cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
SIDOD: A Synthetic Image Dataset for 3D Object Pose Recognition with Distractors
Creators: name: Jalal, Mona
name: Spjut, Josef
name: Boudaoud, Ben
name: Betke, Margrit
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: Graphics (cs.GR)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Robotics (cs.RO)
subject: Image and Video Processing (eess.IV)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: We present a new, publicly-available image dataset generated by the NVIDIA Deep Learning Data Synthesizer intended for use in object detection, pose estimation, and tracking applications. This dataset contains 144k stereo image pairs that synthetically combine 18 camera viewpoints of three photorealistic virtual environments with up to 10 objects (chosen randomly from the 21 object models of the YCB dataset [1]) and flying distractors. Object and camera pose, scene lighting, and quantity of objects and distractors were randomized. Each provided view includes RGB, depth, segmentation, and surface normal images, all pixel level. We describe our approach for domain randomization and provide insight into the decisions that produced the dataset.
description: 3 pages, 4 figures, 1 table, Accepted at CVPR 2019 Workshop
Virasoro blocks at large exchange dimension
Creators: name: Cardona, Carlos
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper, we analyze Virasoro conformal blocks in the limit when the operator exchange dimension is taking to be large in comparison with the other parameters dependence of the block. We do this by using Zamolodchikov's recursion relations. We found a dramatically simplified solution at leading order in an inverse power expansion in large exchange conformal dimension in terms of a quasi-modular form in an Eisenstein series representation. We compare this solution with existing results obtained previously by using AGT correspondence.
description: 20 pages, No figures. References and acknowledgments updated. Subsection (4.2) added, appendix added. Version matching journal version
Development and Prospects of the Greek Cooperative Credit System
Creators: name: Karafolas, Simeon
name: Karafolas, Simeon
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Cooperative bank
subject: Credit union
subject: Credit cooperative
subject: Cooperative credit system
subject: Greece

description: The credit cooperative system was established in Greece in 1993, following the creation of the appropriate legislative framework. The Greek system distinguishes two types of institutions: the cooperative bank that functions as a bank and the credit cooperative that cannot provide banking services. The Greek cooperative system is characterized by the autonomous and nonhomogenous development of the cooperative banks and credit cooperatives. Moreover, in 2001 the cooperative banks created a central nation-wide bank that has since helped the further development of the credit cooperative system. However and despite the large number of geographic departments involved in the credit cooperative system, the expansion of cooperative banks in the Greek bank market is limited, principally due to legislative restrictions and the lack of dynamism these restrictions create to the credit cooperative system, while operating in a very competitive market environment.
Renormalization Theory in the Electrostatic and Vector Potential Calculation
Creators: name: Spalenza, Wesley
name: Nogueira, J. Alexandre
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Physics Education (physics.ed-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this work we attempt to show in a clear and simple manner the fundamental ideas of the Renormalization Theory. With that intention we use two well-known problems of the Physic and Engeneering undergraduate students, the calculation of the electrostatic and vector potential of a infinite line charge density and current, respectively. We still employ different regularization methods (cut-off, dimensional and zeta function) and the arising of the scale parameter is consider.
description: 9 pages, text in Portuguese
Simultaneous X-ray and Radio Observations of the Repeating Fast Radio Burst FRB 180916.J0158+65
Creators: name: Scholz, P.
name: Cook, A.
name: Cruces, M.
name: Hessels, J. W. T.
name: Kaspi, V. M.
name: Majid, W. A.
name: Naidu, A.
name: Pearlman, A. B.
name: Spitler, L.
name: Bandura, K. M.
name: Bhardwaj, M.
name: Cassanelli, T.
name: Chawla, P.
name: Gaensler, B. M.
name: Good, D. C.
name: Josephy, A.
name: Karuppusamy, R.
name: Keimpema, A.
name: Kirichenko, A. Yu.
name: Kirsten, F.
name: Kocz, J.
name: Leung, C.
name: Marcote, B.
name: Masui, K.
name: Mena-Parra, J.
name: Merryfield, M.
name: Michilli, D.
name: Naudet, C. J.
name: Nimmo, K.
name: Pleunis, Z.
name: Prince, T. A.
name: Rafiei-Ravandi, M.
name: Rahman, M.
name: Shin, K.
name: Smith, K. M.
name: Stairs, I. H.
name: Tendulkar, S. P.
