cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Sensitivity analysis of AI-based algorithms for autonomous driving on optical wavefront aberrations induced by the windshield
Creators: name: Wolf, Dominik Werner
name: Ulrich, Markus
name: Kapoor, Nikhil
Publisher: name: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Year: 2023

description: Autonomous driving perception techniques are typically based on supervised machine learning models that are trained on real-world street data. A typical training process involves capturing images with a single car model and windshield configuration. However, deploying these trained models on different car types can lead to a domain shift, which can potentially hurt the neural networks performance and violate working ADAS requirements. To address this issue, this paper investigates the domain shift problem further by evaluating the sensitivity of two perception models to different windshield configurations. This is done by evaluating the dependencies between neural network benchmark metrics and optical merit functions by applying a Fourier optics based threat model. Our results show that there is a performance gap introduced by windshields and existing optical metrics used for posing requirements might not be sufficient.
Effects of Airway Pressure Release Ventilation on extra vascular lung water in Acute Lung Injury and Acute Respiratory Distress.pdf
Creators: name: EHAB DAOUD
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 110310 Intensive Care
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Prospective pilot study to evaluate the effect of APRV on EVLW. Results showed marked improvement and correlation between mean airway pressure (mPaw) with EVLW and oxygenation
On the origin of the weak equivalence principle in a theory of emergent quantum mechanics
Creators: name: Torromé, Ricardo Gallego
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We argue that in a framework for emergent quantum mechanics, the weak equivalence principle is a consequence of concentration of measure in large dimensional spaces of $1$-Lipshitz functions. Furthermore, as a consequence of the emergent framework and the properties that we assume for the fundamental dynamics, it is argued that gravity must be a classical, emergent interaction.
description: 25 pages; no figures. Accepted for publication in International Journal of Geometric Methods in Modern Physics. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1402.5070
title: Phosphorus recovery from municipal wastewater : a case study: the wastewater treatment plant of Linz Asten
Creators: name: Chanut, Agnès
Publisher: name: TU Wien
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: phosphorus
subject: recycling
subject: wastewater
subject: STAN

description: Phosphorus (P) is an essential nutrient, which is vital for living organisms. Before the industrial revolution, it used to follow a natural life cycle, which is now broken: the Pcycle has become a linear process starting in the phosphate-rock mines, travelling through wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) and ending in landfill and in the aquatic environment. Phosphorus is mostly used in agriculture, entering in the composition of fertilisers. Due to the fact that it is a broken cycle as well as the fact that its resources are concentrated in three non-European countries, it is becoming a critical raw material in Europe. P is also a pollutant, which is at the origin of eutrophication problems in surface waters. In order to limit eutrophication, more and more WWTPs in Europe treat phosphorous, which ends in sludge and not in effluent. The P-flow estimation at a global scale, as well as the European and Austrian scale shows the great possibilities of recycling through wastewater treatment. A view on the European and Austrian legislation shows that the concern is traditionally on phosphorus as a fertiliser and pollutant. However, a new EU regulation on fertilisers - which is still in draft form - tends to begin to consider P as a critical raw material that must be saved and recycled. This thesis aims to test the possibilities of installing recycling process on the WWTP of Linz (Austria), which has a capacity of 950 000 population equivalent and a phosphorus treatment process. Three main techniques exist, depending on their location: the treatment of digested supernatant, the sludge or the ashes. All techniques have advantages and disadvantages in terms of costs, establishment and implementation easiness. Moreover, the final products, struvite, calcium phosphate or ashes, usually sold as fertilisers, have different plant availability. The techniques tested in this thesis take part in the European project P-REX: Struvia, Ostara/Pearl, AirPrex, Gifhorn, Stuttgart, Leachphos, Ecophos, AshDec. As a methodology, several MFAs with the software STAN were built on the flows of phosphorus at Linz WWTP. It includes multiple scenarios: the actual state, as well as the projected state with the setup of the different recovery techniques. A cost-benefit analysis and a multi-criteria analysis were used to rank the techniques that are the most adaptable to Linz WWTP. Almost all the techniques are economically feasible, and the most relevant ones including all the criteria are ECOPHOS (ash leaching) and STRUVIA (liquor precipitation). The implementation of Ecophos would require a change in the wastewater management practices in Austria, with a mono-incineration plant instead of the current co-incineration. The thesis concludes with the importance of the political willingness and an adapted legislation in order to close the phosphorus cycle.
title: A synergetic analysis of verification technologies of I.A.E.A and C.T.B.T.O for nuclear non-proliferation and security
Creators: name: Chhaparwal, Pushkal
Publisher: name: TU Wien
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: IAEA
subject: CTBTO
subject: Non-Proliferation
subject: Synergy
subject: Nuclear Security

