cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Participatory development : the role of a local Indian NGO in a watershed development program in central India
Creators: name: Kelpin, Kevin Dean
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: "Participation" has become an increasingly important discourse within the global practice of development. Rhetorically used by a disparate array of development organizations ranging from government departments and large multi-national development agencies to small local non-government organizations (NGOs), "participation" has come to broadly represent the attempt to involve local individuals and groups within the planning and management of the development activities directly affecting them. The far-reaching and enthusiastic acceptance of what participation conceptually represents, however, has tended to definitionally cloud the more intricate and human matter of how participation as a development process is to be practically achieved at the local level. How macro-level conceptual policies of institutionalised development, such as "participation", become visible in the micro-level realities of rural communities is a central question. This dissertation examines the work of a small Indian NGO (INDEV), involved in a participatory watershed development project in Madhya Pradesh, India. How participation emerged as a social process between INDEV and local farmers to bring about social, economic, and ecological change is documented. Essential to the emergence of a process of meaningful participatory development is the intersubjective accomplishment of meaning. Therefore, the local-level experience where the social construction of knowledge and relations of power were negotiated daily within the interactions between INDEV, local farmers and the government district administration is emphasised. Participatory development can be an empowering activity for marginalized communities, but this depends on a shift in power relations between development officials and local individuals. The meaningful participation of communities can be severely limited when state development policies, often inextricably tied to rigid management practices, fixed time frames and quantitative measurement standards, are favoured over local knowledge, local time frames and a social space in which participation happens through the unmeasurables of trust, compromise and self-confidence. This research focuses on INDEV's struggles with both the district administration's reluctance to surrender control over development actions, as well as the hesitancy of local farmers who, in light of their past interactions with the authoritative nature of government development activities, often see non-participation as the best way to avoid risks to their short and long term economic survival.
Additional file 2 of Effectiveness and safety of mepolizumab in combination with corticosteroids in patients with eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis
Creators: name: Ueno, Masanobu
name: Ippei Miyagawa
name: Nakano, Kazuhisa
name: Iwata, Shigeru
name: Hanami, Kentaro
name: Fukuyo, Shunsuke
name: Kubo, Satoshi
name: Miyazaki, Yusuke
name: Kawabe, Akio
name: Yoshinari, Hiroko
name: Nakayamada, Shingo
name: Tanaka, Yoshiya
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 60506 Virology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 2: Supplementary Table 2. Baseline characteristic of 16 Patients with Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis.
Nonperturbative renormalization of composite operators with overlap fermions
Creators: name: Zhang, J. B.
name: Mathur, N.
name: Dong, S. J.
name: Draper, T.
name: Horváth, I.
name: Lee, F. X.
name: Leinweber, D. B.
name: Liu, K. F.
name: Williams, A. G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We compute non-perturbatively the renormalization constants of composite operators on a quenched $16^3 \times 28 $ lattice with lattice spacing $a$ = 0.20 fm for the overlap fermion by using the regularization independent (RI) scheme. The quenched gauge configurations were generated with the Iwasaki action. We test the relations $Z_A = Z_V$ and $ Z_S=Z_P$ and find that they agree well {(less than 1%)} above $μ$ = 1.6 GeV. %even for our lattice with a coarse lattice spacing. We also perform a Renormalization Group (RG) analysis at the next-to-next-to-leading order and match the renormalization constants to the $\bar{\rm MS}$ scheme. The wave-function renormalization $Z_ψ$ is determined from the vertex function of the axial current and $Z_A$ from the chiral Ward identity. Finally, we examine the finite quark mass behavior for the renormalization factors of the quark bilinear operators. We find that the $(pa)^2$ errors of the vertex functions are small and the quark mass dependence of the renormalization factors to be quite weak.
description: 40 pages, 20 figures
Are Urban Consumers in China Ready to Accept Biotech Foods?
Creators: name: Lin, William W.
name: Somwaru, Agapi
name: Tuan, Francis C.
name: Huang, Jikun
name: Bai, Junfei
name: Lin, William W.
name: Somwaru, Agapi
name: Tuan, Francis C.
name: Huang, Jikun
name: Bai, Junfei
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Consumer/Household Economics
subject: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies
subject: biotech foods
subject: ordered probit model
subject: consumer acceptance
subject: willingness to pay
subject: China

