cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Data Capsule: A Self-Contained Data Model as an Access Policy Enforcement Strategy
Creators: name: Soltani, Reza
name: Nguyen, Uyen Trang
name: An, Aijun
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Cryptography and Security (cs.CR)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In this paper, we introduce a data capsule model, a self-contained and self-enforcing data container based on emerging self-sovereign identity standards, blockchain, and attribute-based encryption. A data capsule allows for a transparent, privacy-respecting, and secure exchange of personal data, enabling a progressive trust scheme in a semi-trusted environment. Each data capsule is bundled with its own access policy structure and verifiable data, drastically reducing the number of interactions needed among the user, the service providers, and data custodians. Moreover, by relying on the decentralized nature of blockchain and attribute-based encryption our proposed model ensures the access policies published by service providers are public, transparent, and strictly followed.
title: Teeth and heavyset kids:  Intervention similarities between childhood obesity and oral health interventions within Native American societies
Creators: name: Haring, Rodney C
name: Skye, Warren
name: Battleson, Brenda L
name: Brings-Him-Back-Janis, Maxine
name: Teufel-Shone, Nicolette
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2020

description: A systematic literature review was conducted focusing on childhood obesity and oral health interventions which may have relevance to Native American children, their families, and their communities. Childhood obesity and oral health have become a significant problem across Indian Country. Subsequently, a number of oral health and obesity interventions are emerging developed for ethnic minority populations including Native Americans. The objective of this review was to determine best practices of various obesity and oral health interventions used with Native youth. The review found a number of prevalence related studies showing both health conditions were concerns within Native American societies (n=94). A small portion of these studies were intervention studies linking these co-occurring conditions (n=26). Findings also discovered a dearth of oral health interventions whereas the majority was obesity focused. Findings indicated that interventions focused on multi-year environmental modifications. These included culturally tailored adaptations to intervention techniques and environmental medications that promoted healthy eating in school based delivery systems. These included food preparation education, inclusion of family, and structured physical education. Other findings showed policy intervention in both oral health and obesity arena were helpful at the community level.
title: An Evaluation of the Salt Tolerance of Selected Clones of Agropyron elongatum
Creators: name: Smith, Jordan G.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1959

description: Salt-affected soils make up much of the bottom-lands of the arid and semiarid areas of the western United States and are especially prevalent in irrigated regions. Such soils require special remedial measures, management practices, and salt tolerant crops if they are to have economic value.
High-order WENO scheme for Polymerization-type equations
Creators: name: Gabriel, Pierre
name: Tine, Léon Matar
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Polymerization of proteins is a biochimical process involved in different diseases. Mathematically, it is generally modeled by aggregation-fragmentation-type equations. In this paper we consider a general polymerization model and propose a high-order numerical scheme to investigate the behavior of the solution. An important property of the equation is the mass conservation. The fifth-order WENO scheme is built to preserve the total mass of proteins along time.
title: Fluctuations of the Clover Seed Chalcid, Bruchophagus gibbus (BOH.), and Other Alfalfa Insect Populations in Cache Valley, Utah During the Summer of 1958
Creators: name: Tilley, Keith C.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1960

description: The clover seed chalcid Bruchophagus gibbus as it is presently classified, was originally described by Howard, in 1879 as Eurytoma funebris Howard. Kolobova reported different races of chalcid on clover and alfalfa in Russia. Studies are presently being conducted in the United States to see if these are applicable to our fauna.
Land-type mapping and its application to land-use zoning: a case study of Jiangsu province, eastern China
Creators: name: Gao, Yu
name: Li, Manchun
name: Jiang, Penghui
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Achieving sustainable development through China’s national territory spatial planning requires comprehensive knowledge of all land characteristics. This paper introduces a land-type map of Jiangsu province (104 km2) in eastern China to provide such knowledge. The land-type map focuses on both physical geographic components (e.g. climate types, landforms, and soil types) and human-related components (e.g. land-use types and intensities). These components were represented by parameter layers and integrated with the help of the Geographic Information System (GIS) overlay function. A hierarchical land-type classification system was generated to provide land mapping units that represented certain degrees of geographic homogeneity and land-use potential. Trading off the relationship between resource protection and resource utilization, the space of Jiangsu was divided into seven land-use zones with different land-use policies based on the land-type map. The land-type map can thus be taken into consideration for land planning and management.
title: Halloysite Nanotubes as Nanofillers to Reinforce Glass Ionomer Cements
Creators: name: Holder, James
name: McNally, Lisa
name: Barbour, Michele
Publisher: name: Journal of Medical Materials and Technologies
Year: 2019

