cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Class III: Intensive Cultural Resources Inventory of up to 212 Acres, Cavalier Space Force Station, Pembina County, North Dakota
Creators: name: Brockman, Brian
name: LeFae, Jones
name: Spuck, Jacob
Publisher: name: Stell
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Cavalier, North Dakota
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/85934/cavalier-north-dakota
subject: Pembina (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/7099/pembina-county
subject: Cavalier Space Force Station
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/170239/cavalier-space-force-station
subject: Cavalier Air Force Station
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/167500/cavalier-air-force-station
subject: Systematic Survey
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/12/systematic-survey

description: Stell Environmental Enterprises, Inc. (Stell) performed a Class III: Cultural Resources Inventory of 196.89 acres (ac) managed by Cavalier Space Force Station (SFS) under subcontract agreement 1F-60506 with Argonne National Laboratories (Argonne). Argonne is the prime contractor under contract project EGYNA53201118. Prior to field work, Stell personnel visited the State Historical Society of North Dakota and performed a Class I: Literature Search of the Cavalier SFS and 1- mile buffer of the surrounding area. The literature search identified a total of eight cultural resources surveys conducted within the 1-mile buffer in and around the Cavalier SFS. These surveys resulted in the identification of five cultural resources consisting of one prehistoric lithic scatter, one historical homestead, and three historic architectural sites. The single cultural resource located within the installation boundary is the Cavalier SFS Perimeter Acquisition Radar (Site). All relevant information was incorporated into a research design that provided guidance for performing the cultural resources inventory under this contract. A pedestrian surface survey of the project area did not identify any cultural resources. Due to the project area being larger than 40 ac, Stell’s field efforts and results are presented in this full report.
SHPO: Section 106 Project Undertaking Review at Cavalier Air Force Station
Creators: name: Durand, Ryan T.
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: North Dakota
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/15892/north-dakota
subject: Pembina (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/7099/pembina-county
subject: Cavalier Space Force Station
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/170239/cavalier-space-force-station
subject: Water Tower
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/60991/water-tower
subject: Cavalier Air Force Station
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/167500/cavalier-air-force-station
subject: Architectural Documentation
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/16/architectural-documentation
subject: Heritage Management
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/24/heritage-management

description: SHPO Correspondence regarding the Section 106 Undertaking Review for construction of a water tower at Cavalier Air Force Station. Includes SHPO concurrence of "No Adverse Effect" for this project.
Could Segue 1 be a destroyed star cluster? - a dynamical perspective
Creators: name: Dominguez, Raul
name: Fellhauer, Michael
name: Blaña, Matias
name: Farias, Juan-Pablo
name: Dabringhausen, Jörg
name: Candlish, Graeme N.
name: Smith, Rory
name: Choque, Nelvy
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We attempt to find a progenitor for the ultra-faint object Segue 1 under the assumption that it formed as a dark matter free star cluster in the past. We look for orbits, using the elongation of Segue 1 on the sky as a tracer of its path. Those orbits are followed backwards in time to find the starting points of our N-body simulations. The successful orbit, with which we can reproduce Segue 1 has a proper motion of mu_alpha = -0.19 mas/yr and mu_delta = -1.9 mas/yr, placing Segue 1 near its apo-galacticon today. Our best fitting model has an initial mass of 6224 Msun and an initial scale-length of 5.75 pc.
description: 9 pages, 5 figures, 3 tables, accepted by MNRAS
Design analysis of stand-alone photovoltaic system to provide a sufficient electric power to salt water chlorinator cell
Creators: name: Murbarak, Jalal S.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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A comparison of non-stationary stochastic lot-sizing strategies
Creators: name: Dural-Selcuk, Gozdem
name: Kilic, Onur A.
name: Tarim, S. Armagan
name: Rossi, Roberto
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Optimization and Control (math.OC)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We consider the non-stationary stochastic lot sizing problem with backorder costs and make a cost comparison among different lot-sizing strategies. We initially provide an overview of the strategies and some corresponding solution approaches in the literature. We then compare the cost performances of the lot-sizing strategies on a common test bed while taking into account the added value of realized demand information. The results of this numerical experience enable us to derive novel insights about the cost performance of different stochastic lot-sizing strategies under re-planning with respect to demand realization.
description: working draft
SHPO: Concurrence Letter Regarding Re-Evaluation 34 Buildings with the Perimeter Acquisition Radar Historic District at Cavalier Air Force Station, Pembina County, North Dakota
Creators: name: Paaverud, Merlan
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: North Dakota
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/15892/north-dakota
subject: Pembina (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/7099/pembina-county
subject: Perimeter Acquisition Radar Historic District
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/129022/perimeter-acquisition-radar-historic-district
subject: Building 825
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/117764/building-825
subject: Building 830
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/117766/building-830
subject: Building 820
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/87483/building-820
subject: Cavalier Space Force Station
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/170239/cavalier-space-force-station
subject: NRHP
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/9857/nrhp
subject: National Register of Historic Places
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/1572/national-register-of-historic-places
subject: Cavalier Air Force Station
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/167500/cavalier-air-force-station
subject: Heritage Management
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/24/heritage-management