description: Based on a large-scale survey conducted in 11 large and small eastern cities in 2002, this study employs ordered probit models to estimate the effects of demographic and socio-economic variables on the likelihood of biotech food acceptance in China. This study also employs a dichotomous choice model to estimate consumers' mean willingness to pay (WTP) for biotech foods, including soybean oil and insect-resistant biotech rice. This survey reaffirms that Chinese urban consumers had a low awareness of biotechnology. Despite the low level of awareness, a great majority of respondents had favorable or neutral attitudes toward biotech foods. Only 5-15 percent was strongly or relatively opposed to biotech foods. Results from the models suggest that mid- and small-city consumers were more supportive of the use of biotech foods than large-city consumers. In addition, consumers with poorer health were less willing to accept biotech foods. Those consumers who trusted the accuracy of media information were also more willing to accept biotech foods. A majority-60 percent or higher-of the respondents were willing to purchase biotech foods without any price discounts. However, about 20 percent would only accept non-biotech foods. Results of the WTP analysis suggest that the likely price premiums that respondents are willing to pay for non-biotech foods averaged around 23.4 percent in the case of soybean oil and 41.5 percent for rice. Mean WTPs estimated from this study are likely to be overstated due in part to the hypothetical nature of the survey data.
Aland, Barbara und Juckel, Andreas (Hrsg.): Das Neue Testament in syrischer Überlieferung. II. Die Paulinischen Briefe. Teil 3: 1./2. Thessalonicherbrief, 1./2. Timotheusbrief, Titusbrief, Philemonbrief und Hebräerbrief
Creators: name: Kaufhold, Hubert
Publisher: name: Oriens christianus : Hefte für die Kunde des christlichen Orients
Year: 2024

description: Oriens christianus : Hefte für die Kunde des christlichen Orients, Bd. 87 (2003): Oriens christianus, Band 87
The RFOFO Ionization Cooling Ring for Muons
Creators: name: Palmer, R.
name: Balbekov, V.
name: Berg, J. S.
name: Bracker, S.
name: Cremaldi, L.
name: Fernow, R. C.
name: Gallardo, J. C.
name: Godang, R.
name: Hanson, G.
name: Klier, A.
name: Summers, D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Accelerator Physics (physics.acc-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Practical ionization cooling rings could lead to lower cost or improved performance in neutrino factory or muon collider designs. The ring modeled here uses realistic three-dimensional fields. The performance of the ring compares favorably with the linear cooling channel used in the second US Neutrino Factory Study. The normalized 6D emittance of an ideal ring is decreased by a factor of approximately 240, compared with a factor of only 15 for the linear channel. We also examine such \textit{real-world} effects as windows on the absorbers and rf cavities and leaving empty lattice cells for injection and extraction. For realistic conditions the ring decreases the normalized 6D emittance by a factor of 49.
description: 27 pages, 18 figures and 5 tables. Submitted to Phys. Rev. ST-AB
Village Inequality in Western China
Creators: name: Xing, Li
name: Fan, Shenggen
name: Luo, Xiaopeng
name: Zhang, Xiaobo
name: Xing, Li
name: Fan, Shenggen
name: Luo, Xiaopeng
name: Zhang, Xiaobo
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Community/Rural/Urban Development
subject: Rural Development
subject: Poverty
subject: Inequality
subject: Public investment
subject: H54
subject: O47
subject: O53
subject: R11

description: Increased regional inequality has been a major concern in many emerging economies like China, India, Vietnam and Thailand. However, even a large inequality is observed within the lagging regions. The objective of this paper is to look into what are the sources of within region inequality using the community surveys and a census type of households in Western China. This snapshot view of inequality within and between rural villages in western China is based on a census-type household survey in three administrative villages and a sampling survey of 286 natural villages in the poor province of Guizhou in 2004. In contrast to coastal regions, nonfarm income is distributed unevenly in this inland western region. This acco unts for the largest share of overall income inequality. But agriculture is still the rural people's major source of livelihood in this particular location. On the expenditure side, health care is one of the most important sources of inequality. Because rural income is strongly related to human capital, the uneven access to health care will translate into a larger income gap in the long run. The analysis based on the natural village survey indicates that income varies widely across villages. Access to infrastructure and markets, education, and political participation explain most of this variation. These findings have important implications on the future development strategy in promoting lagging regions development and poverty reduction. While the overall economic development will be the main instrument to bring the majority poor out of poverty, a targeted approach has become increasingly crucial in helping the poor villages and households. It is critical to understand why these villages and households can not particulate in the growth process and how development programs and various transfer programs help them to overcome the constraints they face.
About the Efficiency of Input vs. Output Quotas
Creators: name: Merel, Pierre R.
name: Merel, Pierre R.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2006
Subjects: Agricultural and Food Policy