description: The existence of nuclear weapons and the risk of proliferation of nuclear weapons poses a big threat to the world. Aiming at nuclear non-proliferation, IAEA and CTBTO were established with separate verification regimes. This dissertation examines the role of the respective verification regimes of these organisations by understanding their working principles & parameters in order to identify and assess possible synergies between their verification technologies through case studies and analysis. It aims to answer critical questions on existing verification regime, current opposition to synergies, possible synergies in context of non-proliferation and feasibility studies of such synergies with their strengths & weakness. The thesis offers a descriptive account of the organisational objectives, mandate and current technologies of the IAEA and CTBTO to develop a strong background for their synthesis. This study is significant because till date, no systematic investigation has considered developing a synergy model, as done in this thesis, in the form a combined dataset system aiming at a stronger, more accurate and efficient non-proliferation regime. For arriving at the research strategy, in depth technical analysis of the currently employed methodologies was done to identify the key variables and parameters for synergising each technology between IAEA and CTBTO. Exhaustive analysis based on existing studies and models was performed to deduce the synergies via different cases and scenarios. The findings from the research illustrates on the potential synergies and the nature of nuclear activity based on the various parameters and values providing qualitative and quantitative analysis for the thesis. Empirical calculations are used to determine the net impact of the considered synergies. While concluding the thesis, results, strengths and limitations of the study are discussed with clear focus on future research and recommendations considering the strong potential of an enhanced verification regime for nuclear non-proliferation and security.
title: Capitalising energy efficiency in housing markets : an investigation into the impact of Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) on transaction prices in selected European countries
Creators: name: Graaf, Indira de
Publisher: name: TU Wien
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: EPC
subject: Energy efficiency
subject: EPBD
subject: Buildings

description: This thesis investigates the current level of capitalisation of energy efficiency in housing markets in 12 European countries. Capitalisation is represented by the presence and magnitude of a price surplus in sales or rental transactions. The hedonic analysis method was used to estimate surpluses for each of the markets, with the energy performance rating given in Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) being used as a proxy for energy efficiency. Two models were constructed: one characterising energy performance using a simple continuous variable and the other constructing a set of dummy variables for energy performance letter-ratings. The former gives an average surplus across the EPC scale and the latter allows for an analysis of how surpluses vary across the EPC scale. For the majority of analysed markets, statistically significant surpluses were observed across the scale. In addition, it was observed that surpluses were greater in the sales markets than in the rental markets, confirming the 'split incentive dilemma'. Statistically significant deficits were observed for the rental and sales markets in the Netherlands, as well as for the German rental market under the old EPC scheme. These unexpected results are likely caused by omitted variable bias, given the discrepancy between them and the other results in this thesis, as well as in the literature. The results demonstrate the fact that energy efficiency is currently incorporated into decision-making in the housing markets of the analysed countries. However, detailed analysis into the factors influencing surpluses would require more extensive datasets with quality and location variables. Such improvements would decrease the impact of omitted variable bias. In addition, it is recommended that regular hedonic analyses are carried out in order to evaluate the success of the EPC scheme in European countries in the future.
UWARUNKOWANIA ORGANIZACJI BAZY SUROWCOWEJ DO PRODUKCJI ENERGII Z BIOMASY
Creators: name: Brodziński, Zbigniew
name: Pawlewicz, Adam
name: Brodziński, Zbigniew
name: Pawlewicz, Adam
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: the source of raw materials
subject: biomass
subject: energy
subject: arable crops
subject: bioeconomy

description: The study highlighted problems associated with the establishment of plantations of energy crops, the biomass of which is earmarked for energy purposes. Many experts share the view that organisation of the source of raw materials promotes the development of scattered local energy centres. However, the important question is whether or not it is reasonable to produce biomass from agricultural raw materials and stimulate the development of this sector. It appears that the question may be answered through the determination of appropriate relationships between self-sufficiency and food security on the one hand, and the need for supporting the energy security and climate change mitigation on the other hand. The aim of the study was to identify conditioning of organisation of the source of raw materials intended for the production of energy from biomass at the local level. Opinions on this issue were obtained in 2014 through telephone interviews carried out with 66 farm owners who declared that they cultivated crops intended for energy purposes in Warmińsko-Mazurskie province.
title: Reuse and Repurposing of Online Digital Learning Resources within UK Higher Education: 2003-2010
Creators: name: Pegler, Christine Anne
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 2011