description: Letter from the North Dakota SHPO concurring with the findings in the report "“Re-Evaluation of the National Register of Historic Places Eligibility of 34 Buildings and Structures and Four Roads Associated with the Perimeter Acquisition Radar Historic District at Cavalier Air Force Station, Pembina County, North Dakota."
Wireline distributed acoustic sensing allows 4.2 km deep vertical seismic profiling of the Rotliegend 150 °C geothermal reservoir in the North German Basin
Creators: name: Henninges, Jan
name: Martuganova, Evgeniia
name: Stiller, Manfred
name: Norden, Ben
name: Krawczyk, Charlotte M.
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Berlin
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 550 Geowissenschaften
subject: acoustic sensing
subject: North German Basin
subject: seismic profiling

description: We performed so-far-unprecedented deep wireline vertical seismic profiling at the Groß Schönebeck site with the novel method of distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) to gain more detailed information on the structural setting and geometry of the geothermal reservoir, which is comprised of volcanic rocks and sediments of Lower Permian age. During the survey of 4 d only, we acquired data for 61 source positions using hybrid wireline fiber-optic sensor cables deployed in two 4.3 km deep, already existing wells. While most of the recorded data have a very good signal-to-noise ratio, individual sections of the profiles are affected by characteristic coherent noise patterns. This ringing noise results from incomplete coupling of the sensor cable to the borehole wall, and it can be suppressed to a large extent using suitable filtering methods. After conversion to strain rate, the DAS data exhibit a high similarity to the vertical component data of a conventional borehole geophone. We derived accurate time–depth relationships, interval velocities, and corridor stacks from the recorded data. Based on integration with other well data and geological information, we show that the top of a porous and permeable sandstone interval of the geothermal reservoir can be identified by a positive reflection event. Overall, the sequence of reflection events shows a different character for both wells explained by lateral changes in lithology. The top of the volcanic rocks has a somewhat different seismic response in both wells, and no clear reflection event is obvious at the postulated base of the volcanic rocks, so that their thickness cannot be inferred from individual reflection events in the seismic data alone. The DAS method enabled measurements at elevated temperatures up to 150 ∘C over extended periods and led to significant time and cost savings compared to deployment of a conventional borehole geophone string. This wireline approach finally suggests significant implications for observation options in old wells for a variety of purposes.
Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, Historic American Engineering Record
Creators: name: Giles, Lee
Publisher: name: Teledyne Brown Engineering
Year: 1997
Subjects: subject: Cavalier (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/7101/cavalier-county
subject: Nekoma Vicinity
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/85935/nekoma-vicinity
subject: North Dakota
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/15892/north-dakota
subject: Cold War Era
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/5551/cold-war-era
subject: Cold War
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/7288/cold-war
subject: Cavalier Space Force Station
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/170239/cavalier-space-force-station
subject: Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/167872/stanley-r-mickelsen-safeguard-complex
subject: HAER
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/28432/haer
subject: SRMSC
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/167873/srmsc
subject: Missile Site Radar (MSR)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/167864/missile-site-radar-msr
subject: Perimeter Acquisition Radar
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/167862/perimeter-acquisition-radar
subject: Historic American Engineering Record
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/121241/historic-american-engineering-record
subject: Cavalier Air Force Station
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/167500/cavalier-air-force-station
subject: Remote Sprint Launch (RSL)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/167865/remote-sprint-launch-rsl
subject: PAR
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/167834/par
subject: Architectural Documentation
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/16/architectural-documentation
subject: Heritage Management
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/24/heritage-management

description: Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) for the Stanley R. Michelsen Safeguard Complex (SRMSC).
Cable reverberations during wireline distributed acoustic sensing measurements: their nature and methods for elimination
Creators: name: Martuganova, Evgeniia
name: Stiller, Manfred
name: Bauer, Klaus
name: Henninges, Jan
name: Krawczyk, Charlotte M.
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Berlin
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 550 Geowissenschaften
subject: borehole geophysics
subject: distributed acoustic sensing
subject: noise
subject: signal processing
subject: vertical seismic profiling