description: Output quotas are known to be more efficient than input quotas in transferring surplus from consumers to producers. Input quotas, by distorting the shadow prices of inputs, lead to inefficient production and generate larger deadweight losses, for a given amount of surplus transferred. Yet, input quotas have been a ubiquitous tool in agricultural policy. Practicality considerations, as well as the difficulty to control outputs that heavily depend on stochastic weather conditions, are arguments that help understand why policy makers may favor input quotas over output quotas. In this paper, we offer an additional explanation that rests on efficiency considerations. Assuming that the regulator only has limited knowledge about the market fundamentals (supply and demand elasticities, among others), seeks to transfer at least a given amount of surplus to producers and is influenced by the industry in his choice of the quota level, we show that an input quota becomes the optimal policy.
Renormalization group approach to Sudakov resummation in prompt photon production
Creators: name: Bolzoni, Paolo
name: Forte, Stefano
name: Ridolfi, Giovanni
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We prove the all-order exponentiation of soft logarithmic corrections to prompt photon production in hadronic collisions, by generalizing an approach previously developed in the context of Drell-Yan production and deep-inelastic scattering. We show that all large logs in the soft limit can be expressed in terms of two dimensionful variables, and we use the renormalization group to resum them. The resummed results that we obtain are more general though less predictive than those proposed by other groups, in that they can accommodate for violations of Sudakov factorization.
description: 21 pages, no figures. Final version to be published in Nucl. Phys. B. Discussion on colour structure added (eqs.(3.17)-(3.18))
Productivity Growth and Convergence in Crop, Ruminant and Non-Ruminant Production: Measurement and Forecasts
Creators: name: Ludena, Carlos E.
name: Hertel, Thomas W.
name: Preckel, Paul V.
name: Foster, Kenneth A.
name: Nin Pratt, Alejandro
name: Ludena, Carlos E.
name: Hertel, Thomas W.
name: Preckel, Paul V.
name: Foster, Kenneth A.
name: Nin Pratt, Alejandro
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Productivity Analysis
subject: Malmquist index
subject: productivity
subject: convergence
subject: projections
subject: crops
subject: livestock

description: There is considerable interest in projections of future productivity growth in agriculture. Whether one is interested in the outlook for global commodity markets, future patterns of international trade, or the interactions between land use, deforestation and ecological diversity, the rate of productivity growth in agriculture is an essential input. Yet solid projections for this variable have proven elusive - particularly on a global basis. This is due, in no small part, to the difficulty in measuring historical productivity growth. The purpose of this paper is to report the latest time series evidence on total factor productivity growth for crops, ruminants and non-ruminant livestock, on a global basis. We then follow with tests for convergence amongst regions, providing forecasts for farm productivity growth to the year 2040. The results suggest that most regions in the sample are likely to experience larger productivity gains in livestock than in crops. Within livestock, the non-ruminant sector is expected to continue to be more dynamic than the ruminant sector. Given the rapid rates of productivity growth observed recently, non-ruminant and crop productivity in developing countries may be converging to the productivity levels of developed countries. For ruminants, the results show that productivity levels may be diverging between developed and developing countries.
The Chemistry of Quantum Spin Liquids
Creators: name: Chamorro, J. R.
name: Tran, T. T.
name: McQueen, T. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Quantum spin liquids are an exciting playground for exotic physical phenomena and emergent many-body quantum states. The realization and discovery of quantum spin liquid candidate materials and associated phenomena lie at the intersection of solid-state chemistry, condensed matter physics and materials science and engineering. In this review, we provide the current status of the crystal chemistry, synthetic techniques, physical properties, and research methods in the field of quantum spin liquids. We also highlight a number of specific quantum spin liquid candidate materials and their structure-property relationships, elucidating their fascinating behavior and connecting it to the intricacies of their structures. Furthermore, we share our thoughts on defects and their inevitable presence in materials, of which quantum spin liquids are no exception, which can complicate the interpretation of characterization of these materials, and urge the community to extend their attention to materials preparation and data analysis, cognizant of the impact of defects. This review was written with the intention of providing guidance on improving the materials design and growth of quantum spin liquids, and painting a picture of the beauty of the underlying chemistry of this exciting class of materials.
description: Submitted for publication in a special issue on quantum materials in Chemical Reviews. Open for comment, please provide suggestions for additional references and improvements
Using Spatial Analysis to Study the Values of Variable Rate Technology and Information
Creators: name: Bullock, David S.
name: Lowenberg-DeBoer, James
name: Bullock, David S.
name: Lowenberg-DeBoer, James
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies
subject: precision agriculture
subject: spatial econometrics
subject: variable rate technology

description: We present a review of the last few years' literature on the economic feasibility of variable rate technology in agriculture. Much of the research on this topic has involved the estimation of site-specific yield response functions. Data used for such estimations most often inherently lend themselves to spatial analysis. We discuss the different types of spatial analyses that may be appropriate in estimating various types yield response functions. Then, we present a taxonomy for the discussion of the economics of precision agriculture technology and information. We argue that precision agriculture technology and information must be studied together since they are by nature economic complements. We contend that longer-term, multi-location agronomic experiments are needed for the estimation of ex ante optimal variable input rates and the expected profitability of variable rate technology and information gathering. We use our taxonomy to review the literature and its results with consistency and rigor.
Oshtoran Syndrome (H63D Syndrome Type 3) - status report
Creators: name: Diamandis, Carolina
name: Strelkov, Boris
name: Steinberg, Sandra
name: Honda, Riku
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 320208
subject: Endocrinology
classificationCode: 320209
subject: Gastroenterology and hepatology
classificationCode: 320101
subject: Cardiology (incl. cardiovascular diseases)
classificationCode: 320905
subject: Neurology and neuromuscular diseases
classificationCode: 520301
subject: Clinical neuropsychology

