cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Calix[4]arene-based fluorescent probe and the adsorption capacity of its electrospun nanofibrous film for the cesium cation as an adsorbent
Creators: name: Jung, Sung Ho
name: Park, Jeong Su
name: Yeonweon Choi
name: Kim, Sung Kuk
name: Jung, Jong Hwa
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Calix[4]arene-based cation receptor 1 has been synthesised by following a multi-step synthetic procedure. The fluorescence properties of 1 upon the addition of various metal ions were investigated by fluorescence spectroscopy. As a result, it was revealed that 1 displayed dramatic quenching effect upon the exposure to Cs+. In contrast, no significant quenching effects were observed upon the addition of other metal ions such as Li+, Na+, K+, Mg2+, Ca2+, Sr2+, Ag+, Zn2+ and Ni2+. Compound 1 was also found by Job plot to form a 1:1 complex with Cs+. In addition, we also prepared 1-embedded electrospun nanofibrous film (NF-1) as an adsorbent for Cs+. NF-1 is proved to adsorb Cs+ effectively from an aqueous solution, indicating that it would be usefully utilised as an adsorbent to remove Cs+.
Reliability analysis and optimization of the consensus docking approach for the development of virtual screening studies
Creators: name: Poli, Giulio
name: Martinelli, Adriano
name: Tuccinardi, Tiziano
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Ligand-protein docking is one of the most common techniques used in virtual screening campaigns. Despite the large number of docking software available, there is still the need of improving the efficacy of docking-based virtual screenings. To date, only very few studies evaluated the possibility of combining the results of different docking methods to achieve higher success rates in virtual screening studies (consensus docking). In order to better understand the range of applicability of this approach, we carried out an extensive enriched database analysis using the DUD dataset. The consensus docking protocol was then refined by applying modifications concerning the calculation of pose consensus and the combination of docking methods included in the procedure. The results obtained suggest that this approach performs as well as the best available methods found in literature, confirming the idea that this procedure can be profitably used for the identification of new hit compounds.
Synthesis of phenyl silicone resin with epoxy and acrylate group and its adhesion enhancement for addition-cure silicone encapsulant with high refractive index
Creators: name: Kexue Pan
name: Xingrong Zeng
name: Hongqiang Li
name: Xuejun Lai
name: Zhonghua Chen
name: Guangqiang Liang
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Space Science
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Hematology

description: A novel phenyl silicone resin with epoxy and acrylate group (PSREA) was successfully synthesized via the non-hydrolytic sol-gel condensation reaction of 3-glycidoxypropyltrimethoxysilane, 3-methacryloyloxypropylmethyldimethoxysilane, and diphenylsilanediol, and was employed as the adhesion promoter for addition-cure silicone encapsulant (ASE) with high refractive index. The structure of PSREA was confirmed by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, 1H nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, and 29Si nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. The influence of PSREA on the properties of ASE was studied. It was found that PSREA could markedly enhance the adhesion strength of ASE to aluminum (Al) and poly(p-phenylene terephthamide) (PPA) substrate. When the content of PSREA was 1.5 phr, the shear strength of ASE was 4.43 and 2.27 MPa for Al and PPA substrate, which was about 71 and 266% higher than that of ASE without the adhesion promoter, respectively. In addition, PSREA had little effect on the mechanical properties, refractive index, and viscosity of ASE.
title: La retraite : un évènement protecteur pour la santé de tous (LIEPP Policy Brief, n°59)
Creators: name: Barnay, Thomas
name: Defebvre, Eric
Publisher: name: Sciences Po - LIEPP
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: FOS: Social sciences
valueUri: http://www.oecd.org/science/inno/38235147.pdf

description: À partir de données françaises issues de l’enquête Santé et Itinéraire Professionnel (Sip), nous montrons que la retraite joue un rôle positif sur la santé, tout particulièrement chez les personnes ayant été exposées à des conditions de travail pénibles. Cette relation est tout particulièrement forte pour les hommes non­ diplômés ayant été confrontés à des facteurs de risques physiques avec une diminution de 21,2 points de pourcentage (pp) de déclarer une santé perçue dégradée, de 16 pp de déclarer une limitation d’activité, de 13,7 pp de déclarer une maladie chronique et de 8 pp de souffrir d’une dépression ou d’anxiété. Ces résultats plaident en faveur de mesures préventives visant les expositions aux contraintes du travail ou de régimes de retraite différenciés en fonction de la nature et de l'intensité des facteurs de risques professionnels.
description: Using data from the French Health and Professional Path survey, we show that retirement has positive effects on the health of less exposed individuals while yielding considerably greater improvements for workers retiring from highly demanding careers. The highest protective influence appears in the low­-skilled male population exposed to physical constraints, with a decline of 21.2 pp in the probability of declaring poor health, 16 pp in activity limitations and 13.7 pp in chronic diseases, and 8 pp in anxiety or depression. These results advocate the need for preventive measures aimed towards exposures to work strains and/or differentiated retirement schemes according to the nature and intensity of a pensioner's entire work life.
Olypmos the musician in Greek literature and art : mythology and music history
Creators: name: Keer, Ellen Van
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2016
Subjects: History