description: Glass ionomer cements (GICs) have many clinically favourable properties such as adhesion to tooth tissues and moisture tolerance, but have low strength compared with other direct dental restorative materials, and this limits their applications. Nanomaterials have shown promise in reinforcing biomaterials, including cements. The aim of this study was to explore whether the compressive strength of a GIC could be enhanced using halloysite nanotubes (HNTs), a naturally occurring hollow tubular material derived from clays. 1-15% by mass HNT was incorporated into GICs, coupled with adjustments to the powder:liquid ratio to account for the lubricating properties of HNTs. Compressive strength was measured, and the most promising formulation further investigated with respect to other mechanical and physical properties. 5% HNTs with 5:1 powder:liquid increased compressive strength by 34% with respect to unmodified GIC (187 and 140 MPa respectively; p=0.0004). Hardness and wear resistance also increased by 11% (p=0.0006) and 22% (p=0.0139) respectively. Diametral tensile strength was unchanged (p=0.795) and fluoride release from HNT-GICs was reduced by an average of 14% over 28 days. In conclusion, these nano-reinforced cement materials with improved mechanical properties could ultimately provide GICs for a wider range of uses in restorative dentistry.
description: Journal of Medical Materials and Technologies, Vol. 2 No. 1 (2019): Dentistry
An existence theorem of conformal scalar-flat metrics on manifolds with boundary
Creators: name: Almaraz, Sergio
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 53C25, 35J65

description: Let (M,g) be a compact Riemannian manifold with boundary. This paper addresses the Yamabe-type problem of finding a conformal scalar-flat metric on M, which has the boundary as a constant mean curvature hypersurface. When the boundary is umbilic, we prove an existence theorem that finishes some remaining cases of this problem.
description: 22 pages
title: Does the American Psychological Association’s Code of Ethics work for us?
Creators: name: Morse, Gayle Skawennio
name: Blume, Art W.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2020

description: The following article evaluates the efficacy of the American Psychological Association's (APA) Code of Ethics for Indigenous people. The paper reviews the Society of Indian Psychologists recent work on creating a commentary to the APA code, as well as a panel discussion by key stakeholders of the four ethnic psychological associations at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association and a similar panel discussion at the United Nations. The consensus remains that key indigenous values and principles are lacking in the current APA code that prevent it from being adequate for the needs of indigenous people. Dialogue continues with APA in hopes of making the code more relevant to Indigenous people.
Studies of the limit order book around large price changes
Creators: name: Toth, Bence
name: Kertesz, Janos
name: Farmer, J. Doyne
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Trading and Market Microstructure (q-fin.TR)
subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the dynamics of the limit order book of liquid stocks after experiencing large intra-day price changes. In the data we find large variations in several microscopical measures, e.g., the volatility the bid-ask spread, the bid-ask imbalance, the number of queuing limit orders, the activity (number and volume) of limit orders placed and canceled, etc. The relaxation of the quantities is generally very slow that can be described by a power law of exponent $\approx0.4$. We introduce a numerical model in order to understand the empirical results better. We find that with a zero intelligence deposition model of the order flow the empirical results can be reproduced qualitatively. This suggests that the slow relaxations might not be results of agents' strategic behaviour. Studying the difference between the exponents found empirically and numerically helps us to better identify the role of strategic behaviour in the phenomena.
description: 19 pages, 7 figures
Classical and quantum Cosmology of the Sáez-Ballester theory
Creators: name: Socorro, J.
name: Sabido, M.
name: Ureña-López, L. Arturo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the generalization of the Sáez-Ballester theory applied to a flat FRW cosmological model. Classical exact solutions up to quadratures are easily obtained using the Hamilton-Jacobi approach. Contrary to claims in the specialized literature, it is shown that the Sáez-Ballester theory cannot provide a realistic solution to the dark matter problem of Cosmology. Furthermore the quantization procedure of the theory can be simplified by reinterpreting the theory in the Einstein frame, where the scalar field can be interpreted as part of the matter content of the theory, in this approach, exact solutions are also found for the Wheeler-DeWitt equation in the quantum regime.
description: 9 pages, latex
title: Evaluation of the Nutritional Needs of the Elderly Residents in Southwestern Utah
Creators: name: Fisher, Sharon
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1976

