cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
The Stellar Populations in the Central Parsecs of Galactic Bulges Central Stellar Populations
Creators: name: Sarzi, Marc
name: Rix, Hans-Walter
name: Shields, Joseph C.
name: Ho, Luis C.
name: Barth, Aaron J.
name: Rudnick, Gregory
name: Filippenko, Alexei V.
name: Sargent, Wallace L. W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present Hubble Space Telescope blue spectra at intermediate spectral resolution for the nuclei of 23 nearby disk galaxies. These objects were selected to have nebular emission in their nuclei, and span a range of emission-line classifications as well as Hubble types. In this paper we focus on the stellar population as revealed by the continuum spectral energy distribution measured within the central 0."13 (~8pc) of these galaxies. The data were modeled with linear combinations of single-age stellar population synthesis models. The large majority (~80%) of the surveyed nuclei have spectra whose features are consistent with a predominantly old (>5x10^9 yr) stellar population. Approximately 25% of these nuclei show evidence of a component with age younger than 1 Gyr, with the incidence of these stars related to the nebular classification. Successful model fits imply an average reddening corresponding to A_V~0.4 mag and stellar metallicity of (1--2.5) Z_sun. We discuss the implications of these results for the understanding of star formation history in the environment of quiescent and active supermassive black holes. Our findings reinforce the picture wherein Seyfert nuclei and the majority of low-ionization nuclear emission-line regions (LINERs) are predominantly accretion-powered, and suggest that much of the central star formation in Hii nuclei is actually circumnuclear.
description: 10 figures, 6 tables, accepted for publication on ApJ
Capillary-driven indentation of a microparticle into a soft, oil-coated substrate
Creators: name: Glover, Justin D.
name: Pham, Jonathan T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Small scale contact between a soft, liquid-coated layer and a stiff surface is common in many situations, from synovial fluid on articular cartilage to adhesives in humid environments. Moreover, many model studies on soft adhesive contacts are conducted with soft silicone elastomers, which possess uncrosslinked liquid molecules (i.e. silicone oil) when the modulus is low. We investigate how the thickness of a silicone oil layer on a soft substrate relates to the indentation depth of glass microspheres in contact with crosslinked PDMS, which have a modulus of <10 kPa. The particles indent into the underlying substrate more as a function of decreasing oil layer thickness. This is due to the presence of the liquid layer at the surface that causes capillary forces to push down on the particle. A simple model that balances the capillary force of the oil layer and the particle-substrate adhesion with the elastic and surface tension forces from the substrate is proposed to predict the particle indentation depth.
Semiclassical strings in AdS_5 x S^5 and scalar operators in N=4 SYM theory
Creators: name: Tseytlin, A. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We review recent progress in checking AdS/CFT duality in the sector of ''semiclassical'' string states dual to ''long'' scalar operators of N=4 super Yang-Mills theory. In particular, we discuss the effective action approach, in which the same sigma model type action describing coherent states is shown to emerge from the AdS_5 x S^5 string action and from the spin chain Hamiltonian representing the SYM dilatation operator.
description: 21 pages. Based on talks at Workshop on Continuous Advances in QCD 2004, Minneapolis, May 13-16 and Strings 2004, Paris, June 28 - July 2. v2: misprints corrected
Measuring the mass of the supermassive black hole of the lenticular galaxy NGC 4546
Creators: name: Ricci, T. V.
name: Steiner, J. E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Most galaxies with a well-structured bulge host a supermassive black hole (SMBH) in their centre. Stellar kinematics models applied to adaptive optics (AO) assisted integral field unit observations are well-suited to measure the SMBH mass ($M_{BH}$) and also the total mass-to-light ratio [$(M/L)_{TOT}$] and possible anisotropies in the stellar velocity distribution in the central region of galaxies. In this work, we used new AO assisted Near-Infrared Integral Field Spectrometer (NIFS) observations and also photometric data from the Hubble Space Telescope Legacy Archive of the galaxy NGC 4546 in order to determine its SMBH mass. To do this, we applied the Jeans Anisotropic Modelling (JAM) method to fit the average second velocity moment in the line of sight $(\overline{v^2_{los}})$ of the stellar structure. In addition, we also obtained $(M/L)_{TOT}$ and the classical anisotropy parameter $β_z$=1--($σ_z$/$σ_R$)$^2$ for this object within a field of view of 200$\times$200 pc$^2$. Maps of the stellar radial velocity and of the velocity dispersion were built for this galaxy using the penalized pixel fitting ({\sc ppxf}) technique. We applied the Multi Gaussian Expansion procedure to fit the stellar brightness distribution. Using JAM, the best-fitting model for $\overline{v^2_{los}}$ of the stellar structure was obtained with $(M/L)_{TOT}$ = 4.34$\pm$0.07 (Johnson's R band), $M_{BH}$ = (2.56$\pm$0.16)$\times$10$^8$ M$_\odot$ and $β_z$ = --0.015$\pm$0.03 (3$σ$ confidence level). With these results, we found that NGC 4546 follows the $M_{BH}$ $\times$ $σ$ relation. We also measured the central velocity dispersion within a radius of 1 arcsec of this object as $σ_c$ = 241$\pm$2 km s$^{-1}$.
description: 11 pages, 11 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS
Supplementary Materials: result tables hypotheses 2 and 3_ISPO Study
Creators: name: Jacob, Anne
name: Joshanloo, Mohsen
name: Czernecka, Robert
name: Kräplin, Anja
Publisher: name: PsychArchives
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: gambling disorder
subject: player tracking data
subject: longitudinal design
subject: 150