description: This study considers the range of representations of Olympos the musician in Greek literature and art. The general aim is two-fold: (a) to demonstrate the relative autonomy and the complementary value of textual and visual sources in musical research; and (b) to establish the reciprocity of the disciplines involved with the study of musical myths, notably of music history and mythology. Olympos is an ambiguous mythical-legendary musician to whom distant eastern origins are attributed. In the discipline of mythology he is primarily regarded as the companion of the unsavoury character of Marsyas. But in the history of Greek music he is considered as a legendary musician and accredited with major musical realizations (the introduction of the enharmonic genus). He belongs to the category of musical “first inventors” and operates on the borderlines between ‘myth’ and ‘history’, not as clear-cut categories as scholarship traditionally assumes. Modern academic separations are inadequate in the Greek context. An integrated approach is more adequate and produces a new and more complex understanding of Olympos the musician and the “Mousikè” (“of the Muses”) in ancient Greece
Olypmos_the_musician_in_Greek_literature.pdf
Creators: name: Keer, Ellen Van
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2016
Subjects: History

description: This study considers the range of representations of Olympos the musician in Greek literature and art. The general aim is two-fold: (a) to demonstrate the relative autonomy and the complementary value of textual and visual sources in musical research; and (b) to establish the reciprocity of the disciplines involved with the study of musical myths, notably of music history and mythology. Olympos is an ambiguous mythical-legendary musician to whom distant eastern origins are attributed. In the discipline of mythology he is primarily regarded as the companion of the unsavoury character of Marsyas. But in the history of Greek music he is considered as a legendary musician and accredited with major musical realizations (the introduction of the enharmonic genus). He belongs to the category of musical “first inventors” and operates on the borderlines between ‘myth’ and ‘history’, not as clear-cut categories as scholarship traditionally assumes. Modern academic separations are inadequate in the Greek context. An integrated approach is more adequate and produces a new and more complex understanding of Olympos the musician and the “Mousikè” (“of the Muses”) in ancient Greece
Mulch and planting method on quantitative traits of cucumber
Creators: name: Eshabel Andra
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Botany
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Plant Biology
subject: Education
subject: Environmental Science
subject: 99901 Agricultural Engineering
subject: FOS: Other engineering and technologies

description: Water deficiency and broomrape (Orobanche spp.) infestation are important limitations for cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) production in Iran. Effects of mulch type (clear polyethylene mulch, black polyethylene mulch, hydro flume mulch, and no mulch), and planting method (seeded and transplanted) were tested to determine effects on cucumber, cv. Super Dominus. The interaction between mulch and planting method affected the number of days to flowering, plant length, number of days to harvest, and earliness. Early yield and yield per plant was highest (186.42 and 183.12 g/plant, respectively) when transplanting was with clear and black polyethylene mulch. Black mulch produced the highest total yield, 1671.75 g per plant. Clear mulch was most effective in controlling broomrape. Using polyethylene mulch (black and clear), and transplanting produced the highest early yield and mulch alone produced the highest yield and control of broomrape.
Participant Information Sheet - Exploring Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the Future Circular Carbon Economy
Creators: name: Fisher, Oliver
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 400499
subject: Chemical engineering not elsewhere classified

description: The Circular Carbon Economy is a forward-looking concept aiming to cut down carbon emissions by reutilising and recycling carbon resources in a closed-loop system. This approach fosters sustainable growth. Moreover, as society and businesses move towards a circular carbon economy, there's an exciting and unique opportunity to avoid reproducing the inequalities associated with the conventional fossil-based economy, by shaping a circular carbon economy that not only benefits everyone but also ensures inclusivity for all members of society.
Learning Model Development to Improve Students’ Oral Communication Skill (A Research and Development Study on English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Subject in all Junior High Schools in North of Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara Province)
Creators: name: Lukman L
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Linguistics
subject: FOS: Languages and literature