name: Vanderlinde, K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report on simultaneous radio and X-ray observations of the repeating fast radio burst source FRB 180916.J0158+65 using the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME), Effelsberg, and Deep Space Network (DSS-14 and DSS-63) radio telescopes and the Chandra X-ray Observatory. During 33 ks of Chandra observations, we detect no radio bursts in overlapping Effelsberg or Deep Space Network observations and a single radio burst during CHIME/FRB source transits. We detect no X-ray events in excess of the background during the Chandra observations. These non-detections imply a 5-$σ$ limit of $<5\times10^{-10}$ erg cm$^{-2}$ for the 0.5--10 keV fluence of prompt emission at the time of the radio burst and $1.3\times10^{-9}$ erg cm$^{-2}$ at any time during the Chandra observations at the position of FRB 180916.J0158+65. Given the host-galaxy redshift of FRB 180916.J0158+65 ($z\sim0.034$), these correspond to energy limits of $<1.6\times10^{45}$ erg and $<4\times10^{45}$ erg, respectively. We also place a 5-$σ$ limit of $<8\times10^{-15}$ erg s$^{-1}$ cm$^{-2}$ on the 0.5--10\,keV absorbed flux of a persistent source at the location of FRB 180916.J0158+65. This corresponds to a luminosity limit of $<2\times10^{40}$ erg s$^{-1}$. Using Fermi/GBM data we search for prompt gamma-ray emission at the time of radio bursts from FRB 180916.J0158+65 and find no significant bursts, placing a limit of $4\times10^{-9}$ erg cm$^{-2}$ on the 10--100 keV fluence. We also search Fermi/LAT data for periodic modulation of the gamma-ray brightness at the 16.35-day period of radio-burst activity and detect no significant modulation. We compare these deep limits to the predictions of various fast radio burst models, but conclude that similar X-ray constraints on a closer fast radio burst source would be needed to strongly constrain theory.
description: 16 pages, 2 figures, submitted to ApJ
Supplementary Material from Interaction of remalan brilliant blue R dye with n-alkyltrimethylammonium chloride surfactants: Conductometric and spectroscopic investigations
Creators: name: El-Hashani, Ashraf
name: Sah, Manish
name: Edbey, Khaled
name: Ismael, Rehab Gaber
name: Kumar, Dileep
name: Bhattarai, Ajaya
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 340399
subject: Macromolecular and materials chemistry not elsewhere classified

description: Supplementary Material_13 Dec final.docx
Nanoscopic microheterogeneities or pseudo-phase separations in non-conventional liquids
Creators: name: Blahnik, Jonas
name: Müller, Eva
name: Braun, Lydia
name: Denk, Patrick
name: Kunz, Werner
Publisher: name: Universität Regensburg
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Surfactant-free microemulsions, Catanionics, COMPLET, Threeblock surfactants
subject: 540 Chemie

description: This article discusses new concepts in macroscopically monophasic colloidal systems, where entropy is a major driving force for very subtle interactions and structuring. First, we show how microemulsion-similar structures can be achieved with hydrotropes. These aggregates are less defined in structure and of shorter lifetime than classical micelles but still potentially useful microheterogeneities with internal interfaces. The other extreme case of strong interactions is given when cationic and anionic surfactants are mixed in equimolar ratios. It is well known that surfactants can be made more soluble when ethylene oxide groups are incorporated. This strategy is applied for such ‘catanionics’ to avoid surfactant precipitation. Finally, we consider the fact that ethylene oxide groups increase the size of the hydrophilic headgroups of carboxylates so that the geometrical constraints compel a direct spherical shape even in the absence of water. As a result, ‘water-free direct microemulsions’ with only charged surfactants and oil are conceivable.
Optical response of a misaligned and suspended Fabry-Perot cavity
Creators: name: Cella, G.
name: Di Virgilio, A.
name: La Penna, P.
name: D'Auria, V.
name: Porzio, A.
name: Ricciardi, I.
name: Solimeno, S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The response to a probe laser beam of a suspended, misaligned and detuned optical cavity is examined. A five degree of freedom model of the fluctuations of the longitudinal and transverse mirror coordinates is presented. Classical and quantum mechanical effects of radiation pressure are studied with the help of the optical stiffness coefficients and the signals provided by an FM sideband technique and a quadrant detector, for generic values of the product $\varpi τ$ of the fluctuation frequency times the cavity round trip. A simplified version is presented for the case of small misalignments. Mechanical stability, mirror position entanglement and ponderomotive squeezing are accommodated in this model. Numerical plots refer to cavities under test at the so-called Pisa LF facility.
description: 14 pages (4 figures) submitted to Phys. Rev. A
On a possible tetraquark cousin of the Theta^+
Creators: name: Karliner, Marek
name: Lipkin, Harry J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: If a narrow Theta^+ pentaquark exists, it is likely that a ud\bar s-ud triquark-diquark configuration is a significant component of its wave function. If so, the mechanism responsible for the binding of a triquark and a diquark is also likely to bind the triquark to an \bar s antiquark. We discuss the expected properties of such a ud\bar s-\bar s tetraquark meson. In particular, we point out that for a 0^+ isoscalar ud\bar s\bar s meson the lowest allowed decay mode is a four-body K K pi pi channel with a small phase space and a distinctive experimental signature.
description: Expanded discussion of allowed and forbidden decay modes
Expression profile and molecular functions of the tumor suppressor p33ING1
Creators: name: Cheung Jr., K-John J.
