cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
MOESM3 of Increasing the proportion of healthier foods available with and without reducing portion sizes and energy purchased in worksite cafeterias: protocol for a stepped-wedge randomised controlled trial
Creators: name: Reynolds, James
name: KosÄ«Te, Daina
name: Brier Rigby Dames
name: Brocklebank, Laura
name: Pilling, Mark
name: Pechey, Rachel
name: Hollands, Gareth
name: Marteau, Theresa
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Ecology
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 3: Figure S2. Figure displaying the enrolment, allocation, and analysis of sites.
Einstein was right: Proof of absence of spooky state reduction in quantum mechanics
Creators: name: Unnikrishnan, C. S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The present standard interpretation of quantum mechanics invokes nonlocality and state reduction at space-like separated points during measurements on entangled systems. While there is no understanding of the physical mechanism of such nonlocal state reduction, the experimental verifications of quantum correlations different from that predicted by local realistic theories have polarized the physicists' opinion in favour of nonlocality. I show conclusively that there is no such spooky state reduction, vindicating the strong views against nonlocality held by Einstein and Popper. Experimental support to this proof is also discussed. The Bell's inequalities arise due to ignoring the phase information in the correlation function and not due to nonlocality. This result goes against the current belief of quantum nonlocality held by the majority of physicists; yet the proof is transparent and rigorous, and therefore demands a change in the interpretation of quantum mechanics and quantum measurements. The hypothesis of wave function collapse is inconsistent with experimental observations on entangled correlated systems.
description: 6 pages, PDF, Proof outlined in Found. Phys. Lett. vol. 15, 1-25,(2002). Conference presentations at Winter Institute on Found. Q.M, Calcutta(Jan. 2002), Quantum Information, Oviedo (July 2002), TH-2002, Paris (July 2002)
Spectral Decomposition and Signal Separation of Climate Responses to Land Cover Changes
Creators: name: Jäger, Felix
name: Schwaab, Jonas
name: Bukenberger, Mona
name: De Hertog, Steven J.
name: Seneviratne, Sonia I.
Publisher: name: ETH Zurich
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biogeophysical effects of forestation
subject: Spectral analysis
subject: Moving window analysis
subject: Method comparison
subject: Land use change
subject: Deforestation
subject: info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/550
subject: info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/500
subject: Earth sciences
subject: Natural sciences
subject: FOS: Natural sciences

description: While large-scale afforestation and reforestation are heavily discussed as strategies for
nature-based climate change mitigation and adaptation, massive deforestation is ongo-
ing. Such widespread land use and land cover changes (LULCCs) do not only alter the
global climate through biomass carbon uptake or release but also through biogeophys-
ical (BGP) processes related to changes in surface roughness, evaporation, transpiration,
and albedo. These BGP effects act as local forcing to land-atmosphere interactions and
lead to in situ climate responses. Caused by advection and spatio-temporal land-atmosphere-
ocean interaction, they also generate non-local climate responses that occur remotely from
the LULCC. How the non-local partition of climate response signals emerges at differ-
ent spatial scales than its forcing is still object of ongoing research. Here, we present a
spectral perspective on climate responses to LULCC forcing that aids in achieving sys-
tematic understanding.
We introduce spectral decomposition of forcing and response fields into a sum of
signals with different wavelengths based on spherical harmonics to compare the two fields
across spatial scales. Building on this approach, we develop a novel tool called SCISSOR,
a Spectral ClImate Signal SeparatOR to define the cross-scale response signal from the
difference of response and forcing spectra. The cross-scale signal of BGP-driven temper-
ature response to deforestation strongly resembles the non-local signal as estimated by
the established moving window regression and checkerboard interpolation. We show the
utility of spectral methods for model intercomparison and assess their potential for fu-
ture studies aiming to understand the complex interaction between climate and land sur-
face changes.
SUMCASTEC_202022_NA_FET Briefings_Presentation_.pdf_Bangor_C. Palego_Public_NA
Creators: name: C. Palego
name: C. Merla
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021

description: Presentation entitled "SUMCASTEC: Vision, Outcomes and Perspectives" than was jointly give by Dr C. Palego and Dr C. Merla at the FET Briefing matchmaking event with industry on 22nd October 2020.
Event Detection in Micro-PMU Data: A Generative Adversarial Network Scoring Method
Creators: name: Aligholian, Armin
name: Shahsavari, Alireza
name: Cortez, Ed
name: Stewart, Emma
name: Mohsenian-Rad, Hamed
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Systems and Control (eess.SY)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Signal Processing (eess.SP)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: A new data-driven method is proposed to detect events in the data streams from distribution-level phasor measurement units, a.k.a., micro-PMUs. The proposed method is developed by constructing unsupervised deep learning anomaly detection models; thus, providing event detection algorithms that require no or minimal human knowledge. First, we develop the core components of our approach based on a Generative Adversarial Network (GAN) model. We refer to this method as the basic method. It uses the same features that are often used in the literature to detect events in micro-PMU data. Next, we propose a second method, which we refer to as the enhanced method, which is enforced with additional feature analysis. Both methods can detect point signatures on single features and also group signatures on multiple features. This capability can address the unbalanced nature of power distribution circuits. The proposed methods are evaluated using real-world micro-PMU data. We show that both methods highly outperform a state-of-the-art statistical method in terms of the event detection accuracy. The enhanced method also outperforms the basic method.
Direct Supply Relationships with Japanese Consumer Co-operatives - A Market Opportunity
Creators: name: Ada, Rick
name: Ada, Rick
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2000
Subjects: Consumer/Household Economics
Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety
International Relations/Trade