description: Oshtoran Syndrome, also known as H63D syndrome type-3, is a multifactorial, meta-syndromic disorder characterized by a variety of clinical manifestations. These include irregular iron homeostasis, microinflammatory events, neuropsychiatric disorders, multi-organ pathologies and especially autonomic dysfunctions involving the central nervous system, the autonomic nervous system and the innate immune system. The disease is complex and requires a comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach to diagnosis and treatment. There is evidence that the homozygous mutation of the HFE gene H63D plays a role, similar to Wilson's disease, but with NTBI iron instead of copper as the causative agent. This mutation has been linked to a number of diseases, including liver disease, diabetes mellitus, katecholamine driven pseudo-diabetes, heart disease, neurodegenerative diseases, and many more symptoms.
Spectral changes during six years of Scorpius X-1 monitoring with BeppoSAX Wide Field Cameras
Creators: name: Santolamazza, Patrizia
name: Fiore, Fabrizio
name: Burderi, Luciano
name: Di Salvo, Tiziana
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We analyse a sample of fifty-five observations of Scorpius X-1 available in the BeppoSAX Wide Field Camera public archive and spanning over the six years of BeppoSAX mission life. Spectral changes are initially analysed by inspection of colour-colour and colour-intensity diagrams, we also discuss the shift of the Z tracks in these diagrams. Then we select two long observations for spectral fitting analysis, a secular shift is evident between the tracks in these observations. We finally extract spectra along the tracks and discuss the best fit model, the parameter variations along the track and between tracks, and their link to the accretion rate.
description: 6 pages, 11 postscrpt figures.To appear in the conference proceedings of `Interacting Binaries: Accretion, Evolution & Outcomes' (Cefalu', July 4-10 2004)
Additional file 1 of Effect of whey vs. soy protein supplementation on recovery kinetics following speed endurance training in competitive male soccer players: a randomized controlled trial
Creators: name: Kritikos, Savvas
name: Papanikolaou, Konstantinos
name: Draganidis, Dimitrios
name: Poulios, Athanasios
name: Georgakouli, Kalliopi
name: Tsimeas, Panagiotis
name: Tzatzakis, Theofanis
name: Batsilas, Dimitrios
name: Batrakoulis, Alexios
name: Deli, Chariklia K.
name: Chatzinikolaou, Athanasios
name: Mohr, Magni
name: Jamurtas, Athanasios Z.
name: Fatouros, Ioannis G.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology

description: Additional file 1. The CONSORT Flow Diagram of the study.
On the Choice of Cost and Effectiveness Indicators in the Context of the European Water Policy
Creators: name: Sinabell, Franz
name: Schmid, Erwin
name: Sinabell, Franz
name: Schmid, Erwin
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy
subject: sustainable water management
subject: environmental policy
subject: cost-effectiveness analysis
subject: eco-eco-modelling

description: The Water Framework Directive requires EU Member States to analyse economic impacts of the Directive's implementation. To reach a "good status", instruments have to be judged according to their cost-effectiveness. We evaluate costs and effects of measures to reduce nitrate emission of Austrian agriculture. Results are based on a model that integrates production decisions with stochastic environmental outcomes. The Directive's requirement to involve stakeholders may make it necessary to take a large number of indicators into consideration. We find that alternative calculations of the effectiveness criterion give different rankings of the most effective combination of measures.
Agricultural Employment Trends in an Enlarged European Union: Does the CAP Reform/Introduction Matter?
Creators: name: Baum, Sabine
name: Cook, Peter
name: Stange, Henriette
name: Weingarten, Peter
name: Baum, Sabine
name: Cook, Peter
name: Stange, Henriette
name: Weingarten, Peter
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Labor and Human Capital
subject: Agricultural labor market
subject: agricultural policy
subject: European Union
subject: transition countries
subject: case studies