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: The biological functions of the tumor suppressor gene, ING1, have been studied extensively in the last few years since it was cloned. Four alternatively spliced forms of ING1, named p47[sup ING1], p33[sup ING1], p27[sup ING1], and p24[sup ING1], have been identified and found to share many biological functions with those of p53. Some of these isoforms have previously been reported to mediate growth arrest, senescence, apoptosis, anchorage-dependent growth, and chemosensitivity. Functions, such as cell cycle arrest and apoptosis, have been shown to be dependent on the activity of both ING1 and p53 proteins. In this thesis, we sought to characterize further a number of important biological functions of the p33[sup ING1] isoform. We first investigated how the expression of ING1 is regulated in normal and stress conditions. Using a p53-knockout mouse model and various cell lines differing in p53 status and cell type, we found that the expression of p33[sup ING1] is independent of p53 status and induced by ultraviolet (UV) irradiation in a dose-/time-dependent and tissue-specific manner. These findings subsequently prompted us to investigate if p33[sup ING1] plays a role in UV-stress response, such as repair of UV-damaged DNA. Using both in vitro (host-cell-reactivation assay) and in vivo (radioimmunoassay) methods, we found that p33[sup ING1] enhances the repair of UV-damaged DNA in collaboration with p53 in melanoma cells and that GADD45 may participate in the process. Next we investigated the molecular pathways of p33[sup ING1] enhancement in UV-induced apoptosis in melanoma cells using various survival and apoptotic assays. We demonstrated that overexpression of p33[sup ING1] increases the apoptotic rate in melanoma cells after UV irradiation and that p53 has a synergistic effect on this process. Moreover, we found that p33ING1 enhances the expression of endogenous Bax and alters mitochondrial membrane potential, suggesting that p33ING1 cooperates with p53 in UV-induced apoptosis via the mitochondrial cell death pathway in melanoma cells. Lastly, we examined the role of p33ING1 isoform in melanoma chemosensitivity because previous findings indicate that the isoform p24ING1 is capable of enhancing chemosensitivity in human fibroblasts. Using a number of survival and apoptotic assays to quantitate cell death in melanoma cells, we showed that neither overexpressing p33[sup ING1] alone nor coexpression of p33[sup ING1] and p53 had an effect on the frequency of cell death induced by the chemodrug, camptothecin. We therefore demonstrated that p33[sup ING1] does not enhance camptothecin-induced cell death in melanoma cells. In conclusion, we have elucidated in this thesis some of the novel functions of p33[sup ING1] and the importance of this gene in the context of tumor suppression.
Managing Water Shortages in the Western Electricity Grids
Creators: name: Scorah, Hugh
name: Sopinka, Amy
name: Van Kooten, G. Cornelis
name: Scorah, Hugh
name: Sopinka, Amy
name: Van Kooten, G. Cornelis
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy
subject: Wind power
subject: carbon costs
subject: electrical grids
subject: mathematical programming

description: British Columbia’s electricity grid is comprised primarily of hydroelectric generating assets. The ability to store water in reservoirs is a significant advantage for the province allowing it to import from Alberta when prices are favourable. Alberta, has a heavily fossil-fuel based electricity portfolio, but has seen substantial growth in its wind energy capacity. However this variable energy technology impacts the province’s grid operations. Wind energy is both variable and uncertainty. However, wind energy in Alberta can be stored via BC’s reservoir systems. In this paper, we examine the extent that drought impacts the both overall operating costs as well as the cost of reducing CO2 emissions. We model the Alberta and BC interconnected grids varying both the impact of the drought and the transmission capacity between the provinces. We determine that storing wind energy leads to an overall cost reduction and that emission costs are between $20 and $60 per tonne of CO2.
Additional file 1 of Adaptive capacities for safe clinical practice for patients hospitalised during a suicidal crisis: a qualitative study
Creators: name: Berg, Siv Hilde
name: Rørtveit, Kristine
name: Walby, Fredrik A.
name: Aase, Karina
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1. Guides for interviewing the healthcare professionals.