description: Japanese consumer co-operatives are the largest food retailers in Japan representing more than 25% of Japanese households, with a membership of over 20 million. The co-operatives have established direct supply relationships with fresh food producers as a means of ensuring product safety and freshness for their customers. Known as sanchoku, this direct supply is characterised by supply chain relationships that encourage close contact between producers and consumers. This paper outlines research conducted into the consumer co-operative movement and the requirements to access this large and growing market. It concludes that the co-operatives represent a significant opportunity for Australian food exporters to provide a differentiated product to the Japanese market. Case studies of two Australian producer groups that have used the research results to gain market entry to the co-operatives are highlighted, with generalisations made regarding the necessary considerations for producers wishing to export to Japanese co-ops.
Leodonta Butler 1870
Creators: name: Braby, Michael F.
name: Nishida, Kenji
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Pieridae
Leodonta

description: Leodonta Butler, 1870
 Leodonta is most closely related to Pereute (Braby et al. 2007). Robert (1987) briefly reviewed the species-level classification of the genus and recognized six species, although he questioned the status of one taxon. Lamas (2004) subsequently recognized only five species, treating L. chiriquensis (Staudinger, 1884) as a subspecies of L. tellane (Hewitson, 1860). Leodonta occurs from Costa Rica (D’Abrera 1981; Robert 1987; DeVries 1987) to Venezuela, and along the Andes to Peru and Bolivia (Robert 1987; Constantino et al. 2004; Lamas 2004). Most species occur in cool to cold montane forests between 1200 m and 3200 m a.s.l. (though more generally between 1500 m and 2800 m a.s.l.) on the eastern slopes of the Andes and adjacent mountain ranges of northern South America (Constantino et al. 2004).
 The life history has not previously been reported for any of the species in the genus, although several authors predicted that the immature stages of Leodonta would be associated with mistletoes (DeVries 1987; Constantino et al. 2004).
 In addition to our reared material of the immature stages, we examined a series of pupal exuviae of L. tagaste (C. Felder and R. Felder, 1859) and L. tellane preserved in the BMNH and INBio collections, respectively. The BMNH material was collected from Ecuador in 1886 and comprises four specimens in poor condition. One specimen is labelled as follows: “ BMNH DES Rh. 3164 Leodonta tagaste. main coll.”, “ZAMORA Equater mars 86”, “32.21. Ex Coll. Dognin. 1921”, “Joicey Bequest. Brit. Mus. 1934–120”; the three other specimens are labelled similarly except with “Rh. 3165” on first label for one pupa, and “Rh. 3166” for the two other pupae, which are mounted together. The pupal specimens closely resemble L. tellane. Further details of the INBio material for L. tellane are provided below.
description: Published as part of Braby, Michael F. & Nishida, Kenji, 2010, The immature stages, larval food plants and biology of Neotropical mistletoe butterflies (Lepidoptera: Pieridae). II. The Catasticta group (Pierini: Aporiina), pp. 1831-1928 in Journal of Natural History 44 (29 - 30) on page 1860, DOI: 10.1080/00222931003633227, http://zenodo.org/record/5210175
Super-resolving phase measurements with a multi-photon entangled state
Creators: name: Mitchell, M. W.
name: Lundeen, J. S.
name: Steinberg, A. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using a linear optical elements and post-selection, we construct an entangled polarization state of three photons in the same spatial mode. This state is analogous to a ``photon-number path entangled state'' and can be used for super-resolving interferometry. Measuring a birefringent phase shift, we demonstrate two- and three-fold improvements in phase resolution.
description: 4 pages, 3 figures
MOESM5 of Increasing the proportion of healthier foods available with and without reducing portion sizes and energy purchased in worksite cafeterias: protocol for a stepped-wedge randomised controlled trial
Creators: name: Reynolds, James
name: KosÄ«Te, Daina
name: Brier Rigby Dames
name: Brocklebank, Laura
name: Pilling, Mark
name: Pechey, Rachel
name: Hollands, Gareth
name: Marteau, Theresa
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Ecology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer

description: Additional file 5. Consent form.
Towards agricultural transformation: factors influencing the cultivation of high value agricultural products in Uganda
Creators: name: Ndibongo-Traub, L.
name: Jayne, R.
name: Ndibongo-Traub, L.
name: Jayne, R.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2018
Subjects: Crop Production/Industries