description: Reality, students who have graduated from junior high schools do not achieve the learning quality as expected by the curriculum. The alumni of junior high schools still have the low oral communication skill in English. The problem of the present research was what learning model which can improve the students’ oral communication skill. The purpose of this research is to find a product in the form of learning model as an alternative learning model which can improve oral communication skill. The research approach used in this study was research and development by modifying the ten steps of research procedures into only three steps that are (1) preliminary study, (2) model development, and (3) model validation test. The participants of this study were the teachers and the students of the junior high schools in North of Lombok, Nusa Tenggara Barat. The data collection techniques used in this study such as: observation, questionnaire, document study, and oral test. The collected data were analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively (statistical test). This research and development study produced a learning model that can be used to improve the English oral communication skill. That learning model consists of five learning steps, namely (1) the orientation phase, (2) the phase of using command to direct behavior, (3) the phase of role reversal, (4) the phase of role independent practice, and (5) the phase of guided practice. After analyzing the data in the form score difference between pretest and posttest in the experimental group and the control group. It is concluded that the developed learning model effectively improved the junior high school students’ spoken communication skill when being compared with the conventional learning model that was usually used by the teacher. The developed learning model emphasizes the students’ activities in the learning process. It can be applied by the teacher through saying a word and demonstrating an act to represent its meaning without translating it into Language Indonesia, and asking the students to also demonstrate the word. After demonstrating the word, the students try to produce the oral language through the question and answer activities both independently and being guided by the teacher. Based on the findings, it is recommended for teachers, junior high school institutions, school committee, education department in local government, to utilize this learning model as an alternative model in learning English as an Foreign Language (EFL) in junior high schools.
title: Photon recycling and efficiency limit of a silicon solar cell with Lambertian surfaces
Creators: name: Aliabadi Farahani, Faezeh
Publisher: name: Memorial University of Newfoundland
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04haebc03
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: This thesis introduces an idealized silicon solar cell with Lambertian front and back surfaces. We assume that the reflection coefficient of the back surface is 1. When a photon enters the solar cell, it gets refracted by a randomly corrugated front surface and subsequently undergoes random reflections by back and front surfaces until it either gets absorbed or escapes the material with the probability that depends on the material’s refractive index. After each reflection event, the angle of photon propagation relative to the normal is randomized with Lambertian distribution. This thesis is focused on the photons produced in the radiative recombination events inside the cell. An exact analytical expression for the probability of photon reabsorption and recycling in an idealized solar cell with two Lambertian surfaces is derived. The existing approximations are found to agree with the exact formula to within 5 %. The most accurate approximation turned out to be the simplest one that sets the reabsorption probability to the weak-absorption limit of the cell absorptance. The maximal photoconversion efficiency of a silicon solar cell is evaluated to be 29.5% at the base thickness of 98 μm.
Chemical constituents from Agrimonia pilosa Ledeb. and their chemotaxonomic significance
Creators: name: Liu, Wei-Jie
name: Hou, Xue-Qian
name: Chen, Hao
name: Liang, Jing-Yu
name: Sun, Jian-Bo
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Pharmacology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Phytochemical investigation of the ethanol extract from the whole plant of Agrimonia pilosa led to the isolation of 31 compounds, including 16 flavonoids (1–16), 5 triterpenes (17–21), 1 isocoumarin (22), 5 phenolic acids (23–27), 1 ceramide (28), 2 agrimols (29–30) and 1 fatty acid (31). Their structures were determined by various spectroscopic analyses. Compounds 5, 7 and 20 were firstly isolated from the genus Agrimonia, and compounds 6, 10–11, 15, 26, 28 and 31 were isolated from the family Rosaceae for the first time. Moreover, the chemotaxonomic significance of these compounds was summarised.
SIMULATION OF VEHICLE IN UNREAL GAME ENGINE USING EQUATIONS OF MOTION, RUNGE-KUTTA AND LINE TRACING METHODS TO SOLVE MOTION AND SCAN UNREAL ENGINE TERRAIN UNDER WHEELS
Creators: name: Matej, Jaroslav
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Mechanical Engineering
subject: FOS: Mechanical engineering
subject: Computer Engineering

