cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Airway Remodelling in Response to Novel Asthma Therapies
Creators: name: Russell, Richard
Publisher: name: University of Leicester
Year: 2020
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Airway remodelling encompasses a range of structural changes seen in the airways of asthma patients, and can be assessed in bronchial biopsy samples. However, there is a paucity of data investigating remodelling responses to asthma therapies. The relationships between airways remodelling and airways inflammation are also not fully understood.In this thesis I present an overview of asthma pathogenesis, including specific mechanisms underlying both airway inflammation and airway remodelling, before investigating the responses to two novel asthma therapies. I firstly examine the changes seen in airway inflammation and airway remodelling following 12 weeks of treatment with an anti-interleukin-13 antibody. Secondly, I investigate the remodelling responses to bronchial thermoplasty. Where remodelling changes are observed in response to therapy I investigate how this relates to clinical outcomes.Inflammatory and remodelling responses to anti-interleukin-13 were not significantly different to placebo, despite reductions in exhaled nitric oxide and immunoglobulin-E demonstrating engagement with the target receptor. This established that inhibition of interleukin-13 in isolation does not lead to significant remodelling or inflammatory changes in moderate-to-severe asthma.Bronchial thermoplasty led to significant improvements in airway remodelling (airway smooth muscle mass, reticular basement membrane thickness and epithelial integrity), although direct relationships between these changes and clinical improvements appear weak or absent. Data from a small number of patients suggests that improvements in epithelial integrity may be more important to clinical benefits than reductions in airway smooth muscle mass, but further investigation is needed.This thesis contributed new data to the understanding of remodelling and inflammatory pathways in asthma. It also reports the largest study undertaken examining remodelling changes, and their relationships to clinical outcomes, in response to bronchial thermoplasty. Finally, it has provided new evidence of significant epithelial repair after thermoplasty, which may be a key contributor to clinical improvements.
Disease and information spreading at different speeds in multiplex networks
Creators: name: Velásquez-Rojas, Fátima
name: Ventura, Paulo Cesar
name: Connaughton, Colm
name: Moreno, Yamir
name: Rodrigues, Francisco A.
name: Vazquez, Federico
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: Populations and Evolution (q-bio.PE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Nowadays, one of the challenges we face when carrying out modeling of epidemic spreading is to develop methods to control disease transmission. In this article we study how the spreading of knowledge of a disease affects the propagation of that disease in a population of interacting individuals. For that, we analyze the interaction between two different processes on multiplex networks: the propagation of an epidemic using the susceptible-infected-susceptible dynamics and the dissemination of information about the disease --and its prevention methods-- using the unaware-aware-unaware dynamics, so that informed individuals are less likely to be infected. Unlike previous related models where disease and information spread at the same time scale, we introduce here a parameter that controls the relative speed between the propagation of the two processes. We study the behavior of this model using a mean-field approach that gives results in good agreement with Monte Carlo simulations on homogeneous complex networks. We find that increasing the rate of information dissemination reduces the disease prevalence, as one may expect. However, increasing the speed of the information process as compared to that of the epidemic process has the counter intuitive effect of increasing the disease prevalence. This result opens an interesting discussion about the effects of information spreading on disease propagation.
description: 9 pages, 6 figures
Resolving the Fe xxv Triplet with Chandra in Cen X-3
Creators: name: Iaria, R.
name: Di Salvo, T.
name: Robba, N. R.
name: Burderi, L.
name: Lavagetto, G.
name: Riggio, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present the results of a 45 ks Chandra observation of the high-mass X-ray binary Cen X--3 at orbital phases between 0.13 and 0.40 (in the eclipse post-egress phases). Here we concentrate on the study of discrete features in the energy spectrum at energies between 6 and 7 keV, i.e. on the iron K$_α$ line region, using the High Energy Transmission Grating Spectrometer on board the Chandra satellite. We clearly see a K$_α$ neutral iron line at $\sim 6.40$ keV and were able to distinguish the three lines of the \ion{Fe}{25} triplet at 6.61 keV, 6.67 keV, and 6.72 keV, with an equivalent width of 6 eV, 9 eV, and 5 eV, respectively. The equivalent width of the K$_α$ neutral iron line is 13 eV, an order of magnitude lower than previous measures. We discuss the possibility that the small equivalent width is due to a decrease of the solid angle subtended by the reflector.
description: 11 pages, 2 figures, To appear in the Astrophysical Journal Letters
title: Effect of Oil Sanctions on the Macroeconomic and Household Welfare in Iran: New Evidence from a CGE Model
title: MAGKS - Joint Discussion Paper Series in Economics
Creators: name: Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza
name: Mohammadikhabbazan, Mohammad
name: Sadeghi, Hossein
Publisher: name: Philipps-Universität Marburg
Year: 2015
Subjects: oil
Economics
Wirtschaft
social accounting matrix
sanctions
Iran
CGE model