description: Supplementary Materials to the Stage 2 Registered Report: Impulsivity and online sports betting behavior: Untangling the causal relationship
description: The rapid expansion of online sports betting has raised concerns about its potential impact on individual health and public health. In order to further develop etiological models for gambling disorder (GD) in sports betting, it is essential to unravel the underlying causal processes. Recent studies have identified risky online gambling behavior as an early indicator of GD. This study focuses on impulsivity as a well-documented risk factor for GD and investigated whether increased impulsivity leads to risky online gambling behavior and subsequently contributes to GD. Impulsivity, risky gambling behavior, and GD symptoms were assessed three times at three-month intervals using a longitudinal cross-lagged panel design. We recruited a final sample of n = 427 regular sports bettors from the online gambling provider Tipico. Impulsivity and GD were assessed using a combination of online experimental tasks and questionnaires. As a measure of risky gambling behavior, Tipico provided player tracking data for allparticipants. Random intercept cross‐lagged panel models were used to test the evidence for our hypotheses. Results showed partial support for the role of impulsivity in the development of GD, particularly through facets such as impulsive choice and certain impulsive personality traits. However, the findings suggest that impulsivity does not directly predict risky betting behavior, nor does such behavior mediate the relationship between impulsivity and GD severity. These results emphasize the complexity of pathways to GD, highlighting the need to explore multifactorial models incorporating emotional, cognitive, and environmental mediators.
Technical efficiency of organic agriculture: a quantitative review
Creators: name: Djokoto, Justice G.
name: Djokoto, Justice G.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Demand and Price Analysis
subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: Financial Economics
subject: Land Economics/Use
subject: Marketing
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: Production Economics
subject: Productivity Analysis
subject: fractional regression
subject: meta-regression
subject: organic agriculture
subject: quantitative review
subject: technical efficiency

