cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Jordan's Agricultural Economy in Brief
Creators: name: Tegeler, Henrietta Holm
name: Tegeler, Henrietta Holm
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1966
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety
subject: International Development
subject: International Relations/Trade
subject: Land Economics/Use
subject: Livestock Production/Industries
subject: Marketing
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: Report Summary: Agriculture engages about four-fifths of Jordan's people, but contributes only about one-third of the national income. With 80 percent of the land unproductive desert, natural resources for agriculture are very limited. Less than one-fifth of the country receives enough rainfall to support any form of agricultural activity (including grazing); only about one-tenth of the land is cultivable at present. In addition, recurrent droughts periodically decimate crop production and livestock numbers. Thus, agricultural output is considerably below requirements for domestic consumption, even in years of better than average production. Through its Development Board, the Government of Jordan outlined a long-range plan for economic development during 1963-70 agricultural reforms to take high priority. Achievement of Jordan's goals, however, depends largely on help from abroad. Several foreign countries, including the United States, have provided Jordan with materials, money, and technical assistance.
Disordered Correlated Kondo-lattice model
Creators: name: Bryksa, V.
name: Nolting, W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We propose a self-consistent approximate solution of the disordered Kondo-lattice model (KLM) to get the interconnected electronic and magnetic properties of 'local-moment' systems like diluted ferromagnetic semiconductors. Aiming at $(A_{1-x}M_x)$ compounds, where magnetic (M) and non-magnetic (A) atoms distributed randomly over a crystal lattice, we present a theory which treats the subsystems of itinerant charge carriers and localized magnetic moments in a homologous manner. The coupling between the localized moments due to the itinerant electrons (holes) is treated by a modified RKKY-theory which maps the KLM onto an effective Heisenberg model. The exchange integrals turn out to be functionals of the electronic selfenergy guaranteeing selfconsistency of our theory. The disordered electronic and magnetic moment systems are both treated by CPA-type methods. We discuss in detail the dependencies of the key-terms such as the long range and oscillating effectice exchange integrals, 'the local-moment' magnetization, the electron spin polarization, the Curie temperature as well as the electronic and magnonic quasiparticle densities of states on the concentration $x$ of magnetic ions, the carrier concentration $n$, the exchange coupling $J$, and the temperature. The shape and the effective range of the exchange integrals turn out to be strongly $x$-dependent. The disorder causes anomalies in the spin spectrum especially in the low-dilution regime, which are not observed in the mean field approximation.
description: Accepted by JMMM
Techno-Economic Analysis and Battery Storage Placement in Grid-Connected Photovoltaic (PV) System
Creators: name: Tee, J.Z.
name: Chia, E.Z.D.
name: Tan, K.H.
name: Lim, L.H.I.
name: Zhou, K.
name: Anaya-Lara, O.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2019
Subjects: PV Systems and Storage – Modelling, Design, Operation and Performance
Storage

description: 36th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 1520-1525
description: Solar generation is a prominent source of renewable energy, especially for countries with an abundance of solar irradiance. In Singapore, a rooftop solar system has been deployed in shipyard to generate electricity from the highest irradiance which is in Tuas, West Region of Singapore. Due to declining cost of battery energy storage system (BESS), this industrial research study on the rooftop system focuses on the steady state stability of gridconnected photovoltaics (PV) system with BESS. A return on investment (ROI) from rooftop PV system is calculated and compared with its end of life (EOL), which shows that the payback on capital for this system is approximately 6 years. This system is then modelled in MATLAB to study the charging and discharging characteristics of the BESS when connected at different voltage levels. In addition, the power quality in the grid-connected PV system with BESS at varying state of charge is studied using a load flow analysis. The results show that the charging and discharging characteristics, as well as the power quality vary at different voltage levels and BESS’s state of charge.
WARM SEASON HYDROLOGIC PROCESSES IN A BOREAL FOREST HILLSLOPE AND CATCHMENT, NEWFOUNDLAND
Creators: name: Talbot-Wendlandt, Haley
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Hydrologic sciences
subject: Environmental science
subject: Soil sciences
subject: boreal forest
subject: evapotranspiration
subject: groundwater
subject: hydrology

