cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Enhanced transmission of transverse electric waves through periodic arrays of structured subwavelength apertures
Creators: name: Xiao, Sanshui
name: Peng, Liang
name: Mortensen, Niels Asger
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Transmission through sub-wavelength apertures in perfect metals is expected to be strongly suppressed. However, by structural engineering of the apertures, we numerically demonstrate that the transmission of transverse electric waves through periodic arrays of subwavelength apertures in a thin metallic film can be significantly enhanced. Based on equivalent circuit theory analysis, periodic arrays of square structured subwavelength apertures are obtained with a 1900-fold transmission enhancement factor when the side length $a$ of the apertures is 10 times smaller than the wavelength ($a/λ=0.1$). By examining the induced surface currents and investigating the influence of the lattice constant and the incident angle to the resonant frequency, we show that the enhancement is due to the excitation of the strong localized resonant modes of the structured apertures.
description: 7 pages, 5 figures
title: Conservation Implications Of Winter-Feeding Policies For Mule Deer In Utah
Creators: name: Peterson, Chris C.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2008

description: Policies regulating wildlife winter-feeding programs may have long-term impacts on conservation and future management of both target and non-target species. In 2000, the Utah Wildlife Board, upon reviewing input from a series of public regional meetings, adopted a Utah Big Game Winter-Feeding Policy. The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources used this policy to regulate winter-feeding programs for mule deer in northern Utah, 2001-2005. I monitored the program effects on mule deer biology, activity and migration, and winter browse utilization and productivity. While feed rations generally compensated for protein and energy deficiencies, they may overlook mineral deficiencies. To determine if mule deer could select for feeds that contained minerals that may be deficient in native browse, I conducted experimental feeding trials using copper supplements. Feeding program success on increasing mule deer winter survival depends heavily on timely implementation. Therefore, I evaluated the utility of a modified body condition index to use deer-vehicle collision carcasses to monitor herd nutritional status, and applied this information to weather data to assist in determining when to implement winter-feeding programs. Lastly, I surveyed a random sample of Utah stakeholders to determine if the policy developed through the regional meeting process reflected wider public opinion rather than traditional consumptive users. This winter-feeding enhanced body condition, and increased adult female survival. When dynamics of fed and non-fed study groups were modeled over five years, the model predicted both populations were declining, with a lower rate of decline in the fed population. The primary cause of mortality for fed and non-fed groups, deer-vehicle collision, nullified benefits accrued from feeding. Deer may have balanced the effects of sagebrush and bitterbrush toxins with nutrients from feed rations, thus resulting in increased browsing of bitterbrush. Fed deer browsed over less area, and migrated earlier in fall and later in spring. Mule deer also selected a consistent proportion of copper-amended rations, suggesting plain rations are nutritionally inadequate. Although most Utah stakeholders were unaware of Utah's big game winterfeeding policy, most believed winter-feeding was an important mule deer management strategy in Utah. When given a choice between using management funds to support winter-feeding or habitat projects, stakeholders preferred funding habitat restoration.
Scaling in Kinetics of Supercooled Liquids
Creators: name: Zhang, B.
name: Zhang, D. M.
name: Sun, D. Y.
name: Gong, X. G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The present study introduces a renormalization based approach to investigate the relaxation dynamics within supercooled liquids. By applying a numerical scale transformation to potential energies along the temporal axis, we have established a novel framework that elucidates the underlying kinetics of supercooled liquids. Our findings indicate that the skewness of the potential energy distribution attains its maximum at a characteristic time scale, D, which exhibits a Curie like scaling relationship with temperature. This scaling relationship is characterized by an exponent, g, that experiences a discontinuous transition at a critical cooling rate, signifying a kinetic like phase transition.We further demonstrate that g maintains an approximate scaling relationship with the cooling rate, where the product of g and the logarithm of the cooling rate is approximately constant.This constant, however, varies depending on whether the cooling rate is above or below the critical value, effectively classifying supercooled liquids into two distinct categories: the glass transition as the destiny of supercooled liquid, GDL, and the crystallization as the destiny of supercooled liquid, CDL. Furthermore, we identify that Ts corresponds to the glass transition temperature for GDL and the crystallization temperature for CDL, respectively. We have successfully developed a theoretical model,which not only derives the Curie like power law but also provides profound insights into the physical implications of D, g and Ts. This research delineates the differences between GDL and CDL, and offers a fresh perspective for exploring the nature of glasses. The findings contribute to the broader understanding of the dynamics of supercooled liquids and the mechanisms of glass formation.
description: 15 figures 41 pages
Additional file 1 of Flexible assessment of biosecurity in small- and medium scale poultry farms in low and middle income countries
Creators: name: Nielsen, Søren Saxmose
name: Kemunto, Naomi P.
name: Muloi, Dishon M.
name: Bojesen, Anders Miki
name: Knight-Jones, Theodore
name: Ayebare, Dreck
name: Dione, Michel
name: Ibayi, Eugine L.
name: Poulsen, Louise Ladefoged
name: Moodley, Arshnee
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Supplementary Material 1.
Additional file 1 of Emergency department consultations for respiratory symptoms revisited: exploratory investigation of longitudinal trends in patients’ perspective on care, health care utilization, and general and mental health, from a multicenter study in Berlin, Germany
Creators: name: Holzinger, Felix
name: Oslislo, Sarah
name: Kümpel, Lisa
name: Resendiz Cantu, Rebecca
name: Möckel, Martin
name: Heintze, Christoph
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 1: Supplementary figure 1. Forest plot of odds ratios from logistic regression model of rating ED visit as beneficial. Supplementary table 1. Self-reported general health, life satisfaction, and mental health measures, longitudinal comparison (baseline / follow-up).
title: Emersonian Perfectionism: A Man is a God in Ruins
Creators: name: Rowe, Brad James
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2007

