: Brandner, W.
name: Henning, Th.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present V and I equivalent HST/WFPC2 photometry of two areas in the Large Magellanic Cloud: The southern part of the stellar association LH 52, located on the western edge of the super-shell LMC 4, and a field between two associations, which is located on the southwestern edge of the shell, and which accounts for the general background field of the galaxy. The HST/WFPC2 observations reach magnitudes as faint as V=25 mag, much deeper than have been observed earlier in stellar associations in the LMC. We determine the MF for main-sequence stars in the areas. Its slope (Gamma) in both areas is steeper for stars with masses M < 2 M_solar (-4 < Gamma < -6), compared with stars of M > 2 M_solar (-1 < Gamma < -2). Thus, as far as the field of the LMC concerns the MF does not have a uniform slope throughout its observed mass range. The MF of the general field of the LMC was found previously to be steeper than the MF of a stellar association for massive stars with M > 5 M_solar. We conclude that this seems to be also the case toward lower masses down to M ~ 1 M_solar. Our data allow to construct the field-subtracted, incompleteness-corrected, main-sequence MF of the southwestern part of the young stellar association LH 52, which accounts for the Initial Mass Function (IMF) of the system. Its mean slope is found to be comparable, but still more shallow than a typical Salpeter IMF (Gamma = -1.12 +/- 0.24) for masses down to ~ 1 M_solar. We found indications that the IMF of the association probably is ``top-heavy'', due to the large number of intermediate-mass stars in the field of the system, while the general LMC field is found to be responsible for the low-mass population, with M < 2 M_solar, observed in both fields.
description: 15 pages, 9 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ
Scattering Amplitudes and the Double Copy in Topologically Massive Theories
Creators: name: Moynihan, Nathan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using the principles of the modern scattering amplitudes programme, we develop a formalism for constructing the amplitudes of three-dimensional topologically massive gauge theories and gravity. Inspired by recent developments in four dimensions, we construct the three-dimensional equivalent of $x$-variables for conserved matter currents coupled to topologically massive gauge bosons or gravitons. Using these, we bootstrap various matter-coupled gauge-theory and gravitational scattering amplitudes, and conjecture that topologically massive gauge theory and topologically massive gravity are related by the double copy. To motivate this idea further, we show explicitly that the Landau gauge propagator on the gauge theory side double copies to the de Donder gauge propagator on the gravity side.
description: v3: Typos fixed
Eoadalia juliae
Creators: name: POORANI, J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Coccinellidae
Eoadalia
Eoadalia juliae

description: 52. juliae (Mulsant, 1866)
Distribution: India (Uttarakhand).
description: Published as part of POORANI, J., 2023, An illustrated guide to lady beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) of the Indian Subcontinent. Part 1. Tribe Coccinellini, pp. 1-307 in Zootaxa 5332 (1) on page 281, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5332.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/8261502
Additional file 1 of Reviewing assessment of student learning in interdisciplinary STEM education
Creators: name: Xiaoyi Gao
name: Peishan Li
name: Shen, Ji
name: Huifang Sun
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 1. Supplementary Materials: List of Reviewed Articles
Higgs coupling constants as a probe of new physics
Creators: name: Kanemura, Shinya
name: Okada, Yasuhiro
name: Senaha, Eibun
name: Yuan, C. -P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study new physics effects on the couplings of weak gauge bosons with the lightest CP-even Higgs boson ($h$), $hZZ$, and the tri-linear coupling of the lightest Higgs boson, $hhh$, at the one loop order, as predicted by the two Higgs doublet model. Those renormalized coupling constants can deviate from the Standard Model (SM) predictions due to two distinct origins; the tree level mixing effect of Higgs bosons and the quantum effect of additional particles in loop diagrams. The latter can be enhanced in the renormalized $hhh$ coupling constant when the additional particles show the non-decoupling property. Therefore, even in the case where the $hZZ$ coupling is close to the SM value, deviation in the $hhh$ coupling from the SM value can become as large as plus 100 percent, while that in the $hZZ$ coupling is at most minus 1 percent level. Such large quantum effect on the Higgs tri-linear coupling is distinguishable from the tree level mixing effect, and is expected to be detectable at a future linear collider.
description: 52 pages, 10 figures, revtex4
Profiling the Evolving Characteristics and Needs for Risk Management Education of Commercial Agricultural Producers in the Intermountain West
Creators: name: Hewlett, John P.
name: Ehmke, Cole
name: Hewlett, John P.
name: Ehmke, Cole
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession
subject: agricultural producer profile
subject: risk management education
subject: rural enterprises
subject: western agriculture
subject: rural family ventures