description: This research set out to examine developments in reuse and repurposing of online digital resources within higher education (HE) in the United Kingdom (UK) over a period (2003-2010), when the emphasis of educational resource reuse and repurposing activity shifted from reusable learning objects (RLO) to open educational resources (OER). It aims to contribute to understanding of this transition, and locates this shift within a broader picture of UK HE activity within the UK, and a wider understanding of reuse of learning resources in digital, online form. The research presents a review and critical examination of the environment in which reuse practice occurred. It does this through macroenvironmental, mesoenvironmental and microenvironmental level reviews. The microenvionmental review is presented through research analysis of five case examples from UK HE and a sixth example from HE in Ireland. The mesoenvironmental review examines the significant changes in resource facilitation and practice during the research period. This thesis is particularly concerned with identifying and understanding how reuse of digital online learning resources was facilitated in practice, and whether reuse occurred, or occurred in the form(s) anticipated. The thesis identifies and examines themes and factors which appeared to have influenced, or had potential to influence, reuse in each case. Cross-case comparison offers a synthesis of the research observations. Finally, a structured approach to classifying factors is suggested based on this research. This leads to generalisable recommendations of how to facilitate digital online resource reuse in the future.
RELACJE MIĘDZY DOCHODEM ROLNICZYM A DOPŁATAMI UNIJNYMI W POLSCE
Creators: name: Buks, Joanna
name: Pietrzykowski, Robert
name: Buks, Joanna
name: Pietrzykowski, Robert
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: agricultural income
subject: CAP subsidies
subject: EAA

description: The aim of this study was to assess the impact of the CAP financial support for income in the Polish agricultural sector in the years 1998-2013. In the analysis was considered income “agricultural entrepreneur” and the subsidies which includes both to subsidies of production and other subsidies. The analysis was based on the results of the Economic Accounts for Agriculture.
Additional file 2 of Safety, efficiency and health-related quality of telephone triage conducted by general practitioners, nurses, or physicians in out-of-hours primary care: a quasi-experimental study using the Assessment of Quality in Telephone Triage (AQTT) to assess audio-recorded telephone calls
Creators: name: Graversen, D. S.
name: M. B. Christensen
name: A. F. Pedersen
name: A. H. Carlsen
name: F. Bro
name: H. C. Christensen
name: C. H. Vestergaard
name: L. Huibers
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 2: Appendix 2: 5-point Likert rating scale of most specific items in AQTT.
New conjecture for the $SU_q(N)$ Perk-Schultz models
Creators: name: Alcaraz, F. C.
name: Stroganov, Yu. G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a new conjecture for the $SU_q(N)$ Perk-Schultz models. This conjecture extends a conjecture presented in our article (Alcaraz FC and Stroganov YuG (2002) J. Phys. A vol. 35 pg. 6767-6787, and also in cond-mat/0204074).
description: 3 pages 0 figures
Additional file 1 of Safety, efficiency and health-related quality of telephone triage conducted by general practitioners, nurses, or physicians in out-of-hours primary care: a quasi-experimental study using the Assessment of Quality in Telephone Triage (AQTT) to assess audio-recorded telephone calls
Creators: name: Graversen, D. S.
name: M. B. Christensen
name: A. F. Pedersen
name: A. H. Carlsen
name: F. Bro
name: H. C. Christensen
name: C. H. Vestergaard
name: L. Huibers
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 1: Appendix 1: Assessment tool, AQTT.
title: Energy security and clean energy development in the EU neighborhood : The case of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Creators: name: Džigal, Lamija
Publisher: name: TU Wien
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Bosnia
subject: Energy
subject: Renewable
subject: EU

description: This master thesis examines the challenges Bosnia and Herzegovina faces whilst transitioning its energy sector, implementing cleaner technology systems and utilizing its renewable energy potential, all within the wider framework of EU accession. Extensive research is focused on evaluating the potential outcomes of mitigation measures, cleaner energy solutions and processes fostering renewable energy utilization projects. In order to understand the impact of these, Bosnia and Herzegovina´s energy market intricacies will be contextualized in great detailed. Special focus is placed on Bosnia and Herzegovina´s international cooperation. Due to its goal of EU accession, Bosnia and Herzegovina must adjust its energy policy in line with that of the EU. This paper will explain why, as a post-war country with a transitioning energy sector, Bosnia and Herzegovina faces plenty of difficulties in doing so. Afterward, this thesis will give a detailed explanation of barriers to change and mitigation options that will comparatively give indication of the potential future outcomes of various energy generation choices that can be made in the short, medium, and long run. This is followed with a discussion on possibilities of emerging new renewable energy systems, their potential, and problems that Bosnia and Herzegovina might face in utilizing them. Connections will be made throughout this paper between international obligations, political and administrative problems within the state, use of new technologies, and other mitigation measures. The paper concludes that steps toward reforming the energy sector that take into account use of renewable energy sources, clean technologies, and mitigation measures make economic, social and political sense for Bosnia and Herzegovina, and can greatly improve the situation in the state on all levels if implemented strategically and in the best interest of the greater population.
Correlation functions of integrable $O(n)$ spin chains
Creators: name: Ribeiro, G. A. P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems (nlin.SI)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the correlation functions of the integrable $O(n)$ spin chain in the thermodynamic limit. We addressed the problem of solving functional equations of the quantum Knizhnik Zamolodchikov type for density matrix related to the $O(n)$ spin chain. We give the explicit solution for two-sites density matrix elements for the $O(n)$ which are then evaluated for the $n=3,4,\dots,8$ cases at zero temperature.
description: 23 pages, 9 tables
title: Building Common Ground in Intercultural Encounters:a Study of Classroom Interaction in an Employment Preparation Programme for Canadian Immigrants
Creators: name: Victoria, Mabel Paderez
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 2011