description: Ralph Waldo Emerson is a great American literary figure that began his career as a minister at Boston’s Second Church. He discontinued his ministry to become an essayist and lecturer and continued as such for the remainder of his life. This thesis was written with the intent of demonstrating that, in spite of leaving the ministry, Emerson continued to be religious and a religionist throughout his life and that he promulgated a unique religion based upon the principle of self-reliance. At the heart of Emerson’s religion of self-reliance is the doctrine of perfectionism, the infinite capacity of individuals. This thesis defines Emerson’s perfectionism and then tries to locate him in American Studies by contextualizing him with three of his religious contemporaries that were also preaching the doctrine of perfectionism. (109 pages)
Fractional Derivative Cosmology
Creators: name: Roberts, Mark D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The degree by which a function can be differentiated need not be restricted to integer values. Usually most of the field equations of physics are taken to be second order, curiosity asks what happens if this is only approximately the case and the field equations are nearly second order. For Robertson-Walker cosmology there is a simple fractional modification of the Friedman and conservation equations. In general fractional gravitational equations similar to Einstein's are hard to define as this requires fractional derivative geometry. What fractional derivative geometry might entail is briefly looked at and it turns out that even asking very simple questions in two dimensions leads to ambiguous or intractable results. A two dimensional line element which depends on the Gamma-function is looked at.
description: 11 pages, 2 figures
Political Economy Analysis of Health: Scoping review of concepts, definitions, frameworks and application
Creators: name: R, Rajeev B
name: Mathur, Manu Raj
name: Jankiram, Chandrashekar
name: Karuveettil, Vineetha
name: John, Denny
name: Dr Balagopal Varma
name: Benzian, Mohammed Habib
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Dental Public Health and Education
subject: Dentistry
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Public Health
subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: Political Economy; Health system; Health Economics

description: The political economy of health concerns how political and economic domains interact and shape individual and population health outcomes. The political-economic analysis can give insights into understanding health issues and inequalities. However, there needs to be more clarity on how the political economy is defined and the methods adopted for performing political economy analysis in relation to health. A scoping review is therefore suggested to explore how political economy is defined in the context of health, what are the common theories or concepts and frameworks in play governing PEA (Political Economy Analysis) of health, what is the nature of health problems or issues which can be addressed using PEA analysis.
From PT-symmetric quantum mechanics to conformal field theory
Creators: name: Dorey, Patrick
name: Dunning, Clare
name: Tateo, Roberto
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: One of the simplest examples of a PT-symmetric quantum system is the scaling Yang-Lee model, a quantum field theory with cubic interaction and purely imaginary coupling. We give a historical review of some facts about this model in d <= 2 dimensions, from its original definition in connection with phase transitions in the Ising model and its relevance to polymer physics, to the role it has played in studies of integrable quantum field theory and of PT-symmetric quantum mechanics. We also discuss some more general results on PT-symmetric quantum mechanics and the ODE/IM correspondence, and mention applications to magnetic systems and cold atom physics.
description: 27 pages, 12 figures, contribution to the Proceedings of PHHQP VIII (Mumbai, January 2009)
Additional file 2 of Flexible assessment of biosecurity in small- and medium scale poultry farms in low and middle income countries
Creators: name: Nielsen, Søren Saxmose
name: Kemunto, Naomi P.
name: Muloi, Dishon M.
name: Bojesen, Anders Miki
name: Knight-Jones, Theodore
name: Ayebare, Dreck
name: Dione, Michel
name: Ibayi, Eugine L.
name: Poulsen, Louise Ladefoged
name: Moodley, Arshnee
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Supplementary Material 2.
title: Dietary Folate, Other B-Vitamins and Incident Alzheimer's Disease: The Cache County Memory, Health, and Aging Study
Creators: name: Nelson, Chailyn
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2008

