cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Additional file 1 of Immunophenotyping patients with sepsis and underlying haematological malignancy reveals defects in monocyte and lymphocyte function
Creators: name: Snow, Timothy Arthur Chandos
name: Serisier, Aimee
name: Brealey, David
name: Singer, Mervyn
name: Arulkumaran, Nishkantha
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Hematology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 1: Table S1. Flow cytometry fluorochromes used. Table S2. Baseline demographics. Figure S1. Differences in laboratory-measured variables between non-haematology and haematology patients. Figure S2. Differences in classical monocyte and CD4+ and CD8+ lymphocyte function between non-haematology and haematology patients. Figure S3. Differences in classical monocyte and CD4+ and CD8+ lymphocyte function between non-haematology and haematology patients.
Monogamy of nonlocal quantum correlations
Creators: name: Toner, Ben
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We describe a new technique for obtaining Tsirelson bounds, or upper bounds on the quantum value of a Bell inequality. Since quantum correlations do not allow signaling, we obtain a Tsirelson bound by maximizing over all no-signaling probability distributions. This maximization can be cast as a linear program. In a setting where three parties, A, B, and C, share an entangled quantum state of arbitrary dimension, we: (i) bound the trade-off between AB's and AC's violation of the CHSH inequality, and (ii) demonstrate that forcing B and C to be classically correlated prevents A and B from violating certain Bell inequalities, relevant for interactive proof systems and cryptography.
description: This is the submitted version. The refereed version, which contains an additional result about strong parallel repetition and corrects some typos, is available on my personal web site at http://bentoner.com/papers/monogamyrs.pdf [PDF]
EMPIRICAL TESTS OF HYPOTHETICAL BIAS IN CONSUMERS' SURPLUS SURVEYS
Creators: name: Sinden, Jack A.
name: Sinden, Jack A.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1988
Subjects: Consumer/Household Economics
Research Methods/ Statistical Methods

description: Questionnaire surveys are an established economic research method for eliciting consumers' surplus values. However, the necessarily hypothetical nature of surveys may not promote truthful responses. In 17 empirical tests, actual money donations were elicited and compared to hypothetical donations elicited previously. In all 17, there was no statistical difference between the actual and hypothetical willingness to pay. Hypothetical bias was therefore absent in all these tests.
UTILITY-EFFICIENT PROGRAMMING FOR WHOLE-FARM PLANNING
Creators: name: Hardaker, J. Brian
name: Patten, Louise H.
name: Pannell, David J.
name: Hardaker, J. Brian
name: Patten, Louise H.
name: Pannell, David J.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1988
Subjects: Farm Management
Risk and Uncertainty

description: A programming technique, utility-efficient programming, is developed for farm planning under risk. The objective function is the parametric sum of two parts of the utility function in which the degree of risk aversion varies systematically with the parameter. This technique has several advantages over those previously available: a number of types of utility functions are applicable including ones exhibiting decreasing risk aversion; the degree of risk aversion can be limited to a plausible range; the form of the distribution for activity net revenues is flexible; and the technique can be used with available algorithms. The method is illustrated using a parametric linear programming algorithm.
MEASURING PRODUCTIVITY CHANGE UNDER DIFFERENT LEVELS OF ASSISTANCE: THE AUSTRALIAN DAIRY INDUSTRY
Creators: name: Knopke, Philip
name: Knopke, Philip
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1988
Subjects: Livestock Production/Industries

description: The effects of different levels of protection on productivity measures are frequently ignored in economic analysis. In this paper. a procedure is developed to net out the effects of non-marginal cost pricing on the traditional Tornqvist productivity measure. Total factor productivity in the dairy industry is estimated to have grown at a 1.5 per cent annual rate over the period 1967-68 to 1982-83. A state and regional analysis of the dairy industry showed that the Victorian industry had outperformed the New South Wales industry, a factor that was attributed to major policy differences between the two states.
Handlungsfeld Sozialpädagogik in Volksschulen: Herausforderungen und Chancen des Einbezugs der Sozialpädagogik in der Urner Volksschule
Creators: name: Müller, Jasmin
name: Zehnder, Melanie
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021