description: This article examines the variations in mean technical efficiency estimates in organic agriculture and the factors that explain the observed variations. A three-stage process was employed in data collection. Firstly, journals on organic agriculture and related disciplines were identified and searched. Secondly, several publishers’ websites and databases, namely Cambridge Journals, Elsevier, Emerald, Oxford University Press, Sage, Taylor and Francis, and Wiley, among others, were covered. Databases included AgEcon Search, CAB Abstracts, DOAJ, EBSCOhost, Google Scholar and ScienceDirect. Thirdly, the reference lists of studies found in the first and second stages were searched to identify additional literature. In all, 42 studies constituting 109 observations covering the period 2002-2014 were found. Unlike existing literature on technical efficiency quantitative reviews in agriculture, this article employs a battery of tests to select the appropriate solution for multiple observations from the same primary study, as well as the appropriate functional form for the selected fractional regression model. The mean technical efficiency of organic agriculture for the period of study and the effects of other study characteristics are thoroughly discussed.
description: http://dx.doi.org/10.7896/j.1512
Near-infrared Spectral Characterization of Solar-type Stars in the Northern Hemisphere
Creators: name: Lewin, Collin D.
name: Howell, Ellen S.
name: Vervack, Ronald J.
name: Fernández, Yanga R.
name: Magri, Christopher
name: Marshall, Sean E.
name: Crowell, Jenna L.
name: Hinkle, Mary L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Although solar-analog stars have been studied extensively over the past few decades, most of these studies have focused on visible wavelengths, especially those identifying solar-analog stars to be used as calibration tools for observations. As a result, there is a dearth of well-characterized solar analogs for observations in the near-infrared, a wavelength range important for studying solar system objects. We present 184 stars selected based on solar-like spectral type and V-J and V-K colors whose spectra we have observed in the 0.8-4.2 micron range for calibrating our asteroid observations. Each star has been classified into one of three ranks based on spectral resemblance to vetted solar analogs. Of our set of 184 stars, we report 145 as reliable solar-analog stars, 21 as solar analogs usable after spectral corrections with low-order polynomial fitting, and 18 as unsuitable for use as calibration standards owing to spectral shape, variability, or features at low to medium resolution. We conclude that all but 5 of our candidates are reliable solar analogs in the longer wavelength range from 2.5 to 4.2 microns. The average colors of the stars classified as reliable or usable solar analogs are V-J=1.148, V-H=1.418, and V-K=1.491, with the entire set being distributed fairly uniformly in R.A. across the sky between -27 and +67 degrees in decl.
description: 19 pages, 8 figures, 2 tables
Responding to whom? An experimental study of the dynamics of responsiveness to interest groups and the public
Creators: name: Rasmussen, Anne
name: Otjes, Simon
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: While politicians are commonly depicted as having strong incentives to be responsive to both interest groups and citizens to govern and maintain office, the literature lacks designs that allow for assessing the causal effect of both types of actors on individual policy-makers. This study addresses this gap by formulating theoretical propositions regarding responsiveness of politicians to both public opinion and interest groups and testing them in a vignette experiment with responses from over 2000 Danish and Dutch local, regional and national elected representatives. Our study finds important differences in the dynamics of responsiveness to the two types of actors: Public opinion has a strong direct effect on the intended voting behaviour of politicians, whereas the effects of interest groups are weaker and mainly demonstrate the potential to influence the views of ideologically aligned legislators. Left-wing politicians, in particular, are responsive to civil society groups. These results have implications for understanding political representation and the role of interest groups across multiple levels of government. While the heightened sensitivity of politicians to some aligned groups creates a risk of policy-making biases, it is reassuring that interest groups have a weaker effect than public opinion and primarily hold potential to influence like-minded politicians.
Pulling absorbing and collapsing polymers from a surface
Creators: name: Krawczyk, J.
name: Owczarek, A. L.
name: Prellberg, T.
name: Rechnitzer, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A self-interacting polymer with one end attached to a sticky surface has been studied by means of a flat-histogram stochastic growth algorithm known as FlatPERM. We examined the four-dimensional parameter space of the number of monomers up to 91, self-attraction, surface attraction and force applied to an end of the polymer. Using this powerful algorithm the \emph{complete} parameter space of interactions and force has been considered. Recently it has been conjectured that a hierarchy of states appears at low temperature/poor solvent conditions where a polymer exists in a finite number of layers close to a surface. We find re-entrant behaviour from a stretched phase into these layering phases when an appropriate force is applied to the polymer. We also find that, contrary to what may be expected, the polymer desorbs from the surface when a sufficiently strong critical force is applied and does \emph{not} transcend through either a series of de-layering transitions or monomer-by-monomer transitions.
description: 4 pages, 4 figures
Efficient Wu-Manber Pattern Matching Hardware for Intrusion and Malware Detection
Creators: name: Aldwairi, Monther
name: Flaifel, Yahya
name: Mhaidat, Khaldoon
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Cryptography and Security (cs.CR)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Network intrusion detection systems and antivirus software are essential in detecting malicious network traffic and attacks such as denial-of-service and malwares. Each attack, worm or virus has its own distinctive signature. Signature-based intrusion detection and antivirus systems depend on pattern matching to look for possible attack signatures. Pattern matching is a very complex task, which requires a lot of time, memory and computing resources. Software-based intrusion detection is not fast enough to match high network speeds and the increasing number of attacks. In this paper, we propose special purpose hardware for Wu-Manber pattern matching algorithm. FPGAs form an excellent choice because of their massively parallel structure, reprogrammable logic and memory resources. The hardware is designed in Verilog and implemented using Xilinx ISE. For evaluation, we dope network traffic traces collected using Wireshark with 2500 signatures from the ClamAV virus definitions database. Experimental results show high speed that reaches up to 216 Mbps. In addition, we evaluate time, device usage, and power consumption.
description: 6 pages
Reducing GHG Emissions by Abandoning Agricultural Land use on Organic Soils - A Cost Assessment
Creators: name: Roeder, Norbert
name: Osterburg, Bernhard
name: Roeder, Norbert
name: Osterburg, Bernhard
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: Land Economics/Use
subject: GHG-Mitigation
subject: Landuse
subject: peatland