description: In the course of economic development there is a general downward trend of agricultural employment, although structural change in agriculture is often delayed. In the EU-15, agricultural employment decreased by -2.3% p.a. (measured in regular persons) and -3.0% p.a. (measured in annual working units) between 1995 and 2000. In some of the new EU Member States, employment in agriculture plummeted in the early 1990s, whereas in others it increased during the first years of transition and has served as a social buffer in times of economic hardship. The most important determinants of agricultural employment changes are labor saving technical progress, the macroeconomic environment, the farm structure, socio-economic characteristics of the farmer and agricultural support policies. Currently, farmers in the enlarged EU are facing significant policy changes, both in the EU-15 (2003 CAP reform) and in the new Member States (CAP introduction). The results of 15 case studies assessing the future development of agricultural employment and the impact of CAP reform/introduction confirm the general downward trend which overall will not be much affected by these policy changes. However, the case studies also reveal significant differences between regions and enterprises.
Strong magnetic pair breaking in Mn substituted MgB_2 single crystals
Creators: name: Rogacki, K.
name: Batlogg, B.
name: Karpinski, J.
name: Zhigadlo, N. D.
name: Schuck, G.
name: Kazakov, S. M.
name: Wagli, P.
name: Puzniak, R.
name: Wisniewski, A.
name: Carbone, F.
name: Brinkman, A.
name: van der Marel, D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Magnetic ions (Mn) were substituted in MgB_2 single crystals resulting in a strong pair-breaking effect. The superconducting transition temperature, T_c, in Mg_{1-x}Mn_xB_2 has been found to be rapidly suppressed at an initial rate of 10 K/%Mn, leading to a complete suppression of superconductivity at about 2% Mn substitution. This reflects the strong coupling between the conduction electrons and the 3d local moments, predominantly of magnetic character, since the nonmagnetic ion substitutions, e.g. with Al or C, suppress T_c much less effectively (e.g. 0.5 K/%Al). The magnitude of the magnetic moment, derived from normal state susceptibility measurements, uniquely identifies the Mn ions to be divalent, and to be in the low-spin state (S = 1/2). This has been found also in X-ray absorption spectroscopy measurements. Isovalent Mn^{2+} substitution for Mg^{2+} mainly affects superconductivity through spin-flip scattering reducing T_c rapidly and lowering the upper critical field anisotropy H_{c2}^{ab}/H_{c2}^c at T = 0 from 6 to 3.3 (x = 0.88% Mn), while leaving the initial slope dH_{c2}/dT near T_c unchanged for both field orientations.
description: 9 pages, 9 figures
Topology of many-body edge and extended quantum states in an open spin chain: 1/3--plateau, Kosterlitz-Thouless transition, and Luttinger liquid
Creators: name: Montenegro-Filho, R. R.
name: Matias, F. S.
name: Coutinho-Filho, M. D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Quantum many-body edge and extended magnon excitations from the 1/3 -- plateau of the anisotropic Heisenberg model on an open AB$_2$ chain in a magnetic field $h$ are unveiled using the density matrix renormalization group and exact diagonalization. By tuning both the anisotropy and $h$ in the rich phase diagram, the edge states penetrate in the bulk, whose gap closes in a symmetry-protected topological Kosterlitz-Thouless transition. Also, we witness the squeezed chain effect, the breaking of the edge states degeneracy, and a topological change of the excitations from gapped magnons with quadratic long-wavelength dispersion to a linear spinon dispersion in the Luttinger liquid gapless phase as the anisotropy $λ$ approaches the critical point from the $λ>0$ side of the phase diagram.
description: 10 pages, 10 figures
Additional file 1 of The impact of supply-side and demand-side interventions on use of antenatal and maternal services in western Kenya: a qualitative study
Creators: name: Hirai, Mitsuaki
name: Jamae Morris
name: Luoto, Jill
name: Rosebel Ouda
name: Atieno, Nancy
name: Quick, Robert
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Developmental Biology

description: Additional file 1. Supplementary File 1. Focus Group Discussion Guides. Baseline and follow-up focus group discussion guides for mothers and nurses, and follow-up focus group discussion guides for community health workers.
Relaxation of the degenerate one-dimensional Fermi gas
Creators: name: Matveev, K. A.
name: Ristivojevic, Zoran
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study how a system of one-dimensional spin-1/2 fermions at temperatures well below the Fermi energy approaches thermal equilibrium. The interactions between fermions are assumed to be weak and are accounted for within the perturbation theory. In the absence of an external magnetic field, spin degeneracy strongly affects relaxation of the Fermi gas. For sufficiently short-range interactions, the rate of relaxation scales linearly with temperature. Focusing on the case of the system near equilibrium, we linearize the collision integral and find exact solution of the resulting relaxation problem. We discuss the application of our results to the evaluation of the transport coefficients of the one-dimensional Fermi gas.
description: 12 pages
Developing Poverty Assessment Tools Based on Principal Component Analysis: Results from Bangladesh, Kazakhstan, Uganda, and Peru
Creators: name: Zeller, Manfred
name: Houssou, Nazaire
name: Alcaraz V., Gabriela
name: Schwarze, Stefan
name: Johannsen, Julia
name: Zeller, Manfred
name: Houssou, Nazaire
name: Alcaraz V., Gabriela
name: Schwarze, Stefan
name: Johannsen, Julia
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Food Security and Poverty
subject: poverty assessment
subject: targeting
subject: principal component analysis
subject: Bangladesh
subject: Peru
subject: Kazakhstan
subject: Uganda