description: This thesis focuses on how a group of linguistically and culturally diverse individuals in an employment preparation class for immigrants to Canada use communicative strategies and resources to build common ground, that is, how they use language to form a socially cohesive group that foregrounds shared knowledge, shared relational identity, in-group membership and shared attitudes and feelings. The thesis draws from a 12-week ethnographically informed study using participant observation with audio recording and semi-structured interviews as the main methods of data collection. It builds on the combined insights drawn from the well established discipline of interethnic communication and the relatively new but growing field of research on English as a lingua franca. While the former illuminates factors that make intercultural communication problematic, the latter sheds light on what makes it work despite cultural differences and linguistic limitations. In analysing the data, which consists primarily of transcriptions from audio recordings of spoken classroom interactions, the thesis draws analytic inspiration from scholarship situated in discourse analysis, interactional sociolinguistics and applied linguistics. It borrows concepts from the Communities of Practice framework to understand how individuals from highly diverse backgrounds develop shared ways of talking/behaving and negotiate interactional norms. The thesis contributes to academic knowledge in several ways. It challenges common assumptions about iscommunication in intercultural contexts. It shows miscommunication episodes as potentially productive sites for negotiating meaning and restructuring social relations. It argues that the notion of ‘national’ culture, which has fallen into disfavour amongst scholars, should not simply be dismissed because ananalysis of the data collected suggests that it can serve as a multifaceted interactional resource for speakers alongside other identity categories. An important contribution of this thesis to the field of intercultural communication lies in its careful attention to what participants actually do in interaction over an extended period of time rather than starting from any a priori assumptions.
A geometrical approach to N=2 super Yang-Mills theory on the two dimensional lattice
Creators: name: Catterall, Simon
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We propose a discretization of two dimensional Euclidean Yang-Mills theories with N=2 supersymmetry which preserves exactly both gauge invariance and an element of supersymmetry. The approach starts from the twisted form of the continuum super Yang Mills action which we show may be written in terms of two real Kahler-Dirac fields whose components transform into each other under the twisted supersymmetry. Once the theory is written in this geometrical language it is straightforward to discretize by mapping the component tensor fields to appropriate geometrical structures in the lattice and by replacing the continuum exterior derivative and its adjoint by appropriate lattice covariant difference operators. The lattice action is local and possesses a unique vacuum state while the use of Kahler-Dirac fermions ensures the model does not exhibit spectrum doubling.
description: Minor typos fixed. Version to be published in JHEP
A Note on Fluxes in Six-Dimensional String Theory Backgrounds
Creators: name: Becker, Katrin
name: Tseng, Li-Sheng
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the structure of warped compactifications of type IIB string theory to six space-time dimensions. We find that the most general four-manifold describing the internal dimensions is conformal to a Kahler manifold, in contrast with the heterotic case where the four-manifold must be conformally Calabi-Yau.
description: 22 pages, phyzzx
Numerical analysis of LG33 second harmonic generation in comparison to the LG00 case
Creators: name: Heinze, Joscha
name: Vahlbruch, Henning
name: Willke, Benno
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: For coating Brownian thermal noise reduction in future gravitational wave detectors, it is proposed to use light in the helical Laguerre-Gaussian LG33 mode instead of the currently used LG00 mode. However, the simultaneous reduction of quantum noise would then require the efficient generation of squeezed vacuum states in the LG33 mode. Current squeezed light generation techniques employ continuous-wave second harmonic generation (SHG). Here, we simulate the SHG for both modes numerically to derive first insights into the transferability of standard squeezed light generation techniques to the LG33 mode. In the first part of this paper, we therefore theoretically discuss SHG in the case of a single undepleted pump mode, which, in general, excites a superposition of harmonic modes. Based on the differential equation for the harmonic field, we derive individual phase matching conditions and hence conversion efficiencies for the excited harmonic modes. In the second part, we analyse the numerical simulations of the LG00 and LG33 SHG in a single-pass, double-pass and cavity-enhanced configuration under the influence of the focusing, the different pump intensity distributions and the individual phase matching conditions. Our results predict that the LG33 mode requires about 14 times the pump power of the LG00 mode to achieve the same SHG conversion efficiency in an ideal, realistic cavity design and mainly generates the harmonic LG66 mode.
description: 17 pages, 8 figures, 20 references
de Sitter inflationary expansion from a noncompact KK theory: a nonperturbative quantum (scalar) field formalism
Creators: name: Bellini, Mauricio
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We develop a nonperturbative quantum scalar field formalism from a noncompact Kaluza-Klein (KK) theory using the induced-matter theory of gravity during inflation. We study the particular case of a de Sitter expansion for the universe.
description: final version, to appear in Phys. Lett. B
Knot spinning
Creators: name: Friedman, Greg
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Geometric Topology (math.GT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 57Q45, 57M25