description: Roughly 6.5% of the German utilized agricultural area is located on organic soils (fens and bogs). Nevertheless, the drainage of these areas in order to allow their agricultural utilization causes roughly a third of the greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) of the German agricultural sector, being equivalent to 4% of the total German GHG emissions. Obviously, German policies trying to reduce the GHG emissions successfully must tackle this issue. The abandonment of the cultivation of organic soils would be an effective policy to reduce the GHG emissions however the question remains whether it is an efficient measure compared with the other options? In the paper we assess the mitigation costs on the basis of the standard gross margin and tenure of the agriculturally used peatlands and with the results obtained from sector model RAUMIS. Without engineering and transaction costs the mitigation costs are in the magnitude of 10 to 45 € per to of CO2eq. This makes rewetting of peatlands at least in the medium and long run a fairly efficient options for reducing GHG emissions, especially as the implications on the sector due to reallocation affects are fairly small.
Goals for life : empowering youth through sport in Lesotho : a case study of a participatory action research project in southern Africa
Creators: name: Parker, Dara Natalie
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: This paper explores the opportunities and constraints of employing Participatory Action Research (PAR) to conduct a Social Impact Assessment (SIA) with youth in Lesotho. Participatory research methodologies have become virtually synonymous with ethical research, yet a growing body of literature challenges the ubiquitous nature of participatory theory. This paper provides a unique case study of a PAR project undertaken in Lesotho, Southern Africa. It analyses my two-phased experience in using PAR to develop the Olympafrica Youth Ambassador Programme (OYAP), a youth volunteer programme that uses sport as a tool for development. OYAP was initiated in June 2003 and is designed to address pressing social issues facing youth in Lesotho such as HIVIAIDS, poverty, drug and alcohol abuse, and sexual health. OYAP’s mandate is youth empowering youth through sport, training young people to enhance their own capabilities. In the first phase of my experience developing OYAP, I was unaware of PAR as a methodology useful in community development practices. In the second phase I became well versed on PAR as an approach; I also became more reflexive of my own limitations and weaknesses in the course of my personal journey using PAR, and was able to explore the constraints of PAR as a community development methodology. This study examines the inherent challenges and possibilities related to PAR, detailing issues of accountability, quality, ownership and voice. Building on my first experience in Lesotho where I unintentionally engaged in PAR, I examine a methodology reputed for empowering marginalized communities, ultimately focusing on the role of the facilitator in the PAR process. I argue that the ability to successfully implement PAR depends largely on the individual practitioner’s adherence to PAR principles and ethics and the ability to negotiate the terms of their partnership and collaboration with local communities. I underscore the importance of reflecting on the personal journeys that PAR practitioners undergo while adhering to methodological principles and ethics, and becoming emotionally involved in the work they are doing.
Cluster structure in stable and unstable nuclei
Creators: name: Kanada-En'yo, Y.
name: Kimura, M.
name: Horiuchi, H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Cluster structure in stable and unstable nuclei has been studied. We report recent developments of theoretical studies on cluster aspect, which is essential for structure study of light unstable nuclei. We discuss negative parity bands in even-even Be and Ne isotopes and show the importance of cluster aspect. Three-body cluster structure and cluster crystallization are also introduced. It was found that the coexistence of cluster and mean-field aspect brings a variety of structures to unstable nuclei.
description: 6 pages, 3 figures, submitted to Euro. Phys. J. A
URBANITARIUM. introduction, participatory planning participatory futuring in the context of mobility
Creators: name: Wandl-Vogt, Eveline
name: Grzesikowska, Honorata
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: Cooperation Project "Mobiler Heustadel"

Methodological Introduction to the PR Fachdidaktisches Praktikum - universitär-schulische Kooperationsprojekte in GW (2023) in cooperation with Thomas Jekel:

https://ufind.univie.ac.at/de/course.html?lv=290202&semester=2023W

funded by the CHIST-ERA / FWF project PROVIDEDH.
Questionário sobre Percepção de professores e preceptores de Medicina e Enfermagem sobre atuação e ensino de Genética
Creators: name: Moreira, Renata
name: Melo, Débora
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 110311 Medical Genetics (excl. Cancer Genetics)
subject: FOS: Basic medicine
subject: 130209 Medicine, Nursing and Health Curriculum and Pedagogy
subject: FOS: Educational sciences

description: Questionário eletrônico autoaplicável, com 30 questões, desenvolvido por professores universitários especialistas em Genética Médica, para investigar a percepção de professores, preceptores e supervisores de cursos de graduação em Medicina e Enfermagem sobre a atuação e o ensino na área da Genética.
Bidding behavior in environmental contract auctions with incomplete monitoring
Creators: name: Romstad, Eirik
name: Alfnes, Frode
name: Romstad, Eirik
name: Alfnes, Frode
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy
subject: environmental contract auctions
subject: monitoring and compliance
subject: truthful revelation