description: We examine the macroeconomic and household welfare consequences of oil sanctions in Iran. We use social accounting matrix (SAM) and develop a computable general equilibrium (CGE) model to simulate selected scenarios in which the exportation of oil from Iran to the rest of the world is banned. Our main results show that higher income households are losing more significantly under oil sanctions. Total imports, exports, private consumption, and GDP fall in response to oil sanctions. Interesting is the increase of net indirect taxes at the time of oil revenues fall. Real exchange rate appreciates in the oil sanction crisis. In addition, labor income increases while the capital income falls in response to oil sanctions in Iran. These simulations are in line with reality of the Iranian economy in post-oil sanction period.
Dynamical Arrest in Attractive Colloids: The Effect of Long-Range Repulsion
Creators: name: Campbell, Andrew I.
name: Anderson, Valerie J.
name: van Duijneveldt, Jeroen S.
name: Bartlett, Paul
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study gelation in suspensions of model colloidal particles with short-ranged attractive and long-ranged repulsive interactions by means of three-dimensional fluorescence confocal microscopy. At low packing fractions, particles form stable equilibrium clusters. Upon increasing the packing fraction the clusters grow in size and become increasingly anisotropic until finally associating into a fully connected network at gelation. We find a surprising order in the gel structure. Analysis of spatial and orientational correlations reveals that the gel is composed of dense chains of particles constructed from face-sharing tetrahedral clusters. Our findings imply that dynamical arrest occurs via cluster growth and association.
description: Final version: Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 208301 (2005)
Gravitational collapse and evolution of holographic black holes
Creators: name: Casadio, R.
name: Germani, C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Gravitational collapse is analyzed in the Brane-World by arguing that regularity of five-dimensional geodesics require that stars on the brane have an atmosphere. For the simple case of a spherically symmetric cloud of non-dissipating dust, conditions are found for which the collapsing star evaporates and approaches the Hawking behavior as the (apparent) horizon is being formed. The effective energy of the star vanishes at a finite radius and the star afterwards re-expands and "anti-evaporates". Israel junction conditions across the brane (holographically related to the matter trace anomaly) and the projection of the Weyl tensor on the brane (holographically interpreted as the quantum back-reaction on the brane metric) contribute to the total energy as, respectively, an "anti-evaporation" and an "evaporation" term.
description: 6 pages; Talk given at QG05, Cala Gonone (Italy), September 2005
Slice and Gordian numbers of track knots
Creators: name: Baader, Sebastian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Geometric Topology (math.GT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 57M25

description: We present a class of knots associated with labelled generic immersions of intervals into the plane and compute their Gordian numbers and 4-dimensional invariants. At least 10% of the knots in Rolfsen's table belong to this class of knots. We call them track knots. They are contained in the class of quasipositive knots. In this connection, we classify quasipositive knots and strongly quasipositive knots up to 10 crossings.
description: 16 pages, 17 figures
Additional file 3 of Propofol impairs specification of retinal cell types in zebrafish by inhibiting Zisp-mediated Noggin-1 palmitoylation and trafficking
Creators: name: Xiaoqing Fan
name: Haoran Yang
name: Lizhu Hu
name: Delong Wang
name: Ruiting Wang
name: Aijun Hao
name: Chen, Xueran
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 3. Propofol increases cell death and decreases the number of S-phase cells in retinas at 36 and 72 h postfertilization (hpf). (a) The number of terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick-end labeling-positive cells (green) in the retinas of propofol-treated embryos (5 μg/ml propofol) at 36 and 72 hpf is increased compared with that in controls. DNA, blue. Scale bar, 25 μm. (b) 5-Ethynyl-2′-deoxyuridine exposure at 36 and 72 hpf decreases the proportion and mislocalization of S-phase cells in the retinas of propofol-treated embryos (5 μg/ml propofol) compared with control retinas. Error bars indicate the standard error of the mean. *, p
Dold, Alban: Die Züchter und Peterlinger Meßbuch-Fragmente aus der Zeit der Jahrtausendwende im Bari-Schrifttyp mit eigenständiger Liturgie
Creators: name: Baumstark, Anton
Publisher: name: Oriens christianus : Hefte für die Kunde des christlichen Orients
Year: 2024

description: Oriens christianus : Hefte für die Kunde des christlichen Orients, Bd. 33 Nr. 1 (1936): Oriens christianus, Band 33, Heft 1
Additional file 4 of Propofol impairs specification of retinal cell types in zebrafish by inhibiting Zisp-mediated Noggin-1 palmitoylation and trafficking
Creators: name: Xiaoqing Fan
name: Haoran Yang
name: Lizhu Hu
name: Delong Wang
name: Ruiting Wang
name: Aijun Hao
name: Chen, Xueran
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 4. Expression of the zisp gene during embryogenesis. (a–g) Whole-mount in-situ hybridization of zisp at 10, 16, 24, 32, and 52 h postfertilization (hpf). (a, c, and e–g) Lateral views. (b and d) Dorsal views. (h) Temporal expression profiles of zisp from the eight-cell stage to 3 dpf were determined by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). ef1α was used as an RT-PCR control. Error bars indicate the standard error of the mean.
title: Does gender equality promote social trust? An empirical analysis
title: MAGKS - Joint Discussion Paper Series in Economics
Creators: name: Cho, Seo-Young
Publisher: name: Philipps-Universität Marburg
Year: 2015
Subjects: trust
value survey
Economics
Wirtschaft
fairness
gender equality

