cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
On the Use of Alternative Objective Functions in Multiperiod Programming Models
Creators: name: Shrestha, Chandra M.
name: Debertin, David L.
name: Anschel, Kurt R.
name: Shrestha, Chandra M.
name: Debertin, David L.
name: Anschel, Kurt R.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1987
Subjects: Agricultural and Food Policy
Research Methods/ Statistical Methods

description: A particular objective function generally cannot represent the goals of all farmers. This paper examines interelationships among alternative objective functions frequently used in multiperiod programming models. It is found that the terminal~net~worth or salvage~value~including~net4 presentuvalue objective function yields substantially different and more growth~oriented results than does the salvage~value~excluding~net~present~value objective function.
Agrypon polyxenae
Creators: name: Schnee, Heinz
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Agrypon
Agrypon polyxenae

description: Agrypon polyxenae (SZÉPLIGETI, 1899)
7 Ex.: „ Deutschland “, „ Wien “ und o. F.
 In Deutschland in den jetzigen Grenzen kommt diese Art ebenso wenig vor wie ihre Wirte aus den Papilioniden-Gattungen Zerynthia und Archon. Sie ist A. flexorium sehr ähnlich, lässt sich aber durch die hinter den Augen erweiterten Schläfen, den stark verbreiterten Postpetiolus und das gedrungene Propodeum sowie offensichtlich auch durch die oligophage Lebensweise bei Papilioniden unterscheiden.
description: Published as part of Schnee, Heinz, 2008, Die Anomaloninae der Sammlung A F - Typenrevision und faunistische Anmerkungen (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae), pp. 249-266 in Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 58 (2) on page 260, DOI: 10.21248/contrib.entomol.58.2.249-266, http://zenodo.org/record/4779375
The management education and training needs of Army head nurses
Creators: name: Beeman, Thomas A.
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 39
subject: Education
classificationCode: 3904
subject: Specialist studies in education

description: The purpose of this study was to identify the management education and training needs of head nurses in the Army. Army head nurses and nurse supervisors were surveyed to identify those needs and to determine if there were differences between head nurses and supervisors, and among head nurses related to different factors. Factors considered were: sex, age, rank, degrees held, certifications, continuing education credit, Army course attendance, type of area managed, time in the job, number of personnel managed, and size of hospital. The sample consisted of 175 head nurses and 39 supervisors assigned to randomly selected Army hospitals. Thirty-five management topics were placed in a typology representing Mintzberg's three major managerial roles. Head nurses and supervisors indicated on a Likert scale their perception of head nurses' management education and training needs. Head nurses also reported their education and training in the topics. A Johari Window was constructed to depict the needs reported by supervisors and head nurses. The greatest needs reported and shared by the head nurses and supervisors were: leadership skills, counseling and guidance, performance evaluations, quality assurance, and problem solving. A simple test of frequency indicated over 50% of head nurses reported having had education and/or training in each of the shared needs. No significant differences were found between head nurses' and supervisors' perceived needs. Using a chi-square analysis, significance at the 0.05 level was found related to the head nurses attendance at the Army Head Nurse Course, and in the type of clinical area managed. Based on the study findings, the following recommendations were made: explore the effects of higher education on meeting needs related to head nurse performance; conduct research to determine the effectiveness of the Army Head Nurse Course; and conduct research to explore the differences in the management needs and preparation for different clinical specialities; and a job analysis should be done on the head nurse position.
Factors associated with congressional staff use of evaluation research
Creators: name: Boyer, John Frederick
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: Research utilization has been a topic of concern for some time among members of the evaluation community. Most researchers would like to see meaningful application of their efforts, but many feel that evaluation findings are too often ignored in the public policy process. This research was undertaken to investigate one aspect of this multidimensional issue. In particular, the study explored relationships between the use of evaluation research in the legislative setting and a group of factors commonly cited in the relevant literature as influences. The study focused on the health policy area, and data were collected via telephone interviews with 100 congressional staff members, both personal and committee, who were identified as consistently dealing with health or health-related issues. Information obtained in this research was based both on specific evaluation studies identified by respondents and on other studies that were pre-selected and offered to participants for consideration. The data suggest that congressional staff use evaluation studies which they perceive to be methodologically credible, relevant to their work, timely, and clearly presented. The studies they use are performed by researchers whom they consider to be reputable, and communication between the producers and users of evaluation appears to enhance utilization. The existence of an advocate--that is, a key individual or group who supports the study and helps to make it known--is another positive influence on use. A direct and positive relationship between use and the amount of conflict surrounding an evaluation is also demonstrated. An additional finding of interest from this research is that, of the 83 evaluation studies identified by respondents, 59 were products of the General Accounting Office (GAO). Although GAO studies were identified more frequently, however, respondents did not indicate they were used any more extensively than other studies.
Territorial behaviour of buzzards versus random matrix spacing distributions
Creators: name: Akemann, Gernot
name: Baake, Michael
name: Chakarov, Nayden
name: Krüger, Oliver
name: Mielke, Adam
name: Ottensmann, Meinolf
name: Werdehausen, Rebecca
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Populations and Evolution (q-bio.PE)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 92D40, 62P10 (primary), 60B20, 62M30 (secondary)

