cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: An Application of Autoregressive Conditional Heteroskedasticity (ARCH) and Generalized Autoregressive Conditional Heteroskedasticity (GARCH) Modelling on Taiwan's Time-Series Data: Three Essays
Creators: name: Chang, Tsangyao
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1995

description: In this dissertation, three essays are presented that apply recent advances in time-series methods to the analysis of inflation and stock market index data for Taiwan. Specifically, ARCH and GARCH methodologies are used to investigate claims of increased volatility in economic time-series data since 1980.
In the first essay, analysis that accounts for structural change reveals that the fundamental relationship between inflation and its variability was severed by policies implemented during economic liberalization in Taiwan in the early 1980s. Furthermore, if residuals are corrected for serial correlation, evidence in favor of ARCH effects is weakened. In the second essay, dynamic linkages between daily stock returns and daily trading volume are explored. Both linear and nonlinear dependence are evaluated using Granger causality tests and GARCH modelling. Results suggest significant unidirectional Granger causality from stock returns to trading volume. In the third essay, comparative analysis of the frequency structure of the Taiwan stock index data is conducted using daily, weekly, and monthly data. Results demonstrate that the relationship between mean return and its conditional standard deviation is positive and significant only for high-frequency daily data.
Broad Feshbach resonance in the 6Li-40K mixture
Creators: name: Tiecke, T. G.
name: Goosen, M. R.
name: Ludewig, A.
name: Gensemer, S. D.
name: Kraft, S.
name: Kokkelmans, S. J. J. M. F.
name: Walraven, J. T. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the widths of interspecies Feshbach resonances in a mixture of the fermionic quantum gases 6Li and 40K. We develop a model to calculate the width and position of all available Feshbach resonances for a system. Using the model we select the optimal resonance to study the 6Li/40K mixture. Experimentally, we obtain the asymmetric Fano lineshape of the interspecies elastic cross section by measuring the distillation rate of 6Li atoms from a potassium-rich 6Li/40K mixture as a function of magnetic field. This provides us with the first experimental determination of the width of a resonance in this mixture, Delta B=1.5(5) G. Our results offer good perspectives for the observation of universal crossover physics using this mass-imbalanced fermionic mixture.
description: 4 pages, 2 figures
Witchcraft and Sorcery-Related Killings in Melanesia: The Legal Issues
Creators: name: Forsyth, Miranda
Publisher: name: Canberra, ACT: State, Society and Governance in Melanesia (SSGM), Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University
Year: 2013

description: This brief summarises the main legal issues debated during the three-day conference on Sorcery and Witchcraft Related Killings: Culture, Law and Human Rights Perspectives, held at the Australian National University in June 2013.1 The conference was multidisciplinary, and was well represented from the legal perspective with speakers from the law reform commissions of Vanuatu, Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea, four speakers from the Papua New Guinea office of Public Prosecutor and several legal academics.
The Use of Ultrasound in Assessing Injection Site Reactions Following Multivalent Clostridial Vaccination in Cattle
Creators: name: King, Christine
name: Rodgers, Glenn
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 1995

description: This study concluded that ultrasonography was a very useful tool in quantitating the depth of SC tissue reactions post-vaccination. It also enabled a better understanding of the nature of injection site reactions. The method used in this study was quick, non-invasive, and repeatable.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 1995
The Effect of Diarrhea on the Glutamine Requirements of the Calf Gut
Creators: name: Nappert, Germain
name: Naylor, Jonathan M.
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 1995

description: The effects of glutamine-enriched diet on scours has not been fully studied but it is likely to stimulate gut healing. The purpose of our study was to determine the requirements of diseased gut for glutamine. We measured the net intestinal glutamine uptake in the healthy and scouring state using an arteriovenous difference technique. Eight male Holstein calves were acquired from local dairy farms that have a low incidence of neonatal scours. All calves were obtained within a week of age and fed colostrum (5% of the body weight at birth). The femoral artery, jugular vein, mesenteric vein and the portal vein were cannulated. These catheters were used to measure blood flow and gut uptake of glutamine. All surgery were performed aseptically. Calves were allowed at least five days to recover from surgery in order to regain normal food intake.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 1995
DDS/I, an applications-oriented list-processor
Creators: name: Horvath, Leonard James
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: A brief survey of list-processing languages and list-processors is made, pointing out the shortcomings of each. The need for a practical, applications-oriented list-processor, along with a list of features that would be required, is then presented. A list-processor that is designed to fulfil these requirements is proposed. The presentation includes a detailed description of the storage structure and management algorithms, the primitive routines that have been defined, plus the routines and features available for dynamic storage allocation and list-processing. Finally, a comparison between the proposed list-processor and two available list-processors, SLIP and DYSTAL, is carried out.
An Epidemiological Evaluation of Breeding Soundness Examinations in Beef Bulls
Creators: name: Johnson, Kammy R.
name: Dewey, Cate E.
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 1995

