cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
An investigation in sustainable lighting at Koerner’s Pub
Creators: name: Parhar, Balpreet
name: Rambo, Connor
name: Anwer, Amro
name: Lyuh, Justin
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2015

description: The following report investigates how Koerner’s Pub, one of UBC’s most famous pubs situated right in the heart of campus, can become more energy sustainable through the type of lighting used in the common area. The Pub already uses the very common incandescent light bulbs as their main lighting source in the common area, but this report will delve into whether the Pub should switch to the more sustainable, yet less common CFL or LED lighting. The analysis and comparison of the three technologies in question, namely incandescent, CFL, and LED lighting, will take the form of a triple bottom line assessment. This triple bottom line assessment will measure the social, environmental, and economic impact of each of the three lighting methods. The primary research for the investigation was gathered through a personal tour of Koerner’s Pub and its energy utilities provided by our stakeholder Mr. Tim Yu. On the other hand, all secondary research was obtained through various websites, peer-reviewed papers, and books. The cumulative social appraisal conducted shows that in terms of social sustainability, LED lighting is the best out of the three options. The environmental assessment prefers the use of LEDs due to their lack of any environmentally hazardous elements and their decreased amount of waste produced in the long term. The last area of study in this triple bottom line assessment, the economical assessment, concludes that LEDs are the most cost -efficient form of lighting that can be utilized by Koerner’s Pub. In conclusion, the study shows that LEDs are indeed the most sustainable form of lighting and would be the most advantageous lighting option for Koerner’s Pub. Disclaimer: “UBC SEEDS provides students with the opportunity to share the findings of their studies, as well as their opinions, conclusions and recommendations with the UBC community. The reader should bear in mind that this is a student project/report and is not an official document of UBC. Furthermore readers should bear in mind that these reports may not reflect the current status of activities at UBC. We urge you to contact the research persons mentioned in a report or the SEEDS Coordinator about the current status of the subject matter of a project/report.”
From UV/IR mixing to closed strings
Creators: name: Lopez, E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: It was shown in hep-th/0301099 that the leading UV/IR mixing effects in noncommutative gauge theories on D-branes are able to capture information about the closed string spectrum of the parent string theory. The analysis was carried out for D-branes on nonsupersymmetric C^3/Z_N orbifolds of Type IIB. In this paper we consider D-branes on twisted circles compactifications of Type II string theory. We find that the signs of the leading UV/IR mixing effects know about the mass gap between the lowest modes in NSNS and RR closed string towers. Moreover, the relevant piece of the field theory effective action can be reproduced purely in the language of closed strings. Remarkably this approach unifies in a single structure, that of a closed string exchange between D-branes, both the leading planar and nonplanar effects associated to the absence of supersymmetry.
description: 28 pages, 4 figures, LaTex; v2 references added, misprints corrected
Staegeria unicornuta Dziedzicki 1887
Creators: name: Šifner, František
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Scathophagidae
Staegeria
Staegeria unicornuta

description: Staegeria unicornuta Dziedzicki, 1887
 Staegeria unicornuta Dziedzicki,1887:43. HOLOTYPE: J, ‘ Weiss-Russland [= Belarus], Satschermie [unidentified locality or collector]’ (depository unknown).
 Distribution. Belarus (DZIEDZICKI 1887: 43).
description: Published as part of Šifner, František, 2008, A catalogue of the Scathophagidae (Diptera) of the Palaearctic region, with notes on their taxonomy and faunistics, pp. 111-196 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 48 (1) on page 146, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5342493
VALIDATING A GROUP INTERVIEW PROCEDURE FOR THE SELECTION OF TEACHER-EDUCATION CANDIDATES IN ISRAEL
Creators: name: Shechtman, Zipora
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 39
subject: Education
classificationCode: 3903
subject: Education systems

description: The purpose of this study was the validation of a group interview as a technique for the selection of students into a teacher-training program in Israel. It was hypothesized that this procedure would significantly predict teacher-evaluation ratings and would be more effective than the existing tools. The group procedure was designed essentially as a semi-structured interview and included a leaderless group discussion and a feedback process. It was designed to assess certain aspects of intelligence, interpersonal interaction, intrapersonal attributes, and motivation. The study sample included 143 graduates of the Gordon Teacher-Training College in Israel in the years 1982 and 1983. Of these, 97 took part in the group interview at the time of admission and 46 applicants were interviewed individually. Single and multiple correlations were calculated among all independent variables (I.Q. Test, 16 PF, Bagrut, the individual interview, and the group interview) and the dependent variables (practice teaching evaluation; college G.P.A. and the evaluation of motivation, human interaction, and leadership skills). Also, a factor analysis of interview ratings was calculated to determine the underlying factors of the group interview. Finally, the inter-rater reliability was measured. The results indicated that the group interview was the best available predictor of success in teaching. It was capable of significantly predicting future success and discriminating significantly between the acceptable and the non-acceptable students. It was particularly effective in identifying the best candidates. The I.Q. test showed no significantly predictive ability, and the Bagrut contributed significantly only to the prediction of G.P.A. A combination of several scales of the 16 PF also significantly predicted future success. The best prediction was obtained from a combination of both the group interview and the 16 PF. In general, this study indicates that certain aspects of intelligence and interpersonal interaction are the central components of effective teaching. Both are evaluated more effectively through the group procedure than by traditional admission procedures. The implications of this study go beyond the selection of candidates to this particular program to the selection procedures of similar programs, as well as to the re-evaluation of teacher-training programs.
Acerocnema Becker 1894
Creators: name: Šifner, František
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Scathophagidae
Acerocnema

