cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Federal Regulatory Barriers to Grid-Deployed Energy Storage
Creators: name: Meyer, Andrew H.
Publisher: name: Columbia Journal of Environmental Law
Year: 2019

description: Until recently, the most advanced form of grid-deployed energy storage involved pumping water up a hill. But “newer storage technologies like flywheels and chemical batteries have recently achieved technological maturity and are well into successful pilot stages and, in some cases, commercial operation.” If widely adopted, these new energy storage technologies will fundamentally alter the operation of our electricity system. ... Laudably, FERC has proactively addressed some particular barriers to storage, but many significant barriers remain. This Article aims to identify these barriers and offer pathways around them. Part I introduces energy storage, particularly its history, operational uses, and benefits. Part II introduces federal electricity regulation and analyzes various FERC-jurisdictional opportunities and barriers to energy storage. It also highlights recent FERC actions that proactively address or incidentally affect energy storage resources. Finally, Part III proposes actions FERC should take to remedy identified barriers. In particular, it argues that the Federal Power Act (“FPA”) requires FERC to eliminate unjust, unreasonable, and unduly discriminatory barriers to energy storage in organized wholesale markets and resource adequacy planning processes. It then argues that the Commission should clarify its policies for classifying storage devices so as to allow storage resources to perform multiple functions, thereby providing the grid with multiple benefits. Finally, it argues that energy storage resources should be considered comparably alongside traditional resources in transmission planning processes.
description: Columbia Journal of Environmental Law, Vol. 39 No. S (2014): Volume 39.S
Pelvic floor muscle activity during exoskeleton-assisted walking in controls and individuals with motor-complete spinal cord injury : feasibility considerations and characterization
Creators: name: Zhou, Xueqing
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2023

description: Background: The pelvic floor muscles (PFM) are important for maintaining continence and a potential therapeutic target for bladder management after spinal cord injury (SCI). Locomotor training could be beneficial for bladder outcomes in people with motor-complete SCI (mcSCI), but it remains unclear if reported improvements are related to the PFM. The PFM are co-activated with abdominal and gluteal muscles, and active during regular walking in able-bodied controls; however, we do not fully understand if exoskeletons used for gait rehabilitation that require more active engagement of the trunk muscles (e.g., the Ekso), could elicit more PFM activity compared to the Lokomat, which restricts trunk movement. Further, considering the invasiveness of the necessary procedures to record PFM activity, establishing the feasibility of the surface PFM electromyography (EMG) self-setup for dynamic tasks in controls will facilitate work in this area. Objectives: To (1) determine the feasibility of PFM EMG self-setup in controls; (2) characterize PFM activation patterns with respect to exoskeleton device (Lokomat vs. Ekso) in controls; and (3) explore the presence of PFM activity during exoskeleton-assisted walking in people with mcSCI. Methods: Eleven able-bodied adults and 3 SCI participants enrolled in this within-subject, cross-sectional study. We recorded EMG from the PFM and lower back, abdominal, gluteal, and leg muscles, as well as pelvis acceleration, during walking in the Lokomat and Ekso at different speeds. Control participants completed a survey on their experiences related to the PFM EMG self-setup. Results: In controls, all except one had a left-right difference in signal quality during walking with the PFM EMG self-setup. PFM activity was 53% and 63% higher during walking in the Ekso than Lokomat at the slow and fast speeds, respectively. Visual inspection revealed higher PFM EMG amplitude with greater pelvis acceleration and trunk and gluteal muscle activation. Both the Lokomat and Ekso elicited PFM activity in SCI participants. Conclusion: PFM EMG setup by a trained professional might be necessary to ensure signal quality during dynamic tasks. The Ekso is more effective in eliciting PFM activity in controls, and further investigation is needed to better understand this phenomenon in people with mcSCI.
Flowback: Federal Regulation of Wastewater from Hydraulic Fracturing
Creators: name: Gaba, Jeffrey M.
Publisher: name: Columbia Journal of Environmental Law
Year: 2019