description: The rural West has experienced dramatic demographic and economic transformations during the past several decades. The makeup of farm operators has changed significantly, and enterprises are increasingly at greater production, financial, marketing, human, and institutional risks. Given the importance of university outreach education to the future of agriculture, a better understanding of farm operators, including what they perceive to be the greatest threats to their operations, is required to effectively design risk management education. This project has resulted in improved understanding of agricultural producer needs for risk management education, through the results of two surveys completed over the past three years. These surveys targeted both small ($50,000 ag sales) operators across three western states (WY, CO, and AZ). Results are generally much more descriptive of the educational needs, as well as suggesting mechanisms for delivery for Extension workers and others than the results available from the general agricultural census. More information at: http://RuralFamilyVentures.org.
Halyzia feae Gorham 1895
Creators: name: POORANI, J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Coccinellidae
Halyzia
Halyzia feae

description: 53. feae Gorham, 1895
Distribution: Myanmar; ‘Bengal’.
description: Published as part of POORANI, J., 2023, An illustrated guide to lady beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) of the Indian Subcontinent. Part 1. Tribe Coccinellini, pp. 1-307 in Zootaxa 5332 (1) on page 281, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5332.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/8261502
Consumption Time in Household Production: Implications for the Goods-Time Elasticity of Substitution
Creators: name: Baral, Ranju
name: Davis, George C.
name: You, Wen
name: Baral, Ranju
name: Davis, George C.
name: You, Wen
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Consumer/Household Economics
subject: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety
subject: Household Production
subject: Elasticity of Substitution
subject: Time Use
subject: Food Purchases