description: Prior investigations into boreal forest ecosystems have examined hydrological processes on plot scales, examining factors such as precipitation, soil characteristics, tree rooting depths, evapotranspiration, infiltration, and groundwater, or on the catchment scale, investigating factors such as stream discharge and water chemistry. In this study, I examine hydrological processes at both plot and catchment scales, with the goal of understanding how rooting depths influence evapotranspiration (ET) and the effects of ET on catchment discharge and water chemistry. Evapotranspiration was found to influence seasonal and diurnal fluctuations in groundwater table, stream discharge, and stream electrical conductivity. Tree rooting depths were shallow, primarily within O and Ae soil horizons, suggesting that these trees intercept infiltrating water, reducing summer groundwater recharge. Stream electrical conductivity increased with cumulative ET. Summer streamflow minima coincided with hillslope groundwater minima. Stream depth and conductivity exhibited similar diurnal patterns, suggesting variations in groundwater contributions and opportunities for future research.
Diagnostics of active and eruptive prominences through hydrogen and helium lines modelling
Creators: name: Labrosse, Nicolas
name: Vial, Jean-Claude
name: Gouttebroze, Pierre
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this study we show how hydrogen and helium lines modelling can be used to make a diagnostic of active and eruptive prominences. One motivation for this work is to identify the physical conditions during prominence activation and eruption. Hydrogen and helium lines are key in probing different parts of the prominence structure and inferring the plasma parameters. However, the interpretation of observations, being either spectroscopic or obtained with imaging, is not straightforward. Their resonance lines are optically thick, and the prominence plasma is out of local thermodynamic equilibrium due to the strong incident radiation coming from the solar disk. In view of the shift of the incident radiation occurring when the prominence plasma flows radially, it is essential to take into account velocity fields in the prominence diagnostic. Therefore we need to investigate the effects of the radial motion of the prominence plasma on hydrogen and helium lines. The method that we use is the resolution of the radiative transfer problem in the hydrogen and helium lines out of local thermodynamic equilibrium. We study the variation of the computed integrated intensities in H and He lines with the radial velocity of the prominence plasma. We can confirm that there exist suitable lines which can be used to make a diagnostic of the plasma in active and eruptive prominences in the presence of velocity fields.
description: 5 pages, 4 colour figures
Field Tests of Soiling Detection System for PV Modules
Creators: name: Korevaar, M.
name: Bergmans, T.
name: Alami Merrouni, A.
name: Mes, J.
name: Ghennioui, A.
name: Wolfertstetter, F.
name: Van Mechelen, X.
name: Wilbert, S.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2019
Subjects: PV Systems and Storage – Modelling, Design, Operation and Performance
Operation, Performance and Maintenance of PV Systems

description: 36th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 1575-1578
description: In recent years, photovoltaic panels have emerged as one of the leading renewable energy technologies. PV plant performance is, aside from hardware, determined by three main parameters: irradiance, temperature and soiling. For soiling measurement, existing systems use cleaned and non-cleaned PV modules or cells. These systems require manual cleaning or moving parts or liquids. We present field tests of the DustIQ soiling measurement system for soiling measurement without these drawbacks. The DustIQ uses the Optical Soiling Measurement (OSM) technology to determine the soiling. A LED and photodiode are used to measure the scattering signal of soiling on the top of the PV glass. The system is calibrated in the factory for Arizona Test Dust, but the user can perform a local dust calibrations to set the sensitivity specifically to the locally occurring dust. To allow this local calibration, the DustIQ also contains a PV cell. A local dust calibration performed in Morocco and results from 1 year of field testing at locations in Spain and Morocco are presented. The field tests show stable operation and the DustIQ measurement could be validated against reference cells and PV modules that are manually cleaned. These results show that the DustIQ is a good solution for measuring the soiling on PV modules, minute by minute and under all sky conditions
Public disorder and transport networks in the Latin American Context
Creators: name: Cartes, Carlos
name: Davies, Toby P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We propose an extension of the Davies et al. model, used to describe the London riots of 2011. This addition allows us to consider long travel distances in a city for potential rioting population. This is achieved by introducing public transport networks, which modifies the perceived travel distance between the population and likely targets. Using this more general formulation, we applied the model to the typical Griffin and Ford pattern for population distribution to describe the general features of most large Latin American cities. The possibility of long-range traveling by part of the general population has, for an immediate consequence, the existence of isolated spots more prone to suffer from rioting activity, as they are easier to reach than the rest of the city. These areas finally made it easier to control the eventual disorder by part of police forces. The reason for this outcome is that transport networks turn riots into highly localized and intense events. They are attracting a large police contingent, which will later extinguish the remaining disorder activity on the rest of the city. Therefore, working transport networks in a city effectively reduces the number of police force contingent required to control public disorder. This result, we must remark, is valid only if the model requisites for order forces are satisfied: extra police contingent can be added swiftly as required, and these forces can move around the city with total freedom.
description: 11 pages, 9 figures, submitted to Physical Review E
PV under Harsh Dust Soiling: Modeling and Prediction of the Performance for a Broad Range of Soiling State
Creators: name: Barth, N.
name: Figgis, B.W.
name: Aly, S.P.
name: Ahzi, S.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2019
Subjects: PV Systems and Storage – Modelling, Design, Operation and Performance
Operation, Performance and Maintenance of PV Systems