description: Breeding soundness is a crucial criterion when selecting or maintaining bulls for breeding stock. The breeding soundness examination (BSE) is a commonly used tool for bull selection, retention, and usage in beef herds and artificial insemination centers. Ten to twenty percent of bulls evaluated fail the BSE according to the criteria previously set forth by the Society for Theriogenology.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 1995
title: Use of Recombinant Human Granulocyte Colony Stimulating Factor as an Adjunct in Antifungal Chemotherapy in Various Animal Model Systems
Creators: name: Farrell, Lindi
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1995

description: The growing neutropenic patient population provides an ideal target for opportunistic fungal infections. Several effective antifungal drugs are toxic at high doses and contraindicated for long-term treatment. Recombinant human granulocyte colony stimulating factor (rhG-CSF) has been shown to increase neutrophilic numbers and functions, thus providing enhanced host defense. Improved efficacy by using rhG-CSF in conjunction with various antifungal agents was the primary focus of these studies. Use of rhG-CSF in a murine model of vaginal candidiasis did not reduce vaginal colony counts, or improve vaginal histophathology scores. Administration of rhG-CSF in a murine model of pulmonary aspergillosis improved survival, clinical signs, and gross pathology and histophathology scores of the lungs, and increased weight gain. The rhG-CSF was not shown to be an effective therapeutic treatment in this model of vaginal candidiasis. The rhG-CSF was, however, an effective prophylactic treatment in this model of pulmonary aspergillosis.
Twist operator correlation functions in O(n) loop models
Creators: name: Simmons, Jacob J. H.
name: Cardy, John
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using conformal field theoretic methods we calculate correlation functions of geometric observables in the loop representation of the O(n) model at the critical point. We focus on correlation functions containing twist operators, combining these with anchored loops, boundaries with SLE processes and with double SLE processes. We focus further upon n=0, representing self-avoiding loops, which corresponds to a logarithmic conformal field theory (LCFT) with c=0. In this limit the twist operator plays the role of a zero weight indicator operator, which we verify by comparison with known examples. Using the additional conditions imposed by the twist operator null-states, we derive a new explicit result for the probabilities that an SLE_{8/3} wind in various ways about two points in the upper half plane, e.g. that the SLE passes to the left of both points. The collection of c=0 logarithmic CFT operators that we use deriving the winding probabilities is novel, highlighting a potential incompatibility caused by the presence of two distinct logarithmic partners to the stress tensor within the theory. We provide evidence that both partners do appear in the theory, one in the bulk and one on the boundary and that the incompatibility is resolved by restrictive bulk-boundary fusion rules.
description: 18 pages, 8 figures
title: Truck Movements in America: Shipments From, To, Within, and Through States [with data tables]
title: TranStats: Truck Movements in America: Shipments From, To, Within, and Through States
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Publisher: name: Bureau of Transportation Statistics
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/05xfdey77
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 1997
Subjects: classificationCode: https://trt.trb.org/term/87917
subject: Trucking
classificationCode: https://trt.trb.org/term/89004
subject: Interstate commerce
classificationCode: https://trt.trb.org/term/87955
subject: Interstate transportation
classificationCode: https://trt.trb.org/term/96717
subject: Statistics
subject: FOS: Mathematics
classificationCode: https://trt.trb.org/term/87953
subject: Domestic transportation