description: The relationship between the goods-time elasticity of substitution with consumption time as an input and the goods-time elasticity of substitution without consumption time as an input is derived analytically. Under some reasonable assumptions, the goods-time elasticity of substitution is shown to be greater if consumption time is not included as an input. An empirical example of food production for single headed households is consistent with this result and indicates the goods-time elasticity of substitution is about 60% greater when consumption time is not included as an input than when it is included.
Stance Detection on Social Media: State of the Art and Trends
Creators: name: AlDayel, Abeer
name: Magdy, Walid
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Social and Information Networks (cs.SI)
subject: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Stance detection on social media is an emerging opinion mining paradigm for various social and political applications in which sentiment analysis may be sub-optimal. There has been a growing research interest for developing effective methods for stance detection methods varying among multiple communities including natural language processing, web science, and social computing. This paper surveys the work on stance detection within those communities and situates its usage within current opinion mining techniques in social media. It presents an exhaustive review of stance detection techniques on social media, including the task definition, different types of targets in stance detection, features set used, and various machine learning approaches applied. The survey reports state-of-the-art results on the existing benchmark datasets on stance detection, and discusses the most effective approaches. In addition, this study explores the emerging trends and different applications of stance detection on social media. The study concludes by discussing the gaps in the current existing research and highlights the possible future directions for stance detection on social media.
description: This is an early version of the paper. For the final version, please find it published at Elsevier IP&Min the following link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ipm.2021.102597
A Matrix Model for Misner Universe and Closed String Tachyons
Creators: name: She, Jian-Huang
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We use D-instantons to probe the geometry of Misner universe, and calculate the world volume field theory action, which is of the 1+0 dimensional form and highly non-local. Turning on closed string tachyons, we see from the deformed moduli space of the D-instantons that the spacelike singularity is removed and the region near the singularity becomes a fuzzy cone, where space and time do not commute. When realized cosmologically there can be controllable trans-planckian effects. And the infinite past is now causally connected with the infinite future, thus also providing a model for big crunch/big bang transition. In the spirit of IKKT matrix theory, we propose that the D-instanton action here provides a holographic description for Misner universe and time is generated dynamically. In addition we show that winding string production from the vacua and instability of D-branes have simple uniform interpretations in this second quantized formalism.
description: 15 pages, no figures, harvmac; added discussion on space-time noncommutativity and consequences in cosmology; some conclusions better clarified, added comparison with McGreevy & Silverstein's work, added footnotes and references
Additional file 7 of Molecular mechanisms of coronary disease revealed using quantitative trait loci for TCF21 binding, chromatin accessibility, and chromosomal looping
Creators: name: Quanyi Zhao
name: Dacre, Michael
name: Nguyen, Trieu
name: Milos Pjanic
name: Boxiang Liu
name: Dharini Iyer
name: Cheng, Paul
name: Wirka, Robert
name: Juyong Brian Kim
name: Fraser, Hunter B.
name: Quertermous, Thomas
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 7. Review history.
Numerical Modeling of Eta Carinae Bipolar Outflows
Creators: name: Gonzalez, R. F.
name: Pino, E. M. de Gouveia Dal
name: Raga, A. C.
name: Velazquez, P. F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper, we present two-dimensional gas dynamic simulations of the formation and evolution of the eta-Car bipolar outflows. Adopting the interacting nonspherical winds model, we have carried out high-resolution numerical simulations, which include explicitly computed time-dependent radiative cooling, for different possible scenarios of the colliding winds. In our simulations, we consider different degrees of non-spherical symmetry for the pre-outburst wind and the great eruption of the 1840s presented by the eta-Car wind. From these models, we obtain important differences in the shape and kinematical properties of the Homunculus structure. In particular, we find an appropriate combination of the wind parameters (that control the degree of non-spherical symmetry) and obtain numerical experiments that best match both the observed morphology and the expansion velocity of the eta-Car bipolar shell. In addition, our numerical simulations show the formation of a bipolar nebula embedded within the Homunculus (the little Homunculus) developed from a secondary eruptive event suffered by the star in the 1890s, and also the development of tenuous, high velocity ejections in the equatorial region that result from the impact of the eruptive wind of the 1840s with the pre-outburst wind and that could explain some of the high speed features observed in the equatorial ejecta. The models were, however, unable to produce equatorial ejections associated to the second eruptive event.
description: 33 pages, 9 figures, accepted by the Astrophysical Journal
Halyzia nepalensis Canepari 2003
Creators: name: POORANI, J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Coccinellidae
Halyzia
Halyzia nepalensis

description: 54. nepalensis Canepari, 2003
Distribution: India (Arunachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand); Bhutan; Nepal; Eastern Himalayas; Myanmar.
description: Published as part of POORANI, J., 2023, An illustrated guide to lady beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) of the Indian Subcontinent. Part 1. Tribe Coccinellini, pp. 1-307 in Zootaxa 5332 (1) on page 281, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5332.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/8261502
Dynamic Adjustment of U.S. Agriculture to Energy Price Changes
Creators: name: Lambert, David K.
name: Gong, Jian
name: Lambert, David K.
name: Gong, Jian
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Demand and Price Analysis
subject: International Development
subject: Production Economics
subject: Productivity Analysis
subject: dynamic cost function
subject: energy prices
subject: U.S. agriculture