description: 36th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 1585-1592
description: Photovoltaic (PV) soiling experiments under extreme desert soiling conditions are used to explore and analyze the soiling rate variations over long-term operations, i.e. 6 years. The electrical yield, for several c-Si, CdS/CdTe and CIS PV arrays, is investigated over a wide range of accumulated dust soiling. Although the dust soiling is accumulating fast during the dry season, at about –0.5% less PV performance per day, the investigated periods also encompass natural cleaning events and sandstorms. Under Qatar and its region’s climate, we developed a modeling approach for dust soiling of in-field PVs relying on temperature-corrected and irradiance-corrected performance ratios, with fine-tuning of the heavily soiled performance. The method and results highlight how PV production is less impacted by the dust accumulation at the ultimate stages of soiling. The results are sound for Middle East, but the presented modeling approach of dust soiling is of relevance for any location with harsh dust soiling effects. The dust accumulation on PVs is a phenomenon that is difficult to simulate directly from atmospheric models and measurements, so the bottom-up approach of this paper is a way to statistically estimate and exploit the dust soiling impact over long-term PV electrical production.
Optical Characterizations and Modelling of Semitransparent Perovskite Solar Cells for Tandem Applications
Creators: name: Raoult, E.
name: Bodeux, R.
name: Jutteau, S.
name: Rives, S.
name: Yaiche, A.
name: Coutancier, D.
name: Rousset, J.
name: Collin, S.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2019
Subjects: Perovskites, other Non-Silicon-Based Photovoltaics and Multi-Junction Devices
Tandems

description: 36th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 757-763
description: A study of the optical properties of silicon perovskite tandem solar cells is reported. A 4-terminal (4T) tandem device has been built with 22.3 % efficiency, combining a semitransparent perovskite solar cell (PSC) with a commercially-available Aluminum Back Surface Field (Al-BSF) silicon solar cell from French manufacturer Photowatt. The silicon cell presents a PCE of 18.5% and results in an overall 4T tandem efficiency of 22.3% in combination with a semitransparent perovskite solar cell (PSC) of 16.6%. In order to further increase the device performance, optical losses have to be minimized through the PSC in the near infrared region. However, the optical properties of each layer composing the PSC are not accurately known, and they depend on the exact material composition and process. This work aims to characterize optically each layer of the semitransparent PSC by spectrophotometry, profilometry and ellipsometry measurements, in order to determine their optical indices n and k. In particular, we report for the first time the optical indices of the Cs0.05(MA0.166FA0.833)0.95Pb(Br0.166I0.833)3 triple cation perovskite. Optical modelling based on the transfer matrix method is used to identify the optical losses. These results will allow a precise design of the devices and a quick test of various materials, by predicting their impact on the efficiency of the bottom silicon cell and the tandem cell.
EARLY CHRONIC MONOCULAR VISUAL DEPRIVATION COMPROMISES THE RETINAL FUNCTION OF THE DEPRIVED EYE
Creators: name: Ara, Jawshan
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Neurosciences
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Amblyopia
subject: Experience dependent plasticity
subject: Neurophysiology
subject: Retina
subject: Vision
subject: Visual Deprivation

description: Amblyopia is caused by abnormal visual experience during early childhood such as unilateral cataract, strabismus, and anisometropia. The misalignment of the images in the case of strabismus or blurriness/haziness of the image quality originating from the defective eye results in reduced visual acuity and contrast sensitivity in the deprived eye (Volkers et al., 1987) in comparison to the non-deprived eye and limits stereopsis in humans (Husk et al., 2012). Most clinical treatments for amblyopia penalize the fellow eye to bias the visual system towards the input from the amblyopic eye. Unfortunately, current clinical treatments for amblyopia are most effective in children younger than 7 years old (Cotter et al., 2012). Works in animal models of amblyopia are beginning to identify ways to improve vision in adult amblyopes. They have focused almost exclusively on deficits in the functions of the visual cortex. However, dark rearing can reduce the amplitude of the photopic Electroretinogram indicating reduced functions of cone-mediated retinal functions and alter the mGluR6 distribution and intensity in the first synapses between cone photoreceptors and ON bipolar cells (Dunn et al., 2013). It is predicted but not yet tested, that monocular deprivation will have a similar impact on retinal functions. Here we characterize various aspects of the effect of chronic monocular deprivation (cMD) on retinal functions in adult mice. We observed that chronic monocular deprivation significantly reduced electroretinogram (ERG) response originating from the inner retinal plexiform layer of the deprived eye retina in comparison to the non-deprived eye retina. Our observation suggests that early chronic visual deprivation compromises the retinal function of the deprived eye of the adult mice.
Additional file 1 of Heart rate variability is associated with left ventricular systolic, diastolic function and incident heart failure in the general population
Creators: name: Arshi, Banafsheh
name: Geurts, Sven
name: Tilly, Martijn J.
name: van den Berg, Marten
name: Kors, Jan A.
name: Rizopoulos, Dimitris
name: Ikram, M. Arfan
name: Kavousi, Maryam
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Cancer