description: This study involves data from the Cache County Study, which began in 1994 with joined efforts by Duke University, Utah State University, and Johns Hopkins University. It consisted of 5,092 participants from Cache County, Utah, located in the northern part of the state. Characteristics of the population include high participation rates (~ 90%), a majority of participants are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, longer life expectancy than the general US population, a greater than 80% rate of at least a high school education, and low rates of migration. Subjects cognitive status was screened using the Modified Mini-Mental State Examination or rated by knowledgeable informants using an Informant Questionnaire for Cognitive Decline. Low scoring subjects were examined using the Dementia Questionnaire, an inventory of cognitive symptoms, functional impairments, and medical conditions relevant to dementia. The clinical data were reviewed by a geropsychiatrist and neuropsychologist. Those suspected of dementia underwent further testing and final dementia diagnoses were decided by a consensus conference of experts. Clinical assessment at the baseline interview identified 368 individuals out of the original 5,092 subjects as having dementia. These individuals were removed from the present analysis. Prevalent cases of dementia were excluded in our analyses of risk associated with incident AD. Dietary data were collected using a food frequency questionnaire at baseline in 1995. A list of 142 foods was provided and participants noted frequency they consume the food or food group. To calculate intake of a specific nutrient, the nutrient content of each food is multiplied by the frequency of consumption for each food. This number is summed over all food items. Cox Proportional hazards modeling was used to assess risk of incident AD in relationship to folate and B-vitamin intake over eleven subsequent years of data collection. Cox modeling assists in analysis of censored cases (drop-outs and deaths). No relationship was found between folate from food, supplement, or combined sources with dementia or with AD. Similar results were observed for B-12 and B-6.
Additional file 2 of A large-scale genome and transcriptome sequencing analysis reveals the mutation landscapes induced by high-activity adenine base editors in plants
Creators: name: Li, Shaofang
name: Liu, Lang
name: Sun, Wenxian
name: Zhou, Xueping
name: Zhou, Huanbin
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 2: Supplementary figures. Fig. S1. Sanger sequencing chromatograms of on-target mutations in plants harboring rBE46b and rBE49b. Fig. S2. Sanger sequencing chromatograms of on-target mutations in plants harboring rBE50 and rBE53. Fig. S3. IGV browser views showing the on-target mutations for 36 plants harboring ABEs. Fig. S4. Analysis of SNVs and indels identified by whole-genome sequencing. Fig. S5. Analysis of the remaining background homozygous DNA mutations. Fig. S6. Characterization of ABE-induced genomic mutations. Fig. S7. Distribution of six types of SNVs. Fig. S8. Distribution of SNVs at given regions of the genome. Fig. S9. Chromosomal distribution of SNVs. Fig. S10. On-target and off-target mutations in plants from the same calli. Fig. S11. Off-target SNVs in plants with incomplete T-DNA insertions. Fig. S12. Distribution of SNVs with different copy numbers of T-DNA insertions. Fig. S13. Transcriptome-wide distribution of ABE-induced off-target mutations. Fig. S14. Heatmap demonstrating A>G mutations in transcriptomes with more than 5 A>G SNVs detected. Fig. S15. The 5′ and 3′ flanking A>G mutations in transcriptomes with ABEs containing A>G RNA SNVs and in transcriptomes with SpCas9 only lacking A>G RNA SNVs. Fig. S16. The 5′ and 3′ flanking A>G mutations in transcriptomes with ABEs but without A>G RNA SNVs. Fig. S17. IGV genome browser views showing the off-target RNA mutations. Fig. S18. IGV genome browser views showing A>G mutations with flanking A>G SNVs in genome sequencing data. Fig. S19. Sanger sequencing chromatograms of off-target A>G DNA mutations. Fig. S20. Sanger sequencing chromatograms of off-target A>G RNA mutations.
The Challenges of Personal Data Markets and Privacy
Creators: name: Spiekermann, Sarah
name: Boehme, Rainer
name: Acquisti, Alessandro
name: Hui, Kai-Lung
Publisher: name: Carnegie Mellon University
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 159999 Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: 150311 Organisational Behaviour

description: Personal data is increasingly conceived as a tradable asset. Markets for personal information are emerging and new ways of valuating individuals’ data are being proposed. At the same time, legal obligations over protection of personal data and individuals’ concerns over its privacy persist. This article outlines some of the economic, technical, social, and ethical issues associated with personal data markets, focusing on the privacy challenges they raise.
"Trying to navigate something that's like using a dinghy with holes in it versus an actual boat" : a needs assessment for type 2 diabetes prevention at the Central Okanagan Food Bank
Creators: name: Sim, Jenna Ann Phillips
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2024