description: A variety of production techniques, including hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”), have opened new reserves of natural gas from unconventional sources in the United States. The resulting growth of natural gas production in the last decade has dramatically altered the U.S. energy picture. Increasing supplies of natural gas have lessened reliance on coal for electricity generation, and the United States may be poised to be an exporter of natural gas. This Article addresses issues associated with federal regulation of fracking wastewater under RCRA and the CWA. Part I discusses the fracking process and current federal regulation of the fracking process itself under the Safe Drinking Water Act. Part II addresses the potential adverse environmental impacts of fracking wastewater, as well as the management and disposal options currently employed within the industry. Part III discusses issues associated with EPA’s exclusion of this wastewater from classification as a hazardous waste under RCRA...Part IV addresses regulation of the direct discharge of fracking wastewater to surface water under the Clean Water Act...Finally, Part V discusses issues associated with the regulation of fracking wastewater sent to Publicly Owned Treatment Works (“POTWs”).
description: Columbia Journal of Environmental Law, Vol. 39 No. 2 (2014): Volume 39.2
Additional file 5 of The effectiveness of a “EspaiJove.net”- a school-based intervention programme in increasing mental health knowledge, help seeking and reducing stigma attitudes in the adolescent population: a cluster randomised controlled trial
Creators: name: Casañas, Rocío
name: Castellvi, Pere
name: Gil, Juan-José
name: Torres-Torres, María
name: Barón, Jesica
name: Teixidó, Mercè
name: Sampietro, Hernán María
name: Díez, Marta
name: Fernández, Raúl
name: Sorli, Raquel
name: Siñol, Patricia
name: Jurado, Francisca
name: Carreras-Salvador, Regina
name: Vazquez, Davinia
name: Gonzalez, Sandra
name: Martín, Maria Isabel Fernandez-San
name: Raya-Tena, Antonia
name: Alvarez, Rosa
name: Amado-Rodriguez, Isaac
name: López, Luis Miguel Martín-
name: Alonso, Jordi
name: Lalucat-Jo, Lluís
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 5: Supplementary material 5. Effect size in MHL, Stigma and Help-seeking according to treatment groups over time.
title:  Integrating AI into UAVs
Creators: name: Quach, Huong
Publisher: name: Old Dominion University Libraries
Year: 2023

description: This research project explores the application of Deep Learning (DL) techniques, specifically Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs), to develop a smoke detection algorithm for deployment on mobile platforms, such as drones and self-driving vehicles. The project focuses on enhancing the decision-making capabilities of these platforms in emergency response situations. The methodology involves three phases: algorithm development, algorithm implementation, and testing and optimization. The developed CNN model, based on ResNet50 architecture, is trained on a dataset of fire, smoke, and neutral images obtained from the web. The algorithm is implemented on the Jetson Nano platform to provide responsive support for first responders. The study contributes to the intersection of artificial intelligence and autonomous systems, aiming to improve early detection capabilities for critical scenarios.
Can You Sue the Government? An Examination of the Legal Doctrines for Government Liability Regarding Their Involvement with Wind Power Development
Creators: name: Kim, Esther Y.
Publisher: name: Columbia Journal of Environmental Law
Year: 2019

description: With increasing government involvement in the development of wind power, neighboring landowners experiencing harms related to wind turbines might wish to—indeed, in some cases may need to—recover from the government as well as private parties. They may wish to bring nuisance claims against the government, which will largely mirror claims against private wind developers, and may bring claims alleging a Taking in violation of the Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution. Government liability for harms caused by wind farms may increase the costs of wind power development. This Note determines that the Takings claim is the stronger claim and proposes which Takings jurisprudence courts should apply, depending on the nature and scope of government action in particular cases. Specifically, this Note focuses on the three possible ways that the government may become involved with the development of wind farms: (1) explicit grants of nuisance immunity to wind farms; (2) government authorization of wind farms; (3) and wind farms planned and developed by the government on government lands (hereafter “government-developed” wind farms).
description: Columbia Journal of Environmental Law, Vol. 39 No. 2 (2014): Volume 39.2
gamma Doradus stars in the COROT exoplanets fields: first inspection
Creators: name: Mathias, P.
name: Chapellier, E.
name: Bouabid, M.
name: Rodriguez, E.
name: Poretti, E.
name: Paparo, M.
name: Hareter, M.
name: De Cat, P.
name: Eyer, L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present here preliminary results concerning 32 stars identified as main gamma Doradus candidates by the COROT Variable Classifier (CVC) among the 4 first fields of the exoplanet CCDs.
description: To appear in "Stellar Pulsation: Challenges for Theory and Observation", AIP
Phytobiomes and soil communities : assessing natural communities and the impact of anthropogenic change on plants, soils and their associated organisms
Creators: name: Super, Laura
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2023