description: Transportation Statistics Newsletter;TranStats, No. 1;6p. in various pagings
description: This report, TranStats, No. 1, presents new estimates of the movements of commodities by truck to, from, within, and through each state. These estimates show the magnitude of interstate commerce on the nation's highways, particularly on the traffic that travels through states. The data for the 2 tables is available as .csv files, attached to this record. See the Supporting Files tab.
A Blueprint for the Milky Way's Stellar Populations. V. 3D Local Dust Extinction
Creators: name: An, Deokkeun
name: Beers, Timothy C.
name: Chiti, Anirudh
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using a grid of empirically calibrated synthetic spectra developed in our previous study, we construct an all-sky 3D extinction map from the large collection of low-resolution XP spectra in Gaia DR3. Along each line of sight, with an area ranging from $0.2$ to $13.4$ deg$^2$, we determine both the reddening and metallicity of main-sequence stars and model the foreground extinction up to approximately $3$ kpc from the Sun. Furthermore, we explore variations in the total-to-selective extinction ratio in our parameter search and identify its mean systematic change across diverse cloud environments in both hemispheres. In regions outside the densest parts of the clouds, our reddening estimates are validated through comparisons with previous reddening maps. However, a notable discrepancy arises when compared to other independent work based on XP spectra, although our metallicity scale shows reasonable agreement with the high-resolution spectroscopic abundance scale. We also assess the accuracy of the XP spectra by applying our calibrated models, and confirm an increasing trend of flux overestimation at shorter wavelengths below $400$ nm.
description: 27 pages, 21 figures. Figure 15 and the accompanying text corrected, erratum accepted for publication. For associated data files, please visit: https://github.com/deokkeunan/Galactic-extinction-map
Network planning and resource allocation for project control
Creators: name: Arden, Nicholas Russel
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: The problems involved in network planning for project control are examined with reference to the published work in this field. Various solutions are described and compared. A detailed investigation is made of the standard assumptions concerning expected activity durations. The different approaches to the estimation of these times are shown to be inconsistent with their areas of application. A global heuristic solution to the problem of finding the minimum value of the maximum resource requirement during a project is presented. This procedure uses a modified resource profile. The results of a comparison between this solution and a standard local solution indicate a slight improvement with a considerable increase in computing time. The new approach permits easier subminimization. A combination of these methods is proposed.
Image of reality : its relationship to photography
Creators: name: Ball, JMSB
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: Since the inception of photographic print processes in the eighteenth century, our relationship with photography has been largely through the photographic print. However the photographic print contains none of the essence present at the moment of the image's exposure. This is contained within the exposed light sensitive negative film that produces the print. The film is a physical record of the light that was present at the time of the image's exposure. While it verifies the light that once existed, it does not and cannot possess the qualities of the image viewed through the viewfinder of the camera. This research project investigates the different means and methods of producing minimal imagery that possess the qualities of the image viewed through the viewfinder of a camera. These are: the subject of the image (the representation) that is created by the subject itself (reality); the reliance upon the passage of light to produce the image; and the transformation of reality into an image. Due to their realization these images are continually forming, so emphasis has been placed on subject matter that facilitates extended viewing periods. This investigation has resulted in an exhibition of artworks, which produce such imagery through a three-dimensional apparatus. I have termed these artworks 'photographic-like' imagery as the imagery is constructed to appear photographic and references the photographic print, but is never derived from photographic negative film. In effect the role of the negative film is usurped by the three-dimensional apparatus. Throughout the research project certain artists have been influential in the development of the topic. Contemporary photographers Merry Alpern and Sophie Calle view reality through the camera lens and document their voyeuristic obsessions; in their work I see a desire to view reality through the viewfinder of a camera. Light is the basis of many photographic processes and is central to my work. I consider James Turrell and Robert Irwin, who manipulate light, to be photographic artists. As in their case, my artworks, rely upon a three-dimensional apparatus. The work of Anish Kapoor and Donald Judd also influenced my decisions. The aim of this research project has been to produce photographic-like imagery through a three-dimensional apparatus: this imagery is a re-presentation of reality, not a representation of reality. The significance of my project is the three-dimensional manner in which the research was undertaken, and the results, photographic-like imagery. In conclusion, the impetus for this project was the image forming within the viewfinder.
Australian Public Opinion Poll # 161
Creators: name: Australian Public Opinion Polls
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2020

description: Minimum working age (1); marriage age (3); off-course betting (2); retirement age (1); cost of living (4); federal election (2); women serving on juries (2); men who leave their wives (1); using motor mowers (2); police in politics (2); foreign investment in Australia (2).
Two extensions of 1D Toda hierarchy
Creators: name: Takasaki, Kanehisa
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems (nlin.SI)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 35Q58, 37K10

description: The extended Toda hierarchy of Carlet, Dubrovin and Zhang is reconsidered in the light of a 2+1D extension of the 1D Toda hierarchy constructed by Ogawa. These two extensions of the 1D Toda hierarchy turn out to have a very similar structure, and the former may be thought of as a kind of dimensional reduction of the latter. In particular, this explains an origin of the mysterious structure of the bilinear formalism proposed by Milanov.
description: latex2e, usepackage amsmath,amssymb, 19 pages, no figure; (v2) typos corrected, final version for publication
title: A Partial Equilibrium Analysis of NAFTA and its Impact on U.S. Beef Trade With Canada and Mexico
Creators: name: Ananthramiah, Srinidhi
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1996

