cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Evidence for rapid extraction of numeric information
Creators: name: Corbett, E. Jennifer
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: The present study investigated the rapid processing of numeric meaning. Participants compared briefly presented displays of digits, letters, or shapes. Experiment lrevealed three main findings: i . Participants were faster and more accurate when deciding which side of a display had the larger average value (when viewing displays of digits) than when determining which side of a display had the greater occurrence of a target shape (when viewing displays of letters or shapes), suggesting that numeric information was extracted faster and more accurately than information about familiarity or shape; ii. While participants compared digits faster and more accurately than they compared letters or shapes, they compared sideways digits (shapes), letters, and sideways letters (shapes) with equal speed and accuracy, showing a negative effect of sideways rotation for digits but no effect of rotation for letters, suggesting that impairment in performance produced by rotating digits may be attributed to the loss of numeric meaning and not to the loss of familiarity or shape similarities; iii. Participants compared homogeneous displays and single items faster and more accurately than they compared heterogeneous displays across all display types (digits, letters, and shapes), suggesting that the faster and more accurate comparisons of numeric information were not based on the mean value, as found for rapidly extracted geometric properties. Experiment 2 tested the effects of task instructions to compare the average value of digit displays on the rapid extraction of numeric information. It was found that even when participants were told to compare all displays based on the greater occurrence of a target shape, displays of digits were still compared faster and more accurately than displays of familiar letters or simple shapes, suggesting that numeric meaning, not task instructions to compare digits based on average value, was driving the rapid digit comparisons. In Experiment 3, participants were allowed to view the displays of digits, letters, and shapes for as long as they wished. When participants were not under any time constraints imposed by brief stimulus presentations, they compared all display types with similar speed and accuracy, suggesting that they no longer rapidly extracted numeric information when given sufficient time to identify individual stimuli. Taken together, these results support the proposal that the visual system can rapidly represent meaningful (numeric) information when assessing briefly presented visual displays.
SOME ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF THE HUNGARIAN BIOFUEL PROGRAMS
Creators: name: Lakner, Zoltan
name: Szabo-Burcsi, Dora
name: Mago, Laszlo
name: Lakner, Zoltan
name: Szabo-Burcsi, Dora
name: Mago, Laszlo
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: comparative analysis
subject: simulation
subject: return on investment
subject: welfare economics
subject: beruházás-gazdaságosság
subject: összehasonlító vizsgálat
subject: jóléti elemzés
subject: szimuláció.

description: The use of renewable materials in energy production is gaining in importance all over the world. The production of bioethanol and biodiesel is an important element of the agricultural strategy of numerous countries, even though the economic and environmental impact of these projects is subject to significant debates. Our paper analyses the welfare effects of the Hungarian bioethanol programme, as well as the economic feasibility of the projects. It can be demonstrated that the Hungarian bioethanol programme will cause a rather marginal increase in agricultural prices. The cost of bioethanol production is estimated between 470 and 630 €/m3, influenced by numerous factors. This estimate is in line with the average European values. The possibilities for reducing costs are rather limited, as the two most important components are raw material costs and energy costs. The return on investment indicators are most favourable in the case of small-scale, farm based ethanol plants, producing DSG as a by-product with a simple technology, and in case of extremely large-capacity plants. ----------------------------------------------------- A megújuló energiaforrások felhasználásának jelentősége az egész világon fokozódik. A bioetanol- és biodízel-termelés számos ország agrárstratégiájának részévé vált, jóllehet erőteljesen vitatott ezen projektek gazdasági és környezeti hatása. A jelen cikk a magyar bioetanol program jóléti hatásait és a tervezett üzemek gazdaságosságát vizsgálja. Igazolható, hogy a magyar bioetanol-program csak kis mértékben módosítja majd az agártermékek árát. Hazai viszonyaink között a bioetanol-gyártás önköltsége 470 és 630 €/m3 közötti értékre becsülhető. Ez összhangban van az európai becslésekkel. A költségcsökkentésre csak korlátozott lehetőség van, mert a legfontosabb költségtényezők az alapanyagár és az energia. A legkedvezőbb beruházás-gazdaságossági mutatók az egyszerű technológiával működő, a képződött szeszmoslékot helyben hasznosító kisüzemeknél és a rendkívül nagy kapacitású vállalatoknál érhetők el.
Bombyx huttoni Westwood 1847
Creators: name: Wang, Xing
name: Wang, Min
name: Zolotuhin, Vadim V.
name: Hirowatari, Toshiya
name: Wu, Shipher
name: Huang, Guo-Hua
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy

description: 4. Bombyx huttoni Westwood, 1847 (FIGURES 1 G–1H, 3F–3G)
Bombyx huttoni Westwood, 1847, Cab. Or. Ent.: 26. TL: [India] “Hills of Mussooree”. Holotype: female (OUMNH) [examined].
Bombyx bengalensis Moore, 1862, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1 (4): 315. TL: ”in the neighborhood of Calcutta”. Holotype: male (BMNH) [examined].
Bombyx sherwilli Hutton, 1864, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 2 (3): 324. TL: ”in the S.E.Himalayas”.
Bombyx affinis Hutton, 1864, Geoghegan’s “Silk in India ”, App. A. P.: 3. TL: [India].
Diagnosis. Charactered by the following features: forewing with a distinctly dark crescent-shaped fascia and an acute apex; outer margin serrate; medial and antemedial lines arched and obscure; postmedial line oblique; tegumen narrow; valva short; ductus bursae long.
Specimens examined. 1 female, holotype of huttoni, Mussooree (OUMNH); 1 male, holotype of bengalensis, Calcutta (BMNH); [GUANGDONG] Yingde County (Shimentai National NR): 2 males, 28.VII.2001, Guo-Hua Huang leg. (HUNAU); 1 female, Qianjin Village, Boluo Town, 27.X.2001, Guo-Hua Huang leg. (HUNAU); [SICHUAN] Mianning County: 1 male, Mt. Ling Shan, 376 m, 1–3.VII.2010, local collector leg. (MWM); [YUNNAN] Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture: 7 males, Puwen, 30 km southwest of Simao, 900 m, 10– 30.IV.2000, 22˚30’N, 100˚02’E, Brechlin’s local collector leg. (MWM); Lancang County: 1 male and 1 female, 130 m southwest of Kunming, 1430 m, 25.XI–5.XII.1998, local collector leg. (MWM); Mouding County: 1 male, 1300 m, 16.III–10.IV.2000, 25˚19’N, 101˚32’E, local collector leg. (MWM); Simao County: 1 male, 1280 m, Mangxi Ba Mts., 18 km south of Simao city, 22˚28’N, 101˚01’E, 16.III–10.IV.2000, local collector leg. (MWM); Gongshan County: 1 male, Dulongjiang River, 21–24.VII.2006, Min Wang & Xiao-Ling Fan leg. (SCAU).
Bionomics. The larval host is Morus alba Linn., 1753.
Distribution. Mainland China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan, Yunan); Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia.
Remarks. The sexual dimorphism in this species is more distinct than in other Bombyx. The eggs are laid on the branches of the host plants, with the eggs separated from each other.
description: Published as part of Wang, Xing, Wang, Min, Zolotuhin, Vadim V., Hirowatari, Toshiya, Wu, Shipher & Huang, Guo-Hua, 2015, The fauna of the family Bombycidae sensu lato (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea) from Mainland China, Taiwan and Hainan Islands, pp. 1-138 in Zootaxa 3989 (1) on pages 13-14, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3989.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/238716
Entropic lattice Boltzmann method for microflows
Creators: name: Ansumali, S.
name: Karlin, I. V.
name: Frouzakis, C. E.
name: Boulouchos, K. B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A new method for the computation of flows at the micrometer scale is presented. It is based on the recently introduced minimal entropic kinetic models. Both the thermal and isothermal families of minimal models are presented, and the simplest isothermal entropic lattice Bhatnagar-Gross-Krook (ELBGK) is studied in detail in order to quantify its relevance for microflow simulations. ELBGK is equipped with boundary conditions which are derived from molecular models (diffusive wall). A map of three-dimensional kinetic equations onto two-dimensional models is established which enables two-dimensional simulations of quasi-two-dimensional flows. The ELBGK model is studied extensively in the simulation of the two-dimensional Poiseuille channel flow. Results are compared to known analytical and numerical studies of this flow in the setting of the Bhatnagar-Gross-Krook model. The ELBGK is in quantitative agreement with analytical results in the domain of weak rarefaction (characterized by Knudsen number Kn, the ratio of mean free path to the hydrodynamic scale), up to Kn=0.01, which is the domain of many practical microflows. Moreover, the results qualitatively agree throughout the entire Knudsen number range, demonstrating Knudsen's minimum for the mass flow rate at moderate values of Kn, as well as the logarithmic scaling at large Kn. The present results indicate that ELBM can complement or even replace computationally expensive microscopic simulation techniques such as kinetic Monte Carlo and/or molecular dynamics for low Mach and low Knudsen number hydrodynamics pertinent to microflows.
description: 18 pages, 2 figures
Fourier-imaging of single self-assembled CdSe nanoplatelet chains and clusters reveals out-of-plane dipole contribution
Creators: name: Liu, Jiawen
name: Guillemeney, Lilian
name: Choux, Arnaud
name: Maître, Agnès
name: Abécassis, Benjamin
name: Coolen, Laurent
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: Applied Physics (physics.app-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Fluorescent semiconductor nanoplatelets (epitaxial quantum wells) can be synthesized with excellent monodispersity and self-assembled in highly-ordered structures. Modifications of their electronic and luminescence properties when stacked, due to strong mechanical, electronic or optical interactions between them, have been the topic of intense recent discussions. In this paper, we use Fourier imaging to measure the different dipole components of various nanoplatelet assemblies. By comparing different measurement conditions and corroborating them with polarimetric analysis, we confirm an excellent precision on the dipole components. For single nanoplatelets, only in-plane dipoles (parallel to the platelet plane) are evidenced. For clusters of 2-10 platelets and chains of 30-300 platelets, on the other hand, a clear out-of-plane dipole component is demonstrated. Its contribution becomes more significant as the number of platelets is increased. We review possible explanations and suggest that the added out-of-plane dipole can be induced by strain-induced nanoplatelet deformations.
ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF LAND USE
Creators: name: Bozsik, Norbert
name: Magda, Robert
name: Bozsik, Norbert
name: Magda, Robert
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Land Economics/Use
subject: land use
subject: scarcity
subject: sustainability
subject: competitiveness
subject: földhasználat
subject: korlátozottság
subject: fenntarthatóság
subject: versenyképesség.