description: Biodiversity on Earth is under immense threat and we must increase our understanding across systems to help research, conserve, manage and protect biodiversity for its own sake and human livelihoods worldwide. This thesis examined plant and microbial biodiversity across scales in three study systems: study system 1, a growth chamber experiment; study system 2, a field experiment with experimental nitrogen deposition and open top chamber warming in clear-cuts (CC) and forests edges (FE) at the subplot and plot scale, in a research forest in Canada; and study system 3, data mining across ecosystems in the continental United States of America. This thesis aimed to assess phytobiomes, plant performance, associated phytobiome communities (prokaryotic, fungal, nematode), and relationships (organism-pH, cross-taxon) to quantify richness and stochasticity and to use richness and stochasticity theory for synthesis across systems and scales. In study system 1, soil refugia treatments (bare soil vs. soil amended with plant roots of Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, Calamagrostis rubescens, or Pseudotsuga menziesii) did not impact P. menziesii seedling performance, but nematode abundance increased and root and shoot mycobiome stochasticity differed. In study system 2, simulated nitrogen deposition did not impact planted tree seedlings and associated understory vascular plant cover and there was no nitrogen and warming interaction effect, but warming increased plant growth in clear-cuts and the microenvironment impacted growth in both clear-cuts and forest edges. Plant and nematode richness and stochasticity were higher in clear-cuts than forest edges, but prokaryotic and fungal communities showed no trend. Stochasticity, not richness, had organism-pH and cross-taxon associations. In study system 3, plant and prokaryotic richness showed a linear organism-pH relationship across forests, but across different ecosystems only plant variables had a unimodal relationship with pH. Overall, this thesis finds that stochasticity and richness tend to be positively correlated. Stochasticity relationships were more common than richness relationships. For plants, lower stochasticity related to lower richness, local disturbance increased stochasticity and high determinism appeared with different ecosystem comparisons. Plant and nematode communities showed similar trends. Fungal communities generally showed higher stochasticity.
Reforming “The Blob”: Why California’s Latest Approach to Amending CEQA Is a Bad Idea
Creators: name: Mackey, Katherine V.
Publisher: name: Columbia Journal of Environmental Law
Year: 2019

description: The story of Moe’s Stop, a small gas station in San Jose, demonstrates a major problem with the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”). The owner of Moe’s wanted to add three new pumps to his existing station—an action without any obvious environmental effects—but the owner of a rival gas station across the street used CEQA to convince a judge to order an environmental review of the project, which halted construction for two years. After the completion of the environmental review, Moe added the new pumps, but the rival owner still went back to court to argue that the environmental review had been flawed. The mayor of San Jose, an environmental lawyer, stated that the lawsuit was “ridiculous” and described it as “obviously anticompetitive” in its intent. The cost to the owner of Moe’s of the litigation and associated delays was over $1 million. This story of CEQA abuse is not at all unique; it demonstrates just one facet of what legislators and business advocates claim are the myriad negative economic effects of CEQA. ... This Note argues that although CEQA does have inefficiency problems, bills creating procedural constraints are not an effective way to address them. Although the laws do reduce the length of judicial review, they add other sources of inefficiency, reduce the quality of judicial review, and fail to address vague standards in CEQA that increase the difficulty of EIR preparation and judicial review. California is contemplating further changes to CEQA in 2014. But although several different reform proposals have been made, more research is necessary before deciding on the best way to amend CEQA. Part I of this Note discusses the relevant provisions of CEQA and recent attempts to change the procedure for judicial review. Part II analyzes the efficiency problems with CEQA and argues that procedural changes are a poor solution to these problems. Part III presents reform proposals and argues that before reform is attempted, more research on CEQA must be done.
description: Columbia Journal of Environmental Law, Vol. 39 No. 2 (2014): Volume 39.2
Gendered Vulnerability, Perception and Adaptation Options of Smallholder Farmers to Climate Change in Eastern Ethiopia
Creators: name: Maja, Mengistu M.
name: Idiris, Abdurahim A.
name: Terefe, Aemro T.
name: Fashe, Muluneh M.
Publisher: name: Springer Nature
Year: 2022