description: In September 1993, the United States Congress formally ratified the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in conjunction with the legislatures of Canada and Mexico. NAFTA phases out tariff barriers between the United States, Canada, and Mexico over a period of several years.
The primary purpose of this study is to provide an empirical tool for evaluating the effects of NAFTA on beef trade between Canada, Mexico, and the United States. Trends were identified in U.S. beef exports and imports to Canada and Mexico over a period of several years. From the data on import/export quantities and prices, relevant elasticities were estimated for the the three trading partners using a partial adjustment modeling technique.
Given the elasticities, relevant statistical tests were performed to determine the significance of price and quantity changes. This was done to determine whether changes in trading practices were consistent.
Finally, policy recommendations were developed based on the assessment of NAFTA on U.S. beef trade. An overall direction of trade among the three countries was determined. Policies and implications based on economic theory were developed.
Phase separation and metastability in a mixture of spin-1 and spin-2 Bose-Einstein condensates
Creators: name: Le, Uyen Ngoc
name: Le, Hieu Binh
name: Saito, Hiroki
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the ground state and dynamics of a mixture of spin-1 and spin-2 Bose-Einstein condensates of ${}^{87}{\rm{Rb}}$ atoms. For the experimentally measured interaction coefficients, the ground state exhibits phase separation between the spin-1 ferromagnetic state and the spin-2 nematic state. At the interface between them, a partially polarized spin state emerges. The uniformly mixed state of the spin-1 polar state and spin-2 biaxial nematic state is metastable, and the phase separation via nucleation can be triggered by a local perturbation.
description: 9 pages, 5 figures, 3 movies
Time-resolved study of site-specific corrosion in a single crystalline silver nanoparticle
Creators: name: Trautmann, Steffen
name: Dathe, André
name: Csáki, Andrea
name: Thiele, Matthias
name: Müller, Robert
name: Fritzsche, Wolfgang
name: Stranik, Ondrej
Publisher: name: Berlin : SpringerOpen
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Corrosion
subject: Nanoparticles
subject: Optical spectroscopy
subject: Atomic force microscopy
subject: 540

description: We followed over 24 h a corrosion process in monocrystalline triangular-shaped nanoparticles at a single-particle level by atomic force microscopy and optical spectroscopy techniques under ambient laboratory conditions. The triangular-shaped form of the particles was selected, because the crystallographic orientation of the particles is well defined upon their deposition on a substrate. We observed that the particles already start to alter within this time frame. Surprisingly, the corrosion starts predominantly from the tips of the particles and it creates within few hours large protrusions, which strongly suppress the plasmon character of the particles. These observations support the crystallographic model of these particles consisting of a high-defect hexagonal closed packed layer, and they could help material scientists to design more stable silver nanoparticles. Moreover, this described technique can be used to reveal kinetics of the corrosion in the nanoscale of other materials.
Modelling line emission of deuterated H_3^+ from prestellar cores
Creators: name: Sipilä, O.
name: Hugo, E.
name: Harju, J.
name: Asvany, O.
name: Juvela, M.
name: Schlemmer, S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Context: The depletion of heavy elements in cold cores of interstellar molecular clouds can lead to a situation where deuterated forms of H_3^+ are the most useful spectroscopic probes of the physical conditions. Aims: The aim is to predict the observability of the rotational lines of H_2D^+ and D_2H^+ from prestellar cores. Methods: Recently derived rate coefficients for the H_3^+ + H_2 isotopic system were applied to the "complete depletion" reaction scheme to calculate abundance profiles in hydrostatic core models. The ground-state lines of H_2D^+(o) (372 GHz) and D_2H^+(p) (692 GHz) arising from these cores were simulated. The excitation of the rotational levels of these molecules was approximated by using the state-to-state coefficients for collisions with H_2. We also predicted line profiles from cores with a power-law density distribution advocated in some previous studies. Results: The new rate coefficients introduce some changes to the complete depletion model, but do not alter the general tendencies. One of the modifications with respect to the previous results is the increase of the D_3^+ abundance at the cost of other isotopologues. Furthermore, the present model predicts a lower H_2D^+ (o/p) ratio, and a slightly higher D_2H^+ (p/o) ratio in very cold, dense cores, as compared with previous modelling results. These nuclear spin ratios affect the detectability of the submm lines of H_2D^+(o) and D_2H^+(p). The previously detected H_2D^+ and D_2H^+ lines towards the core I16293E, and the H_2D^+ line observed towards Oph D can be reproduced using the present excitation model and the physical models suggested in the original papers.
description: 10 pages, 11 Figures; ver2: updated some of the Figures, added some references, added an entry to acknowledgements
title: Alteration in Basic Macrophage and Lymphocyte Cytokines from Benzene and Phenol in the Drinking Water of Male Institute of Cancer Research Mice
Creators: name: Albretsen, Jay C.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1996