description: A deeper understanding of the processes underlying the distribution of animals in space is crucial for both basic and applied ecology. The Common buzzard (Buteo buteo) is a highly aggressive, territorial bird of prey that interacts strongly with its intra- and interspecific competitors. We propose and use random matrix theory to quantify the strength and range of repulsion as a function of the buzzard population density, thus providing a novel approach to model density dependence. As an indicator of territorial behaviour, we perform a large-scale analysis of the distribution of buzzard nests in an area of $300$ square kilometres around the Teutoburger Wald, Germany, as gathered over a period of $20$ years. The nearest and next-to-nearest neighbour spacing distribution between nests is compared to the two-dimensional Poisson distribution, originating from uncorrelated random variables, to the complex eigenvalues of random matrices, which are strongly correlated, and to a two-dimensional Coulomb gas interpolating between these two. A one-parameter fit to a time-moving average reveals a significant increase of repulsion between neighbouring nests, as a function of the observed increase in absolute population density over the monitored period of time, thereby proving an unexpected yet simple model for density-dependent spacing of predator territories. A similar effect is obtained for next-to-nearest neighbours, albeit with weaker repulsion, indicating a short-range interaction. Our results show that random matrix theory might be useful in the context of population ecology.
description: 13 pages, with many figures; revised and slightly enlarged version
Sub-Gaussian and subexponential fluctuation-response inequalities
Creators: name: Wang, Yan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Sub-Gaussian and subexponential distributions are introduced and applied to study the fluctuation-response relation out of equilibrium. A bound on the difference in expected values of an arbitrary sub-Gaussian or subexponential physical quantity is established in terms of its sub-Gaussian or subexponential norm. Based on that, we find that the entropy difference between two states is bounded by the energy fluctuation in these states. Moreover, we obtain generalized versions of the thermodynamic uncertainty relation in different regimes. Operational issues concerning the application of our results in an experimental setting are also addressed, and nonasymptotic bounds on the errors incurred by using the sample mean instead of the expected value in our fluctuation-response inequalities are derived.
description: Almost the published version
Tidal Acceleration of Ultrarelativistic Particles
Creators: name: Chicone, C.
name: Mashhoon, B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the motion of free relativistic particles relative to the ambient medium around a gravitationally collapsed system. If the relative speed exceeds a critical value given by c/sqrt(2), the gravitational tidal effects exhibit novel features that are contrary to Newtonian expectations. In particular, ultrarelativistic jet clumps moving freely outward along the rotation axis strongly decelerate with respect to the ambient medium, while ultrarelativistic particles strongly accelerate in directions normal to the jet axis. The implications of these direct consequences of general relativity for jets in microquasars and the origin of the high-energy cosmic rays are briefly mentioned.
description: 4 pages, 2 figures, accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics Letters
Agrypon rugifer
Creators: name: Schnee, Heinz
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Agrypon
Agrypon rugifer

description: Agrypon rugifer (THOMSON, 1894)
1 Ex.: „ Deutschland “.
 Die Art ist in Mitteleuropa selten, im Norden Europas dagegen häufiger. Sie wurde in der Vergangenheit oft mit Agrypon anxium (WESMAEL, 1849), A. batis (RATZEBURG, 1852) und auch Perisphincter brevicollis (WESMAEL, 1849) verwechselt. Als Wirt ist bisher nur die kleine Noctuide Hypena crassalis (FABRICIUS) ermittelt worden.
description: Published as part of Schnee, Heinz, 2008, Die Anomaloninae der Sammlung A F - Typenrevision und faunistische Anmerkungen (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae), pp. 249-266 in Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 58 (2) on page 260, DOI: 10.21248/contrib.entomol.58.2.249-266, http://zenodo.org/record/4779375
Breakdown of the electric dipole approximation at Cooper minima in direct two-photon ionisation
Creators: name: Hofbrucker, J.
name: Volotka, A. V.
name: Fritzsche, S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We predict breakdown of the electric dipole approximation at nonlinear Cooper minimum in direct two-photon $K-$shell atomic ionisation by circularly polarised light. According to predictions based on the electric dipole approximation, we expect that tuning the incident photon energy to the Cooper minimum in two-photon ionisation results in pure depletion of one spin projection of the initially bound $1s$ electrons, and hence, leaves the ionised atom in a fully oriented state. We show that by inclusion of electric quadrupole interaction, dramatic drop of orientation purity is obtained. The low degree of the remaining ion orientation provides a direct access to contributions of the electron-photon interaction beyond the electric dipole approximation in the two-photon ionisation of atoms and molecules. The orientation of the photoions can be experimentally detected either directly by a Stern-Gerlach analyzer, or by means of subsequent $Kα$ fluorescence emission, which has the information about the ion orientation imprinted in the polarisation of the emitted photons.
Factors associated with congressional staff use of evaluation research
Creators: name: Boyer, John Frederick
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 44
subject: Human society
classificationCode: 4407
subject: Policy and administration
classificationCode: 4408
subject: Political science
subject: FOS: Political science