description: The paper is aimed on description and results of simulation of a vehicle in
Unreal Engine environment. We created a quite simple vehicle model we plan to use in
subsequent simulations and optimizations by genetic algorithm method. The main idea was to
create the model as simple as possible, to decrease computer performance needs as much as
possible, but on the other hand, we required a visually real motion of the vehicle model on a
terrain in Unreal Engine. The model is defined by equations of motion implemented in C++
and its dynamical behavior can be verified on a computer’s monitor or in virtual reality using
HTC Vive headset.
title: Capital Cities, Conflict, and Misgovernance ( LIEPP Working Paper, n°39)
titleType: Other
Creators: name: Campante, Filipe
name: Do, Quoc-Anh
name: Guimarães Bernardo, Ana Maria
Publisher: name: Sciences Po - LIEPP
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: FOS: Social sciences
valueUri: http://www.oecd.org/science/inno/38235147.pdf

description: We investigate the links between capital cities, conflict, and the quality of governance, starting from the assumption that incumbent elites are constrained by the threat of insurrection, and that the latter is rendered less effective by distance from the seat of political power. We show evidence for two key predictions: (i) conflict is more likely to emerge (and dislodge incumbents) closer to the capital, and (ii) isolated capitals are associated with misgovernance. The predictions hold only for relatively nondemocratic countries, and for intrastate conflicts over government (as opposed to territory) – exactly the cases where our central assumption should apply.
Wheat alkylresorcinols reduce micellar solubility of cholesterol in vitro and increase cholesterol excretion in mice
Creators: name: Horikawa, Kazumasa
name: Hashimoto, Chiaki
name: Kikuchi, Yosuke
name: Makita, Miki
name: Shin-Ichi Fukudome
name: Okita, Kimiko
name: Wada, Naoyuki
name: Katsutaka Oishi
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Computational Biology

description: Epidemiological studies have shown that the consumption of whole grains can reduce risk for metabolic disorders. We recently showed that chronic supplementation with wheat alkylresorcinols (ARs) prevents glucose intolerance and insulin resistance with hepatic lipid accumulation induced in mice by a high-fat high-sucrose diet (HFHSD). This study examines the effects of ARs on the micellar solubility of cholesterol in vitro, as well as the effects of transient AR supplementation on faecal lipid excretion and plasma lipid levels in mice. We found that ARs formed bile micelles with taurocholate independently of phospholipids, and dose-dependently decreased the micellar solubility of cholesterol in a biliary micelle model. Transient AR supplementation with HFHSD increased faecal cholesterol and triglyceride contents and decreased plasma cholesterol concentrations. These suggest that one underlying mechanism through which ARs suppress diet-induced obesity is by interfering with the micellar cholesterol solubilisation in the digestive tract, which subsequently decreases cholesterol absorption.
title: Better residential than ethnic discrimination! ( LIEPP Working Paper, n°38 bis)
Creators: name: Bonnet, Francois
name: Lalé, Etienne
name: Safi, Mirna
name: Wasmer, Etienne
Publisher: name: Sciences Po - LIEPP
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: FOS: Social sciences
valueUri: http://www.oecd.org/science/inno/38235147.pdf

description: Access to housing is difficult for minorities in France. An audit study we run in the Paris area showed that minority applicants do not face a strong disadvantage in the first step of the application; however, the fact that applicants come from a deprived area leads to more frequent unfavorable outcome (we call this residential discrimination as opposed to ethnic discrimination). The puzzle and paradox come from the fact that face-to-face interviews with real-estate agents in the city of Paris and the Parisian region DO NOT confirm this result. If anything, all discrimi-nation arise from ethnicity and agents dis-miss residential discrimination. Our paper, forthcoming in Urban Studies, documents this contrast between quantitative and qualitative methods and proposes interpretations.
Synthesis, spectroscopic characterization and DFT study of dinuclear ruthenium sawhorse-type complexes derived from the reaction of trinuclear aggregates and (Z)-5-arylidenerhodanines
Creators: name: Paredes-Gil, Katherine
name: Galarza, Esperanza
name: Cedeño, David L.
name: Insuasty, Braulio
name: Abonia, Rodrigo
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Neuroscience
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: The synthesis of dinuclear ruthenium sawhorse-type complexes [Ru2(μ-ArCH:Rhod)2(CO)4]n 12a–e and [Ru2(ArCH:Rhod)2(μ-ArCH:Rhod)2(CO)4] 13a–e through reaction of [Ru3(CO)10(NCMe)2] and [Ru3(CO)12] and the corresponding (Z)-5-arylidenerhodanines (ArCH:Rhod) 10a–e, respectively, are reported. These complexes are arranged in a sawhorse structure in which two bridged (Z)-5-arylidenerhodanines coordinate to the metals using sulfur and nitrogen of the rhodanine ring. A Density Functional Theory method was used to gain insight into the polymerization process by calculating dimerization Gibbs energies (ΔGdim). Values between −10.7 and −5.3 kcal mol−1 indicate that dimerization is a spontaneous process. A reaction pathway for formation of the sawhorse compounds [Ru2(μ-ArCH:Rhod)2(CO)4] was calculated and the rate-determining step for the mechanism is coordination of a second (Z)-5-arylidenerhodanine ligand with activation energies between 41.1 and 47.8 kcal mol−1. In order to understand the apparent thermodynamic favorability of the fragmentation step, we calculated the fragmentation energy (ΔEFrag) for the key intermediate and its energetic contributors, the interaction energy, ΔEint and the reorganization energy, ΔEreorg. Low values of ΔEFrag imply that the fragmentation is thermodynamically facile. Large values of ΔEint are countered by opposite and large values of ΔEreorg which indicate that the cleavage of the trimetallic intermediate aggregate is determined by the nature of the ligand and the balance between its interaction with the metal and the extent of structural reorganization.
Zur nachhaltigen Nutzung von Hochmooren als Tiefumbruchkultur
Creators: name: Blankenburg, Joachim
Publisher: name: FID GEO
Year: 2022