description: People experiencing food insecurity are two times more likely to have type 2 diabetes (T2D) than individuals who are food secure. Diabetes prevention program (DPPs) have been effective at helping individuals reduce risk of T2D but have struggled to reach individuals experiencing food insecurity. There is a need to understand the experience of being at high risk for T2D while living with food insecurity so that appropriate T2D prevention services can be developed for this population. This study aimed to a) learn what factors influenced people with food insecurity’s interest and ability to know T2D risk and engage in T2D preventative behaviours and b) what factors influenced the Central Okanagan Food Bank’s (COFB) interest and ability in delivering T2D prevention services. Six COFB users participated in focus groups to learn what factors influenced engagement in T2D preventative behaviours. Five COFB employees participated in semi-structured interviews to learn what influenced the COFB’s ability to provide T2D prevention services to their users. The focus groups and interviews were analyzed inductively using reflexive thematic analysis and then deductively coded as barriers or facilitators and then to the Theoretical Domains Framework (TDF). Inductive analysis of the focus groups resulted in the construction of three themes: Using the food bank: pulled in two directions, knowledge is both opportunity and responsibility, and competing priorities. Two themes were constructed from the interviews with COFB staff: A dream: the desire to help in all aspects of wellbeing, and the reality: under pressure. The most frequently TDF domain in barriers for both the focus group and the interviews was environmental context and resources, coded 46 and 36 times, respectively. People experiencing food insecurity know and want to engage in T2D preventative behaviours and that food bank employees want to offer T2D prevention services, but both groups lack the resources to do so. The findings from this study can offer insights for how DPPs can be designed or adapted to meet the needs of people experiencing food insecurity, and how food banks can be supported to offer T2D prevention services.
Multipole surface solitons in layered thermal media
Creators: name: Kartashov, Yaroslav V.
name: Vysloukh, Victor A.
name: Torner, Lluis
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: Pattern Formation and Solitons (nlin.PS)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We address the existence and properties of multipole solitons localized at a thermally insulating interface between uniform or layered thermal media and a linear dielectric. We find that in the case of uniform media, only surface multipoles with less than three poles can be stable. In contrast, we reveal that periodic alternation of the thermo-optic coefficient in layered thermal media makes possible the stabilization of higher order multipoles.
description: 15 pages, 5 figures, to appear in Optics Letters
Almost No Finite Subset of Integers Contains a $q^{th}$ Power Modulo Almost Every Prime
Creators: name: Mishra, Bhawesh
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 11A15, 11A07

description: Let $q$ be a prime. We give an elementary proof of the fact that for any $k\in\mathbb{N}$, the proportion of $k$-element subsets of $\mathbb{Z}$ that contain a $q^{th}$ power modulo almost every prime, is zero. This result holds regardless of whether the proportion is measured additively or multiplicatively. More specifically, the number of $k$-element subsets of $[-N, N]\cap\mathbb{Z}$ that contain a $q^{th}$ power modulo almost every prime is no larger than $a_{q,k} N^{k-(1-\frac{1}{q})}$, for some positive constant $a_{q,k}$. Furthermore, the number of $k$-element subsets of $\{\pm p_{1}^{e_{1}} p_{2}^{e_{2}} \cdots p_{N}^{e_{N}} : 0 \leq e_{1}, e_{2}, \ldots, e_{N}\leq N\}$ that contain a $q^{th}$ power modulo almost every prime is no larger than $m_{q,k} \frac{N^{Nk}}{q^{N}}$ for some positive constant $m_{q,k}$.
Optimal Timer Based Selection Schemes
Creators: name: Shah, Virag
name: Mehta, Neelesh B.
name: Yim, Raymond
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Networking and Internet Architecture (cs.NI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Timer-based mechanisms are often used to help a given (sink) node select the best helper node among many available nodes. Specifically, a node transmits a packet when its timer expires, and the timer value is a monotone non-increasing function of its local suitability metric. The best node is selected successfully if no other node's timer expires within a 'vulnerability' window after its timer expiry, and so long as the sink can hear the available nodes. In this paper, we show that the optimal metric-to-timer mapping that (i) maximizes the probability of success or (ii) minimizes the average selection time subject to a minimum constraint on the probability of success, maps the metric into a set of discrete timer values. We specify, in closed-form, the optimal scheme as a function of the maximum selection duration, the vulnerability window, and the number of nodes. An asymptotic characterization of the optimal scheme turns out to be elegant and insightful. For any probability distribution function of the metric, the optimal scheme is scalable, distributed, and performs much better than the popular inverse metric timer mapping. It even compares favorably with splitting-based selection, when the latter's feedback overhead is accounted for.
description: 21 pages, 6 figures, 1 table, submitted to IEEE Transactions on Communications, uses stackrel.sty
Additional file 3 of A large-scale genome and transcriptome sequencing analysis reveals the mutation landscapes induced by high-activity adenine base editors in plants
Creators: name: Li, Shaofang
name: Liu, Lang
name: Sun, Wenxian
name: Zhou, Xueping
name: Zhou, Huanbin
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 3: Review history
title: Sex-Biased Predation on Taricha by a Novel Predator in Annadel State Park
Creators: name: Brouillette, Amber Noelle
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2008