description:
Climate change has become a global phenomenon, but its impact is unevenly distributed among regions, economic classes, age classes and genders. Gender is among the factors that influence the perception and adaptation of smallholder farmers to the impacts of climate change. This study assessed the level of gender vulnerability, perception and adaptation options against climate change in the rural areas of Meta District, eastern Ethiopia. Data were collected from 193 respondents through household survey, focus group discussions (FGD) and key informant interviews. Long-term climate data (1990–2019) were acquired from the National Meteorological Agency (NMA) of Ethiopia. Integrated vulnerability assessment method through the construction of indices from selected indicators of climate change was used to describe vulnerability. A multivariate probit model (MVP) was employed to identify factors affecting the choice of adaptation options to climate change. Climate data analysis showed that long-term annual, belg (short rainy season from February-April) and kiremt (long rainy season from June–September) seasonal rainfall had high variability with a coefficient of variation of 37.7%, 42.5% and 34.4%, respectively. Approximately 90% of male- and 74% of female-headed households perceived declining and erratic rainfall and rising temperature over time in their locality in the last three decades. The lower perception of women implies that they had less access to climate information and lack awareness, which constrains their adaptation against the impacts of climate change. The likelihood of household heads adopting soil and water conservation (SWC) practices, adjusting planting dates and use of drought-tolerant varieties was 77.2%, 56.9% and 53.9%, respectively. Women were more vulnerable, with a vulnerability index (VI) of − 0.138, to climate change than men (VI = 0.009) in the study area. These findings necessitate the formulation and implementation of gender-sensitive and context-specific policies that provide poor female farmers with the opportunities to diversify their livelihood with non-farm income. Moreover, non-formal trainings and better extension services are needed to enhance the perception of climate change and the use of adaptation practices to improve resilience against climate change.
Light radioactive nuclei capture reactions with phenomenological potential models
Creators: name: Guimaraes, V.
name: Bertulani, C. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Light radioactive nuclei play an important role in many astrophysical environments. Due to very low cross sections of some neutron and proton capture reactions by these radioactive nuclei at energies of astrophysical interest, direct laboratory measurements are very difficult. For radioactive nuclei such as 8Li and 8B, the direct measurement of neutron capture reactions is impossible. Indirect methods have been applied to overcome these difficulties. In this work we will report on the results and discussion of phenomenological potential models used to determine some proton and neutron capture reactions. As a test we show the results for the 16O(p,g)17F_gs(5/2+) and 16O(p,g)17F_ex(1/2+) capture reactions.We also computed the nucleosynthesis cross sections for the 7Li(n,g)8Li, 8Li(n,g)9Li and 8B(p,g)9C capture reactions.
description: Invited talk at Nuclear Physics Meeting in Brazil (2009). To be published at AIP conference proceedings
Additional file 1 of The effectiveness of a “EspaiJove.net”- a school-based intervention programme in increasing mental health knowledge, help seeking and reducing stigma attitudes in the adolescent population: a cluster randomised controlled trial
Creators: name: Casañas, Rocío
name: Castellvi, Pere
name: Gil, Juan-José
name: Torres-Torres, María
name: Barón, Jesica
name: Teixidó, Mercè
name: Sampietro, Hernán María
name: Díez, Marta
name: Fernández, Raúl
name: Sorli, Raquel
name: Siñol, Patricia
name: Jurado, Francisca
name: Carreras-Salvador, Regina
name: Vazquez, Davinia
name: Gonzalez, Sandra
name: Martín, Maria Isabel Fernandez-San
name: Raya-Tena, Antonia
name: Alvarez, Rosa
name: Amado-Rodriguez, Isaac
name: López, Luis Miguel Martín-
name: Alonso, Jordi
name: Lalucat-Jo, Lluís
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 1: Supplementary material 1. Description Espaijove.net program.
Sink or Swim: In Search of a Model for Coastal City Climate Resilience
Creators: name: Adams-Schoen, Sarah J.
Publisher: name: Columbia Journal of Environmental Law
Year: 2019

description: Although the threats of global climate change are by no means limited to coastal areas, coastal cities face extreme and unique challenges. Global temperatures are increasing and the rate of increase is accelerating-with corresponding increases in sea levels, acidification of oceans, and losses of flood-mitigating wetlands. Storms and other extreme weather events are increasing in frequency and severity. As a result, coastal communities are already experiencing rising sea levels, eroding shores, more massive storm surges, more severe storms, salt water intrusion, loss of land and changes in marine resources -and all cities can expect increased incidences of, and more extreme, storms, heat waves, droughts, and other extreme weather conditions. ... New York City is on a short list of U.S. cities that began proactively planning for future climate-change related risks in the early 2000s. Since then, the city has assessed its vulnerabilities, planned for, and, significantly, begun implementing extensive mitigation and adaptation initiatives....Given the robustness of New York City's approach as well as the need for "high adaptation" of coastal cities, municipalities across the United States, and coastal cities in particular, can benefit from examining New York City's strategies, successes, and lessons learned. As discussed below, many of New York City's climate change measures have put the City in a league of its own, contributing significantly to the City's resilience, decreasing GHG emissions, and providing significant co-benefits like improved public health, cleaner air and, according to the City, more affordable housing. But, the City also faces a host of challenges that threaten to "sink" it, including wicked policy binds, ineffective regional structures, a lack of support at the federal level, and other conditions that constrain the City's ability to remain resilient such as its massive population, coastal geography, and increasingly frequent and intense coastal storms, storm surges, and flooding. As a result, the City's climate change resilience initiatives may still fall short of what is required to sufficiently "moderate[] harm" from dangerous interference with the climate system.
description: Columbia Journal of Environmental Law, Vol. 40 No. 3 (2015): Volume 40.3
Regulating Pot to Save the Polar Bear: Energy and Climate Impacts of the Marijuana Industry
Creators: name: Warren, Gina S.
Publisher: name: Columbia Journal of Environmental Law
Year: 2019