description: Fairness can be an important factor that promotes social trust among people. In this paper, I investigate empirically whether fairness between men and women increases social trust. Using the data of the World Value Survey from 91 countries, I find that gender discriminatory values negatively affect the trust level of both men and women, while actual conditions on gender equality, measured by labor and educational attainments and political participation, are not a significant determinant of social trust. Furthermore, fairness towards women is an important factor of social trust in countries where gender equality is relatively high, but the effect of the fairness is minimal in countries where there is a greater disparity in equality between the genders. Contrary to the expectation, the effect of gender equality is larger for men than women in more equal societies – a finding that calls for a closer look in a future study.
The Center for the Elliptic Quantum Group $E_{τ,η}(sl_n)$
Creators: name: Zhao, Shao-You
name: Shi, Kang-Jie
name: Yue, Rui-Hong
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Quantum Algebra (math.QA)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We give the center of the elliptic quantum group in general case. Based on the Dynamic Yang-Baxter Relation and the fusion method, we prove that the center commute with all generators of the elliptic quantum group. Then for a kind of assumed form of these generators, we find that the coefficients of these generators form a new type closed algebra. We also give the center for the algebra.
description: 11-pages, no figures
Benchmarking greenhouse gas management in the Canadian natural gas industry
Creators: name: Irwin, Anthony
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: GHG management presents a challenge to the natural gas industry worldwide due to associated processing and transportation emissions and the product which they sell being a potent GHG as well as a fuel commodity. The Canadian natural gas industry is particularly challenged as an expanding primary export market for natural gas in the United States indicates large increases in natural gas production and exports in the short to medium term. Increases in production coupled with new gas supplies that are located geographically more distant from the USA and / or in deeper geological strata will be accompanied by increases in the GHG emissions from the wellhead to burner tip supply chain. The confluence of pressure to inventory and manage GHG emissions arising from governmental international commitments and higher emissions in an expanding and more distant market creates the need for robust and consistent GHG management systems that are able to clearly monitor and report emissions in a verifiable manner and offer mitigation solutions through identification of techniques to reduce absolute emission levels and to offset emissions through the potential for market based mechanisms. The thesis objective was to answer the general management question of: "How do natural gas companies in Canada and other annex I and annex b countries manage the liability posed by potential climate change related policy constraints on companies operations and are these systems comparable?" This was accomplished by addressing three underlying research questions. Research question one outlined GHG calculation, monitoring and verification practices. Research question two outlined GHG management practices. The third research question drew a qualitative comparison between Canadian and non-Canadian companies systems. The thesis outlines present practice and a qualitative comparison that points to the systems as described by respondents being broadly comparable with Canadian companies occupying middle to high position on a ranked response basis. No statistical valid comparison was undertaken due to a poor response from non-Canadian companies surveyed giving a non-representative statistical sample. The thesis concludes with a call for a broader statistically valid study to confirm the qualitative findings set out in this thesis.
Web-based Information Tools and Communication and Participation Strategies
Creators: name: Dienel, Hans-Liudger
name: Jain, Angela
name: De Abreu, Nico
name: Nicolaus, Kristin
name: Rao, Chelikani
name: Kota, Rajesh
name: Dienel, Hans-Liudger
name: Jain, Angela
name: De Abreu, Nico
name: Nicolaus, Kristin
name: Rao, Chelikani
name: Kota, Rajesh
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2007
Subjects: Community/Rural/Urban Development
Institutional and Behavioral Economics
Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies
Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession

description: The report summarizes the activities and the action-oriented research work of Pilot Project 4 (PP4) “Web-based Information Tools and Communication and Participation Strategies“. Research objectives were divided in two areas: a) communication issues, namely the development of a Project-Homepage with interactive elements (http://www.sustainable-hyderabad.in/ ) and two documentary films and b) participation issues, namely citizens participation in India as a whole and in Hyderabad in particular. PP4 aims at exploring and evaluating the applicability and appropriateness of scientifically grounded communication and participation methods for use in a megacity like Hyderabad. In the course of the Pilot Project, different research methods were applied: literature studies (desk research), qualitative research methods (interviews, roundtable discussions, case studies) and the action-oriented and explorative performance of some first interventions. India, and especially Hyderabad, shows remarkable affinity with and competences in the field of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), where a special focus within the Project lies. Furthermore as the Tarnaka Ward is an outstanding example for citizen’s engagement in regard to taking over social responsibility and in order to improve participative urban planning as well as governance structures, there has been close collaboration with the Tarnaka Residents Welfare Association. The Tarnaka resident’s communicative and participative activities have been observed, assessed and improved in a joint endeavor between the Megacities Project and the Standing Committee of the Tarnaka Residents Welfare Association (SCOTRWA); thus this outstanding Ward serves as a Case Study for PP4 to obtain a deeper insight about the complex issue of participation in India/ Hyderabad, a masters thesis was written within PP4’s research process, for instance describing the relevant actors for participative planning of water issues in Hyderabad and analysing road blocks on the way toward participation. In the end, the results and findings of PP4 as well as the experimentally implemented Web Tools needed to be drawn together into an consistent Communication and Participation Strategy which can help the overall project activities and even thematically connected planning processes in Hyderabad to find broadly accepted solutions in consensus with all concerned actors and stakeholders.
Understanding the Relationship between Social Distancing Policies, Traffic Volume, Air Quality, and the Prevalence of COVID-19 Outcomes in Urban Neighborhoods
Creators: name: Mendoza, Daniel L.
name: Benney, Tabitha M.
name: Ganguli, Rajive
name: Pothina, Rambabu
name: Krick, Benjamin
name: Pirozzi, Cheryl S.
name: Crosman, Erik T.
name: Zhang, Yue
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: Computers and Society (cs.CY)
subject: General Economics (econ.GN)
subject: Populations and Evolution (q-bio.PE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, governments have implemented policies to curb the spread of the novel virus. Little is known about how these policies impact various groups in society. This paper explores the relationship between social distancing policies, traffic volumes and air quality and how they impact various socioeconomic groups. This study aims to understand how disparate communities respond to Stay-at-Home Orders and other social distancing policies to understand how human behavior in response to policy may play a part in the prevalence of COVID-19 positive cases. We collected data on traffic density, air quality, socio-economic status, and positive cases rates of COVID-19 for each zip code of Salt Lake County, Utah (USA) between February 17 and June 12, 2020. We studied the impact of social distancing policies across three periods of policy implementation. We found that wealthier and whiter zip codes experienced a greater reduction in traffic and air pollution during the Stay-at-Home period. However, air quality did not necessarily follow traffic volumes in every case due to the complexity of interactions between emissions and meteorology. We also found a strong relationship between lower socioeconomic status and positive COVID-19 rates. This study provides initial evidence for social distancing's effectiveness in limiting the spread of COVID-19, while providing insight into how socioeconomic status has compounded vulnerability during this crisis. Behavior restrictions disproportionately benefit whiter and wealthier communities both through protection from spread of COVID-19 and reduction in air pollution. Such findings may be further compounded by the impacts of air pollution, which likely exacerbate COVID-19 transmission and mortality rates. Policy makers need to consider adapting social distancing policies to maximize equity in health protection.
description: 34 pages, 7 figures, 2 tables
Kaehler Metrics Generated by Functions of the Time-Like Distance in the Flat Kaehler-Lorentz Space
Creators: name: Ganchev, Georgi
name: Mihova, Vesselka
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 53B35; 53B30

description: We prove that every Kaehler metric, whose potential is a function of the time-like distance in the flat Kaehler-Lorentz space, is of quasi-constant holomorphic sectional curvatures, satisfying certain conditions. This gives a local classification of the Kaehler manifolds with the above mentioned metrics. New examples of Sasakian space forms are obtained as real hypersurfaces of a Kaehler space form with special invariant distribution. We introduce three types of even dimensional rotational hypersurfaces in flat spaces and endow them with locally conformal Kaehler structures. We prove that these rotational hypersurfaces carry Kaehler metrics of quasi-constant holomorphic sectional curvatures satisfying some conditions, corresponding to the type of the hypersurfaces. The meridians of those rotational hypersurfaces, whose Kaehler metrics are Bochner-Kaehler (especially of constant holomorphic sectional curvatures) are also described.
description: 27 pages (Final version, to appear in Journal of Geometry and Physics)
The Impact of the National Counter-Cyclical Income Support Program for Dairy Producers on Representative Dairy Farms
Creators: name: Anderson, David P.
name: Richardson, James W.
name: Outlaw, Joe L.
name: Anderson, David P.
name: Richardson, James W.
name: Outlaw, Joe L.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2001
Subjects: Agribusiness
Agricultural and Food Policy
Livestock Production/Industries

description: This report contains the results of an analysis of the National Counter-Cyclical Income Support Program for Dairy Producers on the Agricultural and Food Policy Center’s (AFPC) representative dairy farms. The impact of the proposal on the representative farms is evaluated in terms of the change in average annual cash receipts and the change in the average annual net cash farm income. The role and potential importance of payment limits on these farms are discussed. All milk prices by state and program benefits under the payment limit binding and nonbinding scenarios were developed by FAPRI and were applied to the representative dairies. For more information on those results see the FAPRI analysis of this program.
title: Quantitative Easing and Tapering Uncertainty: Evidence from Twitter
title: MAGKS - Joint Discussion Paper Series in Economics
Creators: name: Meinusch, Annette
name: Tillmann, Peter
Publisher: name: Philipps-Universität Marburg
Year: 2015
Subjects: Economics
Wirtschaft
unconventional monetary policy
uncertainty
quan- titative easing
social media
Tapering