description: Newts of the genus Taricha have long been studied due to the powerful neurotoxin found in their skin. Tetrodotoxin (TTX) acts by blocking receptors in sodium channels, ultimately resulting in death via asphyxiation. The only documented predators of species in this genus have been snakes of the genus Thamnophis. Recently, predation on Taricha in Ledson Marsh in Annadel State Park, Santa Rosa, CA was discovered. Predation was in the form of laceration or evisceration, and tracking of predation from 1998-2008 showed that it was male-biased. Two species of Taricha were found living sympatrically at this location, the California newt (T. torosa) and the rough-skinned newt (T. granulosa). Fluorometric High Phase Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) analysis was used in order to quantify TTX levels in the skin of ten male and ten female newts of each species. Quantification of TTX was done to determine the influence, if any, that TTX levels may have on sex-biased predation in this population. I predicted that levels of TTX would be greater in females than males, and greater in T. granulosa than T. torosa since very few T. granulosa were preyed upon during the study period. My results indicated that there were significant differences between the sexes, and T. torosa were significantly more toxic than T. granulosa. An in-depth ecological study of relative abundances of both species and identification of the predator are needed at this site to obtain a clear picture of the predator-prey dynamics at Ledson Marsh
Formation of ultracold dipolar molecules in the lowest vibrational levels by photoassociation
Creators: name: Deiglmayr, J.
name: Repp, M.
name: Grochola, A.
name: Mörtlbauer, K.
name: Glück, C.
name: Dulieu, O.
name: Lange, J.
name: Wester, R.
name: Weidemüller, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We recently reported the formation of ultracold LiCs molecules in the rovibrational ground state X1Sigma+,v''=0,J''=0 [J. Deiglmayr et al., PRL 101, 133004 (2008)]. Here we discuss details of the experimental setup and present a thorough analysis of the photoassociation step including the photoassociation line shape. We predict the distribution of produced ground state molecules using accurate potential nergy curves combined with an ab-initio dipole transition moment and compare this prediction with experimental ionization spectra. Additionally we improve the value of the dissociation energy for the X1Sigma+ state by high resolution spectroscopy of the vibrational ground state.
description: Submitted to Faraday Discussions 142: Cold and Ultracold Molecules 18 pages, 8 figures
title: Predator-Prey Relationships and Spatial Ecology of Jaguars in the Southern Pantanal, Brazil: Implications for Conservation and Management
Creators: name: Cavalcanti, Sandra Maria Cintra
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2008

description: The Pantanal wetland of Brazil is an important area for the conservation of jaguars (Panthera onca) and a stronghold for the species. Although our knowledge of jaguar ecology has increased since the first field studies in the mid 1980’s, a detailed study of this cryptic species remains challenging. In the following chapters, we investigated the ecology of jaguars in the southern Pantanal of Brazil. In Chapter II, we examined the foraging ecology of jaguars, documenting predation rates, patterns, and species killed. We found individual jaguars differed in the selection of their prey. There were differences in the proportion of native prey versus cattle killed by individual cats. We found that cattle (31.7%), caiman (24.4%), and peccaries (21.0%) comprised the majority of their kills. The mean predation rate on all prey for all jaguars combined was 5.1 ± 5.0 (SD) days between kills. In Chapter III, we described jaguar habitat use and spatial patterns of predation in relation to vegetation and other landscape attributes. Jaguars used some habitats disproportionatelly to their availability both in the wet and dry seasons. Forest and shrubland habitats were generally selected by jaguars. However, the type of vegetation did not have an influence on the locations of prey killed. Contrary to expectations, jaguars did not select forested habitats nor did they avoid open fields to make kills, but killed prey in these habitats proportionatelly to their availability. Our results do not support earlier findings about jaguar habitat use in the southern Pantanal but illustrate the highly opportunistic nature of jaguars. In Chapter IV, we examined space use, site stability and fidelity, movement rates, and interactions of jaguars. Our results suggested a pattern of spatial avoidance among females during the wet season. Among males, home range overlap was extensive, both in the wet and dry seasons, suggesting males did not retain exclusive ranges. Our study provided insights into the dynamic land tenure system of jaguars. Future research would benefit from radio-collaring a large number of individuals and monitoring them over a longer time span to provide a better understanding of their spatial ecology and social interactions.
A newspaper report on anthropocentric consequences faced by the nocturnal life owing to the use of artificial light
Creators: name: Chakrovorty, Arnob
name: Chattoraj, Asamanja
name: Brahma, Goutam
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 60801 Animal Behaviour
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 60803 Animal Developmental and Reproductive Biology
subject: 60804 Animal Immunology
subject: 60806 Animal Physiological Ecology
subject: 60501 Bacteriology
subject: 60201 Behavioural Ecology
subject: Zoology
subject: 60506 Virology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 60502 Infectious Agents
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 60307 Host-Parasite Interactions
subject: 60808 Invertebrate Biology