description: Die folgende Bachelorarbeit mit dem Titel «Handlungsfeld Sozialpädagogik in Volksschulen» wurde von den Autorinnen Jasmin Müller und Melanie Zehnder verfasst. Die Schule scheint sich durch erweiterte Bildungsinhalte, Lernförderung, psychosoziale Unterstützung und differenziertes Lernen stetig zu verändern und die Bildungsanforderungen sowie die Sozialisationsbedingungen deuten darauf hin, dass sich die Schule in einem Spannungsfeld befindet, in dem sich auch die Sozialpädagogik positionieren muss. Zurzeit ist die Sozialpädagogik in der Urner Volksschule aber noch nicht aktiv. Basierend auf dieser Ausgangslage befasst sich die Arbeit mit der Frage, wie im Kanton Uri der Einbezug der Sozialpädagogik in der Volksschule aus der Perspektive der beteiligten Akteur*innen eingeschätzt und aus Sicht der Sozialen Arbeit bewertet wird. Weiter wird ermittelt, wie die Sozialpädagogik das bestehende System unterstützen kann und die Unterschiede und Gemeinsamkeiten der Schule inklusive Heilpädagogik, der Sozialen Arbeit in der Schule und der Sozialpädagogik werden aufgezeigt. Durch sieben qualitative Expert*innen-Interviews wurden die Herausforderungen und Chancen des Einbezugs der Sozialpädagogik in der Urner Volksschule erhoben. Daraus entstanden konkrete Handlungsempfehlungen für die Urner Volksschule und die Professionellen der Sozialen Arbeit. Die Forschungsarbeit zeigt, dass es folglich Fachkräfte der Sozialpädagogik braucht, um professionell in der Schule und darüber hinaus zu intervenieren. Zudem macht die Arbeit auf die unterschiedlichen Handlungsfelder in der Schule aufmerksam und soll die Beteiligten für eine differenzierte Sichtweise sensibilisieren.
description: + Code Diss LU: hslusa basp 2021 + Fussnote: Bachelor-Arbeit, Hochschule Luzern – Soziale Arbeit, Studienrichtung Sozialpädagogik 2021 + NL-Code: NLLUHSA202103
THE RELATIVE SIGNIFICANCE OF A RANGE OF ECONOMIC POLICIES FOR IMPROVING AUSTRALIA'S BALANCE OF TRADE
Creators: name: Stoeckel, Andrew B.
name: Higgs, Peter J.
name: Stoeckel, Andrew B.
name: Higgs, Peter J.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1988
Subjects: International Relations/Trade

description: Australia faces a very serious trade problem. A large improvement in the balance of trade is required simply to stop its international debt from rising above levels which are already considered too high. In this paper, a range of economic policies are examined. Each generates a $A1 billion improvement (in 1985-86 prices) in the balance of trade after about 2 years. The following economic shocks are examined: an increase in world agricultural prices; a cut in real wages; a reduction in protection for manufacturing industries; a change in the tax mix in favour of indirect taxation; and a contraction in real domestic absorption. The impacts of these shocks are derived from simulations with ORANI, a computable general equilibrium model of the Australian economy. The effects of these shocks on the agricultural sector are studied in detail.
Retinal Vessel Segmentation Using the 2-D Morlet Wavelet and Supervised Classification
Creators: name: Soares, João V. B.
name: Leandro, Jorge J. G.
name: Cesar, Roberto M.
name: Jelinek, Herbert F.
name: Cree, Michael J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We present a method for automated segmentation of the vasculature in retinal images. The method produces segmentations by classifying each image pixel as vessel or non-vessel, based on the pixel's feature vector. Feature vectors are composed of the pixel's intensity and continuous two-dimensional Morlet wavelet transform responses taken at multiple scales. The Morlet wavelet is capable of tuning to specific frequencies, thus allowing noise filtering and vessel enhancement in a single step. We use a Bayesian classifier with class-conditional probability density functions (likelihoods) described as Gaussian mixtures, yielding a fast classification, while being able to model complex decision surfaces and compare its performance with the linear minimum squared error classifier. The probability distributions are estimated based on a training set of labeled pixels obtained from manual segmentations. The method's performance is evaluated on publicly available DRIVE and STARE databases of manually labeled non-mydriatic images. On the DRIVE database, it achieves an area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve of 0.9598, being slightly superior than that presented by the method of Staal et al.
description: 9 pages, 7 figures and 1 table. Accepted for publication in IEEE Trans Med Imag; added copyright notice
The UBC south campus farm : the elaboration of an alternative
Creators: name: Masselink, Derek James
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: This thesis examines the possibility of retaining, redesigning, and integrating existing farm and forestlands within the proposed South Campus community development at the University of British Columbia (UBC). The central tenant of my thesis is, given the importance of agriculture in the development of human culture and the UBC Point Grey Campus, and the vital role it will play in the 21st Century, agricultural lands and facilities should be conserved and given a place of importance within the UBC landscape. An explanation is provided on how such an integrative proposal for these lands, collectively known as the UBC South Campus Farm, would support the economic, ecological, and social interests and expectations of the University, and the Greater Vancouver Regional District (GVRD), while providing an exciting learning and living environment for students, faculty staff and community members. An alternative proposal for the South Campus Farm and the South Campus community is provided that supports the stated interests of the University and the GVRD. This is accomplished through a careful assessment of the cultural and biophysical features of the South Campus lands and the subsequent development and application of a regenerative design process applied within a fourfold framework based on the concepts of ecology, economy, integrity and beauty. The final design proposal is compared and evaluated against the current situation and the University development plans.
Additional file 1 of The effect of paternal anxiety on mother-infant bonding in neonatal intensive care
Creators: name: Ettenberger, Mark
name: Bieleninik, Łucja
name: Stordal, Andreas Størksen
name: Ghetti, Claire
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mental Health