description: This is an introduction to the construction of higher-dimensional knots by spinning methods. Simple spinning of classical knots was introduced by E. Artin in 1926, and several generalizations have followed. These include twist spinning, superspinning or p-spinning, frame spinning, roll spinning, and deform spinning. We survey these constructions and some of their most important applications, as well as some newer hybrids due to the author. The exposition, meant to be accessible to a broad audience, emphasizes a geometric approach to visualizing these constructions.
description: to appear in the forthcoming Handbook of Knot Theory; 24 pages, 13 figures; revised edition
Wyzwania dla rozwoju rynku dziczyzny w Polsce
Creators: name: Kwiecińska, Katarzyna
name: Kosicka-Gębska, Małgorzata
name: Gębski, Jerzy
name: Kwiecińska, Katarzyna
name: Kosicka-Gębska, Małgorzata
name: Gębski, Jerzy
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Consumer/Household Economics
subject: Food Security and Poverty
subject: Livestock Production/Industries
subject: game meat market
subject: game meat consumption
subject: popularization of game
subject: development barriers
subject: rynek dziczyzny
subject: konsumpcja dziczyzny
subject: popularyzacja dziczyzny
subject: bariery rozwoju

description: Game meat used to be an essential component of the Polish consumer diet. Today, the tradition of game consumption is no longer observed. Due to the fact that the natural conditions of Poland allow for obtaining significant amounts of game, it is important to know the factors that cause the majority of Polish game production to go to West European markets, instead of local markets. A qualitative study based on the method of in-depth interviews (IDI), performed on a group of people operating in the supply side of the Polish game market, allowed us to create an image of the Polish market. It also helped to indicate the factors that inhibit the game sector development, and to identify actions that help to increase the popularity of the products and thereby to increase the consumption of venison in Poland. These activities include marketing and information campaigns, legal regulations and market structure modifying. These allow reductions in the price of the final product. / Synopsis. Dziczyzna stanowiła niegdyś istotny składnik diety polskich konsumentów. Obecnie tradycja konsumpcji tego rodzaju mięsa zanikła. Z uwagi na fakt, że warunki naturalne kraju pozwalają na pozyskiwanie znacznych ilości dziczyzny, istotne jest poznanie czynników powodujących, że większość polskiej dziczyzny trafia nie na rynek rodzimy, ale na rynki zachodnioeuropejskie. Badanie jakościowe, oparte na metodzie indywidualnych wywiadów pogłębionych (IDI – in-depth interwiew), realizowane w grupie osób działających w sektorze podażowym rynku dziczyzny, pozwoliło na stworzenie obrazu polskiego rynku, wskazanie czynników uniemożliwiających rozwój tego sektora, a także określenie działań determinujących wzrost zainteresowania konsumentów produktami, a tym samym zwiększenie konsumpcji dziczyzny w Polsce. Do takich działań zaliczyć można projekty o charakterze marketingowym i informacyjnym oraz modyfikację regulacji prawnych i struktury rynku w sposób umożliwiający obniżenie cen produktu finalnego.
Galaxy-galaxy Lensing: Dissipationless Simulations Versus the Halo Model
Creators: name: Mandelbaum, Rachel
name: Tasitsiomi, Argyro
name: Seljak, Uros
name: Kravtsov, Andrey V.
name: Wechsler, Risa H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Galaxy-galaxy lensing is a powerful probe of the relation between galaxies and dark matter halos, but its theoretical interpretation requires a careful modeling of various contributions, such as the contribution from central and satellite galaxies. For this purpose, a phenomenological approach based on the halo model has been developed, allowing for fast exploration of the parameter space of models. In this paper, we investigate the ability of the halo model to extract information from the g-g weak lensing signal by comparing it to high-resolution dissipationless simulations that resolve subhalos. We find that the halo model reliably determines parameters such as the host halo mass of central galaxies, the fraction of galaxies that are satellites, and their radial distribution inside larger halos. If there is a significant scatter present in the central galaxy host halo mass distribution, then the mean and median mass of that distribution can differ significantly from one another, and the halo model mass determination lies between the two. This result suggests that when analyzing the data, galaxy subsamples with a narrow central galaxy halo mass distribution, such as those based on stellar mass, should be chosen for a simpler interpretation of the results.
description: 13 pages, 6 figures; minor changes made, matches MNRAS accepted version
Exploring the topological sector optimization on quantum computers
Creators: name: Ding, Yi-Ming
name: Wang, Yan-Cheng
name: Zhang, Shi-Xin
name: Yan, Zheng
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Optimization problems are the core challenge in many fields of science and engineering, yet general and effective methods are scarce for searching optimal solutions. Quantum computing has been envisioned to help solve such problems, for example, the quantum annealing (QA) method based on adiabatic evolution has been extensively explored and successfully implemented on quantum simulators such as D-wave's annealers and some Rydberg arrays. In this work, we investigate topological sector optimization (TSO) problem, which attracts particular interests in the quantum many-body physics community. We reveal that the topology induced by frustration in the spin model is an intrinsic obstruction for QA and other traditional methods to approach the ground state. We demonstrate that the optimization difficulties of TSO problem are not restricted to the gaplessness, but are also due to the topological nature which are often ignored for the analysis of optimization problems before. To solve TSO problems, we utilize quantum imaginary time evolution (QITE) with a possible realization on quantum computers, which exploits the property of quantum superposition to explore the full Hilbert space and can thus address optimization problems of topological nature. We report the performance of different quantum optimization algorithms on TSO problems and demonstrate that their capability to address optimization problems are distinct even when considering the quantum computational resources required for practical QITE implementations.
description: 12 pages, 11 figures
Prawno-ekonomiczne aspekty problematyki ograniczania ryzyka w produkcji rolnej na przykładzie rozwiązań w wybranych państwach
Creators: name: Lipińska, Izabela
name: Lipińska, Izabela
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Farm Management
subject: Risk and Uncertainty
subject: risk management
subject: crop insurance
subject: mutual funds
subject: ryzyko produkcyjne
subject: ubezpieczenia upraw
subject: fundusze wzajemne