description: The application of distributed acoustic sensing in borehole measurements allows for the use of fibre optic cables to measure strain. This is more efficient in terms of time and costs compared with the deploying of conventional borehole seismometers. Nevertheless, one known drawback for temporary deployment is represented by the freely hanging wireline cable slapping and ringing inside the casing, which introduces additional coherent coupling noise to the data. The present study proposes an explanation for the mechanism of noise generation and draws an analogy with similar wave propagation processes and phenomena, such as ghost waves in marine seismics. This observation allows to derive a ringing noise filter function, to study its behaviour and to consider known effects of the gauge length filter. After examining existing methods aimed at eliminating ringing noise and results of their application, we propose a two‐step approach: (1) developing a denoising method based on a matching pursuit decomposition with Gabor atoms and (2) subtracting the noise model for imaging improvement. The matching pursuit method focuses on decomposing the original input signal into a weighted sum of Gabor functions. Analysing Gabor atoms properties for frequency, amplitude and position in time provides the opportunity to distinguish parts of the original signal denoting noise caused by the vibrating cable. The matching pursuit decomposition applied to the distributed acoustic sensing‐vertical seismic profiling data at the geothermal test site Groß Schönebeck provides a versatile processing instrument for noise suppression.
Comment on "Frustration and Multicriticality in the Antiferromagnetic Spin-1 Chain"
Creators: name: Chepiga, Natalia
name: Affleck, Ian
name: Mila, Frederic
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The phase diagram of the spin-1 chain with bilinear-biquadratic and next-nearest neighbor inter- actions, recently investigated by Pixley, Shashi and Nevidomskyy [Phys. Rev. B 90, 214426 (2014)], has been revisited in the light of results we have recently obtained on a similar model. Combining extensive Density Matrix Renormalization Group (DMRG) simulations with conformal-field theory arguments, we confirm the presence of the three phases identified by Pixley et al, a Haldane phase, a next-nearest neighbor (NNN) Haldane phase, and a dimerized phase, but we come to significantly different conclusions regarding the nature of the phase transitions to the dimerized phase: i) We provide numerical evidence of a continuous Ising transition between the NNN-Haldane phase and the dimerized phase; ii) We show that the tri-critical end point, where the continuous transition between the Haldane phase and the dimerized phase turns into a first order transition, is distinct from the triple point where the three phases meet; iii) Finally, we demonstrate that the tri-critical end point is in the same Wess-Zumino-Witten (WZW) SU(2) level 2 universality class as the continuous transition line that ends at this point
description: 4 pages, 6 figures
Automotive Industry and trend analysis in Ethiopia
Creators: name: Desta, Eskinder
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2007