description: Research utilization has been a topic of concern for some time among members of the evaluation community. Most researchers would like to see meaningful application of their efforts, but many feel that evaluation findings are too often ignored in the public policy process. This research was undertaken to investigate one aspect of this multidimensional issue. In particular, the study explored relationships between the use of evaluation research in the legislative setting and a group of factors commonly cited in the relevant literature as influences. The study focused on the health policy area, and data were collected via telephone interviews with 100 congressional staff members, both personal and committee, who were identified as consistently dealing with health or health-related issues. Information obtained in this research was based both on specific evaluation studies identified by respondents and on other studies that were pre-selected and offered to participants for consideration. The data suggest that congressional staff use evaluation studies which they perceive to be methodologically credible, relevant to their work, timely, and clearly presented. The studies they use are performed by researchers whom they consider to be reputable, and communication between the producers and users of evaluation appears to enhance utilization. The existence of an advocate--that is, a key individual or group who supports the study and helps to make it known--is another positive influence on use. A direct and positive relationship between use and the amount of conflict surrounding an evaluation is also demonstrated. An additional finding of interest from this research is that, of the 83 evaluation studies identified by respondents, 59 were products of the General Accounting Office (GAO). Although GAO studies were identified more frequently, however, respondents did not indicate they were used any more extensively than other studies.
Finding Dark Matter Faster with Explicit Profile Likelihoods
Creators: name: Aalbers, J.
name: Pelssers, B.
name: Antochi, V. C.
name: Tan, P. L.
name: Conrad, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Liquid xenon time-projection chambers are the world's most sensitive detectors for a wide range of dark matter candidates. We show that the statistical analysis of their data can be improved by replacing detector response Monte Carlo simulations with an equivalent deterministic calculation. This allows the use of high-dimensional undiscretized models, yielding up to $\sim\! 2$ times better discrimination of the dominant backgrounds. In turn, this could significantly extend the physics reach of upcoming experiments such as XENONnT and LZ, and bring forward a potential $5 σ$ dark matter discovery by over a year.
Subjectivity and political theory: The critical centrality of reference
Creators: name: Herrick, Charles Nelson
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: The idea of individual autonomy, or subjectivity, undergirds our rights, our notions of duty and obligation, our system of representation, and our views of economic accumulation and redistribution. The notion of the autonomous subject is also the basis for the subject-object distinction which underlies modern epistemology. This idea has been eroded by Post-Structuralist analyses (genealogies), leading to a call for socio-epistemic withdrawal and rebellious self-creation. This prescription is criticized for its misapprehension of the social interaction process and an attempt is made to isolate a "subject surrogate", or an alternative idea of political reference. A synthesis of symbolic interactionism and Anglo-American analytic philosophy leads to a revitalization of utilitarianism and a notion of political reference based on the social construction of selves and other realities.
title: A New Look at Training Motivation: A Meta-Analytic Investigation of Differential and Incremental Validity
Creators: name: Bauer, Kristina N.
Publisher: name: Old Dominion University
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04zjtrb98
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2009