description: The article discusses the issues of risk in the agricultural production, which may lead to the loss of farmer’s profitability. In a broader sense, it both influences on production stability and as regards food security. Some EU’s countries, as well as nonmember ones evolve some risk management schemes which aim to protect farmers against the risk and eliminate its negative results ex post. The paper aims at indicating significant legal market instruments. The paper is based on a dogmatic analysis of normative texts and a descriptive method. It also refers to Polish and foreign books on the subject. / Synopsis. Artykuł obejmuje zagadnienia związane z występującym w produkcji rolnej ryzykiem, które może prowadzić do utraty rentowności producentów rolnych. W szerszym wymiarze ma to istotny wpływ zarówno na trwałość gospodarowania, jak i na bezpieczeństwo żywnościowe. Poszczególne państwa zarówno w obrębie Unii Europejskiej, jak i poza nią wypracowały pewne schematy działań zarządczych mających na celu ochronę rolników przed zarówno wystąpieniem ryzyka, jaki i ewentualnym niwelowaniem jego negatywnych skutków ex post. Odpowiednio opracowanie zmierza do wskazania wybranych, istotnych prawnych instrumentów rynkowych. W pracy zastosowano dogmatyczną metodę analizy aktów prawnych, metodę deskryptywną, a także wykorzystano polską oraz zagraniczną literaturę przedmiotu, w tym raporty statystyczne.
title: Wellness Spa Hotel : Wellness Spa Hotelanlage in Haymana / Ankara / Türkei
Creators: name: Esen, Muaz
Publisher: name: TU Wien
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Architektonischer Entwurf
subject: architectural design