description: Growing global markets have created opportunities that much of sub-Saharan Africa has been leveraging through high-value export agriculture. The share of high-value agriculture (HVA) in total exports out of sub-Saharan Africa has increased from 8.4% in 2001 to 10.2% in 2016. This modest increase is far beneath SSA�s true potential. The emergence of domestic and international markets for high-value agricultural products presents opportunities for growth and development by providing farmers with increased economic returns and marketing opportunities. Smallholder farmers can particularly benefit from becoming better integrated into these markets for HVA. Using Ugandan household panel data, this study identifies the factors related to the decision to cultivate HVA and the households� marketing outcomes. A triple-hurdle model is employed to examine market-related decisions made by smallholder farmers beyond conventional approaches to market participation models. Results indicate that policies that encourage HVA market participation simultaneously increase the likelihood of non-producers of HVA to commence producing HVA and lead to greater levels of HVA sales in the market. The analysis reinforce findings that even highly resource-constrained smallholder farmers respond to market incentives and that government policies, by influencing these incentives, can fundamentally alter smallholder farmers� crop choice, surplus production decisions, and livelihoods.
Height variation of magnetic field and plasma flows in isolated bright points
Creators: name: Kuckein, Christoph
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The expansion with height of the solar photospheric magnetic field and the plasma flows is investigated for three isolated bright points (BPs). The BPs were observed simultaneously with 3 instruments at the GREGOR telescope: (1) filtergrams in the blue with HiFI, (2) imaging spectroscopy of Na I D2 at 5890 A with GFPI, and (3) slit spectropolarimetry with GRIS. Inversions were carried out for the Si I 10827 A Stokes profiles. BPs are identified in Ca II H and blue continuum filtergrams. They are also detected in the blue wing of Na I D2 and Si I 10827 A, as well as in Ca I 10839 A line-core images. We carried out two studies to validate the expansion of the magnetic field with height. First, we compare the photospheric Stokes V signals of two different spectral lines that are sensitive to different optical depths (Ca I vs. Si I). The area at which the Stokes V signal is significantly large is almost three times larger for the Si I line - sensitive to higher layers - than for the Ca I one. Second, the inferred line-of-sight (LOS) magnetic fields at two optical depths (log tau = -1.0 vs. -2.5) from the Si I line reveal spatially broader fields in the higher layer, up to 51% more extensive in one of the BPs. The dynamics of BPs are tracked along the Na I D2 and Si I lines. The inferred flows from Na I D2 Doppler shifts are slow in BPs (< 1 km/s). The Si I line shows intriguing Stokes profiles with important asymmetries. The analysis of these profiles unveils the presence of two components, a fast and a slow one, within the same resolution element. The faster one, with a smaller filling factor of 0.3, exhibits LOS velocities of about 6 km/s. The slower component is slightly blueshifted. The present work provides observational evidence for the expansion of the magnetic field with height. Moreover, fast flows are likely present in BPs but are often hidden because of observational limitations.
description: Accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics, 11 pages, 8 figures
Agricultural technology adoption and rice varietal diversity: A Local Average Treatment Effect (LATE) Approach for rural Benin
Creators: name: Bonou, Alice
name: Diagne, Aliou
name: Biaou, Gauthier
name: Bonou, Alice
name: Diagne, Aliou
name: Biaou, Gauthier
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies
subject: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods
subject: Adoption
subject: LATE
subject: NERICA
subject: varietal diversity
subject: rice

description: The aim of this study was to assess the impact of adoption of new high-yielding varieties (NERICA) of rice on its varietal diversity in Benin. The database was from Impact Assessment unit of AfricaRice and concerns 304 producers of rice. Overall the study covered twenty-four villages over three districts: Dassa-Zounmè, Glazoué and Savalou. Data analysis was carried out using the econometric approach based on the Local Average Effect of Treatment (LATE) framework. Overall, estimation of impact showed that at village level the indexes of in-situ (on farm) conservation of varietal diversity of rice are the same in NERICA and Non-NERICA villages. Moreover, at farmer level, the average impact of NERICA adoption on number of modern rice varieties of the sub-population of NERICA potential adopters is 0.8. NERICA’s rice varieties had positively impacted the in situ conservation of varietal diversity. Our findings indicated that it is worth extending diffusion of NERICA varieties in Benin.
MOESM2 of Increasing the proportion of healthier foods available with and without reducing portion sizes and energy purchased in worksite cafeterias: protocol for a stepped-wedge randomised controlled trial
Creators: name: Reynolds, James
name: KosÄ«Te, Daina
name: Brier Rigby Dames
name: Brocklebank, Laura
name: Pilling, Mark
name: Pechey, Rachel
name: Hollands, Gareth
name: Marteau, Theresa
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Developmental Biology