description: In this paper we analyze the extent to which peoples' changing beliefs
about the timing of the exit from Quantitative Easing (\tapering") impact
asset prices. To quantify beliefs of market participants, we use data from
Twitter, the social media application. Our data set covers the entire Twitter
volume on Federal Reserve tapering in 2013. Based on the time series of beliefs about an early or late tapering, we estimate a VAR model with appropriate sign restrictions on the impulse responses to identify a belief shock. The results show that shocks to tapering beliefs have profound effects on interest
rates, exchange rates and asset prices. We also derive measures of monetary
policy uncertainty and disagreement of beliefs, respectively, and estimate their
impact. The paper is the first to use social media data for analyzing mone-
tary policy and also adds to the rapidly growing literature on macroeconomic
uncertainty shocks.
Soft core fluid in a quenched matrix of soft core particles: A mobile mixture in a model gel
Creators: name: Archer, A. J.
name: Schmidt, M.
name: Evans, R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a density-functional study of a binary phase-separating mixture of soft core particles immersed in a random matrix of quenched soft core particles of larger size. This is a model for a binary polymer mixture immersed in a crosslinked rigid polymer network. Using the replica `trick' for quenched-annealed mixtures we derive an explicit density functional theory that treats the quenched species on the level of its one-body density distribution. The relation to a set of effective external potentials acting on the annealed components is discussed. We relate matrix-induced condensation in bulk to the behaviour of the mixture around a single large particle. The interfacial properties of the binary mixture at a surface of the quenched matrix display a rich interplay between capillary condensation inside the bulk matrix and wetting phenomena at the matrix surface.
description: 20 pages, 5 figures. Accepted for Phys. Rev. E
Analysis of Representative Rice Farms Under H.R. 2646 and the Continuation of the FAIR Act
Creators: name: Houston, Christy M.
name: Richardson, James W.
name: Outlaw, Joe L.
name: Smith, Edward G.
name: Womack, Abner W.
name: Houston, Christy M.
name: Richardson, James W.
name: Outlaw, Joe L.
name: Smith, Edward G.
name: Womack, Abner W.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2001
Subjects: Agribusiness
Agricultural and Food Policy
Crop Production/Industries

description: In anticipation of the new farm bill, seventeen representative rice farms from six different rice-producing states have been analyzed to compare the continuation of the FAIR Act provisions with the House proposal, H.R. 2646. Each farm was simulated assuming each policy would be in place for the next five-year period, or 2002-2006. A full description of each of the farms can be found in the Appendix.
The Impact of E-Commerce on Customer Satisfaction and Customer Loyalty during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Quantitative Analysis in Thailand
Creators: name: Tzvetan Mitchev
Publisher: name: Assumption University Press
Year: 2021
Subjects: COVID-19
e-commerce
customer satisfaction
customer loyalty
online shopping
Thailand

description: AU-GSB e-Journal, 14, 2, 59-70
Dynamics of pentaquarks in constituent quark models: recent developments
Creators: name: Stancu, Fl.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Some recent developments in the study of light and heavy pentaquarks are reviewed, mainly within constituent quark models. Emphasis is made on results obtained in the flavor-spin model where a nearly ideal octet-antidecuplet mixing is obtained. The charmed antisextet is reviewed in the context of an SU(4) classification.
description: Based on talks given at the "Workshop Three days of Hadronic Physics", Joint Meeting Heidelberg-Liege-Paris-Rostock, December 16-18, 2004, Spa, Belgium and the International Workshop "Exotic Hadrons", February 21-24, 2005, ECT* Trento, Italy, 9 pages, 1 figure, submitted to AIP Conf. Proc
title: Always Affecting the Wrong People? The Impact of US Sanctions on Poverty
title: MAGKS - Joint Discussion Paper Series in Economics
Creators: name: Neuenkirch, Matthias
name: Neumeier, Florian
Publisher: name: Philipps-Universität Marburg
Year: 2015
Subjects: Economic Sanctions
Poverty
Nearest Neighbor Matching
Economics
Wirtschaft
United States.