description: Additional file 1 Table S1. Longitudinal association of RMSSDc and SDNNc with echocardiographic parameters of left ventricular systolic and diastolic function in men and women, by LVEF category. Table S2. Longitudinal association of RMSSDc and SDNNc with echocardiographic parameters of left ventricular systolic and diastolic function in men and women. Table S3. Hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs) of the association between RMSSDc. and SDNNc with incident heart failure. Table S4. Longitudinal associations of RMSSD and SDNN with echocardiographic parameters of left ventricular systolic and diastolic function in men and women. Table S5. Hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs) of the association between RMSSD and SDNN with incident heart failure. FigS1. Association of RMSSDc and SDNNc with LVEF at year 3, 6 and 9 of follow-up. FigS2. Association of RMSSDc and SDNNc with E/A ratio at year 3, 6 and 9 of follow-up. FigS3. Association of RMSSDc and SDNNc with LA diameter at year 3, 6 and 9 of follow-up. FigS4. Association of RMSSDc and SDNNc with E/e’ ratio at year 3, 6 and 9 of follow-up. FigS5. Association of RMSSDc and SDNNc with LVM index at year 3, 6 and 9 of follow-up. Methods S1. Details on methods of data collection in the study.
On Base Partitions And Cover Partitions Of Skew Characters
Creators: name: Gutschwager, Christian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: Representation Theory (math.RT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 05E05, 05E10, 14M15, 20C30

description: In this paper we give an easy combinatorial description for the base partition B of a skew character [A], which is the intersection of all partitions alpha whose corresponding character [alpha] appears in [A]. This we use to construct the cover partition C for the ordinary outer product as well as for the Schubert product of two characters and for some skew characters, here the cover partition is the union of all partitions whose corresponding character appears in the product or in the skew character. This gives us also the Durfee size for arbitrary Schubert products.
description: 8 pages, v2: Remark 3.5 improved which made Section 5 in v1 redundant, some minor rewritings. to appear in Electron. J. Combin
INSIGHTS TO THE GENETICS, AGE AND CRYSTALLIZATION OF GROUP IC AND IIC IRON METEORITES
Creators: name: Tornabene, Hope
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Geochemistry
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences

description: Siderophile element isotopic compositions and abundances were determined for the IC and IIC iron meteorite groups to assess whether the members of each group can be related by crystal-liquid fractionation models, constrain timing of metal-silicate segregation and parent body accretion, and characterize the chemical characteristics of the parent bodies. Collectively, the IC and IIC group meteorites sample two genetically distinct reservoirs that were nevertheless chemically similar with respect to HSE absolute and relative abundances. Further, the relative core sizes of the IC and IIC parent bodies were similar, consistent with similar states of planetesimal oxidation. The distinct chemical trends between within the two groups originated as a result of their unique formation histories, revealing that mixing and impact processes were important mechanisms in the early protoplanetary disk.
The Effect of Shadows from People and Cleaning Tools on the STC Power of CIGS Thin-Film PV Modules
Creators: name: Kitze, M.
name: Grünsteidl, S.
name: Borowski, P.
name: Dalibor, T.
name: Palm, J.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2019
Subjects: Photovoltaic Modules and BoS Components
PV Module Design, Manufacture, Performance and Reliability

description: 36th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 1062-1068
description: Partial shadowing of a PV module within a string of series-connected modules of a PV system has been reported as a condition that might be detrimental to the module’s performance under standard test conditions (STC) [1,2]. Different to wafer-based PV modules, most monolithic thin-film modules are not subdivided into partitions that are individually protected against shadowing by bypass diodes. In the case of monolithic thin-film modules, the electrical potential across the shadowed cells can be high, operating these cells far in their blocking direction and the material needs to be able to dissipate the generated heat without irreversible damage. In the present work, we analyze whether various partial shadowing situations have a sustained effect on the IV curve as well as the electroluminescence (EL) behaviour of CIGS thin-film modules of the manufacturer AVANCIS. Modules were exposed under clear-sky conditions to typical shadows by humans close-by or tools that might be used for cleaning the modules while the modules remain under normal operation. These typical shadowing situations are found to have a negligible effect on module power and its EL image. For further investigations, AVANCIS modules were subjected to tests that are proposed as a future IEC standard for testing of thin-film modules [3]. A comparison to the results from outdoor testing is drawn.
A methodology for database management of time-variant encodings and/or missing information
Creators: name: Threlfall, William John
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: The problem presented is how to handle encoded data for which the encodings or decodings change with respect to time, and which contains codes indicating that certain data is unknown, invalid, or not applicable with respect to certain entities during certain time periods. It is desirable to build a database management system that is capable of knowing about and being able to handle the changes in encodings and the missing information codes by embedding such knowledge in the data definition structure, in order to remove the necessity of having applications programmers and users constantly worrying about how the data is encoded. The experimental database management language DEFINE is utilized to achieve the desired result, and a database structure is created for a real-life example of data which contains many examples of time-variant encodings and missing information.
Solar Power Forecasting with LSTM Network Ensemble
Creators: name: Emamian, M.
name: Milimonfared, J.
name: Eskandari, A.
name: Aghaei, M.
name: Hosseini Abardeh, R.
name: Vidal De Oliveira, A.K.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2019
Subjects: PV Systems and Storage – Modelling, Design, Operation and Performance
Operation, Performance and Maintenance of PV Systems