description: Additional file 2: Figure S1. Figure displaying the planned stepped-wedge study design.
p-type codoping effect in (Ga,Mn)As: Mn lattice location versus magnetic properties
Creators: name: Xu, Chi
name: Zhang, Chenhui
name: Wang, Mao
name: Xie, Yufang
name: Hübner, René
name: Heller, René
name: Yuan, Ye
name: Helm, Manfred
name: Zhang, Xixiang
name: Zhou, Shengqiang
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In the present work, we perform a systematic investigation on p-type codoping in (Ga,Mn)As. Through gradually increasing Zn doping concentration, the hole concentration increases, which should theoretically lead to an increase of the Curie temperature (TC) according to the p-d Zener model. Unexpectedly, although the film keeps its epitaxial structure, both TC and the magnetization decrease. The samples present a phase transition from ferromagnetism to paramagnetism upon increasing hole concentration. In the intermediate regime, we observe a signature of antiferromagnetism. By using channeling Rutherford backscattering spectrometry and particle-induced x-ray emission, the substitutional Mn atoms are observed to shift to interstitial sites, while more Zn atoms occupy Ga sites, which explains the observed behavior. This is also consistent with first-principles calculations, showing that the complex of substitutional Zn and interstitial Mn has the lowest formation energy.
description: 21 pages, 8 figures
Income and Livelihood Issues of Farmers: A Field Study in Uttar Pradesh
Creators: name: Singh, Ajit Kumar
name: Singh, Ajit Kumar
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: livelihood
subject: agricultural income
subject: rural non-farm sector
subject: Uttar Pradesh

description: The paper has discussed the income levels and livelihood issues of farmers on the basis of a large field study in Uttar Pradesh. The study has shown that agriculture is not able to provide sustenance to a large number of farmers in this state. The per-day per-capita income from agriculture has been found to be ` 15 for marginal farmers, ` 31 for small farmers, ` 45 for medium farmers and ` 84 for large farmers for 2011-12. Thus, all marginal farmers, who constitute over three-fourths of UP farmers, fall below the poverty line of ` 22 if they depend solely on agricultural income. Given the inadequacy of agricultural income to meet household expenditure, the small and marginal farmers have to devise livelihood strategy for their survival. The study has suggested a multi-sectoral integrated strategy of promoting agricultural and non-agricultural activities in the rural areas embedded in the local conditions, resources and institutions to meet the challenge of sustainable development in the state.
Engendering Rural Livelihoods in Karnataka – A Socio-economic Assessment
Creators: name: Nandini, S.
name: Kiresur, V.R.
name: Nandini, S.
name: Kiresur, V.R.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: livelihood security
subject: women empowerment
subject: Garrett ranking
subject: decision-making
subject: gender
subject: wage labour
subject: Karnataka

description: The study has analysed the existing livelihood systems and has identified the problems being faced by the women at work in the Dharwad district of Karnataka state. The multistage random sampling technique has been used to select 120 respondents comprising equal number of landless, marginal, small, medium and large farmers and primary data were collected through personal interview method. The techniques of descriptive analysis, multiple regression analysis and Garrett ranking test have been employed. The study has revealed that crop production is the main source of livelihood. The employment in terms of number of humandays per household has been found the highest in the case of non-farm wage employment compared to crop production. The income has been observed to be higher under crop production than from non-farm activities. In all the major livelihood options, the participation of males was the highest in terms of absolute number of household members, followed by females and children. Apart from crop production, female participation has been found high in dairying and farm wage employment activities. The women face numerous employment-related problems, the major being back pain due to continuous working, long working hours and harsh climatic conditions at work. Considering the crucial role and importance of female labour in agricultural operations, suitable implements/ technologies/practices need to be designed and introduced which reduce their drudgery and health hazards in agriculture.
Nature of singularities in anisotropic string cosmology
Creators: name: Toporensky, Alexey
name: Tsujikawa, Shinji
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study nature of singularities in anisotropic string-inspired cosmological models in the presence of a Gauss-Bonnet term. We analyze two string gravity models-- dilaton-driven and modulus-driven cases-- in the Bianchi type-I background without an axion field. In both scenarios singularities can be classified in two ways- the determinant singularity where the main determinant of the system vanishes and the ordinary singularity where at least one of the anisotropic expansion rates of the Universe diverges. In the dilaton case, either of these singularities inevitably appears during the evolution of the system. In the modulus case, nonsingular cosmological solutions exist both in asymptotic past and future with determinant $D=+\infty$ and D=2, respectively. In both scenarios nonsingular trajectories in either future or past typically meet the determinant singularity in past/future when the solutions are singular, apart from the exceptional case where the sign of the time-derivative of dilaton is negative. This implies that the determinant singularity may play a crucial role to lead to singular solutions in an anisotropic background.
description: 21 pages, 8 figures
An Investigation into Growth, Instability and Role of Weather in Gujarat Agriculture: 1981-2011
Creators: name: Mehta, Niti
name: Mehta, Niti
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: growth
subject: instability
subject: climate change
subject: crop production
subject: Gujarat agriculture