description: The main purpose of the research was to analyze the automotive industry and its trend in Ethiopia. In recent years, the contribution of the automotive sector is increasing and it is playing important role in the national economy. Although the automotive sector is playing significant role, it is still at low level and many factors contributed for that, including: • Government regulations • Road conditions • Purchasing power of the people • Lack of skilled manpower and capacity • Shortage of capital To address those issues, the researcher used both primary and secondary data. The collected data were analyzed and the result of the analysis was summarized in to positive and negative aspects. It was revealed that the positive aspects; contribution to the national economy, future growth prospect, employment opportunity and profitability of the operation outweigh the negative aspects. As the research had scope and limitations, it was recommended to the governing authorities to undertake further studies to make an informed decision on how to support the growth and development of the automotive industry in Ethiopia.
Nonclassicality criteria: Quasiprobability distributions and correlation functions
Creators: name: Alexanian, Moorad
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We use the exact calculation of the quantum mechanical, temporal characteristic function $χ(η)$ and the degree of second-order coherence $g^{(2)}(τ)$ for a single-mode, degenerate parametric amplifier for a system in the Gaussian state, viz., a displaced-squeezed thermal state, to study the different criteria for nonclassicality. In particular, we contrast criteria that involve only one-time functions of the dynamical system, for instance, the quasiprobability distribution $P(β)$ of the Glauber-Sudarshan coherent or P-representation of the density of state and the Mandel $Q_{M}(τ)$ parameter, versus the criteria associated with the two-time correlation function $g^{(2)}(τ)$.
description: arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1610.08821
MPEC 2023-N53 : DAILY ORBIT UPDATE (2023 July 11)
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Autonomous helicopter : hovering over an on-ground visual target
Creators: name: Sriratana, Dan Nathee.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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Revisiting the structure and spectrum of the magnetic-reconnection-heated corona in luminous AGNs
Creators: name: Liu, J. Y.
name: Qiao, ErLin
name: Liu, B. F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: It is believed that the hard X-ray emission in the luminous active galactic nuclei (AGNs) is from the hot corona above the cool accretion disk. However, the formation of the corona is still debated. Liu et al. investigated the spectrum of the corona heated by the reconnection of the magnetic field generated by dynamo action in the thin disk and emerging into the corona as a result of buoyancy instability. In the present paper, we improve this model to interpret the observed relation of the hard X-ray spectrum becoming softer at higher accretion rate in luminous AGNs. The magnetic field is characterized by $β_{\rm 0}$, i.e., the ratio of the sum of gas pressure and radiation pressure to magnetic pressure in the disk ($β_{\rm 0}=(P_{\rm g,d}+P_{\rm r,d})/P_{\rm B}$). Besides, both the intrinsic disk photons and reprocessed photons by the disk are included as the seed photons for inverse Compton scattering. These improvements are crucial for investigating the effect of magnetic field on the accretion disk-corona when it is not clear whether the radiation pressure or gas pressure dominates in thin disk. We change the value of $β_{\rm 0}$ in order to constrain the magnetic field in the accretion disk. We find that the energy fraction released in the corona ($f$) gradually increases with the decrease of $β_{\rm 0}$ for the same accretion rate. When $β_{\rm 0}$ decreases to less than 50, the structure and spectrum of the disk-corona is independent on accretion rate, which is similar to the hard spectrum found in Liu et al.(2003). Comparing with the observational results of the hard X-ray bolometric correction factor in a sample of luminous AGNs, we suggest that the value of $β_{\rm 0}$ is about 100-200 for $α=0.3$ and the energy fraction $f$ should be larger than $30\%$ for hard X-ray emission.
description: 21 pages, 6 figures. ApJ accepted
A mass-deformed BLG theory in Gribov-Zwanziger framework
Creators: name: Upadhyay, Sudhaker
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper, we extend the Gribov-Zwanziger framework accounting for the existence of Gribov copies to the mass deformed Bagger--Lambert--Gustavsson (BLG) theory in $\mathcal{N} =1 $ superspace. The restriction of the domain of integration in the Euclidean functional integral to the first Gribov horizon is implemented, by adding a non-local horizon term to the effective action. Furthermore, the soft breaking of the BRST symmetry due to horizon term is restored with the help of external sources. We compute the various Ward identities for this theory relying on the Lie 3-algebras.
description: 9 pages, minor changes in few equations, new references added
Landscapes of Locura: The Creative Possibilities of Queer Afro-Dominican Gender Performance in Digital Media
Creators: name: Toribio Hernandez, Ashley
Publisher: name: Stanford Digital Repository
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Dominican Republic
subject: Afro-Caribbean
subject: Feminism
subject: Queer theory
subject: Gender identity
subject: African diaspora in art
subject: Black people
subject: Caribbean Area