description: The aim of our paper is to show the economic importance of land usage. This topic is very important because land is the basis of industrial, agricultural production, energy and environmental security. The analysis focuses on the relationship between land use and scarcity, sustainability and competitiveness. ------------------------------------------- Cikkünk célja a földhasználat gazdasági jelentőségének bemutatása. Ez a téma azért kiemelt fontosságú, mert a föld az ipari és mezőgazdasági termelés, az energia- és a környezetbiztonság alapja. Az elemzés középpontjában a földhasználat és a korlátozottság, a fenntarthatóság és a verseny¬képesség közti összefüggések állnak.
The Case of the Off-Center, Levitating Bar in the Large Magellanic Cloud
Creators: name: Zaritsky, Dennis
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: I explore the hypothesis that many of the unusual aspects of the apparent stellar bar of the Large Magellanic Cloud are the result of viewing a triaxial stellar bulge that is embedded in a highly obscuring thin disk. Specifically, this hypothesis explains the observed off-center position of the bar within the disk, the differing apparent distances of the bar and disk, the near alignment of the bar's major axis position angle and the disk's line-of-nodes, and the asymmetric appearance of the bar itself. Indirectly, it may also play a role in explaining the microlensing rate toward the LMC and the recently observed large velocity dispersion of RR Lyrae stars.
description: 5 emulateapj style pages, accepted for publication in ApJL
The phase diagram of neutral quark matter: The effect of neutrino trapping
Creators: name: Ruester, Stefan B.
name: Werth, Verena
name: Buballa, Michael
name: Shovkovy, Igor A.
name: Rischke, Dirk H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the effect of neutrino trapping on the phase diagram of dense, locally neutral three-flavor quark matter within the framework of a Nambu--Jona-Lasinio model. In the analysis, dynamically generated quark masses are taken into account self-consistently. The phase diagrams in the plane of temperature and quark chemical potential, as well as in the plane of temperature and lepton-number chemical potential are presented. We show that neutrino trapping favors two-flavor color superconductivity and disfavors the color-flavor-locked phase at intermediate densities of matter. At the same time, the location of the critical line separating the two-flavor color-superconducting phase and the normal phase of quark matter is little affected by the presence of neutrinos. The implications of these results for the evolution of protoneutron stars are briefly discussed.
description: 10 pages, 9 figures, references added; version accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. D
Hydrogen Supply Chain Planning with Flexible Transmission and Storage Scheduling
Creators: name: He, Guannan
name: Mallapragada, Dharik S.
name: Bose, Abhishek
name: Heuberger, Clara F.
name: Gençer, Emre
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Optimization and Control (math.OC)
subject: Systems and Control (eess.SY)
subject: Signal Processing (eess.SP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: Hydrogen is becoming an increasingly appealing energy carrier, as the costs of renewable energy generation and water electrolysis continue to decline. Developing modelling and decision tools for the H$_{2}$ supply chain that fully capture the flexibility of various resources is essential to understanding the overall cost-competitiveness of H$_{2}$ use. To address this need, we have developed a H$_{2}$ supply chain planning model that determines the least-cost mix of H$_{2}$ generation, storage, transmission, and compression facilities to meet H$_{2}$ demands and is coupled with power systems through electricity prices. We incorporate flexible scheduling for H$_{2}$ trucks and pipeline, allowing them to serve as both H$_{2}$ transmission and storage resources to shift H$_{2}$ demand/production across space and time. The case study results in the U.S. Northeast indicate that the proposed framework for flexible scheduling of H$_{2}$ transmission and storage resources is critical not only to cost minimization but also to the choice of H$_{2}$ production pathways between electrolyzer and centralized natural-gas-based production facilities. Trucks as mobile storage could make electrolyzer more competitive by providing extra spatiotemporal flexibility to respond to the electricity price variability while meeting H$_{2}$ demands. The proposed model also provides a reasonable trade-off between modeling accuracy and solution times.
description: Main manuscript: 8 pages, 6 figures, 3 tables; Supporting information: 6 pages, 2 figures, 5 tables
A framework of action for household water treatment and safe storage interventions run by Red Cross and Red Crescent Emergency Response Unit (ERU) in emergencies
Creators: name: Pelayo, Oscar Llorente
Publisher: name: Loughborough University
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 90410 Water Treatment Processes
subject: FOS: Chemical engineering