description: The trend in instability in crop production in Gujarat has been analyzed for the 30-year period from 1980-81 to 2010-11 by following the method of ‘first differences’ or the moving period approach. The relation of instability with growth has also been examined. While investigating the growth performance at the district level, explicit account has been taken of the impact of rainfall on yield of crops/crop groups. The study has observed the decade of 2000s to be the period of high growth in the agricultural sector. But, despite accelerated agricultural growth in the 2000s’ decade, the influence of climatic variables is rather strong on the productivity levels of major crops cultivated in Gujarat. This has been seen even for the districts. The crop sector is marked by volatility in its growth. Research and policy support is needed for raising productivity in the rain-fed areas and also for insulating the crop sector from year-to-year variations in rainfall. The study has suggested that development of assured irrigation measures, ‘climatesmart’ agricultural practices, farmer-friendly insurance schemes and better weather forecasting would provide a sound shield to crop production in Gujarat against the vagaries of weather and long-term changes in climate.
Multi-phase competition in quantum $XY$ pyrochlore antiferromagnet CdYb$_{2}$Se$_{4}$: zero and applied magnetic field study
Creators: name: Guratinder, K.
name: Rau, Jeffrey G.
name: Tsurkan, V.
name: Ritter, C.
name: Embs, J.
name: Fennell, T.
name: Walker, H. C.
name: Medarde, M.
name: Shang, T.
name: Cervellino, A.
name: Rüegg, Ch.
name: Zaharko, O.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study magnetic behaviour of the Yb$^{3+}$ ions on a frustrated pyrochlore lattice in the spinel {\CYS}. The crystal-electric field parameters deduced from high-energy inelastic neutron scattering reveal well-isolated ytterbium ground state doublet with a weakly Ising character. Magnetic order studied by powder neutron diffraction evolves from the $XY$-type antiferromagnetic $Γ_5$ state to a splayed ice-like ferromagnet (both with k=0) in applied magnetic field with $B_c$=3 T. Low-energy inelastic neutron scattering identifies weakly dispersive magnetic bands around 0.72 meV starting at $\mid\bf{Q}\mid$ = 1.1 Å$^{-1}$~ at zero field, which diminish with field and vanish above 3 T. We explain the observed magnetic behaviour in framework of the nearest-neighbour anisotropic exchange model for effective $S=1/2$ Kramers doublets on the pyrochlore lattice. The estimated exchanges position the {\CYS} spinel close to the phase boundary between the $Γ_5$ and splayed ferromagnet states, similar to the Yb-pyrochlores suggesting an important role of the competition between these phases.
description: 24 pages, 7 Figures
title: Διεθνής χρηματοπιστωτική κρίση, μη εξυπηρετούμενα δάνεια στην Ελλάδα, συσχέτιση με μικροοικονομικούς και μακροοικονομικούς παράγοντες
title: International financial crisis, non-performing loans in Greece, correlation with microeconomic and macroeconomic determinants
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Λεντής, Εμμανουήλ
Publisher: name: Πανεπιστήμιο Δυτικής Αττικής
Year: 2021
Subjects: Μη εξυπηρετούμενα δάνεια
Χρηματοπιστωτική κρίση
Νομοθετικό πλαίσιο
Προσδιοριστικοί παράγοντες
Non-performing loans
Financial crisis

description: Σύμφωνα με την έρευνα, αρχικά όπως προβλέπεται συλλέχθηκαν τα απαραίτητα στοιχεία, ώστε να αναλυθεί κατά πόσο επηρεάζονται τα μη εξυπηρετούμενα δάνεια από την ανεργία, από το ακαθάριστο εγχώριο προϊόν, και από τον δείκτη τιμών των κατοικιών, ενώ επίσης αναλύθηκε κατά πόσο επηρεάζεται η ανεργία από τα μη εξυπηρετούμενα δάνεια. Όπως προέκυψε, τα μη εξυπηρετούμενα δάνεια επηρεάζονται σημαντικά από την ανεργία, το ακαθάριστο εγχώριο προϊόν και τον δείκτη τιμών των κατοικιών κατά 99,7%. Επίσης η ανεργία επηρεάζεται από τα μη εξυπηρετούμενα δάνεια κατά 91%. Σύμφωνα με τη συνολική σημαντική πρόοδο όσον αφορά τη μείωση των κινδύνων στον τραπεζικό τομέα της ΕΕ, το απόθεμα των μη εξυπηρετούμενων δανείων σημείωσε σημαντική πτώση και συνεχίζει αυτήν την τάση. Παρά τη θετική αυτή εξέλιξη, τα υψηλά ποσοστά μη εξυπηρετούμενων δανείων παραμένουν μια πρόκληση για την ΕΕ στο σύνολό της και συγκεκριμένα για ορισμένα κράτη μέλη. Αυτό επηρεάζει τις μεμονωμένες τράπεζες, εμποδίζει την καλή λειτουργία της Τραπεζικής Ένωσης και επηρεάζει το δανεισμό στην οικονομία. Τα ευρήματα αυτής της έρευνας θα μπορούσαν να χρησιμεύσουν στη διαμόρφωση στρατηγικών και υιοθέτηση πρακτικών αντιμετώπισης του προβλήματος των NPLs από τις τράπεζες, με απώτερο στόχο την επαναφορά στην κανονικότητα του διαμεσολαβητικού τους ρόλου, που δεν είναι άλλος από τη μεταφορά κεφαλαίων από τις πλεονασματικές προς τις ελλειμματικές οικονομικές μονάδες, δηλαδή τη χορήγηση νέων δανείων.
Growth and Instability in Agricultural Productivity: A District Level Analysis
Creators: name: Kumar, Anjani
name: Jain, Rajni
name: Kumar, Anjani
name: Jain, Rajni
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: district
subject: productivity
subject: growth