description: Acerocnema Becker, 1894
 Acerocnema Becker, 1894: 154. Type species: Cordylura breviseta Zetterstedt, 1846: 2022; by original designation.
description: Published as part of Šifner, František, 2008, A catalogue of the Scathophagidae (Diptera) of the Palaearctic region, with notes on their taxonomy and faunistics, pp. 111-196 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 48 (1) on page 147, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5342493
THE ROLE OF COLLECTIVIZATION IN CHINESE AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT, 1949--1957
Creators: name: Dahms, Joseph Edward
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 38
subject: Economics

description: This dissertation examines the role of collectivization in Chinese agricultural development from 1949 to 1957. The problem investigated centered on what was the effect of collectivization policies on agricultural production. Previous research by Western scholars has doubted the benefits of collectivization. Previous researchers have investigated the effect of collectivization by aggregating provincial data to arrive at national data. Collectivization policies were then evaluated by examining changes in aggregate grain production. This dissertation presents evidence that collectivization policies were implemented over a wide range of time with some provinces implementing collectivization up to three years after others. A model of Chinese agriculture was constructed to analyze the relationship between agricultural production, agricultural inputs, and collectivization. It was decided that provincial data could provide better information for testing the hypothesis of whether or not collectivization was directly beneficial to agricultural production. A cross-section analysis was employed to avoid some concerns of previous researchers regarding the reliability of Chinese statistics. The results of the model led to the acceptance of the null hypothesis that there was no statistically significant direct relationship between collectivization and grain production. The model was modified by separating provinces into two groups depending on whether rice or wheat was the dominant crop. The results for rice-growing provinces led to the support of the hypothesis that collectivization was detrimental to grain production. The results for wheat-growing provinces led to the acceptance of the null hypothesis that collectivization was not significantly related to grain production. Two other models were constructed to evaluate the indirect effect of collectivization on other agricultural inputs. The results indicate that as collectivization proceeded, cultivated area increased. A hypothesis was also tested which argued that provinces with a high degree of hydraulic agriculture were slower to collectivize. The results supported this hypothesis. In conclusion, the results indicate that as collectivization proceeded, it affected rice agriculture in a negative way and did not have any measurable direct impact on wheat agriculture. The impact of collectivization on Chinese agriculture from 1949 to 1957 was greatly influenced by the agricultural mode of production.
dynemp: A routine for distributed microdata analysis of business dynamics
Creators: name: Criscuolo, Chiara
name: Gal, Peter N.
name: Menon, Carlo
name: Criscuolo, Chiara
name: Gal, Peter N.
name: Menon, Carlo
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods
subject: dynemp
subject: employment dynamics
subject: job flows
subject: firm demographics
subject: administrative data
subject: data analysis