description: Die vorliegende Masterarbeit beschäftigt sich mit dem Thema einer Wellness und Spa- Hotelanlage in Haymana in 70km Entfernung von Ankara in Zentralanatolien / Türkei. Diese Stadt befindet sich ca. 1125 m über dem Meeresspiegel und ist eines der bedeutendsten Orte in puncto Thermalquellen in der Türkei. Der Bauplatz liegt ein wenig außerhalb des Zentrums von Haymana und ist umgeben von einer hügeligen Landschaft in einem eher ländlichen und weniger frequentiertem Gebiet. Hier soll eine Wellness und Spa- Hotelanlage auf einem ca. 50.000 m2 großen Areal entstehen. Ziel ist es nicht nur nationale sondern auch internationale Touristen anzuziehen. Zwar ist der Ort sehr bekannt für seine Thermalquellen, jedoch gibt es nur wenige Spa Anlagen vor Ort, die auch den heutigen modernen Standards im Bereich Wellness entsprechen. Der Bauplatz befindet sich auf einem relativ steilen Gebiet und es fließt ein Fluss mitten hindurch. Der Entwurf gliedert sich in 3 große Bereiche, die fließend ineinander übergehen: Wellness, Therapie und Hotel. Das Baugrundstück wurde in 1 m hohe Ebenen gegliedert, wobei es sich um terrassenartige Platten handelt, die nahtlos in die umliegende Landschaft übergehen. Die Anlage ist wie eine Art Campus aufgebaut, auf dem sich mehrere Gebäude befinden, die unterschiedliche Funktionen vorweisen und miteinander verbunden sind. Diese Eigenschaften gelten auch für die auf dem gesamten Areal verteilten Poolebenen.
description: This master thesis deals with the topic of wellness and spa resort in Haymana in 70km distance from Ankara in Central Anatolia / Turkey. This town is located about 1125 meters above sea level and is one of the most important places in terms of thermal springs in Turkey. The construction site is a little outside the center of Haymana and is surrounded by a hilly landscape in a more rural and less frequented area. Here will be built a wellness and spa hotel complex within a 50,000 m2 area. The aim is to attract not only national but also international tourists. Although the place is very well known for its thermal springs, there are few spa facilities in this area, which also correspond to today`s modern standards in the field of wellness. The plot is on a relatively steep region and a river flows right through it. The draft is divided into 3 main areas, which blend into each other: wellness, therapy and Hotel. The plot was divided into 1m high levels, it is terraced plates, which merge seamlessly with the surrounding landscape. The wellness complex is constructed as kind of a campus, on which there are several buildings that demonstrate a variety of functions and are interconnected. These characteristics also apply to the pool levels distributed on the entire area.
Studies in the regulation of the gene transfer agent (GTA) of Rhodobacter capsulatus
Creators: name: Florizone, Sarah Marie
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: The gene transfer agent (GTA) of Rhodobacter capsulatus acts as a system of genetic exchange in this purple, non-sulphur, photosynthetic bacterium. GTA is a small bacteriophage-like particle that transfers random 4.5 kbp segments of the donor cell’s genome to recipient cells where allelic replacement can occur. The structural gene cluster for GTA encodes 15 open reading frames, most of which are homologous to known phage genes. Three proteins have been found that regulate the expression of GTA genes: GtaI, CtrA and CckA. GtaI is involved in quorum sensing while CtrA and CckA are thought to be part of a sensor kinase/response regulator signalling pathway. I set out to elucidate this poorly understood regulatory pathway. My initial hypothesis was that there are other regulatory proteins besides GtaI, CtrA and CckA, as mutations in any of the genes disrupts, but does not completely abolish, GTA structural gene expression. However, during mutant screening, it became apparent that the reporter plasmid used to monitor GTA gene expression (pYP) caused a decrease in GTA transduction, which I termed the pYP effect. Promoter analysis was performed to determine which part of plasmid pYP was causing this effect and to study cis-active regulatory sequences of the GTA structural gene cluster. Sequencing the GTA promoter from 3 strains that exhibit different levels of GTA gene expression and transduction did not find any differences, suggesting a trans-acting factor causes the observed differences. 5’ mRNA mapping was used to find the 5’ end of the GTA transcript, which overlaps with the upstream gene. Capsid levels throughout the growth curve were measured for Y262 (GTA overproducer), B10 (wild type), YCKF2 (ctrA⁻), and YKKR2 (cckA⁻). The immunoblots from these strains showed interesting differences in capsid production that give us a better understanding of GTA production and release from the cell in different stages of growth. Although I was unable to provide a clear pathway for the regulation of GTA, the data in this thesis gives us a better understanding of the complexity of GTA production and regulation.
title: Material flow analysis and application of LCD monitors in Peru : a case study of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE)
Creators: name: Ghazarian, Nathalie
Publisher: name: TU Wien
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: WEEE
subject: Recycling
subject: LCD Monitors
subject: Peru