description: Groundwater contamination is a concern due to the large number of people that can become exposed to the contaminant. The chemicals benzene and phenol are known groundwater contaminants. The main health problem caused by benzene or phenol is bone marrow toxicity. Benzene and phenol are also immunotoxins reported to cause decreased thymic weights, altered lymphocyte mitogenic responses, and lower antibody production.
Cytokines are key signaling molecules produced by the cells of the immune system to activate other cells in the immune system, produce antibodies, and recruit other cells to sites of inflammation. The purpose of this study was to determine if exposure to benzene or phenol in drinking water for 30 days could lead to alterations in IL-l, IL-6, and TNFa production in in vitro activated murine macrophages, or in IL-2, IL-3, and IFNy production in in vitro activated murine lymphocytes. Cytokine mRNA and protein production were evaluated to determine if any alteration occurred.
Benzene and phenol exposure resulted in significantly decreased thymus weights. Interleukin-2 mRNA production was increased at the medium dose (200 mg/L) but the IL-2 protein secreted from the lymphocytes of benzene-treated mice was unchanged. The macrophages from benzene-treated mice showed a decrease at all dosage levels in both TNFa mRNA and protein production. These macrophages also produced increased JLIa mRNA at the medium benzene concentration, although this increase did not mean an increase of IL-Ia protein secreted. Mice given phenol at the medium (20 mg/L) and high (100 mg/L) dosages had decreased 30-day body weights. The production ofiL-3 mRNA was decreased in the lymphocytes of mice receiving both low and high concentrations of phenol. Lowered TNFa mRNA values were observed in the macrophages from phenoltreated mice. Interleukin-la mRNA production was increased in the macrophages of mice given the low (5 mg/L) dose of phenol. The TNFa cytokine protein was decreased at the low and medium doses, and the IL-l a protein level was decreased at the medium and high doses. The results indicate that benzene and phenol in groundwater should continue to be a concern for public and regulatory agencies.
Explicit Entropic Proofs of Irreversibility Theorems for Holographic RG Flows
Creators: name: Deddo, Evan
name: Liu, James T.
name: Zayas, Leopoldo A. Pando
name: Saskowski, Robert J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We revisit the existence of monotonic quantities along renormalization group flows using only the Null Energy Condition and the Ryu-Takayanagi formula for the entanglement entropy of field theories with anti-de Sitter gravity duals. In particular, we consider flows within the same dimension and holographically reprove the $c$-, $F$-, and $a$-theorems in dimensions two, three, and four. We focus on the family of maximally spherical entangling surfaces, define a quasi-constant of motion corresponding to the breaking of conformal invariance, and use a properly defined distance between minimal surfaces to construct a holographic $c$-function that is monotonic along the flow. We then apply our method to the case of flows across dimensions: There, we reprove the monotonicity of flows from $\mathrm{AdS}_{D+1}$ to $\mathrm{AdS}_3$ and prove the novel case of flows from $\mathrm{AdS}_5$ to $\mathrm{AdS}_4$.
description: 28 pages, 3 figures; references added
Attribution Analysis: A critique of the policy paradigm with a case study of the Northern Territory Emergency Response
Creators: name: Aitken, Wendy
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: There have been many critiques of rational public policy processes but none have been able to counter the power of the dominant hegemony that employs them. This thesis shifts the ground of the discussion. Not in an attempt to win the contest in a fight for the dominance of ideas, but to question that very 'contest' itself. By challenging the problem solving model's claim to rationality, the validity of the problem-focus in public policy is undermined. A critical analysis of attribution theory, from the discipline of social psychology, proves fruitful in this endeavour. It reveals the problem solving model as a product of patriarchy, and that patriarchy is actually an unconscious, irrational process of the masculinist frame. Transformative community development offers some simple principles to counteract and resolve the negative exacerbation cycles of patriarchy. Thus, several disciplines are employed to reconceptualise the policy paradigm and construct an analytical model: attribution analysis. This framework is then employed to analyse the discourse of the powerful. The efficacy of attribution analysis is demonstrated with a case study in Australian Indigenous policy. The Northern Territory Emergency Response re-established openly paternalistic policy in Indigenous communities in 2007. An examination of the decision ‚Äö- and the (lack of) process used to reach it ‚Äö- shows that it failed to meet even its own normative policy models. This could be explained as a failure to employ such models effectively. However, the application of attribution analysis provides an alternative explanation. It demonstrates the masculinist frame creates exacerbation cycles that maintain and reinforce the 'problem'. It is time for a shift in the dominant paradigm.
Numerical studies of a one-dimensional 3-spin spin-glass model with long-range interactions
Creators: name: Larson, Derek
name: Katzgraber, Helmut G.
name: Moore, M. A.
name: Young, A. P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study a p-spin spin-glass model to understand if the finite-temperature glass transition found in the mean-field regime of p-spin models, and used to model the behavior of structural glasses, persists in the non-mean-field regime. By using a 3-spin spin-glass model with long-range power-law diluted interactions we are able to continuously tune the (effective) space dimension via the exponent of the interactions. Monte Carlo simulations of the spin-glass susceptibility and the two-point finite-size correlation length show that deep in the non-mean-field regime the finite-temperature transition is lost, whereas this is not the case in the mean-field regime, in agreement with the prediction of Moore and Drossel [Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 217202 (2002)] that 3-spin models are in the same universality class as an Ising spin glass in a magnetic field. However, slightly in the non-mean-field region, we find an apparent transition in the 3-spin model, in contrast to results for the Ising spin glass in a field. This may indicate that even larger sizes are needed to probe the asymptotic behavior in this region.
description: 8 pages, 9 figures, 1 table
title: Financial Innovation
Creators: name: Blanco, José C.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1996