description: The extant training and educational research has not been consistent in the way motivation is measured in the context of training. Prior research has examined different types of motivation (i.e., intrinsic motivation, motivation to leam, motivation to transfer, expectancy motivation, and task value) and different timings of measurement (i.e., pretraining, during, and post-training). Accordingly, the present meta-analysis sought to elucidate the relationships between training motivation and training outcomes via three contributions: (I) examining differential relationships with four training outcomes; (2) assessing incremental validity over and above each other to the prediction of these training outcomes; and (3) investigating whether the timing of measurement affects the magnitude of the relationships. Data gathered from 23,386 trainees across 117 studies suggest that the observed relationships vary more across training outcomes within a given motivation type than across motivation type for a given outcome. Overall, the types of motivation had stronger relationships with trainee reactions and self-efficacy than with declarative knowledge or initial skill acquisition. However, the evidence suggests that some motivation types, particularly motivation to learn, are better predictors for declarative knowledge and initial skill acquisition. Incremental validity was not tested, as meta-analytic estimates of the intercorrelations among motivation types could not be derived due to a dearth of research. Timing of measurement was inconsequential for predicting declarative knowledge and initial skill acquisition. However, pre-training measurement of motivation will help alleviate the observed inflated relationships due to common method bias for post-training self-efficacy and trainee reactions. Researchers and practitioners are advised to use pre-training measures of motivation to learn when multiple training outcomes are of interest. Additional practical implications and future research directions are discussed.
Recent b-physics results from OPAL
Creators: name: Waller, David
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The most recent b-physics results from the OPAL experiment at LEP are reviewed. A measurement of semileptonic B meson decays to narrow orbitally-excited charm mesons is presented first, followed by a study of charm production in b-hadron decays. Here, B refers to B+ and B0 mesons and their charge conjugates, and b-hadron refers to the admixture of hadrons containing a b quark produced in electron-positron annihilations at \sqrt{s}= m_Z.
description: 3 pages, 2 figures, LaTeX, epj style (included), Proceedings of the International Europhysics Conference on High Energy Physics EPS 2003 (July 17-23, 2003), Aachen, Germany
Anomalon cruentatum
Creators: name: Schnee, Heinz
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Anomalon
Anomalon cruentatum

description: Anomalon cruentatum (GEOFFROY, 1785)
8 , 7 : „Rheinprovinz“, „Aachen“, „ Schweden “, „Thom.“, “ Italia “ und o. F.
In der nördlichen Westpaläarktis ist die weit verbreitete Art ziemlich selten, im Mittelmeerraum dagegen durchaus häufig. Als einzige Art unter den europäischen Anomaloninen parasitiert sie nicht bei Lepidopteren, sondern soweit bisher bekannt, bei Tenebrioniden-Larven.
  Anomalon sp.
2 , 1 : „ Aegypt.“ und o. F.
Es handelt sich hier möglicherweise um eine noch unbeschriebene Art.
description: Published as part of Schnee, Heinz, 2008, Die Anomaloninae der Sammlung A F - Typenrevision und faunistische Anmerkungen (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae), pp. 249-266 in Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 58 (2) on page 260, DOI: 10.21248/contrib.entomol.58.2.249-266, http://zenodo.org/record/4779375
Possible phason-polaron effect on purely one dimensional charge order of Mo6Se6 nanowires
Creators: name: Yang, Xing
name: Xian, Jing-Jing
name: Li, Gang
name: Nagaosa, Naoto
name: Zhang, Wen-Hao
name: Qin, Le
name: Zhang, Zhi-Mo
name: Lü, Jing-Tao
name: Fu, Ying-Shuang
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In one-dimensional (1D) metallic systems, the diverging electron susceptibility and electron-phonon coupling collaboratively drive the electrons into a charge density wave (CDW) state. However, strictly 1D system is unstable against perturbations, whose effect on CDW order requires clarification ideally with altered coupling to surroundings. Here, we fabricate such a system with nanowires of Mo6Se6 bundles, which are either attached to edges of monolayer MoSe2 or isolated freely, by post-annealing the preformed MoSe2. Using scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), we visualized charge modulations and CDW gaps with prominent coherent peaks in the edge-attached nanowires. Astonishingly, the CDW order becomes suppressed in the isolated nanowires, showing CDW correlation gaps without coherent peaks. The contrasting behavior, as revealed with theoretical modeling, is interpreted as the effect of phason-polarons on the 1D CDW state. Our work elucidates a possibly unprecedented many body effect that may be generic to strictly 1D system but undermined in quasi-1D system.
description: 21 pages, 4 figures
Vacuum Condensates of Dimension Two in Pure Euclidean Yang-Mills
Creators: name: Dudal, D.
name: Fazio, A. R.
name: Lemes, V. E. R.
name: Picariello, M.
name: Sarandy, M. S.
name: Sorella, S. P.
name: Verschelde, H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Gluon and ghost condensates of dimension two and their relevance for Yang-Mills theories are briefly reviewed
description: 5 pages, talk given at the International Conference: Renormalization Group and Anomalies in Gravity and Cosmology, 17-23 March, 2003, Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil
Aphanistes gliscens
Creators: name: Schnee, Heinz
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Aphanistes
Aphanistes gliscens