description: In this article, we introduce a new command, dynemp, that implements a distributed microdata analysis of business and employment dynamics and firm demographics. As its data source, dynemp requires business registers or comparable firm- or establishment-level longitudinal databases that cover the (near-)universe of companies in all business sectors. Access to such confidential data is usually restricted, and the microlevel data cannot be brought together to a single platform for cross-country analysis. To solve this confidentiality problem while also maintaining a high level of harmonization of the key economic concepts, dynemp can be distributed in a network of researchers who have access to the national confidential microdata. This way, the rich firm-level employment dynamics can be analyzed from new angles (such as firm age and size), significantly expanding the scope of analyses relying only on more aggregated data.
THE ROLE OF COLLECTIVIZATION IN CHINESE AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT, 1949--1957
Creators: name: Dahms, Joseph Edward
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: This dissertation examines the role of collectivization in Chinese agricultural development from 1949 to 1957. The problem investigated centered on what was the effect of collectivization policies on agricultural production. Previous research by Western scholars has doubted the benefits of collectivization. Previous researchers have investigated the effect of collectivization by aggregating provincial data to arrive at national data. Collectivization policies were then evaluated by examining changes in aggregate grain production. This dissertation presents evidence that collectivization policies were implemented over a wide range of time with some provinces implementing collectivization up to three years after others. A model of Chinese agriculture was constructed to analyze the relationship between agricultural production, agricultural inputs, and collectivization. It was decided that provincial data could provide better information for testing the hypothesis of whether or not collectivization was directly beneficial to agricultural production. A cross-section analysis was employed to avoid some concerns of previous researchers regarding the reliability of Chinese statistics. The results of the model led to the acceptance of the null hypothesis that there was no statistically significant direct relationship between collectivization and grain production. The model was modified by separating provinces into two groups depending on whether rice or wheat was the dominant crop. The results for rice-growing provinces led to the support of the hypothesis that collectivization was detrimental to grain production. The results for wheat-growing provinces led to the acceptance of the null hypothesis that collectivization was not significantly related to grain production. Two other models were constructed to evaluate the indirect effect of collectivization on other agricultural inputs. The results indicate that as collectivization proceeded, cultivated area increased. A hypothesis was also tested which argued that provinces with a high degree of hydraulic agriculture were slower to collectivize. The results supported this hypothesis. In conclusion, the results indicate that as collectivization proceeded, it affected rice agriculture in a negative way and did not have any measurable direct impact on wheat agriculture. The impact of collectivization on Chinese agriculture from 1949 to 1957 was greatly influenced by the agricultural mode of production.
Influence of Pr substitution on physical properties of Ce$_{1-x}$Pr$_x$CoGe$_3$ system: A combined experimental and first-principles study
Creators: name: Skokowski, P.
name: Synoradzki, K.
name: Werwiński, M.
name: Bajorek, A.
name: Chełkowska, G.
name: Toliński, T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present the results of our investigations of physical properties for the novel Ce$_{1-x}$Pr$_x$CoGe$_3$ system performed with a number of experimental methods: magnetic susceptibility, specific heat, electrical resistivity, magnetoresistance, and thermoelectric power. Moreover, the electronic structure was studied by means of photoelectron spectroscopy measurements and first-principles calculations. All investigated compositions of the Ce$_{1-x}$Pr$_x$CoGe$_3$ series crystallize in the tetragonal BaNiSn$_3$-type structure. The lattice parameters and unit cell volumes decrease with increasing Pr concentration. On the basis of the measurements taken, a preliminary magnetic phase diagram was created. A continuous suppression of the long-range magnetic ordering was observed with increase of Pr concentration. The critical Pr concentration for magnetic moment ordering was determined from linear extrapolation of the ordering temperature $versus$ $x$ to the lowest temperatures ($T = 0$ K) and is equal to about 0.66. Based on the first-principles calculations we show how the substitution of Pr for Ce affects the electronic structure and magnetic properties of the considered alloys. Within a single model we take into account the magnetic ordering, fully-relativistic effects, and Hubbard U repulsion on Ce and Pr. The impact of Hubbard U on the results of calculations is also discussed. We present the valence-band analysis, Mulliken electronic population analysis, and calculated electronic specific heat coefficients. For CeCoGe$_3$ it is found that the $++--$ configuration of magnetic moments on Ce is slightly more stable than the $+-+-$ one, and also that the calculated value of total magnetic moment on Ce (including spin and orbital parts) is in good agreement with the measurements.
description: 21 pages, 26 figures
Tools for checking calibration of a Cox model in external validation: Prediction of population-averaged survival curves based on risk groups
Creators: name: Royston, Patrick
name: Royston, Patrick
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods
subject: stcoxgrp
subject: Cox proportional hazards model
subject: multivariable model
subject: prognostic factors
subject: prognostic groups
subject: external validation
subject: calibration
subject: survival probabilities

description: Royston (2014, Stata Journal 14: 738–755) explained how a popular application of the Cox proportional hazards model “is to develop a multivariable prediction model, often a prognostic model to predict the future clinical outcome of patients with a particular disorder from ‘baseline’ factors measured at some initial time point. For such a model to be useful in practice, it must be ‘validated’; that is, it must perform satisfactorily in an external sample of patients independent of the one on which the model was originally developed. One key aspect of performance is calibration, which is the accuracy of prediction, particularly of survival (or equivalently, failure or event) probabilities at any time after the time origin”. In this article, I suggest an approach to assess calibration by comparing observed (Kaplan–Meier) and predicted survival probabilities in several prognostic groups derived by placing cutpoints on the prognostic index. I distinguish between full validation, where all relevant quantities are estimated on the derivation dataset and predicted on the validation dataset, and partial validation, where the prognostic index and prognostic groups are derived from published information and the baseline distribution function is estimated in the validation dataset. Partial validation is more feasible in practice because it is uncommon to have access to individual patient values in both datasets. I exemplify the method by detailed analysis of two datasets in the disease primary biliary cirrhosis; the datasets comprise a derivation and a validation dataset. I describe a new ado-file, stcoxgrp, that performs the necessary calculations. Results for stcoxgrp are displayed graphically, which makes it easier for users to picture calibration (or lack thereof) according to follow-up time.
Northwestern Juvenile Project: Next Generation Firearm Modules (Baseline Interviews)
Creators: name: Health Disparities and Public Policy
Publisher: name: Prism. Galter Health Sciences Library. Northwestern University
Year: 2023