description: The International Disaster Database EM-DAT (2017)1 reported that the number of recorded natural disaster events have been progressively rising from the beginning of the century till the 21st centrury. Whatever the emergency situation may be, the provision of water is considered a ‘fundamental human need, basic human right’ 2 (Un.org, 2019). There is a limited body of evidence investigating the effectiveness of HWTSS interventions in emergencies. Nevertheless, organisations working in emergencies can adopt different preparedness strategies to boost the effectiveness of their actions and properly incorporate factors of success to in the design of their programs. The research aims to review of the existing knowledge on ‘household water treatment and safe storage interventions’ in emergencies through the opinion of WASH practitioners and emergency managers in order to identify which are those factors of success and propose a clear FoA adapted to the Red Cross and Red Crescent Emergency Response Units (RC/RC ERU).
SUSTAINABLE BIOFUELS IN HUNGARY AND EUROPE – SELF-DEFEATING INCENTIVES?
Creators: name: Szendro, Gabor
name: Szendro, Gabor
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Land Economics/Use
subject: incentives
subject: sustainable biofuel production
subject: transport
subject: rural development
subject: externalities
subject: támogatások
subject: fenntartható bioüzemanyag-termelés
subject: kereskedelem
subject: vidékfejlesztés
subject: externáliák

description: Substituting fossil fuels has been a prominent issue in the EU in recent years. Energy security, agricultural and environmental considerations have all played a part in the development of alternative fuels and in the creation of incentives promoting their use. The system, like big systems in general, cannot react to new developments quickly and it seems there are elements that we should seriously consider removing or replacing to avoid adverse effects. This paper will attempt to summarize the current issues and propose possible solutions in the form of seven recommendations to make the European incentive system more effective in the interest of sustainable rural development, an area that is of prime importance for Hungary. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A fosszilis üzemanyagok kiváltását az elmúlt években az EU kiemelt témaként kezelte. Az ener¬giabiztonság, valamint az agrárgazdasági és környezeti megfontolások mind szerepet játszottak az alternatív üzemanyagok kifejlődésben éppúgy, mint a használatukat elősegíteni hivatott támogatások életre hívásában. A kialakult rendszer, mint a nagy rendszerek általában, jelen formájában nem reagál kellő gyorsasággal az új fejleményekre, valamint olyan elemeket foglal magában, melyeket célszerű lenne felülvizsgálni, illetve helyettesíteni a káros hatások elkerülése érdekében. Jelen cikk célja ezen problémák összefoglalásán túl olyan javaslatok megfogalmazása, melyek egy olyan támogatási rendszer felé mutatnak, ami agrárgazdasági szempontból is kedvezőbb a jelenleginél.
X-ray Observations of the Bright Old Nova V603 Aquilae
Creators: name: Mukai, K.
name: Orio, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report on our Chandra and RXTE observations of the bright old nova, V603 Aql, performed in 2001 April, supplemented by our analysis of archival X-ray data on this object. We find that the RXTE data are contaminated by the Galactic Ridge X-ray emission. After accounting for this effect, we find a high level of aperiodic variability in the RXTE data, at a level consistent with the uncontaminated Chandra data. The Chandra HETG spectrum clearly originates in a multi-temperature plasma. We constrain the possible emission measure distribution of the plasma through a combination of global and local fits. The X-ray luminosity and the spectral shape of V603 Aql resemble those of SS Cyg in transition between quiescence and outburst. The fact that the X-ray flux variability is only weakly energy dependent can be interpreted by supposing that the variability is due to changes in the maximum temperature of the plasma. The plasma density is likely to be high, and the emission region is likely to be compact. Finally, the apparent overabundance of Ne is consistent with V603 Aql being a young system.
description: 30 pages including 10 figures, accepted for publication in Astrophysical Journal
Gunda Walker 1862
Creators: name: Wang, Xing
name: Wang, Min
name: Zolotuhin, Vadim V.
name: Hirowatari, Toshiya
name: Wu, Shipher
name: Huang, Guo-Hua
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Bombycidae
Gunda