description: Aphanistes gliscens (HARTIG, 1838)
3 , 7 , 2 Ex.: „ Aachen Juni “, „ Aachen August “, „ Aachen 75“, „ Chur “ (Schweiz), „ Köln “, „ Thom “.
 Insbesondere in europäischen Kiefernwäldern ist die bei der Forleule [Panolis flammea (DENIS & SCHIFFERMÜLLER)] und einigen anderen Noctuiden parasitierende Art nicht selten.
description: Published as part of Schnee, Heinz, 2008, Die Anomaloninae der Sammlung A F - Typenrevision und faunistische Anmerkungen (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae), pp. 249-266 in Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 58 (2) on page 260, DOI: 10.21248/contrib.entomol.58.2.249-266, http://zenodo.org/record/4779375
Subjectivity and political theory: The critical centrality of reference
Creators: name: Herrick, Charles Nelson
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 44
subject: Human society
classificationCode: 4408
subject: Political science
subject: FOS: Political science

description: The idea of individual autonomy, or subjectivity, undergirds our rights, our notions of duty and obligation, our system of representation, and our views of economic accumulation and redistribution. The notion of the autonomous subject is also the basis for the subject-object distinction which underlies modern epistemology. This idea has been eroded by Post-Structuralist analyses (genealogies), leading to a call for socio-epistemic withdrawal and rebellious self-creation. This prescription is criticized for its misapprehension of the social interaction process and an attempt is made to isolate a "subject surrogate", or an alternative idea of political reference. A synthesis of symbolic interactionism and Anglo-American analytic philosophy leads to a revitalization of utilitarianism and a notion of political reference based on the social construction of selves and other realities.
Impacts of Alternative Programs Indicated by the FAPRI Analysis
Creators: name: Meyers, William H.
name: Womack, Abner W.
name: Johnson, S. R.
name: Brandt, Jon
name: Young, Robert E.
name: Meyers, William H.
name: Womack, Abner W.
name: Johnson, S. R.
name: Brandt, Jon
name: Young, Robert E.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1987
Subjects: Agricultural and Food Policy
Crop Production/Industries
Food Security and Poverty

description: Four alternative agricultural programs are evaluated quantitatively for various agricultural sector, budgetary, and consumer impacts: (1) a continuation of the Food Security Act of 1985 (FSA85) largely as it has operated so far; (2) extending the marketing loan provision in FSA85 to wheat, feed grains, and soybeans; (3) the Administration proposal in the FY88 budget; and (4) the Harkin-Gephardt. The evaluation included specific quantitative impact estimates for FY88 to FY91, and a more qualitative discussion of long-term impacts. The evaluation found substantially different impacts from the alternative programs on government cost, net farm income, level and value of agricultural exports, crop acreage planted, carryover stock levels, crop prices, program participant returns, and the livestock sector. For instance, under the Administration proposal, net farm income was projected to be lower by 20 percent or more annually from 1989 to 1991 compared to a continuation of FSA85 as it has operated so far. Under the Harkin-Gephardt Bill, increased food costs to consumers exceed farm income gains and government cost savings by $25 billion by 1995 compared to a continuation of FSA85. Critical assumptions used in the analysis are discussed. Continued quantitative evaluation of policy options is urged, even though it is cautioned that the results should be viewed qualitatively.
Sub-Rosa Peace: The dynamics of Israeli-Jordanian functional cooperation, 1967-1988
Creators: name: Lukacs, Yehuda
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: This study is devoted to examining Israeli-Jordanian relations from the end of the 1967 war to Jordan's political and administrative disengagement from the West Bank in July 1988. The underlying argument is that, despite the formal state of war between Israel and Jordan, the two countries have engaged in a policy of functional cooperation resulting from a perception of shared interests. This paradoxical type of relationship between adversaries is not uncommon in international politics. In this respect, this study provides an example of the discrepancy between announced policy and actual behavior. This study examines three hypotheses. The first states that Israeli-Jordanian relations can be best understood in terms of their interdependence and corresponding interests. These arise from the need to maintain quiet on the common border, mutual reliance on certain natural resources, and parallel interests in subordinating the Palestinian national movement. The second hypothesis is that Israeli-Jordanian interdependence led to a policy of functional cooperation which has developed after the 1967 war. This functional cooperation reflected the functionalist position within Israel on Israeli-Jordanian relations and on the future of the West Bank. However, other views were also expressed by rival schools of thought--the territorialist, annexationist, and reconciliationist. The functionalist position, which supported Jordanian involvement in the West Bank through the "open bridges" policy was implemented in terms of trade, the movement of people and capital across the bridges, and the coordinated efforts by Israel and Jordan to contain the P.L.O. in the West Bank. The third hypothesis is that functional cooperation between the two countries best explains why the status quo prevailed over the attempts to arrive at an Arab-Israeli settlement during the period under review. Israeli-Jordanian functional cooperation effectively forestalled resolution of the Arab-Israeli conflict because it met the immediate needs of both countries without having to end the formal state of war.
On the estimation of some Mellin transforms connected with the fourth moment of $|ζ(1/2+it)|$
Creators: name: Ivić, Aleksandar
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 11M06, 11F72