description: Energy prices increased significantly following the first energy price shock of 1973. Agricultural producers found few short run substitution possibilities as relative factor prices changed. Inelastic demands resulted in total expenditures on energy inputs that have closely followed energy price changes over time. A dynamic cost function model is estimated to derive short and long run adjustments within U.S. agriculture between 1948 and 2002 to changes in relative input prices. The objective is to measure the degree of farm responsiveness to energy price changes and if this responsiveness has changed over time. Findings support inelastic demands for all farm inputs. Statistical results support moderate increases in responses to energy and other input price changes in the 1980s. However, demands for all inputs remain inelastic in both the short and long run. Estimation of share equations associated with a dynamic cost function indicates that factor adjustment to input price changes are essentially complete within 1 year.
Observability inequalities for degenerate transport equations
Creators: name: Floridia, Giuseppe
name: Takase, Hiroshi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: In this paper we prove an observability inequality for a degenerate transport equation. First we introduce a local in time Carleman estimate for the degenerate equation, then we apply it to obtain a global in time observability inequality by using also an energy estimate.
Additional file 4 of Responding to health needs of women, children and adolescents within Syria during conflict: intervention coverage, challenges and adaptations
Creators: name: Chaza Akik
name: Semaan, Aline
name: Shaker-Berbari, Linda
name: Jamaluddine, Zeina
name: Saad, Ghada E.
name: Lopes, Katherine
name: Constantin, Joanne
name: Abdulkarim Ekzayez
name: Singh, Neha S.
name: Blanchet, Karl
name: DeJong, Jocelyn
name: Ghattas, Hala
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Cancer
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 4. List of RMNCAH&N indicators used to build Map 1.
FLAMINGOS Spectroscopy of New Low-Mass Members of the Young Cluster IC 348
Creators: name: Luhman, K. L.
name: Lada, Elizabeth A.
name: Muench, August A.
name: Elston, Richard J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present spectroscopy of candidate stellar and substellar members of the young cluster IC 348. Using the Florida Multi-Object Imaging Near-Infrared Grism Observational Spectrometer with the 4 meter telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory, we have obtained multi-object moderate-resolution (R=1000) J- and H-band spectra of 66 infrared sources (H=12-17) toward IC 348, many of which are difficult to observe spectroscopically at optical wavelengths (I>20) because they are highly reddened and/or intrinsically cool and red. We have also observed 19 known cluster members that have optical spectral types available from previous work. By using these latter sources as the spectral classification standards, we have identified 14 new members of the cluster with types of M2-M6 in the sample of 66 new objects. Two additional objects exhibit types of >M8.5, but cannot be conclusively classified as either field dwarfs or cluster members with available data. We have estimated extinctions, luminosities, and effective temperatures for these 16 M-type objects, placed them on the H-R diagram, and used the evolutionary models of Chabrier & Baraffe to estimate their masses. If the two candidates at >M8.5 are indeed members, they should be among the least massive known brown dwarfs in IC 348 (M/M_sun~0.01).
description: 15 pages, The Astrophysical Journal, 2004, v618 (January 10)
Spatial Price Analysis Incorporating Rate of Trade: Methods and Application to United States–China Soybean Trade
Creators: name: Han, Shengfei
name: Durham, Catherine A.
name: Han, Shengfei
name: Durham, Catherine A.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Farm Management
subject: International Relations/Trade
subject: Marketing
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: China
subject: futures markets
subject: market integration
subject: regime switching
subject: soybeans
subject: World Trade Organization