description: 36th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 1627-1631
description: Precision forecasting of Photovoltaic (PV) output power is very required for the safe performance of electricity grid and also it leads to reducing the operating expenses of PV systems. The main objective of this paper is to predict simultaneously the output power of PV systems for the next days by using previous performance data of PV systems. For this purpose, an LSTM ensemble application is proposed for prediction of the output power of PV for the next days. For validation, Australian solar PV data are used for one year in order to compare the results with advanced prediction and classification modelling. The results demonstrate that the proposed LSTM ensemble is very reliable and the accuracy of forecasting performance is higher than other single neural networks and batch models for output power prediction.
Influence of Copper Thickness on the Defects Formation in CdTe Solar Cells
Creators: name: Artegiani, E.
name: Kumar, V.
name: Romeo, A.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2019
Subjects: Perovskites, other Non-Silicon-Based Photovoltaics and Multi-Junction Devices
CI(G)S, CdTe and Related Thin Film Solar Cells

description: 36th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 664-666
description: Thanks to the high efficiencies achieved and to the low cost of industrial production, CdTe photovoltaic panels are still the main and most promising alternative to traditional silicon cells. In the last few years a solar cell record efficiency of 22.1 % and module efficiency of 18.6% have been achieved, but there is still room for improvement. Actually the attainment of a larger hole density by doping would improve the open circuit voltage and consequently the efficiency. Until now copper has been considered the main dopant for CdTe cells: Cu dopes CdTe through the formation of substitutional impurities CuCd, but it also acts as a donor in interstitial positions, resulting in reduction of hole density. Moreover Cu is a fast diffuser in CdTe and it is widely considered the main cause of degradation of these devices. The doping and degradation mechanisms due to copper are still unclear, which is why they remain a hot topic in CdTe devices. In this work we show that copper thickness in the back contact of CdTe thin film solar cells affects their performance and stability. In particular, we have observed that different copper thicknesses lead to different predominant degradation mechanisms. A study on how the amount of copper influences the defects formation in the absorber has been conducted.
Additional file 1 of Perceptions on barriers, facilitators, and recommendations related to mental health service delivery during the COVID-19 pandemic in Quebec, Canada: a qualitative descriptive study
Creators: name: Spagnolo, Jessica
name: Beauséjour, Marie
name: Fleury, Marie-Josée
name: Clément, Jean-François
name: Gamache, Claire
name: Sauvé, Carine
name: Couture, Lyne
name: Fleet, Richard
name: Knight, Shane
name: Gilbert, Christine
name: Vasiliadis, Helen-Maria
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1.
Decoupling and Destabilizing in Spontaneously Broken Supersymmetry
Creators: name: Bagger, Jonathan A.
name: Falk, Adam F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The supersymmetric analog of the Goldberger-Treiman relation plays a critical role in the low energy effective theory of models in which supersymmetry is spontaneously broken in a hidden sector. The interactions that connect the hidden and visible sectors break a global symmetry, which implies that the low energy theory must be constructed consistently in inverse powers of the messenger scale. The Goldberger-Treiman relation determines the couplings of the Goldstino to the visible sector fields. These couplings are fixed by the soft supersymmetry breaking terms within a power counting scheme that is stable under radiative corrections. We describe the power counting of the low energy effective theory, first for a toy model of extended technicolor and then for the supersymmetric standard model. One implication of this work for supersymmetry phenomenology is the observation that Goldstino loops can destabilize the weak scale if the low energy theory is not constructed consistently. Another is that Goldstino loops induce all visible sector operators not forbidden by symmetries. The magnitudes of these operators are determined by the consistent power counting of the low energy effective theory.
description: Letex, 7 pages
Chinese Parenting Styles and Parental Involvement on Adolescents’ School Success
Creators: name: Zhu, Qianyu
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Mental health
subject: academic burnout
subject: academic engagement
subject: parental involvement
subject: parenting styles
subject: perceived parental support
subject: youth gender differences