description: Developing accurate, yet operational poverty assessment tools to target the poorest households remains a challenge for applied policy research. This paper aims to develop poverty assessment tools for four countries: Bangladesh, Peru, Uganda, and Kazakhstan. The research applies the Principal Component Analysis (PCA) to seek the best set of variables that predict the household poverty status using easily measurable socio-economic indicators. Out of sample validations tests are performed to assess the prediction power of a tool. Finally, the PCA results are compared with those obtained from regressions models. In-sample estimation results suggest that the Quantile regression technique is the first best method in all four countries, except Kazakhstan. The PCA method is the second best technique for two of the countries. In comparison with regression techniques, PCA models accurately predict a large percentage of households. With regard to out-of sample validations, there is no clear trend; neither the PCA method nor the Quantile regression consistently yields the most robust results. The results highlight the need to assess the out-of-sample performance and thereby the robustness of a poverty assessment tool in estimating the poverty status of a new sample. We conclude that measures of relative poverty estimated with PCA method can yield fairly accurate, but not so robust predictions of absolute poverty as compared to more complex regression models.
Additional file 2 of Effect of whey vs. soy protein supplementation on recovery kinetics following speed endurance training in competitive male soccer players: a randomized controlled trial
Creators: name: Kritikos, Savvas
name: Papanikolaou, Konstantinos
name: Draganidis, Dimitrios
name: Poulios, Athanasios
name: Georgakouli, Kalliopi
name: Tsimeas, Panagiotis
name: Tzatzakis, Theofanis
name: Batsilas, Dimitrios
name: Batrakoulis, Alexios
name: Deli, Chariklia K.
name: Chatzinikolaou, Athanasios
name: Mohr, Magni
name: Jamurtas, Athanasios Z.
name: Fatouros, Ioannis G.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology

description: Additional file 2. P value, effect size and confidence interval for all significant differences observed.
Additional file 1 of Biospeckle optical coherence tomography in speedy visualizing effects of foliar application of plant growth hormone to Chinese chives leaves
Creators: name: Rajagopalan, Uma Maheswari
name: Mahjabin Kabir
name: Yiheng Lim
name: Kadono, Hirofumi
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: Additional file. Supplemetary details about the plant growing conditions, microtome observations and quantitative analysis along with Figures S1 to S4 are given.
Additional file 3 of Effect of whey vs. soy protein supplementation on recovery kinetics following speed endurance training in competitive male soccer players: a randomized controlled trial
Creators: name: Kritikos, Savvas
name: Papanikolaou, Konstantinos
name: Draganidis, Dimitrios
name: Poulios, Athanasios
name: Georgakouli, Kalliopi
name: Tsimeas, Panagiotis
name: Tzatzakis, Theofanis
name: Batsilas, Dimitrios
name: Batrakoulis, Alexios
name: Deli, Chariklia K.
name: Chatzinikolaou, Athanasios
name: Mohr, Magni
name: Jamurtas, Athanasios Z.
name: Fatouros, Ioannis G.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology

description: Additional file 3. Field activity and internal load responses during Speed-Endurance Training
Dynamic conductivity of semiconducting manganites approaching the metal-insulator transition
Creators: name: Lunkenheimer, P.
name: Mayr, F.
name: Loidl, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report the frequency-dependent conductivity of the manganite system La1-xSrxMnO3 (x <= 0.2) when approaching the metal-insulator transition from the insulating side. Results from low-frequency dielectric measurements are combined with spectra in the infrared region. For low doping levels the behavior is dominated by hopping transport of localized charge carriers at low frequencies and by phononic and electronic excitations in the infrared region. For the higher Sr contents the approach of the metallic state is accompanied by the successive suppression of the hopping contribution at low frequencies and by the development of polaronic excitations in the infrared region, which finally become superimposed by a strong Drude contribution in the fully metallic state.
description: 10 pages, 7 figures
Demographic Change and Consumption -- A Long-term Simulation Analysis
Creators: name: Stiller, Silvia
name: Stiller, Silvia
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: Labor and Human Capital
subject: Population Ageing
subject: Consumption
subject: Growth