description: A regime-switching model for analysis of market integration has been developed that incorporates rate of trade information. An application of the methods to United States–China soybean trade demonstrates that the extended trade information allows better interpretation of market conditions. While the empirical results show that China’s reform efforts since mid 1990s toward an open market have greatly improved United States–China soybean markets integration, about 40% of nontransitional disequilibrium occurrences likely indicate infrastructural limits such as the lack of information availability and limited competition. The United States–China price linkage is observed to be closer after China’s World Trade Organization membership. The link has also been found relatively slack during the South American soybean harvest.
Spontaneous Lorentz Violation and Nonpolynomial Interactions
Creators: name: Altschul, B.
name: Kostelecky, Alan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Gauge-noninvariant vector field theories with superficially nonrenormalizable nonpolynomial interactions are studied. We show that nontrivial relevant and stable theories have spontaneous Lorentz violation, and we present a large class of asymptotically free theories. The Nambu-Goldstone modes of these theories can be identified with the photon, with potential experimental implications.
description: 10 pages, accepted in Physics Letters B
Estimation of rheological parameters for unstained living cells
Creators: name: Lonhus, Kirill
name: Rychtarikova, Renata
name: Ghaznavi, Ali
name: Stys, Dalibor
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In video-records, objects moving in intracellular regions are often hardly detectable and identifiable. In order to squeeze the information on the intracellular flows, we propose an automatic method of reconstruction of intracellular flow velocity fields based only on a recorded video of an unstained cell. The basis of the method is detection of speeded-up robust features (SURF) and assembling them into trajectories. Two components of motion -- direct and Brownian -- are separated by an original method based on minimum covariance estimation. The Brownian component gives a spatially resolved diffusion coefficient. The directed component yields a velocity field, and, after fitting the vorticity equation, estimation of the spatially distributed effective viscosity. The method was applied to videos of a human osteoblast and a hepatocyte. The obtained parameters are in agreement with literature data.
description: 14 pages, 4 figures
Land Use Issues: The Last Settler’s Syndrome
Creators: name: Groothuis, Peter A.
name: Groothuis, Peter A.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Farm Management
subject: International Development
subject: Land Economics/Use
subject: billboards
subject: contingent valuation
subject: land use
subject: scenic amenities
subject: wind energy

description: In the last settler’s syndrome, each new settler wants the area to remain as it was on their arrival. Newcomers’ preferences often differ from long-term residents, and conflicts arise. To explore land use issues among various groups, a survey of opinions on mountain views was developed and administered to Watauga County residents in western North Carolina. Watauga County provides an interesting case study, because it is a growing area with an influx of newcomers along with long-time residents. The results suggest that agreements can be achieved on some land use issues, whereas disagreements will arise on others.
Halyzia sanscrita Mulsant 1853
Creators: name: POORANI, J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Coccinellidae
Halyzia
Halyzia sanscrita

description: 55. sanscrita Mulsant, 1853a
Distribution: India: Northern and northwestern regions (Arunachal Pradesh, Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh); Pakistan; Bhutan; Nepal; Tibet; China; Taiwan.
description: Published as part of POORANI, J., 2023, An illustrated guide to lady beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) of the Indian Subcontinent. Part 1. Tribe Coccinellini, pp. 1-307 in Zootaxa 5332 (1) on page 281, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5332.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/8261502
On two-point boundary correlations in the six-vertex model with DWBC
Creators: name: Colomo, F.
name: Pronko, A. G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The six-vertex model with domain wall boundary conditions (DWBC) on an N x N square lattice is considered. The two-point correlation function describing the probability of having two vertices in a given state at opposite (top and bottom) boundaries of the lattice is calculated. It is shown that this two-point boundary correlator is expressible in a very simple way in terms of the one-point boundary correlators of the model on N x N and (N-1) x (N-1) lattices. In alternating sign matrix (ASM) language this result implies that the doubly refined x-enumerations of ASMs are just appropriate combinations of the singly refined ones.
description: v2: a reference added, typos corrected
Staying in Touch through Extension: An Analysis of Farmers’ Use of Alternative Extension Information Products
Creators: name: Jones, Lauren E.
name: Diekmann, Florian
name: Batte, Marvin T.
name: Jones, Lauren E.
name: Diekmann, Florian
name: Batte, Marvin T.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Community/Rural/Urban Development
subject: Farm Management
subject: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies
subject: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession
subject: communication methods
subject: double hurdle model
subject: Extension information demand
subject: Extension satisfaction
subject: value of information