description: In this paper, we analyze the effect of US economic sanctions on the target countries’ poverty gap during the period 1978–2011. Econometrically, we employ a nearest neighbor matching approach to account for differences in the countries’ economic and political environment and the likelihood of being exposed to US sanctions. Our results indicate that US sanctions are indeed affecting the wrong people as we observe a 2.3–5.1 percentage points (pp) larger poverty gap in sanctioned countries compared to their nearest neighbors. Severe sanctions, such as fuel embargoes, trade restrictions, the freezing of assets, or embargoes on most or all economic activity are particularly detrimental and lead to an increase in the poverty gap by 6.1–7.4 pp.
Additional file 5 of Propofol impairs specification of retinal cell types in zebrafish by inhibiting Zisp-mediated Noggin-1 palmitoylation and trafficking
Creators: name: Xiaoqing Fan
name: Haoran Yang
name: Lizhu Hu
name: Delong Wang
name: Ruiting Wang
name: Aijun Hao
name: Chen, Xueran
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 5. Amino acid sequence of the Zisp protein. (a) The predicted Zisp domain structure is shown for the transmembrane domain and the Asp-His-His-Cys (DHHC) domain (blue). The DHHC domain of Zisp in zebrafish shows a high degree of conservation with other species. (b) Hydropathy was calculated by Hphob (Kyte–Doolittle scale). Hydrophobic regions that are likely to span membranes are denoted by bars.
A Physics Modeling Study of SARS-CoV-2 Transport in Air
Creators: name: Anchordoqui, Luis A.
name: Dent, James B.
name: Weiler, Thomas J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph)
subject: Other Quantitative Biology (q-bio.OT)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: The health threat from SARS-CoV-2 airborne infection has become a public emergency of international concern. During the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, people have been advised by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to maintain social distancing of at least 2 m to limit the risk of exposure to the coronavirus. Experimental data, however, show that infected aerosols and droplets trapped inside a turbulent puff cloud can travel up to 7 to 8 m. We propose a nuclear physics analogy-based modeling of the complex gas cloud and its payload of pathogen-virions. We show that the cloud stopping range is proportional to the product of the puff's diameter and its density. We use our puff model to determine the average density of the buoyant fluid in the turbulent cloud. A fit to the experimental data yields $1.8 < ρ_P/ρ_{\rm air} < 4.0$, where $ρ_P$ and $ρ_{\rm air}$ are the average density of the puff and the air. We demonstrate that temperature variation could cause an ${\cal O}(\pm 8\%)$ effect in the puff stopping range for extreme ambient cold or warmth. We also demonstrate that aerosols and droplets can remain suspended for hours in the air. Therefore, once the puff slows down sufficiently, and its coherence is lost, the eventual spreading of the infected aerosols becomes dependent on the ambient air currents and turbulence.
description: 6 pages, 1 figure
Renormalization of the noncommutative phi^3 model through the Kontsevich model
Creators: name: Grosse, H.
name: Steinacker, H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We point out that the noncommutative selfdual phi^3 model can be mapped to the Kontsevich model, for a suitable choice of the eigenvalues in the latter. This allows to apply known results for the Kontsevich model to the quantization of the field theory, in particular the KdV flows and Virasoro constraints. The 2-dimensional case is worked out explicitly. We obtain nonperturbative expressions for the genus expansion of the free energy and some n-point functions. The full renormalization for finite coupling is found, which is determined by the genus 0 sector only. All contributions in a genus expansion of any n-point function are finite after renormalization. A critical coupling is determined beyond which the model is unstable. The model is free of UV/IR diseases.
description: 30 pages, 3 figures
Huck, Albert: Synopse der drei ersten Evangelien
Creators: name: Baumstark, Anton
Publisher: name: Oriens christianus : Hefte für die Kunde des christlichen Orients
Year: 2024

description: Oriens christianus : Hefte für die Kunde des christlichen Orients, Bd. 33 Nr. 1 (1936): Oriens christianus, Band 33, Heft 1
title: The Influence of Media Use on Laymen’s Monetary Policy Knowledge in Germany
title: MAGKS - Joint Discussion Paper Series in Economics
Creators: name: Hayo, Bernd
name: Neuenkirch, Edith
Publisher: name: Philipps-Universität Marburg
Year: 2015
Subjects: ECB
Economics
Wirtschaft
Information
Subjective knowledge
Economic knowledge

description: We analyse German citizens’ knowledge about monetary policy and the European Central Bank (ECB), as well as the public’s use of mass communication media to obtain information about the ECB. We employ a unique representative public opinion survey of German households conducted in 2011. We find that a person’s desire to be informed about the ECB, together with the use of various media channels to keep informed, are decisive for both (i) the person’s perception of how much he or she knows about the ECB and (ii) the person’s actual knowledge. The media-related influence varies by level of education and is stronger for subjective knowledge. Women are significantly less interested in and knowledgeable about the ECB. We conclude that the ECB is not only well advised to continue with education programmes designed to convince the public of the importance of knowing about monetary policy, but to take the gender-specific differences into account in doing so.
De Haas-van Alphen effect in metals without inversion center
Creators: name: Mineev, V. P.
name: Samokhin, K. V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We show how the de Haas-van Alphen effect can be used to directly measure the magnitude of spin-orbit coupling in non-centrosymmetric metals, such as CePt3Si and LaPt3Si.
description: 3 pages, accepted in Phys. Rev. B
title: Patterns of Foreign Direct Investment in Egypt— Descriptive Insights from a Novel Panel Dataset at the overnorate Level
title: MAGKS - Joint Discussion Paper Series in Economics
Creators: name: Hanafy, Shima’a
Publisher: name: Philipps-Universität Marburg
Year: 2015
Subjects: sectoral FDI
Economics
Wirtschaft
Foreign Direct investment
Egypt.
regional FDI