Automated Design Space Exploration for optimised Deployment of DNN on Arm Cortex-A CPUs
Creators: name: de Prado, Miguel
name: Mundy, Andrew
name: Saeed, Rabia
name: Denna, Maurizio
name: Pazos, Nuria
name: Benini, Luca
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: Image and Video Processing (eess.IV)
subject: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: The spread of deep learning on embedded devices has prompted the development of numerous methods to optimise the deployment of deep neural networks (DNN). Works have mainly focused on: i) efficient DNN architectures, ii) network optimisation techniques such as pruning and quantisation, iii) optimised algorithms to speed up the execution of the most computational intensive layers and, iv) dedicated hardware to accelerate the data flow and computation. However, there is a lack of research on cross-level optimisation as the space of approaches becomes too large to test and obtain a globally optimised solution. Thus, leading to suboptimal deployment in terms of latency, accuracy, and memory. In this work, we first detail and analyse the methods to improve the deployment of DNNs across the different levels of software optimisation. Building on this knowledge, we present an automated exploration framework to ease the deployment of DNNs. The framework relies on a Reinforcement Learning search that, combined with a deep learning inference framework, automatically explores the design space and learns an optimised solution that speeds up the performance and reduces the memory on embedded CPU platforms. Thus, we present a set of results for state-of-the-art DNNs on a range of Arm Cortex-A CPU platforms achieving up to 4x improvement in performance and over 2x reduction in memory with negligible loss in accuracy with respect to the BLAS floating-point implementation.
Additional file 2 of Audit and feedback to improve laboratory test and transfusion ordering in critical care: a systematic review
Creators: name: Foster, Madison
name: Presseau, Justin
name: McCleary, Nicola
name: Carroll, Kelly
name: Lauralyn McIntyre
name: Hutton, Brian
name: Brehaut, Jamie
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional File 2. Reporting Quality Assessment (Microsoft Word document, .docx). Additional File 2 outlines a) the criteria used to assess individual study quality, b) individual ratings for each study, c) a summary of study quality.
Whole farm analysis-Fertiliser nitrogen can reduce deep drainage and increase profitability
Creators: name: Scott, J. Fiona
name: Scott, J. Fiona
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Farm Management
subject: Land Economics/Use
subject: cropping systems
subject: profitability
subject: modelling
subject: variability
subject: whole farm budgeting

description: Opportunity cropping has been shown to reduce mean annual deep drainage compared to long fallow systems. A question that remained was the effect of added fertiliser nitrogen under each of the cropping systems and whether it would make a significant difference to amounts of deep drainage and to profitability. Estimates of crop yield and deep drainage results were generated using the APSLM (Agricultural Production Systems Simulator) cropping systems model, to compare long-fallow wheat/sorghum and two opportunity-cropping scenarios on a vertosol on the Liverpool Plains using rainfall data from 1958 to 1997. The results showed that fertiliser nitrogen did have a significant effect on deep drainage and gross margin under each cropping system. However, higher rates of nitrogen only produced small marginal benefits.
Meson spectrum in Regge phenomenology
Creators: name: Li, De-Min
name: Ma, Bing
name: Li, Yu-Xiao
name: Yao, Qian-Kai
name: Yu, Hong
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Under the assumption that both light and heavy quarkonia populate approximately linear Regge trajectories with the requirements of additivity of intercepts and inverse slopes, the masses of different meson multiplets are estimated. The predictions derived from the quasi-linear Regge trajectories are in reasonable agreement with those given by many other references.
description: 21 pages, to appear in Eur. Phys. J. C
Weather Vulnerability, Climate Change, and Food Security in Mt. Kilimanjaro
Creators: name: Muamba, Francis
name: Kraybill, David S.
name: Muamba, Francis
name: Kraybill, David S.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: Food Security and Poverty
subject: International Development
subject: Climate Change
subject: Precipitation Variability
subject: Food Security
subject: Irrigation

description: This study estimates the impact of rainfall variation on livelihood in Mt. Kilimanjaro using the Ricardian approach to capture farmers’ adaptation strategies to cope with climate change risks. The data for the analysis were gathered from a random sample of over 200 households in 15 villages and precipitation from rainfall observation posts placed in each of the surveyed villages. The precipitation data provide information on the effect of moisture at critical months in the growing season. Due to prevalence of intercropping among local farmers, the present study develops a multivariate model that assumes endogeneity between crop yields. Doing so allows the study to capture adaptation strategies that smallholders use by diversifying farm portfolio. The results indicate that Mt. Kilimanjaro agriculture is vulnerable to precipitation variation. However, farm vulnerability is heterogeneous across space, crops and, months. Location varying inputs are responsible for substantial percentage of crop yield. The study found ambiguous evidence about the ability of irrigation usage to reduce crop vulnerability to precipitation variation, but suggests that proper cost benefit analysis ought to be done in order to measure the welfare value of irrigation. In terms of future food security, climate simulations reveal that by 2029, it will no longer be ideal to produce coffee in Mt. Kilimanjaro if precipitation annually decreases by a minimum rate of 2%. While maize production will also suffer severe production reduction, banana production will decrease but not in an alarming rate by 2029.
Was the Narrow Line Seyfert 1 RGB J0044+193 ever radio loud?