description: It goes by many names: cannabis, marijuana, pot, chronic, grass, reefer, shwag, Mary Jane.[1] Whatever the name, the trend is clear: the weed is legal but the herb ain't green. Nearly half of all U.S. states have enacted-or have pending-legislation to legalize, decriminalize, or in some way permit the use and cultivation of marijuana. As a result, marijuana has become a significant topic of conversation in the U.S.-especially in the areas of social policy and criminal law. One conversation yet to reach fruition, however, is the industry's projected impacts on energy demand and the climate. As the industry grows, so will its negative externalities. Indoor cannabis cultivation is one of the most energy-intensive industries in the U.S., requiring electricity to power lamps, to maintain consistent temperature and humidity levels, and to power fans for ventilation, among other things. This energy consumption, unless otherwise mitigated, results in significant greenhouse gas emissions. This article explores the opportunities that legalization brings in addressing the negative impacts on energy usage and the climate. It concludes that simply incorporating the marijuana industry into the existing energy regulatory framework will do little to address its negative impacts. It recommends that state and local policymakers take advantage of the opportunity to consider climate risks and energy usage before issuing business licenses for indoor marijuana cultivators.
description: Columbia Journal of Environmental Law, Vol. 40 No. 3 (2015): Volume 40.3
All path-symmetric pure states achieve their maximal phase sensitivity in conventional two-path interferometry
Creators: name: Hofmann, Holger F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: It is shown that the condition for achieving the quantum Cramer-Rao bound of phase estimation in conventional two-path interferometers is that the state is symmetric with regard to an (unphysical) exchange of the two paths. Since path symmetry is conserved under phase shifts, the maximal phase sensitivity can be achieved at arbitrary bias phases, indicating that path symmetric states can achieve their quantum Cramer-Rao bound in Bayesian estimates of a completely unknown phase.
description: 4 pages, no figures
Standing to View Other People’s Land: The D.C. Circuit’s Divided Decision in Sierra Club v. Jewell
Creators: name: Mank, Bradford C.
Publisher: name: Columbia Journal of Environmental Law
Year: 2019

description: In its divided 2014 decision in Sierra Club v. Jewell, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit held that plaintiffs who observe landscape have Article III standing to sue in federal court to protect those views even if they have no legal right to physically enter the private property that they view. Two earlier decisions had reached similar conclusions, but have had little impact. The D.C. Circuit’s decision could significantly enlarge the ability for plaintiffs to sue federal agencies or private parties over changes to private lands that the plaintiffs have no right to enter. Because the Supreme Court has inconsistently applied both strict and liberal approaches to standing, it is difficult to predict how it would decide this issue. If it addresses whether plaintiffs must have a legal interest in any property they seek standing to protect, the Supreme Court might be forced to resolve the contradictions in its standing doctrine. Part II explains the basic principles of constitutional Article III standing. Part III addresses the district court’s initial decision rejecting standing and the divided D.C. Circuit decision finding standing in Sierra Club v. Jewell. Part IV examines two prior decisions concluding that observers have standing to challenge changes to property they do not own or have a right to enter. Part V discusses how the Supreme Court might address the issue of standing rights for those who view private lands they have no right to enter.
description: Columbia Journal of Environmental Law, Vol. 40 No. 2 (2015): Volume 40.2
‘A silent epidemic of grief’: a survey of bereavement care provision in the UK and Ireland during the COVID-19 pandemic
Creators: name: Pearce, Caroline
name: Honey, Jonathan R
name: Lovick, Roberta
name: Zapiain Creamer, Nicola
name: Henry, Claire
name: Langford, Andy
name: Stobert, Mark
name: Barclay, Stephen
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2021
Subjects: Palliative care
1506
2474
1720
palliative care
qualitative research
COVID-19
primary care

description: Objectives: To investigate the experiences and views of practitioners in the UK and Ireland concerning changes in bereavement care during the COVID-19 pandemic. Design: Online survey using a snowball sampling approach. Setting: Practitioners working in hospitals, hospices, care homes and community settings across the UK and Ireland. Participants: Health and social care professionals involved in bereavement support. Interventions: Brief online survey distributed widely across health and social care organisations. Results: 805 respondents working in hospice, community, and hospital settings across the UK and Ireland completed the survey between 3 August and 4 September 2020. Changes to bereavement care practice were reported in: the use of telephone, video and other forms of remote support (90%); supporting people bereaved from non-COVID conditions (76%), from COVID-19 (65%) and people bereaved before the pandemic (61%); funeral arrangements (61%); identifying bereaved people who might need support (56%); managing complex forms of grief (48%) and access to specialist services (41%). Free-text responses demonstrated the complexities and scale of the impact on health and social care services, practitioners and their relationships with bereaved families, and on bereaved people. Conclusions: The pandemic has created major challenges for the support of bereaved people: increased needs for bereavement care, transition to remote forms of support and the stresses experienced by practitioners, among others. The extent to which services are able to adapt, meet the escalating level of need and help to prevent a ‘tsunami of grief’ remains to be seen. The pandemic has highlighted the need for bereavement care to be considered an integral part of health and social care provision.
Map #111, Site 5MT10711, Pithouse 101-103, Stratigraphic Profile
Creators: name: DeVos, Jim
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Southwestern Colorado
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/2810/southwestern-colorado
subject: Southwestern US
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/84604/southwestern-us
subject: Basketmaker III
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/78/basketmaker-iii
subject: 5MT10711
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/118032/5mt10711
subject: Ridgeline Site
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/118031/ridgeline-site