description: The U.S. farming industry is evolving quickly. It is therefore important that state Extension services be prepared to evolve as well. This study uses data collected in a 2007 survey of Ohio farmers to evaluate likelihood and frequency of use of various services offered by Extension as well as overall satisfaction with Extension services. Results indicate that tailoring of topics and communication methods to type of farm and/or farmer informational needs could improve the use of Extension resources. This implies that targeting of information products and methods may improve the performance of Extension education programs and customer satisfaction.
Limited Access to Conservation: Limited- Resource Farmer Participation in the Conservation Security Program in the Southeast
Creators: name: Bergtold, Jason S.
name: Molnar, Joseph J.
name: Bergtold, Jason S.
name: Molnar, Joseph J.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Community/Rural/Urban Development
subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Farm Management
subject: Land Economics/Use
subject: Productivity Analysis
subject: adoption
subject: conservation
subject: Conservation Security Program
subject: conservation tillage
subject: limited-resource farmers
subject: logistic regression
subject: small farms
subject: soil testing

description: The paper examines the joint adoption of conservation tillage, crop rotations, and soil testing by small and limited-resource farmers in the Southeast. The objectives are to determine the potential eligibility of small farmers for the Conservation Security Program, examine socioeconomic factors affecting adoption, and assess the interdependence between adopting different conservation practices. Results indicate that conservation management, ethnicity, and farm characteristics affect practice adoption. Of the producers surveyed in the study, 7% meet Conservation Security Program eligibility requirements, while the other 93% have less than a 20% likelihood of adopting the needed practices to qualify.
Swampland Conjectures for Strings and Membranes
Creators: name: Lanza, Stefano
name: Marchesano, Fernando
name: Martucci, Luca
name: Valenzuela, Irene
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Swampland criteria like the Weak Gravity Conjecture should not only apply to particles, but also to other lower-codimension charged objects in 4d EFTs like strings and membranes. However, the description of the latter is in general subtle due to their large backreaction effects. In the context of 4d $\mathcal{N}=1$ EFTs, we consider $\frac12$BPS strings and membranes which are fundamental, in the sense that they cannot be resolved within the EFT regime. We argue that, if interpreted from the EFT viewpoint, the 4d backreaction of these objects translates into a classical RG flow of their couplings. Constraints on the UV charges and tensions get then translated to constraints on the axionic kinetic terms and scalar potential of the EFT. This uncovers new relations among the Swampland Conjectures, which become interconnected by the physical properties of low-codimension objects. In particular, using that string RG flows describe infinite field distance limits, we show that the WGC for strings implies the Swampland Distance Conjecture. Similarly, WGC-saturating membranes generate a scalar potential satisfying the de Sitter Conjecture.
description: 57 pages + appendices, 12 figures; v2: typos corrected
A conjecture on the Poincar{é}-Betti series of modules of differential operators on a generic hyperplane arrangement
Creators: name: Snellman, Jan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Commutative Algebra (math.AC)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 13N10, 14J70