description: Biochemical composition of blood and urine and estimated nutrient intake were used to evaluate the nutritional status of 187 fasting, ambulatory elderly residents of five southwestern Utah communities in the spring of 1975. Nutritional assessments included 17 biochemical and 23 dietary parameters. Measurements were also taken of height, weight, and blood pressure.
Mean energy intakes were lower than the RDA for both men and women (1965 ± 527 Kcal and 1513 ± 371 Kcal, respectively), although a majority of the participants were above ideal weight. Cholesterol values above 250 mg/lOO ml of blood were found in 38 percent of the males and 48 percent of the females. Hypertension affected 58 percent of the population.
Mean protein intake (79 ± 20 g for men and 61 ± 16 g for women) and serum total protein levels (7.2 ± 1 g/lOO ml blood for males and 6.7 + 1 g/100 m1 blood for females) were generally high. Hemoglobin values for 93 percent of the women and 82 percent of the men were adequate; none were found deficient. Mean serum iron levels were 109 ± 46 ug/lOO m1 for males and 94 + 36 ug/lOO ml for females.
Dietary calcium was below the RDA for 71 percent and 44 percent of the women and men, respectively. Dietary fiber intake for 85 percent of the women and 62 percent of the men was below 4.7 grams. The status of the other nutrients appeared to be adequate.
Pangenomics data for The Carpentries curriculum
Creators: name: Selem, Nelly
name: Zirion, Claudia
name: Mayel, Paulina
name: Shaday Flores
name: Contreras, Haydee
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: This dataset contains files needed for a pangenomic analysis using the _Streptococcus agalactiae_ strains included on the first pangenome
title: Effects of Group, Individual, and Isolated Rearing of Dairy Calves on Weight Gain and Social Development
Creators: name: Warnick, Val D.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1976

description: Thirty-six dairy calves were observed for four months to determine the effect of three housing methods, group, individual and isolated on body weight gain, feed consumption, age when started to consume grain, daily activity patterns, open field test of behavior and social rank. Six calves were assigned to each of the three treatments in two separate trials of eighteen calves. These calves were raised in their treatment for approximately two months and then weaned and placed together in a group of eighteen for two more months.
Treatments ranked in order from high to low according to least squares means for weight gain over four months were: group, individual and isolated. The differences were, however, not significant (P>.05). There was a significant difference in weight gain from weaning until four months between the group calves and the isolated calves, with the group calves gaining weight faster during this weaned period (P.05).
Isolated calves tended to spend a greater portion of the time lying down than calves in the other two treatments but the difference was not significant (P>.05). In the open-field test isolated calves entered more squares than the group or individual calves, but the group calves were the most vocal of the calves in the three treatments (P
Pnagenomics data for Software Carpentry lesson
Creators: name: Selem, Nelly
name: Zirion, Claudia
name: Mayel, Paulina
name: Shaday Flores
name: Contreras, Haydee
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: This dataset contains files needed for a pangenomic analysis using the _Streptococcus agalactiae_ strains included on the first pangenome
Rattus rattus
Creators: name: Aidek, Ahmad E.
name: Ibrahim, Amir
name: Amr, Zuhair
name: Hutterer, Rainer
name: Kryštufek, Boris
name: Serra, Gianluca
name: Benda, Petr
name: Shkaky, Yesra
name: Barbanera, Filippo
name: Al-Sheikhly, Omar F.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Muridae
Rattus
Rattus rattus

description: 38. Roof Rat, Rattus rattus (Linnaeus, 1758)
(IUCN Red List: LC)
Subspecies: R. r. rattus (Linnaeus, 1758).
Distribution: Abundant with an extremely wide distribution in almost all habitats in human settlements across the country (Fig. 44).
Previous records: Aleppo (Russell 1756), Damascus and Hamah (Aharoni 1932), Qal’at Al-Hosson (Nadachowski et al. 1990), Kafaria, Jisr ech-Choghur, Qal’at Al-Hosson, Hamra, Shah Ranaz (Shehab et al. 2004), Al-Furunlok, Abu Qubays, Jabal Abd Al-Aziz (Daoud & Khalil 2009a, b, c).
Recent records: Aleppo, Damascus, Hasaka, Jaramana, Qatana, and Sweida (2020–2021).
description: Published as part of Aidek, Ahmad E., Ibrahim, Amir, Amr, Zuhair, Hutterer, Rainer, Kryštufek, Boris, Serra, Gianluca, Benda, Petr, Shkaky, Yesra, Barbanera, Filippo & Al-Sheikhly, Omar F., 2025, Checklist of Mammals of Syria, pp. 1-130 in Zootaxa 5580 (1) on page 54, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5580.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14797597
Spin-dependent boundary conditions for isotropic superconducting Green's functions
Creators: name: Cottet, Audrey
name: Huertas-Hernando, Daniel
name: Belzig, Wolfgang
name: Nazarov, Yuli V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The quasiclassical theory of superconductivity provides the most successful description of diffusive heterostructures comprising superconducting elements, namely, the Usadel equations for isotropic Green's functions. Since the quasiclassical and isotropic approximations break down close to interfaces, the Usadel equations have to be supplemented with boundary conditions for isotropic Green's functions (BCIGF), which are not derivable within the quasiclassical description. For a long time, the BCIGF were available only for spin-degenerate tunnel contacts, which posed a serious limitation on the applicability of the Usadel description to modern structures containing ferromagnetic elements. In this article, we close this gap and derive spin-dependent BCIGF for a contact encompassing superconducting and ferromagnetic correlations. This finally justifies several simplified versions of the spin-dependent BCIGF, which have been used in the literature so far. In the general case, our BCIGF are valid as soon as the quasiclassical isotropic approximation can be performed. However, their use require the knowledge of the full scattering matrix of the contact, an information usually not available for realistic interfaces. In the case of a weakly polarized tunnel interface, the BCIGF can be expressed in terms of a few parameters, i.e. the tunnel conductance of the interface and five conductance-like parameters accounting for the spin-dependence of the interface scattering amplitudes. In the case of a contact with a ferromagnetic insulator, it is possible to find explicit BCIGF also for stronger polarizations. The BCIGF derived in this article are sufficienly general to describe a variety of physical situations and may serve as a basis for modelling realistic nanostructures.
description: This paper presents an improvement of arXiv:cond-mat/0204116. The present version takes into account corrections from the erratum Phys. Rev. B 83, 139901 (2011)
Multicanonical sampling of rare events in random matrices
Creators: name: Saito, Nen
name: Iba, Yukito
name: Hukushima, Koji
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A method based on multicanonical Monte Carlo is applied to the calculation of large deviations in the largest eigenvalue of random matrices. The method is successfully tested with the Gaussian orthogonal ensemble (GOE), sparse random matrices, and matrices whose components are subject to uniform density. Specifically, the probability that all eigenvalues of a matrix are negative is estimated in these cases down to the values of $\sim 10^{-200}$, a region where naive random sampling is ineffective. The method can be applied to any ensemble of matrices and used for sampling rare events characterized by any statistics.
description: 7 pages, 7 figures
title: Sharing the light of the sacred fire: A proposal for a paradigm shift in psychology
Creators: name: Blume, Art W.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2020