description: This paper describes the main characteristics of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Egypt using an unpublished dataset for FDI in 27 Egyptian governorates covering the period 1972–2009. Special attention is given to the geographical distribution of FDI, both at an aggregate and at the sectoral level. The paper is the first article of a larger empirical project on FDI in Egypt at the governorate level. Our dataset shows that FDI is unevenly distributed across Egyptian governorates. More than 60% of ‘non-petroleum greenfield FDI’ stock has been accumulated by two governorates, Cairo and Giza, and roughly 90% of FDI stock targets only 10 governorates. Tracing two spatial concentration indices of FDI inflows (Gini coefficient and coefficient of variation) over four decades, we find that the unequal geographical distribution of FDI decreased until the mid/late 1990s. This trend, however, did not continue when there was a substantial increase of FDI inflows in the 2000s. Moreover, we find differences in the degree of geographical concentration of FDI between various economic sectors. Service FDI shows the strongest concentration (mostly articulated in the ICT and finance sectors), while manufacturing FDI is the most geographically dispersed.
title: Determinants of FDI Location in Egypt—Empirical Analysis Using Governorate Panel Data
title: MAGKS - Joint Discussion Paper Series in Economics
Creators: name: Hanafy, Shima’a
Publisher: name: Philipps-Universität Marburg
Year: 2015
Subjects: cultural similarity; regional FDI
Economics
Wirtschaft
FDI location
Arab countries.
Foreign direct investment
agglomeration

description: We empirically analyse the determinants of inward foreign direct investment (FDI) in Egypt employing a novel panel dataset of 26 Egyptian governorates for the period 1992–2008. Using the case of Arab FDI to Egypt, we also investigate whether FDI location determinants are different depending on similarity of culture and language between FDI source and host region. Our results indicate that domestic private investment, well-functioning Free Zones, and labour abundance positively affect FDI location. In contrast to results for other countries, we find no significant effect of concentration of previous FDI stocks on the location of inward FDI. Moreover, regional investment preferential policies in Egypt—with the exception of Free Zones—do not affect the unequal spatial FDI distribution. Finally, we find that the location of Arab FDI inflows to Egypt is not sensitive to the usual determinants. Arab investors are more willing to invest in less investment-agglomerated areas and are less affected by economic considerations and incentives.
Solar Models and Solar Neutrinos: Current Status
Creators: name: Bahcall, John N.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: I provide a summary of the current theoretical knowledge of solar neutrino fluxes as derived from precise solar models.
description: Neutrino Physics, Proceedings of the Nobel Symposium 2004, Enkoping, Sweden, August 19-24, 2004. Eds. L. Bergstrom, O. Botner, P. Carlson, P.O. Hulth & T. Ohlsson
title: Do negative headlines really undermine the credibility of a quality label? A quasi-natural experiment
title: MAGKS - Joint Discussion Paper Series in Economics
Creators: name: Hildenbrand, Andreas
name: Kühl, Rainer
name: Piper, Anne
Publisher: name: Philipps-Universität Marburg
Year: 2015
Subjects: quality label
product quality (L1)
source credibility (M3).
information (D8)
Economics
Wirtschaft

description: In 2013, Stiftung Warentest tested hazelnut chocolate for their leading magazine, called Test. Stiftung Warentest is one of the most important consumer organizations in Germany. Ritter Sport is a high-quality producer of chocolate in Germany. Their hazelnut chocolate did not pass the test. It was given the grade of unsatisfactory. Stiftung Warentest accused Ritter Sport of labelling an artificial flavouring as a natural flavouring. Ritter Sport rejected the accusation. They went to court and won the trial. Stiftung Warentest had to withdraw the issue in question of Test magazine. This affair was all over the media in January of 2014. Using the Ritter Sport versus Stiftung Warentest case, we analyse whether negative headlines really undermine the credibility of a quality label by examining Stiftung Warentest and their quality label, also called Test. In addition, we examine what can be done to restore or, more generally, increase the credibility of a quality label. Based on a quasi-natural experiment, we find that the negative headlines on Stiftung Warentest have undermined the credibility of the Test label. We also find that the credibility of the Test label can be increased by providing reference values to the tests, strengthening the independence of Stiftung Warentest, and using laboratory methods in the tests. For the most part, the same holds true for any quality label.
Progress Report to the TNRC for Analysis of the Economics of Atrazine Remediation for Representative Grain Farms in the Aquilla Watershed, Hill County, Texas: Subtasks 4.0-4.4
Creators: name: Sartwelle, James D.
name: Richardson, James W.
name: Schumann, Keith D.
name: Sartwelle, James D.
name: Richardson, James W.
name: Schumann, Keith D.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2001
Subjects: Agricultural and Food Policy
Resource /Energy Economics and Policy

description: Four alternative BMPs for atrazine remediation were reported by Harmon and Wang for the study area. The BMPs involved alternative incorporation practices, tillage operations, and sediment ponds. Harmon and Wang reported no statistical difference in corn yields under the alternative BMPs. An economic analysis of four alternative best management practices (BMPs) for atrazine remediation in Hill County, Texas, was performed by the Agricultural and Food Policy Center (AFPC) at Texas A&M University. Using the farm-level economic simulation model FLIPSIM, AFPC scientists analyzed the financial effects of the alternative BMPs on the Texas Blackland Prairie representative farm. This farm consists of 2,000 dryland acres, divided among corn (600 acres), sorghum (750 acres), wheat (250 acres), and native pasture (150 acres). This farm also maintains a small beef cowherd. Regularly updated, the AFPC maintains more than 80 farms across the nation that form the basis for probabilistic-based agricultural policy evaluation.
title: Integrating Affective Responses into Game Theory: A Dual Selves Model
title: MAGKS - Joint Discussion Paper Series in Economics
Creators: name: Greiff, Matthias
Publisher: name: Philipps-Universität Marburg
Year: 2015
Subjects: Economics
Wirtschaft