description: Appendix 1
Evolution of spectral properties along the O(6)-U(5) transition in the interacting boson model. I. Level dynamics
Creators: name: Heinze, Stefan
name: Cejnar, Pavel
name: Jolie, Jan
name: Macek, Michal
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the evolution of quantal spectra and the corresponding wave functions along the [O(6)-U(5)]$\supset$O(5) transition of the interacting boson model. The model is integrable in this regime and its ground state passes through a second-order structural phase transition. We show that the whole spectrum as a function of the Hamiltonian control parameter, as well as structures of all excited states, exhibit rather organized and correlated behaviors, that provide deeper insight into the nature of this transitional path.
description: 10 pages, 8 figures
Alternative Market Access Scenarios in the Agriculture Trade Negotiations of the Doha Round: Technical Annex
Creators: name: Antimiani, Alessandro
name: Conforti, Piero
name: Salvatici, Luca
name: Antimiani, Alessandro
name: Conforti, Piero
name: Salvatici, Luca
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2005
Subjects: International Relations/Trade

description: This document is the technical annex to the full paper "Alternative Market Access Scenarios in the Agricultural Trade Negotiations of the Doha Round" which is available separately.
Alternative Market Access Scenarios in the Agriculture Trade Negotiations of the Doha Round
Creators: name: Antimiani, Alessandro
name: Conforti, Piero
name: Salvatici, Luca
name: Antimiani, Alessandro
name: Conforti, Piero
name: Salvatici, Luca
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2005
Subjects: International Relations/Trade

description: The article explores possible outcomes of the Doha Development Agenda by simulating agricultural liberalization scenarios with a modified version of the Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP) model and the related version 6.0 database. A 2013 baseline is employed to analyze two hypotheses in the areas of market access and export competition. Proportional cuts in tariffs are compared with a Swiss-formula approach. Welfare gains arise both in developed and developing countries, and, at least in principle, both groups should support deep reforms. Results suggest that the choice of the nature of the formula is not crucial in determining an effective increase in market access.
Photoelectron spectroscopy of coronene molecules embedded in helium nanodroplets
Creators: name: Ltaief, L. Ben
name: Shcherbinin, M.
name: Mandal, S.
name: Krishnan, S. R.
name: Richter, R.
name: Turchini, S.
name: Zema, N.
name: Mudrich, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Atomic and Molecular Clusters (physics.atm-clus)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present the first measurement of a one-photon extreme-ultraviolet photoelectron spectrum (PES) of molecules embedded in superfluid helium nanodroplets. The PES of coronene is compared to gas phase and the solid phase PES, and to electron spectra of embedded coronene generated by charge transfer and Penning ionization through ionized or excited helium. The resemblence of the He-droplet PES to the one of the solid phase indicates that mostly Cor clusters are photoionized. In contrast, the He-droplet Penning-ionization electron spectrum is nearly structureless, indicating strong perturbation of the ionization process by the He droplet. These results pave the way to extreme ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy (UPS) of clusters and molecular complexes embedded in helium nanodroplets.
Conceptualização e perspetivas do consumidor face à Economia Circular na valorização de novos produtos/ingredientes em contexto alimentar:
Creators: name: Sousa, Pedro
name: Moreira, Maria João
name: Moura, Ana Pinto De
name: Cunha, Luís Miguel
Publisher: name: Revista Captar: Ciência e Ambiente para Todos
Year: 2021

description: Anualmente, as indústrias agroalimentares dos países industrializados produzem aproximadamente 1,3 mil milhões de toneladas de resíduos alimentares, provocando inúmeros problemas ambientais, os quais contribuem para as alterações climáticas do planeta. A adoção de uma política de economia circular tem recebido especial atenção por parte das indústrias agroalimentares, permitindo a criação e desenvolvimento de novos produtos alimentares constituídos por subprodutos que de outra forma seriam desperdiçados. O presente trabalho, de cariz exploratório, visa avaliar o modo como o consumidor conceptualiza o conhecimento dos consumidores relativamente ao conceito de Economia Circular, bem como identificar o reconhecimento por parte do consumidor da utilização de subprodutos provenientes da indústria alimentar para obtenção de novos produtos e/ou novos ingredientes alimentares. Para isso, foi aplicado um questionário a 140 participantes utilizando o método de associação livre de palavras. A análise estatística realizada permitiu aferir que a perceção dos consumidores sobre a política de economia circular já se encontra bastante consolidada, mas a informação sobre o conceito e a utilização de subprodutos provenientes da indústria alimentar é ainda bastante limitada. Uma maior promoção e divulgação pelas entidades competentes dirigida ao público em geral, poderá contribuir para uma maior integração, participação e aceitação destas duas potenciais soluções para um futuro mais sustentável.
description: Revista Captar: Ciência e Ambiente para Todos, Avanço de publicação
Dimer and trimer fluctuations in the s=1/2 transverse XX chain
Creators: name: Derzhko, Oleg
name: Krokhmalskii, Taras
name: Stolze, Joachim
name: Müller, Gerhard
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Exact results for the dynamic dimer and trimer structure factors of the one-dimensional s=1/2 XX model in a transverse magnetic field ($\parallel z$) are presented and discussed in relation to known exact results for the dynamic spin structure factors. In the framework of the Jordan-Wigner representation, the accessible spectrum of the dimer fluctuation operator is limited to two-fermion excitations whereas that of the trimer fluctuation operator involves two-fermion and four-fermion excitations. The spectral boundaries, soft modes, and singularity structure of the four-fermion excitation continuum as probed by the dynamic trimer structure factor are examined and compared with corresponding properties of the two-fermion excitation continuum, as probed by the dynamic dimer and transverse spin structure factors.
description: 13 pages, 12 figures
Accession to the World Trade Organisation: Challenges and Prospects for the Least-developed Countries (LDCs)
Creators: name: Delelegn, Mussie
name: Delelegn, Mussie
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: International Relations/Trade
subject: WTO accession
subject: challenges
subject: integration
subject: LDCs
subject: marginalization