description: Firearm Modules used in Northwestern Juvenile Project: Next Generation structured interviews with parents (G1) and their adolescent children (G2).  Part of an ongoing intergenerational study of firearm involvement among high-risk youth. Please direct questions to: healthdisparities@northwestern.edu.
Space charge limited flow of a thin electron beam confined by a strong magnetic field
Creators: name: Rokhlenko, A.
name: Lebowitz, J. L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: An approximate analytic theory is developed and implemented numerically for calculating the space charge limited current and electric field of a thin cylindrical beam or current sheet between two wide parallel electrodes. The flow is confined by a sufficiently strong magnetic field. Assuming that the potential and current density are almost homogeneous in the direction transversal to the flow we compute the beam current and profile by a variational method. We find that the average current density scales as the reciprocal of the beam width when the latter becomes very small. The total cylindrical beam current thus decreases proportionly to its diameter while the total current of a sheet becomes almost independent of the width in this regime.
description: 5 pages, 2 figures, in latex
Synthesis, structural, thermal, Hirshfeld surface and DFT studies on a new hybrid compound: bis[4-(dimethylamino)pyridinium] tetrachloridomanganate(II)
Creators: name: Khadri, Amina
name: Rafika Bouchene
name: Bouacida, Sofiane
name: Sid, Assia
name: Alswaidan, Ibrahim A.
name: Ponnadurai Ramasami
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 60506 Virology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: A new organic-inorganic hybrid compound (1) based on 4-(dimethylamino)pyridine and manganese(II), MnCl4(C7H11N2)2, has been synthesized and its structure determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction, infrared and Raman spectroscopy, Hirshfeld and thermal analysis. At room temperature, 1 crystallizes in the centrosymmetric space group P-1. The structure is built up on isolated [MnCl4]2- anions and 4-(dimethylamino)pyridinium (C7H11N2)+ cations connected by a network of N–H···Cl, C–H···Cl, and π-π supramolecular interactions. The 3 D Hirshfeld surface calculations were performed to investigate the quantitatively relative contribution of these interactions in the crystal packing. The thermal behavior of 1 was characterized by TGA/DTA analysis and Density Functional Theory (DFT); there is a good comparison between the experimental and computed results.
Acerocnema barkalovi Ozerov 2006
Creators: name: Šifner, František
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Scathophagidae
Acerocnema
Acerocnema barkalovi