description: It is well known from the compliance literature that whenever it costly to monitor agents' compliance to contract terms, compliance is likely to be incomplete. This paper goes one step further by examining the implications of incomplete monitoring on agent's sales offers in auctions for environmental contracts. From a monitoring perspective we show allocation contracts to least cost also produces another gain – that less resources need to be spend on monitoring and enforcement. To get full use of this insight one needs to have auction procedures that provide incentives for truthful revelation of agents' private alternate incomes. Our second result is that the incentives for truthful revelation is lost when monitoring is incomplete unless the expected value of compliance exceeds the expected value of noncompliance. We demonstrate this result theoretically and through an economic experiment using an induced value reverse multi unit auction.
Clebsch-Gordan Coefficients for the Extended Quantum-Mechanical Poincaré Group and Angular Correlations of Decay Products
Creators: name: Harshman, N. L.
name: Licata, N.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This paper describes Clebsch-Gordan coefficients (CGCs) for unitary irreducible representations (UIRs) of the extended quantum mechanical Poincaré group $\pt$. `Extended' refers to the extension of the 10 parameter Lie group that is the Poincaré group by the discrete symmetries $C$, $P$, and $T$; `quantum mechanical' refers to the fact that we consider projective representations of the group. The particular set of CGCs presented here are applicable to the problem of the reduction of the direct product of two massive, unitary irreducible representations (UIRs) of $\pt$ with positive energy to irreducible components. Of the sixteen inequivalent representations of the discrete symmetries, the two standard representations with $U_C U_P = \pm 1$ are considered. Also included in the analysis are additive internal quantum numbers specifying the superselection sector. As an example, these CGCs are applied to the decay process of the $Υ(4S)$ meson.
description: 26 pages, double spaced. Version 2: typos corrected, introduction changed
Additional file 1 of Improving dementia care: insights from audit and feedback in interdisciplinary primary care sites
Creators: name: Arsenault-Lapierre, Geneviève
name: Le Berre, Mélanie
name: Rojas-Rozo, Laura
name: McAiney, Carrie
name: Ingram, Jennifer
name: Lee, Linda
name: Vedel, Isabelle
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1. Timeline of study and description of dementia care models.
Magnitude 8 Star Atlas
Creators: name: So, Bing Kwan
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: Instrumentation, Techniques, and Astronomical Observations

description: A concise star atlas for quick reference in the field. The atlas divides the night sky into just 18 charts, and is designed for two sided printing and top binding. Stars up to magnitude 8, and about 600 deep sky objects (comparable to Messier objects in terms of brightness) are included. It uses data from Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory star catalog and NGC/IC catalogues compiled by Wolfgang Steinicke and is plotted using PPC3 by Torsten Bronger.
HAWC J2227+610 and its association with G106.3+2.7, a new potential Galactic PeVatron
Creators: name: Albert, A.
name: Alfaro, R.
name: Alvarez, C.
name: Camacho, J. R. Angeles
name: Arteaga-Velázquez, J. C.
name: Arunbabu, K. P.
name: Rojas, D. Avila
name: Solares, H. A. Ayala
name: Baghmanyan, V.
name: Belmont-Moreno, E.
name: BenZvi, S. Y.
name: Brisbois, C.
name: Caballero-Mora, K. S.
name: Capistrán, T.
name: Carramiñana, A.
name: Casanova, S.
name: Cotti, U.
name: Cotzomi, J.
name: de León, S. Coutiño
name: De la Fuente, E.
name: Diaz-Cruz, L.
name: Dingus, B. L.
name: DuVernois, M. A.
name: Díaz-Vélez, J. C.
name: Ellsworth, R. W.
name: Engel, K.
name: Espinoza, C.
name: Fan, K. L.
name: Fang, K.
name: Alonso, M. Fernández
name: Fleischhack, H.
name: Fraija, N.
name: Galván-Gámez, A.
name: Garcia, D.
name: García-González, J. A.
name: Garfias, F.
name: Giacinti, G.
name: González, M. M.
name: Goodman, J. A.
name: Harding, J. P.
name: Hernandez, S.
name: Hinton, J.
name: Hona, B.
name: Huang, D.
name: Hueyotl-Zahuantitla, F.
name: Hüntemeyer, P.
name: Iriarte, A.
name: Jardin-Blicq, A.
name: Joshi, V.
name: Lee, W. H.
name: Vargas, H. León
name: Linnemann, J. T.
name: Longinotti, A. L.
name: Luis-Raya, G.
name: Lundeen, J.
name: Malone, K.
name: Marinelli, S. S.
name: Martinez, O.
name: Martinez-Castellanos, I.
name: Martínez-Castro, J.
name: Matthews, J. A.
name: Miranda-Romagnoli, P.
name: Morales-Soto, J. A.
name: Moreno, E.
name: Mostafá, M.
name: Nayerhoda, A.
name: Nellen, L.
name: Newbold, M.
name: Nisa, M. U.
name: Noriega-Papaqui, R.
name: Omodei, N.
name: Peisker, A.
name: Araujo, Y. Pérez
name: Pérez-Pérez, E. G.
name: Rho, C. D.
name: Rosa-González, D.
name: Ruiz-Velasco, E.
name: Salazar, H.
name: Greus, F. Salesa
name: Sandoval, A.
name: Schneider, M.
name: Schoorlemmer, H.
name: Franco, J. Serna
name: Sinnis, G.
name: Smith, A. J.
name: Springer, R. W.
name: Surajbali, P.
name: Tabachnick, E.
name: Tanner, M.
name: Tibolla, O.
name: Tollefson, K.
name: Torres, I.
name: Torres-Escobedo, R.
name: Ureña-Mena, F.
name: Villaseñor, L.
name: Weisgarber, T.
name: Zepeda, A.
name: Zhou, H.
name: de León, C.
name: Álvarez, J. D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present the detection of VHE gamma-ray emission above 100 TeV from HAWC J2227+610 with the HAWC observatory. Combining our observations with previously published results by VERITAS, we interpret the gamma-ray emission from HAWC J2227+610 as emission from protons with a lower limit in their cutoff energy of 800 TeV. The most likely source of the protons is the associated supernova remnant G106.3+2.7, making it a good candidate for a Galactic PeVatron. However, a purely leptonic origin of the observed emission cannot be excluded at this time.
description: Accepted for publication by ApJL
Heinrich M. Schwarz †
Creators: name: Wolff Metternich, Franz
Publisher: name: Kunstchronik. Monatsschrift für Kunstwissenschaft, Museumswesen und Denkmalpflege
Year: 2020