description: Die Nutzung landwirtschaftliche Nutzung der Hochmoore führt zu hohen Freisetzungsraten an Treibhausgasen. Gegenüber der Deutschen Hochmoorkultur (Grünland auf Hochmoor) lassen sich die Freisetzungsraten durch Tiefumbruch verringern. Ein Torfverlust von 1 cm entspricht bei den hier durchgeführten Berechnungen einer Freisetzung von ca. 25 t CO2/ha/a. Die geringsten Freisetzungsraten von 2,5 t CO2/ha/a werden bei als Grünland genutzten Sandmischkulturen, besandeten Hochmooren (ohne Einp ügen von Torfen) und bei Baggerkuhlungen erwartet. Die hohen Torfverluste in den ersten Jahren bei der Anlage einer Sandmischkultur lieÿen sich vermeiden, wenn anfangs nur geringere Torfanteile in die Krume gelangen (6-8%), wie bei der Tiefp ugsanddeckkultur, die bisher für Niedermoore getestet wurde. Durch Messungen der aktuellen Freisetzung von Treibhausgasen auf Tiefumbruch ächen sind diese Berechnungen zu überprüfen. Liegen Torfe im Unterboden ganzjährig im Wasser, dann sind Torfverluste auszuschlieÿen. Eine langfristige landwirtschaftliche Nutzung ist mit der Anlage von Tiefumbruchkulturen möglich. Ein vollständiger Erhalt der Torfe ist nur durch eine Wiedervernässung zu erzielen, entweder Nutzungsaufgabe und Herrichtung als Naturschutz äche oder Paludikultur, beide sicherlich nur auf geringeren Flächenanteilen.
description: report
Salaried Strata Investment Behavior towards Financial Products-Review and Prospects for Future Research
Creators: name: Dahiya, Monika
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: 150105 Management Accounting
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: The financial surface of the globe at all times reveals a weird balanced impact of the public investment preferences, their understanding about the investment requirements, their anticipation of returns on their investments etc. Perhaps forecasting the growth of the business world would be crucial without an apposite comprehension of the investment behavior of the key part of the society called salaried class. This paper covers appraisal of various financial instruments like equity/stocks, term deposits in banks, kisan vikas patra, national savings certificate, insurance policies, mutual fund and converse the factors persuading investment decision process. The major factors influencing the financial investment behavior are demographic factors (like age, income, qualification, gender, etc.) and socio-economic factors (like family income, tax benefits, safety of fund, risk inclination, return on investment). This study aims to serve a channel to the need of a comprehension of the financial objectives of the salaried class investors with that of their determined desire for the investment returns. Certainly, this information could unwrap the prospect of predicting even the future of Indian Economy itself besides, providing span to fine-tuning the investment prudence of the public towards progressive and fruitful choices for themselves and the nation.
title: Economie politique du financement progressif de la protection sociale (LIEPP Working Paper n°38 )
Creators: name: Zemmour, Michaël
Publisher: name: Sciences Po - LIEPP
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: FOS: Social sciences
valueUri: http://www.oecd.org/science/inno/38235147.pdf