description: Abstract
Psychology as a science and practice developed with a Eurocentric model that has basic assumptions about humanity and our place in the world. The model places great value on individualism and individual achievement, autonomy and personal liberties, self-achievement and personal rewards.
However, the Eurocentric paradigm of individualism and autonomy in many ways is not effective to respond to global concerns that were not anticipated when psychology first developed. Local problems have become global concerns in which traditional Eurocentric assumptions about boundaries and self-interests no longer hold. Many of the issues that challenge psychological health today are too large, broad, or complex for individual or small group solutions. The world has changed in ways that is making the Eurocentric paradigm obsolete. In fact, one could argue that Western psychology is at some risk of becoming irrelevant.
What is needed is a paradigm that is strikingly different than what Eurocentric psychology can currently offer that will effectively address new global trends and changes. Oddly, psychological scientists have largely ignored alternative worldviews and practices by Native people virtually in their academic backyards. Indigenous beliefs that are more collective and communal in orientation are more closely aligned with the global realities faced today. A proposed outline of what a new paradigm for psychological science and practice is presented in order to initiate a conversation about how Indigenous beliefs and values may be infused to promote healing to all of Mother Earth.
Particle Acceleration in Advection-Dominated Accretion Disks with Shocks: Green's Function Energy Distribution
Creators: name: Le, Truong
name: Becker, Peter A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The distribution function describing the acceleration of relativistic particles in an advection-dominated accretion disk is analyzed using a transport formalism that includes first-order Fermi acceleration, advection, spatial diffusion, and the escape of particles through the upper and lower surfaces of the disk. When a centrifugally-supported shock is present in the disk, the concentrated particle acceleration occurring in the vicinity of the shock channels a significant fraction of the binding energy of the accreting gas into a population of relativistic particles. These high-energy particles diffuse vertically through the disk and escape, carrying away both energy and entropy and allowing the remaining gas to accrete. The dynamical structure of the disk/shock system is computed self-consistently using a model previously developed by the authors that successfully accounts for the production of the observed relativistic outflows (jets) in M87 and \SgrA. This ensures that the rate at which energy is carried away from the disk by the escaping relativistic particles is equal to the drop in the radial energy flux at the shock location, as required for energy conservation. We investigate the influence of advection, diffusion, and acceleration on the particle distribution by computing the nonthermal Green's function, which displays a relatively flat power-law tail at high energies. We also obtain the energy distribution for the particles escaping from the disk, and we conclude by discussing the spectrum of the observable secondary radiation produced by the escaping particles.
description: Published in ApJ
Prediction of non-ideal equilibria for separation operations
Creators: name: Groves, William Douglas
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: A rather general expression for the excess Gibbs free energy of a nonionic liquid mixture has been developed in this thesis and the expression has been tested on nine binary mixtures exhibiting a considerable range of nonideal behavior in both vapor-liquid and liquid-liquid equilibria. The basis for the formulation is that of the constant coordination number quasichemical mixture theory of Guggenheim, suitably modified to account for the major effects arising from the nonconstant coordination number situation inherent in a mixture of unequally sized constituents. The development of the geometric aspects of the theory is considerably based on the ideas of Hogendijk for mixtures of random-packed spheres. The generalization of the theory to multicomponent systems is based on the work of Barker on associated mixtures. Because the expression handles a nonconstant coordination number system, it has for brevity been termed the NCZ equation. Although in many cases the proposed equation performed no better than those already available for certain systems, no existing theory was able to deal with all of the nine binaries on which the NCZ expression has been so far tested. The proposed method of formulating the excess Gibbs function has brought to the fore the need for physical chemical measurement of data of a kind not presently available on a large scale, despite the fact that the required parameters are in themselves standard thermodynamic quantities, such as the pure-component free energy of a liquid. The present extension of quasichemical theory is seen as an indication of the basic viability of the quasichemical type of approach for the prediction of the excess properties of liquid mixtures.
title: Effects of Beta Rays, Gamma Rays, and Hydrochloric Acid on Tubers of Jerusalem Artichoke
Creators: name: Al-Sammarai, Subhi
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1960