description: Mean square estimates for $Z_2(s) = \int_1^\infty |ζ(1/2+ix)|^4x^{-s}dx (\Re s > 1)$ are discussed, and some related Mellin transforms of quantities connected with the fourth power moment of $|ζ(1/2+ix)|^4$.
description: 14 pages
Sub-Rosa Peace: The dynamics of Israeli-Jordanian functional cooperation, 1967-1988
Creators: name: Lukacs, Yehuda
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 44
subject: Human society
classificationCode: 4408
subject: Political science
subject: FOS: Political science

description: This study is devoted to examining Israeli-Jordanian relations from the end of the 1967 war to Jordan's political and administrative disengagement from the West Bank in July 1988. The underlying argument is that, despite the formal state of war between Israel and Jordan, the two countries have engaged in a policy of functional cooperation resulting from a perception of shared interests. This paradoxical type of relationship between adversaries is not uncommon in international politics. In this respect, this study provides an example of the discrepancy between announced policy and actual behavior. This study examines three hypotheses. The first states that Israeli-Jordanian relations can be best understood in terms of their interdependence and corresponding interests. These arise from the need to maintain quiet on the common border, mutual reliance on certain natural resources, and parallel interests in subordinating the Palestinian national movement. The second hypothesis is that Israeli-Jordanian interdependence led to a policy of functional cooperation which has developed after the 1967 war. This functional cooperation reflected the functionalist position within Israel on Israeli-Jordanian relations and on the future of the West Bank. However, other views were also expressed by rival schools of thought--the territorialist, annexationist, and reconciliationist. The functionalist position, which supported Jordanian involvement in the West Bank through the "open bridges" policy was implemented in terms of trade, the movement of people and capital across the bridges, and the coordinated efforts by Israel and Jordan to contain the P.L.O. in the West Bank. The third hypothesis is that functional cooperation between the two countries best explains why the status quo prevailed over the attempts to arrive at an Arab-Israeli settlement during the period under review. Israeli-Jordanian functional cooperation effectively forestalled resolution of the Arab-Israeli conflict because it met the immediate needs of both countries without having to end the formal state of war.
Aphanistes klugii
Creators: name: Schnee, Heinz
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Aphanistes
Aphanistes klugii

description: Aphanistes klugii (HARTIG, 1838)
2 : “Hannover“.
 Diese grösste Aphanistes -Art ist in der westlichen Paläarktis ein regelmässiger Parasitoid des Kiefernschwärmers [Hyloicus pinastri (LINNAEUS)] (Sphingidae).
description: Published as part of Schnee, Heinz, 2008, Die Anomaloninae der Sammlung A F - Typenrevision und faunistische Anmerkungen (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae), pp. 249-266 in Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 58 (2) on page 260, DOI: 10.21248/contrib.entomol.58.2.249-266, http://zenodo.org/record/4779375
Do Farmers Pay Federal Income Taxes?
Creators: name: Durst, Ron L.
name: Rossi, Clifford V.
name: Durst, Ron L.
name: Rossi, Clifford V.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1990
Subjects: Agricultural and Food Policy
Financial Economics

description: This paper examines the proposition that the Federal income tax provides a net subsidy to the farm sector. The net effect on Federal income tax revenues from exempting farm income and disallowing farm losses for various sizes and types of farms is determined. The analysis finds that the income tax results in a small net subsidy to farming by the U.S. Treasury.
The oxygen abundance gradient in M101: the reliability of the P method
Creators: name: Cedres, B.
name: Urbaneja, M. A.
name: Cepa, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present the oxygen abundance determination for 90 HII regions in the inner parts of the grand design galaxy M101. The abundances were derived employing the P method (Pilyugin 2001a). A comparison is made with previous determinations using another calibration and direct measurements of electron temperature to derive the oxygen abundance. The results show agreement with the abundances derived from the electron temperature method and also show that the older calibration is not as accurate as the P method.
description: 4 pages, 3 figures. Accepted for publication in A&A
Barylypa pallida
Creators: name: Schnee, Heinz
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Barylypa
Barylypa pallida

description: Barylypa pallida (GRAVENHORST, 1829)
2 : “Aachen” und o. F.
In Europa nördlich der Alpen kommt die Art nur sehr selten vor. Ihre Wirte sind bisher unbekannt.
description: Published as part of Schnee, Heinz, 2008, Die Anomaloninae der Sammlung A F - Typenrevision und faunistische Anmerkungen (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae), pp. 249-266 in Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 58 (2) on page 261, DOI: 10.21248/contrib.entomol.58.2.249-266, http://zenodo.org/record/4779375
An econometric estimation of the yen-dollar risk premium in a portfolio balance model with rational expectations
Creators: name: Tinaikar, Durgesh Sadashiv
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 38
subject: Economics