description: Acerocnema barkalovi Ozerov, 2006
 Acerocnema barkalovi Ozerov, 2006: 333. HOLOTYPE: J, Russia, Altai Mts., Kom-Archkiy rayon, river Aktura, 2104 m a.s.l., 7.-8.vi.2006, A. Barkalov leg. (SZMN).
 Distribution. Russia – East Siberia, Far East (OZEROV 2006: 333).
description: Published as part of Šifner, František, 2008, A catalogue of the Scathophagidae (Diptera) of the Palaearctic region, with notes on their taxonomy and faunistics, pp. 111-196 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 48 (1) on page 147, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5342493
AGRICULTURE AND EQUITABLE GROWTH: THE CASE OF PUNJAB-HARYANA (INDIA)
Creators: name: Westley, John Richard
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: Specifications of the conditions under which low-income countries might be able to achieve "equitable growth" and improve their performance in reducing mass poverty is a major issue in development theory and policy. Given the preponderant role of the agricultural sector as a source of output and employment at the early stages of development, much of the theorizing concerning equitable growth has concentrated on the relationships between agricultural growth and poverty reduction. Several theorists have argued that a "sectoral shift" toward agriculture must be a key component in any strategy for equitable growth in low-income countries. Others have argued, however, that shifts in agricultural policies, programs, and investment allocations will be ineffective in reducing poverty unless accompanied by a major "structural shift" toward a more equitable distribution of land holdings and more broadly based control of the institutions supporting agriculture. The adjacent Indian states of Punjab and Haryana have been remarkably successful in achieving rapid agricultural growth, particularly during the period of the "green revolution," and have reduced the percentage of the population below the official "poverty line" to a level well below the levels achieved at similar stages of development in other Indian states or in other countries. Punjab-Haryana thus provides a test of the theories concerning the relationship between agricultural development and equitable growth. In order to carry out the test, we have set up sets of competing "radical" and "neoclassical" hypotheses relating agricultural growth to inequality and to employment. We then assess these hypotheses using available secondary data. The experience of Punjab-Haryana generally supports the neoclassical hypotheses concerning agriculture and equitable growth. The "rural bias" of Punjab-Haryana's policies and programs has resulted in reduced rural poverty despite the absence of a major "structural shift" in land ownership, and high-productivity employment in agriculture has grown rapidly enough to bring many agricultural wage laborers above the poverty line. Although there are some features of development in Punjab-Haryana which make it a "special case," the experience of Punjab-Haryana nevertheless has some scope for replicability elsewhere and provides important lessons regarding the achievement of equitable growth.
Locality and measurements within the SR model for an objective interpretation of quantum mechanics
Creators: name: Garola, Claudio
name: Pykacz, Jaroslaw
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: One of the authors has recently propounded an SR (semantic realism) model which shows, circumventing known no-go theorems, that an objective (noncontextual, hence local) interpretation of quantum mechanics (QM) is possible. We consider here compound physical systems and show why the proofs of nonlocality of QM do not hold within the SR model. We also discuss quantum measurement theory within this model, note that the objectification problem disappears since the measurement of any property simply reveals its unknown value, and show that the projection postulate can be considered as an approximate law, valid FAPP (for all practical purposes). Finally, we provide an intuitive justification for some unusual features of the SR model.
description: 29 pages, minor corrections
Additional file 6 of A trans fatty acid substitute enhanced development of liver proliferative lesions induced in mice by feeding a choline-deficient, methionine-lowered, L-amino acid-defined, high-fat diet
Creators: name: Suzuki-Kemuriyama, Noriko
name: Abe, Akari
name: Uno, Kinuko
name: Ogawa, Shuji
name: Watanabe, Atsushi
name: Sano, Ryuhei
name: Yuki, Megumi
name: Miyajima, Katsuhiro
name: Nakae, Dai
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 6.
Acerocnema lobanovi Ozerov 2006
Creators: name: Šifner, František
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Scathophagidae
Acerocnema
Acerocnema lobanovi

description: Acerocnema lobanovi Ozerov, 2006
 Acerocnema lobanovi Ozerov, 2006: 334. HOLOTYPE: J, Russia, ‘ Amurskaya obl. [= region], gorod [= town] Zeya, 29.vii.1982, registration number Di-0153, A. Ozerov leg.’ (ZMUM).
 Distribution. Russia – East Siberia (OZEROV 2006: 334).
description: Published as part of Šifner, František, 2008, A catalogue of the Scathophagidae (Diptera) of the Palaearctic region, with notes on their taxonomy and faunistics, pp. 111-196 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 48 (1) on page 147, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5342493
Bounds on Relic Neutrino Masses in the Z-burst Model
Creators: name: Gelmini, Graciela
name: Varieschi, Gabriele
name: Weiler, Thomas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Neutrinos from far-away sources annihilating at the Z resonance on relic neutrinos may give origin to the extreme-energy cosmic rays (EECR). If ``Z-bursts'' are responsible for the EECR events, then we show that the non-observation of cosmic ray events at energies above 2 x 10^20 eV by the AGASA Collaboration implies a lower bound around 0.3 eV on the relic neutrino mass. Since this mass exceeds the mass-squared differences inferred from oscillation physics, the bound in fact applies to all three neutrino masses. Together with the upper bound provided by comparisons of the CMB anisotropy with large-scale structure, this bound leaves only a small interval for neutrino masses around 0.3 eV, if Z-bursts are to explain the existing EECR events.
description: 19 pages, including 4 figures
AGRICULTURE AND EQUITABLE GROWTH: THE CASE OF PUNJAB-HARYANA (INDIA)
Creators: name: Westley, John Richard
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 38
subject: Economics