description: A significant number of countries - many of which are least-developed countries (LDCs) - are not members of the multilateral trading system (MTS) as yet, and for many the accession process has taken an undesirably long period of time to complete. This lack of participation has important implications for national and global policy making in the field of international trade. However, there is a growing tendency to disregard accession challenges and difficulties facing the weakest members of the international community - the LDCs. The main purposes of this article are to a) discuss the substantive, normative and institutional complexities and requirements surrounding the WTO accession process from the perspective of LDCs, b) assess the possible costs and benefits of joining or not joining the WTO and c) reflect on the challenges facing poor countries in initiating, managing and negotiating their terms of accession in a manner that protects and promotes their developmental and trade interests. The objective of accession should be viewed from the perspective of the long-term trade and development interests of acceding countries. Hence, every effort should be made not only to ensure the "universality" of the MTS but also to enhance informed and effective participation of acceding LDCs so they will be able to pursue their trade and development agendas in an increasingly complex and overly entrenched multilateral trading system.
Additional file 1 of Trends and factors associated with recent HIV testing among women in Haiti: a cross-sectional study using data from nationally representative surveys
Creators: name: Joseph, Fanor
name: Jean Simon, David
name: Kondo Tokpovi, Vénunyé Claude
name: Kiragu, Ann
name: Toudeka, Marie-Reine Ayawavi Sitsope
name: Nazaire, Roodjmie
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 1: Table A1. Results of the basic and advanced decompositions. Table A2. Measure of variation for HIV testing in Haiti, HDHS 2012. Table A3. Measure of variation for HIV testing in Haiti, HDHS 2016/17.
Accession to the World Trade Organisation: Challenges and Prospects for the Least-developed Countries (LDCs): Ethiopian Accession Case Study Technical Annex
Creators: name: Delelegn, Mussie
name: Delelegn, Mussie
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2005
Subjects: International Relations/Trade

description: This document is the technical annex to the full paper "Accession to the World Trade Organisatio: Challenges and Prospects for Least-developed Countries (LDCs)" which is available separately.
Analysis of pond seepage for stream flow augmentation
Creators: name: Farnworth, Melody Clare Armstead
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: Many coastal streams in British Columbia have problems with low flow, which can have serious impacts on aquatic life. This research was focused on examining by experimentation and hydraulic modelling, the use of pond seepage as a novel method for stream flow augmentation. In the late summer dry period, four experiments were conducted to study the direction and magnitude of pond seepage flow under different conditions. An experimental pond (≈9 m³) was excavated to the hardpan in undisturbed soil. A ditch for capturing the seepage nearly surrounded the pond at a distance of approximately 2.4 m. The ditch was effective in collecting the seepage from both the pond bottom and the banks. Water was lost more slowly in the lined pond experiment than in the unlined experiment, and the liner also affected the direction of the seepage. From the collected data, it was determined that a combination of two hydraulic models, a wetland seepage model and an embankment seepage model, could be used to predict the experimental results. The good overall agreement between the experimental and theoretical results provided the rationale for using such models to design ponds to maintain low summer time flows in small, undisturbed streams, given that the site is similar to the experimental conditions regarding water table height. Coastal areas are the best location for using ponds as the climate conditions in these areas helps to reduce and compensate for evaporation losses. While significantly improved stream flow over a long term can be achieved with the use of multiple ponds, there are also two important benefits that can be realized from smaller projects: 1. to allow unrestricted fish movement over a short time period (less than one month) 2. to improve the quality of habitat available to fish over the summer. Even small increases in stream flow can improve the quality of habitat, especially in slower moving pooled areas, as well as allow the fish to migrate to other parts of the stream where better habitat might be found. Both of these benefits could be especially important to streams that current flow augmentation methods cannot help.
The Doha Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations and the Developing Economies
Creators: name: Das, Dilip K.
name: Das, Dilip K.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: International Relations/Trade
subject: developing economies
subject: Doha Round
subject: Group-of-twenty-one
subject: multilateral trade negotiations
subject: special and differential treatment