description: This study has examined the trends in growth and instability in Indian agriculture at the district level and has identified distinctive features and drivers of productivity growth across districts. The productivity of crop sector has shown tremendous variations across districts both for the country as a whole and within a state. The varying performance of crop sector has emphasized the need for evolving regionally differentiated strategies for ensuring sustainable and inclusive agricultural growth in a state and consequently in the country. The instability in productivity continues to persist and there are wide variations in instability across different districts. To mitigate the consequences of persisting instability, large-scale promotion of stabilization measures like insurance should be pursued vigorously. The analysis of district level data has revealed the important role of modern inputs in enhancing the productivity of crop sector. The use of fertilizers has turned out to be the most important input. Along with fertilizer-use, rainfall, irrigation, source of irrigation, better human resources and road connectivity have emerged as the other critical determinants of agricultural productivity. These results signify the importance of use of modern inputs and prudent management of rainfall water, particularly in the low productivity districts.
description: instability
Coherent states for time dependent harmonic oscillator: the step function
Creators: name: Moya-Cessa, H.
name: Fernandez-Guasti, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the time evolution for the quantum harmonic oscillator subjected to a sudden change of frequency. It is based on an approximate analytic solution to the time dependent Ermakov equation for a step function. This approach allows for a continuous treatment that differs from former studies that involve the matching of two time independent solutions at the time when the step occurs.
A Parameter Formula Connecting PID and ADRC
Creators: name: Zhong, Sheng
name: Huang, Yi
name: Guo, Lei
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Optimization and Control (math.OC)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: This paper presents a parameter formula connecting the well-known proportional-integralderivative (PID) control and the active disturbance rejection control (ADRC). On the one hand, this formula gives a quantitative lower bound to the bandwidth of the extended state observer (ESO) used in ADRC, implying that the ESO is not necessarily of high gain. On the other hand, enlightened by the design of ADRC, a new PID tuning rule is provided, which can guarantee both strong robustness and nice tracking performance of the closed-loop systems under the PID control. Moreover, it is proved that the ESO can be rewritten as a suitable linear combination of the three terms in PID, which can give a better estimate for the system uncertainty than the single integral term in the PID controller. Theoretical results are verified also by simulations in the paper.
Generalized Slow Roll Conditions and the Possibility of Intermediate Scale Inflation in Scalar-Tensor Theory
Creators: name: Morris, J. R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Generalized slow roll conditions and parameters are obtained for a general form of scalar-tensor theory (with no external sources), having arbitrary functions describing a nonminimal gravitational coupling F(ϕ), a Kahler-like kinetic function k(ϕ), and a scalar potential V(ϕ). These results are then used to analyze a simple toy model example of chaotic inflation with a single scalar field ϕand a standard Higgs potential and a simple gravitational coupling function. In this type of model inflation can occur with inflaton field values at an intermediate scale of roughly 10^{11} GeV when the particle physics symmetry breaking scale is approximately 1 TeV, provided that the theory is realized within the Jordan frame. If the theory is realized in the Einstein frame, however, the intermediate scale inflation does not occur.
description: 14 pages, no figs. Accepted to Classical and Quantum Gravity
Goat Rearing: A Pathway for Sustainable Livelihood Security in Bundelkhand Region
Creators: name: Singh, M.K.
name: Dixit, A.K.
name: Roy, A.K.
name: Singh, S.K.
name: Singh, M.K.
name: Dixit, A.K.
name: Roy, A.K.
name: Singh, S.K.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: common property resources
subject: integrated farming
subject: livelihood
subject: knowledge gap
subject: mixed farming
subject: Bundelkhand
subject: Uttar Pradesh

description: The study has explored goat production systems, adoption level of management practices, constraints to goat-rearing, critical gaps and impact of introduced innovations on livelihood security of resource-poor households in 16 villages belonging to two disadvantaged districts (Hamirpur and Mahoba) of Bundelkhand region. In the Bundelkhand region, goats are reared by more than 75 per cent rural households in the form of mixed farming system. Goats have been found contributing 17.5 per cent share to annual household income of goat-keepers in Hamirpur and 16.4 per cent in Mahoba district. The majority of goat- keepers have moderate level of knowledge on different aspects of goat breeding and very low level of knowledge on up-gradation of genetic potential of goat, value addition of crop residues, utilization of CPRs and preventive health measures. Five hundred goat-keepers of selected villages were provided training on different aspects of goat-rearing under the NAIP, along with establishing goat-farmers based self-help groups. The impact analysis of goat-keepers has revealed net income of ` 19,000 with a unit of 5 adult goats. Prophylactic supports to all livestock species and fodder interventions have provided additional income of ` 3204 and ` 4285/household/year, respectively. The integrated goat- rearing could generate employment of 224 person-days annually besides milk for household consumption. The study has suggested improvement of common property resources (pastures and water bodies), value-addition of feed and fodder, bridging knowledge gap and veterinary support are the key aspects for sustainable livestock (goat) production in the Bundelkhand region.
Targeting Ultra-poor Households in Honduras and Peru
Creators: name: Karlan, Dean S.
name: Thuysbaert, Bram
name: Karlan, Dean S.
name: Thuysbaert, Bram
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Community/Rural/Urban Development
subject: Consumer/Household Economics
subject: Food Security and Poverty
subject: International Development
subject: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods
subject: poverty targeting
subject: participatory wealth rankings
subject: proxy means tests