description: Specifications of the conditions under which low-income countries might be able to achieve "equitable growth" and improve their performance in reducing mass poverty is a major issue in development theory and policy. Given the preponderant role of the agricultural sector as a source of output and employment at the early stages of development, much of the theorizing concerning equitable growth has concentrated on the relationships between agricultural growth and poverty reduction. Several theorists have argued that a "sectoral shift" toward agriculture must be a key component in any strategy for equitable growth in low-income countries. Others have argued, however, that shifts in agricultural policies, programs, and investment allocations will be ineffective in reducing poverty unless accompanied by a major "structural shift" toward a more equitable distribution of land holdings and more broadly based control of the institutions supporting agriculture. The adjacent Indian states of Punjab and Haryana have been remarkably successful in achieving rapid agricultural growth, particularly during the period of the "green revolution," and have reduced the percentage of the population below the official "poverty line" to a level well below the levels achieved at similar stages of development in other Indian states or in other countries. Punjab-Haryana thus provides a test of the theories concerning the relationship between agricultural development and equitable growth. In order to carry out the test, we have set up sets of competing "radical" and "neoclassical" hypotheses relating agricultural growth to inequality and to employment. We then assess these hypotheses using available secondary data. The experience of Punjab-Haryana generally supports the neoclassical hypotheses concerning agriculture and equitable growth. The "rural bias" of Punjab-Haryana's policies and programs has resulted in reduced rural poverty despite the absence of a major "structural shift" in land ownership, and high-productivity employment in agriculture has grown rapidly enough to bring many agricultural wage laborers above the poverty line. Although there are some features of development in Punjab-Haryana which make it a "special case," the experience of Punjab-Haryana nevertheless has some scope for replicability elsewhere and provides important lessons regarding the achievement of equitable growth.
On relativistic approaches to the pion self-energy in nuclear matter
Creators: name: Leinson, L. B.
name: Perez, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We argue that, in contrast to the non-relativistic approach, a relativistic evaluation of the nucleon--hole and delta-isobar--nucleon hole contributions to the pion self-energy incorporates the s-wave scattering, which requires a more accurate evaluation. Therefore relativistic approach containing only these diagrams does not describe appropriately the pion self-energy in isospin symmetric nuclear matter. We conclude that, a correct relativistic approach to the pion self-energy should involve a more sophisticated calculation in order to satisfy the known experimental results on the near-threshold behaviour of the pion-nucleon (forward) scattering amplitude.
description: 7 pages,1 figure
Acerocnema paradoxopyga Stackelberg 1952
Creators: name: Šifner, František
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Scathophagidae
Acerocnema
Acerocnema paradoxopyga

description: Acerocnema paradoxopyga Stackelberg, 1952
 Acerocnema paradoxopyga Stackelberg, 1952: 405. HOLOTYPE: J, Russia, European part, Novaya Zemlya, Wrangel Is [land], Matochkin Shar, 11.vii.1925, Bakulenko leg. (ZMAS).
 Distribution. Russia – European Russia, East Siberia (GORODKOV 1986: 27).
description: Published as part of Šifner, František, 2008, A catalogue of the Scathophagidae (Diptera) of the Palaearctic region, with notes on their taxonomy and faunistics, pp. 111-196 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 48 (1) on page 148, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5342493
Hexamitocera martineki Sifner 2003
Creators: name: Šifner, František
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Scathophagidae
Hexamitocera
Hexamitocera martineki

description: Hexamitocera martineki Šifner, 2003
 Hexamitocera martineki Šifner, 2003a: 52. HOLOTYPE: ♀, Czech Republic, Praha – Šárka, 9.vi.1971, Martinek leg. (FSPC).
 Distribution. Czech Republic (ŠIFNER 2003a: 52, 2004: 109); Slovakia (ŠIFNER 2006b: 33).
description: Published as part of Šifner, František, 2008, A catalogue of the Scathophagidae (Diptera) of the Palaearctic region, with notes on their taxonomy and faunistics, pp. 111-196 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 48 (1) on page 149, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5342493
Hexamitocera vockerothi Sifner 2004
Creators: name: Šifner, František
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Scathophagidae
Hexamitocera
Hexamitocera vockerothi

description: Hexamitocera vockerothi Šifner, 2004
 Hexamitocera vockerothi Šifner, 2004: 109. HOLOTYPE: J, N Albania, Prokletije Mts., Boge, meadow, 1500 m a.s.l., 17.vi.1994, B. Mocek leg. (KMVC).
 Distribution. Albania (ŠIFNER 2004: 109).
description: Published as part of Šifner, František, 2008, A catalogue of the Scathophagidae (Diptera) of the Palaearctic region, with notes on their taxonomy and faunistics, pp. 111-196 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 48 (1) on page 150, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5342493
POSITION CLASSIFICATION AS AN OPPORTUNITY COST FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
Creators: name: Wilson, Michael Charles
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 44
subject: Human society
classificationCode: 4407
subject: Policy and administration