description: Holm studied modules of higher order differential operators (generalising derivations) on generic (central) hyperplane arrangements. We use his results to determine the Hilbert series of these modules. We also give a conjecture about the Poincar{é}-Betti series; these are known for the module of derivations through the work of Yuzvinsky and of Rose and Terao.
description: Source includes Macaulay 2 and Maple code
The value of the tuberculin skin test size in predicting the development of tuberculosis in contacts of active cases
Creators: name: Morán Mendoza, A. Onofre
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: Objectives: A) to identify the risk factors for tuberculosis (TB) development among contacts of TB cases. B) To determine the tuberculin skin test (TST) size cut-offs that best predict the development of TB for various groups. Methods: A retrospective cohort study of the contacts of active TB cases recorded in the Division of TB control (DTB) of BC from 1990 to 2000 was carried out to identify the development of TB. The prognostic factors for TB development were obtained from the DTB and from several provincial databases. Contacts with HIV or previous TB were excluded. The prognostic factors evaluated were: TST size, age, gender, ethnicity, latent TB infection (LTBI) treatment, type of contact, previous BCG, immunosuppressive conditions and others. Results: Among the 33,146 contacts identified in the DTB, 228 developed TB during the 12- year follow-up period (TB rate 688/100,000) and 82% of TB cases occurred within 2 yrs after exposure. The main prognostic factors for TB development were: malnutrition, no LTBI treatment, TST size ≥5 mm, being a household contact, and young age (all hazard ratios >5; p-values <0.0001). Other significant factors were: malignancy, use of corticosteroids, injection drug use, previous BCG status, alcoholism, exposure to a smear positive TB case, lower socioeconomic status and being an Aboriginal person. The TST sizes that best predicted the development of TB varied among different groups: household contacts with TST sizes 0-4 mm (reference category) had a TB rate of 1,014/100,000; those with 5-9 mm a TB rate of 2,162/100,000 (adjusted hazard ratio: 10.0; 95% CI: 3.3 to 28.9). Children 0-10 yrs old with 0- 4 mm had a TB rate of 806/100,000; those with 5-9 mm a TB rate of 5,556/100,000 (adjusted hazard ratio: 6.0; 95% CI: 0.8 to 47.4). Immunosuppressed contacts with TST sizes of 0-4 mm had a TB rate of 686/100,000; those with 5-9 mm a TB rate of 2,000/100,000 (adjusted hazard ratio: 2.6; 95% CI: 0.3 to 22.9). The risk of TB increased progressively with larger TST sizes. Conclusions: Household contacts, close contacts 0-10 yrs old and immunosuppressed contacts may benefit from preventive treatment regardless of their TST size.
Present Situation, Problems and Countermeasures of Targeted Poverty Alleviation in Shaxi Township of Lichuan City
Creators: name: CHENG Sijia
name: SHAO Shuhui
name: CHENG Sijia
name: SHAO Shuhui
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Targeted poverty alleviation, Problems, Countermeasures

description: Poverty is a major factor restricting the economic and social development of all countries in the world. Eliminating poverty and improving people's livelihood have always been the long-cherished goals of mankind. This paper elaborated the targeted poverty alleviation work in Shaxi Township of Lichuan City mainly from three aspects: targeted identification, targeted assistance, and targeted exit. Besides, it analyzed the problems existing in the practice of targeted poverty alleviation in Shaxi Township, and put forward corresponding countermeasures and recommendations.
A relativistic model of the isotropic three-dimensional singular oscillator
Creators: name: Nagiyev, S. M.
name: Jafarov, E. I.
name: Imanov, R. M.
name: Homorodean, L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 33C45; 33C90; 39A70

description: Exactly solvable model of the quantum isotropic three-dimensional singular oscillator in the relativistic configurational $\vec r$-space is proposed. We have found the radial wavefunctions, which are expressed through the continuous dual Hahn polynomials and energy spectrum for the model under consideration. It is shown that they have the correct non-relativistic limits.
description: 11 pages, 6 figures, accepted for publication in Physics Letters A
Halyzia straminea
Creators: name: POORANI, J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Coccinellidae
Halyzia
Halyzia straminea