description: This article investigates discrimination and the interplay of residential and ethnic stigma on the French housing market using two different methods, paired-testing au- dit study of real estate agencies and face-to-face interviews with real estate agents. The juxtaposition of their findings leads to a paradox: interviews reveal high levels of ethnic discrimination but little to none residential discrimination, while the audit study shows that living in deprived suburbs is associated with a lower probability of obtaining an appointment for a housing vacancy but ethnic origin (signaled by the candidate’s name) has no significant discriminatory effect. We have three priors po- tentially consistent with this apparent paradox and re-evaluate their likelihood in light of these findings: (i) agents make use of any statistical information about insolvency, including residency; (ii) there are two distinct and independent taste discriminations, one about space and one about ethnicity; (iii) these two dimensions exist and comple- ment each other.
Landforms in the Campo de Calatrava Volcanic Field (Ciudad Real, Central Spain)
Creators: name: Piedrabuena, Miguel Ángel Poblete
name: Bergua, Salvador Beato
name: Alfonso, José Luis Marino
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Computational Biology

description: A detailed geomorphological map of the Campo de Calatrava Volcanic Field (CCVF) is presented at a scale of 1:50,000. The Campo de Calatrava, located on the south-eastern edge of the Hercynian Massif, is one of the most unusual volcanic areas of the Iberian Peninsula. The volcanic activity develops chronologically from Upper Miocene to Holocene, with a wide range of styles and eruptive dynamics that have created a variety of forms and types of volcanoes, the abundance of maars being outstanding. Thus, this map represents both the landforms of volcanic origin and the interferences that volcanic activity has caused in other processes and forms, offering the reader the key to understanding the origin and fundamental features of the landscape of the territory. Also shown is the crucial role geomorphological mapping can play as a basic tool in the conservation of natural heritage and in territorial planning. The mapping system applied is the French CNRS RCP 77, although various local adaptations have been incorporated. The map legend consists of 80 elements arranged in 10 sections, in which a wide variety of morphostructures, forms and deposits produced under various types of both relict and active morphogenetic systems are identified.
The Exchange of Engineering Information Using Complex Data Structures
Creators: name: Griffin, Clive
Publisher: name: London South Bank University
Year: 1993