description: Position classification is a product of two great social and intellectual movements of the early twentieth century--civil service and scientific management. From the former it took the idea of equal pay for equal work, regardless of the worker's race, sex, or political affiliation. From the latter it took a concern for efficiency and the notion of "one best way" of performing work. Both pay equity and efficiency are still highly valued among students of public administration, but there are serious questions concerning whether classification is the best way of achieving them. These questions have been raised both by personnel management practitioners, who have concentrated on making technical refinements to the existing system, and by a few academics who have implied the need for more fundamental changes without describing in any detail what those changes might be. This dissertation examines position classification as it is actually performed in the Federal Government. Data were gathered through participant observation as a position classifier in a Federal agency, survey research involving almost 900 Federal classifiers, interviews with Office of Personnel Management and Commerce Department personnel officials, and review of various documents. The principal conclusions drawn are that classification, for better or for worse, keeps managers from doing some things they want to do; as a result, many time-consuming disputes occur between classifiers and managers; classifiers may win some of these disputes, but only those which are of relatively little importance to agency top management; OPM, the classifier's institutional ally, will never have the resources needed to ensure complete classification accuracy in the face of agency opposition; the principal cost of position classification is not its inhibiting effect on managerial flexibility, but the adversarial relationship it promotes between classifiers and managers when a consulting relationship is called for; finally, adherence to position classification in its present form as the one best way inhibits experimentation with possibly better ways to assign work and compensate workers. Greater use of the research and development program authorized by the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 is urged.
The X-Ray Cavity Around Hotspot E in Cygnus A: Tunneled by a Deflected Jet
Creators: name: Snios, Bradford
name: Johnson, Amalya C.
name: Nulsen, Paul E. J.
name: Kraft, Ralph P.
name: de Vries, Martijn
name: Perley, Richard A.
name: Sebokolodi, Lerato
name: Wise, Michael W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The powerful FR II radio galaxy Cygnus A exhibits primary and secondary hotspots in each lobe. A 2 Msec Chandra X-ray image of Cygnus A has revealed an approximately circular hole, with a radius of 3.9 kpc, centered on the primary hotspot in the eastern radio lobe, hotspot E. We infer the distribution of X-ray emission on our line-of-sight from an X-ray surface brightness profile of the radio lobe adjacent to the hole and use it to argue that the hole is excavated from the radio lobe. The surface brightness profile of the hole implies a depth at least 1.7 $\pm$ 0.3 times greater than its projected width, requiring a minimum depth of 13.3 $\pm$ 2.3 kpc. A similar hole observed in the 5 GHz VLA radio map reinforces the argument for a cavity lying within the lobe. We argue that the jet encounters the shock compressed intracluster medium at hotspot E, passing through one or more shocks as it is deflected back into the radio lobe. The orientation of Cygnus A allows the outflow from hotspot E to travel almost directly away from us, creating an elongated cavity, as observed. These results favor models for multiple hotspots in which an FR II jet is deflected at a primary hotspot, then travels onward to deposit the bulk of its power at a secondary hotspot, rather than the dentist drill model.
description: Accepted to ApJ, 12 pages, 7 figures, 5 tables
POSITION CLASSIFICATION AS AN OPPORTUNITY COST FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
Creators: name: Wilson, Michael Charles
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: Position classification is a product of two great social and intellectual movements of the early twentieth century--civil service and scientific management. From the former it took the idea of equal pay for equal work, regardless of the worker's race, sex, or political affiliation. From the latter it took a concern for efficiency and the notion of "one best way" of performing work. Both pay equity and efficiency are still highly valued among students of public administration, but there are serious questions concerning whether classification is the best way of achieving them. These questions have been raised both by personnel management practitioners, who have concentrated on making technical refinements to the existing system, and by a few academics who have implied the need for more fundamental changes without describing in any detail what those changes might be. This dissertation examines position classification as it is actually performed in the Federal Government. Data were gathered through participant observation as a position classifier in a Federal agency, survey research involving almost 900 Federal classifiers, interviews with Office of Personnel Management and Commerce Department personnel officials, and review of various documents. The principal conclusions drawn are that classification, for better or for worse, keeps managers from doing some things they want to do; as a result, many time-consuming disputes occur between classifiers and managers; classifiers may win some of these disputes, but only those which are of relatively little importance to agency top management; OPM, the classifier's institutional ally, will never have the resources needed to ensure complete classification accuracy in the face of agency opposition; the principal cost of position classification is not its inhibiting effect on managerial flexibility, but the adversarial relationship it promotes between classifiers and managers when a consulting relationship is called for; finally, adherence to position classification in its present form as the one best way inhibits experimentation with possibly better ways to assign work and compensate workers. Greater use of the research and development program authorized by the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 is urged.
Additional file 7 of A trans fatty acid substitute enhanced development of liver proliferative lesions induced in mice by feeding a choline-deficient, methionine-lowered, L-amino acid-defined, high-fat diet
Creators: name: Suzuki-Kemuriyama, Noriko
name: Abe, Akari
name: Uno, Kinuko
name: Ogawa, Shuji
name: Watanabe, Atsushi
name: Sano, Ryuhei
name: Yuki, Megumi
name: Miyajima, Katsuhiro
name: Nakae, Dai
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 7.
Radiative corrections to DVCS electron tensor
Creators: name: Kuraev, V. V. Bytev E. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We had considered RC to the virtual Compton scattering in the high-energy limit including additional hard photon emission in leading logarithmical approximation. Our result is consistent with Drell-Yan picture of the process and expressed in terms of electron structure function. The comparison with previous work on VCS is done.
description: 7 pages, 2 figures
Megaphthalma Becker 1894
Creators: name: Šifner, František
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Scathophagidae
Megaphthalma