description: II. Gunda Walker, 1862 (FIGURES 4–5)
Gunda Walker, 1862, J. Proc. Linn. Soc. (Zool.) 6: 176. Type species: Gunda ochracea Walker, 1862, by monotypy. Norasuma Moore, 1872, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1872: 575. Type species: Norasuma javanica Moore, 1872, by monotypy. Aristhala Moore, 1878, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878: 704. Type species: Aristhala hainana Moore, 1878, by monotypy. Clenora Swinhoe, 1899, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. 3(7): 109. Type species: Clenora engonata Swinhoe, 1899, by monotypy.
Synonymized by Holloway (1987).
Clenera; West, 1932, Novit. zool., 37: 215. Incorrect subsequent spelling of Clenora Swinhoe, 1899. Hanisa Moore, 1879, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond., 1879: 406. Type species: Bombyx subnotata Walker, 1859, by monotypy. Synonymized by Holloway (1987).
Diagnosis. Characterized by the following features: wings reddish-brown, yellowish-brown or dark brown; forewing with M1 and R stalked, M stem clearly visible in discal cell; 2A of hindwing basally forked; tornus of hindwing usually with a prominent recurved tooth; uncus bifid; valvae hooked with apex produced into 2–3 teeth; shape and ornamentation of sternum VIII highly diagnostic. The sexual dimorphism is obvious, with the female larger and paler than the male..
Distribution. Oriental and SE Palaearctic Regions.
Remarks. Roepke (1924) illustrated the larva of G. proxima as having the thoracic segments strongly swollen as in Bombyx. Holloway (1987) reported that Mell described the early stages of G. engonata (Swinhoe, 1899) in an unpublished manuscript. In this paper, three Gunda species are recorded from China (Map 12).
Map 2. Distribution of Gunda spp. mainly in China.
description: Published as part of Wang, Xing, Wang, Min, Zolotuhin, Vadim V., Hirowatari, Toshiya, Wu, Shipher & Huang, Guo-Hua, 2015, The fauna of the family Bombycidae sensu lato (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea) from Mainland China, Taiwan and Hainan Islands, pp. 1-138 in Zootaxa 3989 (1) on page 15, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3989.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/238716
Laplacian-Level Quantum Hydrodynamic Theory for Plasmonics
Creators: name: Baghramyan, Henrikh M.
name: Della Sala, Fabio
name: Ciracì, Cristian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: An accurate description of the optical response of subwavelength metallic particles and nanogap structures is a key problem of plasmonics. Quantum hydrodynamic theory (QHT) has emerged as a powerful method to calculate the optical response of metallic nanoparticles (NPs) since it takes into account nonlocality and spill-out effects. Nevertheless, the absorption spectra of metallic NPs obtained with conventional QHT, i.e., incorporating Thomas-Fermi (TF) and von Weizsäcker (vW) kinetic energy (KE) contributions, can be affected by several spurious resonances at energies higher than the main localized surface plasmon (LSP). These peaks are not present in reference time-dependent density-functional-theory (TD-DFT) spectra, where, instead, only a broad shoulder exists. Moreover, we show here that these peaks incorrectly reduce the LSP peak intensity and have a strong dependence on the simulation domain size so that a proper calculation of QHT absorption spectra can be problematic. In this article, we introduce a more general QHT method accounting for KE contributions depending on the Laplacian of the electronic density ($q$), thus, beyond the gradient-only dependence of the TFvW functional. We show that employing a KE functional with a term proportional to $q^2$ results in an absorption spectrum free of spurious peaks, with LSP resonance of correct intensity and numerically stable Bennett state. Finally, we present a novel Laplacian-level KE energy functional that is very accurate for the description of the optical properties of NPs with different sizes as well as for dimers.
A framework of action for household water treatment and safe storage interventions run by Red Cross and Red Crescent Emergency Response Unit (ERU) in emergencies.
Creators: name: Pelayo, Oscar Llorente
Publisher: name: Loughborough University
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 90410 Water Treatment Processes
subject: FOS: Chemical engineering

description: The International Disaster Database EM-DAT (2017)1 reported that the number of recorded natural disaster events have been progressively rising from the beginning of the century till the 21st centrury. Whatever the emergency situation may be, the provision of water is considered a ‘fundamental human need, basic human right’ 2 (Un.org, 2019). There is a limited body of evidence investigating the effectiveness of HWTSS interventions in emergencies. Nevertheless, organisations working in emergencies can adopt different preparedness strategies to boost the effectiveness of their actions and properly incorporate factors of success to in the design of their programs. The research aims to review of the existing knowledge on ‘household water treatment and safe storage interventions’ in emergencies through the opinion of WASH practitioners and emergency managers in order to identify which are those factors of success and propose a clear FoA adapted to the Red Cross and Red Crescent Emergency Response Units (RC/RC ERU).
PREVALENCE OF THE APPLICATION OF INTEGRATED PEST CONTROL AND INTEGRATED PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES IN FRUIT (APPLE) PRODUCTION IN HUNGARY
Creators: name: Lehota, Jozsef
name: Szabo, Zoltan
name: Lehota, Zsuzsanna
name: Lehota, Jozsef
name: Szabo, Zoltan
name: Lehota, Zsuzsanna
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Marketing
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: integrated crop protection
subject: integrated fruitproduction (apples)
subject: questionnaire survey and expert interviews
subject: producers
subject: POs
subject: wholesalers and retailers
subject: integrált növényvédelem
subject: integrált növénytermelés (alma)
subject: kérdőíves felmérés és szakértői interjúk
subject: termelők
subject: TÉSZ-ek
subject: nagy- és kiskereskedők