Creators: name: Maccarone, T. J.
name: Miller-Jones, J. C. A.
name: Fender, R. P.
name: Pooley, G. G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We show new radio data and a re-analysis of old data for the Narrow Line Seyfert 1 (NLSy1) galaxy RGB J0044+193. This galaxy has previously been suggested to be both radio loud, and highly variable in the radio. As most NLSy 1 galaxies are radio quiet, this was interpreted as possible evidence that this AGN's jet was beamed toward the observer. This object was probably never either radio loud and nor variable -- the one exception to this rule is a marginal detection of the object in the 1987 Green Bank survey, which we argue may have been spurious.
description: 3 pages, 1 figure, accepted to A&A as a Research Note
HI 21cm probes of reionization, and beyond
Creators: name: Carilli, C. L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: I review the potential for observing cosmic reionization using the HI 21cm line of neutral hydrogren. Studies include observations of the evolution of large scale structure of the IGM (density, excitation temperature, and neutral fraction), through HI 21cm emission, as well as observations of small to intermediate scale structure through absorption toward the first discrete radio sources. I summarize predictions for the HI signals, then consider capabilities of facilities being built, or planned, to detect these signals. I also discuss the significant observational challenges.
description: "First light and reionization," New Astronomy Reviews, eds. A. Cooray & E. Barton; 20 pages, elsart12.sty, fixed typo
The Role of Dispersal in Competition Success and in the Emerging Diversity
Creators: name: Heinsalu, E.
name: Maeso, D. Navidad
name: Patriarca, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems (nlin.AO)
subject: Pattern Formation and Solitons (nlin.PS)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The dynamics of dispersal-structured populations, consisting of competing individuals that are characterized by different diffusion coefficients but are otherwise identical, is investigated. Competition is taken into account through demographic processes. The problem addressed models natural selection. It is observed that the mean value and the relative width of the initial distribution of the diffusion coefficients characterizing the individuals together with the temporal fluctuations determine the final distribution of the diffusivities (diffusion coefficients leading to the competition success) as well as the final diversity of the system at finite time (the number of different diffusion coefficients present in the system). Large initial mean diffusivity of the system leads to a rather fast disappearance of the diversity. Instead, small initial mean diffusivity of the system leads to a diversity equal to the number of niches forming in the system due to the competitive interactions. The cluster formation is also associated to the competition success of the slower diffusing individuals. The diversity is diminished by the increase of the temporal fluctuations that give the competition advantage to the faster diffusing individuals. Somewhat counterintuitively, under certain conditions the competition success is given by intermediate values of the diffusion coefficients.
description: 12 pages, 7 figures
Trade and Welfare Impacts of Partial Liberalization of U.S. Sugar TRQs: The Application of a PE/GE Modeling Approach
Creators: name: Meade, Birgit Gisela Saager
name: Grant, Jason H.
name: Regmi, Anita
name: Meade, Birgit Gisela Saager
name: Grant, Jason H.
name: Regmi, Anita
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2010
Subjects: International Relations/Trade

description: The sugar sector is one of the most heavily protected commodities in agriculture using a system of tariff rate quotas (TRQs) with a complex set of administration procedures. General equilibrium models are not suitable to analyze trade liberalization scenarios that involve numerous tariff-rate quotas across narrowly defined product lines. We use the Rutherford/Grant/Hertel modeling approach by embedding a detailed, partial equilibrium (PE) model into a standard, global general equilibrium (GE) framework. We use this PE/GE model to compare trade and welfare outcomes of two liberalization scenarios: Increasing quota levels by 25% and cutting over tariffs by 50%, versus increasing quota levels by 50% and cutting over-quota tariffs by 25%. We find that lowering over-quota tariffs relatively more has more positive welfare effects than increasing quota levels relatively more.
Additional file 1 of Audit and feedback to improve laboratory test and transfusion ordering in critical care: a systematic review
Creators: name: Foster, Madison
name: Presseau, Justin
name: McCleary, Nicola
name: Carroll, Kelly
name: Lauralyn McIntyre
name: Hutton, Brian
name: Brehaut, Jamie
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional File 1. Medline Search Strategy (Microsoft Word document, .docx).
Gamma Ray Bursts: new rulers to measure the Universe
Creators: name: Ghirlanda, G.
name: Ghisellini, G.
name: Lazzati, D.
name: Firmani, C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The best measure of the Universe should be done using a standard "ruler" at any redshift. Type Ia Supernovae (SN Ia) probe the universe up to z$\sim$1.5, while the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) primary anisotropies concern basically $z\sim$1000. Apparently, Gamma--Ray Bursts (GRBs) are all but standard candles. However, their emission is collimated and the collimation--corrected energy correlates tightly with the frequency at which most of the radiation of the prompt is emitted, as found by Ghirlanda et al. (2004). Through this correlation we can infer the burst energy accurately enough to probe the intermediate redshift ($z<10$) Universe. Using the best known 15 GRBs we find very encouraging results that emphasize the cosmological GRB role. A combined fit with SN Ia yields $Ω_{\rm M}=0.37\pm0.10$ and $Ω_Λ=0.87\pm 0.23$. Assuming in addition a flat Universe, the parameters are constrained to be $Ω_{\rm M}=0.29\pm0.04$ and $Ω_Λ=0.71\pm 0.05$. GRBs accomplish the role of "missing link" between SN Ia and CMB primary anisotropies. They can provide a new insight on the cosmic effects of dark energy, complementary to the one supplied by CMB secondary anisotropies through the Integrated Sachs Wolfe effect. The unexpected Standard Candle cosmological role of GRBs motivates the most optimistic hopes for what can be obtained when the GRB-dedicated satellite, Swift, will be launched.