description: The definition of the data structures required to enable the exchange of information defining complex manufactured products is the central problem addressed in this thesis. The emerging STEP standard demands the use of a common product model to support the exchange of information, and has defined its own data description language, called EXPRESS. This language is both readable by humans, and parseable by computers and is text based. The use of a graphical information modelling technique is an established first stage in the creation and definition of these common product models. The Nijssen Information Analysis Method (NIAM) is one technique used within the STEP standard project and the automatic generation of product models in EXPRESS by a computer, from a NIAM diagram drawn on a computer screen by the user, has been implemented. This thesis is concerned with the use of NIAM to elicit information from domain experts and the generation of usable EXPRESS schemas from the NIAM diagrams produced. The production of coherent product models is dependent on the coherency of the source NIAM diagram; some techniques for testing the coherency of a NIAM diagram are proposed, together with a means of testing the integrity of the semantics expressed by the user. It is also possible to automatically elucidate the type structure of an entity from the semantics expressed. The specification of an advanced NIAM to EXPRESS interface incorporating these technique is proposed
Landslide-risk scenario of the Costa Viola mountain ridge (Calabria, Southern Italy)
Creators: name: Terranova, Oreste G.
name: Gariano, Stefano Luigi
name: Bruno, Claudia
name: Greco, Roberto
name: Pellegrino, Annamaria D.
name: Iovine, Giulio G.R.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: The study area of the Costa Viola mountain ridge is strongly exposed to shallow landslides triggered by rainfall. Starting from a susceptibility map, recently published by the same team, the related risk has been assessed, limitedly to landslide sources. The hazard has first been evaluated by considering the recurrence periods of triggering events. Economic value and physical vulnerability of the types of elements at risk have been assumed by considering land-use and the effects of similar events in Southern Italy, respectively. The 1:30,000-scale risk map (Main Map) has been produced by combining the above-mentioned layers. Low risk prevails in the study area, whilst the highest values are concentrated along the coast, where villages and the main infrastructure are located. The expected annual damage exceeds 570 million € (about 68% pertaining to low-risk cells). Risk maps produced through similar simplified geographic information system-based procedures may play a crucial role in accurate land-use planning and effective decision-making.
Identification of extent, topographic characteristics and land abandonment process of vineyard terraces in the Tokaj-Hegyalja wine region between 1784 and 2010
Creators: name: Incze, József
name: Novák, Tibor József
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: The terracing of vineyards has been a centuries-old traditional land use type in the Tokaj-Hegyalja region (887 km2). However, most of them have since been abandoned and are occupied by dense vegetation. In this study, we mapped the spatial extent of vineyard terraces, based on aerial photos. We classified the terraced fields, considering their topographic characteristics as assessed by topographic factors (slope, exposure and elevation) and the process of abandonment between 1784 and 2010 using historical and contemporary land use maps. Based on the overall map of vineyard abandonment (scale: 1:120,000), the process of the abandonment of terraces can be divided into six consecutive time intervals (1784–1858, 1858–1884, 1884–1940, 1940–1969, 1969–1989 and 1989–2010). Vineyard terraces were found on 590 ha, which were concentrated on hillsides steeper than 17%, on southwestern, southern and southeastern exposures, and lying between 150 and 500 m a.s.l. In the period between 1884 and 1989, 77.8% of the terraces were abandoned, with a particularly intense period of abandonment between 1940 and 1969, which saw a 31.1% decrease in the extent of cultivated terraces.
Birds of Lednické rybníky Fishponds (Czech Republic)
Creators: name: Miklín, Jan
name: Macháček, Petr
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: The Lednické rybníky fishponds are among the most important bird localities in the Czech Republic with more than 140 recorded species of fishpond ecosystems and several forms of nature conservation areas being declared. The aim of the map presented in the paper is to introduce the locality and present data on observed numbers of selected important species and their changes during the last several decades. The main topographic map brings information about touristic infrastructure and general geography of the area. Several smaller thematic maps then show (i) forms of nature conservation, (ii) water levels during summer drainage of fishponds, (iii) migration of birds, (iv) extent of reed vegetation in the years 1933 and 2009, and (v) distribution of selected species within the Czech Republic. The maps are accompanied by short texts dealing with the presented issues, including the illustrations of selected important bird species (Northern Shoveler, Red-crested Pochard, Greylag Goose, Pied Avocet, Black-crowned Night Heron and Grey Heron) and graphs of observed individuals and nesting pairs in the years 1973–2014. The map is intended to serve as introductory material for birdwatchers and other visitors of the area as well as to supplement a brochure of the same title.
Spatio-temporal variation of agricultural land consolidation in China: case study of Huangshi, Hubei Province
Creators: name: Jiaxing Cui
name: Xuesong Kong
name: Yanfang Liu
name: Shaochen Wang
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Land fragmentation and soil degradation are major barriers to agricultural production. Agricultural land consolidation (ALC) can effectively address these problems. A regional case study in Central China was used to analyze the spatial characteristics of the implemented ALC projects (ALCPs) from 2003 to 2010, and the planned ALCPs from 2011 to 2020. ALCPs were classified into basic farmland construction projects (BFCPs) and low-hilly land consolidation projects (LHLCPs). The spatial distribution of BFCPs and LHLCPs was presented on maps with a 1:10,000 scale. A comparative analysis showed that the landscape indices of the project areas varied significantly in different phases. The implemented BFCPs are more centralized in space than the implemented LHLCPs. The proportionality (p) was proposed to evaluate the rationality of ALC planning at the town level. Results showed an apparent imbalance of p values among different towns. Shape regularity and centrality are important criteria for selecting ALCPs at spatio-temporal level. The maps provide a patch-based overview of the distribution and aggregation of ALCPs from 2003 to 2020. The findings have implications on assessing rationality and time scheduling of ALCPs.
Geology of the Victoria quadrangle (H02), Mercury
Creators: name: V. Galluzzi
name: L. Guzzetta
name: L. Ferranti
name: G. Di Achille
name: D. A. Rothery
name: P. Palumbo
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 20199 Astronomical and Space Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: Plant Biology

description: Mercury’s quadrangle H02 ‘Victoria’ is located in the planet’s northern hemisphere and lies between latitudes 22.5° N and 65° N, and between longitudes 270° E and 360° E. This quadrangle covers 6.5% of the planet’s surface with a total area of almost 5 million km2. Our 1:3,000,000-scale geologic map of the quadrangle was produced by photo-interpretation of remotely sensed orbital images captured by the MESSENGER spacecraft. Geologic contacts were drawn between 1:300,000 and 1:600,000 mapping scale and constitute the boundaries of intercrater, intermediate and smooth plains units; in addition, three morpho-stratigraphic classes of craters larger than 20 km were mapped. The geologic map reveals that this area is dominated by Intercrater Plains encompassing some almost-coeval, probably younger, Intermediate Plains patches and interrupted to the north-west, north-east and east by the Calorian Northern Smooth Plains. This map represents the first complete geologic survey of the Victoria quadrangle at this scale, and an improvement of the existing 1:5,000,000 Mariner 10-based map, which covers only 36% of the quadrangle.
UrbEm - The Urban Emission downscaling model for air quality modeling
Creators: name: Ramacher, Martin Otto Paul
name: Kakouri, Anastasia
Publisher: name: GEO Knowledge Hub
Year: 2023
Subjects: urban emissions
urban air quality
CAMS regional emissions
air quality modeling
emission modeling
SDG11.6.2