description: "Landscapes of Locura: The Creative Possibilities of Queer Afro-Dominican Gender Performance in Digital Media" dives into the intricacies of queer Afro-Dominican gender performance and its effects on black insurgency in the Dominican Republic through digital performance and creative world-building practices. Here, “queer Afro-Dominican” refers to black and afro-descendent Dominicans who actively queer notions of race, gender, and sexuality through radical performance and embodiments of the fluid identities they hold. With research grounded with a focus on the materiality of queer Afro-Dominicanidad through an analysis of gender performance from three feminine Afro-Dominican musical artists: Tokischa, Gailen La Moyeta, and La Pajarita La Paul, this paper explores themes relating to queer Afro-Dominican liberatory tactics rooted in performance. These three artists and their performance of gendered lyric, imagery, and aesthetics provide a case study for the ways in which embodied identities, desire and intimacy, and performance as autonomy act as entry points into discussions of queer Afro-Dominicanidad and the liberatory possibilities of queer black subjectivities in the Dominican Republic. This is a trek into the uncharted waters of non-normative femininities, imaginative decolonial work, and the demonic grounds where queer Afro-Dominican create spaces of temporal freedoms. Additionally, there is reflection on Landscapes of Locura, an installation that acts as a framework of observing, understanding, and assessing these queer Afro-Dominican performances of gender, is discussed. This use of installation art taps into the world-making practices of queer Afro-Dominicans by creating a physical landscape informed by such practices of freedom, and thus allows for another mode of analysis of queer Afro-Dominicanidad and its performances of gender.
Simulating generic spin-boson models with matrix product states
Creators: name: Wall, Michael L.
name: Safavi-Naini, Arghavan
name: Rey, Ana Maria
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The global coupling of few-level quantum systems ("spins") to a discrete set of bosonic modes is a key ingredient for many applications in quantum science, including large-scale entanglement generation, quantum simulation of the dynamics of long-range interacting spin models, and hybrid platforms for force and spin sensing. We present a general numerical framework for treating the out-of-equilibrium dynamics of such models based on matrix product states. Our approach applies for generic spin-boson systems: it treats any spatial and operator dependence of the two-body spin-boson coupling and places no restrictions on relative energy scales. We show that the full counting statistics of collective spin measurements and infidelity of quantum simulation due to spin-boson entanglement, both of which are difficult to obtain by other techniques, are readily calculable in our approach. We benchmark our method using a recently developed exact solution for a particular spin-boson coupling relevant to trapped ion quantum simulators. Finally, we show how decoherence can be incorporated within our framework using the method of quantum trajectories, and study the dynamics of an open-system spin-boson model with spatially non-uniform spin-boson coupling relevant for trapped atomic ion crystals in the presence of molecular ion impurities.
description: 13 pages+refs. 13 figures
Impact of neutrino properties on the estimation of inflationary parameters from current and future observations
Creators: name: Gerbino, Martina
name: Freese, Katherine
name: Vagnozzi, Sunny
name: Lattanzi, Massimiliano
name: Mena, Olga
name: Giusarma, Elena
name: Ho, Shirley
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the impact of assumptions about neutrino properties on the estimation of inflationary parameters from cosmological data, with a specific focus on the allowed contours in the $n_s/r$ plane. We study the following neutrino properties: (i) the total neutrino mass $ M_ν=\sum_i m_i$; (ii) the number of relativistic degrees of freedom $N_{eff}$; and (iii) the neutrino hierarchy: whereas previous literature assumed 3 degenerate neutrino masses or two massless neutrino species (that do not match neutrino oscillation data), we study the cases of normal and inverted hierarchy. Our basic result is that these three neutrino properties induce $< 1 σ$ shift of the probability contours in the $n_s/r$ plane with both current or upcoming data. We find that the choice of neutrino hierarchy has a negligible impact. However, the minimal cutoff on the total neutrino mass $M_{ν,{min}}=0 $ that accompanies previous works using the degenerate hierarchy does introduce biases in the $n_s/r$ plane and should be replaced by $M_{ν,min}= 0.059$ eV as required by oscillation data. Using current CMB data from Planck and Bicep/Keck, marginalizing over $ M_ν$ and over $r$ can lead to a shift in the mean value of $n_s$ of $\sim0.3σ$ towards lower values. However, once BAO measurements are included, the standard contours in the $n_s/r$ plane are basically reproduced. Larger shifts of the contours in the $n_s/r$ plane (up to 0.8$σ$) arise for nonstandard values of $N_{eff}$. We also provide forecasts for the future CMB experiments COrE and Stage-IV and show that the incomplete knowledge of neutrino properties, taken into account by a marginalization over $M_ν$, could induce a shift of $\sim0.4σ$ towards lower values in the determination of $n_s$ (or a $\sim 0.8σ$ shift if one marginalizes over $N_{eff}$). Comparison to specific inflationary models is shown.
description: 24 pages, 12 figures; abstract abridged
Assessment of the Determinants of Non-Performing Loans The Case of Commercial Banks in Ethiopia
Creators: name: Atomsa, Yonas
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2017