description: 11 pages, 4 color figures, ApJ Letters (vol. 613) in press
The Topology of Music Recommendation Networks
Creators: name: Cano, Pedro
name: Celma, Oscar
name: Koppenberger, Markus
name: Buldú, Javier M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the topology of several music recommendation networks, which rise from relationships between artist, co-occurrence of songs in playlists or experts' recommendation. The analysis uncovers the emergence of complex network phenomena in this kind of recommendation networks, built considering artists as nodes and their resemblance as links. We observe structural properties that provide some hints on navigation and possible optimizations on the design of music recommendation systems. Finally, the analysis derived from existing music knowledge sources provides a deeper understanding of the human music similarity perceptions.
description: 15 pages, 3 figures
Fabrication of single nickel-nitrogen defects in diamond by chemical vapor deposition
Creators: name: Rabeau, J. R.
name: Chin, Y. L.
name: Prawer, S.
name: Jelezko, F.
name: Gaebel, T.
name: Wrachtrup, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Fabrication of single nickel-nitrogen (NE8) defect centers in diamond by chemical vapor deposition is demonstrated. Under continuous-wave 745 nm laser excitation single defects were induced to emit single photon pulses at 797 nm with a linewidth of 1.5 nm at room temperature. Photon antibunching of single centers was demonstrated using a Hanbury-Brown and Twiss interferometer. Confocal images revealed approximately 10^6 optically active sites/cm^2 in the synthesized films. The fabrication of an NE8 based single photon source in synthetic diamond is important for fiber based quantum cryptography. It can also be used as an ideal point-like source for near-field optical microscopy.
description: 15 pages, 4 figures
Consumer Confidence in the Food System, Media Coverage and Stock Prices of Food Companies: A Regression Analysis
Creators: name: Garcia-Fuentes, Pablo A.
name: Ferreira, Gustavo F.C.
name: Harrison, R. Wes
name: Kinsey, Jean D.
name: Degeneffe, Dennis J.
name: Garcia-Fuentes, Pablo A.
name: Ferreira, Gustavo F.C.
name: Harrison, R. Wes
name: Kinsey, Jean D.
name: Degeneffe, Dennis J.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2010
Subjects: Agribusiness
Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety

description: A series of recent and serious food safety incidents have generated a national debate over the significant costs that they impose on various stakeholders - consumers, industry, or the government. This paper examines the impact of media coverage of food safety and defense issues on consumer confidence in food safety, and measures the response of stock prices of food companies to changes in consumer confidence. Results show that, increases in media coverage have a negative impact on consumer confidence, and that decreases in the levels of consumer confidence on food safety have a negative impact on stock prices of food companies, in particular for the larger firms. These findings confirm that the financial performance of food the industry is negatively affected by category-specific food safety events, and the effects of media coverage on consumer confidence in the safety of the food system.
Additional file 2 of Plant defensin antibacterial mode of action against Pseudomonas species
Creators: name: Sathoff, Andrew E.
name: Lewenza, Shawn
name: Samac, Deborah A.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Additional file 2: Figure S2. MtDef5 γ-core motif peptide causes limited membrane permeabilization in both the PA4774::lux(a) and PA3553::lux(b) strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Observed fluorescence using optical filters set for SYTO 9 green-fluorescent staining (left), propidium iodine red-fluorescent staining (center), and the merged images (right). Green fluorescence reveals bacterial cells with intact membranes while red fluorescence reveals bacterial cells with damaged membranes. Scale bar is 5 μm.