description: Levulose (D-fructose, fruit sugar), C6H12O6 is a white crystalline ketohexose. This sugar has distinctive properties which make it of commercial interest. It is more costly than ordinary table sugar (sucrose). Levulose is characterized by a high degree of sweetness (6), great solubility (20), and medical usefulness when administered intravenously. Joslin (21) and Root and Baker (32) found levulose to be of great value in the treatment of diabetes. According to Daniel (8), it is assimilated and oxidized more quickly than sucrose, supplying the necessary energy requirements for the human system. Additional uses of levulose have been reported by McGlumphy and Eichinger (27), which include its application to improve the quality and the flavor of jams, jellies, marmalades, canned fruits, carbonated beverages, and corn sugar.
Plants of the family compositae contain large amounts of levulose polymers, but the dahlia, chicory, and Jerusalem artichoke are the most promising sources because of the high levulose content and the ease of production (13). The tubers of Jerusalem artichoke were used in this study because they offer an inexpensive and prolific source from which levulose can be extracted.
Since most of the levulose units in the artichoke tubers are linked together to form inulin or carbohydrate intermediate compounds between inulin and levulose, it is necessary to hydrolyze the material in order to free the levulose. Several investigators have reported the use of acid compounds. Anderson and Greaves (1) used H2SO4 for hydrolysis, while Yamasaki (41) used HC1 for the same purpose. Kleiderer and Englis (23) obtained complete hydrolysis of inulin by use of CO2 and SO2 at a pressure of 1000 pounds per square inch at 150o C. for 60 minutes.
As fare as can be determined from the literature, little work was done prior to 1953 using radioactive material to study peaceful uses of atomic energy. Since that time, a law was passed by the United States Congress authorizing the use of radioactive material for peaceful purposes, thereby making it possible to use atomic energy for this study. Since previous work has shown that gamma rays can convert starch to simple sugar (33), it was therefore, assumed that the inulin and other carbohydrate intermediates of Jerusalem artichoke upon hydrolysis by beta or gamma rays might yield fructose (35).
The primary purpose of this study was to determine the effects of beta and gamma rays on inulin and other carbohydrate intermediate compounds present in the Jerusalem artichoke tubers and to compare the results with those obtained by hydrolysis with radiation plus hydrochloric acid.
An exploratory study of the mechanism of coalescence of drop pairs
Creators: name: Cordero, Leopoldo J.
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: High-speed movie photography of drop coalescence in a liquid-liquid extraction column has been used to study the mechanism of coalescence taking place between drop pairs undergoing mass transfer0 The direction of diffusion studied was mainly from the dispersed to the continuous phase. The density of the dispersed phase was less than that of the continuous phase. The extraction system consisted of a glass spray column of square cross-section and associated apparatus. Other main accessories included a schlieren optical system and a high-speed movie camera. The investigation was carried out in two ways: 1. Visualization of the diffusion process, by the use of the schlieren techniques, to study the motion of various materials occurring at and near the drop contact area. 2. Measurement of changes in drop shape with time.
Extra Electroweak Phase Transitions from Strong Dynamics
Creators: name: Jarvinen, Matti
name: Ryttov, Thomas A.
name: Sannino, Francesco
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We show that models of dynamical electroweak symmetry breaking can possess an extremely rich finite temperature phase diagram. We suggest that early-universe extra electroweak phase transitions can appear in these models.
description: RevTeX, two-columns, 4 pages, 3 figures. v2: Minor changes. To appear in Physics Letters B
title: The Effect of Feeding Sucrose to Beef and Swine on the Percentage of Carbohydrate, pH, Color, Texture, and Flavor of Muscle and Liver
Creators: name: Merkley, Margaret B.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1952