description: This dissertation was a study of the impact of financial innovation upon financial institutions and some of the collateral macroeconomics effects. Financial innovation has impacted the distribution of household assets throughout the Group of Seven (G-7) countries and indirectly negatively influenced the usage of traditional monetary aggregates as a reliable tool to forecast the growth in the domestic money supply between 1960 and 1990.
The empirical results indicate that the adoption of financial innovations by large U.S. commercial banks has not influenced their return on equity and the return of assets between 1990 and 1994. The variability of the return on equity and return on assets is reduced by those banks that have incorporated financial innovations over time.
The policy implications of these results indicate that sufficient market instruments exist to assist banks to control interest rate exposure caused by the volatility of interest rates and uncertain funding sources. Any intervention by regulatory authorities could be welfare-decreasing for banks and possibly increase the level of interest rates or reduce the supply of credit to prospective borrowers.
Protodiscs around Hot Magnetic Rotator Stars
Creators: name: Maheswaran, M.
name: Cassinelli, J. P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We develop equations and obtain solutions for the structure and evolution of a protodisc region that is initially formed with no radial motion and super-Keplerian rotation speed when wind material from a hot rotating star is channelled towards its equatorial plane by a dipole-type magnetic field. Its temperature is around $10^7$K because of shock heating and the inflow of wind material causes its equatorial density to increase with time. The centrifugal force and thermal pressure increase relative to the magnetic force and material escapes at its outer edge. The protodisc region of a uniformly rotating star has almost uniform rotation and will shrink radially unless some instability intervenes. In a star with angular velocity increasing along its surface towards the equator, the angular velocity of the protodisc region decreases radially outwards and magnetorotational instability (MRI) can occur within a few hours or days. Viscosity resulting from MRI will readjust the angular velocity distribution of the protodisc material and may assist in the formation of a quasi-steady disc. Thus, the centrifugal breakout found in numerical simulations for uniformly rotating stars does not imply that quasi-steady discs with slow outflow cannot form around magnetic rotator stars with solar-type differential rotation.
description: Accepted for publication in MNRAS. 16 pages, 1 figure, 7 tables
Mechanism of selectivity of diquat solutions in poppy. (Papaver somniferum L.)
Creators: name: Barnes, CD
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: The current mechanisms of herbicide selectivity in poppy (Papaver somniferum L.) were examined in glasshouse and field experiments. Through measurements of contact angles of diquat solutions it was established that poppy, and the weeds fumitory, fat hen and field poppy are 'hard' to wet, whilst shepherds purse, wild radish, spear thistle and curled dock are relatively 'easy' to wet. It was revealed that diclofop-methyl has properties characteristic of a weak surfactant, compared with Agral¬¨vÜ, a finding supported through measurements of dynamic surface tension. The structure of the surface wax on the adaxial surface of poppy, field poppy, fumitory and fat hen leaves are described as seen under the scanning electron microscope. Chemical analysis of these waxes are also given. It appears the wax of fumitory and fat hen are influenced by application of ethofumesate. Chemical analysis shows that ethofumesate can inhibit the deposition of primary alcohols, long chain aldehydes and alkanes on the developing leaves of fumitory and fat hen, making these plants more susceptible than poppy plants to future applications of diquat + diclofop-methyl. Field trials conducted on the east and north-west of Tasmania, highlighted the difficulties that exist in extrapolating results from glasshouse experiments to field conditions. Measurements of spray retention and efficacy, revealed that plant responses to applications of diquat treatments were influenced, in addition to ethofumesate, by environmental conditions. Plant responses at both sites demonstrated that the inert ingredients of the commercial formulation of diclofop-methyl, would, in admixture with diquat produce the same result compared with the current diquat/diclofop-methyl treatment
title: The Effects of Feeding Chelated Metal Proteinates on Milk Production and Reproductive Performance in Holstein Dairy Cows
Creators: name: Hardcastle, Ben James
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1995