description: Academic burnout and engagement are important indicators of students’ school success. Studies have revealed that parenting styles and parental involvement have significant influences on students’ academic burnout and engagement. However, few studies have explored the mechanism of how parenting styles and parental involvement impact students’ academic burnout and engagement, especially among Chinese high school students. This study examined whether parenting styles and parental involvement (based on parental report) influenced high school students’ academic burnout and engagement via perceived parental support (based on adolescent report). A total of 285 Chinese high school students and their fathers and mothers participated in the current study. Results indicated that paternal authoritative parenting negatively related to academic burnout, and maternal authoritarian parenting positively related to academic burnout. Additionally, in both paternal and maternal models, perceived parental support mediated the relations between authoritative parenting and knowledge and skills involvement and students’ academic engagement. Moreover, the study also indicated that fathers and mothers may influence boys’ and girls’ academic burnout and engagement differently. Parents and schools can use the findings to increase high students’ academic engagement and decrease students’ academic burnout.
Jordan's Agricultural Economy in Brief
Creators: name: Kurtzig, Michael E.
name: Kurtzig, Michael E.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1972
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety
subject: International Development
subject: International Relations/Trade
subject: Land Economics/Use
subject: Livestock Production/Industries
subject: Marketing
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: Jordan
subject: agricultural production
subject: wheat
subject: barley
subject: weather
subject: irrigation
subject: natural resources
subject: internal stability

description: The economy of Jordan is beginning to show signs of recovery from the paralysis brought on by the mid-1970 internal strife and the September civil war. These disorders were a consequence of the June 1967 war with Israel which dealt a severe blow to Jordan's economy--the loss of the West Bank containing 40 percent of the country's agricultural land and production. Production of the main grains--wheat and barley--fluctuates widely, primarily because of weather. Wheat must be imported to meet domestic needs. Exports are mostly fresh fruits and vegetables. The balance of payments is supplemented by "invisibles" such as money received from Jordanian workers in other countries. Development plans call for greater expansion of irrigation schemes, use of new seed varieties, and improvement of farming methods.
Low Temperature Wet Processing of SnO2: High Efficiency Device, Thermal Stability and Scalability Considerations
Creators: name: Couderc, R.
name: Roux, C.
name: Manceau, M.
name: Berson, S.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2019
Subjects: Perovskites, other Non-Silicon-Based Photovoltaics and Multi-Junction Devices
Perovskite Based Photovoltaics

description: 36th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 735-737
description: A complete low temperature process (<150°C) permits the production of perovskite solar cells on top of a very large range of substrates expanding the possible scope of application. Perovskite solar cells with a low temperature wet processing SnO2 used as electron transport layer demonstrate a 17.4% performance conversion efficiency on 33mm² and 16,9% on a 10cm² module with low losses from the interconnection of 8 cells. The thermal stability of such devices is also investigated.
Convergence and Accuracy Trade-Offs in Federated Learning and Meta-Learning
Creators: name: Charles, Zachary
name: Konečný, Jakub
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing (cs.DC)
subject: Optimization and Control (math.OC)
subject: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We study a family of algorithms, which we refer to as local update methods, generalizing many federated and meta-learning algorithms. We prove that for quadratic models, local update methods are equivalent to first-order optimization on a surrogate loss we exactly characterize. Moreover, fundamental algorithmic choices (such as learning rates) explicitly govern a trade-off between the condition number of the surrogate loss and its alignment with the true loss. We derive novel convergence rates showcasing these trade-offs and highlight their importance in communication-limited settings. Using these insights, we are able to compare local update methods based on their convergence/accuracy trade-off, not just their convergence to critical points of the empirical loss. Our results shed new light on a broad range of phenomena, including the efficacy of server momentum in federated learning and the impact of proximal client updates.
การเยียวยาความเสียหายจากการใช้สารเบนซีนในโรงงานอุตสาหกรรมเปรียบเทียบกับกฎหมายสหรัฐอเมริกา (Remedy of Compensation for Benzene's Usage in the Industrial Factory: A Comparative Study of the USA's Laws)
Creators: name: นฤมล เสกธีระ
Publisher: name: คณะนิติศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยนเรศวร
Year: 2562
Subjects: การเยียวยาความเสียหาย เงินทดแทน สารเบนซีน โรงงานอุตสาหกรรม กฎหมายประเทศสหรัฐอเมริกา Remedy, Compensation, Benzene, Industrial Factory, The US. Law

description: วารสารนิติศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยนเรศวร, 12, 1, 67-89
ปัญหาหลักประกันการชำระหนี้ในการให้สินเชื่อเพื่อพัฒนาการขนส่งระบบราง (Problems Concerning Secured Transaction inRail Transportation Financing)
Creators: name: ปรมาภรณ์ วีระพันธ์
Publisher: name: คณะนิติศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยนเรศวร
Year: 2562
Subjects: หลักประกันทางธุรกิจ การให้สินเชื่อ โครงการขนส่งระบบราง กฎหมาย Business Securities, Financing, Rail Transport, Law and Regulation