description: The paper investigated the determinants of non-performing loans (NPLs) in commercial banks in Ethiopia in the period of 2007–2016. This study sought to explain the significance of interest rate, growth in GDP, inflation rate, exchange rate, real interest rate, ROA, ROE and loan growth rate on nonperforming loans in commercial banks in Ethiopia.. Explanatory research is conducted in order to identify the extent and nature of cause-effect relationships between dependent and independent variables. The study used secondary data collected from eight purposively selected commercial banks in Ethiopia. Econometric regression analysis was used in establishing the significance of the relationship. The paper found that the level of NPLs can be attributed to both macroeconomic conditions and banks' specific factors, though the former set of factors was found to have a relatively low explanatory power. From the macro determinants, Real interest rate has positive relationship with NPL which are statistically significant at 1% level of confidence. ROA and ROE from bank specific factors have negative and significant relationship with the NPLs in commercial banks in Ethiopia. The outcome of this project firstly would enable commercial banks adopt workable strategies, benefit to the Ethiopian banking and non-banking financial sectors as a whole, and serve as a source of reference for other related research works in the future. Government Expenditure, Import & export of the country, foreign currencies availability, political stability, and competition in banking industry are recommended for further studies. Key words: Nonperforming loan, Return on asset, Ethiopian commercial Banks, Real GDP, crossectional data, Inflation.
Investigation of power quality of grid connected solar photovoltaic power systems
Creators: name: Ratnayake, Prasad .
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS IN THE BANKING SECTOR: EUROBONDS AND THEIR IMPACT IN THE ECONOMY
Creators: name: Jabborov Olchinbek
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: This article explores the role of financial instruments, specifically Eurobonds, in the banking sector and their impact on the economy. Eurobonds are a key financial tool used by governments, banks, and corporations to raise capital in international markets. The article discusses the basic principles behind Eurobonds, their advantages, and their growing importance in the global financial system. It also highlights the economic benefits they provide, including access to international capital, lower borrowing costs, and diversification of financial risks. Additionally, the paper examines research findings by leading scientists in the field of finance, discussing the evolution and significance of Eurobonds. Finally, the article concludes by emphasizing their crucial role in shaping the modern financial landscape and promoting economic growth.
Talk is Cheap: Democracy Promotion, Human Rights Rhetoric, and the US International Military Education and Training Program
Creators: name: Griffiths, Cole
Publisher: name: Stanford Digital Repository
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Democracy
subject: Military relations--Foreign countries
subject: Military education--International cooperation
subject: Civil-military relations

description: The US International Military Education and Training (IMET) Program plays a small but mighty role in fostering security cooperation with foreign military partners. IMET funding has been justified on the grounds of promoting human rights and democratic norms among foreign officer corps. IMET's track record, however, is mixed. Does the US really attempt to promote democracy through the IMET program? What relationship exists between official democracy promotion rhetoric and actual IMET aid? What kinds of regime tend to receive more IMET aid? To answer these questions,
an original sentiment analysis of nearly 4,000 US Human Rights Reports is combined with publicly available foreign aid data to reveal several key findings. US rhetoric of democracy promotion tends to call out autocrats and praise democracies. IMET aid goes primarily to middling autocracies or near-democracies. These findings suggest a pragmatic liberal internationalism may undergird IMET aid distribution. They also suggest a possible disconnect between democracy promotion and foreign military aid efforts that may cheapen American rhetoric and undermine both projects in the long run.
Aggressive Branch Expansion versus ATM and POS machine use (The case of Awash International Bank S.C in Addis Ababa)
Creators: name: Balcha, Berhanu
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2015

description: In this project, the aggressive branch expansion of Awash International Bank S.C in Addis Ababa vis-à-vis modern banking technologies of ATM/POS was studied to investigate if the aggressive branch expansion of AIB is advantageous. The cause of the aggressive branch expansion is identified to be the introduction of NBE bills which eroded the fund to be used for customer lending. The study used descriptive research design to gather qualitative and quantitative data. Both primary and secondary data were used for the data analysis and for the study findings. The primary data were collected through questionnaires from customers and employee of the bank. The secondary data are collected from published and unpublished documents of AIB and NBE. Questionnaires were distributed to each class of branches to collect data from the bank's customers. One branch was selected from each class of branch using lottery method to collect data from the bank's customer. Questionnaires were distributed to all department managers and above department positions as well as to relevant division and branch managers. The research found that aggressive branch expansion is not advantageous for AIB. Moderate branch expansion along ATM/POS expansion is better for AIB from profit perspective. The study will help the bank to reconsider its aggressive branch expansion. It will also help the bank to correct problems identified in the ATM/POS usage. The study will also help as an input for further study.
Assessment of Models of Galactic Thermal Dust Emission Using COBE/FIRAS and COBE/DIRBE Observations
Creators: name: Odegard, N.
name: Kogut, A.
name: Chuss, D. T.
name: Miller, N. J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Accurate modeling of the spectrum of thermal dust emission at millimeter wavelengths is important for improving the accuracy of foreground subtraction for CMB measurements, for improving the accuracy with which the contributions of different foreground emission components can be determined, and for improving our understanding of dust composition and dust physics. We fit four models of dust emission to high Galactic latitude COBE/FIRAS and COBE/DIRBE observations from 3 millimeters to 100 microns and compare the quality of the fits. We consider the two-level systems model because it provides a physically motivated explanation for the observed long wavelength flattening of the dust spectrum and the anticorrelation between emissivity index and dust temperature. We consider the model of Finkbeiner, Davis, and Schlegel because it has been widely used for CMB studies, and the generalized version of this model recently applied to Planck data by Meisner and Finkbeiner. For comparison we have also fit a phenomenological model consisting of the sum of two graybody components. We find that the two-graybody model gives the best fit and the FDS model gives a significantly poorer fit than the other models. The Meisner and Finkbeiner model and the two-level systems model remain viable for use in Galactic foreground subtraction, but the FIRAS data do not have sufficient signal-to-noise ratio to provide a strong test of the predicted spectrum at millimeter wavelengths.
description: 17 pages, 7 figures. Accepted for publication in ApJ
Simultaneous Realization of Coherent Perfect Absorber and Laser by Zero-Index Media with both Gain and Loss
Creators: name: Bai, Ping
name: Ding, Kun
name: Wang, Gang
name: Luo, Jie
name: Zhang, Zhao-Qing
name: Chan, C. T.
name: Wu, Ying
name: Lai, Yun
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Advanced Quantum Mechanics, Solid State Physics, Advanced Topics