description: The introduction of integrated crop protection and integrated fruit (apple) production technologies in commercial production and its development into a marketing strategy are indispensable if the risks relating to chemical residues are to be mitigated. In the framework of the 6th Network of Excellence programme we reviewed the conditions of the introduction of the technologies and the role of retail chains in seven countries. The methods used in the study included questionnaire survey and the conducting and evaluating of semi-structured expert interviews. The components of consumer behaviour were studied on a sample of 328 customers (of a hypermarket and a supermarket), in expert interviews with employees of two retail chains in charge of purchasing goods, with 6 fruit (apple) suppliers (3 wholesalers and 3 POs), as well as 11 fruit growers. Domestic and international experience was compared and evaluated in the course of the research. ---------------------------------------------------- Az integrált növényvédelmi és növény (alma) termelési technológiák bevezetése a kereskedel-mi termelésbe, ennek marketingstratégiába történő beépítése elengedhetetlen a vegyszermaradványokban rejlő kockázatok mérsékléséhez. A 6. Kiválósági Hálózat program keretében hét országban áttekintettük a technológiák bevezetésének feltételeit és a kiskereskedelmi áruházláncok szerepét. A kutatásban felhasznált módszerek közé tartozott a kérdőíves felmérés, valamint a részben strukturált szakértői interjúk készítése és kiértékelése. A fogyasztói magatartás vizsgálata 328 vásárlóból (hipermarket és szupermarket) álló mintán történt, továbbá szakértői interjút készítettünk két kiskereskedelmi lánc árubeszerzési munkatársaival, 6 gyümölcs (alma) beszállítóval (3 nagykereskedővel és 3 TÉSZ-szel), valamint 11 gyümölcstermelővel. A kutatás során összevetettük és kiértékeltük a hazai és a nemzetközi tapasztalatokat.
Electron Localization in La_{2-x}Sr_xCuO_4 and the Role of Stripes
Creators: name: Komiya, Seiki
name: Ando, Yoichi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The normal-state in-plane resistivity (ρ_{ab}) is measured in lightly Zn-doped La_{2-x}Sr_xCuO_4 (LSCO) crystals with 0.06 \leq x \leq 0.17 to systematically study the localization behavior. It is found that the localization temperature, T_{loc}, where ρ_{ab}(T) turns from metallic (dρ_{ab}/dT>0) to insulating (dρ_{ab}/dT<0), shows an anomalous enhancement at x=0.12. Intriguingly, the doping dependence of T_{loc} in Zn-doped LSCO is found to be similar to that of Zn-free LSCO where superconductivity is suppressed by a high magnetic field. This suggests that the mechanism of the localization is the same in lightly Zn-doped LSCO and in Zn-free LSCO under magnetic field, and in both cases it is probably caused by the freezing of the electrons into an inhomogeneous state, which leads to the spin stripes at low temperatures.
description: 5 pages, 4 figures
THE MODEL OF BEEF CATTLE KEEPING IN THE SZIGETKÖZ FLOODPLAINS
Creators: name: Kettinger, Anita
name: Gombkoto, Nora
name: Csatai, Rozsa
name: Salamon, Lajos
name: Kettinger, Anita
name: Gombkoto, Nora
name: Csatai, Rozsa
name: Salamon, Lajos
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Livestock Production/Industries
subject: Production Economics
subject: theoretical model
subject: farm modeling
subject: profitability analysis
subject: elméleti modell
subject: farm-modellezés
subject: gazdaságossági elemzés

description: Pasture management in floodplains, adjusting to the natural cycles, has important environmental and social welfare functions. It can only be implemented if there is a balance between the interests of society and those of economy. This paper uses a theoretical model to assess the profitability aspects and results. This information can provide theoretical input for the actual use of floodplain pastures. On the basis of our calculations we reckon that our elaborated model is worth realizing in practice. However, we have to emphasize that our calculations cover only the evaluation of the economic rewards of pasture management in floodplains, the investigation of its social usefulness will constitute the following chapter of our work. -------------------------------------------------------- A természet működési rendjéhez igazodó ártéri legelőgazdálkodás környezeti és közjóléti funkciói egyaránt jelentősek, érvényre juttatásuk feltétele a társadalom és gazdaság érdekviszonyainak összhangja. Tanulmányunk egy elméleti modellen vizsgálja a gazdaságossági szempontokat és eredményeket, melyek ismerete az ártéri legelők tényleges hasznosításához adhat elvi eligazítást. Feltételezésünk szerint a modell kialakításával – mely egy, a szigetközi tájba, mint mintatérbe illeszkedő hagyományos legeltetéses módban tartandó, magyar tarka fajtából álló húshasznú tehenészet – biztosítható a folyó menti területek komplex használata, a természeti rendszerek és az azokhoz kötődő ökológiai folyamatok sértetlensége.
Gunda
Creators: name: Wang, Xing
name: Wang, Min
name: Zolotuhin, Vadim V.
name: Hirowatari, Toshiya
name: Wu, Shipher
name: Huang, Guo-Hua
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Bombycidae
Gunda

description: Key to the species of Gunda in China
1. Tornus of hindwing in male without a prominent recurved tooth............................... G. sesostris
- Tornus of hindwing in male with a prominent recurved tooth......................................... 2
2. Forewing with an oblique black line from basal 1/4 of costa to below apex...................... G. javanica
- Forewing without an oblique black line from basal 1/4 of costa to below apex.................. .. G. ochracea
description: Published as part of Wang, Xing, Wang, Min, Zolotuhin, Vadim V., Hirowatari, Toshiya, Wu, Shipher & Huang, Guo-Hua, 2015, The fauna of the family Bombycidae sensu lato (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea) from Mainland China, Taiwan and Hainan Islands, pp. 1-138 in Zootaxa 3989 (1) on page 16, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3989.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/238716
Bargaining Power in Relational Contracts: An Experimental Study
Creators: name: Cordero Salas, Paula
name: Cordero Salas, Paula
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Industrial Organization
subject: Institutional and Behavioral Economics
subject: International Development
subject: contracts
subject: incomplete enforcement
subject: bargaining
subject: experiments
subject: distribution
subject: institutions