description: This dissertation has three objectives. First, to obtain maximum likelihood estimates of the yen-dollar risk premium by embedding a portfolio-balance model of the mean-variance type in a small open economy macromodel with rational expectations. Second, to test whether the cross-equation restrictions generated by the rational expectations solution of this model are satisfied. Third, to test the null hypothesis of constant risk premium against an alternative that the change in U.S. monetary policy from controlling interest rates to controlling aggregate reserves during 1979:4-1982:3, increased the exchange risk premium significantly during this period compared to the period prior to the change. We estimate our model for Japan using quarterly data for the period 1973:2-1987:4. We find evidence for risk aversion: a percentage change in the holdings of U.S. foreign assets by Japanese investors caused the yen-dollar risk premium to change by 0.96 of a percentage point over the fourteen year period 1973-87, or 0.069% on a per annum basis. Second, we find that our constrained rational expectations model cannot be rejected by the likelihood ratio test. Finally, we find that the risk premium is very large in magnitude (the risk parameter not statistically different than zero) if estimated over the period 1973:2-1982:3, in contrast to the period 1973:2-1979:3, when the old policy was in effect. Although our results support our hypothesis, they should be interpreted with caution because our estimation includes the overlapping sub-period 1973:2-1979:3, during which the old policy was in effect. The limited number of quarterly observations (12) for the sub-period 1979:4-1982:3, prevented us from estimating our model exclusively for this period. Using monthly observations would have required a more complex lag structure in our model, making the solution analytically intractable. In conclusion, our results are interesting compared to those of previous researchers, who failed to reject the null hypothesis of risk neutrality and zero risk premium. Despite the limitations of our study that stem from our assumptions about the structural model, this dissertation has shown that by incorporating rational expectations explicitly into the portfolio-balance framework, progress can be made towards obtaining satisfactory estimates of exchange risk premium in a small open economy macromodel.
An econometric estimation of the yen-dollar risk premium in a portfolio balance model with rational expectations
Creators: name: Tinaikar, Durgesh Sadashiv
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: This dissertation has three objectives. First, to obtain maximum likelihood estimates of the yen-dollar risk premium by embedding a portfolio-balance model of the mean-variance type in a small open economy macromodel with rational expectations. Second, to test whether the cross-equation restrictions generated by the rational expectations solution of this model are satisfied. Third, to test the null hypothesis of constant risk premium against an alternative that the change in U.S. monetary policy from controlling interest rates to controlling aggregate reserves during 1979:4-1982:3, increased the exchange risk premium significantly during this period compared to the period prior to the change. We estimate our model for Japan using quarterly data for the period 1973:2-1987:4. We find evidence for risk aversion: a percentage change in the holdings of U.S. foreign assets by Japanese investors caused the yen-dollar risk premium to change by 0.96 of a percentage point over the fourteen year period 1973-87, or 0.069% on a per annum basis. Second, we find that our constrained rational expectations model cannot be rejected by the likelihood ratio test. Finally, we find that the risk premium is very large in magnitude (the risk parameter not statistically different than zero) if estimated over the period 1973:2-1982:3, in contrast to the period 1973:2-1979:3, when the old policy was in effect. Although our results support our hypothesis, they should be interpreted with caution because our estimation includes the overlapping sub-period 1973:2-1979:3, during which the old policy was in effect. The limited number of quarterly observations (12) for the sub-period 1979:4-1982:3, prevented us from estimating our model exclusively for this period. Using monthly observations would have required a more complex lag structure in our model, making the solution analytically intractable. In conclusion, our results are interesting compared to those of previous researchers, who failed to reject the null hypothesis of risk neutrality and zero risk premium. Despite the limitations of our study that stem from our assumptions about the structural model, this dissertation has shown that by incorporating rational expectations explicitly into the portfolio-balance framework, progress can be made towards obtaining satisfactory estimates of exchange risk premium in a small open economy macromodel.
EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENT OF DISCOUNT RATES IN RURAL INDIA
Creators: name: Pender, John
name: Pender, John
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1990
Subjects: Agricultural Finance
Community/Rural/Urban Development
International Development