description: For policy purposes, it is important to understand the relative efficacy of various methods to target the poor. Recently, participatory methods have received particular attention. We examine the effectiveness of a hybrid two-step process that combines a participatory wealth ranking and a verification household survey, relative to two proxy means tests (the Progress out of Poverty Index and a housing index), in Honduras and Peru. The methods we examine perform similarly to one another by various metrics. They all target most accurately in the cases of the poorest and the wealthiest households but perform with mixed results among households in the middle of the distribution. Ultimately, given similar performance, the analysis suggests that costs should be the driving consideration in choosing across methods.
title: Εφαρμογή για κινητές συσκευές “CoronaTracker” με στόχο την ιχνηλάτηση των επαφών των κρουσμάτων του COVID-19
title: Application for mobile devices “CoronaTracker” with the aim of tracing the contacts of COVID-19 cases
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Κόλλιας, Αναστάσιος
Publisher: name: Πανεπιστήμιο Πειραιώς
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: COVID-19
subject: Ιχνήλατηση επαφών
subject: Εφαρμογές smartphone

description: Τη σήμερον ημέρα, οι εποχές οι οποίες βιώνουμε αποτελούν κάτι πρωτόγνωρο για το σύνολο της ανθρωπότητας. Η πανδημία της νόσου του κορονοϊού, χωρίς να κάνει καμία διάκριση σε φυλή, φύλο και ηλικία, έχει οδηγήσει στην απώλεια πολυάριθμων συνανθρώπων μας, έχει μεταβάλλει δραματικά την καθημερινότητα όλων μας, ενώ ταυτόχρονα έχει επιφέρει τεράστιες οικονομικές και υγειονομικές καταστροφές. Ως συνέπεια, καλούμαστε όλοι μας να συνεισφέρουμε σε οποιοδήποτε βαθμό δύναται στην καταπολέμηση αυτού του φαινομένου. Επομένως, ο στόχος της παρούσας εργασίας κινείται γύρω από τον άξονα των εφαρμογών smartphone που πραγματοποιούν ιχνηλάτηση των επαφών των κρουσμάτων του COVID-19. Από την μία πλευρά, θα καλύψουμε κάποια σημεία μείζονος σημασίας αναφορικά με τέτοιου είδους εφαρμογές όπως, τις διάφορες στρατηγικές και αρχιτεκτονικές αυτών, καθώς και τους κινδύνους που εγκυμονούν τόσο σε επίπεδο ιδιωτικότητας όσο και σε επίπεδο επιθέσεων. Από την άλλη πλευρά, αλλά εξίσου σημαντικά, θα παρουσιάσουμε την δική μας προσπάθεια για την ανάπτυξη μιας τέτοιας εφαρμογής ιχνηλάτησης για Android smartphones εν ονόματι “CoronaTracker”, η οποία έχει ως στόχο να αποτελέσει μια πλήρη υλοποίηση, από την πλευρά της λειτουργικότητας, μιας εφαρμογής ιχνηλάτησης που θα μπορούσε κάλλιστα να προσθέσει ένα μικρό λιθαράκι στην μάχη ενάντια αυτής της πρωτοφανούς πανδημίας.
Simulasi ABM untuk Data Sekunder: Pembuatan ODM
Creators: name: Viridi, Sparisoma
name: Tatang Suheri
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: agent-based model
origin-destination matrix
simulation