QCD Plasma Instabilities and Isotropization
Creators: name: Dumitru, Adrian
name: Nara, Yasushi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the coupled Wong Yang-Mills equations for both U(1) and SU(2) gauge groups and anisotropic particle momentum distributions numerically on a lattice. For weak fields with initial energy density much smaller than that of the particles we confirm the existence of plasma instabilities and exponential growth of the fields which has been discussed previously. Also, the SU(2) case is qualitatively similar to U(1), and we do find strong ``abelianization'' of the non-Abelian fields during the period of exponential growth. However, the effect nearly disappears when the fields are strong. This is because of the very rapid isotropization of the particle momenta by deflection in a strong field on time scales comparable to that for the development of Yang-Mills instabilities. This happens without entropy production which makes it very interesting for the phenomenology of high-energy heavy-ion collisions.
description: version3: 8 pages, 9 figures, revised discussion of entropy production, a few additional references, supplement: 3 figures showing the dependence on the lattice spacing and on the number of test-particles; to appear in PLB
Bulk-boundary-defect correspondence at disclinations in rotation-symmetric topological insulators and superconductors
Creators: name: Geier, Max
name: Fulga, Ion Cosma
name: Lau, Alexander
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study a link between the ground-state topology and the topology of the lattice via the presence of anomalous states at disclinations -- topological lattice defects that violate a rotation symmetry only locally. We first show the existence of anomalous disclination states, such as Majorana zero-modes or helical electronic states, in second-order topological phases by means of Volterra processes. Using the framework of topological crystals to construct $d$-dimensional crystalline topological phases with rotation and translation symmetry, we then identify all contributions to $(d-2)$-dimensional anomalous disclination states from weak and first-order topological phases. We perform this procedure for all Cartan symmetry classes of topological insulators and superconductors in two and three dimensions and determine whether the correspondence between bulk topology, boundary signatures, and disclination anomaly is unique.
description: v3: 45 + 26 pages, 16 + 7 figures, minor revision for clarifications and improved readability. v2: 38 + 25 pages, 15 + 7 figures, format for scipost submission, updated references. v1: 19 + 15 pages, 15 + 7 figures
Out-of-equilibrium properties of the semi-infinite kinetic spherical model
Creators: name: Baumann, Florian
name: Pleimling, Michel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the ageing properties of the semi-infinite kinetic spherical model at the critical point and in the ordered low-temperature phase, both for Dirichlet and Neumann boundary conditions. The surface fluctuation-dissipation ratio and the scaling functions of two-time surface correlation and response functions are determined explicitly in the dynamical scaling regime. In the low-temperature phase our results show that for the case of Dirichlet boundary conditions the value of the non-equilibrium surface exponent $b_1$ differs from the usual bulk value of systems undergoing phase ordering.
description: 22 pages, 4 figures included, submitted to J. Phys. A
Orbifold groupoids
Creators: name: Gaiotto, Davide
name: Kulp, Justin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We review the properties of orbifold operations on two-dimensional quantum field theories, either bosonic or fermionic, and describe the "Orbifold groupoids" which control the composition of orbifold operations. Three-dimensional TQFT's of Dijkgraaf-Witten type will play an important role in the analysis. We briefly discuss the extension to generalized symmetries and applications to constrain RG flows.
description: 50+12 pages, 15 figures, 3 tables, 4 appendices
Self-Determination Theory in Sport: Differences between Athletes in Individual and Team Sports
Creators: name: Callahan, Tiffany J
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Self-Determination Theory
Needs Satisfaction
Intrinsic Motivation

description: Using a Self-Determination Theory (SDT) framework, this study examined the relationships between needs satisfaction and motivation and possible differences in these relationships for athletes in individual versus team sports. Participants were 260 college athletes from the University of New Mexico. Autonomy (r = .23, p < .001), relatedness (r =.36, p < .001), and competence (r =.12, p = .046) predicted intrinsic motivation among athletes. As predicted, amotivation was found to be negatively related to autonomy (r = -.29, p < .001), competence (r = -.18, p =.003), and relatedness (r = -.19, p = .002). Needs satisfaction measures were similar except for autonomy t (258) = 3.019, p < .010, which was higher for individual athletes. There was a not a sport by needs satisfaction interaction which indicated a similar pattern of intrinsic, p =.94 versus extrinsic motivation, p = .91 by type of sport (team or individual).
Cubic interaction vertices for massive and massless higher spin fields
Creators: name: Metsaev, R. R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using the light-cone formulation of relativistic dynamics, we develop various methods for constructing cubic interaction vertices and apply these methods to the study of higher spin fields propagating in flat space of dimension greater than or equal to four. Generating functions of parity invariant cubic interaction vertices for massive and massless higher spin fields of arbitrary symmetry are obtained. We derive restrictions on the allowed values of spins and the number of derivatives, which provide a classification of cubic interaction vertices for totally symmetric fields. As an example of application of the light-cone formalism, we obtain simple expressions for the minimal Yang-Mills and gravitational interactions of massive totally symmetric arbitrary spin fields. We give the complete list of parity invariant and parity violating cubic interaction vertices that can be constructed for massless fields in five and six-dimensional spaces.