description: Sangbad Pratidin newspaper published Asamanja Chattoraj, Siddhartha N. Joardar and Arnob Chakrovorty 's bite on the anthropocentric consequences faced by the nocturnal life owing to the use of artificial light and discusses the literature review published by Dr. A. Chattoraj. Published in Sangbad Pratidin Newspaper (Bengali) issue date - 11/Sept/2020, p. 2. Link to the https://epaper.sangbadpratidin.in/epaper/edition/2483/sangbad-pratidin-11-09-20/page/2
review article: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fendo.2020.00622/fullKhan ZA, Yumnamcha T, Mondal G, Devi SD, Rajiv C, Labala RK, Sanjita Devi H and Chattoraj A (2020) Artificial Light at Night (ALAN): A Potential Anthropogenic Component for the COVID-19 and HCoVs Outbreak. Front. Endocrinol. 11:622. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2020.00622
Additional file 1 of Cost-effectiveness and cost-utility evaluation of individual vs. group transdiagnostic psychological treatment for emotional disorders in primary care (PsicAP-Costs): a multicentre randomized controlled trial protocol
Creators: name: Aguilera-Martín, Ángel
name: Gálvez-Lara, Mario
name: Cuadrado, Fátima
name: Moreno, Eliana
name: García-Torres, Francisco
name: Venceslá, José F.
name: Corpas, Jorge
name: Jurado-González, Francisco J.
name: Muñoz-Navarro, Roger
name: González-Blanch, César
name: Ruiz-Rodríguez, Paloma
name: Barrio-Martínez, Sara
name: Prieto-Vila, Maider
name: Carpallo-González, María
name: Cano-Vindel, Antonio
name: Moriana, Juan A.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1.
title: Predicted Versus Measured Thoracic Gas Volume For The Bod Pod®  Air Displacement Plethysmography System
Creators: name: Blaney, Phil A
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2008

description: The purpose of this study was to determine whether there is a significant difference between measured values of thoracic gas volume (MTGV) and predicted values of thoracic gas volume (PTGV) using the Bod Pod®. One hundred and thirteen college freshmen, both males and females, were tested using the Bod Pod® by first measuring thoracic gas volume with the Bod Pod® technique, then by using pre-determined values based on height, weight, and age that predict thoracic gas volume. Results of a paired t test showed that measured thoracic gas volume and predicted thoracic gas volume were significantly different. A Pearson’s product-moment correlation coefficient was calculated to be r = .60 which is significant at the p ≤ .05 level. A Bland and Altman plot was used to reveal any variability about the mean for individual participants MTGV and PTGV and the averages of each. A Pearson’s product-moment correlation coefficient was calculated for the data in the Bland and Altman plot. The correlation was calculated as .56, which is significant at the p ≤ .001 level. It was concluded that within the limitations of this study, there is a significant difference between MTGV and PTGV when using the Bod Pod® air displacement plethysmography system.
CSR, sustainability and the fate of oil communities in the Niger Delta, Nigeria.pdf
Creators: name: Obo, Ekpenyong  Bassey
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: Corporate social responsibility