description: Carbohydrates have long been a part of animal feeding rations.Grains are included in all animal feeding formulas. The by-products of sugar beets have been used for many years in livestock feeding (Kutish 1950b). The use of molasses in commercial feed mixed in 1899 made possible its extended use in animal feeding practices (Hall 1950).
Protein feeds for cattle are relatively high in price and not available in adequate supply. With these fats in mind Culbertson of Iowa State College set up experiments in 1950 to find out whether part or all of the protein supplement could be replaced with non-protein nitrogen feed in a good steer fattening ratio. The sugar in cane molasses is utilized more readily by animals than starch in corn grain, so molasses was fed to steers in the non-protein nitrogen feed. The growth made by the steers fed on these rations was on a par with the control group and use of these non-protein feeds in rations is likely to be of economical and practical importance. These findings have been verified by feeding large numbers of cattle (Bode 1951).
Direct molasses usage on farms may be divided into two types: direct use as feed; and use as a preservative in making grass silage. At present the first type is more important, the second being used throughout the dairy belt (Kutsh 1950a; Aries and Copulsky 1949).
Regarding amounts of molasses which may be fed, the Bureau of Animal Industry of the United States Department of Agriculture (Kutish 1950a) reports:
At various times and under different circumstances, molasses products are fed to nearly all classes of animals. Larger proportionate amounts are generally fed to beef cattle than to poultry and swine. Generous amounts can be fed to horses, mules, sheep and goats. We have ordinarily advised use of 5 per cent of this feed. In the case of swine, 10 per cent can be used although we have fed 20 per cent in test rations. For cattle, a third or more of the corn or other grain can be replaced with molasses. Occasionally much larger amounts are used.
Feeding carbohydrates in the form of sucrose for short periods before slaughtering improved the keeping quality, flavor and texture of pork as noted by Gibbons and Rose (1950) and Madsen (1950). These investigators indicated a need for further studies on swine and detailed studies on beef.
The purpose of this investigation was to study the effect of feeding sucrose to beef and swine prior to slaughter, on the percentage of carbohydrate, pH, color, texture, and flavor of muscle and liver.
title: A Comparative Study of Raw, Pasteurized, and Hydrogen Peroxide Treated Milk in the Production of Swiss Cheese
Creators: name: Johnson, John Darold
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1952

description: At the present time the Swiss cheese making process is a prolonged one requiring several operations and considerable space. The cheese is made in wheels weighing approximately 200 pounds and is covered by a thick rind. There is considerable waste in cutting these large wheels to fit the present merchandising methods.
The first reason for this problem was to attempt to reduce handling by adapting the manufacture of Swiss cheese to a cheddar procedure, and at the same time reduce waste by ripening the cheese in loaves of various sizes. If this were possible there would be a considerable reduction of labor and handling in the manufacturing of Swiss cheese, especially during the eye formation period.
The second phase of this problem deals with the use of hydrogen peroxide treated milk in the production of Swiss cheese in comparison with raw and pasteurized milk. Investigators have applied this treatment to market milk and cheddar cheese making with some success. The bacterial kill (35) (26) (33) with little affect upon the enzymes present indicated that it may be an excellent treatment in the making of Swiss cheese.
Lane (21) analyzing Swiss cheese for 13 factories in Northwestern Wisconsin for a period of thirteen months, found that 73 per cent of the cheese was either A, B, or C grade. The other 27 per cent was open Standard or Standard. This meant that of these 13 factories, 27 per cent of the cheese was of inferior grade, selling at a much reduced price.
If hydrogen peroxide could be used to improve the general quality of Swiss cheese, it would prove to be another tool for the industry. This, with the adoption of an easier make procedure using cheddar cheese facilities, was the underlying thought which provoked this problem.
title: Teaching Environmental Education to Native American and Alaska Native Students: A Case Study in Interdisciplinary Teaching in Higher Education
Creators: name: Emmons, Nichlas
name: Hardin, Travis
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2020