description: This paper provides experimental evidence of the economic impact from shifting bargaining power in relational contracts. I implement an experimental design that adjusts the bargaining power of sellers (agents) and the enforceability of the contract. I find that the vast majority of contracts take the form of efficiency wage contracts instead of contingent performance contracts when enforcement is partially incomplete and sellers have more bargaining power than buyers. The total contracted and actual compensation increase with the bargaining power of the sellers. However, sellers' profits are found to increase only if a part of the total payment is third-party enforceable. In this case, observed surplus and efficiency are lower than predictions. When no part of a contract is third-party enforceable, more cooperative relationships emerge, exhibiting higher quality provision resulting in higher surplus and efficiency while rent sharing is lower. The result is explained by the stronger buyer's deviation, confirming predictions derived in Cordero Salas (2010). The results here provide insight into the economic consequences of enacting policies that improve the bargaining conditions of weaker parties in market settings relying on self-enforcement from underdeveloped legal institutions.
A Spatiotemporal Fixed Effects Estimation of U.S. State-Level Carbon Dioxide Emissions
Creators: name: Burnett, J. Wesley
name: Bergstrom, John C.
name: Burnett, J. Wesley
name: Bergstrom, John C.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods
subject: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy
subject: Pollution Economics
subject: Environmental Kuznets Curve
subject: Spatial Econometrics
subject: Dynamic Panel Data
subject: Carbon Dioxide Emissions
subject: Global Climate Change

description: One of the major shortcommings of past environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) studies is that the spatiotemporal aspects within the data have largely been ignored. By ignoring the spatial aspect of pollution emissions past estimates of the EKC implicitly assume that a region’s emissions are unaffected by events in neighboring regions (i.e., assume there are no transboundary pollution emissions between neighbors). By ignoring the spatial aspects within the data several past estimates of the EKC could have generated biased or inconsistent regression results. By ignoring the temporal aspect within the data several past estimates of the EKC could have generated spurious regression results or misspecified t and F statistics. To address this potential misspecification we estimate the relationship between state-level carbon dioxide emissions and income (GDP) accounting for both the spatiotemporal components within the data. Specifically, we estimate a dynamic spatiotemporal panel model using a newly proposed robust, spatial fixed effects model. This new estimation scheme is appropriate for panels with large N and T. Consistent with the EKC hypothesis we find the inverted-U shaped relationship between CO2 emissions and income. Further, we find adequate evidence that the underlying economic processes driving carbon dioxide emissions and state-level GDP are temporally and spatially dependent. These findings offer policy implications for both interstate energy trade and pollution emission regulations. These implications are particularly important for the formulation of national policies related to the 2009 Copenhagen Treaty in which the U.S. has committed to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions over the next twenty years.
Resonance width distribution for high-dimensional random media
Creators: name: Weiss, Matthias
name: Mendez-Bermudez, J. A.
name: Kottos, Tsampikos
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the distribution of resonance widths P(G) for three-dimensional (3D) random scattering media and analyze how it changes as a function of the randomness strength. We are able to identify in P(G) the system-inherent fingerprints of the metallic, localized, and critical regimes. Based on the properties of resonance widths, we also suggest a new criterion for determining and analyzing the metal-insulator transition. Our theoretical predictions are verified numerically for the prototypical 3D tight-binding Anderson model.
description: 7 pages, 8 figures
An Introduction to Extra Dimensions
Creators: name: Pérez-Lorenzana, Abdel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Models that involve extra dimensions have introduced completely new ways of looking up on old problems in theoretical physics. The aim of the present notes is to provide a brief introduction to the many uses that extra dimensions have found over the last few years, mainly following an effective field theory point of view. Most parts of the discussion are devoted to models with flat extra dimensions, covering both theoretical and phenomenological aspects. We also discuss some of the new ideas for model building where extra dimensions may play a role, including symmetry breaking by diverse new and old mechanisms. Some interesting applications of these ideas are discussed over the notes, including models for neutrino masses and proton stability. The last part of this review addresses some aspects of warped extra dimensions, and graviton localization.
description: 39 pages. Two figures. Comments and references added. Lectures given at the XI Mexican School of Particles and Fields. Xalapa, Mexico, August 1-13, 2004
Editorial
Creators: name: Lara, Odlanyer Hernández De
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: Archaeology

description: La arqueología cubana tiene una larga trayectoria institucional, con su origen en las sociedades científicas decimonónicas que impulsaron el desarrollo de las investigaciones en el archipiélago. Con la creación de la cátedra de antropología en la Universidad de La Habana en 1899 y luego la fundación del Museo Antropológico Montané en 1903, la arqueología iniciaría un derrotero científico guiado por los cánones de la época.
The Hong Kong Wuxia movie : identity and politics, 1966-1976
Creators: name: Cho, Allan
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: In analyzing the production and reception of the wuxia movie in Hong Kong during the 1960s and 1970s, this paper argues that the popularity of the genre was not solely due to its entertainment value; rather, its warm reception by audiences not only in Hong Kong, but in large parts of the Chinese diaspora, was because the wuxia pian belongs to a long historical literary and political culture that traces back to China's imperial past. Far from a novelty, the wuxia pian was a modernized visual medium with themes and characters that were already familiar to people who read and watched plays, operas, and wuxia novels. Moreover, wuxia filmmakers were not mere imitators of the latest cinematic advances from Hollywood, but instead were innovators interested in recreating the splendor of the past through cinema, drawing inspiration from traditional stories, music, and fighting techniques while experimenting with western film technology and theory.
Gunda javanica Moore 1872
Creators: name: Wang, Xing
name: Wang, Min
name: Zolotuhin, Vadim V.
name: Hirowatari, Toshiya
name: Wu, Shipher
name: Huang, Guo-Hua
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Bombycidae
Gunda
Gunda javanica