description: Kunstchronik. Monatsschrift für Kunstwissenschaft, Museumswesen und Denkmalpflege, Vol. 10 No. 8 (1957): Kunstchronik. Monatsschrift für Kunstwissenschaft, Museumswesen und Denkmalpflege
Our products are safe (don't tell anyone!). Why don't supermarkets advertise their private food safety standards?
Creators: name: Russo, Carlo
name: Perito, Maria Angela
name: Di Fonzo, Antonella
name: Russo, Carlo
name: Perito, Maria Angela
name: Di Fonzo, Antonella
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2011
Subjects: Agribusiness
Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety

description: Large retail chains have spent considerable resources to promote production protocols and traceability across the supply chain, aiming at increasing food safety. Yet, the majority of consumers are unaware of these private food safety standards (PFSS) and retailers are not informing them. This behavior denotes a pooling paradox: supermarkets spend a large amount of money for food safety and yet they forget to inform consumers. The result is a pooling equilibrium where consumers cannot discriminate among high quality and low quality products and supermarkets give up the potential price premium. This paper provides an economic explanation for the paradox using a contract-theory model. We found that PFSS implementation may be rational even if consumers have no willingness to pay for safety, because the standard can be used as a tool to solve asymmetric information along the supply chain. Using the PFSS, supermarkets can achieve a separating equilibrium where opportunistic suppliers have no incentive to accept the contract. Even if consumers exhibit a limited (but strictly positive) willingness to pay for safety, advertising may be profit-reducing. If the expected price margin is high enough, supermarkets have incentive to supply both certified and uncertified products. In this case, we show that, if consumers perceive undifferentiated products as “reasonably safe”, supermarkets may maximize profits by pooling the goods and selling them as undifferentiated. This result is not driven by advertising costs, as we derive it assuming free advertising.
How immigrant women from Africa negotiate new gendered roles within the family in Canada
Creators: name: Ochieng, Jackline Awoko
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: This research draws from the lived experiences of 15 African immigrants in Canada. While the focus of this study was on the new gendered roles within the family and how women negotiate these roles, the study found that it was difficult to separate gender from other oppressions, embedded in race, class, sex, age and nationality, that contribute to the experiences of women in Canada. Viewing immigrant women as an oppressed group and a critical community resource, points us towards a quest for understanding and recognising the diverse experiences that paradoxically situate the discourse of feminism and womanism. I peg on studies by African American and African women writers for theoretical grounding of the experiences of women (see Bobb-Smith, 2002; Collins, 2000; Bobb- Smith, 2002; Nfah-Abbenyi, 1997). I lean on agency discourse in representing voices of oppressed groups emphasising what members of the group do to resist oppressive systems (Smith, 1987). This study contributes to our knowledge on existing inequalities and thus becomes a great source of consciousness-raising among the academics, policy analysts, social workers and the public. Women in my study particularly used the following strategies: recreating new extended families, self dialogue, retraining and keeping several jobs. These strategies that women employ translate into consciousness-raising as immigrant women share with each other and pass this knowledge along to recent immigrants in ways that challenge the individualized liberal society that Canada is, redefine their goals and recreate a new sense of identity. Sharing knowledge and strategies is a cultural trait carried forward from Africa and transferred to Canada.
Sars-Cov2 induces systemic damage by binding to the beta chain of hemoglobin
Creators: name: Chiusolo, Annalisa
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 110704 Cellular Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 111502 Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics
subject: 111706 Epidemiology
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110202 Haematology
subject: 110804 Medical Virology