description: Simulasi ABM dapat dimanfaatkan untuk membuat data sekunder bagi ODM. Disebut data sekunder karena hasil belum pernah dibandingkan dengan data primer (pengamatan) ataupun data sekunder (literatur). Artikel pendek: https://doi.org/10.17605/osf.io/bv9kp (mungkin akan dibuat).
description: Kultum AIDI: Ngabuburit tentang data
Shear-free rotating inflation
Creators: name: Obukhov, Yuri N.
name: Chrobok, Thoralf
name: Scherfner, Mike
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We demonstrate the existence of shear-free cosmological models with rotation and expansion which support the inflationary scenarios. The corresponding metrics belong to the family of spatially homogeneous models with the geometry of the closed universe (Bianchi type IX). We show that the global vorticity does not prevent the inflation and even can accelerate it.
description: Revtex, 12 pages; to appear in Phys. Rev. D
Ground based observation of ZZ Ceti stars and the discovery of four new variables
Creators: name: Romero, Alejandra D.
name: Amaral, L. Antunes
name: Klippel, T.
name: Sanmartim, D.
name: Fraga, L
name: Ourique, G.
name: Pelisoli, I.
name: Lauffer, G. R.
name: Kepler, S. O.
name: Koester, D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We perform ground based photometric observations of 22 DA white dwarf stars, 10 already known ZZ Cetis and 12 candidates with atmospheric parameters inside the classical instability strip. We report on the discovery of four new variable DA white dwarf stars. Two objects are near the middle of the instability strip, SDSS J082804.63+094956.6 and SDSS J094929.09+101918.8, and two red edge pulsators, GD 195 and L495-82. In addition, we classified four objects as possible variables, since evidence of variability was detected in the light curve, but the S/N was not sufficient to establish a definite detection. Follow-up observations were performed for 10 know ZZ Ceti stars to verify period stability and search for new periodicities. For each confirmed variable, we perform a detailed asteroseismological fit and compare the structural parameters obtained from the best fit models with those obtained from spectroscopy and photometry from Gaia. Finally we present a study of the asteroseismological properties of a sample of 91 ZZ Ceti stars.
description: 18 pages, 12 figures. Accepted for publication in MNRAS
Asymmetric jet correlations in p p^\uparrow scattering
Creators: name: Boer, Daniel
name: Vogelsang, Werner
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We propose that back-to-back correlations in azimuthal angle of jets produced in collisions of unpolarized with transversely polarized proton beams could be used to determine Sivers functions. The corresponding single-spin asymmetry is not power-suppressed, but is subject to Sudakov suppression. We present estimates of the asymmetry (without and with Sudakov effects) for RHIC at jet transverse momenta of ~10 GeV and show that it may reach a few per cent or more and could provide access to the gluon Sivers function.
description: 14 pages, LaTeX, 3 figures as epsi files. With minor additions to first version. Accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. D
Activity Recognition in Opportunistic Sensor Environments
Creators: name: Roggen, Daniel
name: Calatroni, Alberto
name: Förster, Kilian
name: Tröster, Gerhard
name: Lukowicz, Paul
name: Bannach, David
name: Ferscha, Alois
name: Kurz, Marc
name: Sagha, Hesam
name: Bayati, Hamidreza
name: Milán, José
name: Chavarriaga, Ricardo
Publisher: name: ETH Zurich
Year: 2011
Subjects: Activity recognition
Pervasive computing
Adaptive systems
Machine learning
Context framework

description: OPPORTUNITY is project under the EU FET-Open funding1 in which we develop mobile systems to recognize human activity in dynamically varying sensor setups [1], [2]. The system autonomously discovers available sensors around the user and self-configures to recognize desired activities. It reconfigures itself as the environment changes, and encompasses principles supporting autonomous operation in open-ended environments. OPPORTUNITY mainstreams ambient intelligence and improves user acceptance by relaxing constraints on body-worn sensor characteristics, and eases the deployment in real-world environments. We summarize key achievements of the project so far. The project outcomes are robust activity recognition systems. This may enable smarter activity-aware energy-management in buildings, and advanced activity-aware health assistants.
description: Procedia Computer Science, 7
description: ISSN:1877-0509
Axial Magnetostatics of a Ring Current in a Kerr Field
Creators: name: Shatskiy, A. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The electromagnetic fields generated by a ring current around a Kerr black hole have been found. The acceleration of a charged particle by a force electric field along the rotation axis is investigated in the constructed model, as applied to the astrophysics of quasars.
description: 10 pages, 1 figures
Efficiency And Equity Impacts Of The Rental Market For Cropland In Vietnam And Sources Of Transaction Costs Impeding The Market
Creators: name: Huy, Hoang
name: Lyne, Michael
name: Ratna, Nazmun
name: Nuthall, Peter
name: Huy, Hoang
name: Lyne, Michael
name: Ratna, Nazmun
name: Nuthall, Peter
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Agricultural Finance
subject: Community/Rural/Urban Development
subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Demand and Price Analysis
subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: Farm Management
subject: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety
subject: Food Security and Poverty
subject: Land Economics/Use
subject: Production Economics
subject: Productivity Analysis
subject: Vietnam
subject: 2003 land law
subject: rental market
subject: transaction costs

description: This research investigates the efficiency and equity impacts of the cropland rental market in rural Vietnam and attempts to identify the determinants and importance of transaction costs impeding this market. A generalised ordered logit model with shifting thresholds accounting for effects of transaction costs associated with market participation was specified and estimated using pooled data extracted from the Vietnam Household Living Standards Surveys of 2004 and 2008. The findings show that the cropland rental market reduced imbalances in factor endowments, transferring cropland to those households more willing and able to farm. Equity advantages were also revealed as cropland transferred from relatively land-rich to relatively land-poor households, allowing young farmers to ‘scale the agricultural ladder’. However, the market is constrained by transaction costs that effect lessors and lessees differently. It is recommended that the Vietnamese government should complete its land registration programme and consider relaxing restrictions on the use of wetlands to grow crops other than rice. It should also focus on improving access to all-weather roads as this encourages participation on both sides of the rental market whereas better access to communications infrastructure was found to promote only the supply side.
Strategic Co-Design in Formula 1: Balancing Physical Configuration and Race Tactics
Creators: name: Neumann, Marc-Philippe
name: Fieni, Giona
name: Furia, Francesca
name: Cerofolini, Alberto
name: Ravaglioli, Vittorio
name: Onder, Christopher H.
name: Zardini, Gioele
Publisher: name: ETH Zurich
Year: 2024

description: IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles
description: ISSN:2379-8858