description: 5. Gunda javanica (Moore, 1872) (FIGURES 4 A–4B, 5A)
Norasuma javanica Moore, 1872, Proc. zool. Soc. London 1872: 376, pl. XXXIII, fig. 6. TL: “Java”. Holotype: female (OUMNH).
Gunda tonkinensis Lemée, 1950, Contribution a l’etude des Lepidopteres du Haut-Tonkin (Nord- Vietnam) et de Saigon.: 36. Type locality: Sundaland. Holotype:?. Synonymized by Holloway, 1987.
Gunda javanica palawana Schultze, 1925, Philipp. J. Sci. 28: 569. “Palawan, Ulugan Bay, on Ship’s light” Holotype:?.
Diagnosis. Characterized by the following features: forewing with an oblique black line arising from basal 1/4 of costa to below apex; antemedial and medial lines arched; postmedial line straight; submarginal line sinuate, curved inwards near costa; uncus deeply bifid; valva distally with two acute teeth.
Specimens examined. [GUANGXI] Fangchenggang City (Shiwandashan National NR): 1 male, 30 km southwest of Nanping town, 900 m, 21˚43’N, 107˚32’E, 1–14.IV.2003, Siniaev & local collector leg. (MWM); [HAINAN] Baisha County (Yinggeling National NR): 1 male, 1.IX.2005, Min Wang leg. (SCAU); Wuzhishan City (Wuzhishan National NR, 18˚53’N, 109˚43’E, 1500 m): 1 male, 20.II–10.IV.2001, local collector leg. (MWM); 23 males and 1 female, 18–28.II.2003, Siniaev & his team leg. (MWM); [YUNNAN] Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture: 1 male, Puwen, 30 km southwest of Simao county, 900 m, 10–30.IV.2000, 22˚30’N, 100˚02’E, Brechlin’s local collector leg. (MWM); Yunlong County: 1 male, Mt. Wubaoshan, 3500 m, May to June 2000, local collector leg. (MWM).
Bionomics. Ficus elastica Roxb. ex Hornem., 1814 has been reported as its host plant in India. Adults have usually been captured in lowland rainforest localities.
Distribution. Mainland China (Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan) and Hainan, Philippines (Palawan), Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar, Sikkim, northeastern Himalayan region.
Remarks. The species is more uniform and darker brown than G. ochracea in the male. There is some variation in development of the paired lateral flanges of the 8th sternite across the range of the species.
description: Published as part of Wang, Xing, Wang, Min, Zolotuhin, Vadim V., Hirowatari, Toshiya, Wu, Shipher & Huang, Guo-Hua, 2015, The fauna of the family Bombycidae sensu lato (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea) from Mainland China, Taiwan and Hainan Islands, pp. 1-138 in Zootaxa 3989 (1) on page 16, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3989.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/238716
Parameters of Profitability: Evidence From Conventional and Islamic Banks of Bangladesh
Creators: name: Muhiuddin, K. M. Golam
name: Jahan, Nusrat
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: General Finance (q-fin.GN)
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This paper evaluates the commercial banks of Bangladesh in terms of profitability dimension of performance and also examines the impact of selected determinants and banking system on this dimension of performance. Evaluation of trend in profitability of listed commercial banks of Bangladesh reveals that, on an average, profitability is exhibiting a decreasing trend over the selected period; however, the profitability performance of Islamic banks remained rather high compared to Conventional banks. Profitability measured by Return on Asset is found to be significantly affected by the bank-specific factors, industry-specific factor and the banking system. However, macro-economic factors evidently have no significant impact on profitability of commercial banks of Bangladesh.
Impact of a corn stover market on corn and soybean production: empirical estimation
Creators: name: Kurkalova, Lyubov A.
name: Kurkalova, Lyubov A.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Production Economics
subject: Corn stover
subject: production possibilities frontier

description: We quantify empirically the shifts in corn and soybean production possibilities frontier under alternative corn stover prices.
Political Affiliation and Exit Intentions of U.S. Dairy Farms
Creators: name: Costa, Rafael F.
name: Susanto, Dwi
name: Rosson, C. Parr
name: Costa, Rafael F.
name: Susanto, Dwi
name: Rosson, C. Parr
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Farm Management
subject: Financial Economics
subject: Labor and Human Capital
subject: immigration
subject: political affiliation
subject: foreign labor
subject: exit intention
subject: dairy industry.

description: The United States dairy industry is heavily dependent on foreign labor. Current and newly proposed U.S. immigration policies have been appointed to disrupt the agricultural labor availability, especially that of hired foreign labor. A national survey of dairy farmers across herd sizes and regions of the U.S. was conducted for the year 2009 and the results were used to evaluate the extent to which hired foreign labor dependence will affect the exit intentions in dairy farming. The political affiliation of dairy farmers was based on the 2008 election map and their locations. Our findings indicate that the expected probability of exit from dairy farming increased as the use of hired foreign labor intensified. Results also suggest that states with Republican political affiliation has a greater probability of exiting dairy operations with more stricter immigration laws.