description: Teaching Indigenous students environmental education through an interdisciplinary learning approach takes advantage of a more holistic perspective that these students share. Students enrolled in three different Native American and Indigenous Studies courses were asked to contribute to a class capstone project. The three projects consisted of a land acquisition and management proposal with the Miami Nation of Indiana, a proposal for a forest management plan for the Keeweenaw Bay Indian Community, and environmental histories of the Miami, Potawatomi, and Shawnee in Indiana. The development of these service and community projects in natural resource management and environmental studies promoted an interdisciplinary teaching method because students had multiple considerations before, during, and after the creation of the assigned tasks. These projects were designed to build capacity with students enrolled in the courses and to promote tribal sovereignty.
Scientific Highlights from Observations of Active Galactic Nuclei with the MAGIC Telescope
Creators: name: Wagner, Robert
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Since 2004, the MAGIC gamma-ray telescope has newly discovered 6 TeV blazars. The total set of 13 MAGIC-detected active galactic nuclei includes well-studied objects at other wavelengths like Markarian 501 and the giant radio galaxy M87, but also the distant the flat-spectrum radio quasar 3C 279, and the newly discovered TeV gamma-ray emitter S5 0716+71. In addition, also long-term and multi-wavelength studies on well-known TeV blazars and systematic searches for new TeV blazars have been carried out. Here we report selected highlights from recent MAGIC observations of extragalactic TeV gamma-ray sources, emphasizing the new physics insights MAGIC was able to contribute.
description: 4 pages, 2 figures, submitted to proceedings of "4th Heidelberg International Symposium on High Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy 2008"
title: Factors Determining Fruit Set and Seed Development in Artificially Pollinated Tomatoes
Creators: name: Henry, Charles Howard
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1952

description: Commercial plantings of tomato hybrids will give increases in earliness and yield because of hybrid vigor, but seed costs become a limiting factor. The necessity of hand-pollination makes the production of first generation hybrid tomato seed a costly enterprise. Failures of fruit set and seed development in artificially pollinated tomatoes are two contributing causes for the increased cost of F1 seed.
The purpose of this investigation is to study some basic factors influencing these failures and to find ways of increasing fruit set and number of seeds per fruit.
The scope in addition to the field studies described includes a review of the literature on tomato pollination and pollen-tube growth, fruit set, and seed development. These studies were designed to indicate how varietal differences and time of pollination affect fruit set and seed development of the tomato.
The significance of this report is that the date herein can be used as a basis for a better understanding of the reproductive phases of the tomato plant. They may also be used as a guide in the development of an F1 hybrid tomato seed industry.
title: Use of DK Cheese Starter in Manufacture of Commercial Cheddar Cheese
Creators: name: Ernstrom, Carl Anthon
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1951

description: Importance of project
Several months' curing time is needed to give cheddar cheese the desirable flavor demanded by the market. The exact length of time required for curing depends upon the flavor intensity desired, but the curing process is always costly and time-consuming.
The practice of making cheddar cheese from pasteurized milk is now common throughout the industry. Many progressive cheese factories are pasteurizing their milk and enjoying the consequent benefits from a higher quality product. Although pasteurization has eliminated many of the quality problems in cheesemaking, it has resulted in even slower curing cheese.
Much of the cheese research now being carried on is concerned with finding means to shorten the normal curing period without adversely affecting the quality of the product would be invaluable to the cheddar cheese industry.
DK cheese starter
The curing of cheddar cheese is made possible by the symbiotic growth of microorganisms in the cheese curd, the action of enzymes present in the milk, and the enzymes in rennet which are added to the milk. Many workers (2) (33) (39) have expressed the thought that the rate of ripening of cheese may be influenced by specific microorganisms. Dahlberg and Kosikowsky (14) have isolated a particular strain of Streptococcus faecalis which, when used in cheese starter, is reported to hasten the development of good cheddar flavor in cheese that naturally tends to cure rather than slowly. DK cheese starter is a culture of this reputedly successful strain of S. faecalis.
Purpose of investigation
Dahlberg and Kosikowsky (14) reported that fine highly flavored cheddar cheese was produced, and that a two-month reduction in curing time was obtained when DK cheese starter was combined with commercial lactic acid starter in cheese making.
Vanderbeek (50) experimented with cheese starter containing a strain of S. faecalis which may or may not have been the same strain employed in DK starter. He found that S. faecalis starter did not reduce the normal curing period, and that a bitter flavor developed in all the cheese in which S. faecalis has been used.
The purpose of this investigation is to use DK cheese starter in combination with commercial lactic acid starter to make cheddar cheese. The ultimate object of this work is to gather evidence for the cheese industry showing the advantages or disadvantages of the use of DK cheese starter in quality cheddar cheese production.
Scope of problem
DK cheese starter was used to make cheddar cheese in the exact manner prescribed by its advocates. Control cheese was made with commercial cheese starter and used as a basis for comparison. Any pronounced differences in the manufacture of the cheese as a result of the starter were recorded. Efforts were made to determine the effect of DK cheese starter on the rate of curing and the quality of the resulting cheese.
All of the cheese was made int he College Creamery at Utah State Agricultural College during December 1949.
title: The Effects of Family and Education Backgrounds on the Self-Identification of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Persons in Utah
Creators: name: Rose, Petra M.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2000