description: Site 5MT10711, Pithouse 101-103, Stratigraphic Profile
The number of weakly compact sets which generate a Banach space
Creators: name: Avilés, Antonio
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Functional Analysis (math.FA)
subject: General Topology (math.GN)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We consider the cardinal invariant CG(X) of the minimal number of weakly compact subsets which generate a Banach space X. We study the behavior of this index when passing to subspaces, its relation with the Lindelof number in the weak topology and other related questions.
Additional file 2 of The effectiveness of a “EspaiJove.net”- a school-based intervention programme in increasing mental health knowledge, help seeking and reducing stigma attitudes in the adolescent population: a cluster randomised controlled trial
Creators: name: Casañas, Rocío
name: Castellvi, Pere
name: Gil, Juan-José
name: Torres-Torres, María
name: Barón, Jesica
name: Teixidó, Mercè
name: Sampietro, Hernán María
name: Díez, Marta
name: Fernández, Raúl
name: Sorli, Raquel
name: Siñol, Patricia
name: Jurado, Francisca
name: Carreras-Salvador, Regina
name: Vazquez, Davinia
name: Gonzalez, Sandra
name: Martín, Maria Isabel Fernandez-San
name: Raya-Tena, Antonia
name: Alvarez, Rosa
name: Amado-Rodriguez, Isaac
name: López, Luis Miguel Martín-
name: Alonso, Jordi
name: Lalucat-Jo, Lluís
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 2: Supplementary material 2. Number of subjects contributed by each school.
Beyond Gridlock
Creators: name: Vandenbergh, Michael P.
name: Gilligan, Jonathan A.
Publisher: name: Columbia Journal of Environmental Law
Year: 2019

description: Private climate governance can achieve major greenhouse gas (“GHG”) emissions reductions while governments are in gridlock. Despite the optimism that emerged from the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1992, almost a quarter century later the federal legislative process and international climate negotiations are years from a comprehensive response. Yet Microsoft, Google and many other companies have committed to become carbon neutral. Wal-Mart has partnered with the Environmental Defense Fund to secure 20 million tons of GHG emissions reductions from its suppliers around the world, an amount equal to almost half the emissions from the US iron and steel industry. Investors holding roughly $90 trillion in assets have pressured large corporations to disclose and reduce their carbon footprints, and participating companies report having reduced emissions by an amount equal to a major emitting nation. Private forest certification programs have taken steps to reduce the GHG emissions from deforestation. Household carbon regulation is off the table in many countries, but private advocacy groups and corporations have reduced household emissions through home energy disclosure, eco-driving campaigns, employee programs, voluntary carbon offsets, and other initiatives. To explain the importance of private climate governance, this Article is structured around three propositions. The first is the need for urgency... The second proposition is that the barriers to adopting and implementing a carbon price are unlikely to be overcome in the next decade... The third proposition is that unlocking the potential of private governance will require a conceptual shift by scholars, philanthropists, and corporate and NGO managers... Private initiatives cannot keep global emissions on track to achieve the most widely adopted climate target, but they can achieve a private governance wedge: they can reduce emissions by roughly 1,000 million tons (a gigaton) of CO2 per year between 2016 and 2025. When combined with other efforts, this private governance wedge offers a reasonable chance of buying a decade to resolve the current government gridlock.
description: Columbia Journal of Environmental Law, Vol. 40 No. 2 (2015): Volume 40.2
Longitudinal increases in childhood depression symptoms during the COVID-19 lockdown
Creators: name: Bignardi, Giacomo
name: Dalmaijer, Edwin S
name: Anwyl-Irvine, Alexander L
name: Smith, Tess A
name: Siugzdaite, Roma
name: Uh, Stepheni
name: Astle, Duncan E
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2020
Subjects: Original research
1506
1612
2474
psychology
adolescent health