description: After years of sitting on the fence, developing economies became active participants in the multilateral trade negotiations (MTNs) during the Uruguay Round. In particular, the Group-of-twenty-one (G-21) developing economies played a consequential role both at the Fifth Ministerial Conference in Cancún and at the WTO meeting held in Geneva in the last week of July 2004, which put together the framework agreement, or so-called July package. As the Doha Round is intended to be a development round, development concerns form an integral part not only of the Doha Ministerial Declaration but also of the subsequent framework agreement. This article focuses on the initiatives of the developing economies in the Doha Round of MTNs and calibrates their achievements - or lack thereof. It also deals with the role of the large number of small and low-income developing economies in the MTNs. Success in the Doha Round can certainly influence the absolute poor of the world favourably. Empirical estimates have been made about how many people would be lifted out of absolute poverty by a successful conclusion of the Doha Round.
U.S. Agricultural Export Credits after the WTO Cotton Ruling: The Law of Unintended Consequences
Creators: name: Benitah, Marc
name: Benitah, Marc
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: International Relations/Trade
subject: Agreement on Agriculture
subject: Brazil
subject: cotton
subject: Doha Round
subject: export credits
subject: export subsidies
subject: SCM
subject: United States
subject: WTO

description: The recent WTO cotton ruling has led to a paradoxical result for the United States, a result that seems a textbook illustration of the "law of unintended consequences". Indeed, during the Uruguay Round negotiations of the present WTO agreements, the United States refused to put agricultural export credits in the category of agricultural export subsidies, where they would then have been subject only to reduction commitments. Paradoxically, the United States finds itself now in a position where these same agricultural export credits that it did not condescend to reduce during the Uruguay Round are openly considered as prohibited export subsidies. This article analyses and criticizes the tortuous legal path followed by the cotton panel before arriving at such a radical conclusion.
Enhanced X-ray variability from V1647 Ori, the young star in outburst illuminating McNeil's Nebula
Creators: name: Grosso, N.
name: Kastner, J. H.
name: Ozawa, H.
name: Richmond, M.
name: Simon, T.
name: Weintraub, D. A.
name: Hamaguchi, K.
name: Frank, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report a ~38 ks X-ray observation of McNeil's Nebula obtained with XMM on 2004 April 4. V1647 Ori, the young star in outburst illuminating McNeil's Nebula, is detected with XMM and appears variable in X-rays. We investigate the hardness ratio variability and time variations of the event energy distribution with quantile analysis, and show that the large increase of the count rate from V1647 Ori observed during the second half of the observation is not associated with any large plasma temperature variations as for typical X-ray flares from young low-mass stars. X-ray spectral fitting shows that the bulk (~75%) of the intrinsic X-ray emission in the 0.5-8 keV energy band comes from a soft plasma component (0.9 keV) reminiscent of the X-ray spectrum of the classical T Tauri star TW Hya, for which X-ray emission is believed to be generated by an accretion shock onto the photosphere of a low-mass star. The hard plasma component (4.2 keV) contributes ~25% of the total X-ray emission, and can be understood only in the framework of plasma heating sustained by magnetic reconnection events. We find a hydrogen column density of NH=4.1E22 cm-2, which points out a significant excess of hydrogen column density compared to the value derived from optical/IR observations, consistent with the picture of the rise of a wind/jet unveiled from ground optical spectroscopy. The X-ray flux observed with XMM ranges from roughly the flux observed by Chandra on 2004 March 22 (~10 times greater than the pre-outburst X-ray flux) to a value two times greater than that caught by Chandra on 2004 March 7 (~200 times greater than the pre-outburst X-ray flux). We have investigated the possibility that V1647 Ori displays a periodic variation in X-ray brightness as suggested by the combined Chandra+XMM data set (abridged).
description: 11 pages and 8 Figures. Accepted for publication by Astronomy & Astrophysics
Varieties or Qualities? Horizontal and Vertical Intra-industry Trade within the NAFTA Trade Bloc: Technical Annex
Creators: name: Vogiatzoglou, Klimis
name: Vogiatzoglou, Klimis
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2005
Subjects: International Relations/Trade

description: This document is the technical annex to the full paper "Varieties or Qualities? Horizontal and Vertical Intra-industry Trade within the NAFTA Trade Bloc" which is available separately.
Theorem on the Distribution of Short Time Single Particle Displacements
Creators: name: van Zon, R.
name: Cohen, E. G. D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The distribution of the initial very short-time displacements of a single particle is considered for a class of classical systems with Gaussian initial velocity distributions and arbitrary initial particle positions. A very brief sketch is given of a rather intricate and lengthy proof that for this class of systems the nth order cumulants behave as t^{2n} for all n>2, rather than as t^{n}. We also briefly discuss some physical consequences for liquids.
description: Short 8 page pedagogical review of cond-mat/0505734 for Proc. of "News, Expectations and Trends in Statistical Physics", Crete 2005
Assessing the Impacts of the Chinese TRQ System and U.S. Subsidies on the World Cotton Market
Creators: name: Pan, Suwen
name: Welch, Mark
name: Mohanty, Samarendu
name: Fadiga, Mohamadou L.
name: Ethridge, Don E.
name: Pan, Suwen
name: Welch, Mark
name: Mohanty, Samarendu
name: Fadiga, Mohamadou L.
name: Ethridge, Don E.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2005
Subjects: International Relations/Trade