description: We investigate a unique type of zero-index medium with both gain and loss (ZIMGL), whose effective permittivity and permeability are purely imaginary and of opposite signs. We show analytically that, by using a slab of ZIM-GL with equal magnitude of loss and gain, coherent perfect absorber (CPA) and laser, i.e. the socalled CPA-laser, can be achieved simultaneously. CPA-laser has been found previously in parity-time (PT) symmetric systems. However, the underlying physics in a PT-symmetric system is distinct from that in a ZIM-GL. By designing a photonic crystal (PC) composed of core-shell rods, with loss and gain distributed in either the core or the shell, we have realized such a ZIM-GL. The CPA-laser functionality of such a PC is also confirmed in our numerical simulations. Our work provides a different approach for simultaneous realization of CPA and laser besides PTsymmetric systems.
description: 20 pages, 5 figures
On the virtual levels of positively projected massless Coulomb-Dirac operators
Creators: name: Morozov, Sergey
name: Müller, David
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Classical Analysis and ODEs (math.CA)
subject: Spectral Theory (math.SP)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 34L15, 34L10 (Primary), 35P15 (Secondary)

description: Considering different self-adjoint realisations of positively projected massless Coulomb-Dirac operators we find out, under which conditions any negative perturbation, however small, leads to emergence of negative spectrum. We also prove some weighted Lieb-Thirring estimates for negative eigenvalues of such operators. In the process we find explicit spectral representations for all self-adjoint realisations of massless Coulomb-Dirac operators on the half-line.
description: 30 pages
Bioactive trans-resveratrol as dispersant of graphene in water.Molecular interactions
Creators: name: Diez Pascual, Ana Maria
name: Sainz Urruela, Carlos
name: Vera-Lopez, Soledad
name: San Andres, Maria Paz
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 340304
subject: Optical properties of materials
classificationCode: 340302
subject: Macromolecular materials
classificationCode: 340608
subject: Solution chemistry
classificationCode: 340101
subject: Analytical spectrometry

description: Dispersant agents such as surfactants or polymers are required to attain stable and homogenous dispersions of graphene and its derivatives in liquid media. In the present work, the effectiveness of resveratrol (RV), a fluorescent bioactive compound with antioxidant activity, as a dispersing agent for G in aqueous solutions was assessed. The interaction between G and RV was investigated via absorbance, fluorescence and Raman measurements. Dispersions were prepared via bath sonication, followed by probe ultrasonication and centrifugation, though the two last stages have little effect on the dispersion quality. The addition of G causes a quenching on RV fluorescence, and its magnitude raises with increasing G concentration, being the effect stronger up to 10 mg L-1. The change in the centrifugation speed and time have hardly influence on the RV fluorescence in the presence of G. The RV content remaining in the bulk solution after G dispersion, measured via UV–Vis absorption, decreases linearly with increasing G concentration. RV can effectively disperse all the G present in the sample up to 10 mg L-1; at higher concentrations, the dispersing ability slightly decreases, and the G content is distributed between the bulk solution and the centrifuged residue. Besides, the fluorescence of RV dispersed in G is much higher in methanol than in an aqueous medium. TEM analysis confirms the good exfoliation of G upon ultrasonication in RV solutions and indicates that the layer thickness depends on the G/RV ratio. The results of this study could open new perspectives for using natural products like resveratrol as biocompatible dispersing agents for carbon nanomaterials.
Astrophysical Neutrinos and Flavor Evolution With Self Interaction
Creators: name: Bulmus, T.
name: Pehlivan, Y.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In a core collapse supernova, collective oscillations of neutrinos emitted by the proto-neutron star significantly modifies the partition of energy between different flavors in a way which is potentially important for the nucleosynthesis of heavy elements at the outer layers. As the outcome of collective oscillations depends nonlinearly on the chosen initial conditions proto-neutron star, their systematical study across the proto-neutron star model space may provide answers to some key questions.
Real Options Valuation using Machine Learning Methods
Creators: name: Gachechiladze, Levan
Publisher: name: Business Administration Research Articles
Year: 2022