description: Funder: Medical Research Council; FundRef: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000265
description: Objective: There has been widespread concern that so-called lockdown measures, including social distancing and school closures, could negatively impact children’s mental health. However, there has been little direct evidence of any association due to the paucity of longitudinal studies reporting mental health before and during the lockdown. This present study provides the first longitudinal examination of changes in childhood mental health, a key component of an urgently needed evidence base that can inform policy and practice surrounding the continuing response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: Mental health assessments on 168 children (aged 7.6–11.6 years) were taken before and during the UK lockdown (April–June 2020). Assessments included self-reports, caregiver reports, and teacher reports. Mean mental health scores before and during the UK lockdown were compared using mixed linear models. Results: A significant increase in depression symptoms during the UK lockdown was observed, as measured by the Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale (RCADS) short form. CIs suggest a medium-to-large effect size. There were no significant changes in the RCADS anxiety subscale and Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire emotional problems subscale. Conclusions: During the UK lockdown, children’s depression symptoms have increased substantially, relative to before lockdown. The scale of this effect has direct relevance for the continuation of different elements of lockdown policy, such as complete or partial school closures. This early evidence for the direct impact of lockdown must now be combined with larger scale epidemiological studies that establish which children are most at risk and tracks their future recovery.
Resonant Excitation of Disk Oscillations in Two-Armed-Deformed Disks and Application to High-Frequency QPOs
Creators: name: Kato, Shoji
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In previous papers we showed that in a one-armed deformed disks, p-mode and g-mode oscillations are resonantly excited by horizontal resonance, and applied it to high frequency QPOs observed in low mass X-ray binaries. In that model, the observed time variation of kHz QPOs is regarded as a result of a time-dependent precession of the deformation. In this paper we consider another possible cause of time variation of kHz QPOs. That is, we demonstrate that in a two-armed deformed disks, p-mode and g-mode oscillations are excited by {\it vertical resonance}, not by horizontal resonance(horizontal resonance dampens them). Furthermore, we show that in the case of vertical resonance, the frequencies of disk oscillations excited can vary with time if vertical disk structure changes with time. A brief application of these results to the time variation of observed kHz QPOs is made.
description: 19 pages, 5 figures. To be published in PASJ 61, No.6 (2009)
Map #66, Site 5MT10631, Major Cultural Units and Excavation Areas
Creators: name: DeVos, Jim
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Southwestern Colorado
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/2810/southwestern-colorado
subject: Southwestern US
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/84604/southwestern-us
subject: Basketmaker III
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/78/basketmaker-iii
subject: Pueblo II
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/55/pueblo-ii
subject: 5MT10631
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/118036/5mt10631
subject: Mueller Little House
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/118035/mueller-little-house

description: Site 5MT10631, Major Cultural Units and Excavation Areas
Assessing international alcohol consumption patterns during isolation from the COVID-19 pandemic using an online survey: highlighting negative emotionality mechanisms
Creators: name: Sallie, Samantha N
name: Ritou, Valentin
name: Bowden-Jones, Henrietta
name: Voon, Valerie
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2020
Subjects: Mental health
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2474
1712
COVID-19
psychiatry
substance misuse
public health
depression & mood disorders

description: Objectives: The COVID-19 pandemic has required drastic safety measures to control virus spread, including an extended self-isolation period. Stressful situations increase alcohol craving and consumption in alcohol use disorder (AUD) and non-AUD drinkers. Thus, we assessed how COVID-19 related stress may have affected drinking behaviours in the general population. Design: We developed an online cross-sectional survey, Habit Tracker (HabiT), which measured changes in drinking behaviours before and during COVID-19 quarantine. We also assessed psychiatric factors such as anxiety, depression (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale) and impulsivity (Short-Impulsive Behavior Scale). Lastly, we related drinking behaviours to COVID-19 specific stress factors. Setting: HabiT was released internationally, with individuals from 83 countries participating. Participants: Participants were included if they were 18 years of age or older and confirmed they were proficient in English. The survey was completed by 2873 adults with 1346 usable data (46.9% accurately completed). Primary outcome measures: Primary outcome measures were change in amount and severity of drinking behaviours before and during quarantine, and current drinking severity during quarantine. Results: Although drinking behaviours decreased overall during quarantine, 36% reported an increase in alcohol use. Those who increased alcohol use during quarantine were older individuals (95% CI 0.04 to 0.1, p<0.0001), essential workers (95% CI −0.58 to −0.1, p=0.01), individuals with children (95% CI −12.46 to 0.0, p=0.003), those with a personal relationship with someone severely ill from COVID-19 (95% CI −2 to −0.38, p=0.01) and those with higher depression (95% CI 0.67 to 1.45, p<0.0001), anxiety (95% CI 0.61 to 1.5, p=0.0002), and positive urgency impulsivity (95% CI 0.16 to 0.72, p=0.009). Furthermore, country-level subsample analyses indicated that drinking amount (95% CI 9.36 to 13.13, p=0.003) increased in the UK during quarantine. Conclusions: Our findings highlight a role for identifying those vulnerable for alcohol misuse during periods of self-isolation and underscore the theoretical mechanism of negative emotionality underlying drinking behaviours driven by stress. Limitations include a large degree of study dropout (n=1515). Future studies should assess the long-term effects of isolation on drinking behaviours.
Shedding Light: The Role of Public Utility Commissions in Encouraging Adoption of Energy Efficient Lighting by Low-income Households
Creators: name: Liang, Angelina
Publisher: name: Columbia Journal of Environmental Law
Year: 2019