description: This article compares how eliminating the U.S. cotton subsidy program and the Chinese cotton tariff-rate quota (TRQ) would affect the world cotton market. The results show China's TRQ has a greater negative impact on the world cotton market than do U.S. subsidies. Compared to a base-level estimate, the elimination of China's TRQ increases the world cotton price and increases the quantity of world cotton traded, whereas the elimination of U.S. cotton subsidies increases the cotton price (but less than under TRQ elimination) and decreases the world cotton trade. The combined effect of eliminating both programs is also shown.
Designing Crop Insurance to Manage Moral Hazard Costs
Creators: name: Weaver, Robert D.
name: Kim, Taeho
name: Weaver, Robert D.
name: Kim, Taeho
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2002
Subjects: Risk and Uncertainty

description: A new crop insurance model based on just random risk (natural states) is presented instead of traditional model based on random risk, guaranteed price, and guaranteed yield. The simulation approach shows how the incentive compatibility constraints resolve the moral hazard problem by the insured under the insurer-agency crop insurance contracting.
An intrinsic volume functional on almost complex 6-manifolds and nearly Kaehler geometry
Creators: name: Verbitsky, Misha
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Let $(M,I)$ be an almost complex 6-manifold. The obstruction to integrability of almost complex structure (so-called Nijenhuis tensor) maps a 3-dimensional bundle to a 3-dimensional one. We say that Nijenhuis tensor is non-degenerate if it is an isomorphism. An almost complex manifold is called nearly Kaehler if it admits a Hermitian form $ω$ such that $\nabla(ω)$ is totally antisymmetric, $\nabla$ being the Levi-Civita connection. We show that a nearly Kaehler metric on a given almost complex 6-manifold with non-degenerate Nijenhuis tensor is unique (up to a constant). We interpret the nearly Kaehler property in terms of G_2-geometry and in terms of connections with totally antisymmetric torsion, obtaining a number of equivalent definitions. Further on, we construct an intrinsic diffeomorphism-invariant functional on the space of almost complex structures on $M$, similar to the Hitchin functional, and compute its extrema in the following important case. Consider an almost complex structure $I$ with non-degenerate Nijenhuis tensor, admitting a Hermitian connection with totally antisymmetric torsion. We show that the intrinsic volume functional has an extremum in $I$ if and only if $(M,I)$ is nearly Kaehler.
description: 27 pages, v. 6.1, a few minor errors corrected, reference added
What is Behind the Fall in Russian Agricultural Production?
Creators: name: Bezlepkina, Irina V.
name: Bezlepkina, Irina V.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Production Economics
subject: production
subject: Russia
subject: debts
subject: credit
subject: budget transfers

description: This study analyses the causal factors of fall in Russian farm output focusing on financial determinants. Translog production function is estimated on panel of 17653 large-scale farms for 1996-1998 period using fixed-effects and accounting for inter-regional climate differences. Output elasticities are analysed for sub-samples of crop and animal producing farms. The research findings show that budget transfers to the farms are inefficient and result in taxation of farms. Farms are operating under the soft budget constraints that have to be removed to improve farm production performance.
Additional file 1 of Family planning behaviours among women with diabetes mellitus: a scoping review
Creators: name: Awang Dahlan, Sarah
name: Idris, Idayu Badilla
name: Mohammed Nawi, Azmawati
name: Abd Rahman, Rahana
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1. Search strategy example.
Commercialization and Subsistence in Transaction Agriculture: Empirical Evidence from Albania, Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania
Creators: name: Mathijs, Erik
name: Noev, Nivelin
name: Mathijs, Erik
name: Noev, Nivelin
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: subsistence farming
subject: farm structures
subject: farm size
subject: microanalysis
subject: land ownership
subject: land tenure
subject: agricultural policy
subject: transition

description: Present-day Central and Eastern European agriculture is characterized by a high incidence of small-scale farmers who are not producing for the market. This paper uses household level data from comparative farm surveys in Albania, Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania to analyze which farm household characteristics and endowments influence commercialization and subsistence farming.
Wohnungslosigkeit, Sucht und psychische Krankheiten: Interprofessionelle Zusammenarbeit der direkten Wohnangebote der Deutschschweiz mit den Angeboten der Suchthilfe und der Psychiatrie
Creators: name: Oegerli, Patrick
name: Wyss, Hannah
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021