description: 55 pages, LaTeX-2e, v3: Equations (3.15),(3.16) added to Section 3. Discussion of vertices for massless fields in d=4 and footnotes 16,17 added to Section 5.1. New vertices added to Table I. Misprints in equations (7.4), (C.5), and (D.58) corrected
Multiple-line study of molecular gas in spiral galaxy NGC 2903
Creators: name: Topal, Selçuk
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Multiple molecular lines with radiative transfer modelling are a powerful tool to probe the physics of star-forming gas in galaxies. We investigate the gas properties in the centre of the spiral galaxy NGC 2903 using low-J CO lines, i.e. 12CO(1-0), 12CO(2-1), 12CO(3-2), 13CO(1-0), and HCN(1-0). We apply a nonlocal thermodynamic equilibrium radiative transfer code to derive beam-averaged molecular gas properties. We use two methods (i.e. chi-square minimizations and likelihood) to define the best model representing the observed line ratios best. The line ratio diagnostics suggest that CO gas in the centre of NGC 2903 is thinner and the dense gas fraction is similar compared to that of spirals, starburst, and early-type galaxies (ETGs), while the gas in the centre of the galaxy is warmer than that of ETGs and colder than that of starbursts. Based on the best-fitting model results, we find that the beam-averaged gas kinetic temperature is T_K = 20 K, H_2 volume number density is log(n(H_2)) = 4.2 cm-3 , and CO column number density is log(N(CO)) = 19.0 cm-2 in the centre of NGC 2903. Both methods, i.e. the line ratio diagnostics and modelling, indicate an ISM in the centre of NGC 2903 having intermediate temperature and star formation activity (also supported by star formation rates), thinner CO gas with similar dense gas fraction, and higher H_2 volume number density compared to that of spirals, ETGs, and starbursts.
description: 15 pages, 6 figures, 5 tables, published on Turkish Journal of Physics
Discovery of Two Gravitationally Lensed Quasars with Image Separations of 3 Arcseconds from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
Creators: name: Oguri, Masamune
name: Inada, Naohisa
name: Hennawi, Joseph F.
name: Richards, Gordon T.
name: Johnston, David E.
name: Frieman, Joshua A.
name: Pindor, Bartosz
name: Strauss, Michael A.
name: Brunner, Robert J.
name: Becker, Robert H.
name: Castander, Francisco J.
name: Gregg, Michael D.
name: Hall, Patrick B.
name: Rix, Hans-Walter
name: Schneider, Donald P.
name: Bahcall, Neta A.
name: Brinkmann, Jonathan
name: York, Donald G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report the discovery of two doubly-imaged quasars, SDSS J100128.61+502756.9 and SDSS J120629.65+433217.6, at redshifts of 1.838 and 1.789 and with image separations of 2.86'' and 2.90'', respectively. The objects were selected as lens candidates from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). Based on the identical nature of the spectra of the two quasars in each pair and the identification of the lens galaxies, we conclude that the objects are gravitational lenses. The lenses are complicated; in both systems there are several galaxies in the fields very close to the quasars, in addition to the lens galaxies themselves. The lens modeling implies that these nearby galaxies contribute significantly to the lens potentials. On larger scales, we have detected an enhancement in the galaxy density near SDSS J100128.61+502756.9. The number of lenses with image separation of ~3'' in the SDSS already exceeds the prediction of simple theoretical models based on the standard Lambda-dominated cosmology and observed velocity function of galaxies.
description: 24 pages, 9 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ
Did Implementing Nutrition Labeling and Education Act (NLEA) of 1990 Improve Diet?
Creators: name: Asirvatham, Jebaraj
name: McNamara, Paul E.
name: Baylis, Katherine R.
name: Asirvatham, Jebaraj
name: McNamara, Paul E.
name: Baylis, Katherine R.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety
subject: Nutrition
subject: diet
subject: nutrition facts label

description: Nutrition labeling, in the words of the then FDA commissioner, David Kessler, was to “help millions of Americans make more informed, healthier choices.” Although the NLEA primarily focused on standardizing the nutrition facts label, its implementation also involved an informational and educational campaign on how to use the new nutrition facts label and the benefits of using it. Evidently label use more than doubled between 1989-91 and 1994-96. Most of the studies provide evidence of the effects of nutrition label use by comparing label users against non-users using data after NLEA was in effect. Using pseudo-panel data method, we find that implementing NLEA did not improve diet quality but use of labels did. Further, label usage showed no improvement in diet quality within a cohort but it did reveal significant differences among or between cohorts. We also test for differences in diet quality between the two periods by comparing individuals of similar characteristics using a non-parametric approach, the Mahalnobis distance matching technique. Differences across the two periods would be tested at different quantiles of the diet quality with an emphasis on label use and education levels.
Additional file 4 of Improving the health of workers with a low socioeconomic position: Intervention Mapping as a useful method for adaptation of the Participatory Approach
Creators: name: Schaap, R.
name: F. G. Schaafsma
name: A. R. Bosma
name: M. A. Huysmans
name: C. R. L. Boot
name: J. R. Anema
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 4. Matrices of change for the environmental outcome. Change objectives for the environmental outcome to identify what OHPs need to learn or change to achieve the performance objectives.