description: This study investigates the influence of the demographic ageing process in Germany on the long-term economic growth path. For this purpose a macroeconomic simulation model which combines demographic forecasts with a modified Ramsey growth model is applied. Special focus is put on the consumption effects of population ageing and the potential to counter those by rising fertility or permanent immigration. The simulation results illustrate that in the medium and in the long terms per capita consumption is among all demographic scenarios lower than without demographic changes. Permanent immigration can retard the consumption decrease. Rising fertility even reinforces the decline of consumption in the examined period of time. Das Diskussionpapier beschäftigt sich mit dem Einfluss der demographischen Alterung auf den langfristigen Wachstumspfad in Deutschland. Die Analyse basiert auf einem makroökonomischen Simulationsmodell, welches Bevölkerungsvorausberechnungen mit einem modifizierten Ramsey-Modell kombiniert. Die Auswertung der Simulationsergebnisse konzentriert sich erstens auf die Konsumeffekte der zukünftigen Umbrüche in der Bevölkerungsstruktur. Zweitens wird untersucht, ob steigende Fertilität oder permanente Zuwanderung den ökonomischen Effekten der demographischen Alterung entgegenwirken können. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass der Pro-Kopf-Konsum unter Annahme demographischer Veränderungen mittel- und langfristig geringer ist als ohne Veränderungen in der Bevölkerungsstruktur. Permanente Zuwanderung kann dem Rückgang des Pro-Kopf-Konsums entgegenwirken. Steigende Fertilität verschärft den Konsumrückgang in dem berücksichtigten Zeitraum.
Additional file 4 of Effect of whey vs. soy protein supplementation on recovery kinetics following speed endurance training in competitive male soccer players: a randomized controlled trial
Creators: name: Kritikos, Savvas
name: Papanikolaou, Konstantinos
name: Draganidis, Dimitrios
name: Poulios, Athanasios
name: Georgakouli, Kalliopi
name: Tsimeas, Panagiotis
name: Tzatzakis, Theofanis
name: Batsilas, Dimitrios
name: Batrakoulis, Alexios
name: Deli, Chariklia K.
name: Chatzinikolaou, Athanasios
name: Mohr, Magni
name: Jamurtas, Athanasios Z.
name: Fatouros, Ioannis G.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology

description: Additional file 4. Changes in maximal voluntary isometric contraction.
Using kinetic theory to examine a self-gravitating system composed of baryons and cold dark matter
Creators: name: Kremer, Gilberto M.
name: Richarte, Martín G.
name: Schiefer, Elberth M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We examine the evolution of non-relativistic cold dark matter gravitationally coupled to baryons with modes deep inside the Hubble radius (sub-horizon regime) using akinetic theory approach within the realm of Newtonian theory. We obtain the general solution for the total density perturbation and we also show that a baryon perturbation catches up with the dark matter perturbation at late times, which in turn makes possible the formation of bound structures. We extend the linear perturbation analysis by considering the turn-around event, the collapse of matter, and its virialization process.
description: 11 pages, 4 figures
Soft and hard processes in QCD
Creators: name: Dremin, I. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: QCD equations for the generating functions are applied to separate soft and hard jets in $e^+e^-$-processes of multiparticle production. The dependence of average multiplicities and higher moments of multiplicity distributions of particles created in a "newly born" soft subjets on the share of energy devoted to them is calculated in fixed coupling gluodynamics. This dependence is the same as for the total multiplicity up to a constant factor if soft jets are defined as those carrying out a fixed share of initial energy at all energies. The constant factor depends on this share in a non-trivial way. Other definitions are also proposed. The relation between these quantities for soft and hard processes is discussed.
description: 6 pages, no Figures, LATEX, more detailed discussion of definitions and proposals for experiment is given
On the key role of oxygen vacancies electromigration in the memristive response of ferroelectric devices
Creators: name: Ferreyra, C.
name: Rengifo, M.
name: Sánchez, M. J.
name: Everhard, A. S.
name: Noheda, B.
name: Rubi, D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Applied Physics (physics.app-ph)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Ferroelectric memristors are intensively studied due to their potential implementation in data storage and processing devices. In this work we show that the memristive behavior of metal/ferroelectric oxide/metal devices relies on the competition of two effects: the modulation of metal/ferroelectric interface barriers by the switchable ferroelectric polarization and the electromigration of oxygen vacancies, with the depolarizing field playing a fundamental role in the latter. We simulate our experimental results with a phenomenological model that includes both effects and we reproduce several non-trivial features of the electrical response, including resistance relaxations observed after external poling. Besides providing insight into the underlying physics of these complex devices, our work suggests that it is possible to combine non-volatile and volatile resistive changes in single ferroelectric memristors, an issue that could be useful for the development of neuromorphic devices.
description: 23 pages in preprint form, 5 figures
The Hole Argument for Covariant Theories
Creators: name: Iftime, Mihaela
name: Stachel, John
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The hole argument was developed by Einstein in 1913 while he was searching for a relativistic theory of gravitation. Einstein used the language of coordinate systems and coordinate invariance, rather than the language of manifolds and diffeomorphism invariance. He formulated the hole argument against covariant field equations and later found a way to avoid it using coordinate language. In this paper we shall use the invariant language of categories, manifolds and natural objects to give a coordinate-free description of the hole argument and a way of avoiding it. Finally we shall point out some important implications of further extensions of the hole argument to sets and relations for the problem of quantum gravity.
description: Keywords: General Relativity, Differential Geometry. to appear in the GRG
Additional file 7 of A mosquito feeding assay to examine Plasmodium transmission to mosquitoes using small blood volumes in 3D printed nano-feeders
Creators: name: Graumans, Wouter
name: Heutink, Roel
name: Geert-Jan Van Gemert
name: Vegte-Bolmer, Marga Van De
name: Bousema, Teun
name: Collins, Katharine A.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Medicine
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Cancer
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases

description: Additional file 7: Table S1. Mosquito feeding rates after protocol optimization. To increase mosquito feeding rates the original nano-feeder protocol was optimised by (i) extension of the starvation period prior to feed (+ 12 h), (ii) stimulation of mosquitoes prior to feeding by placing a culture flask (canted neck 25 cm2) filled with warm water for 1 minute on top of cup, and (iii) plastic cages were changed to small paper cups to reduce distance between the mosquitoes and the feeder.
"Self-penned to one’s other" : reading Joyce writing Derrida
Creators: name: Mahon, Peter
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: Mimesis has always been understood as the imitation of an eidos, an idea. Understood in this way, philosophy itself, at least from its Platonic inception, is mimetic. This is because philosophical Platonism, even in its Cartesian and Hegelian manifestations, is always a "matter of imitating (expressing, describing, representing, illustrating) an eidos or idea, whether it is a figure of the thing itself, as in Plato, a subjective representation, as in Descartes, or both, as in Hegel" (Dissemination 194). This philosophical eidos or idea is understood to exist "already in the mind like a grid without a word" (The Margins of Philosophy 257). Consequently, mimetic philosophy is governed by a metaphysical understanding of the eidos as that pre-existent entity to which all thought returns as "revelation, unveiling, bringing to light, truth" (Margins 257). In this dissertation, I consider how James Joyce's Finnegans Wake offers strategies and techniques for exploring a non-Platonic writing. Insofar as it explores a non-Platonic writing, Finnegans Wake comes into close contact with Jacques Derrida's Glas. Glas explores, among other things, the sites where the Platonic sense of philosophy is overcome by the senselessness which both comes before, and remains outsid" it. Throughout this dissertation, I isolate these sites in order to explore the ways in which both Finnegans Wake and Glas produce remarkably similar images which resist this type of philosophy even as they give rise to it. My original contibution to both Joycean and Derridean studies lies in my suggestion that reading Joyce, especially Finnegans Wake, amounts to writing Glas insofar as both texts trace the imaginative grammar which both mimics and overruns philosophy. It is this imaginative mimicry that permits both Finnegans Wake and Glas interact productively with each other.
Prognoseleistung von Fruhindikatoren: Die Bedeutung von Fruhindikatoren fur Konjunk-turprognosen - Eine Analyse fur Deutschland
Creators: name: Hinze, Jorg
name: Hinze, Jorg
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Konjunktur
subject: Wirtschaftspolitik

description: Das Papier untersucht die Rolle von Frühindikatoren bei der Erstellung von Konjunkturprognosen. Gegenstand der Analyse sind die Fragen: Welche Kriterien sollten Frühindikatoren generell erfüllen bzw. was sollten Frühindikatoren leisten? Inwieweit erfüllen die gängigen Indikatoren diese Anforderungen? Wie ist die Prognosegüte der verschiedenen Frühindikatoren zu beurteilen? Die theoretischen Überlegungen und ökonometrischen Untersuchungen kommen zu dem Ergebnis, dass die gängigen Frühindikatoren die in sie gesetzten Erwartungen nur eingeschränkt erfüllen können. Der Verlauf einzelner Frühindikatoren lässt keine eindeutigen Schlußfolgerungen auf die reale Wirtschaftsentwicklung zu und der Vorlauf der Frühindikatoren vor der realen Entwicklung beträgt bestenfalls einige Monate. Für die Erstellung von Konjunkturprognosen, die in der Regel einen Zeitraum von mehr als einem Jahr bis zu zwei Jahren umfassen, bedeutet das, dass Frühindikatoren allenfalls einen kleinen Ausschnitt abdecken können. Sie sind vor allem wertvoll für die Diagnose am "aktuellen Rand" und für Kurzfristprognosen. Prognosen für die Zeit darüber hinaus müssen sich nach wie vor vor allem auf die Analyse der Rahmenbedingungen stützen.
Neuquensaurus australis_meshes
Creators: name: Citton, Paolo
name: Zurriaguz, Virginia
name: Cerda, Ignacio
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 310401
subject: Animal systematics and taxonomy

description: Textured meshes of the atlas and axis of Neuquensaurus australis.