description: วารสารนิติศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยนเรศวร, 12, 1, 91-114
Holographic tachyon model of dark energy
Creators: name: Setare, M R
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper we consider a correspondence between the holographic dark energy density and tachyon energy density in FRW universe. Then we reconstruct the potential and the dynamics of the tachyon field which describe tachyon cosmology.
description: 13 pages, no figures
TRACKING TRANSPORT OF ‘CHEMICAL COCKTAILS’ OF TRACE METALS USING SENSORS IN URBAN STREAMS
Creators: name: Morel, Carol
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Hydrologic sciences
subject: chemical cocktails
subject: metals
subject: transport
subject: Washington
subject: DC

description: Understanding transport mechanisms and temporal patterns in metals concentrations and fluxes in urban streams are important for developing best management practices and restoration strategies to improve water quality. In some cases, in situ sensors can be used to estimate unknown concentrations and fluxes of trace metals or to interpolate between sampling events. Continuous sensor data from the United States Geological Survey were analyzed to determine statistically significant relationships between lead, copper, zinc, cadmium and mercury with turbidity, specific conductance, dissolved oxygen, and discharge for the Hickey Run, Watts Branch, and Rock Creek watersheds in the Washington, D.C. region. At Rock Creek, there were significant negative linear relationships between Hg and Pb and specific conductance (p<0.05). Watershed monitoring approaches using continuous sensor data have the potential to characterize the frequency, magnitude, and composition of pulses in concentrations and loads of trace metals, which could improve management and restoration of urban streams.
“SO HARD A STEPMOTHER” TO POESY: LEVERAGING THE TRADITIONAL BALLAD AS EPIDEICTIC RHETORIC AND SOCIAL ACTION
Creators: name: Danielson, Kathy Anne
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Rhetoric
subject: English literature
subject: Folklore
subject: ballad
subject: epideictic
subject: philosophy
subject: poetics
subject: rhetoric
subject: traditional

description: Poetics are foundational to both social ideology and rational forms of argumentation. Highlighting a foundational role for rhetorical poetics, I suggest the traditional, third-person narrative ballad idiom as epideictic rhetoric and look at the agential intent of the ballad form from within the foundational elements of its construction/re-construction: its story selection, protagonist selection, narrative sequencing, authorial gaze, and narrative outcomes. The traditional ballad is most widely viewed as a folklore representative of cultural values and beliefs, yet the traditional ballad is also a site of social contest, a challenge to normative cultural ideology and harmful social structures. Despite its distanced wrappings, often we find the “traditional” ballad is a rhetoric narratively structured to apportion blame, an epideictic seeding conviction for the necessity of social change.
Quantitative study of desctructive quantum interference effect on the linklin CPT
Creators: name: Breschi, E.
name: Kazakov, G.
name: Lammegger, R.
name: Mileti, G.
name: Matisov, B.
name: Windholz, L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate experimentally and theoretically the Coherent Population Trapping (CPT) effect occurring in 87Rb D1 line due to the interaction with linearly polarized laser light (lin||lin CPT). In this configuration the coherence has a quadrupol like nature and is strongly influenced by the hyperfine structure of the excited state; consequently the quantum interference between CPT states is an essential feature of this interaction scheme. We study the lin||lin CPT signal as a function of the laser optical detuning. The comparison between experimental and theoretical results allows us to quantify the contribution from different CPT states to the total signal. Based on these results we investigate the signal depending on both the pressure broadening of the optical transition and the laser linewidth, and we find in which conditions the laser linewidth does not degrade the amplitude of the lin||lin CPT.
description: 10 pages, 9 figure, re-submitted
Additional file 2 of Identifying targets for increased biogas production through chemical and organic matter characterization of digestate from full-scale biogas plants: what remains and why?
Creators: name: Ekstrand, Eva-Maria
name: Björn, Annika
name: Karlsson, Anna
name: Schnürer, Anna
name: Kanders, Linda
name: Yekta, Sepehr Shakeri
name: Karlsson, Martin
name: Moestedt, Jan
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Additional file 2. Concentration of extracellular polymeric substances and soluble microbial
Upgrade PERC with TOPCon: Efficiency Potential by Taking into Account the Electrical Gains and Optical Losses
Creators: name: Messmer, C.
name: Fell, A.
name: Feldmann, F.
name: Schön, J.
name: Hermle, M.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2019
Subjects: Silicon Materials and Cells
Characterisation & Simulation of Si Cells