description: 56. straminea (Hope, 1831)
Distribution: India (Andaman Islands, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim, West Bengal); Nepal; Bhutan; China; Taiwan; Tibet.
description: Published as part of POORANI, J., 2023, An illustrated guide to lady beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) of the Indian Subcontinent. Part 1. Tribe Coccinellini, pp. 1-307 in Zootaxa 5332 (1) on page 281, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5332.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/8261502
The New Generation Planetary Population Synthesis (NGPPS). I. Bern global model of planet formation and evolution, model tests, and emerging planetary systems
Creators: name: Emsenhuber, Alexandre
name: Mordasini, Christoph
name: Burn, Remo
name: Alibert, Yann
name: Benz, Willy
name: Asphaug, Erik
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Aims. Comparing theoretical models with observations allows one to make key step forward towards an understanding of planetary systems. It however requires a model able to (i) predict all the necessary observable quantities (not only masses and orbits, but also radii, luminosities, magnitudes, or evaporation rates) and (ii) address the large range in relevant planetary masses (from Mars mass to super-Jupiters) and distances (from stellar-grazing to wide orbits). Methods. We have developed a combined global end-to-end planetary formation and evolution model, the Generation III Bern model, based on the core accretion paradigm. This model solves as directly as possible the underlying differential equations for the structure and evolution of the gas disc, the dynamical state of the planetesimals, the internal structure of the planets yielding their planetesimal and gas accretion rates, disc-driven orbital migration, and the gravitational interaction of concurrently forming planets via a full N-body calculation. Importantly, the model also follows the long-term evolution of the planets on Gigayear timescales after formation including the effects of cooling and contraction, atmospheric escape, bloating, and stellar tides. Results. To test the model, we compared it with classical scenarios of Solar System formation. For the terrestrial planets, we find that we obtain a giant impact phase provided enough embryos (~100) are initially emplaced in the disc. For the giant planets, we find that Jupiter-mass planets must accrete their core shortly before the dispersal of the gas disc to prevent strong inward migration that would bring them to the inner edge of the disc. Conclusions. The model can form planetary systems with a wide range of properties. We find that systems with only terrestrial planets are often well-ordered while giant-planet bearing systems show no such similarity.
description: 45 pages, 26 figures. Accepted to A&A, version after language editing. Abstract abridged to meet arXiv requirements
Additional file 3 of Responding to health needs of women, children and adolescents within Syria during conflict: intervention coverage, challenges and adaptations
Creators: name: Chaza Akik
name: Semaan, Aline
name: Shaker-Berbari, Linda
name: Jamaluddine, Zeina
name: Saad, Ghada E.
name: Lopes, Katherine
name: Constantin, Joanne
name: Abdulkarim Ekzayez
name: Singh, Neha S.
name: Blanchet, Karl
name: DeJong, Jocelyn
name: Ghattas, Hala
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Cancer
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 3. Key informant interview guide.
Factors Influencing Farmer Adoption of Portable Computers for Site-Specific Management: A Case Study for Cotton Production
Creators: name: Walton, Jonathan C.
name: Larson, James A.
name: Roberts, Roland K.
name: Lambert, Dayton M.
name: English, Burton C.
name: Larkin, Sherry L.
name: Marra, Michele C.
name: Martin, Steven W.
name: Paxton, Kenneth W.
name: Reeves, Jeanne M.
name: Walton, Jonathan C.
name: Larson, James A.
name: Roberts, Roland K.
name: Lambert, Dayton M.
name: English, Burton C.
name: Larkin, Sherry L.
name: Marra, Michele C.
name: Martin, Steven W.
name: Paxton, Kenneth W.
name: Reeves, Jeanne M.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Community/Rural/Urban Development
subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Farm Management
subject: Land Economics/Use
subject: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies
subject: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession
subject: decision support
subject: information technology
subject: precision farming technology
subject: variable rate technology

description: Personal digital assistants (PDA) and handheld global positioning systems (GPS) have become increasingly important in cotton production but little is known about their use. This research analyzed the adoption of PDA/handheld GPS devices in cotton production. A younger farmer who used a computer in farm management and had a positive perception of Extension had a greater likelihood of adopting the devices. In addition, farmers who used complementary remote sensing, plant mapping, and grid soil sampling information were more likely to use PDA/handheld GPS devices. Finally, the COTMAN in-field decision support program from Extension also positively impacted adoption.
Additional file 2 of Responding to health needs of women, children and adolescents within Syria during conflict: intervention coverage, challenges and adaptations
Creators: name: Chaza Akik
name: Semaan, Aline
name: Shaker-Berbari, Linda
name: Jamaluddine, Zeina
name: Saad, Ghada E.
name: Lopes, Katherine
name: Constantin, Joanne
name: Abdulkarim Ekzayez
name: Singh, Neha S.
name: Blanchet, Karl
name: DeJong, Jocelyn
name: Ghattas, Hala
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Cancer
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 2. Desk review search strategy and inclusion criteria.