description: The Sars-Cov2 virus would attack haemoglobin (Hb), in particular the ORF10 and ORF3 proteins attack the beta chain, and orf1ab subtracts porphyrin [1]. This mechanism results in a reduced availability of Hb capable of binding oxygen and transporting it to tissues, leading to carbon dioxide accumulation. Lung cells become the site of the cytokine cascade responsible for the acute inflammation characterizing Covid-19 pneumonia. Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) leads to low levels of oxygenation in the blood and can be potentially fatal due to the dependence of the body's organs on adequately oxygenated blood [3]. The attack on the Hb EME group would result in lower oxygenation of the blood. In fact, a low oxygen saturation can be observed in the first pathology stage. The percentage of oxygen molecules bound to Hb is lowered. Then the blood Hb level could become an important parameter to assess Sars- Cov2 infection. Chloroquine (CQ) and hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) have been shown to significantly increase cellular Hb production. It has been suggested that these drugs may have therapeutic potential to increase HB levels in patients [7]. CQ and HCQ would therefore intervene through an additional mechanism against Sars-Cov2. HCQ, in fact, by binding to ferriprotoporphyrin IX forms stable complexes with the EME group [6] [8]. Therefore, erythrocytes seem to be strongly involved in the pathophysiology of Covid-19. Another study [9] shows how Covid-19 can lead to a form of acquired acute porphyria, probably related to the accumulation of porphyrins born from the action of the virus.
Mapping the policy space of public consultations: evidence from the European Union
Creators: name: Bunea, Adriana
name: Wüest, Reto
name: Lipcean, Sergiu
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mental Health
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Public consultations strengthen the informational advantage and policy legitimacy of bureaucracies by allowing them to collect and aggregate information on stakeholder preferences. How well consultations perform this function depends on the dimensional structure and complexity of the policy spaces describing them. Building on the research on spatial models of politics, we derive a set of expectations about the dimensional structure and policy content of consultation policy spaces. We assess our argument empirically by analysing 42 consultations organised by the European Commission via online surveys across all policy areas. Using Specific Multiple Correspondence Analysis (SMCA) we find that more than 70% of the analysed consultations present low-dimensional policy spaces characterised by one or two main dimensions, although some also display a three-dimensional space. The substantive content of policy dimensions is consultation-specific and varies greatly across events. Most dimensions capture stakeholder alignments with respect to policy instruments, and only a few with respect to the orientation of the policy regime. The unveiled consultation policy spaces reflect a regulatory model of stakeholder engagement in policymaking. Our findings underscore the challenges and opportunities of information provision, preference aggregation and the identification of stable majority equilibria in the context of public consultations and bureaucratic policymaking.
Additional file 2 of Improving dementia care: insights from audit and feedback in interdisciplinary primary care sites
Creators: name: Arsenault-Lapierre, Geneviève
name: Le Berre, Mélanie
name: Rojas-Rozo, Laura
name: McAiney, Carrie
name: Ingram, Jennifer
name: Lee, Linda
name: Vedel, Isabelle
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 2. Template of feedback presentations.
Natural Disasters and Agriculture: Individual Risk Preference towards Flooding
Creators: name: Sauer, Johannes
name: Sauer, Johannes
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy
subject: Risk and Uncertainty
subject: Extreme Events
subject: Risk
subject: Agriculture
subject: Natural Experiments
subject: Behavioural Adaptation

description: This study contributes to the understanding of behavioural responses to climate change induced extreme weather events. It suggest a microeconometric method for measuring flooding related risk preferences of affected individuals. The method is outlined using the empirical case of agricultural production in floodplains of the UK over 28 years. A quasi-experimental approach to measure differences in the risk attitudes of farmers located in high flooding risk areas versus farmers located in low flooding risk areas is followed. Changes in flooding risk related behaviour over time is analysed and marginal effects of different individual and disaster related characteristics for this behaviour are investigated. Beside a moments based risk estimation approach the study also applies a dynamic panel estimator. The estimates suggest that the average farmer located in a high flooding risk area is prepared to pay about 6% more of his profit for insuring against the higher risk of flooding compared to farmers in low flooding risk areas. The significance of considering individual risk preferences for an efficient flood policy design is discussed using the example of voluntary agreements for the maintainance of flood defences.
Additional file 3 of Improving dementia care: insights from audit and feedback in interdisciplinary primary care sites
Creators: name: Arsenault-Lapierre, Geneviève
name: Le Berre, Mélanie
name: Rojas-Rozo, Laura
name: McAiney, Carrie
name: Ingram, Jennifer
name: Lee, Linda
name: Vedel, Isabelle
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 3. Focus Group discussion guides developed for this study.
Sars-Cov2 induces systemic damage by binding to the beta chain of hemoglobin.doc
Creators: name: Chiusolo, Annalisa
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 110704 Cellular Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 111502 Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics
subject: 111706 Epidemiology
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110202 Haematology
subject: 110804 Medical Virology