description: Discount rates of individuals in south India were measured using experimental games with significant rewards. Increasing the time frame or magnitude of rewards reduced discount rates, consistent with previous studies using hypothetical questions. The discounted utility model of intertemporal preferences is inconsistent with the results of the games.
Dust Attenuation Curve for Local Subgalactic Star-forming Regions
Creators: name: Teklu, Berzaf B.
name: Lin, Zesen
name: Kong, Xu
name: Wang, Enci
name: Gao, Yulong
name: Liu, Qing
name: Hu, Ning
name: Liu, Haiyang
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We compile a sample of about 157,000 spaxels from the Mapping Nearby Galaxies at the Apache Point Observatory survey to derive the average dust attenuation curve for subgalactic star-forming regions of local star-forming galaxies (SFGs) in the optical wavelength, following the method of \cite{Calzetti1994}. We obtain a $D_n(4000)$-independent average attenuation curve for spaxels with $1.1\leq D_n(4000)<1.3$, which is similar to the one derived from either local starbursts or normal SFGs. We examine whether and how the shape of the average attenuation curve changes with several local and global physical properties. For spaxels with $1.2\leq D_n(4000)<1.3$, we find no dependence on either local or global physical properties for the shape of the average attenuation curve. However, for spaxels with younger stellar population ($1.1\leq D_n(4000)<1.2$), shallower average attenuation curves are found for star-forming regions with smaller stellar mass surface density, smaller star formation rate surface density, or those residing in the outer region of galaxies. These results emphasize the risk of using one single attenuation curve to correct the dust reddening for all types of star-forming regions, especially for those with fairly young stellar population.
description: Accepted for publication in ApJ
A New Estimation Approach Using Alternately Actual and Synthesized Observations: Application to a Quarterly Cow Inventory Model
Creators: name: Dixon, Bruce L.
name: Goodwin, John W.
name: Pippin, Danny R.
name: Dixon, Bruce L.
name: Goodwin, John W.
name: Pippin, Danny R.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1990
Subjects: subject: Livestock Production/Industries
subject: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods
subject: synthesized observations
subject: efficient estimation
subject: cow inventories

description: An efficient method for estimating regression parameters when observations on the.dependent variable are alternately actual observations and synthesized observations is developed. A quarterly cow inventory model is estimated using this technique. Increases in real, short term interest rates are shown t_o have had a major impact on cow inventories.
Relation between discrete and continuous teleportation using linear elements
Creators: name: Witthaut, Dirk
name: Fleischhauer, Michael
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discuss the relation between discrete and continuous linear teleportation, i.e. teleportation schemes that use only linear optical elements and photodetectors. For this the existing qubit protocols are generalized to qudits with a discrete and finite spectrum but with an arbitrary number of states or alternatively to continuous variables. Correspondingly a generalization of linear optical operations and detection is made. It is shown that linear teleportation is only possible in a probabilistic sense. A general expression for the success probability is derived which is shown to depend only on the dimensions of the input and ancilla Hilbert spaces. From this the known results $p=1/2$ and $p=1$ for the discrete and continuous cases can be recovered. We also discuss the probabilistic teleportation scheme of Knill, Laflamme and Milburn and argue that it does not make optimum use of resources.
description: 7 pages; corrected minor mistakes
Barylypa uniguttata
Creators: name: Schnee, Heinz
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Barylypa
Barylypa uniguttata

description: Barylypa uniguttata (GRAVENHORST, 1829)
5 Ex.: “Köln”, “Aachen Juni" und o. F.
Die normale Flugzeit der Art liegt in Mitteleuropa zwischen Ende März und Mitte Mai.
Das Verbreitungsgebiet erstreckt sich auf ganz Europa. Die Wirtslepidopteren sind noch nicht bekannt.
description: Published as part of Schnee, Heinz, 2008, Die Anomaloninae der Sammlung A F - Typenrevision und faunistische Anmerkungen (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae), pp. 249-266 in Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 58 (2) on page 261, DOI: 10.21248/contrib.entomol.58.2.249-266, http://zenodo.org/record/4779375
Daily dose to organs at risk predicts acute toxicity in pancreatic stereotactic radiotherapy
Creators: name: Loi, Mauro
name: Magallon-Baro, Alba
name: Suker, Mustafa
name: Eijck, Casper Van
name: Hoogeman, Mischa
name: Nuyttens, Joost J.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Daily dose to organs at risk predicts acute toxicity in pancreatic stereotactic radiotherapy
Braneworld holography in Gauss-Bonnet gravity
Creators: name: Gregory, James P.
name: Padilla, Antonio
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate holography on an (n-1)-dimensional brane embedded in a background of AdS black holes, in n-dimensional Gauss-Bonnet gravity. We demonstrate that for a critical brane near the AdS boundary, the Friedmann equation corresponds to that of the standard cosmology driven by a CFT dual to the AdS bulk. We show that there is no holographic description for non-critical branes, or when the brane is further away from the AdS boundary. We then derive a Cardy-Verlinde formula for the dual CFT on the critical brane near the boundary. This gives us insight into the remarkable correspondence between Cardy-Verlinde formulae and Friedmann equations in Einstein gravity.
description: 24 pages, no figures; references added, minor changes, version to appear in CQG