description: Twenty-two primiparous Holstein heifers were allocated to one of two treatments. Treatments consisted of: l) basal ration plus 226.8 g inorganic mineral supplement (control); and 2) basal ration plus 226.8 g inorganic mineral and metal proteinate supplement (50:50). Individual heifer performance was measured during the final l 0 weeks of the prepartum period. Feed intake and refusals were recorded daily. Individual heifer body weights recorded weekly did not differ significantly. Blood samples taken at 4-week intervals did not differ in plasma concentration between treatments. Calf birth weights for control heifers were not significantly higher than calves from the treatment heifers.
The same twenty-two Holstein heifers used in the prepartum period were assigned to the same treatment groups for the 20-week postpartum lactation period. Treatments consisted of: 1) basal ration plus 453.6 g inorganic mineral supplement (control); and 2) basal ration plus 453.6 g inorganic mineral supplement and metal proteinate supplement (50:50). Dry matter intake and milk yield were recorded daily. Milk composition and body weights were recorded weekly. Feed and fecal samples were collected to determine apparent nutrient digestibility, using acid insoluble ash as an internal marker. Blood samples taken at. 4-week intervals showed no significant difference (Ρ < .05) in plasma mineral composition. No statistical difference was observed in milk yield between treatments (Ρ < .05). Percent lactose in milk samples from the treatment group was significantly higher (Ρ < .05) than that of the control group. Apparent nutrient digestibilities did not differ between treatment groups. Starting on day 5 postpartum, cows were observed for signs of estrus and bred at first observed estrus after 60 days postpartum. Days to first estrus were significantly lower (Ρ< .05) in the treatment group. The feet of each heifer were critically evaluated and scored according to six separate criteria at the start and at the finish of the trial. The texture category of the hoof evaluation score was significantly lower (Ρ < .05), favoring the treatment group over the control group.
Electron doping and magnetic moment formation in N- and C-doped MgO
Creators: name: Droghetti, Andrea
name: Sanvito, Stefano
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The formation of the magnetic moment in C- and N-doped MgO is the result of a delicate interplay between Hund's coupling, hybridization and Jahn-Teller distortion. The balance depends on a number of environmental variables including electron doping. We investigate such a dependence by self-interaction corrected density functional theory and we find that the moment formation is robust with respect to electron doping. In contrast, the local symmetry around the dopant is more fragile and two different geometries can be stabilized. Crucially the magnetic moment is always extremely localized, making any carrier mediated picture of magnetism in d^0 magnets unlikely.
Jean Bethke Elshtain: Politics, Ethics, and Society
Creators: name: Erickson, Debra
Publisher: name: University of Notre Dame
Year: 2023

description: Jean Bethke Elshtain (1941-2013) was a noted ethicist, political philosopher, and public intellectual. Her four decades of scholarship defy easy categorization: she wrote both seminal works of theory and occasional pieces for the popular press, and she was variously viewed as radical and conservative, feminist and traditionalist, anti-war and pro-interventionist. _Jean Bethke Elshtain: Politics, Ethics, and Society_ is the first attempt to evaluate Elshtain's entire published body of work and to give shape to a wide-ranging scholarly career, with an eye to her work's ongoing relevance. This collection of essays brings together scholars and public intellectuals from across the spectrum of disciplines in which Elshtain wrote.\u000a\u000aThe volume is organized around four themes, which identify the central concerns that shaped Elshtain's thought: (1) the nature of politics; (2) politics and religion; (3) international relations and just war; and (4) the end(s) of political life. The essays have been chosen not only for the expertise of each contributor as it bears on Elshtain's work but also for their interpretive and analytic scope. This volume introduces readers to the work of a key contemporary thinker, using Elshtain's writing as a lens through which to reflect on central political and scholarly debates of the last few decades. Jean Bethke Elshtain will be of great interest to specialists researching Elshtain and to scholars of multiple disciplines, particularly political theory, international relations, and religion.\u000a\u000aContributors: Debra Erickson Sulai, Michael Le Chevallier, Robin W. Lovin, William A. Galston, Arlene W. Saxonhouse, Don Browning, Peter Berkowitz, Nancy J. Hirschmann, Michael Kessler, Lisa Sowle Cahill, Nigel Biggar, Gilbert Meilaender, Eric Gregory, Daniel Philpott, Marc LiVecche, Nicholas Rengger, John D. Carlson, Chris Brown, Michael Walzer, James Turner Johnson, Erik Owens, Francis Fukuyama, Carl Gershman, and Patrick J. Deneen.
ESMARConf2021 Session 4A - Reporting (livestream)
Creators: name: Grainger, Matthew
name: Haddaway, Neal
name: Hennessy, Emily A.
name: Keenan, Ciara
name: McGuinness, Luke
name: Westgate, Martin
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Presenter: Neal Haddaway Title: Producing interactive flow diagrams for systematic reviews using the PRISMA2020 package Presenter: Charles Gray Title: nmareporting:: a computational waystation for toolchains in network meta-analysis reporting The speakers take part in a panel discussion Facilitator: Martin Westgate
Solving the Graph Burning Problem for Large Graphs
Creators: name: Pereira, Felipe de Carvalho
name: de Rezende, Pedro Jussieu
name: Yunes, Tallys
name: Morato, Luiz Fernando Batista
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Discrete Mathematics (cs.DM)
subject: Data Structures and Algorithms (cs.DS)
subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: G.2.1
subject: 68R05 (Primary) 05C85, 90C10 (Secondary)