description: This paper follows work on establishing comprehensive framework for investment projects valuation discussed in [3], [8], [12], and [20]. Previous work is focused on capturing strategic value of investment projects while also incorporating strategic decisions of competitors. Two main methodologies that comprise such valuation framework are Real Options Analysis and Game Theory. In this paper, it is attempted to price real options using Machine Learning (ML) methods. First, selected machine learning models are trained to predict option prices as given by The Black-Scholes formula. Having shown some promise by work discussed in [22] and [23], real-world data has been selected for pricing options and then training machine learning models on them. Finally, various investment projects have been simulated to price option to expand using Cox-Ross-Rubinstein binomial model discussed in [4] and then train machine learning models to predict it. This, in turn, has potential to incorporate market competition implicitly in the value of the strategic option during training process. Hence, machine learning approach can become real options pricing method that is valid not only for monopolistic markets. With this aim, section 1 of the paper gives brief introduction of option pricing methods, section 2 uses Nasdaq Futures historical prices for training ML models to price financial options, and section 3 uses simulated investment projects for training ML models and pricin options to expand. Complete code is available at github.com/leongache/Real-Options-Valuation-using- Machine-Learning-Methods.
description: Business Administration Research Articles, Vol. 7 (2022): Applications of Stochastic Processes and Mathematical Statistics to Financial Economics and Social Sciences VII
On A Generalization Of Khinchin’s Theorem
Creators: name: Berikashvili, V.
name: Giorgobiani, G.
name: Kvaratskhelia, V.
Publisher: name: Business Administration Research Articles
Year: 2022

description: A generalization of Khinchin’s theorem for weakly correlated random elements with values in Banach spaces lp, 1 ≤ p < ∞ is presented without proof.
description: Business Administration Research Articles, Vol. 7 (2022): Applications of Stochastic Processes and Mathematical Statistics to Financial Economics and Social Sciences VII
An investigation into supercapacitors and assessment of their performance in high electricity demand vehicles
Creators: name: Moo, David.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

description: This thesis was scanned from the print manuscript for digital preservation and is copyright the author.
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Number of Unordered Samples of Integers With a Given Sum
Creators: name: Kutalia, Tsotne
Publisher: name: Business Administration Research Articles
Year: 2022

description: There is an analytic formula counting the number of ordered samples of N non-negative integers making up a given sum. In this paper we study the number of unordered samples of N non-negative integers with a given sum. We produce a closed form solution for N = 3 non-negative integers.
description: Business Administration Research Articles, Vol. 7 (2022): Applications of Stochastic Processes and Mathematical Statistics to Financial Economics and Social Sciences VII
Analyse par imagerie hyperspectrale sous-marine : Révéler la variabilité de l'efficacité des récifs artificiels
Creators: name: RIERA, Elisabeth
name: Hubas, Cédric
name: Ungerman, Mischa
name: Rigot, Guy
name: Pey, Alexis
name: Francour, Patrice
name: Rossi, Francesca
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Imagerie Hyperspectrale sous marine, Récifs artificiels

description: Poster illustrant l'usage de l'imagerie hyperspectral sous marine pour évaluer l'efficacité des récifs artificiels à imiter le signal photosynthétique des assemblages des habitats naturels adjacents. Etude de cas effectué en Principauté de Monaco en 2020.
Construction of identifying and real M-estimators in general statistical model with filtration
Creators: name: Toronjadze, T.
Publisher: name: Business Administration Research Articles
Year: 2022

description: General statistical model with filtration is considered. Identifying and real M-estimators are constructed. Namely, consistent, linear, asymptotically normal estimators are founded, which are basic class of estimators in robust statistics.
description: Business Administration Research Articles, Vol. 7 (2022): Applications of Stochastic Processes and Mathematical Statistics to Financial Economics and Social Sciences VII