description: The purpose of this paper is to critically examine oil multinational corporations (MNCs) and their corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives in Nigeria. Its special focus is to examine the fate of oil producing communities in the Niger Delta region and the long-term negative effect of oil extraction as well as the benefits of the oil companies’ CSR/community development initiatives. This paper employs a qualitative methodology, drawing on semi-structured interviews conducted in three oil producing communities in this region and the oil MNC operating there. The study found that despite the high expectations of the MNCs by the host communities for development initiatives, the communities also want projects that provide hope of a stable and prosperous future. However, findings suggest that the MNCs have embraced development initiatives primarily to demonstrate that they are socially responsible and have not given adequate consideration to issues of sustainability. The implication of this study is that the agitations from the host communities indicate that they do not feel the CSR projects will lead to a social, economic and environmentally sustainable development. This research therefore adds to the literature on MNCs’ CSR initiatives in developing countries and the rationale for sustainable practice of CSR for critical environment
The fraction of binary systems in the core of five Galactic open clusters
Creators: name: Sollima, A.
name: Carballo-Bello, J. A.
name: Beccari, G.
name: Ferraro, F. R.
name: Pecci, F. Fusi
name: Lanzoni, B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We used deep wide field photometric observations to derive the fraction of binary systems in a sample of five high-latitude Galactic open clusters. By analysing the color distribution of Main Sequence stars we derived the minimum fraction of binary systems required to reproduce the observed color-magnitude diagram morphologies. We found that all the analysed clusters contain a minimum binary fraction larger than 11% within the core radius. The estimated global fractions of binary systems range from 35% to 70% depending on the cluster. The comparison with homogeneous estimates performed in globular clusters indicates that open clusters hold a significantly higher fraction of binary systems, as predicted by theoretical models and N-body simulations. A dependence of the relative fraction of binary systems on the cluster mass has been detected, suggesting that the binary disruption within the cluster core is the dominant process that drives the fraction of binaries in stellar systems.
description: 10 pages, 7 figures, accepted for publication by MNRAS
New holographic scalar field models of dark energy in non-flat universe
Creators: name: Karami, K.
name: Fehri, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Motivated by the work of Granda and Oliveros [L.N. Granda, A. Oliveros, Phys. Lett. B {\bf 671}, 199 (2009)], we generalize their work to the non-flat case. We study the correspondence between the quintessence, tachyon, K-essence and dilaton scalar field models with the new holographic dark energy model in the non-flat FRW universe. We reconstruct the potentials and the dynamics for these scalar field models, which describe accelerated expansion of the universe. In the limiting case of a flat universe, i.e. $k = 0$, all results given in [L.N. Granda, A. Oliveros, Phys. Lett. B {\bf 671}, 199 (2009)] are obtained.
description: 11 pages
Veto points, interest groups, and environmental policy instruments
Creators: name: Song, Christina Dasom
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2024

description: Governments aiming to curb greenhouse gas emissions have several policy instruments at their disposal. This thesis explores why some governments rely more heavily on technology supports, such as renewables subsidies and feed-in-tariffs, over GHG taxes and emissions standards for the curbing of greenhouse gas emissions. While distributive effects and political salience are no doubt factors in instrument choice, it is important to pinpoint the conditions which operationalize those factors. The conditions which exacerbate the effects of interest group dynamics are veto points in the legislature presented by fractionalization and a narrow majority. This thesis argues governments will adopt more technology support to satisfy the demand for environmental policy over other instruments during periods of high fractionalization or low majority seat share because this instrument provides unique coalitional possibility and a higher level of consensus in the legislature. Brown industry, or high-emitters, are generally cost-bearers of policy and therefore strongly oppose any instruments which are meant to reduce emissions. The salience of greenhouse gas taxes leaves little room for interest group influence which declines with rising voter information. Technology supports on the other hand confer obvious and direct benefits to the green industry, increasing green lobbying activities which can counteract the influence of the brown industry. As such, governments will substitute subsidies and feed-in-tariff for punitive measures such as taxes and standards when fractionalization and low seat shares make achieving legislative majority difficult. This proposition is tested on data from European Union member countries from 1996 to 2020 using dynamic panel data models. Autoregressive models help to control for the path-dependency of environmental policy and to gauge the relative changes in policy levels experienced within each country. The results confirm that increasing fractionalization is correlated with increasing levels of technology support while lowering levels of emissions standards. Increasing margin of majority was observed to correlate with lower technology support and higher emissions standards. A short within-case study of the formation of the Green Investment Bank in the United Kingdom is also conducted to confirm the causal mechanism within the theory.
title: Online Education for Nontraditional Adult Students: Perceptions and Attitudes of Emergency Services Workers in Asynchronous Learning Environments
Creators: name: Maxfield, R Jeffery
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2008