description: Die nachfolgende Bachelorarbeit handelt von der Erforschung der Interprofessionellen Zusammenarbeit der drei Bereiche Wohnungslosigkeit, Sucht und psychische Krankheiten. Diese wird notwendig, da wohnungslose Personen häufig auch mit Sucht- oder psychischen Erkrankungen mehrfach belastet sind. Die Arbeit wurde von Patrick Oegerli und Hannah Wyss verfasst. Die Leitfrage der Forschungsarbeit, welche diese Arbeit verfolgt, ist die Folgende: Wie ist die interprofessionelle Zusammenarbeit zwischen Wohnungslosenhilfe, Suchthilfe und Psychiatrie in den Institutionen der direkten Wohnangebote der Deutschschweiz gestaltet? Die Bachelorarbeit ist als Forschungsarbeit ausgelegt. Das gewählte Forschungsverfahren ist das qualitative, leitfadengestützte Expert*inneninterview nach Mayring. Im Hinblick auf die Fragenstellung wurden fünf Institutionen der Wohnungslosenhilfe aus der Deutschschweiz für ein Expert*inneninterview ausgewählt. Die Ergebnisse der Arbeit legen nahe, dass die Interprofessionalität zwischen Wohnungslosenhilfe, Suchthilfe und Psychiatrie sequenzenweise ausgestaltet ist. Interprofessionelles Arbeiten wird vor allen in Krisensituationen und in Zeiten des Übergangs in den Leben der wohnungslosen Personen angewendet. Die Erhebungen der Autor*innen zeigen ausserdem auf, dass grosse Institutionen der Wohnungslosenhilfe tendenziell die Interprofessionalität mehr konzeptualisiert haben als kleinere Institutionen. Die Ergebnisse deuten darauf hin, dass Interprofessionalität erst ab einer gewissen Grösse der involvierten Institutionen konzeptualisiert wird, weil die Implementierung in Konzeptpapiere und Leitbildern beträchtliche zeitliche Ressourcen in Anspruch nimmt.
description: + Code Diss LU: hslusa basp 2021 + Fussnote: Bachelor-Arbeit, Hochschule Luzern – Soziale Arbeit, Studienrichtung Sozialpädagogik 2021 + NL-Code: NLLUHSA202103
On the application of simplified rheological models of fluid in the hydraulic fracture problems
Creators: name: Wrobel, Michal
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper we analyse a problem of a hydraulic fracture driven by a non-Newtonian shear-thinning fluid. For the PKN fracture geometry we consider three different rheological models of fluid: i) the Carreau fluid, ii) the truncated power-law fluid, iii) the power-law fluid. For each of these models a number of simulations are performed. The results are post-processed and compared with each other in order to find decisive factors for similarities/dissimilarities. It is shown that under certain conditions even the basic power-law rheology can be a good substitute for the Carreau characteristics. Although for a particular fluid such a conclusion cannot be made a priori, post-processing based on average values of the fluid shear rates is a very good tool to verify credibility of the results obtained for simplified rheological models. The truncated power-law rheology is a good alternative for the Carreau model. It always produces results that are very similar to those obtained with the equivalent Carreau fluid and simultaneously provides a relative ease of numerical implementation.
A Partial Equilibrium Model of the Beef and Dairy Sector in Italy Under Imperfect Competition
Creators: name: Moro, Daniele
name: Sckokai, Paolo
name: Soregaroli, Claudio
name: Moro, Daniele
name: Sckokai, Paolo
name: Soregaroli, Claudio
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Livestock Production/Industries
subject: simulation models
subject: policy analysis
subject: imperfect competition
subject: beef
subject: dairy

description: In this paper we present a partial equilibrium model for the bovine sector (beef and dairy) in Italy, which can be used for simulation and forecasting. The structure of the model follows the vertical chain of the beef and dairy sector, allowing trade of both agricultural raw materials and final products. Since the processing and retailing stage is characterised by an imperfectly competitive structure, the model accounts for market power in modelling the price transmission mechanism. This provides further insights on the vertical transmission of shocks, both at the final level (i.e. the BSE crisis) and at the farm level (i.e. agricultural policy reform).
Der Umgang mit alltäglichen Risiken im stationären Setting: Eine qualitative Forschungsarbeit im Raum Bern
Creators: name: Schweizer, Simon
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021