description: Purpose
The use of regional emission inventories can be challenging for urban-scale AQ applications and air quality management in cities. Nevertheless, their exploitation through disaggregation by utilizing spatial proxies is a credible solution for European cities that lack bottom-up emission inventories.
To this end, we developed the UrbEm approach, which enables in a modular manner downscaling of gridded regional emissions with specific spatial proxies based on a variety of open access, robust, sustainable and frequently updated sources. UrbEm can be applied to any urban area in Europe and provides methodological homogeneity between different cities.
To demonstrate the general applicability and performance of the developed method and tool, we introduced the method, and compared the spatial distribution of uniformly disaggregated regional emissions with emissions downscaled with the UrbEm approach for the differing cities of Athens and Hamburg (https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/12/11/1404).
Access
The UrbEm downscaling approach is completely free of cost and open source. Its application is realized in (1) a series of R scripts and (2) as Pyhton script. Both applications rely on e.g. CAMS-REG emission inventories as well as a set (maps) of spatial proxies, which need to be downloaded before using UrbEm. UrbEm v1.0.0 can be accessed via GitHub (https://github.com/martinottopaul/UrbEm), while the required spatial datasets are published via Zenodo (https://zenodo.org/record/5508739).
Funding
The authors acknowledge the funding received by ERA-PLANET (www.era-planet.eu, accessed: 23 October 2021), trans-national project SMURBS (www.smurbs.eu, accessed: 23 October 2021) (Grant Agreement n. 689443), funded under the EU Horizon 2020 Framework Programme.
title: Does moving to a system with a more generous public health insurance increase medical care consumption? (LIEPP Working Paper, n°37)
Creators: name: Toulemon, Lea
name: Davezies, Laurent
Publisher: name: Sciences Po - LIEPP
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: FOS: Social sciences
valueUri: http://www.oecd.org/science/inno/38235147.pdf

description: We evaluate the impact of reimbursement rates on health expenditures, using a natural experiment. For historical reasons, reimbursement rates of public health insurance are higher in the French region Alsace Moselle than in other French regions. For both systems, affiliation is compulsory. Individuals moving between Alsace-Moselle and the rest of France undergo an exogenous change in reimbursement rates. We use a difference-in-difference method on a panel datasets of individuals. Our treatment group consists of individuals changing systems, our control group consists of individuals who move between other French regions. We study the impact of reimbursement rates on a broad range of health care expenditures: for dentist and doctor visits, drug consumption, and sickness absenteeism. We find heterogeneous impacts of reimbursement rates on those items. Overall, higher public reimbursement rates do not lead to an increase in spending for medical care.
Geology of the Victoria quadrangle (H02), Mercury
Creators: name: V. Galluzzi
name: L. Guzzetta
name: F. Ferranti
name: G. Di Achille
name: D. A. Rothery
name: P. Palumbo
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 20199 Astronomical and Space Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: Plant Biology

description: Mercury’s quadrangle H02 ‘Victoria’ is located in the planet’s northern hemisphere and lies between latitudes 22.5° N and 65° N, and between longitudes 270° E and 360° E. This quadrangle covers 6.5% of the planet’s surface with a total area of almost 5 million km2. Our 1:3,000,000-scale geologic map of the quadrangle was produced by photo-interpretation of remotely sensed orbital images captured by the MESSENGER spacecraft. Geologic contacts were drawn between 1:300,000 and 1:600,000 mapping scale and constitute the boundaries of intercrater, intermediate and smooth plains units; in addition, three morpho-stratigraphic classes of craters larger than 20 km were mapped. The geologic map reveals that this area is dominated by Intercrater Plains encompassing some almost-coeval, probably younger, Intermediate Plains patches and interrupted to the north-west, north-east and east by the Calorian Northern Smooth Plains. This map represents the first complete geologic survey of the Victoria quadrangle at this scale, and an improvement of the existing 1:5,000,000 Mariner 10-based map, which covers only 36% of the quadrangle.