description: The goal of this research was to better understand the lived experiences and perceptions of nontraditional, adult college students in an asynchronous online environment. Contemporary researchers have investigated the differences between online education and the traditional, in-class learning. Most of the work has been done in quantitative methodologies, focusing on the similarities and differences in cognitive achievement. The extant literature is replete with studies and positions claiming little or no difference between the two delivery methods. However, most research is not presented in a theoretical construct; therefore, it is difficult to create a nexus between one study and the next. Investigating the different ways in which students report their experiences and perceptions in the asynchronous, online environment provides a much richer understanding of nontraditional, adult students. This research used hermeneutic phenomenology, a qualitative methodology to explore and interpret deep human experiences. In other words, this research was conducted to better understand the lived experience of nontraditional students in an asynchronous online learning environment. This understanding was achieved through rigorous analysis of in-depth, semi-structured interviews and journal entries of four nontraditional, adult students enrolled in an online baccalaureate degree program. The purpose of the analysis was to describe the various experiences and perceptions, then group these experiences and perceptions into a logically organized description of the lived experience of adult emergency services students in the asynchronous online environment. Results revealed that student experience fell into two overarching themes, each with related subthemes. The two identified themes and subthemes are: (a) Theme I: Flexibility, with the subthemes of convenience, self-directedness/self-discipline, and reflectivity; (b) Theme II: Conflict of Values: A Paradox of Learning, with the subthemes of communication/socialization between students, student/instructor interaction, and the students’ paradigmatic shifting and conflicted beliefs on learning. A discussion on the relationship of the study results with the constructivist learning theory is presented, as well as the relationship of the results to adult learning theories and the affective domain of learning. A discussion on the study implications regarding asynchronous online delivery and suggestions for further research conclude this work.
Superconductivity and short range order in metallic glasses Fe$_{x}$Ni$_{1-x}$Zr$_{2}$
Creators: name: Lefebvre, J.
name: Hilke, M.
name: Altounian, Z.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In amorphous superconductors, superconducting and vortex pinning properties are strongly linked to the absence of long range order. Consequently, superconductivity and vortex phases can be studied to probe the underlying microstructure and order of the material. This is done here from resistance and local magnetization measurements in the superconducting state of Fe$_{x}$Ni$_{1-x}$Zr$_{2}$ metallic glasses with $0\leq x \leq 0.6$. Firstly, we present typical superconducting properties such as the critical temperature and fields and their dependence on Fe content in these alloys. Then, the observations of peculiar clockwise hysteresis loops, wide double-step transitions and large magnetization fluctuations in glasses containing a large amount of Fe are analyzed to reveal a change in short range order with Fe content.
description: 8 pages, 7 figures
Morphisms between Grassmannians, II
Creators: name: Occhetta, Gianluca
name: Tondelli, Eugenia
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 14M15, 14J45

description: Denote by $\mathbb G(k,n)$ the Grassmannian of linear subspaces of dimension $k$ in $\mathbb P^n$. We show that, if $φ:\mathbb G(l,n) \to \mathbb G(k,n)$ is a non constant morphism and $l \not=0,n-1$ then $l=k$ or $l=n-k-1$ and $φ$ is an isomorphism.
Boltzmann hierarchy for the cosmic microwave background at second order including photon polarization
Creators: name: Beneke, M.
name: Fidler, C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Non-gaussianity and B-mode polarization are particularly interesting features of the cosmic microwave background, as -- at least in the standard model of cosmology -- their only sources to first order in cosmological perturbation theory are primordial, possibly generated during inflation. If the primordial sources are small, the question arises how large is the non-gaussianity and B-mode background induced in second-order from the initially gaussian and scalar perturbations. In this paper we derive the Boltzmann hierarchy for the microwave background photon phase-space distributions at second order in cosmological perturbation theory including the complete polarization information, providing the basis for further numerical studies. As an aside we note that the second-order collision term contains new sources of B-mode polarization and that no polarization persists in the tight-coupling limit.
description: LaTeX, 33 pages
title: A Novel Technique of Network Auditability with Managers In The Loop
Creators: name: Shelley, Rian
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2008

description: Network management requires a large amount of knowledge about the network. In particular, knowledge about used network addresses, access time, and topology is useful. In a network composed of managed devices, much of the data necessary can come from simple network management protocol (SNMP) queries. Other data can come from other databases, or analysis of existing data. In particular, layer-two network topology can be determined by analyzing the mac address forwarding tables of layer-two devices. The layer-two topology can be merged with a layer-three topology to generate a complete topology of the network. This information is useless unless it is easily accessible to the network manager; therefore, a simple interface should be used to give access to all of this data.
Additional file 1 of Diagnostic efficacy of circular RNAs as noninvasive, liquid biopsy biomarkers for early detection of gastric cancer
Creators: name: Roy, Souvick
name: Kanda, Mitsuro
name: Nomura, Sachiyo
name: Zhu, Zhongxu
name: Toiyama, Yuji
name: Taketomi, Akinobu
name: Goldenring, James
name: Baba, Hideo
name: Kodera, Yasuhiro
name: Goel, Ajay
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Cancer
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Additional file 1: Supplementary Figure 1. Study design for the identification of non-invasive, liquid biopsy based circRNA for early detection of GC. Supplementary Figure 2. (A) Decision curve analysis and (B) calibration plot analysis of candidate circRNAs based biomarker panel.