description: We propose an exact algorithm for the Graph Burning Problem ($\texttt{GBP}$), an NP-hard optimization problem that models the spread of influence on social networks. Given a graph $G$ with vertex set $V$, the objective is to find a sequence of $k$ vertices in $V$, namely, $v_1, v_2, \dots, v_k$, such that $k$ is minimum and $\bigcup_{i = 1}^{k} \{u\! \in\! V\! : d(u, v_i) \leq k - i\} = V$, where $d(u,v)$ denotes the distance between $u$ and $v$. We formulate the problem as a set covering integer programming model and design a row generation algorithm for the $\texttt{GBP}$. Our method exploits the fact that a very small number of covering constraints is often sufficient for solving the integer model, allowing the corresponding rows to be generated on demand. To date, the most efficient exact algorithm for the $\texttt{GBP}$, denoted here by $\texttt{GDCA}$, is able to obtain optimal solutions for graphs with up to 14,000 vertices within two hours of execution. In comparison, our algorithm finds provably optimal solutions approximately 236 times faster, on average, than $\texttt{GDCA}$. For larger graphs, memory space becomes a limiting factor for $\texttt{GDCA}$. Our algorithm, however, solves real-world instances with almost 200,000 vertices in less than 35 seconds, increasing the size of graphs for which optimal solutions are known by a factor of 14.
description: 10 pages, 1 figure and 2 tables
Analytic differentiation of fortran IV funciton subprogram.
Creators: name: Madderom, Peter
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: A summary of the work done in the field of analytic differentiation by computer is presented. It is shown that there exists a need for an analytic differentiation routine whose output can be processed by a regular algebraic compiler. An algorithm is presented which will transform a FORTRAN FUNCTION subprogram into a FORTRAN SUBROUTINE subprogram that evaluates both the original function and its first derivative with respect to one independent variable. Implementation of this algorithm and possible extensions to it are discussed.
On Linear Operator Channels over Finite Fields
Creators: name: Yang, Shenghao
name: Ho, Siu-Wai
name: Meng, Jin
name: Yang, En-hui
name: Yeung, Raymond W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Motivated by linear network coding, communication channels perform linear operation over finite fields, namely linear operator channels (LOCs), are studied in this paper. For such a channel, its output vector is a linear transform of its input vector, and the transformation matrix is randomly and independently generated. The transformation matrix is assumed to remain constant for every T input vectors and to be unknown to both the transmitter and the receiver. There are NO constraints on the distribution of the transformation matrix and the field size. Specifically, the optimality of subspace coding over LOCs is investigated. A lower bound on the maximum achievable rate of subspace coding is obtained and it is shown to be tight for some cases. The maximum achievable rate of constant-dimensional subspace coding is characterized and the loss of rate incurred by using constant-dimensional subspace coding is insignificant. The maximum achievable rate of channel training is close to the lower bound on the maximum achievable rate of subspace coding. Two coding approaches based on channel training are proposed and their performances are evaluated. Our first approach makes use of rank-metric codes and its optimality depends on the existence of maximum rank distance codes. Our second approach applies linear coding and it can achieve the maximum achievable rate of channel training. Our code designs require only the knowledge of the expectation of the rank of the transformation matrix. The second scheme can also be realized ratelessly without a priori knowledge of the channel statistics.
description: 53 pages, 3 figures, submitted to IEEE Transaction on Information Theory
Daedaleanols A and B, two new sesquiterpenes from cultures of the basidiomycete Daedalea incana
Creators: name: Huang, Ying
name: Zhang, Shuai-Bing
name: Chen, He-Ping
name: Zhao, Zhen-Zhu
name: Li, Zheng-Hui
name: Feng, Tao
name: Liu, Ji-Kai
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer

description: Two new sesquiterpenes, daedaleanols A (1) and B (2), together with three known sesquiterpenes (3–5), were isolated from cultures of the basidiomycete Daedalea incana. Their structures were elucidated on the basis of extensive spectroscopic means. All compounds were tested for their cytotoxicities against three human cancer cell lines.
Australian Public Opinion Poll # 162
Creators: name: Australian Public Opinion Polls
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2020

description: Motor vehicle inspection (4); on-the-spot fines (1); TV programs (2); pensions (2); restrictive trade practices (2); oversea companies (1); federal election (2); Labor Party/Socialism (2); scholarships (2); US bases in Australia (2); Malaysia (2); hotels in Victoria (1).