description: Megaphthalma Becker, 1894
 Megaphthalma Becker, 1894: 105. Type species: Scatomyza pallida Fallén, 1819; by original designation. Megophthalmum Hendel, 1910: 308. Unjustified emendation.
description: Published as part of Šifner, František, 2008, A catalogue of the Scathophagidae (Diptera) of the Palaearctic region, with notes on their taxonomy and faunistics, pp. 111-196 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 48 (1) on page 150, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5342493
A complete set of covariants of the four qubit system
Creators: name: Briand, E.
name: Luque, J. -G.
name: Thibon, J. -Y.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We obtain a complete and minimal set of 170 generators for the algebra of $SL(2,\C)^{\times 4}$-covariants of a binary quadrilinear form. Interpreted in terms of a four qubit system, this describes in particular the algebraic varieties formed by the orbits of local filtering operations in its projective Hilbert space. Also, this sheds some light on the local unitary invariants, and provides all the possible building blocks for the construction of entanglement measures for such a system.
description: 14 pages, IOP macros; slightly expanded version
Fermi liquid theory and divergences of the two-particle irreducible vertex in the periodic Anderson lattice
Creators: name: Melnick, Corey
name: Kotliar, Gabriel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Here we analyze the divergences of the irreducible vertex function in dynamical mean field theory, which may indicate either a non-physical breakdown of the perturbation theory or a response to some physical phenomenon. To investigate this question, we construct a quasiparticle vertex from the diverging irreducible vertex functions. This vertex describes the scattering between quasiparticles and quasiholes in a Fermi liquid. We show that the quasparticle vertex \textit{does not} diverge in the charge channel, wherein the irreducible vertex \textit{does} diverge; and we show that the quasiparticle vertex does diverge in the spin channel, wherein the irreducible vertex does not diverge. This divergence occurs at the Mott transition wherein the Fermi liquid theory breaks down. Both Hubbard and Anderson lattices are investigated. In general, our results support that the divergences of the irreducible vertex function do not indicate a non-physical failure of the perturbation theory. Instead, the divergences are the mathematical consequence of inverting a matrix (the local charge susceptibility) which accumulates increasingly negative diagonal elements as the Hubbard interaction suppresses charge fluctuations. Indeed, we find that the first symmetric divergences of the irreducible vertex in both Hubbard and Anderson lattices occurs near the maximum magnitude of the (negative) vertex-connected part of the charge susceptibility, which suppresses charge fluctuations.
Megaphthalma pallida subsp. pallida pallida (Fallen 1819
Creators: name: Šifner, František
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Scathophagidae
Megaphthalma
Megaphthalma pallida
Megaphthalma pallida pallida (fallén, 1819)

description: Megaphthalma pallida pallida (Fallén, 1819)
 Cordilura pallida Fallén, 1819: 8.? SYNTYPES: ♀, Sweden, ‘Westergothia [= Vestergötland], Scania [= Skåne], D. Dalman leg.’ (probably MZLU).
 New records. ROMANIA: Valea Putnei, environs of Cimpulung, Moldovenese, 10.v.1975, 1 J; 17.v.1975, 1 J; 15.vii.1975, 1 ♀, all. J. Ceianu leg. (MGAB).
 Distribution. Austria (FRANZ 1989: 117); Belgium (DE JONG 2005); Czech Republic (ŠIFNER 2003a: 48); Estonia (ELBERG 1965: 348); Finland (HACKMAN 1980: 130); France (SÉGUY 1934: 669); Germany (PÜCHEL 1999: 186); Great Britain (CHANDLER 1998: 163); Netherlands (DE MEIJERE 1919: 184); Norway (NELSON & GREVE 2002: 46); Poland (DRABER- MONKO 1991: 231); Romania (this paper); Russia – European Russia, West Siberia (GORODKOV 1970: 448); Slovakia (ŠIFNER 2003a: 48); Sweden (HEDSTRÖM 1991: 143); Switzerland (MERZ & BÄCHLI 1998: 311). Extralimital subspecies M. pallida americana Malloch, 1924 in Nearctic region (VOCKEROTH 1965: 832-833).
description: Published as part of Šifner, František, 2008, A catalogue of the Scathophagidae (Diptera) of the Palaearctic region, with notes on their taxonomy and faunistics, pp. 111-196 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 48 (1) on page 150, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5342493