description: 36th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 247-250
description: Passivating contacts like the tunnel-oxide passivating contact (TOPCon) technology are promising candidates for a next generation of silicon solar cells and are currently being implemented in industrial cell manufacturing. Since there are a number of possibilities how to integrate TOPCon via various cell architectures into industrial cells, it demands educated decisions to direct R&D efforts into the most promising candidates, i.e. creating a roadmap based on expected performance gains. This work shows how to thoroughly quantify the performance potential via numerical device simulation. Focus of this work is an evolutionary upgrade of the current PERC technology, that is introducing TOPCon on the rear and front side to reduce contact recombination but sticking to a ptype wafer and phosphorus diffused emitter. We specifically highlight the need to fully consider not only the electrical gains, but also the substantial optical losses through parasitic absorption in the poly silicon layers. A moderate efficiency gain of below 1%abs with respect to the current PERC technology is found. However, this gain may, counterintuitively, increase in future along with an improved PERC technology, if emitter and bulk recombination as the dominating losses can be reduced.
An unbiased measurement of the UV background and its evolution via the proximity effect in quasar spectra
Creators: name: Dall'Aglio, Aldo
name: Wisotzki, Lutz
name: Worseck, Gabor
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We used 40 high resolution, high S/N QSO spectra at 2.1
description: 20 pages, 19 figures (2 in Appendix), abridged abstract. Accepted by A&A, following the referee report
LA TRADUCCIÓN DE NOVELAS CHICANAS AL ESPAÑOL
Creators: name: Montelongo Valencia, Ofelia
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Latin American literature
subject: Literature
subject: Latin American studies
subject: code-switching
subject: espanglish
subject: Literatura chicana
subject: Literatura chicana en México
subject: Sandra Cisneros
subject: Traducción

description: The translation of Chicano/a literature brings a series of particular challenges because of the usage of code-switching between English and Spanish representing the Chicano/a hybrid language. This thesis analyzes the novels The House on Mango Street (1984) by Sandra Cisneros, Across a Hundred Mountains (2006) by Reyna Grande and I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter (2017) by Erika L. Sánchez and how their translations into Spanish mexicanize the text, altering the Chicano/a hybrid language. This thesis studies the code-switching approaches proposed by Lourdes Torres, the translation strategies of Basil Hatim and Ian Mason, and the translation paradigms of Anna María de D’Amore, to suggest a type of Chicano/a works’ translation into Spanish, that displays the code-switching initially used. This proposal will help reflect the Chicano/a culture in the United States through the hybrid language in the Spanish translation. -- La traducción de la literatura chicana trae consigo una serie de desafíos particulares debido a la alternancia de códigos entre el inglés y el español que se entrelazan para mostrar el lenguaje híbrido chicano. En este trabajo se analizan las novelas The House on Mango Street (1984) de Sandra Cisneros, Across a Hundred Mountains (2006) de Reyna Grande y I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter (2017) de Erika L. Sánchez y cómo sus traducciones al español mexicanizan los textos, alterando el lenguaje híbrido, uno de los mecanismos más reconocibles en las obras chicanas. Esta tesis estudia las estrategias de code-switching de Lourdes Torres y de traducción de Basil Hatim e Ian Mason, junto con los paradigmas de traducción de Anna María de D’Amore para proponer un tipo de traducción de las obras chicanas al español reflejando la alternancia de código utilizada originalmente. Esta propuesta permitirá reflejar la cultura chicana en Estados Unidos a través del lenguaje híbrido en la traducción al español.
Constraints On Unparticle Physics In Electroweak Gauge Boson Scattering
Creators: name: Greiner, N.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The existence of scale invariant physics would lead to new phenomena in particle physics that could be detected at the LHC. In this paper we exploit the effects of these unparticles in $WW \to WW$ scattering. From the requirement of unitarity we derive constraints on unparticle physics. We show that the existence of unparticles would lead to deviations in differential cross sections which can be measured. These deviations are sensitive on the scale dimension and on the spin characteristics of the unparticles.
description: 12 pages, 5 figures, typos corrected, references added
Influence of Doping Density on the Back Contact of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Solar Cells
Creators: name: Mücke, D.
name: Vidal Lorbada, R.
name: Walter, T.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2019
Subjects: Perovskites, other Non-Silicon-Based Photovoltaics and Multi-Junction Devices
CI(G)S, CdTe and Related Thin Film Solar Cells

description: 36th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 667-669
description: In this work, the influence of a degradation through dark annealing on Cu(In,Ga)Se2 based solar cells was investigated. In particular, the focus was on the intermediate state with regard to the phototransistor behavior. In previous publications, a back contact barrier was postulated as origin of this effect. The height of this barrier can be estimated from IV curves as well as from admittance spectroscopy at low temperatures. It could be shown that a dark annealing lowers the doping density of the absorber, enlarging the space charge region. Is there a back contact barrier in form of a Schottky junction both space charge regions can touch and a so-called punch-through-effect occurs. Especially in view of the attempt to achieve lower absorber thicknesses, the observed effect will gain much more relevance in the case of non-ohmic back contacts.