description: The management of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) leads to an environmental as well as to a resource profusion problem in Peru. Thus, the issues are lack of financial support, limited economic capacity and lack of commitment to complex recycling regulations, and the release of hazardous substances from electrical and electronic equipment (EEEs). The environment and people involved have to deal with the exposure of POPs, such as Brominated Flame Retardants (PBDEs), and heavy metals such as mercury and copper. WEEE requires an effective regulatory framework for the management of recycling facilities, which challenges the Peruvian recycling system. Particularly, the Basel and Stockholm Conventions provide regulations and guidelines at the international level. Among Latin American countries, the Peruvian government is one of the few, which have introduced comprehensive legislative measures for the management of WEEE. However, the progress of formalization the WEEE system is limited to a certain extent in Lima. Therefore, the handling, treatment and disposal of LCD monitors are analysed by the Material Flow Analysis (MFA), showing strengths and weaknesses of the Peruvian WEEE management framework. The MFA also demonstrates the environmental impact assessment of the monitors by the informal sector. The evaluation of MFA with the provision of three different scenarios provides the following solutions for the problem. Firstly, the enhancement of awareness-raising campaigns has to be supported, secondly, the population needs to be attracted to the collection and recycling process by the donations of lottery tickets, thirdly, the inclusion of the informal sector is necessary to improve the formalization of the system, fourthly, a reuse culture as a new economic niche should be implemented to encourage people involved in the informal sector and ultimately, product based recycling fees should be implemented for additional financial support for the management of WEEE.
title: Etude sur la cartographie du régolithe par télédétection hyperspectrale aéroportée en  Nouvelle-Calédonie
Creators: name: Despinoy, Marc
name: Boissieu, Florian de
name: Mangeas, Morgan
name: Cudahy, T.
name: Ong, C.
name: Sevin, B.
name: Maurizot, P.
name: Chevrel, S.
name: Flouvat, Frédéric
name: Selmaoui-Folcher, Nazha
name: Cluzel, Dominique
name: Lau, I.
Publisher: name: CNRT Nickel et son environnement
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
valueUri: http://www.oecd.org/science/inno/38235147.pdf

description: Programme Cartha. (Tome Nickel et Technologie) IRD/RP-100-FR
Measurement of the Top Quark Mass In All-Jet Events
Creators: name: D0 Collaboration
name: Abazov, V. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We describe a measurement of the mass of the top quark from the purely hadronic decay modes of t-tbar pairs using all-jet data produced in p-pbar collisions at sqrt{s} = 1.8 TeV at the Fermilab Tevatron Collider. The data, which correspond to an integrated luminosity of 110.2 pb^-1, were collected with the Dzero detector from 1992 to 1996. We find a top quark mass of 178.5 + 13.7 (stat) + 7.7(syst) GeV/c^2.
description: Submitted to Physics Letters B
title: Micropower energy-harvesting devices : Areas of application and near-future potential
Creators: name: Haykin, Victoria
Publisher: name: TU Wien
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: micropower
subject: energy harvesting
subject: piezoelectric
subject: thermoelectric
subject: electromagnetic
subject: photovoltaic
subject: wireless sensor networks
subject: renewable energy

description: Pinpointing secure and reliable methods of renewable-energy generation remains a challenge for policymakers, energy analysts, industry experts and researchers alike. Indeed, it has become increasingly apparent that no "one-size-fits-all" approach to this dilemma exists. This thesis therefore examines a relatively unknown form of small-scale renewable energy generation, namely micropower energy harvesting, which offers a novel and innovative solution to the clean-energy crisis by enhancing energy security, curtailing energy consumption and reducing material and installation costs. Micropower energy-harvesting devices harness the power of energy sources widely available in the ambient, including chiefly mechanical, thermal, solar and magnetic energy, and transform it into useable electricity. As the power output of micropower harvesting modules is in the microwatt to milliwatt range, these technologies can replace or augment the lifetime of batteries in ultra-low power devices, such as wireless sensor networks (WSNs), but have the potential to reclaim waste-heat from the tailpipes of automobiles, to power medical implants and to reduce the conventional power consumption of everyday devices such as mobile phones and laptops, offering numerous benefits to the developed and developing world. Although energy harvesting already constitutes a viable option for WSNs, the results of this thesis reveal that limitations in power output are currently preventing large-scale implementation. Nevertheless, policy-based conclusions and recommendations are offered, and a summary of near-future technological readiness levels and areas of future application, in both industrialized and developing nations, is presented.
A Mössbauer Scheme to Probe Gravitational Waves
Creators: name: Gao, Yu
name: Zhang, Huaqiao
name: Xu, Wei
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Under the local gravitational field, perturbations from high-frequency gravitational waves can cause a vertical shift of the Mössbauer resonance height. Considering a stationary scheme with the $^{109}$Ag isotope, we demonstrate that the extremely high precision of Mössbauer resonance allows for competitive gravitational wave sensitivity from KHz up to above MHz frequencies. Mössbauer resonance can offer a novel and small-sized alternative in the quest of multi-band gravitational wave searches. The presence of the static gravitational field plays essential role in the detection mechanism, isotope selection and sensitivity forecast. The proposed stationary scheme's sensitivity has the potential of significant improvement in a low-gravity environment.
description: 11 pages, 5 figures, 2 tables