description: P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm } A:link { color: #000000 } A:visited { color: #800080 } The Sars-Cov2 virus would attack haemoglobin (Hb), in particular the ORF10 and ORF3 proteins attack the beta chain, and orf1ab subtracts porphyrin [1]. This mechanism results in a reduced availability of Hb capable of binding oxygen and transporting it to tissues, leading to carbon dioxide accumulation. Lung cells become the site of the cytokine cascade responsible for the acute inflammation characterizing Covid-19 pneumonia. Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) leads to low levels of oxygenation in the blood and can be potentially fatal due to the dependence of the body's organs on adequately oxygenated blood [3]. The attack on the Hb EME group would result in lower oxygenation of the blood. In fact, a low oxygen saturation can be observed in the first pathology stage. The percentage of oxygen molecules bound to Hb is lowered. Then the blood Hb level could become an important parameter to assess Sars- Cov2 infection. Chloroquine (CQ) and hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) have been shown to significantly increase cellular Hb production. It has been suggested that these drugs may have therapeutic potential to increase HB levels in patients [7]. CQ and HCQ would therefore intervene through an additional mechanism against Sars-Cov2. HCQ, in fact, by binding to ferriprotoporphyrin IX forms stable complexes with the EME group [6] [8]. Therefore, erythrocytes seem to be strongly involved in the pathophysiology of Covid-19. Another study [9] shows how Covid-19 can lead to a form of acquired acute porphyria, probably related to the accumulation of porphyrins born from the action of the virus.
The targum (1954:May 4 - 1954:May 20)
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: Targum Association
Year: 1954

description: Some University historians indicate that the Targum was first published as an annual in 1867, but of this we have no extant evidence. In January 1869, the Targum as we now know it, made its appearance as a monthly paper that concerned itself with student “literary contributions” and college news as well as serving as a vehicle for bringing news to alumni and the general public. The newspaper, which originally was for sale, varied in frequency over the years as did its title (The Targum, Rutgers Targum, Rutgers Daily Targum, and Daily Targum). The newspaper has continuously been published since 1869 with the exception of 19 months during the second world war, between February 1944 and October 1945. The Targum was published by the students of Rutgers College, and later Rutgers University—New Brunswick represented through the years as the Targum Association, Rutgers Targum Association, and Rutgers College Targum. As a student organization, the Targum operated under the oversight of the dean of students and student government but in October 1980, the Targum became an independent college paper.
E-learning as a training tool in the South African furniture industry : pedagogical techniques and learner support
Creators: name: MacDonald, Iain S.
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: Since the birth of the World Wide Web in the early 1990s, web-based e-learning has experienced tremendous growth in schools, the higher education sector, and the corporate world. Although a large body of research and literature has been generated on the subject, discussion has tended to focus more on the technologies themselves than the underlying pedagogical frameworks upon which e-learning courses are built. This study was designed to investigate appropriate pedagogical techniques for workplace e-learning in the South African wood products sector, while also examining the kinds of learner support required from within the corporation. A qualitative research project was conducted, in which eighteen learners at eight factories in three provinces of South Africa participated in a three-month pilot e-learning training course. The study found that learners responded favourably to constructivist teaching approaches, such as online discussions, open-ended task-based activities, and assignments incorporating authentic, real-world aspects. Learners viewed constructivist activities to be more useful than quizzes and traditional essay-based assignments, as they allowed new concepts to be learned in context and were perceived to promote deeper understanding of the subject matter. Respondents nevertheless valued the inclusion of a blend of pedagogical approaches in the course design, as this enabled them to approach and analyse new concepts in an assortment of ways. The study results highlighted that it is of critical importance for the employer to provide adequate support for learners. Such support should include: timely provision of adequate Internet and computing facilities and IT support; creation of a formal study plan with the involvement of HR staff and learners’ superiors; monitoring of learners’ progress by HR managers; and the provision of financial or career advancement incentives for web-based training. The study concludes that web-based e-learning is a viable means of delivering training in the workplace for South Africa’s wood products sector provided learner support requirements are fully addressed.
Instanton Determinant with Arbitrary Quark Mass: WKB Phase-shift Method and Derivative Expansion
Creators: name: Dunne, Gerald V.
name: Hur, Jin
name: Lee, Choonkyu
name: Min, Hyunsoo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The fermion determinant in an instanton background for a quark field of arbitrary mass is studied using the Schwinger proper-time representation with WKB scattering phase shifts for the relevant partial-wave differential operators. Previously, results have been obtained only for the extreme small and large quark mass limits, not for intermediate interpolating mass values. We show that consistent renormalization and large-mass asymptotics requires up to third-order in the WKB approximation. This procedure leads to an almost analytic answer, requiring only modest numerical approximation, and yields excellent agreement with the well-known extreme small and large mass limits. We estimate that it differs from the exact answer by no more than 6% for generic mass values. In the philosophy of the derivative expansion the same amplitude is then studied using a Heisenberg-Euler-type effective action, and the leading order approximation gives a surprisingly accurate answer for all masses.
description: 15 pages, 3 figures