description: This Note proposes harnessing the abilities of state public utility commissions (“PUCs”) to tailor preexisting efficient lighting programs for low-income households, which are particularly susceptible to the common barriers to efficient lighting adoption. Although the exact mandate differs by state, most PUCs regulate and monitor utility services and ensure reliable delivery of electricity at just and reasonable rates. Within this relatively undefined area, PUCs may extend the scope of their rules to encompass energy efficiency schemes by characterizing such programs as a method of promoting the reliability and decreasing the costs of the entire electricity grid. This Note identifies three approaches that, if applied together, accommodate for special needs of low-income households and satisfy general policy goals: free and subsidized light bulbs, free audits, and educational projects. The combination of these approaches is low-cost and self-sustaining: PUCs already regulate utilities, meaning no additional procedure or oversight is necessary, and reduced electricity bills, once initial barriers are overcome, will likely compel consumer adoption without significant funding from the state. Using no more than their currently vested powers, PUCs may significantly influence efficient lighting adoption rates by low-income households and thereby generate low-cost, system-wide benefits for those individuals, the state electricity grid, and the global environment. This Note focuses primarily on New York’s PUC as a promising example of the potential for such a program.
description: Columbia Journal of Environmental Law, Vol. 38 No. 2 (2013): Volume 38.2
Zipf's law and log-normal distributions in measures of scientific output across fields and institutions: 40 years of Slovenia's research as an example
Creators: name: Perc, Matjaz
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability (physics.data-an)
subject: Databases (cs.DB)
subject: Applications (stat.AP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Slovenia's Current Research Information System (SICRIS) currently hosts 86,443 publications with citation data from 8,359 researchers working on the whole plethora of social and natural sciences from 1970 till present. Using these data, we show that the citation distributions derived from individual publications have Zipfian properties in that they can be fitted by a power law $P(x) \sim x^{-α}$, with $α$ between 2.4 and 3.1 depending on the institution and field of research. Distributions of indexes that quantify the success of researchers rather than individual publications, on the other hand, cannot be associated with a power law. We find that for Egghe's g-index and Hirsch's h-index the log-normal form $P(x) \sim \exp[-a\ln x -b(\ln x)^2]$ applies best, with $a$ and $b$ depending moderately on the underlying set of researchers. In special cases, particularly for institutions with a strongly hierarchical constitution and research fields with high self-citation rates, exponential distributions can be observed as well. Both indexes yield distributions with equivalent statistical properties, which is a strong indicator for their consistency and logical connectedness. At the same time, differences in the assessment of citation histories of individual researchers strengthen their importance for properly evaluating the quality and impact of scientific output.
description: 8 pages, 3 figures; accepted for publication in Journal of Informetrics [supplementary material available at http://www.matjazperc.com/sicris/stats.html]
Gepirone Extended-Release: First Approval
Creators: name: Keam, Susan
Publisher: name: Adis Journals
Year: 2023
Subjects: Medicine

description: Declarations
Funding The preparation of this review was not supported by any external funding.
Authorship and Conflict of interest During the peer review process the manufacturer of the agent under review was offered an opportunity to comment on the article. Changes resulting from any comments received were made by the authors on the basis of scientific completeness and accuracy. Susan J. Keam is a contracted employee of Adis International Ltd/Springer Nature, and declares no relevant conflicts of interest. All authors contributed to this article and are responsible for its content.
Ethics approval, Consent to participate, Consent to publish, Availability of data and material, Code availability Not applicable.
Additional information about this Adis Drug Review can be found here. 
Abstract
Gepirone HCL extended-release (gepirone ER; EXXUA™), an oral, selective serotonin (5HT)1A receptor agonist formulated for once-daily administration, has been developed by Fabre-Kramer Pharmaceuticals, Inc. for the treatment of psychiatric disorders, including major depressive disorder (MDD).  In September 2023, gepirone ER was approved in the USA for  the treatment of adults with MDD. This article summarizes the milestones in the development of gepirone ER leading to this first approval for the treatment of adults with MDD.
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Harnessing the Power of the Ground Beneath Our Feet: Encouraging Greater Installation of Geothermal Heat Pumps in the Northeast United States
Creators: name: Denicola, Robert J.
Publisher: name: Columbia Journal of Environmental Law
Year: 2019

description: Although ground-source heat pumps are an appealing source of renewable energy, they have yet to truly catch on in the United States—especially in the Northeast. The Introduction of this Note will introduce readers to the different types of geothermal heat pumps and their mechanics. Part I will explain how high initial costs, information deficits, and governmental failures to make available equal financial incentives for geothermal heat pumps in the Northeast have inhibited the growth of their usage in the region. Part II will analyze the financial incentives and regulations that impact the use of geothermal heat pumps. Part III will discuss the barriers to widespread geothermal heat pump adoption and why current laws and regulations are inadequate to address these barriers. Part IV will propose several ways state governments can encourage greater installation of geothermal heat pumps. Specifically, I will argue that a loan program modeled after New York’s On-Bill Recovery Program, an enhanced information- forcing regime, better training, and a legislative “fair funding” requirement are necessary to spark an increase in geothermal heat pump use.
description: Columbia Journal of Environmental Law, Vol. 38 No. 1 (2013): Volume 38.1
Public Preferences for Marine Conservation
Creators: name: Needham, Katherine
name: Bui Bich, Xuan
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019

description: Katherine Needham (University of Glasgow) & Bui Bich Xuan (UiT) gave this presentation during the 4th ATLAS General Assembly as part of WP5 - Valuing Ecosystem Services and Blue Growth Potential.