description: This study examined the effects of family and educational background factors on three dimensions of social identity among 35 deaf and hard-of-hearing respondents in Utah. Three dimensions of social identity-were distinguished: self-definition (i.e., the degree to which a respondent defined himself or herself as deaf), self-evaluation (i.e., the degree to which a respondent attached value and emotional significance to identifying himself or herself as deaf), and group introjection (i.e., the degree of commitment, belonging, and loyalty a respondent attached to membership in the Deaf community). Semi-structured, videotaped interviews were conducted with 35 deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals in Utah. Respondents were recruited via snowball sampling techniques. The results of the qualitative data analysis showed that the respondents identified themselves as: (a) non-deaf (i.e., little identification with a Deaf identity or with the Deaf community), (b) marginalized (i.e., identifying with neither a hearing identity nor with a Deaf identity), and (c) big "D" Deaf (i.e., strong identification with a Deaf identity and the Deaf community). Strong family support, for example, family members who used sign language, was associated with strong self-identification as Deaf, positive self-evaluation, and strong group introjection. Similarly, supportive educational experiences, for example, attendance at a residential school for deaf students, were associated with strong self-identification as Deaf, positive self-evaluation, and strong group introjection. Policy implications regarding parent education, school teacher in-service training, and medIcal services were discussed.
title: Some Biochemical Changes Occurring in Tomato Fruit Ripened by Several Treatments
Creators: name: Boe, Arthur A.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1966

description: The ripening of fruit, aside from its economic consequence, is of importance in the study of the development and physiology of plants. The fruit, being the reproductive organ of the plant, is fundamentally necessary for the continuation of the species. The production of fruit is also of major economic importance.
The fruit is nurtured, not only by its own ability when young to produce carbohydrates by photosynthesis, but also by the translocation of sugar and other compounds produced int eh leaves. While young, the fruit appears to function as the modified leaf that it is believed to be. It is when the fruit matures that the changes known as ripening occur. In the ripening of the fleshy fruits, a change in color is usually observed. This change in color is through a loss of chlorophyll and an increase in the color pigments, anthocyanins, carotenes, and/or xanthophylls, etc. As the fruit ripens, an abscission layer is formed between the plant and the fruit; and the fruit eventually falls from the plant. Control of the length of time required for a fruit to develop and mature is attributed largely to genetic characters.
The relation of the ripening fruit to a senescent leaf is apparent in that both lose their chlorophyll and in some cases become colored with other pigments. The eventual fall of leaves is also associated with the formation of an abcission layer between the leaf and the plant body. It seems logical, therefore, that the ripening of fruit could be considered as a senescence process.
To the economic botanist, the control of senescence is of fundamental importance in the preservation of plant products. Control of the fruit could be useful in extending their period of utilization.
In the studies reported here, attempts have been made to investigate the ripening process of the tomato fruit (Lycopersicum esculentum Mill. var. V. R. Moscow). These studies have been oriented toward the induction of ripening and some of the chemical changes that occur thereafter. Attempts have been made to find new agents for the induction of ripening and to examine established ripening inductants such as ethylene gas. This study also reports the effects of magnetic flux on the ripening of a fleshy fruit. This is a new and controversial concept in research on senescence. The effect of light and several light frequencies on the ripening of a tomato fruit has also been investigated. The changes in the concentrations of sugars, acids, and other compounds during the ripening period of tomato fruit ripened by artificial methods are compared with fruit naturally ripened on the plant.
title: Variable Factors in the Determination of Fat and Moisture in Cheddar Cheese
Creators: name: Winder, William C.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1947

description: The rapid growth of the dairy industry which began in the latter half of the nineteenth century necessitated the development of chemical tests for determining the composition of dairy products. Chemists devoted much study and labor in devising methods which would be both accurate and rapid. As a result of these researches a large number of tests were developed. Many of the methods possessed considerable merit and a few were so satisfactory that the rest did not come into general use. The basic principles of all the tests now in use were discovered between 1880 and 1890.
title: On the Population Ecology of Uinta Ground Squirrels
Creators: name: Amend, Spencer R.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1970

description: A marked population of Spermophilus armatus averaging 529 individuals per year was studied for two and a half seasons on a 22-acre tract in northern Utah. The average date of emergence from hibernation of the first squirrel was 9 April. Mating occurred as soon as animals emerged from hibernation. The average date of appearance of the first litter was 31 May. Emergence sizes of litters were from 5.2 for yearling females to 6.3 for adult females. Few instances of predation were observed. Age and sex ratios varied throughout the season and for different portions of the study area. The population increased 22 percent from 1964-1965 and 15 percent from 1965-1966. Juveniles moved more than adults and males moved more than females. In 1964 and 1965, 90 percent of the squirrels had disappeared into hibernation by 1 August. Active periods were from 61 days for juvenile males to 97 days for adult males.