description: Die Mehrheit aller Menschen sucht im Verlauf ihres Lebens das Risiko, gerade im Jugendalter mehren sich Risikoverhaltensweisen. Um diesen adäquat gegenüberzutreten, muss man über Kompetenzen im Umgang mit risikohaften Situationen verfügen. Doch haben auch Kinder und Jugendliche, welche im stationären Setting untergebracht sind, einen der Entwicklung zutragenden Zugang zum Risikokompetenzerwerb? Oder ist das Mass an Kontrolle und Vorsicht im stationären der Entwicklung in dieser Hinsicht hindernd? Ziel dieser Arbeit ist, zu untersuchen, welchen Umgang mit Risiken Sozialpädagoginnen und Sozialpädagogen im stationären Setting mit Kinder und Jugendlichen pflegen. Dabei werden sowohl die individuellen Haltungen wie auch die vorherrschenden Rahmenbedingungen in Form von Konzepten und Leitgedanken der Institution analysiert. Durch eine qualitative Forschung sollen theoretische Grundlagen mit der Praxis übereingebracht werden und somit Erkenntnisse für die Sozialpädagogik generiert werden. Anhand der Leitfadeninterviews lässt sich auf einen bewussten Umgang gegenüber Risikoverhaltensweisen der Klientel schliessen. So ist das Mass an Kontrolle tatsächlich höher im stationären, da nicht zuletzt die Verantwortungsverhältnisse komplexer sind als dies innerfamiliär der Fall ist und sich die Haftung im Falle eines Schadenseintrittes vielschichtiger gestaltet. Dennoch ist der Versuch erkennbar, diesen Umständen Rechnung zu tragen. Auch der Stand der Konzeptualisierung hat Einfluss auf den Umgang mit Risiken, wobei das Mass an Verschriftlichung sowohl Spielraum geben wie auch Ressourcen verschlingen kann. Kritisch vermerkt wird, dass die soziale Branche kaum Bestreben zeigt, ihre Deutungsmacht hinsichtlich der Risikodefinition wahrzunehmen.
description: + Code Diss LU: hslusa basp 2021 + Fussnote: Bachelor-Arbeit, Hochschule Luzern – Soziale Arbeit, Studienrichtung Sozialpädagogik 2021 + NL-Code: NLLUHSA202103
An efficient technique for pre-selecting low redshift damped Lyman alpha systems
Creators: name: Ellison, Sara L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The number of z ~ 1 damped Lyman alpha systems (DLAs, log N(HI) >= 20.3) per unit redshift is approximately 0.1, making them relatively rare objects. Large, blind QSO surveys for low redshift DLAs are therefore an expensive prospect for space-borne UV telescopes. Increasing the efficiency of these surveys by pre-selecting DLA candidates based on the equivalent widths of metal absorption lines has previously been a successful strategy. However, the success rate of DLA identification is still only ~ 35% when simple equivalent width cut-offs are applied, the majority of systems having 19.0 < log N(HI)<20.3. Here we propose a new way to pre-select DLA candidates. Our technique requires high-to-moderate resolution spectroscopy of the MgII 2796 transition, which is easily accessible from the ground for 0.2 < z < 2.4. We define the D-index, the ratio of the line's equivalent width to velocity spread and measure this quantity for 19 DLAs and 8 sub-DLAs in archival spectra obtained with echelle spectrographs. For the majority of absorbers, there is a clear distinction between the D-index of DLAs compared with sub-DLAs (Kolmogorov-Smirnov probability = 0.8%). Based on this pilot data sample, we find that the D-index can select DLAs with a success rate of up to 90%, an increase in selection efficiency by a factor of 2.5 compared with a simple equivalent width cut. We test the applicability of the D-index at lower resolution and find that it remains a good discriminant of DLAs for FWHM < 1.5 A. However, the recommended D-index cut-off between DLAs and sub-DLAs decreases with poorer resolution and we tabulate the appropriate D-index values that should be used with spectra of different resolutions.
description: MNRAS accepted
An Empirical Analysis of the Effects of Plant Variety Protection Legislation on Innovation and Transferability
Creators: name: Srinivasan, Chittur S.
name: Shankar, Bhavani
name: Holloway, Garth J.
name: Srinivasan, Chittur S.
name: Shankar, Bhavani
name: Holloway, Garth J.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Plant variety protection
subject: biotechnology
subject: technology transfer

description: Under the TRIPs Agreement, all member-countries of the World Trade Organization are required to provide an "effective" system of plant variety protection within a specific time frame. In many developing countries this has led to a divisive debate about the fundamental desirability of extending intellectual property rights to agriculture. But empirical studies on the economic impacts of PVP, especially its ability to generate large private sector investments in plant breeding and facilitate the transfer of technology, have been very limited. This paper examines two aspects of the international experience of PVP legislation thus far (i) The relationship between legislation, R&D expenditures and PVP grants, i.e., the innovation effect, and (ii) The role of PVP in facilitating the flow of varieties across countries, i.e., the transferability effect.
Proton Lifetime from SU(5) Unification in Extra Dimensions
Creators: name: Alciati, Maria Laura
name: Feruglio, Ferruccio
name: Lin, Yin
name: Varagnolo, Alvise
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We provide detailed estimates of the proton lifetime in the context of simple supersymmetric SU(5) grand unified models with an extra compact spatial dimension, described by the orbifold S/(Z_2 x Z_2') and by a large compactification scale Mc. We focus on a class of models where the grand unified symmetry is broken by the compactification mechanism and where baryon violation proceeds mainly through gauge vector boson exchange so that the proton lifetime scales as the fourth power of Mc. We carefully compute Mc from a next-to-leading analysis of gauge coupling unification and we find that Mc can only be predicted up to an overall factor one hundred. The simplest model, where the dominant decay mode is (pi^0 e+) and has no flavour suppression, is strongly constrained by existing data, but not totally ruled out. We also analyze models where some of the matter fields are localized in the extra space and proton decay is flavour suppressed. In models associated to anarchy in the neutrino sector the preferred decay channel is (K+ {\bar ν}) and the lifetime can be within the reach of the next generation of experiments.
description: 36 pages, 11 figures