description: This paper develops a method to integrate affective reponses into game theoretical models. We illustrate our method in a team production framework. The model analyzes how concave and convex status preferences for esteem solve the problem of team production under complete and incomplete information about workers’ abilities. Using a dual selves model, we model the choice of effort as a deliberative decision and the expression of esteem as an affective response. Modeling an individual’s affective system as a seperate player allows us to apply standard game-theoretic solution concepts to analyze affective responses.
Transperineal approach alone as minimally invasive surgery for pelvic recurrence of rectal cancer after abdominoperineal resection
Creators: name: Tokunaga, Takuya
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 321104
subject: Cancer therapy (excl. chemotherapy and radiation therapy)

description: Case: The patient, a man in his 60s, underwent laparoscopic abdominoperineal resection for lower rectal cancer at another hospital. Thirty months after the surgery, he was referred to our department for surgery for a recurrent tumor in the pelvis. Magnetic resonance imaging showed a tumor on the dorsal prostate that was suspected to have invaded a seminal vesicle. The tumor shrunk after chemotherapy with FOLFIRI (irinotecan 180 mg/m2, leucovorin 200 mg/m2 intravenously, bolus 5-fluorouracil 400 mg/m2, and 5-fluorouracil infusion at 2400 mg/m2/46 h) + panitumumab. Because the small intestine had dropped into the pelvis and extensive adhesions were expected in the abdominal cavity, a transperineal approach was planned, and the affected seminal vesicle was scheduled for partial combined resection.Surgical findings: After incision in the previous perineal surgical wound, a subcutaneous incision was made and a GelPOINT mini (Applied Medical Japan Headquarters, Tokyo, Japan) was attached. Airflow was applied with the AirSeal system (Conmed, Utica, NY, USA), and the surgery was performed laparoscopically. First, ventral dissection was initiated. To accurately identify the dissection layers and avoid urethral injury, intraoperative urethrography was performed as necessary, and dissection was performed with an electrocautery and ultrasonic coagulation incision device while confirming the position of the urethra and forceps. The prostate was safely identified by urethrography and separated from the firm tumor. After dissecting the fatty tissue surrounding the tumor, the affected seminal vesicle was partially resected. The dorsal side of the tumor was dissected using the coccygeal bone and the levator ani muscle as guides, and the tumor was removed. A drain was inserted through the gluteal region into the pelvic floor, and the skin was sutured closed. There was no intraoperative injury to other organs, such as the small intestine, and the surgery was completed using only a transperineal approach. The surgery time was 134 minutes, with only 5 ml of blood loss. There were no postoperative complications, and the patient was discharged 8 days after the surgery. Histopathological examination indicated negative circumferential resection margins, and no local recurrence was observed 18 months after surgery.
An Analysis of Whole Farm Revenue Safety Net Options in Agriculture
Creators: name: Richardson, James W.
name: Smith, Edward G.
name: Knutson, Ronald D.
name: Richardson, James W.
name: Smith, Edward G.
name: Knutson, Ronald D.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2001
Subjects: Agricultural and Food Policy

description: Despite many years of experience, the federal government continues to seek a farm program that holds the potential for providing a politically acceptable safety net for farmers. This study demonstrates that, with the 2002 Farm Bill, AMTA, and marketing loan provisions continuing, a whole farm revenue safety net has the potential for simplifying existing farm programs, while enhancing the financial position of US farmers. There remains the need for further analysis of the impacts of the options analyzed on supply response by farmers.
title: Exclusionary Practices in Two-Sided Markets: The Effect of Radius Clauses on Competition Between Shopping Centers
title: MAGKS - Joint Discussion Paper Series in Economics
Creators: name: Brühn, Tim
name: Götz, Georg
Publisher: name: Philipps-Universität Marburg
Year: 2015
Subjects: competitive bottlenecks
Platform competition
exclusive dealing
Economics
Wirtschaft
network effects

description: This paper analyzes exclusionary conduct of platforms in two-sided markets. Motivated by recent antitrust cases against shopping centers introducing radius restrictions on their tenants, we provide a discussion of the likely positive and normative effects of exclusivity clauses, which prevent tenants from opening outlets in other shopping centers covered by the clause. In a standard two-sided market model with two competing shopping centers, we analyze incentives to introduce exclusivity clauses and the likely effects on social welfare. We show that exclusivity agreements are especially profitable for shopping centers and detrimental to social welfare if competition is intense between the two shopping centers. We argue that the focus of courts on market definition is misplaced in markets determined by competitive bottlenecks.